St. Clair County Civil War Soldiers

The St. Clair County Courthouse completed in 1861

St. Clair County Genealogical
Society (SCCGS)

Helping genealogists discover their Illinois roots since 1977

The first county in Illinois and first county created in the Northwest Territory

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St. Clair County Civil War Soldier Descendant Project 2003 - 2011

43rd Regiment and 22nd Regiment    |   Soldiers residing in St. Clair

SCCGS raised $1250.00 during this project and issued 50 descendant or honor-a-soldier certificates to applicants supporting the Gustave Koerner House Preservation initiative. Koerner, an accomplished, well-respected lawyer and ardent opponent of slavery, became the first German immigrant elected to the Illinois State Legislature and offered to raise two German regiments for the Civil War effort.

The original project applications and documents will be microfilmed in 2012, the paper documents will then be turned over to the Gustave Koerner House for preservation. The microfilm will be housed with SCCGS's collections at the Belleville Public Library. Select documents appear on this website at the regimental links below.

© 1977. St. Clair County Genealogical Society. All rights reserved.
PO Box 431, Belleville, IL 62222-0431
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Posted February 2003, project concluded September 2011.