. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . grew rich from the sweat and toil, hlood and tlesh,ofothers. The war clouds j^rew darker aneing tlamaged severely;provisions were almost gone, and Major Anderson was compelled tohaul down the stars and stripes,—that dear old flag which hadseldom been lowered to a foreign foe; by rebel hands it was n«wtrailed in


. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . grew rich from the sweat and toil, hlood and tlesh,ofothers. The war clouds j^rew darker aneing tlamaged severely;provisions were almost gone, and Major Anderson was compelled tohaul down the stars and stripes,—that dear old flag which hadseldom been lowered to a foreign foe; by rebel hands it was n«wtrailed in the dust. How the blood (»f patriotic men of the Northboiled when on the following day the news wjis flashed along thetelegraph wires that Major Anderson ha<l been forced to surrender!And nowhere was greater indignation manifested than in Pikecounty. \.


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