Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-03
LINCOLN MUSTERED
FROM BlACKhAWK
WAR IN THIS CITY

OF interest today. when the Su,
D.al ON the lawn Of the Boat Clu,
: being presented to the city, as !
permanent memorial 10 mark The SpOI
where President Lincoln was muster
ed out OF The Black Hawk War as a
, Captain and re-euliSted as u private
are The Following Historical references
from various Illinois Histories, con
corning this memorable event.
L.ncolns visit 10 Ottawa at the
close OF the Black Hawk War is men
TONED in the following authorities
I Moses History of Illinois. p. $50:
Noses writes that the Illinois Vol
uu.eers became Disconnected and re
fused TO continue longer in The service
1t was decided to return To Ottawa
where. ON May y. 1892, The - com,
panies Of Whitesides army were NUS
tered out by Lieut. Robert Anderson.
OF Fort Sumter fame \ call for So
volunteers rangers was made Five
companies composed the regiment,
enc OF the Captains being Elijah lies
Abraham Lincoln also re-enlisted as
a private On August 18th the Vol
uuteers were mustered out, the war
I having come to an end.
Note The probable reason for
their presence in this locality was
the massacre upon Indian Creek in
LaSalle county. where on May Il
1882, thirty Indians killed the Hall
/ pettegrew and Davis families, Il in
all and made prisoners OF Sylvia and
Rachael Hall, aged respectively Il
and 10 years.
/ Ford's History OF Illinois. p. 1874:
They 1.-THE Illinois Volunteers in
the Black Hawk War were first
marched back to the battlefield ii
pursuit of the Indians and then by
Paw Paw Grove and Indian Greek. &c
Ottawa. where the whole regiment
at their urgent request, were dis
charged by GOV Reynolds, on the
9th day or 2Sth day OF May.
Abraham Lincoln, by Norman Hap
good, p. 80:
When the volunteers tin the Black
Hawk War were mustered out, May
9TH or 2Sth. he was one OF the few
to re-enlist, this time as private in
Capt Elihai lies company OF indie
pendent Rangers. He was mustered
in by General Robt. Anderson.
The Story Life of Lincoln by Wayne
Whipple, p log.
The company Of the Fourth lllinoi.
Mounted Volunteers, commanded By
Mr.. Lincoln. was with others. callet
out by Gov Reynolds and was organ
ICED at Richland Sangamon county
Illinois. The records show that the
company was mustered out al thu
mouth Of the Fox river. May -, 1882
On the muster roll OF Capt Ehjal
lies Company Illinois Mounted Vo'
un GERS, A. Lincoln appears as a PR
yate from May 81 1892, TO June 1852
See also letter of Capt Hes published
in Black Hawk War by Stevens, /
173.
Quoted from letter of Gen. r. {
Drum. Adj Gen L. S. Army in Vol.
p. sc, Of Nicolay and Hays Abraham
E Lincoln.
The Black Hawk War by Frank I
Stevens, p. 1862
Leisurely following the Fox river
It's mouth was reached by (the lllinoi
Army on the morning Of the 9th G
May, 1892. where en- that day and tn
next the Volunteers were mustere
out OF service.
p. 1G4. Immediately the musterin
out was finished on May 9th, 81
companies were organized. command
ed by Captains and ELLA
, Hes with whom Lincoln was a pr
) vate.
, =. 172. On The Goth day Of Ma,
Gen. Atkinson crossed over frol
f. Dixons Ferry to Ottawa to take u
his headquarters opposite The mout
, Of the Fox river, where Fort John
ton was established
y The Life of Lincoln, by Isaac
| Arnold.
t p. SO. Col Robert Anderson, in
s manuscript sketch Of the Black Haw
War. dated May 10. 1870, and a
5 dressed to the Hon f. y. Washburn
3 to whom the manuscript belong
h says, II also mustered Abraham III
a coin twice into service and once on
He was a member Of one Of the
It dependent Companies | nli
s. tered him into the service at II
II mouth Of he Fox river (Ottawa) M
%, 1882, In Capt Elijah Hes col
Q pany"
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