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Judson Pearsall and Sargent James E. Spangberg

Date: 11 24 1944
Description: Judson Pearsall, commander of the Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans, visiting with an injured soldier, Sargent James E. Spangberg, at the T...
Drawing

Plan for Camp Randall Post Hospital

Date: 1865
Description: Plan and elevation of the post hospital at Camp Randall.
Photograph

Truax Hospital Heating Building

Date: 01 22 1943
Description: View of pumping units in the hospital heating building at Truax Army Air Field.
Photograph

Soldier at Christmas in Hospital

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: Staff Sergeant Johnnie White celebrating Christmas at Truax Field hospital.
Photograph

Truax Medical Clinic

Date: 03 05 1965
Description: View across road towards a one-story building with three cars parked in front near the corner of E. Washington Avenue and N. Stoughton Road. The building w...
Drawing

Camp Randall

Date: 05 1864
Description: Lithograph of Camp Randall, where the majority of Wisconsin's soldiers were trained and mustered into the Union Army. This view, which was taken from Basc...
Photograph

Red Cross "Parlor Tricks" Board Members

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Group portrait of board members of the Red Cross sponsored group "Parlor Tricks". Left to right: Jeanette Youngblood, Dorothy Reis, Betty Johnson, Grace Sh...
Photograph

Red Cross Sponsored Singing Group

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Group portrait of Red Cross sponsored group, "Parlor Tricks," who entertain convalescent patients in the Army Air Force's regional hospital at Truax Field....
Print

Truax Army Field Station Hospital Christmas Menu

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: Front cover and menu page of the Christmas booklet from Truax Army Air Field, with a pinned-up drawing of a turkey perched on one leg on a butcher block ta...
Historical Essay

The Civil War Home Front

How the Women of Wisconsin Helped Win the War
Discover how women on the Wisconsin home front helped win the Civil War.
Historical Essay

Harvey, Gov. Louis P. (1820-1862)

Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Wisconsin Governor
Brief biography of Gov. Louis P. Harvey, helped organize the Republican Party in 1854, state senator from 1854-1857 and in 1862 became governor.
Historical Essay

Harvey, Cordelia (1824–1895)

Civil War Philanthropist, Wisconsin First Lady, Nurse, and Teacher
A brief biography of Wisconsin’s Florence Nightingale, Cordelia Harvey who was a strong voice for innovatring Civil War Military hospitals.
Historical Essay

National Soldiers' Home (Milwaukee)

Learn about the hospital that served as a home for disabled soldiers and sailors.
Historical Essay

Reform of Military Hospitals

How One Woman Changed Wisconsin During the Civil War
Discover how Cordelia Harvey's mission to reform hospitals during the Civil War would change Wisconsin forever.

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