Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Alton” in chapter 4 of Col. John C. Moore, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.2, Missouri:

...ulars. In Kansas there were two regiments, nearly 2,000 strong. Five Iowa regiments were on the northern border of the State, anxious to invade it, and Illinois was concentrating troops at Cairo, Alton and Quincy, which were as available as if they were in the State. This was a formidable force, and to oppose it the State had less than a thousand organized troops, most of them armed with shotgun...
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Alton (Illinois, United States) 469 2 73 0 0 user votes
Alton (United Kingdom) 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
Alton (Alabama, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Arkansas, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (California, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Canada) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Florida, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Georgia, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Idaho, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Indiana, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Iowa, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Kansas, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Kentucky, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Louisiana, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Maine, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Michigan, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Michigan, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (New Hampshire, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (New York, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (North Dakota, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Ohio, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Rhode Island, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Texas, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Utah, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (Virginia, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Alton (West Virginia, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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