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    ON, WISCONSIN!

    Sep 24, 2019 3 minutes
    –Melissa A. Winn

    HE STATE OF WISCONSIN was just 12-years young when the Civil War broke out, a patchwork landscape of farmlands, small towns, and urban rise, inhabited by a growing population of settlers from the East and immigrants, mostly German and Irish. Despite its newness to the Union, the state’s allegiance was staunch, and Wisconsin sent more than 91,000 of its sons to fight in the Federal Army. It’s almost impossible to discuss any of the major battles of the war without mentioning Wisconsin’s contribution, especially that

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