1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery
Recruitment, Training, and Active Service In June 1863 a battalion of four batteries of heavy artillery was organized in Wisconsin. The following September this was enlarged to recruit a number of companies to form a regimental organization. Company K of the Second Wisconsin Infantry had been detached and equipped as
The Archivist Chronicles: Civil War History Mystery
Each of the thousands of objects in our collection has a story behind them. Ideally, our staff records that story at the time the item is donated—but sometimes we have to uncover the story ourselves, even after more than 100 years have passed. These “history mysteries” are a challenging but fun aspect