Events

1862 Civil War Military Enrollment

In October 1862, an official military enrollment of men between the ages of 18 and 45 was conducted across Kane County, Illinois, as part of the Union government's effort to assess available manpower during the Civil War. Dundee township returned 356 enrolled men, of whom 90 were already in active service at the time of the count. The enrollment formed the baseline against which later draft quotas and credits were calculated through the remainder of the war.

Date & Context

The enrollment report for Kane County was submitted on October 8, 1862, by enrolling officer J. H. Mayborne. (Source: History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1 (Joslyn, 1908))

The enrollment was part of a broader federal and state effort to systematically account for military-age men across Illinois townships. Under the system in use at this period, each township's count of men aged 18–45 established a pool from which draft quotas could later be assigned. Men already serving in the army at the time of enrollment were tallied separately as a credit against future calls.

Dundee township's figures at the October 1862 enrollment:

Category	Count
Total enrolled (ages 18–45)	356
Already in active service	90

(Source: History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1 (Joslyn, 1908))

Participants

J. H. Mayborne served as the enrolling officer responsible for compiling and submitting Kane County's enrollment data. His report, dated October 8, 1862, is the primary record of Dundee township's figures. No further biographical detail about Mayborne has been confirmed in available sources. (Source: History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1 (Joslyn, 1908))

The 356 enrolled men of Dundee township were drawn from the civilian male population of military age residing in the township at the time. Individual names from this enrollment have not been extracted from the available source.

Significance

The 1862 enrollment established the foundation for Dundee township's obligations and performance across subsequent Civil War draft calls. Two later milestones illustrate how the township fared against those obligations:

1864 Draft: Dundee township was assigned a quota of 178 men. According to the History of Kane County (Joslyn, 1908), the township received credit for 200 men — exceeding its quota by 22. (Source: History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1 (Joslyn, 1908))
February 1865 Recruit Call: Dundee township was assigned an additional quota of 10 men to raise. (Source: History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1 (Joslyn, 1908))

At the county level, Kane County as a whole reportedly furnished 347 more men than its required quota by 1864, suggesting that Dundee's surplus was consistent with a broader pattern of strong enlistment across the county. (Source: History of Kane County, Ill., Vol. 1 (Joslyn, 1908))

Taken together, these figures indicate that Dundee township not only met but exceeded its Civil War military obligations under the draft and recruitment system — a record that the 1908 county history treats as a point of local distinction.

Sources

History of Kane County, Ill. (Joslyn), Vol. 1. 1908. Available at: https://archive.org/details/historyofkanecou01josl#offset-425687