The history of Adams County Illinois : containing a history of the county - its cities, towns, etc. a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion; general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, Part 40

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Publication date: 1879
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The excitement continued without abatement; and Quincy, Adams county, and adjoining counties were kept at fever heat by the reports con- tinually reaching the people, of lawless acts and threats.

Governor Ford, in his history, narrates the many occurrences of those eventful times, but' we have sought our information from various other sources, and produce some material not contained in his book.

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The following is the Mormon account of the death of the Smiths, and is taken from the Nauvoo Neighbor:

AWFUL ASSASSINATION! THIE PLEDGED FAITHI OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS STAINED WITII INNOCENT BLOOD BY A MOB!

On Monday, the 24th inst. [June], after Gov Ford had sent word that those eighteen persons demanded on a warrant, among whom were Joseph Smith and Hiram Smith, should be protected by the militia of the State, they, in company with ten or twelve others, started for Carthage. Four miles from that place they were met by Captain Dunn, with a company of cavalry, who had an order from the Governor for the " State Arms."Gen. Smith endorsed his acceptance of the same, and both parties returned to Nauvoo to obtain said arms. After the arms were obtained, both parties took up the line of march for Carthage, where they arrived about five minutes before twelve o'clock at night, Capt. Dunn nobly acquitting us, landing us safely at Hamilton's Hotel.

In the morning we saw the Governor, and he pledged the faith of the State that we should be protected. General Smith and his brother, Hiram, were arrested on a warrant founded on the oath of H. O. Norton and Augustine Spencer, for treason. Knowing the threats from several persons that the two Smiths should never leave Carthage alive, we all began to be alarmed for their personal safety. The Governor and General Deming con- ducted them before the McDonough troops, and introduced them as General Joseph Smith and General Hiram Smith. This maneuver came near raising a mutiny among the " Carthage Greys," but the Governor quelled it.

In the afternoon, after exertions on the part of our counsel, we dispensed with an inves- tigation and voluntarily gave bail for our appearance at the Circuit Court, to answer in the case of abating the " Nauvoo Expositor," as a nuisance.

At evening the justice made out a mittimus, without an investigation, and committed the two Gens. Smith to prison, until discharged by the due course of law, and they were safely guarded to jail. In the morning the Governor went to the jail and had an interview with these men, and to every appearance, all things were explained on both sides. The consta- ble then went to take these men from the jail, before the justice for examination, but the jailer refused to let them go, as they were under his jurisdiction "till discharged by due course of law," but the Governor's troops, to the amount of one or two hundred, took them to the court house, when the hearing was continued until Saturday, the 29th, and they were remanded to jail. It now began to be rumored by several men, whose names will be forth- coming in time, that there was nothing against these men-the law could not reach them- powder and ball could.

The Governor was made acquainted with these facts, but on the morning of the 27th he disbanded the McDonough troops and sent them home; took Captain Dunn's company of cavalry and proceeded to Nauvoo, leaving these two men, and three or four friends, to be guarded by eight men at the jail, and a company in town of sixty, eighty or one hundred rods from the jail, as a corps in reserve. About six o'clock in the afternoon the guard was surprised by an armed mob of from one hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty, painted red, black and yellow, which surrounded the jail, forced in, poured a shower of bullets into the room where these unfortunate men were held " in durance vile," to answer to the laws of Illinois, under the solemn pledge of the faith of the State, by Governor Ford, that they should be protected! but the mob ruled !! They fell as martyrs, amid the tornado of lead, each receiving four bullets. John Taylor was wounded by four bullets in his limbs, but not seriously. Thus perishes the hope of the law; thus vanishes the plighted faith of the State; thus the blood of innocence stains the constituted authority of the United States, and thus have two among the most noble martyrs since the slaughter of Abel sealed the truth of their divine mission, by being shot by a mob for their religion!

Messengers were dispatched to Nauvoo, but did not arrive there till morning. The following was one of the letters :

" 12 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, 27th June, CARTIIAGE, HAMILTON'S TAVERN. "TO MRS. EMMA SMITH AND MAJ. GENERAL DUNHAM :

" The Governor has just arrived, and says all things shall be inquired into and all right measures taken. I say to all the citizens of Nauvoo: My brethren, be still and know that God reigns. Don't rush out of the city. Don't rush to Carthage; stay at home and prepare for an attack from Missouri mobbers. The Governor will render every assistance possible ; has sent out orders for troops. Joseph and Hiram are dead, but not by the Carthage people; the guards were there, as I believe. We will prepare to move the bodies as soon as possible. The people of the county are greatly excited, and fear the Mormons will come and take vengeance. I have pledged my word the Mormons will stay at home, as soon as they can be informed, and no violence will be done on their part, and say to my brethren in Nauvoo, in the name of the Lord, be still-be patient-only let such friends as choose, come here to see the bodies. Mr. Taylor's wounds are dressed, and are not serious. I am sound.

" WILLIARD RICHARDS.

"JOHN TAYLOR.

" SAMUEL H. SMITH."

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'Defend yourselves until protection can be furnished necessary.

"June 27, 1844, THOMAS FORD, "Governor and Commander in Chief."

MR. ORSON SPENCER,

" Dear Sir :- Please deliberate on this matter; Prudence may obivate material destruction. I was at my residence when the horrible crime was committed. It will be condemned by three-fourths of the citizens of the county. Be quiet, or you will be attacked from Missouri.

M. R. DEMING."

The Governor, as well as the citizens of Carthage, were thunderstruck and fled. The Legion in Nauvoo was called out at 10 A. M., and addressed by Judge Phelps, Col. Buck- master, of Alton, the Governor's aid and others, and all excitement and fury allayed, and preparations were made to receive the bodies of the noble martyrs. About 3 o'clock, they were met by a great assemblage of people, east of the temple, on Mulholland street, under the direction of the city marshal, followed by Samuel H. Smith, brother of the deceased, Dr. Richards and Mr. Hamilton, of Carthage. The wagons were guarded by eight men. The procession that followed in Nauvoo, was the City Council, the Lieut. General's Staff, the Brigadier and Staff, commanders and officers of the Legion and the citizens generally, which numbered several thousands, amid the most solemn lamentations and wailings that ever ascended into the ears of the Lord of Hosts, to be avenged of our enemies. When the pro- cession arrived, the bodies were both taken into the " Nauvoo Mansion." The scene at the " Mansion " cannot be described. The audience was addressed by Dr. Richards, Judge Phelps, Woods and Reed Eayrs, of Iowa, and Col. Markham. It was a vast assemblage of some eight or ten thousand persons, and with one united voice, resolved to trust the law for a remedy of such a high-handed assassination, and when that failed, to call upon God to avenge us of our wrongs. Oh ! widows and orphans! Oh! Americans! weep, for the glory of freedom has departed.

This, it will be remembered, is an emanation from Mormon headquar- ters. On the other side, an extract from a hand-bill circulated through Quincy, and Adams county, by the Warsaw people, asserts that "They, the Mormons, must leave or we must leave; and there are now but two ques- tions to solve: Which party shall leave, and in what manner."

In the Quincy Whig, July 24th, there are nearly six columns, under different heads, devoted to discussion of the question. Mr. John Wood and E. Congers, and A. Jonas, of Quincy, had been to the scene of action, also Mr. Chambers, of the Missouri Republican.

July 25th, 1844, Gov. Ford issued a proclamation to the "People of Warsaw, Hancock county," exhorting them to refrain from their intended expulsory measures towards the Mormons.

In September, 1844, orders were received from Gov. Ford, directing the military commanders at Quincy to rendezvous at some point in Hancock county. The Quincy Whig says:

The reasons for this strange and unexpected movement on the part of the Governor, have not yet been made public, but from some inquiry we have made, we learn that the people of Hancock were about assembling in strong force, with a view to a fall wolf hunt. As there is yet considerable ill-feeling existing between the Mormons and anti-Mormons, the Governor's fears were aroused that this wolf hunt meant something more than met the eye -that an attack was contemplated on the Mormons, and hence the necessity for troops on the ground, to preserve the integrity of the laws-a meeting was called at the court-house, of those capable of bearing arms, on Saturday, and on Sunday, the Quincy Riflemen and German Guards left for Hancock county.

On the 30th of September, Messrs. Thomas C. Sharp and Col. Levi Williams, of that county, in charge of soldiers, were brought before Judge Thomas, who was holding Circuit Court, at Quincy, to be examined for the killing of Joseph and Hiram Smith. Their attorneys were O. H. Browning

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and E. D. Baker, and the State was represented by A. T. Bledsoe and Thompson Campbell.

The following is the article of agreement entered into between the counsel for the State and the defendants, for their appearance at the Han- cock Court:

The undersigned, counsel, respectively for the People of the State of Illinois, and Levi Williams and Thomas C. Sharp, admit and agree that in appearing and entering into recognizance to appear to answer to any charge preferred by them, they do not make or intend to make any admission of probable cause to bind them over; but that it is done to save time and delay, in consequence of the absence of witnesses, and for this reason only; and the said Williams and Sharp, in entering into said recognizence, do so under a protes- tation of their entire innocence of the offences with which they are charged, and they also allege that they are now ready and willing to go into an investigation of the charge, before , a court of enquiry, under the stipulations entered into with them at the time of their sur- render, and have no desire to shun or evade it, but enter into said recognizance for no pur- pose whatever, than that above expressed.

A. T. BLEDSOE, THOMPSON CAMPBELL, Attorneys for the People.

O. H. BROWNING, E. D. BAKER, For Defendants.

QUINCY, ILL., 2nd Oct., 1844.

Governor Ford was in Quincy at this time, as appears from a paragraph in the Whig:

The Springfield Cadets, after being escorted to the outskirts of the city, by our volunteer companies, started for their homes on Wednesday last, as also did the Commander in Chief, his Excellency, Thomas Ford.

There were trials at Carthage but no convictions, and in the legislature of June, 1845, the Mormon charters were totally repealed, and in 1846 the great proportion of Mormons left the State, and Adams county had no more part to perform in this share of her state's history.

For further information we have had shown to us, by Gen. J. D. Mor- gan, the company books of the Quincy Riflemen, and these very carefully written records substantiate in dates many of the statements that have been in obscurity.

THE QUINCY RIFLEMEN.

This company was organized in 1843, and their preliminary meetings were held at the court house in Quincy, March 1st and 6th, with Edward Charles, Esq., in the chair and I. V. W. Dutchess as secretary. Officers were not immediately elected, but a drill-master was chosen and James D. Morgan was the man. From that time onward until the close of the Mex- ican war, his name occurs on every page in some capacity.

At the first election held in the court house on the ninth day of May, 1843, the following named persons were chosen, as follows: James D. Morgan received sixty votes for captain; Benj. M. Prentiss received sixty votes for first lieutenant; William Y. Henry received sixty votes for second lieu- tenant; Chas. Everett, Jr., received thirty-six votes for third lieutenant; James C. Sprague received twelve votes for third lieutenant.

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The following is a list of members' names attached to the constitution, as signed by themselves in the order in which they subscribed their names:

William M. Best,

R. W. Cloud,

W. Abner,

S. M. Everett,

T. G. F. Hunt, H. St. J. Hampton,

I. V. W. Dutchess,

John A. Reynolds, J. Dalbey,

James D. Morgan,

Wm. E. Wilson,

J. G. A. Bernard,

Abraham Vanfleet,

Thomas I. Fassett,

Edwin P. Coffin,

S. W. Walker,

A. Johnson,

John Telford,

George Follzod,

John Archer,

John McDade,

John Potter, David Karnes,

Orville Cottle,

Wm. A. Harris,

S. E. Siger,

C. Graham,

Wm. A. Miller,

B. F. Ewing,

Warren Cook,

J. H. Kerr,

Thos. W. Goodwyn,

G. A. Brawner,

J. W. Palmer,

N. F. English,

John Elmer,

John L. Moore,

David Miller,

Isaac Dunton,

L. Carlin,

John H. Pettit,

Loren Brown,

T. R. O'Daniel,

Oliver Kimball,

Arthur Carroll,

J. E. B. Morgan,

Wm. Chickering,

A. C. Odell,

T. F. Correll,

Francis Bowen,

Barkman Rogers,

J. H. Calkins,

George Evans,

Edward Bond,

Abram Brown,

A. V. Humphrey,

J. Vanardall,

Henry H. Deel,

I. I. Whitney,

Seth Decrow,

J. T. Conyers, John Delameter,

John Cleveland, Jr.,

Israel Burrows,

Joshua Armond,

Jeremiah Sullivan,

Henderson Collins,

S. M. Archer,

Milton E. Worrell,

J. W. Dills,

John MeDade,

J. C. Sprague,

John W. Vandenburgh,

Nath'l Grant,

Geo. W. Dell,

Henry Graham,

Wm. I. Burns,

Nathan Pinkham,

Wm. H. Davis,

Henry T. Freese,

W. W. Sherman,

Wm. White,

J. S. Peck,

C. T. Briggs,

Wm. Torum,

Joseph Welsh,

Edward Everett,

W.m. A. Blair,

Charles A. Nourse,

W. P. Cronin,

George R Phelps,

F. G. Johnson,

G. W. MeLain,

Solomon Exon,

G. W. Deel,

Robert Craig,

John Emler,

J. S. Spear,

Wm. M. Best,

S. Conyers,

Wm. H. Dunness,

J. H. Sheed,

Samuel Wreath,

James Evans,

O. S. Thomas, Wm. Kurtz,

J. Hedger,

Edward Charles,

Warner Lauks,

J. W. Burns,

Samuel O. Hutton,

Richard Thorn,

O. P. Hewitt,

John Williams,

Joseph Armor,

E. B. Wood,

William F. Flanders,

A. J. Blodgett,

M. S. Buckley,

J. F. Naylor, H. Gage,

G. W. Burns,

Nicholas Mast,

George Bond,

S. W. Walker,

James Shepherd,

Benj. M. Prentiss,

I. N. Conyers,

Thos. J. Wood,

William G. Henry,

B. Wainscott,

Edward Billings,

George H. Morgan,

J. Reynolds,

Henry McLeese,

George W. Rust,

A. Johnson,

H. C. Vanschoonover,

John Delamatyr,

John T. Conyers, Ab. Odell,

W. W. Sherman,

Wm. H. Howland,

Christian Durhont,

John W. Palmer,

Nathan Grant,

James Mills,

Samuel Tibbetts,

Isaac Burns,

John A. Griffith,

L. W. Davis,

Geo. W. Worrell,

Henry Hoover, William Sherry,

H. Jordan, Seth Hathaway,

John Bundy,

Wesley Watkins,

G. H. Arvise,

Robt. H. F. Morgan,

William F. Flanders,

Daniel Hoover,

C. M. Pomroy,

J. Abney,

James M. Preston,

C. Gage,

Willian P. Burns,

Joel S. Price,

S. I. Bowens,

Abel Fax,

P. Warren,

J. A. Liebman,

T. R. O'Daniel,

John Glass.

The style of uniform adopted was " for privates, gold lace upon the collar and cuffs, and twenty-four buttons, after the style of a coat exhibited

John Carlin,

Thomas S. Emery,

Andrew Nord,

H. C. Bush,

J. L. Powers,

Charles Everett, Jr.,

J. H. Luce,

I. L. Baker,

Silas Houghton,

Wm. R. Morgan,

Henry Caswell,

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and worn by Sergt. Chickering; pants, dark, with yellow stripe an inch wide down outside seam of leg."

A called meeting was held June 26th, at 8 o'clock, A. M., on account of a request from Brig. Gen. Denny to assist in the search of the city of Nauvoo. The invitation was declined, but on the 28th of June, having heard of the killing of the Smiths and the supposed peril of Governor Ford, the company placed themselves under the command of Colonel Flood, as did also the German Guards, the Irish company and a company of vol- unteers under the command of Captain A. Johnston. The whole force was called the Quincy Battalion, and they embarked for Warsaw on the steamer Boreas; there were seventy-seven riflemen.

Once afterwards the Governor called out the company, and September 27th they again started for Warsaw by steamboat. On the 3d of October, 1845, Major Warren mustered them out of service at Carthage. In less than a week they were under orders again, this time as a mounted company for Warsaw, and, under the general command of Major Warren, seemed to be engaged in keeping the peace and preventing lawlessness through the county of Hancock.

The monotony of camp life was varied by occasional parades, dinners, parties and trips to Quincy on furlough.

We notice, as a symptom of the general good feeling, the following inci- dent taken from company records:

THURSDAY, Feb. 19th, 1846.

Sergeant Chickering having sent from Quincy fifty pipes and fifty papers of tobacco as a present to the Quincy Riflemen, the company appeared at the morning parade each man having a pipe in his mouth, and upon motion three cheers were given for Sergeant Chicker- ing, the pipes, tobacco, etc. A violent snow-storm continued throughout the day.

This campaign lasted until the first of May, 1846, and the riflemen had hardly got home and received their welcome ere they were invited by Major Warren to join in the brigade of Gen. Hardin for the Mexican war. We next see the company with its old officers and ninety-two strong ready to depart for Mexico.

THE MEXICAN WAR.

The Quincy Riflemen left on Wednesday morning, June 14th, on the Di Vernon, for Alton. Previous to their leaving, swords were presented to Capt. J. D. Morgan and Lieut. B. M. Prentiss, by the citizens of Quincy. The swords were received by these officers in well chosen speeches, in which they pledged themselves and the company to do honor to the gifts, and to the county and city which sent them forth. The company marched to the boat, where thousands were assembled who greeted them with cheer after cheer, bidding them good-bye, and wishing them God-speed in the defense of their country, and a safe return. They were all in as good cheer as men could be who were taking leave of dear friends, many of them for

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the last time probably, and the boat put out amidst music, cheers, etc., etc. Below are the names of the company and its officers:

Capt., J. D. Morgan, 1st Lieut., B. M. Prentiss, 2d Lieut., W. Y. Henry.

PRIVATES.

John Archer,

0. Shepherd,

J. Vandeburgh,

James Evans,

J. Pointer,

J. B. Webb,

E. B. Wood,

J. Ramsey,

G. W. Rust,

W. A. Miller,

A. Inman,

J. McCoy,

E. Everett,

J. W. Hoyt,

C. R. Knapp,

C. Everett,

J. Hoffman,

A. Hoig,

J. W. Burns,

H. Jourdan,

W. Finney,

H. McCluse,

J. Jenks,

L. J. Gloddish,

T. Hill,

O. H. Cunningham,

J. Pound,

A. Arnold,

L. Borr.

M. G. Smith,

A. J. Renck,

W. N. Crow,

D. Carpenter,

J. Fritz,

J. Beck,

F. Richter,

B. Cooper,

J. Willimon,

G. Evans,

J. J. Roberts,

W. H. White,

A. P. Littlefield,

J. Parsons,

F. Wolfe,

W. F. Veghte,

J. Cramber,

L. Collette,

M. Spear,

P. Honacle,

M. Rupright,

J. Worrell,

J. Peak,

L. W. Sweat,

H. Shepherd,

J. Roswell,

S. W. Henderson,

J. Downer,

H. Stott,

M. Stouses,

W. Cassidy,

E. W. Conyers,

D. B. Bust,

J. T. Conyers,

J. Lawrence,

W. R. Sellon,

J. P. Short,

T. L. R. Hoak,

S. Johnson,

A. R. Piper,

M. Jourdan,

J. S. Brooks,

B. A. Pound,

T. Wren,

E. Mills,

J. S. McKewson,

W. Jourdan,

S. Pound,

D. E. McNeal,

W. J. Jourdan,

W. S. Taylor,

C. W. Humphrey,

W. Cooper,

C. S. Ewing,

J. Sauks,

J. B. Jourdan,

'T. Lewis,

G. Grinun.

Ninety-three in all.

The Quincy Riflemen were attached, on their arrival at Alton, to Col- Hardin's regiment, to whom afterwards they became greatly attached. They were the seventh company received in service, and were denominated Company "G." The following is from the Alton Telegraph, of that period:

THE FIRST REGIMENT .- The First Regiment was organized on Tuesday, the 26th of July, 1846, and John J. Hardin elected colonel thereof, with but two dissenting voices in the whole regiment. Col. Shields, G. T. M. Davis and Win. Martin, Esqs., were appointed by the Governor judges of the election, and on the result of the election being announced, Col. Hardin appeared on the ground, escorted by Col. Shields, and made one of the most appropriate speeches it has ever been our fortune to listen to. He riveted the attention of the vast concourse present, who, at the close of the speech, testified their respect for him, and their approbation of his remarks, by three tremendous cheers.

It was very evident that not only his regiment, but the entire population present, had the most unlimited confidence in his integrity as a citizen, and his valor and qualifications as a soldier, and the pledge he gave that he was determined " The First Regiment of Illinois Volunteers should not be inferior in discipline or bravery to any regiment on the field of battle," we entertain no doubt will be fulfilled. As a military officer he stands confessedly without an equal in the State; and as such very appropriately commands the First Regi- ment of volunteers that go from Illinois.

* * * * * * *

The only two dissenting votes against Colonel Hardin's election were in the company from Green county. * *

* * * The rifle company from Quincy, under the command of Captain Morgan, is confessedly the best drilled company on the ground. The strife among the residue of the volunteers seems to be whose company can come nearest being like them in soldierly-like bearing and drill. Captain Mowers, of Chicago, is a splen- did disciplinarian, and his company are rapidly approaching that state of perfection

G. W. Wade,

J. F. Owen,

A. Tuttle,

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already reached by the Quincy company. * *

* * Colonel John J. Hardin, of the First Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, has appointed Lieutenant B. M. Prentiss, of the Quincy Riflemen, his adjutant. Lieutenant Prentiss is a fine officer, did himself great credit while attached to the Quincy Riflemen, and without doubt will prove himself equally efficient in the new office to which he has been elevated by Colonel Hardin.

In the Quincy Whig of July 8th, we see letters from " Camp Ne- cessity, near Alton, June 25th, '46," from Captain Morgan's company, and stating their assignment to Colonel Hardin's regiment.

Another paper has the names of some officers engaged in getting up a ball for July 4th, and among the names is Captain J. D. Morgan. Mean- while we note in passing through newspaper files, that wheat was on the market for thirty-five and forty cents per bushel in July, 1846.

On the 14th of July, 1846, a letter was written by "B. M. P." from Alton. He says that Colonel Hardin's regiment is destined for Antonio, Tex. "The riflemen received their pay for twelve months' clothing yester- day, and are at present flush, and are resolved to give a dinner at the Alton House to-morrow at three o'clock, and regret exceedingly that we cannot have the presence of some of our old citizens of Quincy." /

About this time the river steamers refused to carry mails, pay being inadequate, and great complaints were made because the four-horse coach line was changed to a two-horse hack from Naples.

From this time the history of the "Quincy Riflemen " is obtained from a record in possession of its captain, J. D. Morgan, and we make ample quotations with his permission. The clerical accuracy displayed in the record is evidence in itself of a careful and thorough compilation.

On the 10th of July the company was mustered and inspected-every man passed inspection, Colonel Churchill being inspector-general, G. T. M. Davis elected third lieutenant on the 15th. On the 18th the company left Alton on the steamer " Missouri," under orders for New Orleans. On the 24th the company landed on the battle ground below New Orleans. At this point we find the first case of military discipline recorded, " six privates under arrest for passing the guard and being absent without leave." On the 25th they took the brig " Albertina " for Texas.

On the 3d of August they landed in Matagorda bay, and marched ont twelve miles and encamped with the rest of the regiment at Camp Irwin. Rain and mud now made their marching disagreeable, but they kept on and reached San Antonia after fifty-one hours marching, a distance of one hundred and seventy miles. On the 24th marched into town and saluted General Wool at his headquarters, and in a day or two after gave an exhi- bition drill on the square.

On the 11th of September Sergeant Everett, while attempting to arrest a disorderly person, a Texan, was shot in the leg. The "riflemen" brought the rowdy to camp. The sheriff got him out of military prison, but he was retaken through mistake, and again liberated. He goes down to history

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The history of Adams County Illinois : containing a history of the county - its cities, towns, etc. a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion; general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, Part 40

Author: Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Chicago : Murray, Williamson & Phelps Number of Pages: 1254

Author:
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Murray, Williamson & Phelps
Number of Pages: 1254