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Summary Information
Company F, 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Still Images
1898-
- Company F, 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment,
WVM Mss 1407
0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box) of contact prints, 0.2 linear ft. (1 negative box) of negatives, 0.2 linear ft. (1 negative box) of interpositives.
Wisconsin Veterans Museum (Map)
Still images documenting the participation of Company F, 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. The company was organized out of militia from Racine, Wisconsin and was send to Camp Harvey, Wisconsin where it was attached to the 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. From there, the regiment was sent to Jacksonville, Florida and spent the entire war stationed at Camp Cuba Libre. The company returned to Wisconsin in September, 1898 and was mustered out in Racine. The collection includes negatives, interpositives and contact prints pertaining to the training of the unit at Camp Harvey, being stationed in Florida during the war, and its return to Wisconsin to be mustered out. The bulk of the collection depicts the company while based at Camp Cuba Libre near Jacksonville, Florida. Included are images of individual soldiers, officers, and groups of men posing and relaxing near their tents and around the camp. Also included are interesting images of soldiers standing in dinner lines, shaving, doing laundry, working kitchen patrol, conducting drills, and performing various labor tasks. Other interesting images from the camp include an image of a horse drawn ambulance and various photographs of the company band. The collection includes some images of soldiers in Jacksonville, various shots of local residents and scenery, a military parade, and what appears to be a public hanging. Images from Camp Harvey depict the unit undergoing drills and training, and also include images of the unit's rooster mascot. The return celebration of the unit is documented in images of the residents honoring the soldiers at Monument Square and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Depot in Racine. Also included in the collection are a series of images of trains and locomotives that include an interesting view of a Pullman car with “Company F Racine” written on the side, and a series of images depicting a train accident. Interpositives and negatives have been identified to their corresponding contact prints.
English
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