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October 22, 1898

Company E, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, assembled at Beloit, was duly discharged from service as United States soldiers.

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The mill of the Blodgett Milling Company was almost totally destroyed by fire.

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BeloitOctober 22, 1898

Company E, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, assembled at Beloit, was duly discharged from service as United States soldiers.

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October 22, 1898, Company E, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infanty, of the Spanish War, assembled at Beloit, were duly discharged from service as United States soldiers. They had all enlisted for two years, but as the war had virtually ended, although our First Regiment was quite a favorite with General Fitzhugh Lee, our Governor Schofield, at the solicitation of a great many citizens, succeeded in having that regiment honorably disbanded and the men discharged to private life.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 1, PDF p. 407 / book p. 375

1898 / October 22

BeloitA

October 22, 1898

Company E, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, assembled at Beloit, was duly discharged from service as United States soldiers.

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BeloitOctober 22, 1898

Company E, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, assembled at Beloit, was duly discharged from service as United States soldiers.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

October 22, 1898, Company E, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infanty, of the Spanish War, assembled at Beloit, were duly discharged from service as United States soldiers. They had all enlisted for two years, but as the war had virtually ended, although our First Regiment was quite a favorite with General Fitzhugh Lee, our Governor Schofield, at the solicitation of a great many citizens, succeeded in having that regiment honorably disbanded and the men discharged to private life.