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==History== Marshall was officially organized by [[William B. Archer]] in 1835, eight years after the [[National Road]] entered the community.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080515144459/http://www.nationalroad.org/Marshall.htm Marshall]}} from the [[National Road]] Association Of Illinois website</ref> The city was named after [[John Marshall]], chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6396|title= Profile for Marshall, Illinois, IL|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= August 31, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160826001247/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6396|archive-date= August 26, 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref> Marshall was incorporated on May 14, 1873.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.city-data.com/city/Marshall-Illinois.html |title= Marshall, Illinois |publisher= City-Data.com |access-date=August 31, 2012}}</ref> In 1863, Marshall was the scene of conflict in which local [[Copperheads (politics)|Copperheads]], who opposed the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], sought to protect soldiers who had deserted from the Union Army. In March, 1863, an army detail from [[Indiana]] arrested several deserters. A local judge, [[Charles H. Constable]], freed the deserters and ordered the arrest of two Union sergeants on kidnapping charges. This resulted in the dispatch of 250 soldiers under the command of Col. [[Henry B. Carrington]] by special train from [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], who surrounded the courthouse, freed the sergeants and arrested judge Charles H. Constable. The judge was, however, absolved several months later after presenting a highly technical defense.<ref>Stephen E. Towne, "'Such conduct must be put down' – The Military Arrest of Judge Charles H. Constable during the Civil War", Journal of Illinois History, vol 9, no. 1, Spring 2006, p. 43</ref> Marshall was home to the [[Handy Writers' Colony]], 1950β1964. The most famous writer associated with the Colony was the novelist [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]], who built a home in Marshall and lived there ca. 1952β1957.
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