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-| article = Victoria Archives and Libraries
+| article = Illinois in the Civil War
-| linkwords = Victoria Archives and Libraries
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-| width="60%" style="vertical-align: top;" colspan="2" | Did you know the '''State Library of Victoria''' is the premier research library and helps family historians to '''find their ancestors in the Genealogy Collection''' and '''Victorian Heritage''' records?
+| width="60%" style="vertical-align: top;" colspan="2" | During the '''Civil War''', Illinois raised more than 250,000 men for the Union. '''Their records''' can be found in state records, unit records which may be found on the military unit pages or federal records. For ideas on how to begin searching for your Civil War ancestor, see '''Beginning United States Civil War Research'''.
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