The guidon of the 8th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, on loan from the Illinois State Military Museum, Springfield, Illinois, is on display at the DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton, Illinois.
230701-A-YR062-1503.JPG Photo By: Barbara Wilson, Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - The guidon of the 8th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, on loan from the Illinois State Military Museum, Springfield, Illinois, is on display at the DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton, Illinois. The 8th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, today’s Illinois National Guard, was formed in DuPage County in 1861. The first shot fired at Gettysburg was fired by Lt. Marcellus Jones, who was a member of the unit.


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