Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin. Treasurer: Allotment Records (Civil War)
Inclusive Dates: 1861-1884

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Treasurer

Call Number: Series 511

Quantity: 14.4 c.f. (26 archives boxes, 3 flat boxes, and 1 volume)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

Incoming and outgoing correspondence and record books used by the State Treasurer in disbursing allotments from the pay of Wisconsin's Civil War soldiers. In accordance with Chapter 190, Section 3, Laws of Wisconsin of 1862, individual soldiers were able to directly allot a portion of their pay for their dependents. These funds were paid into the state treasury for disbursement and were known as the Allotment Fund.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser00511

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