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 == Wisconsin Military Units  ==
 Love, William DeLoss. ''Wisconsin in the war of the rebellion&nbsp;: a history of all regiments and batteries the state has sent to the field, and deeds of her citizens, governors and other military officers, and state and national legislators to suppress the rebellion. '' (Bethesda, Maryland&nbsp;: University Publications of America, c1993) {{FHL|718672|item|disp=FHL Fiche 6118294}}
 Most units were numbered, however, some were named. See the table below for lists of the regiments, battalions, batteries, and other units.
 <br> The information in the lists of Wisconsin Military Units comes from the [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Civil War Soldiers and Sailors] web site. That web site also can be searched by the name of a soldier.
 <center>'''Wisconsin Units by Number or by Name'''</center><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Wisconsin Civil War Union Units 1st through 17th|1st-17th]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Wisconsin Civil War Union Units 18th through 53rd|18th-53rd]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Wisconsin Civil War Union Units A to Z|A to Z]]</div> <center>'''Wisconsin Units by Type of Unit'''</center><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; color: black; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">'''''Union Units'''''</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Wisconsin Civil War Union Infantry Units|Infantry]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Wisconsin Civil War Union Cavalry Units|Cavalry]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Wisconsin Civil War Union Artillery Units|Artillery]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 65px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Wisconsin Civil War Union Colored Troops|Colored Troops]]</div><div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; float: left; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 4px; width: 60px; padding-top: 5px; height: 40px; background-color: rgb(204,255,255); text-align: center">[[Wisconsin Civil War Union Other Units|Other]]</div>
 == Service Records  ==
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 Moore, Dennis R. ''Researching Your Civil War Ancestors in Wisconsin''. Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Bivouac Publications, 1994. (Family History Library book {{FHL|767483|title-id|disp=977.5 M28e}}.) This gives detailed listings of Civil War records available at the State Archives and explains what is included in each type of record.
+==== Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)  ====
+Grand Army of the Republic founded in 1866 - 1956, was the largest veteran’s organization in the country after the Civil War. It was a fraternal organization members were veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, Marines and Revenue Cutler Service who served in the American Civil War. The group supported voting rights for black veterans, and lobbied the U.S. Congress to establish veterans' pensions. In 1890 the membership was 490,000.
+In 1888 there were 234 posts and 11,083 members in the state of Wisconsin
+[http://suvcw.org/garposts/wi.pdf GAR Posts in the State of Wisconsin]
+==== Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War  ====
+With the death of the last member of the Grand Army of the Republic the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War was formed.
+<br>
 === References  ===