Petersburg National Battlefield

Beginning on June 15, 1864, less than three miles east of where you are standing, 18,000 Union troops attacked the Confederate line of defensive fortifications surrounding the city. When all attempts to take the city by direct assault failed by ...

The Survey of Petersburg

Abraham Lincoln laid out the original sixty blocks of Petersburg, Illinois between November 1835 and February 1836. In 1832, Peter Lukins and George Warburton had laid out a few lots for a new town. Lukins and Warburton played a card ...

Prairie Land

The vast prairies of Illinois intimidated the frontier settlers that arrived here in the early 1800's. Pioneers worried about horrendous grass fires, bitter winter winds, scarcity of water, and deadly fumes seeping from the ground. The early settlers gradually learned, ...

Sangamon River

The Sangamon River lies just a few miles to the east. The river's flowing water served as a travel conduit for Native Americans and early European explorers to the region. Settlers also depended heavily on the river for powering their ...

Petersburg’s Natural Parks

Lee Park

Typical of the uniquely American “wilderness” tradition of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Lee Park was developed with an emphasis on natural scenery and native flora as a symbol of local pride and a refuge from the ...

Illinois State Military Museum

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on North MacArthur Blvd. just north of West Oak Ridge Street.

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Our Fallen Illinois Service Members

In memory of

Our fallen Illinois service members in

Operation Enduring Freedom

and

Operation Iraqi freedom"The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ...

Lincoln the Leader

During four years as President, Abraham Lincoln spent much of his time among the troops. They were important because they were the people who would get the job done. He frequented the War Department's telegraph office to stay abreast of ...

Architectural Heritage

Petersburg’s architectural heritage has a long and rich history, reflecting centuries of occupation by Native Americans and over 300 years of European settlement. Beginning as a frontier trading post with the Virginia Indians, Fort Henry was established here in 1646. ...

Elworthy House

Concord Historical Landmark

Built in 1913

Marker is at the intersection of East Street and Pacheco Street, on the right when traveling north on East Street.

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