Lt. Col. Matthew Garrison, operations officer for the Illinois National Guard Joint Staff, talks about the shared history of the Illinois National Guard, the City of Wheaton, and DuPage County, during the First Shot at Gettysburg commemoration July 1 at the DuPage County Historical Museum.
230701-A-YR062-1652.JPG Photo By: Barbara Wilson, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - Lt. Col. Matthew Garrison, operations officer for the Illinois National Guard Joint Staff, talks about the shared history of the Illinois National Guard, the City of Wheaton, and DuPage County, during the First Shot at Gettysburg commemoration July 1 at the DuPage County Historical Museum. The first shot fired at Gettysburg was fired by Lt. Marcellus Jones, 8th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, which was formed in DuPage County in 1861.


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