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Nebraska and the Civil War: A substantial history

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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Nebraska and the Civil War: A substantial history

• By JOE DUGGAN / Lincoln Journal Star
• Apr 10, 2011
• Apr 10, 2011 Updated Jan 5, 2016
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Historian Jim Potter stands next to a display of Civil War artifacts at the Museum of Nebraska History. (JACOB HANNAH / Lincoln Journal Star)

• JACOB HANNAH

Historian James Potter stands next to a display of Civil War artifacts at the Museum of Nebraska History. (JACOB HANNAH / Lincoln Journal Star)

• JACOB HANNAH

This is the fragmented battle flag of the 1st Nebraska Regiment on display at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P streets in Lincoln. The major battles and skirmishes fought from 1861 to 1864 listed here include Milford, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Cape Girardeau, Chalk Bluffs, Sylamore, Red Bank and Jacksonport. (ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)

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Victor Vifquain, a Saline County farmer, returned east at the onset of the Civil War to enlist in the Union Army. In 1865, as an officer of the 97th Illinois volunteers, he won this Medal of Honor for capturing a Confederate flag during an assault on an Alabama fort. The medal is among the Civil War relics displayed at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P streets, in Lincoln.(ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)

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Sgt. J.I. Shaw, Company H, carried this Enfield rifle and saber during his service with the 1st Nebraska Infantry. He picked up the Confederate powder horn on the battlefield at Shiloh. The rifle and saber are among the Civil War items displayed at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P streets, in Lincoln. (ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)

• ERIC GREGORY/Lincoln Journal

Private John Barr, a Nebraska volunteer from Plattsmouth, wore this homemade uniform when he fought for the Union in the 1st Nebraska Regiment. The uniform is displayed at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P streets, in Lincoln. (ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)

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Sgt. J.I. Shaw, Company H, carried this Enfield rifle during his service with the 1st Nebraska. (ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)

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By JOE DUGGAN / Lincoln Journal Star

Nebraska has no Civil War battlegrounds.

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Historian Jim Potter stands next to a display of Civil War artifacts at the Museum of Nebraska History. (JACOB HANNAH / Lincoln Journal Star)

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Historian James Potter stands next to a display of Civil War artifacts at the Museum of Nebraska History. (JACOB HANNAH / Lincoln Journal Star)

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This is the fragmented battle flag of the 1st Nebraska Regiment on display at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P streets in Lincoln. The major battles and skirmishes fought from 1861 to 1864 listed here include Milford, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Cape Girardeau, Chalk Bluffs, Sylamore, Red Bank and Jacksonport. (ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)

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Victor Vifquain, a Saline County farmer, returned east at the onset of the Civil War to enlist in the Union Army. In 1865, as an officer of the 97th Illinois volunteers, he won this Medal of Honor for capturing a Confederate flag during an assault on an Alabama fort. The medal is among the Civil War relics displayed at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P streets, in Lincoln.(ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)

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Sgt. J.I. Shaw, Company H, carried this Enfield rifle and saber during his service with the 1st Nebraska Infantry. He picked up the Confederate powder horn on the battlefield at Shiloh. The rifle and saber are among the Civil War items displayed at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P streets, in Lincoln. (ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)

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Private John Barr, a Nebraska volunteer from Plattsmouth, wore this homemade uniform when he fought for the Union in the 1st Nebraska Regiment. The uniform is displayed at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P streets, in Lincoln. (ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)

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Sgt. J.I. Shaw, Company H, carried this Enfield rifle during his service with the 1st Nebraska. (ERIC GREGORY / Lincoln Journal Star)

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