The McLean County Historical Society began collecting objects associated with the history of our communities very soon after it was formed in 1892. This amazing forethought by the organization’s ...

Only 222 female medical doctors practiced medicine before the Civil War. Only 19 served during the war. Fifield was listed on five muster rolls and her father received a pension for her service in ...

Civil War doctors often relied on amputations to save patients’ lives. Schweitzer’s 3x great-grandfather, who enlisted in 1861, was being treated for chronic diarrhea. “He was in his early ...