A citizens' meeting was held in the public square at Janesville to devise means of raising Rock County's quota of 250 men.

The evidence

• “President Lincoln issued his call for " more troops," of which Wisconsin was required to furnish five regiments, the quota of Rock County being two hundred and fifty. Accordingly, a meeting of the citizens of the county was held in the public square, at Janesville, Saturday afternoon, July 26, 1862, for the purpose of devising means for raising such quota in the shortest possible time, at which Isaac Miles, of Fulton, presided, supported by the following Vice Presidents : Hugh Wheeler, of Porter ; the Hon. David Noggle, of Janesville ;”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/12-rock-county-ch06-politics-war-record.md, PDF p. 467 / book p. 471

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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