Colonels in Blue--Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin

Colonels in Blue--Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
Author: Roger D. Hunt
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2019-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476626359

The sixth in a series documenting Union army colonels, this biographical dictionary lists regimental commanders from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. A brief sketch of each is included--many published here for the first time--giving a synopsis of Civil War service and biographical details, along with photos where available.

Avenues of Transformation

Avenues of Transformation
Author: James Edstrom
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2022-11-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0809338769

Avenues of Transformation tells the tale of Illinois's admission to the Union in 1818--the campaign for statehood, the passage by Congress of an act enabling statehood, and the state's first constitutional convention--through the leadership of three early leaders: Daniel Pope Cook, Nathaniel Pope, and Elias Kent Kane.