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38th Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 38th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1864-1865 and lost 113 men during service.
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36th Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 36th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1864-1865 and lost 342 men during service.
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Civil War: Battle Flags

Read about the battle flags carried by Wisconsin troops in the Civil War and later displayed in the state capitol.
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7th Wisconsin Light Artillery History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 7th Wisconsin Light Artillery, which served in the Civil War 1861-1865 and lost 29 men during service.
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30th Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 30th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1862-1865 and lost 69 men in service.
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41st Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 41st Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1864-1865 and lost 18 men during service.
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10th Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 10th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1861-1864 and lost 244 men during service.
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28th Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 28th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1862-1865 and lost 240 men during service.
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35th Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 35th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1864-1865 and lost 276 men during service.
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Haraszthy (De Moksca), Agoston 1812-1869

Founder of Sauk City
Read about Agoston Haraszthy, the Hungarian immigrant who founded Sauk City and planted the first hops in Wisconsin.
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25th Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 25th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1862-1865 and lost 460 men during service.
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Wisconsin State Prison (Waupun Correctional Institution)

Read about the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun, which opened in 1851 and housed men and women prisoners.
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Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder (1843-1928)

Professor, University President, Geologist and Author
Discover the history of professor, university president, geologist and author, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, who establishing the university extension.
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26th Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 26th Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1862-1865 and lost 265 men during service.
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Industrial School for Girls

Read about the Milwaukee Industrial School reform school, later the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls and Oakhill Correctional Institution in Oregon
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22nd Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry, which served in the Civil War 1862-1865 and lost 243 men during service.
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51st Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
The 51st Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Washburn in Milwaukee from March 20-April 29, 1865, at the very end of the war.
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53rd Wisconsin Infantry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
The 53rd Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall in Madison during March and April 1865, at the very end of the war.
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Executions in Wisconsin

This article contains a detailed timeline of the fifteen legal executions that have taken place in Wisconsin.
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1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
The components of the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery regiment were spread throughout the South during the war.

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