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Attention! Company! The Fox River Zouaves!

Date: 08 24 1861
Description: Civil War Era Union recruitment poster for Fox River Zouaves.
Property Record

GREENRIDGE CEMETERY

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Reference Number: 111640
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Roster of brave

Date: 1913-12-26
County: Kenosha
City: Kenosha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Roster of brave

Date: 1913-12-25
County: Kenosha
City: Kenosha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Roster of brave

Date: 1913-12-03
County: Kenosha
City: Kenosha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Make roll of honor

Date: 1913-12-03
County: Kenosha
City: Kenosha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Roster of braveq

Date: 1914-01-15
County: Kenosha
City: Kenosha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Unveil boulder of first cavalry

Date: 1917-06-28
County: Kenosha
City: Kenosha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Present mirrors scenes of past

Date: 1917-07-30
County: Kenosha
City: Kenosha
Photograph

Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of park in front of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library, with the Soldiers and Sailors monument. The library opened in 1900 and was funded ...
Photograph

1st Illinois Battery Company B

Date: 
Description: Oval-framed group portrait of members of the 1st Illinios Light Artillery Battery Company B from Kenosha, Wisconsin. From left to right: Douglas Newell, C....
Historical Essay

1st Wisconsin Cavalry History

Wisconsin Civil War Regiment
Read about the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, organized at Kenosha, which served in the Civil War 1861-1865 and lost 401 men in service.
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

African American Migration

World War II and it Effect on Blacks
Discover the effects World War II had on Blacks in Wisconsin.
Property Record

711 59TH PL.

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: Soldier's Monument
Reference Number: 13001
Property Record

6027 7TH AVE

Community: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Historic Name: Louis Thiers House
Reference Number: 9503
Historical Essay

Temperance Movement in Wisconsin

Brief history of the temperance movement in Wisconsin.
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

The Underground Railroad in Wisconsin

Read about the most famous actions of freedom seekers along Wisconsin's Underground Railroad. Includes links to primary sources.
Historical Essay

An Army Chaplain Objects to Issuing Passes for Slave Hunting

A Wisconsin Civil War Story

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