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Illinois in the Civil War - FamilySearch

Over 250,000 Illinois men served in the Union Army,the fourth most of any northern state. Illinois supplied 150 infantry regiments, 17 cavalry regiments, and 2 ...

Civil War Records: Basic Research Sources - National Archives

... 8 inches tall and had gray eyes and brown hair. ... This essay is adapted from Claire Prechtel-Kluskens, "What Battles Did My Civil War Ancestor ...

8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment - The Civil War in the East

8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment ; September 3-4, Falls Church ; September 7-8, Poolesville, Md. ; September 9, Barnesville ; September 9, Monocacy Church and ...

Civil War Veterans of Highland Park

campaign, May 1 to September 8, 1864 and saw action in the battle of Resaca ... Both the Database of Illinois Civil War Veterans and the National Park Service's ...

THe Civil War in Missouri 1861-1865 Centennial Book.tif

This sketch shows advance of Union troops in the decisive Battle of Pea. Ridge, Arkansas, on March 7-8, 1862. This victory made Missouri safe for the Union ...

Shiloh Civil War Relics Information Articles

The 11th Illinois Cavalry has a valiant fighting history during the Civil War. The records show that the 11th was recruited from the end from the counties ...

American Civil War Documents, Manuscripts, Letters and Diaries ...

Illinois participated on the Union side by sending hundreds of thousands of troops into battle. Many military and political leaders trace their roots to ...

Significant Civil War Battles | American Experience | Official Site - PBS

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts ... March 8, 1862: Battle of Hampton Roads Casualties: 433 409 Union 24 ...

July 4, 1863: Turning point in the Civil War | Article - Army.mil

Two important, famous, well-documented battles resulted in Confederate defeats: the Battle of Gettysburg (Pennsylvania), July 1-3, and the Fall ...

Governor Quinn Issues Posthumous Pardons for Three Illinois ...

8, the Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology ... Samuel Willard went on to serve in the Civil War as a surgeon in the 97th Illinois Regiment.

Illinois Swedes at Shiloh - Augustana Digital Commons

8. Swedish American Genealogist 2012:3. April 6th and 7th 2012 marked the somber 150th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil ...

8 Ways the Civil War Affects Us Today - AARP

The war's bloodiest battle came at Gettysburg in 1863, with 51,000 casualties in just three days. Although the Union stopped Confederate Gen.

Key Personalities of the Civil War - American History

George Meade was the Union General in command of the Army of the Potomac in 1863 and is known for defeating General Robert E. Lee at the Battle ...

Skirmish at Batesville (May 3, 1862) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

On March 6–8, 1862, one of the most important Civil War battles west of the Mississippi River was fought at Pea Ridge (Benton County) in northwest Arkansas.

Illinois National Guard carries on legacy 150 years after Civil War

"Even though the state was authorized to accept some of the extra volunteers, 5,610 of the Soldiers ended up serving under the state of Missouri ...

Civil War Photographs | National Archives

Battle between the C.S.S. Virginia and the U.S.S. Monitor, Hampton Roads, Va., March 9, 1862. Engraved in 1863 by J. Davies from a drawing by C.

English professor's novel tells of Black Civil War soldiers' fight for ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign English professor David Wright Faladé wrote about a newly freed slave fighting for the Union army ...

Illinois Regiments at Gettysburg: July 1863 | By The Civil War Museum

... Campaign: The 8th and 12th Illinois Cavalry Regiments ... Civil War, Illinois soldiers played a critical role in the battle.

The Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing--April 6, 1862

66th Illinois Infantry Regiment, also known as Birge's Western Sharpshooters. 31 of the men in Company I of this regiment mustered in with a ...

Grant's first march to war cut through Jacksonville | Journal-Courier

The approximately 1,000 men of the 21st Illinois marched about 8 miles the first day before setting up camp just west of present-day Riddle ...