Fort Wilbourn in LaSalle, Illinois

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Fort Wilbourn

LaSalle, IL , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 41° 18' 41.339988", -89° 5' 17.040012"

Illinois State
Historical Marker

On the eminence to the southwest, stood Fort Wilbourn, where the Third Army of Illinois Volunteers was mustered in for service in the Black Hawk War. Here on June 16, 1832 Abraham Lincoln enlisted as a Private in Jacob M. Early's Company, his third enlistment of the war.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00

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