Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Dedicated to the Military and Civilian
History
of Wisconsin in the Civil War
And The Iron Brigade of the west
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"I was not a Wisconsin soldier, and have not been
honorably discharged, but at the judgment day
I want to be with Wisconsin soldiers,"
Gen. John Gibbon 1880
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Gather up the fragments; let nothing
be lost,
To show the coming ages what liberty cost
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And here are passing now those yet spared from earth and
heaven
of that "Iron Brigade," of Meredith's,
on whose list appear such names as Lucius Fairchild,
Henry Morrow, Rufus Dawes, and Samuel Williams, and
such
regiments as the 19th Indiana, 24th Michigan, and
2d, 6th, and 7th Wisconsin, which on the first day's front
line with Buford and Reynolds, in that one fierce onset
at Willoughby's
run, withstood
overwhelming odds, with
the loss of a thousand, a hundred and
fifty-three of highest manliness.
Here draws near a moving spectacle indeed, the last of the
dear old First Corps; thrice
decimated at Gettysburg
in action and passion heroic, martyr-like, sublime.
Sit down again together, Army of the
Potomac!
all that are left of us,-on the banks of the river whose name we
bore, into which
we have put new meaning of our own.
Take strength from one more touch, ere we pass
afar from the closeness of old.
The old is young to-day; and the young is passed.
Survivors of
the fittest,-for the fittest, it seems to us, abide
in the glory where we saw them
last,-take the grasp of
hands, and look into the eyes,
without words!
Who shall tell what is past and what survives?
For there are things born but lately in the years, which
belong to the eternities.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Brevet Major-General U.S. Volunteers-
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We thank the following
organizations for their excellent
facilities and help over the years:
in the research of the Second Wisconsin,
Iron Brigade of the West and Wisconsin Military History
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin,
The Wisconsin
Veterans Museum,
The Civil War Institute at Carroll College,
The Public Libraries of Milwaukee,
Manitowoc, Stoughton, Oshkosh, Shawano,
Waukesha,
Fond du Lac and Fox Lake,
and the
National Archives.
And public record sources across the state.
We also wish to acknowledge the help and interest of
National Park Service staff at Manhattan Sites, Antietam, Shiloh, Gettysburg, Bull Run.
And the many local historians who have taken time to
answer
questions and give direction.
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February 26, 2021
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