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2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Officers' Mess
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Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry officers' mess. Pictured are: Surgeon A.J. Ward, Major Thomas S. Allen, Lt. Colonel Lucius Fairchild, and Colonel Edgar O'Connor, as well as a butler, a cook, and other staff.
1862
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Officers of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
July 18, 1862
Officers of the Second Wisconsin Infantry posed in front of a tent. They are, from left to right, Quartermaster J.D. Ruggles, Dr. A.J. Ward, Major J.S. Allen (standing), Lt. Colonel Lucius Fairchil...
Camp of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
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, and Major Thomas Allen. With them are Mrs. H...
Company C, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
1861
Company C, Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Among the officers were Captain Gibson, Lieutenant Boothe, and Lieutenant Kellogg.
7th Wisconsin Officers
1862
Officers of Company I, 7th Wisconsin Infantry: (left to right) Lt. Joseph N.P. Bird, Captain George H. Walther, and Lt. Christopher Lefler. Their Black servant, Alonzo Gambel, can be seen standing ...
The Iron Brigade
1862
Company I, 7th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, at Upton's Hill near Germantown, Virginia. The 7th was one of three Wisconsin regiments that was part of the famed Iron Brigade.
Union Army Officers in the Field
1863
Union army officers. From left are: General U.S. Grant, General Rawlins, General Webster, Colonel Lagow, and Colonel Killyer take a break.
