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Wisconsin History Resources

Highlights

Old Abe, the Civil War Eagle, being displayed to crowd. WHI 33811.Wisconsin in the Civil War
This digital collection contains more than 16,000 original documents. It provides ready access to dozens of diaries, regimental histories and book-length memoirs, thousands of soldiers letters, hundreds of newspaper articles, and more than 1,000 photographs, maps and other images.

Turning PointsTurning Points
The most important events of our state's history, with hundreds of eyewitness accounts, pictures, and museum objects, new ones added daily.

Wisconsin History Explorer Wisconsin History Explorer
The Wisconsin History Explorer uses the properties documented through the National Register of Historic Places program to tell stories about Wisconsin people and communities.

Resources

This Day in Wisconsin History

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