Welcome, I'm Richard Zeitlin, Director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Civil War veterans established this Museum in 1901 to commemorate their service to the nation. For almost nine decades, we were located across the street in the State Capitol. Over the years, our collection has expanded to document succeeding military activities and the stories of the citizen-soldiers of our state. It is the lives of these men and women that we will focus on today.
Guiding you on your tour will be Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and one of Wisconsin's favorite sons, Stephen Ambrose. Also joining us will be Gregory Peck, presenting excerpts from the letters, diaries and other eye-witness accounts of Wisconsin soldiers -- some of the more dramatic moments you'll hear about today.
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