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Peoria County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

L. S. Willard letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Willard
Abstract

First Lieutenant in the 11th Illinois Cavalry, Company G, who later served as major and aide-de-camp to General James Birdseye McPherson. Includes letters home to family from Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois, from Camp Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Tennessee, and Louisiana, 1862-1864.

Dates: 1862-1864