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February 20, 2014

Rufus Dawes of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry’s Report on the Fighting at Laurel Hill Near Spotsylvania Court House Virginia May 1864

On May 8th, 1864, the Union Army’s 5th and 6th Corps (commanded by Major Generals Gouverneur K. Warren and John Sedgwick respectively) attacked the Confederate 1st Corps, commanded by Major General Richard Anderson, and...

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June 13, 2013

Lt. Col. Rufus Dawes Describes the Fighting of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg began on the morning of July 1st, 1863 when Brigadier General John Buford’s cavalry engaged Major General Henry Heth’s Confederates outside the northwest corner of the town. Buford’s objective was...

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November 25, 2012

The Army of the Potomac in Winter Quarters

As a general rule, the Union Army in the east scaled back active campaigning in the winter months and constructed shelters and camps of a more substantial nature than those of the warmer times...

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September 18, 2012

Rufus Dawes of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry Describes the Fighting in the Cornfield at Antietam

The David Miller farm on the Union right flank was the scene of some of the most deadly fighting at the Battle of Antietam on September 17th, 1862. The battle’s first shots were fired...

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July 26, 2012

Private George Miles has a Premonition of Death at the Battle of South Mountain

It wasn’t unusual for soldiers in the Civil War to think they would be killed in a battle. This was understandable considering the high number of casualties in the war and the close calls many...

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June 20, 2012

Frank A. Haskell Wrote a Vivid Account of the Union Defense of Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg

Frank A. Haskell was born July 13th, 1828 in Tunbridge, Vermont. In the fall of 1848, Haskell left New England for the Midwest, and joined his brother Harrison in Columbus, Wisconsin. Harrison was a...

Music / The Arts

October 10, 2011

The 6th Wisconsin Infantry and the Writing of The Battle Hymn of the Republic

By the fall of 1861, the song John Brown’s Body (also known as The John Brown Song) had become a popular marching song with Union Army soldiers. When Julia Ward Howe–poet, abolitionist, and social...

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March 6, 2011

The Capture and Escape of Captain John A. Kellogg of the Iron Brigade’s 6th Wisconsin Infantry

John A. Kellogg was born in Pennsylvania in 1828 and was the grandson of a soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War. Kellogg’s family moved to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin Territory, in 1840. Kellogg...

Tagged: 6th wisconsin

Rufus Dawes of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry’s Report on the Fighting at Laurel Hill Near Spotsylvania Court House Virginia May 1864

Lt. Col. Rufus Dawes Describes the Fighting of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry at Gettysburg

The Army of the Potomac in Winter Quarters

Rufus Dawes of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry Describes the Fighting in the Cornfield at Antietam

Private George Miles has a Premonition of Death at the Battle of South Mountain

Frank A. Haskell Wrote a Vivid Account of the Union Defense of Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg

The 6th Wisconsin Infantry and the Writing of The Battle Hymn of the Republic

The Capture and Escape of Captain John A. Kellogg of the Iron Brigade’s 6th Wisconsin Infantry

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