The history of Iowa County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., Part 24

Author: Union historical company, Des Moines, pub
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Des Moines, Union historical company, Birdsall, Williams & co.
Number of Pages: 792


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This resolution was adopted, and on the 21st of November, a notice signed by P. L. Huyett, C. Baldwin, and J. M. Shaffer, was issued to the different county societies, inviting them to send delegates to a meeting to be held at Fairfield, December 28, 1853, to take part in the organization of a State Society. Pursuant to this call, the meeting was held, and delegates were present from the counties of Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren and Wap- ello. Communications from officers of societies, and one from Hon. James W. Grimes, were read, heartily approving of the movement. D. P. Ins- keep, of Wapello county, was chairman of the meeting, and David Sheward, of Jefferson county, secretary. A committee was appointed which reported a constitution for the society. The society was duly organized with the fol- following officers: Thomas W. Claggett, Lee county, President; D. P. Ins- keep, Wapello county, Vice President; J. M. Shaffer, Jefferson county, Secretary; C. W. Slagle, Jefferson county, Corresponding Secretary, and W. B. Chamberlin, Des Moines county, Treasurer.


In addition to the above officers, the following were appointed a Board of Managers:


Lee County .- Arthur Bridgeman, Reuben Brackett, and Josiah Hinkle. Van Buren County .- Timothy Day, Dr. Elbert, and William Campbell. Henry County .- Thomas Siviter, Amos Lapham, and J. W. Frazier. Jefferson County .- P. L. Huyett, John Andrews, and B. B. Tuttle.


Wapello County .- R. H. Warden, Gen. Ramsay, and Uriah Biggs.


Mahaska County .- Wm. McKinley, Sr., John White, and M. T. Wil- liams.


Polk County .- Dr. Brooks, Thomas Mitchell, and William McKay.


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HISTORY OF IOWA.


Des Moines County .-- J. F. Tallant, A. K. Avery, and G. Neely. Louisa County .- George Kee, Francis Springer, and Joshua Marshall. Muscatine County .- J. H. Wallace, James Weed, and John A. Parvin. Dubuque County .- W. Y. Lovel, Orlando McCraney, and L. H. Lang. worthy.


Johnson County .- R. H. Sylvester, LeGrand Byington, and C. Saunders. Scott County .- J. A. Burchard, James Thorington, and Laurel Summers.


A resolution was adopted providing that the first State Fair be held at Fairfield, commencing Wednesday, October 25, 1854. A resolution was also adopted for the appointment of a committee of five to memorialize the General Assembly for pecuniary aid, and the following were appointed: George W. McCleary, of Johnson county; George S. Hampton, of Johnson county; David Rorer, of Des Moines county; Ralph P. Lowe, of Lee county, and George Gillaspy, of Wapello county.


At this meeting the following fourteen persons affixed their signatures to the Constitution, agreeing to become members: Charles Negus, J. M. Shaffer, D. P. Inskeep, Amos Lapham, J. W. Frazier, Josiah Hinkle, J. T. Gibson, Stephen Frazier, Evan Marshall, Thomas Siviter, John Andrews, B. B. Tuttle, Eli Williams, and P. L. Huyett.


This meeting was held in the court house at Fairfield, and was not very largely attended, for at that time there was not a mile of railroad in the State.


THE FIRST STATE FAIR.


In accordance with the arrangement made at the organization of the So- ciety, the first annual fair was held at Fairfield, commencing October 25th, 1854, and continued three days. The number of people in attendance was estimated at the time at from 7,000 to 8,000. The exhibition was consid- ered a grand success. All portions of the State at that time settled, were represented by visitors. The fair was held on the grounds which have for many years been occupied as the depot grounds of the Burlington & Mis- souri River Railroad. There was a fine display of stock, agricultural imple- ments, farm products, and articles of domestic manufacture. In the ladies' department there was an attractive exhibit of their handi-work. The nat- ural history of the State was illustrated by Dr. J. M. Shaffer's collection of reptiles and insects, and by a fine collection of birds shown by Mr. Moore, of Des Moines. The dairy was well represented, and a cheese weighing three hundred and sixty pounds was presented to Gov. Grimes by his Lee county friends.


The most exciting incident of the fair was the equestrian exhibition by ten ladies. This took place on the afternoon of the second and the forenoon of the third day. The first prize was a gold watch, valued at one hundred dollars. It was awarded by the committee to Miss Turner, of Keokuk. One of the fair contestants was Miss Eliza J. Hodges, then only thirteen years of age. She rode a splendid and high-spirited horse, the property of Dr. J. C. Ware, of Fairfield. The daring style of her riding, and the per- fect control of the animal which she maintained, enlisted the favor and sympathy of the throng present in her behalf. The popular verdict would have awarded the prize to Miss Hodges. A purse of $165, and some other presents, were immediately contributed for the "Iowa City girl," as the heroine of the day was called. Provision was also made for her attendance,


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HISTORY OF IOWA.


free of all charge, for three terms, at the Ladies' Seminary at Fairfield, and one term at Mt. Pleasant, all of which she gracefully accepted.


George C. Dixon, of Keokuk, delivered the first annual address. Thomas W. Claggett was re-elected President, and Dr. J. M. Shaffer, Secretary. The second annual fair was appointed also to be held at Fairfield, commencing on the second Wednesday in October, 1855, and continuing three days.


Such is a brief account of the humble beginning, and first exhibition of the Iowa State Agricultural Society, which has since grown to be one of the important institutions of the State, attracting to its annual exhibits many thousands of people, not only from all parts of Iowa, but from other States.


THE FISH COMMISSION.


The Fifteenth General Assembly, in 1874, passed " An act to provide for the appointment of a Board of Fish Commissioners for the construction of Fishways for the protection and propagation of Fislı," also "An act to pro- vide for furnishing the rivers and lakes with fish and fish spawn." This act appropriated $3,000 for the purpose. In accordance with the provisions of the first act above mentioned, on the 9th of April, 1874, S. B. Evans of Ottumwa, Wapello county; B. F. Shaw of Jones county, and Charles A. Haines, of Black Hawk county were appointed to be Fish Commission- ers by the Governor. These Commissioners met at Des Moines, May 10, 1874, and organized by the election of Mr. Evans, President; Mr. Shaw, Secretary and Superintendent, and Mr. Haines, Treasurer. During the first year the Commissioners erected a "hatching house" near Anamosa, and distributed within the State 100,000 shad, 300,000 California salmon, 10,000 bass, 80,000 Penobscot salmon, 5,000 land-locked salmon, and 20,- 000 of other kinds.


The next General Assembly amended the law, reducing the commission to one member, and B. F. Shaw was appointed. During the second year there were distributed 533,000 California salmon, and 100,000 young eels; in 1877, there were distributed 303,500 lake trout in the rivers and lakes of the State, and several hundred thousands of other species. During the years 1876 and 1877, the total number of different kinds distributed, and on hand, was over five and a half million. The Seventeenth General As- sembly, by an act approved March 23, 1878, appropriated $6,000 for con- tinuing the promotion of fish culture in the State. B. F. Shaw was con- tinued as Commissioner.


STATE ENCOURAGEMENT OF IMMIGRATION.


The first legislative act in Iowa designed to promote immigration, was passed in March, 1860. The law provided for the appointment by the Gov- ernor of a Commissioner of Immigration to reside and keep an office in the city of New York, from the first of May until the first of December of each year. It was made the duty of the Commissioner to give to immi- grants information in regard to the soil and climate of the State, branches of business to be pursued with advantage, the cheapest and best routes by which to reach the State, and to protect them from imposition. To carry out the objects of the law, the sum of $4,500 was appropriated to be ap- plied as follows: for the payment of the Commissioner two years, $2,400;


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HISTORY OF IOWA.


for printing documents in English, German, and such other languages as the Governor might deem advisable, $1,000, and for office and office ex- penses for the Commissioner, $1,100. Under this law, Hon. N. J. Rusch, of Scott county, who had previously been Lieutenant Governor, was appointed Immigration Commissioner, and in May, 1860, established an office in New York. The object of the law seems to have had special reference to foreign immigration. The Commissioner in his report to the Governor, in Decem- ber, 1861, gave it as his opinion, that the establishment of an agency in New York was not the most successful method of inducing immigration to a particular State. He thought far more could be accomplished at less ex- pense by the distribution of documents. In February, 1862, the law was repealed, and the office of Commissioner of Immigration was discontinued May 1st of that year.


The next effort put forth by the State to promote immigration was under an act passed by the Thirteenth General Assembly, in 1870. Hon. M. J. Rohlfs, of Scott county, had at the previous session introduced a bill in the House of Representatives for the purpose, but the measure did not then succeed. At the next session he renewed his efforts with success. The law provided for the appointment by the Governor of a Board of Immigration, to consist of one member from each Congressional district, and the Gov- ernor, who was ex-officio President of the Board. It also provided for a Secretary, to be ex-officio Commissioner of Immigration, and to be chosen by the Board. Provision was also made for the appointment of agents in the Eastern States and in Europe, and for the publication and distribution of documents. To carry out its objects an appropriation of $5,000 was inade. This was designed to pay expense of documents, salary of Secre- tary, and compensation of agents, the members of the Board receiving no compensation, except mileage for two meetings each year, to be paid out of the general fund. Under this law the following persons were appointed by Governor Merrill: Edward Mumm, of Lee county; M. J. Rohlfs, of Scott county; C. L. Clausen, of Mitchell county; C. Rhynsburger, of Marion county; S. F. Spofford, of Polk county, and Marcus Tuttle, of Cerro Gordo county. At their first meeting, held in April, 1870, they elected A. R. Fulton their Secretary, and authorized him to prepare a pamphlet for dis- tribution, in the English, German, Holland, Swedish and Norwegian lan- guages. Many thousands of copies of a pamphlet entitled "Iowa: The Home for Immigrants," were printed in the several languages named, and distributed throughout the East and in European countries. Many other pamphlets and documents were also distributed, and several agents com- missioned. So successful were the efforts of the Board that the next Gen- eral Assembly appropriated $10,000 for continuing the work. The amend- atory law, however, reduced the Board to five members, including the Gov- ernor. The Board, as reduced, was composed of the following members: M. J. Rohlfs, of Scott county; S. F. Spofford, of Polk county; Marcus Tuttle, of Cerro Gordo county; C. V. Gardner, of Pottawattamie county, and the Governor. The new Board continued the former Secretary, and pursued its work by the distribution of documents, through agents and by correspondence. After four years existence the Board of Immigration was discontinued, but not until it had doubtless been the means of inducing thousands to find homes within the borders of Iowa.


STATISTICS.


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


66


900


3d


66


1,074


41st Battalion Iowa Infantry


294


4th


66


1,184


44th Infantry (100-days men).


867


5th


66


66


1,013


46th


66


60


884


8th


1,027


48th Battalion


66


346


9th


66


.


1,090


Ist Iowa Cavalry


1,478


10th


66


1,027


2d


66


1,394


11th


66


981


4th


60


1,227


13th


66


66


989


5th


66


60


1,245


15th


66


66


919


8th


66


66


1,178


18th


66


66


985


Co. A, 11th Penn. Cavalry


87


20th


66


66


: 92


1st Battery Artillery.


149


22d


1,008


3d


66


142


23d


66


66


961


4th


24th


66


66


979


.1st Iowa African Inf'y, 60th U. S.t


903


25th


66


995


Dodge's Brigade Band


14 10


27th


66


940


Enlistments as far as reported to Jan. 1, '64, for the older Iowa regiments Enlistments of Iowa men in regi- ments of other States, over .....


2,500


31st


66


977


32d


66


66


925


Total.


61,653


33d


985


Re-enlisted Veterans for different regiments .


7,202


35th


66


984


Additional enlistments


6,664


37th


66


66


914


38th


66


60


910


Grand total as far as reported up to Jan. 1, 1865 ..


75,519


.


66


·


· ·


·


·


1,196


7th


66


66


1,234


17th


66


956


9th


Sioux City Cavalry t. .


93


21st


980


'2dl


66


123


26th


·


919


Band of 2d Iowa Infantry.


28th


66


956


2,765


29th


66


1,005


30th


978


34th


66


953


36th


66


986


* 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.


.


892


7th


1,138


3d


66


1,360


14th


840.


6th


66


66


1,125


562


16th


875


45th


66


66


912


1,037


6th


66


47th


1,022


12th


19th


152


:


.


184


REGIMENT OR BATTERY.


In action.


Accidentally.


Total.


Of wounds.


Of disease.


By drowning.


For disability.


Cause


Total.


In action.


Accidentally.


Resigned.


Dismissed.


Captured.


To Vet. Res.


Corps.


ment.


Total.


3


1


1


1


21


.


3


1


1


4


4


34


3


46|


1


3


First Cavalry ..


1


1


·


3


2


4


6


5


5


9


9


39


1


631


5


3


3


Second Cavalry .


3


..


3


3


6


6


6


6


8


7


31|


2


55


4


2


2


Fourth Cavalry


5


5


2


2


1


1.


2


1


1


1


.


1


15|


2


21


15


6


23


1


2


·


2


2


2


10


10


23


1


41


22


2


2


Seventh Cavalry


3


3


3


3


1


1


2


Ninth Cavalry . .


casu


alt's


rep.


Artillery, First Battery.


1


1


2


4


1


8


1


1


Artillery, Third Battery


4


4


1


1


6


6


2


6


2


2


231


23


25


61


1


1


8


9


Second Infantry


2


2


1


1


1


1


1


1


3


2


2


2


2


4


4


1


1


35


34


40


81


8


Third infantry .


2


2


·


5


1


16 .. .


16


34!


59


Third Veteran Infantry.


3.


3


3


2


..


4


6


17 . .


17


28


63


7


.


2


·


·


7


7


1


2


3


1


4


5


18 .


18


32


2


67


7


7


Sixth Infantry. .


4:


4.


3


3


6


. .


·


6


6


7


2


9


1


3


5


4


4


8 .


8


25


3


47


4


....


3


. .


3.


3


1


8


.


. .


21


4


3.


19|. . |


191


3611


1|1


651


411


. .


4


4


Twelfth Infantry. . .


Thirteenth Infantry ...


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


TRANSFER'D.


KILLED.


DIED.


DISCHARGED


WOUNDED.


un-


known.


2


2


2


12


12


25|


3


45


1


·


5


5


Third Cavalry


35


51


8


. ..


·


1


1


Fifth Cavalry . ..


1


1


Sixth Cavalry . ..


25


30


...


2


2


6|


..


1


1


1


1


Artillery, Second Battery


1


1


5


First Infantry .


9


1


1


1


3


3


3


...


1


1


Second and Third Infantry (consolidated) ..


2


..


..


·


5


5


Fourth Infantry ..


4


1


5


5


1


6


·


·


12


1


3


4


Seventh Infantry.


3


3


1


4


5


2


2


4


14


.


14


30


2


57


72


9


·


. .


1


1


Ninth Infantry . .


6


6


2


1| 1


4


1


3


.


11| 2


13


19


1


45


22


1


....


1


Eleventh Infantry.


..


. .


Eighth Infantry. .


16 . .


16


32


...


58


1


. ..


5


5


Tenth Infantry . .


.


·


..


22| 1


23


37


3


73


6


6


6


24 2


26


26


...


6


Second Veteran Infantry.


1


1


1


1


6


6


. .


·


. .


Eighth Cavalry ..


..


10


No


1


1


Artillery, Fourth Battery.


..


·


.


3


3


2


1


1


Fifth Infantry . .


.


STATISTICS.


appoint-


By


. .


21


. .


. .


·


4.


Total.


Total.


Total casualties.


.


3


9


..


2


Fourteenth Infantry. .


Fourteenth Residuary Battalion


6


61


2


1


1


2


21 . .


211


13


...


47


15


2


2


Fifteenth Infantry. ..


5


5


3


2


3


1


·


2


1


.


. .


· ·


· .


5


1


2


·


3


6


6


20


.. ·


Twentieth Infantry . ..


1


1


3


1:


4


2


3


5


15


11


26


1


48


1


2


2


Twenty-first Infantry.


4


··


2


2


3


7


2


4


6


1


....


1


19 .


19


24


1


49


1


2


2


Twenty-fifth Infantry .:


2


2


4


4


8


4


2


6


22 . .


22


28


66


3


·


·


2


2


Twenty-sixth Infantry . .


3


3


2


3


5


7


7


17


...


·


·


.


1


1


Twenty-seventh Infantry ..


3


5


2


2


4.


16


16


21


1


50


4


Twenty-eighth Infantry .


1


1


2


3


5


8


8


8


25


....


1


1


Thirtieth Infantry. . .


2


5


1


1


2


Thirty-first Infantry . ..


3


3


3


21


5


3


4


7


9


9


13


1


38


Thirty-second Infantry


4


1


5


2


2


8


1


9


26


42


1


1


4


4


Thirty-third Infantry . . .


1


2


3


1


1


2


...


2


2


12


2


25


1


1


Thirty-fifth Infantry.


1


6 . .


2


3


3


27


..


·


.


5


5


15


29


3


.


.


21


3


9


12


2


2


18


1


35


1


Thirty-ninth Infantry.


1


. ...


1


1


Forty-fourth Infantry . .


No


casu alt's


Forty-fifth Infantry ...


.


.


·


·


·


·


·


.


.


·


·


...


·


. ..


. .


· ·


.


..


. . .


·


1


1


1


1


. . ...


..


. .


133


21


135


881


115 2


205


51


801 132


565


8| 566


1225


56| 2321


241


4


105


109


Total.


3. .


3


2


1|


.


6. .


6


22|


1


3511


201


.....


1


1!


· . .


·


5


5


5


3


22


22|


27


1


62


·


..


·


14


..


2


2


19 1


20


40


. . ·


20


5


33


..


5


5


5 . .


5


7


18


1


36


12


..


3


1


1


Nineteenth Infantry . .


1


. .


1


·


·


·


. .


4


21


..


2 5


1


3


4


17


17


23


...


54


4


·


.


1


1


Twenty-fourth Infantry.


2


2


4


1


·


. .


22 .. ..


22 9


26


1


56


5


2


·


. .


9|


27!


47


. .


...


.


7


·


1


1


2


. .


. .


21


7


3


3


17


.


9


8


33


1


46


. .


·


·


.


·


1


3


3


28


35


1.


....


4


1


1


.


4


4


16


...


5


....


2


2


Thirty-seventh Infantry.


3


1


1


Thirty-eighth Infantry,.


2


Fortieth Infantry:


1


.


.


.


Forty-sixth Infantry


· ....


·


.


....


. .


. .


·


·


. .


..


. ...


..


Forty-seventh Infantry.


..


·


....


....


....


..


·


....


3


16


...


....


·


.


..


..


. .. .


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


.


4


39


2


58


. .


Twenty-ninth Infantry .


4


5


.


2


2


·


STATISTICS.


185


1


Sixteenth Infantry ....


1


1


·


· ·


2


2


7


. .


33


.


..


2


2


1


..


2


Twenty-second Infantry.


2.


1


. .


. .


·


. .


17


27|


... .


..


. .


Thirty-fourth Infantry.


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


1


27


23


Thirty-sixth Infantry.


3


·


·


...


..


·


.


·


. .


....


..


2


2


1


1


1


1


....


....


11


Forty-eighth Infantry (battalion).


2


Seventeenth Infantry.


...


3


3


Eighteenth Infantry.


5


. .


Twenty-third Infantry. .


...


32


2


1


1


5733221 3 2 5 2 1


·


11


1


·


21


·


·


3


69


. .


....


186


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


TRANSFER'D.


In action.


Accidentally.


Total.


Of wounds.


Of disease


By suicide.


By drowning.


For disability.


Cause


Total.


In action.


Accidentally.


Total.


Missing.


Captured.


To Vet. Res.


appoint-


ment.


Total.


34|


8


42


20| 187| 1


4


812


187


16| 203|


81


3


84


2


21/1


14|


22


36


First Cavalry


37


3


40


28| 191 . .


3


222


140


29


169


158


3


161


10


73


· 26


11|


37


Second Cavalry.


58


4


62


19|


224


2


245


220


85 305


155


2


157


1


770


141


24


7


31


Third Cavalry. .


37


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


17


Fifth Cavalry. ..


16


3


19


5


59


2


4


70


70


16


86


15


3


18


193


·


3


· 5


8


37


8


45


2


92


7


101


228


18


246


4


1


8


. .


..


3


27


9


91


4


104


49


15


64


75


2


77


2


274


237


20


20


5


1


6


10


162


3


175


54


8


62


13


2


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


3


1


33


34


23


3


26


15


1


16


79


.


.


4


4


3


3


137


137


3


165


12


12


5


7


17|


107


4


128


137 191


328


244


1


245


758


13


9


6


15


Second Infantry .


69


1


1


11


11


3


11


14


2


.1


3


41


41


....


8!


67


18


5


3


8


4.


4


27


14


14


28


8


·


2


335


10


749


85


13


4


17


Third Infantry ... .


52|


55


28


99 .


2


163


67


230


1


· ··


·


.


1


58


51


237


2


290


152


146


298


· 319


3 322


5


973


44


30


2


32


Fourth Infantry . .


59


1


60


29


90


1


120


222


15|


237


278


4


282


699


96


45


2


47


Fifth Infantry. ..


102


102


30


124


154


211


47


258


331


4


335


3


855


54


7


....


15


7


22


Eighth Infantry. .


49


1


50


44


137


. .


1


182


245


63


308


210


4


214


8


761


21


13


34


Ninth Infantry.


76


2


78


57


208


1


- 266


243


26


269


354


5


359


1


973


23


24


..


5


48


Tenth Infantry. .


56| 11


57|1


351


134 .


1


17011


137| 115| 252


257|


4


261


739


16/


41| *


885


...


.


. .


94


94


35|


135| . .


2


172


180


108


288


328


3


331


28


23


....


2


2


17


17


1


9


. .


. .


129 10


1


. ..


7


·


·


.


. . .


* Independent Company Sioux City Cavalry ...


5


·


.


3


First Infantry. .


55


3


58


Second Veteran Infantry.


. .


271


·


·


Third Veteran Infantry ..


57|


..


Sixth Infantry ...


.


Seventh Infantry.


..


..


..


. .


7


3


51 .


54


25


9


34


28


1


29


124


3


· ·


· ·


..


Artillery, 3d Battery. ..


6


11


11


..


17


Artillery, 4th Battery. ..


5


1


.


7


. .


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


1


13


·


....


....


..


Second and Third Consolidated Infantry ...


.


co.


·


.


· ·


.


. .


. .


DISCHARGED.


WOUNDED.


REGIMENT OR BATTERY.


KILLED.


DIED.


un-


known.


Corps.


By


· ·


..


· ·


1


5


6


Sixth Cavalry.


...


. .


...


.


. .


. .


7


....


·


.


|1


..


..


6


..


..


402


Seventh Cavalry.


.


. .


...


Eighth Cavalry.


24


Ninth Cavalry


3


STATISTICS.


7


1


·


·


7


73 382


24


.


4


543 602


Total casualties.


Total.


333


Eleventh Infantry ..


54| 1|


55| 30


25 321


148/ 243 182|


174| 276| 217|


121 124


30| 151|| 220 133|


11


...


610| 768 852 526


59 382 84 249


26 19 15 13


15 10


30 23


Fourteenth Infantry . .


27


1


28


23


122


.


7


4


270


32


392


2| 394


7


1029


78


13


14


27


57 . ..


57


32


217


· ·


! 249


160


49


209


289


1


290 225


14 8


242 264 63 204


23 5


3


26


Seventeenth Infantry .


43


43


18


97|


1


116


129


93


222 228


73


74 191


562


27|


13


40


53 . .


53


33


91| . .


6


130


:183


5


188


190


163


43


31


.46


359


10


36


2


38


37|


1


38


29


157


2|


188


139


14


153


147


3


150


2.


531


20


49


5


54


Twenty-first Infantry . .


53


1


54


52


126


2


180


150


8


158


245


245


634


79


40


2


42


39 ·


39


30


196


2


228


171


177


123


3


126


570


31.


41


42


58


1


59


53


197


3


253


200


4


204


240


3


243


2


761


72


48


6


54


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


1


141


140


3


143


562


24


69 .


·


69 45


7


7


14|


162


4


180|


134


68


202


132


3


135


6


530 696


89


33


10


43


Twenty-eighth Infantry .


52


52


24|


180


1


1


206


166


161


182


242


4


246


10


511


53


31


6


37


Twenty-ninth Infantry ..


39


1


40


24|


233


257


129


13


142


202


3


205


646


19


46


1


47


Thirtieth Infantry.


11


11


16 261


277


137


38


175


771


. . ·


...


. .


. .


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


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 consolidated Battalion Infantry. .


3 .1


4


2


10


12


29


7


36


- 12|


2


-14


66


23|


2


25


19


182


1


203


172


17|


189


93|


93


510


15


51


14


65


35|


35


24


226|


..


.


251


187


4


191


142


142


619


437


17


6


23


Thirty-sixth Infantry .


3


3


·


3101


311


108


9


117


2


431


8


4


12


Thirty-eighth Infantry ..


33


1


34


21


119|


141


89


34 123


105


3


108


406


203


12|


3


15


Thirty-ninth Infantry.


5


5


10| 179|


. 194


4


121


41


41


361


2


20


6


26


Fortieth Infantry .


21


15


15


.


..


. .


1


14


· ·


1


22


1


1


Forty-fifth Infantry. ..


2


2


1


17


1


19


Forty-sixth Infantry . .


2


2


1


23


24


1


21


28


3


·


1


1.


45


1


46


....


.


..


4


Forty-eighth Infantry.


4 1


5


1


331


5


337


40


40


7


383


1


*Before transferred to 7th Iowa Cav. +Partial returns. 1940 78/2017 1199 8695! 8| 109|10011|8005/1982 9987 8180 11218282


115


30394 4489 1264 281 1545


·


65


1


66


34


1


77|


257 269


208 290


4


6 1


11


1


1


2


52


.


52


78| 194


Fifteenth Infantry . .


819


21


6


27


Sixteenth Infantry . ..


614


449


5


10


Eighteenth Infantry .


26|


28


7


109|


3


119


222


6


Nineteenth Infantry .


81


·


. .


8


5


130


142


157


.


.


.


...


···


.


·


.


. .


·


19


2


21


17|


248


1


266


117


7


124


97


2


99


1


77


540


13


72


..


·


·


.


31


3


3


3


.


.


. .


.


111315 1 1 5


142


326


30


356


2


2


503


2


2


Thirty-seventh Infantry


1


1


·


·


..


17|


*Forty-first Infantry (battalion).


14


15


Forty-fourth Infantry. .


...


Forty-seventh Infantry


.


...


4


4


..


...


·


«


:1


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


30 . .


.


1


145


192 137


53


190 11 302


162


61 226 209 294 162


4


11| 3


37


22


Twelfth Infantry


Thirteenth Infantry . . .


Fourteenth Residuary Battalion


·


225 · ·


...


. .


Twentieth Infantry . .


. .


..


· .


32


40


5


Twenty-seventh Infantry .


72


Thirty-first Infantry .


56


.


·


3


.


Thirty-fourth Infantry


6


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


. .


·


. .


141


· ·


.


..


2


..


.


47


.


...


.


.


. .


.


..


187


.


.


6


Twenty-second Infantry.


Twenty-third Infantry . .


Twenty-fourth Infantry . .


· ..


Twenty-sixth Infantry ..


·


STATISTICS.


·


7


·


....


·


?


·


. .


2


. .


·


117


1


2


. .


2 274


. ·


கே


188


STATISTICS.


TABLE.


SHOWING THE DATE OF ORGANIZATION, AND THE POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF IOWA, FOR THE YEARS NAMED.


COUNTIES.


Organized.


1875.


1870.


1860.


1850.


1840.


Voters.


Adair


1854


7045


3982


984


Adams.


1853


7832


4614


1533


1727


Allamakee.


1849


19158


17868


12237


777


3653


Appanoose


1846


2370


16456


11931


3131


527


Audubon


1855


17405


1212


454


Benton .


1846


28807


22454


8496


672


4778


Black Hawk.


1853


22913


21706


8244


135


4877


Boone.


1849


17251


14584


4232


735


3515


Bremer.


1853


13220


12528


4915


2656


Buchanan


1847


17315


17034


7906


517


3890


Buena Vista.


1858


3561


1585


57


817


Butler.


1854


11734


9951


3724


2598


Calhoun


1855


8185


1602


147


681


Carroll


1856


5760


2451


281


1197


Cass


1853


10552


5464


1612


2422


Cedar.


1836


17879


19731


12949


3941


1253


3934


Cerro Gordo


1855


6685


4722


940


1526


Cherokee.


1856


4249


1967


58


1001


Chickasaw


1853


11400


10180


4336


2392


Clarke.


1851


10118


8735


5427


79


2213


Clay.


1858


3559


1523


52


868


Clayton


1838


27184


27771


20728


3873


110


5272


Clinton


1840


34295


35357


18938


2822


821


5569


Crawford.


1855


6039


2530


383


Dallas


1847


14386


12019


5244


854


3170


Davis.


1844


15757


15565


13764


7264


3448


Decatur


1850


13249


12018


8677


965


2882


Delaware.


1840


16893


17432


11024


1759


168


3662


Des Moines


1834


35415


27256


19611




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