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Bulletin 257 - Coles County In The Civil War 1861-1865, Lavern M. Hamand

Eastern Illinois University Bulletin

Each of the 102 counties in Illinois made its own contribution to the enviable war record of the state. Coles County ranked near the top of the 102 names. Her population in 1860 was 14,174. Her total troop quota for the entire war was 2,728, and she furnished 2,741 in all, or 13 men in excess of the quota. In the final analysis, not more than 3 counties furnished more troops in proportion to the population than did Coles.

Volunteering in Coles did not lag until the latter part of the war. On July 1, 1864, Coles led all other …

Historical Essays By Dr. Charles Coleman, Charles H. Coleman

Eastern Illinois University Bulletin

This special edition of the Eastern Illinois University bulletin compiled several of Dr. Coleman's writings:

"The Half-Faced Camp in Indiana - Fact or Myth?", originally printed in the Abraham Lincoln Quarterly, Vol. 7, September 1952, pp 138-146.

"Sarah Bush Lincoln, the Mother Who Survived Him", originally published in the Lincoln Herald, Vol. 54, Summer 1952, pp 13-19.

"The Matson Slave Case", originally published in Abraham Lincoln and Coles County, pp 104-111.

"The Use of the Term 'Copperhead' During the Civil War", originally published in the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 25, June 1938, pp 263-264.

"The …