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On Oct. 26, Professor Dennis Doyle of Joliet, Ill., spoke to Gettysburg’s Civil War Round Table (CWRT) about “Illinois Regiments at Gettysburg.” The program was of particular interest to me.
Like many who once called Quincy home, Dr. Stahl has long been forgotten. For more than three decades Dr. Stahl was both a highly respected physician and one of Quincy’s
They were not schooled in warcraft, but somehow war brought out their latent talents at fighting.
QUINCY — With thousands of Union troops mustered at the start of the Civil War, federal officials negotiated contracts and prices with manufacturers for needed supplies including guns.
“It also kind of shows why he didn't tell anybody he ordered 500 of the most expensive revolvers to issue to his Illinois troops. It's just absurd. Then he handed them out and didn’t keep very good records of who they were given to. That was very typical of John Wood. He didn't care.”