51st Illinois Infantry

[TomP]

There is a nice website loaded with history of the 51st Illinois Infantry. The owner of the site is getting along in years and would like to turn the site over to an interested party. He is also open to the publishing of some of the diaries with himself as co-author. There is contact information on the webpage.

https://51stillinois.org/page2.html

Cheers,

Tom

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

There is a nice website loaded with history of the 51st Illinois Infantry. The owner of the site is getting along in years and would like to turn the site over to an interested party. He is also open to the publishing of some of the diaries with himself as co-author. There is contact information on the webpage.

https://51stillinois.org/page2.html

Cheers,

Tom

Thanks for bringing this here- hope the owner is able to get some good replies. Illinois diaries would be amazing reads! If they do become published, let us know, please? Never have enough diaries!

 

[TomP]

If they do become published, let us know, please? Never have enough diaries!

Check out the website. A number of letters and diaries are posted with all of their content. There is some really great stuff there.

 

[mofederal]

It is an interesting website. There is a lot of info on the unit, and they spent some time early on in Missouri.

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

Amazon.com

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

PVT Robert Powers (unknown-1865) - Find a Grave...

NOTE: NOT an Ohio soldier. Served in Co. F, 51st Illinois Infantry. Resided at Peoria and enlisted on July 15, 1862. Died in the Regimental Hospital from cholera morbus. in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Name: Robert Power Enlistment Date: 15 Jul 1862 Rank at...

www.findagrave.com

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

Documenting the 51st Illinois Infantry

Documents and history regarding the Fifty-First Illinois Infantry

51stillinois.org

 

[Library Lady]

That site is impressive. It would be nice if a library at one of the state universities in Illinois could take it over and put it on their server. Do the librarians here know if that's even a reasonable expectation?

 

[Library Lady]

If you're interested in the 51st Illinois and are (or will be) in the Chicago area on Friday, May 3, 2024, the Northern Illinois Civil War Round Table will feature a presentation on When Draftees Did Their Duty: Four Months in the 51st Illinois Infantry by Jon Sebastian. Their meetings are usually held at the Arlington Heights Public Library at 500 N. Dunton Avenue. The time is 7:00 p.m. @Bruce Allardice , are you all still doing hybrid meetings with Zoom? If you are and someone here was interested in attending that way, what would they need to do?

 

[Bruce Allardice]

If you're interested in the 51st Illinois and are (or will be) in the Chicago area on Friday, May 3, 2024, the Northern Illinois Civil War Round Table will feature a presentation on When Draftees Did Their Duty: Four Months in the 51st Illinois Infantry by Jon Sebastian. Their meetings are usually held at the Arlington Heights Public Library at 500 N. Dunton Avenue. The time is 7:00 p.m. @Bruce Allardice , are you all still doing hybrid meetings with Zoom? If you are and someone here was interested in attending that way, what would they need to do?

LL, yes, we're still doing hybrid via zoom. Email me at [email protected] and I'll send you the link.