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Database of
Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents
An
Index Compiled by Fred Delap in cooperation with the Illinois
State Archives
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Enter text in any field to restrict the search to only those
records which CONTAIN your text in that field. Searches are
not case sensitive: you may use any combination of upper and lower
case letters. The following types of searches may be conducted:
- To locate a
soldier, sailor or widow of a soldier or sailor, enter the name
in the format: last name
comma space first name
space middle initial
(for example, Smith, John). The first name
and middle initial may be omitted to accomplish a surname search.
- To locate
all soldiers or sailors in a particular unit, enter the unit
designation in the "Unit" field. For example, to return
a list of soldiers in the 10th Illinois Infantry, enter 10 IL INF in
the "Unit" field.
- To locate
all soldier in a particular company, enter the company's letter
in the "Company" field and the unit designation in the
"Regiment" field. For example, to return a list of
soldiers in Company A of the 10th Illinois Infantry, enter
A in
the "Company" field and 10 IL INF in
the "Regiment" field.
- To search for all
soldiers from a particular county, select the name of the county
from the drop-down menu in the "County" field.
Click the "Submit Query"
button after you have typed your search term or terms. Click the
"Reset" button to remove all search terms. Only the
"Company" and "Unit" fields may be combined in
a single search. Any other field combinations will not be valid
searches.
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