Some Area Men Civil War Heroes, Others Statistics
The History of Joliet – Chapter 13 By John Whiteside of The Herald News (used with permission) Submitted by Nancy Vargo The boys of the regiment are proud of that lad, and he will not fail of making a great man for want of friends to assist him. By John WHITESIDE of The Herald News The first news to arrive home from a Civil War battlefield was good news. Joliet had a young hero. But he was just the first of many hometown heroes. In the fighting at Charleston, Mo., during August 1861, 15-year-old Harley WIXOM of Joliet had shot … Read more