"That Ripon, and especially the College, was a marked center of patriotic fervor is well known..."

Edward H. Merrell

College President 1876-1891

Of Ripon College teachers and students, 67 were in the Union army, of whom 21 were commissioned officers and 11 lost their lives.

First Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment -- The Ripon College campus became Camp Fremont for one month in fall of 1861.

By Calah Goehring