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Camp Butler
Sept. 8, 1861 ..
Camp Butler.
1973
35
Gus. A. Smith.
37
Julius White.
1157 1388 1807
44
Chas. Noblesdorff
Sept. 13, 1861.
Chicago.
45
John E. Smith.
Dec. 26, 1961.
Galena ..
48
Isham N. Haynie.
Nov. 18, 1861.
Peoria .
1716 2015 2051 1874 1482 1761 1550 1519 1434 1720 1287
1180 1754 2202 1762
59
P. Sidney Post.
Angust, 1861
St. Louis, Mo.
1647 1385 1730 1228
St. Louis, Mo
1624 1684 1694
24
66
1082
26
A. K. Johnson.
1193 1939
29
32
66
" O. T. Reeves .
2013 1095
139
HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
SCHEDULE-Showing statement of volunteer troops organized within the State, and sent to the field, commencing April, 1861, and ending December 31, 1865, with number of regiment, name of original commanding officer, date of organization and muster into United States' service, place of muster, and the aggregate strength of each organization.
INFANTRY.
zation.
JAggr. strength
72 Col. Frederick A. Starring. 73 .. Jas. F. Jaquess.
Aug. 21, 1862.
Camp Douglas
1471
74
Jason Marsh
Sept. 4. 1862.
Rockford.
989
75
George Ryan
Sept. 2. 1862.
Dixon
76
Alonzo W. Mack
Aug. 22, 1862.
Kankakee
987 1110
78
..
Lyman Guinnip
Ang. 28, 1862
Danville
974
80
Thos. G. Allen.
Aug. 25, 1862.
Centralia.
928
81
Jas. J. Dollins ..
Aug. 26, 186% ..
Anna ..
82
Frederick Hecker
Camp Butler.
83
Abner C. Harding.
Aug. 21, 1862
Monmouth.
81
.. Louis II. Waters.
Sept. 1, 1862.
Quincy ..
85
Robert S. Moore
Aug. 27, 1862.
Peoria.
Peoria.
87
.. John E. Whiting.
Sept. 22, 1862.
Shawneetown
90
Timothy O'Mera.
Nov. 22, 1862 ..
Camp Douglas.
1041
93
.. Holden Putnam
Oct. 13, 1862.
Princeton and Chicago
91
٠٠ Wm. W. Orme.
Aug. 20, 1862.
Bloomington,
95
..
Lawr'n S. Church
Sept. 4, 1862.
Rockford.
96
66 Thos. E. Champion.
Sept. 6, 1862 ..
Rockford.
97
66 F. S. Rutherford.
Sept. 8, 1862. .
Camp Butler.
99 100
..
Chas. II. Fox.
Sept. 2, 1862.
Jacksonville.
911
102
Wm. McMurtry.
Knoxville
103
Amos C. Babcock
Oct, 2, 1862.
Peoria ..
104
66
Absalom B. Moore ..
Aug. 27, 1862.
Ottawa
105
Daniel Dustin
Sept. 2, 1862.
( hicago.
106
Robert B. Latham
Sept. 17, 1862.
Lincoln
107
Thomas Snell
Sept. 4, 1862. .
Camp Butler
108
John Warner ..
Ang. 28, 1862.
Peoria
10g 110
.4
James S. Martin
Sept. 18, 1862.
Salem.
112
66 T. J. Henderson
Sept. 12, 1862.
Peoria
114
.. James W. Judy.
Sept. 18, 1862.
Camp Butler.
115
Jesse H. Moore.
Sept. 13, 1962.
Camp Butler
960 952 995
118
John G. Fonda ..
Nov 29. 1862.
Camp Butler
1101
119
Thos. J. Kenney.
Oct. 7, 1862
Quincy
952
120
George W. McKeaig
Oct. 29, 1862.
Camp Butler
844
122
Col. John I. Rinaker
Sept. 4, 1862.
Carlinville.
93-4
123
James Moore ..
Sept. 6 1862
Mattoon
1050
124
Thomas J. Sloan
Sept. 10. 1862.
Camp Butler.
1130
125
Oscar F. Harmon.
Sept. 4. 1862
Danville
933
126
Jonathan Richmond
Chicago.
998 957
12%
Robert M. Hudley
Dec 18, 1862
Camp Butler.
1011
130
Nathaniel Niles
Oct. 25. 1865.
Camp Butler. Camp Massac.
880
132
Thomas C. Pickett.
June 1, 1864
Camp Fry
853
133
.. Thad. Phillips ..
May 31, 1864
Camp Butler.
851
134
.6 W. W McChesney
Camp Fry
878
135
John S. Wolfe
June 6, 1864.
Mattoon
852
89
.. John Christopher. .
* Ang. 25, 1864.
Camp Douglas.
993 994 907 1%85 958
88
F. T. Sherman.
Aug. 27, 1862.
Camp Douglas
91 92
. 6 Smith D. Atkins
Sept. 4, 1862.
Rockford.
1265 1036 1091 1427
98
6. J. J. Funkhouser.
Sept. 3, 1862
Centralia
G. W. K. Bailey
Aug. 26, 1862.
Florence, Pike Co.
Fred. A. Bartleson.
Aug. 30, 1862.
Joliet ...
Anna.
Anna.
1097 944 927 967 873 994 1095 1258 990
113
Geo. B. Hoge.
Oct. 1, 1862.
Camp Douglas
116
66 Nathan H. Tupper.
Sept. 30, 1862.
Decatur
117
Risden M. Moore.
Sept. 19, 1862.
Camp Butler.
Camp Douglas
866 .
129
George P. Smith ..
Sept. 8, 1862.
Pontiac ..
932
131
George W. Neeley
Nov. 13, 1862
Quincy.
1028
79
David P. Grier.
*Sept. 3, 1862
Peoria.
1051
W. H. Bennison.
Sept. 1, 1862.
1187 961 1236 956 959
Henry M. Day
Sept. 8, 1862.
Camp Butler
1206 1082 1078 936 921
101
Alex. J. Nimmo
Sept. 11, 1861.
111
Thos. S. Casey
121 Never organized ...
127
John VanArman.
*Sept. 5, 1862.
No.
Commanding officer at organiza- Date of organization and Place where mnetered tion. muster into the United into the United States service. States service.
since organi-
968
Camp Butler.
998 917 977 1001
David D. Irons.
140
HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
SCHEDULE-Showing statement of volunteer troops organized within the State, and sent to the field, commencing April, 1861, and ending December 31, 1865, with number of regiment, name of original commanding officer, date of organization and muster into United States' service, place of muster, and the aggregate strength of each organization.
INFANTRY.
zation.
|Aggr. strength
136|Col. Fred. A. Johns ..
,une 1, 1864
Centralia.
842
137
66
John Wood ..
June 5, 1864
Quincy.
849
138
" J. W. Goodwin.
June 21, 1864.
Quincy.
835
139
Peter Davidson.
June 1, 1864.
Peoria
878
140
L. H. Whitney ..
June 18, 1864.
Camp Butler.
871
141
Stephen Bronson.
June 16, 1864.
Elgin ..
842
142
Rollin V. Ankney.
June 18, 1864.
Camp Butler
851
143
Dudley C. Smith
June 11, 1864.
Mattoon
865
144
Cyrus Hall ..
Oct. 21, 1864
Alton, Ills.
1159
145
George W. Lackey.
June 9, 1864
Camp Butler.
880
147
..
Hiram F. Sickles.
Feb. 18, 1865.
Chicago
1047
148
١١
Horace H. Wilsie.
Quincy.
917
149
Wm. C. Kneffner
Feb. 11, 1865.
Camp Butler
983
150
George W. Keener.
Feb. 14, 1865
Camp Butler.
933
151
French B. Woodall
Feb. 25, 1865.
Quincy.
970
152
F. D. Stephenson.
Feb. 18, 1865.
Camp Butler.
945
153
Stephen Bronson.
Feb. 27, 1865.
Chicago.
1076
154
" McLean F. Wood ..
Feb. 22, 1865.
Camp Butler.
994
155
Gustavus A. Smith.
Feb. 28, 1865
Camp Butler.
929
156
Alfred F. Smith
March 9, 1865
Chicago.
975
J. W. Wilson.
Dec. 1, 1861
Chicago
985
" John A. Bross
Quincy
903
Capt. John Curtis.
June 21, 1864.
Camp Butler.
91
Camp Butler.
90
June 15, 1864.
Chicago
86
CAVALRY.
1|Col. Thomas A. Marshall.
Jnne, 1861
Bloomington.
1206
2
Silas Noble
Aug. 24, “
Camp Butler ...
1S61
3
Eugene A. Carr
Sept. 21,
Camp Butler.
2183
4
T. Lyle Dickey
Sept. 30,
Ottawa
1656
5
John J. Updegraff.
December
Camp Butler.
1669
١١
Thomas H. Cavanaugh
Nov., '61, Jan., '62
Camp Butler.
2248
Camp Butler.
2282
Sept. 18, '61.
St. Charles ..
2412
Oct. 26, '61
Camp Douglas
2619
10
James A. Barrett.
Nov. 25, '61
Camp Butler.
1.934
11
"
Robert G. Ingersoll.
Dec. 20, '61.
Peoria .
2362
12
16
Joseph W. Bell
Camp Douglas.
1759
14
Horace Capron
Jan. 7, '63
Peoria
1565
15
" Warren Stewart
Organized Dec. 25, '63.
Camp Butler.
1473
16
:
Christian Thielman
Jan. and April, '63. ..
Camp Butler.
1462
171
John L. Beveridge.
Jan. 23, '64
St. Charles
1247
FIRST REGIMENT-ILLINOIS LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Co Field and Staff.
7
A Capt. C. M. Willard.
Chicago
168
B
..
Ezra Taylor ..
Oct. 31, 1861.
Ottawa
175
D
Edward McAllister
Jan. 14, 62.
Ptainfield
141
E
A. C. Waterhouse.
Dec. 19, '61.
Chicago
148
F
"'
Arthur O'Leary
Feb. 28, '62
Cairo .
113
H
Axel Silversparr.
Feb. 20, '62.
Chicago
147
I
= Edward Bouton
Feb. 15, '62 ..
Chicago
169
K
A. Franklin
Jan. 9, '62.
Shawneetown
96
L
66 John Rourke.
Feb. 22, '62.
Chicago
153
M
John B. Miller.
Aug. 12, '62
Chicago
154
Recruits
883
No.
Commanding officer at organiza- Date of organization and Place where mustered
tion.
muster into the United States service.
into the United States service.
since organi-
146
Henry H. Dean.
Sept. 20, 1864.
Camp Butler ..
1056
6
Wm. Pitt Kellogg.
August, "61.
Camp Butler.
2174
13
Arno Voss ..
Dec., '61, Feb., '62. 66
Camp Butler.
159
G
John T. Cheney
Feb. 25, '62
Chicago
204
C. Haughtaling.
John F. Farnsworth.
Albert G. Brackett.
Simon J. Stookey
James Steele ..
141
HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
SCHEDULE-Showing statement of volunteer troops organized within the State, and sent to the field, commencing April, 1861, and ending December 31, 1865, with number of regiment, name of original commanding officer, date of organization and muster into United States service, place of muster, and the aggregate strength of each organization.
LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Co.
Commanding officer at organiza- Date of organization and Place where mustered
tion.
muster into the United States service.
into the United States service.
since organi-
|Aggr. strength
SECOND REGIMENT-ILLINOIS LIGHT ARTILLERY.
A| Capt. Peter Davidson.
Aug. 17, 1861
Peoria
116
B
Riley Madison.
June 20, '61
Springfield
127
C
66
Caleb Hopkins
Aug. 5, '61
Cairo
154
66
Jasper M. Dresser
Dec. 17, '61
Cairo
117
E
..
Adolph Schwartz
Feb. 1, '62.
Cairo.
136
F
John W. Powell ...
Dec. 11, '61.
Cape Girardeau, Mo ...
190
G
Charles J. Stolbrand
Dec. 31, '61.
Camp Butler.
108
I
66
Charles W. Keith.
66
Camp Butler.
107
K
Benjamin F. Rogers.
..
Camp Butler.
108
L
66
William H. Bolton
Feb. 28, '62.
Chicago
145
M
John C. Phillips.
June 6, '62.
Chicago
100
Field and Staff.
10
Recruits
1171
INDEPENDENT BATTERIES.
Board of Trade Capt. James S. Stokes. ..
July 31, 1862.
Chicago
258
Springfield ..
Thomas F. Vaughn ..
Aug. 21, '62
Camp Butler.
199
Mercantile
Charles G. Cooley.
Aug. 29, '62
Chicago
270
Elgin .
66
George W. Renwick.
Nov. 15, '62.
Elgin.
242
Coggswell's.
66
William Coggswell
Sept. 23, '61.
Camp Douglas
221
Henshaw's
66
Ed. C. Henshaw.
Oct. 15. '62.
Ottawa
196
Bridges'
66
Lyman Bridges.
Jan. 1, '62.
Chicago
252
Colvin's .
John H. Colvin ..
Oct. 10, 163.
Chicago
91
Busteed's
Chicago
127
RECAPITULATION.
Infantry.
185,941
Cavalry
32,082
Artillery
7,277
115
Andrew Steinbeck.
66
Camp Butler.
zation.
DUELS.
The code of chivalry so common among Southern gentlemen and so frequently brought into use in settling personal differences has also been called to settle the "affairs of honor " in our own State, however, but few times, and those in the earlier days. Several attempts at duels have occurred; before the disputants met in mortal combat the differences were amicably and satisfactorily settled; honor was maintained without the sacrifice of life. In 1810 a law was adopted to suppress the practice of dueling. This law held the fatal result of dueling to be murder, and, as it was intended, had the effect of making it odious and dishonorable. Prior to the constitution of 1848, parties would evade the law by
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
going beyond the jurisdiction of the State to engage in their con- tests of honor. At that time they incorporated in the Constitution an oath of office, which was so broad as to cover the whole world. Any person who had ever fought a duel, ever sent or accepted a challenge or acted the part of second was disfranchised from holding office, even of minor importance. After this went into effect, no other duel or attempt at a duel has been engaged in within the State of Illinois, save those fought by parties living outside of the State, who came here to settle their personal differences.
THE FIRST DUEL.
The first duel fought within the boundaries of this great State was between two young military officers, one of the French and the other of the English army, in the year 1765. It was at the time the British troops came to take possession of Fort Chartres, and a woman was the cause of it. The affair occurred early Sunday morning, near the old fort. They fought with swords, and in the combat one sacrificed his life.
BOND AND JONES.
In 1809 the next duel occurred and was bloodless of itself, but out of it grew a quarrel which resulted in the assassination of one of the contestants. The principals were Shadrach Bond, the first Governor, and Rice Jones, a bright young lawyer, who became quite a politician and the leader of his party. A personal difference arose between the two, which to settle, the parties met for mortal combat on an island in the Mississippi. The weapons selected were hair- trigger pistols. After taking their position Jones' weapon was prematurely discharged. Bond's second, Dunlap, now claimed that according to the code Bond had the right to the next fire. But Bond would not take so great advantage of his opponent, and said it was an accident and would not fire. Such noble conduct touched the generous nature of Jones, and the difficulty was at. once amicably settled. Dunlap, however, bore a deadly hatred for Jones, and one day while he was standing in the street in Kaskaskia, conversing with a lady, he crept up behind him and shot him dead in his tracks. Dunlap successfully escaped to Texas.
RECTOR AND BARTON.
In 1812 the bloody code again brought two young men to the field of honor. They were Thomas Rector, a son of Capt. Stephen
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
Rector who bore such a noble part in the war of 1812, and Joshua Barton. They had espoused the quarrel of older brothers. The affair occurred on Bloody Island, in the Mississippi, but in the limits of Illinois. This place was frequented so often by Missou- rians to settle personal difficulties, that it received the name of Bloody Island. Barton fell in this conflict.
STEWART AND BENNETT.
In 1819 occurred the first duel fought after the admission of the State into the Union. This took place in St. Clair county between Alphonso Stewart and William Bennett. It was intended to be a sham duel, to turn ridicule against Bennett, the challenging party. Stewart was in the secret but Bennett was left to believe it a reality. Their guns were loaded with blank cartridges. Bennett, suspecting a trick, put a ball into his gun without the knowledge of his seconds. The word "fire" was given, and Stewart fell mortally wounded. Bennett made his escape but was subsequently captured, convicted of murder and suffered the penalty of the law by hanging.
PEARSON AND BAKER.
In 1840 a personal difference arose between two State Senators, Judge Pearson and E. D. Baker. The latter, smarting under the epithet of "falsehood," threatened to chastise Pearson in the public streets, by a " fist fight." Pearson declined making a "blackguard', of himself but intimated a readiness to fight as gentlemen, accord- ing to the code of honor. The affair, however. was carried no further.
HARDIN AND DODGE.
The exciting debates in the Legislature in 1840-'41 were often bitter in personal "slings," and threats of combats were not infrequent. During these debates, in one of the speeches by the Hon. J. J. Hardin, Hon. A. R. Dodge thought he discovered a personal insult, took exceptions, and an " affair " seemed imminent. The controversy was referred to friends, however, and amicably settled.
M'CLERNAND AND SMITH.
Hon. John A. McClernand, a member of the House, in a speech delivered during the same session made charges against the Whig Judges of the Supreme Court. This brought a note from Judge
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
T. W. Smith, by the hands of his " friend" Dr. Merriman, to McClernand. This was construed as a challenge, and promptly accepted, naming the place of meeting to be Missouri; time, early; the weapons, rifles; and distance, 40 paces. At this critical junc- ture, the Attorney General had a warrant issued against the Judge, whereupon he was arrested and placed under bonds to keep the peace. Thus ended this attempt to vindicate injured honor.
LINCOLN AND SHIELDS.
During the hard times subsequent to the failure of the State and other banks, in 1842, specie became scarce while State money was plentiful, but worthless. The State officers thereupon demanded specie payment for taxes. This was bitterly opposed, and so fiercely contested that the collection of taxes was suspended.
During the period of the greatest indignation toward the State officials, under the nom de plume of " Rebecca," Abraham Lincoln had an article published in the Sangamo Journal, entitled " Lost Township." In this article, written in the form of a dialogue, the officers of the State were roughly handled, and especially Auditor Shields. The name of the author was demaded from the editor by Mr. Shields, who was very indignant over the manner in which he was treated. . The name of Abraham Lincoln was given as the author. It is claimed by some of his biographers, however, that the article was prepared by a lady, and that when the name of the author was demanded, in a spirit of gallantry, Mr. Lincoln gave his name. In company with Gen. Whiteside, Gen. Shields pur- sued Lincoln to Tremont, Tazewell county, where he was in attend- ance upon the court, and immediately sent him a note "requiring a full, positive and absolute retraction of all offensive allusions " made to him in relation to his "private character and standing as a man, or an apology for the insult conveyed." Lincoln had been forewarned, however, for William Butler and Dr. Merriman, of Springfield, had become acquainted with Shields' intentions and by riding all night arrived at Tremont ahead of Shields and informed Lincoln what he might expect. Lincoln answered Shields' note, refusing to offer any explanation, on the grounds that Shields' note assumed the fact of his (Lincoln's) authorship of the article, and not pointing out what the offensive part was, and accompanying the same with threats as to consequences. Mr. Shields answered this, disavowing all intention to menace; inquired if he was the author,
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
asked a retraction of that portion relating to his private character. Mr. Lincoln, still technical, returned this note with the verbal statement " that there could be no further negotiations until the first note was withdrawn." At this Shields named Gen. White- side as his " friend," when Lincoln reported Dr. Merriman as his "friend." These gentlemen secretly pledged themselves to agree upon some amicable terms, and compel their principals to accept them. The four went to Springfield, when Lincoln left for Jack- sonville, leaving the following instructions to guide his friend, Dr. Merriman :
" In ease Whiteside shall signify a wish to adjust this affair with- out further difficulty, let him know that if the present papers be withdrawn and a note from Mr. Shields, asking to know if I am the author of the articles of which he complains, and asking that I shall make him gentlemanly satisfaction, if I am the author, and this without menace or dictation as to what that satisfaction shall be, a pledge is made that the following answer shall be given:
I did write the "Lost Township " letter which appeared in the Journal of the 2d inst., but had no participation, in any form, in any other article alluding to you. I wrote that wholly for political effect. I had no intention of injuring your personal or private character or standing, as a man or gentleman; and I did not then think, and do not now think, that that article could produce or has pro- duced that effect against you; and, had I anticipated such an effect, would have foreborne to write it. And I will add that your conduct toward me, so far as I know, had always been gentlemanly, and that I had no personal pique against you, and no cause for any.
" If this should be done, I leave it to you to manage what shall and what shall not be published. If nothing like this is done, the preliminaries of the fight are to be:
"1st. Weapons .- Cavalry broad swords of the largest size, pre- cisely equal in all respects, and such as are now used by the cavalry company at Jacksonville.
" 2d. Position .- A plank ten feet long and from nine to twelve inches broad, to be firmly fixed on edge, on the ground, as a line between us which neither is to pass his foot over on forfeit of his life. Next a line drawn on the ground on either side of said plank, and parallel with it, each at the distance of the whole length of the sword, and three feet additional from the plank; and the passing of his own such line by either party during the fight, shall be deemed a surrender of the contest.
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
"3d. Time .- On Thursday evening at 5 o'clock, if you can get it so; but in no case to be at a greater distance of time than Friday evening at 5 o'clock.
"4th. Place .- Within three miles of Alton, on the opposite side of the river, the particular spot to be agreed on by you.
" Any preliminary details coming within the above rules, you are at liberty to make at your discretion, but you are in no case to swerve from these rules, or pass beyond their limits."
The position of the contestants, as prescribed by Lincoln, seems to have been such as both would have been free from coming in contact with the sword of the other, and the first impression is that it is nothing more than one of Lincoln's jokes. He possessed very long arms, however, and could reach his adversary at the stipulated distance.
Not being amicably arranged, all parties repaired to the field of combat in Missouri. Gen. Hardin and Dr. English, as mutual friends of both Lincoln and Shields, arrived in the meantime, and after much correspondence at their earnest solicitation the affair was satisfactorily arranged, Lincoln making a statement similar to the one above referred to.
SHIELDS AND BUTLER.
William Butler, one of Lincoln's seconds, was dissatisfied with the bloodless termination of the Lincoln-Shields affair, and wrote an account of it for the Sangamo Journal. This article reflected dis- creditably upon both the principals engaged in that controversy. Shields replied by the hands of his friend Gen. Whiteside, in a curt, menacing note, which was promptly accepted as a challenge by Butler, and the inevitable Dr. Merriman named as his friend, who submitted the following as preliminaries of the fight:
Time .- Sunrise on the following morning.
Place .- Col. Allen's farm (about one mile north of State House.) Weapons .- Rifles.
Distance .- One hundred yards.
The parties to stand with their right sides toward each other- the rifles to be held in both hands horizontally and cocked, arms extended downwards. Neither party to move his person or his rifle after being placed, before the word fire. The signal to be: "Are you ready? Fire! one-two-three!" about a second of
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
time intervening between each word. Neither party to fire before the word " fire," nor after the word " three."
Gen. Whiteside, in language curt and abrupt, addressed a note to Dr. Merriman declining to accept the terms. Gen. Shields, how- ever, addressed another note to Butler, explaining the feelings of his second, and offering to go out to a lonely place on the prairie to fight, where there would be no danger of being interrupted; or, if that did not suit, he would meet him on his own conditions, when and where he pleased. Butler claimed the affair was closed and declined the proposition.
WHITESIDE AND MERRIMAN.
Now Gen. Whiteside and Dr. Merriman, who several times had acted in the capacity of friends or seconds, were to handle the deadly weapons as principals. While second in the Shields-Butler fiasco, Whiteside declined the terms proposed by Butler, in curt and abrupt language, stating that the place of combat could not be dictated to him, for it was as much his right as Merriman's, who, if he was a gentleman, would recognize and concede it. To this Merriman replied by the hands of Capt. Lincoln. It will be remembered that Merriman had acted in the same capacity for Lin- coln. Whiteside then wrote to Merriman, asking to meet him at St. Louis, when he would hear from him further. To this Merri- man replied, denying his right to name place, but offered to meet in Louisiana, Mo. . This Whiteside would not agree to, but later signified his desire to meet him there, but the affair being closed, the doctor declined to re-open it.
PRATT AND CAMPBELL.
These two gentlemen were members of the Constitutional Con- vention of 1847, and both from Jo Davies county. A dispute arose which ended in a challenge to meet on the field of honor. They both repaired to St. Louis, but the authorities gaining knowledge of their bloody intentions, had both parties arrested, which ended this " affair." .
DRESS AND MANNERS.
The dress, habits, etc., of a people throw so much light upon their conditions and limitations that in order better to show the circum- stances surrounding the people of the State, we will give a short
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
exposition of the manner of life of our Illinois people at different epochs. The Indians themselves are credited by Charlevoix with being " very laborious,"-raising poultry, spinning the wool of the buffalo and manufacturing garments therefrom. These must have been, however, more than usually favorable representatives of their race.
"The working and voyaging dress of the French masses," says Reynolds, " was simple and primitive. The French were like the lilies of the valley (the Old Ranger was not always exact in his quotations),-they neither spun nor wove any of their clothing, but purchased it from the merchants. The white blanket coat, known as the capot, was the universal and eternal coat for the winter with the masses. A cape was made of it that could be raised over the head in cold weather.
" In the house, and in good weather, it hung behind, a cape to the blanket coat. The reason that I know these coats so well is, that I have worn many in my youth, and a working inan never wore a better garment. Dressed deer-skins and blue cloth were worn commonly in the winter for pantaloons. The blue handkerchief and the deer-skin moccasins covered the head and feet generally of the French Creoles. In 1800, scarcely a man thought himself clothed unless he had a belt tied around his blanket coat, and on one side was hung the dressed skin of a pole-cat, filled with tobacco, pipe, flint and steel. On the other side was fastened, under the belt, the the butcher-knife. A Creole in this dress felt like Tam O'Shanter filled with usquebangh; he could face the devil. Checked calico shirts were then common, but in winter flannel was frequently worn. In the summer the laboring men and the voyagers often took their shirts off in hard work and hot weather, and turned out the naked back to the air and sun."
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