William Caine, a resident and farm hand in Chester Township during the 1850s and 1860s, was representative of the Republican activism characterizing the county and much of central Wisconsin in the years leading up to the Civil War.
Caine served as a scout in Brown's unit, and with it participated in the battle of Osawatomie on August 30, 1856.
Caine returned to Dodge County after his service in Kansas and there, in 1862, enlisted in Company D of the Third Wisconsin Infantry on August 29, 1862, at Waupun.
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