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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Solar Olson, in uniform, and a woman. He was a private in Company K, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Women congregate near "The Victorious Charge," a monument to Soldiers who fought in the Civil War located in Milwaukee's Court of Honor on the median betwe... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women sitting in front of two Ho-Chunk men and a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing, all wearing regalia. The group is in front... |
| Date: | 09 1994 |
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| Description: | A young woman civil war re-enactor pets a horse. More horses can be seen in background. |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Petition to President Abraham Lincoln for the establishment of soldiers homes and hospitals in Wisconsin. The petition is signed by 18 women. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Pencil sketch of Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy who is buried in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Basswood carving of an eagle, inspired by "Old Abe" of the Civil War 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in the American Club Restaurant of the Kohler Compan... |
| Learn about the women of Wisconsin, and their lives during the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A group of women stand on the steps of the Sauk County Courthouse. A banner identifies them as the Department of Wisconsin, National Daughters of the G.A.R... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Lansing Wilcox, 102-years of age, the last surviving Wisconsin veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic, is seated in a crowd of people attending a Wiscon... |
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| Description: | A group portrait taken in front of the Wisconsin Civil War Monument at its dedication ceremony. Third and fourth from the left in the front row are George ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Third Wisconsin Civil War veterans' reunion, posed on the lawn in front of the Beloit Public Library. |
| Date: | 09 1993 |
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| Description: | "Civil War reenactors stand at attention at Greenbush." |
| How the Women of Wisconsin Helped Win the War |
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| Discover how women on the Wisconsin home front helped win the Civil War. |
| A Wisconsin Civil War Story |
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| Read a letter from an anonymous writer in the 5th Wisconsin Infantry that applauds the positive impact of women in the army. |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite cartoon drawing of Jefferson Davis, being captured by Union troops while wearing a dress and escorted by other women. Titled "A So Called P... |
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| Description: | A group of people at the headquarters tent of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. Seated (left to right) are officers Lucius Fairchild, Colonel Edwin O'Connor, an... |
| Date: | 09 07 1997 |
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| Description: | "Pioneer Days is celebrated at Firemen's Park. Civil War reenactors, in period garb, put on a show of battlefield conditions." |
| Date: | 06 14 1862 |
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| Description: | Letterhead featuring a scene of men and women raising their hands in the air. The two men in front are holding a sickle and the American flag, other people... |
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