Tuesday, March 25, 2014

March 27, 1864---Local Butternuts riot in Illinois



MARCH 27, 1864:     

During the Sessions for the Illinois 4th District Court in Coles County, Illinois, local Butternuts riot in the town of Charleston. This south-central Illinois town was a bastion of pro-Confederate feeling. Five Union soldiers home on leave were killed and 20 wounded. 


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