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September 2, 1864

The flag of the Twenty-second Wisconsin, the first Union flag raised over Atlanta, was raised, exactly two years after the regiment was mustered into U. S. service.

Meanwhile, closer to home

CountySeptember 1864Month

A man came to Rock County, having enlisted earlier in 1864.

RegionSeptember 1, 1864

The railroad was completed and reached Madison (one passage gives the year only for the Beloit branch reaching Madison).

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Nation & worldSeptember 2, 1864

The flag of the Twenty-second Wisconsin, the first Union flag raised over Atlanta, was raised, exactly two years after the regiment was mustered into U. S. service.

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Hooker, and went all through the Atlanta campaign with Sherman. The first Union flag raised over Atlanta was the flag of our Twenty-second Wisconsin, raised September 2, 1864, exactly two years after that regiment was mustered into the U. S. service.

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. 384 / book p. 353

1864 / September 2

Nation & worldA

September 2, 1864

The flag of the Twenty-second Wisconsin, the first Union flag raised over Atlanta, was raised, exactly two years after the regiment was mustered into U. S. service.

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The evidence

Nation & worldSeptember 2, 1864

The flag of the Twenty-second Wisconsin, the first Union flag raised over Atlanta, was raised, exactly two years after the regiment was mustered into U. S. service.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Hooker, and went all through the Atlanta campaign with Sherman. The first Union flag raised over Atlanta was the flag of our Twenty-second Wisconsin, raised September 2, 1864, exactly two years after that regiment was mustered into the U. S. service.