Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War-IL Dept.
DUVCW National Headquarters
Building Location: 503 South Walnut Street, Springfield, IL 62704-1932
Mailing Address: National Headquarters DUVCW, P.O. Box 211, Springfield, IL 62705-0211
Telephone: 217-544-0616
Administrative Assistants: Jessica Pope and Mary Sivak
Email Address: duvcwnational@comcast.net
Website: www.duvcw.org
And Civil War Museum
Located at 503 South Walnut Street, Springfield, IL
Admission is FREE!
Our Museum preserves countless artifacts of Civil War history, including rifles, medals, photographs, currency, drums, uniforms, and letters from soldiers at the front. A gift shop offers a variety of books about the Civil War and other memorabilia.
Located next to the Museum is a 2,800 square foot “American foursquare” house built in 1898. In 2016, it was dedicated as the Dr. Benjamin Franklin Stephenson Library and Research Center; named for the founder of the Grand Army of the Republic. The library houses a complete set of “War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.” Numerous other volumes relating to the War are also available for on-site research.