Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-218) and index.
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Foreword / by Doug Dammann -- Wisconsin before 1860 -- Wisconsin in 1860 -- The crisis of the Union -- The battlefronts : East -- A legacy of bravery -- The homefront : politics -- The homefront : economic crisis -- The battlefronts : West -- The homefront : the draft and draft resistance -- On horseback and water : the Cavalry and the Navy -- Wisconsin women -- Wisconsin's Native Americans : unrecognized allies -- Wisconsin African Americans -- Prisoners