who led the 25th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Schmale has four reproductions of Civil War flags that serve as visual aids for his presentations. They are a regiment flag, one battery flag ...

After working as a patent agent in Rockford, Illinois, in 1854 ... became a Union rallying cry, and the 44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was nicknamed Ellsworth’s Avengers.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (KFVS) - Southern Illinoisans hit by the ice storm in January 2025 could be getting some help cleaning up widespread damages. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS ...

To destroy Confederate infrastructure, avenge the horrors of slavery, and shorten the war, the 45th Illinois Volunteer Infantry imposed the pillaging ... During their service the regiment compiled an ...

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A former volunteer with the Marion VA has taken the title as the new Illinois ... Houghland joined the 101st Airborne of the US Army during the Gulf War. He served as an Infantry Soldier.

Tazewell County honored the historic 29th Colored Infantry Regiment as part of its Juneteenth observance, where the stone was unveiled and dedicated. The Illinois State Historical Society ...

Berthold (Illinois): Mr. Berthold enlisted ... He served in the U.S. Army 101st Airborne, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, known as the '5-0 Deuce,' whose members ...

In a nursing home in Durand about three hours northwest of Chicago, on the edge of a small town nicknamed the “Village of Volunteers ... his 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment participated ...

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 angry eagle on the 101st patch is based on a real bird who had genuine combat chops. Old Abe was the mascot for Company C, 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment — nicknamed the Eau ...