Tom Emery, author of the Illinois and the Civil War column, will be giving talks Oct. 24 and 25 at three area libraries. On Monday, Oct. 24, he will speak at 2:30 p.m. at the Sherrard Public ...

Schmale, of Charleston, researches flags that were carried on Illinois battlefields during the Civil War. There were regimental, calvary, infantry and battery flags. For more than 40 years ...

in April 1964 and was Illinois’ only Black regiment during the Civil War, wrote Olar. Eight of the Tazewell County residents were from Pekin. Among them was William Henry Costley, son of Nance ...

He authored "Clear the Track: A History of the Eighty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, The Railroad Regiment" and co-edited "'Jottings from Dixie:' The Civil War Dispatches of Sergeant Major ...

A grant from the State Historic Records Advisory Board enabled the digitization of two Civil War-era diaries now available ...

During the final year of the Civil War more than 2,000 formerly enslaved men and freedmen joined regiments that made up the USCT and were instrumental in the outcome of the Civil War.

He authored "Clear the Track: A History of the Eighty-ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, The Railroad Regiment" and co-edited "'Jottings from Dixie:' The Civil War Dispatches of Sergeant Major ...

The 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band is a Civil War-era musical reenactment group of at least 16 performers. They return Monday for another free, summertime performance on the ISU quad.