Civil War collection, ca. 1860-1900.

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Civil War collection, ca. 1860-1900.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28415866

Chiefly diaries and reminiscences of Union veterans, including Pierre Decremer, John N. Oliver, John H. Short (140th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment), Ole Steensland (15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment), and Warren Lorenzo Williams; together with records of Soldiers' Home Committee, Milwaukee, Wis., which in 1865 helped to erect a house for the care of the wounded.

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Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee County Federated Library System

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SNAC Resource ID: 7259489

Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee County Federated Library System

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Williams, Warren Lorenzo

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Decremer, Pierre

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Short, John H.

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 140th (1862-1865)

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Oliver, John N.

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United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 15th (1862-1865)

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After the Battle of Bull Run that was a disappointing loss to the North, a group of new Scandinavian immigrants fighting on the Northern side (largely due to opposition to slavery) requested to form their own militia so as to avoid the language barriers that affected their performance in military duties. In Madison, Wisconsin, on September 15, 1861, many prominent Scandinavians met to establish a Scandinavian Regiment. The story is based on the letters and other accounts of the members of the re...

Steensland, Ole

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Soldiers' Home Committee (Milwaukee, Wis.)

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