Jerome A. Watrous, the author of the first volume, and Josiah Seymour Currey, the compiler of the biographical volumes two through five, present a thrilling narrative and in-depth-biographies of an eventful past of a county, the rapid growing of a fantastic city on the lakeshore, and the lives of hundreds of people that were so important for the history of Milwaukee town and country. The whole five books contain thousands of pages of valuable information and are essential for everyone interested in the history the most populous and densely populated county in Wisconsin. This is volume one out of five, covering the history of the county from the early years to the last years of the 19th century.
During the Civil War, the state of Wisconsin raised fifty-three regiments of infantry, one company of sharpshooters, four regiments of cavalry, one regiment of heavy artillery, and thirteen batteries of light artillery. Civil War Regiments from Wisconsin provides the history of these units, including the engagements fought, how many men enlisted, and of those who enlisted, how many died from wounds or disease. Originally edited by Jerome A. Watrous who began his Civil War career in the Sixth Wisconsin Infantry and ended as Adjutant-General of the famed Iron Brigade.
Jerome A. Watrous, the author of the first volume, and Josiah Seymour Currey, the compiler of the biographical volumes two through five, present a thrilling narrative and in-depth-biographies of an eventful past of a county, the rapid growing of a fantastic city on the lakeshore, and the lives of hundreds of people that were so important for the history of Milwaukee town and country. The whole five books contain thousands of pages of valuable information and are essential for everyone interested in the history the most populous and densely populated county in Wisconsin. This is volume one out of five, covering the history of the county from the early years to the last years of the 19th century.
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