SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union’s military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War is now among Illinois’ prized papers of the 16th ...

As Illinois battled to overcome the Great ... Horner then easily defeated former governor Len Small in November to become only the third Democratic governor of Illinois since the Civil War.

A grant from the Illinois State Historic Records Advisory Board enabled the digitization of two Civil War-era diaries now available for online research on CARLI Digital Collections.

Lincoln’s Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois by governor and first lady John O’Connor The Associated Press Apr 30, 2024 ...