The chronology
The land through time
Every documented event, from the property outward: Beloit, Rock County, the region and the world. Each one links to the page of the source that records it. The record so far covers 1820–1864; more years are being added.
1862
Beloit
- May 1862 Rev. Parmely came to Wisconsin, locating at Beloit.
- 1862 Enlistments and service during 1862 without documented days: Mr. Morse enlisted in the 21st Wis.; Oscar enlisted in the 1st Conn. Heavy; Mr. Tilton resigned his chaplaincy in August; a man enlisted in the 17th Mass.; the 33d Wis. promotion in the fall; John W. West taught school in 1862; George Hayes served in the Thirteenth; a transfer to the 22d Wis.; the Twelfth battery recruited; Dr. Palmer made surgeon of the Iron Brigade; a captain joined the Thirteenth at Fort Henry in October; a man enlisted for sixty days; Rev. Charles Lemuel Thompson began his pastorate in April; the Beloit "Journal and Courier" file ends March 27; the "Register" published from 1862; a man graduated from Hamilton College; another ordained a Congregational minister; Edward Searing later state superintendent associated with the county superintendency; a man married and entered Beloit College graduation.
- January 14, 1862 The Shopiere Cemetery was laid out.
Rock County
- July 26, 1862 A citizens' meeting was held in the public square at Janesville to devise means of raising Rock County's quota of 250 men.
- January 1, 1862 The county superintendency (replacing the office of town superintendent) went into operation in Rock County.
- 1862 Elections and appointments for 1862: county officers elected April 1 in Janesville; district officers, assembly representation fixed at 133 since 1862; Thomas Earle and others serving districts; a mayor elected in Janesville; a Register of Deeds elected in the fall; a State Senator elected; an assessor elected and re-elected; a district attorney elected; a collector of internal revenue appointed by Lincoln; a Trustee of the State Hospital appointed.
The region
- 1862 The Morgans: Thomas purchased a half-interest in the eating-house/hotel, the brothers purchased thirty-four acres from Silas H. Crandall which was platted into village lots, and William gave the place its name of Shopiere.
- September 2, 1862 The Twenty-second regiment (Companies raised largely in Rock County) was mustered into service at Camp Utley, Racine.
- September 29, 1862 Companies E and F of the Thirty-third went into camp at Racine; Company E of the Third Regiment left Janesville for Racine.
Nation and world
- September 24, 1862 Militia statistics of Rock County (draft-eligible men, exemptions, enlistments) were compiled to this date; W. Hale died at Washington.
- 1862 The Thirteenth Wisconsin garrisoned Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in 1862; a Rock County man's regiment went to Fort Leavenworth, Fort Scott, Lawrence and Fort Riley in 1862.