(in behalf of the State of Wisconsin)

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Contents

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Wisconsin History Commission[ix]
Records and Appreciations[xi]
Three Wisconsin Cushings:
A great New England exodus[1]
The Cushing Family in Western New York[5]
The father of three Wisconsin heroes[8]
From Milwaukee to the Nemahbins[13]
Removal to Chicago[18]
The mother in charge of the family[21]
All the boys established[26]
The beginning of the War[31]
The last year of Alonzo's life[39]
Later naval services of William B. Cushing[58]
William's letter to his mother[62]
After Gettysburg[66]
The destruction of the "Albemarle"[67]
At Fort Fisher and afterwards[81]
Howard Cushing with the Artillery[88]
Transferred to the Cavalry[94]
Death of the young cavalryman[98]
Index[105]

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