Victor, Illinois, in the Civil War-- Part 1

I will be taking a short break from the Battle of Antietam after the war and Robert E. Miles and Bazel Lemley to write about the really small town of Victor, Illinois.  It does not exist anymore and obviously was never very big as far as population (just 299 live in the entire township, which is called Victor Township).

Victor Township is located in the south central part of DeKalb County, Illinois.

I have been writing about it in my RoadDog's RoadLog blog and came across some interesting Civil War history, so, here it is.

From Genealogy Trails"Victor Township History."

In 1855, the population of Victor, Illinois, was 399; in 1860 it was 746 and in 1865, 835.

The town gave 103 soldiers to the War of the Rebellion and taxed itself $10,858 for war purposes.

Those who gave their lives in the service of their country:

Ferdinand Van Derveer,  who died at Louisville, Kentucky, March 30, 1865
E.T. Pierce,   at Alexandria, Virginia, April 23, 1861  (That was very early in the war.)
C.T. Bond,  at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1865
C.P. Snydam,   at Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1862

--Old Secesh