Recruit books, 1861-1865.

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Recruit books, 1861-1865.

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Record of Wisconsin volunteers and draftees enrolled in existing units after organizational muster-in. A listing of Wisconsin draftees of 1863, giving place drafted from, information on draftee or substitute status, and the regiment to which the soldier subsequently transferred in included in Volume 2.

2.0 c.f. (5 flat boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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