“Four Years with the Iron Brigade” The Civil War Journal of William Ray, Company F, Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers. Edited by Lance Herdegen and Sherry Murphy. Da Capo Press. Book review by Gary Van Kauwenbergh. This is the best book of this genre I’ve seen so far. It is neither a [ » ]
Click here to watch a short video on the Underground Railway station located in Milton, WI. There’s a city park across the street is where every year Company K of the Second Wisconsin Infantry Assn, Inc., hosts a School Day event where over a thousand students can visit 25-30 stations [ » ]
“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.