[from An Epemeris Kept by Loren Webb...]
Monday, 22nd Fair most of the day. At 7 o'clock A.M., left Mascoutah, and went to Belleville, in order to be with our company. Spent the day in drilling and electing the non coms. At night the boys had a great jubilee.
[from the Belleville Weekly Advocate issue of22 April 1861...]
The following is a copy of the roll of the company, which organized on Saturday last. The non-commissioned officers are not yet elected.
Captain – Alex G. Hawes
1st Lieut. – J. A. Cox
2nd Lieut. – C. F. Roman
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Members
(ed: many names, among them…)
Loren Webb
Wm. C. Hawley
Perry Coffee
Wm. Orr
William Britt
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J. A. Cox, 1st Lieut of the second company of the Belleville volunteers arrived in the city this morning, bringing with him about thirty men from Mascoutah, who are members of that company. The whole company were mustered and uniformed in the Park Theater this morning.
Mascoutah is a small farming community in St. Clair County. Loren Webb was teaching school near Mascoutah when the war broke out.
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