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Site Name St. Charles Heritage Center and Camp Kane Street Address 215 East Main Street City / State / Zip St. Charles IL, 60174 Phone number 630-584-6967 Web Page stcmuseum.org   Admission Fee Suggested donation, adults $2.00, seniors $1.00, students $1.00, children free. Hours Tues.-Sat. 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M., Sun. noon-4:00 P.M.; Langum Park (former site of Camp Kane) is open daily, dawn to dusk. Visitor services Public rest rooms, information, handicapped access, gift shop, museum. Regular Events Call or check Web site for events.     Directions From I-88 exit at North Farnsworth; follow north to Route 64 (Main Street), turn left (west) on Main Street, and proceed into downtown. Museum is at the northeast corner of third Avenue and Main Street.
Site Description
St. Charles played an important role in the Civil War as a training ground for the Eighth and Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, as a recruiting center, and as home to Gen. John Farnsworth. The museum exhibits artifacts, pictures, and written information about the community's association with the Underground Railroad and the Civil War. Camp Kane trained more than one thousand men for the Union army, including the Illinois cavalry units mentioned above. General Farnsworth donated the land for Camp Kane, which today is a community park. The museum interprets the Civil War history of St. Charles and Camp Kane.

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