10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
Organization The Tenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) was organized at Camp Holton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on October 14, 1861. They left the State on November 9, and arrived at Louisville, Kentucky, on November 11. Active Duty To start, they
Month of the Military Child: Augustus Patchin and Family
By Russell Horton, Reference & Outreach Archivist The Wisconsin Veterans Museum focuses on preserving the stories of men and women who serve in the US military. But very often, in the letters, photographs, and objects from those veterans, we can learn much of the families and children who remained home,
Poetry and Proverbs
By Russell Horton, Reference Archivist “If I die a prisoner of war, I would like to have this diary sent to my Father, A. Ingersoll, Waupun, Wis.” -Frank J. Ingersoll, Diary Entry, ca. September 1864 In the first two years of the Civil War, soldiers from either side of the