Records, 1864-1981, bulk 1886-1917.

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Records, 1864-1981, bulk 1886-1917.

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Description: Records of Milwaukee (Wis.) chapter of national organization of Civil War officers and their descendents instituted in 1865 to preserve the memories of the Civil War. Records include constitution, rosters, programs, invitations, newsletters and magazines, pamphlets on campaigns, newspaper clippings, minutes of meetings, circulars primarily from the Wisconsin Commandery and the Commandery-in-Chief, and photographs of members with alphabetical index. Of special interest are original letters from William Tecumseh Sherman and Winfield Scott Hancock. Also of special interest are memorial brochures giving the deceased member's military and personal history (alphabetical index available).

1.30 cubic ft.

Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee

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Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee

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Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

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Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a United States Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican–American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army colleagues as "Hancock the Superb", he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. His military service continued afte...

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...