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| Confederacy President's Experience in Wisconsin |
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| Discover the history of Confederacy president Jefferson Davis in Wisconsin |
| Learn about how the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry helped capture Confederate President Jefferson Davis in 1865. |
| The First White Men in Madison |
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| The first white residents of Madison were fur traders Wallace Rowan, Olivier Ammel and Michel St. Cyr. |
| Civil War Battle Summary |
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| This Union victory stopped the movement of Confederate troops and supplies throughout much of the South. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Women's coveralls worn by Teresa Kuykendall while working in a factory in Beloit, Wisconsin during World War II. (Museum object #2007.92.1) |
| Wisconsin Civil War Regiment |
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| Read about the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, organized at Kenosha, which served in the Civil War 1861-1865 and lost 401 men in service. |
| Read amusing stories of presidential stays in the state, from Lincoln's broken heart to Roosevelt's Milwaukee gun wound. Links to photos and articles. |
| A Brief Introduction |
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| Read about the term Winnebago Indians, and follow links to the Ho-Chunk and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska to learn more about the communities. |
| Brief history of the Democratic party in the state of Wisconsin. |
| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| Fur Trader and Murderer |
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| Biography of pioneer fur trader John Baptiste Dubay. |
| Documented and Legendary Accounts of Lincoln's Visits to Wisconsin |
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| Abraham Lincoln's visits to Wisconsin, documented and legendary. |
| Brief summation of the events pertaining to the concluding engagement of the Black Hawk War, The Battle of Bad Axe. |
| Wisconsin's first and only legal execution was for spousal murder in the 1800s. Read about past efforts to re-establish the death penalty in the state. |
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