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Federal Correctional Institution, Greenville as seen from I-70, May 2018. The Federal Correctional Institution Greenville (FCI Greenville) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male offenders in Illinois, with an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security female offenders.
Camp Grant was a U.S. Army facility located in the southern outskirts of Rockford, Illinois named in honor of American Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant.Camp Grant covered an area of 5,600 acres during World War I and 3,200 acres during World War II, and was in operation from 1917 to 1946.
The Belleville Historic District is a historic district in Belleville, Illinois.The primarily residential district consists of an irregularly shaped area on the east side of Belleville. 70 buildings are included in the district, all of which are contributing buildings to its historic character. [2]
That month more than 5,000 Confederates would swell the population of Rock Island military prison. They were kept in 84 barracks, each holding around 100 prisoners. [4] A total of 41 Confederate prisoners successfully escaped during the prison's operation, and many more would try but fail. They were deterred by the power of the Mississippi ...
Greenville Township is one of twenty-five townships in Bureau County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 353 and it contained 153 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 353 and it contained 153 housing units.
Prison Square eventually contained 64 barracks, which were 24 by 90 feet (7.3 by 27.4 m) with 20 feet (6.1 m) partitioned off as a kitchen. [15] Designed for about 95 men each, the camp's barracks held an average of 189 men when the prison population was at its highest. [15]
Originally setup with Sibley tents, wooden barracks were built in the winter of 1862–1863. [3] The following troops barracked at the camp: Battery H, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery from October 28, 1862, to January 19, 1863. It replaced the James rifled guns they had received in Rhode Island with three-inch ordnance guns there.
The 183 FW remains in place at Capital Airport AGS minus a flying mission while the U.S. Air Force, the Air Combat Command and the Air National Guard determine a new role and mission set for the wing. The Illinois Air National Guard State Headquarters, Expeditionary Combat Support (ECS) elements of the 183 FW, the 217th Engineering Installation ...