Papers and photographs, 1888-1937.

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Papers and photographs, 1888-1937.

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Disparate material relating to the family of Fanny E. Van Zile, a Crandon, Wisconsin resident who was an active with the Grand Army of the Republic and Women's Relief Corps. Manuscripts consist of a brief biography of Van Zile, a family tree, and program for the Women's Relief Corps Annual Aides' Breakfast. Also included are copies of the service records for Hiram Esty, an uncle of Van Zile who fought in the Civil War with the 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and copies of the census records for Curtis Esty, another uncle who served with the 14th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment during the Civil War. Of particular interest is a photograph of seven Civil War and Spanish American War veterans sitting on the porch of a building with members of the WRC standing around them holding American flags.

Papers : 0.1 linear ft. (1 folder) and.Photographs : (1 folder)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7559196

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Esty, Curtis.

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Esty, Hiram.

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United States. Army. New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, 14th (1863-1865)

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Van Zile, Fanny, 1869-1955.

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Vancil family.

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Coleman, Shirley

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Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.)

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National organization formed in 1883 at the Denver Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, as an auxiliary to that organization and to continue to "care for the Veteran and his dependent ones and to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead". As the number of Corps grew, each state elected its own governing body, subordinate to the national governing body. In addition to helping veterans, these women worked to get pension help for the nurses who served in the Civil War, founded a home for...

United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865). Company K.

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