Second Friday Lecture: Civil War Immigrant Soldiers in the Union Army

Friday, August 14 | 12pm – 1pm | Presented by: Scott Norrick Scott Norrick’s presentation will cover the key reasons immigrants came to America just prior to the Civil War. He will also discuss the scope and nationalities of immigrant soldiers in the Union Army as well as explore what motivated so many immigrants to volunteer for the Civil War. He will also delve into specific Upper Midwestern regiments that had large immigrant populations, such as the 32nd, 35th and 61st Indiana and the 23rd and 24th Illinois. Scott will also give some advice on best practices for researching your Union Civil War ancestors. Scott Norrick’s passion is connecting people to their past. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and a master’s degree from Northwestern University. He combines over 30 years of family history research with the necessary skills and passion to provide meaningful and proven results in breaking down family history brick walls. He is currently working on a book that chronicles the war time experiences and the post war trauma of his four great-great grandfathers that were volunteers in the Union Army during the Civil War.