Later, they were officially mustered into the service as “Company A of the 5th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.” In 1925, the flag was gifted to the Manitowoc County Historical Society ...

Volunteers needed for the German Sigel Regiment (26th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers) His Excellency, the Governor, has decided to permit Major General Franz Siegel to organize an infantry regiment ...

The Brigade was first organized in 1861 -- composed, at that time, of the 2nd, 5th, 6th Wisconsin and 19th Indiana. Early in the war, Brigadier General John Gibbon assumed command.

We’ve been learning about the contribution Wisconsinites made, 150 years ago, to the Union cause in the American Civil War. It was a significant… ...

Re-enactments of the Civil War began soon after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Va., on April 9, 1865, and continue to enlighten audiences about America’s most divisive conflict.

Troy Walker, a La Crosse man who grew up in Rio and presented his great-great-great grandfather’s story of his battles in the 7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment of the Iron Brigade at the American ...

There are still children of Civil War soldiers walking among us, soldiers who fought 150 years ago, according to a National Geographic story. Interestingly, the story has a couple of Wisconsin ties.