First in State
On December 24, 1860 the U.S. House received a letter announcing South Carolina’s secession from the Union.
On April 12, 1861 Jefferson Davis attacked Fort Sumter and the War Between the States began.
A week later President Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to enlist for three months.
At 10:00 pm April 17, 1861 the FIRST military company in the State of Illinois was tendered to Governor Yates by Daniel Gold while the proclamation was yet passing over the wires. That first military company was made up of boys from Lawrence County, IL.
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See AllFor those of you who use Find a Grave, you can now view John King’s virtual cemeteries of Civil War soldiers buried in Lawrence County. He has also created virtual cemeteries for those who lived in La
CHARLES W. ACKMAN was born in the Blue Grass regions of Kentucky, in 1828. In 1851 he came to this State by stage. After his first arrival in Lawrence County, Illinois, he went to stage driving, whic