Did my ancestors fight in the Civil War?
Did my ancestors fight in the Civil War?
Male ancestors who were born in the 1830s or 1840s and who lived in a southern state or the border states of Kentucky, Maryland, or Missouri, were most likely to have served in the Confederate forces in the U.S. Civil War. Most who served were in their late teens or early twenties but could have been older or younger.
Are there Civil War photos?
While photographs of earlier conflicts do exist, the American Civil War is considered the first major conflict to be extensively photographed. Not only did intrepid photographers venture onto the fields of battle, but those very images were then widely displayed and sold in ever larger quantities nationwide.
How many soldiers did Illinois have in the Civil War?
250,000 soldiers
During the American Civil War (1861-1865), Illinois contributed more than 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total manpower in Federal military service.
Did Civil War soldiers have dog tags?
Unofficially, identification tags came about during the Civil War because soldiers were afraid no one would be able to identify them if they died. They were terrified of being buried in unmarked graves, so they found various ways to prevent that. Some marked their clothing with stencils or pinned-on paper tags.
How many Civil War photographs are there?
Fact #5: There were millions of Civil War portraits made, but only 10,000 documentary photographs were taken during the Civil War. Civil War soldiers and civilians alike enjoyed having their portrait (or many!) taken.
Did any Civil War battles take place in Illinois?
There are no major battles, of course, fought in Illinois. But it is an important staging point, and you are going to have numerous prisons in Illinois housing Confederate soldiers. Of course, Alton, Illinois, at Springfield, at Rock Island, and most famously and notoriously, at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
