Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz

Led by former railroad builder, John B. Wyman, the 13th Illinois Infantry ("Fox River") Regiment arrived in Rolla on July 17, 1861. Except for brief forays, the unit remained at the railhead until March 1862, leading soldiers to quip that the regiment should have been called the "Rolla Home Guard." Col. Wyman died of wounds received at the head of his regiment during the failed attack of Chickasaw Bluff, Miss. (Battle of Chickasaw Bayou) on Dec. 28, 1862.

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