When George S. Basnett was born on 20 August 1858, in Illinois, United States, his father, John M. Basnett, was 37 and his mother, Mary E. Delaplain, was 27. He married Emma Louise Hawkins on 22 August 1878, in Cloud, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Lyon Township, Cloud, Kansas, United States in 1880. He died on 20 October 1880, in Cloud, Kansas, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in Meredith Township, Cloud, Kansas, United States.
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Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
English and Irish (of Norman origin): from Middle English bacinet (Norman French bassinet) ‘hemispherical helmet, without a visor, worn under the fighting helmet; also (later), a pointed helmet with a visor’, denoting someone who wore or made headgear of this kind. The name was prominent in Dublin throughout the 16th century, but is now found mainly in Liverpool, England.
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