Union Soldiers from Wisconsin, Connecticut and Elsewhere
The pressing need for volunteers to fill the depleted ranks of the Union army had not waned by the summer of 1864. In Milwaukee, recruiters organized Wisconsin’s 43rd infantry regiment
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King’s Knight to King 7: Investigating connections between Confederate agent Caleb Huse, President Jefferson Davis and the Ames Company
By Ron Maness, featuring images from the author’s collection During a chess match, moving a knight to confront the opposing king in its initial position (King 8) can result in
A Guide to His Southern Travels?
The thin volume held by this Union enlisted man may have helped him pinpoint the movements of his regiment during its Southern tour. The pocket-sized book, G. Woolworth Colton’s New