United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Eugene C. Whitney Autobiographical Sketch, 1847-1914
Collection — Box MISC 9, Folder: 6
Identifier: MISC MSS 070
Abstract
Photocopy of Eugene C. Whitney's autobiographical sketch includes the arduous journey of coming to La Crosse County, Wisconsin, in 1854 from New York State with his parents. At age 17, he enlisted with the 51st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. After the war, most of his adult life was spent in Oconto, Wisconsin, in the lumber industry. The sketch was written November 12, 1914.
Dates:
1914 November 12
Grand Army of the Republic, Wilson Colwell Post Number 38 of La Crosse, Wisconsin Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 088
Abstract
The Wilson Colwell G.A.R. Post Number 38 (La Crosse, Wis.) was named as a memorial to Captain Wilson Colwell from La Crosse, Wis. It was a post organized under the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), Department of Wisconsin in July 1882. The last member died in Sept. 1939.Records contain materials from the national office, the Department of Wisconsin office and the local Wilson Colwell Post Number 38. National materials include encampment material from 1905, music and lyric...
Dates:
1882-1939