Oral history interview with Edmund L. Westcott [sound recording], 1964.

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Oral history interview with Edmund L. Westcott [sound recording], 1964.

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Interview, September 28, 1964, by Professor Edward M. Coffman, with Edmund L. Westcott, Madison, Wisconsin, sergeant, Co. B, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish American War in 1898, concerning experiences in Cuba and service in the state National Guard before the war.

1 tape recording.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Coffman, Edward M.

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The Wisconsin National Guard was established as such by Chapter 208, Laws of 1879, but it was preceded by both a territorial and a state militia (WIHV91-A663). As a result of the lack of uniformity among the National Guard units participating in the Spanish-American War, Congress enacted a law in 1903 to unify the National Guard under federal supervision. The governor, constitutionally, is the commander in chief of the Wisconsin National Guard. However, the National Guar...

United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 1st Company B.

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