Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . — — Map (db m181389) HM
Singleton had succumbed "Hook and Line" to the Democrats, stated Lincoln in 1854. He and Quincyan James W. Singleton had been fellow Whigs and disciples of Henry Clay. They had campaigned together in 1848 during Whig Zachary Taylor's . . . — — Map (db m150599) HM
"Here, too, the father of the town, with other men of large renown, are gathered by that reaper stern, who cuts down each and all in turn" (Henry Asbury, Reminiscences of Quincy, Illinois". Referring to the leaders from an earlier . . . — — Map (db m150257) HM
Inscription - North Side of Monument
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest!
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,
Returns to deck their hallow'd mold,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than . . . — — Map (db m150044) HM
With a population of nearly 13,000 in 1858, Quincy was the Adams County seat and the third largest city in Illinois. Quincy boasted a strong, growing economy based on its transportation, milling, pork packing, and light industry. In 1853 . . . — — Map (db m58755) HM
Civil War Quincy
Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 12, 1861. Three days later, President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion. Men in Quincy, Illinois, rushed to volunteer for . . . — — Map (db m181384) HM
Inscription - South Side of Monument
"Consecrated A.D. 1867 by Sisters of the Good Samaritan in duty, affection, and reverence to the memory of the faithful soldiers of Adams county, who gave their lives that the nation might live." . . . — — Map (db m150045) HM
Colonel Ulysses S. Grant and the 21st Illinois infantry arrived in Quincy, Illinois, around noon on 11 July 1861 having completed the last leg of their journey across Illinois.
From Quincy, the troops were ferried across the Mississippi River . . . — — Map (db m150026) HM
On May 22, 1863, the United States War Department issued General Order No. 143 to establish the proclamation which developed the Bureau of Colored Troops. African American regiments as United States Colored Troops or USCT.
This division of . . . — — Map (db m216318) HM WM
Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix, a French Jesuit, reported as early as 1721 that the land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers would be a strategic location for settlement and fortification. Nearly a century later, in 1818, the . . . — — Map (db m144870) HM
William B. Duncan, Chairman of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, presented this Rodman smooth bore cannon to the city of Cairo as a gift, May 27, 1905. The gun saw action for both sides of the Civil War at Fort Morgan, Mobile, Alabama, in 1861, to protect . . . — — Map (db m19423) HM
Great River Road
The Great River Road in Illinois follows the Mississippi River through the heart of the nation. Discover exciting history, thriving river cultures, beautiful natural areas, abundant wildlife, and bountiful agriculture as you . . . — — Map (db m174555) HM
First woman in the West to organize camp and hospital relief. Under Gen. Grant's personal command Mary Safford tended the wounded at the battles from Belmont to Shiloh 1861-1862, returning with the casualties by boat to Cairo. Being injured in . . . — — Map (db m161200) HM
Long known to the Indian who used the two great rivers as his highways for trade and war, this junction of the Ohio and the Mississippi was first sighted by Europeans when Marquette and Joliet glided past in 1673. Ten years later La Salle explored . . . — — Map (db m19390) HM
This memorial recognizes the 109 year legacy of Rev. Nathan London, born a slave in 1830. Known then as "Nate Lundy", he distinguished himself, attaining the rank of sergeant and assistant paymaster in the Union army during the Civil War. His . . . — — Map (db m40405) HM
Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix, a French Jesuit, reported as early as 1721 that the land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers would be a strategic location for settlement and fortification. Nearly a century later, in 1818, . . . — — Map (db m161727) HM
[East Face]
In Memory of All
Who Followed the Flag From
1861 to 1865
Living and Dead.
Erected 1903
SHILOH
[South Face]
This monument is erected
by the Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps, Sons of . . . — — Map (db m34161) HM
Born in South Carolina
Admitted to the bar -1837
Came to Belivdere - 1845
Member of the Constitutional Convention - 1847
State House of Representatives - 1859 to 1861 & 1867
Civil War service - 1861 to 1865
Brigadier General of . . . — — Map (db m199840) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m68359) HM
Lincolns Mahomet
Upper Section
The village of Middletown-Mahomet was platted by Daniel Porter in 1832 on the west bank of the Sangamon River near its headwaters. The main street of the village was actually a new road, made necessary by . . . — — Map (db m24374) HM
(front of statue, which is the last line from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address:)
That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this notion under God shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of . . . — — Map (db m188398) HM WM
Major Francis M. Long was employed as a hotel keeper in Taylorville at the time of his enlistment on July 26, 1861. When Frank joined the service, he was a 23 year old, single man who stood five feet five and one-half inches. He had blue eyes and . . . — — Map (db m237261) HM WM
Near this site was the home of Brevet Major General Lewis B. Parsons, who lived in Flora from 1875 until his death in 1907. Born in New York in 1818, Parsons graduated from Harvard Law School and began practice in Alton, Illinois. In 1854 he moved . . . — — Map (db m98934) HM
William F. Dean, Korean War, Carlyle
James L. Hull, Span-Amer War, Patoka
Joseph S. Labille, Civil War, Vandalia
Robert H. McCard, WWII, Centralia
Marcellus J. Newman, Civil War, Richview
Elbridge Robinson, Civil War, Patoka . . . — — Map (db m239020) WM
Our community's veterans from the area known as Hanover, which later became Germantown, who served in the American Civil War 1861-1865
Frank Aldhoff George Borhel Bernard Barkman Henry Brockhaus Henry Burghartz Henry Curdt James . . . — — Map (db m178873) WM
On March 28, 1864, a gunfight erupted here between Union soldiers and Civil War opponents known as "copperheads." In eastern Illinois the Republicans were uniformly pro-Union, but many Democrats were pro-Southern.
Disturbances had occurred . . . — — Map (db m188295) HM
(Upper Portion):Tribute of Coles County
in Honor of her Sons who fought for
The Union 1775 - - 1781 1812 - - 1815
1846 - - 1848 1861 - - 1865 1898 - - 1898 (Lower Portion):A house divided against its self cannot stand. I believe . . . — — Map (db m11122) HM
Perryville, KY
Middle Tennesse Campaign
Hoover's Gap, TN
Chickamauga Creek, GA
Farmington, TN
Atlanta Campaign
Resaca, GA
Kennesaw Mountain, GA
Selma, Al
Columbus, GA — — Map (db m188557) WM
With the fortunes of conventional warfare turning rapidly against the Confederate States of America in early 1864, the Confederate government chose to embark on a formal campaign of behind-the-lines insurrection, subversion and sabotage in the . . . — — Map (db m188422) HM
May 1861 - Captain, Illinois Adjutant General's office
April 1865 - General-in-chief armies of the United States
"The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike as hard as you can . . . — — Map (db m188543) HM WM
In 1859 the Mattoon Union Agricultural Fairgrounds, encompassing a 90-acre rectangle north and west of this location, was established by the Union Agricultural Fair Association, an organization of Mattoon men. The Union Fairgrounds consisted of . . . — — Map (db m188562) HM
Site of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
constructed 1859, reconstructed 1895 with elements of the old building included.
In 1863, the church basement was used as a Civil War hospital. Mattoon served as an exchange point for soldiers on . . . — — Map (db m188425) HM
Two blocks north of this corner the funeral train of President Abraham Lincoln entered Illinois at approximately 10:15 a.m. on May 1, 1865, on the Michigan Central Railroad right-of-way.
In the autumn of 1869, the founders of the State Line . . . — — Map (db m229880) HM
From 1847 until his death in 1861, Stephen Douglas was both a powerful U.S. senator and an influential Chicago resident. Douglas moved from Vermont to southern Illinois at age 20 to begin his career in law and politics, rising quickly among the . . . — — Map (db m235224) HM
Named in honor of the late Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Camp Douglas, established in 1861, was the earliest and largest Union military camp in the Chicago area. The camp stretched from 31st Street to 33rd Place and from Cottage Grove Avenue . . . — — Map (db m125027) HM
Enlistment and training center for U.S. Union Armed Forces. Site of enlistment of Private Charles H. Griffin, January 5, 1864 Co. B, 29th Regt U.S. Cold Infantry USCT. Prisoner of War camp where 6,000 Confederate soldiers of the Civil War died. — — Map (db m125614) HM WM
Men who served in the Civil War are buried in various sites throughout Cook County including the nearby Mt. Olive Cemetery. For those who died alone, victims of illness and poverty, this cemetery became their final resting place. — — Map (db m246014) HM
Confederate Dead
Erected to the memory of the six thousand southern soldiers here buried, who died in Camp Douglas Prison 1862-5.
These men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died. — — Map (db m63605) WM
United States Senator Stephen Douglas, who died in 1861 at the age of forty-eight, was a firm believer in the future of Chicago. He held states offices and became nationally known for his debating skill in the Senate and in his campaign against . . . — — Map (db m120728) HM
Stephen A. Douglas became a Chicago resident in 1847, moving from central Illinois after his election as U.S. Senator. He intended to build on his lakeside property, named Oakenwald, a gentleman's estate including a mansion, stables, and a . . . — — Map (db m120727) HM
Stephen Arnold Douglas, one of the most distinguished statesmen of his day, was a
Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, Member of the House of Representatives, and
United States Senator. Although a political rival of Lincoln, he supported the . . . — — Map (db m120707) HM
From 1843 to 1871, this area was the City Cemetery potter's field, a graveyard for the poor and disenfranchised. More that 15,000 people, including 4,000 Civil War Rebels, were buried here on marshy land near the water's edge. Within six days in . . . — — Map (db m10663) HM
Stone River, Farmington, Chickamauga, Jonesborough, Atlanta, Selma, Dallas, Lovejoy, Decatur, Elk River, Nashville
Ringgold, Kenesaw Mountain, Rome, Flat Rock, Noonday Creek, Big Shanty.
Vinings Station, Pulaski, Black Jack Ridge, . . . — — Map (db m81517) WM
I die for liberty boys.
Go back and man the gun.
O.B. Ft Doneldson.
T.M. Blaisdell 1.Lt. Jacob Deilman C.M. Everett 1.Ser. Sam'l Hadlock O.E. Beckers A.H. Beidleman A.J. Pulz J.P. Chalman D.K. Newell S.C.P. Bogue Fred . . . — — Map (db m81534) WM
Born Norwich Vt.
Nov. 29, 1834
Died Near Rome Ga.
Oct. 29, 1864
Charleston Ft. Donelson
Shiloh Corinth
Champion Hills Miss
Vicksburg
Pleasant Hill La — — Map (db m94333) WM
(German)
Zum andenken an die heldenmuthige thellnahme der Deutschen an der vertheidigung des neuen vaterlandes im Amerkanischen Burgerkriege
1861-65
Enthullt am 30 Mai 1887
(English)
In memory of the heroic Germans who . . . — — Map (db m81518) WM
Camp Douglas Prison
Camp Douglas was established as a Union training camp on the south side of Chicago. When Fort Donelson, a Confederate stronghold on the Cumberland River west of Clarksville, Tennessee, surrendered in February 1862, the . . . — — Map (db m232642) HM
Named for brothers Ira and James Couch, owners of the Tremont Hotel which stood at Lake & Dearborn streets from 1850 to 1871. Chicago's first brick building, the Tremont hosted President Abraham Lincoln when he visited Chicago. — — Map (db m245008) HM
Duty Honor Country
[Tablet in front of the flagpoles:]
Lest we forget
May the supreme sacrifice of our men and women from Cicero not have been in vain
Civil War
Spanish American War
World War I
World War II
Korean . . . — — Map (db m241632) WM
[Plaque on east-facing side of monument:]
In loving memory
of past commander Wilbur F. Crummer
and his comrades here buried
of other comrades of the post buried
in Forest Home Cemetery
of all deceased comrades of the post wherever buried . . . — — Map (db m241587) WM
[First tablet on the left:]
American Civil War
April 12, 1861 April 26, 1865
Initiating the conflict between the industrial based north and agriculturally based south was the southern bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. This . . . — — Map (db m245161) WM
Many Black slaves fled from the antebellum south and gained their freedom by secretly traveling through the "Underground Railroad" route during the mid 1800's. A "Ten Mile Freedom House" providing shelter for the "Underground Railroad" travelers . . . — — Map (db m231844) HM
The Maywood Home for Soldiers' Widows was built in 1924. It was
sponsored by the Daughters of Union Veterans society to provide
maintenance, nursing and care for elderly widows of fallen Union
Soldiers of the Civil War and their children. The . . . — — Map (db m187748) HM
Grand Army of Republic
Memorial Woods
In honor of the men who wore the blue and served
in the Union Army of the Civil War U.S.A. 1861-1865.
Dedicated
by the Past President's Club of the Daughters
of Union Veterans of the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m228097) WM
Memorial to the Union Soldiers' Widows
Women's Relief Corps
Department of Illinois
This monument and burial lot were given to the W.R.C. by the mother of Sylvia Springer Doton — — Map (db m245892) WM
[West-facing side:]
Washington Post No. 573
Grand Army of the Republic
[East-facing side:]
Lady Washington Circle No. 15
Dept. of Illinois
G.A.R. — — Map (db m245922) WM
Top Section
This satirical February 1863 editorial illustration, titled The Copperhead Party, depicts three Copperheads advancing on Columbia. Copperheads were Southern sympathizers who saw themselves as Peace Democrats, opposed to . . . — — Map (db m24235) HM
Left Section
When Lincoln called for troops to defend the Union, the men and boys of DeWitt County heeded his urgent request. Some who volunteered were from families who had know and befriended Lincoln during his days as a prairie lawyer . . . — — Map (db m24253) HM
Paris lies in the heart of a rich farming area. Most of the land embraced in Edgar County, including Paris, remained Kickapoo hunting grounds until 1819, but the eastern quarter of the county was part of a tract ceded by the Indians in 1809 and . . . — — Map (db m188363) HM
John A. Logan 1826-1886, U.S. Representative 1859-1862, 1867-1871 Civil War General 1861-1865, U.S. Senator, 1871-1877, 1879-1886; Vice presidential Candidate with James Blaine 1884. He established Memorial Day as a National holiday in 1868.
John . . . — — Map (db m154532) HM
Born in Ireland in 1814, Michael K. Lawler came here to Gallatin County in 1819. After serving as a captain in the Mexican War, he lived on his farm near here until the outbreak of the Civil War. In May 1861 he recruited the 18th Illinois Volunteer . . . — — Map (db m154627) HM
James H. Wilson, American Army officer, engineer, and author, was born in 1837 on his family's farm about a mile south of here. He attended Shawneetown schools, McKendree College, and the United States Military Academy. In the spring of 1864, during . . . — — Map (db m154626) HM
Edward L. Hager grew up in White Hall where he was engaged in farming. On November 13, 1861, he enlisted at Carrollton, Illinois, in Company 61st Illinois Infantry, presumably as a member of the Band, Fife and Drum Crop. Military records show he . . . — — Map (db m181807) HM
Erected and Dedicated to the memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of Grundy County 1861 1865. Missionary Ridge Shiloh Vicksburg Chickamauga — — Map (db m239304) WM
Before you stands the only remaining iron furnace structure in the entire state of Illinois. This priceless historic edifice became part of the Shawnee National Forest in 1950.
Outstanding in Its Field
Built in 1837, the Illinois Iron . . . — — Map (db m161400) HM
Travel the Byway and discover the importance of the Ohio River to the nation and the world. Experience the magnificent natural landscapes of southern Illinois while coming to know how the historic events and people that shaped the region and the . . . — — Map (db m196762) HM
Veterans of the
Civil War 1861-1864
Gustaf Ahlstrand Andrew Anderson Carl Anderson Olof Anderson Eric Berglof Louis Berglof ★ August Bergquist Nels Bjorklund John Blad John Bloomberg Reverend Brodine X Aaron . . . — — Map (db m202279) WM
To all her soldiers and sailors,
who on land and sea,
periled their lives in defense of
liberty and law,
Henry County dedicates this monument
1861 - 1865 — — Map (db m202322) WM
On April 23, 1861, eleven days after Confederates fired on Fort Sumter, the cofounder of Carbondale, Daniel Harmon Brush, called a public meeting on this town square. Brush delivered a patriotic speech in support of the Union. Two days later, Brush . . . — — Map (db m161965) HM
In this cemetery was held the first Memorial Service to the Civil War Veterans Apr. 1866 which inspired Gen. John A. Logan a citizen of Carbondale to issue General Order No. 11 as Grand Commander of G.A.R. establishing National Memorial Day May 30 . . . — — Map (db m174000) HM
The first memorial service in Illinois, and one of the first in the nation, to honor those who had died in the Civil War, took place at Woodlawn Cemetery on April 29, 1866. On that day, a group of more than 200 veterans gathered at the old "Blue . . . — — Map (db m163493) HM
On April 29, 1866, over 200 veterans and several thousand citizens gathered at Woodlawn Cemetery to honor those who had died in the Civil War. General John A. Logan delivered the keynote address, saying "Every man's life belongs to his country, and . . . — — Map (db m161076) HM
In continuous use since 1872. Moved from north Grand Tower to this site in 1896. It's Gothic architecture is primarily of solid walnut. A Civil War veteran was the first minister. — — Map (db m196141) HM
Murphysboro celebrated its first Logan Day on August 3, 1914. This event drew 25,000 visitors, including national dignitaries and a large number of Civil War veterans.
The main focus of Logan Days was to dedicate this monument as the . . . — — Map (db m203172) HM
Lindorf Ozburn, born in Jackson County, Illinois in 1823, married Diza Glenn, John A. Logan's cousin. Ozburn, who served with Logan in the Mexican War, joined the Illinois 31st Infantry at the beginning of the Civil War. On Logan's promotion to . . . — — Map (db m208665) HM
In July 1861, J.D. Wheatley of Duquoin wrote Illinois Governor Richard Yates that a Confederate company was drilling in Murphysboro. A Union officer sent to investigate discovered a group of men in uniforms made of red and white bed ticking drilling . . . — — Map (db m160953) HM
Samuel H. Dalton, a widower, purchased this board and baton house from the John A. Logan estate in 1887 for $150.
Dalton, born enslaved in 1839 in Richmond, Virginia, lived in Mississippi at the beginning of the Civil War. After emancipation . . . — — Map (db m203170) HM
Elizabeth Jenkins, born in 1803 in North Carolina, married Dr. John Logan in 1825. When her son, John A. Logan, joined the Union Army in 1861, Elizabeth refused to speak to him. In this, she reflected the strong Southern feelings held across Egypt, . . . — — Map (db m161007) HM
In August 1862, federal authorities detained Israel Blanchard, John A. Logan's brother-in-law, as he walked near the court house. Blanchard was subsequently taken to the Logan Hotel, and arrested on vague charges related to alleged anti-war . . . — — Map (db m161006) HM
On January 10, 1816, Jackson County, created from Randolph and Johnson counties, became Illinois' ninth county. It was named for General (later President) Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans. The county's first seat, Brownsville, was . . . — — Map (db m160952) HM
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