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It is captioned "Confederate Prison 1863-1865, Rock Island Arsenal." The hastily erected Civil War prison camp was long gone by the time it was published in the early 1900s.
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL - The Rock Island Arsenal Police Department responded to the discoverty of a Civil War-era cannonball found Wednesday afternoon by construction crews on the island.
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — The Civil War monument that long stood on the old Rock Island County Courthouse lawn is much closer to a needed makeover. Portions of the monument's pedestal were taken apart ...
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - Thursday the 70th anniversary ceremony of the Korean War Armistice was held at the Rock Island Arsenal National Cemetery, an agreement that ended the fighting on this ...