9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

...27, the Division including the Ninth, advanced into Arkansas. Thus, they were part of the Union force present at the battle of Prairie Grove on December 7, 1862, although, not...

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14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

...moved to Pittsburg Landing and on the 7th, they engaged in the battle of Shiloh. After the battle, the Fourteenth remained at Pittsburg Landing as provost guard, participating in numerous...

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15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

...met the confederate forces at Perryville (also known as Chaplin Hills), Kentucky, and took part in the battle on October 8, 1862. With the Union forces, they pursued the retreating...

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22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Organization The Twenty-Second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Utley, Racine, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on September 2, 1862....

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25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

...proceeded to St. Paul, Minnesota, as part of the force to suppress the Dakota War. The regiment was detached and assigned to various posts in Minnesota. In late November, the...

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Color, National, 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Organization The 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Sigel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into the United States Army on September 17, 1862. The regiment left Wisconsin on...

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28th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

28th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Organization The 28th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Washburn in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 13, 1862. The regiment left Wisconsin on December 20, 1862,...

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View from the cockpit, Vietnam. WVM.1947.I522

Looking for Light

...clockwise: Tank in the fog, Sunset over a harbor, Vietnam, and View from the cockpit, Vietnam. Photograph taken by Robert Jackson Ellison, a civilian photographer who worked photographing the Civil...

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