Photograph [picture], [ca. 1886].

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Photograph [picture], [ca. 1886].

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Oversized group portrait of Civil War veterans who were employed in the Adjutant General's Office of Wisconsin and compiled the Wisconsin Volunteers' roster.

0.1 linear ft. (1 folder)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 8329397

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Wisconsin historical society

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Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office

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An adjutant general was first appointed as an aide by the territorial governor in 1839. Over the next two decades the position gradually acquired more authority, supervising the everyday affairs of the state militia (WIHV91-A663). By Chapter 87, Laws of 1858, it became a full-time office under direction of the governor. Chapter 208, Laws of 1879, reorganized the state militia as the Wisconsin National Guard (WIHV88-A102) and transferred the Adjutant General's Office to the new organ...