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The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois: The Story of the Twenty-Ninth US Colored Infantry (Univ of South Carolina Press, 2021). Pierce, Bessie Louise. A History of Chicago: Volume II: From Town to City 1848–1871 (1937) Swan, James B. Chicago's Irish Legion: The 90th Illinois Volunteers in the Civil War (Southern Illinois University Press, 2009)
Camp Douglas, in Chicago, Illinois, sometimes described as "The North's Andersonville ," was one of the largest Union Army prisoner-of-war camps for Confederate soldiers taken prisoner during the American Civil War. Based south of the city on the prairie, it was also used as a training and detention camp for Union soldiers.
US$ 4,762,922 (2017) [1] Employees. 22. Website. www .pritzkermilitary .org. The Pritzker Military Museum & Library (formerly Pritzker Military Library) is a non-profit museum and a research library for the study of military history on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The institution was founded in 2003, and its specialist collections ...
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is located in Springfield, Illinois, in the historic downtown section, near many other Lincoln cultural sites. The presidential library opened on October 14, 2004, and the museum opened on April 19, 2005. Until 1970, Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. was designated as the "Lincoln Museum".
Managed by. Illinois Department of Corrections (1833-1857) Union Army (1862-1865) 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 ...
The 33rd Illinois Infantry Regiment (nicknamed the Teacher's Regiment) was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. A number of the soldiers were college students and graduates, and for a time the regiment included a 17-piece band. The unit fought at Fredericktown in 1861, Cotton Plant in ...
Engagements. Battle of Champion's Hill. Siege of Vicksburg. Battle of Franklin. Battle of Nashville. The 72nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, known as the "First Chicago Board of Trade Regiment" was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War .
Category:Illinois in the American Civil War. Category. : Illinois in the American Civil War. Help. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Illinois in the American Civil War. This category refers to people, places, or events concerning the state of Illinois during the American Civil War .