, 1866-11-19
THE WAR RECORDS.
Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
NUMBERS CALLED FOR And NUM-
BERS FURNISHED.

Hount1fH - Ueathx, Discharged, Dis.
nitsaals. &c., Ae.
From ouz owa Correspondent
EAsnsa1sw, November 16, 1850.
Some weeks ago the 1R1BrSE published
letter showing how 1llinoh stood In the rrc~
ords Of the War Department. That letter
was made up Of advanced shsets Of tho final
report Of the Provost Marshal General. This
report has Just been made public and I shall
now show briefly the war record made by
IOWA, WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA.
The aggregate number Of men called for
hy the President during the war was
. a,eA2,74S. The number enlisted into seryIce
Wis e,Goo. .4ol,
OfthIs vast number OF men, 1owa, with
Presidential vote in 1850 of about 12s> 800,
furnished 5000, being 3,15o more than her
full assigned quota Wisconsin, with vote
in 1860 Of about IL zoo, furnished 93 ,1E,, be-
ing IS, los less than her full assigned quota;
aud Minnesota, witt. vote in 1850 of about
$3.50, furnished "a ,9a,, being / ,s94 less than
her f>all assigned quota.
RECORD OF IOWA.
Hardly any State in the Union presents
better record than Iowa. II Will be OBJ
served that she furnished S,150 more men
than we're asked from her, and Ii should be
added that nearly all her troops were th1ee
years men, too. The alacsfty With which
she met the calls and orders Of the President
Is shown In the fact that under the call Of
July, 1852, When her quota was 1850, she
nished more than her quota on all the calls
Of 1851. Wisconsin and Minnesota met all
the earlier acquisitions OF the Government
with ptomptltudc, and during 1861 and 1862
each State pnt seEeral thousand more men
into the field than were called for.
coMNcTAT1pSs.
of course, the States must be credited
with the men who paid Communication money.
The aggregate sum received By the Govern.
ment during the war from this source was
SO &G, ,317.se, representing VI, IN men. Iowa
RE iseS5sa rs sIBaas4 aSa se!ohmatsa 5
men; e; Minnesota, ssl8,soo and COMMITTED
The record Of 1owa ls here again very bright,
but three States contributed less to Inc com
mutation fund than she did-I1lInois COM
mutine but afly five men on her grind quota
Of about a4O, 600, which she exceeded by over
4o,o0o; Kansas committing but two men on
her quota Of ,a31, which she exceeded bs
NONE on her quota Of about 1850, which
was not. however, quite filled. Wisconsin,
which fell 1900 behind or the quota as
signed her, paid communication, It will be
noticed. on 5.0T, exceeding, IN this respect,
oil The other States but eE-Msla feuE-Masssehasetts
she exceeded By over Il. 900; New York
committing Is, ,1Q7 on grand quota Of
507, 900, Which she did not ill, however, by
about 81, 600; Ohio commutiaE CAD on 4
quota Of SOC, COO, which shc exceeded by
about 81, 900; and Pennsylvania committing
the stupendous number Of ss,171 on quota
Of SS$,5 800, which che did not fiji by about
29,o0o+ II will be observed .ou examination
Of these figures that fennsylvanIa commutea
about one ln every Il she was called upon
10 furnish, Wisconsin one In q. Haesachu-
sctts one In B, New York one In 81, and Ohio
one In a. In the matter Of proportions, how
| ever, Wisconsin Is not 50 bad ns some other
States; for Minnesota comn,uted one In Is
New Jersey one IN e Maryland one Ia 10,
Vermont one in 1G, and Delaware even one
| In TO-
! - NEGRO TROOPS. ..-....
The entire number Of negro troops enlisted
| during the VAR Was 1s8,0l7. or This number
Iowa furnished nc, Wisconsin 165, and Miu-
nesota lo4-only Maine With her 104, New
10, and West Virginia with her 1876, doing
less in this linc than the best Of these three.
REPRESENTATIVE AEcRr1Ts.
The entire number Of representative re-
cruits put into the service during the war
was ~, Of which Massachusetts furnished
= i pss,H aaa osia ss' Esd
twenty-cigLt, distributed as follows: First
District, q; Second, s; Third, none Fourth,
!; Fifth, 2; Sixth, s.. Congressman IcIn-
1owa furnished nineteen, distributed as fol.
lows; First District, 2; Second, :; Third,
4; Fourth, 2; Finh, s.; Sixth, !. Congress.
| men Allison, Price and Hubbard arc among
those who set the good example. Minnesota
furnished threc-one from the First District
/ and two from the Second.
| BoCSrEs.
The Government paid out during The war
the great sum Of $500, ~, 800 In bountics 10
1,s4,t 600 men. Iowa, Wisconsin and aIiune.
| sota OF course paid their proportion Of this
aggregate. Each State also paid bountles Of
Its OVID, as did nearly all the loyal States.
Wisconsin has not furnished full returns
under this head, no figures having been re,
eeiFed from the Fiffh and Sixth Districts,
triets. The returne ] mn made as srrrcrats Tt ai,s
1856, ,2561s-