Records collected by the Grand Army of the Republic, Wisconsin Department, and later by the Wisconsin History Commission, both headed by Charles E. Estabrook, on Wisconsin's participation in the Civil War. The bulk of the papers relates to the work of Estabrook, and consists of correspondence, meeting minutes of the Wisconsin History Commission, a typescript of Biographical Sketches of Wisconsin Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865, and a typewritten index to Wisconsin items in the United States War Department's publication, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901). Included with the correspondence are rosters, registers, and miscellaneous items on the 3rd Wisconsin Light Artillery, the 26th, the 28th, and the 43rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry regiments, engagements at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Johnsonville and Nashville, Tennessee, and a disability claim of Charles H. Doerflinger (box 1, folder 10). Also includes: a Summary of Services for Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur (1845-1912) (box 1, folder 9); “Pete” Green; or The Vindication of a Private Soldier: a Decoration Day Sermon / by Jenkin Lloyd Jones (box 1, folder 2); original handwritten and transcriptions of letters from Lieutenant Frank A. Haskell of Company I, 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, later colonel of the 36th Wisconsin, written from various points in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (1861-1864) (box 4, folder 2-4); a copy of Philip Roesch's reminiscences of the war (box 2a, folder 3); and documents gathered by Ethel A. Hurn, relating to Wisconsin women in the war (1910) (box 2b and box 3, folder 1-5); “A Sketch of a Bombardment Unrecorded in History” / by J. Stuart Wilson, March 1, 1888 (box 1, folder 4).
