Month of the Military Child: Augustus Patchin and Family
...was away. In fact, he chose to follow in his father’s footsteps by volunteering for 100 days of service with the 40th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment in May 1864, while Augustus...
Part V: THE END OF THE WAR
...General MacArthur estimated 100,000 U.S. losses in the first 30 days of an invasion of the Japanese home islands, while Army planners in Washington estimated casualties as high as 1...
Lieutenant John D. Winner
...a week, that number had multiplied to 100,000. WVM.1222.I008.02 | Photograph of “The bread pile for PWs” from the album of John Winner, taken during May 1945 at Dietersheim and...
Curator Conversation: The 30th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm
...air campaign and the 100-hour land war. Thirty years ago, on February 24, 1991, the final phase of Operation Desert Storm began with the launch of a massive coalition ground...
Overhead at Omaha Beach with D-Day Flier Leonard Schutta
...many of this portion of the preparatory bombardment prior to the landings missed their targets, dropping their bombs too far inland or, in the case of 100 of the 500...
Old Abe Wisconsin’s War Eagle
...April 2, 1864 April 8- 9, 1864 April 20, 1864 April 22, 1864 April 23, 1864 April 23, 1864 May 2, 1864 May 3, 1864 May 4-6, 1864 May 8-12,...
Wisconsin Rapids Mark E. Anderson Reflects on Iraq
...didn't, we moved them-- just push them off. And so it-- and I tell that only because, fast-forwarding a little bit to when I-- I come home on leave, and...
2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
...May 3, 1861, for "500,000 men." They left the State on June 20, and arrived in Washington, D.C. on June 25. Afterwards, until the regiment was mustered out, the Second...
2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
...May 3, 1861, for "500,000 men." They left the State on June 20, and arrived in Washington, D.C. on June 25. Afterwards, until the regiment was mustered out, the Second...
20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
...reached Madison on July 30, and was disbanded on August 9, 1865. Casualties The Twentieth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 100 men to mortal wounds, along with...