The history of Benton County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, Part 26

Author: Western historical co., pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 656


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" The people of Iowa were early and constant workers in the sanitary field, and by their liberal gifts and personal efforts for the benefit of the soldiery, placed their State in the front rank of those who became distinguished for their exhibitions of patriotic benevolence during the period covered by the war. Agents appointed by the Governor were stationed at points convenient for ren- dering assistance to the sick and needy soldiers of the State, while others were employed in visiting, from time to time, hospitals, camps and armies in the field, and doing whatever the circumstances rendered possible for the health and comfort of such of the Iowa soldiery as might be found there.


"Some of the benevolent people of the State early conceived the idea of establishing a Home for such of the children of deceased soldiers as might be left in destitute circumstances. This idea first took form in 1863, and in the following year a Home was opened at Farmington, Van Buren County, in a building leased for that purpose, and which soon became filled to its utmost capacity. The institution received liberal donations from the general public, and also from the soldiers in the field. In 1865, it became necessary to pro- vide increased accommodations for the large number of children who were seeking the benefits of its care. This was done by establishing a branch at Cedar Falls, in Black Hawk County, and by securing, during the same year, for the use of the parent Home, Camp Kinsman near the City of Davenport. This property was soon afterward donated to the institution, by aet of Congress.


232


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


".In 1866, in pursuance of a law enacted for that purpose, the Soldiers' Orphans' Home (which then contained about four hundred and fifty inmates) became a State institution, and thereafter the sums necessary for its support were appropriated from the State treasury. A second branch was established at Glenwood, Mills County. Convenient tracts were secured, and valuable improve- ments made at all the different points. Schools were also established, and em- ployments provided for such of the children as were of suitable age. In all ways the provision made for these wards of the State has been such as to chal- lenge the approval of every benevolent mind. The number of children who have been inmates of the Home from its foundation to the present time is considerably more than two thousand.


" At the beginning of the war, the population of Iowa included about one hundred and fifty thousand men presumably liable to render military service. The State raised, for general service, thirty-nine regiments of infantry, nine regiments of cavalry, and four companies of artillery, composed of three years' men ; one regiment of infantry, composed of three months' men ; and four regi- ments and one battalion of infantry, composed of one hundred days' men. The original enlistments in these various organizations, including seventeen hundred and twenty-seven men raised by draft, numbered a little more than sixty-nine thousand. The re-enlistments, including upward of seven thousand veterans, numbered very nearly eight thousand. The enlistments in the regular army and navy, and organizations of other States, will, if added, raise the total to upward of eighty thousand. The number of men who, under special enlistments, and as militia, took part at different times in the operations on the exposed borders of the State, was probably as many as five thousand.


"Iowa paid no bounty on account of the men she placed in the field. In some instances, toward the close of the war, bounty to a comparatively small amount was paid by cities and towns. On only one occasion-that of the call of July 18, 1864-was a draft made in Iowa. This did not occur on account of her proper liability, as established by previous rulings of the War Department, to supply men under that call, but grew out of the great necessity that there existed for raising men: The Government insisted on temporarily setting aside, in part, the former rule of settlements, and enforcing a draft in all cases where subdistricts in any of the States should be found deficient in their supply of men. In no instance was Iowa, as a whole, found to be indebted to the General Government for men, on a settlement of her quota accounts."


It is to be said to the honor and credit of Iowa that while many of the loyal States, older and larger in population and wealth, incurred heavy State debts for the purpose of fulfilling their obligations to the General Government, Iowa, while she was foremost in duty, while she promptly discharged all her obligations to her sister States and the Union, found herself at the close of the war without any material addition to her pecuniary liabilities incurred before the war com- menced. Upon final settlement after the restoration of peace, her claims upon the Federal Government were found to be fully equal to the amount of her bonds issued and sold during the war to provide the means for raising and equipping her troops sent into the field, and to meet the inevitable demands upon her treasury in consequence of the war.


233


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


3d


66


1,074


41st Battalion Iowa Infantry ..


294


5th


1,037


45th


912


6th


1,013


46th


892


7th


1,138


47th


66


884


Sth


1,027


48th Battalion


346


9th


66


1,090


1st Iowa Cavalry


1,478


10th


66


1,027


2d


66


1,394


11th


1,022


3d


66


1,360


12th


66


981


4th 66


1,227


13th


989


5th


66


66


1,245


14th


840


6th


1,125


15th


1,196


7th


562


16th


60


919


8th


66


1,234


956


9th


66


1,178


18th


66


875


Sioux City Cavalry *.


93


985


Co. A, 11th Penn. Cavalry.


87


20th


925


1st Battery Artillery


149


21st


66


980


2d


1,008


3d


66


142


23d


66


961


4th


979


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


903


25th


995


Dodge's Brigade Band.


10


27th


66


940 Enlistments as far as reported to Jan. 1,


956


1864, for the older Iowa regiments ....


2,765


29th


1,005


Enlistments of lowa men in regiments. of other States, over


2,500


31st


977


Total.


61,653


33d


985 Re-enlisted Veterans for different Regi-


953


ments.


7,202


36th


66


986


37th


914 Grand total as far as reported up to Jan.


38th


66


910/ 1, 1865.


75,519


2d


1,247


40th


900


4th


1,184|


44th Infantry (100-days men)


867


17th


22d


26th


66


978


32d


925


34th


35th


984 Additional enlistments.


6,664


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.


152


24th


14


28th


30th


919 Band of 2d Iowa Infantry.


123


19th


234


REGIMENT OR BATTERY.


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.


1


...


1


1


2


3


1


1


4


4


34


3


46


1


3


3


First Cavalry ....


2


2


12


12


25


3


45


1


5


5


Second Cavalry ...


3


3


2


4


6


5


5


9


9


39


1


63


5


3


3


Third Cavalry ....


3


5


5


2


2


4


1


1


6


6


35


.....


1


15


2


21


1


1


Sixth Cavalry ..


1


1


2


2


2


2


2


10


10


23


1


41


22


2


2


Eighth Cavalry.


3


3


1


1


2


25


30


Ninth Cavalry ...


1


1


1


1


2


2


6


10


Artillery, First Battery.


No


ca su alt's rep.


1


1


1


1


2


4


1


8


1


..


..


1


..


.


6


4


2


6


2


2


23


23


25


61


1


1


8


9


Second Infantry ..


2


2


1


1


....


1


1


1


1


1


3


6


1


1


Second and Third Infantry (consolidated)


2


2


4


4


1


1


35


34


40


81


8


2


2


Third Infantry ..


2


3


3


3


2


5


1


1


16


16


34


59


5


5


4


1


5


5


1


6


2


4


6


17


17


28


1


63


7


3


3


Fifth Infantry ..


7


7


1


2


3


1


4


5


18


18


32


2


67


2


1


1


4


4


3


3


6


...


...


3


3


1


4


5


2


2


4


14


..


14


30


2


57


1


3


4


Eighth Infantry.


6


6


7


2


9


1


3


5


24


2


26


26


72


9


6


6


Ninth Infantry ...


6


6


....


...


.....


.


3


3


2


1


1


4


1


3


4


8


...


13


19


I


45


22


1


..


..


2


..


2


4


3


...


7


19


.


19 |1 36


1


65


4


..


...


.


. .


3


6


6


6


6


8


7


31


2


55


4


2


2


8


...


...


..


..


1


1


2


1


1


1


15


6


23


1


1


Seventh Cavalry.


3


3


...


·


.


·


.. .


...


....


..


2


2


....


...


..


...


..


.....


Fourth Cavalry ..


51


Fifth Cavalry ....;


Artillery, Second Battery.


1


1


1


Artillery, Fourth Battery ..


4


4


5


First Infantry ..


6


.


.


9


1


1


3


3


3


Second Veteran Infantry ..


...


....


. .


..


...


...


...


...


.


..


7


7


Sixth Infantry ...


22


1


23


37


3


73


6


..


. .


..


.....


58


1


...


1


1


Tenth Infantry ....


Eleventh Infantry.


3


3


1


8


9


Twelfth Infantry ...


Thirteenth Infantry ..


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


TRANSFERRED.


KILLED.


DIED.


DISCHARGED.


WOUNDED.


un-


known.


Total.


..


....


...


...


...


..


...


...


.


.


...


..


4


4


16


16


32


8


25


3


47


4


..


5


1


4


4


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


...


.....


Third Veteran Infantry .. Fourth Infantry.


.....


....


..


..


...


...


Seventh Infantry ...


12


..


11


2


...


....


...


...


...


...


1


. .


Artillery, Third Battery ..


1


Total casualties.


appoint-


By


-


Fourteenth Infantry ..


Fourteenth Residuary Battalion


6


.. .


6


2


1


1


3


3


3


22


...


22


27


1


62


5


5


5


Fifteenth Infantry ...


5


5


3


2


3


1


5


1


1


19


1


20


40


69


14


2


2


Sixteenth Infantry.


2


5


33


......


2


1


3


. ..


..


1


2


2


2


2


1


3


6


..


11


26


1


48


1


2


2


Twentieth Infantry ..


1


...


.


·


.


4


2


2


3


2


5


1


3


4


1


17


17


23


54


4


1


1


.. .


.


.


.


7


49


1


2


2


Twenty-fifth Infantry ..


2


2


4


4


8


4


2


6


22


22


28


66


3


1


1


2


2


50


4


39


2


1


Twenty-ninth Infantry ..


1


5


2


3


3


17


...


8


33


1


46


...


..


...


9


13


1


38


5


1


1


2


Thirty-first Infantry ...


3


3


3


2


5


3


4


7


9


2


8


1


9


26


42


1


1


4


4


Thirty-second Infantry ...


4


1


5


1


1


3


3


28


35


1


4


Thirty-fourth Infantry ..


12


2


25


Thirty-fourth [34th and 38th ] consolidated


3


3


1


4


. .


..


.


.


1


...


3


1


2


3


21


3


27


2


2


Thirty-seventh Infantry


3


.. .


·


·


.


...


2


2


18


1


35


1


Fortieth Infantry.


I


1


Forty-fourth Infantry.


No


casu


alt's


Forty-fifth Infantry ..


2


2


1


1


Forty-seventh Infantry ...


11


3


16


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


1


1


1


I


Total.


133


2 135


88 115


2 205


1 51


80


|132


6


22|


1


35|| 20


3


1 . .. ]


3


2


1


3


1


1


.....


..


..


...


...


..


...


6


2


2


21


21


13


47


15


2


2


Seventeenth Infantry ..


18


1


36


12


3


3


Eighteenth Infantry, ..


33


3


1


1


Nineteenth Infantry ..


1


. .


1


3


1


4


2


3


5


...


22


26


1


56


5


47


... ..


...


...


19


19


24


1


·


.


·


.


·


·


2


4 2


6 4


1 1


..


...


·


.


.


·


·


·


·


3


3


2


3


5


2


2


4


16


16


21


1


Twenty-seventh Infantry ..


4


4


2


3


...


2


3


5


8


8


8


25


.


...


27


58


.


.


.


.


4


2


2


2


2


. .


...


3


...


1


1


1


I


2


...


...


1


2


...


27


23


1


1


Thirty-fifth Infantry ..


11


Thirty-sixth Infantry ..


3


...


.


.


3


Thirty-eighth Infantry ..


2


2


5


5


15


29


3


1


1


Thirty-ninth Infantry ...


2


2


3


9


12


. .


...


.


·


·


.


·


.


·


·


1


.. .


·


.


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


·


.


.


.


·


.


·


·


.


Forty-sixth Infantry ...


1


1


Forty-eighth Infantry (battalion).


...


..


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


1


1


.


·


.


...


565 { 8 566 1225 56 |2321 241


4 105 109


..


5


...


2


2


...


..


...


. .


1


..


. .


2


2


2


...


9


27


Twenty-second Infantry


2


Twenty-third Infantry ..


...


...


5


7


..


7


17


32


....


1


1


..


.


1


1


...


...


9


2


Thirty-Third Infantry ...


1


2


..


5


4


4


16 5


.


.


......


..


. . . .


.


.


....


7


.


.


.


235


-


·


7


2


Twenty-fourth Infantry.


Twenty-sixth Infantry.


...


..


...


Twenty-eighth Infantry ..


17


Thirtieth Infantry .....


..


...


2


..


1


7


......


. .


15 22 9


6


20


5


20


....


5


5


5


5


Twenty-first Infantry ...


4


·


.


·


..


1


..


6


.


236


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


TRANSFERRED.


KILLED.


DIED.


DISCHARGED.


WOUNDED.


In Action.


Accidentally.


Of Wounds.


Of Disease.


By Suicide.


By Drowning.


For Disability


Cause Un -


known.


Total.


In Action.


Accidentally.


Missing.


Captured.


ToV. R. Corps.


By Appoint-


ment.


Total.


34


8.


42


20


187


1


4


312


187


16


203


81


84


2


543


21


14


22


36


First Cavalry ...


37


3


40


28


191 ...


3


222


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


112


3


590


90


25


8


33


Fourth Cavalry ..


6


12


7


127 1


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


18


193


]


5


6


Sixth Cavalry.


37


8


45


92


101


228


18


246


4


1


8


402


3


5


8


Seventh Cavalry ..


24


3


27


0


91


1


104


49


15


64


75


77


2


274


237


20


20


5


1


6


10


162 ..


3


175


54


. 8


62


13


15


258


1


10


1


11


Artillery, 1st Battery ..


1


1


1


29


30


16


16


14


1


15


62


1


5


1


6


Artillery, 2d Battery ..


2 1


1


33


34


23


3


26


15


1


16


79


..


..


. .


.


1


6


11


11


Artillery, 4th Battery .....


7


7


5


3


...


.....


Dodge's Brigade Band.


12


12


5


..


1


128


137


191


328


2-4


1


245


758


13


9


6


15


55 3


58


17


107


...


1


11


11


3


11


..


27


..


.


129


163


67


230


333


2


335


10


749


85


13


4


17


Third Infantry ..


28


23


......


..


Third Veteran Infantry.


57


1


58


51


237


290


152


146


298


319


322


973


. 44


30


32


Fourth Infantry.


59


1


60


29


90 1


120


222


15


237


278


282


699


96


45


47


Fifth Infantry ...


102


....


102


30


124


154


211


47


258


331


4


335


855


54


15


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|


35 134| ....


170| 137| 115 252| 257|


4


261


739


16


41]


5


48


Tenth Infantry ..


...


3


51


54


25


9


34


28


1


29


124


..


3


..


..


. . ...


..


..


Artillery, 3d Battery ..


17


..


...


7


...


*Independent Company Sioux City Cavalry.


1


.....


+Company A, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry.


3


13


137


137


165


..


...


Second Infantry.


14


2


1


41


41


69


. ...


. . ...


.


67


18


5


3


8


27


14


14


28


8


8


......


...


3


55


28


99


...


10


1


....


1


17


17


1


..


...


2 172


180


108


288


328


3


331


....


Seventh Infantry ..


19


1


50


14


137


....


1) 182


245


63


308


210


4


214


8


885


78


94


....


94


35


135


....


·


4


4


..


52


2


2


....


7


....


22


Sixth Infantry.


761


382


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


...


..


..


3


Ninth Cavalry ...


..


5


..


1


...


.. .


First Infantry ..


......


1 ......


..


.


..


..


..


..


Eighth Cavalry.


36


Total.


Total.


Total Casualties.


REGIMENT OR BATTERY.


Total.


....


1


Second Veteran Infantry.


Second and Third Consolidated Infantry ..


.....


Eleventh Infantry .


19


3


22


Twelfth Infantry ....


65


1


66


34


182


1


217


77|


269


290


4


294 162


1


526


249


13


10


23


27


1


28


23


122


145


53


190


162


11


270


32


302


392


2 394


7


1029


78


13


14


27


52 .


52


78


32


217


....


249


160


49


289


1


290


14


819


242


21


6 3


26


Seventeenth Infantry ..


449


63


5


5


10


26


2


28


7


109


3


119


6


5


188


190


1


191


562


204


27


13


40


8 ...


8


5


130 ...


142


157


6


163


43


46


359


10


36


2


38


Twentieth Infantry ..


37


1


38


29


157


2


139


14


153


147


3


150


2


531


20


49


5


54


Twenty-first Infantry ...


8 158


245


245


634


79


40 41


1


42


Twenty-third Infantry ...


58


1


59


53


197


3


253


200


4


204


240


3 243


2


761


72


48


6


54


Twenty-fourth Infantry


39


39


22


199


120


18


138


162


2


164


4


564


17


16


8


69


'I'wenty-fifth Infantry ...


40| 2


42


29


204 ...


3


140


1


141


140


3


143


562


24


69


....


5


45


Twenty-seventh Infantry


52


52


24


180 1


1


206


166


16


.182


212


4


246


10


696


89|


33


10


43


Twenty-eighth Infantry ..


19


2


21


17


248


1


266


117


7


124


97


99


1


511


53


31


6


37


Twenty-ninth Infantry.


39


1


40


24


233


257


129


13


142


202


205


646


19


46


1


47


Thirtieth Infantry ..


11


11


16


261


277


137


38


175


77


77


540


13


72 . .. ....


72


Thirty-first Infantry.


56


56


33


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


7


580


73


18


10


28


Thirty-third Infantry ....


4


4


2


228 1


231


286


27


313


13


13


561


3


22


22


Thirty-fourth Infantry .


6


Thirty-fourth consolidated Battalion Infantry


66


3


1


4


2


10. ..


12


29


7


36


12


2


14


510


15


51


14


65


23


2


25


19


1821


1


203


172


17


189


93


93


3


619


437


17


6


23


35


35


24


226


1


251


187


4


191


142


142


Thirty-sixth Infantry ..


3


3


141


1


142


326


30


356


2


503


..


. .


:


33


1


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


41


41


361


2


20


6


26


Fortieth Infantry


17


*Forty-first Infantry (battalion).


15


1


1


14


...


. .


2


2


1


17


1


19


....


1


1


22


1


1


Forty-fifth Infantry ... Forty-sixth Infantry.


2


2


1


23


.. :


47


Forty-seventh Infantry ..


1


1


45


1


46


...


4


Forty-eighth Infantry.


1


1


5


1


331


...


5


337


40


40


-


...


383


1


.... ..


·


.


.


.


·


·


.


.


·


.


·


.


.


.


.


·


.


.


.


54| 1


55|


25| 1481 ... 1 174||121


1


276 124


208


......


768 852


6


84 15


15


30


Thirteenth Infantry ..


Fourteenth Infantry ..


17


1


1


2


Fourteenth Residuary Battalion.


Fifteenth Infantry ..


57 .


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


.


·


·


·


·


43


43


18


97


1


93


209 222 228


225 73


..


225 74


8


614


264


23


53


..


·


·


·


.


·


·


·


·


.


·


.


.


·


Twenty-second Infantry .


39


39


30


196


228


171


6


177


123


3


126


570


3


.


7.


7


14


162


4


180


134


68


202


132


3 135


6


530


32


40


...


.


...


.


·


·


·


.


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


237


* Before transferred to 7th Iowa Cavalry.


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59 382


26


11| 37


30 ...


30


·


.


·


·


·


Sixteenth Infantry ..


..


.


53


33


91 ...


2


42


53


1


54


52


126


2


188 180


...


..


..


..


...


.


.


.


:


..


...


3


3


3


. .


..


...


..


2 . . ...


2


Thirty-seventh Infantry ..


1


1


310 .. ..


1


311


108


9 117


)


431


.....


8


1


12


Thirty-eighth Infantry


..


...


..


2


2


15


15


14


Forty-fourth Infantry ..


28


3


...


24


1


21


4


..


.....


..


1


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


7


4


194


2! 274


27


Eighteenth Infantry .


6 130


183


Nineteenth Infantry ..


1


.


..


. .


..


...


..


..


..


. .


..


...


...


.


·


.


..


...


. .....


·


..


..


115| 30394 4489 1264 281 1545


. .


..


2


3


.. ..


..


..


3


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


50 1010


...


..


... ..


192 137


30} 151|| 220] 133 257


68 1 226|| 209


.....


Twenty-sixth Infantry .


69


219 236


...


..


3


150


..


·


..


.


57


32 243 ...


1


...


.


2


116 129 222


238


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


2370


16456


11931


3131


527


Audubon.


17405


1212


454


3679


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.


14386


12019


5244


854


3170


Davi


15757


15565


13764


7264


3448


Decatur


13249


12018


8677


965


2882


Delaware


16893


17482


11024


1759


168


3662


Des Moines


35415


27256


19611


12988


5577


6654


Dickinson


1748


1389


180


394


Dubuque.


43845


38969


31164


10841


305


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


Ida ..


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.


239


HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.


POPULATION OF IOWA-CONCLUDED.


AGGREGATE.


COUNTIES.


1875.


1870.


1860.


1850.


1840.


Voters.


Keokok


20488


19434


13271


4822


4202


Kossuth


3765


3351


416


773


Lee


33913


38210


29232


18861


6093


5709


Linn.


31815


28852


18947


5444


1373


7274


Louisa


12499


12877


10370


4939


1927


2899


Lucas


11725


10388


5766


471


2464


Lyon*


1139


221


Madison


16030


13884


7339


1179


2632


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


O' 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


3720


576


10


637


Story


13111


11651


4051


2574


Tama


18771


16131


5285


8


3911


Taylor


10418


6989


3590


204


2282


Union


882


6986


2012


1924


Van Buren


17980


17672


17081


12270


6146


3893


Wapello


18541


22346


14518


8471


3923


Warren ..


19269


17980


10281


961


4168


Washington.


23865


18952


14235


4957


1594


5346


Wayne


13978


11287


6409


340


2947


Webster


13114


10484


2504


3747


Winnebago


24233


1562


168


4117


Winneshick


2986


23570


13942


546


406


Woodbury


8568


6172


1119


1776


Worth


4908


2892


7561


763


Wright.


3244


2392


653


694


Total.


1353118


1191792


674913


192214


43112


284557


* Formerly Buncombe.


287


240


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 51° 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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.


241


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 $480,664,058. 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.


.


242


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




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