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During the Civil War, Camp Butler was the second largest military training camp in Illinois, second only to [[Camp Douglas (Chicago)|Camp Douglas]] in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]. After [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln's]] call for troops in April, 1861, the [[United States Department of War|U.S. War Department]] sent then [[Brigadier-General]] [[William T. Sherman]] to Springfield, Illinois, to meet with Governor [[Richard Yates (19th century politician)|Richard Yates]] for the purpose of selecting a suitable site for a training facility. | During the Civil War, Camp Butler was the second largest military training camp in Illinois, second only to [[Camp Douglas (Chicago)|Camp Douglas]] in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]. After [[Abraham Lincoln|President Lincoln's]] call for troops in April, 1861, the [[United States Department of War|U.S. War Department]] sent then [[Brigadier-General]] [[William T. Sherman]] to Springfield, Illinois, to meet with Governor [[Richard Yates (19th century politician)|Richard Yates]] for the purpose of selecting a suitable site for a training facility. | ||
Since Governor Yates was unfamiliar with the land around Springfield, the state capital of Illinois, he enlisted the aid of then-State Treasurer William Butler, who along with [[Ozias M. Hatch]], [[Secretary of State of Illinois]], took a carriage ride with William T. Sherman to examine land about 5 and 1/2 miles northeast of downtown Springfield. An area near Riverton, Illinois (then known as "Jimtown", short for Jamestown) was selected, and named in honor of William Butler. A | Since Governor Yates was unfamiliar with the land around Springfield, the state capital of Illinois, he enlisted the aid of then-State Treasurer William Butler, who along with [[Ozias M. Hatch]], [[Secretary of State of Illinois]], took a carriage ride with William T. Sherman to examine land about 5 and 1/2 miles northeast of downtown Springfield. An area near Riverton, Illinois (then known as "Jimtown", short for Jamestown) was selected, and named in honor of William Butler. A Union training facility was officially established there on August 2, 1861. By the war's end, over 200,000 Union troops would pass through Camp Butler. | ||
Along with the soldiers who fought on both sides of the Civil War, veterans who lost their lives in the [[Spanish–American War]], both World War I and [[World War II]], the Korean War, and the Vietnam War are also buried at Camp Butler. There are also [[Germany|German]] and [[Korea]]n prisoners of war buried there, relocated from a cemetery near [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]. | Along with the soldiers who fought on both sides of the Civil War, veterans who lost their lives in the [[Spanish–American War]], both World War I and [[World War II]], the Korean War, and the Vietnam War are also buried at Camp Butler. There are also [[Germany|German]] and [[Korea]]n prisoners of war buried there, relocated from a cemetery near [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]. | ||