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Fairchild was a three term Wisconsin Governor and a U.S. Diplomat. He commanded troops in the Second Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. He is mentioned in Frances "Fanny" Adeline Seward's 1860 diary.

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Biography: 
Fairchild was a three term Wisconsin Governor and a U.S. Diplomat. He commanded troops in the Second Bull Run, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. He is mentioned in Frances "Fanny" Adeline Seward's 1860 diary.
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https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS3267#:~:text=Fairchild%20commanded%20troops%20in%20several,which%20had%20to%20be%20amputated.
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Wisconsin History
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https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS3267#:~:text=Fairchild%20commanded%20troops%20in%20several,which%20had%20to%20be%20amputated.
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Wisconsin History
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