Volunteer service letters, 1882-1886.

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Volunteer service letters, 1882-1886.

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Incoming correspondence from Wisconsin volunteers in the Civil War, various posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, pension agents, and relatives of ex-soldiers about the military records of men who served during the Civil War.

3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office

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An adjutant general was first appointed as an aide by the territorial governor in 1839. Over the next two decades the position gradually acquired more authority, supervising the everyday affairs of the state militia (WIHV91-A663). By Chapter 87, Laws of 1858, it became a full-time office under direction of the governor. Chapter 208, Laws of 1879, reorganized the state militia as the Wisconsin National Guard (WIHV88-A102) and transferred the Adjutant General's Office to the new organ...