The Agnew Brothers

Written by Edwin E. Bryant

Company H, 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.

There were three Agnew brothers in Company H. All three were wounded at Antietam. All were noble soldiers. David, one of them, is mentioned for special gallantry at Beverly Ford; and John, another, was severely wounded in various parts of his body at New Hope Church. All three re-enlisted as veterans, and all were mustered out at the end of the war.

This Day in Wisconsin History

1675 - Fr. Jacques Marquette dies

Fr. Jacques Marquette (1636-1675) died on this date in 1675 near Ludington, Michigan, at the age of 39. After the famous voyage down the Mississippi that he made in 1673 with Louis Joliet, Marquette vowed to return to the Indians he'd met in Illinois. He became ill during that visit in the spring of 1675 and was en route to Canada when he passed away. is online in our American Journeys collection.