Military record, 1858-1875.

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Military record, 1858-1875.

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Daily entries listing commissions, appointments, resignations, discharges, dismissals, and other actions affecting officers of Wisconsin regiments.

1.5 c.f. (4 v.)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6842154

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin. State Militia.

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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...