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State Journal-Register Leroy Key made his mark in history as a prisoner of war in 1864. Key died in Springfield in 1880, probably from after-effects of the time he spent in the horrific Confederate prisoner-of-war camp at Andersonville, Georgia, during the Civil War. He is buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Key was a printer in Bloomington before the war. He served two years in the 14th Illinois Infantry Regiment at the start of the war and then re-enlisted in 1863 in the 16th Illinois Cavalry, where he rose to the rank of quartermaster sergeant. Key probably was captured by the Confederates on Jan. 3, 1864, in a battle near Jonesville, Virginia, during which part of the 16th and another Union regiment were surrounded and forced to surrender. The 16th lost 356 enlisted men and 56 officers in the battle.

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