Links of Interest
For history enthusiasts, researchers, and descendants of service members, a wealth of digital archives provides deep insight into Wisconsin’s rich military and transportation heritage.
The Wisconsin Veterans Museum online portal serves as a premier starting point, offering extensive digital collections, searchable veteran databases, and exhibits that honor the bravery of Wisconsin service members from the Civil War to the modern era.
To zoom in on the state’s storied contributions to the Civil War, the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Association website provides invaluable rosters, historical reenactment details, and accounts of the famous Iron Brigade. Moving forward in time, the Wisconsin in the Spanish-American War digital archives shed light on the state’s mobilization at the turn of the 20th century, capturing a lesser-known era of overseas expansion and domestic preparation. For 20th-century conflicts, the 32D Red Arrow Infantry Division and Brigade online resources document the lineage, campaigns, and sacrifices of this legendary unit through World War I, World War II, and beyond. Finally, stepping off the battlefield and onto the rails, the Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society preserves the industrial and transportation backbone that supported Wisconsin’s growth, offering railfans and local historians detailed maps, photographs, and historical logs of the region’s historic rail lines.