May 6, 1861
Company D, Second Regiment (the first company of volunteers enlisted for the war in Rock County) left Janesville for Camp Randall at Madison.
Rock CountyGrade A · 1 independent source
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“The first company recruited here left Janesville for Camp Randall at Madison on May 6, 1861. This was Company D, Second Eegiment Wisconsin Volunteers, George B.”
1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 46 / book p. 559
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.
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