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Iron Brigade & Beyond: Wisconsin in the Civil War - Part 1

On the sesquicentennial anniversary of the siege on Fort Sumter, we hear about Wisconsin’s contributions to the Civil War. Lance Herdegen is the chair of the Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commissionand former director of the Institute of Civil War Studies at Carroll University. Today marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War’s first battle, the siege of Fort Sumter. Herdegen will be giving a lecture at the Civil War Museum in Kenosha on Thursday.