1861-1863

Group including, foreground, left to right: Mrs. Hathaway, Capt. Hathaway (standing), Lucius Fairchild, Mary Howe, Col. Edgar O'Connor (?), Major Allen. (Lucius Fairchild enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry where he rose to the rank of colonel and served in most of the major battles in the eastern sector of the war as a member of the "Iron Brigade." In 1863 he lost an arm at the Battle of Gettysburg, and shortly before he was mustered out of the army in October, 1863, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general of the volunteers.)


Image of Civil War
From the copy owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Visual Archives: Album 13.25