"I urge all patriots to sustain the Government in its efforts to vindicate the Constitution." Congressman John A. Logan, a southern IL politician and Civil War General Episode #3 - The Illinois Confederates (1861) In the tumultuous times of the American Civil War, Illinois found itself at a crossroads. Political heavyweights like John A. Logan …

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