MARCH 1, 1864:
Henry
H.
Bellew, of McDonough County, Illinois, died while a prisoner of war at Richmond, Virginia. He is one of 248 Union men of the County to
die in
the service of their country during the war. The total population of
McDonough
County in 1860 was just over 10,000. The losses of this rural county
equaled just under 2.5% of the residents; this was the national average.
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