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7th Wisconsin Officers
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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 in the shadow of the tent. This photograph was taken during the summer of 1862 while the regiment was camped near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
1862
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Joseph N. P. Bird and Troops, Fredericksburg, Virginia
July 1862
Lieutenant J.N.P. Bird, with newspaper, and Lieutenant Lefler, in front of Lieutenant Bird, with troops of the 7th Wisconsin Company I of the 7th Wisconsin's street in front of Captain Walther's te...
2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Officers' Mess
1862
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, an...
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...
General Winfield Scott Hancock and his Staff Officers
General Winfield Scott Hancock and a large number of his staff officers.
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.
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...
