, 1862-08-27
What Kendall has Dones
OsTEGo, Aug, IS, 1862.

Editors Chicago Tribune:
Having noticed in your paper statements Of
what different counties OF this Stste have done
toward the grand total Of our forces for the
suppression OF the rebellion, / deem it proper
TO give some facts through your columns, if
not objectionable, as to what Kendall county
has done for the Union cause. Although her
companies and squads Of soldiers have been
s4gobbled up'' in the various mentions OF
lie keudali'' yields the palm to no county in
northern Illinois for soldiers in the field and
In camp, according to her population.
When the tocsin Of war first rang through
our prosperous country, Kendall county sent
one full eompany In the Goth regiment, to.
e. ther with about twenty men in Capt G. ".
Gardner'a company, in the 18th regiment.
Also, about forty men in Capt. s. E. sawyer's
company OF the 7th regiment, aud some men
in each OF the various companies formed In
Sandwich under Captain (now Major) Part
Later IN the summer, Kendall county fur
| nished company for Col. Dlckey's 4th cay
! airy Capt. G, Y. Townsend, and another for
Col. Farnsworth's sth cavalry, Capt. ]. 4.
| Freeman, and companies fron Oswego, Brs-
tol, Lisbon and Newark, besides number, OF
men enlisted in Capt. Jenks' Aurora cavalry
company for the 36th regiment, which has al
| ways been claimed, and vas by you reported
as q Kane county regiment, 1njusttv, too, as
| it was rendered and intended as o :" Fox River
| regiment" But In this, as in other instances
| frcm time immeuoFial, egoism claims more
thnp merit will Vouch for.
Since the calls OF the president for 600. 900
additional troops, onr county has not been
backward in keeping herself good Oh the
books" The work of enlistment was aided
by q bounty Of $50, offered by the board cl
| supervisors, who saw the necessity Of msking
such an offer to Keep our men from going
abroad to enlist where extra bounties were Of.
fered, and to-day. Kendall county has
for the new regiments Capt Hanna's
field. Two companies Of 1ot men eaen
{Capt. Fowler's and Capt Schryver's} il
Camp Hancock, Capt. Wlllett's company oi
1O1 men in the ratlroad regiment at Chicago
and Capt. loves company at Plano, now
under marching orders for. Camp Hancock
crui,ed by Mr.. Wisner, now in camp al
Ottawa. Also, about thirty have beer
recruited from this county st Menooka
in Grupdy county. a number have enlisted
in the regular army and In the Burnside
: expedition. It is true that some individual
; have enlisted in this county who were resi-
dents Of adjoining couuHes,. get enough q
our own citizens have enlisted and are In &C
: tusl service to Gil every company organfzes
In this county since the war began to tn
maximum number, and have enough at less
for Two respectable companies Left
. Altogether, as our aasessors' lists bear test3
, mony, s1om ], 400 to 500 men hare gone from
, this county to the var, and as very little hs
, ever appeared in any paper except the on
published In our county concerning on
! troops, our people are beginning to thinl
| that they are only to be recognized as an az
{ pendsge to those who have better faci[itte
for reachirg the public ear, Kendall count
only aska to be set In her proper position bf
= fore the public. She does not ask that any {
/ her citizens may be made hrigadier generalt
colonies or msjors; but she is will ny to sho
figures Of enlisted men Nth any Of her neig;
T bOrs. J. j. Coil.