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Illinois Rebels - A Civil War Unit History of G Company, 15th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry (1996, Guild Press of Indiana: Carmel, Indiana) Grossman, James R.. Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, eds. The Encyclopedia of Chicago (2005) online version; Hicken, Victor, Illinois in the Civil War, University of Illinois Press. 1991.
Near Elizabeth, Illinois: Black Hawk War: United States Victory 1+ United States vs Sauk and Fox: Illinois Mormon War: June 10, 1844 - September 16, 1846 Nauvoo, Illinois: Illinois Victory ~10 Illinois and Illinois Militia vs Nauvoo Legion: Charleston riot: March 28, 1864 Charleston, Illinois: Civil War: 9 Union Army vs Copperheads: Haymarket ...
The 57th Illinois Infantry was organized at Shawneetown, Illinois, and mustered into Federal service on December 26, 1861, to serve for three years.At the expiration of the enlistment period, the original members was mustered out, except reenlisted veterans.
Tazewell County honored the 11 residents who served with the 29th Colored Infantry during the Civil War, erecting a historical marker and placing a stone in Pekin.
During their three years of service, the 15th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment saw action in Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. A list of battle and campaigns they were engaged in include: Sherman's March to the Sea, Siege of Vicksburg, Siege of Corinth, Siege of Belmont, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, Battle of Resaca, Battle of Kenesaw ...
The ISHS was created as an entity with the original purpose of gathering and publishing materials on paper relating to Illinois' early history. American Civil War veterans and the grandchildren of the state's early settlers were eager to learn how Illinois had organized itself in the years prior to the 1860 presidential election of Abraham Lincoln.
The 45th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, the "Washburn Lead Mine Regiment", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.In response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers, it was organized at Galena, Illinois.
On August 7, 1862, in response to President Abraham Lincoln's call for troops to fight in the American Civil War, a muster roll was begun in the office of Judge John H. Howe in Kewanee, in Henry County, Illinois. Company A and Company F were from the village of Kewanee.