The History of Muscatine county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 28

Author: Western historical company, Chicago. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 684


USA > Iowa > Muscatine County > The History of Muscatine county, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c. > Part 28


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90


THE FIRST INFANTRY-AFRICAN DESCENT -- (SIXTIETH U. S.)


was organized with John G. Hudson, Captain Company B, Thirty-third Mis- souri, as Colonel; M. F. Collins, of Keokuk, as Lieutenant Colonel, and J. L. Murphy, of Keokuk, as Major. Had ten companies, and were mustered in at various places in the Fall of 1863. The men were from all parts of the State and some from Missouri.


249


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


During the war, the following promotions were made by the United States Government from Iowa regiments :*


MAJOR GENERALS


Samuel R. Curtis, Brigadier General, from March 21, 1862. Frederick Steele, Brigadier General, from November 29, 1862. Frank J. Herron, Brigadier General, from November 29, 1862. Grenville M. Dodge, Brigadier General, from June 7, 1864.


BRIGADIER GENERALS.


Samuel R. Curtis, Colonel 2d Infantry, from May 17, 1861. Frederick Steele, Colonel 8th Infantry, from February 6, 1862. Jacob G. Lauman, Colonel 7th Infantry, from March 21, 1862. Grenville M. Dodge, Colonel 4th Infantry, from March 31, 1862. James M. Tuttle, Colonel 2d Infantry, from June 9, 1862. Washington L. Elliott, Colonel 2d Cavalry, from June 11, 1862. Fitz Henry Warren, Colonel 1st Cavalry , from July 6, 1862. Frank J. Herron, Lieutenant Colonel 9th Infantry, from July 30, 1862. Charles L. Matthies, Colonel 5th Infantry, from November 29, 1862. William Vandever, Colonel 9th Infantry, from November 29, 1862. Marcellus M. Crocker, Colonel 13th Infantry, from Nov. 29, 1862. (Since died.) Hugh T. Reid, Colonel 15th Infantry from March 13, 1863. Samuel A. Rice, Colonel 33d Infantry, from August 4, 1863. Jolın M. Corse, Colonel 6th Infantry, from August 11, 1863. Cyrus Bussey, Colonel 3d Cavalry, from January 5, 1864. Edward Hatch, Colonel 2d Cavalry, from April 27, 1864. . Elliott W. Rice, Colonel 7th Infantry, from June 20, 1864. Wm. W. Belknap, Colonel 15th Infantry, from July 30, 1864. John Edwards, Colonel 18th Infantry, from September 26, 1864. James A. Williamson, Colonel 4th Infantry, from January 13, 1864. James I. Gilbert, Colonel 27th Infantry, from February 9, 1865.


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. IIill, 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 22, 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.


250


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


TRANSFERRED.


KILLED.


DIED.


DISCHARGED.


WOUNDED.


In action.


Accidentally.


Total.


Of wounds.


Of disease.


By drowning.


For disability.


Cause


Total.


In action.


Accidentally.


Total.


Resigned.


Dismissed.


Captured.


To Vet. Res.


Corps.


ment.


Total.


First Cavalry.


1


1


1


2


3


1


1


4


4


34


3


46


1


3


3


Second Cavalry ...


3


3


2


4


6


5


5


9


9


39


1


63


5


3


3


Third Cavalry ....


3


3


6


6


6


6


8


7


31


2


55


4


2


2


Fourth Cavalry ....


5


5


2


2


4


1


1


1


1


1


1


15


2


21


1


1


Sixth Cavalry.


1


1


2


3


2


2


2


2


10


10


23


1


41


22


2


2


30


3


3


1


1


2


2


2


6


10


Artillery, First Battery ...


No


ca su alt's rep.


1


1


1


1


2


4


1


8


1


1


4


2


2


2


23


23


25


61


1


1


8


9


Second Infantry ...


2


2


1


1


....


.


..


. .


..


...


2


4


4


1


1


35


34


40


81


8


2


2


Third Infantry.


2


2


5


5


3


3


3


2


5


1


1


16


16


34


59


Fourth Infantry.


4


1


5


5


1


6


2


4


6


17


17


28


1


63


Sixth Infantry.


22


1


23


37


3


73


6


4


4


3


3


6


3


3


1


4


5


2


4


14


14


30


2


57


12


1


3


4


Eighth Infantry.


6


6


7


2


9


1


3


5


24


26


26


72


9


6


6


Ninth Infantry ...


6


6


..


...


3


3


2


1


1


4


1


3


4


8


...


1 2


13


19


1


45


22


1


3


3


1


8


Twelfth Infantry ..


2


2


4


3


7


19


...


19


36


1


65


4


4


4


Thirteenth Infantry ..


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


.


·


·


·


·


·


·


·


·


·


·


.


4


·


·


.....


58


1


4


4


16


...


8


25


3


47


4


5


5


Eleventh Infantry ..


9


..


...


.


2


2


2


12


12


25


3


45


1


5


.


..


......


...


....


..


...


...


...


51


8


Fifth Cavalry ...


15


6


23


..


..


.


.


4


...


·


·


·


·


·


·


·


:


·


·


· ·


.


·


·


·


.


1


1


1


Artillery, Fourth Battery ..


4


4


5


First Infantry ..


..


. .


1


...


.


1


1


1


1


1


1


1


..


1 1


3


Second and Third Infantry (consolidated).


2


2


Fifth Infantry ...


7


7


1


2


3


1


4


5


18


18


32


2


67


2


1


1


...


...


· Seventh Infantry.


.


. ..


...


Tenth Infantry ..


...


11


:


.


. .


. .


25


Ninth Cavalry.


1


1


1


1


..


Artillery, Second Battery.


Artillery, Third Battery ..


1


.


..


3


...


3


3


9


1


1


.


.


·


.


.


..


1


1


2


Seventh Cavalry.


3


Eighth Cavalry ...


...


...


...


..


6


35


Total casualties.


appoint-


REGIMENT OR BATTERY.


ut-


known.


Total.


.....


. .


. .


1


1


. .


...


Third Veteran Infantry ...


....


3


3


...


16


32


....


1


1


·


1


... ..


1


...


6


Second Veteran Infantry ......


6


By


·


Fourteenth Infantry ..


...


·


6


2


1


1


3


..


3


3


22


22


27


1 62


5


5


5


Fourteenth Residuary Battalion.


47


15


2


2


2


2


21


. . ....


1


19


1


20 40 20 5


5


33


.. .


12


3


3


Eighteenth Infantry, ..


5


5


1


2


3


2


2


7


...


..


...


...


1


2


2


2


1


3


6


...


11


1


48


1


2


2


Twentieth Infantry ...


1


1


3


1


1


2


5


...


26


1


56


5


47


2


2


3


2


5


1


3


4


17


17


Twenty-fourth Infantry.


66


3


1


1


Twenty-sixth Infantry.


50


4


1


1


Twenty-seventh Infantry ..


4


4


2


3


5


2


2


4


16


16


21


1


Twenty-eighth Infantry ..


1


1


2


3


5


8


8


8


Twenty-ninth Infantry ..


4


1


5


2


7


3


3


17


..


8


33


1


46


38


5


1


1


2


Thirty-first Infantry ..


3


2


5


3


4


7


9


2


8


1


9


26


42


1


4


4


Thirty-second Infantry ...


4


1


1


2


3


1


1


3


3


28


35


1


4


Thirty-fourth [34th and 38th ] consolidated


3


3


1


4


5


1


1


2


2


12


2


25


..


...


4


4


16


27


23


1


1


Thirty-sixth Infantry.


21


3


27


.....


29


3


1


1


Thirty-eighth Infantry ..


2


Thirty-ninth Infantry ..


2


2


3


9


12


2


2


18


1


35


1


Fortieth Infantry ..


1


1


Forty-fourth Infantry.


No


casu


.....


Forty-fifth Infantry ..


2


2


..


1


1


Forty-seventh Infantry ...


11


3


16


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


1


1


1


1


...


..


.


133


2/135


1 88 |115


2|205


51


80 |132


1565


8 566 1225


56


12321 241


4 |105 109


3


3


2 !


1 ...


3


6 1 ...


6


22|1


1


35| 20 ..


....


....


1


.....


..


...


13


...


69


14


2


2


Sixteenth Infantry.


2


3


1


. .


Seventeenth Infantry.


2


1


3


Nineteenth Infantry ...


1


..


·


·


.


4


...


·


.


·


.


·


.


+


·


.


.


.


7


.


.


.


.


·


2


6 4


1 1


1 1


19


19


24


1


49


1


2


2


Twenty-fifth Infantry ...


2


2


4


4


8


4


2


6


22


..


.


·


·


·


.


.


.


·


·


.


.


·


.


·


·


.


·


.


·


.


...


27


58


1


1


Thirtieth Infantry.


2


2


2


...


...


5


..


..


1


1


1


1


2


.....


...


Thirty-fifth Infantry ..


1


6


·


..


·


·


.


·


.


3


...


3


1


2


3


5


......


2.


2


Thirty-seventh Infantry ..


3


...


5


5


15


..


..


. .


..


1


1


·


.


.


.....


. ..


...


.


.


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


251


...


5


3


3


...


...


·


5


5


5


...


7


18


1


33


3


1


1


Twenty-first Infantry ..


54


4


1


1


·


.


.


·


.


..


...


3


2


3


5


7


...


7


17


32


2


2


39


2


..


..


...


..


. .


2


9


..


9


13


1


3


3


Thirty-Third Infantry ..


..


..


11


...


·


·


3


2


7


...


Forty-sixth Infantry ....


..


....


Total ..


...


4


2


2


2


2


...


..


15 22 9


22 9


27 23


Twenty-third Infantry ...


2


4


7


...


2


...


....


22


28


....


..


....


..


25


17


.


..


...


...


Twenty-second Infantry.


...


...


...


6


20 26


...


21


Fifteenth Infantry ...


6


1


5


.


,


·


7


....


1


alt's


1


Forty-eighth Infantry (battalion).


...


.


·


·


.


2


Thirty-fourth Infantry ..


36


252


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


TRANSFERRED.


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


12


20


187


1


1


312


187


16


203


81


3


84


2


543


21


14


22


36


First Cavalry ..


37


3


40


28


191'


3


140


29


169


158


3


161


10


602


73


26


11}


37


Second Cavalry.


58


4


62


19


224 ...


2


245


220


85


305


155


157


1


770


141


24


7


31


Third Cavalry ....


37


4


41


11


186


4


201


151


82


233


108


4


112


3


590


90


25


8


33


Fourth Cavalry ..


36


42


7


127


1


2


137


172


51


223


47


3


50


452


209


14


3


17


Fifth Cavalry ..


16


3


19


5


59;


·2


4


70


70


16


86


15


3


18


193


1


5


6


Sixth Cavalry ..


371


8


45


7.


92


1


101


228


18


246


4


1


8


402


....


2


274


237


20


.... ..


3


27


9


91


4


10-1


49


15


64


62


13


2


15


258


1


10


1


11


5


1


6


10


162


3


175


54


9


3-1


28


1


29


124


....


......


...


.


...


7


3


51


54


25


16


14


1


15


62


1


5


1


6


...


...


1


1


29


30


16


.... ..


Artillery, 2d Battery ..


2


1


3


1


33


34


23


3


26


15


1


16


79


Artillery, 3d Battery ..


5


1


6


11


11


Artillery, 4th Battery.


-1


7


.


*Independent Company Sioux City Cavalry.


4


+Company A, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry ..


3


3


.


137


137


165


....


. .


...


. .


....


12 . .


12


5


17


107


4


128


187


191


328


244


1


245 . . ....


758


13


9


6


15


Second Infantry.


11


11


3


11


14


27


27


14


14


28


8


..


749


85


13


4


17


52 3


55


28


99


129


163


67


230


333


2


335


10


Third Veteran Infantry.


57|


1


58


237


2 290


152


146


298]


319


3


322


5


Fourth Infantry


59


1


60


29


90


120


222


15'


237


278


4


282


Fifth Infantry.


102


102


30


124


154


211


47


258


331


4


.335


331


.....


....


·


49


1


50


44


137


1 182


245


63


308


210


4


214


8


761|


382


21


13


34


Eighth Infantry ..


76 2


78


57


208:


1 266


243


26


269


354


5


359


1


973


23


24


.. ..


24


Ninth Infantry ....


56 1|


571


35 |134 ...


170


137 115 232| 257|


1


261


..


739


.11|


5


48


Tenth Infantry ..


KILLED.


DIED.


DISCHARGED.


WOUNDED.


REGIMENT OR BATTERY.


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


Seventh Infantry ....


94


94


35


135


2 172


180


108


288


328


3


885


54 73


15


22


Sixth Infantry.


.... .


.


.....


859


7


......


....


17


1


9


...


.


10


1


1


17


....


973


44


30


·2


32


699


96


45


47


.


...


67


18


5


3


8


4 ..


4


..


....


2


10


Third Infantry ..


28


......


..


...


..


.


.....


1


4


5


....


Dodge's Brigade Band.


13


First Infantry ..


69


.....


1


......


1


41


41


......


2


1


8


Second Veteran Infantry.


8


17


..


....


·


·


· ·


...


..


..


3


5


8


20


Seventh Cavalry


24


..


. .


..


. ..


3


3


Artillery, Ist Battery ..


1


..


.. .


. .


..


...


..


G


.


...


...


Eighth Cavalry ...


2


11


Ninth Cavalry ....


.. .


..


1


.


7


.. .


...


1


55 3


58


Second and Third Consolidated Infantry ..


Total Casualties.


Total.


Total.


8


Eleventh Infantry . Twelfth Infantry ..


.


·


.


65


1


66


34


182 .. ..


1


217


192


77


269 190


162


4 294 162


1


27


1


28


23|


122


145


137


53


7


4 32


11 302


392


160


49


209


1 290


14


819


242


21 23 5


3


26


Seventeenth Infantry ..


26 2


28


109


3


119


222


6


5


188 163


43


46


359


10


36


2


38


37 1


38


29


157 ...


2


188


139


14


153


147


3 150


2


531


20 79


40 2


42


Twenty-second Infantry .


39


39


30


196


2


228


171


177


123


240


3 243


2


72


48


6


54


Twenty-fourth Infantry


39


39


22


199


219


120


18


138


162


2


164


4


564


17


16


8


69


Twenty-fifth Infantry ..


40


2


42


29


204 ...


3


236


140


134


68


202


132


3 135


530


32


40


5


45


Twenty-seventh Infantry ..


52 ... ..


52


24


180 1


1


206


166


16


182


242


4 246


10


696


89


33


10


43


Twenty-eighth Infantry ..


19| 2


21


17


248


...


1 266


117


124


97


99


1


511


53


31


6


37


Twenty-ninth Infantry.


39 1


40


24


233 ..


257


129


13


142


202


3


646


19


46


1


47


Thirtieth Infantry ..


11


11


16


203


1


237


156


10|


166


132


1


133


589


93


27


6


33


Thirty-second Infantry.


25


1


26


37


166 .. ..


236


109


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


22


..


3


...


...


10 ...


12


29


36


12


2


14


66


15


51


14


65


23


2


25


19


182 1


1


203


172


17


189


93


93


3


Thirty-fifth Infantry ..


619


437


17


6


23


351.


35


24


226


1


251


187


4


191


142


..


..


3


141


1


142


326


30


356


.....


431


....


. .


.


...


I


34


21


119 ... ..


1


141


89


34


123


105


3


108


406


203


12


3


15


Thirty-ninth Infantry ..


5


5


10


179. ...


5


194


117


4


121


11


41


361


2


20


6


26


Fortieth Infantry


2


15


15


*Forty-first Infantry (battalion).


14


Forty- fourth Infantry ..


2


2


1


17


1


19


....


1


1


22


1


1


Forty-fifth Infantry ..


2


2


1


23


24


1


21


28


3


Forty-sixth Infantry ..


1


1


45


1


46


Forty-seventh Infantry.


4


.....


.


1


331


5


40


10


1


1


..


·


·


·


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


·


·


.


·


·


·


·


·


54| 1| 55


25| 148 ... 1 1


174į


121|


30| 151||


6| 226|1 4


59


26


382


19


3


22


30 ..


30


32 243


... ...


276 124 133


257


1


209


......


6


15


15


10 1


30 23 2


Fourteenth Infantry ..


11 1029


78


13


14 27


52 ... ..


52


78| 194


32


217


....


249 116


129


93


222 228


73 190


1


449


264 63 204


27


13


40


8 ...


8


5


130 ...


7


142


157


6


8 158


245


....


245 126


570


3


41


1


42


Twenty-third Infantry ..


58


1


59


53


197


3


253


200


4


204


1 141


140


3


143


562


24


69


69


....


..


7 ...


7


14|


162


4


180


277


137


38|


175


77


...


540


13


72


....


72


Thirty-first Infantry.


56


56


33


...


..


1


4


2


...


..


2


Thirty-seventh Infantry ..


1


1


310 ... ..


1


311


108


9


117


. . ....


229


503


2


......


..


...


...


.


·


1


1


14


..


.


.


.


.


.


....


..


383


1 .....


1


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


* Before transferred to 7th Iowa Cavalry.


¡ Partial returns.


1940 78|2017|1199|8695| 8.109 10011 8005 1982 9987 8180| 112|8282 115


303941,4489,1264| 281 1545


..


·


.


·


.


·


·


.


.


·


·


43 ...


43


18


97 ...


1


...


...


...


.


. ..


53


53


33


91


6


130


183


, Nineteenth Infantry .. Twentieth Infantry.


Twenty-first Infantry ..


53


1|


54


52


126 ...


2


180


150


6


3


·


562


225 74 191


8


614


...


...


2 394


7


.


·


·


·


.


·


·


57 ...


57


Sixteenth Infantry .


10


Eighteenth Infantry .


1


..


..


.


.


.


..


...


4


Forty-eighth Infantry.


1 1


5


..


253


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


·


.


...


17


.


15


..


..


...


3


3


6


Thirty-fourth consolidated Battalion Infantry


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


510


Thirty-sixth Infantry ..


3 ... ..


8


4


12


Thirty-eighth Infantry ..


33


...


261 ...


..


..


7


Thirty-fourth Infantry ..


3


..


...


.


270


2. 274


Fifteenth Infantry ..


6


27


289 225


290


Thirteenth Infantry ...


Fourteenth Residuary Battalion


.


610| 768 852 526


84 249 13 1


49 5


54


634


761


..


Twenty-sixth Infantry .


6


2


205 77


2


..


...


3


..


.


142


2


......


...


.


2


47


4 337


3


220| 208


11| 37


5


·


254


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.


933


2d


66


1,247


40th


900


3d


16


1,074


41st Battalion Iowa Infantry.


294


4th


1,184


44th Infantry (100-days men).


867


5th


1,037


45th


912


6th


6


1,013


46th


892


7th


1,138


47th


66


884


8th



1,027


48th Battalion


346


9th


66


1,090


1st Iowa Cavalry.


1,478


10th


1,027


2d


-


1,394


11th


66


1,022


3d


66


1,360


12th


981


4th


66


1,227


13th


989


5th


66


1,245


14th


66


840


6th


66


1,125


16th


919


8th


¥


1,178


18th


66


66


985


Co. A, 11th Penn. Cavalry.


87


20th


925


1st Battery Artillery


980


2d


1,008


3d .


4th


152


24th


979


1st Iowa African Infantry, 60th U. St ..


903


25th


995


Dodge's Brigade Band.


14


26th


919


Band of 2d Iowa Infantry.


10


27th


940


Enlistments as far as reported to Jan. 1,


28th


956


1864, for the older lowa regiments .....


2,765


29th


1,005


Enlistments of lowa men in regiments of other States, over


2,500


31st


977


32d


925


Total.


61,653


33d


985


Re-enlisted Veterans for different Regi- ments


7,202


35th


66


984 Additional enlistments.


6,664


36th


66


986


37th


914 Grand total as far as reported up to Jan.


38th


910


1, 1865.


75,519


This does not include those lowa 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.


1,234


17th


956


9th


875


Sioux City Cavalry *.


93


22d


-


23d


16


. .


15th


1,196


7th


562


19th


149


21st


123


30th


978|


34th


953


142


961


255


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


POPULATION OF IOWA, BY COUNTIES.


AGGREGATE.


COUNTIES.


1875.


1870.


1860.


1850.


1840.


Voters.


Adair.


7045


3982


984


1616


Adams.


7832


4614


1533


1727


Allamakee


19158


17868


12237


777


3653


Appanoose


17405


16456


11931


3131


3679


Audubon


2370


1212


454


527


Benton.


28807


22454


8496


672


4778


Black Hawk


22913


21706


8244


135


4877


Boone


17251


14584


4232


735


3515


Bremer


13220


12528


4915


2656


Buchanan


17315


17034


7906


517


3890


Buena Vista


3561


1585


57


817


Buncombe*


Butler


11734


9951


3724


2598


Calhoun


3185


1602


147


681


Carroll


5760


2451


281


1197


Cass


10552


5464


1612


2422


Cedar.


17879


19731


12949


3941


1253


3934


Cerro Gordo


6685


4722


940


1526


Cherokee.


4249


1967


58


1001


Chickasaw


11400


10180


4336


2392


Clarke


10118


8735


5427


79


2213


Clay


3559


1523


52


868


Clayton


27184


27771


20728


3873


1101


5272


Clinton.


34295


35357


18938


2822


821


5569


Crawford


6039


2530


383


1244


Dallas.


14886


12019


5244


854


3170


Davis.


15757


15565


13764


7264


3448


Decatur


13249


12018


8677


965


2882


Delaware.


16893


17432


11024


1759


168


3662


Des Moines


35415


27256


19611


12988


5577


6654


Dickinson


1748


1389


180


394


Dubuque.


43845


38969


31164


10841


3059


8759


Emmett


1436


1392


105


299


Fayette.


20515


16973


12073


825


4637


Floyd.


13100


10768


3744


2884


Franklin


6558


4738


1309


1374


Fremont.


13719


11173


5074


1244


2998


Greene.


7028


4627


1374


1622


Grundy


8134


6399


793


1525


Guthrie


9638


7061


3058


2339


Hamilton


7701


6055


1699


1455


Hancock


1482


999


179


303


Hardin


15029


13684


5440


3215


Harrison


11818


8931


3621


2658


Henry


21594


21463


18701


8707


3772


4641


Howard


7875


6282


3168


1712


Humboldt


3455


2596


332


695


lda ..


794


226


43


172


Iowa.


17456


16644


8029


822


3576


Jackson


23061


22619


18493


7210


1411


4901


Jasper


24128


22116


9883


1280


5239


Jefferson


17127


17839


15038


9904


2773


3721


Johnson


24654


24898


17573


4472


1491


5225


Jones


19168


19731


13306


3007


471


4180


* In 1862, name changed to Lyon.


256


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


3765


3351


416


773


Lee


33913


38210


29232


18861


6093


7274


Linn


31815


28852


18947


5444


1373


7509


Louisa


12499


12877


10370


4939


1927


2899


Lucas.


11725


10388


5766


471


2464


Lyon*


1139


221


Madison


16030


13884


7339


1179


3632


Mahaska


23718


22508


14816


5989


5287


Marion.


24094


24436


16813


5482


4988


Marshall


19629


17576


6015


338


4445


Mills.


10555


8718


4481


2365


Mitchell.


11523


9582


3409


2338


Monona.


2267


3654


832


1292


Monroe


12811


12724


8612


2884


2743


Montgomery


10389


5934


1256


2485


Muscatine


21623


21688


16444


5731


1942


6588


(' Brien.


2349


715


8


595


Osceola


1778


498


Page.


14274


9975


4419


551


3222


Palo Alto


2728


1336


132


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 ..


2873


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


1353118


1191792


674913


192214


43112


284557


287


* Formerly Buncombe.


257


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


(99)


258


THE NORTHWESTERN STATES.


Soldiers' Orphans at Normal. On November 30, 1870, the public debt of the State was returned at $4,870,937, 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, $840,031,703; 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.


259


THE NORTHWESTERN STATES.


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 tracts 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 section 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, $3,532,406, leaving a balance, $364,135 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 ceded 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 scale, 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




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.