Civil War Exhibit |Lock 16 Center| |754 First Street, LaSalle,
IL 61301| |Feb 21, 2013| Visit the following two exhibits at
Lock 16 Center Monday-Saturday 8:00am – 5:30pm Saturday,
February 2, 2013 – Wednesday, February 27, 2013 To Kill and to
Heal: Weapons and Medicine of the Civil War The deadliest weapon
of the Civil War was one that nobody could see, killing two
soldiers for every one felled by gunfire. The extraordinary
casualties caused by that invisible killer, disease; the
conventional weapons used to create slaughter on an
unprecedented scale; horrific injuries suffered on the
battlefield; and the heroic efforts of medical personnel to
treat soldiers on both sides are described in this exhibit.
Abraham Lincoln and the I&M Canal Abraham Lincoln believed that
the Illinois & Michigan Canal promoted the settlement and growth
of Northern Illinois. Ultimately, the canal made a once small
settlement, Chicago, thrive and become a major transportation
and economic center for the entire nation. The exhibit exp