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5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Organization   The Fifth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on July 13, 1861. The Regiment left the State on July 24, going directly to Washington, D.C. Active Duty  The Fifth, assigned to General

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5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Organization   The Fifth regiment of Infantry was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on July 13, 1861. The Regiment left the State on July 24, going directly to Washington, D.C. Active Duty  The Fifth, assigned to General Kings Brigade, remained in

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3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Organization  The Third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and mustered into the service of the United States on the June 29, 1861. The regiment left the State on the July 12, reporting at Hagerstown, Maryland. from which point they marched to Harpers

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A Soldier’s Sacrifice by Emily Irwin

On January 1, 1866, Governor Lucius C. Fairchild delivered his inaugural address and emphasized the Civil War’s impact on Wisconsin. A million of men have returned from the war, been disbanded in our midst, and resumed their former occupations… The transition from the citizen to the soldier was not half so rapid, nor

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