The Midwestern Havelock Hat
By Ron Field My article “Ugly as the Devil,” published in the Winter 2015 issue, explored various types of Havelock hats worn by Union Army volunteers in 1861. This follow-up
Tag: Wisconsin Civil War
Long Sol: Indiana’s Fighting Quaker
By Lance J. Herdegen During a military review in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln said with a sly smile that Solomon Meredith of Indiana was “the only Quaker general I have
“The Wisconsin Angel”
By Melissa A. Winn Few people did so much for so many Wisconsin Civil War soldiers as Cordelia Harvey. In her brief time as the state’s first lady, she played