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Charleston Civil War clash roils town in March 1864
A Civil War battle in Charleston Illinois on March 29 1864 between Copperheads and soldiers from the 54th Illinois Infantry left multiple dead including Major York surgeon and Alfred Swim with many wounded. Reports detail gunfire in the courthouse yard and a pursuit that trapped rebels near Mattoun with prisoners captured and promised reprisals.
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Republican
Paris Beacon
Paris
Knights of the Golden Circle
Symnes
Grandview
Charleston
54Th
Sinois Infantry
Coles County
Powder Horn
Court House Yard
May
York
Oliver Sallee
Nelson Wells
Copperheads
Wells
Sallee
Chambers & McCrory
Thomas Jeffries
Wm. Gilman
B. F. Dukes
Dukes
Mitchell
14Th Illinois
Court House
Alfred Swim
Company G
Sith Clinois
Drs
Allen & van Meter
Cacey
Clark ‘County
James
Goodrich Company
Linde
Mattoon
Mrs. Dickson
J. O'Hair
Mattoun
John Cooper
Salisbury
W. A. Noe
Jenkins
Hait
Noe
John Jenkins
Cooper
J. H. Q’hair
John Frasier
Col. Brooks
Lieut
Horner
Edgar County
Major York
Copperhead
Col. Mitchell
54Th Isl
Jas. Goodrich
John Neer
Wm. Decker
George Ross
Thos, Jeffries
Atate
Jenkins, Hart
Goodrich
Levi Breisner
J. H. O’hair
Galliday’s Mill
Telandy Bae