Last week, i started writing about blacks in the Union Army from McHenry County, Illinois. I am still not finished with what I heard at that meeting of the McHenry County Civil War Round Table.
Since them, I have researched the 153rd Illinois Infantry Regiment, Private Adam S. Jackson and the 29th USCT. I saw that the 153rd Illinois had organized at a Camp Fry in Chicago. I've heard a lot about a Camp Douglas, but never heard of Camp Fry so that really caused me to spend a lot of time as there is not much about Camp Fry.
I also, while researching Camp Fry, came across a Camp Goodell in Joliet, Illinois, that had some sort of a Civil War connection and even a Camp Rheinberg (or Reinberg) in Palatine, Illinois, which was a training facility during World War I. When I was in junior high, we used to go for nature outings at a Camp Rheinberg. Looks like that calls for some more research.
One Thing Leads to Another, As They Say. --Old Secesh
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