“Dug-in” is a bit of a tease, but there are actually 140 rebel soldiers buried in the “Confederate Rest” section of Forrest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin. It is the northern-most Confederate cemetery in the United States. Union forces captured 1156 Confederate enlisted men when they seized Island Number 10 [ » ]
The famous (infamous?) Rebel spy Belle Boyd is buried in Wisconsin, just outside of what was then Killborne, but is now known as Wisconsin Dells. I’ve visited the grave site three times, and each time there have been fresh flags or flowers. Pictured are grandchildren Ben and Leah Van Kauwenbergh. Belle [ » ]
I recently found something very interesting related to the Civil War. I was working on material excavated on a farmstead just East of Springfield and looking at some ball found on the site. One looked unusual but I just couldn’t put my finger on what it was but after I [ » ]
The Grey Uniforms of the 2d Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Gary Van Kauwenbergh Have you ever been asked what the gray uniforms worn by the 2d Wisconsin looked like? The answer to that question depends on which gray uniform you’re talking about. Some soldiers in the 2d Wisconsin could have worn [ » ]
Click here for a travel log on Darlene and Gary Van Kauwenbergh’s visits to the steamboat museums for the Arabia and Bertrand.
Click here for a travel log on Gary and Darlene Van Kauwenbergh’s trip to Forts Donalson and Pillow, Nashville and the battlefields at Shiloh and Corinth in November of 2015.
Old Soldier Fiddlers performed at the Kenosha Civil War Museums Expo on Saturday, March 12, 2016, and the video of their performance is on YouTube at https://youtu.be/J32zYXIdqH0 The group mixes history with music and humor in a multimedia presentation. This year’s performance features the story of Bailey’s Dam during the Red River [ » ]
On March 12, 2016, Dan Christiansen, Mary Borsic and Steve Sherry ran a display table promoting the ACWSA at the 16th annual Civil War Museum Expo in Kenosha, WI. The Old Soldier Fiddlers performed at noon, giving an hour-long multimedia presentation that combined Civil War stories with a sing-along.
Stephen Sherry of the ACWSA’s 15th Wisconsin Infantry “Norwegian Bear Hunters” passed on these photos of team member Mary Borsic’s trip to Chickamauga battlefield, showing the monuments for the regiment their team is named after.
Pat Kaboskey, Gene Hass, Bill Osborne spent the morning of November 6th doing a live fire training/demo for high school cadets from St. John’s Military Academy. They all were able to shoot 5 different Civil War period weapons.