Galena, IL

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Jo Daviess County, IL
Date Type
In Illinois, General U.S. Grant returns to his hometown of Galena for the first time since the outbreak of the war Personal
Birthplace of
Name Type
Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, IL Location or Site
Date Title
John Wentworth to Abraham Lincoln, April 19, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Great Debate Between Lincoln and Douglas At Ottawa," August 23, 1858
Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln, August 27, 1858
Chicago (IL) Times, "The Campaign - The Discussion at Freeport," August 30, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Going – Going – Gone!,” May 24, 1860
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