Headnote
DECATUR, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of Macon co., Ill., 40 ms. E. of Springfield ; from W. 749 ms. Watered by north fork of Sangamon river. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Macon County, IL

Decatur, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
DECATUR, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of Macon co., Ill., 40 ms. E. of Springfield ; from W. 749 ms. Watered by north fork of Sangamon river.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 101.
Date Type
Illinois Constitutional Union supporters hold their state convention in Decatur Campaigns/Elections
- Illinois Republicans hold their state convention in Decatur and nominate Richard Yates for governor Campaigns/Elections
In Decatur, Illinois Union veterans found the first "post" of what will be the Grand Army of the Republic Education/Culture
- The Church of God holds its eighth triennial conference in Decatur, Illinois. Religion/Philosophy
Date Title
Recollection by Henry Clay Whitney, Charleston Debate, September 18, 1858
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, “Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln,” July 1865
Johnson to William H. Herndon, 1865-66
Oglesby's Fence Rail Dealings and the 1860 Decatur Convention
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