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Adjutant General of Iowa, Roster and Record of the Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 5 (Des Moines, Iowa: Emory H. English, State Printer, 1911), p. 840.
The 38th Iowa Infantry on June 11, 1863, arrived in the vicinity of Vicksburg, where the Union Army of the Tennessee under Major General Ulysses S. Grant was besieging the city. In response to rumors of Confederate cavalry moving from Yazoo City, Mississippi, Herron's Division was ordered to the southernmost portion of the Union line. There, positioned near a swamp, the 38th Iowa Infantry built earthworks, and dug trenches and rifle pits. Due in part to the protection provided by this construction, the regiment lost only one man killed, one mortally wounded, and one severely wounded. Vicksburg surrendered on July 4, 1863, and the regiment marched inside a day later.
After joining an expedition against Yazoo City, the 38th Iowa Infantry was ordered to Port Hudson, Louisiana, arriving on July 27, 1863. Soon, the regiment was incapacitated by sickness and death. The regiment's commander died on August 7, and on August 13 only 8 officers and 20 men were reported as being able for duty. The regiment was moved to a more healthful location.
From November 1863 to July 1864, the 38th Iowa Infantry performed garrison duty at Brownsville, Texas. Traveling by steamer in August, 1864, the regiment arrived at Mobile Point, Alabama, to participate in the siege of Fort Morgan. The fort surrendered on August 23, 1864.
As of November 27, 1864, "the total enrollment of the [38th] regiment had been 1,037, that its death loss had been 313, and that its total losses from all other causes had been 180. The mortality loss alone amounted to over thirty percent of the total number enrolled, while the aggregate number of its casualties constituted nearly fifty percent of its total enrollment. It will thus be seen that the regiment had, without having had the opportunity to participate in any of the great pitched battles of the war, passed through a most frightful struggle with death and disease [...]"
Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad (H. R. & E.)
(The station was likely named after Milo C. Dewey, an H. R. & E. Railroad investor.[1])
Guthrie
Guthrie is an unincorpor
Guthrie—also known as Guthrie Station—is an unincorporated community located in Dix Township, Ford County, Illinois, United States. Guthrie was established about 1876 as an Illinois Central Railroad station, between Melvin to the northeast, and Gibson City, to the southwest, and was named after a company director. The railroad station closed in 1932.[2]
Named for A. S. Guthrie, a stockholder and director of the IC (Ford County History, 44).
The Guthrie Post Office was established on May 22, 1876, and closed on September 30, 1952.[3]
Edward Callary, Place Names of Illinois (Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2009), p. 148.
("Ford County History: Ford County, Illinois" Dallas, Tex.: Taylor, 1984.)
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The Behrens Post Office was established in July 1876 at the Dewey station on the Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railway. The post office was renamed Dewey in July 1878 to match the name of the station.[4]
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District 6 Boonsboro is a subdivision of Washington County, Maryland
Washington
District 6 includes the town of Boonsboro, and the unincorporated communities of Appletown, Benevola, Mapleville, and Zittlestown
21.19 square miles, almost entirely land area
to the east, it borders Frederick County, Maryland; the southern border follows Dogstreet Road, Maryland Route 858 (Mount Carmel Church Road), and Reno Monument Road.
Antietam Creek forms the northwest border.
The historic National Pike, now designated U.S. Route 40 Alternate is the main road through the district.
Nineteenth century newspapers often did not distinguish between the district of Boonsboro and the town of Boonsboro.
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Perry Township was organized in 1817 from two, 36-square-mile survey townships. At first called Leipsic (after the German city), the township was soon renamed Perry to honor Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, who led a United States Navy squadron to victory against a British Royal Navy squadron in the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Perry Township was divided in 1825; the western half becoming Congress Township. Perry Township was again divided in 1848, when Morrow County, Ohio, was created. The western half was transferred to the new county, the eastern half remained in Richland County, and both halves retained the name Perry Township.[5][6]
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Houstonville, an extinct village, was in the vicinity of the southwest corner of Section 16,[7] East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The Houstonville Post Office operated there from 1871 to 1878,[8][9] and Champaign County public school number 29 in Houstonville was open from 1899 to 1928.[10] The village had Methodist Episcopal, and Methodist Protestant churches,[11][12] and a Mennonite congregation.[13] Not served by a railroad line, Houstonville was abandoned gradually in the early 20th century. Nearby cemeteries include Beekman (formerly known as Houstonville) and Peabody (defunct).
Houstonville was named after the family of Robert Houston who purchased government land in Section 16 in 1855.[14] Houstonville was not platted.