Famous Illinoisians with Civil War Ties

Michael Kelly Lawler

Mexican War soldier - Civil War General

• 1819-1879
• Irishman from Equality-Shawneetown (Gallatin County), Illinois
• served in Mexican War
• Commanded 18th Illinois Infantry
• Wounded at Fort Donelson, when the 18th ran out of cartridges while defending the Forge Road
• Promoted to Brigadier General in Nov. 1862.
• Commanded 2nd Brigade of Carr's Division at Big Black River, Mississippi

Bibliography

• Illinois in the Civil War by Victor Hicken (1991) University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago
• Michael Kelly Lawler, Mexican and Civil War Officer Journal of the Ill. State Historical Society, XLVIII, No. 4 (Winter 1955)
• Lawler's papers - Collection at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; microfilm copy at IL State Historical Library

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