Alton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 15 miles (24 km) north of St. Louis, Missouri.The population was 27,865 at the 2010 census.
The United States Colored Troops Memorial Statue is a memorial to the more than 700 African-American soldiers and sailors from St. Mary's County who served in the Union forces during the American Civil War. It includes an educational display.
Nauvoo, Illinois-statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The statutes are in front of the Temple. Nauvoo, Illinois-statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The statutes are in ...
For most of the Civil War, the Red River was a backwater to bigger events happening east of the Mississippi, but in the spring of 1864 that changed when Federal gunboats appeared on the river. The Red River Bridge War (Texas v.
In 1845 Polk sent Taylor (Old Rough and Ready), a veteran of the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, and the second Seminole War, with an army to the Rio Grande. After Taylor’s troops were attacked by Mexicans, Polk asked for and received a declaration of war on May 13, 1846.
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The barn was originally built in 1896 by a Civil War veteran of Union Co. named William Harris, called Uncle Billy Harris by many. It was made of cottonwood trees milled at the Union County sawmill located on Grand River in the eastern part of . . .
It is famous for its limestone bluffs along the river north of the city, for its role preceding and during the American Civil War, and as the hometown of jazz musician Miles Davis and Robert Wadlow, the tallest known man in history.
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The Statue of Liberty (French: Statue de la Liberté), officially titled Liberty Enlightening the World (French: la Liberté éclairant le monde), dedicated on October 28, 1886, is a monument commemorating the centennial of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, given to the United States by the people of France to ...
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