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CUTLER PARK

Community: Waukesha
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: Civil War Memorial
Reference Number: 94108
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Work in Waukesha County during the Civil War

Date: 1918-05-23
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Recollections of Civil War days recounted

Date: 1918-05-30
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

John Ross, Civil War vetran, saw Lincoln on four occasions

Date: 1925-02-12
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

State honors three Civil War veterans

Date: 1927-09-11
County: Waukesha
City: Delafield
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Hero of '63 tells of his war exploits

Date: 1922-09-21
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Col. Sidney A. Bean

Date: 1863-06-16
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Receive historic flag

Date: 1918-01-04
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Photograph

Cushing Memorial Monument

Date: 1950
Description: The Cushing Memorial State Park was established in 1915 by the State and the Waukesha County Historical Society. Its grounds, formerly the Cushing family h...
Photograph

Breath Control

Date: 12 1976
Description: A man plays a Baritone Tuba for an old-time Civil War band. He is wearing a uniform.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

To memorialize commander of Waukesha vets

Date: 1925-04-17
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Honoring an American Naval Hero

Date: 
County: Waukesha
City: Delafield
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Honors Memory of former Wisconsin man

Date: 1915-01-29
County: Waukesha
City: Delafield
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Heartache healed at Waukesha

Date: 1922-02-12
County: Waukesha
City: Waukesha
Photograph

Heg Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Heg Farm. The home was built by the Hegs after their immigration from Lier, Norway in 1840 and before the Civil War. The barn was built by Even H. Heg in 1...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Birthplace of badger hero, now neglected, to be marked

Date: 1913-11-30
County: Waukesha
City: Delafield
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Extra. The Draft!

Date: 09 24 1864
Description: Page from the Waukesha "Daily Freeman" newspaper listing draftees from Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin, Menomonee, Muskego, Vernon, Genesse, Summit, Delaf...
Photograph

Cushing Memorial State Park

Date: 1936
Description: View of the Cushing Memorial monument, located in the vicinity of Delafield.
Photograph

Grave of Colonel Hans Heg

Date: 
Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and one child alongside the graves of Colonel Hans Heg, commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, and his daughter Annetta....
Historical Essay

Civil War Draft Drum

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Military draft raffle drum used to select draftee names in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the Civil War, 1863-1864. (Museum object #1966.174)

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