8th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery

Organization The Eighth Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (8th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery), also known as the Lyons' Pinery Battery, organized at Camp Utley, Racine, WI, and mustered into the service of the United States on the January 8th, 1862.  The battery left the state on March 18 for St. Louis,

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7th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery

Organization The Seventh Light Artillery Battery (7th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery), also known as the Badger State Flying Artillery, organized at Camp Utley, Racine, WI, and mustered into the service of the United States on the October 4, 1861. The battery left the state on March 15th, 1862, traveling to

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6th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery

Organization The Sixth Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (6th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery), also referred to as the Buena Vista Artillery, organized at Camp Utley, Racine, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on October 2, 1861.  The battery left the state March 15th before traveling to Missouri

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5th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery

Recruitment and Training The Fifth Light Artillery Battery (5th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery) organized at Camp Utley, Racine, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on October 10, 1861.  The unit left the state on March 15, 1862, for St. Louis, Missouri, then proceeded down the river

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4th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery

Recruitment and Training The Fourth Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (4th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery) organized at Beloit, Wisconsin, then transferred to Camp Utley, Racine. They mustered into the service of the United States on October 1, 1861. Active Duty The battery left the state January 21, 1862, ordered to Baltimore,

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3rd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery

Recruitment and Training The Third Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (3rd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery ) was organized at Camp Utley, Racine, WI, and mustered into the service of the United States on October 10, 1861.  The battery left the state for Louisville, Kentucky, on January 23, 1862. Active Service In

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Photo of Blair Dunday

Dunday Recalls Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT)

In March 2005, Blair Dunday enlisted under the Army's Delayed Entry Program (DEP), knowing that the Army would train her as an 89B (ammunition specialist). She delayed entry until July 2005 as she cared for her younger siblings and began her six-year enlistment. Dunday attended basic training at Fort Leonard

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Staff and volunteers improvised the unloading of the Stuart tank upon its arrival.

Marking Time at 30 West Mifflin

Needing a Space to Commemorate All Wisconsin's Veterans On June 6, 1993 after more than 80 years at its location in the Wisconsin State Capitol, the G.A.R. Memorial Hall evolved into what is now the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and opened at a new location at the top of State Street

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Memories of War with Nao Tou Lor

Nao Tou Lor was born in 1953 in the province of Xieng Khouang, Laos. His father worked with the French, and Nao Tou Lor remembers visiting the French fort near his home at an early age. Circa 1962, the Vietnamese arrested his father and took him. Nao Tou Lor and

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2nd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery

Recruitment and Training The Second Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (2nd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery) was a unit that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. The battery was organized at La Crosse and mustered into service on September 10, 1861 at Racine, WI. Captain Charles Beger commanded the

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