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Wisconsin Soldier Tales From a Civil War Campaign
An excerpt follows Ivan Cletinot and Henry Selden as Wisconsin volunteers enlist, march through Mississippi, endure picket duty, cold weather, and dwindling rations. The narrative covers their movements under Grant and Sherman, rumors of peace, and the harsh winter near Moscow Tennessee before marching toward Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Charaeters
Ivan Cletinoit
Georgé Raymond
Dick Cecil
Ivan
George
Luana Prescott
Sophie Walton
Morley
Lille
Mississippi
Pigeon Roost Creek
Grant
Henry Selden
Red River
Jake Superior
Cherry Creek
Missouri
San Francisco
St. Louis
Ole Virginy
Fort Henry
Bull Run
Wall
Pigeon Creek
Yacona
Oxford
Hatch
Grierson
Coffeeville
van Dorn
Forrest
Jackson
Sebastopol
Vicksburg
Tallahatchie
Wyatt
Abbeyville
Sherman
College Hill
Memphis
McPherson
the Mississippi
Badger Boys
Holly Springs
Tallaatchie
Lee
Confederacy
United States
Ity
Poard
Moscow
Charleston
Tennessee
Chickasaw Bayou
McClernard
Wolf River
Company N
Alcatar
Forty Dollar Badgers