APRIL 30TH-- SATURDAY
After the SCV meeting and appearance at the Lincoln Home in Springfield, Liz and I drove out to the Camp Butler National Cemetery northeast of Springfield. We eventually found our way over to the Confederate burial ground (some 2,000 Confederates died here while it was a prison camp.
Confederate military gravestones are pointed, Union ones are rounded. Quite a few Confederates from the 10th Arkansas (Johnson's Regiment) are buried there.
MAY 1ST-- SUNDAY
Spent the afternoon in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The museum is featuring the "Boys in Blue" exhibit on Illinois soldiers during the war. Lots of interesting stuff in it.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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