History of Lucas County, Iowa containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc, Part 29

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Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Des Moines, State Historical Company
Number of Pages: 761


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BREVET MAJOR GENERALS.


John M. Corse, Brigadier General from October 5, 1864. Edward Hatch, Brigadier General, from December 15, 1864. Wm. W. Belknap, Brigadier General, from March 13, 1865. W. L. Elliott, Brigadier General, from March 13, 1865. Wm. Vandever, Brigadier General, from June 7, 1865.


BREVET BRIGADIER GENERALS.


Wm. T. Clark, A. A. G., late of 13th Infantry, from July 22, 1864. Edward F. Winslow, Colonel 4th Cavalry, from December 12, 1864. S. G. Hill, Colonel 35th Infantry, from December 15, 1864. (Since died.) Thos. H. Benton, Colonel 29th Infantry, from December 15, 1864. Samuel L. Glasgow, Colonel 23d Infantry, from December 19, 1864. Clark R. Wever, Colonel 17th Infantry, from February 9, 1865. Francis M. Drake, Lieutenant Colonel 36th Infantry, from February 23, 1865. George A. Stone, Colonel-25th Infantry, from March 13, 1865. Datus E. Coon, Colonel 2d Cavalry, from March 8, 1865. George W. Clark, Colonel 34th Infantry, from March 13, 1865. Herman H. Heath, Colonel 7th Cavalry, from March 13, 1865. J. M. Hedrick, Colonel 15th Infantry, from March 13, 1865. W. W. Lowe, Colonel 5th Cavalry, from March 13, 1865.


"Thomas J. Mckean was appointed Paymaster in U. S. A. from Iowa, and subsequently promoted Brigadier General, to date from Nov. 21, 1861.


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NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AMONG OFFICERS OF IOWA REGIMENTS DURING THE WAR.


KILLED.


DIED.


DISCHARGED.


WOUNDED.


TRANSFERRED.


In action.


Accidentally.


Total.


Of wounds.


Of disease.


By drowning.


For disability.


Cause un-


known.


In action.


Accidentally.


Resigned.


Dismissed.


Captured.


To Vet. Res.


By appoint-


Total.


First Cavalry ...


1


1


1


2


3


1


1


4


4


84


3


46


1


..


..


3


8


Second Cavalry.


1


1


..


..


..


..


2


2


12


12


25


3


45


1


5


5


Third Cavalry ...


8


3


2


4


6


5


5


9


9


89


1


63


5


3


3


Fourth Cavalry ..


3


3


6


6


6


6


8


7


31


2


55


4


2


2


Fifth Cavalry ...


5


5


2


2


4


1


1


6


6


85


61


8


Sixth Cavalry


1


1


2


3


2


2


2


2


10


10


23


1


41


22


2


2


Ninth Cavalry ..


1


1


1


1


2


2


6


10


casualt's


rep.


Artillery, Third Battery ...


1


1


2


4


1


8


1


1


...


1


1


Second Infantry.


6


6


4


6


2


2


28


23


25


61


1


1


8


9


Second Veteran Infantry


2


2


1


1


..


..


....


...


..


..


...


..


6


1


1


Third Infantry .....


2


2


4


4


1


1


.35


34


40


81


8


2


2


Third Veteran Infantry ..


2


...


3


8


2


5


1


1


16


16


34


59


5


5


4


1


5


5


1


6


2


4


6


17


17


28


63


3


8


7


7


1


2


3


1


4


18


18


32


67


2


1


1


4


4


3


1


4


5


2


2


4


14


14


30


57


12


1


8


4


Ninth Infantry ...


6


6


7


2


9


1


8


5


24


2


26


26


..


72


9


...


6


...


3


...


8


8


1


8


...


9


11


2


13


19


1


45


22


1


.....


4


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Thirteenth Infantry


2


2


1


8


7


19


...


19


86


1


65


4


..


..


....


...


...


....


.. ......


1


1


2


1


1


1


..


1


15


2


21


1


1


Seventh Cavalry ..


15


6


23


....


..


..


..


8


1


1


2


...


25


80


Artillery, First Battery.


Artillery, Second Battery.


..


..


..


..


...


Artillery, Fourth Battery ..


First Infantry ...


1


4


4


..


..


..


3


3


9


1


1


1


Second and Third Infantry (consolidated) ....


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


...


1


28


37


78


6


1


...


..


..


..


..


..


6


Tenth Infantry. Eleventh Infantry ...


6 8


2


1


1


4


1


8


4


8


8


25


8


47


4


..


5


5


Twelfth Infantry ....


..


..


2


2


...


......


...


..


..


..


.....


..


..


....


..


...


.....


...


...


...


6


Eighth Infantry ..


8


...


16


32


68


1


..


1


1


4


4


16


...


....


2 8 2 5821


2


..


..


..


Fourth Infantry ..


3


Fifth Infantry.


...


5


...


22


Seventh Infantry.


8


...


...


..


..


..


...


1


1


Eighth Cavalry.


...


1


1


.....


5


.....


...


2


Sixth Infantry ...


..


1


250


REGIMENT OR BATTERY.


Corps.


ment.


Total.


Total.


Total.


Total casualties.


......


...


....


..


8


3


No


3


..


6


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


251


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Total ..


133


2 185


88 |115


2 205 51 80 |182


565 | & 566 1225 56


2821 241


4 105 109


..


5


1


1


2


2


1


6


6


20


...


Twenty-first Infantry ...


1


...


1


8


1


2


3


5


...


Twenty-second Infantry ..


4


2


2


2


1


8


4


1


...


...


19


1


49


1


2


2


Twenty-sixth Infantry ......


2


2


4


4


...


..


...


8


5


2


2


4


8


5


8


8


8 20


89


2


1.


1


Thirty-first Infantry ....


2


2


.....


..


5


8


4


7


9


13


1


38


5


1


1


2


42


1


1


4


4


Thirty-fourth Infantry.


Thirty-fourth [34th and 88th ] consolidated ... -


8


8


1


4


5


1


1


2


12


2


25


27


23


1


1


Thirty-seventh Infantry.


3


8


1


2


3


21


3


27


2


2


Thirty-ninth Infantry ..


7


7


2


2


5


5


15


29


8


1


1


Fortieth Infantry ...


2


2


3


9


12


2


2


18


1


85


1


..


Forty-fourth Infantry.


1


1


Forty-fifth Infantry ....


No


casu


alt's ......


2


2


1


1


First Colored Regiment of Iowa (60th U. S.) ...


1


1


1


1


11


3


16


..


...


1


1


.....


..


...


6


2


1


1


8


3


22


22


1


62


5


6 2


2


Seventeenth Infantry.


2


..


2


8


1


..


1


1


19


1


20


69


14


2


2


Eighteenth Infantry, ..


.....


..


5


5


Nineteenth Infantry ..


1


...


...


4


2


...


..


..


...


..


...


54 4


1


1


Twenty-fifth Infantry .....


2


2


5 6 4 8


1 1 4 2


1 6


19 22 7 16


22 7 16


.. ....


8


1


1


Twenty-seventh Infantry ..


1 50


4


1


1


Twenty-ninth Infantry ....


4


4


5


2


7


8


8


17


17 27 83


1


46


...


Thirty-second Infantry ..


8


8


2


4


1


5


2


2


1


26


.....


8


28


35


1


1


1


2


4


..


...


..


..


..


.. ....


Thirty-sixth Infantry.


1


6


7


..


4


4


16 5


....


..


....


Thirty-eighth Infantry ....


8


8


..


...


..


1


..


..


..


Forty-sixth Infantry ....


Forty-seventh Infantry ..... Forty-eighth Infantry (battalion) ..


6


...


6


2211


1


85| 20 ..


Fourteenth Infantry.


3 1 ...


8


2


1


...


8


..


Fourteenth Residuary Battalion .....


Fifteenth Infantry .... Sixteenth Infantry ....


5


...


5


8


8


6


2


2


21


21


13


47


15


....


40 20!


5


...


2


2


7


7


18


1 86 83


12


8


3


Twentieth Infantry ..


...


15 22 9 17


11 22 9 17


26 26 27 23 24 28 17 21


1 1


48 56


1


1 2


1 2


Twenty third Infantry ...


7


4


..


...


2 8


5


...


...


...


..


2


2


Twenty-eighth Infantry ..


4


4


2


...


..


..


...


..


..


..


..


8


1


1


..


...


....


1


1


Thirty-fifth Infantry ....


2


...


..


..


11:


...


..


..... ...


......


......


1


1


......


5


...


....


...


.....


..


.....


2


1 2 2


5 8 8


..


.. ..


...


4 2


2


2


5


47


Twenty-fourth Infantry


7


8 2


1


1


2


...


..


....


....


58


Thirtieth Infantry .....


2


2


9 9


8


...


Thirty-Third Infantry.


8 8


1


2


..


3


82


....


...


..


..


5


5 83


3


...


27


...


.....


1


1


..


8


...


252


NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AMONG ENLISTED MEN OF IOWA REGIMENTS DURING THE WAR.


KILLED.


DIED.


DISCHARGED.


WOUNDED.


In Action.


Accidentally.


Total.


Of Wounds.


Of Disease.


By Suicide.


By Drowning.


For Disability


Cause Un-


known.


In Action.


Accidentally.


Total.


Missing.


Captured.


ToV. R. Corps.


By Appoint- ment.


Total.


34


8


42


20


187 1


312


187


16: 203


81


3


84


2


543


21


14!


22


36


First Cavalry


87


3


40


28


191 .


140


29


169


158


3


101


10


602


73


26


11


87


Second Cavalry.


58


4


62


19


224 ...


2


245


220


85


305'


155


157


1


770


141


24


31


Third Cavalry ....


37


4


41


11


180 ...


4


201


151


82


233


108


4


112


B


690


90


25


81


33


Fourth Cavalry


36


42


7


127 1


137


172


61


223


47


3


50


452


209


14


3!


17


Fifth Cavalry ..


16 3


19


5


59: 2


4


70


70


16


80


15


3


18


193


1


5


6


Sixth Cavalry.


37 8


45


2


92 ....


101


228


18. 240


4


1


8


402


....


3


5


8


Seventh Cavalry.


24 3


27


9


91' ...


4


104


49


15


64


2


2


274


237


20


20


Eighth Cavalry.


5|1


6


10


162 ....


3


175


54


8


62


18


15


258


1


10


11


Artillery, 1st Battery.


62


1


5


1


8


2 1


3


1


83 ..


84


23


3


26


15


1


16


Artillery. 3d Battery.


6


11


11


Artillery, 4th Battery ...


-1


..


3 00.


3


...


....


165


758


13


9


6


15


55 3


58


17


107 ...


4


128


137


191 328


244


1


245


1


....


....


..


4


27


27


14


14


28


8


8


67


18


6


8


8


Second and Third Consolidated Infantry ....


62 3


55


28


99. ...


2


129


163


67


230


838


2


335


10


749


80


18


4


17


Third Veteran Infantry ..


67| 1


58


51


237 .


290


152


146


298


819


8


822


973


44


80


2


82


Fourth Infantry


59


1


60


29


90 1


120


222


15


237


278


282


.. ...


7


......


102 ...


102


80


124


.. ..


...


2


172


180


245


63


808


210


4


214


8


761


882,


21


18


84


Eighth Infantry ..


76


2


78


67


208.


1


266


243


26


269


864


860


1


978


23


24 .....


21


Ninth Infantry ..


66 1


67


85


184 ...


1 170


187| 116 262| 257|


4


261|


739|


16


41:


48


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...


12


5.


1


13


137


137


8


Second Infantry ..


89


..


11 ...


11


3


11


14


2


1


3


41


41


4. ...


...


9


10


1


....


1


28


23


2


......


17 ..


17


1


....


...


154


211


47


258


831


4


335


3


855


73


15


-1.


22


Seventh Infantry ..


49


1


50


44


187


1


...


..


Tenth Infantry ..


..


1


1


29


30


16.


16


14


1


15


124


..


...


...


....


...


...


...


....


71


..


...


*Independent Company Sioux City Cavalry.


1


4


4


5


..


..


..


..


3


..


....


..


3


51


64


25


9


84


28


1


29


8


8


Artillery, 2d Battery ..


17


..


......


+Company A, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry ... Dodge's Brigade Band.


First Infantry ....


..


1


Second Veteran Infantry


....


Third Infantry ..


699


45


2


47


Fifth Infantry ...


Sixth Infantry ..


94


94


130


108: 288


828


3


331


...


885


6


..


·


....


....


1


Total.


Total.


Total Casualties.


TRANSFERRED.


REGIMENT OR BATTERY.


Ninth Cavalry ..


...


12


..


7


182


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* Before transferred to 7th Iowa Cavalry.


+ Partial returns.


1


66


84


182


1


122


145


137


53


190


162


11 302


392


894


7 1029


13


14


27


57. ..


57


32


217 97


:


1 116


129


93


222


225.


· 1


449


63


23 6


8 5


27 26 10


Seventeenth Infantry ..


26


2


28


7


109


3 119


222


183


5


188


190


1


562


204


27


13


40


Nineteenth Infantry .


8. ...


8


5


130


7


142


157


6


163


43


40


..


Twentieth Infantry .....


87


1


88


29


157 ..


2


188


139


14


163


147


2


531


10 20


49


2 5


64 42


Twenty-third Infantry ...


1


59


53


197


3


200


4


204


240


3


243


2


761


72


48


6


54


Twenty-fourth Infantry ...


564


17


16


8


69


Twenty-fifth Infantry .....


562


21 32


40


5


45


...


7


14


162


4 180


134


166


16


182


242


4


246


10


696


89


33


10


43


52!


52


24


180


1


19 2


21


17


248


1


266


7


124


97


2


99


1


511


53


31


6


87


Twenty-ninth Infantry.


646


19


46


1


47


Thirtieth Infantry.


11


11


16


261 ..


..


...


561


56


83


203


1


237


156


10


106


182


1


183


689


93


27


6'


..


Thirty-second Infantry ....


25 1


26


37


166


236


100


34


143


166


2


168


580


73


18


10


28


Thirty-third Infantry ...


4


4


2


228 1


231|


286


27


313


13


13


561


3


22


..


..


Thirty-fourth consolidated Battalion Infantry


3


1


4


2


10 ...


12


29


C.


12


2


14


66


510


15


51


14


65


23


2


25


19


182| 1


1 203


172


17


189


93


93


8


Thirty-fifth Infantry ...


85


35


24


226


1


251


187


4


191


142 ..


142.


619


437


17


. 6


28


Thirty-sixth Infantry ....


3


3


141


1


142


826


30 856


2


22


431


..


8


4


12


Thirty-eighth Infantry ...


83}


1


84


21


119


1


141


89


34


123


105


108


406


203


12


8


15


Thirty-ninth Infantry ....


5


5


10


179.


5


194


117


4


121


41


41


361


2


20



26


Fortieth Infantry


17


*Forty-first Infantry (battalion) ..


15


..


..


1


1


...


..


2


2


1


17 ..


1


19


1


1


22


1


1


Forty-fifth Infantry ..


2


2


1


23


24


1


..


..


..


1


1


...


4


4


....


881


5


837


40


40


1


1


..


..


89


30


196


2


228


171


6


177


138


162


2


164


4


40 2


42


29


204


8


236


140


1


141


140


3


143


..


..


..


..


1


40


24


233. .. .....


257


13


142


202


B


205 77


540


13


72:


72


Thirty-fourth Infantry .


6


..


.. ...


.. ....


3


3


3 .......


3


......


7


.. ...


..


...


1


310 ..


. 1


811


108


117,


2.


.......


...


...


2


2


15


15


..


..


14


14


Forty- fourth Infantry ....


25


3


Forty-seventh Infantry


4


Forty-eighth Infantry ...


883


1


1


First African Infantry [60th U. S.] ..


4 1


5


1


1


174| 121|


4


26|


59; 382 19


8


22


Twelfth Infantry ....... .


80 ...


30


25| 32


148 ... 243 1 276 217


124 192


77


269


290


4 294 162


6


84 15


15 10


80 23


Fourteenth Infantry.


11


..


1


1


2


Fourteenth Residuary Battalion


52 ..


52


78| 194 ..


2 274


270


160


49


209


289


1


819


242 264


21


6


Sixteenth Infantry ....


43| ...


43


18


52


126


2


180


150


8


158


245. 123


·


570


41


1


42


39


...


39


22


199


....


120


18


202


132


8


135


580


79 3.


40


2


..


Twenty-second Infantry ..


53


1


54


...


1940 78.2017 1199 8695| 8.109 10011 8005 1982 9987 8180| 112 8282 115, 30394 .4489 1264 281 1545


253


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


Eleventh Infantry


1 6| 226) 209


......


610 !! 768 852


1 526


249 13


.. 78


Fifteenth Infantry ...


290 225 74 191


14 8 ..


Eighteenth Infantry.


53! ..


53


33


91 ...


..


859


36


38


Twenty-first Infantry ...


89


Twenty-sixth Infantry ...


6


Twenty-seventh Infantry ..


1 206


117 129


137


38


175


Thirty-first Infantry ...


...


..


503


..


2


2


Thirty-seventh Infantry ..


1


...


Forty-sixth Infantry ...


....


45


1


46


47%


..


..


64| 1|


111 37


Thirteenth Infantry .....


65


27 1


28


23


7


4 82


....


614


6 228


73


3 150 245 3 126


..


58


69


..


7


Twenty-eighth Infantry ..


2


39


.......


..


... .....


Thirty-fourth [34th and 38th] Infantry consolidated


...


...


.. ....


..


....


..


21


277


3


7


22


634


253 219


130


249


257 208


80| 151| 220 133


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HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


NUMBER OF TROOPS FURNISHED BY THE STATE OF IOWA DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, TO JANUARY 1, 1865.


No. Regiment.


No. of men.


No. Regiment.


No. of men.


1st Iowa Infantry


959 39th Iowa Infantry.


983


2d


.6


..


1,247 40th “


900


4th


1,184 44th Infantry (100-days men)


867


5th


1,087 45th


912


6th


1,018 46th


7th


1,138


47th


.€


892 884


8th


1,027 148th Battalion


346


9th


1,090


Ist Iowa Cavalry.


1,478


10th


1,027 2d


1,394 1,860


12th


981


4th


1,227


18th


989


5th


1,245


14th


840


6th


1,125 562


15th


1,196


7th


16th


919


8th


1,234


17th


956


9th


1,178


18th


875 Sioux City Cavalry*


19th


985 Co. A, 11th Penn. Cavalry


20th


925 1st Battery Artillery


21 st


..


980 2d


1,008


8d


961


4th ..


152 908


25th


4


940


Enlistments as far as reported to Jan. 1,


2,766


29th


1,005


1864, for the older Iowa regiments ..... Enlistments of Iowa men in regiments of other States, over.


2,500


31st


977


Total.


61,658


88d


985 Re-enlisted Veterans for different Regi- ments.


7,202 6,664


36th


986


37th


914 Grand total as far as reported up to Jan.


38th


910 1, 1865.


75,519


This does not include those Iowa men who veteranized in the regiments of other States, nor the names of men who enlisted during 1864, in regiments of other States.


* Afterward consolidated with Seventh Cavalry.


+ Only a portion of this regiment was credited to the State.


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24th


979 995 1st Iowa African Infantry, 60th U. St. Dodge's Brigade Band ....


14


26th


919|Band of 2d lowa Infantry ..


10


27th


28th


956


80th


978


32d


925


34th


958


85th


984 Additional enlistments


128


22d


11th


1,022


8d ..


8d


1,074 41st Battalion Iowa Infantry ..


294


.6


....


98 87 149


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HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


POPULATION OF IOWA, BY COUNTIES.


COUNTIES.


1875.


1870.


1860.


1850.


1840.


Voters.


Adair.


7045


3982


984


1616


Adams


7832


4614


1538


1727


Allamakee


19158


17868


12287


777


8653


Appanoose


17405


16456


11931


3181


3679


Audubon


2870


1212


454


527


Benton.


28807


22454


8496


672


4778


Black Hawk


22918


21706


8244


135


4877


Boone


17251


14584


4232


785


3515


Bremer


18220


12528


4915


2656


Buchanan


17815


17034


7906


517


8890


Buena Vista


8561


1585


57


817


Buncombe*


Butler


11734


9951


8724


2598


Calhoun


8185


1602


147


681


Carroll.


5760


2451


281


1197


Cass


10552


5464


1612


2422


Cedar


17879


19731


12949


8941


1258


3934


Cerro Gordo


6685


472


940


1526


Cherokee.


4249


1967


58


1001


Chickasaw


11400


10180


4386


Clarke


10118


8786


5427


79


2218


Clay ..


8559


1523


62


868


Clayton


27184


27771


20728


8878


1101


5272


Clinton.


84295


35357


18938


2822


821


5569


Crawford.


6039


2530


888


1244


Dallas.


14886


12019


5244


854


8170


Davis ..


15757


15565


18764


7264


8448


Decatur.


18249


12018


8677


965


2882


Delaware ..


16898


17432


11024


1759


168


3662


Des Moines.


85416


27256


19611


12988


6577


6654


Dubuque


43845


88969


31164


10841


8059


894 8759 299


Fayette.


20515


16978


12078


825


4637


Floyd.


13100


10768


8744


2884


Franklin


6558


4738


1809


1374


Fremont.


18719


11178


5074


1244


2998


Grecne.


8184


6899


793


1525


Guthrie


9688


7061


8058


2889


Hamilton


7701


6056


1699


1455


Hancock


1482


999


179


803


Hardin


15029


13684


5440


8215


Harrison.


11818


8931


8621


2658


Henry


21594


21463


18701


8707


8772


4641


Howard


7875


6282


8168


1712


Humboldt


8455


2596


832


695


Ida.


794


226


43


172


Iowa.


17456


16644


8029


822


3576


Jackson


23061


22619


18498


7210


1411


4901


Jasper ..


24128


22116


9888


1280


5239


Jefferson


17127


17839


15038


9904


2778


8721


Johnson


24664


24898


17578


4472


1491


5225


Jones .


19168


197311


18306


8007


471


4180


* In 1862, name changed to Lyon.


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Dickinson


1748


1389


180


Emmett


1486


1892


105


1622


Grundy


7028


4627


1374


2392


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HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA. POPULATION OF IOWA-CONCLUDED.


AGGREGATE.


COUNTIES.


1875,


1870.


1860.


1850.


1840.


Voters.


Keokuk


20488


19434


13271


4822


4202


Kossuth


8765


8351


416


Lee.


33918


38210


29232


18861


6093


7274


Linn


81815


28852


18947


5444


1873


7509


Louisa


12499


12877


10370


4989


1927


2899


Lucas


11725


10388


5766


471


2464


Lyon*


1139


221


Madison.


16030


13884


7339


1179


8632


Mahaska


23718


22508


14816


5989


5287


Marion.


24094


24436


16818


6482


4988


Marshall


19629


17676


6015


338


4445


Mills ..


10555


8718


4481


2365


Mitchell


11523


9582


8409


Monona


2267


3654


832


Monroe


12811


12724


8612


2884


2743


Muscatine


21623


21688


16444


5731


1942


6588


O' Brien.


2349


715


8


695 498


Page


14274


9975


4419


551


8222


Palo Alto


2728


1336


182


556


Plymouth.


5282


2199


148


1136


Pocahontas


2249


1446


103


464


Polk.


31558


27857


11625


4513


6842


Pottawattomie


21665


16893


4968


7828


4392


Poweshiek


16482


15581


5668


615


3634


Ringgold.


7546


5691


2923


1496


Sac ..


2878


1411


246


657


Scott.


39763


38599


25959


5986


2140


7109


Shelby


5664


2540


818


1084


Sioux.


3120


576


10


637


Story


13111


11651


4051


2574


Tama.


18771


16131


5285


8


3911


Taylor


10418


6989


3590


204


2282


Union


8827


6986


2012


1924


Van Buren ..


16980


17672


17081


12270


6146


3893


Wapello


23865


22346


14518


8471


5346


Warren.


18541


17980


10281


961


4168


Washington


19269


18952


14235


4957


1594


4168


Wayne


13978


11287


6409


340


2947


Webster.


13114


10484


2504


2747


Winnebago


2986


1562


168


406


Winneshiek


24233


23570


13942


546


4117


Woodbury.


8568


6172


1119


1776


Worth


4908


2892


756


763


Wright ..


3244


2392


653


694


Total


1853118 1191792


674913


192214


43112 284557


* Formerly Buncombe.


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Montgomery


10389


5934


1256


2485


Osceola


1778


287


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THE NORTHWESTERN STATES.


ILLINOIS.


Length, 380 miles, mean width about 156 miles. Area, 55,410 square miles, or 35,462,400 acres. Illinois, as regards its surface, constitutes a table-land at a varying elevation ranging between 350 and 800 feet above the sea level ; composed of extensive and highly fertile prairies and plains. Much of the south division of the State, especially the river-bottoms, are thickly wooded. The prairies, too, have oasis-like clumps of trees scattered here and there at intervals. The chief rivers irrigating the State are the Mississippi-dividing it from Iowa and Missouri-the Ohio (forming its south barrier), the Illinois, Wabash, Kaskaskia, and San- gamon, with their numerous affluents. The total extent of navigable streams is calculated at 4,000 miles. Small lakes are scattered over vari- ous parts of the State. Illinois is extremely prolific in minerals, chiefly coal, iron, copper, and zinc ores, sulphur and limestone. The coal-field alone is estimated to absorb a full third of the entire coal-deposit of North America. Climate tolerably equable and healthy ; the mean temperature standing at about 51º Fahrenheit As an agricultural region, Illinois takes a competitive rank with neighboring States, the cereals, fruits, and root- crops yielding plentiful returns ; in fact, as a grain-growing State, Illinois may be deemed, in proportion to her size, to possess a greater area of lands suitable for its production than any other State in the Union. Stock- raising is also largely carried on, while her manufacturing interests in regard of woolen fabrics, etc., are on a very extensive and yearly expand- ing scale. The lines of railroad in the State are among the most exten- sive of the Union. Inland water-carriage is facilitated by a canal connecting the Illinois River with Lake Michigan, and thence with the St. Lawrence and Atlantic. Illinois is divided into 102 counties ; the chief towns being Chicago, Springfield (capital), Alton, Quincy, Peoria, Galena, Bloomington, Rock Island, Vandalia, etc. By the new Consti- tution, established in 1870, the State Legislature consists of 51 Senators, elected for four years, and 153 Representatives, for two years; which numbers were to be decennially increased thereafter to the number of six per every additional half-million of inhabitants. Religious and educational institutions are largely diffused throughout, and are in a very flourishing condition. Illinois has a State Lunatic and a Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Jacksonville; a State Penitentiary at Joliet ; and a Home for


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Soldiers' Orphans at Normal. On November 30, 1870, the public debt of the State was returned at 84,870,937, with a balance of $1,808,833 unprovided for. At the same period the value of assessed and equalized property presented the following totals: assessed, 8840,031,703; equal- ized 8480,664,058. The name of Illinois, through nearly the whole of the eighteenth century, embraced most of the known regions north and west of Ohio. French colonists established themselves in 1673, at Cahokia and Kaskaskia, and the territory of which these settlements formed the nucleus was, in 1763, ceded to Great Britain in conjunction with Canada, and ultimately resigned to the United States in 1787. Illinois entered the Union as a State, December 3, 1818; and now sends 19 Representatives to Congress. Population, 2,539,891, in 1870.


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INDIANA.


The profile of Indiana forms a nearly exact parallelogram, occupy- ing one of the most fertile portions of the great Mississippi Valley. The greater extent of the surface embraced within its limits consists of gentle undulations rising into hilly traets toward the Ohio bottom. The chief rivers of the State are the Ohio and Wabash, with their numerous affluents. The soil is highly productive of the cereals and grasses-most particularly so in the valleys of the Ohio, Wabash, Whitewater, and White Rivers. The northeast and central portions are well timbered with virgin forests, and the west seetion is notably rich in coal, constitut- ing an offshoot of the great Illinois carboniferous field. Iron, copper, marble, slate, gypsum, and various clays are also abundant. From an agricultural point of view, the staple products are maize and wheat, with the other cereals in lesser yields ; and besides these, flax, hemp, sorghum, hops, etc., are extensively raised. Indiana is divided into 92 counties, and counts among her principal cities and towns, those of Indianapolis (the capital), Fort Wayne, Evansville, Terre Haute, Madison, Jefferson- ville, Columbus, Vincennes, South Bend, etc. The public institutions of the State are many and various, and on a scale of magnitude and efficiency commensurate with her important political and industrial status. Upward of two thousand miles of railroads permeate the State in all directions, and greatly conduce to the development of her expanding manufacturing interests. Statistics for the fiscal year terminating October 31, 1870, exhibited a total of receipts, $3,896,541 as against dis- bursements, 83,532,406, leaving a balance, 8364,135 in favor of the State Treasury. The entire public debt, January 5, 1871, $3,971,000. This State was first settled by Canadian voyageurs in 1702, who erected a fort at Vincennes ; in 1763 it passed into the hands of the English, and was by the latter eeded to the United States in 1783. From 1788 till 1791, an Indian warefare prevailed. In 1800, all the region west and north of Ohio (then formed into a distinct territory) became merged in Indiana. In 1809, the present limits of the State were defined, Michigan and Illinois having previously been withdrawn. In 1811, Indiana was the theater of the Indian War of Tecumseh, ending with the decisive battle of Tippecanoe. In 1816 (December 11), Indiana became enrolled among the States of the American Union. In 1834, the State passed through a monetary crisis owing to its having become mixed up with railroad, canal, and other speculations on a gigantic seale, which ended, for the time being, in a general collapse of public credit, and consequent bank- ruptcy. Since that time, however, the greater number of the public


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works which had brought about that imbroglio - especially the great Wabash and Erie Canal - have been completed, to the great benefit of the State, whose subsequent progress has year by year been marked by rapid strides in the paths of wealth, commerce, and general social and political prosperity. The constitution now in force was adopted in 1851. Population, 1,680,637.


IOWA.


In shape, Iowa presents an almost perfect parallelogram; has a length, north to south, of about 300 miles, by a pretty even width of 208 miles, and embraces an area of 55,045 square miles, or 35,228,800 acres. The surface of the State is generally undulating, rising toward the middle into an elevated plateau which forms the "divide" of the Missouri and Mississippi basins. Rolling prairies, especially in the south section, constitute a regnant feature, and the river bottoms, belted with woodlands, present a soil of the richest alluvion. Iowa is well watered ; the principal rivers being the Mississippi and Missouri, which form respectively its east and west limits, and the Cedar, Iowa, and Des Moines, affluents of the first named. Mineralogically, Iowa is important as occupying a section of the great Northwest coal field, to the extent of an area estimated at 25,000 square miles. Lead, copper, zinc, and iron, are also mined in considerable quantities. The soil is well adapted to the production of wheat, maize, and the other cereals; fruits, vegetables, and esculent roots; maize, wheat, and oats forming the chief staples. Wine, tobacco, hops, and wax, are other noticeable items of the agricul- tural yield. Cattle-raising, too, is a branch of rural industry largely engaged in. The climate is healthy, although liable to extremes of heat and cold. The annual gross product of the various manufactures carried on in this State approximate, in round numbers, a sum of $20,000,000. Iowa has an immense railroad system, besides over 500 miles of water- communication by means of its navigable rivers. The State is politically divided into 99 counties, with the following centers of population : Des Moines (capital), Iowa City (former capital), Dubuque, Davenport, Bur- lington, Council Bluffs, Keokuk, Muscatine, and Cedar Rapids. The State institutions of Iowa-religious, scholastic, and philanthropic- are on a par, as regards number and perfection of organization and operation, with those of her Northwest sister States, and education is especially well cared for, and largely diffused. Iowa formed a portion of the American territorial acquisitions from France, by the so-called Louisiana purchase in 1803, and was politically identified with Louisiana till 1812,




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