SIU researchers work to place Southern Illinois Black heritage sites on National Register
The work is part of a project led by Mark Wagner, a professor in SIU’s Center for Archaeological Investigations and anthropology department.
Source: wsiu.org
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SIU researchers work to place Southern Illinois Black heritage sites on National Register
Work by Southern Illinois University Carbondale researchers in recognizing significant Black heritage properties in the region could also reveal more information about a Union Army military camp that hosted up to 5,000 freed Blacks in Cairo at one point during the Civil War.
Source: siu.edu
The Little Town in Illinois That Helped Decide the Civil War
Though a “Detestable Morass” to some, Cairo’s location on the Mississippi proved vital for Union military interests in the West.
Source: historynet.com
Lt. William Shipley: the first Civil War soldier from Quincy to die
“There was not a dry eye on the Square” when volunteer troops were hailed and left Quincy on April 21, 1861, for Cairo and Camp Defiance located at the tip
Source: whig.com