. Historical and biographical . ^ct/l^i^cC ^:^^^^<^ HISTORY OF JASPER COUNTY. 485 MILITARY HISTORY OF JASPER COUNTY. BY J. H. BATTLE. IN the early wars of the Union, the Revolution, the war of 1812, theBlack Hawk war in 1832, the war with Mexico in 1846-47, JasperCounty took no part. The county was scarcely settled at this later period,and while several of her citizens were represented in the Indiana troopsthat were organized at that time, the county was not marked as the sceneof especial enthusiasm or military ardor. In 1860, while still one of themost sparsely settled counties, Jasper was
. Historical and biographical . ^ct/l^i^cC ^:^^^^<^ HISTORY OF JASPER COUNTY. 485 MILITARY HISTORY OF JASPER COUNTY. BY J. H. BATTLE. IN the early wars of the Union, the Revolution, the war of 1812, theBlack Hawk war in 1832, the war with Mexico in 1846-47, JasperCounty took no part. The county was scarcely settled at this later period,and while several of her citizens were represented in the Indiana troopsthat were organized at that time, the county was not marked as the sceneof especial enthusiasm or military ardor. In 1860, while still one of themost sparsely settled counties, Jasper was one of the few counties of theState that had a militia organization under the law of 1855. From the formation of the State to 1830, the State militia was inhigh repute, and aiforded the surest channel through which to achievecivil distinction. Four years later, the organization was entirly aban-doned, and public sentiment seemed to re-act, and render the later effortsto revive the system a failure. On the 14th of June, 1852, a
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