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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, 1863. 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. Hugh T. Reid, Colonel 15th Infantry from March 13, 1863. Samuel A. Rice, Colonel 33d Infantry, from August 4, 1863. John 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.
(Since died.)
BREVET MAJOR GENERALS.
John M. Corse, Brigadier General from October 5, 1864. Edward Hatch, Brigadier General, from December 15, 1864. Wm. W. Belknap, Brigadier General, from March 13, 1865. W. L. Elliott, Brigadier General, from March 13, 1865. Wm. Vandever, Brigadier General, from June 7, 1865.
BREVET BRIGADIER GENERALS.
Wm. T. Clark, A. A. G., late of 13th Infantry, from July 22, 1864. Edward F. Winslow, Colonel 4th Cavalry, from December 12, 1864. S. G. Hill, Colonel 35th Infantry, from December 15, 1864. (Since died.) Thos. H. Benton, Colonel 29th Infantry, from December 15, 1864. Samuel L. Glasgow, Colonel 23d Infantry, from December 19, 1864. Clark R. Wever, Colonel 17th Infantry, from February 9, 1865.
Francis M. Drake, Lieutenant Colonel 36th Infantry, from February 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.
Total.
For disability.
Cause
Total.
In action.
Accidentally.
Resigned.
Dismissed.
Captured.
To Vet. Res.
Corps.
ment.
Total.
1
...
1
1
2
3
1
1
4
4
34
8
46
1
3
3
First Cavalry ...
1
1
2
2
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
3
.....
6
6
6
6
8
7
31
2
55
4
2
2
Fourth Cavalry ..
5
5
2
2
4
1
1
6
1
1
1
15
2
21
...
...
. . ....
15
6
23
1
1
1
I
2
2
2
2
2
10
10
23
1
41
22
2
2
Eighth Cavalry.
3
3
I
1
2
25
Ninth Cavalry ..
1
1
1
1
2
2
6
10
ca su alt's [rep.
Artillery, Second Battery ...
1 1
1
1 2
4
1
8
Artillery, Third Battery ..
4
...
...
...
4
2
6
2
2
23
233
25
61
1
1
8
9
Second Infantry ..
2
2
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
2
...
-
..
..
..
. .
4
1
5
1
6
2
4
6
17
17
28
1
63
7
3
3
Fifth Infantry ..
7
1
2
3
1
4
5
18
18
32
23
37
3
73
6
7
7
4
4
3
3
6
Seventh Infantry
3
3
1
4
5
2
2
4
14
14
30
2
57
12
1
3
4
Eighth Infantry.
6
...
·
·
6
...
3
3
2
1
1
4
1
3
4
8
8
25
3
47
4
5
5
Eleventh Infantry ...
3
3
1
8
...
9
2
2
4
3
...
7
19
...
19
36
1
65
4
4
4
Twelfth Infantry ...
11
2
13
19
1
45
22
1
..
·
·
.
..
1
1
2
. .
...
...
.
·
.
.. .
30
Artillery, First Battery ...
....
..
....
..
.
...
.....
5
1
1
First Infantry ....
...
. .
3
3
3
9
1
..
1
1
1
1
...
...
.....
...
..
...
5
1
1
16
16
34
59
5
5
3
3
3
2
...
...
1
1
7
...
...
...
...
...
6
7
2
9
1
3
5
24
2
26
26
......
72
9
6
6
Ninth Infantry ...
4
4
16
16
32
.....
58
1
.
1
1
Tenth Infantry ..
..
...
...
Thirteenth Infantry
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
...
.....
...
6
35
51
8
...
..
. ..
1
1
Seventh Cavalry.
3
3
...
....
..
..
Total casualties.
appoint-
By
1
. .
......
..
..
...
...
Fifth Cavalry.
Sixth Cavalry ..
·
1
1
1
1
Artillery, Fourth Battery ...
4
6
6
Second Veteran Infantry ......
2
......
..
...
..
..
...
.
67
Sixth Infantry.
22
...
1
...
...
6
1
..
un-
REGIMENT OR BATTERY.
known.
1
. .
No
...
Third Veteran Infantry ..
Fourth Infantry.
....
. .
Total.
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
3
..
3 !
2
1
...
3
Fourteenth Infantry ....
Fourteenth Residuary Battalion ..
3
3
22
22
27
1
62 47
15
2
2
Fifteenth Infantry ..
5
5
3
2
3
1
5
1
1
19
1 20
40 20
5
33
.....
·
·
2
1
3
...
..
1
2
2
·2
7.
1
..
.....
1
3
1
4
2
3
5
15
11
20 26
1
48
1
2
2
Twentieth Infantry ...
1
..
·
·
·
·
2
3
2
5
1
3
1
9
9
27 23
54
4
1
1
Twenty-third Infantry ....
49
1
2
2
Twenty-fourth Infantry.
66
3
1
1
Twenty-fifth Infantry ..
2
2
4
4
8
4
2
6
22
22
28
.....
2
2
Twenty-sixth Infantry.
50
4
1
1
Twenty-seventh Infantry ..
4
4
2
3
5
2
2
4
16
8
8
8
25
...
1
1
Twenty-ninth Infantry ..
4
5
2
. ...
5
3
4
7
9
9
13
1
38
5
1
1
2
Thirty-first Infantry ....
3
3
3
2
2
2
8
1
9
26
42
1
1
4
4
Thirty-second Infantry ..
4
1
2
3
1
1
3
3
28
35
1
4
Thirty-fourth Infantry ...
12
2
25
Thirty-fourth [34th and 38th ] consolidated
3
3
1
1
. .
7
1
2
3
21
3
27
...
29
3
1
1
Thirty-eighth Infantry ..
2
2
Thirty-ninth Infantry.
2
2
3
9
12
2
2
18
1
35
1
Fortieth Infantry ..
1
1
Forty-fourth Infantry.
No
casu
alt's
..
Forty-fifth Infantry ...
2
2
1
1
Forty-sixth Infantry ...
1
1
Forty-seventh Infantry ..
11
3
16
Forty-eighth Infantry (battalion).
I
1
1
1
First Colored Regiment of Iowa (60th U. S.).
133
2 135
88 115
2|205
1 51
1 80 |132
565 8 566 1225
56 2321 241
4 |105 109
..
.
.
1
Twenty-first Infantry.
4
4
2
2
2
2
22
22
26
1
56
5
47
2
.
.
·
.
.
·
7
7
2
4
6 4
1
1
17
17
... ..
...
..
19
24
1
.
·
.
.
.
·
2
2
...
....
.
...
..
...
...
3
3
2
B
5
7
7
17
32
39
2
....
Twenty-eighth Infantry.
1
1
2
3
5
7
3
3
17
17
27
58
......
..
9
8
33
1
46
...
...
..
. .
. .
..
..
Thirty-Third Infantry ...
1
1
I
1
1
2
. .
4
4
16
.....
27
23
1
1
Thirty-fifth Infantry ..
5
......
3
...
..
.
·
.
.
·
·
7
.
1
.
.
.
.
.
1
1
·
. .
.
...
6
2
1
3
...
6
2
2
21
21
13
..
...
69
14
2
2
Sixteenth Infantry.
5
5
Seventeenth Infantry
18
1
36
12
3
3
Eighteenth Infantry, ...
33
3
1
1
6
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
..
...
1
19
16
21
1
...
...
..
2 2
...
2
Thirtieth Infantry ...
2
Thirty-sixth Infantry.
2
2
Thirty-seventh Infantry
5
5
15
....
.
3
3
..
. .
·
. .
1
6
3
..
. .
1
2
.....
...
·
. .
..
...
1
..
6
...
6
22|
1
35| 20
1
1
.....
5
5
5
...
...
.. .
..
5
...
...
2
2
7
7
...
..
..
6
...
Nineteenth Infantry ..
5
5
1
...
Twenty-second Infantry ..
..
..
. . ....
Total ..
251
·
.
..
...
..
1
2
11
4
·
.
.
..
5
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
222
140
29
169
158
3
161
10
602
73
26
11
37
Second Cavalry.
58
4
62
19
224 ....
2
245
220
851
305
155
2
157
1
770
141
24
-1
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
12
7
127| 1
2
137
172
51|
223
47
3
50
452
209
14
3
17
Fifth Cavalry ...
16
3
1.9
5
59
2
4
70
70
16
86
15
3
18
193
1
5
6
Sixth Cavalry ..
37
8
45
2
92
101
228
18
246
4
1
8
402
....
.
3
27
9
91
4
104
49
15
64
75
2
2
274
237
20
....
1
6
10
162 ..
3
175
54
8
62
13
2
15
258
1
10
1
11
Artillery, 1st Battery.
62
1
5
1
6
1
1
1
29
30
16
16
14
1
15
Artillery, 2d Battery ..
2
1
1
33
34
23
3
26
15
1
16
Artillery, 3d Battery.
5
1
6
11
11
Artillery, 4th Battery ..
7
*Independent Company Sioux City Cavalry.
1
4
..
3
..
....
Dodge's Brigade Band.
12
12
1
1
13
First Infantry ..
758
13
9
6
15
55
3
58
17
107 . .
4
128
137
191, 328
244
1
Second Infantry ...
14
2
27 . .
27
14
14
28
8
8
67
18
5
3
8
4 ...
4
......
28
99 . .
2
129
163
671
230
333
2
335
10
749
85
13
4
17
Third Infantry.
10
1
152|146
298
319
3| 322
5
973
44
30
32
Fourth Infantry ..
59
1
60
29
90 1
120
222
15
237
278
331
1
335
855
54
7
......
....
102
30
124
154
211;
47
258
288
328
3 331
....
.
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
266
243
26 269
354
5
359
1
973
23
24
.
24
Ninth Infantry.
56 1
571
35|
134 ....
1| 170 |137 115 252
257
4
261
..
739|
16|
41|
48
Tenth Infantry ....
KILLED.
DIED.
DISCHARGED.
WOUNDED.
REGIMENT OR BATTERY.
.
.
.
·
.
..
79
..
. .
.
1
+Company A, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry ..
3
3
137
137
3
165
....
...
11
11
3
11
1
41
11
69
....
1 .....
1
Second and Third Consolidated Infantry ..
52 3
55
17
1
9
...
...
...
..
57
1
58
51
237
2
290
Fifth Infantry ..
885
73
15
94
94
35|
135|
....
172
180
108
Seventh Infantry ..
17
....
Third Veteran Infantry ..
699
96
45
2
47
282
......
7
Sixth Infantry ....
102.
·
3
51
..
..
54
25
9
3-1
28
1
29
124
..
3
....
3
Ninth Cavalry ..
5
6
.
..
3
CT
8
Seventh Cavalry.
24
4
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
.
..
...
28
23
2
2
1
..
...
. . ....
..
. . ....
.... ..
...
..
...
Eighth Cavalry.
..
..
..
..
...
...
Second Veteran Infantry.
..
......
22
....
...
Total.
Total.
Total Casualties.
20
17
Eleventh Infantry .. Twelfth Infantry ..
54| 1
55|
148|
1 1
174|| 121 276|
30| 151
220) 208
1 61 226|| 209
4
610|
591
26|
11
37
30
...
30
32 243 ... 182
1
217
77
269
290
4
294 162
1 526
249 13
15 10 1
23
Fourteenth Infantry
27
1
28,
23
122
145
53
190 162
4 32
11 302
392
2 394
7
1029
78
13
14
2 27
52
...
.
.
· · ·
.
·
.
43
43
18
97
1
116 129
93
225
. 1
449
264 63 204
23 5
5
10
Eighteenth Infantry
26 2
28
7
109
3
119 222 130 183
5
188
163
43
46
359
10
36
2
38
Twentieth Infantry ..
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
Twenty-second Infantry
39
39
30
196
2
228
171
6
177
123
126
570
3
41
1
42
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
219
120
18
138
162
2
164
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
Twenty-sixth Infantry ..
7
7
14
162 ...
4
180
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
7| 124
97
99
1
511
53
31
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
237
156
10
166
132
I
133
589
93
27
6
33
Thirty-second Infantry ..
25
1
26
37
166
3
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
..
..
...
1
4
2
10 ..
12
29
7
36
12
2
14
66
510
15
51
14
65
23
2
25
19
182 1
1
203
172
17
189
93
93
3
619
437
17
6
23
35
35
24
226
1
251
187
4
191
142
142 ·
..
...
3
141
1
142
326
30
356
2
503
..
...
1
310
311
108
9
117
....
.. .
.
...
.....
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
11
361
2
20
6
26
Fortieth Infantry
2
15
15
17
Forty- fourth Infantry ..
22
1
1
Forty-fifth Infantry ...
2
2
1
17
1
19
..
]
21
28
3
..
.....
2
2
1
23
24
Forty-sixth Infantry ...
1
1
...
4
...
331
5
337
40
40
1
1
..
383
1
1
First African Infantry [60th U. S.] ..
1
1 5
1
* Before transferred to 7th Iowa Cavalry.
+ Partial returns.
1940 78|2017 1199 8695| 8.109 10011 8005 1982|9987 8180] 112|8282
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HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
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8
5
130
7
142
157
6
73 190
1 290 225 74 191
819
242
21
6
27
57
57
32
217
...
249
160
49 209
289
14
Sixteenth Infantry ..
8
3
26
Seventeenth Infantry
562
27
13
40
Nineteenth Infantry ..
53.
53
33
91
6
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52
78
194
2
274
270
133
257
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768 852
382
19
3
22
65
1
66
34
Thirteenth Infantry ...
6
84 15
30
Fourteenth Residuary Battalion
11
...
1
Fifteenth Infantry ..
614
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15
1
46
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47
Forty-seventh Infantry.
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4
Forty-eighth Infantry.
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3
3
3
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6
Thirty-fourth consolidated Battalion Infantry
Thirty-fourth [34th and 38th] Infantry consolidated Thirty-fifth Infantry ..
Thirty-sixth Infantry ..
3
Thirty-seventh Infantry ..
431
8
4
12
Thirty-eighth Infantry ...
33 1
34
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14
14
15
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*Forty-first Infantry (battalion).
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Thirty-fourth Infantry
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4
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124
192 137
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6
222 228
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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.
Ist lowa Infantry.
959
39th lowa Infantry
933
2d
66
64
3d
1,074
41st Battalion Iowa Infantry.
294
5th
66
1,037 45th
912
6th
66
1,013
46th
66
892
7th
66
1,138|
47th
48th Battalion
66
346
9th
66
1,090
1st lowa Cavalry.
1,478
10th
1,027
2d
1,394
11th
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
15th
66
. .
1,196
7th
66
66
562
16th
919
8th
66
1,234
17th
66
875|Sioux City Cavalry*
93
19th
66
985
Co. A, 11th Penn. Cavalry
87
20th
66
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1,008
3d
4th
66
152
24th
66
979
1st Iowa African Infantry, 60th U. St .. Dodge's Brigade Band.
14
26th
919
Band of 2d Iowa Infantry.
10
27th
940 Enlistments as far as reported to Jan. 1,
2,765
29th
1,005
Enlistments of Iowa men in regiments of other States, over.
2,500
31st
977
321
66
925
Total.
61,653
33d
985
Re-enlisted Veterans for different Regi- ments
7,202
35th
984 Additional enlistments.
6,664
36th
986
37th
914 Grand total as far as reported up to Jan.
38th
66
910
1, 1865.
75,519
.
..
925
1st Battery Artillery.
149
21st
980
2d -
123
22d
142
23d
66
961
903
25th
66
995
28th
956
1864, for the older Iowa regiments ..
30th
978
34th
953
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.
7 Only a portion of this regiment was credited to the State.
.
..
956
9th
66
1,178
18th
1,247 40th
900
4th
1,184|
44th Infantry (100-days men).
867
884
8th
1,027
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255
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
POPULATION OF IOWA, BY COUNTIES.
AGGREGATE.
COUNTIES.
1875.
1870.
1860.
IS50.
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
14386
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
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.
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HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
POPULATION OF IOWA-CONCLUDED.
AGGREGATE.
COUNTIES.
1875.
1870.
1860.
1850.
1840.
Voters.
Keokuk
20488
19434
13271
4822
4202
Kossuth.
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
287
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
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.
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
* 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 zine ores, sulphur and limestone. The coal-field alone is estimated to absorb a full third of the entire coal-deposit of North America. Climate tolerably equable and healthy ; the mean temperature standing at about 51º Fahrenheit As an agricultural region, Illinois takes a competitive rank with neighboring States, the cereals, fruits, and root- crops yielding plentiful returns ; in fact, as a grain-growing State, Illinois may be deemed, in proportion to her size, to possess a greater area of lands suitable for its production than any other State in the Union. Stock- raising is also largely carried on, while her manufacturing interests in regard of woolen fabrics, etc., are on a very extensive and yearly expand- ing scale. The lines of railroad in the State are among the most exten- sive of the Union. Inland water-carriage is facilitated by a canal connecting the Illinois River with Lake Michigan, and thence with the St. Lawrence and Atlantic. Illinois is divided into 102 counties ; the chief towns being Chicago, Springfield (capital), Alton, Quincy, Peoria, Galena, Bloomington, Rock Island, Vandalia, etc. By the new Consti- tution, established in 1870, the State Legislature consists of 51 Senators, elected for four years, and 153 Representatives, for two years ; which numbers were to be decennially increased thereafter to the number of six per every additional half-million of inhabitants. Religious and educational institutions are largely diffused throughout, and are in a very flourishing condition. Illinois has a State Lunatic and a Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Jacksonville ; a State Penitentiary at Joliet ; and a Home for
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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 $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.
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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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