, 1863-01-17
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
ADJUTANT GENERAL
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
january i, 1863-
GKNzRAL HEADQUARTERS STATE or 1G1nsoEs
- A1jutant Generals ofnco,

ln-folls or reports OF regiments alter they Lett
the State, to be filed III this department, us
we'll as the unorganized condition Of many Of
them when they received marching orders,
hare combined to mike the labor 81 prepar-
ing record Of these forces expensive and
perp1c1ing. The Imperfect condition Of the
records when took possession, Nov. II, 1861
and here refer to the subject by way Of
explanation on1y-l have endeavored to I'M
the most Il tie r an and dc q our foeess sS Z
confess I have been ambitious to place
the permanent archives Of the State the
name, residence and description Of every ILL.,
nois volunteer officer and priTate- This
seemed to me due to the living, as we'll as to
the memory Of the hepric and iamented dead;
and it's Importance to the people Of the State
WAS believed to outweigh all, considerations
Of expense necessary to accomplish the
object.
Prior TO February 21, 1862 there was not
even q regulation Of the War Department.,
which required copies Of either muster or de.
scriptiTe rolls to be filed in any of the State
departments. In very many, Instances the
United States mastering officers sent here to
muster into the service Of the United States
our volunteers, neglected, and in some cases
office. -
Another source Of difficulty and confusion
in this respect grew out Of the acceptance by
the War Department Of what were known As
"1ndepcndent regimenta.''
In addition to the regiments authorized to
be raised by the State, there were during the
year 1851, twenty-five regiments Of infantry
and four Of cavalry authorized By the Secre-
tary Of War to be raised In this State. Their
correspondence and reports were addressed
to the War Department. instead Of the State,
and some Of the persons who were engaged
IN recruiting these regiments, having been re-
fused authority to raise regiments By you,
were disineNncd, for q time, to furnish copies
Of their rolls or give official information to
you touching the condition Of their COM
lnan1s.
To remedy evils growing ont of this state
tions between tie State and Federal authori-
ties, the War Department, by general order
No. IL, promulgated February III, 1862, pro-
yided as follows: tsThc Governors of States
are legally the authorities for raising volun-
tecr regiments and commissioning their off,
GERS. Accordingly, no Independent organiza-
the United States service. Copies Of the rolls
Of muster into service will be sent as soon as
practicable to the Governors of the States to
which they belong by the commanders Of all
brlgndes, regiments, or corps heretofore re-
cognized as independent Of State organiza-
tfons; and all vacancies Of commissions In
snch regiments and corps will be hereafter
to law" :.
It will be observed that this order only ap:
plies to o particular. class Of regiments, and
the difficulty, to SONIC extent, for time con
tinuca.. a rule was adopted to decline to de-
liver commissions until these rolls should
be filed, but this rule could not In all cases be
adhered to, for regiments would frequently be
required to. move before their rolls could be
To supply these rolls and procure statistical
Information Of tho number Of troops furnished
by the State, as well as to ascertain the con-
dition Of our troops in respect to their cloth
ing, camp and garrison elnipage and arms,
agents, furnished with proper blanks, were
dispatched to their camps In November, 1861.
These agents in few days procured reports
from most Of tho regiments, but on account
of active orcmcnts in the field were unable
to do so from all.
the same difficulty, although not to so great
m extent, has been experienced during the
present year under the last calls for troops,
although the rule Of not delivering commits.
sions till their n.uster-in-roQs were
filed has been rigidly adhered to. A reference
to the dates Of muster and the time when they
left the State will explain how difficult, in.
decd how impossible, It was IN all cases ia
procure their descriptive rolls before they
moved. For the purpose therefore Of obtain
ing the descriptive rolls Of such old regiments
regiments MS were ordered aWay before their;
could be furnished, as well as to procure from
all regiments, LIST of men Joined companies
subsequent to their original organization; l1st
Of casualties and effective strength Of eact
regiment or corps. one clerk, II November
souri,; one to Memphis; on to Helena; at
agent to Kentucky and Eastern Tennessee
and mT first assistant and one clerk to Genera
Grants department. As these parties wert
sent In November confidently expected tt
receive their full reports By this time and bt
strength and condition of nil Illinois volun
teers, and the names and residence Of thost
who dad fallen in battle or died in hospitals
or been discharged from the service. In this
however, I haye been painfully disappointed
Partial reports only have yet been received
the enemy in the departments Of the Cumber
Land and Mississippi have cut of communica
tIons with them, and the army. have, how
ever, prepared statement Of our forces from
the most reliabla data in my possession. It:
general accuracy is Vouched for, but tn
| Strength therein stated is undoubtedly less II
some cases than it should be. The force sta
| ted Is intended to cover all who hare al. an
| time enlisted in our regiments and includes ai
who have been discharged or died.
As viii be explained hereafter, recru1tin
for old regiments has not been conducte
under orders from this department since Jnn
nary ], 1862. Those who hare been enlisted
however, bF the superintendent and otac12ll
| reported are 3ncinded N tnls et9tcment; bu
several hundreds have undoubtedly lo'ne
cia1ly reported to the Superintendent. Th
estimate, therefore, is low and considcrabl
less than think tile balance Of the return
| when received will show. When the balnne
Of the reports shall be received, If 1t Is desired
supplemental report Of the names et al pt
rates ean ~ bc prepared although It Will max
Roont wv pages. :: e.
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yet onr people could not easily realize that y
we're 1nteed IN state Of civil war. From
population In 1851 OF 65l,3V, We had Increase
to 1,fn ,e5l, more than doubling our popr
lasion in ono decade. Our real aud person;
| property in 1850. valued at 9156. .285, ,006, ha
In 1850 Increased to SS71, sec, 2S2, being IN II
crease Of 971b, ,5s5,s' or 1913 per cent
Our improved lands which In 1850 was bu
5,W9 5a5 acres with an estamated Salae
Se6, ,1552W, nad increased 10 1oto 70 ~ s5l ~