----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Walsh" <rengen@compu-type.net> To: <ILSTCLAI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:38 PM Subject: [ILSTCLAI] Camp Butler lecture July 6 > >From another list: > From: Pearson, Tom A. > Civil War Program 6 July 2005 > > > Colonel Friedrich Hecker Camp #443 > Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War > > Proudly Presents: > > "A Walk Through 143 Years of History at Camp Butler" > > by > > Bill Rhoades > Director, Camp Butler National Cemetery > > The presentation is FREE and the PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND > > Wednesday Evening at 7:30 P.M. > July 6, 2005 > > Meeting Room at Southwestern Illinois College's > Programs and Services for Older Persons > Corner of North Church and East B Street, Belleville, Illinois > > Camp Butler was formed at Springfield, Illinois as the main training, > muster in and muster out location for tens of thousands of Civil War > soldiers from Central and Southern Illinois throughout the war. It also > served as a prison for Confederates. Mr. Rhoades will tell the > fascinating > story of the recruits' training (or lack of it), medicine of the day, > prison > conditions and other experiences at Camp Butler. He will trace the > development of Camp Butler into today's National Cemetery. > > For More Information call Dennis A. Hermann 618-235-5720 > > >