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PART 1 -- BOOKS
Item #
Price
Image
Description
82 $26.95
book cover: Korean War, Not Forgotten
Korean War, Not Forgotten. D.C. Everest Oral History Project (2003). This book captures personal stories of Korean War veterans and relates real-life accounts of history. It is a work done by high school students fifty years following the 1953 cease-fire. D.C. Everest students conducted all original source interviews and completed all transcribing. Students and teachers then edited all student work. The stories and poems found at the end of the book were written entirely by students.
389 $9.95
book cover: Letters From the Front, 1898-1945
Stevens, Michael E. (ed.), Letters From the Front 1898-1945, Madison, WI, State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1992). The stories of men and women from Wisconsin who served in the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II.
460 $19.95
book cover: The Iron Brigade: A Military History
Nolan, Alan T., The Iron Brigade: A Military History, Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press (1994). The story of the Civil War's most famous unit.
461 $12.95
book cover: Old Abe the War Eagle
Zeitlin, Richard, Old Abe the War Eagle, Madison, WI, State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1986). The story of Wisconsin's War Eagle, Old Abe, mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
993 $21.95
book cover: An Irishman in the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Memoirs of James P. Sullivan, Company K, 6th Wisconsin Volunteers
Beaudot, W.J.K. & Herdegen, L.J., An Irishman in the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Memoirs of James P. Sullivan, Company K, 6th Wisconsin Volunteers, New York, N.Y., Fordham University Press (1993). The experiences of James Sullivan, who served four eventful years with the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
1097 $12.95
book cover: Women Remember the War 1941-1945
Stevens, Michael E., Women Remember the War 1941-1945, Madison, WI, State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1993). Wisconsin women describe experiences on the home front, serving overseas, and in the Red Cross.
1621 $10.95
book cover: Well Mary: Civil War Letters of a Wisconsin Volunteer
Roth Brobst, Margaret (ed.), Well Mary: Civil War Letters of a Wisconsin Volunteer, Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin Press (1994). The letters of Private John F. Brodst, written during the Civil War to Mary Englesby, the girl he was to marry, are truly unusual. Not only do they vividly recount the experiences of a foot soldier in the Union Army, but they tell a love story as well. John, who was in many important campaigns, is observant, writes with humor and, most of all, tells a good story.
1666 $14.00
book cover: Fire Within: A Civil War Narrative from Wisconsin
Trask, Kerry A., Fire Within: A Civil War Narrative from Wisconsin, Kent, OH, Kent State University Press (1995). This remarkable book blends the experiences of several young Wisconsin men who fought the Civil War with the course of events back home in Manitowoc.
1747 $14.95
book cover: Voices from Vietnam
Stevens, Michael E., Voices from Vietnam, Madison, WI, State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1996). The story of the Vietnam War from the perspective of Wisconsin men and women.
1826 $17.95
book cover: A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie: Civil War Letters of James K. Newton
Ambrose, Stephen, E. (ed.), A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie: Civil War Letters of James K. Newton, Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin Press (1961). A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie reveals Newton as a young man who grew to maturity through his Civil War experience, rising in rank from private to lieutenant.
1856 $24.95
book cover: The Men Stood Like Iron
Herdegen, Lance J., The Men Stood Like Iron, Indiana, Indiana University Press (1997). A story of George McClellan and a young America caught up in a civil war of unexpected magnitude and of those uncertain weeks in 1862.
1862 $12.95
book cover: Flags of the Iron Brigade
Zeitlin, Richard, Flags of the Iron Brigade, Madison, WI, Wisconsin Veterans Museum (1997). An account of the design, fabrication and use of the flags of the Iron Brigade during the Civil War. Contains photographic images, measurements and drawings of regimental flags.
1943 $14.95
book cover: Rites of Passage: Odyssey of a Grunt
Peterson, Robert, Rites of Passage: Odyssey of a Grunt, Oregon WI, Badger Books Inc. (1997). This memoir is a powerful account of Robert "Bullet" Peterson's tour of duty in Vietnam. His story records the experiences and emotions he encountered while fighting a war he had begun to question.
1959 $30.00
book cover: Wisconsin in the Civil War
Klement, Frank L., Wisconsin in the Civil War, Madison, WI, State Historical Society (1997). A vivid chronological narrative of Wisconsin's role in the Civil War from the presidential election of 1860 to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in the spring of 1865.
2102 $12.95
book cover: Remembering The Holocaust
Stevens, Michael E. (ed), Remembering The Holocaust, Madison, WI, State Historical Society (1997). This book contains 14 firsthand interviews of Holocaust survivors who settled in Wisconsin. They describe the richness and variety of pre-war Jewish life in Europe, the advent of proscriptive laws, arrests, and deportation, the unspeakable horrors of the Nazi camps and ultimately the liberation and postwar experiences of the survivors.
2118 $12.95
book cover: Heg
Fortney, Steve, Heg, Oregon, WI, Waubesa Press (1998). Steven Fortney's novel, inspired by the life of Hans Christian Heg, is the embodiment of the immigrant experience in 19th-century Wisconsin.
2155 $29.95
book cover: Giants in Their Tall Black Hats: Essays on the Iron
Nolan, Alan T. & Eggleston Vipond, Sharon (eds.), Giants in Their Tall Black Hats: Essays on the Iron, Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press (1998). These essays, by some of the best-known historians of the brigade, spotlight significant moments in the history of the Civil War's most celebrated unit.
2216 $22.95
book cover: A Full Blown Yankee of the Iron Brigade: Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers
Dawes, Rufus R, A Full Blown Yankee of the Iron Brigade: Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers, Lincoln, NB, University of Nebraska Press (1999). A Full Blown Yankee of the Iron Brigade combines the personal experience of Rufus R. Dawes with a history of the regiment in which he served. The Iron brigade was the only all-Western brigade that fought in the Army of the Potomac and was the most distinguished of the Federal brigades.
2283 $29.95
book cover: 3rd Wisconsin Badgers
Raab, Steven S., 3rd Wisconsin Badgers, Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books (1999). A narrative of the life of Van Rensselaer Willard and his vivid and brutal experiences with the 3rd Wisconsin Regiment.
2331 $49.95
book cover: 32nd Infantry Division · World War II
Blakeley, Major General H.W., 32nd Infantry Division · World War II, Nashville, TN, Battery Press (1957). An official operational history of the Guardsmen of the 32nd Infantry Division.
2333 $50.00
book cover: The Military History of Wisconsin in the War for the Union
Quiner, E. B., The Military History of Wisconsin in the War for the Union, The St. Croix Valley Civil War Round Table (2000). Since 1866, hundreds of articles and books have been published on Wisconsin in the Civil War, yet for all those years no work has supplanted Quiner for the immediacy, detail breadth, or utility. This volume provides the definitive history of Wisconsin's involvement in the Civil War.
2382 $14.95
book cover: The Hero Next Door-Stories from Wisconsin's WWII Veterans
Gilpatrick, Kristen, The Hero Next Door-Stories from Wisconsin's WWII Veterans, Oregon, WI, Badger Books, Inc. (2000). The vibrant and gripping stories of 14 of the 332,000 Wisconsin men and women who served this country in World War II.
2493 $14.95
book cover: The Hero Next Door Returns-More Stories from Wisconsin's WWII Veterans
Gilpatrick, Kristen, The Hero Next Door Returns-More Stories from Wisconsin's WWII Veterans, Oregon, WI, Badger Books, Inc. (2001). Fourteen additional stories of Wisconsin veterans who served their country in World War II.
2540 $22.00
book cover: World War II: Stories from our Veterans
Kegel, James, World War II: Stories from our Veterans, D.C. Everest Oral History Project (2001). In World War II: Stories from our Veterans you will read the personal accounts of Wisconsin veterans who served in all theaters of the Second World War.
2608 $16.95
book cover: Stalag Wisconsin: Inside WWII Prisoner of War Camps
Cowley, Betty, Stalag Wisconsin: Inside WWII Prisoner of War Camps, Oregon WI, Badger Books Inc. (2002). Discover the fascinating and little-known life of World War II P.O.W. camps in Wisconsin.
2609 $27.50
book cover: Four Years with the Iron Brigade
Herdegen, Lance & Murphy, Sherry, Four Years with the Iron Brigade, Da Capo Press (2002). The incredible Civil War odyssey of an enlisted man who marched under the Stars and Stripes for almost four years in the Union's most famous brigade.
2636 $19.95
book cover: Wisconsin at War
McIntosh, James F., Wisconsin at War, Madison, WI, Trails Media Group, Inc. (2002). Contains personal accounts of various Wisconsin veterans who served in eras from General Black Jack Pershing's 1916 Mexican Punitive Expedition to Operation Desert Storm.
2810 $26.95
book cover: Vietnam Experience: Stories of a Troubled Past
Vietnam Experience: Stories of a Troubled Past, D.C. Everest Oral History Project (2002). In this book you will read incredible stories from nurses, helicopter pilots, grunts, and support soldiers. You will also read essays, journals, and poems from high school sophomores who interviewed the veterans and spent a good portion of the semester reading and learning about the Vietnam experience.
2816 $39.95
book cover: The Badax Tigers: from Shiloh to the 18th Wisconsin Volunteers
Nanzig, Thomas P. (ed.), The Badax Tigers: from Shiloh to the 18th Wisconsin Volunteers, New York, NY, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc. (2002). This intimate unit history of the Badax Tigers chronicles the experiences of Company C of the 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War as seen through the eyes of Private Thomas Jefferson Davis.
2916 $32.95
book cover: The 24th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War: The Biography of a Regiment
Beaudot, William J.K., The 24th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War: The Biography of a Regiment, Mechanichsburg, PA, Stackpolebooks (2003). Drawing from hundreds of sources including letters, diaries, and contemporary newspaper articles, this book chronicles the history of an exceptional group of men, including Arthur McArthur, who, like hundreds of thousands of others, saw a duty to their nation, and determined to make a personal sacrifice to fulfill it.
3014 $25.95 book cover: All the Way to Berlin James Megellas. All the Way to Berlin, Random House Publishing Group (2003). Wisconsin-native James Megellas was the most decorated officer of the 82d Airborne Division and saw more action during the war than most. Yet this book is more than just a World War II memoir. Throughout his narrative, he skillfully interweaves stores of the other paratroopers of H Company, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The result is a remarkable account of men at war.
3053 $24.95
book cover: Next of Kin
Reilly, Thomas L., Next of Kin, Dulles, VA, Brassey’s Inc. (2003). Tom Reilly idolized his older brother, Ron. In July 1970, Ron died halfway around the world in Vietnam. When the U.S. Army provided no explanation except that Ron’s death was not due to combat, the nineteen-year-old orphan set off on an incredible journey from small town Wisconsin to war-torn South Vietnam to find answers, to seek revenge if necessary, and to come to terms with his loss.
3057 $28.95
book cover: When Philosophers Were Kings
Best, Steve, When Philosophers Were Kings, NY, Sunshine Press (2003). The story of a Wisconsin family’s struggle to survive the American Civil War. Supporters of the North, brothers Socrates and Ed and their cousin Swift, believe in abolishing slavery and preserving the Union. But when standing up for their beliefs means bringing death and destruction to their family, friends, and homeland, the choices with which they are faced become increasingly difficult.
3179 $22.95 book cover: POW in the Pacific William N. Donovan, M.D. P.O.W. in the Pacific, Wilmington, DE, Scholarly Resources, Inc. (1998). This is the story of William N. Donovan, a Madison, Wisconsin-native, U.S. Army medical officer in the Philippines who, as a prisoner of war, faced unspeakable conditions and abuse in Japanese camps during World War II. Through his own words we learn of the brutality, starvation, and disease that he and other men endured at the hands of their captors along with the courage and determination that Donovan was able to summon in order to survive.
3245 $26.95 book cover: Third Down and a War to Go Terry Frei. Third Down and a War to Go, Madison, WI, Wisconsin Historical Press (2005). The ’42 Badgers football team had a host of individual stars and knew that each game brought them closer to military service during World War II. The Badgers scattered into the various branches and around the world shortly after their season on the field. Not all were asked to be heroic in battle, but many were, and they answered the challenge. Not all of them returned, and the circumstances of at least one battle death have been shrouded in mystery for six decades. The son of one of them, Jerry Frei, sets out, through extensive research, to describe their successes both on the football field and in service to their country.
3401 $18.95 book cover: When is Daddy Coming Home?: An American Family during World War II Richard Carlton Haney. “When is Daddy Coming Home?”: An American Family during World War II, Madison, WI, Wisconsin Historical Society Press (2005). World War II was coming to a close in Europe and Richard Haney was only four years old when the telegram arrived at his family’s home in Janesville, Wisconsin. That moment, when Haney learned of his father’s death, changed his and his mother’s lives forever. In this emotionally powerful book, Haney, now a professional historian, explores the impact of war on an American family and describes how the war changed his and similar small-town communities. No one who reads this powerful story will come away unmoved.
3405 $34.95
book cover: The Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Wisconsin
McCrory, Thomas J., Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Wisconsin, Black Earth, WI, Trails Books (2005). This book takes you back to the 19th century when the first and largest veterans organization of its time, the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), was formed. Learn how the Union Army Veterans gained powerful influence in political, social, and civil life with this one-of-a-kind, comprehensive resource of information about Wisconsin’s G.A.R. Included are listings of officers and other leaders, complete rosters of the state’s posts, data about membership, information on all medals and badges, and much more.
4046 $5.95 book cover: 13000 Hours 13000 Hours, Public Relations Office. Dedicated to the officers and men of the 32nd Infantry Division and to those who had given their lives in their struggle for human freedom. This work depicts highlights in the history of this Wisconsin Red Arrow Division in a concise, easy-to-follow narrative including various illustrations.
4095 $25.95 book cover: World War II: More Stories From Our Veterans World War II: More Stories From Our Veterans, D.C. Everest Oral History Project (2004). Perhaps no war may be described as a “good war,” but from the point of view of the United States and the many other nations which fought against Germany, Japan, and their associates, World War II was a good war. This assertion is explored through many men and women veterans interviewed by the various and accomplished Wisconsin D.C. Everest Senior High School students. Reading the various interviews should help put a human face on the conflict and perhaps contribute to an understanding that even good wars must bear a heavy cost in blood and treasure.
4109 $35.00
book cover: Rogue: A Biography of Civil War General Justus McKinstry
Driscoll, John., Rogue: A Biography of Civil War General Justus McKinstry, Jefferson, N.C., McFarland & Co (2006). A biography of Justus McKinstry, a West Point graduate who served as Chief Quartermaster of the Department of the West during the Civil War. The book details the ways McKinstry abused his position for personal gain, and the court of inquiry and court martials he faced.
4123 $59.95 book cover: Blooding the Regiment Richard H. Groves. Blooding the Regiment, Lanham, Maryland, The Scarecrow Press, Inc. (2005). This book is a meticulously researched narrative of a Union regiment hampered by infighting and politicking, which was captured in the early stages of its service in the western theater of the American Civil War. The narrative brings together diverse sources, including official military records, private letters of many of the regiment’s soldiers, newspaper articles of the time, and existing historical research, to provide a vibrant picture of what life was actually like for the 22d Wisconsin at each stage of its long and difficult journey.
4178 $4.95 book cover: The Deadly Writer's Patrol The Deadly Writer’s Patrol, Madison, WI, Deadly Writer’s Patrol (2006). The Deadly Writer’s Patrol began from a Madison, Wisconsin native’s project to fulfill a master’s-level writing class. The principle behind this book was to offer Vietnam veterans help purging their disheveled, unvoiced feelings using the constructive and creative techniques of writing. The group involved, dubbed the “Deadly Writer’s Patrol”, have been meeting for eight years and although not all current members are veterans, the single word “Vietnam” holds deep and deadly meaning embellished throughout this text.
4263 $21.95 book cover: Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh John Prados and Ray W. Stubbe. Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh, Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press (1991). Widely acknowledged as the definitive history of the siege of Khe Sanh since its publication in hardcover in 1991, this book tells the incredible story of one of the most pivotal and bloody battles of the Vietnam War. Historian John Prados and Khe Sanh survivor chaplain and Wisconsin veteran, Ray Stubbe recount the brutal seventy-seven days of combat and present the larger political context that formed the all-important backdrop to the events on the battlefield in 1968.
4265 $6.99 book cover: Inside Force Recon--Recon Marines in Vietnam Michael Lee Lanning and Ray William Stubbe. Inside Force Recon: Recon Marines in Vietnam, New York, Ballantine Books (1992). Operating in four-to eight-man teams, the patrols of Force Reconnaissance ventured far into the very backyard of the enemy, using tactics associated more with their adversaries than with the U.S. military. The Force Recon Marines were the “eyes and ears” of the units they served and likewise produced body counts far greater than much larger units. Lanning and Stubbe examine such events along with instances of extraordinary bravery and nearly unbelievable survival despite overwhelming odds. Wisconsin Veteran Ray William Stubbe was both chaplain to and friend of the recon Marines at the Khe Shan Combat Base from July 1967 to March 1968.
4269 $39.95 book cover: Where We Were in Vietnam Michael P. Kelley. Where We Were in Vietnam, Hellgate Press, Central Point, Oregon (2002). This book represents a comprehensive guide to the firebases, military installations, and naval vessels of the Vietnam War, 1945-1975. It includes more than seven years of exhaustive research by author, artist, and Vietnam veteran Michael Kelley. With more than 10,000 entries, it covers the entire Indochina Theater including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and both North and South Vietnam. It similarly includes detailed maps, grid zone overlays, airfields, heliports, seaports, significant terrain features, signal sites, ops, quarries, engineer camps, Internet resource listings, and much more.
4270 $15.95 book cover: Rockets Like Rain--A Year in Vietnam Dale E. Reich. Rockets Like Rain: A Year in Vietnam, Central Point, Oregon, Hellgate Press (2001). It was the best year of his life…and the worst. Ten men from the little town of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, were killed in the Vietnam War. Dale Reich survived. He wants his hometown heroes, and the war that took them, to be remembered. This is the story of his year as an American infantryman in Vietnam—365 unforgettable days that took Dale 30 years to finally write about.
4271 $34.95 book cover: A History of the 4th Wisconsin Infantry and Cavalry in the Civil War Michael J. Martin. A History of the 4th Wisconsin Infantry and Cavalry in the Civil War, New York and California, Savas Beatie (2006). Martin’s book is a deeply researched and vividly written study of the above-mentioned unheralded Federal combat regiment. Eight years in the making, his regimental history is based upon scores of previously unused soldier and civilian diaries, letters, reports, contemporary newspapers, unpublished photos, and reminiscences.

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PART 2 -- CIVIL WAR CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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Image
Description
190 $10.00
Certificate of Service, Civil War
Certificate of Service. Official Civil War regimental records of individual veterans from the state of Wisconsin. Information compiled contains veteran's service record and a list of personal engagements experienced.

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PART 3 -- VIDEOS
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Price
Image
Description
2063 $9.95
video cover - The Boy From Poplar: The Richard Ira Bong Story
The Boy From Poplar: The Richard Ira Bong Story. This is the story of a Wisconsin native who was the first and only American able to claim 40 recorded victories against enemy aircraft. He flew over 200 combat missions. Bong was decorated 26 times during World War II, including the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bong was America's Ace of Aces.

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PART 4 -- APPAREL
Item #
Price
Image
Description
184 $9.95
hat - USS Wisconsin
USS Wisconsin Hat
185 $9.95
hat - USS Wisconsin with gold braid
USS Wisconsin Hat with Gold Braid
1571 $9.95
hat - Desert Storm Veteran
Desert Storm Veteran Hat
1572 $9.95
hat - Korea Veteran
Korea Veteran Hat
1573 $9.95
hat - Vietnam Veteran
Vietnam Veteran Hat
1639 $9.95
hat - U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy Hat
1640 $9.95
hat - U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Corps Hat
1641 $9.95
hat - U.S. Army
U.S. Army Hat
1642 $9.95
hat - U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force Hat
1949 $9.95
hat - WWII Veteran
WWII Veteran Hat
1973 $9.95
hat - U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Hat
9001 $37.95
shirt - Wisconsin Veteran
Wisconsin Veteran Shirt. Specify size. Available in sizes Small, Medium, Large, XX Large and XXX Large. Add $2.00 for sizes XX Large and XXX Large.

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PART 5 -- CIVIL WAR TINWARE REPRODUCTIONS
During the Civil War the Federal government expected soldiers to purchase many items needed for military life. Non-issue items included utensils for food and drink preparation. Soldiers often obtained them from soldier's aid societies or more commonly through purchase from sutlers, the Civil War version of the PX. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has produced its reproductions from actual artifacts in our collection using period techniques. Like the originals our tin products are manufactured using the hot-dipped tin sheeting. The hot-dipped tin process, not practiced since the 19th Century, creates the distinctive finish seen on these reproductions. All items are made in the U.S.A.
Item #
Price
Image
Description
675 $49.95
Civil War tinware - Captain Norton's Coffee Pot
Captain Norton’s Coffee Pot
A reproduction of an original attributed to Captain Lemuel B. Norton, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Co. H, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves. Dimensions: Bottom diameter, 4.5 inches; top, 3.25 inches; depth, 5.25 inches.
676 $14.95
Civil War tinware - Private Smith's Cup
Private Smith’s Cup
A reproduction of an original attributed to Private Osmore R. Smith, Co. A, 52nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Dimensions: Top diameter, 4 inches; bottom diameter, 3.5 inches; height, 2.25 inches.
964 $14.95
Civil War tinware - Lieutenant Clark's Cup
Lieutenant Clark’s Cup
A reproduction of an original attributed to Lieutenant Willis P. Clark, Co. K, 13th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Dimensions: Diameter, 4.5 inches; height, 3 inches.
965 $49.95
Civil War tinware - Confederate Drum Canteen
Confederate Drum Canteen
The canteen is an exact reproduction of an original issued during the Civil War to soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia. It is corked at the spout. Dimensions: Diameter, 5.50 inches; width, 1.25 inches.
1832 $24.95 Civil War tinware - Private Bridgman's Boiler Private Bridgman’s Boiler
A reproduction of an original attributed to Private Edward P. Bridgman, Co. 37th Massachusetts Volunteers. Dimensions: Top diameter, 3.75 inches; bottom diameter, 4.50 inches; height, 5.50 inches.
2082 $19.95
Civil War tinware - Private Bridgman's Plate
Private Bridgman’s Plate
This is another reproduction of an artifact that belonged to Private Edward P. Bridgman. The plate is dished with convex rings forming the lip. Dimensions: 9 inches in diameter.

About the originals: The large cup was used by Lieutenant Willis P. Clark while a member of Company K, 13th Wisconsin Volunteers. The cup shows signs of use, Clark served four years, with the finish darkened and the tin plating melted away on the side opposite the handle from direct exposure to fire. This style of cup is visible in a photograph of soldiers from the 12th Wisconsin which may indicate a common source.

The conical shaped cup was used by Private Osmore R. Smith of the 52nd Massachusetts Volunteers. The bright finish and overall good condition of this cup suggest that it may have been purchased late in Smith's term in service. The open bottom handle was probably a time saving measure in manufacture, but also allowed the cup to be hooked on to gear.

In addition to cups, sutlers offered a variety of non-essential but useful items such as the coffee cooler. The coffee cooler undoubtedly had a multitude of uses including, as suggested by its name, a convenient way to make the soldier's boiling "Java" drinkable. This artifact was used by Corporal William Small who served with Company G of the 11th Wisconsin. For identification Small scratched his initials into the bottom. The sides of the coffee cooler have been pierced for the attachment of a wire bail. Perhaps this cooler also served as a boiler in the absence of a cup or fruit can.

The canteen was an item issued by both the Federal and Confederate governments during the Civil War. The Confederate government had trouble obtaining large numbers of canteens in a standardized design. Because of this, the Southern soldier was as likely to be issued a wooden, or captured Federal canteen as the preferred tin drum.

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