During the Civil War private railway companies transported union soldiers for the U.S. government. The above receipt, from 1861, shows that the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company received $2.24 for transporting Captain H.G. Maloy from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Kilbourn City (present day Wisconsin Dells), Wisconsin. 
[Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 85: Box 1, Folder 1]

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