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1490:Victory
1475:Roxbury
1189:Militia
1130:Wapello
1075:Oshkosh
1039:Wapasha
1006:Neapope
917:Madigan
912:Daniels
907:Madigan
902:Telcser
892:Redmond
812:Scholes
772:Sherman
762:Cochran
747:Cochran
732:Calhoun
722:Collins
612:Jenkins
495:C. Wood
465:Shapiro
460:Chapman
440:Donovan
430:Oglesby
420:Oglesby
415:Sherman
340:J. Wood
335:Koerner
305:Jenkins
285:Hubbard
63:Speaker
1460:Helena
1358:Galena
1321:Places
1271:Others
1125:Keokuk
1031:Dakota
882:Walker
862:Powell
852:Powell
827:Devine
787:Adkins
767:Curtis
752:Crafts
727:Haines
717:Thomas
702:Haines
697:Cullom
687:Corwin
682:Fuller
672:Cullom
662:Holmes
657:Turner
647:Breese
617:Semple
602:McLean
592:Mather
582:McLean
490:Kustra
480:O'Neal
445:Stelle
425:O'Hara
380:Shuman
290:Kinney
280:Menard
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922:Welch
887:Blair
872:Touhy
847:Green
837:Cross
757:Meyer
712:James
642:Casey
637:Cloud
622:Ewing
607:Ewing
500:Quinn
455:Dixon
450:Cross
395:Smith
375:Glenn
370:Early
355:Bross
325:Wells
320:Moore
300:Ewing
295:Casey
109:from
1151:Army
1115:and
1113:Sauk
897:Ryan
857:Wood
707:Shaw
485:Ryan
405:Gill
158:ISBN
105:and
79:Whig
77:, a
41:Life
822:Roe
400:Ray
183:at
137:304
89:in
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