History of Wisconsin National Guard Cavalry Troop A and photograph, [ca. 1880--ca. 1982].

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History of Wisconsin National Guard Cavalry Troop A and photograph, [ca. 1880--ca. 1982].

Paper written by John P. Langellier about the Wisconsin National Guard 1st Cavalry Troop A and a cabinet card photograph of an unidentified soldier from Troop A.

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Langellier, John P. (John Phillip)

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Langellier, John P. (John Phillip)

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Wisconsin. National Guard. Cavalry Regiment, 1st. Troop A

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Wisconsin. National Guard

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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...