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Antique original
United States
Historical
Civil War Era
general store / dry goods / farm supply
Ledger book
From Malta Illinois circa 1863
119 pages
Hard bound
With dozens of local dekalb county customers & families listed , along with their daily purchases or trades
from eggs to nails ,
Butter to soap ,
candles to charcoal
sugar to kerosene
and more !
This little country general store sold just about everything !
( thanks to the recently built rail road stop & station )
It was the equivalent to the Walmart of its day !
hand written
Records of purchases / current accounts of dekalb county ‘ locals ‘
Farm owners and residents of the nearby environs of Malta and the surrounding small towns
Approximate Measurements 19.25"Tall x13.25" Wide x 2" Thick
This Ledger Covers The Dates August - October 1863
I am no dekalb county historian …
but recognize many of the names held within this ledger
streets and parks throughout the county were named after the founding ‘ pioneers’ of dekalb co.
these farmers supplied food items & products to the union army during the civil war
a very interesting and historic general store / farm supply retailer account book
Don’t pass it up !
typical light Discoloration , edge Wear
Minor Spine damage
cardboard hard Bound covers
A historic Piece Of dekalb county civil war History!
Beautiful clear Penmanship,
The Pages Are aged ,… but still In Good readable Condition,
This Item Has No Odor
Malta was founded in 1855, under the name of Milton.
Shortly afterwards, the name was changed to Etna,
then Malta after the Galena Railway station that served the village.
Soldiers and staff of Co. F
13th Illinois Infantry
Who Died in the Service of Their country during the civil war
Bushnell, Douglas R., Lt.Col. Sterling 11/27/63 KIA Ringgold
Chappel, Wilson E., Cpl. Malta 6/6/64 Died as POW
Clawson, Leonard L., Pvt. Sycamore 3/15/64
Goodrich, George, Pvt Cortland 2/16/63
Goodwin, Josiah K., Staff Amboy 8/4/63 HospStwd
Green, Andrew J., Pvt. Sycamore 10/2/61
Hill, John, Pvt. Malta 1864
Hogan, Thomas, Pvt. Sycamore 5/25/63 of Wounds
Keer, William C., Pvt. Sycamore 1/5/63 of Wounds
Keppell, Isaac, Pvt. N.Kingston 5/17/62
Oieson, Hans, Pvt. Cortland 11/2/63
Peck, Charles V., Pvt. Sycamore 11/27/63 KIA Ringgold
Russell, Alphonzo, Pvt. Cortland 12/29/63 KIA Chickasaw
Russell, Wesley D., Pvt. Sycamore 6/26/63
Smith, Henry, Pvt. Pierceville 11/27/63 KIA Ringgold
Smith, William S., Pvt. Sycamore 9/19/61
Stark, William H., Pvt. Cortland 12/15/61
Wing, Vinter B., Pvt. Sycamore 9/6/62 internal fever
Wyman, John B., Col. Amboy 12/28/62 KIA Chickasaw
Young, John, Pvt. Sycamore 1/13/64 of Wounds
Civil War Companies
Organized in De Kalb County, Illinois
2,391 Served
Artillery
2nd Regiment-- Battery G
Cavalry
8th Regiment --Companies B, K
14th Regiment --Company L
17th Regiment --Company C
Infantry
10th Regiment (3 months) -- Company C
10th Regiment (3 years) -- Company H
13th Regiment --Companies E, F
42nd Regiment -- Company K
52nd Regiment -- Company C
55th Regiment --Company B
58th Regiment -- Companies C, E
105th Regiment -- Companies A, C, E, G, H, K
132nd Regiment -- Companies F, K
147th Regiment -- Company F
156th Regiment -- Company H
DeKalb was originally called Huntley's Grove,[3] and under the latter name was platted in 1853.
The name is for Baron Johann de Kalb, a major general in the American Revolutionary War.[5] The first church in DeKalb was organized in 1844.
Beginning in 1846, a stage coach traveled from Chicago through DeKalb , Malta and Galena.
A post office has been in operation at DeKalb since 1849.[7] The first railroad reached DeKalb in 1853.
Barbed wire was a key product in DeKalb's history.
Joseph Glidden (1813–1906), a DeKalb resident since about 1850, received a patent in 1874 for inventing the conventional double-strand barbed wire that remains in common use around the world today.
Glidden and Isaac L. Ellwood (1833–1910) manufactured barbed wire in DeKalb, initially as the Barb Fence Company. Successor companies included the 1881 Superior Barbed Wire Company, which merged into American Steel and Wire in 1898 and finally became United States Steel.
Between 1892 and 1898 Glidden and Ellwood played substantial parts in establishing the state teachers college that became Northern Illinois University.
DeKalb played a leading role in the development of commercial hybrid corn.[6]: 46–49 From a base in the early county Farm Bureau, the DeKalb Agricultural Association produced large quantities of high-yield seed varieties, beginning in 1934. Until the mid-1970s, more American farmers planted DeKalb hybrid corn than any other brand.
The DeKalb logo was a flying ear of corn. A series of joint ventures and mergers beginning in 1982 resulted in the DeKalb brand of agricultural products being owned by Bayer since 2017.
