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The Wisconsin State Defense Force (WSDF) is the currently inactive state defense force of the State of Wisconsin authorized by Wisconsin law. [1] As a state defense force, the Wisconsin State Defense Force, alongside the Wisconsin National Guard, is organized under the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs as a part of the military forces of Wisconsin.
The 1st Wisconsin Cavalry was organized at Ripon and Kenosha, Wisconsin, between September 1, 1861, and February 2, 1862.Wisconsin was initially only approved to raise a battalion of four companies of cavalry, but in the Fall of 1861 their allotment was raised to six companies, then to a full regiment of 12 companies.
The Department of Military Affairs was created by the 1967 Wisconsin government reorganization act, sponsored by governor Warren P. Knowles (1967 Wisconsin Act 75).At the time, the agency was established to unify command of National Guard and the state Armory Board.
As a result, many governmental employers have now set up 457 and 401(k) plans for their employees, and nonprofit employers have set up 403(b) and 457 plans, each allowing their employees to invest in both. Some state universities and school districts have access to all three tax-deferred plans. However, the total combined annual contribution to ...
Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1963. Klement, Frank L. Wisconsin in the Civil War: The Home Front and the Battle Front, 1861-1865. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1997. online; Walterman, Thomas. There Stands "Old Rock": Rock County, Wisconsin and the War to Preserve the Union. Friendship, Wis: New Past Press, 2001.
After the war he became a Wisconsin state legislator and the 20th mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin. James Kerr Proudfit was 2nd lieutenant of Co. K and later became colonel of the 12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He received an honorary brevet to brigadier general. After the war he became a Wisconsin state senator.
A Milwaukee native, Pekrul signed up for the U.S. Army at Boys Tech High School (now Bradley Tech), according to an interview with the War Memorial Center that he gave as part of the Wisconsin ...
He also served much of 1864 as acting quartermaster of the regiment. After the war he served in the Wisconsin Assembly and was appointed superintendent for the removal of the Winnebago people from Wisconsin in the 1870s. Edward I. Kidd was enlisted in Co. C. After the war he served in the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate, and was the state bank ...