Feature | Wednesday, May 14,2008

Cutting-edge

Springfield researcher takes a revealing look at Civil War medical practices

Untitled Document Civil War medicine is notorious for being gruesome. It’s an odd topic for the squeamish, like Springfield author Glenna Schroeder-Lein, whose

Feature | Wednesday, May 14,2008

Camp Misery

Medicine was sparse at badly overcrowded Camp Butler

By Tara McClellan McAndrew

Untitled Document During the Civil War, Springfield had one of the state’s largest soldier-training facilities: Camp Butler, located about six miles northeast o

History | Wednesday, April 23,2008

The duelist

Future governor became famous for tangling with Jeff Davis

By Tara McClellan McAndrew

Untitled Document To duel or not to duel — that was the question Illinois congressman and Mexican War veteran William H. Bissell faced in 1850. He was challenged by Jeffers

History | Wednesday, April 2,2008

A conductor?

Lincoln neighbor likely active with Underground Railroad

By Tara McClellan McAndrew

Untitled Document “Eleven run away slaves, belonging to citizens of St. Louis, and for which a reward of $300 each, was offered, were captured in this county ye

History | Wednesday, March 26,2008

Crafting her niche

Hettie Bunker Smith shaped medical history

By Tara McClellan McAndrew

Untitled Document Tucked away in her farmhouse on Old Rochester Road in the 1940s, using plaster of Paris, brushes, photos, and beeswax, Hettie Bunker Smith shaped medical histor

Books | Wednesday, December 26,2007

Beyond the grave

Oak Ridge Cemetery’s dead come to life in new book

By Tara McClellan McAndrew

Untitled Document As you walk through Oak Ridge Cemetery’s beautiful 365 acres, it’s easy to forget that each tombstone represents a life — a person with friend