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The Illinois campaign, also known as Clark's Northwestern campaign, was a series of engagements during the American Revolutionary War in which a small force of Virginia militia led by George Rogers Clark seized control of several British posts in the Illinois Country of the Province of Quebec, located in modern-day Illinois and Indiana in the Midwestern United States.
The 44th Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on September 25, 1861. The regiment was mustered out on November 30, 1865. Total strength and casualties
The 114th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Formed in September 1862, the regiment served in Ulysses S. Grant's Central Mississippi campaign, in the Vicksburg campaign, at Brices Cross Roads, at Tupelo, in the 1864 Missouri campaign, at Nashville, and at Spanish Fort.
Near Waddams Grove, Illinois: Black Hawk War: United States Victory 5-9 United States vs Sauk: Battle of Apple River Fort: June 24, 1832 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
Hostilities between the U.S. and area Native Americans would resume in the Winnebago War of 1827 and the Black Hawk War of 1832. [1] 5 million acres of land in the Illinois Territory, between the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers below Rock Island, was set aside as the Military Tract of 1812 to pay soldiers in land grants for their service. This ...
While, yes, the United States got its start in 1776 by rejecting British royalty as a form of governance — and fighting a war to get away from it — Americans have never quite been able to quit ...
Adjutant General of the State of Illinois (1900). Report of the Adjutant General of Illinois. Vol. II. Revised by J. N. Reece. Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Brothers, State Printers. OCLC 809684956. Cozzens, Peter (1996). This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06594-1.
Despite an uncertain timeline, the Illinois Lottery recently issued a statement assuring the public that winners would be paid in full once the comptroller gets approval. The number of affected ...