For Lake County's 96th Illinois Infantry, Chickamauga was "A battle of tremendous proportions and fraught with mighty import."...

During the Civil War in October 1862, the 96th Illinois Infantry was in northern Kentucky. There, they were approached by two Confederate de...

"He was an ideal soldier, quiet, manly, religious, and exerted an excellent influence in the Company."  This description of Edwar...

This is the second post on the five men pictured together in a Civil War era tintype in the museum's collection. Like most Lake County...

Photo of Captain A.Z. Blodgett from the History of the 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 1887. Asiel Z. Blodgett was born at Fort Dearbo...

This weekend the Civil War will be recreated at Lakewood Forest Preserve. The annual event brings hundreds of re-enactors, sutlers, and ent...

Civil War re-enactors meeting the public at Lakewood Forest Preserve. Photo by Chip Williams . From 1990 to 2018, Lakewood Forest Preserve ...