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- ↑ "William H. Hemschemeyer" (PDF). Manitowoc County Civil War Round Table. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ↑ THE BLUE BOOK OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN (18th ed.). Madison, Wis.: David Atwood. 1879. p. 497.