Return from Second Cohort, circa December 1843

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Return from Second Cohort, circa December 1843
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Return from Second Cohort,
Nauvoo
Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas....
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, Hancock Co., IL, [ca. Dec.] 1843; handwriting of
Thomas Bullock
23 Dec. 1816–10 Feb. 1885. Farmer, excise officer, secretary, clerk. Born in Leek, Staffordshire, England. Son of Thomas Bullock and Mary Hall. Married Henrietta Rushton, 25 June 1838. Moved to Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland, Nov. 1839; to Isle of Anglesey, Aug...
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; docket in handwriting of
Thomas Bullock
23 Dec. 1816–10 Feb. 1885. Farmer, excise officer, secretary, clerk. Born in Leek, Staffordshire, England. Son of Thomas Bullock and Mary Hall. Married Henrietta Rushton, 25 June 1838. Moved to Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland, Nov. 1839; to Isle of Anglesey, Aug...
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General Return of the Second Cohort or Brigade of the
Nauvoo Legion
A contingent of the Illinois state militia provided for in the Nauvoo city charter. The Nauvoo Legion was organized into two cohorts: one infantry and one cavalry. Each cohort could potentially comprise several thousand men and was overseen by a brigadier...
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Illinois
Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...
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Militia for the year 1843

Brigadier Generals Colonels Lieutenant Colonels Majors Brigade Major Quartermasters Aids-De-camp to the Brigadier General Commissary Chaplains Surgeons Adjutants Quartermaster Sergeants Sergeant majors Captains 1st. Lieutenants 2nd. do. 3rd. do. Sergeants Corporals Pioneers Musicians Privates Total commissioned Total noncommissioned Officers and Privates Aggregates Muskets Rifles Swords Pairs of Pistols Cannons & Equipage Total of Arms

General Staff 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 5 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . 11 . . . . . .

1st. Regt. Artillery . 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 23 16 . 1 195 30 235 265 . 6 63 . 2 71

2nd. Reg. Rifle . 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 25 20 . . 257 26 302 328 . 59 2 . . 61

3rd. Reg. Rifle . 1 1 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 28 27 . 6 388 32 449 481 . 40 20 1 . 61

4th. Reg. Rifle . 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 27 22 3 . 230 30 282 312 21 28 13 3 . 65

5th. Reg. Infantry . 1 1 1 . . . . . . 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 27 19 6 . 272 30 324 354 42 . . . . 42

Aggregate 1 5 5 5 1 2 1 1 5 2 5 5 5 29 29 29 29 130 104 9 7 1342 159 1592 1731 63 133 98 4 2 300

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