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"A
Remarkable Cannon" The Blakely of Grant Park |
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By H. Scott Wolfe |
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"We have a remarkable rifled cannon, 12 pdr., superior to
any other here. Others ought to be ordered." (As reported
by General P.G.T. Beauregard to Confederate Sec'y of War L.P.
Walker, April 15, 1861.)
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U.S.
Grant Chronology
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Galena's
Nine Civil War Generals
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A
brief history of each of Galena's generals.
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Galena's
Famous Civil War Surgeon
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A
brief history of Civil War surgeon Dr. Edward Dominicus Kittoe's
life.
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| USS
Galena
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| By Daryl Watson
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Heroism
onboard an iconclad.
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A
Biography of Ely S. Parker
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By Daryl Watson
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The
Tragedy of Grant's Tomb New!
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By Daryl Watson
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Grant
Park Revisited: the Napoleon New!
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By H. Scott Wolfe
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The
Napoleon cannon in Grant Park was used during the Civil War.
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| Researching
Jo Daviess County Ancestors & Houses
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ANCESTORS
HOUSES
& PROPERTY
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Galena
Facts |
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Follow this growing list of facts and trivia about the Galena
area history. ...
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Who
Was Jo Daviess? |
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By Daryl Watson |
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"Who was Jo Daviess?" many ask, and why was the
county named after him? To find the answers we must go back to
1827, when the flow of population into northwestern Illinois,
especially into the Galena lead mines, encouraged the state
legislature to form a new county. ...
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Jo
Daviess Votes for President:Truman to Clinton |
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By H. Scott Wolfe |
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Jo
Daviess Votes for President: Lincoln to FDR |
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By H. Scott Wolfe |
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"His
Whole Life Vindicated" |
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By H.Scott Wolfe |
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A Sampling of Galena's African-American Citizens ...
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"A Timeline of Galena History"
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| Early
History of the Galena Public Library & Reading Room:
1849-1920
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| By Tom Brusch
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| Galena's
Tourism Industry
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| By Daryl Watson
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It's
older than you think.
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| The
Bloomer Girls
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| By Nancy Wolfe
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America's
dress reform movement of the 1850s.
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| ...The
Realization of What Has So Long Been Hoped For
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| By Steve Repp
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The
Illinois Central Railroad moves into Galena.
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The
Idol of the Negroes
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By H. Scott Wolfe
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James
D. Lynch: Galena citizen, Mississippi statesman.
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Boom
Town Gone Bust
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By Daryl Watson
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Six
reasons Galena's businesses pulled out.
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Jo
Daviess County Court House
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By Daryl Watson
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Ably
House Murders: Fact or Fiction? New!
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By Susan Wilson
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Major
Thomas Melvill, Jr. New!
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By Barbara Wimbush
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“A
faded brocade of old French breeding”
It
had taken Major Melvill six decades to make his way to Galena,
but the
journey had been, indeed, a
fascinating one.
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"The
Babe Ruth of His Day" New!
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By H. Scott Wolfe
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Abner
Dalrymple of Warren, Illinois.
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"Galena
is Not Without Fame in the Line of Invention" New!
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By Steve Repp
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Fraternal
Societies in Galena New!
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By Tracey Lee Roberts
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