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Hicken, Victor, Illinois in the Civil War, University of Illinois Press, 1991, a scholarly history focused on the soldiers. Illinois in the Civil War. Retrieved February 1, 2005. Chicago History. Retrieved August 7, 2006. Northern Illinois University's Illinois During the Civil War website. Retrieved August 8, 2006. Leip, David.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Illinois in the American Civil War ... (3 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Wars involving Illinois"
Units and formations of the Union army from Illinois (203 P) Pages in category "Illinois in the American Civil War" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The 55th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment is sometimes referred to as the Canton Rifles or the Douglas Brigade 2nd Regiment.
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. Company B was recruited in Batavia and Lodi, in Kane county.
The 79th Illinois participated in the Atlanta Campaign from May 7 – July 17, 1864 as part of the 2nd division under the command of Brig. Gen. John Newton. The regiment took part in the battles of Rocky Face Ridge from May 7–13, Resaca from May 13 – 15, and Kennesaw Mountain on June 27.
The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois, built in 1833 as the first state penitentiary in Illinois and closed in 1857. During the American Civil War, the prison was reopened in 1862 to accommodate the growing population of Confederate prisoners of war and ceased to be prison at the end of the war in 1865.