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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticPula, James S.
Title, AnalyticThe Writing on the Walls: Badger Graffiti in Civil War Virginia
Journal TitleWisconsin Magazine of History
Date of PublicationSpring 2003
Volume ID86
Issue ID3
Location in Work38-49, ill.
AbstractRelates the history behind the discovery of nine names--Schlosser, Scholz, Van Eweyk, Reifenstuhl, Froelich, Rook, Fernekes, Hoene, and Koege--written on the attic walls of the Blenheim Estate in Fairfax, Virginia. The names can be traced to the 26th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, nicknamed "the Sigel Regiment" in honor of Franz Sigel, the German revolutionary leader of 1848 who was then a popular leader of the national German American community.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals [title, date]; P2003-9
MKI TermsSoldiers/ Wisconsin/ Civil War, 1861-1865 -- German Americans/ United States/ History