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Fort Johnston (missing)

CITY:

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COUNTY:

LaSalle

DEDICATED BY:

State of Illinois

DEDICATION DATE:

January 1, 1934 at 6:00:00 AM

The marker is located in Ottawa at the Junction of IL 71 and IL 23.

On the eminence to the east stood Fort Johnston, headquarters of Gen. Henry Atkinson during part of the Black hawk War. Here, May 27, 1832, Abraham Lincoln enlisted as a private in Elijah Iles’ company – his second enlistment of the war.

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