WJBC Memorial Wall: Black Hawk War

Black Hawk War Memorial Wall

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The Black Hawk War Memorial Wall lists a record of names of McLean County and Livingston County residents who served and perished in the Civil War (1832).

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Draper, Joseph, McLean Co.

 

Source: genealogytrails.com, civilwar.ilgenweb.net, McLean County Museum of History

 

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