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County Judge.
Reuben B. Ewing
876
216
Colbey Knapp
660
Associate Justices.
Thomas Nolan.
882
Sheldon Parks.
880
224
John E. Hoblit.
656
Samuel Emmitt ..
650
County Clerk.
John T. Jenkins.
927
Joshua F. Edes.
626
County Treasurer.
Benjamin E. Clark
919
Alexander Leslie.
618
County Surveyor.
Washington Skinner ...
840
134
Conway Pence
706
School Commissioner.
David D. James.
888
H. H. Simmons.
662
221
Coroner.
Nathaniel H. Foster ....
1,290
198
M. L. Higgins.
1,092
L. M. Higgins.
94
John L. Clough.
....
3
Township Organization.
For.
921
521
John Reynolds.
1
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Newton Bateman.
1,310
134
Augustus C. French ....
1,176
John Reynolds.
8
Congressman.
Richard J. Oglesby.
1,315
141
James C. Robinson ..
...
1,174
S. G. Baldwin ..
..
6
Representative.
William Walker.
1,302
122
801
G. H. Campbell.
1,180
John E. Cummings.
7
Sheriff.
Thomas J. Larison ..
1,282
7
Richard T. Davis.
1,225
ELECTION OF 1858. State Treasurer.
James Miller.
1,306
126
William B. Fondy.
1,180
John Dougherty
8
Against.
400
C
.
Digitized by
A. S. Bryan
82
80
Jeremiah Miller
48
20
James Musick
28
Jesse P. Bowles.
2
232
301
G
266
HISTORY OF LOGAN COUNTY.
ELECTION OF 1859.
County Treasurer.
Matthew McElhiney
...
639
20
Peter J. Hawes.
. .
619
Coroner.
Theodore Stryker
1,732
213
Ira A. Church.
1,519
Constitutional Convention.
For.
1,716
1,365
Against
351
ELECTION OF 1861.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention.
James H. Hole.
...
1,193
23
E. L. Austin.
1,170
County Judge.
Reuben B. Ewing
1,178
Ezekiel Bowman.
1,169
County Justices.
Abraham Lincoln.
1,729
208
Stephen A. Douglas .. ..
1,521
John C. Breckinridge .. .
28
John Bell.
4
Governor.
Richard Yates.
1,732
206
James C. Allen
1,526
John W. Chickering ... .
24
School Commissioner.
Jacob H. Beidler
1,245
235
F. F. Fuller.
1,010
County Treasurer.
Matthew McElhiney ...
2,362
2,362
Surveyor.
Joseph W. Ewing ......
2,336
2,336
James Monroe ..
24
John F. Boy ..
........
2,229
2,8%9
B. T. Burke.
4
Congressman.
James T. Cunningham. 1,741
James C. Robinson .. .
. .
1,498
Robert G. Ingersoll .....
1
Senator.
Henry E. Dammer.
1,742
218
Benjamin S. Prettyman.
1,529
Representative.
Robert B. Latham ..
1,839
396
William M. Springer ...
1,443
State's Attorney.
Congressman.
Leonard Swett.
1,523
33
John T. Stuart.
1,490
Sheriff.
Senator.
Aaron B. Nicholson ..
1,725
173
Shelby M. Cullom
1,520
50
F. D. Cass
1,552
Circuit Olerk.
Joseph C. Webster.
1,815
374
A. T. Risser.
1,441
B. E. Clark
152
County;Surveyor.
Washington Skinner ....
735
75
Conway Pence ....
. ..
660
School Commissioner.
William G. Starkey
....
765
121
Joseph W. Coffman ..
644
Township Organization.
For.
983
775
Against.
208
ELECTION OF 1860. President.
John Shoup.
2,346
2,346
Asa C. Barnes.
1,259
180
William Curry.
1,079
County Clerk.
John T. Jenkins.
1,313
311
T. H. Hedges.
1,002
Thomas M. Hope.
4
Lieutenant-Governor.
Francis A. Hoffman.
1,732
207
Lewis W. Ross.
1,525
Henry C. Blackburn.
..
24
Thomas Shell.
4
Secretary of State.
Ozias M. Hatch.
1,742
231
George M. Campbell.
1,511
Coroner.
ELECTION OF 1862.
State Treasurer.
William Butler
1,531
49
Alexander Starne
1,482
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Newton Batema
1,533
54
John P. Brocks ..
1,479
Congressman at Large.
Eben C. Ingersoll.
. ..
1,528
48
James C. Allen .. .
..
1,480
Ward McLamon
1,740
1,740
Colbey Knapp
1,470
Digitized by
243
POLITICAL.
267
Representatives.
Richard T. Gill.
1,526
8
John E. Rosette.
1,528
A. M. Miller
1,475
Charles A. Keys
1,439
Sheriff.
A. Mayfield
1,535
82
A. B. Corwin.
1,453
Coroner.
Jacob T. Hackney
1,518
W. A. Coons
1,496
Nao Constitution.
Rejection of
1,558
Adoption of ..
1,255
Against Art. on Banking ..
1,497
263
For Art. on Banking
...
1,284
For Art. on Negroes and
Mulattoes ...
1,945 1,476
Against Negroes and
Mulattoes .
469
Against Congressional
Apportionment .
1,507
269
For Congressional
Apportionment ..
1,288
ELECTION OF 1863.
County Treasurer.
Peter J. Hawes. .......
1,263
804
Matthew McElhiney .
......
959
School Commissioner.
A. S. Guthrie.
1,269
825
Cantine Garrison.
944
Surveyor.
Levi L. Hatton
1,276
329
ELECTION OF 1864.
President.
Abraham Lincoln ...
1,727
356
George B. Mcclellan.
...
1,371
Governor.
Richard J. Oglesby
1,728
356
James C. Robinson. .
1,372
Lieutenant-Governor.
William Bross.
1,726
851
S. Corning Judd
1,875
Congressman at Large.
Samuel W. Moulton.
1,725
345
Congressman.
Shelby M. Cullom
1,725
John T. Stuart.
1,375
350
Senator.
George W. Minier ..
1,782
346
John B. Cohrs
1,376
Representatives.
A. M. Blair.
1,728
851
J. A. Mills.
1,728
A. M. Miller.
1,372
344
James W. Patton
1,378
State's Attorney.
Henry S. Greene
..
1,717 1,71%
Circuit Clerk.
Fred C. W. Koehnle.
1,812
538
Jacob Yager.
1,280
Sheriff.
William G. Starkey.
1,714
838
Augustus Reise.
1,382
Coroner.
Norman Sumner.
1,728
348
George W. Chowning .
..
1,875
ELECTION OF 1865.
County Judge.
Reuben B. Ewing.
1,585
198
David T. Littler
1,887
County Justices.
Alexander Fisher
1,589
996
Calvin M. Grapes
1,508
Henry Johnson.
1,494
David Vanhise
1,893
County Clerk.
John T. Jenkins
1,589
189
George Estabrook.
1,400
Assessor and Treasurer.
Joseph Ream
2,982 2,988
County Surveyor.
Daniel L. Braucher
2,916 2,916
County Superintendent.
J. G. Chalfant.
2,661 2,661
Township Organisation.
For ..
1,612
912
Against
'700
ELECTION OF 1866.
Congressman at Large.
John A. Logan
2,241
708
T. Lyle Dickey
1,539
State Treasurer.
George W. Smith
2,228
677
Jesse J. Phillips.
1,551
Digitized by
James C. Allen.
1,380
17
17
808
Isaac May
947
268 HISTORY OF LOGAN COUNTY.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Newton Bateman
2,234
685
John M. Crebs.
1,549
Congressman, 8th District.
680
Legislature.
William McGalliard.
2,298
818
James C. Conklin ..
2,194
James F. D. Elliott.
1,565
William M. Springer.
1,480
Sheriff:
Thomas J. Simpson ..
2,054
$78
Lewis Rosenthal
1,676
Coroner.
Ira A. Church.
2,215
677
ELECTION OF 1867.
Railroad Tax.
Samuel C. Parks.
1,915
838
Against
2,084
525
Milton Hay ...
1,693
Anthony L. Knapp
1,134
564
For.
1,559
County Treasurer.
Joseph Ream
2,084
513.
Matthew McElhiney .
..
1,571
Surveyor.
Daniel L. Braucher.
1,998
Washington Skinner .
.... 1,613
385
ELECTION OF 1868.
President.
U. S. Grant . .
2,515
Horatio Seymour
1,902
Governor.
John M. Palmer
2,518
612
John R. Eden.
1,901
Congressman at Large.
L. T. Regan.
1,400
34
James G. Chalfant
1,366
ELECTION OF 1871.
Congressman at Large.
John L. Beveridge.
....
1,367
623
Samuel S. Hayes.
744
County Treasurer.
Joseph Ream .
1,422
736
William R. McMurphy
686
County Surveyor.
Aaron B. Nicholson
2,560
John B. Cohrs.
1,847
718
Representatives, 20th District.
844
John Cook.
2,470
564
M. Wemple .
2,374
Bilas Beason
2,080
James W. Patton
1,906
Stats Convention.
For
1,802
474
Against
1,828
Cirouit Olerk.
629
F. C. W. Koehnle.
2,609
854
Joseph W. Ewing.
1,755
Sheriff.
Chester B. Jackson
2,188
1
John H. McElvain ..
..
2,137
Coroner.
P. B. Knight
2,485
570
Wm. A. Coons.
1,915
ELECTION OF 1869.
James G. Bryce.
1,077
County Judge.
William E. Dicks.
1,670
412
Carman W. Clark.
..
1,358
County Olerk.
James T. Hoblit.
1,584
228
James T. Mckinnon .
..
1,361
County Treasurer.
Joseph Ream.
1,746
550
613
George Warren.
1,196
County Surveyor.
Thomas G. Gardner.
... 1,718
478
Joseph W. Ewing ..
....
1,235
County Superintendent.
John A. Logan
2,504
597
Wm. W. O'Brien
1,907
Member Board of Equalization.
Teis Smith.
2,410
500
Colbey Knapp
1,910
Congressman, 8th District.
Shelby M. Cullom
2,485
-Edwards
1,925
Senator 11th District.
560
Thomas G. Gardner
1,443
785
Herman Mattfeldt.
658
Digitized by
Shelby M. Cullom.
2,228
Edwin S. Fowler.
1,548
William Condon.
1,588
Members Constitutional Convention.
POLITICAL.
269
ELECTION OF 1872.
President.
Ulysses S. Grant
2,446
632
Horace Greeley.
1,814
Charles O'Conor
39
Governor.
Richard J. Oglesby
2,458
558
Gustavus Koerner
1,905
B. G. Wright
36
Member Board of Equalization.
S. D. Fisher
2,470
B. H. Gatton
1,893
Congressman, 13th District.
John McNulta
2,428
509
Clifton H. Moore
1,914
L. S. Leeds
48
Senator, 27th District.
Aaron B. Nicholson
2,364
380
Edmond Lynch.
1,984
Ezra N. Davis.
22
Representatives, 27th District.
Peter J. Hawes
3,698 1,021
Herman W. Snow
3,586
909
Jacob W. Noel
3,003}% 3267%
L. M. Stroud.
2,677
J. Snediker.
117
State's Attorney.
Timothy F. Beach.
2,289
256
8. P. Davidson.
2,033
Circuit Clerk.
Andrew McGalliard
2,194
45
Samuel M. Pegram
2,149
Sheriff.
William A. Schafer.
2,229
146
Hiram L. Pierce.
2,083
Coroner.
Jeremiah J. Green ..
2,442 1,071
James W. Randolph
1,371
Animals Running at Large.
Against
1,993
197
For
1,796
ELECTION OF 1878.
County Judge.
William E. Dicks
1,914
718
J. T. Jenkins.
1,201
County Clerk.
Governor.
William Toomey
2,429
1,752
Shelby M. Cullom
2,774
145
R. T. Gill
677
Lewis Steward.
2,629
County Treasurer.
Joseph Ream
1,955
778
Sol. Kahn.
1,177
County Superintendent.
J. G. Chalfant.
1,774 1,045
A. Staggers
729
J. C. Scullin.
541
ELECTION OF 1874.
Stato Treasurer.
Thomas S. Ridgway
....
2,140
228
577
Charles Carroll.
1,917
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
William B. Powell.
2,187
14
S. M. Etter
1,918
Congressman, 13th District.
J. McNulta
2,053
96
A. E. Stevenson
1,957
G. W. Minier.
10
Senator.
James W. Robison
2,107
485
D. G. A. Railsback
1,628
J. H. Anthony.
810
Representatives.
Robert A. Talbot.
5,51816 5,4461%
Thomas Wendell.
4,810"
3,618
G. W. Middlecoff.
1,192
Richard Holmes
66
H. L. Sill.
25
Sheriff.
Solomon Morris.
8,146
289
Caleb Lucas.
1,907
Coroner.
J. J. Green
1,998
50
Solomon Kahn.
1,948
ELECTION OF 1875. County Treasurer.
Joseph Ream.
1,512
880
C. W. Clark
682
County Surveyor.
Thomas G. Gardner.
1,568
949
T. H. O. Mattfeldt
618
ELECTION OF 1876. President.
Rutherford B. Hayes.
...
2,788
198
Samuel J. Tilden.
2,595
Peter Cooper
89
Digitized by
G
270 HISTORY OF LOGAN COUNTY.
Lieutenant-Governor.
Superintendent Public Instruction.
James P. Slade.
2,346
142
S. M. Etter.
2,204
F. M. Hall.
368
Congressman.
A. E. Stevenson ..
2,561
211
Thomas F. Tipton.
2,850
Senator.
A. Mayfield.
2,288
34
J. W. Robison
2,254
G. W. Minier.
378
Representatives.
D. H. Harts.
7,0461< 3,906
W. R. Hall.
3,0313< 2,622
G. P. Orendortf.
3,14012 2,781
C. C. Brackett.
1,409 %
Sheriff.
R. F. Ayres. .
2,447
324
376
W. H. Trainor
2,123
I. R. Ash.
312
Coroner.
John Evans
2,661
439
W. D. Little.
2,222
ELECTION OF 1879.
County Treasurer.
Joseph Ream.
2,127
389
John W. Kline.
1,758
John A. Critchfield.
81
County Surveyor.
Thomas G. Gardner.
2,252
733
Wm. G. Webster
1,579
D. L. Braucher
144
ELECTION OF 1880.
President.
James A. Garfield.
2,729
42
891
Winfield S. Hancock.
2,687
James B. Weaver.
121
Neal Dow
71
Governor.
Shelby M. Cullom
2,718
31
Lyman Trumbull.
2,687
Alson J. Streeter
141
Uriah Copp.
55
Lieutenant-Governor.
Lewis B. Parsons
2,700
9
John M. Hamilton
2,691
Andrew B. Adair
123
J. R. Lawrence.
90
Secretary of State.
Henry D. Dement.
2,725
25
149
John H. Oberly.
2,700
J. M. Thompson.
120
Samuel Reed
59
E. N. Bates
381
177
Archibald A. Glenn ..
2,609
Secretary of State.
George H. Harlow
2,796
191
Stephen Y. Thornton ..
2,605
Congressman.
Thomas E. Tipton
2,783
143
A. E. Stevenson
2,640
Representative.
J. C. Ross
8,117
177%
Thomas Wendell .
7,93916
D. C. Smith
1211%
Circuit Clerk.
T. T. Holton
2,812
220
W. N. Bock.
2,592
Sheriff.
Solomon Morris
2,889
Henry B. Drake.
2,513
State's Attorney.
James T. Hoblit.
2,755
111
Oscar Allen
2,644
Coroner.
W. W. Howser.
2,771
Henry Boy
2,632
139
ELECTION OF 1877.
County Judge.
S. A. Foley
2,834
277
William E. Dicks ..
2,057
County Clerk.
William Toomey
2,221
James W. Bell .
2,194
27
County Treasurer.
Joseph Ream
2,400
John H. Bell.
2,009
County Superintendent.
W. H. Derby
2,425
449
William H. Ellis.
1,976
Funding County Debt.
For
3,877 3,562
Against .
315
State House Appropriation.
Against.
3,023 2,229
For
794
ELECTION OF 1878.
State Treasurer.
John C. Smith.
2,346
E. S. Cronkrite.
2,197
Digitized by
9
Andrew Shuman.
2,786
POLITICAL.
271
Member Board of Equalization.
John R. Cusey
2,722
27
W. R. Carle
2,695
D. L. Braucher
191
Congressman.
A. E. Stephenson.
2,864
138
D. C. Smith
2,726
Representative.
John T. Foster
8,3867% 3347%
Allen Lucas
8 052
Washington Wilson
3447%
W. B. Hawey.
12
J. H. Crandall.
3
States Attorney.
Randolph B. Forrest.
3,093
651
Samuel L. Wallace
2,442
John Henry
1
Circuit Clerk.
Thomas T. Holton
2,837
George H. Snell
2,740
S. Wallace
1
Sheriff.
William Wendell
2,821
68
Richard F. Ayers
2,758
Coroner.
John T. Boyden
2,943
356
Stephen Zollars
2,587
ELECTION OF 1882.
State Treasurer.
Alfred Orendorff.
2, 655
187
James G. Blaine.
2,606
John C. Smith
2,518
J. G. Irwin.
288
Daniel Mclaughlin.
184
Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Henry Raab
2,703
Charles T. Stratton ...
2,499,
Elizabeth B. Brown.
290
Frank H. Hall.
104
Congressman.
A. E. Stevenson.
Jonathan H. Rowell.
2,412
David H. Harts.
435
Senator.
Jason Rogers.
2 891
Samuel S. Jack
2,757
Representatives.
John T. Foster
4,508's 41616
Ambrose M. Miller
4.092
318%
R. H. Templeman
4,16816 395
John H. Crocker
3,773%
State House Appropriation.
For ....
2,483
1,049
Against
1,414
Ceding the Canal.
For.
5,108
4,970
133
Against
County Judge.
Stepben A. Foley
2,996
461
Joseph B. Bates.
2,535
County Clerk.
C. M. Knapp.
2,791
10
William Toomey
2,781
County Treasurer.
Abram Mayfield.
2,781
39
Joseph Ream.
2,742
James Shores
36
Sheriff.
William Wendell
2.945
357
97
Solomon Morris.
2,588
County Superintendent.
S. M. Guttery
2,890
211
Wm. H. Derby
2,679
Coroner.
John T. Boyden.
3,063
741
Charles S. Landis
2,322
Jeremiah Simpson.
. .
36
ELECTION OF 1884.
President.
Grover Cleveland.
2,863
257
John P. St. John.
262
Benjamin F. Butler
52
Governor.
Carter H. Harrison.
2.887
244
Richard J. Oglesby
2,643
204
James B. Hobbs
283
Jesse Harper
29
Lieutenant-Governor.
Henry Seiter
2,897
296
John C. Smith.
2,603
2,756
344
James L. Perryman
253
A. C. Vanderwater
31
Secretary of State.
Michael J. Dougherty
2,862
257
Charles W. Enos.
256
H. E. Baldwin
51
Member Board of Equalization.
Isaac Vanordstrand.
2.884
278
Charles F. Emery.
2,606
Henry A. Myers
275
Digitized by
134
Henry D. Dement.
2,605
9
272 HISTORY OF LOGAN COUNTY.
Congressman.
Circuit Clerk. .
Cassius C. Clark ..
.... 2,852
230
Jonathan H. Rowell. .. 2,622
W. P. Randolph.
256
D. L. Braucher.
46
E. F. L. Rautenberg. . 2,954
William A. Shaffer .... 2,541
Elias L. Carnahan .... 280
Surveyor.
Representatives.
R. H. Templeman ..... 8,204
3,59436
3,051
Charles S. Lawrence .. . 4,60916
William Grason ...
.2,66016
David H. Harts.
1,5581%
James M. Graham
13417
John F. Reynolds
.
6533
1,102
Coroner.
Walter Birmingham. . 8,882
168
John T. Boyden ....... 2,664
Isaac Acken.
264
State's Attorney.
Robert Humphrey ..... 2,775
3
Samuel L. Wallace .... 2,772
Solomon J. Woland. .. 289
Digitized by
418.
Thomas 8. Davey ..
.. 2,876
Arthur C. Braucher. .. 2,642
Thomas Short.
258
884
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CHAPTER VII.
THE CIVIL WAR.
THE FIRST GUN .- SPRINGING TO ARMS .- PATRIOTISM IN THIS COUNTY. -FIRST COMPANIES FROM LOGAN .- COUNTY ACTION. - ATTITUDE OF THE PRESS. - SKETCHES OF REGIMENTS TO WHICH THE COUNTY LARGELY CONTRIBUTED .-- SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
About daybreak on the 12th of April, 1861, the stillness of Charleston Bay was disturbed by the firing of a large mortar and the shriek of a shell as it rushed through the air. The shell burst over Fort Sumter, and the war of the great Rebellion was begun. In the North the hope had been tenaciously clung to that the peace of the country was not to be disturbed. This dream was rudely broken by the siege of Fort Sumter. The North awakened suddenly to the awful certainty that civil war was begun. There was a deep feeling of indignation at the traitors who were willing to rnin their country that slavery might be secure. There was a fall appreciation of the danger, and an instant universal determi- nation that, at whatever cost, the national life must be preserved. Personal sacrifice was unconsidered; individual interests were merged in the general good. Political differences, ordinarily so bitter, were for the time almost effaced. Nothing was of interest but the question how the audacious rebellion was to be suppressed and the American nation upheld in the great place which it claimed among men.
Two days after the fall of Fort Sumter Mr. Lincoln intimated by proclamation the dishonor done to the laws of the United States, and called ont the militia to the extent of 75,000 men. The free States responded enthusiastically to the call. So prompt was their action that on the very next day several companies ar- rived in Washington. Flushed by their easily won victory, the Southerners talked boastfully of seizing the capital. In a very short time there were 50,000 loyal men ready to prevent that, and the safety of Washington was secured.
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preparations. Rich men offered money with so much liberality that in a few days nearly $25,000,000 had been contributed. The school-teachers of Boston dedicated fixed proportions of their in- comes to the support of the Government while the war should last. All over the country the excited people gathered themselves into crowded meetings and breathed forth in fervid resolutions their determination to spend fortune and life in defense of the Union. Volunteer companies were rapidly formed. In the cities ladies began to organize themselves for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers. It had been fabled that the North would not fight. With a fiery promptitude unknown before in modern his- tory, the people sprang to arms.
Logan County had at this time less than 16,000 inhabitants. With a population mainly devoted to agriculture, who knew noth- ing of war except by history or tradition, it could hardly be expected that a warlike spirit would soon disturb the peaceful population. But we know little of the fire that slumbers in quiet breasts until occasion calls it forth. Under the call for 75,000 volunteers the quota of Illinois was fixed at six regiments. The response was prompt from all parts of the State, and from none more hearty than from Logan County. Being but an hour's travel by rail from Springfield the first company raised in this county was one of the first to be accepted by the United States. From that time on the patriotic county poured forth for its country's services a continuous procession of volunteers, and in all nearly 2,000 enlistments were credited to Logan, or thirteen per cent. of the population, and sixty per cent of the voting strength.
The stars and stripes were unfurled in all the principal public and business places in Lincoln, and meetings were held all over the county to express the loyal sentiment of the people. The prompt- ness and unanimity with which Logan County's citizens set about contributing their quota for the Union army will ever be a source of pride and wonder. At this date it seems almost inconceivable that the young farmers, mechanics, clerks and professional men could so soon drop their respective avocations and arrange them- selves by companies and regiments to march at the word of command. Political and other differences seemed completely for- gotten.
The first company to arrive at Camp Yates, Springfield, was the Lincoln Guards, commanded by Captain W. D. Wyatt. They left on the 19th of April, on the Alton & St. Louis Railroad, and
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were met at the Springfield station by the Grays of that place, and escorted to camp. The second company was that of Captain C. W. Holden, the Yates Rangers. These two companies num- bered eighty-four and 120 men respectively, and were in camp iu less than a week from the firing on Sumter. Three other compa- nies were in process of formation a week later-a rifle company, a cavalry company and one of naturalized citizens. There was no immediate use for these troops, but it was generally felt that there would be another call for volunteers by the President. The news- papers were foremost in urging the good work. The following is taken from the Lincoln Herald of April 25, 1861:
"FALL INTO LINE !- Let not the work of recruiting volunteer companies cease when the regiments now asked for are full. There is every probability of another requieition being made for additional troops in a short time. Let us be ready for all emerg- encies. Let companies organize and drill all over the State. Fall into line, patriots! We may all have to go to the war to battle for our country before a peace is conquered, and the sooner we are ready, and the better organized we are, the better for us and our country both."
Captain Wyatt's command became Company E of the Seventh Regiment, three-months service; that of Captain Holden, Com- pany H of the Seventh, three-years service (the first six numerals were not used in numbering Illinois regiments in the civil war, as the State furnished six regiments in the Mexican war). The third company accepted from this county was Captain Thomas J. Lari- son's cavalry company, which left the Lincoln station on the 12th of August. It was assigned to the Third Cavalry. Captain G. W. Estabrook led the fourth company into the field, and the fifth was a rifle company raised at Atlanta. Many of the first volun- teers went into companies for other counties. Thus twenty-eight were raised in Mt. Pulaski and credited to a Macoupin County . organization.
These companies were followed by others at various times, Lo- gan County contributing her full quota. In the summer of 1862 the Government called for 300,000 more volunteers, and accom- panied the call with the significant statement that a draft would be made in delinquent States. Though this intimation was hardly needed in the case of Illinois, renewed efforts were made all over the country to swell the number of lives already placed at the dis-
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posal of the Union canse. The following appeared in the Herald of Aug. 7, 1862:
"Our citizens have about all abandoned business and gone to work organizing companies. Never was excitement so intense. Chicago street has been one cheer and chatter since Monday. The people from the country catch the 'war fever' on coming to town, and remain during the day, talking about the ' new call' and the '300,000 men' that are to be drafted. There is a general good feeling up, and as a matter of course volunteering is in rapid progress."
The county authorities were not behind in encouraging loyalty, for the following order was passed by the County Court, Ang. 12, 1862:
"It is Ordered by the court, in consideration of the recent call of the War Department for additional volunteers, and in order to encourage enlistments and raise a regiment in Logan County under said call, that an appropriation of fifty dollars ($50) be made for the use of every non-commissioned officer and private who shall be a resident of said county and joining any company made or making up within this county, and becoming attached to said regiment.
"In order to secure the benefit of this appropriation, the Cap- tains of the different companies comprising said regiment will furnish the clerk of this court with a list of the non-commissioned officers and privates of each company, designating in such list the precinct in which they reside, those who are married and those who are unmarried, said appropriation being paid to the family of such as are married, and to such persons as those who are unmarried shall designate by an order filed with the clerk of this court.
"For the purpose of meeting said appropriation, the court will levy a military tax at the rate of four (4) mills to the dollar upon the basis of the assessment of each year, which tax may be dis- charged in U. S. Treasury notes or specie, to be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the State and county taxes are now collected.
"There will be appointed a county agent, whose duty it shall be to receive from the collector, every month during the time the collector shall be engaged in collecting the revenue for the year 1862 and following years, whatever he may have collected of said military tax, and to receipt for the same, and such receipt shall be a voucher therefor to the collector. Said county agent shall pay
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over to the precinct agents herein designated, or to such as may hereafter be designated or appointed, as fast as the same shall be received by him the quota to which each precinct shall be entitled, said quota to be determined by the residence of the families of such non-commissioned officers and privates as are married, and of such persons as may be designated to receive the same, by, those un- married and without families, as before provided. The receipt of such precinct agent shall be a voucher to the county agent for all payments so made.
"It shall be the duty of the agent in each precinct to receive the amount due his precinct from the county agent, and to make equal distribution of the same among the persons hereinbefore designated, and shall take vouchers for all such payments.
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