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MINNESOTA

IN THE

CIVIL AND INDIAN WARS

1861-1865.

PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OF

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

APPOINTED BY THE ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MINNESOTA
OF APRIL 16, 1889.

ST. PAUL, MINN.:

ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED FOR THE STATE

BY THE PIONEER PRESS COMPANY.

1890.

INTRODUCTION.

THE project for the work herewith submitted was started by the survivors
of Minnesota organizations in the Civil War at their separate annual reunions
in 1888. Pursuant to that action a meeting of representatives of a majority
of the organizations was held at St. Paul, Dec, 11, 1888, which chose a com
mittee to prepare a plan for the publication of the proposed history. That
committee, after repeated conferences, reported a bill for an act of the legisla
ture, which, after a few alterations, was approved by a meeting, Jan. 10, 1889,
of representatives of nearly, or quite, every organization. The bill was intro
duced in the House of Representatives by Hon. F. E. Searle of St. Cloud, Jan.
24, was finally passed with some amendments, was approved April 16, 1889,
and is as follows:

An Act to Provide for the Preparation and Publication of a History of the Organization
and Services of Minnesota Troops in the Civil War of 1861-1865, and the Indian
War of 1862.

WHEREAS, The survivors of the various military organizations of Minnesota
troops which served in the armies of the United States in the War of the Rebel
lion and in the Indian War of 1862, have, through their respective societies and
associations, determined to have a separate history of each of said organizations,
prepared in such form as will admit of their publication in a single volume, under
the title of "Minnesota in the Civil War, 1861-1865," and have duly selected the
following named officers of the following named organizations, viz. :

William Lochren, late captain First Minnesota Infantry Volunteers; J. W.
Bishop, late colonel Second Minnesota Infantry Volunteers; C. C. Andrews, late
colonel Third Minnesota Infantry Volunteers; John B. Sanborn, late colonel
Fourth Minnesota Infantry Volunteers; L. F. Hubbard, late colonel Fifth Min
nesota Infantry Volunteers, and Charles E. Flandrau, commanding at the battle
of New Ulm in the Indian War of 1862, as a board of commissioners whom they
desire to have appointed, with authority to supervise the preparation of the
material for such publication, and have charge of the publication and distribu
tion of said volume under the provisions of an act of the legislature; and,

WHEREAS, Free institutions and the genuine liberty of mankind can be
preserved only by the public spirit and patriotism of the people of all classes,

IV INTRODUCTION.

which is largely engendered and promoted in the sons by the record of the sacri
fices and achievements of their fathers in their efforts for their establishment and
preservation, while at the same time common justice calls upon the state to pre
serve a record and memorial of the patriotic and heroic deeds of her soldiers,
many of whom fell in the great struggle for the preservation of free government
and the enlargement of the area of freedom so as to include all people of every
race and color within the borders of the United States, in such form as to make
it accessible and convenient to all their descendants and all the people of the
State of Minnesota;

Therefore, be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota :

SECTION 1. That said William Lochren, Judson W. Bishop, Christopher C.
Andrews, John B. Sanborn, Lucius F. Hubbard and Charles E. Flandrau be,
and they are hereby, appointed a board of commissioners, whose duty it shall be
to meet at the capitol of Minnesota and organize as such board on or before the
first Monday of April, A. D. 1889, and take charge of and cause to be prepared
and published an official historical narrative of the services of each regiment,
battalion, battery and independent company of Minnesota troops while in the
service of the United States in the Civil War of 1861-1865, and in the Indian
War of 1862, and to cause the same to be edited and made ready for publication,
and to be published as hereinafter provided, in a single volume, which shall be
entitled 4< Minnesota in the Civil War, 1861-1865." Said work shall contain a
complete roster of all Minnesota soldiers and sailors engaged in said war.

No compensation shall be allowed or paid said commissioners for services as
such under this act, but they shall have authority to employ, at a reasonable
compensation, to be determined by them, one of their number, or some other
person or persons, to discharge the duty and do the work of editors in preparing
the said volume for publication and superintending the publication of the same,
and may incur such other incidental expenses as may be necessary in the dis
charge of their duties under this act. When said commission has completed its
work, and said volume is fully prepared for publication, said commission shall
attach a certificate thereto to the effect that the narrative of the organization and
services of the respective organizations of Minnesota troops therein contained
has been examined by them and found conformable to the truth, and thereupon
said commission will deliver said manuscript to the commissioners of public
printing, with a sample volume of a book selected by them, in conformity with
which the said volume shall be printed and bound; or said commission may, in
their discretion, advertise and let such printing to the lowest responsible bidder,
in which case the same shall be done substantially as herein provided to be done
by the commissioners of public printing.

SEC. 2. The commissioners of public printing shall, without any unnecessary
delay, proceed to have the manuscript of said military history printed as direct
ed by the commissioners aforesaid, and in the printing and publication of the
same shall be governed by the general statutes pertaining to the printing of pub
lic documents, excepting so far as said statutes are modified by the provisions
of this act, or by the directions of the commissioners hereby created.

Said commissioners of public printing shall cause to be printed and bound
10,000 copies of said military history, and deliver the same to the adjutant gen
eral of the State of Minnesota, who shall, without unnecessary delay, either by

INTRODUCTION. V

personal delivery or by mail or express, deliver one copy thereof, free from ex
pense, to each surviving soldier of any organization of Minnesota troops in the
said war who shall apply therefor, but no copy shall be delivered until the adju
tant general has satisfied himself of the identity of the soldier who is to receive
the same. One copy of the same, upon like request, shall be delivered to the
surviving widow, father or mother of any such deceased soldier, and if no widow,
father or mother is living, then to the oldest son or daughter, or brother or sis
ter, upon identification to the satisfaction of the adjutant general; and to facili
tate such delivery the adjutant general shall mail to the representative of every
such deceased soldier, and to every such surviving soldier whose address may be
known or furnished to him, a notice informing him that he is entitled, upon re
quest, to a copy of the said history free of expense, and shall keep a record of
the delivery of such history to such surviving soldier or representative of such
• deceased soldier; one copy to each public and college library in the state, and
one copy to each state institution; one copy to each school district in the state
having a library, and one copy to such libraries of state and foreign governments
as are accustomed to exchange public documents with the public library of this
state. One hundred copies of the same shall be delivered to the Minnesota His
torical Society, and fifty copies to the library of the State University of Minne
sota, for exchange. After the distribution of the copies of the histories as afore
said the adjutant general may sell any remaining copies, at a price not exceeding
ten per cent above the actual cost of the same to the state, to any parties desiring
to purchase the same, but not more than one copy to any one person; and he
shall at the end of every quarter render an account to the state auditor of the
number of copies he has sold, and pay over the proceeds of such sales to the state
treasurer, and the state treasurer shall sign and deliver to him duplicate receipts
for the money so paid over, one of which the adjutant general shall retain in his
office and file the other with the state auditor.

SEC. 3. The cost of printing and binding said volume shall be paid in the
same manner and upon like vouchers as other public printing, out of the funds
appropriated for that purpose, and the expenses incurred by the commission
in editing and preparing said manuscript shall be paid upon vouchers made
out and approved by said commission, which vouchers shall be filed with the
auditor of state, and be paid by his warrant drawn in the usual form upon the
state treasurer. The roster herein provided for shall be procured and furnished
to said commission by the adjutant general of this state.

SEC. 4. The commissioners of public printing shall cause said volume to be
stereotyped or electrotyped, so that additional volumes may be printed at any
time hereafter by direction of the legislature, and said stereotype or electrotype
plates shall be delivered to and retained by the adjutant general.

SEC. 5. To enable the commissioners hereby appointed to carry into effect
the provisions of this act there shall be, and hereby is, appropriated out of any
money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of $12,000, or so
much thereof as may be necessary. Provided, that no expense shall be incurred
by said commission for the purposes hereof in excess of the appropriation herein
made.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 16, 1889.

Vi INTRODUCTION.

The undersigned Commissioners named in the foregoing act met at the
state capitol on the 24th day of April, 1889, and organized by the election of
William Lochren as chairman and C. C. Andrews as secretary. The latter
was also chosen at the same meeting as editor of the history, and has served in
that capacity.

At a meeting held May 1st, the Commission agreed upon the space to be
allotted for each narrative, and the secretary was instructed to address a note
to a proper representative of each organization, requesting him to furnish a
narrative of its services for the use of the Commission. These narratives have
all been furnished without expense to the state, except for copying. The un
dersigned, while not committing themselves to expressions of opinion by the
various writers, have carefully examined and revised all the narratives, and
have found them conformable to the truth.

Sec. 3 of the foregoing act provides that "The roster herein provided
for shall be procured and furnished to said Commission by the adjutant general
of this state." The roster printed in this volume has accordingly been fur
nished by the adjutant general from the best sources at his command. Proof
sheets of many companies were sent to such persons as it was thought would
from personal knowledge be able to correct errors; and not a few corrections
in names, dates, etc., have in this way been supplied. Corrections and addi
tional names which were received after the press work was done will be found
printed as an addendum.

The whole number of names printed in the roster in this volume, including
those in the supplement or addendum, and in the companies of citizen soldiers
engaged in the Indian War, is 26,717. In not so very few instances, men who
were discharged before the close of the war re-enlisted and served in other
organizations, and the names of such are consequently repeated. But in view
of the fact that the total population of Minnesota in 1860 was only 172,023,
and not exceeding 250,099 in 1865, her contribution to the Union armies
will be found to compare favorably with the number furnished by other states.

Some few facts in her war record will remain of general interest. Minne
sota furnished the first "three-years7 " regiment that reached the seat of war.
It was a Minnesota regiment that sustained the greatest loss in the greatest
battle of the war; a fact which is shown by the recent valuable statistical work
of Lieut. Col. William F. Fox of Albany, K Y., entitled "Regimental Losses
in the American Civil War." He states, on page 26: "In proportion to the
number engaged, the greatest loss sustained by any regiment during the war
was that of the First Minnesota, at Gettysburg." This writer shows that in
respect to the numbers engaged and losses sustained on the respective sides, the

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battle of Gettysburg was almost identical with the battle of Waterloo. By
uncommon research he has ascertained that the number killed and who died
from wounds on the Union side, in the battle of Gettysburg, was 5,291. He
cites eleven other battles ranking next after Gettysburg in the order as named, in
respect to loss sustained by the Union armies, as follows : Spottsylvania, Wil
derness, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, Fredericks-
burg, Manassas, Shiloh, Stone River and Petersburg. The narratives in this
volume show that Minnesota soldiers were engaged in all of these memorable
battles, and in a very large number of others, and some of which, like Vicks-
burg, Chattanooga, Nashville and Atlanta, were of very decisive character.

The Commission would hereby tender its thanks to the War Department
for the courtesy and promptitude with which it has, on repeated occasions,
furnished information for the preparation of this volume.

WILLIAM LOCHEEN,
J. W. BISHOP,
C. C. ANDREWS,
JOHN B. SANBORN,
L. F. HUBBARD,
CHAS. E. FLANDRAU,
Commissioners under the Act of April 16, 1889.

CONTENTS.

(.See, also, Index at the end of the volume.)

THE FIRST REGIMENT.

Narrative of, also the First Battalion, by Judge William Lochren of Minneapolis, who
served with the regiment, both as an enlisted man and commissioned officer, in the

Army of the Potomac 1-48

Roster of the regiment 49-66

Roster of the First Battalion 66-78

THE SECOND REGIMENT.

Narrative of, by General J. W. Bishop of St. Paul, who served in the regiment as captain,
major, lieutenant colonel and colonel, Army of the Ohio and Army of the Cumber
land 79-122

Roster of the regiment 123-146

THE THIRD REGIMENT. *

Narrative of, by General C. C. Andrews of St. Paul, who served with the regiment as cap
tain, lieutenant colonel and colonel, Army of the Ohio, Army of the Tennessee and
Army of Arkansas 147-177 tX^-

Roster of the regiment 178-197

THE FOURTH REGIMENT.

Narrative of, by Captain Alonzo L. Brown of Brownton, McLeod county, who served in
the regiment as a non-commissioned officer, Army of the Mississippi and Army of the
Tennessee 198-220

Roster of the regiment 221-242

THE FIFTH REGIMENT. .

Narrative of, by General L. F. Hubbard of Red Wing, who served with the regiment as
captain, lieutenant colonel and colonel, Army of the Mississippi and Army of the Ten
nessee 243-281 L

Roster of the regiment 282-299

THE SIXTH REGIMENT. '

Narrative of, by Hon. Charles W. Johnson of Minneapolis, who served with the regiment
as an enlisted man in the Indian War in Minnesota and Dakota, and in Arkansas and
Alabama, Army of West Mississippi 300-328

Roster of the regiment , 329-346

X CONTENTS.

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT. '

Narrative of, compiled, under direction of the Commission, from official records, and infor
mation furnished by James T. Ramer, Esq., of Winona (and others), who served with
the regiment as a non-commissioned officer in the Indian War and Army of the Ten
nessee 347-369

Roster of the regiment 370-385

THE EIGHTH REGIMENT.

Narrative of, by Hon. William H. Houlton of Elk River, who served with the regiment as

a non-commissioned officer in the Indian War and in the Twenty-third Army Corps... 386-400
Roster of the regiment 401-415

THE NINTH REGIMENT.

Narrative of, by Hon. C. F. Macdonald of St. Cloud, who served with the regiment as a

non-commissioned officer in the Indian War and in the Army of the Tennessee 416-438

Roster of the regiment 439-454

THE TENTH REGIMENT.

Narrative of, by General James H. Baker of Garden City, Blue Earth county, who served
as colonel of the regiment in the Indian War and in Missouri (regiment afterward
served in Army of the Tennessee) 455-471

Roster of the regiment 472-487

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.

Narrative of, by Rufus Davenport, Esq., of St. Paul, who served with the regiment as a

non-commissioned officer in the Department of Tennessee 488-491

Roster of the regiment 492-506

FIRST COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS.

Narrative of, by Lieut. Col. Francis Peteler of Minneapolis, who served as its first cap
tain in the Army of the Potomac 507-510

Roster of the company 511-512

SECOND COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS.

Narrative of, by J. B. Chaney, Esq., of St. Paul, who served with the company as a non
commissioned officer in the Army of the Potomac 513-516

Roster of the company 517, 518

FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.

Narrative of, by the late Hon. Eugene M. Wilson of Minneapolis, who served with the

regiment as captain in the Indian War 519-524

Roster of the regiment 525-542

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SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY. u

Narrative of, by Lieut Martin Williams of Minneapolis, who served with the regiment

as quartermaster in the Indian War, Minnesota and Dakota 543-551 s 7

Roster of the regiment 552-571

BRACKETT'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY.

Narrative of, by Isaac Botsford, Esq., of Albert Lea, Freeborn county, who served as a
non-commissioned officer in the battalion in Kentucky and Tennessee and in the
Indian War 572-584

Roster of the battalion 585-593

HATCH'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY.

Narrative of, by Major C. W. Nash of Minneapolis, who served as quartermaster of the

battalion in the Indian War 594-601

Roster of the battalion 602-611

FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.

Narrative of, by Lieutenant James J. Egan of St. Paul, who served as adjutant of the

regiment at Chattanooga 612, 613

Roster of the regiment 614-639

FIRST BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

Narrative of, by Lieutenant Henry S. Hurter of Washington, D. C. (Pension Office), who
served with the battery as an enlisted man and commissioned officer in the battle of
Pittsburgh Landing, siege of Vicksburg, Atlanta campaign, etc 640-649

Roster of the battery 650-653

SECOND BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

Narrative of, prepared, under direction of the Commission, from official records and infor
mation furnished by its commander, Captain W. A. Hotchkiss of Preston, Minn 654-665

Roster of the battery 666-669

THIRD BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

Narrative of, by Lieutenant G. M. Dwelle of Lake City, who served as a commissioned

officer with the battery in the Indian War 670-677

Roster of the battery 678-680

I/
Addendum to roster 681-695

Practical observations that have occurred to the Commissioners in the progress of the

work, by Gen. J. W. Bishop of St. Paul 696-700

GENERAL OFFICERS.

List and short record of general officers, appointed from Minnesota, and of other Minnesota

officers, who were brevetted as general officers 701-714

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VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS.
List and short record of officers, appointed from Minnesota, in the Volunteer Staff Corps... 715-723

APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY.

List, furnished by the War Department, of appointments in the United States Army from

Minnesota, 1861 to 1870 inclusive 724

OFFICERS OF COLORED TROOPS.
Promotions from Minnesota Volunteers in United States colored organizations 725-726

THE INDIAN WAR OF 1862-1864, AND FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS IN MINNESOTA.

Narrative of, by Hon. Charles E. Flandrau of St. Paul, who, as colonel, commanded at the

battle of New Ulm, and on the southern frontier 727-753

Roster of citizen soldiers who served in the Sioux Indian War of 1862, compiled by Hon.

Charles E. Flandrau of St. Paul 754-817

Index... 819-844

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MINNESOTA

IX THE

CIVIL AND INDIAN WARS.

NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST REGIMENT.

BY LIEUTENANT WILLIAM LOCHREN.

At the request of my comrades I have assumed to write the narrative of the
First Keginient Minnesota Volunteers for this history. Gen. William Colvill
was designated to act with me ; but the distance between us is so great, the time
I can devote to it so precarious, and usually at evening, after days spent in ex
hausting official labor, and the time now so short within which it must be pre
pared, that no arrangement can be made to avail myself of the general's aid
beyond his graphic account of our first battle. The necessity of compressing
the narratives of all Minnesota troops engaged in the Civil War, and in the In
dian War of 1862, with full rosters, into a single volume of moderate size, limits
to briefest outlines the story of this regiment, which took part in every battle of
the Army of the Potomac during the first three years of the war, achieving a
reputation certainly second to no regiment in the service, and which, on the
memorable field of Gettysburg, performed such an act of successful heroism as
has no parallel in history. Its tale, if fully written, and interspersed with inter
esting incidents as they actually occurred, would not find sufficient space in the
entire volume, covering, with the service of Companies A and B of the battal
ion, made up mostly of its recruits and re- enlisted men, all the battles and
marches from Bull Eun to Appomattox. But anecdotes must in general be
omitted, and brevity and accuracy alone* aimed at in writing this narrative. I
have received great aid in preparing this work from memoranda and data
gathered by Maj. Henry D. O'Brien of East St. Louis, 111., and kindly placed
by him at my disposal ; also from the full and well- written diary kept by Isaac
L. Taylor of Company E, up to the morning of the day on which he was killed
in the charge of the regiment at Gettysburg, supplemented from that time by
his brother, Capt. P. H. Taylor, now of Harrisonville, Mo.; also from diaries
kept by Capt. Myron Shepard and Sergt. Sam. Bloomer of Stillwater, and Sergt.
Mathew Marvin of Winona, and letters written by Capt. John Ball, Charles E.
Goddard, and others. I have also consulted "The Rebellion Record," so far as
published; " Regimental Losses in the American Civil War," by Lieut. Col.
William F. Fox ; and "The Second Corps," by Gen. Francis A. Walker, and such
other data as was within reach, trusting to my own recollection of events to cor
rect what appeared to be error or misconception on the part of others. Although
I cannot hope to have attained entire accuracy, I trust that mistakes will be
found to be few and of minor importance. While I recognize that it would be
of interest to note promotions as they occurred, and to give lists of casualties in
the accounts of battles, it would be extremely difficult to do this now, with en
tire accuracy, from any data at present within my reach, and would make the
work overpass its limit. And I conceive it to be the less necessary, as the nar
rative is to be accompanied by a complete roster as accurate as can now be made.

2 THE FIRST REGIMENT.

THE REBELLION.

April, 1861, brought civil war. Its causes— the existence of slavery in the
South ; the doctrine, coming from the statesmen of the Eevolution, that every
organized community has the right to change its government, and its relations
with other governments, at its pleasure ; the doctrine, also traceable to the same
source, regarding the states as the ultimate sovereigns, and the union formed
by them, as subsisting, as to each state, only at its will ; the diversity of pur
suits, and in character of the people of the two sections, and the constant recrimi
nation and abuse passing between the haughty, arrogant representatives of the
Southern slaveholders and the meddlesome abolitionists of the North, each hating
the other, and equally willing to disrupt the union which bound them together—
are matters bejond the scope of this narrative, as is also any account of the
political clashings and compromises which preceded and postponed the war.

To the mass of the people of the North the war came suddenly and unlocked for.
Threats of secession had come so often in then recent times, and been soothed by
compromise, that the people had grown accustomed to them, and were inclined
to look on the ordinances of secession and the withdrawal of senators and repre
sentatives as bravado, which would end, as other threats had ended, in some form
of accommodation or compromise. Even when Sumter was invested and sum
moned to surrender, the apparent apathy of the new administration, contrasted
with the bombastic style of Beauregard's orders and dispatches, which were
borne everywhere by telegraph, caused the masses to look on the proceeding as
a militia demonstration, which would waste itself in noise and display. But the
news that Fort Sumter and the Star of the West, each bearing the flag of our
country, had been actually fired upon, the steamer driven back and the fort
likely to be captured, brought a shock to the people of the North, and with it the
realization that the time had at last come when the union of the states would dis
integrate and change into at least two governments, foreign to each other, and,
from differences in institutions, almost necessarily hostile, unless by absolute
force, and regardless of fanciful theories, the seceding states should be compelled
to remain in the Union, and that Union so solidified into a nation that no claim
of right to secede should thereafter be asserted or pretended.

THE FIRST REGIMENT TENDERED.

From the call made by President Lincoln for 75,000 men, to serve for three
months unless sooner discharged, it would seem that the administration hoped,
even then, that a show of force would suffice to bring the rebels to terms. Gov.
Alex. Eamsey was in Washington when, on Saturday night, April 13th, the
news of the surrender of Fort Sumter was received. Early the next morning he
went to the War Department, finding Secretary Cameron, with his hat on and
papers in his hand, about to leave the office. Eamsey told him his business was
simply, as governor of Minnesota, to tender 1,000 men to defend the Gov
ernment. "Sit down," said the secretary, "and write the tender you have
made, as I am now on my way to the president's mansion." This was quickly
done, and thus the earliest tender of troops came from Minnesota. It was ac
cepted; and on the next day the president's call for troops was published ; and
on that day Gov. Eamsey telegraphed Lieut. Gov. Ignatius Donnelly, advising
him of the offer and its acceptance, and requesting an immediate call for vol
unteers. This became known at St. Paul during the day, and at a meeting of
the Pioneer Guards of that city, held on that evening at its armory, the matter
was discussed, and several members signed a paper agreeing to enlist under the
call. Josias E. King, afterward orderly sergeant of Company A, and, after re
peated promotions, becoming captain of Company G of the First Minnesota
Eegiment, was the first to sign the paper, and therefore claims the honor of being
the senior volunteer in the United States service in the Civil War.

ORGANIZATION OF THE REGIMENT.

On April 16th, Mr. Donnelly, as governor ad interim, issued his call for vol
unteers for one regiment of infantry of ten companies, to report to the adjutant

ORGANIZATION OF THE REGIMENT. 3

general at St. Paul. The call met with enthusiastic response from every part of
the state. The public meetings held in all the larger towns, addressed by promi
nent men of both political parties, manifested the unanimous and determined
feeling existing in support of the Government, and in favor of the maintenance
of the Union. The enrollment of volunteers went on rapidly ; and on Monday,
the 29th day of April, ten companies were assembled at Fort Snelling, as directed
by the adjutant general, viz.: The Pioneer Guards, Capt. Alexander Wilkin;
the Still water Guards, Capt. Carlyle A. Bromley ; the St. Paul Volunteers, Capt.
William H. Acker ; the Lincoln Guards, Capt. Henry E. Putnam ; the St. An
thony Zouaves, Capt. George N". Morgan; the Goodhue Volunteers, Capt. Will
iam Colvill; the Faribault Volunteers, Capt. William H. Dike; the Dakota
Volunteers, Capt. Charles P. Adams ; the Wabasha Volunteers, Capt. John H.
Pell ; and the Winona Volunteers, Capt. Henry C. Lester. The companies of
Captains Lester, Pell, Colvill and Adams had reached Fort Snelling a few days
in advance of the others. The old fort had been for several years in a state of
neglected disuse ; but cordage for halyards was found, and a nimble volunteer
climbed the flagstaff and arranged it in its place, and at noon, on April 29th, up
rose the stars and stripes, while the cannon thundered forth a national salute of
thirty-four guns. The first dinner was then served on tables of rough boards,
with service of tin cu.ps and plates, and was disposed of with relish and jollity,
most of the crowd of visitors sharing. During that afternoon the men were in
spected and regularly mustered into the service of the United States by Capt.
Anderson D. Nelson of the regular army, except that the Hastings and Winona
companies, each lacking a few men, were filled up and mustered on the following
day. Little personal examination of the men was necessary, as care had been
taken to enlist none having any personal defect. The men were brawny and
stalwart, of all professions, trades and callings, having many in the ranks who
sought for no office, yet were well fitted by natural ability, education and train
ing to discharge well the duties of any position, civil or military. No uniforms
were provided, but the state furnished each man with a blanket, a flannel shirt
and a pair of stockings. The old quarters in the fort were cleansed and occupied,
with loose straw for bedding. Some of the companies, formed in part from pre
existing companies of state militia, had appropriated the arms of such com
panies, consisting, in some cases, of Springfield rifles (then the best arm in the
service) ; in others, of Mississippi rifles with sword bayonets j and others were
temporarily supplied with arms of various patterns from the state arsenal. Those
having the Springfield rifles were allowed to keep them, but all others were soon
supplied with the 69-caliber musket, a larger, but very effective, arm.

Gov. Ramsey was present at the muster on the 29th of April, and then ap
pointed, commissioned and announced the field officers: Colonel, Willis A.
Gorman ; lieutenant colonel, Stephen Miller ; and major, William H. Dike. Col.
Gorman, on the same day, appointed Lieut. Thomas Foster quartermaster, and
Dr. Jacob H. Stewart surgeon of the regiment. On the next day, Dr. Charles W.
Le Boutillier was appointed assistant surgeon, and Lieut. William B. Leach
adjutant. Drilling began at once, and was carried on vigorously and unceasingly ;
and the adjutant general of the army was informed by telegraph that the regi
ment was ready for duty, and awaiting orders. On May 1st Col. Gorman was pre
sented with a handsome sword by Maj. W. J. Cullen of St. Paul, and Hon. Henry
H. Sibley sent his check for one hundred dollars, to be expended for the comfort of
the men. On May 2d the first dress parade took place in the presence of the crowd
which daily thronged the grounds. Two days later an order was received from
the War Department, directing that two companies, as soon as fully armed and
equipped, be sent to each of Forts Kidgley, Eipley and Abercrombie to re
lieve the companies of the Second Eegular Infantry, stationed at these posts, and
who were ordered to Washington. This was dampening to the ardor of most of
the boys, who had hoped to go to the front at once, and would not have enlisted
to garrison frontier posts. But as several days must elapse before they could be
armed and equipped, they trusted that their destination might be changed.
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master, and on May 9th the state furnished black felt hats and black pantaloons
for the men, whose uniform now consisted of this clothing, with red flannel
shirts, save that Capt. Lester's Company K had neat gray uniforms, presented
them by citizens of Winona.

MUSTER FOR THREE YEARS.

On May 7th Gov. Ramsey received a telegram from the secretary of war,
suggesting the mustering in for three years, or during the war, of all of the regi
ment willing to enlist for that term, and the mustering out and filling the places
of all unwilling to so enlist, and on May 10th Col. Gorman was directed to reor
ganize the regiment accordingly. All who consented to remain were again mus
tered by Capt. Anderson D. Nelson for three years, to date from their original
enlistment ; all others were mustered out, and their places filled by new enlist
ments. As the muster of the regiment dated April 29, 1861, it stood the senior
three-years regiment in the service. On May 14-th friends of Col. Gorman pre
sented him with a large, serviceable, and very handsome war horse, with saddle,
bridle, etc. On May 21st, in response to an invitation from the ladies of St.
Anthony and Minneapolis, the regiment marched to the falls, and the men were
banqueted in the grove on Nicollet island. On May 24th the regiment was filled
to its maximum strength, and two days later marched to Str. Paul to receive from
the ladies of that city the state flag, which it carried through its term of service.
The presentation took place at the east front of the capitol, and Mrs. Anna E.
Eamsey, holding the flag, addressed the colonel as follows :

COL. GORMAN : On behalf of the ladies of St. Paul, permit me to present to you, and through
you to the First Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, this flag, bearing upon one side the coat of
arms of our beloved state, and on the other the device which, by its clustering stars and radiant
lines, testifies that we are still citizens of a great, an undivided and an enduring nation. While
it will be your proud prerogative, wherever duty may call you, to defend this flag, that nation, and
the principles forever intertwined with both, it will be ours, standing at the portals of your homes,
to cheer you on your way with smiles and blessings ; to pray for you in the dark hour of conflict ;
and, if need be, to keep bright and undying among men the memory of those among you who may
give up life itself for God and fatherland. To you is reserved a proud destiny. When the time
comes that from the sources of the Father of Waters you shall descend to where the fate of the na
tion is being decided, the solicitude and love of the entire state will follow you. From this capitol
to the most remote frontier cottage no heart but shall send up a prayer for your safety and success ;
no eye but shall follow with affection the flutterings of your banner as you cover it with glory. In
your hands we feel that the honor of our young state is safe. To you with firm faith we commit
its virgin and unsullied fame. When the troubles that now agitate the nation are past, when the
Rebellion is suppressed, and when once more peace folds its white wings among us, you will return
to receive that praise and that gratitude which you will have nobly earned ; and in after years,
amid the avocations of your peaceful lives, men will point to you and say: "There is one who,
when his country's liberty was in danger, abandoned everything and rushed to the rescue. There
is a soldier of the great army of freedom." Go, then, sir, where your country calls, ever remem
bering your dependence on him, who alone can cover your head in the day of battle, and who
never forsakes those who put their trust in him.

Cheers rent the air as this beautiful and accomplished lady closed her address
by handing the banner to Col. Gorman, who responded eloquently, closing as
follows :

We accept this flag as the emblem of the cause in which we have unsheathed our swords, and,
with the help of the God of Battles, we will never allow them to return to their scabbards until
treason shall be punished, and this flag, the Union, and the constitution be vindicated and made
perpetual. I now accept it in the name of the gallant officers and men of the First Minnesota
Regiment, and most solemnly make the pledge to our noble young state, and to her people, and to
our fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, wives and children, in this presence, never to surrender it to
a foe until its folds have been baptized in our blood. We shall carry it wherever duty calls, until
it shall please a kind Providence to restore peace to our country and us to the bosom of our homes.

Col. Gorman then turned and handed the flag to Sergt. Howard Stansbury,
the color-bearer of the regiment, saying :

SIE : To your hands I intrust this flag. It will remain in your keeping. Bear it aloft ; and,
should you fall in defense of it, let your last words be, "Save the colors of the First Regiment. "

Bousing cheers, mingled with the thunders of artillery, followed, and the regi
ment marched to the Winslow House, stacked arms, and partook of a bountiful

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banquet, and at the close of the day, most enjoyably spent, were conveyed on the
steamers Northern Belle and Hawkeye State back to Fort Snelling. During
this period, and, indeed, so long as the regiment remained there, Fort Snelling
was daily thronged by visitors from all parts of the state — relatives, friends and
neighbors of the soldiers, and often charged with distributing articles of comfort
and convenience prepared by the ladies of the different localities.

On May 28th Maj. Dike, with Company B, Capt. Bromley, and Company G,
Capt. Lewis McKuue, went by steamer Frank Steele up the Minnesota river to
Fort Eidgley to relieve Maj. Patton and two companies of the Second Infantry.
At the close of dress parade the same evening, the ladies of Winona, through
Capt. Lester, presented the regimental flag, — the stars and stripes, — the same
one afterward carried by the regiment in the battle of Bull Eun, and returned
to the state capitol, torn with shells and bullets, after that battle. On Wednes
day, May 29th, Company A, Capt. Wilkin, marched for Fort Eipley to relieve
the companies of the Second Infantry, under Col. Abercrombie, which were sta
tioned at that post. On June 6th Company E, Capt. Morgan, marched for Fort
Eipley. meeting Col. Abercrornbie's command on the way; and on June 10th
Company C, Capt. Acker, and Company D, Capt. Putnam, with Lieut. Col. Miller
in command, started for Fort Abercrombie.

ORDERED TO WASHINGTON.

On the evening of June 14th Gov. Eamsey received a dispatch from Secretary
Cameron ordering the First Eegiment to Washington by way of Harrisburg,
and immediately conferred with Col. Gorman, who at once dispatched messen
gers to Forts Eidgley and Eipley, and to Lieut. Col. Miller, en route to Fort
Abercrombie, ordering the detached companies to return at once to Fort Snell
ing. The order delivered to Col. Gorman was as follows :

GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF MINNESOTA,

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

ST. PAUL, June 14, 1861.
[General Order No. 9.]

In pursuance of orders from the secretary of war, Col. Willis A. Gorman, First Regiment Min
nesota Volunteers, will report his command forthwith at Harrisburg, Pa.
By order of the commander-in-chief.

JOHN B. SANBORN,

Adjutant General.

The news that the First Regiment was ordered to Harrisburg (says the Pioneer of June 16th)
was transmitted to Fort Snelling about ten o'clock Friday night. Almost everybody save the sen
tinels was asleep. The colonel and staff had the information first, and it was received with every
demonstration of delight. Our informant says the colonel fairly howled with joy. The news soon
spread to the quarters of the company officers, and then to the men, and such rejoicing took place
as had never before occurred since the regiment was mustered in. The men did not stop to put on
their clothing, but rushed around, hurrahing and hugging each other, as wild as a crowd of school
boys at the announcement of a vacation. There is no sham gratification at being ordered forward.
The men enlisted for actual service in the field, and not to garrison forts. Many of them are
farmers, and would much prefer being at home this busy season than to spend the summer any
where in the state.

This quotation fairly describes the fact and the feeling of the men. Although
they realized that their time thus far had been well employed in the drill and
discipline necessary to fit them for their duties as soldiers, and that in going to
the seat of war they would lose the many comforts constantly supplied by
thoughtful ones at their near-by homes, and fare much harder than at Fort
Snelling, yet they had enlisted to participate in such fighting as should be nec
essary to put down the Kebellion, and did not wish to be disappointed and con
demned to garrison duty until the war should, in brief time, be ended, and the
regulars sent back. The companies already sent to the frontier forts felt most
keenly on this subject, and received with corresponding joy the order to return.
With such alacrity was this order obeyed that by the morning of June 21st all
these companies had reached Fort Snelling except Company A, Capt. Wilkin,
and twenty -five men of Company G. with Capt. McKune, who had to wait at
Forts Eipley and Eidgley, respectively, a short time, in charge of the valuable

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stores and public property at these posts, for the arrival of authorized custodians
to relieve them of the charge, and consequently left the state a short time after
the regiment, and joined it at Washington. So eager were the boys to go that
Capt. Morgan's Company E marched the whole of Thursday night, after a long
march on the preceding day, on the strength of a rumor that Col. Gorman pur
posed to leave on Friday, and the company entered Port Snelling soon after sun
rise on Friday morning.

On Saturday, June 22d, at 5 o'clock A. M., the regiment was formed, and,
after religious services and a brief address, replete with patriotism and kind
ness, by Rev. Edward D. Neill, who had been commissioned chaplain, the regi
ment embarked on the steamers War Eagle and Northern Belle. On reaching
the upper levee at St. Paul it disembarked and marched through the city, giv
ing opportunity for hurried final greetings of friends, as, notwithstanding the
early hour, the streets were thronged by a sympathetic and enthusiastic multi
tude. Little pause was made, and on reaching the lower levee the regiment
again went on board the steamers and proceeded down the river, the Northern
Belle to La Crosse, and the War Eagle to Prairie du Chien. There were crowds
at the levees of all Minnesota towns, as the boats approached, to greet and cheer
the boys. But brief stops were made, and the Northern Belle reached La Crosse
about midnight, while the War Eagle landed three hours later at Prairie du
Chien, where, apparently, the whole population received them with an artillery
salute and most profuse hospitality. From both places railroad transportation
in first-class passenger cars was furnished. Both detachments were given boun
tiful dinners the next day by the railroad company, and came together at Janes-
ville, arriving in Chicago at 6 P. M. on June 23d. The whole trip was an ova
tion, as crowds appeared at every station, greeting the boys with enthusiastic
cheers. At the Northwestern depot in Chicago the number of people was very
large, and Mayor John Wentworth made a short complimentary speech, and ac
companied Col. Gorman, at the head of the regiment, to the Pittsburgh & Fort
Wayne depot, through crowded streets, where expressions of kindness and com
pliment met our ears afc every step. The Chicago Tribune of the next day stated :

Our city has been for some days on the qui vive to see the first installment of troops from loyal
Minnesota, expected to pass through the city, en route for the seat of war. Their arrival last even
ing was heralded by a dispatch from our special reporter from Janesville, and a bulletin from the
Tribune office, and an immense concourse of spectators greeted their arrival at the Chicago & North
western railroad, where they debarked from the cars at six o'clock last evening. Gallant Minnesota
deserves high credit for her noble sons and their appearance yesterday. They have enjoyed in
their make-up that rare and excellent process of selection and culling from the older states, which
has thrown into the van of civilization the hardy lumbermen and first settlers in the wild. There
are few regiments we have ever seen that can compare in brawn and muscle with these Minne-
sotians, used to the axe, the rifle, the oar and the setting pole. They are unquestionably the finest
body of troops that has yet appeared in our streets.

We left Chicago at 10 p. M., via Fort Wayne and Pittsburgh, and reached
Harrisburg about 10 A. M., June 25th. The cars were first class, and good meals
were provided by the railroad company as far as Pittsburgh, which we left at mid
night. The journey still continued an ovation, crowds, cheers and waving
handkerchiefs greeting us everywhere. About sunrise, after leaving Pittsburgh,
we reached the little village of Huntington, in the mountains, where the train
stopped about fifteen minutes, being at once boarded by the ladies of the place,
loaded with delicious coifee, sandwiches, doughnuts, etc., giving an abundant
and most acceptable breakfast to all. We went into camp at Harrisburg, near
which a camp of instruction had been established, and several new regiments
were in tents. At 3 o'clock A. M., June 26th, the regiment was called up, and
put on a train of cattle cars bound for Baltimore. The change from the elegant
cars in which we had come to Harrisburg to these dirty, seatless vehicles, in
which we must either stand or sit on our knapsacks, was far from agreeable.
We found we were approaching a region where soldiering was less of a holiday
matter than it had been with us. Still, after daylight, greetings were kindly,
and handkerchiefs, held in fair hands, waved from doors and windows. The
first hostile demonstration occurred as we neared Baltimore. At a handsome

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mansion near the railroad a comely maiden, a domestic, was sweeping the ver
anda, and, as she noticed soldiers on the train, waved her handkerchief. A
lady, apparently her mistress, stepped quickly from the door, took the broom
from the girl, and shook the handle menacingly at us. The act was so sudden,
unexpected, and unlike any manifestation of feeling we had met with, that its
impotent spitefulness was answered with cheers and shouts of laughter. At
Baltimore the railroads did not connect, and we had to march through the city
to the Washington depot. As a Massachusetts regiment had been attacked, and
some of its members killed here, not long before, muskets were loaded and bayo
nets fixed. The streets were lined with an evidently unfriendly crowd, who
scowled, but in general kept silent and quiet ; and this was well for them, as we
should certainly have submitted to no assault, and probably to very little provo
cation, of any kind. It was late in the afternoon when we left Baltimore, and
we reached Washington about ten o'clock, and, after some delay, were marched
to the assembly rooms for shelter for the night. In a very short time we were
rejoiced by the genial face and cordial hand-grasp of Col. Cyrus Aldrich, one of
our members of Congress, who was followed by a large squad of colored servants,
bearing pails of hot coffee, baskets of sandwiches, and other refreshments suffi
cient for all. The next morning we went into camp about a half mile east of the
capitol, where we remained for some time, drilling daily, and without special
incident. Most of the boys improved the opportunity to examine the public
buildings, which were the only objects of interest in the place. Washington
was then a very different city from Washington to day. It was entirely un-
paved, and its streets, from the constant passage of army wagons, were founderous
in wet weather, so that heavily loaded teams were often mired on Pennsylvania
avenue. The old canal reeked with malarious and foul smells. The dome of the
capitol and the senate wing were unfinished, and most of the shops and resi
dences were wooden structures, old, dilapidated and neglected in appearance.
The iron rule of "Boss Shepherd" changed this in a few years from the shab
biest to the handsomest city in the country ; with pavements unrivaled, elegant
buildings, and a beautiful park covering the location of the old canal, which was
arched over and hidden from sight. Though abused and denounced without
stint at the time by those whose property had to bear the heavy burthen of these
improvements, Shepherd well deserves of the people of Washington a statue in
his honor.

On July 3d the regiment embarked on steamers at the navy yard, and, land
ing on the "sacred soil" at Alexandria, went into camp something less than a
mile west of that ancient and decaying town. Here, besides constant drilling,
there were daily details of companies for picket duty, and frequent reconnaissances
to the west and south. We were here brigaded with some other regiments, under
the command of Col. W. B. Franklin, forming part of the division of Col. S. P.
Heintzelman. Strict orders against meddling with private property of the in
habitants were promulgated ; but as the rations were poor, and the people about
us all secessionists, a few of the boys foraged a little, but with such address that
other regiments, usually the New York Fire Zouaves, bore the suspicion and the
blame. In a few days Oscar King, our enterprising sutler, appeared with a full
stock of sutler's goods, which he opened in a large hospital tent, and at once had
a thriving trade with our men and those of other regiments. It was soon known
that he had liquors, though none were sold to enlisted men ; and some of the
men, by furtively feeling the packages through the tent cloth, located a barrel
of whisky against the side of the tent ; and soon after dark one cloudy night they
quietly drew a couple of the tent pins and rolled the barrel out and to an adjoin
ing field that had been dug in places for various purposes, where it was tapped,
and a dozen canteens and a couple of camp kettles filled, after which the barrel,
still more than half full, was buried. The raiders were all from one Sibley tent,
which contained fourteen men, in charge of a sergeant, and they had filled their
own and most of their comrades' canteens. Though the night was very dark,
some one about the sutler's tent soon observed the loosened pins, and the loss was
discovered, complaint made to the colonel, and the lieutenant of the guard sent

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with a squad to detect the culprits. The delinquents had been on the watch,
and, seeing this movement, at once confessed to their sergeant, and besought his
aid in enabling them to escape detection. While disapproving their act, he was
inclined to stand by his men, and even risk his chevrons to shield them from ex
posure and punishment. He therefore watched the proceeding of the lieutenant,
observing that he stopped at the entrance of each tent, ascertained the number
of its inmates, and called for and examined their canteens. Eeturning to his
own tent, he found that but two canteens besides his own were empty, and getting
these where they could be reached, and instructing a couple of men how to aid
him, he awaited the officer, who soon approached and called, for him. " Ser
geant, how many men have you?" "Fourteen." "Pass out their canteens."
With a peremptory order from the sergeant to the men to pass up their canteens
rapidly, an empty canteen was handed to the officer, smelled of, and dropped at
his feet as a second one was handed him, while a man, lying down where he
could reach safely in the darkness, passed the dropped canteen back to the ser
geant, to be presented to the officer again, and thus the three canteens were each
examined five times and nothing found in the fifteen canteens supposed to have
been searched. The camp kettles stood quietly at the rear of the tent and es
caped suspicion ; and as the search frightened the boys, and made them careful
in the use of the liquor, they were never discovered.

BULL RUN.

For some time a general movement against the enemy had been expected, and
on July 16th, leaving ten men of each company, mostly sick or ailing, in charge
of the camp, the regiment joined in the advance of the army toward Manassas
Junction, where the enemy was known to be in large force. The movement was
slow, and we bivouacked that night near Fairfax Court House, on a ridge densely
covered with young pine. The next day we reached Sangster's Station, on the
Orange & Alexandria railroad, where we halted early in the afternoon. Black
berries were plentiful, and eagerly gathered. The men had not yet come to rel
ish hardtack and salt pork ; and, although strictest orders against foraging had
been issued, a squad of our men, bringing the dressed quarters of a young beef
into camp, were accidentally met by Col. Franklin, the brigade commander, and
his staff. Col. Gorman, who chanced to be mounted, rode up while Franklin
was questioning the delinquents, and, in his magnificent, stentorian voice, over
whelmed the men with such denunciation and invective as no one but he was
capable of, ending with an entreaty to Franklin to leave the men to him for such
punishment as would be an effective example to the regiment. Franklin acceded
to the request, and rode away, and Gorman, turning to the trembling culprits,

said: "Now, you, take up that beef and go to your regiment, and don't

disgrace it by ever getting caught in any such scrape again." The men were glee
ful at escaping the punishment which seemed certain, and determined to profit
by the colonel's rather equivocal advice, at least to the extent of being more
wary in the future.

On July 18th Capt. Bromley of Company B resigned, and Lieut. Mark W.
Dowuie assumed command of that company, receiving soon after his commission
as captain. Lieut. Geo. H. Woods of Company D succeeded Downie as regi
mental quartermaster. Companies A and B, with Lieut. Col. Miller in command,
made a reconnaissance some five miles in advance, and till the rebel line was
reached. During the same time the advance division of the army, under Col.
Tyler, had a brisk engagement with the enemy near Bull Eun. On July 19th
our division (Heintzelman's) marched to Centreville, where the entire army was
concentrated, and remained the next day, while the enemy's position along Bull
Eun was examined, and considerable skirmishing took place. On Sunday morn
ing, July 21st, we were called up at one o'clock, and, an hour later, marched to
the top of the hill at Centreville, where we were kept under arms until about six
o'clock, while other troops, batteries and wagons were passing us. Congress
men and other sight-seers, from Washington, began to throng the high ground
near us, armed with field glasses. About six o'clock we moved through Centre-

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ville, and, on reaching Bull Run, turned to the right, and marched by a cir
cuitous route, that seemed many miles in the sweltering heat, to the vicinity of
Sudley Church, where we got the first extensive view of the battlefield, from
which the continued roar of musketry and artillery had hastened our march.
This view was obtained from Buck Hill, from which the Confederates had retired
before our arrival. I have received from Gen. William Colvill, who was captain
of Company F, a narrative of the battle, going into details more than I had pur
posed, but so interesting that I give it substantially entire :

Buck Hill was held by two Confederate brigades, Bee's and Evans', and the attack there was
made by Hunter's Division in front along the Bull Run slope. There was a series of attacks and
repulses, and the end was long delayed, until a regiment of our (Heintzelman's) division struck
the enemy's flank by way of the Sudley road, and, getting in a cross-fire, demoralized and broke
the Confederates, who fell back to Stonewall Jackson's position, about a half mile to the rear.
This position was almost the counterpart of the first, the right resting on the bluffs of Bull Run,
and the left on the Sudley road, occupying the'top of a long slope, screened all the way across by
thickets of pine and oak. The distance across was about half a mile. In the thickets, and ex
tending across from valley to road, Beauregard says he had 6,500 men and fourteen guns about the
time we reached Buck Hill. A study of his force in detail shows at least 8,000 men, and more guns,
at the time we went in with Rickett's Battery. Imboden says he counted twenty-six guns, saw them
properly sighted and the fuses cut. These were in addition to his own battery, which had been
retired from action. By order of Gen. Bee this battery had been placed at the Henry House, cov
ering the Sudley road flank of the Buck Hill position, where it had done good service and ex
hausted its ammunition. Sherman's Brigade came by the right flank of Buck Hill, from his cross
ing of Bull Run, about forty rods above Stone Bridge, just after the brush was over, and he assisted
in the pursuit across Young's creek. We arrived at Buck Hill soon after Sherman, and then saw
his brigade, the Second Wisconsin, the Sixty-ninth New York (Irish) and the Seventy-ninth New
York (Highlanders) drawn up across Young's creek, close under the hill and out of fire, his line ex
tending from the Warrenton pike nearly to the Henry House. At that time Griffin's Battery of
Porter's Brigade, and Rickett's Battery of our (Franklin's) brigade, were pounding vigorously at a
battery near the right of Stonewall's position, the former from the northwest, and the latter from
the northeast, angle of the cross-roads, and the enemy made but feeble reply. Stonewall had his
trap set, and did not choose to disclose it. He was the strong man of that day. We drew up at
Buck Hill, with eight other regiments, all screened from the enemy. There was our commanding
general, and every division and brigade commander who had crossed Bull Run except Hunter,
who was wounded, and Howard, who was held back at Sudley Ford. The commanders were all in
consultation. The result was that Rickett's Battery, supported by the First Minnesota, and
Griffin's Battery, supported by the Fourteenth New York of Porter's Brigade, were sent to take
position at the Henry House hill, within eighty rods of the enemy's position. Near the Henry
House a wood came down from the thicket, extending sixty rods along the left (east) of the Sudley
road. This wood was surrounded by a rail fence, grown up on our side with scrub pine, so thick
as to be impenetrable to the sight. We led off, marching by the flank, and followed by the bat
teries, coming under fire the first time, to the Warrenton pike, and then, on low ground, out of
range, to the Sudley road again, which we followed across the creek (Young's), and to the foot
of the hill on the other side, when we filed left into the field, and then up the hill, coming
by company into line, and then forward into line, with intent to form on the brink of the hill,
the batteries to pass through the line at the centre, taking position a short distance in front.
When the first two companies on the right of the regiment came into line on the brink, we found
ourselves about two rods from the Henry wood, the left of my company, the Second, about on a
line with its northeast angle ; and, at the same time, Gen. Heintzelman, who had led our regi
ment to the foot of the hill, where it filed left, and then rode on by the road to the top, and across
along the brink, gave our two companies the order, "Feel in the woods for the enemy," to which
we responded by volleys, and then by a continued fire. It would have been more sensible to have
pushed a few skirmishers into the wood, who, in two minutes, would have notified us of the near
approach of the enemy, although I suppose that within two, or at most three, minutes the regi
ment was in line at the brink, and the batteries in position, and the fate of the batteries deter
mined. For they had barely unlimbered, and got in altogether but two or three shots, when the
concentrated fire of all the enemy's guns had killed all their horses and many of their men, prac
tically disabling both the batteries. Griffin ascribes all his loss to the enemy in the woods, but the
position of the dead horses close around the guns, and some barely detached from them, proves my
account. There was, in fact, coming down the wood to meet us, at the time we opened our mus
ketry fire, a brigade of the enemy, — that part of Stonewall's masked line that had been stationed
in the rear of this wood, — and which, on discovering the batteries, had pushed the Fourth Alabama
Regiment to our front to cover that flank, and formed the other three regiments in close column,
and advanced on the guns. Their advance from the woods was deliberate and quiet, and though
perceived from the batteries, they were senselessly held by Griffin and Maj. Barry, the chief of
artillery, as friends ; and so, coming close up, our regiment withholding its fire on account of the
Griffin-Barry statement, delivered the first volley, which took effect in the centre of our regiment
as well as the batteries, killing our color sergeant, and wounding three corporals of the color
guard, and killing and wounding thirty men in the color company. Capt. Lewis McKune of Com-

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pany G was killed, other companies suffered severely, and the colors were riddled with bullets.
The men of our regiment, at the centre and on the left, dropped on the slope and returned the fire,
and we on the right, engaged in front, now for the first time discovering this enemy, turned our
fire on his left rear at close range. But they pushed over the batteries, pretty well jammed up,
and finally faced about toward us, and we expected their volley. Instead came a frantic waving of
arms and fearful yells, of which we could not distinguish the words because of our-fire, which was
kept up till the enemy faced to the rear, and after awhile gained distance enough to step out, and
then to run, when we broke through the fence to follow alongside. We found the woods full of
fleeing Alabamians, and picked up half a dozen too badly demoralized to run. I should have stated
that before we crossed the fence, and at the height of our fire, we captured a mounted officer of the
Second Mississippi, who had come around to us by the woods and Sudley road to "remonstrate
against firing on our friends. ' ' He was astonished on learning who we were. The Alabamians
wore home-made clothing, — mostly red shirts ; and our red shirts, dim through the smoke, and in
the supposed direction of the Alabamians, had misled the enemy's charging column, and they got
a taste of their own medicine. Beauregard says this charge was made by part of the Thirty-third
Virginia. We saw distinctly three sets of colors — stars and bars — at the guns. We sent our
prisoners to the Fourteenth New York, then drawn up very comfortably at ordered arms at the
foot of the hill, with its right on the road. I never saw that regiment again, nor heard of the
prisoners. Is it not strange that during all the while that our regiment was hotly engaged but a
few rods in front, this regiment was held out of fire, to be stampeded (Griffin says), a few minutes
later, by a few rebel horsemen? Generals of the regular army were there. The way was open,
by the Sudley road and the thicket, to the enemy's rear by a ten minutes' march ; and Beaure-
gard's charge or advance with his whole force, ten minutes after the repulse from our guns, above
shown, left all his guns uncovered and unprotected for at least half an hour. After Griffin's and
Barry's blunder in going into the concentrated fire of twenty-six guns at close range, and not un
seen, and by the side of a wood filled with the enemy, their batteries were disabled in a minute.
Yet they claim the guns were lost for lack of support. Were they not well supported when such
an overwhelming and sudden attack was repulsed effectually by our regiment? Kirby of Rickett's
Battery was able to, and did, get off some of his guns. Could not Griffin have done the same?
Beauregard says that just prior to the charge the Second Mississippi and Sixth North Carolina had
been put in these woods, and engaged a large force, upon which they had inflicted severe loss on
account of their superior marksmanship. Our two companies were the only men in the woods on
our side who fired a shot above the brink of the hill prior to that charge. As for loss, one man in
Company A was slightly wounded. The Eleventh Mississippi was brigaded with the Second
Mississippi and Sixth North Carolina, and was probably with them in this "charge : and the Thirty-
third Virginia was in Stouewall's Brigade. Gen. Bee and Col. Jones, Fourth Alabama, and Col.
Fisher, Sixth North Carolina, were 'all killed about this time. Bee's Brigade had rallied on Stone
wall, which accounts for these regiments being together. To return: We followed the enemy to
the thicket, where they disappeared. Our two companies then extended to a skirmish line, pene
trating the thicket by cattle paths, and keeping up a lively skirmish fire as any of the enemy were
seen dodging about. Then came the real rebel yell, as from their cover, down through the fields
outside the woods, charged Beauregard's whole command (except one brigade, still going the other
way) to the guns. Now came the struggle between this force and Heintzelman, Sherman, Wilcox
and Franklin for their possession. Beauregard says that from that time on he held our two bat
teries, as well as the plateau. The fact is not a man could stay on that plateau after the fight was
over. It was covered effectually by the guns of both armies. I had forgotten to mention the
Black Horse Cavalry, which passed and returned along the Sudley road, and were noticed as we
penetrated the thicket. After the struggle for the guns, came Lieut. Col. Miller with reinforce
ments from the right companies of our regiment, which extended our skirmish line for some dis
tance to the right across the road. Two or three regiments of the enemy appeared, but were held
off by the skirmish fire, and disappeared. . After this came a charge of Howard's Brigade into this
wood, making a great racket, and firing, fortunately for us, overhead. Before they reached the
front their fire subsided, and they were gone. The firing was heavier and more prolonged to the
right. Beauregard says he sent then a brigade that cleared out Howard and Sykes' regulars. I
have no evidence of this. Long after this firing, and all sounds of battle, had ceased, being restive
and anxious for news, I left my command and came back to the guns, which stood, powder-stained
and grim, in the midst of slain men and horses. They looked forsaken ; not a living creature was
in sight in any direction. Soon, up the hill from behind the guns, came Gen. Wilcox, taking in
the scene with sorrowful gaze. On inquiry I found he knew nothing of our troops or of the
enemy. He then rode along the fence for the front. Hearing firing from my men, I left him at
the southeast angle of the wood, at the edge of the thicket, and hastened toward them. They
were watching the cattle paths, and now and then getting a shot. I explored for some distance,
finally striking a field hospital, nurses and surgeons busy, and withdrew. Directly there was
sharp firing in the wood across our rear, and, avoiding it, we drifted out to the road. Col. Miller,
with the same feeling which had induced my visit to the guns, had moved toward them with his
men, and met Preston's Virginia regiment, and exchanged fire. Capt. Wilkjn had joined him, and
with my company I joined him as he came to the road, in a cut, where we made a good fight, and
the enemy fell back toward our guns. We were now in some disorder, and got Company I's flag
(it is still preserved in Wabasha), borne by a gallant fellow, who, the next day, succeeded to the
regimental colors, and formed upon it, counting off into two fair companies. We advanced along
the fence toward the guns, driving the enemy into the thicket. Soon we got no reply, and, peer-

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ing through the brush, found that the enemy had again relinquished the fight for the guns. Soon
a lonesome feeling came over us — no other men in sight, and most of us suffering greatly from
thirst. The men began to fall off, and Miller, with a reluctant glance toward the guns, gave the
order to retire. Even then some lingered for a parting shot. The last, perched on a fence, and
there himself a good mark, stayed till I insisted on his leaving. This poor fellow, Fred Miller of
my company, had advanced furthest to the front of any man that day, and was at one time cut off
from us by the enemy. On leaving the field he came across three of his comrades carrying a fourth
to hospital, and, helping, was captured before the hospital was reached. He spent a long time in
Southern prisons, and never rejoined the regiment. I had intended to omit some passages of my
own adventure, but thinking one of them may shed some light on the general subject, I will give
it. Gen. Beauregard mentions the last fight of the day, save some artillery firing from the Chinu
house, as having occurred in the southwest angle of the cross-roads, where, as he says, Kershaw's
command attacked and drove off Sykes' and Howard's commands, who still lingered there. I sup
pose I was the force driven off. As I was about to start from the scene of the last action near the
guns, I heard a man crying, and saw, about thirty rods to the right of the wood toward Chiun's
house, a soldier sitting on the ground, and went to him. He had dragged himself from the wood
and was crying at seeing us leave, thinking himself abandoned. His leg was broken, the bone
protruding. I quieted him, and, seeing a troop of our cavalry, hurried back. As I reached them
I saw also what appeared to be a great force of our men advancing by the front of Buck Hill right
about Dogan's house. Just then one of the cavalry exclaimed, "The devils are coming," and
every horse whisked about, and the cavalry was off like a streak. I turned to see what was the
matter, as a platoon of the enemy was making a left wheel out of the woods to the right into the
road. Their sweep would have taken me in. Instinctively I broke for the ravine, putting into
Chinn's brook, the ravine being four or five rods from the angle of the woods. As I reached it I
heard the chuck of the muskets, as they fell forward into the left hands, and dropped on my back
on the slope, as the bullets buzzed like a nest of hornets past my head. I sprang up and, glancing
back, saw a row of blank faces, astonished at seeing me break down the ravine, soon out of their
fire. When I reached the brook three or four of our men were drinking. A Wisconsin man
dropped dead in the brook as we started. A Fire Zouave jumped the brook at my side, and ran up
the hill. He also dropped, but with my help reached the top and the shelter of a tree. The bat
tery from Chinn's house at this time threw shells down the brook, which is in line with the course
of Young's creek below their junction. My eye took in the course of the valley for half a mile, and
there was not half a dozen men in the entire distance — boys lingering along the stream for water,
whose retreat the shells expedited, and made ludicrous by their ducking to avoid them. This is
the shelling which Beauregard describes as playing through, mangling and dispersing vast crowds
of men. The platoon that routed myself was of Kershaw's command, and was the only force of
the enemy that, up to that time, had reached that angle. I soon reached the head of the column,
near Dogan's house, at the Warrenton pike. Gen. McDowell was there, his face turning alternately
red and white with every pulsation, with Arnold's Battery directed to the wood on the right of
Chinn's house, and its gunners ready to fire. Now, advancing in fine order down the plateau
toward our abandoned guns, were two of the enemy's brigades in line of battle, with cadenced step
and bright uniforms, and arms glittering in the evening sun. Our own column, made up of men
of all commands, was fast melting away, four men disappearing where one was put in line ; and
Gen. McDowell, on a suggestion that it was of no use to try to hold the place, with great staff offi
cer dignity directed his aid "to please request Capt. Arnold to recede in this direction," pointing
to the Sudley road. Capt. Arnold was within six feet, heard the direction, and was ready, and
had his horses on the gallop almost as soon as the message was transmitted, the general and staff
following close after. Looking back, our column had disappeared, breaking across lots for Sudley
Ford. As I passed along a fence a glance showed the enemy making a final charge on, and leaping
with huzzas upon, our abandoned guns, from which they had been thrice driven, twice by our regi
ment alone. I will close by the observation, impressed on me at the time, that, except at the guns,
on their first two advances, the enemy behaved timidly, and advanced with hesitation and seeming
dread. This was apparent when they were held so long in the woods by a thin line of skirmishers,
and when a whole regiment, making the third attack on the guns, was repulsed by not more than
two companies. Company A brought in one captured officer, a Col. Coon of a Georgia regiment.

There is little to add to Gen. Colvill's narrative, save some further account
of the left companies of the regiment, which were separated from the right com
panies when Eickett's guns were taken back through the centre of the regiment,
and by the movements of the right companies, described by Colvill, which took
them away from the left. In moving by company into line, in the brush, as we
neared the top of the hill, the left companies were the last to get into line at the
edge of a narrow clearing, into which the batteries had just passed. There was
already firing at the right of the regiment, but the occasion was not understood.
In a few minutes a strong body of infantry appeared in the edge of the wood just
opposite us, and fifteen or twenty rods away, dressed in gray, but without show
ing colors. Many called out that this was the enemy, and prepared to fire.
But from the batteries came the word that these were friends, and Col. Gorman
forbade firing. Our Massachusetts volunteers and some others wore gray uni-

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• forms, which probably was the cause of the mistake. Almost at the moment of
Gorman's order we received the fire of this line, which extended far beyond,
opposite us, on the left; and, at the same time, the enemy's batteries, less than
eighty rods away to our left, and in plain view, opened a heavy enfilading fire,
and, between the two, the regiment and batteries with us suffered as detailed by
Gen. Colvill. Kirby's men got off a part of Rickett's Battery, but all other
guns were deserted by the surviving gunners, all the horses, and many of the
men, being killed or disabled. The left companies dropped on their knees, and,
as the enemy made a rush for the guns, poured in an effective fire, which, aided
by the fire from, the right, described by Gen. Colvill, caused them to retire after
the guns were reached. Getting again in the shelter of the wood, they returned
our fire, which was steadily kept up, and their batteries again opened on our
line. As this enfilading fire from the artillery was effective and well directed,
and the enemy had mostly disappeared from our immediate front, we were or
dered back, and retired in good order to the foot of the hill, where we remained
for a considerable time, and were then ordered back to Buck Hill, where our
knapsacks had been left. We were thence conducted across the Sudley Ford,
and found the remains of several regiments which had been engaged. Here we
were joined by a considerable part of the right companies of our regiment; and,
as it grew late in the afternoon, Gov. Sprague, then commanding a Rhode Island
regiment, rode up with information, confirming our fears, that the general result
of the battle was disaster, and proposed retreat to Centreville. Gen. Gorman
offered the First Minnesota as rear guard, but as Sprague insisted on taking that
position, our regiment moved off next to the rear, in perfect order, in column
by platoons. After awhile a large body of our cavalry came, in a disordered
rush from the rear, along the road, and our men had to break to the right and
left to let them pass, and did not afterward try to keep in regular order. All
the way was found, in broken wagons and abandoned material, confirmation of
the disaster ; and at one place, not far from Centreville, the enemy was shelling
the road over which we passed. Going through Centreville, we halted near our
bivouac of the night before about dark, so much fatigued that most of the men
dropped upon the ground, and were asleep at once, expecting a renewal of the
battle the next day. In about half an hour the cooks called us up for coffee, and
to receive the order to inarch at once for Alexandria. This was the hardest of
all. We knew we had met with a repulse, but had not realized that it was to
be accepted as defeat, and the prospect of a march of twenty-five miles, after
such a day of phenomenal heat, long marches and hard fighting, seemed an im
possible undertaking. How it was accomplished cannot be told. The writer,
carrying knapsack, haversack, musket, and complete soldier's outfit, was, on
this march, several times awakened from deep sleep by stumbling against some
obstruction. In the forenoon of the next clay we were back in our tents at
Alexandria, thoroughly exhausted and soon asleep, but in the afternoon were
called up and marched to Washington, six miles or more, by way of Long Bridge.
This was done in a heavy rain, and we were compelled to stand on the street
more than an hour, in torrents of rain, when churches and halls were assigned
for temporary shelter. Some, assigned to Bishop Mcllvaine's church, were im
mediately supplied by the good bishop with coffee and plenty to eat, and, in
other places, our constant friend, Col. Aldrich, appeared promptly with a troop
of colored servants, bearing pails of hot coffee, baskets of eatables, and other
comforts, most acceptable in our drenched and exhausted condition. The regi
ment never had a warmer or more efficient friend than Col. Aldrich. Generous
and open-handed, he was always ready and alert to do everything in his power
for the regiment, or for any man belonging to it, while his cheery voice and
genial humor brought jollity and good-feeling whenever he appeared.

An obvious fault on the federal side in the battle of Bull Run consisted in
putting the troops into action in small detached bodies, without properly ascer
taining the position or strength of the opposing force, or even properly regard
ing what was in plain view. The result was that in almost every attack our
force there was too small, and was beaten in detail. When we came upon Buck

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Hill we saw the New York Fire Zouaves, which had been sent from that posi
tion, alone go up to the attack of the enemy's line, and it was of course defeated
in brief time. There was no reason why several regiments there idle were not
sent with it, or with us, when we were sent just after. Even the Fourteenth
New York, which followed us, was not put into action with us, but left idle at
the foot of the hill. And it is hard to understand why we and the two batteries
were put on that plateau at all, swept as it was by so many Confederate batteries,
so near and plainly in sight. Untenable as the position was, the men of the First
Eegimeut fought like veterans, and it received special commendation in the re
ports of both Franklin and Heintzelman. The character of its fighting appears
from its losses, which were forty-two killed, one hundred and eight wounded, and
thirty missing, one hundred and eighty in all, being more than twenty per cent
of the men engaged, and the heaviest loss, in proportion to men engaged, of any
regiment in that battle. The missing were nearly all wounded prisoners in the
hands of the enemy. The surgeon and assistant surgeon remained in attendance
upon the wounded on the field, when they might have escaped with the retreat
ing troops, and were detained as prisoners. Their skillful care of our wounded
doubtless saved many lives, and as they were treated with marked consideration
by the Confederates during their captivity, and allowed to look after the welfare
of their men to some extent, they attended to the cures, and alleviated, in many
ways, the condition of their wounded comrades. They never returned to the
regiment, as their places had to be filled before they were released, and for the
time being they were nominally transferred to other organizations. Both were
gentlemen of highest professional standing and skill, and of most genial, com
panionable traits. Surg. Stewart had been mayor of St. Paul, and, being a
man of untiring energy, had, aside from his professional duties, always taken an
active, intelligent part in all public affairs, in which his sagacity, disinterested
ness and personal magnetism gave him great influence. After being exchanged
he remained at St. Paul on duty connected with the mastering in of troops.
After the war he was elected member of Congress, and afterward appointed
United States surveyor general of Minnesota. He died at St. Paul, Aug. 25,
1884. Asst. Surg. C. W. Le Boutillier became surgeon of the Ninth Eegiment
Minnesota Volunteers, and died in the service, April 3, 1863.

"WASHINGTON AND CAMP STONE.

On July 23d the regiment again encamped a short distance east of the capitol,
and resumed daily drills; and during our short stay some of the boys found op
portunity to listen to debates in Congress, then in session. Here, also, for the
only time in the service of the regiment, was manifested some slight feeling of
discontent and lack of morale. Aside from the depression naturally following
the reverse at Bull Eun, there were many other causes for dissatisfaction. The
rations were poor, — salt beef that defied mastication, and ancient hardtack, on
which the brand "B. C.'7 was claimed by the boys to mark the date of baking.
Neither pay nor clothing had yet been received from the Government, and most
of the men still wore the flannel shirts and black pantaloons picked up hastily
by the state at the time of enlistment from clothing stores in St. Paul and else
where, the original poor material of which had come to rags and tatters, remind
ing one of the uniform of Falstaff's vagabonds. Gen. John B. Sanborn, adjutant
general of the state, learning of the condition of the regiment, came on to Wash
ington, and, by persistent efforts, procured an issue of clothing to be made about
the first day of August. On August 2d the regiment broke camp and marched
for the upper Potomac, halting at Brightwood, after a march of four or five
miles, where, on the next day, the men received their first pay, at the rate of
eleven dollars a month for-privates. Discontent vanished at once. On August
5th we reached Eockville, a pleasant village, with a rather disloyal population.
Two days later we reached Seneca Mills, and began picket duty along the Poto
mac. We left the latter place August 16th, and made permanent camp in a
slightly sloping field, about midway between Poolesville and Edwards' Ferry,
and rather more than one and one-half miles from each. In honor of Gen. Charles

14 THE FIRST REGIMENT.

P. Stone, commanding the division to which we were attached, our camp was
named Camp Stone. Here we performed picket duty along the Potomac, for
some distance on each side of Edwards' Ferry, and resumed drilling actively.
Clothing was issued ; pay-day came again ; the sutler appeared with a heavy
stock of supplies ; the men built cook houses and ovens ; and, by drawing flour
at times, instead of hardtack, and purchasing meal at a neighboring mill, soon
very much improved their fare ; and, being well fed, well cared for and well ex
ercised, became more efficient and contented than ever before. About eight men
from the regiment were, with their own consent, transferred to the gunboat
service on the Mississippi, and a few were selected, by reason of special fitness,
and transferred to the signal corps. Of these Asa T. Abbott of Company E be
came an officer in that corps. On October 1st Col. Gorman was promoted briga
dier general, and: assigned to the command of a brigade, consisting of the Thirty-
fourth and Eighty-second New York regiments and First Minnesota, to which
the Fifteenth Massachusetts was soon afterward added, and Napoleon J. T. Dana
was commissioned colonel of the First Minnesota, and joined the regiment Oc
tober 12th. Col. Dana graduated from West Point in 1842, and had served in
the regular army with credit through the Mexican War, and until the year 1855,
when he resigned, having then the rank of captain. After that time he had re
sided at St. Paul, and was engaged in the business of banking. He was a model
officer. Always calm, temperate and gentlemanly in demeanor, and having a
fine, soldierly presence, he enforced the strictest discipline, without causing any
friction or complaint, or giving rise to any dissatisfaction. His long, daily drills,
with packed knapsacks, made the regiment perfect in the execution of all battal
ion movements, and developed the muscle, so needful in its subsequent service.
The men became devotedly attached to him. Many other changes took place in
the regiment. Maj. William H. Dike resigned, and Capt. George N. Morgan
was promoted major. Capt. Alexander Wilkin was commissioned major of the
Second Minnesota E^iment, and First Lieut. Henry C. Coates became captain
of Company A. Maj. Wilkin afterward became colonel of the Ninth Minnesota
Eegiment, and was killed at the battle of Tupelo. Lieut. Minor T. Thomas was
commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Minnesota Eegiment. Capt.
William H. Acker was commissioned captain in the regular army, and First
Lieut. Wilson B. Farrell became captain. Capt. Acker was killed at the battle
of Shiloh. Capt. Henry E. Putnam was also commissioned captain in the regu
lar army, and First Lieut. De Witt C. Smith was promoted captain of Company
D. On the promotion of Capt. Morgan, and resignation of First Lieut. James
Hollister, Second Lieut. George Pomeroy became captain of Company E. Capt.
Henry C. Lester of Company K was commissioned colonel of the Third Minnesota
Eegiment, and First Lieut. Gustavus A. Holzborn became captain of Company
K. Although Col. Lester was unfortunate, and was dismissed for the surrender
of the Third Minnesota at Murfreesboro, he was efficient, and very highly re
garded while captain of the First Eegiment. First Lieut. George H. Woods was
promoted captain and commissary of subsistence, and attained high rank in that
department. Among the enlisted men Howard Stansbury, Wesley F. Miller
and Javan B. Irvine were commissioned lieutenants in the regular army. Young
Miller was the son of our lieutenant colonel, and was afterward killed at the
battle of Gettysburg. Up to this time and later, vacancies in company officers
were filled by promotions in the same company, and, at first, pursuant to elec
tions by the enlisted men. These elections were soon discontinued as unfavor
able to discipline, and promotions from the enlisted men were made on the rec
ommendation of the colonel, and later, after examination of one from each
company, by a board of officers, and subsequent promotions, after the first year,
were made strictly according to seniority. Just after the battle of Bull Eun,
upon the report that Dr. Le Boutillier had been killed in that battle, Dr. Daniel
W. Hand of St. Paul was commissioned assistant surgeon of the First Eegiment,
and joined us at once. His great skill, genial character and gentle manners
won at once the regard of all, and he soon became brigade surgeon, and re
ceived rapid promotion to responsible posts ; and Dr. John H. Murphy per-

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formed most satisfactorily the duties of surgeon for several months. His never-
failing humor and love of fun would work cures in ordinary cases, and he was
especially successful in his treatment of the few men who were disposed to shirk
details for laborious or unpleasant duties on pretense of sickness. He was usu
ally accurate in his diagnosis of such cases, and would feign to discover very
serious illness, and would describe to the man such symptoms as for the time
would convince him that his case was alarming, when he would be treated by
blistering, or such nauseating medicines that he would pause before applying
for sick-leave again. Later, in the fall of 1861, he was commissioned surgeon
of the Fourth Minnesota Eegiment, and served through the war, with high
reputation.

BALL'S BLUFF.

On October 20th Gen. McCall, having advanced near Drainsville, a demon
stration in the direction of Leesburg was begun. The First Minnesota and
Eighty-second New York were marched to Edwards' Ferry in the afternoon,
and, after being displayed- on the north bank, Companies E and K of the First
Minnesota crossed the Potomac in flatboats, frightening away the enemy's
pickets and reserves, and some cavalry; and, after remaining on the Virginia
side some time, recrossed near sunset, when the regiments returned to their
camps. On October 21st, at half-past one in the morning, the regiment was
called up and breakfasted, and, with knapsacks and full equipments, reached
Edwards' Ferry at daybreak, and immediately crossed in the flatboats, two
companies at a time. In a short time the regiment was in line, with two com
panies advanced as skirmishers, and the other regiments of the brigade, and
some other troops, then crossed, to the number in all of about 3,000 men, send
ing out a strong picket, and intrenching, to some extent, near the bank, to be
ready in case of attack. Gen. E. D. Baker crossed, at about the same time, at
Harrison's island, about four miles higher up the river; but instead of intrench
ing, and waiting till his crossing was complete, and then acting in concert with
Gen. Stone, who was in command at the Ferry, on some report that the Confed
erates were evacuating Leesburg, he pushed forward a part of his troops toward
that place, while the rest were still crossing, and, meeting a greatly superior
force of the enemy, was quickly defeated and killed, and his troops, being driven
back to where the others were crossing, were slaughtered and captured in large
numbers, and many drowned while attempting to recross the river. This ad
vance of Baker was without communication with Stone, and, of course, unex
pected; and the catastrophe was so sudden that a large part of Baker's own
force, then crossing, could not aid him, and he could get no help from Stone,
four miles away, and separated from him by the enemy's earthworks, especially
as the first notice of Baker's movement, save the firing, which was soon over,
was the news of the completed disaster. On Tuesday, October 22d, reinforce
ments were crossed, and there was some skirmishing on the picket line, in which
one man of the First Minnesota was killed and some wounded. On Wednesday,
October 23d, Gens. McClellan and Banks arrived, and it was determined that
our force should be withdrawn. Gen. Stone placed Gen. Gorman in charge of
the crossing, who, as soon as it was dark, launched several canal-boats into the
river, and manned them with lumbermen, mainly from Companies B, D and E
of the First Minnesota, who, with poles, handled the boats expertly. Gen.
Stone attended personally to the withdrawal of the troops, and the writer, who
was detailed to act as his messenger or orderly, and carried verbal messages
from him, and made reports to him personally during the entire night, can
vouch for his constant, watchful, personal supervision of every movement, and
his solicitude and care that no munitions, provisions, or material of any kind,
should be destroyed or abandoned, and the great skill exhibited in conducting
the withdrawal as rapidly as the boats could carry the men, but without chance
for disorder or panic. The First Minnesota Eegiment, reduced by the detail
handling the boats, was selected and placed in position to become the rear
guard. All the other troops were new, and such withdrawal in the night, after

16 THE FIRST REGIMENT.

knowledge of Baker's disaster, might easily have been mismanaged so as to
cause trepidation and disorder. But the movement was effected in perfect quiet
and order. Troops nearest the river were first crossed ; then others were ap
prised of the retreat only as they received orders to move to the boats at once
and in silence. There was no crowding, and no, delays. When nearly all had
crossed, the picket was withdrawn, the writer traversing its length in the dark
ness and timber, and communicating the order to each reserve. As the picket
fell back the First Minnesota alone was left, and it was also called in and crossed,
as light began to dawn in the east, Gen. Stone being the last man to embark.
Not a man nor a pound of material was left behind. But the people of the whole
country were shocked by the disaster at Ball's Bluff, and were not inclined to
blame Gen. Baker, who had died gallantly fighting, and who was popular as he
was brave. Secretary Stanton and the committee on the conduct of the war
sought long for a scapegoat for sacrifice to appease the popular wrath, and, after
three months, the secretary ordered the arrest of Gen. Stone, and his incarcera
tion in Fort Lafayette, where, deaf to all appeals from Stone to be informed of
the cause of the arrest, the secretary held him in rigorous confinement more
than six months, and until the passage of an act of Congress limiting the time
of such imprisonment unless charges were made, and continued the imprison
ment until the very last day of such limitation, and ever after his release de
clined to give any reason or excuse for the outrage. Stanton' s conduct in this
matter can only be characterized as tyranny, pure and simple. Some have
claimed that McClellan should share with Stanton the responsibility for this out
rage; but he could not refuse to cause Stanton' s peremptory order to be exe
cuted. He took no steps to relieve Gen. Stone from what he must have known
was cruel oppression ; and his passiveness is hardly to be excused, except on the
ground that his own relations with the secretary soon became such that he could
hardly risk a new issue with him on behalf of another. From what evidence re
mains of this discreditable transaction, it seems that Senator Wade, chairman of
the committee on the conduct of the war, was an accessory in advising the arrest,
that there might be a victim to appease the inconsiderate popular clamor, but
the subsequent course of cruelty seems to rest on Stanton alone.

After the battle of Ball's Bluff the regiment returned to its camp, and re
sumed its picket service and constant drill. A strong effort was made soon after
to break up the practice of several parties of selling liquor to the men. Col.
Dana, finding our sutler had some supply, destroyed and spilled the whole of it.
The sutler of the Thirty-fourth New York, having been caught offending, was
drummed out of the brigade by order of Gen. Gorman. Serious consequences
to Gorman came near attending one of his well-meant efforts to break up this
evil. A couple of negro slaves belonging to a farmer near by had for some time
been carrying on the traffic on their own account, and were detected and arrested.
The evidence was clear, and their master was sent for. He advised as punishment
that they should be whipped by the soldiers to whom they had last sold liquor,
and this was done. The soldiers felt themselves punished by being compelled
to administer the whipping, which was therefore not very severe, and it stopped
this enterprise among the negroes. But a soldier of the regiment, partly from a
spirit of mischief, and partly because of some dislike toward Gorman, wrote a
highly colored account of the whipping to the New York Tribune, which at once
denounced Gorman for flogging the slaves. The soldier followed this up by
another communication purporting to come from a friend of Gorman, pretend
ing flimsy excuses, but admitting the facts mainly, as at first charged, and kept
this up, by managing both sides of a bogus controversy, to the detriment of
Gorman's reputation, bringing out repeated editorials, and inflaming the abo
litionists against him to such an extent that when Gorman's confirmation as
brigadier general came up for action in the senate he was only saved by the most
persistent labor of friends, including Gen. Scott, under whom he had served in
Mexico.

On Jan. 16, 1862, Brig. Gen. John Sedgwick assumed command of our
division, and .on February 3d Col. Dana was appointed brigadier general, and

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assigned to the command of a brigade in the same division. The officers and
men of the First Minnesota Regiment were very loth to part with him, but rec
ognized the propriety and justice of his promotion, and manifested their regard
by presenting him with sword, saddle, bridle, etc., as fine as could be purchased.
» Adjt. William B. Leach was promoted captain and assistant adjutant general,
and assigned to Gen. Dana's Brigade. Dr. William H. Morton of St. Paul was,
about the same time, commissioned surgeon of the First Regiment.

THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN.

On the morning of Feb. 25, 1862, we left Camp Stone, the whole division
moving up the Potomac, and bivouacked at evening near the Monocacy river.
The next day we crossed that river at Winfield Mills, and marched to Adams-
town, whence we were conveyed by rail to Sandy Hook, crossing the Potomac on a
pontoon bridge, and quartering forthe night in the partially destroyed buildings
in which John Brown and his partisans had attempted defense, and examined
with curiosity the marks of his struggle still remaining. Harper's Ferry was a
strikingly picturesque place. Maryland and Loudon Heights on either side,
looking down on the chasm which the waters of the Potomac and Shenandoah,
here uniting, had rent through the Blue Ridge. Solid piers of blackened
masonry showed where had stood the costly bridges, destroyed by the Confeder
ates ; and the ruins of the armory buildings and other structures consumed with
them gave an air of utter desolation to the deserted town, in which but few, and
those the poorest of the population, remained. During the 28th of February, a
large body of troops of all arms was concentrated here, and we changed to more
comfortable buildings in the higher part of the town. On March 7th we moved
to Charlestown, where, on Sunday, March 9th, the regiment attended worship,
conducted by Chaplain Neill, in the Presbyterian church. On March 10th we
had the advance, in the march upon Berry ville, on a macadamized turnpike,
which, wet with falling rain, played havoc with the soles of our army shoes. On
approaching Berryville, Companies B and K were advanced as skirmishers, and,
heralded by a few shots from a section of artillery, rushed into the town at
double-quick, with a company of Van Alen's Cavalry, and put to flight a consid
erable mounted force of the enemy, and hoisted the stars and stripes on the court
house. The First Regiment camped in a grove at the edge of the town, and dur
ing the night the printers of the regiment took possession of the office of the Ber
ryville Conservator, and in the morning following issued a large edition of The
First Minnesota, a small paper of four pages, which sold readily, not only in the
regiment but in all the surrounding camps. It was filled with a rollicking mix
ture of humor and patriotism, jibes upon the runaway editor of the Conservator,
and the fleeing "secesh," and good advice to the inhabitants, which they were
unlikely to profit by. On the morning of March 13th the division marched
toward Winchester, where a battle with Jackson's force was expected. As we
were moving from the camp, Col. Alfred Sully, who had been commissioned
upon the promotion of Gen. Dana, rode up and took command of the regiment.
Col. Sully was then the senior captain in the regular army, having graduated
from West Point in 1841, and served with distinction in the Seniinole and Mexi
can wars, and in various Indian troubles on the frontier, and was in every way a
splendid soldier. He manifested from the first perfect reliance on the honor and
good conduct of the regiment, and never placed a regimental guard about camp
or bivouac. The men appreciated his confidence, and no instance occurred of
any abusing the privileges accorded, or of leaving camp without permission.
When we came within two miles of Winchester, we were halted with the news
that Jackson had fled up the valley, and were marched back to our camp at Ber
ryville. On the day following we returned to Charlestown, and on March 15th
we camped on Bolivar Heights, just back of Harper's Ferry. Here we learned
of the organization of army corps, and that Sedg wick's Division was the Second
Division of the Second Army Corps, commanded by Brig. Gen. Edwin V.
Surnner. We remained here, in a nearly continuous storm of alternate rain
and snow, until March 22d, when we crossed the Potomac to Sandy Hook and

18 THE FIRST REGIMENT.

took cars for Washington, reaching that place about midnight, and, after some
delay, getting coffee and shelter from the storm at the Soldier's Eetreat. Camp
ing again near the capitol, we remained until the night of March 26th, when we
marched by way of Long Bridge into Virginia, and were then conveyed by cars
to Alexandria, where, through some blunder, we were left standing on the.
street, in a drenching rain, until morning, and then were taken to the ground
on which we had camped before Bull Eun. The men, wet and shivering, quickly
resurrected the barrel of sutler's whisky, which they had buried the year
before, and its contents, fairly distributed, were probably beneficial in counter
acting the effects of the exposure.

THE PENINSULA.

On the evening of March 29th the regiment embarked on the small steamers
Golden Gate and Jenny Lind, with transports in tow, and the next morning
moved down the Potomac, past Fort Washington, Mount Vernon, and deserted
rebel works, anchoring at evening near the entrance into Chesapeake bay. The
next day we passed through that bay, filled with vessels of all kinds, including
several war steamers, and on the morning of April 1st paused for some hours at
Fortress Monroe, where the object of greatest interest, lying close by us, was the
little Monitor, which had so recently met and overcome the formidable Merri-
mac. It lay quietly among a crowd of vessels, — so small and unlike anything
ever before imagined as a water-craft, and yet so powerful and impregnable.
We could not study it enough. Moving forward, we debarked at the ruins of
Hampton, camping in a low, wet field, without wood or good water. Some of
the men found oysters here, by stripping and wading in the rather cold water,
discovering them with their bare feet. On April 5th, at 1 o'clock A. M., we
broke camp, and marched that day to Big Bethel. The weather had suddenly
changed to sweltering heat, and overcoats, dress coats and extra blankets were
thrown away on the march, to lighten the knapsacks. On the route, Gen.
McClellan rode past us with his staff and cavalry escort. When passing Col.
Sully, with the formal salute came the familiar greeting of old comrades: "How
are you, Alf ? " " How do you do, George f " McClellan appeared strong, well-
knit, a splendid horseman, and the picture of ruddy health. His well-fitting
uniform was perfectly neat and entirely plain — much plainer than the uniforms
of his staff. He was already popular with the army, and heartily cheered as he
passed along. The march was resumed April 6th, at 5 o'clock A. M., with
cannonading and skirmishing in front, and was varied by long halts and occa
sional movements at double-quick, giving the impression that an engagement wa&
likely to occur at any moment; but the enemy retired sullenly, and we came
within a couple of miles of the Confederate works in front of Yorktown. Our
bivouac, which we occupied for several days, was in mud; it rained all the time,
and we were employed building corduroy roads. From the constant discomfort,
the boys named the place Camp Misery. Early in the morning of April llth
a balloon that ascended to the right of us, near the York river, parted its linesr
and for a little while was an object of exciting interest, as it sailed over the Con
federate works; but a fortunate current brought it backward, and the aeronaut
landed it in our division camp — Gen. Fitz John Porter being one of its passen
gers. The same morning we were moved from Camp Misery to within about a
mile of the enemy's line, the entire camp of the army taking the name of Camp
Winfield Scott. Shelter tents, which the men called "dog tents," were issued,
and being placed in a wood, and on higher ground, we were much more comforta
ble than before. We spent the month in constant and hard duty, either on
picket or building fortifications or corduroy roads, and aroused nearly every
night by musketry on the picket lines, and marched to threatened points ; and
were most of the time wet to the skin with the continued rains.

YORKTOWN.

On the morning of May 4th, before daylight, the regiment went on picket as
usual, but was soon ordered back to camp for tents and knapsacks, on a report

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that the enemy was leaving. Dana's Brigade, on our right, was first in the
enemy's works, and we entered next. The Confederate evacuation must have
been sudden, as considerable provisions and camp equipage were left, and the
men's breakfasts were still cooking over the fires; not very tempting messes
generally, but our men secured a supply of frying pans and bake kettles. A
plantation smoke house near by, and well filled, gave many of us some store of very
nice ham and bacon. We remained in the enemy's works until the next morn
ing, when a march of three miles to the right, in deep mud and pouring rain,
brought us to Yorktown. The fortifications here were very strong, and could
not have been forced without great sacrifice of life. Several casualties in other
regiments happened through the day from torpedoes, made from percussion shells,
buried in the ground. The rain continued to pour, and the mud was apparently
bottomless. Heavy firing was heard at different times during the day, in the
direction of Williamsburg, and troops were moving, as fast as the terrible con
dition of the roads would permit, in the same direction. About dark our
brigade started, and after floundering in the darkness, rain and mud for about
three hours, constantly impeded by troops, wagons and artillery ahead, so that
little progress was made, we were faced about and marched back to Yorktown.
On the afternoon of May 7th we embarked on the steamer Long Branch, and
the next morning, with Franklin's command, steamed up the York river, land
ing in boats at West Point, under fire from some batteries, which were soon
silenced by our gunboats. There was skirmishing between the infantry until
about 5 P. M. , when the enemy retired. We remained here during the next day,
troops and artillery being landed, and on May 9th we moved up the Pamunky
four miles to Eltham. Here we stayed till May 15th, when we moved in the
mud and continuing rain eight miles, camping in a pine grove near New Kent
Court House. On May 18th we advanced four miles, to the residence of Dr.
May, a surgeon on Gen. Lee's staff. On May 21st we marched eight miles,
passing White House and the church where Washington was married. On May
23d we marched four or five miles, and encamped near the Chickahominy; and
on May 27th the regiment was ordered to that river to build a bridge. It was
built of logs, cut near the banks by the men, and was completed before sunset,
excepting a part of the corduroy approach on the north side, which was con
structed by another regiment on the following day. As grapevines, which
grew plentifully on the banks, were used instead of withes about its construc
tion, it was called by some the "Grapevine Bridge." During that day there
was considerable heavy firing on our right, where Porter was advancing, and
the next morning our regiment marched, with three days' rations, to reinforce
Porter, near Hanover Court House. We returned on May 29th, Porter having
accomplished his design of destroying some railroad bridges. While here, we
witnessed the execution of the sentence of a court martial upon a captain of the
Thirty-fourth New York, for insubordination and mutinous conduct. The
brigade was formed, and after the reading of the sentence, his buttons were cut
off and his sword broken; the remainder of the sentence being that he be dis
missed the service.

About this time we were informed of the fact that Gen. H. S. Sanford, United
States minister resident at Brussels, had, through the governor of our state, pre
sented to the First Minnesota Regiment a small battery, consisting of three steel
rifled cannon, of six-pound caliber, with suitable ammunition. On the breech of
each of the guns was inscribed : "To the First Minnesota Regiment Volunteers.
Tribute to Patriotism and Valor. Brussels, 1861."

In his letter to Gov. Ramsey, Gen. Sanford expressed, in warm terms, his ad
miration for the efficiency, discipline and conspicuous valor of the regiment,
which had prompted him to place in its hands these guns, which he had caused
to be made for the defense of the Union.

The very flattering terms in which this munificent gift was conveyed caused
much gratification, and the survivors of the regiment still take pride in assert
ing their ownership and control over the Sanford Battery.

20 THE FIRST REGIMENT.

FAIR OAKS.

On Saturday, May 31st, about 1 P. M., we were suddenly aroused by very
heavy firing of artillery and musketry, indicating a hard fought battle on the
south side of the Chickahominy, which was held by the corps of Heintzelman and
Keyes. The river had become greatly swollen from heavy rains, and the only
passable bridge in our vicinity was the grapevine bridge, which we had
built four days before; and even that seemed precarious, as the water had
reached the log covering, and much of the corduroy approach was in a floating
condition. Sedgwiek's Division was under arms at once, and Gorman marched
his brigade to the river ; but orders to cross did not come until about half-past
two, when Gorman crossed promptly, with the First Minnesota in the lead, and
hurried to the nearest sound of the conflict, — through mud knee-deep part of
the way. The condition of the air or direction of the wind made the sound of
musketry seem nearer than it was in fact; but with the rapid stride taken by the
regiment we soon encountered the fleeing stragglers and cowards, who reported
utter and irretrievable defeat. Paying no attention to these, about three miles
from our crossing we reached Couch's Brigade, as it was taking up a new
position in rear of Fair Oaks. Here I quote from Gen. Walker's "Second
Corps:"

The moment Couch saw the advance of Sumner's column, he begins the deployment of his own
troops, while one of his staff officers, galloping to the head of Sedgwick's Division, detaches the
First Minnesota, and leads it right to the Courtney House, where Sully has been ordered to take posi
tion ; and not a moment too soon, for as the young officer is giving that grim veteran of the regu
lar army some advice as to the disposition of his force, which is received with outward courtesy,
and probably with inward amusement, a crowded column in gray bulges out of the woods close in
front. Have you ever noticed the instinctive recoil which always attends the first emerging from
the shade of the forest into the broad glare of day? So this column, the advance of G. W. Smith,
for the instant recoiled, and, as its leading officers perceived Sully's men in front, it fell back into
the woods to form under cover for the coming assault.

The rest of our brigade was formed on the left of Couch, and our deployment
on his right was just in time, for the disposition was hardly complete when a
heavy attack came. We were in a field of wheat, and behind a rail fence. The
attacking force did not cover our front, reaching about to our left ; so that we got
little of its fire, but poured an effective cross-fire diagonally into its left flank.
Our loss was but two men killed and two wounded, and we took a large number
of prisoners, including a colonel, a lieutenant colonel and two company officers.
The colonel, named Long, of a North Carolina regiment, had been a lieutenant
in Sully's Company in the regular army. Our presence in the field was clearly
unexpected by the enemy, who had hoped for easy victory, and fought with
great vigor and tenacity. The Eighty-second and Thirty-fourth New York
regiments of our brigade, now in battle for the first time, fought like veterans,
and by a resolute and successful bayonet charge, saved Eickett's Battery, when
in great danger from a sudden advance of the enemy, and repelled that advance,
after which the enemy drew back. The victory on our part of the field was
complete and decisive that night. The Confederates were driven at all points,
and with very heavy loss, and did not attack us on the next day, although in
the forenoon of that day there was heavy fighting to the left, and especially
just to our left, about ten o'clock, when the Irish Brigade of Eichardson's
Division of our corps was put in the front line, and drove the enemy from its
position in their front. On that day the other regiments of our brigade, sepa
rated from us in the hurried dispositions made on first reaching the field, were
brought to our side, and the spontaneous cheers with which they were greeted
by our men, for their good conduct, did much to perfect that good feeling and
esprit du corps which ever after existed in that brigade. Sully, Dana and Gor
man won high commendations for their conduct in this battle, and McClellan
paused, on Sunday, a few moments in front of the regiment, greeting the men
with words of praise and confidence. The continual rains had broken down the
bridges, and made the roads so impassable that neither artillery nor trains, nor
even rations, could be brought up, except as the latter was carried by details.

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McClellan could not, therefore, follow up further any advantage gained over the
enemy, as any further advance would bring us, without our artillery, against
the enemy's fortifications, our position being within five miles of Eichmond.
It was some days before troops were got over in sufficient number to extend our
right backward to the Chickahominy. During the rest of June, until the move
ments and battles resulting in the change of base, the regiment was kept on
constant and severe duty, on picket and building corduroy roads, and felling
the forest in front of our lines. Our pickets were attacked and shelled nearly
every day, and scarcely a night passed that we were not in line once or oftener
from some alarm, and we were required to keep our arms on, sleeping or wak
ing, in readiness to fall into line at a moment's notice. On June 3d we were
joined by the Second Company of Minnesota Sharpshooters, Capt. Wm. F.
Eussell, which had arrived June 1st, taking part in the battle near its close,
and having one wounded. It was attached to the First Eegiment, and borne on
its rolls and reports as Company L, though never in fact consolidated with the
regiment. The weather through June was hot, and heavy rains frequent. The
only water for drinking was surface water, as the ground was low, and malarial
diseases and diarrhea were very prevalent. On June 8th the Spanish general,
Prim, with a gorgeous staff, accompanied by the French princes on McClellan' s
staff, passed along the line of our regiment, and were received with " presented
arms." Gen. Prim was on his way home from Mexico, and came to see our
army in the field. On this day he had come with the French princes from
McClellan' s headquarters to visit Gen. Sumner, who, with Sedgwick and other
generals, and our colonel, Sully, occupied the Courtney or Adams House, just
in rear of our line. The fact that Sully spoke both French and Spanish fluently
did much to make the visit easy and pleasant to the guests, and the French
princes said so many complimentary things about Sully' s regiment that Gen.
Prim expressed an anxious desire to see it. He was a man of medium size, large
head, and eyes that observed everything, in the prime of manhood, and dressed
plainly compared with his staff. June 18th was the only quiet day and night,
and Sergt. Matt Marvin of Company K, one of the best and most efficient of sol
diers, notes in his diary that he slept twenty -four hours, which indicates the
worn and fatigued condition of the regiment. Still, the false and dangerous
position astride the Chickahominy was held, on the promises from Washington
that we were to be joined at once by McDowell's army of 35,000 men, then at
Fredericksburg.

SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES.

It is needless to tell here how Lee and his great lieutenant, Jackson, aroused
the fears of the authorities at Washington by the rapid raid of the latter into
the Shenandoah Valley, scattering the poorly commanded federal armies in that
region, and diverting McDowell's army into that section ; or with what skill
and address he suddenly left 60,000 Union troops there, pretending to look for,
and evidently fearing to meet him, and with no knowledge of his whereabouts,
while he rapidly returned to the north of Eichmond, and, in connection with
the corps of D. H. Hill, hurled an overwhelming force upon the corps of Fitz
John Porter, on the left bank of the Chickahominy, near Mechanicsville, on
June 26, 1862. Nor shall I attempt to describe the stubborn resistance and ter
rible fighting of Porter's corps, with reinforcements sent from the right bank,
during that and the two following days. Our extended lines south of the river
were every day threatened and subjected to heavy artillery, fire, especially at
the angle occupied by the First Minnesota, where previous attacks had caused
us to build a strong breastwork, with traverses to protect us from enfilading
artillery. Night and day we were in readiness for conflict. On the afternoon
of June 28th we were ordered to pack up everything but shelter tents, and at
nightfall these were struck, and we lay on the ground without covering. The
trains had been going to the south all day, and at dark the sick and disabled
were also sent off, and at early daylight, in the morning of June 29th, leaving
our pickets out on the picket line, we marched away in the rear of the army.

22 THE FIRST REGIMENT.

The roads were blocked with masses of moving troops, impeded further along
by trains and artillery, and in the dense mist of the morning very slow progress
w*as made. We had advanced but about three miles when, at nine o'clock in the
morning, our picket was forced back, and followed by the enemy, under the
active and alert Magruder. This force attacked us at once, as we formed near
the peach orchard on Allen's farm. The fighting was sharp for a brief time,
though the attack mainly fell on troops just to the right of our regiment, and
but little of the enemy's fire, save from artillery, reached us. After several re
pulses of persistently renewed attacks the enemy fell back, and our army pro
ceeded on its way.

Moving on, we reached Savage Station about 1 o'clock p. M., and were massed
with a considerable body of the Second Corps near the road leading across White
Oak swamp. The rest of the army had passed on, and a large amount of mate
rial at the railroad bridge was being destroyed. When the bridge, with engines
and trains upon it, was blown up, an immense body of dense smoke arose,
assuming perfectly symmetrical, and continually changing forms and colors,
beautiful and grand to the view, in whatever form it took, like the changes in
a kaleidoscope, and observed by all for several minutes before it was dissipated.
About four o'clock the Confederates ran down the railroad a heavy gun mounted
on a flat-car, and protected by railroad iron, and opened fire on our troops.
This was followed closely by infantry and other artillery. The First Minnesota
and Gen. Burns' Brigade of our division were ordered to the point of attack, and
soon drove off the enemy. But Confederate infantry at once appeared on
another road further to the left, and we were sent to that point, being joined by
the other regiments of our brigade, the First Minnesota here forming the ex
treme left of the line, and resisting the heaviest brunt of the attack, which was
made with artillery at canister range, and with infantry extending beyond our
left flank, which was iu great danger of being turned. The fighting here was
most persistent and severe, and as we got the enemy's fire diagonally from its
extended right, as well as from the front, our loss was considerable. We held
the position, however, without yielding an inch, and about sunset the Vermont
Brigade, which had been recalled from its route to White Oak swamp, came in
on our left, and, joining in a last counter attack, the enemy was driven back.
The First Minnesota lost forty-eight killed and wounded in this battle. Gather
ing our wounded into the field hospital, as there were no facilities for removing
them, they were left, with a sufficient number of attendants, after their wounds
had been dressed, to the care of the enemy, and we pushed on after night, still
in rear of the army, across White Oak swamp, bivouacking near morning for a
brief time soon after crossing the bridge.

Early in the morning of June 30th the regiment, under command of Lieut. Col.
Miller (Sully, by reason of Gorman's illness, being in command of the brigade),
marched about two miles, when it was countermarched back to the bridge to aid
the corps of Gen. Franklin in holding that point against the assaults of Jackson,
which began furiously with artillery about ten o'clock. The natural obstacles
of swamp and stream gave Jackson little chance to use his infantry, but the
artillery contest, with occasional infantry fighting, lasted the entire day, which
was one of stifling heat. Heavy infantry firing ahead of us apprised us of the
sanguinary battle at Glendale, where the corps of Longstreet and A. P. Hill,
having passed around the swamp, were endeavoring to force the flank of our line
of march, and cut off that part of the army still in the rear holding Jackson at
bay, as well as the immense wagon trains, which, crossing White Oak swamp
the night before, now filled the roads behind our forces at Glendale. Soon after
noon we were sent to another crossing of the stream, which Jackson endeavored
to force.

Late in the afternoon we were hurriedly sent to Glendale, moving for most
§f the distance at double-quick. We were at first placed in support of troops
then hotly engaged, throwing ourselves on the ground to recover breath and
avoid needless exposure to the storm of bullets passing over us. It was the
heaviest attack made by the Confederates, and Geu. Suuiner personally ordered

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us into the front line to relieve a regiment which was hard pressed, saying :
" Boys, I shall not see many of you again, but I know you will hold that line."
The men rose with a cheer, and Dana, whose brigade was engaged near by, said :
"I will place my old regiment,77 and led us to our position in the line. But the
brunt of the battle had then passed, and although firing was kept up between
our line at the edge of a wood and the rebel line within the wood, no further
serious attack was made by the rebels, and darkness soon substantially closed
the conflict. Several of our men were wounded here, among them Capt. William
Colvill, who, after dark, was desperately wounded by a shot in the left breast.
But, with that imperturbability for which he was distinguished, he gave no sign
of being hurt, and turned over his command to his lieutenant, as if for a few
minutes7 absence, and no one knew that he was hurt until the next morning,
when he was heard from as having walked to the field hospital at Malvern Hill.
We held the line of battle until near morning, when all the trains, as well as
Franklin7s Corps, having passed our position, we followed unmolested, and after
daylight on July 1st reached Malvern Hill.

When we arrived there we found the whole army being posted in position for
battle, some thirty or forty rods in front of the crest of the hill, on which the
heavy siege artillery was placed. It was a good battlefield, having about half
or three-fourths of a mile of gently sloping cleared ground in our front. Our
position at first was near the centre of our line, where, about eight o7 clock, the
enemy opened onus a heavy artillery fire, slightly wounding several of our men
with pieces of shell, but none severely. Our position was changed slightly sev
eral times, and toward noon we were moved to the rear and marched considerably
to the right, off the elevated plateau, and stationed in an oat-field, on lower
ground, and well to the right of the line of battle. There we remained without
attack daring- the entire day, listening to the sound of the terrific conflict on the
left, and expecting au attack at any moment. At times the volume of musketry
and roar of artillery exceeded anything we had before listened to, and with the
novel, unearthly shrieking of the immense shells thrown from gunboats passed the
wildest conceptions of the terrible in battle. Gen. McClellan came along our line
in the afternoon, infusing that enthusiasm which his presence always brought on
a battlefield. The conflict on the left continued through the entire day, and for
some time after dark. Toward morning we were withdrawn, and again as
cending Malvern Hill, found it substantially deserted by our troops, and we
passed after them by a road down the steep bluff to the low ground along the
Jafnes river, and in a drenching rain, through mud which the trains and artil
lery had made bottomless, and along which we wallowed, rather than marched,
about seven miles to Harrison7 s Landing.

HARRISON'S LANDING.

Morning on July 2d was dawning as we descended the bluff at Malvern Hill,
and it was about noon when we reached Harrison7 s, and were massed for camp
in a field of finely ripened wheat, of large extent, on the rich bottom near the
river. A finer crop never gladdened the eye of a husbandman than this before
we entered it. But with the mass of men who covered it, and the rain still pour
ing, within an hour there was not a sign of wheat — merely a field of black mud,
upon which the soldiers set up their dog tents, and supplied them with bedding
from large stack yards, where from some cause, the crops of previous years still
stood unthreshed. In a few days we were moved further from the river, camp
ing on drier ground, near a small rivulet, and were kept busy during the month
with fatigue and picket duties. On July 9th President Lincoln, with Gens.
McClellan, Sumner, Sedgwick and others, passed along our lines, and, on the
next day, our chaplain, Eev. E. D. Neill, took final leave of the regiment to
enter on duty as hospital chaplain in Philadelphia. He was, and is, a most pol
ished and agreeable gentleman, of unusual scholarly attainments, and inde
fatigable in his interest for the men, and in his efforts to secure for them every
comfort that could be obtained. It is needless to say that he was then, and still
is, held in highest regard and esteem by all. He became one of President Lin-

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coin's private secretaries, and continued in the same place under President
Johnson, and was appointed by President Grant United States consul to Dublin.
Since his return to Minnesota he has resumed clerical and literary work, and
uniting the characteristics of an educator, a man of letters and devoted Christian
clergyman with that of a most genial, polished gentleman, wit and humorist, he
is a most delightful companion, and his name is a household word throughout
the state, where he has resided and labored since its earliest settlement, now
nearly half a century. On July 22d the corps was reviewed by Gen. McClellan,
and in Gen. Sumner's orders the next day the First Minnesota and Nineteenth
Massachusetts were complimented as the two model regiments. On August 4th
our division and some other infantry, with cavalry and artillery, moved by &
circuitous route to the rear of Malvern Hill, and advanced to that field the next
day over the same road as when coming from Glendale. The rebels, after brief
resistance, were driven from the field, and we bivouacked on that part of the
battlefield where the severest fighting between Porter's and Magruder's forces
had taken place. The pits where the dead had been buried in cords had sunk,
and bones were protruding. We now hoped that this movement was the begin
ning of a new advance along the James upon Richmond.

RECALL FROM THE PENINSULA.

But Stanton and Halleck had conceived and started the movement under
Pope, and the Army of the Potomac was peremptorily recalled from the penin
sula. We were therefore ordered back to Harrison's Landing, whence the sick
were at once sent to the general hospital at Newport News, which was in charge
of our former surgeon, Dr. D. W. Hand, who had been succeeded by Dr. John
B. Le Blond as assistant surgeon of the regiment. The surplus material was
being shipped to Alexandria. On August 16th the regiment moved, passing
Charles City Court House, Williamsburg, Yorktown and Big Bethel, and reach
ing Newport News on the 22d, and on the 25th embarked on the steamer Missis
sippi, and reached Alexandria on the morning of the 28th, and marched out
about three miles toward Fairfax Court House, where they heard the first news
of disaster to Pope's army. Here the indecision and incapacity of Halleck was
strikingly displayed. Instead of sending Sumner's and Franklin's corps at once
to the front, they were kept near Washington, and on the 29th we were marched
back through Alexandria to the aqueduct, and then to Chain Bridge. On the
30th we were marched forward again, passing a suburb of Alexandria, to a
place about six miles east of Fairfax Court House. On the next day we marched
to Centreville. On September 1st Pope's army was retreating toward the Poto
mac, and the Second Corps was placed in the rear, our regiment becoming the
rear guard on the road leading to Vienna, following the army after dark, through
deep mud, and reaching a position near Chantilly at dawn, where we learned that
Jackson had struck the flank of the retreating army the evening before, and
that the gallant Phil. Kearney and Gen. Isaac I. Stevens were killed in resisting
the attack. Here we halted for the day, seeing the army move off, exhausted
and dispirited, and with them were sent such of our men as seemed unfit for
duty, reducing the regiment to less than three hundred men. Still, with two-
pieces of Battery A, First Rhode Island Artillery, we formed the rear guard on
that road, and were carefully scanned during the afternoon by the enemy's
videttes, who increased to large numbers before night, and for some time kept
up a continuous fire upon us at long range. Near sunset our pickets were driven
in, and as all the rest of the army had been gone a considerable time, our regi
ment retired some distance to the cover of a wood, followed by a strong line of
skirmishers. Suddenly a heavy body of cavalry formed line near us, and a full
battery came into position near enough to sweep our line with grape and can
ister. Col. Sully ordered our two pieces to retreat to Flint Hill, more than
half a mile to the rear, and take position there in the road ; and, after holding
back the enemy long enough for this to be accomplished, he ordered the regi
ment to break ranks and run for the guns, and form on them as the centre. In
the darkness which had come on, this was done with celerity and in silence.

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The two guns stood in the middle of the road near the top of the hill, and the
wings of the regiment were, on either side, thrown forward, forming the letter Y,
so as to partly envelop the approaching foe. Silently we waited, but not long,
for the rebel cavalry and artillery, finding the road clear, hurried on in pursuit,
not discovering us until the advance was nearly at the muzzles of our two guns.
Sully' s challenge, "Who comes there?" and the surprised response, "Who the
devil are you?'7 and a pistol shot from the rebel leader directed at Sully, brought
a volley of canister from the two pieces and musketry from the First Minnesota,
which must have done fearful execution, judging from the cries, groans, curses
and commands, as those who were able dashed madly to the rear, hastened by a
second volley from the guns and the regiment, and during that night they
troubled us no more. We had five men seriously wounded, among them Lieut.
Charles Zierenberg, a brave and competent officer, who died in a day or two.
Without looking after the condition of the enemy's wounded the regiment re
sumed its march, being a long distance in rear of any other troops. Approach
ing Vienna we met the Nineteenth Massachusetts, which had heard the firing
and was hastening back to our assistance. Having passed that village we heard
from the front a rush of cavalry and rapid firing, as a squadron of horse dashed
through the Nineteenth Massachusetts, which sprang to the sides of the road,
giving and receiving shots. Our regiment did the same thing, suffering also
from shots sent by the Massachusetts men after the cavalry. Here we had
two men killed and seven more wounded. The affair was caused by a body of
New York cavalry mistaking us in the night for Confederates and charging past
us. Col. Sully with difficulty got transportation for all our wounded, and we
pursued our way to the bivouac of the army near Chain Bridge. The campaign
planned and managed by Stanton and Halleck had ended in disgraceful and utter
defeat. The man whom they had put in command, or, as Gen. Walker, in his
"Second Corps," says:

The braggart who had begun his campaign with insolent reflections, in general orders, upon
the Army of the Potomac and its commander, and with silly bluster about his policy being attack
and not defense; about discarding "such ideas" as lines of retreat and bases of supply; about
looking before and not behind ; about studying the possible lines of retreat of his enemy, and leav
ing his own to take care of themselves, had been kicked, cuffed, hustled and knocked down and
tiodden upon as rarely happens in the history of war. His communications had been cut ; his
headquarters pillaged ; a corps had marched into his rear, and had encamped at its ease upon the
railroad by which he received his supplies ; he had been beaten or foiled in every attempt to bag
those defiant intruders ; and in the end he was glad to find a refuge in the intrenchments of Wash
ington, whence he had sallied forth six weeks before breathing out threatenmgs and slaughter.

THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN.

On September 2d the panic in Washington was so great that, notwithstanding
the enmity of Stauton and Halleck toward McClellan, the latter was placed in
command of the fortifications of Washington, and of all the troops for the de
fense of the capital. He at once rode to the front, where his presence brought
enthusiasm and restored confidence. On September 3d McClellan moved the
Second Corps and other troops to Tenallytown, on the Maryland side, in antici
pation of Lee's crossing above. On conferring with Halleck respecting active
operations, he was told by the latter that his command only covered the imme
diate defenses of Washington, and that the commander for an active army had
not yet been decided on. After Lee's movement became apparent McClellan
urged upon Halleck the evacuation of Harper's Ferry, and the union of its gar
rison of 12,000 men with his army. The advice was treated with contempt, and
this force, which was not subject to McClellan's orders, was left to be hemmed in
and forced to capitulate in a few days. Without orders, with his authority to
command away from Washington denied, and, therefore, "with a halter about
his neck " in case of disaster, McClellan moved his army to Frederick City to op
pose Lee. Beaching this place September 13th, he received the following tele
gram from Halleck : "Until you know more of the enemy's force south of the
Potomac you are wrong in thus uncovering the capital. I am of the opinion
that the enemy will send a small column toward Pennsylvania to draw your

26 THE FIRST REGIMENT.

forces in that direction, then suddenly move on Washington with the forces
south of the Potomac and those he may cross over.77 And on the 14th, the
day of the battle at South Mountain, Halleck again telegraphed : ''Scouts report
a large force still on the Virginia side of the Potomac. If so, I fear you are ex
posing your left and rear.77 Even on the 16th, when we had the rebel force in
our front on the Antietam, the same chronic fear for the safety of Washington
was telegraphed by Halleck. Yet, after Antietam, no one was more ready than
Halleck to blame McClellan for the tardiness of his movements, the rapidity of
which, before that battle, had so much alarmed him. Better informed than Hal
leck, and disregarding the fright of the latter, McClellan moved from Frederick
to South Mountain on the night of the 13th and morning of the 14th of Septem
ber. The battle at the latter place occurred in the afternoon of that day, and
the First Minnesota, being well to the rear, after a march of seventeen miles,
reached the battlefield after sunset, and was at once pushed to the front up the
mountain side. But, except desultory firing in the increasing darkness, the bat
tle had ceased ; and, after holding the line through the night, we found, in the
morning, that the enemy had gone, and we crossed the mountain, passing through
Boonsborough, and bivouacking near Shepardstown. In the early morning of
the 16th we marched through Keedysville, and halted on high ground overlook
ing the Antietam. There was considerable skirmishing and artillery firing dur
ing the day, ascertaining the enemy 7s position, while our army was coming up
and being placed in readiness. Here our brave Lieut. Col. Stephen Miller left
us, on receipt of his commission as colonel of the Seventh Minnesota Eegiment.
Without military training previous to the organization of our regiment, his
bravery was conspicuous on every battlefield, and endeared him to the men, who
parted with him with sincere regret. As modest as brave, he had, on the pro
motions of Gorman and Dana, recommended the appointment of trained officers
to the colonelcy, to which he would otherwise have been promoted. His subse
quent honorable career as colonel of the Seventh Minnesota and as governor of
Minnesota need not be referred to at length. He always showed the warmest re
gard for every man of the Old First. He became brigadier general Oct. 26,
1863, was elected governor in November, 1863, and died Aug. 19, 1881, aged
sixty-five years.

ANTIETAM.

On the morning of Sept. 17, 1862, we were aroused at 2 A. M., and got coffee
and a full supply of ammunition. At 7 A. M. our corps moved about two miles
in a northeasterly direction, crossing the creek, where Sedgwick7s Division
formed in three lines by brigade, Gorman7s Brigade being the front line, and the
First Minnesota the right of that line, and of the army. In this order we*advanced
about three-fourths of a mile, crossing, under a heavy artillery fire, a battlefield
where dead and wounded of both sides lay in great numbers. Beaching a wood
occupied by the Confederates, we drove them rapidly through it, and into a corn
field beyond, where, apparently strongly reinforced, they advanced in turn, and
the musketry fire here was very heavy and long sustained, our men firing about
fifty rounds, and the enemy 7s artillery using grape and canister. Although our
loss here was heavy, it is a curious fact that the brigade which formed the
second line, seventy-five paces in our rear, and did not fire a shot, sustained
a heavier loss than our brigade in the front line. By some error, the left of
our brigade failed to connect with the right of Richardson's Division, leaving
a considerable space unoccupied, through which, after awhile, a strong force of
Confederates poured, turning the left flank of the Thirty-fourth New York,
and forcing it to retire. This uncovered in turn the Eighty-second New York
and Fifteenth Massachusetts, and as they retired the First Minnesota was left
without support on either flank. Still, it held its place until peremptory orders
to retire came. The movement was executed in good order, the regiment paus
ing frequently, and turning to deliver its volleys upon the enemy, who followed
cautiously. It halted behind a stone wall, after going back thirty or forty rods,
and held the ground until the corps was relieved by that of Franklin. It was

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much the most sanguinary contest in the battle, as is shown by the great losses of
the Second Corps. Gen. Richardson, commanding the First Division, was killed,
and Gen. Sedgwick, commanding our division, was severely wounded. The loss of
the regiment was one hundred and forty-seven. Among the killed was Capt. Gus-
tavus A. Holzborn of Company K, a gallant and meritorious officer. The regi
ment received high praise for its steadiness and good conduct in this hard-fought
battle. We remained on the battlefield, engaged in burying the dead, and in picket
duty and reconnaissances, for four days after the battle, being visited and favored
with an address by Bishop H. B. Whipple of our state, on September 21st. At
daylight, September 22d, we marched for Harper's Ferry, fording the Potomac
at that place, and encamping on Bolivar Heights. Without opportunity for
washing since leaving Harrison's Landing, a general bath in the Shenandoah
and the boiling and washing of our ragged clothing was a grateful task. The
men were in need of clothing, and in great need of shoes, and ic seemed to be
quite impossible to get anything of the kind from Washington. Here quite a
number of men of our regiment, as well as of other infantry regiments, enlisted,
for the balance of their term of service, in the regular cavalry, under an order
permitting such change of service, and many of the sick, wounded and prisoners
from the Peninsular campaign returned to us. On the 26th of September,
1862, Col. Alfred Sully was promoted brigadier general, and assigned to the
command of our brigade soon after, in the place of Gen. Gorman, who was trans
ferred to an important command in the West. Lieut. Col. George N. Morgan
was promoted colonel, Maj. William Colvill, lieutenant colonel, and Captain
Charles P. Adams, major. Greatly attached as the men were to Gen. Sully, and
glad that, with his well-deserved promotion they were still to remain under his
care and command, they parted with Gen. Gorman with most sincere regret.
Gorman was a man of marked characteristics, and of an eventful and distin
guished career. Born in Kentucky, of Irish ancestry, he had just begun the
practice of law at Bloomington, Ind., when, at the outbreak of the Mexican War,
he enlisted in the Third Indiana Regiment, and was commissioned its major.
Serving with credit in Gen. Taylor's campaign, he was the next year unani
mously chosen colonel of the Fourth Indiana Regiment, and served with distinc
tion under Scott, in his campaign ending with the capture of the City of Mex
ico. Returning to Indiana, he was twice elected to Congress, and in 1853 was
appointed governor of the Territory of Minnesota by President Pierce, holding
that office four years, and ever after residing at St. Paul. He was a member of
the Constitutional Convention in 1857, and in public office, as well as in the prac
tice of his profession, he acquired a reputation for sterling, unbending integrity,
and of being one of the most effective orators in the country. His voice was a
marvel of flexibility and power. A pronounced Union man. at the outbreak of
the Civil War he tendered his services, and was commissioned colonel of the
First Minnesota Regiment, and was indefatigable in drilling and preparing it for
service. Brave in action, and, at times, rough in manner and eloquent in vitu
peration, his nature was kind as a woman's, and he could not use severity. He
always manifested the utmost pride in, and love for, his regiment, and solicitude
for its honor and reputation, and by his bearing, his precepts, and his generous
commendations of the conduct of the regiment, built up and fostered that regi
mental pride — that esprit du corps — which made cowardice or misconduct im
possible. Perhaps the regiment never would have become all that it was but for
the influence of Gorman, which remained after he left it, and to the end, and
was seen in its charge at Gettysburg, as in its unyielding attitude in earlier bat
tles. The mutual regard existing between him and the regiment continued after
the war, and he was always present, and honored, at its annual reunions until
his death.

On October 16th we formed part of a body of troops, under command of Gen.
Hancock, in a reconnaissance to Charlestown, where we found a heavy force of
cavalry and artillery, which made a resolute resistance, and shelled us furiously
as we advanced toward the town, but retired, before our infantry, about four
miles beyond that place. Night and heavy rain coming on, we started to

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return in intense darkness, in which our guides lost their way, and the most of
the night was spent in comfortless wandering, not reaching Charlestown until
near day. That day we returned to Bolivar. About this time we were joined
by the Nineteenth Maine, a splendid, new regiment, which continued in our
brigade during the remainder of our service, and behaved like steady veterans
from the beginning.

LOUDON Y ALLEY— M'CLELLAN REMOVED.

On October 30th the army crossed the Shenandoah, and moved up London
Valley at the base of the Blue Eidge. The first day was extremely hot, and the
Nineteenth Maine, unused to marching with the heavy loads carried by soldiers,
and having knapsacks stuffed with everything, provided by the thoughtful care
of friends and relatives on leaving home, found their burdens too heavy, and,
in general, lightened by throwing away their new overcoats, strapped on top,
and most readily removed. As our regiment marched next behind, with light
knapsacks, and were well seasoned to fatigue, the men picked up the overcoats,
and before night were fully supplied, ready for the cold weather, which set in
within a week afterward. In passing through this valley our advance skir
mished nearly every day with the Confederate cavalry, which retired, sometimes
passing through the gaps in the Blue Eidge, into the Shenandoah Valley. Our
regiment engaged in these skirmishes near Snicker's and Ashby's gaps, and
elsewhere. This was a beautiful and fertile country, divided into thrifty farms,
and producing much fruit. It was dotted with pleasant villages, and had never
been overrun by a hostile force, and fence rails were plenty for bivouac fires.
The people were all disloyal ; not averse to selling their produce at good prices,
but preferred Confederate money, and therefore got a good supply of counter
feit Confederate notes, with which an enterprising Philadelphia concern had just
supplied our army. The stringent orders against foraging were not always
effectual in the presence of the great numbers of fat sheep, pigs and young cat
tle, where there was opportunity to run them down in hidden nooks, the neces
sary secrecy preventing any shooting of them. One of our men, an incorrigible
forager, at the close of a day's march, with the assistance of two or three com
rades, captured a fat sheep in the edge of a wood, and, while dressing it, a few
men from a Maine regiment came up, and stood looking on and conversing.
Glancing through the brush from his kneeling position he discovered a squad of
the provost guard almost upon them, and speaking to his comrades, he said,
quietly: "Boys, that other sheep we got is enough for us ; let us give this one
to these Maine boys." His comrades knew nothing of any other sheep, but,
satisfied that he had some sufficient reason for his sudden generosity, assented,
and followed him quickly into the wood, as the Maine men, just beginning to cut
up the carcass, were pounced upon by the guard and marched off. Later in the
day, passing division headquarters, he saw these men tied up to cross-bars, and
quietly asked how they relished the mutton. On November 7th the order re
moving Gen. McClellan was received at Eectortown, and some rumors of that
event reached the men on the following day. On November 9th we halted near
Warren ton, and the rumor was confirmed. Officers and men were stunned and
exasperated almost to the point of mutiny, but this feeling was repressed by the
bearing and counsels of McClellan himself. Burnside was personally liked and
respected, and the more that it was known that he was a warm friend of
McClellan. But his ability for leadership was doubted, and the army felt hope
less, under the conviction that, whoever was nominally put in command, Stanton
and Halleck would direct all movements, and they were as cordially detested
and distrusted as McClellan was beloved and confided in. Deepest sorrow and
despondency prevailed on November 10th, when the army was drawn up to take
leave of McClellan. Strong men shed tears. A majority of the line officers of
the First Minnesota sent in their resignations, but, on the representation of Gen.
Sully that such an act, in the face of the enemy, might subject them to disgrace
ful imputation, the resignations were recalled. The estimate of an army of the
character and capacity of its commander, who has led it in many battles, is always-

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accurate ; and the confidence of this army, from its oldest corps commander to
the men in the ranks, in McClellan was unbounded. Besides, the army then felt
that he was sacrificed, and itself imperiled, to gratify malice and spite. The
pretext for his removal was his alleged tardiness of movement and hesitation
about attacking the enemy. During the ten days following his removal the sum
of our advance was about thirty miles to Falmouth, opposite Fredericksburg,
on the Eappahaunock. By the time we had slowly concentrated at that point,
Lee had so fortified Mary6's Heights, and the rest of the range of hills behind
Fredericksburg, as to defy attack. But a battle must be risked to justify
McClellau's removal, and Burnside was directed accordingly.

FREDERICKSBURG.

I shall not attempt the sickening detail of the fearful and criminal slaughter
of the best and bravest troops who ever carried arms, as they gallantly, though
hopelessly, charged again and again upon the impregnable works of Lee along
Mary 6' s Heights. Fortunately, and mainly through the care of Gen. Sully, the
First Minnesota was not sacrificed. Gen. Sumner, then commanding the right
grand division, consisting of the Second Corps, Gen. Darius N. Couch, and the
Ninth Corps, Gen. Wilcox, had given notice to remove non-combatants from
Fredericksburg, and early in the morning of December llth we left camp and
marched to the left and toward the river, and the division was massed in shelter
of a hill. As the enemy used houses in the city as cover for sharpshooters, who
fired on the men laying our pontoons, Sumner riddled the houses with his artil
lery, and, under cover of its fire, crossed a small force in boats, who drove the
enemy from the houses near the point of crossing, and the bridge was at once
laid. The First Minnesota and other troops crossed rapidly near dark, and
formed along the river bank. The Confederates still held most of the town, and
there was desultory firing till midnight ; but some of our boys made their way
to the houses and stores, and returned laden with provisions, wines, liquors, to
bacco, and a violin, and soon quadrilles and contra dances were under way, the
melody of the fiddle being often varied by the hissing of passing bullets. The
next morning, early, we moved into one of the principal streets ; and because the
houses had been used as cover by the enemy, the men ransacked, without much
hindrance, the houses and stores, from which the owners had fled. Provisions
were found in abundance, and boxes of tobacco were thrown out on the side
walks that all might help themselves. Gen. Sully took possession of a hand
some residence that chanced to be near the place occupied by the regiment, and,
when it was invaded by a squad of the boys, told them to help themselves freely
to everything they could find, as the place belonged to his brother-in-law, "a
blamed rebel." The house had many portraits, by the general's father, Thomas
Sully, the eminent painter, among them one of the general himself when a child
of three or four years. Well did Sully know that his bluff invitation to plunder,
coupled with the statement that the premises belonged to a relative of his,
would secure the place from intrusion. The boys took nothing, and kept off all
other marauders. The men were not allowed to quarter in the houses, but fences
and outhouses were broken up for little fires in the street to boil coffee, and the
men sat around the fires on sofas and stuffed chairs. Soon after dark we were
moved to the front, and spent a cold, comfortless night on picket. In the morn
ing, December 13th, our division (Howard's) was moved to the right of the
town, Sally's Brigade being the right of the army. During nearly the whole
forenoon a heavy artillery fire was directed upon us, but with few casualties.
At noon the slaughter began, and we witnessed the sacrifice of French's and
Hancock's divisions of our corps, as one, following the other, was led across the
canal, swept by hundreds of cannon, and gallantly rushed against the stone wall
at the foot of Mary 6' s Heights, which sheltered as heavy a force of Confederate
infantry as could operate behind it, while the face of the hill in the rear was ter
raced with lines of breastworks, manned by Longstreet's Veteran Corps, being
able to fire from each line of works over the heads of the lines in front. It was
murder to attempt such an assault, and wholly against the judgment oi Gen.

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Couch, the able commander of the Second Corps. But the orders were impera
tive, and were obeyed ; and, as Hancock followed French into the vortex of
death, Couch moved Howard to the left to support the attack. The Second and
Third brigades of our division came into this action, and suffered severely, but
Sully, as judicious as brave, realizing the utter folly of also sacrificing his bri
gade, the very last in the corps, when there was no chance or possibility of
achieving anything but its destruction, detained it in a place of comparative
safety, and his action, which saved the First Minnesota, was approved, or at
least passed without question. After dark we were withdrawn to the edge of
the town, and at daylight were moved back to Princess Ann street, where we
remained quietly through the day. There was skirmishing at the front, and
constant firing of sharpshooters there from rifle-pits. While the Confederates
evidently spared- the buildings in the town, they sent shells down the streets
leading toward Marye's Heights whenever any considerable number of soldiers
appeared in them. This brought to my notice an instance of female pluck and
nerve worthy of mention. A rather young, and evidently modest, respectable
and well-dressed lady (the only woman that I remember seeing in the place) was
walking along the sidewalk of one of these streets toward the river, when a body
of our soldiers crossed it at a street crossing a few rods in front of her. In
stantly a half dozen shells came ricochetting and bursting down the street past
her, and the soldiers sought cover, but the woman kept her pace with perfect
calmness, apparently giving the matter no heed whatever. Soon after dark our
regiment, with four others, all under command of our colonel, George K". Mor
gan, were sent to the front to relieve a part of Gen. Sykes' Division. The posi
tion taken was in advance of the troops relieved, and in the midst of the most
exposed and hardest-fought part of the battlefield, and within a few rods of the
enemy's rifle-pits. In the intense darkness we could hear the sounds of shovels
and picks just in front of us; and, as our guide had left without giving accurate
information of the surroundings, Lieut. C. B. Heffelfinger, taking with him
Corp. Irvine of his company, volunteered to crawl forward and reconnoiter.
After a brief time the lieutenant came back with information that the labor was
on the enemy's rifle pits at a little distance. The corporal had been discovered
by a sentinel and captured. Col. Morgan at once sent back for picks and shovels,
and by working most of the night we made a serviceable trench and breastwork
along the line, which else would have been untenable after daylight; for, besides
the rifle-pits, a stone's throw away, and the intrenched lines behind them, there
were several buildings near by occupied by the enemy's sharpshooters. The
First Minnesota was on the right of our brigade, and joined by another brigade,
extending further to the right, also intrenched to some extent. In the afternoon
the enemy placed a battery on a height near the river above the town, where it
got an enfilading fire along our line, and endeavored to sweep our trenches,
sending solid shot and shell with great rapidity bounding along the line. The
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania, a new regiment, on the right
of the First Minnesota, at once broke, and ran from this frightful danger, except
its left company, which joined our regiment. And the contagion carried after
it two veteran regiments on its right. This uncovered the right of the First
Minnesota, exposing it to other obvious danger besides the enfilading fire, which
continued with apparently increasing fury. The regiment, however, stood firm,
and by its conduct held the balance of the line in its place. Gen. Howard, with
his brigade commanders, occupied a house in the rear, overlooking the line, and
saw with alarm the retreat of the three regiments, one after another. Seeing
our regiment stand fast, Howard exclaimed: "Sully, your First Minnesota
doesn't run!" Sully, who had felt no less alarm for the credit of his favorite
regiment than about the danger of the situation, now reassured, answered calmly,
''General, the First Minnesota never runs." Gen. Howard was extremely grati
fied at the conduct of the regiment on this occasion, and complimented it in gen
eral orders, and in a brief address to the regiment a few days later. The line
was held until night, when we were withdrawn, crossed the river, and returned
to our camp back of Falmouth, taking up again the routine of drill and picket

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duty. Our loss at Fredericksburg was only two officers and thirteen men
wounded. On December 2d, upon an examination of sergeants for promotion to
three vacancies in the office of second lieutenant, which had existed since Sep
tember, William Lochren of Company E, Myron Shepard of Company B, and
Charles H. Mason of Company D were recommended by the board of officers,
and requests for their commissions were sent by Col. Morgan to Gov. Eamsey,
and those sergeants were at once put on duty as second lieutenants. On Decem
ber 24th commissions came for Lochren and Mason, but instead of one for Shep
ard came a long letter from the state adjutant general, urging that a former first
lieutenant of the regiment — who, after obtaining a leave of absence to visit the
state in the fall of 1861, had procured details for various duties about Fort Snell-
ing, and remained there in spite of orders to return to the regiment, until
forced to resign because of his continued absence — should be given this commis
sion instead of Shepard, a most competent and deserving soldier, who had served
in the field with credit the entire time. The regiment felt indignant at this
action, and it drew forth a letter of warm remonstrance from Col. Morgan, which
brought Shepard7 s commission without further delay. The position of our camp,
in plain sight of the enemy, prevented our division from being moved during
the distressing "mud march" of Burnside in the latter part of January. At
this time our old corps commander, Gen. Sumner, whose personal bravery, con
spicuously shown on every field, had endeared him to the men, retired because
of ill health, exhorting his old command, in his farewell order, to preserve its
reputation, reminding it of the large amount of artillery and numerous stand
ards it had captured, whilst the corps had never lost a color nor a gun. About the
same time, Gen. Hooker succeeded Gen. Burnside in the command of the Army
of the Potomac. One of his earliest acts was to order the adoption of corps
badges, worn on the hat or cap of the soldiers and officers, and so borne upon
flags, as easily to identify corps, divisions and brigades on the march or battle
field. They were useful in many ways, and tended to strengthen the esprit du
corps of the organizations. The device designated the army corps, and the color
the division ; red for the First Division, white for the Second, and blue for the
Third. The trefoil, or clover leaf, was the badge of the Second Corps, and the
First Minnesota, as part of the Second Division of that corps, wore the white
trefoil. On April 2d Gov. Eamsey arrived in camp, where he was always a
most welcome visitor. He brought a new flag for the regiment, presented by
the ladies of the state, and having inscribed upon it the battles in which the
regiment had then participated. On April 8th President Lincoln went through
the camps.

CHANCELLORSVILLE.

On April 27th began the movement which culminated in the battle of Chan-
cellorsville, and most of the army was moved to the right, to cross the river at
points above. The camp of our division remaining in full view of the enemy,
the division was held in place, and afterward joined Gen. Sedgwick's Sixth
Corps in crossing at Fredericksburg. The troops sent to the right crossed the
Eappahannock at Kelly's Ford, on the night of April 28th, and then, crossing
the Eapidan, moved to Chancellorsville, uncovering other fords. It is not
within the scope of this work to trace the marvelous blunders by which this
well-planned movement of Hooker's, after reaching a point which should have
made success certain, was turned into a disgraceful defeat. After Hooker had
crossed above, Sedgwick's Corps crossed below the city, and on May 3d, our
division, now commanded by Brig. Gen. John Gibbon, crossed the river at Fred
ericksburg, and the united forces carried Marye's Heights after several assaults.
Gibbon, after advancing some distance with Sedgwick, was sent back to the city,
to prevent any raid in the rear, and Sedgwick advanced to the support of
Hooker. But the surprise and defeat of Howard's Eleventh Corps by Jackson,
and the demoralization of Hooker, enabled Lee, on the following day, to send a
large force around Sedgwick, and reoccupy the fortifications, and force Sedgwick,
at length, to cross the river at Banks' Ford, abeve the city, and on the night of

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May 4th Gibbon's Division also crossed to the north side of the river. On May
6th the army had all recrossed, the pontoons were taken up, and the movement
was at an end. The First Minnesota had again escaped severe fighting, as in the
capture of Marye's Heights our division was sent well to the right, drawing the
Confederate troops away from Sedgwiek's front, where the principal assault was
made, except that Lieut. Hezekiah Bruce of Company F, with a picket detail of
twenty five men of the First Minnesota, who were in front ofSedgwick, took
place in the front line of his assaulting column, and were among the first to enter
the enemy's works. The whole loss in the regiment was but nine men wounded.
On May 5th increasing ill health compelled Col. George N. Morgan to resign.
Quiet and unassuming in his manner, he was an officer of unusual intelligence
and capacity, always avoiding everything savoring of pretense and display, but
most heedful for the care and comfort of his men. Personally brave and consci
entious in the discharge of every duty, he had little patience with any who
attempted to evade duties or dangers, but would never suffer injustice toward
any deserving soldier. He afterward became colonel of the Second Eegiment
Veteran Eeserve Corps, brevet brigadier general, commandant at Fort Snelling,
and was finally mustered out of the service June 30, 1866, and died of con
sumption (contracted in the service) July 24; 1866. Knowing him intimately,
through close personal relations that grew up between us in the service, the
writer would gladly devote more space to the delineation of the amiable chivalric
traits in the character of Col. Morgan than the limits of this narrative will allow.
On his resignation, Lieut. Col. Colvill was promoted colonel, Maj. Charles P.
Adams, lieutenant colonel, and Capt. Mark W. Downie, major. On May 10th Gen.
Sully left us for a command in Minnesota and Dakota, against the Indians.
Brave and most capable in action, yet always careful to guard against any fool
ish or needless sacrifice of his men ; blunt, yet kind, in manner ; humorous and
playful as a boy ; always manifesting implicit confidence in the honor and good
conduct of his men. and relying on that as the only restraint, while never relax
ing any necessary discipline, he was perhaps more generally beloved by all than
any other of our regimental commanders. The regiment parted with him. with
most sincere regret, having but a short time before manifested their regard by
presenting him with a magnificent dress sword costing $1,000. His subsequent
career will be in part noted in the narrative of the Indian War in this volume.
He became brevet major general of volunteers and brevet brigadier general
in the regular army, colonel of the Tenth Eegular Infantry, and died at Fort
Vancouver April 27, 1879. For the month following the battle of Chancellors-
ville perfect quiet existed between the two armies. Drills, reviews and picket
duty occupied the time. Our division had encamped just below the Lacy House,
near the river, and right under the hundreds of guns which bristled along
Mary6's Heights, less than a mile away, and Confederate infantry were in camp
across the river, in plain sight, and within musket shot of us, and under the guns
on the heights behind us. The pickets on each side of the narrow, fordable
river, stood and were relieved in plain view and within a stone's throw of each
other, and by tiny boats, whittled from the red cedar or juniper, fitted with
paper sails and rudders tied to suit the current, carried on a daily interchange of
newspapers, coffee, tobacco and other articles. Talking between them would
have been easy, but was expressly forbidden for fear of too great familiarity, but
would nevertheless occasionally break out in good-natured badinage. The men
on both sides were now seasoned soldiers ; hardy, steady veterans, who would
fight each other to the death in the line of duty in battle, but would not be guilty
of assassination, and regarded each other with feelings of respect, unmixed with
any rancor or ill will.

GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN.

On June 6th the quiet was broken by Hooker, who threw a part of Sedg
wick's Sixth Corps across the Eappahannock, at Franklin's old crossing, about
two miles below our position, laying pontoons and moving a considerable body of
troops to that place, in readiness to cross in force. Although this brought on a

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heavy artillery fire, and some collision of infantry at the point of crossing, it
caused no breach of the peace at our position. Hooker remained inactive for
several days, and on June 10th, Gen. Couch, our corps commander, was trans
ferred to the new department of the Susquehanna, and Maj. Gen. Hancock was
promoted from command of our First Division to that of the corps. Although
Couch was highly esteemed, Hancock was extremely popular. In personal
appearance he was matchless, and in splendid horsemanship, dash and bravery,
quick apprehension of advantages and emergencies in battle, and in every trait
that marks a capable and great commander, the judgment of the army indorsed
the epithet of McClellau, and the Second Corps gladly greeted its "superb" com
mander, and felt secure that, under his leadership, its glories would increase.
Brig. Gen. William Harrow also succeeded to the command of Sully 's Brigade.
The gallant Thirty -fourth New York Eegiment, which had served with us from
Camp Stone, and, by its steady bravery on every battlefield at our side, had won
our highest regard, left us on June 9th, its term of enlistment (two years) having
expired. The First Minnesota accompanied it to the station, and parted with it
with rousing cheers but sincere regret. On June 13th it became evident that
Lee, disregarding Hookers menace, was pushing large bodies of troops beyond
our right, in the direction of the upper Potomac, or Shenandoah Valley.
Hooker's natural wish to take advantage of Lee's extended line, and strike his
flank and rear, was overruled by the ever-baleful interference ofStanton and Hal-
leek, in their morbid dread for the safety of Washington, and he was required to
move his army to the vicinity of that place. On that night Sedgwick was with
drawn to the north side of the Eappahannock, and the next day a large part of
the army moved northward. The First Minnesota packed everything, in readi
ness to march, and remained behind as rear guard. On the evening of June
14th we marched about five miles northward, when we were faced about, marched
hack to the river, and placed on picket. Just about daylight on June 15th we
were called in, and set out again on the same road, halting, at 9 A. M., at Staf
ford Court House. At 2 p. M., under a broiling sun, we started again, and
halted after passing Acquia creek a couple of miles. A large number of men
succumbed on the march to the extreme heat. At 3 A. M. of the 16th the march
was resumed, and Dumfries reached at 7 A. M., where a halt was made for break
fast. Going on, we crossed the Occoquan at 6 p. M., and bivouacked on its bank.
Leaving there the next morning, we reached Sangster's Station, on the Orange &
Alexandria railroad, soon after seven, several men being disabled by sunstroke.
Here we were near Alexandria. On June 19th we marched southward to Cen-
treville. On the next morning, some men of the Second Corps, including, per
haps, a few from our regiment, got into an altercation with the sutler of the
Ninth Massachusetts Battery, resulting in a rush upon his tent and general con
fiscation of his effects. A couple of pieces of artillery, run out to quell the
riot, were instantly captured, run down a hill and overturned. The men
then rapidly dispersed to their regiments, and there was no time for inquiry into
the affair, as the army was in readiness to move. On that day (June 20th) the
regiment crossed the Bull Eun battlefield to Gainesville, and on the next day
reached Thoroughfare Gap, where we remained until June 25th, guarding the
pass and furnishing details to guard trains. In the forenoon of that day we left
Thoroughfare Gap, our division being the rear guard, and impeded by large
trains in front. On reaching Haymarket, a couple of miles on our way, we were
severely shelled by a horse battery, which, with a lot of the enemy's cavalry,
came through the gap after we left. There were several killed and wounded in
the division, and Col. Colvill's horse was killed under him. A large number of
non-combatants were with us, regarding the rear as the place of safety. The
panic among them was ludicrous, and the men shouted with glee as the crowd of
sutlers, surgeons, chaplains and negro servants broke and rushed, in terror and
disorder, from the vicinity of the rapidly bursting shells. "De'il tak the hind
most ! " was evidently the guiding sentiment, as, with all speed, they went ahead,
ridding themselves of all incumbrances. A strong skirmish line soon drove
away the battery, and we passed on to Gum Springs, where we bivouacked.

34 THE FIRST REGIMENT.

On June 26th we crossed the Potomac at Edwards' Ferry, and halted near our
old camp. Leaving this place late in the afternoon of the next day, we passed
through Poolesville and Barnes ville, halting, near midnight, at the foot of Sugar
Loaf Mountain, and sending one hundred and sixty men on picket. On Satur
day, June 28th, we passed Urbana, and halted on the Monocacy, in view of
Frederick City. This beautiful valley seemed filled with troops, artillery and
wagon trains. Here the news that Hooker had resigned and that Meade was in
command, caused a momentary depression, soon changed to elation by a rumor
that McClellan was to be restored to command, — a rumor that he was on his
way to join us cheering us at Gettysburg a few days later. Early on June 29th
we crossed the Monocacy, our division taking the advance of the corps. About
three hours on the road, we came to a considerable creek, crossed by fording
something more than knee-deep, and having a timber, hewn on top, crossing it,
on rough stone supports on each side of the road, for pedestrians. To allow the
men to cross on these timbers would impede the march, and Col. Charles H.
Morgan, the efficient inspector general of the corps, remained here, directing
each regimental commander to march his command right through the water.
The direction was given to Colvill as we approached, and followed by his com
mand, " Close order. March!" But a few of the men and line officers skurried
across on the timbers, losing no time, and saving themselves from scalded feet in
the long day's march before them. Morgan became angry, and having some
further trouble with the Fifteenth Massachusetts Eegiment which followed next
behind, and being groaned by that regiment when he passed our brigade at a
halt shortly after, and believing that act of insubordination to come from our
regiment, he caused Col. Colvill to be placed in arrest. This act produced a
strong feeling of resentment in the men, who felt that their colonel was most
unjustly dealt with. The day's march continued until 9 P. M., covering thirty -
three miles, when we halted near the Pennsylvania line, soon after passing
through Uniontown, Md. The day was extremely hot, the roads dusty, and at
the halt the men were so exhausted that most of them dropped at once on
their blankets, without attempt to make coffee or do more than nibble a little
hardtack and raw pork. The writer had scarcely lain down by the side of
Lieut. Heffelfinger, who, with Col. Colvill, messed with him, when he was called
by the adjutant to go out with a picket detail, and vividly remembers his feeling
that exhaustion had reached its limit. But there was no help, and gathering
the grumbling detail, of which Capt. Thomas Sinclair took command, we went
about three miles further and established the picket line, and spent the seem
ingly very long night there. Early in the morning we were called in, but not
so early but that I had enjoyed a substantial breakfast at a farmhouse near by,
and procured such supply of fresh bread, butter, milk and other substantials as
made a relishing breakfast for Colvill and Heffelfinger, when on our return we
found them still asleep. While eating it they seemed to realize that worse
things might happen than to have a messmate sent out on picket after such a
fatiguing march. During that day (June 30th) the regiment remained quiet,
and the companies made out their bimonthly muster rolls, on which so many
were never to draw pay. In the forenoon of July 1st the heavy sound of distant
artillery soon put us on the march toward it. We turned back to Uniontown,
where we took a road to the right, and by four o'clock, the roar of conflict
increasing as we drew nearer, we began to meet the crowd of cowards and camp
followers, fleeing in terror, with their frightened tales of utter defeat and rout.
As most of the soldiers wore the crescent badge of the Eleventh Corps, which
was held in little respect since Chancellorsville, they received but taunts and
jeers from the sturdy veterans of the Second Corps. Hancock had left us about
noon, hurrying on to the battlefield, where he had been directed to assume com
mand, and where he selected the ground and made dispositions for the continu
ance of the battle. We halted three or four miles south of Gettysburg, between
eight and nine o'clock, placing a strong picket and erecting slight barricade de
fenses, as it was known that the Confederates, as well as federals, were as
sembling from different directions. At a quarter before six on the morning of

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July 2d we arrived on the battlefield, and the Second Corps was placed in posi
tion on the line to the left of the cemetery, being joined on its left by Sickles7
Third Corps, which extended that line to the vicinity of the Little Bound Top.
For some reason the First Minnesota Regiment was not placed in this line, but
apparently in reserve, a short distance to the rear. Early in the morning, just
after we reached the battlefield, Col. Colvill was relieved from arrest, and
assumed command of the regiment, and Company L (sharpshooters) was detailed
to support Kirby's Battery near the cemetery, and did not rejoin us during the
battle. While lying here one man was killed, and Sergt. O. M. Knight of Com
pany I was severely wounded by shells from the enemy. Some time after noon
Sickles advanced the Third Corps half a mile or more, to a slight ridge near the
Emmitsburg road, his left extending to Devil's Den, in front of and near the
base of Little Bound Top, and Company F (Capt. John Ball) was detached as skir
mishers, and sent in that direction. Soon after, the remaining eight companies
of the regiment, numbering two hundred and sixty-two men (Company C was also
absent, being the provost guard of the division), were sent to the centre of the line
just vacated by Sickles' advance, to support Battery C of the Fourth United States
Artillery. No other troops were then near us, and we stood by this battery, in full
view of Sickles' battle in the peach orchard half a mile to the front, and witnessed
with eager anxiety the varying fortunes of that sanguinary conflict, until at length,
with gravest apprehension, we saw Sickles' men give way before the heavier
forces of Longstreet and Hill, and come back, slowly, at first, and rallying at
short intervals, but at length broken and in utter disorder, rushing down the
slope, by the Trostle House, across the low ground, up the slope on our side, and
past our position to the rear, followed by a strong force — the large brigades of
Wilcox and Barksdale — in regular lines, moving steadily in the flush of victory,
and firing on the fugitives. They had reached the low ground, and in a few
minutes would be at our position, on the rear of the left flank of our line, which
they could, roll up, as Jackson did the Eleventh Corps at Chancellorsville. There
was no organized force near to oppose them, except our handful of two hundred and
sixty- two men. Most soldiers, in the face of the near advance of such an overpow
ering force, which had just defeated a considerable portion of an army corps, would
have caught the panic and joined the retreating masses. But the First Minnesota
had never yet deserted any post, had never retired without orders, and desperate
as the situation seemed, and as it was, the regiment stood firm against whatever
might come. Just then Hancock, with a single aid, rode up at full speed, and
for a moment vainly endeavored to rally Sickles' retreating forces. Beserves
had been sent for, but were too far away to hope to reach the critical position
until it would be occupied by the enemy, unless that enemy were stopped.
Quickly leaving the fugitives, Hancock spurred to where we stood, calling out,
as he reached us, ' ' What regiment is this T ' " First Minnesota, ' ' replied Colvill.
u Charge those lines !" commanded Hancock. Every man realized in an instant
what that order meant, — death or wounds to us all; the sacrifice of the regiment
to gain a few minutes' time and save the position, and probably the battlefield,—
and every man saw and accepted the necessity for the sacrifice, and, responding
to Colvill's rapid orders, the regiment, in perfect line, with arms at "right
shoulder shift," was in a moment sweeping down the slope directly upon J>he
enemy's centre. No hesitation, no stopping to fire, though the men fell fast at
every stride before the concentrated fire of the whole Confederate force, directed
upon us as soon as the movement was observed. Silently, without orders, and,
almost from the start, double-quick had changed to utmost speed; for in utmost
speed lay the only hope that any of us would pass through that storm of lead
and strike the enemy. " Charge !" shouted Colvill, as we neared their first line;
and with leveled bayonets, at full speed, we rushed upon it; fortunately, as it was
slightly disordered in crossing a dry brook at the foot of a slope. The men
were never made who will stand against leveled bayonets coming with such
momentum and evident desperation. The first line broke in our front as we
reached it, and rushed back through the second line, stopping the whole advance.
We then poured in our first fire, and availing ourselves of such shelter as the low

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banks of the dry brook afforded, held the entire force at bay for a considerable
time, and until our reserves appeared on the ridge we had left. Had the enemy
rallied quickly to a counter charge, its great numbers would have crushed us in
a moment, and we would have made but a slight pause in its advance. But the
ferocity of our onset seemed to paralyze them for the time, and although they
poured upon us a terrible and continuous fire from the front and enveloping
flanks, they kept at respectful distance from our bayonets, until, before the
added fire of our fresh reserves, they began to retire, and we were ordered back.
What Hancock had given us to do was done thoroughly. The regiment had
stopped the enemy, and held back its mighty force and saved the position. But
at what sacrifice ! Nearly every officer was dead or lay weltering with bloody
wounds, our gallant colonel and every field officer among them. Of the two
hundred and sixty-two men who made the charge, two hundred and fifteen lay
upon the field, stricken down by rebel bullets, forty-seven were still in line, and
not a man was missing. The annals of war contain no parallel to this charge.
In its desperate valor, complete execution, successful result, and in its sacrifice
of men in proportion to the number engaged, authentic history has no record
with which it can be compared. Col. Fox, in his very carefully prepared work
on "Regimental Losses in the American Civil War," says, at page 68, speaking
of the Second Corps in this battle:

The fighting was deadly in the extreme, the percentage of loss in the First Minnesota, Gib
bon's Division, being without an equal in the records of modern warfare.

In another place (page 26) he notes that Gen. Hancock, in speaking of this
charge, is reported to have said:

There is no more gallant deed recorded in history. I ordered these men in there because I
saw I must gain five minutes' time. Reinforcements were coming on the run, but I knew that
before they could reach the threatened point the Confederates, unless checked, would seize the
position. I would have ordered that regiment in if I had known that every man would be
killed. It had to be done, and I was glad to find such a gallant body of men at hand willing to
make the terrible sacrifice that the occasion demanded.

The wounded were gathered in the darkness by their surviving comrades and
sent to field hospitals, and the fragment of the regiment lay down for the night
near the place from which it had been moved to support the battery. One in
cident connected with Company F, which had been detached before the charge,
may be mentioned. Its position brought it on the flank of Sickles' retreating
forces and of the pursuing enemy, and, rallying upon a fence, it poured its fire
into the enemy just before the charge of the regiment. From Confederate ac
counts it would appear that the Confederate general, Barksdale, was killed by
this fire ; though by some it has been claimed that he was killed by Private
William W. Brown of Company G while we were holding the Confederate force
in check at the close of the charge. In the morning of July 3d we were joined
by Company F, and by all men of the regiment who were detailed about brigade,
division or corps headquarters, and Capt. Nathan S. Messick was in command.
The morning opened bright and beautiful, with firing near the Little Round
Top, and with a sharp fight on the right near Gulp's Hill, where the enemy was
forced back from positions gained the evening before. Soon after sunrise we
were moved to our place in our brigade in the front line, passing Stannard's new
brigade of Vermont troops as it was taking position to the left of our division
under a sharp artillery fire from the enemy, which was turned on us also. The
Vermont Brigade consisted of full regiments in new uniforms, and was therefore
noticeable in contrast with the thinned regiments, in dusty garments, of the Sec
ond Corps. Beaching our place in the line, we made a slight barricade of stones,
fence rails and knapsacks filled with dirt a little over knee-high, and, lying
down behind it, many were soon asleep. During the forenoon there was a slight
skirmish in our front, in which some buildings used for cover by Confederate
sharpshooters were burned. But suddenly, about one o'clock, a tremendous
artillery fire opened along Seminary Bidge, all converging upon the position of
the Second Division of the Second Corps. It was at once responded to by our
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tion. About one hundred and fifty pieces on each side were in action, firing
with great rapidity, the missiles from both sides passing over us, except those of
the enemy, which struck or burst at or in front of our line. We had been in
many battles, and thought ourselves familiar with the roar of artillery, and with
the striking and bursting of its missiles, but nothing approaching this cannon
ade had ever greeted our ears. In the storm of shells passing over us to the
position of our artillery, where caissons were struck and burst every few mo
ments, it did not seem that anything could live at that place. But our own
artillery was served as rapidly, and we had the satisfaction of detecting the
sound of bursting caissons on the enemy's side very frequently. Men will grow
accustomed to anything; and before the two hours of this furious cannonade
were ended some of the most weary of our men were sleeping. At length our
artillery ceased to reply. We were surprised at this, thinking that we excelled
the enemy in this arm. The Confederate fire appeared to increase in volume
and rapidity for a few minutes, and then stopped at once. We well knew what
was to follow, and were all alert in a moment, every man straining his eyes to
ward the wood, three-fourths of a mile distant, from which the Confederate in
fantry began to emerge in heavy force, forming two strong lines, with a support
ing force in rear of each flank. We then estimated the force as over 20,000
men, though Confederate accounts reduce the number to 15,000. Moving
directly for our position, with firm step and in perfect order, our artillery
soon opened upon them with terrible effect, but without causing any pause,
and we could not repress feelings and expressions of admiration at the steady,
resolute style in which they came on, breasting that storm of shell and grape,
which was plainly thinning their ranks. When about sixty rods distant
from our line our division opened with musketry, and the slaughter was very
great; but instead of hesitating, the step was changed to double-quick, and they
rushed to the charge. But whether because Hancock here wheeled Stannard's
Vermont Brigade to enfilade their right flank in passing, or from some other
cause, their front opened at this time, and perhaps one-fourth of the force on
Pickett's right here deflected further to their right, and were met and disposed
of by the gallant Vermonters. The remainder of the charging force at the same
time diverged or changed its direction to its left, and, passing from our front
diagonally, under our fire and that of Hall's Brigade to our right, charged the
position held by Webb's Second Brigade of our division, forcing back the Sixty-
ninth and Seventy-first Pennsylvania regiments, and capturing Cushing's Bat
tery, which had swept them with canister. But as soon as Pickett's force had
passed our front, our brigade (Sarrow's) ran to the right for the threatened point,
passing in rear of Hall's Brigade, which, as soon as uncovered, wheeled to the
right to strike the enemy's flank. So that, by the time the Confederates had
captured Cushing's Battery, our brigade, mingled with Webb's, was in front of
it in a strong, though confused, line at a few rods distance. Just here we were
joined by Capt. Farrell with Company C of our regiment, the division provost
guard, who had promptly obeyed Gibbon's order to join the regiment in resist
ing this attack. The fire from both sides, so near to each other, was most deadly
while it lasted. Corp. Dehn, the last of our color guard, then carrying our tat
tered flag, was here shot through the hand, and the flagstaff cut in two. Corp.
Henry D. O'Brien of Company E instantly seized the flag by the remnant of the
staff. Whether the command to charge was given by any general officer I do
not know. My impression then was that it came as a spontaneous outburst
from the men, and instantly the line precipitated itself upon the enemy. O'Brien,
who then had the broken staff and tatters of our battle flag, with his characteristic
bravery and impetuosity sprang with it to the front at the first sound of the
word charge, and rushed right up to the enemy's line, keeping it noticeably in
advance of every other color. My feeling at the instant blamed his rashness in
so risking its capture. But the effect was electrical. Every man of the First
Minnesota sprang to protect its flag, and the rest rushed with them upon the
enemy. The bayonet was used for a few minutes, and cobble stones, with which
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over the heads of their comrades. The struggle, desperate and deadly while it
lasted, was soon over. Most of the Confederates remaining threw down their
arms and surrendered, a very few escaping. Marshall Sherman of Company C
here captured the colors of the Twenty-eighth Virginia Eegiment. Our men
were at once most kind and attentive to the three or four thousand captured
Confederates, giving them refreshments from canteens and haversacks. Our
loss in killed and wounded in this day's fight was seventeen. Among the killed
was Capt. Nathan S. Messick, our commander; also Capt. Wilson B. Farrell,
who succeeded to the command on the fall of Capt. Messick, both most gallant
and capable officers. Our color guard had suffered severely in the battle. When
the charge on July 2d was ordered, Sergt. Ellett P. Perkins, who had seized
the colors afc Antietam when Sam. Bloomer was wounded, and had borne them
bravely through every intermediate battle, still carried them. He and two cor
porals of the color guard succeeding him in carrying the colors were struck
down in that charge. Corp. Dehn, the last of the color guard, carried the flag
that night, and in the repelling of Pickett's charge, until wounded in the hand
when the flagstaff was cut in two as stated. Corp. O'Brien, who then seized the
flag, received two wounds in the final m$Ue at the moment of victory; but the
flag was grasped by Corp. W. N. Irvine of Company D. The staff was spliced
by the staff of a Confederate flag on the battlefield, and so carried till the regi
ment was mustered out, and still remains with the same splice in the capitol at
St. Paul. With the repulse of Pickett's charge the serious fighting of the battle
of Gettysburg ended. The command of the First Eegiment devolved upon Capt.
Henry C. Coates, who appointed Lieut. William Lochren acting adjutant. Gen.
Hancock was severely wounded in this last day's battle, as was also Gen. John
Gibbon, our division commander, one of the most able and gallant leaders on
that field. On July 4th we remained on the battlefield, in a drenching rain,
burying our dead, and expecting a renewal of the fight; but, aside from slight
skirmishing and artillery firing, the day passed quietly. On July 5th it was
known that the enemy was retreating, and in the afternoon we moved to Two
Taverns, and the next day to Taneytown, Md. On July 7th we made a long
march to Frederick City, passing the aristocratic Seventh New York Militia
Regiment, which the scare had brought that far, but which had been kept well
out of danger. It had to bear, with meekness, all manner of jibes and jeers
from the lines of dusty veterans. From this time on till July 13th we had
crossed the South Mountain; and, passing near the old battlefield of Antietam,
on that day confronted the enemy at Jones' Cross-roads, near Williamsport.
The day was rainy, and was spent in bringing up the army, as the enemy was
behind strong field-works. In the night following Lee succeeded in crossing the
Potomac, and the pursuit was at an end. On July 15th the Second Corps marched
to near Sandy Hook, and on the 18th it crossed the Potomac into Harper's Ferry,
and, without pausing, crossed the Shenandoah, passing up around the foot of
London Heights into the beautiful Loudon Valley, following mainly the route
traveled by us the year before, except that our division marched into "and nearly
through Manassas Gap when it was reached, driving out the Confederates who
occupied it. The movement of the army was regulated considerably by the
parallel movements of the Confederates, and continued somewhat deviously dur
ing the balance of July, on the last day of which we were near the Bappahan-
nock, and not far from Kelly's Ford.

NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN.

We remained there, engaged in picket and fatigue duties, until August 15th,
when we were surprised by an order that the First Minnesota, Seventh Michigan
and Eighth Ohio regiments march to Bealton and take cars for Alexandria, with
the rumor that we were to go to New York and enforce the draft. We marched
in the afternoon, the entire division turning out under arms to salute us on part
ing. Bealton was reached about dark, and Alexandria after midnight. We
stayed there till August 20th, when we all went on board the ocean steamer
Atlantic, which lay at anchor until the next morning. In the night, in some un-

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explained way, Lieut. August Kreuger of our regiment fell from the steamer and
was drowned. The ship was so crowded that he was not missed till we were
tinder way the next day, and his fate was learned and his body found by Chap
lain Conwell, who returned from New York to look after him. Gen. S. S. Car
roll commanded the troops sent, and Lieut. Myron Shepard of our regiment was
detailed as one of his aids, and remained on his staff after we returned to the
army. On August 22d we were on the ocean, a rolling sea bringing sea-sickness
to many. On the 23d, in the morning, we entered New York harbor, and landed
and camped on Governor's Island, where we remained till August 28th, when
we were crossed over to Brooklyn and camped on Washington Park. No draft
riots occurred, and the veterans received much flattering attention and many
kindnesses from the good people of Brooklyn, and on September 4th were feasted
by the ladies of Carlton Avenue M. E. Church in fine style. On September 6th
we crossed the ferry and marched through a part of New York City, taking the
steamer Empire City for Alexandria, which, after a pleasant trip, was reached
on the afternoon of September 8th. We remained there until the 12th, when
we took up our march for the front, rejoining our brigade beyond Culpepper on
the 16th, and finding Maj. Gen. G. K. Warren in command of the corps during
Gen. Hancock's convalescence. On October 3d Commissioners Jefferson P. Kid-
der and Solomon Snow received the votes of the regiment for the state election
a month later. On October 4th Maj. Mark W. Downie, wounded at Gettysburg,
returned and assumed command of the regiment.

BRISTOW STATION.

On October 8th a movement of Lee toward our right and rear was discovered,
causing Meade's army to fall back to the Eappahannock, which was crossed on
October llth. From mistaken information the river was recrossed the next day,
but finding that the enemy had crossed above, and was advancing on Warrenton,
the army was on the following night again moved north of the river, and our
regiment marched to Bealton on the morning of the 13th. After less than an
hour's rest we were on the march again, and continued till night, without mak
ing great distance, as the roads were blocked with trains and with other troops.
We bivouacked on the south side of Cedar Run, near the village of Auburn.
Meade's position was now fraught with great danger, as Lee was in position to
strike him in the flank, coming from Warrentou, Meade's line being incum-
bered everywhere with heavy trains. We were up at 3 A. M. on October 14th,
and started, at earliest daylight, in a dense fog. Before we were well under way,
our cavalry in the direction of Warrenton were driven in, and infantry were
sent to their support. Our course was to Catlett Station, arid soon, directly in
our front, and near at hand, came the roar of artillery. The situation seemed
to be perplexing. It transpired afterward that the Confederate general, J. E. B.
Stuart, with two brigades of cavalry and a battery, was caught the evening be
fore between two of our lines; and, not being discovered, lay hidden in a wood
till morning, when, before retiring, after the troops surrounding him had moved
on. he opened his artillery on CaldwelFs Division of our corps. Hayes' Division,
which was nearer still to Stuart, but unseen in the fog, soon drove him away.
Beaching Catlett' s Station we turned to the left, taking the road running on the
right side of, and parallel with, the railroad toward Bristow; and, on approach
ing the latter place, heard the firing of Confederate artillery ahead, and to the
left of the railroad, and saw the shells bursting in our line of march. Our divis
ion, now commanded by Gen. Webb, was in the advance, followed by Hayes
and Caldwell. As there was on the left side of the railroad a dense thicket of
stunted pine, the First Minnesota Regiment was sent out as flankers to deploy
and cover the division in that direction,' the men having to push their way
through a tangle of brush so close that sight would penetrate but a little dis
tance. Just as we came opposite to Bristow Station, which was marked by a
single deserted house, we were assailed by the fire of a body of infantry push
ing through the brush on our left. We returned the fire, but soon received an
order to fall back. On reaching the clearing, about twenty rods from the rail-

40 THE FIRST REGIMENT.

road, none of our troops were visible, and we lay down in a dead furrow, half
way down the slope, and opened on the Confederates, who were then appearing
in strong force at the edge of the wood. At once came a peremptory order to
fall back over the railroad embankment, and as we ran for it a heavy fire fol
lowed us, which our descent caused to go over us. On rising over and crossing
the embankment we found our division concealed behind it. The rebels followed
us with yells, and were half way or more down the slope when our division
arose, and over the embankment as a breastwork poured in a murderous volley.
The slaughter was great, and most of the enemy who were not hurt lay down.
The fire was so hot that a Confederate battery of five guns, which had reached
the edge of the brush through some by-road, was abandoned before firing a shot,
In a few moments the First Minnesota Regiment again sprang over the embank
ment, and, hurrying forward, captured three hundred and twenty-two prisoners,
considerably more than our own number, and the five cannon and two colors.
The prisoners were told off into three companies, and each put in command of a
lieutenant of the First Minnesota (the writer being one), and carrying their
arms, were marched, without other escort, to the provost guard of the divisionr
three -fourths of a mile away. It is related that the Confederates engaged in
this affair recognized in the white trefoil badge of our division their old antago
nists at Gettysburg, exclaiming: " Here's those damned white clubs again.'7
The regiment lost in this affair one killed and sixteen wounded. Among the
latter was Capt. John Ball, who stood on the embankment and emptied his re
volver at the foe, receiving a severe wound in the groin. The Confederates were
reinforced, and advanced again, but did not attack, and, our trains having all
passed, about midnight we were silently withdrawn and forded Broad Run,
bivouacking between that and Centreville. This ended Lee's flanking move
ment, and he returned again to the south side of the Rappahannock, and was
followed leisurely by Meade' s army. The Second Corps came to Kelly's Ford
on November 7th. On that day the Sixth Corps carried by assault the enemy's
works defending the railroad bridge at Rappahannock Station, after which we
had no serious opposition to our crossing at Kelly's Ford. Here, on the south
side, the First Minnesota took possession of very nice winter quarters just erected
by some Confederate regiment. The log huts were well covered with shakes,
or long split shingles, and had good fireplaces of clay burned in place. We
remained here, doing picket duty along the Rapidan, across which Lee had re
tired, until November 26th.

MINE RUN.

On that day the Second Corps marched early to Germanna Ford, on the Rapi
dan. Some delay occurred, because the pontoon bridge was found to be too
short, and because of delays in crossing other portions of the army above and
below us. The enemy made little resistance, and we crossed in the afternoon,
and moved about four miles to Flat Run Church. The next morning we moved
early, by a wood road, reaching Robertson's Tavern at ten o'clock, finding the
enemy's cavalry near by in force, which, being driven back, uncovered a large
body of infantry, apparently outnumbering our corps, and extending beyond it
on both flanks. French's Third Corps was expected, and then due, on our right,
and Warren threw forward a strong skirmish line, which kept the enemy engaged
until sunset, except in front of our brigade on the extreme right, where the Con
federates advanced and drove back the skirmishers, but were in turn driven back
by our main line. The Fifteenth Massachusetts, joining us on the right, lost
quite heavily in this encounter. French's delay until the next day foiled Meade
in his hope of surprising the enemy, jand gave Lee time to concentrate his army
and complete the fortification of his naturally strong position on Mine Run, to
which he fell back in the night. Meade' s army confronted these works early on
the 28th, but the strong intrenchments behind the swollen stream seemed
impregnable. A movement by the left, to turn the position, was determined on,
and the Second Corps fell back to Robertson's. Early on the 29th the march to
the left was taken up, the corps reaching Hope Church in the afternoon. In the

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clear, cold night following we marched to the position assigned us, passing for
some distance near to and parallel with the enemy's works, the First Minnesota
marching as flankers of the division. \Vhen halted, our division lay in the val
ley of a small stream, about sixty rods from the enemy's line. The First Minne
sota, now faced to the front as skirmishers, was twenty rods nearer that line, and
could plainly see the line of earthworks on the crest of the gentle slope rising
before us. Our position required us to do picket duty during the night, and we
could hear the incessant sound of intrenching tools in the enemy's works. We
knew that it was expected that we should charge these works, and earnestly
wished that the order would come to do so in the darkness, before they were
made stronger and reinforced. Near morning the order came that the charge
would be made at eight o'clock precisely, on the firing of signal guns from the
different corps, and that, in the advance, the First Minnesota should march on
the enemy's works, keeping its distance as skirmishers in front of the first line
until it should draw the enemy's full fire, upon which the lines behind were to
move at double-quick, and the survivors of our regiment were to fall into the
first line as it reached them, and participate in the assault. As our position on
the slope would be in full view of the enemy's works at daylight, and quite near
its rifle-pits, we gathered fence rails and laid them into slight barricades. As
the day began to dawn it was intensely cold, and as the Confederates in their
rifle-pits discovered us, two or three ineffectual shots were fired by them. The
severe cold drove them out of their pits for exercise, and, as we did not fire on
them, they also abstained from firing, and soon they and we were running and
jumping about, within pistol range, to keep from chilling. The earthworks in
our front seemed very strong, and well covered with artillery, which could
sweep every inch of the perfectly open, gentle slope over which we must ad
vance. It was plain that reinforcements were pouring in, as there was one point
in the road behind the enemy's line so high that the arms of soldiers passing
there could be seen by us over the works, and from early light a steady stream
of men had been passing that point from the enemy's left. We had no sufficient
amount of artillery to silence or disable that of the enemy, but must pass to the
earthwork through the canister from these guns, as well as the fire of the enemy's
infantry. The prospect was far from assuring, and, with our orders here, we
felt that, after our heavy loss at Gettysburg, there would not be enough left of
the regiment for a formal muster-out after this charge should be made. Yet
every man was ready, and the order to advance would have been obeyed as
promptly as if certain victory had been in prospect. Gen. Francis A. Walker,
the very able assistant adjutant general of the corps, writes:

While on the picket line, reconnoitering, my uniform concealed by a soldier's overcoat, I asked
an old veteran of the noble First Minnesota, on picket, what he thought of the prospect Not rec
ognizing me as an officer, he expressed himself very freely, declaring it "a damned sight worse
than Fredericksburg ; " and adding, "I am going as far as I can travel, but we can't get more than
two-thirds of the way up the hill."

At last the hour of eight arrived, and as a gun was heard on our right, many
scanned the sun, the sky and the landscape for a last survey. One or two more
guns were heard following the first, but no gun from our own corps, which was
to set us in motion. We were nerved up for the rush and the sacrifice, and the
suspense was almost painful. Soon curiosity was aroused as to the cause of the
delay, and after a half hour of intense expectation of instant signal to move, came
the rumor, soon confirmed, that Warren had decided that the assault could not
succeed, and that he would not order the slaughter. This was relief indeed,
and every man commended the decision. We at once cast about to make our
selves as comfortable as might be, and in the garden of a large house on our line
found abundance of nice potatoes, covered lightly in piles to protect them from
the frost. We found kettles in the house, and dry oak bark at a tannery close
by, and were soon feasting on the potatoes and basking in the heat of the fires,
and so spent the cold day very comfortably, while our friends, the Confederates
in the rifle-pits, so near that we could have thrown potatoes to them, looked on
curiously, but showed no disposition to disturb our comfort. At night we were

42 THE FIRST REGIMENT.

relieved, and marched back a couple of miles. The next day we marched nearly
to the Bapidan, which we crossed at another ford in the forenoon of December
2d, and on the evening of that day, after a hard march through deep mud, and
wet with the cold rain, we reached our camp, to find that it had been burned
and destroyed by the mischievous, worthless stragglers, who always sneak in the
rear of an army. "Our army swore terribly in Flanders, " says Uncle Toby,
and armies sometimes have provocations tending to profanity, as we realized
that night. This virtually closed the campaign of 1863, and the field service of
the First Minnesota Eegiment. About December 7th the regiment went into
camp at Stevensburg, having been joined by Lieut. Col. Charles P. Adams, who,
though not entirely recovered from the several wounds received by him at Get
tysburg, took command of the regiment. The men built huts for winter quar
ters, and were kept at hard work, building corduroy roads and on picket duty.
Here, also, on December 29th, they had the pleasure of welcoming back for a
short time Gen. Hancock, for whom not only his own corps, but the entire army,
felt the most enthusiastic regard. His wound was not yet healed, and he was
soon obliged to leave for further treatment, and Warren resumed command.

RETURN TO MINNESOTA.

On Feb. 5, 1864, the First Minnesota, having received orders to return to
its state, left camp, the brigade turning out under arms to pay it honor. It
marched to Brandy Station, where it took cars and reached Washington, and was
before dark quartered at the Soldier's Best. On the evening of February 6th a
grand banquet was given to the regiment at the National Hotel in Washington, at
which three hundred and nine of its members, many of them still suffering from
wounds, were present. Col. Colvill, unable to stand, was carried in by Capt. Thomas
Sinclair and Sergt. John G. Merritt. Hon. William Windom presided, and among
the guests were Hannibal Hamlin, the vice president; Edwin M. Stanton, secretary
of war; J. P. Usher, secretary of the interior; Senators Chandler, Harlan and
Lane; Representatives Aldrich and Donnelly; Mr. Morton, commissioner of agri
culture; Judge Edmunds, commissioner of the general land office; J. W. Forney,
secretary of the senate; and James W. Taylor of St. Paul. Also, William S.
King, postmaster of the house of representatives, and George A. Brackett of
Minneapolis, both of whom never omitted an occasion to aid or honor the regi
ment, or to befriend any of its members, and who, at this time, did probably
more than any other two men to make the occasion one of complete enjoyment.
The tattered battle flags of the regiment were at the heads of the tables, and
speeches, patriotic and laudatory, were made by nearly all the distinguished
guests. Letters were read from Secretaries Seward and Chase and Postmaster
General Blair, and the boys were feasted, toasted and praised without stint.

Col. William Colvill' s wounds, especially a wound received in his foot,, one
of the several he sustained in the charge at Gettysburg, still completely disabled
him; nevertheless, he assumed command of the regiment, and returned with it
to Minnesota, where he was mustered out with the regiment, having received
the brevet rank of brigadier general, for gallant and meritorious services.
Never was brevet more fully earned, nor bestowed on a more gallant and de
serving soldier. Liberally educated, a lawyer in good practice before the war,
and naturally studious, he mastered without effort knowledge of tactics, regula
tions, and everything pertaining to the duties devolving upon him. But he was
the most modest of men, without a trace of arrogance, always kind and consider
ate toward everyone, and ever watchful for the welfare and comfort of his men.
Careless of everything in the nature of mere display, he would not, perhaps,
attract notice at a review, but on the battlefield he always rose to his full height
of six feet and five inches, the bravest, coolest, most imperturbable of command
ers, whom nothing ever daunted or surprised. He was just the man to lead the
charge made by the regiment at Gettysburg, and had, as such a man always has,
the fullest love and confidence of those whom he commanded. The regiment
came by rail to La Crosse, receiving most flattering demonstrations in its honor
at every place where any stop was made. La Crosse was then the limit of

RETURN TO MINNESOTA. 43

railroad transportation in the direction of home, but Capt. Eussell Blakeley had
made ample provision for stage sleighs to meet the regiment at that place, and
under the immediate charge of CoL.Alvaren Allen, genial, obliging and every
way efficient, it proceeded merrily northward on the frozen surface of the river.
It was feasted at Winona, Ked Wing and all towns at which it stopped on the
way, and received an ovation when it reached St. Paul and was quartered again
at Fort Snelling. Between its arrival there and the 28th of April several of the
men re enlisted, and, pursuant to orders from the War Department, all others
whose terms then expired were to be mustered out. A review was had on April
28th, near the fort, before Gov. Stephen Miller, the first lieutenant colonel of
the regiment, followed by an address from him, from which I extract as follows:

FELLOW SOLDIERS: A few of us who witnessed the first grand review of our gallant old regi
ment have been permitted to participate in its last, and I know you will receive kindly a word of
parting from one who has shared a portion of your dangers, aud has followed you with his sympa
thies in all your marches and conflicts. I said a few of us; for, alas! McKune and Messick, and
Acker and Farrell, and Holzborn and Periam and Muller, and a host of our old comrades, both offi
cers and men, are not here to-day. They sleep their last sleep, and never will waken to glory again
until God's last reveille shall summon them to the soldier's eternal rest. We deeply lament their
fall, but the patriot hearts that miss them, still clinging to the flag of our Union, are exclaiming:

" I'd not exchange my slaughtered son
For auy other living one."

Hundreds of our associates have fallen, and the hydra rebellion is not yet crushed, and others
whom I now address may die without the sight. To those who are about repairing to your homes
I may say that you have before you an illustration that Minnesota is not ungrateful to her soldiers.
Be prudent and exemplary in civil life, as you have been brave and faithful upon the field. To
such as return to the field, it is hardly necessary to say, Maintain the reputation of the now
immortal First, and strike boldly for the integrity of the Union. And now, officers and men of
the First Minnesota Regiment, farewell! Your banners are torn and tattered, but have never
been dishonored. If, in my service with you, I have, by word or act, wronged officer or soldier, it
has been by inadvertence, and I now ask his pardon. In camp and in battle, in victory and in
defeat, in sickness and in health, I have received from you the utmost kindness, and am not in
sensible to the fact that to my association with you I mainly owe whatever of honor or position
I possess. Wishing, with all my heart, for the present and eternal happiness of each of you, I bid
you as a regiment a final farewell.

When the cheers following the governor's address had subsided, Lieut. Col.
Charles P. Adams, whose gallantry on every battlefield, attested by his many
wounds, also won for him the brevet rank of brigadier general, read an address
from which the following is extracted:

OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FIRST REGIMENT: The time has arrived when the organiza
tion of this regiment must be broken up. Three years ago you rushed from the peace and tran-
quility of your firesides, at the call of the president, to meet the traitors whose hands had trailed
our glorious flag in the dust at Suinter. You came from the hillside and the valley, the city and
the plain, with brave hearts and strong arms, to shed your blood in defense of your country's
honor. You were the first three-years' regiment in the volunteer service. Then you were a thous
and strong, but stronger in your love of country and devotion to its flag. The promise of your
organization has been more than fulfilled in the glory of your achievements. Your deeds have a
world-wide renown. The battle-scented breezes from Bull Run, Edwards' Ferry, Yorktown, West
Point, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill,
Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Charlestown, Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, Bristow
Station and the immortal field of Gettysburg, have wafted them to the most distant climes. The
seal of your blood was stamped upon all of the twenty odd battlefields emblazoned on your flag.
The blood of more than seven hundred of your companions has crimsoned those heroic fields, and
more than two hundred and fifty of them have passed from the smoke and clangor of battle strife
to their eternal bivouac beyond the skies. Let the memories of these three years' associations, the
common dangers and trials we have shared, be cemented in the mutual blood we have shed, and
cherished with a true soldier's pride. Forget and cast into oblivion all little piques incident to
the service. Let these lie buried forever. Officers and soldiers of the First Minnesota Regiment —
heroes of more than twenty battles! I now bid you an affectionate farewell. Never again will you
all assemble until the reveil!6 at the dawning of eternity's morning shall summon us from the
slumber of the grave, to pass the review of our lives before the Commander-in-Chief of the armies
of the skies. May a merciful Providence direct you, and crown you here with earth's brightest
honors. But however brilliant may be your future, your proudest boast will ever be, " I belonged
to the First Minnesota." Farewell.

This was also responded to with cheers, and as the regiment broke ranks the
officers and men crowded around the carriage in which Col. Colvill reclined, still

44 THE FIRST REGIMENT AND BATTALION.

disabled by his wounds from taking any part in the review. The leave-taking
between the men and their colonel, and their solicitude for him in his wounded
and nearly helpless condition, was tender and affecting. On the next day, April
29, 1864, those whose terms then expired, and who had not re-enlisted, were mus
tered out of the service, and, a few days later, followed those who had filled up
its ranks when changed to a three-years' regiment. And here ends the history
of the First Kegiment Minnesota Volunteers.

FORMATION OF FIRST BATTALION.

The veterans of the First Minnesota Eegiment who re-enlisted, and recruits
whose terms had not expired, with recruits then enlisted, were formed into two
companies, and'organized as the First Battalion Minnesota Infantry Volunteers
at Fort Snelliug. It was officered by veterans, who had been enlisted men in the
First Minnesota. James C. Farwell became captain, Chesley B. Tirrell, first
lieutenant, and Charles O. Parker, second lieutenant, of Company A; and Ellett
P. Perkins, 'captain, Charles F. Hausdorf, first lieutenant, and Henry D.
O'Brien, second lieutenant, of Company B; and I pass, with some misgiving, to
an attempt to narrate, in briefest form, the services of that organization, of which
I was not a member, and respecting which the data I have been able to collect
is not as full nor satisfactory as I could wish. Still, its first two companies, who
alone saw much service in the field, were so largely composed of, and entirely
commanded by, members of the First Eegiment, and always regarded them
selves as a continuation of that regiment, and so well maintained its reputation
in the same brigade on many battlefields, that it seems fitting that its narrative
should be a sequel to that of the old regiment, and such I understand to be the
desire of its members, else I would not undertake it.

TAKES THE PLACE OF THE FIRST REGIMENT.

The battalion, under the command of Capt. Farwell, was drilled at Fort
Snelling until May 16, 1864, when, on being ordered to the Potomac, it embarked
at Fort Snelling, reaching Washington May 23d. On May 30th it again em
barked at Alexandria, and arrived, on June 1st, at White House, on the Pamun-
ky river. On June 5th it escorted a wagon train to Cold Harbor, returning to
White House the next day. On June 9th it marched to army headquarters, and
was assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division, of the Second Army Corps,
the very place occupied by the First Eegiment, and joined that brigade at the
front on June llth, where it was cordially welcomed by the regiments which
had served so long with the Old First. This was just at the close of the san
guinary battle of Cold Harbor, in which the loss of the Second Division and of
the corps had been very heavy. On June 12th orders to pack up were received,
and on that night the march to the James river was begun, and continued across
the peninsula, until the James river was crossed on June 14th from Wilcox's
Landing to Windmill Point, where the boys of the battalion got their first
glimpse of Gen. Grant, as he stood on the bank quietly smoking a cigar, and
observing the landing and disposition of the troops. On June 15th the battalion
marched, with its corps, by a circuitous route, about twenty miles to Peters
burg, reaching the vicinity of that place about midnight, and then working till
morning in throwing up a line of breastworks. The very effective use of the
spade made by Lee in his campaign from the Eapidan to Cold Harbor had dem
onstrated the value of that implement. On June 18th the battalion participated
in the sanguinary, but unsuccessful, assault on the enemy's works in their front.
The battalion moved out of its works before daylight, advancing on the Con
federate line, which was in a thick wood, and driving the enemy's skirmishers
from three partially fortified lines. Eeaching the City Point & Petersburg rail
road, the battalion was subjected to a partly enfilading, as well as a front, fire;
but, using the railroad embankment as a breastwork, it kept up the contest.
Here Sergt. W. N. Irvine, who had safely passed through most of the battles of
the First Eegiment, was mortally wounded, and Lieut. Chesley B. Tirrell re
ceived a severe wound in the left forearm, breaking both bones above the wrist.

DEEP BOTTOM. 45

Soon the Sixth Corps advanced on the right, and the position reached by the
battalion was held as part of our line, and the nearest to the enemy's works of
any gained, until the retreat of Lee. The approach to it was so completely cov
ered by the enemy's fire that all communication with it was after nightfall.
On the evening of June 20th the battalion was relieved from this position, and
on the next day marched to the left to the Jerusalem plank road, where the
enemy was found in force. In the skirmish that ensued there were three wounded
in the battalion, and, after dark, it threw up breastworks to the west of the
plank road. On the 22d day of June the Second Corps advanced, and was to be
joined by the Sixth Corps on its left. The failure of the Sixth Corps to keep up
with the advance, and the fact that the rebels were in strong force beyond the
left flank of our corps, caused some delay until a peremptory order from Meade
to advance, regardless of the position of the Sixth Corps, sent the Second Corps
ahead, when it was subjected to a strong attack in front, and by an enveloping
force on that flank and on its rear, resulting in a loss of four guns, a large num
ber of killed and wounded, and of about 1,700 prisoners. Among the latter
were nearly all that was left of the gallant Fifteenth Massachusetts Eegiment,
which had fought by our side since 1861. The loss of the battalion was two
killed, thirteen wounded and twenty prisoners. This was the first time the gal
lant Second Corps had ever lost a color or a gun. Gen. Hancock was not then
in command, having been disabled a few days before by the breaking out of his
Gettysburg wound, which kept him from the front till June 27th.

DEEP BOTTOM.

Until the 26th of July the battalion was mainly engaged in constructing earth-
works and defenses. On that day the Second Corps were given six days' rations,
and marched at night across the Appomattox at Point of Rocks, and at sunrise
crossed the James river at Deep Bottom. The corps was accompanied by a large
body of cavalry under Sheridan, the object being to force the Confederate in
fantry toward Chapin's Bluff, while Sheridan, with his cavalry, should make a
dash for Richmond, supported, if he had any success, by the infantry; or, if the
enemy should be found strong on the north side of the James, it was hoped the
movement would draw there a much larger force from Petersburg, and give
greater chance for the meditated assault on the latter place, in connection with
the explosion of Burnside's mine, which was in readiness under Elliott's salient.
The enemy north of the James was found in strong force, and well intrenched,
along Bailey's creek; but the movement was successful in taking more than half
of Lee's army to the north side of the James. The battalion had its share in
the marching and skirmishing, which held the enemy there till the night of the
29th, when the federal forces quietly retired and recrossed the James, and, after
a hard march, reached Petersburg just after daylight, and in time to witness
the explosion of the mine. The march was exhausting, and one man, John
Weeks of Company B, died by the wayside. The battalion took no part in the
action following the mine explosion, and on the evening of that day returned to
its camp.

Hancock moved the Second Corps on August 12th to City Point, and in the
afternoon of the 13th embarked it on vessels for Deep Bottom, leaving at 10 p. M.,
and debarking at Deep Bottom in the morning. The vessels were of such deep
draught that they could not approach the shore, and the landing was too slow
for the hoped for surprise. The enemy was there in much stronger force than
was expected. There was severe fighting, and in places the Confederates were
driven from their intrenchments, but were able to reinforce and retake them.
At 4 P. M. preparation was made for a general assault. Gen. Barlow, inquiring
of Capt. Farwell what his regiment was, on his response sent it to the extreme
right, saying: "If you fight like the Old First all hell won't stop you." At the
right the battalion advanced, crossing a cornfield under heavy fire, and reaching
a ravine of generally impassable bog, covered with a dense tangle of brush and
vines, beyond which the ground rose gradually to the enemy's intrenchments.
Several were wounded while crossing the cornfield, and the morass seemed to

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stop further advance. But a slight path was found on the margin of a small,
open pond, and though swept by the enemy's fire, the battalion hurried through
it, and, forming a few yards in front of the rebel works, at once carried them.
But as the troops on the left had failed to pass the ravine, the battalion was en
tirely without support, and on the enemy being strongly reinforced here, Capt.
Farwell ordered the battalion back to the ravine. The enemy advanced in turn
and attacked it here, but was repulsed, and retreated to the works, and the
ravine was held by the battalion until it was ordered back after nightfall. The
battalion lost seven killed and a large number wounded. Among those severely
wounded were Lieut. Henry D. O'Brien, who had, as color-bearer of the Old
First, distinguished himself in repelling Pickett's charge; and Marshall Sher
man, who, on the same occasion, had captured the flag of the Twenty-eighth
Virginia Eegiment. The operations north of the James at this time were mainly
important in withdrawing and keeping employed so large a part of Lee's army
that it enabled Grant, with Warren's Fifth Corps, to obtain decided advantages
in the direction of the Weldon railroad. To secure this object the Second Corps
was kept north of the James till August 20th, on the night of which it was with
drawn across pontoons and marched to its old camp near Petersburg. This was
reached after an exhausting night march in deep mud. "With only a halt to
make coffee, the First and Second divisions were sent to the Strong House to
slash timber and construct defenses.

REAMS' STATION.

On August 24th Gibbon's Second Division was ordered to Beams' Station, on
the Weldon railroad, twelve miles south of Petersburg, and on the next day took
part in the unfortunate battle there, where the remnant of the Second Corps, re
duced by hard fighting and constant marching to less than 6,000 men, were beset
by three times their number; and, after repelling three charges, were at length
forced to retire, losing some guns and many prisoners. Even then a part of the
troops, including the battalion, rallied, and, by a sudden charge, recaptured
some of the lost guns, and held the field until night, when the corps returned to
the Strong House near Petersburg. The battalion lost one killed, three wounded
and fifteen captured.

HATCHER'S RUN — APPOMATTOX.

Up to October 24th the battalion alternated between several forts. On that
day Capt. Ellett P. Perkins resigned. On October 27th the Second Corps, hav
ing moved west of the Weldon railroad, found the enemy strongly intrenched at
Hatcher's Eun, and at once charged and routed them, following to the Boydtown
plank road, where some hard fighting occurred while Hancock was waiting for
Crawford to come up on his right. The Confederates were worsted, but as Craw
ford did not come up, Hancock retired at night to Hatcher's Eun, and next day
returned to camp near Fort Bross. Capt. Farwell, in command of detachments
from the battalion, the Seventh Michigan and Thirty-sixth Wisconsin, number
ing about seventy men, was, on the night of the 27th, by some oversight, left on
the skirmish line, and the men found themselves the next morning alone con
fronting the Confederate forces. Concealing the weakness of his force in a piece
of timber, Capt. Farwell repulsed a considerable force of Confederate cav
alry which attacked him, and, falling back cautiously, reached the Union lines
at nightfall without loss. For his gallant conduct here Capt. Farwell was bre-
vetted major. After this the battalion was for some time engaged in picket
duty. About December 1st, after having built winter quarters, the division
was moved to the front, and, with the Third Division of the same corps, made a
raid along the Weldon railroad nearly to the state line. After this it again
built winter quarters. Maj. Farwell resigned, and was succeeded in command
of the battalion by Capt. Charles F. 'Hausdorf. The battalion being reduced by
casualties and sickness to but little more than thirty men present for duty,
First Lieut. Charles C. Parker, Sergt. Thomas N. Whetstone, and five other
enlisted men were sent to Minnesota on recruiting service. Lieut. O'Brien re-

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turned, and became acting quartermaster. The recruiting detail was success
ful, and during the spring following, Company 0, Capt. Charles C. Parker,
joined the battalion, and on the morning after its arrivaljoined their companions
in a successful charge on the enemy's rifle-pits, capturing the occupants. The
battalion took part in the final assault on Lee's works at Petersburg on the 1st
and 2d of April, 1865, and in the several actions in which the Second Corps
was engaged up to the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appo-
mattox, and with only the loss of a few wounded. At the surrender the battal
ion was on picket, and Confederate soldiers came in in large numbers. Our men
were of course jubilant at the prospect of a speedy and successful ending of the
war, and the Confederates seemed reconciled, and glad that the end was reached.
Company D, Capt. Thos. N". Whetstone, arrived just after the surrender. As
other companies had been recruited for the battalion, Maj. Mark W. Downie of
the old regiment was commissioned lieutenant colonel, and joined the battalion,
and Capt. Charles F. Hausdorf major. Later each of these officers was commis
sioned one grade higher, and Capt. Henry D. O'Brien major. But they were
not mustered upon those commissions. In June, 1865, soon after the battalion
arrived in Washington, it was ordered to Louisville, Ky., and became part of
Brig. Gen.' Henry A. Morrow's Division of the Army of the Tennessee. Maj.
O'Brien became his assistant adjutant general, and Capt. Thomas H. Pressnell
provost marshal of the division. In July, 1865, the battalion, which had been
increased by Companies E, F, G, H and I, was ordered to Minnesota, and, after
a most hospitable and enjoyable reception at St. Paul, was mustered out at Fort
Snelliug, July 15, 1865.

CLOSING.

Glancing over what I have written, I feel satisfied of its accuracy, for I have
spared no care or pains. But I have felt cramped by the limit of space, though
all that could be allowed, in view of the necessity of crowding the narratives and
rosters of all Minnesota troops into one volume of reasonable size. I feel that
this narrative will very inadequately convey to its reader any just conception
of this regiment, whose perfection in discipline and in the execution of every
movement of company and battalion tactics and care for personal appearance
made it a favorite and model regiment in camp or on review, and whose esprit du
corps, pride in its reputation as a regiment, and the chivalric, soldierly feeling
pervading all ranks would never brook thought of defeat or disgrace, and never
permitted it to hesitate or falter on any occasion. The regiment can scarcely be
pictured to the understanding without portrayal of the men who impressed their
personal characteristics upon it. Such officers as Messick, Farrell, Periam,
Coates, Sinclair, Mailer, Heffelfinger, Maginnis, Searles and May, and such en
listed men as Marvin, Burgess, Tirrell, Perkins, Taylor, Trevor, Irvine and
hosts of others who, for want of space, cannot even be named. I find I have
hardly made mention of Dr. W. H. Morton, one of the most skillful surgeons
of the army, who became medical director of our division, and died from
disease contracted .in the service; or of his able successor, Dr. J. B. Le Blond,
who joined us in the spring of 1862, and continued till the muster-out of the
battalion; or of our second chaplain, Rev. F. A. Conwell, who joined us after
Antietam, and was especially devoted in caring for the sick and for the wounded
on every battlefield ; or of Anson Northup, our wagonmaster, whom no obsta
cles could stop, nor any regard for red tape prevent from furnishing needed
articles to the men, if such articles were in the wagons. The Indian outbreak
of 1862 took him from us to render efficient service against the savage foe. I am
aware that some of my statements — of losses, for instance — occasionally disagree
with official tables. But I have examined all these, so far as yet published in
the "Rebellion Records," and my statements here vary from them only in the cases
where, from recollection, confirmed by reliable memoranda made at the time, I
am satisfied that the official tables are wrong. To cite an instance: " Rebellion
Records," vol. 27, part 1, page 176, received since this narrative, except this
closing paragraph, was written, gives the number of officers killed at Gettysburg

48 THE FIRST REGIMENT AND BATTALION.

at three. Yet every survivor of the regiment knows that Capts. Nathan S.
Messick, Wilson B. Farrell and Louis Muller and Lieut. Waldo Farrar died on
the field. The aggregate of killed, wounded and missing at Gettysburg is there
given as two hundred and twenty-four. Capt. Coates' report of the battle to
the governor of the state, which (with some typographical errors) will be found
in "NeilPs History of Minnesota'7 (4th ed.), pp. 740-745, was written on the bat
tlefield, on July 5, 1863, by myself, then the acting adjutant of the regiment, and
states the loss correctly (page 744), four commissioned officers killed, and the
aggregate loss as two hundred and thirty-two. The six then reported as missing
were afterward ascertained to have been killed or wounded. I may add that
the aggregate of men there reported as engaged in the battle, three hundred and
thirty, includes Companies C and F, both of which were engaged with the regi
ment on July 3d, but neither of which were in the charge made by the regiment
on July 2d. Tfoe report of Capt. Coates, of Aug. 3, 1863, which appears in vol.
27, part 1, "Kebellion Records," pages424, 425, is manifestly condensed from the
report written by me on July 5th, as a comparison of its language with that of
the latter in i ' NeilF s History ' ' conclusively shows. The report of Gen. Hancock,
in the same volume, written while he was wounded and absent from the corps,
in its reference to our charge, shows that his memory was at that time indistinct
and at fault. (See page 371.) He speaks of meeting a regiment of the enemy,
the head of whose column was about passing an unprotected interval of our line,
and adds:

The First Minnesota Regiment coming up at this moment, charged the rebel regiment in hand
some style, capturing its colors and driving it back in disorder. I cannot speak too highly of this
regiment and its commander in its attack, as well as in its subsequent advance against the enemy,
in which it lost three-fourths of the officers and men engaged.

Hancock was with us but a moment when he ordered our charge. It is pos
sible that at that moment a skirt of brush and trees to our right may have hid
den from his view a considerable part of the Confederate force which we had
seen come down the opposite slope and met in our charge. Instead of " coming
up at this moment," we had stood at the same spot for hours watching Sickles'
battle and his defeat. It is not strange that, with all the responsibility and un-
intermitting work and vigilance that devolved on Gen. Hancock during the
three days of this battle, and his severe wounding on the last day, he should have
a confused recollection of this incident when he wrote that report. Later,
the facts were recalled to his memory, and the entire situation was well under
stood by him, as is indicated by his remarks mentioned by Col. Fox, and already
quoted. But I have reached my limit, and must close abruptly. The fame and
glory of the regiment need not be dwelt on. It is known throughout the coun
try, and especially to all the people of this state, whose appreciation of its
valor and services has been shown in the ovations given to the survivors by
the various cities and towns on the occasions of their annual reunions. Every
member justly regards his own connection with the regiment as the highest honor
of his life, — the one thing respecting himself to which his own posterity will
always refer with greatest pride. May our state always send forth such regi
ments whenever its safety, or the safety or honor of our beloved country, shall
call its sons to arms.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 1, 1890.

FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.

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Colonels —
Willis A.Gorman
Napoleon J. T. Dana
Alfred Sullv

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Oct. 2, '61
Feb. 3, '62

Oct. 1, '61
Feb. 3, '62
Sept 26 '62

Brig. Gen. 1st Brig., 2d Div.,2d Corps.
Brig. Gen. 3d Brig.,2d Div.,2d Corps; wounded at Antietam.
Brig Gen. 1st Brig.,2d Div.,2d Corps, Brevet Mai. Gen., Brevet

Sept 26 '62

May 5 '63

Brig. Gen. U. S. A
Capt Co E Maj Lieut Col • resigned' Brevet Brig Gen

William Colvill

May 6, '63

May 4* "64

Capt.Co. F Maj. Lt. Col.- wnd. Glendale and Gettysburg- Bvt.

Lieutenant Colonels —
Stephen Miller

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Apl. 29, '61

Sept. 16 '62

Brig. Gen.
Col. 7th Minn. Vols., Brig. Gen., Gov. of Minnesota.

Charles Powell Adams .

Sept. 26 '62

May 4 '64

Capt Co H Maj • wnd Bull Run Malvern Antietam Gettys

Majors —
William H. Dike
Mark W Downie

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May 6 '63

Oct. 22, '61
May 4 '64

burg; Brevet Brig. Gen.

Resigned.
Q M 1st Lt and Capt Co B-wnd Gettysb'g- Lt Col 1st Batt.

Adjutants —
William B. Leach
John N Chase

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Oct 22 '61

Feb. 23, '62

1st Lt. Co. H, Capt, and A. A. G. Dana's Brigade.
I st Serg and 1st Lieut Co E Capt Co H

Josias R King.

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IstSerg 2d and 1st Lieut. Co. A Capt.Co G.; wnd.Savage Station.

John Peller

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Jan. 14 '63

May 4 '64

Sergt Major 2d Lieut Co A -1st Lieut- wnd. Gettysburg.

Quartermasters —
George H. Woods

Apl. 29, '61

Aug. 13 '61

Pro Capt and C. SU.S.A Lt. Col and Cbf. C.S.Sheridan's Corps.

Mark A. Hoyt
Francis Baasen

Jan. 1,'62
July 10 '62

May 4 '64

Resigned '62.

Surgeons —
Jacob H. Stewart
William H Morton

Apl. 29, '61

Feb 1 '62

June23 '63

Captured at Bull Run; Exam. Surg. at St. Paul.
Med Director 2d Div 2d Corps' resigned from disability

John B. Le Blond

May 4* '64

Asst Surg Surg 1st Battalion.'

Assistant Surgeons —
Chas. W. Le Boutillier..

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Captured at Bull Run- Surg. 9th Minn. Volunteers.

Daniel W. Hand

July 23 '61

Brigade Surgeon charge of general hospitals.

Edmund J. Pugsley.

Aug 29 '63

Aug 15 '63

Peter Gabrielson
Chaplains —
Edward D. Neill.

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Apl 29 '61

May 4, '64
July 13 '62

F. A. Conwell
Sergeant Majors —
C. Edward Davis
EdwardS. Past

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Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 4, '64

2d Lieut. Co. I, 1st Lieut. Co. A; Capt. Co. E.
Wounded at Antietam - discharged for disability.

David A.Coflin
Albert S. Davis

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

1st Lieut. Co. A Oct. 7, '63.
1st Lieut. Co. A Mch. 4, '64.

John W. Pride

Apl. 29 '61

May 4 '64

Re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.

Quartermaster Sergeants —
William Smith...
Aaron Greenwald

Apl. 29, '61

Apl 29 '61

Nov. 17, '61

Discharged.
Resigned and transferred to Co C- killed at Gettysburg

T. A. Wood

Apl. 29, '61

May 4, '64

Company F.

Commissary Sergeants —
J. Mahouey
Mathew M.Standish
Jacob Marty

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Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl 29 '61

Feb. '63

Discharged.
Resigned and transferred to Co. D May 8, '63.
Promoted 1st Lieut. Oct. 3 '63.

Frank Dickinson. .

Apl. 29, '61

May 4. '64

Corp. Co. G.

Hospital Stewards —
James Kirkman
G.F. Marble

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Companv C.

C. A. Brooks

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June, '61

June 12, '63

Appointed Hospital Steward U. S. A.

Chas. H. Spear

Principal Musicians —
Henry 0. Fifield
Ezra D. Haskins.

Apl. 29, '61

Aug. 16, '63
Aug. 16, '63

May 4, 64

Co. L, or 2d Co. Sharpshooters.

Company C.
Company G.

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OFFICERS.

Captains —
Alexander Wilkin
Henry C. Coates
First Lieutenants —
Charles Zierenberg

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Sept. 18, '61

Sept. 18, '61
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July 19, '62

May 5, '64
May 5, '64

May 5, '64

Pro. Major 2d Minn. Sept. 18, '61.
1st Lieut.; commanded regiment 3 months after Gettysburg.

2d Lieut.; died Sept. 13, '62, of wounds at Vienna, Va.
1st Serg., 2d Lieut., Capt. Co. G; on Gen.Sully's staff; wd.S. Sta,
Serg. Major, 2d Lieut. Co. I, Capt. Co. E.
Corp. Co. I, Serg. Major; transferred to Co. K.
Priv. Co. I, Corp. Co. B, Serg. Major; wounded at Bull Run.

Serg., Serg. Major, Adjutant; wounded at Gettysburg.
Transferred to Co. F Oct., '62.
Serg.; drowned Aug. 20, '63, at Alexandria, Va.

Killed June 29, '62, at Savage Station.
Wnd. at Savage Station; absent sick on discharge of regiment-
Musician.
Re-enlisted 1st Battalion; wounded at Antietam.
Discharged for disability; wounded at Bull Run.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to V. R. C. Nov. 16, '63.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Died July 14, '63, of wounds at Gettysburg.
Transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 23, '62.
Corp.; wounded at Bristow; re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Corp.; wounded at Antietam; killed at Gettysburg.
Corp.; discharged for wounds at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Gettysburg; re-enlisted 1st Battalion.
Serg.; wounded at Bull Run.
Re-enlisted in 1st Minn. Battalion.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Musician; killed at Bull Run.
Corp.; killed at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.
Re-enlisted; Capt. Co. A 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.
Wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg; transferred to 1st Batt,

Discharged for disability.
Corp.; transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.

Wagoner; re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Died July 10, '63, of wounds received at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Gettysburg; absent on discharge of regiment.
Discharged for disability from wounds at Bull Run.
Killed at Gettysburg.

Regiment postmaster, Aug. 16, '61.
Died Oct. 14, '62, of wounds near Vienna, Va.
Corp., Serg., 1st Serg., Lieut. Col. 1st Batt.; wnd. at Gettysburg,
1st Lieut, in 13th U. S. Infantry, Dec. 15, '61.

Corp.; killed at Gettysburg.
Discharged for wounds at Savag^Station, '62.
Discharged per order.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.
Corp.; discharged per order.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62; killed at Gettysburg.

2d Lieut. Co. E; died March 27, '63.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Corp. and Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Gettysburg; absent sick on discharge of regiment.
Corp.; wounded at Bull Run.
Corp.; died July 8, '63, from wounds at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Autietam.
Transferred to Inv. Corps Nov., 1863.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability. .
Corp., Sergt.; killed at Antietam.
Re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Antietam.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Corp.; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Serg.; discharged for disability.
Died Sept. 8, '62, at Fort Monroe.
Killed at Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.

C Edward Davis

David A Coflin

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Alberts Davis

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Second Lieutenants —

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Adams, Hiram

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34
24
26
25
32
37
25
21
20
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26
25
21
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25
21
26
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Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
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Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '61
May 17, '61
May 28, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 2'J, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 17, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Oct. 22, '62
Apl. 29, '61
Sept. 3, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Sept. 3, '62
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 15, '61
Apl. 29, '61
July 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Sept. 3 '61
May 15, '61
May 11, '62
May 18, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 17, '61
May 17, '61
May 17, '61
Feb. 24, '64

** ***

Agnew Edward C

May 5, '64

Alpers, John H. A
Becher William

Mch. 12, '63

Biddle *Abel

Blesi John

Brandt Clark

Canfield, Lucien F

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Clark' Charles F

Crawley, Timothy

Dooley' Wm H H

Drake* Charles S

Eichler Charles

Feb. '3, '63

Farwell, James C
Farquhar, Daniel W

May 4, '64

Fegar Jacob

May 4, '64
May 10, '61

Foss Jay B

Freer, Richard W
Fuller Melville

May 5, '64
May 3, '64

Gallman John J

Gibbs Gates .. .

Glave Frederick

Halsted'johnT

Sept. 1, '62
"May" 3/64

Hedapp, George

Hines Henry C

Hoff Edward C

Hausdorf Charles F

Jeniesch, William

May 3, '64

Keyes James N

Kiefer Louis

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34
27
19
23
33

King Charles

Feb. 4/62

Kraemer William

Feb. 4/62

Kratka Chas A

Lattfi, Simon E

May 3/64

Levering Andrew ...

Lemmer, Peter

Lichtenberg, August

Feb. 20, '64

Loomis Chas C

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19
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30
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25
19
25
20
23
23
29
28
25
22
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Apl. 29, '61
May 25 '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Feb. 11, '62
Sept. 3, '61
Apl. 29, 61
Apl. 29, '61
May 27, '61
May 17, '61
May 25, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 17, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29. '61

Lyons, Stephen
Lyons Harrison .. . .

May 3/64

Maloy, James

May 3/64

Marks, Peter

Matheis Nicholas

May 3/64

Marshall, John J

Marshall, James
Magnussen, Engel A
McEwen, John

Aug. 20, '62

Me William, David
McLean, Maxwell A
Miller Wm F

Aug. 20, '62

"May '"3, "'64
Mch. 12/62
Jan. 29, '62
May 3/64
Nov. 6/62

Mowry, Rascellas S
Morrison, John T
Mockwitz, Charles

Muller, Charles
Nelson, Nels E

Nelson Ole .

Nickell, Henry
Nixon, William

"May" 3/64
Feb. 3/63

Olson. Andrew

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

51

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Palmer Eli J

42
22

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Feb. 27, '64
May 21, '61
May 18, '61
May 27, '61
Mav 22, '61
May 22, '61
May 22, '61
May 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 26, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 15, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 27, '61
May 23, '61
Mav 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 27, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 18, '61
Aug.21,'61
Sept. 25, '61
May 17, '61

May 3, '61

"Feb!"l5,"'63
May 3, '64
Jan. 24, '64

Transferred to 3d U. S. Cav., 1862.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Bayonet wound at Bristow.
Wounded; prisoner at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Killed near Warrenton, Va.

Transferred to U. S. Light Artillery Oct. 27, '62.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Wounded at Gettysburg.

Died of wounds at Gettysburg.
Discharged per order.
Corporal.
Pro. 1st Lieut, and Q. M. 32d N. Y.

Parker, *Geo. H
Payher Frank . .

Pfeffer, George

24
23
36
19
29
21
35
27
22
21
21
31
28
28
32
30
22
27
23
29
27
30
25
23
31
21
37
40
32
21
29

Pitkin Samuel J

Kathiuaiin Hans

Sanders Benjamin F

May 3, '64

Sattler Louis

Schooley, David
Schmucker Joseph ....

Schmidter William

May 3, '64

"Aug.'T,''61
May 3, '64
July 31, '63

Simouson, Hans M
Smoot George W

Sonderman, John G

Sproat Edgar L

Stevens Robert

Wounded at Bull Run; arm amputated.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Color Sergt.; appointed 2d Lieut. inU. S. Army.
Corp., Serg.; wounded at Antietam.
Serg., 1st Serg.; lost leg at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Antietam; leg amputated; discharged.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Corporal.
Died Oct., '62.
Discharged for disability.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Serg.; wounded at Bull Run; killed at Gettysburg.

Stoll, Andrew

Sept. 9, '62
Feb 27, '63
June, '61

Stoll Jacob

Stansbury, Howard
Steffes, Matthias
Steen, Charles

Streit, Nicholas

Feb. 3, '63
May 3, '64
May 3, '64

Theissen. Matthias,
Thiem Joseph

Tinker, Herbert E
Van Woert, Wm. T

Mch. 3, '63

Vogelsang Deitrich

TVagner, Warren

"May "3,';64

Weld Charles P

Wells, George A

Wentworth, Hiram
Wilson, John .

Mch. 3, '62

Wright, Henry C...,.

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

H
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Carlisle A. Bromley
Mark W. Downie

31
25

Apl. 29, '61
July 16, '61
May 7, '63

Resigned July 15, '62.
1st Lieut.; pro. Maj. May 6, '63; wnd. Bull Run and Gettysburg.
Serg., 2d and 1st Lieut.; wnd. Bull Run, Gettysburg and Bristow.

2d Lieut.; wnd. at Bull Run; pro. Lieut. Col. 4th Minn. Oct. 18, '61.
Serg., 1st Serg., 2d Lieut.; pro. Capt. Co. E Sept. 17, '62; wnd. at
Bull Run; killed at Gettysburg.
Serg., 1st Serg., 2d Lieut.; wounded at Gettysburg.

Wagoner.

Wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bristow.
Serg.; wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Corp.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Promoted Capt. 9th N. H. Vols. Aug. 26, '62.
Discharged for disability.
Corp., Color Serg.; wnd. at Bull Run, Antietam; dis.; loss of leg.

Wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Transferred from Co. I; wounded at Gettysburg.
Serg.; wounded at Bull Run.

Musician.
Corp.; killed at Antietam.
Corp. and Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Serg., Serg. Maj., 1st Lieut. Co. A.

Thomas Sinclair

May 5, '64

First Lieutenants —
Minor T. Thomas

30

Louis Muller

26
30

30

27
23
21

Nov. 18, '61
Sept. 10, '63

May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Feb. 28, '62

William M.May

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen Lorenzo D

May 5, '64

Anderson, John

May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Arnold George

Aucker, Wm. H

Bates, Wm. F

Bernds, Frederick L
Binns, Zebulon E

28
33
26
25
25
22

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 5, '64
Jan. 17, '62
May 5, '64

Blanchard, Rufus G
Boswell, Daniel C
Brown, Thomas
Bloomer Samuel

Aug. 4, '62
Dec. 6, '62

Butler, Daniel

Caplazi Albert . .. .

31
33

Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61

May 5, '64

Cathoman, Louis
Carriegiet Bartholomew

Capron, Alonzo A

28
18
18
20
24

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 17, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61

Clearey, James

May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Connolly Andrew

Cornman, Oscar L
Crome, Frederick

May 5, '64

Davis, Albert S

Darms, John M

44
19
20
26
22
37
18
40
24
30

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
Anl. 29. '61

Feb. 8, '63
May 5, '64

Wounded at Fredericksburg; discharged for disability.

Corp., Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Discharged per order.
Corporal.
Discharged per order.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
CorDoral.

Darms John N.

Densmore, JohnD
Dittmer, August. .

Aug. 9 '61
May 5, '64
Oct. 13, '61

Aug.','" "'62

Dotts, Charles J....

Durich, William

Ehrhardt, Morritz
Eppenberger, Adam
Everson, Peter

Fallihee. Patrick....

Mav 5 «64

52

THE FIRST REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

Foreman, Noah

French, Henry C

Goundry, John E

Goff, John S

Gove, Charles H

Goodman, Henry

Grandstrand, Gustave A..

Graf, Emil

Grusemann, Jacob

Hall, Peter

Haniann, Charles

Harvey, James ,

Henry, Martin J

Herrin, Edwin E

Hebenstreit, Nicholas

Hooker, George

Hospes, Adolphus C

Johnson, S wen

Johnson, David

Johnson, Samuel

Johnson, Andrew

Kelly, William

Klasi, Thomas

Koenig, Augustus

Krone, Henry W

Kunzelmaa, John

Lockwood, Charles M

Lord, David

Marty, Jacob

May, JohnS

Marty, Adam

Marty, Fridolin

McLaughlin, Almond C....

Mclntyre, Harlow

McKusick, Freeman L

McNeill, Geo. C

Meyers, \Vm.J

Mead, Frank J

Morgan, Wm. A

Nelson, Chas. L

Nickerson, Samuel B

Nystedt, Erick

Olson, Hocken

Older.Joseph

Oliver, George A

Peterson, Andrew

Pierson, Wm. S

Pooler, Albert

Quist, Andrew P

Ricketts, Charles F

Reichard, Adolph L

Robinson, Ebenezer B

Rowley, Charles F

Sawtell,JohnM

Schoenbeck, John P

Schroeder, Wm. F

Seaman, Henry S

Shepard. Myron

Sebers, Albert

Smith, Ralph W

Snow, Lafayette W

Stevens, John B

Steinacker, Frederick

Stevens. Edward A

Staples Chas. A

Stirnemann, Frederick

Tanner, Cbas. G

Tanner, Joseph A

Thompson, Ole

Van Vorhes, Henry A

Van Kuster, Oscar

Valentine, Chas

Walsh, Joseph

»» C*10LJ, U VQO^Zl &O

Wells, Edwin 19

MUSTERED
IN.

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
June 4, '61
June 4, '61
June 4, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
May 23, '61
May 23 '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Feb. 21, '62
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29. '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29/61
July 21, '61
Mch. 4, '62
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, 'SI
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29. '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

Jan. 8, '62
Nov. 19, '61

May 5, '64

REMARKS.

May 5, '64
June 9, '62
Jan. 9, '62
Feb. 9, '63|
May 5, '641
May 5, '64
July, '62
May 5, '64
Jan. 29, '63

May 5, '64
May 5, '64
Dec. 14, '62
Sept. 29, '63
Nov. 17, '61
Apl. 30, '63
May 5, '64
Sept. 26, '62

Aug., '62
May "'5,' '64

May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Feb. 16, '63
Jan. 7, '63
May 5, '64
Apl. 30, '63

Dec., »62

May 5, '64
Aug. 2, '61

May 5, '64
Nov. 8, '61

May 5, '64
Nov. 24, '61

Feb"'25',';64

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 21, '61

Jan. 7, '63

Dec. 6, '62

May 5, '64
Jan. 14, '63
Jan. 3, '63

Aug'."7J''61
Sept. 26, '62

Aug. 14, '62
Dec. 19, '61
Sept. 8, '62

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Killed at Antietam.

Wounded at Savage Station.

Died of wounds received at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Wounded by accident.
Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to Inv. Corps Nov. 18, '63.

Corp.; captured at Antietam.

Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.

Wounded at Gettysburg; discharged.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred from Co. I; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded, at Bull Run; killed July 2, '63, at Gettysburg.

Wounded and captured at Bull Run.

Discharged for disability.

Corp., Serg., 2d Lieut. 24th Wis. Vols., Aug. 28, '62.

Corp.,Serg. and 1st Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.

Com. Serg., 1st Lieut. Co. E.

Corp.; re-enlisted 1st Battalion.

Corp.; -wounded at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to Signal Corps August, '61.

Transferred from Co. H; discharged for disability.

Captured at Antietam.

Discharged per order.

Serg.; killed at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.

Died of disease April 13, '62.

Serg. and 1st Serg.; wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.

Died of wounds at Bull Run while prisoner.

Wounded at Gettysburg; discharged for disability.

Wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.

Wounded at Bull Run; arm amputated.

Corp.; wounded at Bull Run; 2d Lieut. 98th Penn. Vols.

Transferred to Inv. Corps for wounds at Fredericks burg.

Died Dec. 8, '62, afWashington, D. C.

Transferred to U. S. Light Artillery July 16, '62.

Wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Savage Station.

Serg.,2d Lieut. Co. H, and 1st Lieut. Co. F and Co. H.

Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Corp.; discharged for disability.

Re-enlisted in 1st Minn. Battalion.

Corp., Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.

Discharged per order.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged per order.

Deserted Dec. 10, '61, from Canip Stone.

Musician; discharged for disability.

Wounded and captured at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Bull Run; died of wounds received at Gettysburg.

Corp.; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for wound at Savage Station.

Wounded at Haymarket; re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.

Corp.; wounded at Gettysburg.

COMPANY C.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

53

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

William H. Acker

Wilson B. Farrell

Jasper N. Searles

First Lieutenants —

Samuel T. Kaguet

Wilbur F. Duffy

William Harmon

Second Lieutenants —

Wm. C. Lamed

Chas. H. Mason

Andrew Levering..,

ENLISTED MEN.

Abell, John 21

Arnsdorf, Henry 24

Atherton, Minor 19

Barnes, Andrew J 22

Barton, Wm. H 26

Baldwin, Jerome 18

Blanquest, Charles

Bleaser, Michael 34

Blanchard, Chas. C 22

Boyce, Henry W 25

Brisette, Edmund 44

Brack, Wm. A 20

Brown, Henry J. W 33

Buck, Geo. W 21

Btirt, Geo 32

Carpenter, Robert A 41

Chamberlain, Wesley 21

Clark, Joseph M 41

Clark, Chas. 1 30

Clancy, Daniel 27

Coombs, Charles C 19

Coombs, William 29

Coles, John W 25

Collins, Jeremiah 28

Cunningham, Wm. C 24

Demarest, David B 27

Dorathy, Charles H 22

Dubois, Garrett N 24

Eastman, Rufus M 28

Echoldt, August T 18

Ellsworth, John 20

Ellingson, Henry 19

Fifield, Henry 0 21

Finical, Benjamin F 25

Finical, Chas. A 18

Foster, Edward H 18

Gard, Samuel D 23

George, Jacob { 29

Gilman, James B 29

Ghostly, Henry

Gay, Gustave.."

Groat, James W

Greenwald, Aaron

Hastie, James

Haskell, John S

Haskell.Chas. W

Harvey, Julius

Hamilton, Helon

Hayford, Faxon

Henderson, Thos. D

Howard, Henry H

Hough, Chas. H :

Hotchkiss, Chas. J

Irvine, Theodore A

Kennedy, Chas. W

Klein, Herman

Kramer, Sigismond O

Krueger, Andrew F

L,add, Austin N

Leonard, Maurice F

Little, David M

Lloyd, Edward S

Linberg, John

Lonquist, John ,

Lufkin, Wade

Marr, Christopher C

Mayence, John B ,

Marble, Geo. F.,

McDonald, Joseph

McNelly, James R

McMullen, Nathan

McLean, David

McCray, Samuel C

MUSTERED
IN.

Apl. 29, '61
Aug. 8 '61
Oct. 7, '63

Aug. 8 '61
Jan. 19, '62
Mch.26, '63

Aug. 8, '61

Jan. 20, '62
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '61
Sept. 11, '61
Mch. 4, '64.
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Nov. 25, '61
May 17, '61
May 21, '61
May 17, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 26, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
June 22, '61
Oct. 2, '61
May 22, '61
Dec. 30, '61
Nov. 25, '61
Dec. 9, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Dec. 16, '61
Oct. 2, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
May 23, '61
Dec. 23, '61

May 23, '61
June 1,'61
Apl. 29, '61
Dec. 25, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Nov. 11, '62
Sept. 14, '61
Dec. 16, '61

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 26, '61
Dec. 23, '61
May 22, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Nov. 18 '61
May 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
May 20, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '61
May 26, '61
May 28, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

May 4, '64

May 4, '64

May 5 ,'64
Mch. 27, '63

Oct. 6, '62

May" 5/64
Feb. 7 ,'63
May 5, '64

May 5,

May 5, '64
Aug. 13, '61

May 5, '64
May" 5 \ ''64

No'vV'e',
Feb. 8 '62
May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Aug." 6/61
May" 6/64

May 5/64

Sept. 3, '61
May 5, '64

May 5/64

June 12, '62
Feb. 6/63
May 6, '64

Feb. 6, '6i
Feb. 6/63

Apl. 23, '63
Sept. 3/61
May 5, '64
May 5/64

REMARKS.

Wnd. at Bull Run; Capt. 16th U. S. Inf., Aug. 8, '61; killed Shiloh.
1st Lieut.; killed at Gettysburg.
Pro. from 1st Lieut. Co. K.

2d Lieut.; wounded at Bull Run; transferred to Co. I.

1st Serg., Capt. Co. I, March 26, '63.

2d Lieut. Co. D; wounded at Gettysburg.

Corp.; wnd. at Bull Run; transferred Dec., '62, to Signal Corps.
Transferred from Co. D; 1st Lieut.; died Aug. 18, '63, of wounds

at Gettysburg.
Died Dec. 16, '63, at Sioux City, la.

Transferred to tet Battalion.

Killed June 1, '62, on picket at Fair Oaks.

Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to Inv. Corps Dec. 13, '63.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Absent as paroled prisoner on discharge of regiment.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Corporal.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Serg.; wounded at Savage Station.

Wounded at Savage Station; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Wnd. Bull Run and Antietam; absent (prisoner) on dis. of regt.

Wounded Bull Run; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; died March 24, '64.

Wounded at Antietam; transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.

Transferred to Inv. Corps Sept. 1, '63.

"Wounded at Bull Run; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Wounded at Bull Run; transferred to Inv. Corps Oct. 31, '62.

Re-enlisted; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Corp., Serg.; wounded at Antietam.

Re-enlisted; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Wounded at Bull Run, supposed to be mortal.

Serg. and 1st Serg., 2d Lieut. Co. E; wounded at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Bull Run.

Discharged for disability.

Missing at Savage Station.

Wnd. Savage Station; transf. U.S. Cavalry Oct., '62.

Wnd. Savage Station; died Aug. '63 of wnds. at Gettysburg.

Musician, Drum Major.

Wounded at Savage Station.

Transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24, '62.

Discharged for pro. in 4th Minn. Infantry.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Bull Run; Corp.; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Corp.; wounded at Bull Run.

Corp.; wounded at Bristow; transf. to 1st Battalion.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24, '62.

Corp., Q. M. Serg.; killed at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Bull Run.

Wounded at Bull Run, supposed mortally.

Wounded at Glendale; died in hospital Mch. 8, '63.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Died Sept. 1, '62, Point Lookout, Md.

Re-enlisted; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Corp., Serg., 1st Serg.; died of wounds at Gettysburg.

Killed at Bull Run.

Corp. and Serg.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Discharged per order for non-age.

Re-enlisted; transferred to 1st Minn. Battalion.
Corp., Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bull Run; died of wounds Oct., '61.
Re-enlisted; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

Re-enlisted; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Serg.; killed at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for wounds.
Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for wounds.
Musician, Hospital Steward; discharged for disability '63.
Corp.; wnd. Savage Station; re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.
Wounded threetimes at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Discharged per order for non-age.

54

THE FIRST REGIMENT.
ROSTEK OF COMPANY C — Continued.

NAMES.

w
o

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

McCausland, Andrew
McMullen, George
McConkey, John

42
21
37
22
18
23
21
21

22
20
30

24

27
18
24
43
22
23
34
20
19
20
31
29
37
33
19

Nov. 18, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '61
May 21, '61
Sept. 29, '61
May 17, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 17, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Dec. 16, '61
Dec. 16, '61
Sept. 9, '61
Nov. 25, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '64
Apl. 29, '64
May 17, '64
Apl. 29, '64
May 22, '64
May 22, '61
Aug. 22, '62
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Nov. 25, '61

Jan. 8, '63
Feb." 16/63

Wounded at Savage Station; discharged for disability.
Corp.; killed at Bull Run.
Corp.; discharged for disability.
Died Nov. 8/61.
Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.
Corp.; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Glendale; discharged for disability.
Corp.; transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24, '52.
Corp., Serg.; transferred to Kirby's Battery July 16, '62.

Corp., Serg. and 1st Serg.
Transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24, '62.

Transferred to U. S. Cavalry.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Corp.; Capt. in 1st Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Absent in confinement on discharge of regiment.
Serg.; wounded at Bull Run; died of wounds.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Wounded Savage Station; transferred to U. S. Cavalry.
Wounded at Bull Run, supposed to be mortal.
Discharged to enlist in U. S. service.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Took rebel flag at Gettysburg: re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.
Killed at Antietam.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Bull Run and Antietam.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Mortally wounded at Savage Station.
Wounded at Savage'Station; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Corp.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Deserted while absent sick.
Mortally wounded June 29, '62, at Savage Station.
Killed at Bull Run.
Serg.; Lieut, in 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Missing, probably killed at Bull Run.
Wagoner.
Wounded at Bull Run
Discharged for disability.
Serg.; re-enlisted; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to Kirby's Battery June 16, '62.
Corp.; killed at Bull Run.
Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Corp. and Serg.
Re-enlisted; Capt. in 1st Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability; captured at Bull Run.
Serg .; wounded at Bull Run; died Apl. '62.
Mortally wounded at Savage Station; died June 30, '62.

Morton Albert B

Jan. 8, '63

Murphy, James A
Navarre, Joseph B. F
Newell Phocian P

Sept. 17, '62

May" 6/64
May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Odell, Joseph H
Onermann, Wilhelm
Owen, Robert P .*..

Pethybridge, Joshua
Perkins, Andrew F
Perkins, Daniel A
Pressnell Thos H

May 5, '64

Pribble, Turner
Randolph, Wareham G...
Reynolds, Wm. M
Renshaw, John C
Richardson, Richmond ....
Roberts, Gustave A
Robertson, Daniel M
Roach, Wm.C

"Jan""'7/62

"6ct." 21/62

Rosemeyer, George

May 5/64

Sherman, Marshall
Simpson Robert C

Sias G

Smith Julius

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25
23
19
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21
22
29
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30
26
35
30
26

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27
17
28
23
26
21

Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '61
May 26, '61
Nov. 25, '61
May 23, '61
May 26, '61
May 22, '61
Aug. 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
Jan. 20, '62
Dec. 30, '61
May 17, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Sept. 9, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Sept. 7, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Aug. 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Aug. 29, '61
Feb. 24, '64
Nov. 18, '61
Aug. 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Dec. 9, '61

May 5/64

Smith, Cyrus
Smith Geo L

Feb"'i7/62
Mch. 24, '63

Snow, Leonard

Sohns, Charles

Staats, Isaac
Taylor Edward

Thompson, Joseph H
Tirrell Chesley B

"Apl." 18/62

Townsend, Geo. W
Townsend Perry C. ..

Tripp, Thomas T

Treadway, Calvin
Twitchell Isaac L

May 5/64

Van Solen, George L
Victory James

Apl. 18, '62

Watkins, Wm
Waterhouse, Sewall N
Waltz, William

Nov. 1/62
May 5/64

Westlake, Reuben M
Whetstone, Thos. N
Willey, George
Willey, Warner „
Williams, Henry H
Wilmer, Eugene

May 11, '62
Oct. '62

Wren, Nicholas

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OFFICERS.
Captains —
Henry R. Putnam

99

Apl. 29, '61

Wounded at Bull Run; Capt. 12th U. S. Inf.

Dewitt C. Smith

Chris. B. Heffelfinger
First Lieutenants —
Geo. H. Woods

35
26
?9

Aug. 8, '61
July 4, '63
Apl. 29 '61

May 4, '64
Nov. 28 '61

2d Lieut; wounded at Antietam; transferred to Co. G; Pay
master; killed by guerrillas.
Serg., 1st Serg., 2d and 1st Lieut.; wounded at Gettysburg;
Major 1st Heavv Artillery.
Pro. Capt. and C. S., Lieut. Col. and Chief C. S. Cav. Corps, '64.

Seth L, Hammond
Jacob Marty

26

Nov. 26, '61

Sept. '62

1st Serg., 2d Lieut.; resigned.
Transferred to Co E.

Ellet P. Perkins

?4

May 5 '64

Corp. Color Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg; Capt. 1st Battalion.

Second Lieutenants —
Wm. Harmon

•>•)

Sept 13 'G?

Serg 1st Serg • pro 1st Lieut. Co. C; wounded at Gettysburg.

Chas. H. Mason

ENLISTED MEN.

Abraham, Geo W. F

25

17

Sept. 27, '62
Feb 20 '64

Serg.; transferred to Co. C; pro. 1st Lieut ; died Aug. 18, '63, of
wounds at Gettysburg.
Transferred to Battalion; died Andersonville Nov. 12, '64.

Allen, William R

?4

May 16, '61

Killed at Gettysburg.

Ames, Orville
Anderson, Charles
Ball, Edward W

34
26
19

Feb. 25, '64
May 20, '61
May 20, '61

May 5, r64
May 5, '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Bartlett, George W

19

May 29, '61

May 5, '64

Wounded at Gettysburg.

COMPANY D.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

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Baker, Chas. E
Bartlett Ransom A

19

May 29, '61

Oct. 7, '62
May 5, '64
May 5 '64
Jan. 26, '63

Killed July 2, '63, at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.
Corp., Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg; re-enlisted in 1st Batt.

Prisoner at Bull Run; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Antietam and Bristow.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Antietam; discharged.

Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.
Transferred to Inv. Corps March, '64.
Discharged for disability.
Re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to gunboat service Nov. 16, '63.
Killed at Bull Run.
Discharged for disability, '61.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to gunboat service Nov. 16, '63.
Discharged for disabilitv.
Transferred to Inv. Corps Jan. 16, '64.

Discharged for disability.
Corporal.
Musician; promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability April 10, '63.
Promoted Corporal; wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Gettysburg and Bristow.
Discharged for disability.
Corp.; discharged for disability.
Corp.- died July 3, '63, of wounds received at Gettysburg.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Antietam; discharged.
Wounded at Antietam; discharged.
Transferred to Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to Battalion.
Corp.; died Nov. 20, '61.
Wounded at Gettysburg.

Discharged foi' disability.
Discharged for disability.
Corp.; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Corp.; discharged for disability.
Corp.; re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to Signal Corps Aug. 1/61; promoted Sergeant.
Wounded at Fredericksburg; discharged.

Wounded and captured at Bull Run.
Corp.; wouuded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Antietam; killed at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Antietam; discharged.

Wounded at Antietam; discharged.
Wagoner.
Wounded at Savage Station.
Discharged for disability.
Serg.; discharged for disability.
Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bull Run. \
Corp.; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.
Lieut. 7th U. S. Inf.; killed at Gettysburg.

Bingenheimer, Henry
Blake, Horace K
Bryant Adelbert

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21

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May 16, '61
May 22, '61
May 21, '61
May 29, '61
May 16, '61
July 20, '61
May 22, '61
Mch.30, '64
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 5, '64

Brown Theodore

Carter, Leonard B
Carpenter, EdsonB
Chaffee, Jacob W.."
Chandler, Enoch H
Chase Henry B

"Ap'i." 17/63
May 5, '64
Feb. 2, '63
May 6, '64
Feb. 7, '63

Clifford, Carroll H
Clater John

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31
21
21
21
24
35
24

May 21, '61
May 22, '61
May 17, '61
May 26, '61
Oct., '61
May 21, '61
May 21, '61
May 16, '61

Curtis, Francis I
Curtis, Archibald
Darling, Azariah W

Dec. 29, '61
Oct." 16, "'62

Devcrgill, Franklin
Dean Henry A.

Donnelly, Stephen
Drew, Nathaniel
Dunsmore, James F
Eddy, Cyrus E

23
21
23
23
18
18
18
23
20
21
19
25
21
24

May 20, '61
May 21, '61
May 23, '61
May 17, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 31, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '61
May 16, '61
May 21, '61
May 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '61
May 21, '61

Jan. 7, '62

Aug. 1/61

May" 5/64
Oct. 25, '61

Ferguson, Ami R

Fletcher Levi

Fuller Geo E

May 5/64
Apl. 10, '63
May 5/64
May 5/64
May 5/64
Oct. 2, '62
Dec. 1/61

Garvey, Wm. H

Oeer, Lewis B

Geer, Chas.W

Goeppinger, August A
Gordon Wm A

Gordon, Hanford L
Grandy, George

Hayden, Alonzo C
Hamilton, Emsley I
Hatch Cyrus M

22
20
28
23

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '6 1
Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '61

"Nov." 27/61
Dec. 5/62
Dec. 2, '62

Haaer, John H

Hamilton, E. J

Hawks James

Feb. 29, '64

Hamilton EMC

Hoblitt JohnT

21
20
23

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 5, '64
May 5/64
Jan. 6, '63
July, '61
Jan. 9/62
May 5/64
Dec. 5/62
Dec. 20, '61
Junel4, '62

Howe, Archibald E
Howe Wm. H

Howe David M

Hoblitt, Isaac N
Holt Joseph B

20

Apl. 29, '61

Hughes, Chas. W

23
18

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Hutchins, Charles A
Hughes Thomas

Hyatt, Alexander H
Irvine, William N

24
22

May 21, '61
May 21, '61

Aug. 20, '63

19

Apl. 29, '61
Oct., '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 17, '61
May 17, '61

Kelly Thomas.

Dec. 18, '62
May 5/64

Kendall, James W
King Orange S ,

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23
19
21
24
20

Kouts, Jacob W

May 5/64

Laflin George A

Mch. 25/63
May 5/64
Dec. 2/62
May 5/64
May 5, '64
Feb. 4/63
May 11, '62
May 5/64
May 5/64
Feb. 3/63
Feb. 27, '63
May 5/64
Dec. 29, '61

Laflin, Adin A
Latnbdin Edwin

Lancaster, Wm. H
Legg, Daniel B
Leonard Webster G

22
31

May 22, 'fil
May 22, '61

Longfellow, Henry W
Martin, Horace M
Maddock, George
McAllister, Henry A
Markham, Charles S
Meeker, Lewis C

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23
23
23
34
26

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, 'Gl

Messer, Edward D...

Miller Wesley F

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Apl 23, '61

Morgan, David L
Nason Thos. B

21
18

Mch. 30, '64
May 28, '61

Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Corp.; wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Absent sick on discharge of regiment.
Wounded at Gettysburg. /
Enlisted in regular army.
Wounded Fair Oaks and Antietam; discharged for disability.
Wounded at Antietam; died of wounds at Gettysburg/
Corp., Serg., Serg. Maj.; dis. for wounds at Antietam.
Sergeant, 1st Sergeant.

May 5/64
Feb. 15, '63
Apl. 2/62

Nason Eben S

Newton, Wm. J
Newton, Francis H
Noel, Benjamin F

21
18
18
19
20

May 22, '61
May 22, '61
May 26, '61
May 20, '61
May 21, '61

May 5/64
Jan. 1/63
Apl. 7/63

Over, William
Fatten Geo. W. .

Past, Edward S-.
Parker, Raymond J

20
25

Apl. 29, 'Gl

Apl. 29, '61

May 5/64

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Pendergast, Lloyd G

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24

Apl. 16, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 20, '61

Discharged for disability.

Corporal, Sergeant.
Discharged for disability.
Killed July 2, '63, at Gettysburg.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Died April, '64, of smallpox.
Corp.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Corp., Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Musician.
Died Aug. 3, '63, of wounds at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to Battalion.
Wounded at Antietam; discharged.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to Battalion.

Corp., Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Corporal.
Serg., Com. Serg. Feb. 16, '63.
Corp., Serg.; wounded at Fredericksburg.
Discharged for disability.
Corporal.
Wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.
Corporal.

Discharged for disability.
Died of wounds, near Vienna, Va., Sept., '62.
Transferred to gunboat service Nov. 16, '63.
Died Sept. 28, '61, at Camp Stone.
Corp.; wounded at Antietam; discharged.

May 5, '64
May 5, '64
May 14, '62

Plummer, John W
Plummer Henry C

Pratt Job

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Pratt' M G

Rines, Charles H
Robinson, Calvin D
Robinson S Morton

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23
18

May 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
June 6, '61
June 30. '63
Nov. 1,'61
May 17, '61
May 20, '61
Mch. 1,'64

May 5, '64
May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Rollins Frank

Sullivan, Daniel

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22

Sampson, Leroy F .».
Scherfenberg, Frederick...
Sly Gilbert E

Feb. 2, '63
Oct. 17, '62

Smith Geo. W

Feb. 13, '63

Smith Wm C

June 30, '63
Apl. 27, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 21 ,'61
May 21, '61

Smith Chas W

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21

28

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May 5, '64
May 5, '64
Jan. 5, '63

Smithyman, Joseph
Spaulding, Norris H
Standish, Mathew M.™
Savage, Charles W

Taunt, AlvinB

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24
22
29
20
18
36
22
34

Apl. 20, '61
May 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 21, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 21 ,'61
Apl. 29, '61

Feb. 8 '62
May 5, '64
May 5 '64
May 5, '64
May 5, '64
May 11, '62

Titus Platt S

"Walsh. James W

Walker, Edward A
Wetmur, David G
Welsh, Henry P. .

Whittemore, John D
Wilgus, Henry N

Woodworth, Chas. M
Young, Joseph J

Jan. 3, '63

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Captains —
George N. Morgan
George Pomeroy

Louis Muller

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Apl. 29, '61
Oct. 22, '61

Sept., '62
July 3, '63

Apl. 29, '61
Oct. 22, '61

Aug. 8, '61
Sept. 26, '62

July 3, '63
Oct. 7, '63

Oct. 22, '61
July, '62

Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 26, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 26, '61
May 20, '61

Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brev. Brigadier General.
2d Lieut.; wounded at Antietam; Lieut. Col. 146th N. Y.; Pay
master U.S. A.
1st Lieut. Co. B.; killed at Gettysburg.
1st Lieut. Co. A, 2d Lieut. Co. I, Serg. Maj.

Resigned.
1st Serg., Capt. Co. H, Sept. 26, '62.
Transferred from Co. I, A. D. C., to Gen. Gorman.
Serg. Co. C, 2d Lieut. Co. E; died July 30, '63, of wounds at
Gettysburg.
Serg. Co. E, 2d Lieut. Co. K; resigned on certificate of disability.
Transferred from Co. D Jan. '64.

Serg.; wounded at Antietam; 1st Lieut. Co. G, July 19, '62,
Serg., 1st Serg., 2d Lieut. Co. H, 1st Lieut. Co. I.

Trans, to Sig. Cor. Aug., '61; Lieut.; wnd.; Lieut. Reg. Army.

Wounded at Gettysburg.
Corporal.
Corporal; wounded at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.
Corporal.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.
Corporal; wounded at Gettysburg.

Corp., Serg.; wounded at Savage Station and Gettysburg.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Discharged for disability '62.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Serg.; died of wounds at Savage Station.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Antietam.
Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to U. S. Engineers Oct. 24, '62.
Wounded at Gettvsburg.

Sept. 19, '62

C. Edward Davis

May 4, '64
Oct. 22, '61

First Lieutenants —
James Hollister

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27

29

John N Chase.

Samuel T. Raguet
David B. Demerest

Wm. Lochren

Dec. 30, '63
May 4, '64

Jacob Marty

Second Lieutenants —
James H Shepley
George Boyd

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbott Asa T

26
30

20
21
19
26
22
25
20
27
19
22
22

May 3, '64
May 3, '64
May 3, '64
May 3, '64
July 31, '61
May 3, '64
May 3, '64

Adams, George M
Aldrich, Bradley B
Austin, Edward A
Barnard John F

Bassett, Wm. H

Berry Amos O

Berry, Charles A
Brower, James S.

May 3, '64
May 3, '64

Brakey James

Bofferding, W

Bradley, Henry C

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26
25
18
30
28
28
25
22
29
20
18
25

May 23, '61
Feb. 18, '64
Feb. 20, '64
May 24, '61
May 26, '61
Feb. 27, '64
May 23, '61
Feb. 26, '63
May 20, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Mar 26. '61

May 3, '64

Brenchley, Philip

Brown, Edward F
Butler, David

Burgan, John M

Buck, Philip A

Cassedy,HughG

Carlton, David

Carter, John H

Camp, Abner W

Dec. 5, '61

Churchill, Henry
Connick, Bryce

Jan. 20, '63
Dec. 29, '62

Cook, Charles H

Coombs, Albert B

Curry, John... .

Mav 3 '64

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ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

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Gundy Wm E

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22
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21
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26
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28
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17
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22

May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 26, '61
May 18, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
Feb. 19, '64
May 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 26, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
May 24, '61
May 23, '61
Feb. 26, '63
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 26, '61
Sept. 14, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61

May 3, '64
Sept. 26, '61

Musician; discharged per order.
Discharged for promotion in colored regiment.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability, '63.
Wounded.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bull Run and Malv. Hill; trans, to U. S. Cav.
Deserted March, '64.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bull Run and Antietam; discharged for disability.
Wounded at Gettysburg; re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.

Killed at Gettysburg.
Transferred to gunboat service Nov. 16, '61.
Corporal and Sergeant.
Absent sick on discharge of regiment.
Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to Battalion.
Transferred to 4th U. S. Cav., Oct. 27, '62.
Killed at Antietam.
Wounded at Bull Run; transferred to 4th U. S. Cav.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Corporal.
Corporal; killed at Bull Run.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Corp., Serg.; discharged for promotion Sept. 21, '63.
Lost leg by wound at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.
Wounded at Bull Run; transferred to 4th U. S. Cav.
Transferred to gunboat service Nov. 16, '61.
Wounded at Bull Run; transferred to 4th U. S. Cav.
Corp., Serg., Drum Major; discharged for disability.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Bull Run; transferred to gunboat service.
Wounded at Antietam.
Wounded at Bristow.
Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg; trans, to Inv. Corps.
Wounded at Vienna.
Died Aug. 4, '63, from wounds at Gettysburg.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 26, '62.

Transferred to Inv. Corps Nov., '63.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Killed July, Bull Run.
Corporal.
Transferred to 6th U. S. Cav. Oct. 27, '62.
Wagonmaster.
Corp.; wounded at Gettysburg; Major in 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Savage Station; discharged for disability.
Deserted Nov., '62.
Serg., Serg. Maj.; wounded at Bristow; transferred to 1st Batt.
Musician; deserted '62.

Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Bull Run, re-enlisted 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Savage Station.
Captured at Bull Run; transferred to Inv. Corps.
Wounded at Savage Station.
Wounded at Gettysburg and Antietam; discharged for disability.
Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.
Corp.; transferred to gunboat service Nov. 16, '61.
Corp. and Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Corp. and Serg.; wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.
Wounded at Gettysburg; discharged for disability.
Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to Battalion.

Corp., Serg., 1st Serg.; wounded at Savage Station
Corp.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Killed at Antietam.
Killed July 2, '63, at Gettysburg.
Corp.; wounded at Bull Run.
Corp., Serg.; killed July, 2, '63, at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Gettysburg.

Re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bull Run; died July 6, '63,of wounds at Gettysburg
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

Davenport Wm. H

Doble Thomas L

May 3, '64
May 3, '64

Drake, Hiram
Elliott John

Ewart James T

Farrington, William ...
Fenton Benjamin

May 3, '64
Mar. 25, '63

Fleetham, John
Fisher Henry I

May 3, '64

Fullerton, William E.
Goulding George W. . »

May 3, '64

Goundry, Wm. W
Holden Wm. W

Hollister Geo. N

Harrington, John

Hill Jonas R

Hill Elvin G

Hobson Albion T

Jackins Israel

Jewett Chas H

Jefferson, Ernest

Johnson Wm R

Mar. 25, '63

Jefferson Rufus H

Keen, Edwin

18
20
37
18
30

Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Feb. 13, '64
May 23, '61

Kelsey George B

Kittel, Francis..

Dec. 21, '63

Knowlton Geo. W

Iieyde, Samuel F

Leighton, Ephraim F

Lowell Edwin B

28
25
26
24
44

May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61

May 3, '64

Losee Wm H

Mayo' Reuben M

McKenzie John

McDonald, Chas

McDonald, Chas. Jr
Mitchell/Wm. D
Middlestadt, Vincent
Moss James R

19
25
20
27
28
18
25

"27"
26
22
23
28
27
26
34
20

Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 24, '61
May 18, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Mulvy, Booth C

Northup, Geo. W
Northup Charles •

O'Brien, Henry D
Pattison, Murdock
Patterson, James
Pride, John W
Randall, Horace

May 26, '61
May 23, .'61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 24, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Oct., '62

Ray Francis

May 3, '64
Dec. 31, '62

Russell, Obed

Schumacher, Wm. E
Scott, Harvey E

Sears, Oscar Wilson
Sherbrook. Calvin

Sherman, Henry

25
21
26
24
25
23
18
33
35
22
25

May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 30, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Sept. 28, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 24, '61
Aug. 21, '61

Oct. 26, '63
Jan. 7, '63

Smith, Martin

Smiley, Wm. W

Stites, Samuel B
Staples, Benjamin F

May 3, '64
May 3, '64
Feb. 16, '64

Stealson, Thomas

Stites, Adam C

Stewart, Geo. E

May 3, '64
May 3, '64
May 3, '64
May 3, '64

Sutton, Stephen B

Taylor, Patrick H

Taylor, Mathew F

Taylor, W. O

Taylor, Isaac L

Thatcher, Orville D
Trevor, Joseph G
Wakefield, Wm. L

22
27
27

28

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61

May 3, '64

'jan."**4,'64

Aug. 7, '61

Wardwell, John

Waite, Daniel H

23

18

May 26, '61

Weaver Joseph

Weaver, James E

•>o

Weaver, Elijah

31
30
23
18
25

May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 26, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 3, '64

Welin, Peter ,

White, John D.

Jan. 9, '62
Dec. 25, '61
July 23, '62

Winants George H.

Wilson, Wm. W

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OFFICERS.

Captains —
William Colvill, Jr
John J. McCallum
John Ball

Apl. 29, '61
Aug. 29, '62
May 6, '63

Apl. 29, '61
Jan. 8, '62

Maj., Lt. Col., Col., Bvt. Brig. Gen.; wd. Glendale & Gettysburg.
Serg. & 1st Lt. Co. G; wd. Fredericksburg; trans, to Inv. Corps.
1st Lieut., 1st Serg. and 2d Lieut. Co. K; wounded at Bristow.

Wounded and captured at Bull Run; Major 4th Minn. Vols.
2d Lieut.; resigned; Inv. Corps.
Transferred from and to Co. H.
Sergeant, 1st Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant. •

1st Serg. Co. F, 1st Lieut. Co. H, Capt. Co. K.
1st Serg. and 2d Lieut. Co. G; transferred to Sig. Corps; Major.

Wounded at Gettysburg; discharged for disability.
Killed at Antietam.
Died May 27, '63, at Washington, D. C.
Transferred to Inv. Corps Nov. 2, '68.
Corp.; wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Corp.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Antietam.
Corp.; wounded at Flint Hill.
Re-enlisted 1st Battalion.
Serg.; discharged for promotion.
Corp.; discharged for disability.
Musician.
Wounded at Bristow and Fredericksburg; trans, to 1st Batt.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Corp. and Serg.
Transferred to 1st Battalion; wounded at Fredericksburg.
Transferred from Co. G.
Transferred to Battalion.
Transferred to Kirby's Battery July 16, '62.
Hospital Steward May 14, '63.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62; killed in Wilderness.
Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg.
Wagoner; wounded at Bull Run; Wagonmaster.
Discharged for disability.
Corp., Serg.; -wounded at Bull Run.
Serg.; wounded and captured at Savage Station.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to Jst Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Corp.; iilled at Antietam.
Died Aug. 31, '62, of wounds at Savage Station.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded and captured at Savage Station.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Flint Hill and Gettysburg.
Corp • transferred to Inv Corps Dec 1 '63

May 4, '64

First Lieutenants —
A Edward Welch

22
23

Mark A. Hoyt

July 18, '62
May 4, '64
May 4, '64

Hezekiah Bruce

27

20
21

25
23
18

Sept. 26, '63

Jan. 8, '62
Aug., '61

Apl. 29, '61
May. 18, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Second Lieutenants —
Martin Maginnis
Joseph H. Spencer

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbott Marion

Nov. 1,'63

Abbott'David P

Adams, Charles E
Alley John

Harrow John..

30
25
18
30
22
24
29

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 24, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 15, '61
Feb. 11, '62
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
Oct. 29, '61
Mch.28, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Apl. 29, '61
Aug. 22, '62
Apl. 29, '61
Aug. 14, '62
May 24, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 13, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 31, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 15, '61
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 29, '64
May 22, '61
May 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
May 15, '61
Sept. 16, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 29, '61
Dec. 17, '61
Sept. 12, '61
May 16, '61

Feb. 14, '63
May 5, '64
May 5, '64
May Pl'64
May 5, '64
May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Sept." 9',' '63
Feb. 4, '63
May 5, '64

Baker, Abraham P
Bambor, Archibald

Bachelor, James F

Barnes, Rudolph C
Bayer, Andrew

Borgh Peter

Bevans Henry T

22
19
18
24
32
32
26

2l'

27
22
29
21
19
20
35
24
24
27
29
33
19
25
23
21
18
35

"23"
25
43
28

"2J"

Bennett, Wm. D

Berdan, Charles A
Blackwell, Henry
Bofferding, Peter G
Benner Jefferson

May 5, '64

Bond Daniel

Bondurant, Cyrus S

Bond Hezekiah

Broffee, James

Brooks, Cyrus A
Burritt, Henrv

Burgetorf, Henry
Brown John H

May 5, '64
May 5, '64
Dec. 18, '61
May 6, '64
May 5, '64
Feb. 10, '63

Cannon, Lewis
Childs Henry R.

Clark Calvin P

Clausen, John

Clifton Edward

Clark, John
Cox Edwin

Davis, Edward E

"July "6," '62
May 5, '64

Davis, Edward L .

Davis Jonas P

Davis, Almeron
Daucher, George F

Decker, Artemus L. M
Duling, William...

Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to Kirby's Battery.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Bristow; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to Inv. Corps June, '64.

Died Aug. 10, '61, of wounds at Bull Run.

Re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.
Corp.; wounded at Savage Station.
Perg.; wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Corp., Serg., 1st Serg.; killed at Gettysburg.
Captured at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Killed at Fair Oaks.
Wounded at Fredericksburg; trans, to Inv. Corps Dec. 19, '63.

Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Bull Run; deserted Sept. 17, '62.
Captured at Bull Run; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Corp.; killed June 29, '62, at Savage Station.
Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to Inv. Corps.
Killed at Glendale.
Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Transferred to Signal Corps Aug. 18, '63.
Discharged for disabilitv.

Eastman, Christopher
Eastman, Alva H
Frary, Edrick J

"June29,';62

Flynn, Jonathan
Garrison, Wm. H .

Garrison, Joseph P

Gilberson, Ole

25
28
43
21
18
22
20
35
31
21
23
19
18
20
22
18
19
21

"24"
26
24
23
30
18
20

May 16, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 24, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 15, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 29, '61
Sept. 9, '61
Apl. 29, '61
June 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Mch. 28, '64
Apl 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 24, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 5, '64

Glazier, Aaron

Gordon, Wm
Grinnell, Geo. W.

Aug. 20, '62

Grow, Enos F

May 5, '64
Dec., '62

AugVs'VGi

Harris, Charles N
Hamlin, Philip

Halsted.Hans
Hammer, Nicholas

Herbert, Wm. M

Howe, Asa

Hoffstetter, John W
Hubbs. Charles L
Hoyt, William H
Hudson, Charles E
luieson, James W
Jackson, Elisha O
Jacobs, Romulus E
Jenkins, Erastus
Johnson, Ole

May "5',' '64

June 20, '64'
Aug. 1,'61

May' "5, ''64

Johnson, Ferris

King, Levi

L,eeson, Robert W
Leighton, Gardner D
Lee, John M

Mch" 10,' '63

Lewis, Geo. L

""F<&"iX"'G2\

Leamans, David H

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Aug 31 '69

Lindergreen John

Aug. 31, '62

Ludden, Otis W
Marshall, David
McLenathan IraC

16
22
3'>

Apl. 2», '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Aug. 1, '61
July 6, '62

Musician; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

McGee Richard

18

Apl 29 '61

McKiiiley George

?R

May 23 '61

McGuire,HughG
31etselder Dirk

32
21

Mch.24, '6 4
Apl 29 '61

May 5 '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Merritt, Charles W
Miller Frederick E

23
18

Apl. 29, '61
Apl 29 '61

May 5,' '64

Musician, Corp.; wounded at Bull Run.

Milliken, Marcello B
Mills, Charles W
Mott Ransom

21
28
?1

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 27, '61

"Feb!" 20/63
Feb. 17, '63

Killed at Antietam.
Discharged for disability.
Dis. for disability wnd at Savage Station1 arm amputated

Nelson Paul

Olsen Butler

21

Apl 29 '61

Transferred to U S Cav Oct °4 '69

Oscar, Ole
Parker Edmond F. . .

25

May 29, '61
Sept. 26, '61

May 12, '63

Wounded at Savage Station; discharged for disability.
Transferred to 1st Battalion

Peterson Thotnas

?6

May 29 '61

May 5 '64

Peterson, Hans

Feb. 14, '62

Wounded at Savage Station* killed at Bristow

Pitcher Eli F

21

Apl. 29, '61

Wounded* transferred to U S Cav Oct ^4 '6->

Richardson, Josiab
Riddle, Wm. C

31
19

May 24, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 5/64

Wounded at Fredericksburg.
Re-enlisted in 1st Battalion

Rush Hiraui I

•>8

Apl. 29, '61

Killed at Bull Run

Sallee, James F
Season Edwin

25
9^

May 22, '61
May 23, '61

May 5 '64

Killed at Bull Run.

Schweiger, David
Seamans, Daniel H ...
Scofield Amos G

18
"<>]"

Apl. 29, '61
Sept. 21, '61

May 5/64
Jan., '63

Discharged for disability.
Corp • died Aug 18 '61 of wounds at Bull Run

25

May 24 '61

Shay, Michael . .

18

May 24, '61

Transferred to Cavalry re-enlisted in 1st Battalion

Shadinger Win

Mch 25 '63

Skinner, Hiram A
Skinner Wm. J

19

May 29, '61

Died at Fair Oaks June, '62.
Died July 5 '6'' of disease

Smith, John H
Smith, Francis

21
97

Apl. 29, '61
Mch.30, '64

Oct. 2, '61

Discharged for disability.
Transferred to 1st Battalion

Squire, Leonard J

?4

Apl. 29, '61

Killed at Gettysburg.

Standish, Merritt G

Corp.- transferred to U. S. Cav Oct °4 '62

Steinberg, Adam . .

Men. 29, '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion

Syverson Amos

21

May 17 '61

Smith, Josiah R

39

Jan. 1/62

Transferred to 1st Battalion

Thomas, Elijah F

91

Apl. 29 '61

Died Sept 6 '61 from wounds at Bull Run

Underwood, James M
"Webb Lester A

22
18

Apl. 29, '61
May 15, '61

Killed at Bull Run.
Transferred to U S Cav Oct 24 '69

Williams, John

?7

Apl. 29, '61

Corp.; wounded at Antietam; discharged from general hospital.

Willman, Martin

30

May 15, '61

Corp.; killed June 29 '62 at Savage Station

Williams, E. Oscar.

18

Apl. 29, '6 1

Serg.; transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.

Wood, Theodore A
Wright, James A....

25
29

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 5/64

Corp., Serg.; detailed with Division Quartermaster.
Corp., Serg 1st Serg • wnd at Gettvsburg' Lieut 1st Batt

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Captains —

39
34
35

29

40

26
21

27
26

28
20
19
29
26
20
18
24
24
18

Apl. 29, '61
July 29, '61
Aug. 8/61

Oct. 19/63
July 29, '61

July 19, '62
July 2/63

Apl. 29, '61
July 31, '61

May 16, '61
May 23/61
Apl. 29/61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 23/61
Mch. 24/64
Mav 23, '61
MaV 22, '61
Mav 23. '61

Killed July 21, '61, at Bull Run.
1st Lieut.; killed July 3, '63, at Gettysburg.
Trans, from Co. D; resigned Oct, 7, '63; Paymaster; killed by
guerrillas.
1st Lieut. Co. A and G.

Serg., Capt. Co. F; wounded at Fredericksburg; trans. Inv.
Corps; Bvt. Maj.
2d Lieut. Co. E.; resigned.
Corp., 2d Lt.; wd. at Gettysburg and Bristow; trf. to Inv. Corps.

Resigned.
1st Serg.; trans, to Co. F.; trans, to Signal Corps.

Wounded at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to 6th U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.
Corporal.
Transferred to 6th U. S. Car. Oct. 24, '62.

Nathan S. Messick
Dewitt C. Smith

Josias R. King

First Lieutenants —
John J. McCallum

James H. Shepley
James DeGray
Second Lieutenants —
William E. Smith
Joseph H. Spencer

ENLISTED MEN.

Areman, Adam

May 4/64

Jan. 13, '63

July 31/61

May 5/64
Oct. 9, '62
May 5, '64
May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Andress, Marvin D
Bassett, Edward H
Barton, Dana B
Barren Norman B

Baker, Jefferson G
Babcock, James M
Belote, James
Benson, Chas. M

May 5/64

Bemis, Joseph G

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Bennett, Wm. D

Borchert, Henry

Boll, Fridelin

Bondurant, Cyrus S

Brook, Wm. A

Brown, Wm.W

Buckman, George R

Case,MerrittB

Carney, James H

Card, William

Coombs, Charles A

Coen, Wm.G

Crooker, Geo. W .'..

Curtis,M.M

Davison, Charles E

Davis, Chas. C

Dickinson, Frank

Dunham, Phineas L

Dubois, James L

Ernst, Anthony W

Farnsworth, Jerome

Ferguson, Stephen E

Gatzke, John ...»

Gibson, Francis

Gifford, Samuel S | 22

Goodrich, Jonathan I 21

Gregg, Robert 21

Gross, Oscar j 25

Graves,David ' 18

Hall, Philo I 19

Haskell, Merritt 20

Hanneman, Louis E 20

Haskins, Ezra D ; 20

Hausauer, Michael i 19

Healey, Martin j 33

Hess, Charles E 23

Hollister,Edward 28

House, Joseph L | 26

Holther, John i 30

Hopkins, George J 18

Jackson, Caleb B 19

Jewell, Benjamin H 19

Johnson, Albert , 19

Jones, Anthony 25

Johnson, Stephen H 23

Kenney, George A 22

Knight, Edwin M 18

Laird, Samuel 22

Livingston, Francis F 24

Lilly, Samuel j 20

Logan, John D | 22

Magee, George 21

McKinstry, John 21

McCulloch, Jonas G I 18

Meyers, William j 26

Miller, Asa 22

Mosher, Ludwell J | 22

Mollison, Allen 23

Morford, Samuel D | 19

Needham, Edward Z | 18

Nichols, James L 19

Northrup, Irvine W 23

Olmsced, Geo. W 20

Parker, Chas. C 24

Patton, Merritt B 25

Patterson, Martin 27

Pearl, S. J

Peasley, Joseph W.

Phelps, Alvin

Phillips, Edward P.

Potter, Edward

Potter, William

Ramsey, William.

Apl. 29, '61
May 23,W61
Apl. 29, '61

Sept. 18, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61

May 23, '61

Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Aug. 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Mch.30, '64
May 23, '61
May 15, '61
May 23, '61
Aug. 26, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Mch.30, '64
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 28, '61
May 28, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 28, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 15, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Dec. 17, '61
May 18, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61

.

Ramsdell, Peter W

Reed, Walters

Reed, Neri

Reed, Nathaniel

Rhorer, John M

Reynolds, Samuel

Reynolds, Lewis G

Roberts, Benjamin

Rooks, Wm. A

Russell, James E

Sawyer, George P

Sawyer, James T

Schultz, Julius

Bissler, Joseph

Apl.
May 23,' '61
May 23, '61
Mch.22, '64
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Aug. 22, '61
Sept. 10, '61
Mch.24,'64
May 22, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29 ,'61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Aug. 29, '61

Feb. 4, '63|
May'"5', '64

Feb4,63
May'"5"'64

May 5, '61
Aug. 8, '61
Jan. 26, '62

May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Feb. 6, '63

May 5, '64
May 5, '64
Dec. 16, '61

May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Jan. 20, '63
May 5, '64

Dec." 237' 61

May 5, '64

May 5, '64

Aug. 3, '63

Aug. 3, '61

Aug. 3, '61

Apl. 2, '63

May 5, '64

May 5, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Dec. 8, V

Jan. 14. '64

May 5 '64
May 5, '64

May 5, '64

May 5, '64
May" 5/64

May 5, '64

May 5, '64
Jan.'" 7,' '63

Jan. 10, '63

Aug'."V61

Aug. 13, '61
May 5, '64
Jan. 26, '62

May "'5,' '64

May 5, '64
May 5, '64
Feb. 6, '63

Jan! 1V63
Feb. 14, '63

Jan. 10, '6:

Discharged for disability.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 25, '62.

Trans. Sept. 10, '61 to Co. F; wounded at Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to 1st Battalion; wounded at Gettysburg.

Corporal, Sergeant.

Wnd. at Bull Run; dis. for prom. Maj. of colored regiment.

Wnd. at Gettysburg • 1st Lieut. Heavy Artillery.

Died June 2, '62, at Fair Oaks.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Bull Run; died Nov. 6, '62, at New York.

Corp.; Com. Serg.

Killed at Gettysburg.

Wnd. at Bull Run; discharged for disability July 6, '63.

Died Aug. 5, '63, of wounds at Gettysburg.

Died July 5, '63, of wounds at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Bull Run

Wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.

Wagoner; discharged for disability.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Discharged; wounded at Bull Run.

Discharged for disability.

Corp.; Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Musician; discharged.

Bugler and Principal Musician.

Discharged for disability.

Corp.; wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Corp.; wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to U. S Artillery.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Corporal.

Transferred to 6th U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.

Corporal.

Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg; discharged for disab.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Haymarket and Antietam; trans to Inv. Corps.

Wounded at Gettysburg; discharged for disability.

Died Aug. 22, '62.

Division Wagonmaster.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Corp.; wounded on picket.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Died Aug. 22, '63, of wounds at Gettysburg.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Killed at Bull Run.

Wounded at Antietam and Gettysburg.

Corp.; transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.

Wounded at Gettysburg; absent, sick, at disch.of regiment.

Corporal.

Absent, paroled prisoner, at discharge of regiment.

Serg.; died July 14, '62, of disease.

Transferred to U S. Engineers Oct. 25, '62.

Serg.; Capt. in 1st Battalion.

Killed at Bull Run.

Discharged for disability.

Died Aug. 21, '62.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Discharged for disability.

Corporal.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Discharged for wounds at Bull Run.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg; re-enlisted 1st Batt.

Wounded at Bull Run.

Re-enlisted 1st Battalion.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Re-enlisted 1st Battalion.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Fredericksbui

Killed at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Antietam.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Killed at Gettysburg.

irg; discharged for disability.

COMPANY H.
ROSTER OF COMPA.NY G — Continued.

61

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Soule, Battus K

31
25

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Feb. 17, '63

Wounded at Fredericksburg and Antietam; disch. for disab'ty.
Wounded at Bull Run.

Strickland, Almond C
Strothman John E..

23

?8

May 23, '61
May 15, '61

Aug. 3, '61

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Musician, Corp.; killed at Gettysburg.

Taylor, Charles E
Tiffany Edgar

36
?9

Feb. 28, '64
May 23, '61

May 5, '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Musician.

Thom George

94

May 23, '61

May 5, '64

27

Apl. 29 '61

May 5 '64

Corporal, Sergeant.

"Wattles, Richard M
Wattles Leander

20
18

Apl. 29, '61
Aug. 26, '61

Jan. 3, '63
Jan. 15, '63

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

Welles, Henry G

22

Apl. 29, '61

Nov. 28, '62

Wounded at Savage Station; discharged for disability.

Webster Chas E

21

May 23, '61

Dec. 1, '62

Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.

Whitney, Henry Clay
Williams Theodore

23
22

Apl. 29, '61
May 23 '61

May 5, '64

Sergeant, 1st Sergeant.
Died Sept 24 '62.

Winchell Nathaniel . . ..

90

May 23, '61

May 5, '64

Williams, Geo. A

94

Apl. 29, '61

May 5, '64

Sergeant.

Wood, Luinan S
Wood David

23
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May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Corporal.

Verplank, Edward E

25

Apl. 29, '61

July 31, '61

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Chas. P. Adams

John N. Chase

First Lieutenants —

Orrin T. Hayes

Win. B. Leach

Francis Baasen

Martin Maginnis...,

Myron Shepard

Second Lieutenants —

Henry Hoover

Jasper N. Searles

George Boyd ,

ENLISTED MEN.

Ackers, James

Arnsden, Albert ,

Bates, William

Baker, Allen

Bauman, Franklin

Berkman, William

Bitke, Christian

Boyce, Geo. E

Bradbury, Geo. W .. .

Brown, David W

Brock, Andrew J

Brock, Columbus

Brown, Newton

Bunker, Stephen F....

Cady, Henry C

Canfield, Mortimer

Cagger, Wilson

Caniff,J

Chase, Andrew J

Clausen, John

Clutch, David P

Clifford, Jeremiah

Conley,Wm. I

Collins, Peter

Crandall, Dennis

Cronkhite, Samuel S..

Cross, David C

Cummings, Wm. W...

Dayton, Samuel

Dewey, Benjamin P...

Downs, Thomas

Drondt, Kellian

Dyer, Joshua

Eaton, William

Einson, Sear

Ellis, Aaron G

Erdman, Geo. A „

Estes, Israel H

26

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MUSTERED
IN.

Apl. 30, '61
Sept. 26, '62

Apl. 30, '61
July 29, '61
Feb. 24, '62
Sept. 17, '62
July 4/63

July 29, '61
Jan. 10, '62

Apl. 29/61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 15, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61

Api."29,"'61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Men. 24, '64
Dec. 26, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Nov. 6, '61
May 23, '61
Mch.24, '64
May 15, '61
May 22, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Nov. 5, '61
May 22, '61
May 23, '61
May 20, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

May 4, '64
July 29, '61

Jan. 8, '62

Dec. 21, '61
Aug. 5, '61
May 5, '64
Dec. 23, '62
May 5, '64

May 5, '64

Dec. 24, '61
Dec. 15, '61
Feb. 6, '63
May 5, '64

Nov. 8, '62
May 5, '64
May 23, '63

Feb. 3, '63
Jan!"V62

Aug. 12, '61
May 1,'63
Sept. '62
May 5, '64

Jan. 23, '63
Feb. 14, '63

Maj., Lt. Col., Bvt. Brig. Gen.; wnd. Bull Run, Malvern, Antie
tam and Gettysburg.
1st Lieut, and 1st Serg. Company E.

Resigned.

2d Lieut., Adjt., Capt. and A. A. G. to Gen. Dana, Feb, 23, '62.

Priv.; appointed Q. M. July 10, '62.

2d Lieut. Co. F.; Capt. Co. K July 28, '63.

Serg. Co. B.; 2d Lieut. Co. H.; transf. to and from Co. F.

1st Serg.; resigned.

Priv.; 1st Lieut. Co. K; Capt. Co. G.

Transferred to Co. E Jan. 23, '63; 1st Lieut. Co. I.

Serg.; killed at Gettysburg.
Deserted while absent, sick.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Killed at Antietam.

Transferred to Inv. Corps Aug., '63.

Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.

Killed at Bull Run.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Killed at Antietam.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24, '62.

Killed at Bull Run.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.

Serg.; wounded Bull Run; killed Oct. 27, '61, accid.dis. of gun.

Wagoner; discharged for disability.

Discharged for promotion in regular army.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Bull Run.

Corp. and Serg.; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24, '62.

Killed at Bull Run.

Discharged for disability.

Corp.; wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24, '62.

62

THE FIRST REGIMENT.
ROSTEE OF COMPANY H — Continued.

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Apl 29 '61

Wounded at Antietanv killed at Gettysburg

Everts Wm W

23

Apl 29* '61

Wounded at Antietanr transferred to U S Cavalry Oct 24 '62

Farnsworth, Allen C

42

•to

Nov. 5, '61
May 22 '61

Jan. 9, '62

Discharged for disability.

Fritz Alvis

39

May 22 '61

25

Apl 29 '61

Killed in battle

Geering, Robert
Getchell, Daniel W
Ghostly, James T

32
18
22
26

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
June 2, '61
Feb 27, '64

Nov. 2, '62
Jan. 2, '62
May 5, '64

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Bull Run.
Transferred to 1st Battalion

Harris John

19

Apl. 29, '61

Jan. 26, '62

Wounded at Bull Run- discharged for disability

Harrown Geo. T

18

Apl. 29, '61

Transferred to U S Cavalry Oct 24 '62

37

May 23 '61

Mch. 17, '63

Discharged for disability

Harmon, Ransom
Hainlin Ernst

27
21

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 6, '64
July 5, '62

Discharged for disability

22

Apl 29 '61

Died July 6 '62 of disease

Helmer Jeremiah

19

Apl. 29, '61

Feb. 20 '63

Wounded at Bull Run and Antietanv discharged for disab

Hess, Greenhalt

26

Apl. 29, '61

May 5, '64

Wounded at Antietam.

Heard AlonzoR

22

May 15, '61

Transferred to Signal Corps Aug. 12 '61

Koag Charles M

26

Apl 29 '61

Nov 2 '62

Hoag, F. W

18

Men. 28, '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Hunnybun, Thomas
Hubbard, Henry A
Johnson Samuel .

43
20
18

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Mch. 10, '64

Dec. 17, '61
Dec. 15, '61

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Transferred to 1st Battalion

Keating Robert

18

Apl. 29 '61

June 19 '61

Kendall, Julien

20

Apl. 29, '61

Discharged for disability.

Keating, Lawrence
Keelty,JohnK
Kreitler John

28
24
35

May 22, '61
May 23, '61
Nov 6 '61

May 5, '64
Mch. 26, '62

Wounded at Antietam.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to inv Corps Sept. 11 '63.

Ijawton, Wesley

20

May 22, '61

Musician.

Leathers Charles

24

Apl. 29, '61

May 5 '64

Wounded at Bristow.

Lindergreen, H. W
Lowe, Henry A

25
29

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

July 23, '62
May 5 '64

Discharged for disability.
Corp.* Serg • wounded at Bristow.

Mahoney James

35

Apl 29 '61

Mathews, Adolph
Macar John

38
31

May 18, '61
May 23 '61

Aug. 5, '61

Discharged for disability.

Mansfield, Charles
Mars, John R

32
27

May 23, '61
May 16 '6]

May 5 '64
May 5 '64

Wounded at Bull Run.
Corporal 1st Sergeant.

Mead Frank J

22

May 24 '63

Corp • transferred to Company B May 17, '62.

Meyer, John

35

May 23, '61

Transferred to Inv. Corps July, '63.

Mosburger Jacob

19

May 15 '61

Feb 14 '63

Wounded at Bull Run* discharged for disability.

Munson, M. C

26

Feb. 29, '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Myers, Frederick

19

Apl 29 '61

Transferred to U S Cavalry Oct 24, '62.

O'Neil, Charles C
Owen, Apollua E

20
19

May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Dec. 8, '62

Nov 6 '62

Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Antietam- discharged for disability.

Owen, Earl P
Panehalt, Geo F

25
21

Oct. 11, '61
May 23, '61

Mch. 21, '63

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Killed at Antietam.

Preston, Wallace M
Pusey Joseph F
Raymond, Frederick W...

18
27
19

No?. 6, '62
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Mch. 10, '63
Dec. 1/62

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Gettysbung.

Ratch, William

34

Apl. 29, '61

Absent sick, on discharge of regiment.

Ragey, Robert

38

Apl. 29, '61

Died Sept.-18, at Alexandria, Va.

Ridge Joseph

23

May 20 '61

May 5 '64

Roundtree, James... .

29

Apl. 29. '61

Transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24, '64.

Ryan, Patrick

19

May 31, '61

May 5, '64

Rye, Charles

35

Feb. 27, '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Sastrow, Walter

24

Apl. 29 '61

May 5 '64

Schultz, Peter

25

Feb. 19 '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Shetts, Charles
Shafer, John C

22
18

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 5, '64

Corp., Serg.; transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24, '62,

Sholl,John

32

Nov. 5, '61

Killed at Antietam.

Simons, Edwin B

''4

Apl. 29, '61

Wounded at Bull Run and Antietam.

Snitsinger, Jabez

22

May 23, '61

Killed at Bull Run.

Starckloffe Herman

9q

Mch. 28, '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Sunbay, G. G

27

Feb. 27, '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Truax, Robt. J

18

Apl. 29, '61

June 17, '61

Discharged by writ of habeas corpus.

Tucker, Charles M
Twiggs, David

23
?5

Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '61

Dec. 8, '62
Aug. 5, '61

Corp., Serg.; wnd. Fair Oaks; discharged for disab.
Discharged for disability.

Twitchell, Newton H
Vace, HP

18

May 20, '61

July 25, '62
Feb 1 1 '63

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

VanValkenberg, Noah
"Webster, Solon

18
SS

May 18, '61
May 22, '61

Dec. 9, '61
Aug. 9, '92

Musician; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

White, John

29

Apl 29 '61

Absent, sick, on discharge of regiment.

Whalen, Martin S

37

Feb. 25, '61

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Wicoff, Wm: H

*>fi

May 23 '64

Serg.- killed at Gettysburg.

Wixon, JohnW,
Wingett, Oliver

21
•>1

May 22, '61
Feb. 21 '62

Aug. 8, '62

Discharged for disability.
Died Aug. 5, '62, of disease in Virginia.

Wood, Edward L

18

Apl. 29 '61

Sergeant.

Toung, Alonzo I
Youmans, Michael

36
19

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Serg.; discharged for disability.
Wounded at Bull Run.

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

63

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

John H. Pell

Wilbur F. Duffy

First Lieutenants —

Joseph Harley

Samuel T. Raguet

George Boyd

Second Lieutenants —

Charles B. Halsey

, C.Edward Davis

; Waldo Farrar

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbott Henry

Baker, Nahum C

Bartlett, Ransom A

Bledin, Nathan S

Boyd, Jehial W

Brown, Frank S

Burnham, Rollin M

Coflin, David A

Carlson, Carl M

Canfield.Wm. O

Cannon, James

Carroll, Thomas

Cariguet, Bartholomew...

Canfield, Amos

Churchill, John M

Clark, Lev!

Colyer, Andrew H

Coleman, James

Conner, Thomas.....

Colemau, Henry

Cooper, John

Crandall, Dennis

Cureneff, Patrick S

Davis, Albert S

Dechanette, Alfred

Dilly, Stephen B

Donevan, Jeremiah

Dwelle, Thomas M

Ellison, Augustus

Ellis Philander C

Enery, Levi

Erwin, Alexander

Ferris, Myron I

Fisher. Chas. K

Fisk, VanH

Fox, John

Fernirod, Francis

Freeze. Jacob F

Frey, Joseph

Gorman, Richard L

Hancock, Allen H

Harris, Wesley

Harden, Anson R

Hale Edward P

Hendricks, Marcus L

Hetherington, James W..

Hendricks, F. M

Hickey, John

Hitt, Thadeus N

Howell.Wm. D

Hutchins, Daniel

Jackson, Benjamin

Johnson, Andrew

Johnson, Nelson

Johnson, John A

Jones, Ambrose

Keeler, George S

Keis, Daniel

Kerrott, Edwin M

Kenney, Mark

Ketchum, George W

Kline, George

Knight, Oliver M

Lawson, Herman

Lavercombe, John

Lessiug, Ferdinand

Lent, Benjamin

3Iason, Charles F

McKey, John H

McClay.John

Miller, George

Miller, Frederick

Milliken, George A

MUSTERED
IN.

Apl. 29, '61

Apl. 30, '61
Aug. 8, '61

Apl. 30, '61
Nov. 18, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Mch.26, '63 Resigned.

May 4, '64 1st Lieutenant Co. C.

May 4, '64
Nov. 15, '61

May 22, '61
May 26, '61;
Apl. 29, '61,
May 24, '61
May 24, '61
Sept. 28, '61
May 26, '61 !
Apl. 29, '61
May 28, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Sept. 10, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Sept. 14, '61
Men. 29, '64

May 5, '64
Aug. 1, '61

Apl. 29, 'i
May 24, '61

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 2J, '61
May 23, '61
Sept. 10, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 26, '61
Dec. 18, '61
May 26, '61
Sept. 28, '61
Sept. 14, '61
May 30, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 30, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 24, '61
May 24, '
Sept. 28, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 24, '61
Dec. 27, '61
May 22, '61
Dec. 17, '61
May 24, '61
May 30, '61
Sept. 28, '61
June 4, '61
May 23, '61
May 31, '61
Sept. 28, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 24, '61
May 23, '61
Sept. 28, '61
May 24, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Apl. 29, '61
Mch. 30, '64
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 22, '61

Dec. 16, '61

Mch.29, '64

May 5, '64
May 5 '64
Nov. 27, '62
Dec. 15, '63

Feb""l5,''63
May 5, '64

..) Feb. 4, '(

May 5, '64
Mch. 5 ,'63|
May 5, '64
Feb. 7, '63

Apl. 18, '62
Jan. 27, '63

Feb. 16, '63
May 5, '64
May 5, '64

May 5, '64

Wounded at Bull Run; resigned July 31, '61.
Transferred from Co. C and to Co. E.
2d Lieut. Cos. E and H.

Resigned.

Promoted Capt. Co. E July 3, '63.

1st Berg.; killed at Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.
Transferred to Co. G.
Transferred to 4frh U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.
Deserted June, '61, at Fort Snelling.
Discharged for disability.

Corp., Serg., Serg. Major, 1st Lieut, in Co. A.
Musician.
Corporal.

Wounded at Bull Run and Fair Oaks; discharged for wounds.
Discharged per order.
Transferred to Co. B Feb. 21, '62.
Discharged for disability.
Corporal.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Killed at Bull Run.

Transferred to 4th U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.
Transferred to 4th U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Discharged for disability.
Killed at Bull Run.

Wnd. at Bull Run; trans, to Co. B; Corp. and Serg. Major; 1st
Lieut. Co. A.

Serg.; discharged for disability.

Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Bull Run; killed June 13, '62, near Fair Oaks.

Wounded at Bull Run; killed at Gettysburg.

Discharged for wounds at Bull Run.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to 4th U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Discharged for disability.

Corp.; wounded at Bull Run.
Died Aug. 2, '63, of wounds at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bull Run; killed at Gettysburg.
Discharged for promotion 1st Lieut, in 34th N. Y. Vols.
- ' "ill Run.

Wounded at Bu

Died April, '64.

Corp., Serg.; wounded at Bull Run.

Died of wounds received at Gettysburg Sept. 12, '63.

Transferred to 4th U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.

Deserted June 9, '61, at Fort Snelling.

Died July 22, '62.

Deserted Sept. 6, '63, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
May 16, '63i Discharged for disability.
I Wounded at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Transferred to Co. H Feb. 1, '62.

Transferred to 4th U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.

Transferred to 4th U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

May 5 ,'64

May 5, '64

Dec. 3," '61

May 5, '64

Feb. 7, '63
Oct. 2, '63

May 5, '64

Nov. 16, '63
May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Feb. 26, '64

Apl. 29, '611

May 24, '61 Dec. 28, '63
Apl. 29, '61 Dec. 15, '63

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Wounded.

Wounded at Antietam; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Serg.; wnd. at Gettysburg; dis. for pro. Prov. Marshal 1st Div.

25th Corps.

Corp.; wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Absent on detached service on discharge of regiment.
Wounded; discharged per order.
Wounded at Bull Run.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Transferred to 4th U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.

Discharged per order.

Wounded at Gettysburg; discharged for disability.

64

THE FIRST REGIMENT.
ROSTEE OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

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23

27
31
38
35
21
20
18
26
19
21
21
21
19
20
21
19

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Miller Ernst L F

May 30, '61
June 1, '61
June 2, '61
June 3, '61
May 29, '61
Mch. 14, '64
Apl. 29, '61
May 26, '61
May 26, '61
May 30, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 26, '61
May 24, '61
May 29, '61
May 4, '61
May 24, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61

Wounded at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Killed Oct. 22, '61. on skirmish at Edwards' Ferry.
Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Corp., Serg., 1st Serg.; wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg.

Absent on detached service.
Corp., Serg.; died Feb. 3, '63, of disease.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.
Died July 14, '63, of wounds at Gettysburg.
Transferred to 4th U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.
Died July 4, '63, of wounds at Gettysburg.
Transferred to 4th U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '62.

Died June 13, '62.
Wounded at Bull Run; died Nov. 4, '62, at Harper's Ferry.
Died July 22. '62.
Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.

Corp., Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Corp., Serg.; died of wounds received at Gettysburg.
Wounded.
Killed at Bull Run.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg.
Transferred to Battalion.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 23, '63.
Wounded at Gettysburg.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Corporal.
Corp.; transferred to Co. G.
Wagoner; killed at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Absent on detached service.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.
Died Aug. 27, '63, of wounds at Gettysburg.

Milne, John O

Dec. 16, '61

Mitchell, Lewis F
Murray John W

Dec. 7, '61
Jan. 30, '63

O'Neil James . . ..

Orcutt Henry C

May 5, '64

Orcutt, Freeman
Organ George A

Paul Wm L

Paul' Ed win

Parsons Henry *

Peck Wm N

Pendergast Lloyd G. .

Phil brook Wm B

May 6, '64

Pickett, Corwin
Pittenger, James Q
Pickett Thomas C

Price Edward B . . .

41

27
21
27
31
27
33

"37"

May 22, '61
Apl. 29 '61
Apl. 29, '61
June 3, '61
Apl. 29 '61

May 5, '64
Mch. 27, '63
May 6, '64
May 5, '64

Putnam Wm A

Rabaca, Herman
Richards Wm K.

Eoe Wm J

Schweizer, Michael
Schimeck, Anton E
Scurry, James
Schweigert, William
Seymour, Samuel O. K

May 30, '61
May 24, '61
Feb. 27, '64
Mch. 23, '64
Apl. 29, '61
Mch. 30, '64
May 24, '61
May 26, '61
May 26, '61
May 31, '61
May 22, '61
May 24, '61
May 28, '61
Sept. 28, '64
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 24, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 26, '61

May 6, '64

"May""V64

Smith, George M. . . .

19
43
18
25
21
24
44
23
26
22
23
28
23
23
38
18
41
18

Soper Palmer

Dec. 15, '61
May 6, '64
Feb. 10, '63

Soper, Edmund
Strandt Sivert

Stull, William

Sutliff Omar H

May 5 '64
May 5, '64

May" 5, "'64

Sullivan, John

Veon, Edmund

"Weaver, Daniel S
Wells, Henry G

Welch Byron .

Weaver, George
Whitcomb Milo S

May 5, '64
Feb. 14, '63
Jan. 20, '64

Widger, Henry

Winkelman, Edward E
Woodard Oscar

Worthington, Wm H
Wellman, William F

May 5, '64

ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

H
O
<J

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Henry C Lester

29

Apl 30 '61

Nov 15 '61

Pro. Col 3d Minn. Inf.

Gustavus A. Holtzborn..
Joseph Periam

32

Nov. 15, '61
Sept 17 '62

1st Lieut.; killed Sept. 17, '62, at Antietam.
1st and 2d Lieut.; died July 7, '63, at Gettysburg, of wounds.

Martin Maginnis

July 8, '63

May 4, '64

1st Lieut. Co. H., 2d Lieut, and 1st Serg. Co. F.

first Lieutenants —
Jasper N Searles

2d Lieut, and Priv. Co. H; Capt. Co. G.

David A. Coflin

May 4, '64

Transferred from Co, A.

Second Lieutenants —
John Ball

25

Nov 15 '61

1st Serg , 1st Lieut, and Capt. Co. F; wounded at Bristow;

William Lochren

29

Sept 22 "62

Lieut. Col. llth Minn.
Serg and Jst Lieut. Co. E.

ENLISTED MEN.

Abell William H

*>1

May 22 '61

Re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.

Alderson John

21

May 22 '61

Mch 26 '6''

Wounded and captured at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Allred, Levi J
Andrus, Charles H
Badgely John J

31
26
21

Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
May 23 '61

May' 5,' '64
Aug. 10, '61
Nov 25 '61

Corp., Serg., Lieut. 1st Heavy Artillery.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

Babcock, James M

9^

May 22* '61

Transferred to Inv. Corps Dec. 1, '63.

Barton Wm J

18

Apl 29 '61

Wounded at Bull Run.

Best, Baltasar

9^

Apl. 29 '61

May 5, '64

Wounded at Bristow.

Behr, Chas

28

Apl 29 '61

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Beals, William

?4

May 22, '61

May 5, '64

Berry Noah F

23

May 22 '61

Transferred to Inv. Corps Dec. 1, '63.

Bingham, Horatio S
Boyson, Henry
Bourne, Chardon

23
23
27

Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29 '61
May 22, '61

Oct. 2, '62
May 5, '64
May 5, '64

Serg.; discharged per order; Capt. 2d Cav.

COMPANY K.

ROSTEE OF COMPANY K — Continued.

65

NAMES.

Boardman, Charles B...
Brockway, Stephen R.,

Brink, Hiram A

Burgess, George N

Burton, Ephraim P

Burgess, Samuel M

Carpenter, Alfred P

Casey, Edward

Caulkin, Gavin E

Chapman, Edgar

Chase, Wm. B

Churchill, Wm. H

Chandler, Joseph C

Countryman, Chas. C...

Coy, Wm. A

Colburn, Alfred

Crippen, Joseph M

Day, John

Dribblebiss, John

Drayne, Daniel

Dud'ley, David B

Durfee, George H

Durfee, Jason

Durfee, Chester H

Durr. Israel

Eaton, Joseph S

Einfeldt, John

Ely, Charles E

Evans, John J

Fajans, Julius

Flemming, W H

French, James H

Oeorge, Andrew

Geisreiter, Jacob

Goddard, Charles E

Gore, Leslie P

Grimm, Fritz

Harding, Hiram

Hanson, Lewis

Hill, Josephs

Holland, Alpnzo

Iverson, Erick

.Johnson, Geo. F

Keiley, Timothy

Kennedy, Mack J

Kenniston, Alfred

Ketchum, Cornelius....

Kinnen, Mathias

Kinyon, Wm H

Knapp, Byron C

]Lacy, Grigen R

Lincoln, Charles E

Lincoln, Joseph

Lynn, John

Martin, Wm A

Manning, John

Marvin, Mathew

H MUSTERED

IN.

Martin, Stephen E

Mclntyre, Malcolm

McDonnell, Allen

Merritt, John G

Moore, Zuar E

Moore, Oliver W

Moore, John

Morton, Henry

Nicklin, Samuel

North, Charles

Palmer, John W

Patton, William....

Pfimd, William

Pickle, Alonzo

Raymond, George ,

Raig, W.R

Reynolds, James J

Remore, Elijah

"Richardson, James O..

Rowley, Edward A

Sargent, Wm G

Seeley, James A

Shaw, Alexander

Sheeks, Franklin

Sherman, Wm M

Smith, Elbridge

Smith, Geo. C

Smith, Samuel

Smith, Augustus H

May 22, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Nov. 11, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
Fe.b. 27, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Oct. 4, '61

May 22, '61
May 29., '61
Nov. 4, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 23, '61
Aug. 26, '
Jan. 25, '62
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '62
May 22, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 20, '6
May 22, '6
Apl. 29 ,'61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '6'
Apl. 29, '6
Dec. 16, '6
May 22, '6
Nov. 18, '61
May 22, '6
Mch. 18, '64
Apl. 29, '6
Apl. 29, '61
Nov. 26, '6
Nov. 18, '61
May 22, '61
May 22, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Nov. 18, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61

May 22, '61
Apl. 26, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
May 22, '61
May 23, '6:
May 23, '6:
Apl. 29, '6
Apl. 29, '6
May 22, '6
Apl. 29, '6
Aug. 14, '6:
Apl. 29, '6
Feb. 9, '64
Apl. 29, '6
Apl. 29, '6
Mav 23, '6
May 22, '6
May 22, '6
Apl. 29, '6
May 23, '6
May 23, '6
Dec. 2, '6
Apl. 29, '6
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29 ,'61
Nov. 25, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

May 5, '64
Nov. 10, '61

Jan. 27, '63
Sept. 24, '63

May 5, '64

Feb. 18, '63
Aug. 23, '62

Apl. 10, '63
May 5, '64

May 5, '64

May 5 ,'64
May 6, '64
Nov. 28, '62
May 4, '62
July 13, '61

REMARKS.

May 5, '64

Aug. 2, '61
May'V64
May "5',' '64

Nov. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62

May "5J ''64

May 5 ,'64
Nov. 27, '61

Sept. 6, '62
May'"5,''64

May 5, '64

May 5, '64

Jan. 8, '62

May 5, '64

Feb. 7, '63
Dec! 18,;62
Apl" '"s,' '64
Aug."25,''61
Aug. i, '61

May 5, '64

May 5,

May" 5' '64
May 5, '64

Jan. 15, '63
Dec. 21, '61

Wounded at Fredericksburg.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Serg.; re-enlisted in 1st Battalion.

Corp., Color Serg.; killed at Savage Station.

Killed at Bull Run.

Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.

Corp., Serg.; wnd. at Antietam and Gettysburg; Lt in col'd regt.

Transferred to U. S. Light Art. Oct. 24, '62.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Sergeant.

Transferred to U. S. Light Art. Oct. 24, '62.

Captured; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Antietam; transferred to 7th U. S. Inf.

Wounded at Antietam; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to U. 8. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.

Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.

Wagoner; discharged for disability.

Corp., Serg., 1st Serg.; died Oct. 6, '62, of wounds, at Antietam.

Wounded at Bull Run; died at Richmond.

Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to 1st Battalion.

Died of wounds at Gettysburg.

Wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg.

Corp., Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.

Corp.; wounded at Gettysburg.

Serg.; discharged for disability.

Corp.; discharged for promotion as Hospital Steward.

Discharged for disability.

Deserted June, '62.

Deserted July 27, '61, at Washington, D. C.

Killed at Gettysburg.

Corp.; -wounded at Gettysburg.

Corp.; killed at Gettysburg.

Killed at Bull Run.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for promotion.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Musician.

Transferred to 1st Battalion.

Corp.; wounded at Gettysburg.

Discharged per order.

Discharged for disability.

Sent to general hospital Mch. 28, '62.

Musician.

Wounded at Gettysburg.

Discharged for disability.

Sent to general hospital; trans, to 9th Minn. Vols.

Discharged per order.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 21, '62.

Killed at Antietam.

Wounded at Antietam.

Corp., Serg., 1st Serg.; wounded at Bull Run, Harrison's Land-

ing and Gettysburg.
Corporal.

Discharged per order.
Serg.; wounded at Bull Run.

Serg.; killed at Bull Run.

Corp.; transferred to U. S. Light Artillery Oct. 24, '62.

Discharged for disability.

Killed at Bull Run.

Wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.

Corp., Serg., 1st Serg.; wounded at Gettysburg.

Discharged per order.

Wounded at Bull Run; sent to general hospital Oct. '62.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to Battalion.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. '62.
Transferred to Inv. Corps.

Wounded and captured at Bull Run.

Corp.; discharged per order.

Corp.; transferred to U. S. Light Artillery Oct. 24, '62.

Wounded at Fair Oaks and Fredericksburg.

Wounded at Antietam; transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 27, '62.
Discharged for promotion U. S. Top. Eng. Corps.
Discharged for disability.

'-•—•••- . discharged for disability.

Dec. 22, '61 j Wounded at Bull Run
I Killed at Gettysburg.

66

THE FIRST REGIMENT AND BATTALION.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

NAMES.

H

4

25
24
31
18
24
21
24
28
21
18
21
21
17

MUSTERED
IK.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Smith, Win

Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Nov. 20, '62
May 23, '61
Mch.30,'64
Apl. 29, '61
May 23, '61
Dec. 16, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Apl. 29, '61
Mch.31,'64

Corp.; killed at Antietam.
Discharged in hospital.
Corp.; wounded at Bull Run; discharged for disability.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Discharged per order.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged from hospital.
Transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.
Wounded at Bristow.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Gettysburg; transferred to 1st Battalion.
Wounded at Fair Oaks; discharged for disability.
Wounded at Gettysburg.
Killed at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Vienna; discharged for disability.
Corp.; transferred to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62.
Transferred to 1st Battalion.
Killed Sept. 1 '62, in action near Flint Hill.
Wounded at Antietam; killed at Gettysburg.
Discharged for disability.
Corp.; killed at Gettysburg.
Wounded at Bull Ru'n.

Stebbins Samuel E

Nov. 28, '62

Sully John W

Taylor, David
Tallman S F

Terril Israel M .

Aug. 3, '61

Tennison, Reuben
Thompson, Aaron J .,.„....
Thorp John

"May"5',"'64

Tolby Ed .

Truesdale, Andrew J
Towner James

23

Dec. 24, '61

Nov. 28, '62

Vosz, Peter

23

38
27
20
23
29
30
20

May 22, '61
May 22, '61
May 22, '61
Feb. 15, '64
May 23, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61
May 22, '61
Apl. 29, '61

Oct. 14, "'63

TVarner Warren .

Walden, Lucius F

Wentworth W

Winchell.WmB
Winters, Henry C
Woodward, Frank
Wright Randolph.

Nov. 27, '61

Zimmerman, Chris

May 5, '64

FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE FIRST BATTALION.

NAMES.

H

0

•3j

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Lieutenant Colonel —
Mark W. Downie
Major —
Charles F.Hausdorf
Adjutant —
James H. Place
Quartermaster —
John W. Pride
Surgeon —
John B. Le Blond
Assistant Surgeon —
Charles H. Spear

29

32
26

Apl. 6, '65
May 2, '65
July 1, '65
July 1,'65
May 17, '65
July 1,'65
Mch.14, '65
Apl. 1, '64

Mch. 15, '65
Mch.24, '64

Dec. 21, '63

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

July 14, '65

Maj. 1st Minn.; com. Col. of Battalion.
Vet., 1st Lieut, and Capt. Co. B; com. Lieut. Col. of Battalion.
Priv. Co. D; Serg. Maj.
Vet., Serg.Maj.
Surg. 1st Minnesota.
Vet. Co. B, Minn. Sharpshooters; Hospital Steward.
Priv. Co. I.

Priv. Co. D; transferred to Co. F.
Vet., Priv. Co. B July 1, '65.

Veteran.

Sergeant Major —
Hugo Reed.

21
18

30

Quartermaster Sergeant —
David L. Morgan

Commissary Sergeants —
Quinton Bunch
Samuel S. Tenney
Hospital Steward —
Albert Little

ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

NAMES.

a
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
James C. Farwell
Henry D. O'Brien

31
22

May 5, '64

Apl 10 '65

Dec. 7, '64
July 14 '65

Vet.; discharged per order; Brevet Maj.
Vet • wnd Deep Bottom Au<*. 14, '64; 2d Lt. Co. B; com. Maj.

First Lieutenants —
Chesley B. Tirrell
Charles C. Parker

26

?7

May 12, '64
Dec. 26, '64

Dec. 15, '64

Vet.; discharged for wounds received Petersburg June 18, '64.
Vet., 2d Lieut., Capt. Co. C.

Thomas H. Pressnell

?1

Apl. 1, '65

Vet , 1st Serg., 2d Lieut., Capt. Co. B.

Second Lieutenant —
John W. Pride

Apl. 24 '65

July 14 '65

Vet Serg Maj Q. M.

ENLISTED MEN.

Abel, John
Abbott, Elza S

20

25

Jan. 1,'62
Mch 9 '65

Dec. 31, '64
July 14 '65

Veteran.

Adams, William
Alpers, J. H. A
Allyn Joshua

19
27
33

Apl. 1, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Mch 3 '65

July 14 '65

Died Sept, 1, '64, at White Hall, Pa.
Vet., Corp., Serg.; pris. of war; absent on dis. of battalion.

Baker, Charles B
Baker, Jefferson G
Babcock, James M

26
23

18

Jan.' 9,' '64
Apl. 5, '64
Mch. 25, '64

Aug. 4, '65
"July li',' '65

Vet.; captured near Petersburg; paroled; dis. per order.
Vet.; died in rebel prison.
Vet., Corp.; wounded June 22, '64, Petersburg.

COMPANY A.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

67

NAMES.

11

Baldwin, Jerome

Bennett, Theodore A

Bennett, Win. P ,

Benson, Halver

Bertram, James

Blauchard, Chas. C

Blackwell, Henry

Blake, George

Blakely.Wiu

Boney, Sylvester

Bofferding, Peter G

Boan, Dudley A

Brown, Henry J. W

Brown, Wm. \V

Brady, Thomas

Brown, Frederick A

Brown, John J

Carney, James II

Carpenter, Edson

Christianson, Ole

Chisholm, Daniel

Cien, Jacob

Clark, George B

Clancy, Daniel

Clifton, Edward

Clark, Charles I

Clark, Levi

Clark, John

Close, Theodore A

Cook, William H

Collins, Jeremiah

Coombs, William

Coombs, Charles A

Crist, John J

Devlin, Michael

Doran, Nelson

Doughty, Asa B

Donlan, Thomas ,

Eastman, Rufus M

Ellsworth, Charles B

Erickson, Edward

Evanston, Andrew

Farrington, William F

Farquhar, John

Farrand, Frank J

Fisher, Charles K

Fisher, Jacob

Fuller, Lyman R

Geiser, Frederick

George, Jacob

Ghostly, Henry

Gibbs, Gates

Gifford, Samuel S

Gould, Aaron

Gunralson, Hans

Gunderson, Ole

Graffhain, Francis

Hanson, Charles W

Hayford, Faxon

Harvey, Julius

Haskell, Merritt

Henderson, Thomas D

Herrick, John G

Irvine, Theodore A

Jackson, Benjamin

Jacobson, Martin

Jenkins, Erastus

Jennings. John

Jenkins, Frank M

Jones, Ambrose

Jones, Henry

Johnson, John

Johnson, Soren

Joy,Wm. A

Johnson, Wm. H

Johnson, Geo. F

Kerr, John

Ketchum, George W

Kuhn, George M

Kramer, Sigismond 0

Latourell, Reuben O

Lacher, John J

Lang,James

Lemmer, Peter

Leonard, Maurice F

Lewis, Asa B

Little, Albert

MUSTERED
IN.

Mch. 4, '64
Dec. 25, '01
Mch. 6, '65
Feb. 29, '64
Apl. 2, '62
Nov. 16, '61
Mch. 30, '64
Dec. 25, '63
Mch. 6, '65
Apl. 1, '64
Feb. 20, '64
Mch. 30, '65
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 13, '61
Mch. 11, '65
Feb. 27, '64
Mch. 6, '65
Mch. 31, '64
Apl. 1, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Mch. 6, '65
Feb. 28, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Oct. 2, '61
Feb. 27. '61
July 20, '61
Sept. 18, '61
Mch. l,'6i
Mch. 8 '64
Feb. 1,'64
Jan. 1, '64
Jan. 1, '64
Sept. 16, '61
Mch. 8, '65
Sept. 16, '61
Mch. 31, '64
Apl. 3, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Dec. 16, '61
Mch. 2, '65
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 19, '64
Aug. 12, '62
Mch. 8, '65
Sept. 28, '61
Jan. 4, '6
Mch. 6, '65
Sept. 2,'
Mch. 24, '64
Dec. 30, '61
Mch. 31, '64
Apl. 4, '6
Mch. 1,'6
July 29, '04
Feb. 29, 'G4
Mch. 1, '64
Mch. 20, '64
Jan. 1, '64
Jan. 1, '64
Apl. 4, '64
Feb. 23, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Dec. 30, '61
Sept. 28, '61
Feb. 17, '65
Mch. 30, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Sept. 28, '61
Mch. 6, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 31, '64
Apl. 27, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Sept. 28 '61
Mch. 24, '64
Jan. 1,'64
Mch. 9 '65
Mch. 24, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Jan. 1,'64
Mch. 8, '65
Dec. 25, '63

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 10, '65
June 9, '65

Nov.' 26, ''64

June 8, '65
July 14, '65
Oct. 31, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Aug. 2, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
Jan. 24, '65
July 24, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

REMARKS.

July 14, '65

Sept. 21, '64
June 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
June 27, '65
July 14, '65
May 20, '65
July 14, '65

Apl. 26, '65

D?c. 18, '64
July 11, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
June 8, '65
July 14, '65

June26, '65
July 14, '6

July 14, '65
Dec. 29, '64

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '60
June 22, '65
July 17, '65

Dec. 29, '64
June 16, '65

Sept 27,' '64
July 14, '65
May 16, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
Sept. 27, '64
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

July 1V65

June 30, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

June"V65
Jan. 22, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Vet.; died Aug. 11, '64, at David's Island, N. Y. Harbor.

Vet.; missing at Hatcher's Run.

Discharged per order.

Dis. per order; wounded Reams' Station Aug. 25, '64.

Transf. from A, 2d Sharpshooters; transf. to V. R. C. May 27,'65.

Veteran.

Absent on discharge of battalion.

Transf. from A,2d S. S.,Jan.30,'65; missing battle May 6,'64; vet.

Died May 5, '65, in A. C. hospital.

Captured in battle Aug. 25, '64.

Discharged per order.

Vet.; transf. from A, 2d Sharpshooters, Jan. 30, '65.

Vet.; wounded June 22, '64, near Petersburg.

Veteran.

Absent sick on dis. of company; dis. per order.

Vet., Corp.

Corp.; wnd. Nov. 6, '64; dis. for pro. in 1st Heavy Art.
Vet.; captured at Petersburg; dis. per order.

Killed June 18, '64, near Petersburg, Va.

Corp., Serg.

Vet.; transferred to V. R. C. May 19, '65.

Vet.; wnd. June 22, '64, Petersburg; transf. to V. R. C.

Vet; killed June 18, '64, near Petersburg.

Vet,; wnd. June 18, '64, near Petersburg.

Vet., Corp.; discharged per order.

Veteran.

Vet.; discharged per order.

Veteran.

Vet.; died April 1, '65, at Benton Barracks, Mo.

Vet.; died in rebel prison.

Transf. from A, 2d Sharpshooters, Jan. 30, '65.

Vet.; transf. 2d S. S., Jan. 30, '65; killed in battle Mch. 13, '65.

Veteran.

In hospital.

Corp.; wounded June 22, '64, near Petersburg.

Wounded June 22, '64, near Petersburg.

Wounded June IS, '64, near Petersburg.

Corp.; discharged per order.

Vet.; killed Aug. 14, '64, at Deep Bottom, Va.

Vet.; transf. from B, 1st U. S. S.S., Jan. 30, '65; dis. per order.

Vet.; died Aug. 15, '64, at Deep Bottom of wounds.

Vet., Serg.

Vet., Serg.

Vet., Wagoner.

Died Oct. 20, '04, in rebel prison.

Corporal.

Vet.; wnd. Jerusalem Plank Road June 21, '64; dis. per order.

Vet., Corp.; prisoner at Andersonville.

Vet.; died Jan. 19, '05, at Baltimore, Md.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged.per order.

Vet., Corp.; died Jan. 8, '65, at Cochecton, N. Y.

Veteran.

Vet.; wounded June 22, '64, Petersburg.

Veteran.

Vet., Corp., Serg., 2d Lieut. Co. C.

Transferred to V. C. R.May 27, '65; Musician.

Vet.; Corp.

Transf. from A, 2d Sharpshooters; missing in battle May 13,'64.

Vet.; captured at Reams' Station.

Died Jan. 9, '65; wnd. Reams' Station Aug. 25, '64.

Vet.; transf. from Co. A, 2d U. S. Sharpshooters; dis. per order.

Discharged for disability.

Vet., Corp.; captured at Petersburg.

Trans, from A, 2d Sharpshooters; trans, to V. R. C. May 27, '65.

68

THE FIRST BATTALION.
KOSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Litchenberg, August
Lonquist John

30

30
22
24
19
37
35
28
28
38
18

July 20, '64
Jan. 1, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Feb. 11, '62
Mch. 9, '65
Dec. 25, '63
Aug. 16, '64
Jan. 1, '64
Mch. 31 ,'64
Jan. 20, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Apl. 1, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Sept. 9, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Mch. 9 '65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 24, '64
Oct. 1, '61
Mch. 25, '64
Mch. 6, '65
Mch. 23. '64
Nov. 25, '61
Jan. 4, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 28, '64
Apl. 5, '64
Mch. 31, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Dec. 25, '61
Dec. 25, '63
Feb. 29, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 15, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 28, '64

Apl. 4, '64
Mch. 30, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Dec. 25, '63

Mch. 30, '64
Feb. 28, '64
Mch. 6, '65
Jan. 1, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Sept. 28, '61
Jan. 1, '64
Mch. 8, '65
Feb. 20, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Mch. 9, '65

Vet.; wounded June 22, '64, Petersburg.

Killed June 22, '64, near Petersburg.
Vet., Corp., Serg.
Vet.; died June 28, '64, of wounds June 23, '64, at Petersburg.

Vet.; transferred from A, 2d Sharpshooters.
Vet.; transferred from A, 2d Sharpshooters; dis. per order.
Vet,, Serg.; died April 1, '65, in Minnesota.
Veteran.
Vet.; trans, from A, 2d Sharpshooters; discharged per order.
Vet.; died Aug. 13, '64, in De Camp General Hospital, N. Y.
Wounded at Petersburg; discharged in hospital.
Killed near Petersburg June 22, '64. i
Vet., Corp.

Discharged per order.
Vet., Serg.; transferred from A, 2d U. S. Sharpshooters.
Musician, Vet.

Vet.; absent sick on discharge of company.
Captured June 22, '64; discharged per order.
Vet.; prisoner of war.
Vet.; died Oct. 14, '64, at Fort Schuyler,New York Harbor.
Vet.; died Oct. 22, '64, at Philadelphia, Pa.
Corp.; discharged per order Jun« 13, '65.
Vet., Serg.; discharged for disability.
Transferred to V. R. C. Sept. 22, '64.
Transferred to V. R. C. April 19, '65.
Prisoner at Andersonville; discharged July 24, '64.
Vet.; transferred from A, 2d Sharpshooters, Jan, 30, '65.
Vet.; prisoner of war.
Vet.; lost leg at battle of Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, '64.

July 14, '65

Marshall, James
Mattison Mathias

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
June 8, '65

Alartell Nelson

McDonald Joseph

McWilliams David

July 14, '65
Aug. 31, '65

McKillup Geo. W

McCulloch, Jonas G
Merritt Lorenzo *...

July 15, '65

"Sept."l6,''64
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
June 19, '65

"julv 1 V65
July 14, '65

'July 2V65
July 14, '65

Metz, Peter
Mortimer, Geo. F
Nelson Andrew

"23"

18
18
21
29
28
18
39
19
24
32

"is"

25
22
31
24
25
29
28
40
21
40
21

27

Nelson, Evan B.

Newel Erastus W

Perkins Daniel A

Pettyjohn, Dyer B

Peasley Joseph W

Phillips, John

Pomeroy, Harlan P
Pribble, Turner

Putnam Clark

Rayher, Frank
Reed Nathaniel

Reed Walter S

June 13, '65
Nov. 30, '64

Roberts, Benjamin

Rye Knute T

Ryder Edward A

Scovill Everett W

July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Shepard Maurice F

Sherman, Marshall
Sias George

July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Prisoner at Andersonville.

Vet.; transf. from A, 2d Sharpshooters, Jan. 30, '65; dis. per
order June 8, '65.
Died July 14, '65, of wounds.

Died Dec. 9, '64, at Washington, D. C.
Vet.; transf. from A, 2d Sharpshooters, Jan. 30, '65; absent, sick,
on discharge of company.
Vet.; transferred from A, 2d Sharpshooters, Jan. 30, '65.
Discharged in hospital per order.

Wounded near Petersburg; absent on discharge of company.

Vet,; wounded Jerusalem Plank Road June 21, '64.
Vet, Corp.

Vet.; trans, from A, 2d Sharpshooters, Jan. 30, '65; dis. per order.
Vet., Serg.; promoted Capt. Co. D March 17, '65.
Transferred from A, 2d Sharpshooters, Jan. 30, '65.
Musician.
Discharged per order.

Smith, Nelson B

Smith, Almon P . .

Smith Francis

Steinberg Adam ...

July 14, '65

Storkelson Ole

32
24

21

36
17
28
30
23
35
25
36
30
21
17
26

Stacy William H

Swartwout, Eugene
Taylor, Charles E
Thomas, Evan

July 14, '65
July 8, '65
July 8, '65

Townsend, Perry C
Tompkins Elias

July 8, '65
Sept. 27, '64
Sept. 26, '64
July 14, '65
June 7, '65

Veon, Edmund
Victory James C

Waugh, Joseph B

Weaver, Simon
Whetstone, Thomas N
W h ittemore , James A
Willey George . ...

June 7, '65
June 7, '65
June 22, '65

Woodworth, Walter C

KOSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

3

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Ellett P. Perkins..

27

May 5 '64

Oct 13 '64

Vet • discharged per order

Charles F. Hausdorf
Thos. H. Pressnell ~.
First Lieutenant —
J. Thomas Walker
Second Lieutenant —
Henry D. O'Brien

23

22

23
22

Nov. 26, '64
June 6, '65

Jan. 1, '65
May 12 '64

'July 1V65
July 14, '65

Vet,, 1st Lieut. May 12, '64; Maj. May 2, '65; com. Lieut. Col.
2d and 1st Lieut. Co. A.

Transferred from Co. A to 2d Sharpshooters.
Vet Capt Co A Apl 10 '65- com Major.

Wm. W.Holden

23

Apl. 9, '65

Vet., 1st Lieut. Co. H, June 8, '65.

ENLISTED MEN.

Abraham, Geo. W. F

17

Apl 1 '64

Musician* died Nov 12 '64 in Andersonville, Ga.

Abel Wm. H

24

Mch 24 '64

July 14 '65

Adams, David A

?f»

Mch. 8* '65

July 14* '65

Ames Orville

W

Feb 27 '64

Supposed to have died July, '64.

Aucker Wm H

21

Feb 28 '62

Wounded at Gettysburg Ju ly 9 '63- absent sick

Barton, Wm. F

18

Apl. 1,'64

July 14 '65

Promoted Corp.

Bergh Peter

21

Mch 24 '64

Prisoner at Andersonville 8 mos.; dis. July 24, '65; absent, sick.

Berdan, Charles A

24

Nov. 15, '61

Nov. 17, '64'

Vet.; discharged on expiration of term.

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

69

NAMES.

Bond, Hezekiah ,

Bowers, John G

Bouler, Theodore

Bofferding, Wm

Bond, Daniel

Bryant, James ,

Brown, Edward F

Breich, Lewis

Brink, Hiram A

Brenchley, Philip

bleyj
Brown, Theodore.

Brown, Wm. B

Buck, Philip

Carlton, David

Canniff, John

Caulkin, Gavin E

Carlson, Carl

Churchill, Wm. H

Chandler, J.C

Church, Harrison

Collins, Peter

Coleman, Henry

Cooper, John

Curtis, Archibald

Decker, A. L. M

Densmore, Sylvester

Docker, J.H

Durfee, Chester

Dyer, Joshua

Fisher, Henry J

Frary, Eldrick J

Gilroy, Thomas

Gilbert, Richard

Giles, James A

Glazier, Aaron

Gulltuan, John

Hansen, Lewis

Hamilton, E. M. C

Hamilton, Elmsley J

Hawks, James

Hayes, Charles

Halleck, Joseph

Hamblett, Albert H

Henderson, Lyman H

Hill, Jonas R

Hill.Corlett

Holland, Alonzo

Hoyt.Wm.H

Hohage, F.W

Irvine, Wm. N

Irneson, James W

Johnson, Samuel

Kern, William

Knowlton, Geo. W

Koenig, Sebastian

Knowles, William

Lavercombe, John

Matson, John

Magnuson, Magnus

McGee, Richard

Mclntyre, Malcolm

McGuire, Hugh G

McClay, John

Morgan, David L

Munson, Madse

Nelson, John

Nelson, Paul „

Noonan, Patrick

Noble, Charles

Olen.Olof.

Page, Henry D

Parker, Edmund F

Peterson, Peter

Peters, John ,

Peterson, Carl

Person, Peter

Pickle, Alonzo

Piker, Wm. C

Pratt, Job J....

Ray.Wm !

Riddle, Wm. C

Reb, Stephen

Roberts, Isaiah M

Rye, Charles

Sampier, Francis

Schumacher, Wm. E

Sebers, Albert

MUSTERED

Aug. 22, '62
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 9 '65
Feb. 20, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Apl. 16, '64
Feb. 20, '64
Mch. 31, '64
Apl. 2 '64
Feb. 20, '64
July 20, '61
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 5 ,'64
Feb. 26, '63
Mch. 24, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Mch. 11, '65
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 30 ,'64
Mch. 30, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Sept. 10 '61
Mch. 1,'64
Feb. 11, '62
Aug. 26, '62
Mch. 31, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Feb. 21, '62
Mch. 11, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Feb. 27, '64
Apl. 1 '64
Feb. 20, '62
Dec. 16, '61
Apl. 4, '64
Mch. 1 ,'64
Mch. 1,'64
Mch. 10, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Sept. 30 ,'61
Mch. 9, '65
Sept. 14, '61
Mch. 9, '65
Nov. 18, '61
Sept. 10, '61
Mch. 28, '64
Apl. 8, '64
June 20, '61
Mch. 10, '64
Mch. 8, '65
Feb. 13, '64
Mch. 2, '65
Meh. 8, '65
Mch. 30 ,'64
Mch.27, '65
Mch. 11, '65
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 35, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Apl. 1, '64
Mch. 1,'64
Feb. 4, '62
Junel9,'61
Mch. 14, '64
June 20, '61
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Sept. 28, '61
Feb. 11, '62
Feb. 29, '65
Mch. 11 ,'65
Mch. 11, '65
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 24, '65
Mch. 1, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Apl. 2, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 24, '65
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 17, '65
Apl. 2, '64
Mch. 4, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 14, '64
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 24, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Dec. 27, '64
July 20, '64
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
June 1,'64

Mch. 9, '65

Feb. 20, '65
July 14, '65

June 17, '65

Feb.* 20/65'
Dec. 18, '64
June 19, '65
June 28, '65
July 14, '65
June 9, '65
Apl. 4, '65

July 14, '65
Sept. 14, '64
July 14, '65
Nov. 18, '64
Apl., '65
July 14, '65

Ju'ly"26',''64*
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 27, '65
Apl. 4, '65
July 14, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

July '14/65

July 14, '65
Feb. 11, '65
July 4, '64

July 20, '64
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
Apl. 21, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
June 7, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

REMARKS.

Wounded near Petersburg; died Oct. 26, '64, at Andersonville.

Vet., Corp.; prisoner at Andersonville 8 months.
Vet., 1st Serg.; promoted 1st Lieut. Mch. 16, '65.
Musician.

Vet.; discharged '65; absent, sick.

Discharged for disability.

Vet.; discharged on expiration of term.

Promoted Corp.; prisoner 6 months.

Veteran.

Veteran, Corporal.

Vet., Capt. Co. E, Mch. 21, '65.

Discharged '65; absent.

Vet., Corp.; promoted Serg., 1st Serg.; prisoner 6 months.

Promoted Corp.

Died '65.

Vet.; killed July 14, '65, at Deep Bottom, Va.

Veteran.

Veteran, Corporal.

Discharged for wounds.

Died Nov. 25, '64, at City Point, Va.

Wounded July 2, '63, at Gettysburg; absent since.

Vet.; discharged for disability.

Vet., Serg.; pris. at Andersonville 8 mos; supposed dead

Vet.; wounded June 22, '64, at Petersburg.

Vet.; discharged ou expiration of term.

Died May 19, '65, at Baltimore, Md.

Vet.; discharged for disability.

Vet., Corp.; died Sept. 3, '64, wounds Reams' Station Aug. 25,'64.

Vet.; discharged on expiration of term.

Vet.; discharged on expiration of term.

Discharged in hospital.

Prisoner at Andersonville 8 months; discharged.

Vet.; wounded June 22, '64, near Petersburg.

Discharged per order.

Discharged per order.

Killed May 6, '64, in battle.

Vet.; discharged on expiration of term.

Vet; wounded Jerusalem Plank Road, June 21, '64.
Vet.; discharged on expiration of term.

Vet., Serg.; died June 28, '64, of wounds at Petersburg.

Vet.; discharged on expiration of term.

Corporal.

Discharged in hospital.
Discharged per order.

Vet.; died Nov. 19, '64, at Washington, D. C.

Corporal.

Vet., Corp. and Serg. June 8, '65.

Wounded at Deep Bottom Aug. 14, '64.
Promoted Q. M. Serg. April 1, '65.

Discharged on expiration of term.
Vet.: discharged on expiration of term.
Died Oct. 29, '64, in prison at Salisbury, N. C.
Vet., Serg.; discharged on expiration of term.

Vet.; discharged on expiration of term.
Died Dec. 15, '64, at Salisbury Prison, N. C.

Veteran, Corporal; discharged per order.
Wounded June 22, '64, near Petersburg.
Corporal.

Veteran, Corporal, Sergeant.

Vet.; wounded at Gettysburg; discharged 1865.

70

THE FIRST BATTALION.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

K
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Feb. 27, '64
Apl. 1,'64
Feb. 20, '64
Mch. 1,'64
Mch.31, '65
Jan. 1,'62
Aug. 14, 'G2
Mch. 24, '64
Sept. 28, '61
Mch. 28, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Feb. 27, '64
Nov. 1,'61
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Apl. 1, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Apl. 1, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 25, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Mch. 24, '64

Vet.; died Aug. 27, '64, of wounds at Deep Bottom Aug. 14, '64.

Captured at Reams' Station.
Died Sept. 21, '64, in prison at Richmond, Va.
Corp.; killed Aug. 14, '61, at Deep Bottom, Va.
Discharged on expiration of term.
Discharged as per order.

Vet.; discharged on expiration of term.
Prisoner at Andersonville 6 months; discharged 1865.
Discharged; absent, sick.

Died Dec. 7, '64, of disease got in rebel prison.
Vet.; discharged on expiration of term.
Discharged as per order.
Veteran.
Discharged in 1865; absent, sick.
Wounded June 23, '64, at Petersburg; died June 27, '64.
Vet.; promoted Com. Serg. July 1, '65.
Vet.; died April 3, '65, of disease contracted in rebel prison.
Killed Aug. 14, '64, at Deep Bottom, Va.
Veteran.

Veteran.
Died Aug. 8, '64, in field hospital, Virginia.
Absent on discharge of company.
Prisoner at Andersonvilie 8 months; discharged 1865.
Veteran.

July 14, '65
July 21, '65

Schutz Peter

Sly, Gilbert E

Yl"
21
39

"is"

37

36

"19"
38

"SO"

26"
21

23"
20
20

July 14, '65
June 7, '65
July 14, '65
Sept. 28, '64

'jiiiy 2V65
July 14, '65

Smith Wm C

Snow, Lafayette W
Stites Adam C

Starckloffe, Herrnon
Studley, George W

Sunbey Geo. G .*...

Sullivan Daniel

May 18, '65
June 7, '65
June 7, '65

Sweigert Wm

Talby, Edward
Tenney Samuel S

Towner, James
Tollman, Sylvester
Walsh, Joseph

July 14, ''65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Waterburg, Andrew P
Weaver, James E

Weeks, John
Wentworth, Walter

Whallon, Martin S

Winget, C. Weslev

23

July 14, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Charles C. Parker
James Bryant
First Lieutenant —
Albert C Poor

27
22

35

Mch. 14, '65
June 16, '65

Mch 14 '65

June 15, '65
July 14, '65

June 15 '65

Vet., 2d and 1st Lieut. Co. A.; resigned.
Vet., 1st Serg. Co. B.

Resigned

Second Lieutenant —
Wm A Joy

26

Apl 1 '65

July 14 '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, David H
Ballard Isaac

22
30

Mch. 8, '65
Mch 11 '65

Juiy'i4*"65

Deserted Mch. 19, '65, at La Crosse, Wis.

38

Mch 8* '65

July 14 '65

Baldwin, M. W
Baker Morris C . ..

22
16

Mch! 7/65
Mch 6 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Barnes, Jonathan

42

Mch' l''65

July 14* '65

Billings, Isaac M

21
3^

Mch.llJ'65
Mch 8 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Boidner Philip

38

Mch' 8* '65

July 14* '65

Bowman, John W

21

Mch 11 ' '65

Died June 26 '65 at Frederick, Md.

Brill Hezekiah

33

Mch 8 '65

July 14 '65

Bryant Geo W

19

Mch' 7* '65

July 14 '65

Brannan, John

27

Mch' 11* '65

Deserted Mch 19 '65 at La Crosse Wis.

Brown George

24

Mch 9 '65

July 14, '65

Carter, Amos C

22

Mch 11 ' '65

June 8 '65

Corporal; discharged per order.

Chipman, Horace A
Charlson, Frank W
Clow, Malcolm

22
35
23

Feb. 23, '65
Feb. 27, '65
Mch 7 '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Crandall, Byron F

19

Mch 1 '65

July 14 '65

Crandall, Henry A

22

Mch 1 '65

Julv 14, '65

Crink, John

35

Mch 6 '65

Ju4y 14 '65

Custar, Isaac

35

Mch l''65

July 14 '65

Dorn, William

33

Mch' 7* '65

July 14* '65

Dodge, William
Dunham, Abner
Dunham, Abel
Dunton, Geo. W

31
28
31
34

Mch. 10, '65
Feb. 28, '65
Feb. 28, '65
Mch 3 '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Durland, John

SO

Mch. 9* '65

Deserted Mch 20 '65 at Chicago, 111.

Eger, William

V>

Mch 10 '65

July 14 '65

Flanagan, Lauren

30

Mch 1 '65

July 14 '65

Frazier, Julius H
Gensmer, Lewis
Gillett, Jerome
Gooden, Peter. .

17
21
29
42

Mch. 7, '65
Mch. 1, '65
Feb. 24, '65
Mch 10 'Q5

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Grulleson, Ole
Harrington, David G
Hall, Alva.....

19
31
19

Mch. 1 ,'65
Feb. 24, '65
Feb. 25. '65

Aug. 10/65
July 14, '65
Julv 14. '65

Discharged in hospital.
Sergeant.

COMPANY D.

ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

71

NAMES.

•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Harris Charles. .

42
37
34
31
22
27
21
20
19
21
32
18
17
35
26
28
30
31
32
28
17
18
19
27
38
27
16
43
22
42
41
29
35
35
21
32
23
25
37
32
22
24
34
26
20
26
39
41
40
22
34
30
21
20
24
22
26
41
38
24
18
17

Mch. 7 '65
Mch. 7, '65
Mch. 10, '65
Mch. 2, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 10, '65
Mch. 1,'65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 1,'65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 10, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Feb. 24, '65
Mch. 10, '65
Mch. 7, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 1,'65
Feb. 29, '64
Mch. 1,'65
Mch. 1 '65
Mch. 10, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 6, '65
Mch. 10, '65
Mch. 10, '65
Mch.11,'65
Mch. 1,'65
Feb. 27, '65
Mch.11,'65
Mch.11,'65
Feb. 28, «65
Mch. 10 ,'65
Feb. 25, '65
Mch. 1,'65
Mch. 3 '65
Mch. 19, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 7, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Feb. 27, '65
Mch. l,'6o
Mch. 13, '65
Mch. 10, '65
Mch.11,'65
May 3 ,'65
Mch.11,'65
Mch.11,'65
Mch.11,'65
Mch.11,'65
Feb. 28, '65
Mch. 7, '65
Mch. 7 '65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 8 ,'65
Mch.11,'65
Mch. 1,'65
Feb. 25, '65
Mch. 8, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Died June 16, '65, near Munson's Hill, Va.

Died at City Point. (No date.)*
Corporal.

Discharged, 1865, from hospital.
Discharged, 1865, from hospital.
Discharged in hospital 1865.

Corporal.
Sergeant.

Corporal; disabled, absent, sick.

Sergeant; discharged in hospital.
Corporal.
Died June 3, '65, at Munson's Hill, Va.
Died April 30, '65, near Burkville, Va.

Discharged in hospital.

Corporal.
Discharged per order.

Discharged per order.
Discharged per order.

Discharged per order.
Discharged in hospital.

Corporal; discharged in hospital.

Died June 7, '65, near Munson's Hill, Va.

Discharged per order.
Corporal
Corporal.

Harriman B W

Hendry Alexander

Hoff Abraham M ...

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Hoberty, Acton

Hovey Alonzo

Hunt William

Johnson Robert

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Johnson Wm. H

Jones Wm F

Kilis, George

Krick John . .. .

Krick, Philip

liauerman Michael

Lahr Peter

Lee, Aaron

Libby W. J

July 14, '65
Aug. 8, '65
Aug. 8, '65

Magoon, Harrison C
Marlett Charles

McClelland, John
McLean William

Menske, August

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 19, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
June 9, '65
July 14, '65
June 8, '65
June 9, '65
July 14, '65
May 3, '65
July 14, '65
Aug. 21 ,'65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 8, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Monroe Bennett .

Morse, Windsor F

Myers, Julius

Newhall R B

Nelson, Christopher...

Nickel Philip

Palenquist, I. B
Parmerle W. H

Paulson, Paul

Pierce, E. W.

Priest, John A

Preston, Smith.

Kiley, John

Saupe, Frederick...

Schaffer, Jacob
Sherman, John H

Sherman, John G

Spooner, John W
Smith, Henry R

Star, Adolph F
Stetson, Lorenzo P
Story, Zacheus

Stabler, Michael.. .

Taylor, George

Thrall, W.C
Thalenhorst, Henry
Tripp, Nathan
Utter Charles S

Tan Loon, Lawrence
Wayrnan, Andrew
Wade, Robert V
Whitney, Constant H
White, Michael.

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
June 6, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Wildes, Andrew J

Woodward, Stephen
Wright, George

ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

H
C
•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Capfain —
Thomas N. Whetstone...
First Lieutenant —
Ransom J. Madison
Second Lieutenant —
Francis E. Wheeler

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, Andrew J

30
26
25
*>r>

Mch. 17, '65
Mch. 17, '65
Apl. 10, '65
Mch. 15 '65

July 14, '65
May 29, '65
May 5, '65

Veteran, Sergeant Co. A.
Resigned.
Resigned.
Died June 9 '65 near Munson Va.

Andrews, Wm. H

44

Mch 15 '65

Aughen, Caugh John W...

18

Mch. 14, '65

Corporal.

Atwater, James P
Bates.L. C

22
40

Mch. 15, '65
Mch 14 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Batzla, Christopher
Baumgartner. B

27
40

Feb. 28, '65
Mch. 13. '65

July 14, '65
.Tulv 14.' 65

72

THE FIRST BATTALION.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D— Continued.

NAMES.

Bascombe, Hubert

Bicedorn, Wm

Blase, John H

Bryan, Thomas

Bruk,Wm.P

Brown, Wm

Burdick, Job W

Buhler, John

Bunch, Quinton ,

Campbell, Thomas

Cahill, Michael

Campbell, John

Clark, Thomas

Cole, Leander v

Cole, Elihu

Cohoes, John

Cutter, Marshall

Dalcoy, John

Day. Leonard B

Devine, Thomas

Deidrich, August

Dieff, Robert

Dickman, John

Doyle, John

Dreager, Ernst

Dressel, Richard

Ellis, Wm

Farnham, Wm. M

Field, John M

Flood.Edward

Gillett, Albert

Green, Joseph M

Ore we, Wm

Gunderson, Borge

Hamann, Frederick

Harding, Henry H.

Halverson, Halver

Hassler, Swan

Hanzes, Daniel

Henderson, Roswell

Hedges, Allen W

Heller, Henry

Hosmer, Edwin M

Hoffman, Theodore F

Hurley, Patrick

Kilmer, Francis A

Knoche, Albert ,

Korfage.Wm

Krenbring, John

Kuntz, Frank

I<eeson, Robert

Linn, Andrew

Malinson, Mathew

Meany, John

Morey, Chauncey

Morris, John F

Mohr, John

Muckingharn, John

Oleson, John

01eson,Ole

Ostrom,Erick

Parsons, Wm

Peterson, Swan P

Perkins, Thomas

Peaslee, Nathaniel D

Philbrick, Samuel C

Place, James H

Powers, Augustus W

Reese, Isaac

Rhinehart, Oscar

Ritz, Andrew

Richardson, L. G

Rosch, Jacob

Rolfing, John

Schugg, John

Schaumberg, Fred

Simonson, Ole

Smith, Wm

Smith, John Y

Speakman, Samuel

Stearns, Levi W

Stearns, Peter

Taylor, John H

Thompson, Oscar M

Thole, Charles

Thompson, John C

Torkelson, Torkel

MUSTERED
IN.

Mch. 14, '6

Mch. 14, '6

Mch. 14, '6

Mch. 15, '6

Mch. 14, '6

Mch. 13, '6

Feb. 27, '6,

Mch. 14, '6,

Mch. 15, '6,'

Mch. 17, »6i

Mch.l7,'6E

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 7, '65

Mch. 7,'6£

Mch. 7,'6£

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 13, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 3 ,'65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 8, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 13, '66

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 16 '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 13, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 17, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 2, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 16, »65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 3, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 15, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 14, '65

Mch. 16, '65

Mch. 15, '65

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 14, '6

July 14, '6

July 14, '6,

July 14, '

July 14, '

July 14, '6,

July 14, '&

July 14, '6;

July 14, '6t

July 18, '65

July 14, '65

Aug. 10, '65

July 14, '6

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

June 7, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

May 29, '65

Mav 29, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '66

July 14, '65

REMARKS.

Sergeant.

Discharged in hospital.

Discharged in hospital Aug. 10, '65.
Sergeant, 1st Sergeant.

Sergeant.

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Corporal.
Corporal.

Discharged per order.

Discharged per order.
Discharged per order.

Corporal.

Promoted per order June 7| '65.

Sergeant.
Sergeant Major.

Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; died June 2, '66, near Munson's Hill, Va.

COMPANY E.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

73

NAMES.

M

B
<5

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

TValter John

29

Mch. 15, '65

July 14, '65

Wheeler, W. H
Wheeler, Trueman B
Wilson. Nathan....

22
21
30

Mch.15, '65
Mch. 15, '65
Mch. 16, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
June 7, '65

Discharged per order.

ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Gavin E. Caulkin
First Lieutenant —
James A Wright

37
?4

Mch. 25, '65
Apl. 21 '65

June 15, '65
July 14 '65

Veteran, Private Co. B; resigned.

Second Lieutenants —
Geo W. Crocker

Apl. 21, '65

Apl. 27 '65

Lewis J. Bennett

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbott J D

29
35

Apl. 4, '65
Mch. 15, '65

June 15, '65
July 14 '65

Resigned.

•>*>

Mch.15 '65

July 14 '65

Allen Wm E

38

Mch 17 '65

July 14 '65

Andrews, fheodorus J
Arnold Win W

29
86

Mch. 18, '65
Mch 16 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

33

Mch. 17, '65

94

Mch 18 '65

July 14 '65

24

Mch 18 '65

July 14 '65

Bullard Samuel

35

Mch 15 '65

July 14* '65

Corpora .

Buck Edwin P

?,1

Mch. 18, '65

July 14, '65

Chamberlain, H. P
Churchill, Eben
Chafey Wm

38
22
31
40

Mch. 16, '65
Mch. 17, '65
Mch. 17, '65
Mch. 15 '65

June G, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Discharged per order.
Corporal, Sergeant.

Chambers, George

41

Mch. 18, '65

July 14, '65

Corporal

Dixon Wm

3?

Mch. 16 '65

July 14 '65

Doland Thomas

17

Mch 15 '65

July 14 '65

Doramus, John F

17
•>8

Mch. 16, '65
Mch. 17 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Dye, George

28

Mch. 3, '65

Aug. 6, '65

Edwards, Huntington
Ellison John B

18
99

Mch. 16, '65
Mch 18 '65

July 14, '65
June22 '65

Ellsburg, Charles

34
31

Mch. 17, '65
Mch. 18 '65

July 14J '65
July 14 '65

Sergeant.

31

Mch 18 '65

July 14 '65

Farnham Hiram.

44

Mch.15 '65

June21 '65

Fligal Wm

82

Mch 15 '65

July 14 '65

Gee William

39

Mch. 17 '65

July 14 '65

Guttormson Gull

44

Mch. 16 '65

July 14 '65

Haverson, Halver
Harris Wm. A

30
?3

Mch. 16, '65
Mch. 16 '65

July 19, '65
July 14 '65

Discharged in hospital.

Hewitt, Charles
Heskett, Geo. E

23

37

Mch. 18, '65
Mch. 18 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Sergeant.

Hickok. Franklin K

37

Mch. 18, '65

July 14, '65

Howe, Lafayette

40

Mch. 18, '65

July 24 '65

Hobbs, Daniel F

35

Mch 18 '65

June 19 '65

Houston, Cyrus H
Huggins, John P

30
35

Mch. 18, '65
Mch. 17 '65

July 14, '65

Sergeant.
Died at Washington D C

Tverson Lars

38

Mch. 16 '65

June 2 '65

•James, John E

94

Mch. 17, '65

July 14* '65

Johnson, Martin

?1

Mch.15 '65

Aug 10 '65

Johnson, Hernyon A
Knowlton, Charles R
Larson, Martin.

25
39
31

Mch. 18, '65
Mch. 18, '65
Mch 17 '65

July 14, '65
Aug. 2, '65
July 14 '65

Discharged in hospital.

Lewis Jacob

42

Mch 16 '65

Lovejoy, Luther N
McColly, George
McPeak, Michael

34
33
27

Mch. 1?| '65
Mch. 17 '65
Mch. 18 '65

July 14, '65
July 26, '65
July 14 '65

Discharged in hospital.

Miller, Christopher
Miller, C. F

36
30

Mch. 18, '65
Mch 15 '65

July 26, '65

Discharged in hospital.

Morrison, Daniel R
Nesmith, James

37

37

Mch. 16/65
Mch 16 '65

July 14, '65
June 17 '65

Oleson, Niels

99

Mch. 17, '65

July 14* '65

Parker, Newton
Perry, Zepheniah
PettengilL James M
Phillips, Francis E
Pitcher, Wesley W
Porter, Lorenzo D

37
44
29
31
30
?1

Mch. 16, '65
Mch. 15, '65
Mch. 18 '65
Mch. 17, '65
Mch. 18 ,'65
Mch. 17 '65

July 14, '65
June 17, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Discharged per order.
Corporal.

Rawlev,Wm. F..

?8

Mch. 17 '65

July 14 '65

Ramsay, Nathaniel
Scott James

39
34

Mch. 18 ,'65
Mch 17 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Corporal.

Shoreson , James ....

35

Mch. 16 '65

Julv 14. '65

74

THE FIRST BATTALION.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

NAMES.

rf

c

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Snyder Conrad

^

Mch. 18, '65

July 14, '65

Stevens Lafayette

36

Mch.18 '65

July 14, '65

Corporal.

St. Claire John

?8

Mch. 17, '65

July 14, '65

Steinberg Wm

99

Mch. 17, '65

Absent on discharge of companv

Thompson Wm

38

Mch. 16, '65

July 14, '65

W

Mch. 17, '65

July 14, '65

Tolefson Sander

19

Mch. 16 '65

July 14 '65

Turner, Wilbur
Ward Geo W

22
32

Mch. 17, '65
Mch. 16 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Walker, John W
Wallace Thomas

38
37

Mch. 15, '65
Mch. 17, '65

July 26, '65
July 14, '65

Discharged in hospital July 26, '65.

Weaver Philip

34

Mch.18, '65

July 14, '65

Weaver John

3rt

Mch. 15, '65

July 14, '65

Winters Peter

Rfi

Mch. 15 '65

July 14 '65

Wilcox John

38

Mch.18, '65

July 14, '65

Widrich John

R6

Mch.18, '65

July 14, '65

Williamson, Charles M
Wrangham Wm. B

32
24

Mch. 16, '65
Mch. 16, '65

July 26, '65
July 14, '65

Discharged per order.

ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

K
O

•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Lafayette Hadley

35

Mch. 31, '65

July 14, '65

first Lieutenant —
Thomas H. Kelly
Second Lieutenant —

24
30

May 25, '65
Mch 29 '65

July 14, '65
June 15 '65

Resigned

ENLISTED MEN.

34

Mch. 24 '65

July 14 '65

Baker John

36

Mch. 23, '65

July 14, '65

Bidwell, Benjamin
Bissonett, Lewis

38
93

Mch. 20, '65
Mch. 22, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Biggerstaff James

36

Mch. 22, '65

July 14, '65

18

Mch 22 '65

July 14 '65

Boyd John F

9q

Mch. 18 '65

Absent on discharge of company.

34

Mch 29 '65

July 14 '65

Buck' Sidney

18

Mch. 25, '65

July 14, '65

Click Abram

32

Mch. 22 '65

June 8 '65

Discharged per order

Collard, Alfred

87

Mch. 24, '65

July 14, '65

Cole James M

20

Mch. 25, '65

July 14 '65

Discharged in hospital

Cripps Wm

31

Mch. 30 '65

July 14 '65

Dearman,Geo. W

36

29

Mch. 22, '65
Mch. 27 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Elliott, John W
Eels Mortimer R

19
32

Mch. 23, '65
Mch. 22 '65

June 6, '65
June 8 '65

Discharged per order.
Discharged per order.

Enudson, Gunder

3f>

Mch. 20, '65

Julvl4, '65

Erickson, Ole

19

Mch. 23. '65

July 14, '65

28

Mch 25 '65

July 14 '65

Promoted Corporal

Evenson, Mads
Garland Wm H

19
31

Mch. 25, '65
Mch 24 '65

July 14, '65

Discharged in hospital '65

Gilbertson, Gilbert
Gould Charles

22
39

Mch. 20, '65
Mch. 25, '65

June 8 '65
July 14 '65

Discharged per order.

Green, Ezra W

9f>

Mch. 25, '65

July 14, '65

Harvey, Alphonso

9^

Mch. 24, '65

July 14, '65

Sergeant.

Hanson, Joseph L

?6

Mch. 24, '65

July 14, '65

Corporal.

Hardy, Wm

3S

Mch. 22 '65

Died, 1865, at Parkersburg, Va.

Hall Leslie

19

Mch 20 '65

July 14 '65

Harrison, Wm. W

Hadsey Simon

22
82

Mch. 24, '65
Mch. 27, '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Corporal.

Hoople, David

38

Mch. 22, '65

July 14, '65

Howard Silas N

18

Mch 22, '65

July 26 '65

Discharged in hospital.

Ingraham, James
Jacobson, John

33
3R

Mch. 22, '65
Mch. 23, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Jenkins Wm

31

Mch 22 '65

July 14 '65

41

Mch 22 '65

Discharged in hospital '65

Kingston, Wm. D

19

Mch 25* '65

June 2 '65

Discharged per order.

Koole Nels

19

Mch 22 '65

July 14 '65

Larson, Nils

17

Mch. 25, '65

July 14, '65

Leech John

*>3

Mch 27, '65

July 14 '65

Corporal.

93

Mch 25 '65

July 14 '65

Loomis, Daniel A
McGaffey Oliver

37

37

Mch. 22, '65
Mch 20, '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Corporal .

McVay, James

?,1

Mch. 25, '65

July 14, '65

McKay, Hugh

97

Mch. 25, '65

July 14, '65

Mitchell. George
Morris. Wm.B....,

31
32

Mch. 24, '65
Mch. 22, '65

July 14, '65
June 9, '65

Discharged in hospital.

COMPANY G.
ROSTEE OF COMPANY F — Continued.

75

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

19

Mch. 25 '65

Deserted April 7, '65, at La Crosse, Wis.

Ogden John

29

Mch 25 '65

July 14 '65

Ogden John R

20

Mch 22 '65

July 14 '65

Oleson' Ole

18

Mch. 22* '65

July 14* '65

Oleson Halver

37

Mch 20 '65

July 14 '65

Oleson, Austin

97

Mch. 25, '65

July 14 '65

Park, Zebadiah

29
37

Mch. 22, '65
Mch 24 '65

July 14, '65
June 8 '65

<
Discharged per order.

Reed, Joshua
Reardon, Timothy W

38
25
39

Mch. 22, '65
Mch. 23, '65
Mch 22 '(55

July 14,' '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Corporal.

Simonson, John F

87

Mch! 22| '65

Died at Washington, P. C.f 1865.

Sidebottoni John

32

Mch 23 '65

July 14 '65

Smith, Wni. D

<n

Mch. 25 '65

June 6 '65

Discharged per order.

Stewart Chas L

18

Mch 24 '65

July 14 '65

Stevens, August

18

Mch. 25, '65

July 14, '65

.

Swenson, Kittel

18

Mch 22 '65

July 14 '65

Thurston, Henry H
Vaught, Henry H
Vinton Winfield

32
18
21

Mch. 25, '65
Mch. 22, '65
Mch 22 '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

1st Sergeant.
Sergeant.

"Warner, John M

36

Mch. 21, '65

July 14, '65

Waik, Charles A ....

17

Mch 22 '65

June 21 '65

Discharged in hospital.

Walker, Benjamin

?8

Mch. 22, '65

July 14, '65

Sergeant.

Warner, Harvey G
White Wm. H

22
99

Mch. 28, '65
Mch 28 '65

July 14, '65
June 21 '65

Corporal1 discharged in hospital.

Wilsey Charles

41

Mch 22 '65

July 14 '65

Williams, Julius A

36

Mch. 22! '65

June 8, '65

Discharged per order.

Work, Adolphus C
Wolcott, Theodore
Wolfe, George

23
34
^0

Mch. 22, '65
Mch. 20 ,'65
Mch. 22 '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Corporal.

Wolfe Adam

19

Mch 22 '65

July 14 '65

Young, Wm. H

??

Mch. 25 '65

July 14* '65

Discharged in hospital.

Zimmer John

^6

Mch 27 '65

July 14 '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
James N. Dodge
First Lieutenant—
Orlando J. Gardner
Second Lieutenant —
Joseph Halleck

22
23
42

Apl. 5, '65
Apl. 5, '65
Apl 5 '65

July 14, '65
June 15, '65
June 4 '65

Resigned.
•
Resigned

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams John

30

Mch 28 '65

July 14 '65

28

Mch 30 '65

June 10 '65

Allen', David T

26

18

Mch. 30, '65
Mch 28 '65

July 14, '65
Tuly 14 '65

Corporal.

Andrews, Bradford W
Arnoldy Peter..

41
32

Mch!30,''65
Mch 30 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Baldwin Wm

35

Mch 3o''65

July 14* '65

Beudson,' Christian

44
24

Mch. 30, '65
Mch 30 '6 *>

July 14, '65

Billings, Geo.W
Borden Lysander

20
34

Mch. 30, '65
Mch 30 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

16

Mch 28* '65

Ju lv 14* '65

Chintiard, Lewis

17

Mch 24 '65

July 14 '65

Cook Fayette

16

Mch 30* '65

June 8 '65

TV h 1 n (\

Couistock, Wm. H
Cooper, James H
De Grush, Wm. J

39
35
24

Mch.' 30 ''65
Mch. 30, '65
Mch 30 '65

July 14,' '65
July 14, '65

Sergeant.
Died Julv 9 '65 at Jeffersonville Ind

Dodge Emerson

17

Mch 30 '65

July 14 '65

Drowley, George.
Dullard, Michael

28
43

Mch. 30, '65
Mch 30 '65

July 14^ '65
July 14 '65

Corporal.

Eaton, Horace G

93

Mch. 27, '65

July 14 '65

Sergeant.

Elwiss, Francis.
Federer, Dominick
Felton, John

24
32
3-1

Mch. 30, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 30, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Fiero, Sidney A

18

Mch. 30, '65

Died May 11, '63, at Washington, D. C.

Fible, Henry

27

Mch. 30, '65

July 14, '65

Fogarty, Patrick
Gav, Charles H

18

?7

Mch. 27, '65
Mch 23 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Garrison Geo. W

31

Mch 30 '65

July 14 '65

Gapp, John
Gorman, David C.

26
32

Mch. 30, '65
Mch 27 '65

July 14, '65
Aug 2 '65

Hanson, Peter

23

Mch 95 '65

July 14 '65

Harvev, Lewis E....

16

Mch. 27, '65

Died Mav 5. '65. at Citv Point. Ya.

76

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ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Hallett Abram

1 Q

Mch 28 '65

July 14 '65

Heath, Charles E

17

27

Men! 27J '65
Mch 27 '65

July 14* '65
July 14 '65

Jose, Horatio L

43

Mch' 24* '65

July 14 '65

Kellogg Judson

25

Mch 30 '65

June 8 '65

Discharged per order June 8 '65

29

Mch 30* '65

July 14 '65

26

Mch 29* '65

July 14* '65

Lent Nicholas

19

Mch 30 '65

July 29* '65

Discharged In hospital

29

Mch 30*'65

May 31 '65

Mch 27* '65

July 14* '65

39

Mch 28 '65

Discharged in hospital '65

McLaughlin, Samuel
McGill Charles

28
*26

Mch. 28, '65
Mch 27 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

McQueen Wm

39

Mch 30 ' '65

July 14 '65

Metcalf Milton B....

31

Mch 30' '65

July 14* '65

Mills Milton F

26

Mch 9 '65

June 8 '65

17

Mch 21* '65

July 14 '65

Morse Henry N .

22

Mch' 30* '65

July 14* '65

Corporal.

Nash Elbert

31

Mch 14* '65

July 14 '65

Oleson Adam ....

25

Mch' 22* '65

July 14* '65

Ordway, Isaac F

19

Mch. 14 '65

July 14, '65

Parsons Warren

22

Mch 27 '65

Discharged in hospital '65.

28

Mch 29 '65

June 8 '65

Parks Geo. L

19

Mch 28* '65

June 8. '65

Pinney, Jerome S
Pope Prentis A

16
18

Mch. 27, '65
Mch 30 '65

June 8, '66

Discharged in hospital '65.

Porter Cyren O

43

Mch 30 '65

July 14 '65

Prentiss, Worthington S...

20
23

Mch. 30, '65
Mch 13 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Rafferty John

38

Mch 28 '65

June 12 '65

Discharged in hospital

Rencill John

25

Mch. 14* '65

July 14 '65

Sartwell, Theodorus

16

Mch. 28, '65

July 14, '65

Corporal.

Schaffer Oliver P

SS

Mch. 27 '65

July 14, '65

Slocum, Malvin B

18

Mch. 28, '65

July 14, '65

Stouff Joseph

•><1

Mch. 24 '65

July 14, '65

Stocking Frank

99

Mch 28 '65

July 14 '65

Thrall, Charles..

18

Mch. 27, '65

June 10, '65

Discharged per order.

Thompson, Algernon A....
Vanderwort, Edward H...
Walker, Richard W
Webster, John E

18
32
18
18

Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 15, '65
Mch. 27, '65
Mch. 27, '65

July 14, '65

June 29, '65
July 14, '65

Died May 14, '65, at City Point, Va.
Discharged in hospital.

Whitcome, Valentine O....
Whitney, John

18
35

Mch. 24, '65
Mch. 30, '65

June 15, '65
July 1 4, '65

Discharged in hospital.

White, John

R9

Mch. 30, '65

July 14, '65

Wick wi re, Philander
Willis, Wm. W

27
41

Mch. 30, '65
Mch. 30, '65

June 8, '65
July 14, '65

Discharged per order.
Corporal.

Woodruff Geo. E

94

Mch. 27, '65

July 14 '65

Sergeant.

Wood, Mason H

47

Mch. 30, '65

July 14, '65

EdSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
John C. Crawford
First Lieutenant —
Philander C. Seeley
Wm. W. Holden
Second Lieutenant—
David Richardson

ENLISTED MEN.

Baker, Orin

35

j
41
24

42
41

Apl. 14, '65

Apl. 10, '65
June 8, '65

Apl. 14, '65
Mch 31 '65

June 15, '65

June 3, '65
July 14, '65

June 15, »65
July 14 '65

Resigned.

Resigned.
Veteran.

Resigned.

Ball, John
Baker, Benjamin F

25
39

Mch. 29, '65
Apl 1 '65

July 14 '65

Corporal »

Benedict, Henry S
Bingham, John G

21
37

Apl'. 3/65
Apl 1 '€5

July 14 '65

Discharged in hospital '65.

Blood, Milo N

28

Mch 28* '65

July 14* '65

Boie, John

28

Mch' 28* '65

July 14* '65

Boyd, Isaac D

22

Mch' 28* '65

July 14* '65

Bourdon, Peter

18

Mch' 28* '65

July 14* '65

Burkins, James H .. ..

18

Apl 3 '65

July 14 '65

Burkhardt, Gotfried
Butler, William

19
19

Apl! 6J'65
Apl 6 '65

July 14, '65

Deserted June 1 '65. .

Cravath, O'Birney
Chesroun, George
Chambers, Olin F

20
30
17

Mch. 25', '65
Mch. 31, '65
Apl. 4, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Promoted 1st Sergeant.
Discharged in hospital '65.

Chambers, Hamlin
Cooper, Charles A

16

T>

Apl. 7, '65
Apl 7 '65

July 26, '65

Discharged in hospital.
Deserted June 1, '65.

Close, Wm

38

Mch 81 '65

July 14 '65

Davis, Oscar W....

?6

Aol. 5.' '65

Mav 16*. '65

Discharged per order.

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

77

NAMES.

Dee, William

Degood, HartB

Denton, Marion G ,

Durkee, Edwin

Eastman, Leander

Einfeldt, Henry

Ellingson, Hittel

Elliot, Simpson

Erickson, Erick

Erhmcke, Chas. H

Farrell, Garrett

Fisher, Albert

Fowler, Leonard E ,

Gessell,Win

Grinsted, Joseph H ,

Gunderson, Peter

Gulson, Charles

Halverson, Seben

Halverson, Christopher.,

Harvey, Geo. K ,

Hanson, Steen, Jr

Heliker, Samuel C

Isaac, Lewis

Janes, Charles

Johnson, Andrew

Johnson, Lewis.

Johnson, Horace M

Johnson, Abraham

Kennedy, Thomas E

Kelly, James

Kerne, George

Kidney, Chauncey J

Kimber, Albert

Larson, Paul

Landscho, Jochim

Laplount, J. B

Laird, Andrew, Jr

Miller, Edwin B

Monson, Knudt

Neihart, Charles

Oleson, John

Oleson, Lewis

Page, Horace

Rohwerder, Claus

Rolf, Charles H

Sadler, George

Seamans, James R

Seamans, Solomon L

Shay, Frank

Shay, Martin

Stevens, Wm. A

Swanger, Win

Tarbox, Gonzelo E

Thomas, Azariah

Thompson, George G

Tronson, Edwin E

Tritsher, Belains

Truesdell, Charles B

"Wells, David

Wheeler, Jewett W

Whipple, Melvin J

Williams, Peter

Williams, Lewis

MUSTERED
IN.

Apl. 7, '65
Apl. 4, '65
Mch.31,'65
Mch.28, '65
Mch.31,'65
Men. 28, '65
Apl. 3,'6,<
Mch.31,'65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Apl. 4, '65
Apl. 1 '65
Apl. 5, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 29, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Apl. 3, '65
Apl. 3 '65
Mch.31,'65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 30/65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Apl. 3, '65
Apl. 3, '65
Apl. 5, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Apl. 3, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Apl. 4, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Apl. 3/65
Apl. 3/65
Apl. 5/65
Apl. 3, '65
Apl. 4/65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 30, '65
Mch. 30, '65
Mch.28, '65
Apl. 3, '65
Mch.31,'65
Apl. 10, '65
Apl. 6, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Apl. 7, '65
Mch. 31, '65
Apl. 5, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Apl. 6, '65
Apl. 3, '65
Apl. 4, '65
Apl. 6, '65
Apl. 10, '65
Apl. 4, '65
Apl. 4 '65
Mch. 27, '65
Mch. 31, '65

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

July 14, '65 1
July 14, '651
July 14, '65j
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14/65
June 2/65
June 24/65
July 14/65
July 14/65
May 9/65
July 14/65
July 14/65

June 4/65
July 14/65
July 14/55
June 24, '65
July 14/65
May 16/65
July 14/65
July 14/65
July 14/65
July 14/65
July 14/65
July 14/65
July 14/65

July 14/65
July 14/65
May 16/65
July 14/65
July 14/65

July 21/65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

June 5, '65
July 14, '65
June 9, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
Sept. 28 ,'65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, 'So
July 14, '65
July 14, '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
June 16, '65
July 14, 'G5

Promoted Corporal.
Sergeant.

Corporal.
Corporal.

Discharged per order.
Discharged in hospital.
Corporal.

Discharged per order.

Discharged in hospital '60.
Discharged per order.

Discharged in hospital.
Discharged per order.

Corporal.
Promoted Sergeant.

Promoted Sergeant.
Discharged in hospital '65.

Discharged per order.

Corporal.

Died May 29, '65, at Alexandria, Va.

Discharged per order.

Discharged in hospital, Aug. 10, '65.
Discharged per order.

Discharged per order.

Discharged in hospital.

Corporal, Sergeant.

Died June 2, '65, at Munson's Hill, Va.

Discharged per order June 16. '65.
Discharged in hospital '65.

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
John N. Wallingford
First Lieutenant —
Jacob Z. Barncord
Second Lieutenant—:
Win. J. Cornman

ENLISTED MEN.

Ayers, Charles G

31
22
29

37

Apl. 25, '65
Apl. 25, '65
Apl. 25, '65
Apl. 7 '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Barnett, Darius

18

Apl 8 '65

July 14 '60

Beatty Daniel.

25

Apl 10 '65

July 14* '65

Brooks, Israel....

18

Apl. 11. '65

Julv 14. '65

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ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Card Levi A ....

00

Census Caspar

38

40

Mch ft' '65

,,„,,. A .

Cooper, Ezra
Coon Henry

37
2*>

ApL 5/65
Mch 7 '65

July 14, '65
July °7 '65

First Sergeant.

Cross, Nathan M
Cutting Chester S

29

Api.'ll!'65
Apl 10 '65

July 14, '65

large ospita

Davis Samuel

30

Apl 10* '65

De Groff Oscar

Apl 8* '65

TV v, ^ on ip-

Emerick, Roswell L
Evans John D

30
17

Apl! 8* '65
Apl 13 '65

July 14, '65

Corporal.

Farrell Geo. G

22

Apl 3 '65

French Gilmau J

16

Apl 11* '65

~?e.r£6ant.

Gilchrist, Aaron

21

Apl 11 ' '65

Green Franklin

24

Mch 18* '65

01

TV V, A • 1, •

Harris Thos. A

18

Apl 13 '65

Hackett, Michael

35

Mch 28* '65

July 29 '65

D' h d d T 1 -'9 '6*5

Hayes Thomas

18

Apl 10* '65

Oea per orcier juiy _y, oo.

32

Apl 10* '65

Hamilton, Geo. H

35

Apl 11 ' '65

July 14 J65

Hale Darue P

26

Apl 11* '65

Hanson, Erick
Hanson Hans

28
28

Apl! 11 ''65
Apl 11 '65

July 14, '65

Hemmingwav, J. C

28

Apl 10 '65

Tuly 14* '65

Hickey John

16

Apl 14* '65

,

Hudson, David A

33

\pl 10' '65

July 14 '65

Ives, Stephen

32
30

Apl. 10,' '65
Apl 11 '65

July 14* '65

Sergeant.

Kinkle, Swan E
Knapp, Hiram A
Kruger, Christian

35
24
24

Apl! 3* '65
Apl. 6, '65
Apl 8 '65

May 16, '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Discharged in hospital.

L<ent Abram.

18

Apl 12* '65

Lyons, Edward M
Mathews, Chas. M
Maxwell Wm H

16
17
32

Apl. 10J '65
Apl. 13, '65
Apl 11 '65

July 14, '65
July 14, '65

Miller James B

18

Apl* 8* '65

Mills, Charles P

18

Apl 12* '65

July 14 '65

Discharged in hospital.

Morton, John M

19

Apl 10* '65

July 14 '65

Morey Marion

18

Mch 24* '65

TV V. /) ' V, VI

Morin, Joseph

18

Apl 4 '65

May 16 '65

Murdick, Salmon H

39

Apl lo' '65

July 14* '65

Discharged in hospita .

Mulcary, John

37

Mch 29' '65

July 14* '65

Nisbit, John.

23

Apl 11* '65

19

Apl 14* '65

Nystadt, Erick A . . .

Mch 14* '65

July 14 '65

Peck, Henry

29

Apl ' 3* '65

July 14* '65

Pixley, Ariel

27

Apl 6 '65

July 14 '65

Pixley George W

19

Apl 6* '65

Pitcher, Wm. A

21

Apl* 10* '65

July 14 '65

Pollock, Robert.

35

Apl 5* '65

July 14* '65

Q

Prescott, Amasa A

19

Apl* 10* '65

May 7* '65

Quigley, Thomas
Kedner, Frank

40
17

Mch. 15, '65
Apl 10 '65

July 14*, '65
July 14 '65

Reese, Isaac

31

A.pl 10 '65

July 14* '65

Reese, Coleman

22

May 28* '65

July 14* '65

Reid, Hugo

21

Mch 14 '65

Rice, Richard

26

Apl 3* '65

July 14 '65

Rvan, Daniel

Santee, Charles.

36

Mch 18 '65

May 16 '65

Sears,Sacket

38

Apl 'lO*'65

July 14 '65

Schwab, Cyrus

37

Apl 5 '65

July 14* '65

Shafey,Mile9A
Sheehy, Owen, Jr

22
26

Apl! 10,' '65
Apl 8 '65

July 14, '65
Aug 21 '65

Discharged in hospital -Vug ^1 '65

Sheldon, Hudson B
Smith, Levi

18
20

Apl. 14. '65
Apl 8 '65

July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Smith, Adelbert
Smith, James L
Stanbury,Chas.H

18
23
19

Apl. 10J '65
Apl. 14, '65
Apl. 13 '65

July 14* '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Corporal.

Torrence, Robert

17

Mch. 28 '65

Discharged per order

Trowbridge, Leveret H
Ullman, Sebastian
Van Renselaer, Samuel G
Van Renselaer, H. W
Whipple, Ira....

24
28
16
21
25

Apl. 11, '65
Mch. 20, '65
Apl. 8, '65
Apl. 11, '65
Apl 10 '65

July 14,' '65
May 16, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 14 '65

Discharged in hospital.

Sergeant.

Woodruff, Francis M
Young, John

18
37

Apl. ll| '65
Jan 20 '65

July 14*, '65
May 16 '65

NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND REGIMENT.

BY GENERAL J. W. BISHOP.

The surrender and evacuation of Fort Sumter on the morning of Sunday,
April 14, 1861, was followed on Monday, the 15th, by the president's proclama
tion and call for 75,000 men to serve three months.

In orders from the War Department these were apportioned among the sev
eral states not then in open rebellion in ninety-four regiments of seven hundred
and eighty men each, the remainder (1,680 men) to be contributed by the Dis
trict of Columbia. Hon. Alex. Eamsey, governor of Minnesota, being then in
Washington, immediately tendered the regiment required from his state, and an
executive proclamation, signed by Lieut. Gov. Ignatius Donnelly, was published
in St. Paul April 16th. It was accompanied by "Special Order, No. 1, Adju
tant General's Office, State of Minnesota, April 16, 1861," by Wm. H. Acker,
adjutant general. This order called for one regiment of ten companies, each
of seventy-six officers and men, and it provided "that the first ten companies so
organized and reported ready for service at this office by their respective cap
tains will be received, provided that the several militia companies already or
ganized will be entitled to the preference for the space of ten days from this date,
upon complying with the foregoing requirements." Under this call the First
Regiment was organized, and, after being remustered for three years, was sent to
Washington. Several more companies were tendered for that regiment than
could be accepted, and those in excess of the number required were advised to
maintain their organization in expectation that a second regiment might be
called for.

The second call was received by the governor of Minnesota June 14th, and
immediately announced to the people of the state, and everywhere the enlist
ment for the Second Regiment began. On the 23d, Company A (Capt. J. W.
Bishop) from Chatfield reported at Fort Snelling, and next day Company B
(Capt. Wm. Markham) from Rochester also reported. On the 26th both these
companies were mustered into the service, and were followed by Company C
(Capt. Peter Mantor) June 29th, Companies D (Capt. H. H. Western) and E
(Capt. A. K. Skaro) July 5th, Companies F (Capt. J. B. Davis) and G (Capt.
A. R. Kiefer) July 8th, Company H (Capt. N. W. Dickerson) July 15th, and
Companies I (Capt. John Foot) and K (Capt. J. J. Noah) were mustered in as
the men were recruited, completing their organization July 20th and August
23d respectively. After being partially armed, uniformed and supplied, Com
pany A marched out from Fort Snelling on the 3d of July, with orders to gar
rison the post at Fort Ripley, one hundred and thirty miles distant on the
upper Mississippi River. This march was made wholly on foot in seven days,
one wagon being allowed for baggage and rations. This was our first experience
on our soldier legs, and to many of the men it was a pretty tough one, but they all
came through it in good condition and spirit. Company F (Capt. John B. Davis)
followed a few days later to Fort Ripley, and Companies B and C went to Fort
Abercrornbie, on the upper Red River, and Companies D and E to Fort Ridgley,
on the upper Minnesota River; the other companies remained at Fort Snelling.
Thus located, the next few weeks were devoted to drill and instruction of the men.

On the 22d of July the governor appointed H. P. Van Cleve as colonel,
James George as lieutenant colonel, and Simeon Smith as major. Lieut. Daniel
Heaney of Company B was appointed adjutant, and Lieut. Wm. Grow of Com
pany I as quartermaster. Two days later Reginald Bingham was appointed sur-

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geon, Moody C. Tolman, assistant surgeon, and Rev. Timothy Cressey, chaplain.
Maj. Smith was, within a few days, appointed paymaster in the regular army,
and on the 10th of September Capt. Alex. "Wilkin of the First Minnesota Regi
ment was appointed major in the Second, vice Smith. Col. Van Cleve had been
an officer in the regular army and Lieut. Col. George and Maj. Wilkin had served
as volunteer officers in the Mexican War. None of the other officers had ever
had any actual military service in the field so far as is known to the writer. A
band of twenty members was here organized and enlisted, with Michael Esch
as leader, and at the expense of the state was equipped with instruments and
music.

About the 20th of September orders were sent out from regimental head
quarters recalling the detached companies from the several garrisoned posts, and
within the first week of October the regiment was assembled, for the first time,
at Fort Snelling. Here a few days were devoted to active preparation for going
to the front. Instruction and drill, guard-mounts and dress parades, and issues
of clothing, equipments, arms and ammunition, made a very busy week of it. As
the time for departure approached, the camp was thronged with visitors, some
curious to see the evolutions and parades, and some to take leave of their soldier
boys who might never return. Most of the companies were now full, or nearly
full, to the maximum number (one hundred and one), and the regiment paraded
nearly 1,000 officers and men, well equipped, and, considering their brief service,
well disciplined and instructed, though poorly armed with old muskets of several
different kinds and calibers.

GOING TO THE WAR.

On the morning of the 14th of October, 1861, the regiment embarked on a
large river steamboat under orders for Washington, D. C. An hour later we
had disembarked at the upper levee in St. Paul, for a parade march through the
city. The people had come out in masses to see us off, and Third street from the
Seven Corners to the lower levee was lined with crowds of enthusiastic men,
women and children, who waved hats, handkerchiefs and flags, and greeted our
passing column with cheers and smiles and tears and blessings that, at times,
drowned the gay music of the band and broke up the rythmic tramp of the pla
toons in spite of our efforts to be, or at least to appear, soldierly. The march
ended at the lower levee, where we re-embarked and proceeded down the river.
Throngs of loyal people greeted us at every landing, the friends of the several com
panies having come from their homes, some of them from interior towns, to bid
the boys a last) good-by. At La Crosse we were transferred to the railroad and
arrived, without noteworthy adventure, at Chicago on the morning of the 16th,
and were marched to and quartered in the " Wig warn," the large, temporary
building where Abraham Lincoln had been nominated for the presidency at the
National Republican Convention the year before. We spent the night there and
marched the next day to the Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne Railroad depot and boarded
a train for Pittsburgh, where we arrived in the afternoon of the 18th.

Here we were most hospitably received and conducted to a public hall, where
a bountiful hot supper was served by an association of loyal and generous ladies,
who personally attended the tables, to which the soldiers did ample justice.
This kind reception and others like it were not lost upon the soldiers. They
remembered and talked of them wherever they went, and many a camp-fire was
brightened by the memory of the kind words and gracious and sympathetic
attention of women, to whom all Union soldiers were as sons and brothers.
Here our orders were changed from Washington, D. C., to Kentucky, and on
the 19th we embarked on three small steamers, and, after a delightful voyage
down the Ohio River, arrived at Louisville on the 22d, where Col. Van Cleve
reported the arrival of the regiment to Gen. W. T. Sherman, then, commanding
the Department of the Cumberland, and received orders to proceed by rail that
evening to Lebanon Junction, thirty miles distant south on the Louisville &
Nashville railroad. We were loaded on a train of open flat cars and spent the
night in a cold rainstorm, making the trip at about six miles per hour, stopping

GOING TO THE WAR. 81

awhile ab every side track, until, about 4 o'clock A. M., we disembarked and
stacked arms iu a field near the junction.

Here we relieved the Ninteenth Illinois Regiment, then commanded by Col.
J. B. Turchin. Some time in the day, October 23d, our baggage and tents arrived
on another train, which had started with us but in some inexplainable manner
had actually run slower than we had. Our camp was set in regulation style, in
a field jusfc within the angle formed by the main and Lebanon branch tracks, and
at retreat camp guard was mounted and we considered the war begun so far
as we were concerned. We remained here several weeks, sending out detach
ments to guard the railroad bridges in the vicinity, and keeping up the round
of guard and picket duty, drill and instruction. Reveille was sounded an hour
before daylight, and we then had to stand to arms until sunrise to guard against
a surprise by the enemy. The camp ground was damp and unhealthy, and in
this tedious morning hour the fog settled over us like a cold, wet blanket. Our
sick list increased considerably until the ground was drained by deep ditches
between the rows of tents, and the practice was adopted of serving every man,
at early roll call, a cup of hot coffee and a hardtack, which kept him warm and
cheerful until breakfast time. Here the paymaster called upon us and squared
our account to the 31st of October, and here we enjoyed our first Thanksgiving
dinner as soldiers.

On the 15th of November Gen. D. C. Buell assumed the command at Louis
ville, and on the 2d of December organized the troops in Kentucky into the
Army of the Ohio. Gen. George H. Thomas assumed command on the 6th of
the First Division, comprised of the First, Second and Third brigades, our regi
ment being assigned to the Third, which was composed as follows:- Third Bri
gade, Col. R. L. McCook commanding; Eighteenth Regiment United States
Infantry, Col. H. B. Carrington; Second Regiment Minnesota Volunteers, Col.
H. P. Van Cleve; Thirty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Col. F. Van Derveer;
Ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, Lieut. Col. G. Kanimerling.

On the 8th of December the Third Minnesota Regiment arrived to relieve
us at Lebanon Junction, and the next day we went by rail, thirty -seven miles, to
Lebanon, where Gen. Thomas had established his headquarters. Now, for the
first time, we were brigaded with other troops and had an opportunity to com
pare our own with other regiments. The Ninth Ohio, whose colonel (Robert L.
McCook) was our brigade commander, was composed entirely of Germans, few
of whom could speak English. The Thirty-fifth Ohio was our senior by several
months of service, mostly in Kentucky.

Both these regiments were brigaded with ours from this time until their mus
ter-out, at the expiration of their three years of service, and we had time and
opportunity for close acquaintance and comradeship, which we remember pleas
antly after these many years. The Eighteenth United States Regular Infantry
was then one of the newly organized regiments of three battalions of eight com
panies each. They held themselves somewhat apart from the volunteers, and
before we had got fairly on the same plane with them as soldiers they were
placed, with other regular regiments, in a brigade by themselves, the Eighty-sev
enth Indiana taking their place in our brigade.

Here we came into the immediate presence of George H. Thomas, then a new
brigadier general of volunteers, under whom, as our division, corps or army
commander, we served continuously for the next three years, until the beginning
of the Grand March to the Sea, in November, 1864. Of him, as a man, a soldier
or a commander, no man who has ever served with him has any words but of
respectful admiration. We remained in camp at Lebanon about three weeks,
devoting the time mainly to battalion drill and to general instruction in mili
tary duties. Our camp ground was reasonably fit for the purpose, the weather
not unpleasant for the season, rations were fully and regularly issued, and alto
gether we fared better, as soldiers, than we knew or appreciated at the time.
With all the comforts of the situation, however, we grew weary of mere prepara
tion, and the announcement that we were about to commence an active cam
paign received a general and genuine welcome in the camps.

82 THE SECOND REGIMENT.

THE MILL SPRINGS CAMPAIGN.

On the morning of the 1st of January, 1862, our brigade folded the tentsr
loaded the baggage train, and, with bands playing and colors displayed, marched
out on the Columbia pike. Thirteen wagons were allotted for the tents and bag
gage of each regiment, and they were loaded to their roofs. Each man was ex
pected to carry his musket and accouterinents, with forty rounds of ball cartridges,
knapsack with all his personal property, overcoat, blanket, canteen, and haver
sack with three days7 rations in it; in all, forty to forty-five pounds. We marched
that day fourteen miles, and the next twelve miles, encamping near Campbells-
ville. Here we found that most of the men were tired, sore- footed and hungry,
and many of them had lost their overcoats, blankets or some other part of their
loads on the way. The roads were, however, hard and smooth, and the wagons
had come up in' good season, so we made comfortable camps, We remained
here four days while the wagon trains went back to Lebanon and returned with
more rations and supplies, and, on the 7th, marched again with somewhat bet
ter preparation than before; the men carrying more rations and less unneces
sary stuif in their knapsacks. On the 8th we passed through Columbia, and here,
leaving the pike, we turned eastward on the dirt road. It immediately began to
rain, and before night the road was almost impassable. The next ten days were
spent alternately in short, but tedious marches in the mud, slush and rain, and iu
waiting for the wagon trains to come up; so about half the nights and days the
troops, without shelter, were lying in the woods or fields along the roadside.
This, in midwinter, was a very discouraging experience to the volunteers then
on their first eampaign. Yet they learned speedily to make themselves as com
fortable as circumstances permitted, and things were never so bad that some fun
could not be had.

Gen. Buell had issued an order that no private property should be appropri
ated without proper authority, and thus far the fuel had been furnished by the
quartermaster; but one evening we encamped in some open fields, where there was
no cut wood or forest accessible. The fields were,' however, well fenced with dry
rails, and, after some exasperating delay, authority was obtained to use, in this
emergency, "only the top rail" of the fence along the color line. The cheery
camp-fires were soon blazing and we had plenty of fuel all the night; next
morning the fence was gone. The company commanders were called to account
for its disappearance, but were unable to find any man who took any but the "top
rail. " As we passed through the country we found, usually, only old men, women
and children at home, most of the able-bodied citizens having joined some regi
ment on one side or the other. In some cases brothers had enlisted in-
opposing regiments. Generally, the people at home were not seriously foraged
upon or molested; but occasionally pigs and geese did come into the camp,
and were duly "mustered into the army." On the 17th of January the head
of the column arrived at Logan's Cross-roads, nine miles north of Zollicoffer's
intrenched camp at Beech Grove, and seven miles west of Somerset, where the
First Brigade, commanded by Gen. Schoepf, was posted. Beech Grove was a
naturally good position, on the north bank of the Cumberland, on the east side
of Oak Creek, at its junction with the river. Mill Springs, by which name the
campaign and battle are known in our history, was on the south bank of the
Cumberland, opposite Beech Grove, and had no relation to the battle as far as is
known; neither had Fishing Creek, from which the Confederates named the affair
which took place on the 19th, at Logan's Cross-roads. Here we halted for the
closing up of the column and to await Schoepf 's Brigade, which was ordered
to join us.

The First and Second East Tennessee (Union) Infantry regiments, under Brig.
Gen. Carter, were temporarily attached to our division at this time, also a bat
talion of Michigan Engineer troops. On the 18th, of the forces present, the Second
Minnesota, Ninth Ohio and Twelfth Kentucky, with the engineer battalion, were
encamped around Thomas' headquarters, on the Columbia, — Somerset road, —
three-quarters of a mile west of Logan's house. At and near Logan's house

THE MILL SPRINGS CAMPAIGN. 83

were the Fourth Kentucky, Tenth Indiana and First and Second East Tennes
see, the battalion of Wolford's Cavalry, and two Ohio batteries, Kenny's and
Standart's. Schoepf, with Wetmore's Kentucky Battery, the Thirty -third Indi
ana and Seventeenth and Thirty -eighth Ohio, were at Somerset, and the Tenth
Kentucky and Fourteenth Ohio were on the road, some miles back toward
Columbia. All these forces joined us the afternoon and evening after the battle,
as did the Thirty -fifth Ohio. The Eighteenth Eegulars were still further awayr
and did not arrive until several days afterward. So we had, present and available
for the battle, seven regiments, two battalions and two batteries. Only four regi
ments and one battalion were, however, engaged seriously enough to have any
casualties.

Gen. Crittenden, the Confederate commander, in his report giving the order
of march, names in his column of attack eight regiments, three battalions and
two batteries. All his regiments were engaged in the battle and lost heavily on
the field, according to his official report and casualty list. Between Thomas'
headquarters and Logan's farm the Columbia-Somerset road runs nearly east
and west. Another road led from Logan's farm southward to Beech Grove and
Mill Springs, and is called the Mill Springs road in the reports. The battle
field of the 19th was on both sides of this road, and from half a mile to a mile
south from the cross-roads or junction at Logan's house. The ground was
undulating and mostly covered with thick woods and brush, with some small
open fields inclosed by the usual rail fence of the country.

The night of the 18th Company A was on the picket line. It was the darkest
night with the coldest and most pitiless and persistent rain we ever knew. It
was with great difficulty that the sentinels could be visited or relieved at all
during the night, and the cooking of supper, or even of coffee, was, in the absence
of shelter, out of the question. Nothing happened to break the tedious monot
ony of the night; but it has since occurred to us that if we had known that Crit
tenden' s forces had at midnight turned out of their comfortable tents and dry
blankets and all those six weary hours were sloshing along in the mud and storm
and darkness, we could have much enjoyed the contemplation of their physical
and spiritual condition. It was always some comfort to the soldier on such a
night as this to think that his enemy over there was at least as wet and cold and
wretched as he was himself. Just at daybreak the enemy's advance struck the
picket of the Tenth Indiana, and a musket-shot, another, and then five or six more
in quick succession rang out with startling distinctness over on the Mill Springs
road, a mile or more to our left and front. This was the first rebel shot we had ever
heard. Every man was keenly awake and alive with expectation, when again
on the Mill Springs road firing broke out, nearer than before, scattering at first,
then thicker and faster as the enemy's advance encountered the picket reserve.
After a few minutes all was still again at the front, but in the camps behind us
the long roll was beating and the companies were forming in hot haste, and pres
ently we heard our regiment and the Ninth Ohio moving off toward Logan's
farm. Then the firing broke out again as the enemy came up to the Tenth
Indiana and later to the Fourth Kentucky, those regiments having hastily got into
position in the woods about half a mile in front of their camps. Here the enemy
were held for some time and were compelled to bring up and deploy their two
brigades for an attack in full force. In the meantime the Second Minnesota and'
Ninth Ohio arrived (nine companies of each), and, in good order, were put
into the field under Gen. Thomas' personal direction, the Second taking the line
first occupied successively by the Tenth and Fourth (which regiments had
retired to replenish their ammunition), and the Ninth Ohio forming on the
right; the Mill Springs road dividing the two newly arrived regiments. The
new line was immediately advanced some distance through the woods, guiding
on the road. The rain had now ceased, but the air was loaded with mist and
smoke, and the underbrush in our part of the field was so thick that a man was
hardly visible a musket's length away. Suddenly the Second's lines came
against a rail fence with an open field in front, and a line of the enemy's troops
was dimly seen through the mist some twenty or thirty rods distant in the field.

84 THE SECOND REGIMENT.

The firing commenced immediately, and in a few minutes the enemy's line just
mentioned had disappeared. It was, in fact, his second line, the first being lit
erally under the guns and noses of the Second Eegiment, only the fence inter
vening. The sudden arrival of the Second at this fence was a surprise to the
rebel Twentieth Tennessee, which was already just arrived there, and it was a
surprise to our boys to discover, in the heat of the engagement, that the oppo
site side of the fence was lined with recumbent rebels. Here, as Col. R. L.
McCook says in his official report, "the contest was at first almost hand to hand;
the enemy and the Second Minnesota were poking their guns through the same
fence. " This condition of affairs could not and did not, last long after our boys
really discovered and got after them; many of the enemy were killed and
wounded there, but more of them after they got up and were trying to get away.
Some remained 'and surrendered. One lieutenant, as the firing ceased, stood a
few paces in front of Company I of the Second and calmly faced his fate. His
men had disappeared and he was called upon to surrender. He made no reply,
but raising his revolver fired into our ranks with deliberate aim, shooting Lieu
tenant Stout through the body. Further parley was useless and he was shot dead
where he stood. He was young Bailie Peyton, the son of a noble sire, whose
sword, presented by the citizens of New Orleans, for his gallant service in the
Mexican War, was here found on the dead body of his son. We met his father
later, at his home near Gallatin, Tennessee. He was one of the foremost Union
men of the state, and it was an inexpressible grief to him that his only son should
have enlisted in the rebel cause. He said that his only comfort was in the reflec
tion that he did not die a coward. The enemy in front of the Ninth Ohio, shel
tered by some buildings and fences, obstinately maintained their position, and a
bayonet charge, in which part of the Second joined, was finally ordered and
made, and this finished the fight.

Company A was, by the field officer of the day, detained on the picket line
until the battle was fairly opened, when permission was obtained to join the
regiment, and we started on a run across the plowed fields in a direct line for the
battle. As we approached the woods we were obliged to deflect somewhat to
the left to find an open way, and finally got into the Mill Springs road, about a
quarter of a mile north of the battle ground, just as the final charge was made.
The yelling of the charging regiment was, if possible, more stimulating to us
than the musketry had been, but in fact we were nearly exhausted physically
when we turned southward in the narrow winding road toward the field of battle.
Now we met the stragglers and skulkers and the wounded. Of the first
stretcher, one of the bearers was that courtly gentleman and honored citizen,
Mr. Charles Scheffer of St. Paul. He was then state treasurer, and had on the
previous day taken from our regiment the allotments of pay then authorized to
be paid to the families or dependents at home. He had gone out to the battle
with the regiment and had found this opportunity to render a kind service to the
wounded men. As we approached the fighting ground the trees were flecked
with bullets and the underbrush was cut away as with a scythe, the dead and
wounded lay along the fence, on one side the blue, on the other the gray; further
on the enemy's dead were everywhere scattered across the open field, and lay in
a windrow along the ridge where the second line had stood. We halted a moment
where the body of General Zollicoffer lay beside the wagon track. He had been
shot through the heart by Colonel Fry of the Fourth Kentucky, early in the
battle. The two officers, each with an aid, had met in the narrow winding
roadway as they were respectively getting their troops into position on each
side of it. All wore waterproof coats or ponchos, and at first- did not recognize
each other as enemies; as soon as they did, revolvers were drawn; Zollicoffer' s
aid fired at Colonel Fry and got out of the way, leaving his chief to fall by the
return he had invited. The body had been dragged out of the way of passing
artillery and wagons, and lay by the fence, the face upturned to the sky and
bespattered with roud from the feet of passing men and horses. It was decently
cared for later, and, with that of Bailie Peyton, was sent through the lines to
Nashville for interment. We soon found our regiment and joined it. The battle

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was over, and the inob of demoralized fugitives in the distance were rapidly get
ting out of sight.

The pursuit was tedious and uneventful. Occasionally a few shots were ex
changed with the enemy's rear guard, and some exhausted or wounded stragglers
captured were all we had to enliven the chase until we approached Moulden's
Hill, a high ridge within a mile of, and commanding, the intrenched camp at
Beech Grove. Here a show of resistance was made, and General Thomas halted
and developed his forces in order of attack and advanced up the easy slope of
the hill. When our skirmish line reached the crest of the ridge the enemy's
rear guard was seen in full retreat again, and soon disappeared within their
camp. Our batteries were brought up, and one of them, posted on the left near
the river, practiced awhile with shell on a little steamer crossing and recrossing
the stream at a point below the camp, provoking a reply from the enemy's guns,
which, however, did no harm. The enemy's camp appeared to be well protected
by earthworks, abatis and intrenchments. After a brief survey of the situa
tion, as far as it was then to be seen, General Thomas bivouacked his troops in
line of battle where they were, and during the evening the other regiments of
his command which had not been in the battle came up. The night was clear
and cold, and the men of Company A had had no food or rest during the thirty
hours past, and none of the regiments had eaten during the day. The exposure
to the storm during the night, the excitement and physical exhaustion of the
morning's wild race across the soft-plowed field, of the battle and the day's
tramp, began to tell. Rations had been spoiled in the haversacks by the rain,
or left behind in the morning, and not until nine or ten o'clock in the evening,
when the trains came up. was anything procurable to eat. That night's exposure
broke down many strong men in our regiment, who never recovered for duty.
Next morning our regiment marched into the camp of the Twentieth Tennessee,
within the intrenchments, and filed off in the company streets just as we would
have done in our own. Apparently the Twentieth men had not visited their
camp at all since they left it to attack; provisions, clothing, blankets, and all
the comforts that accumulate about a soldier during a month in camp were here
in profusion. All the camps were left by the enemy's regiments in like manner,
the tents standing, and officers' baggage and personal effects, and supplies of all
sorts in hospitable abandonment. All the artillery except one gun left behind
mired in the road was found, fully horsed and standing in the narrow roadway
leading down into the valley from the camp; the leading gun had locked a wheel
on a small tree, and the whole train had been then and there abandoned. More
than 1,000 horses and mules, and abundant stores of forage were found in the
camp. A few sick, wounded and skulkers were added to our list of prisoners,
but the army that had a few hours before marched out in that midnight storm to
surprise General Thomas was now scattered all over the country south of the
Cumberland, every man getting away as fast and as far as he could. Probably
not many of those men were ever brought together again as organized regiments;
they certainly spread dismay and consternation all over the country wherever
they went, and doubtless this contributed much to succeeding Union victories in
Tennessee. The little steamer, which had been for twelve hours crossing the
stampeded rebels, was set on fire by the last to cross and drifted down the river
and out of sight. Schoepf's Brigade was sent on the 21st across the river to
pursue the enemy, but there was no enemy to be found and he returned. The
dead of both armies were buried on the 20th and 21st, and the wounded cared
for as well as circumstances permitted.

On the 23d we marched to Somerset and thence southward about two miles.
Our trains were mired in the road near Fishing Creek, about three miles from
Logan's, and we spent a cold, miserable night without shelter. On the 24th we
encamped in a pleasant field on the north bank of the Cumberland Eiver, where
we made ourselves comfortable for a few days. Meantime our sick and wounded
men were distributed in all the available buildings in and near Somerset, and in
these temporary hospitals were cared for as well as could be under the circum
stances. Many a brave fellow who, in anticipation of a battle, had cheerfully

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endured the hardships of the march, now succumbed. The sick largely outnum
bered the wounded, and our permanent loss from diseases, originated or devel
oped in this campaign, was more than fifteen per cent of the total force, while
the killed and wounded was less than seven and one-half per cent of the troops
engaged, many of the wounded being only temporarily disabled. Of the cam
paign it might be said that it would have been a severe one, even for veterans.
The battle was on both sides desperately contested while it lasted, but was soon
over, and the victory on the field was decisive and complete. Among the
trophies was a flag of the Fifteenth Mississippi, captured by the Second Minne
sota, and by General Thomas forwarded to the War Department. Another trophy
thafc now reposes in the goodly company of war-worn flags in the adjutant gen
eral's office at the capitol is a handsome banner with the inscription, "Mill
Springs. January 19, 1862, Second Eegiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry;
Presented in Behalf of the Loyal Ladies of Louisville, Ky." In the nine com
panies engaged of our regiment, twelve were killed and thirty three wounded.
In the four regiments and Wolford's Battalion engaged, the Union loss was forty
killed and two hundred and seven wounded. Total casualties, two hundred and
forty-seven. The Confederate loss was stated by General Crittenden at one hun
dred and twenty-six killed, three hundred and nine wounded and ninety-nine
missing; total, five hundred and thirty-four; but General Thomas reports the
Confederate dead, buried by our troops, at one hundred and ninety two, and the
unwounded prisoners at eighty-nine, which, with the three hundred and nine
wounded and ten missing not captured, make the Confederate loss six hundred.
Under the circumstances, Thomas must be conceded to be the better authority
as to the dead and prisoners.

MILL SPRINGS TO SHILOH.

On the 10th of February we folded our tents again and began the return
march to Louisville. In the afternoon we encamped a mile north of Somerset,
where we remained the next day, and said good-by to many of our comrades in
the hospitals, who were too sick or too badly wounded to be moved. Here it
rained and snowed alternately, as it did in fact nearly every day of the march to
the Ohio Eiver. The roads were almost impassable and the companies were
ordered each to march with its wagon to help it along, as it often became neces
sary to do. On the 14th we arrived at Crab Orchard, where we struck the ' i pike. ' '
as macadamized roads are called in that country, and thenceforward the march
ing was less tedious, though the weather did not much improve. On the 15th
we passed through Stanford, and on the 16th arrived at Danville, where we rested
one day while it rained. On the 18th we made a long march, passing through Perry -
ville, and encamped within two or three miles of Lebanon. On the 19th we
marched all day in a drenching rainstorm and encamped on the farm of Dr.
Jackson, a brother of the man who killed Colonel Ellsworth at Alexandria, Va.,
in the summer of 1861. The doctor was absent under military arrest, but his
hospitality was freely drawn upon by the tired and hungry men, who left nothing
there next morning that could be drunk, eaten or carried away. On the 24th we
passed through Bardstown, and on the 25th arrived at Louisville about 3 P. M.,
and were received with a most enthusiastic welcome. The sidewalks were full
of loyal men, and flags were waved to us from windows and porches as we gaily
marched the principal streets toward the river. At the National Hotel the regi
ment was halted and faced to the front, while a deputation of the " Loyal Ladies
of Louisville" came out and presented the beautiful silk banner referred to in
the preceding paragraph. After a brief response by Col. Yan Cleve, our march
was resumed and we went on board the large steamer Jacob Strader at the levee.

Meantime, on the 6th, Fort Henry, and on the 16th, Fort Donelson, had been
captured, and the way was now open to Nashville by the Ohio and Cumberland
rivers. On the 26th our baggage, mules and wagons were taken aboard at Port
land, just below the falls, and three miles from Louisville levee, and we proceeded
down the river, very glad of the change from marching to sailing. On the 2Sth
we arrived at Smithland and entered the Cumberland, and passing Fort Donelson

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on the 1st of March and Clarksville on the 2d, arrived at Nashville next day.
On the 4th we disembarked, and encamped about three miles out of the city on
the " Granny White Pike." Here we had a pleasant and healthy camp and fine
spring weather. Ample supplies of clothing, rations and ammunition were
issued and accumulated, and a good many of our sick and slightly wounded, who
had been left behind, now joined us for duty. Meantime, arrangements had been
made for a junction of Buell's and Halleck's forces to be effected near the great
bend of the Tennessee Biver; Savannah, on the east bank, being finally desig
nated by General Halleck as the point. On the 16th of March McCook's division
of Buell's army commenced the march toward the appointed rendezvous, followed
in order, one day apart, by those of Nelson, Crittenden, Wood and Thomas.
Our division, having had a battle already, was, in this new campaign, assigned
to the rear of the column, and marched on the 20th, passing through the city
and out on the. Franklin pike some eight or ten miles. On the 21st we passed
through Franklin and camped a few miles «outh of the village, remaining there
the 22d. On the 23d we moved up two or three miles to Spring Hill, and here
we found the road in front of us occupied by the camps and trains of the pre
ceding divisions. The bridge over Duck Eiver at Columbia had been destroyed.
The river was at flood height; no pontoons or other bridge material was availa
ble, and we all waited six days for the water to subside. On the 29th a bridge
was improvised, and a ford, deep and rapid, but practicable with care, was found
and the crossing commenced. It was slow and tedious work, and it was not until
the 2d of April that our (the rear) division had a clear way to proceed. On the
4th the road in front of us was so obstructed with the trains of the other divis
ions that we remained in camp; it was raining heavily all day and night. On
this day General Grant telegraphed, in reply to Nelson's message of the 3d, that
he could be in Savannah with his division on the 5th; that he, Nelson, need not
hasten his march, as transports to convey him to Pittsburgh Landing would not
be ready before the 8th. The rain ceased on the 5th, and we marched about
twelve miles, keeping close up to the column leading us. Next day, the 5th, the
troops ahead of us seemed to be showing more speed, and we began to pass the
wagon trains as we overtook them, instead of keeping behind them, as we had
been doing; so, notwithstanding the bad condition of the roads, and the frequent
detours to pass around the stalled trains, we marched twenty-two miles before
dark. During the afternoon, whenever we halted for rest, we could hear the
rumbling of the cannonade in the distant west, and we knew that a great battle
was in progress. About sunset it began to rain again, and grew so dark that a
man in the column could scarcely see his file leader within arm's reach. Still
we tramped on, tired, cold, wet and hungry, until about eleven o'clock, when
our brigade was turned into a soft-plowed cotton field to spend the rest of the
night. The situation here would have been utterly forlorn had it not been enliv
ened by the order, at midnight, "to cook three days' rations and be ready to
march at 4 o'clock A. M." The cooking was omitted, but we were ready to
march at daybreak.

The halts on the 7th were few and short, but our progress, in the wretched
condition of the road, was slow and tedious, though we marched toward the
sound of the guns all day. We arrived at Savannah in the afternoon of the 8th,
to spend another night in the rain without shelter, but had the time before dark
to select a grass field and get fuel for our bivouac. Here we heard that the field
of Shiloh had been won and was held by our Union forces, and so we rested con
tentedly. Next morning, April 9th, steamers came to Savannah, and, embarking,
we were taken up to Pittsburgh Landing, where, at noon, we stacked arms and
rested on the battlefield. The weather had cleared up, and though our wagons
and tents did not arrive for several days, we were comfortable enough without
them. The burial of the dead and collection of the wounded now fully occupied
a large portion of our men for two or three days. After this we moved out from
the battlefield toward Corinth, five or six miles, and, when our trains arrived,
established ourselves in camp again, in a pleasant, gravelly field, with shade
and spring water. Here Colonel Yan Cleve was promoted to brigadier general

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and mustered out of the regiment. Lieutenant Colonel George was promoted to
colonel, Major Wilkin to lieutenant colonel, and Captain Bishop to major; all
their commissions dated March 21, 1862. General Thomas, having been
assigned to command a corps, Brigadier General W. T. Sherman assumed
command, vice Thomas, of our division, and Lieutenant Colonel Wilkin was
detailed inspector general at his headquarters. He was on detached service
thereafter most of the time, until he was mustered out of the regiment, Aug.
26, 1862, to become colonel of the Mnth Minnesota Volunteers. At this
camp our band was mustered out on the 24th of April, by order of General
Buell, and the men went home, leaving most of their instruments there in
the woods. They were good musicians, but did not take kindly to actual
soldiering, and were, no doubt, quite willing to quit there. General Hal-
leck arrived at Shiloh on the llth of April, and, after reorganizing the two
armies of Buell and Grant, and reinforcing them by the Army of the Missis
sippi under Pope, and by a division from Missouri and one from Arkansas, com
menced the " Siege of Corinth (?)" A general advance and intrenchment of the
Union lines, about once a week, with almost daily skirmishing during the
intervals, brought us, by the end of May, in such position that Corinth had to
be defended or evacuated. A volley of explosions and a dense cloud of smoke
in our front at daybreak on the 30th announced the final departure of the Con
federate army, which, with persistence and impudence to be admired, had held
our greatly superior force at bay for nearly two months.

This narrative is not the place to criticise general operations of armies, but it
may truthfully and properly be said that we marched into the vacated and deso
late streets of Corinth that day with a feeling of disgust and humiliation at the
escape of the enemy that we ought to have captured, or, at least, to have broken
up and defeated. A show of pursuit had to be made, and we marched on after
the retreating enemy for several days, passing through Danville and Eienzi. On
the 6th our regiment " corduroyed" about four miles of swampy road by trans
ferring the rail fences from both sides to the centre of the track, where they were
speedily sunk out of sight by the artillery and heavily loaded supply wagons.

On the 8th we halted at Booneville, Miss., where we remained three days.
Eeturning, we reached our old camp near Corinth on the 13th, having been out
fourteen days without tents or baggage, and, as far as we could see, had accom
plished nothing.

Next day we moved three miles east from Corinth, where we got several days7
rest on fresh, clean ground. Some reorganization had been going on, however,
in our absence, and we found General Thomas again in command of our division,
and preparations were soon completed for a new campaign.

COKINTH TO LOUISVILLE.

BuelFs army had been projected eastward, with Chattanooga and East Ten
nessee as the apparent objectives, and the divisions of McCook, Crittenden and
Nelson were already well advanced in that direction when, on the 22d of June,
our brigade broke camp and commenced the march along the Memphis &
Charleston railroad, repairing it as we went along, and reaching luka Springs
on the 25th. The other two brigades of our division were several days' march in
advance of us, and, as we moved eastward, troops from. Grant's army followed
and were stationed in detachments to guard the railroad bridges left behind us.
At luka we were paid off for two months, chiefly in the then new postal currency
which we had not before seen. On the 27th our march eastward was again
resumed, and our regiment arrived on the 29th at Tuscumbia, Ala. We en
camped in an open field just at the edge of the village and near a remarkably
copious spring of pure water. Here General Thomas' division was assembled
again, and on the 4th of July we had a national salute from the three batteries
and a grand parade of the twelve regiments, after which some appropriate and
patriotic addresses were made by Generals Steedman and McCook, and perhaps
others. Gov. Ramsey's visit shortly afterward, though brief, gave him oppor
tunity to compare the Second Minnesota Eegiment with those from other states,

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and he was, as he said, quite satisfied with our representation of the state.
Finding ourselves located here for some considerable time, our camp was put in
good order and made comfortable, and the usual course of company and battalion
drill and instruction was instituted. The "company musicians, " who, in the
presence of the band, had been quite overlooked, if not forgotten, were hunted
up and investigated. Those who were not in fact musicians were exchanged in
their companies for other men who were, or could become, such. A i ' principal
musician" was appointed, bugles and fifes and drums were supplied to them,
and the same discipline applied to them that prevailed with the other men of the
regiment. A few weeks of faithful instruction and practice made them quite
proficient in martial music, and the a bugle band7' of the Second Minnesota
received a good deal of attention and commendation from the other regiments,
and were much appreciated by our own men. On the 26th of July our pleasant
camp here was broken up, and we crossed the Tennessee River to Florence.
On Tuesday, the 29th of July, we marched again eastward; the weather was
hot and the road dusty, but there seemed to be no urgent haste, and our
progress was leisurely and comfortable. The great fields, ere-while in cot
ton, were now all in corn, and afforded plenty of roasting ears for the
soldiers and forage for the mules. The darkies came in troops from every
plantation as we passed, and joined the "Lincum Sogers," bringing horses,
mules, cattle, pigs, poultry, bedding and everything else they could lead or carry.
They had apparently just begun to realize what the war meant to them and they
were quite ready to go out from bondage, despoiling their old masters as they
went. On the 3d of August we marched through Athens, Tenn. This was a
lovely village and had been noted as the last place in the state to haul down the
Union flag.

On Monday, the 5th, our brigade commander was murdered by a gang of
guerrillas. He was sick when we left Tuscumbia and during the whole march
was unable to sit up or be dressed. He had a bed made in an ambulance, in
which it was his custom to ride far enough in advance of the troops to avoid the
dust which always enveloped the marching column. On this day the road was
narrow and sinuous, with a thick growth of small trees on each side. His ambu
lance, attended by two or three staff officers, was perhaps half a mile ahead of the
column, in which the Thirty- fifth Ohio was the leading regiment. Suddenly a
party of horsemen appeared in the road before him, and the ambulance was
immediately turned and started back on the run. The party pursued with
yells and firing of revolvers, and riding up on each side shot him through
the body. The horses were frightened and beyond the control of the driver, who
said the general had ordered him to stop before the fatal shot was fired. The
team was forced into the thicket and the staff officers, Captains Brooke and Mil
ler, were captured and hurried away. The head of the column soon arrived and
the general was taken to the nearest house, while the brigade encamped around
him. We had no cavalry and the guerrillas could not be overtaken. The gen
eral died next day and the march was immediately resumed, Col. Ferdinand Van
Derveer assuming command of the brigade.

On the 7th of August we arrived at Winchester, Tenn., where we remained
twelve days. About this time Company C of the Third Minnesota Regi-
ruent was attached to the Second Regiment. This company was on detached duty
when the regiment was surrendered at Murfreesboro, July 13, 1862, and pending
the exchange and return of their comrades it was sent to us for duty. It was a
fine company of soldiers and remained with us several weeks, leaving on the 30th
of September for Minnesota. On the 19th of August we moved from Winchester
to Decherd, and thence, by short marches and intermediate halts of one to three
days, to Pelham Gap, thus consuming the time to August 31st, while Bragg' s
forces were making their way across the mountains and around our left flank
toward Nashville. During these days we got news of the Indian outbreak and
massacre in Minnesota, which created much apprehension and excitement, as
many of our men had families or friends in the threatened frontier counties.
Lieut. Col. Alex. Wilkin was on the 26th of August appointed colonel of the

90 THE SECOND REGIMENT.

Ninth Minnesota Eegiment, and Major J. W. Bishop was commissioned lieutenant
colonel, and Oapt. J. B. Davis of Company F, major of the Second Minnesota,
from the same date; Adjutant S. P. Jennison about the same time was appointed
lieutenant colonel of the Tenth Minnesota Eegiment, and Lieut. Charles F. Meyer
took the vacated place as adjutant of the Second. On the 1st of September
we marched to Manchester, and, our wagon trains with tents and baggage hav
ing been sent via Murfreesboro to Nashville, we encamped for the night in the
fair ground buildings. Next day we resumed the march toward Murfreesboro,
arriving there on the 4th.

Pursuing our northward march we arrived at Nashville on the 7th and en
camped in the edge of the city. Most of our army had already crossed the Cum
berland, but it was given out that our brigade would remain at Nashville, and
we did for a week; while our divisions north of the river were watching Bragg's
movements. By the 14th his army was all across the river, at points higher up
the river and further north than Nashville, and the race for Louisville began.
Our brigade left Nashville on the 14th, and. crossing the river, encamped just
north of Edgefield. We received five days' rations of flour, coffee and sugar only,
no clothing or shoes, which were especially needed. In the next three days we
marched, on the hard, dusty pike, seventy miles to Bowling Green. Here, on
the 18th, more rations of flour were issued, and we crossed the Barren Eiver, in
which we found the first supply of drinkable water since leaving the Cumber
land. On the 19th we marched twenty-five miles, and on the 20th overtook our
other divisions, and, passing through their camps, came up to the enemy's rear
picket line, near Cave City. Here we extended our line of battle to right and left,
and posted our picket line confronting theirs. This was the seventh day of the
march, which was without a parallel in our experience thus far. It was the dry
season of the year, and in this part of Kentucky there was no living water, except
the Barren Eiver, between the Green and Cumberland rivers. The farmers
had depended for a scanty supply on the sink holes, which were saucer-like
depressions in the fields, with clay subsoil bottoms, which filled with water in
winter and spring, but at this season were nearly exhausted by evaporation.
Then Bragg' s men were ahead of us, and they made it their business to enrich
the already viscid water with dead mules and camp offal of all sorts, so it could
not be drunk, and could hardly be used to mix our ''dough gods." These were
made by moistening our flour on a rock with water, and after pounding it into a
tough dough, it was spun into a long roll, about an inch in diameter, and wound
around a ramrod, and so baked. These, with scanty rations of bacon, consti
tuted a decidedly thin diet for the hard service required of us. We had no tents
or cooking utensils or baggage of any sort, except such as was carried on pack
mules or on the men's backs, and even these had become sadly deficient, as we
had not been able to get any supplies at Nashville. Occasionally we got apples
or peaches off the trees along' the road, but generally they were cleaned off by the
troops ahead of us. This evening we got orders to cook three days' rations and
prepare for a battle which would probably take place on the next day. The
enemy, however, moved on early next morning and the footrace began again.
Our division remained in camp while the others passed on and took the road
ahead of us. On the 22d we moved camp about two miles to a place near Cave
City, where, at the bottom of a natural pit about a hundred feet deep, an under
ground stream of pure water came to the light. A steep path and steps led down
to it, and all day long it was alive with soldiers, each laden with as many canteens
as he could carry. The boys spent the day mainly in filling up, like camels, with
cold, fresh water, in preparation for resuming the march.

On the 23d we started again, crossing Green Eiver about noon, and camped
at Bacon's Creek, after a march of about twenty miles. On the 24th we started
at daybreak and marched fast all day, making thirty miles, and halted for the
night four or five miles north of Elizabethtown. The race was now telling on
the foot-sore rebels also, and during that and the previous day we passed their
exhausted stragglers to the number of several hundred, leaving them to be gath
ered up as prisoners by our rear guard. Bragg' s army was, however, ahead of

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us, and within one or two days' march of Louisville. Next day we left the rail
road and parallel pike, and went straight to the Ohio Eiver, at the mouth of the
Salt Eiver, making the twenty miles in less than seven hours, and reaching the
river bank about noon, a tired, hungry, foot-sore crowd. " Thank God for the
Ohio Eiver and hardtack!" exclaimed the champion grumbler of the regiment,
"I'll never complain again." Here were steamers loaded with rations, clothing
and shoes, waiting to carry us to Louisville, about thirty miles up the river.
With little ceremony the boxes of hard bread and bacon were rolled ashore and
broken open, and while the steamers were being loaded and departing with
other troops, our brigade rested and refreshed, and waited our time. Next day
we embarked also, and soon after noon were at Louisville, where we found most
of Buell's army encamped around, and in defense, of the city. The next four
days were occupied in resupplying the troops with clothing, rations, ammuni
tion and equipment, in preparation for a new and offensive campaign for the
recovery and reoccupation of Kentucky and Tennessee. During this time orders
came from the War Department relieving General Buell, and assigning the com
mand to General Thomas. These orders were suspended, by request of General
Thomas, and were never put into effect.

THE PEERYVILLE CAMPAIGN.

On the 1st of October our army, rested, reclothed and resupplied, moved
out to find and fight the enemy now confronting our lines about Louisville. He
retired as we advanced, and, passing consecutively through Shepherds ville
and Bardstown, we overtook his rear guard near Springfield on the morning of
the 6th, and our regiment, being at the head of the column, had a continuous
skirmish all day, both armies moving about seventeen miles toward Perryville,
where was a small stream known as Chaplin Eiver. The country we had cov
ered during the past week was almost destitute of water, and probably its sup
posed presence in the vicinity had something to do with locating the collision of
the armies at that place. On the 7th we halted in the valley of Doctor's Creek,
a branch of Chaplin Eiver, in sight of and about three miles east of the village.
The creek was nearly dry, only small pools here and there to be found in its
bed, and guards were placed over these to prevent the watering of horses and
mules in any except those reserved for that purpose. On the 8th we moved,
early in the morning, down the river toward Perryville about a mile, in search
of water, and bivouacked as before, having no tents with us. McCook's corps
was on the left of our general line, and about noon we heard musketry, and, later,
artillery firing, in his front. No order or information came to us, however, and
about four o'clock, our scanty supply of water having again given out, a com
pany was detailed from each regiment of our division, and, carrying all the
canteens of their regiments, they were sent, in command of Lieut. Colonel
Bishop, to look for a fresh supply further down the valley to the left. As we
pursued our quest we approached the firing, and finally found a pool and filled
our canteens in full sight of the battlefield. One of the enemy's batteries was
within easy range of us, but was too busy entertaining its opponents to pay
any attention to us. We watched the battle a few minutes and hurried back to
our division, wondering why the whole army, and especially our division,
was not taking an interest or part in it. Soon after our return, and while the
canteens were being distributed, our brigade was ordered to McCook's relief,
and, moving about a mile to the left, we were posted in a strip of woods, on the
right of his line, our regiment so far back in the trees that we could see nothing
of what was going on at the front, but not so far back as to be out of range of
the enemy's artillery which now and then landed a shell among us. We were,
however, in this position, for a few minutes, in imminent danger from a line of
our own men, a new regiment, which, just after dark was moved up into position
just behind us. They were nervously expecting to find an enemy in that vicin
ity, and were just ready to open fire at the first indication of his presence. They
could not see us in the gloom, nor we them, but a prompt and vigorous intro
duction of the two regiments by name probably saved us from what would have

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been a sad misfortune. We had no experience in the whole war so startling as
that cocking of muskets behind us, knowing as we did that they were in the
hands of friends who were not informed of our presence in front of them.

The battle ended with the daylight, but we lay on our arms in position all
night and most of the next day, going forward again in the afternoon to the
creek valley for water, and there spent the night. On the 10th we moved east
ward about five miles, passing through Perryville, where we found every house
filled with the enemy's wounded. On the 12th we passed Danville and Lancas
ter, and on the 13th camped on Dick's River on Crab Orchard. Here we remained
a week, while Crittenden's corps pursued the enemy southward in a fruitless
chase. On the 20th we began retracing our march and passing successively
through Danville, Perryville, Lebanon, Campbellsville, Green River and Cave
City, arrived at Bowling Green on the 2d of November. General Rosecrans
assumed command, vice Buell, on the 30th of October. We moved again on the
6th of November and next day camped at Mitchellville. The railroad tunnel
near and south of this place having been obstructed by the retreating enemy, all
army supplies were unloaded from the trains here and forwarded by wagons to
Gallafcin and Nashville. Our brigade performed this work here until the 12th,
when we removed to the tunnel, and for a change of employment spent ten days
in guarding and clearing it out. On the 23d our regiment, with the Thirty-
fifth Ohio and the Eighteenth U. S. Infantry, marched for Cunningham's Ford
on the Cumberland River, southeast of and a few miles from Gallatin, Tenn.,
where we arrived and encamped on the 25th. We remained here four weeks,
guarding the ford and making occasional reconnaissances about the vicinity.
We did not, however, come into any serious collision with the enemy. On the
7th of December a Union brigade of new regiments, commanded by Colonel A.
B. Moore, was attacked and captured by the enemy's forces under Gen. John H.
Morgan at Hartsville, a few miles further up the river. On the 22d we were
ordered back to Gallatin, and thence about five miles southward toward Nash
ville. Here we spent Christmas, and were ordered back to Gallatin in great
haste on the 26th.

Our brigade spent the next three weeks pleasantly encamped near the village,
occupying a good part of the time in battalion drill and making an excursion
into the country now and then for forage and provisions. All day on the 31st of
December and 1st of January we heard the rumbling of the cannonade at Stone
River, some thirty miles away, and were glad to hear next day of the Union
victory there. On the 13th our brigade, under orders to join the division at
Murfreesboro, marched by the pike some thirteen miles and encamped midway
between Gallatin and Nashville. Next day our regiment and the Eighty -seventh
Indiana were again ordered back to Gallatin, and returned in a cold winter rain
to our camp ground vacated the previous day, and here we remained two weeks
more. This second recall to Gallatin was due, as was the first, to a threatened
attack upon the place by the Confederate general, John H. Morgan. Indeed, for
more than two months we had been shuffled from place to place to meet him, but
he never granted us an interview. During our stay at Gallatin the president's
proclamation of emancipation was promulgated, to take effect Jan. 1, 1863, and
hastened the complete desertion of the negroes in that vicinity from their old
homes and masters. On the 29th we were again ordered to join our division, and,
boarding a railroad train, succeeded in getting to Nashville without recall or
interruption. Our wagons with our baggage, tents, etc., did not reach us until
noon on the 30th. On the 31st we camped eleven miles south of Nashville, on the
Nolensville pike, and under the orders of Brig. General James B. Steedman, now
commanding our division, were ready for a new, and, we hoped, a more active,
campaign.

TRIUNE AND TULLAHOMA.

On the 1st of February our brigade marched in hot haste ten or twelve miles
over the rough, narrow dirt roads toward Franklin to encounter Wheeler's Bri
gade of Confederate cavalry which was reported to be in the vicinity, but we

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failed to find any enemy, and after a day of hard marching we spent a cold night
without tents or shelter. Next day we retraced our path to Nolensville pike
and encamped on the farm of Colonel Battle of the Twentieth Confederate Ten
nessee Regiment, near Concord Church, and about twelve miles from Nashville.
This Twentieth Tennessee was the regiment opposed to ours in the fight across
the fence at Mill Springs, and we occupied their camp and tents at Beech Grove
the two days succeeding that battle. Colonel Battle was now with his regiment
in Bragg' s army. Two or three days after our arrival here Captain Curtis of
General Rosecrans' staff made a thorough and critical examination of the regi
ment, and soon afterward a complimentary letter was received from department
headquarters which referred to the inspection and greatly pleased the men, who
deserved it. Colonel George, who had been for several weeks physically unfit
for active duty and exposure to the severe winter weather, was obliged to leave
us on the 2d of February, going to Minnesota for rest and treatment on sixty
days' sick-leave.

On the 15th a foraging party of two corporals and twelve men, under First
Sergeant L. N. Holmes, all of Company H, went out to the front three or four
miles for corn. They were loading their wagons from a large and well-filled crib
when they were suddenly surrounded by two companies of Confederate cavalry
numbering about one hundred and twenty-five men. The cavalry charged
down upon them, yelling " Surrender you d d Yanks ;" our boys did not sur
render, but commenced firing in return with deliberate aim, emptying a saddle
almost every shot, and the astonished cavalry soon quit yelling and withdrew out

of range for consultation; they decided that they had had enough of the "d d

Yanks,' and disappeared altogether. Oar boys filled the wagons, picked up three
of the wounded rebels and seven riderless horses which the enemy had left in
the field, and returned safely to camp. Two of the wounded died next day.
Several others, slightly wounded, got away by the help of their companions.
Colonel Van Derveer, commanding the brigade, was much elated by the brave
conduct of the Second Minnesota boys, and issued a special order complimenting
them by name. General Steedman, commanding the division, thought the affair
sufficiently creditable to " my command" to justify a special report by telegraph
to department headquarters, describing the fight, refraining, however, from any
mention of the names or regiment of the men engaged.

On the 2d of March we marched southward about fifteen miles to Triune,
where the brigade bivouacked for the night and remained most of the next
day. At 4 P. M. on the 3d Lieut. Colonel Bishop was ordered, with the Second
Minnesota Regiment, a section of artillery, and two battalions of the First
East Tennessee Cavalry, to move southward to the Harpeth River and take
and hold the ford where the Nolensville-Eagleville pike crossed it, and to there
await the coming of the brigade which would follow next morning. The place
was reached about sunset; the rebel pickets were driven away, the infantry and
artillery were placed to command the ford, and one battalion of the cavalry was
sent across the river to reconnoiter the neighboring territory. They soon found
some rebel cavalry in small parties, and after a running fight returned toward
morning with some prisoners. General Steedman came up in the morning with
the other regiments of the brigade, and crossing the river we found and attacked
a party of the enemy, capturing some sixty prisoners and three hundred horses
and mules. Next we day made a quick march to Chapel Hill, where we had another
brush with the enemy, routing him at the first attack, then returned by another
road six or seven miles and bivouacked, marching next day back to Triune
with our booty. On the 7th we made a permanent camp about two miles north
of Triune, in a good defensible position, with plenty of wood and water. Triune
was a small hamlet about midway between Murfreesboro and Franklin. Here
our division was assembled, the First Regiment of East Tennessee Cavalry was
attached to it, and here we remained more than three months. Considerable
work was done in fortifying the position, large details being made from the
regiments in turn for the purpose. On the 25th and 26th of March our brigade
made another excursion into the enemy's territory, south of the Harpeth River,

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and after a successful skirmish loaded our trains with forage and returned. On
the 29th of March we received En field rifles to replace our old guns of various
kinds and calibers.

General J. M. Schofield here superseded Steedman, April 17th, as division
commander, and gave us several weeks of pretty active exercise in brigade
maneuvers and drill, the first we had ever had. General J. M. Brannan relieved
Schofield May 16th, and continued as our division commander until the reorgani
zation of the army after Chickamauga. Our bugle band, as opportunity was af
forded for practice, had so improved that we had become quite proud of them, and
having some money in the regimental fund, a complete set of brass instruments
was ordered from Cincinnati, and arrived on the 8th of April. Principal Mu
sician R. G. Rhodes was announced as band master, and for the next few weeks
the woods about the camp were filled with practicing musicians. They made
rapid progress, and before we left Triune, June 23d, our band compared well
with any in the division. Colonel George returned on the 31st of March, not
physically in good condition, but able to do duty not requiring active exertion.
Brigade exercise was continued under General Brannan, and a grand review
was held on the 5th of April. On the 1st of May we were supplied with new
" shelter tents, " or " pup tents'7 as they were called by the men, and all the
wall and bell tents were sent back to Nashville except those required by brigade
and regimental headquarters, and for the field hospitals. These "pup tents"
were simple pieces of light canvas, and so fitted that two comrades, by buttoning
their two pieces together and improvising some simple support, could have a
comfortable shelter from rain or sun. These tents were to be carried by the
men, and so the wagon trains were reduced from thirteen wagons to three for
each regiment, the officers of each company being allowed one pack-mule to
carry their baggage.

On the 4th of June General Gordon Granger came to Triune to inspect the
position and the troops, which had come under his command as part of the
right wing. The day was spent in brigade and division maneuvers in the
hot sun, with little rest and no food or water. It closed with a grand review,
after which the troops were marched back to camp. Artillery firing had been
heard in the afternoon in the direction of Franklin, and when our brigade was
dismissed from the review at five o' clock, it was ordered to march immediately to
Franklin. Colonel Van Derveer, commanding it, however, gave us thirty min
utes in camp, after arriving there, for supper. We marched at six o'clock for
Franklin, fifteen miles distant. The day had been excessively hot and sultry,
but now the sky grew black, and after a severe thunder storm it settled down
for a steady, heavy, all-night rain. That night's march will never be forgotten
by the men of Van Derveer' s Brigade. The darkness was intense, the road soft,
slippery, and so uneven that some of the men were down or falling all the time.
We were ten hours in making the march, arriving before daybreak, utterly ex
hausted, and physically and mentally exasperated. The garrison seemed to be
all asleep, no enemy was in the neighborhood, and we lay down in a lawn in the
village to wait for dawn, our field officers stretching themselves on the front
porch of the spacious mansion. All was quiet and we rested until noon. In
the afternoon we made a reconnaissance in search of the enemy, but found none,
and on the 6th returned to our camp at Triune. The usual round of guard and
picket duty, battalion and brigade exercises was resumed, varied by an occa
sional march to Nashville or to the front for supplies.

On the 23d we broke camp on an hour' s notice and commenced the ' ( Tullahoma
campaign," marching southward and then eastward, in all about fifteen miles, over
a rough and rocky road to a camp near Salem. Here it commenced raining, and of
the next seventeen days fourteen were rainy. Of course the roads soon became al
most impassable, and the soldiers seldom had dry clothes or rations. On the 24thr
our trains moving eastward were threatened from the south by the enemy's cav
alry, and Lieut. Colonel Bishop, with four companies of the regiment, was de
tailed to keep them back. We had a skirmish fight lasting nearly all day,
bivouacked on the disputed ground ab night, and rejoined the regiment next

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day, the lieutenant colonel and several of his men with bullet holes in their
clothes, but no casualties; the enemy firing mostly from horseback, did not aim
with much precision. On the 29th our regiment had another all-day skir
mish fight, killing several and wounding others of the enemy. Among the
killed was Colonel Starnes, and an aid to General Wheeler, who was shot while
carrying a dispatch from his chief. After he fell from his horse he was seen to
tear in pieces the message, but it was recovered, put together and read. Only
one man of our regiment was wounded. At times when we had forced back the
enemy's line more rapidly than they approved, they opened on us with artillery
to check our advance. The surgeon of the regiment on our right, who was rid
ing behind the advancing line, was very suddenly let drop by a shell from the
enemy's battery which entered the breast and exploded in the body of his horse
without hurting the doctor. On the 26th we had a rattling skirmish for the
possession of Hoover's Gap; the enemy gave way for us as we advanced rapidly
through the gap, and though they did a good deal of wild firing, no men were
hurt in our regiment. On the 1st of July we drove the enemy's picket line into
and through Tullahoma, to find that his army had evacuated the place during
the previous night, leaving a good many of their tents standing, with several big
guns and a considerable quantity of stores. On the 2d we reached Elk Eiver,
finding it at flood height and the bridge gone. Our regiment captured one
party of eleven prisoners and another of four.

On the 3d of July the flood had subsided a little and it was found practicable
to ford the stream by the aid of a rope stretched across to keep the men from
being swept down by the current. Our brigade stripped to the skin; the knap
sacks, clothing, rations, cartridge boxes, etc., making a bundle of twenty-five or
thirty pounds, were carried on the bayonet, the gun supported by one hand while
the other kept a grip on the rope, as the men in single file waded the stream in the
rushing water up to their necks. None of the men in our brigade were drowned,
but some of them lost their bundles and landed destitute and naked. As the
flood subsided the artillery and trains began to cross and a bridge was impro
vised. On the 4th we heard of the battle of Gettysburg and next day of the
surrender of Vicksburg, both events being announced in general orders and
honored by national salutes by the artillery. The enemy had now disappeared
from our vicinity, and as it was almost impossible to move artillery or trains we
rested here nine days, and on the 18th moved to Winchester, where we remained
four weeks, the time being occupied in rebuilding the railroad behind us, and
refitting and equipping for the next advance. Just a year ago we were encamped
here for several days, and we now felt quite at home and acquainted.

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On the 16th of August our pleasant camp at Winchester was broken up and
we marched eastward about a mile under a blazing sun, then two miles in a
terrible thunder storm; then finding the road full of troops and trains entitled
to precedence, we encamped. Next day we marched three miles further, reach
ing the foot of the Cumberland Mountain range, over which our route lay to
reach the Tennessee Eiver. Here we found the heavy wagon trains toiling up
the steep, narrow, tortuous road, ascending the western slope of the mountain,
and the slow progress of the last two days was explained. On the 18th we found
the road clear and marched up the mountain to University Place, on the sum
mit, where we spent the night. Here the corner stone of a magnificent "to be"
university had been laid by the Et. Eev. Bishop Polk, now a general in the
Confederate army; an endowment of $3,000,000 had been pledged and the
foundations of the several buildings had been constructed, when the war in
terrupted the enterprise with an adjournment sine die. On the 19th we
marched down the eastern slope of the mountain range and encamped at the
foot of Sweden's Cove, remaining there the 20th. Since leaving our Winchester
camp we had found plenty of green corn and the "roasting ears" had made a
considerable item in our subsistence. On the 21st we moved to the north side
of the Tennessee Eiver, at the mouth of Battle Creek, about six miles above

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Bridgeport, where the railroad bridge had been destroyed, and was being rebuilt
by our engineer forces. The river here was broad and deep, and the enemy's
pickets lined the south bank. They, for the first few days, kept popping their
guns at our men whenever they approached the river, and occasionally the bullets
would reach the camps, but we picketed the north bank with better marksmen, and,
after a competitive trial of skill, the men on this duty came to an agreement to
save their ammunition, and thereafter amused themselves by guying each other
viva voce. The men of both armies not on duty came down freely to bathe on
their respective sides of the river, and soon it got to be the practice for a couple
of good swimmers to meet in mid- river to swap lies, newspapers, etc., while the
pickets kept watch to see that there should be no foul play or breach of confi
dence.

Col. George rejoined us here, on the 24th, from a long absence on sick-leave,
and left us again on the 27th, promising to be back, if alive, in time for the ex
pected battle. He kept his promise, returning to the regiment on the 18th of
September, the day before the battle of Chickamauga. Meanwhile Company F of
our regiment, composed mostly of river men and raftsmen from the St. Croix lum
ber region, had been quietly at work in Battle Creek, out of the enemy's sight,
constructing rafts and rude scows, in which four of our companies effected a cross
ing in the evening of the 29th, and got possession of the south shore; the ene
my, not expecting an effort to cross here, had left only a few men to watch the
river, not enough to make any serious opposition. By noon of the next day our
entire brigade was over and the two other brigades of our division (Brannan's)
completed the crossing on the 31st. Meantime the other divisions of the army
were crossing simultaneously at several points above and below us and our trains
and artillery were sent down to Bridgeport to cross on the new bridge when it
should be ready. On the 1st day of September we moved out about three miles
to Graham's Spring, near the foot of Eaccoon Mountain and near the monument
marking the corner of the three states, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. On
the 5th, our trains and artillery having arrived, we marched on the " Nick a Jack
Trace," as the ravine is called by which the road ascends the western slope of Eac
coon Mountain. After making four or five miles it was found that the road needed
so much repair and the wagons so much help, that it would be impossible to get
them to the summit that night, and we were obliged to go back two miles to find
water for a camp. On the 6th we completed the ascent and encamped on the
summit, and on the 7th descended the eastern slope into Lookout or Will's Val
ley and encamped at Boiling Springs, about three miles below Trenton. Here we
remained two days, learning on the 9th that Bragg had evacuated Chattanooga
on the 8th, and was retiring southward. On the 10th we marched through Tren
ton and up the Lookout Valley about thirteen miles. On the llth we started in
the morning, but as the road in front of us was full of trains and artillery toiling
up the mountain, we only made three miles, and halted at the foot of a steep grade.
Orders reached us at 7 P. M. to start at once and pass the trains, as the enemy had
been encountered on the other side of the (Lookout) mountain, but these orders
were soon countermanded and we bivouacked again.

Next morning we started at five o'clock, crossed the mountain and halted in
Chattanooga Valley at 10 A. M, At 2 P. M. we made a reconnaissance, returning to
our position at seven o' clock. Here we remained the 13th and 14th, while troops
were moving around and behind us in a way that then seemed mysterious and
without any definite or intelligible purpose. On the 15th our brigade moved to
Lee's Mill, on or near the Chickamauga Creek, and bivouacked in line of battle in
apparent preparation for a fight. We remained there, standing to arms at four
o'clock on the mornings of the 16th and 17th, expecting an early attack. On the
17th the heavy clouds of dust extending along the eastern slope of the Chicka
mauga Valley showed that the enemy's columns were in motion northward, and
about eight o'clock we took arms and commenced our march, by the left flank,
abreast of and less than a mile distant from the enemy's parallel march by his
right flank. Our progress was slow, the day hot and the road ankle-deep with
fine dust, with which the tramping feet filled the air as the column niored along.

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At ten o' clock we had got about three miles from our starting point, when some
scattering musket shots were heard in our rear, and presently an order was
received from Col. Van Derveer, commanding the brigade, for the Second Min
nesota to return as far as the Pond Springs, see what was the matter and rejoin
the brigade. We unslung and piled our knapsacks, leaving a few men with
them, and in less than an hour retraced nearly the whole forenoon's march. As
we came in sight of the springs the two leading companies were deployed for
ward and men were detailed from each company to take all the canteens and fill
them at the springs as promptly as possible upon our arrival there. Approach
ing the place we found the springs in the possession of a detachment of the
enemy's cavalry who were resting in unsuspicious comfort, many of them dis
mounted. They had been worrying our train, and having been repulsed by the
guard had halted there for reinforcements. They were promptly attacked and
routed by our advance skirmishers, and while we halted, maintaining ranks, the
canteens were filled and distributed. Then we reversed our march, returning by
the left flank to our brigade, which had not moved during our absence, and soon
bivouacked for the night. The light from the enemy's camp-fires was visible all
night to the eastward, and we slept on our arms, ready to be attacked if he so
pleased.

We remained here all day on the 18th, while troops and artillery and trains
were moving behind us, to the left and northward, and about 5 p. M. we joined in
the procession. We moved about a quarter of a mile per hour during the whole
night, halting every few rods just long enough to get stiff and cold, but never
long enough to build fires and get warm. Many of the men would fall asleep,
sinking down in the road and some standing on their feet, but strict orders were
given not to leave the column and to follow closely those leading us. As the
day began to dawn we could see the brigades and batteries leaving the road from
time to time and moving off in line of battle into the woods to the eastward, and
toward the Chickamauga Creek, and we knew that the army was taking position
for the great contest so long anticipated. We could now understand how this had
been going on during the night and how slow and difficult had been the construc
tion of the grand line of battle in the darkness, and our tedious and halting
progress was accounted for. We had been all night in moving less than five
miles and were now on the Lafayette- Chattanooga road, had passed in the darkness
near General Eosecrans' headquarters at the Widow Glenn's house, and at eight
o'clock our brigade halted, filed out of the road near Kelly's house and stacked
arms, while the word was passed down the line, "Twenty minutes for breakfast."
In five minutes hundreds of little fires were kindled and hundreds of little coffee
cans were filled with water from the canteens and set to boil; in ten minutes the
boiling coffee was lifted off, the luscious bacon was nicely browned and the ever
toothsome hardtack had been toasted; when comes an aid at a furious gallop
down the dusty road; a brief order delivered by him to our brigade commander,
and each regiment gets orders to take arms and march immediately. Of
course some urgent and peremptory necessity was supposed, arms were taken
and we filed out into the road, now clear, and briskly moved off northward in a
cloud of choking dust. After making about a mile we halted near McDaniel's
house, whence a road, or rather a narrow wagon track, leads through the open
oak woods eastward to Eeed's bridge and ford on the Chickamauga Creek.

It may be here explained that the extreme left of our general line of battle
rested in the woods about opposite the midway point between Kelly's and McDan
iel's houses; the position of the line, extending southward and facing eastward,
was about midway between and parallel to the woods and the creek. So as we
faced the eastward and marched in brigade order of battle along the Keed's bridge
road, we were detached from and nearly half a mile to the left of the left division
(Baird's) of the established line. Our orders were said to have been given on
information by Col. McCook, commanding a cavalry brigade on the left, that
only one Confederate brigade had crossed to the west side of the Chickamauga, that
he (McCook) had destroyed the bridge (Eeed's) behind it, and we were to take
and hold the ford, and prevent further crossing by the enemy, while our First and

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Second brigades were to find, attack and capture the enemy's supposed isolated
brigade. This information, if given, proved entirely erroneous, nearly the entire
Confederate army being in position between our lines and the creek, and their
brigades were nofc hard to find when we came to look for them.

Our brigade was formed with the Second Minnesota on the left and the
Thirty-fifth Ohio on the right of the front line, with Smith's Battery in the road
between them. The Eighty -seventh Indiana in the second line behind the
Thirty-fifth Ohio; the Ninth Ohio was detached with the division ammunition
train. So we commenced our march, a few skirmishers preceding our front line.
Proceeding along the road, which seemed to follow a low ridge through the
woods, and while yet to the left and rear of Baird's division, whose exact posi
tion we did not know, we heard musketry to our right and front. Changing our
direction to face it, to the southward, we moved off the ridge and down an easy
slope, and soon met the enemy in force and the firing began at once. In a few
minutes the enemy retired, then rallied and attacked again, and were again
repulsed, this time retiring out of our sight. We gathered up our wounded and
carried them back over the ridge to the northern slope in our rear, replenished
our cartridge boxes and readjusted our line, the Eighty-seventh Indiana, mean
time, changing places with the Thirty-fifth Ohio on our right. In a few minutes
the firing again broke out in our front, but while the bullets dropped in among
us, we were, on account of the trees and underbrush, unable to see any men for
a time. Then the firing approached and the big guns joined in for a few rounds,
then a burst of cheers, "the rebel yell," the artillery ceased, and the rattling
musketry came nearer and the bullets thicker. Our men were ordered to lie
down and hold their fire until they could see the enemy. Presently, to our
astonishment, a straggling line of men, in our own uniform, appeared, then more
of them, running directly toward us, their speed accelerated every moment by
the yelling and firing of the exultant enemy behind them. Our men got ready
and waited while the stampeded brigade, officers and men, passed over our lines
to the rear, then, as the enemy came in view, gave them a volley that
extinguished the yelling and stopped their advance. They rallied, however,
and stood for a few moments receiving and returning our fire, then wavering,
broke and ran out of sight. Just now the Ninth Ohio arrived, having aban
doned the ammunition train when the firing broke out, and followed our trail to
the front. The firing had ceased when Col. Kammerling rode up and vocifer
ously demanded, "Where dem got dam rebels gone?" Some one pointed in the
direction they were last seen, and away went the Ninth Ohio over our front lines,
disregarding Van Derveer's order to come back, and we could hear them yelling
and cheering in both languages long after they disappeared from sight. About
a quarter of a mile distant they found and recaptured the battery (Guenther's),
which the enemy had taken half an hour before. The enemy's troops about the
battery made a fight for it, and Kammerling lost a good many men in getting it,
and was even then obliged to leave it when recalled by a peremptory order to
rejoin the brigade, which he did not receive or obey too soon.

During the first fighting, our band men, as they had been previously
instructed, were busy with stretchers, picking up the wounded and carrying
them back up the slope and over to the north side, where our surgeon, Dr. Otis
Ayer, had established a temporary hospital, and was giving them such attention
as circumstances permitted. It soon happened that some of these men were shot
the second time while being carried back, and the carrying was suspended until
the firing should cease. Our skirmishers soon reported the enemy moving
around our left flank, and our regiment, by facing left and filing left, changed
front to face the east. The enemy made an attack upon us in this position,
which was repulsed by our regiment alone, and then by the same maneuver we
changed front again to face the north, the enemy having passed a large force
around our left flank during the last attack, which was probably made to cover
the movement.

We were now on the road again, and on the right of our brigade, on a line
nearly parallel to our first position, but facing the opposite direction, and the

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movement had brought our left company next to the battery, which, without
changing position, had exchanged the places of its guns and caissons, and now
also faced the north; the other regiments of our brigade had formed on the left
of the battery, and for a moment of silence we awaited the onset. Here on the
ground now before us lay our wounded men who had been carried back from
the first line of fight and were now between the opposing lines. But here they
come, ranks after ranks emerging from the sheltering trees and underbrush, and
approaching us with steady tramp and desperate silence. Our men were cau
tioned now to u shoot to kill," and we opened with file firing that soon broke up
the orderly march of the first line, whose men hesitated and then commenced
firing wildly; their second and third lines were promptly moved up and all
pressed on in the charge. Our big guns were loaded with canister, which opened
great gaps in the enemy's columns at each discharge, while the withering fire
of our infantry was thinning their ranks at every step of their advance. They
greatly outnumbered us, and it seemed a question for a time whether we could
so reduce their numbers and their nerve as to prevent an actual collision, in
which they would have the majority, but they began to waver at sixty yards, at
forty they broke, and then ran, every man for himself, leaving, alas ! hundreds
of brave fellows prostrate in helpless suffering before us, some of them in
termingling with our own wounded, who had been carried there from the first
fight in the morning. This assault and repulse ended our part of the battle
for the day; we now refilled our cartridge boxes, gathered our wounded men
and sent them to the field hospital at Cloud's house, and collected our dead for
burial. Onr regiment had commenced the battle with three hundred and
eighty-four men and officers, of whom eight had been killed and forty-one
wounded, none missing. While waiting here for orders we heard, from time to
time, the roar of battle along the line to the southward, but saw nothing more
of the enemy in our vicinity.

In the afternoon we were moved southward to a field southwest of Kelly's
house, where we bivouacked for the night. We had had no rest and but little
food since noon of the 18th. The night was clear and cold, and many of the men
in the excitement and in changing position had lost their knapsacks and blankets;
no fire was permitted until after sunrise next morning, and we passed a cheerless
and uncomfortable night. Yet, when we remembered the thousands of poor
fellows who, maimed and suffering, lay scattered all over the fields and woods,
without food, water or care, we forgot our own discomfort in pity for the
wounded and dying. Sunday morning, the 20th, the sun rose peacefully over
the misty landscape; all was quiet as the grave; the stillness was in fact oppres
sive for a time. Our brigade not being in line was formed as a reserve, in an
open field near Kelly's house and west of the Lafayette road, perhaps a quarter
of a mile in rear of the line of battle, which, located in the woods, was invisible
to us. About nine o'clock a scattering fire of musketry ran along the line in
our front, increasing rapidly, until in a few minutes the terrific roar of battle
was on in full volume, and the enemy's bullets were passing over our line of
battle, chipping through the leaves and branches of the trees and dropping into,
among and around us in a very disquieting manner. Directly the artillery
opened also, and while the big shells were not so numerous as the little bullets,
they commanded more deference and respect individually when they did come.
This did not appear to be a nice quiet place for a reserve brigade, but we had to
stay there and take it; the men meanwhile bracing up each other with jokes
and facetious comments on everything in sight or that might happen. Presently
the stragglers appeared, coming out of the wood and crossing the road and field,
passing us to the rear. Some few of them were wounded, but most of them were
cowardly skulkers who had sneaked out of the line of battle and were getting
out of personal danger as fast as they could. Their number increased rapidly
until it seemed to us that our experience of yesterday was about to be repeated.
Some effort was made to stop and reform the demoralized fugitives, but most of
them had thrown away their guns, and all of them their courage and self-respect,
and in their then condition they were not worth stopping.

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The situation was a trying one, and we were relieved when orders caine to go
to the left of the line and repel an attack there. We moved northward along
the west side of, and parallel to, the Lafayette road, some distance, and then chang
ing direction to the right, approached the road with our front facing eastward,
parallel to it. At this point we passed through a thicket of small pines and
other trees which had obstructed our view toward the east and north. Emerg
ing from this we crossed the road in line of battle to take position on the left
of a battery already there. Our brigade was in two lines, the Second Minnesota
being on the right of the front line, nearest the battery, the Eighty -seventh Indi
ana on the left, and the Thirty-fifth and Ninth Ohio in the second line. Before
us was a large, open field, bounded on the north by a strip of woods, perhaps
twenty rods distant from the left of our brigade. As we halted on the east side
of the road and began looking around for the enemy, whose appearance we ex
pected in our front (eastward), the air was suddenly filled with bullets, and a line
of gray smoke appeared along the edge of the woods to our left and at right
angles with our lines. A change of front was instantly ordered and executed by
the brigade. Pending this movement, which was made on the run, we could not
return the enemy's fire, and we lost a good many men. The mounted officers
seemed to be especially selected; several of them and all of the horses in the
brigade but two were shot before the affair was over. The wheel completed,
our first line charged at once up to the edge of the woods, driving the enemy
back, and then opened fire on them at short range. They were slow and stub
born to give way, and after a few minutes' firing by the first line, Col. Van Der-
veer ordered the second line to pass the first and charge them again. This was
done, the first line joining in the charge, and thus the enemy's front was broken
up, and soon they retired, leaving the field and their wounded in our possession.
It appeared that this (Breckenridge's) division had passed entirely around the
left of our lines and was about to attack our left division in the rear when we
arrived and encountered it as above described. The fighting over for a time,
our wounded men were being gathered up and made as comfortable as possible
until they should be removed to the hospital. Presently the crash of musketry
was heard again on our right, and as we listened it seemed to be veering around
to our rear. As the enemy then had disappeared from our own front, a few men
were detailed to care for our wounded until the ambulances should arrive, and
we marched away toward the sound of the guns. The enemy soon reoccupied
the field we had won and left, and the twelve men detailed with our assistant
surgeon, Dr. Otis Ayer, and many of our wounded, were taken prisoners. As
we got into the open field where we had been in reserve in the morning, we were
met by an aid from General Thomas, who conducted us to Horseshoe Eidge, so
called, near the Snodgrass house. The battle seemed to be tending to that posi
tion from all directions. General Thomas rode down to meet us and sat upon
his horse and looked the men over as we marched past him and up the slope
of the ridge. Undoubtedly he was glad to see, in this emergency, the regiments
that, under his eye, had fought and won Mill Springs, and he said to the writer
that he was "glad to see us in such good order." We did not then know how
many troops he had seen in disorder during the day, nor did he know that within
an hour's fighting we had just lost more than one-third our number in killed and
wounded; yet we greatly appreciated the compliment at the time.

Arriving on the ridge, our regiment took the place of one already there (the
Twenty-first Ohio), which had exhausted its cartridge boxes, and immediately
had a view of the assaulting columns of the enemy, just commencing the ascent
of the southern slope in our front. Banks followed ranks in close order, moving
briskly and bravely toward us. It was theirs to advance; ours, now, to stand
and repel. Again the order was passed to aim. carefully and make every shot
count, and the deadly work began. The front ranks melted away under the
rapid fire of our men, those following bowed their heads to the storm of bullets
and pressed on, some of them falling at every step, until, the supporting touch
of elbows being lost, the survivors hesitate, halt, and then turning, start back
with a rush that carries away to the rear ail that escape the bullets, as deadly

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in the wild retreat as in the desperate and orderly advance. This was all
repeated again and again, until the slope was so covered with dead and
wounded men that, looking from our position, we could hardly see the ground.
Never was any position more gallantly assaulted or more desperately defended.
Meanwhile, General Steedman had arrived with two brigades of fresh troops,
who came up on our right with enthusiastic cheers, and forty rounds in their
boxes, just in time to meet the enemy's advance on the crest. Our brigade had
so far been the right of our line at this place, except three detached regiments,
and, being furiously assaulted in front, could not have prevented the enemy from
enveloping our right flank, as they seemed to have plenty of troops and had dis
covered that the ridge to our right was vacant. Steedman' s arrival and prompt
attack regained and secured that ground, and he brought a spare wagon-load of
cartridges, — more precious than diamonds, — as many of the men had placed the
last one in the gun. The cartridges were quickly brought to the line and dis
tributed just in time to meet the next attack. This was made by fresh troops,
and their advance was only broken up when their foremost men were within ten
paces of our line. Some of them came on and surrendered; most of them who
ran back were killed or wounded before they got out of range. From five to six
o'clock an ominous quietude prevailed. Our cartridges were again exhausted,
and the boxes of our own and the enemy's dead and wounded were searched and
emptied, and bayonets were fixed when it was found that we had less than two
rounds to the man. Another attack was made just before dark, and was repulsed
in our front as the others had been; but there seemed to be no contest on the
right, where Steedman' s line had been, and presently we found that his troops
had been withdrawn and that the enemy were groping their way around to our
right and rear, and had already captured the detached regiments which had been
between us and Steedman. The Thirty-fifth Ohio was promptly placed to pro
tect that flank, and, after receiving a few shots, the enemy retired, no doubt in
the darkening woods uncertain of the situation, and disconcerted by the loss of
their commanding officer who fell there.

After another hour of waiting we were ordered to move to Eossville, which
we did, with empty guns, but without opposition or adventure; our brigade
being, as we then supposed, the last Union troops to leave the bloody field. Our
division commander says, however, as to this, in his official reports (just pub
lished) that the Sixty first and One Hundred and First Indiana covered the
retirement, "they being the only troops that had any ammunition whatever."
About midnight we arrived at Eossville Gap, and, forming line, stacked arms
and lay down to rest. Next morning, at Eossville, a muster and roll-call was
had and every man of the Second Minnesota Eegiment, of the three hundred and
eighty- four who commenced the battle on the 19th, was accounted for; thirty-
five had been killed, one hundred and thirteen wounded, fourteen captured, and
two hundred and twenty-two were present for duty, unhurt. This report
attracted the attention of the brigade commander, who, after verifying its
correctness, said, in his official report of the battle, "It is a noticeable fact that
the Second Minnesota Eegiment had not a single man among the missing, or a
straggler, during the two days' engagement." It appears from the "Official
Eecords" just published by the War Department that but one (Whitaker's) of the
thirty-six brigades of the Army of the Cumberland engaged in these battles
lost so many men in proportion to the number engaged as did ours; and the fact
also appears that at no time during the two days did we vacate or retire from
any position in the presence of the enemy. The bravery and persistence with
which the enemy assaulted our lines on Horseshoe Eidge may be estimated, when
we know that his two divisions (Hindman's and Preston's) lost more than 3,000
men, killed and wounded, in the vain efforts to capture it. ~No serious demon
stration was made by the enemy on the 21st, though our division remained in
position at Eossville Gap. That day was occupied by General Eosecrans in placing
the troops about Chattanooga as they were collected-, and in restoring order and
supplying ammunition, and otherwise preparing for defense. Our division was
ordered in at midnight, and at daybreak on the 22d was in line at and in front of
Chattanooga.

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CHATTANOOGA AND MISSION RIDGE.

As the troops arrived at Chattanooga from the Chickamauga battlefield, they
were formed in a defensive line extending from the Tennessee Eiver, above (north
of) the town, around by the east in a grand semicircle inclosing it to the river
bank below (south of) it, the line being about two miles long. The river, sweeping
around the town by the west in a corresponding curve, inclosed it on that side.
Our division, being the last to arrive at daybreak on the 22d, was placed in
position near the centre of the line, and on and across the Eossville road by
which we had come. A chain of pickets being established about half a mile in
front of the general line, the troops began at once to protect themselves in
position by excavating a simple ditch, throwing the dirt up in a ridge on the
outer side of it, and by the middle of the forenoon a continuous intrenched line
had been completed. This was from day to day improved and strengthened,
and at intervals quite pretentious works were constructed of earth and supplied
with artillery. The enemy appeared about noon on the 22d, and, as they
located our picket line, established theirs conforming to it, and from forty to
eighty rods distant, and then formed their lines and established their camps nearly
parallel and about a mile and a half from ours; occupying also the point of
Lookout Mountain and the crest of Mission Eidge, and fortifying them.

Here for two months the two armies faced each other; the enemy, having his
line of communication by rail from Atlanta open and unobstructed, was well
supplied with food, while our army, dependent upon a difficult and tortuous
route from Bridgeport over the mountains, was for several weeks reduced to
half rations of food and forage, while clothing and other supplies could not be got
through at all. Many of the men had lost or thrown away, in the two days'
battle, their tents and blankets, and now these were much needed as the cold
weather came on. The exposure to the weather and the poor and scanty food,
with the confinement in the line of battle camps, rapidly increased the sick rolls
and filled the hospitals, while for want of forage the horses and mules generally
became unfit for any service, and many of them perished. The operations by
which the river line was opened and the situation improved cannot be
detailed in this narrative, which does not pretend to be a history of armies or of
campaigns. Our men bore the want of proper shelter, food and clothing with
brave and uncomplaining patience and with no thought of giving up the position
so dearly won and so important to hold. The enemy had planted some heavy
guns on the nose of Lookout Mountain, and would occasionally admonish us of
their presence by heaving a big shell into our camps. One of these shells
descended through the roof and two floors of a hospital building filled with sick
and wounded men, but without harming anyone, as it did not explode. Another
burst over our regiment, mortally wounding Sergeant Caviezel of Company F, and
injuring several others. Here the army was reorganized, and when this was
completed we found that the One Hundred and First Indiana, Seventy-fifth
Indiana and the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio had been added to our brigade,
Colonel Van Derveer of the Thirty-fifth Ohio still commanding it. In the seven
regiments now comprising it he had, in the aggregate, less men than in the four
with which he commenced the battle of Chickamauga four weeks before. We are
now known as the Second Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps;
Brig. Gen. A. Baird commanding the division, and Maj. Gen. George H.
Thomas, the corps.

On the 19th of October General Eosecrans vacated and General Thomas as
sumed the command of the Army of the Cumberland, and General John M. Palmer
of the Fourteenth Corps. On the 20th our reorganized brigade was assembled
and encamped in a new position; our regiment occupying what was known as
Hospital Hill, about half a mile in rear of our former position, and a much more
desirable location. Here we constructed huts, and, with the scanty material
available, made them as comfortable as we could. On the 4th day of October Maj.
Davis, who had been wounded at Chickamauga, left us on sick-leave, and on the
16th of November Col. George also started for Minnesota with a surgeon's
certificate of disability and sixty days' leave of absence. About the 1st of

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November the new line of supplies by the Tennessee Eiver, from Bridgeport, was
secured and opened, and soon afterward full rations and issues of clothing and
camp equipage were realized, to our great comfort and relief. And now the
preparations for another battle were energetically pushed, until on the 22d of
November all was ready, and on the 23d the Army of the Cumberland moved
out by divisions, in battle array, in the open space between the intrenched lines
east of the city, the men carrying three days' rations and one hundred cartridges
each. This movement was in plain sight of the enemy, of course, but no prepa
ration seems to have been made to oppose it. Some of the prisoners said
afterward that some supposed that a grand review was to take place, and others
that the " Yanks" were out of wood again and were going to take in a fresh
supply. By a quick rush in the afternoon our lines were advanced, capturing
the enemy's intrenched lines on Orchard Knob and along the range of hills
connected with it. During the night Sherman's troops crossed the river above
Chattanooga, and next morning got into position for attacking the north end of
Mission Eidge, while Hooker's army got ready for an assault on the north end of
Lookout Mountain. Hooker's attack was made on the morning of the 24th,
and was so successful that about noon his troops appeared coming around the
nose of the mountain into plain view from Chattanooga, driving the enemy
before them. Eain and mist soon hid the contesting forces from our sight, but
we could distinctly hear the musketry, and so trace the advance of our troops
as the "battle above the clouds" went on. By nightfall the mist had cleared
and the two opposing lines could be located and observed by the flashes of the
muskets which lighted the slope of the mountain like swarms of fire-flies. The
contest ended about 9 o'clock p. M., and in the night the enemy abandoned the
mountain altogether, crossing the valley and reinforcing their lines on Mission
Eidge.

Sherman's attack was made about noon, and was obstinately resisted. He
did not make much progress, though he kept at the enemy all day, compelling
him to reinforce that part of his line heavily. On the 25th Sherman renewed his
attack on the enemy's extreme right at the north end of the ridge, while Hooker
descended into the valley and directed his march toward the enemy's left at
Eossville Gap. The enemy in his hasty retreat had destroyed the bridge over
Chattanooga Creek and Hooker had to replace it, which delayed his arrival at
Eossville until about 3 o'clock p. M. About noon our division was ordered to
form as the left division of the Army of the Cumberland, then in position facing
Mission Eidge. Here our brigade occupied the centre of the division, the First
(Turchin's) on our right, and the Third (Phelp's) on our left. Our own bri
gade was formed for battle in two lines of three regiments each, with the Second
Minnesota Eegiment in advance, and covering the entire brigade front, with two
companies deployed as skirmishers and six companies as reserve, Companies
E and G being on detached service.

The official report of the regimental commander, written on the 30th of No
vember, 1863, describes the further movements of the regiment as follows, the
entire report being quoted here:

*

HEADQUARTERS SECOND EEGIMENT MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERS,

Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1863.
Capt. J. E. BEATTY,

A. A. A. G. Second Brigade,

Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps,

CAPTAIN: In response to circular instructions of this date from brigade
headquarters, I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken
by the Second Minnesota Infantry Volunteers in the operations against the
enemy during the week commencing Nov. 23, 1863.

On Monday, the 23d inst., the regiment marched, at 3 o'clock p. M., from its
encampment in Chattanooga with the other regiments, comprising the Second
Brigade, with three days' rations and one hundred rounds of ammunition per
man, and was placed in line of battle about half a mile distant from and in front

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and south of Fort Negley. The regiment remained in position here until noon
of Wednesday, the 25th, when with the brigade it marched to the left, taking a
position east of and about a mile distant from Fort Wood, and facing the enemy's
positions at the foot of and on the crest of Mission Eidge. Here the regiment
was advanced with two companies deployed, for the purpose of covering the
brigade in its formation and movement toward the enemy's works. The brigade
being formed, a general advance was commenced at 3 o'clock P. M. and continued
for a distance of about three- fourths of a mile without opposition, when the de
ployed companies reached the eastern or further edge of a strip of woods and
came in full view of the enemy's works, the remaining companies being about
one hundred and fifty yards in rear of the deployed line, and the remaining six
regiments of the brigade being about three hundred yards still further back, and
partially concealed from the enemy's view by the woods in front of them. Im
mediately in front of the deployed line lay an open field, the ground descending
for a short distance to a small creek, and beyond it rising gradually for a distance
of about a quarter of a mile to the crest of a secondary ridge running parallel
with and about a quarter of a mile distant from the foot of Mission Eidge.
Along the crest of this secondary ridge was a breastwork of logs, occupied a&
the front line of the enemy's defenses by two regiments or battalions of infantry.
Beyond it the ground descended by an easy slope for a distance of three or four
hundred yards, to the foot of the main, or Mission, ridge, which rises thence
with a slope, gradual at first, but increasing in abruptness toward the top, to a
height of five or six hundred feet. Along the crest of Mission Eidge were the
main defenses of the enemy, consisting of a breastwork of logs, fully manned
with infantry, and with artillery posted on the more commanding points in sec
tions of two guns each at intervals of from one to two hundred yards. The
artillery thus placed swept with direct and cross-fire the whole space between
the ridges mentioned, and also the open field across which we had to advance
upon the first breastwork. In the valley between the main and secondary ridges
were the enemy's encampments, the huts mostly hidden from our view by the
smaller ridge and the breastwork in front of them. The space between the
ridges and been covered with woods, but, except the steepest and highest parts
of the main ridge where the smaller trees had been felled and entangled as an
obstacle, the timber had been recently cut away and used in the construction of
huts had breastworks.

After remaining in front of this part of the enemy's works for some twenty
minutes, I received an order from Col. Van Derveer, commanding the brigade,
to deploy my entire command and advance upon the first breastwork, to seize
and occupy it if possible — if repulsed to fall back upon the brigade. The men
were briefly informed of the desperate service required of them, and instructed
to withhold their fire and move steadily forward until the work was gained,
and then defend it to the utmost. The reserve companies were then deployed,
and, with bayonets fixed, the whole line commenced the advance. The enemy
opened fire with muskets from the breastwork and with artillery from the main
ridge as soon as our line emerged from the woods, but, in the face of both, the
men moved silently and steadily forward, across the creek, and up the slope,
until within about one hundred paces of the breastwork, when, as the pace was
quickened, the enemy broke from behind the works and ran in some confusion
down the slope into and beyond their camps, where, taking cover behind the
stumps and among the huts, they opened a brisk fire on us again as soon as we
gained and occupied the breastwork. Our line, now partially sheltered by the
work, returned the fire with such effect as soon to drive the enemy out of the
valley and up the slope of the main ridge beyond the range of our rifles. Our
loss in this attack was severe, though probably much less than would have been
suffered by troops advancing upon the work in regular line of battle. Fourteen
prisoners were taken in this breastwork. About twenty minutes after the cap
ture of the first work, the brigade advanced from the woods, and on arriving at
the work halted for a few minutes, when the order was given for a general
assault on the enemy's defenses on Mission Eidge.

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My regiment moved forward with the others of the brigade, assembling on
the colors as far as was possible on the way, until, ascending the steepest part of
the slope, when every man had to find or clear his own way through the entangle
ment in the face of a terrible fire of musketry and artillery, the men of the
different regiments of the brigade became generally intermingled, and when the
brigade finally crowned the enemy's works at the crest of the ridge, the regi
mental, and even the company, organizations had become completely merged in
a crowd of gallant and enthusiastic men, who swarmed over the breastworks and
charged the defenders with such promptness and vigor that the enemy broke and
fled, leaving the artillery uin battery," and barely getting away a portion of
the caissons and limbers. Six twelve-pound Napoleon guns were thus captured
by our brigade, two of them by the men of my regiment. Hardly had a lodge
ment been made in the works when the enemy's reserves made a furious counter
attack upon our men yet in confusion. This attack was promptly met by a
charge en masse by the crowd, which, after a few minutes of desperate hand-to-
hand fighting, cleared the ridge, leaving the place in our undisputed possession,
with between two and three hundred prisoners captured in the melee. The cap
tured artillery was turned upon the retreating enemy and manned by volunteers
from the different regiments, but darkness soon closed over the field and the
firing ceased. The regiments were assembled, and, after collecting and caring for
the dead and wounded, we bivouacked for the night. During the operations
here recounted, about one hundred and fifty men of my regiment, including two
entire companies, F and G, were on detached service, leaving but fifteen officers
and one hundred and seventy men present for duty. Of these one commissioned
officer was killed and three wounded, and four enlisted men were killed and
thirty-one wounded; total casualties, thirty-nine, or a fraction more than twenty-
one per cent of the number engaged. Three of the wounded have since died.
The ammunition expended averaged fifty-two rounds per man. Of seven non
commissioned officers in the color guard all but one were killed or wounded, the
color lance was cut off by a fragment of shell and the field torn out of the color
by another.

On the morning of the 26th we drew rations for four days, and at noon marched
in pursuit of the retiring enemy, a distance of about eight miles, to the crossing
of Chickamauga Creek by the Eossville and Graysville road, where we bivouacked
for the night. On the 27th, at 4 o'clock A. M., we marched again, passing through
Graysville and arriving at Ringgold, Ga., about 10 o'clock A. M., a distance of
about eleven miles. Here an engagement with the rear guard of the enemy was
in progress, and we formed in line of battle, in readiness to act as occasion might
require. At noon the enemy retired, and at night we bivouacked, remaining in
the same position until noon on the 29th, when we marched for Chattanooga,
arriving at 6 P. M., a distance of eighteen miles.

Of the conduct of the officers and men of the regiment, under the hardships
and privations of the week's campaign in severe and inclement weather, with
insufficient clothing and scanty rations, and especially of their gallant bearing
under fire in the operations of Wednesday, I am incompetent to speak in terms
that would do them justice. The regiment being brought into action deployed
as skirmishers, there was better scope for individual acts of heroism or of cow
ardice than would otherwise have been afforded; while I witnessed many of the
former, I am proud to say that none of the latter have come to my knowledge.

A list of casualties is hereby transmitted.

I am, captain, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,

J. W. BISHOP,
Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding Second Minnesota Volunteers.

The brigade commander, Colonel Ferdinand Van Derveer, in his official re
port states his total force engaged at 1,679 officers and men, and his total casual
ties at one hundred and sixty -one killed and wounded. Separating the Second
Minnesota force and casualty reports from those of the brigade we find that the
average loss of the other six regiments was a little more than eight per cent,

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while that of the Second was as before stated over twenty-one per cent. This
disparity followed naturally from the brigade commander's judicious plan for
the attack which assigned to our regiment the duty of carrying the first line of
breastworks "if we could" before exposing the other six regiments to the
enemy's fire. Doubtless the aggregate loss of the brigade would have been
greater, and our attack would have failed, had not our men made so cooland
steady an advance across the open field, reserving all for the final rush. The
brigade commander acknowledged the gallant service of the regiment in the fol
lowing language, which is quoted from his official report: " Especial credit is
due Lieut. Col. Bishop for the management of his regiment when skirmishing
in front of the brigade, and for the gallant manner in which his command car
ried the rifle-pits at the foot of the ridge."

< ' VETERANIZING. ' '

Having returned to our camp on Hospital Hill in Chattanooga on the even
ing of the 29th of November, we enjoyed a comfortable night's rest under
shelter, after the week of bivouacking, marching and fighting. On the 30th,
Companies F and G, having been on detached service, cutting timber for
and aiding in the construction of bridges and pontoons, rejoined the regiment.
The weather was getting cold and wintry, but with fair supplies of clothing,
blankets and food, and with comfortable huts and plenty of fuel, the situation
was quite tolerable. The enemy, some twenty miles away, seemed to be per
fectly willing to let and be let alone. About the 10th of December large details
were sent out to the field of Chickamauga to gather and bury the dead, who had
thus far been neglected. About this date the announcement was received from
the War Department that regiments having been in service two years or more
were invited to re-enlist for three years, and upon so re enlisting would be sent
home on thirty days' furlough. This announcement was eminently wise and
timely under the circumstances. The three years' term of many of the regiments
would expire in the summer of 1864, and it had become evident that the war
would not be ended within that term. New recruits and new regiments were
coming out slowly, and it had moreover come to be understood that a veteran
regiment was in efficiency much more than equal to a new and inexperienced
one. The proposition was read to the regiment at dress parade, and the men
were briefly informed by the lieutenant colonel commanding that, for himself, he
intended to continue in the service to the end of the war if he should live so
long; that the question of re-enlistment was a personal one; that every man
should with due consideration decide for himself, and that having so decided
his position would be respected, whatever his decision might be, and that there
should be no distinction or discrimination made or permitted between the men
who did and those who did not re-enlist. The question was taken up by the men
and a good deal of earnest discussion was had among them during the next ten
days. They were, after two and a half years of service, perfectly familiar with
the restraints and hardships and dangers of war, and were not to be enticed into
re- enlistment ignorantly. They longed to return to their homes in peace, but
they were as loyal and patriotic as when they first responded to the call to arms,
and they well knew that their services were now as much needed, and more
efficient and valuable than they were in '61.

On the 25th of December the regiment was reported to headquarters as re-en
listed; eighty per cent (about three hundred men) having so decided. This was
one of the first regiments in the Army of the Cumberland to so re-enlist, but sev
eral days elapsed before the proper rolls could be obtained and made for the mus
ter out and in, which took place on the 29th of December. The payment of the
troops and procuring transportation and other preparation for going home con
sumed several days. The non- veterans, numbering about seventy-five men, were
formed into a temporary company and Captain John Moulton and Lieuts. M.
Thoeny and Charles Eampe were detailed to remain with them. This detach
ment was assigned to duty during the absence of the regiment as provost guard
at division headquarters. On the 8th of January, 1864, the regiment embarked

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at three o'clock in the morning on the small steamers Dunbar and Kingston and
arrived at Bridgeport in the afternoon, distance about forty miles by river. Here
the men were loaded into a train of box cars and arrived at Nashville after noon
next day. This trip, without exercise or fire or warm food, in midwinter, was a
severe one, but we were yet in the war country and going home, and there was little
grumbling or complaint. At Nashville, at 7 P. M. on the 14th, a train of empty
box cars was again assigned to us, in which we had another cold and uncomforta
ble journey of eighteen hours, arriving at Louisville about noon on the 15th,
and were quartered in the military barracks. Here all needed clothing was sup
plied for our midwinter trip to Minnesota, and we took advantage of this oppor
tunity to turn in our old Enfield muskets, which we had been obliged to carry
since our second equipment. Arrangements having been made for this, we had
a parade march on the 17th from the barracks to the ordnance building, carry
ing for the last time the arms and equipments with which we had fought Tulla-
homa, Chickamauga and Mission Eidge. The arms were stacked, the equipments
unslung and hung on the bayonets and we returned to the barracks forty rounds
lighter and feeling perhaps more like furloughed men than before.

Our orders for transportation to Chicago were here obtained over the Louis
ville, New Albany & Chicago railroad, upon the assurance of the superintend
ent that we should have comfortable coaches and a quick passage. He at first
thought that box cars were good enough for soldiers, but we now insisted upon
proper transportation, as it was paid for and we had a right to it. Finally we
were notified that on Monday morning, the 18th of January, our train would be
ready, and we crossed the Ohio Elver to the New Albany depot, to find a train of
box and cattle cars, some of them bedded six inches deep with frozen dung, backed
down to the platform for our accommodation. The superintendent was conven
iently absent, but he was informed by telegraph that the cattle train would not
answer our purpose, and that we would return to Louisville and ask for trans
portation by some other line if passenger coaches were not promptly provided
as promised. The weather was intensely cold, with wind and driving snow, and
it was a shameful thing to propose to transport human beings in such weather
and in such cars as were offered us. After some delay a message came that the
cattle cars were all a mistake and that coaches would be ready in the afternoon,
and so we waited. About five o' clock the train was made ready and we started in
warm, comfortable cars for Chicago, expecting to arrive there next morning; such
transportation as that would, however, have been too good for soldiers, and we did
not arrive there until the morning of the 21st. After breakfast at the Soldiers'
Home we started again by rail for La Crosse, arriving there at 3 p. M. on the
22d, where we were hospitably entertained. Henceforward our transportation
was to be by sleighs by the stage company, but only conveyances for half the
regiment were ready; Major Davis with the band and four companies were for
warded the same evening and arrived at St. Paul early Sunday morning, the 24th
of January, one hundred and forty miles in twenty -two hours, which was con
siderably better time than we had made on the New Albany railroad. The
lieutenant colonel commanding, with the remaining six companies, left La Crosse
twelve hours later and except three companies, A, B and C, furloughed at
Winona, arrived at St. Paul Sunday evening.

The ladies of Winoua gave a hot breakfast to the first detachment, and a
hot supper to the second; and the people of all the river towns along the route
improved every opportunity to show the boys they were welcome. On Monday,
the 25th, the men dispersed for their homes, each with thirty days' leave of
absence, which time they doubtless enjoyed as they deserved to. The officers,
instead of receiving furloughs, had been ordered on recruiting service, and were
aided everywhere by the enlisted men, who all felt interested -in filling up the
regiment, now reduced to less than half the standard strength.

Headquarters were reopened at Fort Snelling on the 25th of February, and, as
the men came in rapidly, the regiment was mustered for inspection and pay on the
29th, showing, besides the three hundred veterans, about one hundred and fifty
recruits. In the afternoon of this day, on the invitation of the ladies of St. An-

108 THE SECOND REGIMENT.

thony, prominent among whom were Mrs. and Miss Van Cleve, the wife and daugh
ter of our first colonel, the regirneot marched from the fort to that place, where &
grand reception, supper and ball were given in its honor at the then vacant
Winslow Hotel building. The ball lasted all night, and ended with a hot break
fast at seven o'clock, after which the boys marched back to the fort, eight miles,
arriving quite rested and refreshed. That St. Anthony entertainment was
another event that still warms the hearts of the old boys whenever they meet and
talk of old war times.

Two or three days now came of busy preparation for returning to the front.
Aided by the active influence of Gov. Stephen Miller, a complete outfit of new
Springfield rifles, of uniform pattern and caliber, with equipments complete, was
obtained, clothing was issued and transportation ordered. On the 3d of March
the first detachment of one hundred and fifty men was started in Concord
coaches for La Crosse, another detachment followed on the 4th, another on the
5th, and the field, staff and band on the 6th. Arriving at La Crosse the ice was
breaking up and the crossing was a work of considerable danger and difficulty.
It was accomplished, however, without accident, on the 9th and 10th; and at 3
A. M. on the llth we started by rail for Chicago. Colonel George, who had left
us at Chattanooga four months before, rejoined the regiment at La Crosse and
assumed command. After breakfast at the Chicago Soldiers' Home on the 12th,
the regiment was forwarded in detachments to Louisville, the last arriving
there early on the 16th, and, after a day's delay, proceeded to Nashville,
arriving Saturday morning, the 19th. The trains were crowded with returning
veteran regiments and supplies for the army at the front, and after waiting
three days we got orders to march through to Chattanooga, and, moving out of
the city four miles, encamped in the afternoon of the 23d. The march was un
eventful; an easy one for the veterans, but a new and tough experience for the
recruits. We arrived at Stevenson on the 5th of April, and, climbing on the top
of a train of loaded box cars, proceeded thence by rail to Chattanooga, where
we encamped, on the 6th, on Chattanooga Creek, and reported our arrival to
division headquarters, then at Einggold. On the 9th we resumed our march, and
on the 10th rejoined our old brigade and division at Einggold, Ga. Here we
received a most hearty welcome from our non-veterans, who now rejoined us,
and from our old comrades of the other regiments.

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.

At Einggold we found the army comfortably in camp. Trains were running
pretty regularly, bringing rations, forage, clothing, camp equipage and ammu
nition from Louisville and Nashville, but the daily consumption of so large an
army was enormous and the supplies accumulated slowly. Nearly every train
brought also on the roofs of the loaded cars a veteran regiment returning from,
furlough. For us the next four weeks were full of business; we had about four
hundred and fifty men present for duty, ose-third of them being new recruits
without any real experience as soldiers except that gained in the march through
from Nashville, which was of considerable value in putting them on their soldier
legs. These men had to be taught to handle their arms and equipments and
instructed in guard and picket duty, and in the school of the soldier, the company
and battalion. They were distributed to the several companies and paired off
with the veterans, so far as could be. Daily drill and exercise, forenoon and
afternoon, with dress parade at retreat, was the regular order, varied once a
week by a regimental tour of picket duty in front of the enemy. On the 29th
of April our brigade made a reconnaissance to the front, on which we found and
developed the enemy's line, returning, however, without casualties, after giving
our recruits their first view of the men in gray. This was repeated on the2d
of May, the brigade going out seven miles to Tunnel Hill. On the 6th of May
the regiment got ready for active work by a careful inspection of men and arms
and equipage; the sick and lame were sorted out and with all surplus baggage
sent back to Chattanooga, the cartridge boxes were carefully examined and the
haversacks supplied with three days' rations, and the ammunition and supply
wagons loaded and parked ready to follow the troops.

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On the 7th the Atlanta campaign began — the famous hundred days of ma
neuvering and fighting, without a single hour of quietude by day or night. We
broke camp at 4 o'clock p. M. and the troops were soon in motion, arriving at
Tunnel Hill, driving the enemy's skirmishers before us, at noon. Here the
enemy was strongly intrenched and some hard fighting was done without dis
lodging him, our regiment not being seriously engaged. Next day commenced
the movement of McPherson's corps to the right and through Snake Creek Gap,
to the enemy's left and rear, resulting in his evacuation of Dalton on the night
of the 12th. Another three days' skirmishing and a flank movement to the right
forced the evacuation of Eesaca by the enemy on the night of the 15th. On the
16th we bivouacked at Eesaca, on the 17th at Calhoun, on the 18th passed through
Adairsville, and on the 19th we marched through Kingston and bivouacked by
the railroad near Cassville, where we remained three days. Here on the 21st
our long-time comrades of the Ninth Ohio were ordered to Cincinnati for muster-
out, their three years' term having expired. Our men had spent most of the day
in visiting and saying good-by to them, and when they were ready to leave
our regiment was formed to give them a parting " present arms" as they marched
past our front, followed by three rousing cheers for the heroes and comrades of
Mill Springs, Chickamauga and Mission Eidge. On the 23d we marched four
miles, forded the Etowa Eiver, and six miles further on bivouacked at Euharlie
Creek. For the next eight days we were in charge of trains in the rear of our
general line of battle. On the 2d of June we were ordered to the front, and, com
ing up to the enemy's fortified lines, our brigade intrenched a parallel line in his
presence and held it until the 5th, when he evacuated his position. It would be
tedious to detail here the alternate moves, waits and fights of the next four
weeks. Some part of our army was under fire all the time. So continuous was
the uproar of musketry and cannon near or remote, and so accustomed to it did
we become that we came to ignore it altogether, unless actually engaged in it.
Our men ate, slept, wrote letters, played cards and chuck a luck, washed and
mended their clothes and polished their rifles in careless indifference until we
ourselves were called out to make or to repel an attack; if at any hour of the
night the din would absolutely cease, the unwonted silence would awaken the
sleeping soldiers to wonder what had happened.

On the 18th of June it was our turn to the front. We moved at 9 A. M., in
the rain, and our skirmishers soon came to the crest of a low ridge, in full view
of the enemy's intrenchnients, about three hundred or four hundred yards away.
It was well filled with infantry and artillery and they were evidently quite ready
to receive us, their skirmish line having been withdrawn to their breastworks.
Our ridge commanded the enemy's line and it seemed important to occupy it.
Presently, indeed, instructions came from corps headquarters to our division to
establish our line of battle on that ridge, if possible, and in due time the order
came to the Second Minnesota to mark and intrench a line there for our brigade
front. A skirmish line was detailed, and the men being carefully instructed by
the lieutenant colonel, each one carrying a spade, besides his gun, knapsack, etc.,
moved briskly up to and were hastily aligned along the crest. Then each man,
lying down flat with his gun by his side and his knapsack at his head, commenced
excavating a shallow ditch, throwing the dirt up in front and working toward
his neighbor. After ten or fifteen minutes of lively work, a second detail went
out, and taking the spades continued the work, while the first resumed their guns
and rested. The enemy kept up a scattering infantry fire on us, but we were
making good progress, with no casualties, and would soon have had a continuous
line intrenched. Suddenly a six-gun battery came rushing up behind us and went
into action on the ground we had been intrenching, nearly running over some of
our men who were working there. It was a showy but an unfortunate and
unnecessary exploit, did no good, and cost some valuable lives. The enemy's
artillery immediately opened upon them and on us, every gun within range, and
they being well protected, while this battery stood exposed, it got much the worst
of the fight and soon withdrew, having lost a good many men and horses and
being generally knocked to pieces. Meantime Lieut. Jones was killed and eleven

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others of our regiment were wounded during the few minutes of artillery right
ing, and the work of intrenching was necessarily suspended, the line being close
under the muzzles of our battery while in action. It was resumed immediately
after the battery withdrew and the line was completed, but as the enemy contin
ued and increased his infantry firing, we were obliged to deploy a strong line to
reply to it, which was done with such effect as to keep the enemy's heads down
and prevent good aiming, so we had but few men hurt by their wild firing.

General O. O. Howard, in the " Century" for June, 1887, page 454, speaks of
this affair as follows, being a witness of the concluding part of it: "Here I saw
a feat, the like of which never elsewhere fell under my observation. Baird's
division, in a comparatively open field, put forth a heavy skirmish line which
continued, under a heavy fire, such a rapid fire of rifles as to keep down a corre
sponding hostile line behind its well- constructed trenches, while the picks and
shovels behind the skirmishers fairly flew until a good set of works was made
four hundred yards off and parallel to the enemy's." Our line established, we
made it so uncomfortable for the enemy that at night they abandoned their posi
tion, drawing back to a new fortified line with Kenesaw Mountain as the centre
and key point, and extending from it east and southeast, and west and south
west, covering Marietta and the railroad from there to Atlanta. Our army was
immediately put in motion and closed up again within easy musket range of the
enemy's new position, our division being located in front of the mountain, on
which several batteries had been posted. Our line was intrenched, the usual
ditch and embankment being supplemented by a breastwork of heavy logs, which,
covered and protected by the earth in front, proved a good protection from the
artillery fire/ All the ground in our vicinity was commanded by the guns on
the mountain, and for a day or two they kept it so warm with shot and shell as
to confine us to our breastworks, but when they got tired of wasting ammunition
and ceased firing, our little tents were set and the space in the rear and near the
breastwork was occupied by our men in comparative comfort, a watch being sta
tioned to give warning whenever a puff of smoke appeared on the mountain.

The enemy amused themselves two or three times a day by shelling our camps
vigorously for a few minutes to see the " Yanks" run for their breastworks.
Here the muster-out rolls were prepared and orders obtained for the discharge
of our non-veterans, whose three years' term was nearly expired. Colonel George
announced his intention to retire also at the end of his term, and received orders
on the 22d to go to Chattanooga on the 23d with our non-veterans and there be
mustered out. The colonel's age and physical infirmity disqualified him for a
hard campaign like this, but he persisted to the completion of his term and left
us at last, much to our regret and his own. About midnight on the 22d our
regiment was ordered to move about half a mile to the right to relieve another
regiment there, which was ordered elsewhere. It was a bright, still, moonlight
night, and the enemy on the mountain was vigilant, and in the habit of investi
gating with his artillery every suspicious movement, so the men were instructed
to move quietly, keeping their gun barrels covered, and verbal orders and conver
sation to be omitted. Our movement was thus safely made, but on our arrival the
commander of the regiment to be relieved woke up his men at long range by
shouting the regulation commands in a voice that could be easily heard by the
enemy, who could also see the glimmer of their muskets in the moonlight, and
before his men were ready to move a big, round flash was seen on the mountain
— a few seconds later, another right in our faces, with a deafening explosion,
and six men at the head of our regiment lay mangled on the earth. The going
regiment took to the woods without any more formal orders and our men took
their places in the breastworks with no further casualties, though a furious
cannonade was kept up for half an hour or more. One of the men killed was our
sergeant major, P. G. Wheeler, who, a few hours later, would have gone to the
rear to be discharged. It seemed very sad that, after three years' faithful service
without injury, he should fall in the last hour of his term. Next morning at day
break Colonel George and the non- veterans present with the regiment took
leave of us, exchanging hearty good wishes and good-byes.

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. HI

On the 27th our division was placed in reserve to Davis7 division, which
was ordered to assault the enemy's intrenched line. The attack was most gal
lantly made, but failed because the line was too strong and too well defended,
and could not be carried. The loss in the attacking division was heavy, but in
our division, not seriously under fire, there were few casualties. On the 2d of
July a detachment of seventy-eight drafted men joined us from Minnesota, and
were distributed among the companies. The- enemy evacuated Kenesaw during
the night, retiring south of Marietta. On the 4th our brigade was ordered to
garrison duty at Marietta, where we remained eight days. This was now the
grand supply depot for the army, and we had not only to protect the place from
probable cavalry raids but to unload several trains a day of army supplies and
reload them into wagons for the front. Our regiment was encamped on the
beautiful lawn of ex-Gov. MacDonald's homestead, and with a comfortable
camp, sufficient rations, no marching or fighting to do, we enjoyed the week
here, notwithstanding the hard work and picket duty. The new men were
meantime kept busy learning the duty of soldiers. On the 13th our brigade
marched nine miles to the front, rejoining the division, and next day another
detachment of ninety-eight drafted men joined us. On the 15th our regiment
was ordered back to Marietta to relieve the Twentieth Connecticut as provost
and depot guard. We continued on duty here for five weeks, our time busily
occupied in guard and picket duty, in handling commissary and quartermaster
stores, and in instructing our one hundred and seventy-six new men, who, being
mingled in squads with the veterans, made rapid progress. .On the 19th of
August we marched again to the front and rejoined our brigade before Atlanta
on the 20th.

Now we were again in the enemy's presence and our old experience of march
ing, fighting, intrenching and maneuvering was kept up until, on the 30th, the
final movement around the enemy's left flank began, culminating on the 1st of
September in the battle of Jonesboro, fought and won by our Fourteenth Corps.
Our brigade happened to be in the second line during the fighting, and had but
three men wounded, none killed. The enemy was badly beaten and broken up in
the battle, and about three o'clock next morning the Confederate army evacuated
Atlanta, setting fire to the storehouses containing their surplus ammunition
and stores, which, as we had broken the railroad, they could not move. The
racket of exploding shells, distinctly heard at our bivouac, reminded us of the
evacuation of Corinth, of which we had like audible notice, and we knew that at
last Atlanta was ours. After remaining near Jonesboro two days we leisurely
marched back to Atlanta, and encamped near the city on the 8th of September.
We had left Einggold on the 7th of May with four hundred and fifty-one officers
and men present. This number had been increased by recruits one hundred
and seventy-six; returned from hospital or detached service, sixty-seven; and
had been diminished by killed in battle, four; wounded and sent to the hospital,
sixteen; sick and sent to the hospital, one hundred and thirteen; discharged at
expiration of service, one hundred and ten; deserted, three; transferred, two;
leaving present for duty, September 7th, four hundred and forty-six officers and
men. (Not all the wounded had been sent to the hospital.) The remainder of the
month of September was occupied with the usual routine of camp life and duty,
a great deal of attention being given to our recruits, who were rapidly becoming
soldiers. Meantime many of the other regiments, like ours, were becoming
reduced by discharge of non-veterans at the expiration of their original terms of
three years, and while all the loyal states were raising and equipping additional
troops to fill the quotas called for by the president, some of the governors were
organizing them into new regiments, which were sent to the front, in some cases,
under field and company officers of no actual military experience.

General Geo. H. Thomas, who had known our regiment, having had it under
his command for three years, especially desired to have it filled up to the stan
dard strength, and about the 1st of October the lieutenant colonel commanding
the regiment received a special written request from him to Gov. Stephen
Miller for the assignment of two hundred recruits with an order to present the

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requisition in person. Leaving the regiment in charge of Major C. S. Uline, he
started immediately for Minnesota. Next day commenced the northward move
ment of Hood's army, and on the 4th the regiment with its division began the
tiresome tramp over the familiar ground of the last summer's campaign. The
march was uneventful so far as our regiment was concerned; it arrived at
Gaylesville on the 21st, and moved thence to Borne on the 30th, and thence to
Kingston on the 2d, of November. On the 4th our bandmaster, E. G. Ehodes,
arrived with a complete outfit of silver horns from Cincinnati. He had been
sent from Atlanta for them with our regimental fund liberally supplemented by
private subscriptions by the officers of the regiment. We were all very proud
of our band, who, by faithful use of their old instruments, had well earned the bet
ter ones. Meantime the lieutenant colonel, after a tedious trip with many breaks
and delays, had been to Minnesota, procured the assignment of eighty- eight
men — all that were then at Fort Snelling unassigned — and a promise that more
should follow soon, and had got back to Chattanooga with them j ust in time to take
the last train thence to the front, arriving at Kingston at eleven o'clock in the
evening of November llth. The train was immediately unloaded and returned
northward, and at daybreak next morning the railroad and telegraph lines were
broken behind us, and the troops started for Atlanta. Our regiment delayed a
little to distribute the recruits and provide them with rations and ammunition, •
but marched at nine o'clock, and rejoined our brigade at Altoona in the evening.

THE MARCH TO THE SEA.

Our commuriications northward by railroad and telegraph had been severed
behind us, and leaving our old commander, General Geo. H. Thomas, to take care
of Tennessee and Hood's army, we turned our faces southward, retracing the now
familiar way to Atlanta. On the 14th of November we halted an hour or two
at Marietta, where we had been on garrison duty five weeks in the preceding
summer. The once beautiful village had been sadly devastated by the passing
hostile armies, and our old camps in the shaded lawns were hardly to be recog
nized. On the 15th we passed into and through Atlanta, encamping about two
miles east of the city. Here we filled our cartridge boxes and haversacks, put
on new shoes and clothing, loaded our wagon trains with rations of coffee, sugar
and hardtack and disincumbered ourselves of all unnecessary baggage and
equipage in preparation for the new campaign. The great buildings in Atlanta
that had been used by the enemy for manufacturing and storing military sup
plies had been set on fire and the conflagration had spread over a great part of
the town, there being neither men nor means to confine it. All that night the
burning city lighted up the sky and the exploding shells kept up a noisy but
harmless cannonade. Next morning the Fourteenth Corps, with colors unfolded
to the mild autumn breeze and bands playing the inspiring martial music, filed
out into the road and commenced the now historic march to the sea. Our course
was eastward, parallel and near to the track of the Georgia Eailroad; passing
through Decatur, and near Stone Mountain, we encamped early after an easy
march of fifteen miles. In the next day's march we passed through Lithonia
and Conyers. We halted at noon for lunch and then our brigade wrecked two
miles of railroad track before resuming the march.

This railroad unbuilding was thoroughly and rapidly done about as follows:
Our regiment having stacked arms and unslung knapsacks near the road is
formed in a single rank outside the track and facing inward. The rail joints at
each end of the line being opened, the men all seize the rail with their hands
and at the "yo heave" command they all lift together, raising the rail grad
ually up and higher and finally overturning the entire track. The rails are
joined only with the old-fashioned chairs, and in falling on its back the track is
shaken up and loosened. The ties are now knocked oif and piled upon the road
bed cob-house-wise, a few dry fence rails mixed in for kindling, the fire is started
and the iron rails being laid across the pile are in a short time red hot at the
centre. A lever and hook is now put on each end of each rail and the ends are
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the rail at once a spiral twist and a " Grecian bend" along its middle third.
Sometimes the boys would give them an extra heating and wind them around
the trees by the roadside, and at every mile-post the letters U. S. in sixty -pound
rails were set up to encourage the loyalty of those who might see and read. Our
cavalry having broken a bridge some miles ahead of us, we found a locomotive
and train of cars at Conyers; they were unable to get away before our arrival —
or afterward.

On the 28th we passed through Covington, a pretty village, and crossed Yellow
River; halted at noon for lunch, then disintegrated our usual two miles of rail
road track. On the 19th we turned southward and left the railroad, directing
our march toward Milledgeville. The enemy had destroyed the bridge over
Little River and we had to lay a pontoon bridge, which delayed our march an
hour or two. The day was rainy, the road slippery and the marching tire
some and uncomfortable. Next day we passed through Shady Dale, and on the
21st and 22d the weather was fine and we made good progress. On the 24th we
entered Milledgeville, the then capital of Georgia, and remained there encamped
over the next day, which was Thanksgiving day, and was duly celebrated as
such. We had been eight days on the road from Atlanta and thus far had drawn
no rations from our wagons except coffee. There had been, however, no lack
of provisions; it was in that country the season of plenty; there had been cul
tivated by the negro labor a most bountiful crop of corn, sweet potatoes and
various vegetables, and on every plantation were fat cattle, pigs and poultry in
abundance, while the smoke houses were filled with hams and bacon just cured.
Butter, honey, sorghum syrup, apples, home-made jelly and preserves and pickles
had been also provided and stored for us, and it wasn't necessary even to ask for
them. Every morning an officer with a sergeant and ten men (one from each
company) were sent out to provide a day's subsistence for the regiment. These
details were called foragers or "bummers." They were of course armed and kept
together and were thus able to whip, or at least stand off, any party of the enemy's
cavalry they might meet. Details from other regiments that scattered and strag
gled lost a good many men by capture, but not a single man of ours was so lost,
either from the foragers or the column, during the entire march to Savannah.
These foragers would get as far ahead as they could in the first hour or two, then
leave the road and visit the plantations, find a wagon or cart, or perhaps a car
riage and a single or pair of horses, or mules, or oxen, or cows to haul it, load it
with corn meal, potatoes, hams, poultry and everything else they could find that
was edible, and, leading a fat steer or two, would return to the roadside and join
in the column as the regiment came along. The quantity and quality of sup
plies thus collected by these foragers was more than sufficient, and the grotesque
appearance of the bummers as they lined the roadside in the afternoon waiting
to join their regiments was a never-failing source of amusement. They usually
went out on foot, but returned mounted or in carriages in all styles, from a creak
ing, rickety cart with a single steer or mule in rope traces to a grand coupe 'with
a blooded pair in silver-mounted harness. The officer in charge was always in
structed to permit no wanton destruction of property or firing of buildings or
abuse of people at their homes, and so far as is known to the writer these instruc
tions were observed by our details, but in many cases, no doubt, soldiers who
were unrestrained by instructions or discipline were guilty of plundering and
cruelty, not to be justified even in war, though such acts could not always be
prevented by those in authority. During this march it was the rule, as it was
in all other marches, that every man should keep his place in the column, strag
gling being in our regiment absolutely forbidden; first, for his own safety, for
the straggler was liable to be captured or killed, as many of them were, by the
enemy's cavalry which followed and hung around our rear and flanks; second,
for his own good, that he might arrive in camp and get his supper and rest with
his comrades, rather than to fall out, get behind and then have to travel alone
far into the night perhaps to find his regiment; and third, and chiefly for the
sake of good order and discipline, that in any emergency, always to be expected
and prepared for in war, the regiment should be ready in full strength, every
man in his place.

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Milledgeville, then the capital of Georgia, was an ancient, aristocratic placer
with handsomely shaded streets and dwellings, but it wore an air of quiet deca
dence and lack of enterprise. The legislature had hastily adjourned the day
before our arrival, and the governor had departed with the members. General
Sherman occupied the executive mansion with army headquarters, while some
of our officers assembled at the capitol and reorganized the legislature, repealing
the ordinance of secession and adopting a preamble and resolution declaring the
loyalty of the State of Georgia to the Union. On the 25th of November we
crossed the Oconee Ei ver, and next day reached Sandersville, where we remained
two days awaiting some movements by the other corps. The enemy's cavalry,
under General Wheeler, had been very active of late, burning all the bridges
ahead of our column, and annoying and capturing our foragers whenever they
could be taken by surprise. We could pontoon the streams without much delay,
but did not want our foragers interfered with; so Kilpatrick was ordered to
punish and drive away the offenders, and our (Baird's) division was sent along
to support him. Some lively skirmishing occurred during the next three or four
days between the opposing cavalry forces, but they kept out of the way of our
infantry generally, and we did not get much fun out of the campaign. On the
4th of December we drove the enemy through and beyond Waynesboro, and then
turned southeasterly, and on the 5th encamped at Alexandria. Now followed
several days of unpleasant weather, obstructed roads and slow progress, with
continued annoyance and skirmishing with the enemy's cavalry. On the 8th
we had quite a brush with them, in which Private George Boyson of Company
K was mortally wounded. This day we crossed the Ebenezer Creek as rear
guard, and were closely pressed by the enemy while our bridge was being taken
up. On the 10th we destroyed a section of the Charleston & Savannah railroad,
including a portion of the trestle bridge at the west bank of the Savannah Eiver.
Now we had left behind us the fine agricultural country of central Georgia,
abounding in corn, hogs, cattle and sweet potatoes, had also passed through a
level section of sandy pine lands, almost destitute of population, improvements
or provisions, and found ourselves among the rice plantations of the Savannah
Eiver and coast region. The rice crop had been harvested, and the threshing
and hulling mills were in operation. These were fired by the enemy at our ap
proach, but our cavalry saved one of the threshing mills in the vicinity of our
division, the hulling machinery being destroyed. So, for six or seven days, we
had rice in abundance, issued to the troops "with the bark on." We had rice
for breakfast, rice for dinner, rice for supper, and rice the next day and the next.
Eice for the soldiers, for the horses, for the negroes and mules, and for every
body. The boys exhausted their ingenuity in contriving various ways of hull
ing and cooking it, but it was always rice, and we got so sick of it that some of
us have never eaten any of the stuff since. We were very glad when our regi
ment was ordered out on the 16th on a foraging expedition which promised, at
least, a temporary change of diet. We went out in a southwesterly direction,
and loaded our trains with forage; got a few cattle and some miscellaneous pro
visions, all there were in the country, and returned on the 19th. We were shelled
by one of the enemy's batteries, at a distance, on our return, and Private Ste
phens of Company H was wounded. A wide flooded rice field between us and
the battery made it inaccessible to us, so we had to leave it behind, much to
our regret.

Meanwhile Fort McAllister had been captured by Hazen's division on the
12th, opening communication with our fleet, and on our return we found forty
days' accumulated mail in our camp, and two or three days later provisions and
supplies came in from the fleet by transports; among these supplies nothing was
more welcome to us than Irish potatoes, of which we had seen none in the past
six weeks. On the night of the 20th the enemy evacuated Savannah, and some
of our forces entered it at daybreak on the 21st. Our brigade, however, encamped
in a pleasant field about a mile from the line of defenses constructed by the
enemy about the city, and officers and men were permitted to visit the city and
explore the country about it. Some of them discovered that the oyster beds

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below the city had been between the guns of our blockading fleet and the enemy's
shore batteries for two years, and therefore had not been fished. A detail of
men with big army wagons were sent down there, and returned on Christmas eve
with several hundred bushels of the big and luscious oysters to enrich our
Christmas. dinner.

On the 27th of December the Fourteenth Corps passed in review, before General
Sherman in the city of Savannah. Our regiment was especially complimented
by him, as it well deserved, and a few days later was ordered into the city and
put in charge of the yard and shops and other property of the Central Railroad.
The officers occupied the general office building and the regiment was housed in
the great warehouse adjoining the yards. Here, with daily drills and dress pa
rades in the park-like streets, and with guard and patrol duty, we had a pleasant
though busy tour of service. Information was here received of the assignment
of two detachments of recruits from Fort Snelling to our regiment, one of which
had been forwarded as far as Nashville and was there detained by General
Thomas until after the battles of the 15th and 16th, in which our recruits par
ticipated; and Major C. S. Uline was sent to Minnesota to bring the other de
tachment to the regiment. This he did with all possible expedition; but we left
Savannah before either detachment arrived, and they both joined us later at
Goldsboro, N, C.

SAVANNAH TO RALEIGH.

On the 20th of January, 1865, we commenced "The Campaign of the Caro-
linas," no less famous in history than the "March to the Sea." Our regiment
marched out of their comfortable quarters at the Central Eailroad depot at 7 A.
M. and at ten o'clock encamped at Cherokee Hill, eight miles out on the Augusta
road, by which we had approached the city a month earlier. We left this camp
on the 25th, and bridging and crossing one branch of the Ebenezer Creek on the
26th and another on the 27th, passing that day through the pretty village of
Springfield, we encamped on the 28th near Sisters7 Ferry on the Savannah Eiver,
about forty miles above the city. Here we remained a week, while a pontoon
bridge was being thrown across the river and a corduroy road built across the
wide overflowed bottom lands on the South Carolina side, and while trains and
artillery were being crossed. On the 5th of February we marched over and
camped three miles from the bridge, waiting there while it was being taken up
on the 6th. Next day we passed through the smouldering ruins of Eobertsville
and Brighton which had been burned the day before by our own troops ahead of
us. Our course now lay west of north, parallel to and a few miles distant from
the Savannah Eiver, until the 10th, when we turned to the right, and, crossing
the Salkehatchie Eiver, arrived at Barnwell Court House. Our brigade had
the advance to-day, and as we came in sight of the village an order was received
from corps headquarters for our regiment to encamp therein and to prevent any
firing of buildings or any molestation of the inhabitants. As every house in
•sight of our march from Sisters' Ferry had been burned, with no attempt to
restrain or prevent the lawless destruction, it seemed that a difficult duty had
been assigned to us. Our pace was quickened and we entered the village in
advance of all other troops; guards were stationed at all the houses and the bum
mers and stragglers were admonished as they came up to keep in the streets
and move on. They were greatly surprised at this restraint and some of them
were not disposed to submit to it; but no serious resistance was made, and by
sunset the village was as quiet and peaceful as could be desired. We remained
here until noon next day, when our corps having passed on we were ordered to
follow. Before we were half a mile away the village was on fire in a dozen dif
ferent places and was no doubt totally destroyed.

On the 12th we reached the Augusta & Charleston railroad, twenty-four
miles east of Augusta. Here we turned eastward and spent most of the after
noon in destroying the track and bridges; this work was resumed next morning
In the afternoon we marched about ten miles northerly and encamped near
Davis' Mills, on the South Edisto Eiver, our brigade being rear guard of the

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Fourteenth Corps. Next morning, the 14th, we crossed the river and burned
the bridges behind us- then marched seventeen miles, to the North Edisto. On
the 15th we crossed Congaree Creek at Clark's Mills. The roads were bad and
we had considerable work in corduroying the soft places and helping the heavy
wagons out of the mud. Next day we crossed Twelve Mile Creek and passed
through the smoking ruins of Lexington Court House. On the 17th we waited
in camp all the forenoon while the troops ahead of us crossed the Saluda Eiver,
which was a wide, swift and muddy stream, and had been bridged by our pon-
toniers. We marched, about 5 p. M., over the swaying bridge and on into the
night. The wind was blowing hard and the whole country seemed on fire.
Columbia, six miles away, lighted up the eastern sky, and the woods and the
fences and the buildings and the stacks of straw and forage were everywhere
ablaze. Along thB road were some " deadening" fields, in which the pine trees
had been killed by girdling and left to decay standing, while the ground was
tilled among them. The fire would climb these dead trees, following a streak
of turpentine or pitch, and, running out the great, bare limbs, would find the
fat, pitchy knots and there flare up in flaming torches that seemed to be sus
pended in the sky with no visible support. In one of the regiments that had
encamped in one of these deadenings, some of the men were seriously hurt by
the falling of limbs that had been burned off the trees over them. Columbia
was occupied to-day by the Fifteenth Corps, and we heard that they had a
lively night of it there. On the 18th our march was resumed, but was slow and
tedious, most of the time being spent in corduroying the bottomless roads and
extricating the wagons from the mud-holes. At night we encamped near the
Broad Eiver, opposite Alston, which was an important railroad junction about
twenty-five miles northwest of Columbia. Next morning, Sunday, we crossed
the river and destroyed several miles of railroad track, and burned a train of
cars and the depot; then attended divine service in the afternoon in camp.
On Monday we marched northward to Monticello, and on Tuesday eastward to
Winsboro, on the Columbia & Chester railroad. Wednesday, the 22d, we
tackled the railroad track again and dissected four or five miles of it.

Our course for a few days had been through a fine, productive country, and
forage and provisions had been plentiful. On the 23d we moved eastward about
fifteen miles to the Catawba Biver, at Eocky Mount, where our pontoniers were
laying a bridge. The stream was wide and full from the recent rains, and the
current rapid and swirly. It required all the available bridge equipment, and,
moreover, was a work of great difficulty to span the river with an adequate
structure. The Twentieth Corps had hardly crossed it ahead of us when it was
broken by driftwood floating down the river. The next three days were spent
in replacing the bridge and making and keeping it as secure as possible,
while a crew of men in boats were put in the river above it to intercept the
driftwood and tow it to the shores. Meantime it rained nearly all the time,
and the roads as well as the streams were getting worse. Our troops and
trains, however, had been crossing at such times as the bridge seemed safe, and
at seven o'clock on the evening of the 27th our turn, as the rear brigade, came
to cross. We lighted our precarious way with pitch pine torches, as we moved
down the narrow, winding, bottomless road to the west bank and gingerly
walked over the slender swaying chain of canvas boats and then up the slippery
hill on the eastern shore, where we halted and waited for daylight. We had
been delayed here several days, and Sherman, who was ahead with the Twentieth
Corps, was getting impatient. The rains still continued, but nothing could now
make the roads any worse than the Twentieth Corps had left them after the
passage of their trains and artillery. We commenced at daybreak, now cutting
a new parallel road through the woods, and now corduroying the old one, as one
or the other seemed best; and by working hard all day, forwarded our train
three or four miles while the pontoniers were taking up the bridge. Next day,
March 1st, we made fifteen miles, encamping near Hanging Eock battle ground,
where Sumter and Tarleton met in the Eevolutionary War. On the 4th we
crossed the line into North Carolina, and on the 5th encamped near the Great

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Pedee Eiver at Sneadsboro. The six days' march between the two rivers, with
continual rain and mud, had been the most uncomfortable and fatiguing of the
whole campaign, and we were not sorry to have one pleasant day in camp while
the bridge was being thrown across the stream. At intervals we heard explo
sions down the river and wondered whether the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Corps
were having a battle at Cheraw, or, as we afterward learned, were burning some
captured ordnance stores.

On the 7th, the bridge having been completed, we crossed the river at noon,
and then the rain commenced again and continued for three days more. Our
route now lay through the piny country of North Carolina, whose products, as
our child's geographies had told us, were "pitch, tar, rosin, turpentine and lum
ber." On the 10th our brigade had the lead of the army, and, as we came in
sight of Fayetteville, found the enemy in our front. Our progress was disputed
for several miles, without, however, much delaying us, and we entered the city
about 11 A. M., driving the enemy's rear guard into and through and beyond it,
saving the bridge over Cape Fear Eiver by a lively skirmish and a race for it.
Next day a boat arrived from Wilmington with dispatches for Sherman. Our
regiment was detailed for provost guard, and made responsible for the protection
of persons and property of the residents during our occupation of the place.
We had a pleasant tour of duty here, with good weather and some rest. The
old United States Arsenal, which had been in operation for the past four years,
making ordnance stores for the Confederate army, was, by General Sherman's
order, destroyed, the buildings razed and the expensive machinery broken up.
On the 15th our regimental commander received orders to burn a large cotton
factory and warehouse in the city, which had been manufacturing goods for the
Confederate States Army, and this was done, to the infinite sorrow of the throng
of girls and other operatives who witnessed it. On the 16th the movement of
the army toward Goldsboro commenced, and the laborious mending of roads
and boosting of wagons was resumed, and continued until we encountered the
enemy in force at Bentonville on the 20th. Our brigade was but lightly
engaged here, but behaved gallantly, our regiment losing two men wounded.
Eemaining on the battlefield one day our march was resumed on the 22d, and
next day we crossed the Neuse Eiver and encamped at Goldsboro. Here we
found Generals Terry and Schofield, with the Tenth and Twenty-third Corps, all
resplendent in new uniforms, and well supplied with camp equipage and regula
tion army rations. Our army, with sixty-three days of hard campaigning, with
no opportunity of drawing new clothing or mending what we wore, had come- to
that condition when a general change of dress and a chance to wash off the tar
smoke was eminently desirable. Moreover, understanding that we were to rest
a few days at Goldsboro, our foraging details had been instructed that day to
provide as large a supply of miscellaneous provisions as possible, and they had
been successful, every regiment having at its rear the motley cavalcade of
"bummers" and their equipage, well laden with assorted plunder. As we ap
proached the city orders came to close up the columns and prepare to pass in
review before Generals Schofield and Terry, to whom Sherman, Slocum and How
ard proposed to exhibit the army of which they were so justly proud. It may
be supposed that our own commanders, in thinking of the splendid achievements
of the army, had quite forgotten the condition it was in, and its appearance as
it passed the reviewing stand was a surprise to them, as well as to the dis
tinguished officers invited to review us. At all events the review was abruptly
discontinued after the first two or three brigades had passed, and we went to our
camps without further ceremony. After a day's rest in camp our regiment was
ordered out six miles from Goldsboro, to guard and operate a grist mill, and
next day we received a mail, the first since the 5th of February.

Supplies of clothing, ammunition and army rations of food were issued here,
and distributed to the men. Without any previous notice our regiment was
carefully and thoroughly inspected on the 1st of April by an officer from corps
headquarters. He commended everything except the band; he commended this
also — with their silver horns and magnificent music he could not do otherwise —

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but he reminded the commanding officer that regimental bands had long since
been abolished, and he would have to report this one to the corps commander as
unauthorized. It had to be explained to him that these men were only the
authorized company musicians and not a "band" at all, within the meaning of
the regulations. On the 3d of April Major Uline rejoined the regiment, with
eighty recruits from Minnesota, whose names filled up our rolls to the number
required to entitle our regiment to a colonel, so on the same day Lieut. Colonel
J. W. Bishop, who nine months before had been commissioned colonel, was
mustered as such; Major Uline was mustered as lieutenant colonel and Captain
Moulton as major. Next day our division was reviewed by General Schofield, who
had for a time commanded it at Triune, Tenn. , in the spring of 1863. He person
ally congratulate^ the colonel on the splendid appearance of the regiment. On
the 9th Sergeant Kelsey reported with fifty-nine more recruits, which had been
forwarded from Minnesota in November, '64, and had spent the winter in General
Thomas' command at Nashville, Tenn. On the 10th of April our army was again
in motion toward Ealeigh, our brigade leading the Army of Georgia twelve miles
to Springfield, driving the enemy before us all day. They fired the bridge over
Neuse Eiver as they crossed it, and a sit had been well prepared for burning with
tar and pitch, we were unable to save it. Next morning we received the news
of the surrender of Lee's army, and the camps resounded with cheers; Johnston's
army was yet before us, however, and we went for him again. Next day we had
a skirmish fight on the way to Ealeigh, fifteen miles, arriving there at noon.
Our regiment was placed in charge of the state insane asylum there, and encamped
in the ample grounds, placing a chain of guards around it to keep away the bum
mers, who were ready to turn out the inmates, sane or insane, without discrimi
nation or formality.

After a day's rest here we marched again on the 15th, six miles, to Holly
Springs, and the next day six miles further toward Durham Station. We
remained in this vicinity during the ten days occupied in the first and the final
negotiations for the surrender of Johnston's army, which took place at Durham
on the 26th, and of which we were formally informed on the 27th. The paroling
of the surrendered men was assigned to General Schofield, and we returned by
easy marches to the vicinity of Ealeigh, encamping Saturday, the 29th, at Page's
Station, a short distance west of the city. Our march of four hundred and
eighty miles, from Savannah to Goldsboro, occupied sixty-three days in mid
winter, with bad roads and much inclement weather and in the presence of an
active enemy, strong enough to annoy, but not to seriously delay us. "We com
menced the campaign with five hundred and twenty -six officers and men present,
of whom eleven, including two men wounded at Bentonville, were sent tempora
rily to the field hospital, and five were captured while foraging; a total loss of
only three per cent from our effective force.

RICHMOND, WASHINGTON AND HOME.

With the surrender of Johnston's army the war, so far as we were concerned,
was substantially over, and we all knew that a few weeks more or less would
emancipate us from the restraints of military service and restore us to the
peaceful avocations of civil life. Orders were received on the 30th of April
to " prepare for a comfortable and leisurely march to Eichmond." The troops
were to carry only ten rounds of cartridges, all surplus stores, ammunition and
supplies being turned in for storage, and we were notified that we would be
expected at Eichmond about the 10th of May, which would make our march
about sixteen miles a day. This for a veteran army, homeward bound, with
good roads, good weather, and no enemy in the way was easy enough. The
march was to commence on Monday, the 1st of May, but on Sunday morning,
under the pretense of changing the troops to a more eligible camp, the Four
teenth Corps was led out about sixteen miles and encamped at 3 p. M. The
remainder of the afternoon was spent in mustering the men and preparing the
pay rolls.

RICHMOND, WASHINGTON AND HOME. 119

On the 1st of May the reveille sounded long before daylight, and we marched
at five o'clock, crossing Neuse and Tar rivers, and encamping at 6 P. M., after a
march of twenty-four miles. On the 2d we made twenty-two miles, and on the
3d, with a delay of five hours in bridging and crossing Eoanoke Eiver at
Taylor's Ferry, we marched sixteen miles and encamped near Boydton, Va.
On the 4th we marched again at 5 o'clock A. M., making twenty-two miles. On
the 5th the march was urged all day long, and twenty-eight miles were covered,
and on Saturday, the 6th, twenty-four miles. On Sunday, the 7th, twenty miles,
brought our division within a mile of the James Eiver at Eichmond, and here
orders were received from Major General H. W. Halleck, commanding the De
partment of the James, directing the approaching troops to encamp at least six
miles south of the city, and forbidding any officer or soldier of Sherman's army
to enter it unless he had a written pass from his corps commander. General
Sherman, not expecting our arrival so soon, was absent, and in partial and reluc
tant compliance with these orders the weary troops retraced their steps some
two or three miles and went into camp. In the next two days a good many of
Sherman's officers and soldiers did visit the city without the required pass,
greatly to the vexation of the provost guard, who were expected to prevent
their crossing the river and to arrest and imprison all who might be found in
the city without proper authority. On the 9th, Sherman still being absent,
orders from " Headquarters, Department of the James," were received and
published to our army, announcing a grand review of the Fourteenth Corps in
Eichmond on the 10th by the major general commanding the department. This
order prescribed with infinite detail the line of march by which the corps was to
be brought into the august presence of the department commander, the for
mation of the troops in the column, and the position the arms were to be carried
in passing the several streets, and especially the honors to be paid the reviewing
officer. All baggage wagons and camp followers and irregulars of every sort
were to be rigorously excluded from the column, and the soldiers and their arms
and equipments were to be, in the highest degree, in military order and condi
tion. General Sherman arrived late that night, but in time to announce to the
troops before daybreak that the proposed review would not take place as
arranged. Our arrival had been several days earlier than had been expected
and he now ordered the quartermasters and paymasters, who were on their way
to meet us, back to Washington!, and decided to march his army through to the
Potomac at once. On the 10th our marching orders were received and next day
the Fourteenth and Twentieth Army corps marched through the city in their
free and easy route step, paying no honors to anybody.

Since Johnston's surrender no foraging on the country had been done, and the
bummers had been gradually reduced to the ranks and to discipline and order,
but on this day's march they were revived and displayed in unusual exuberance
of style, spirit and equipment. We marched twenty-three miles that day, cross
ing Chickahominy Eiver, and in thirteen miles next day passed through Hanover
Court House and crossed Pamunky Eiver. On the 13th we crossed the Eichmond
& Gordonsville railroad at Chesterfield, and after a morning's march of twelve
miles halted at noon at Childsburg; then we marched four miles northwesterly
and encamped. On the 14th we marched twenty miles, encamping near Daniels-
ville, and on the 15th, after passing through Verdiersville, we crossed the Eapidan
at Eaccoon Ford, nineteen miles. On the 16th we made eighteen miles, crossing
the Eappahannock at Kelly's Ford, and next day marched eighteen miles to Bris-
tow Station on the Orange & Alexandria railroad. We were now traversing his
toric ground and were much interested in noting places whose names were so
familiar in association with the movements of the Army of the Potomac. On
the 18th we passed Manassas Junction, the Bull Eun battlefield, and Centre-
ville in a march of twenty miles, and on the 19th moved our camp about six
miles to Alexandria. Here on the 20th seventy-two more recruits joined the regi
ment and were distributed to the companies.

Orders were received announcing the grand final review in Washington of the
two great representative armies, that of the Army of the Potomac on the 23d, and

120 THE SECOND REGIMENT..

of Sherman's army on the 24th, of May, and a day or two was given to rest and
preparation. Our regiment was in splendid condition and well armed and equip
ped in every particular. We numbered about three hundred veterans of nearly
four years' service and four hundred recruits of one year or less, but these had
been so well mingled with and instructed by the veterans that there was little
apparent difference in appearance or efficiency. There were few, if any, other
regiments in our corps so strong as ours; many of them numbered less than three
hundred men. Our ten companies, under arms, averaged about thirty-two files
front, and to condense the marching column for the review the smaller regiments
were formed into eight or six, and some of them into four, companies of about that
size. The Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Twentieth corps crossed Long Bridge
during the nighfc of the 23d and bivouacked in the streets about the capitol to
be in readiness to commence the march at the appointed hour. The morning
of Wednesday, the 24th, was clear and sunny. Taking an early breakfast in
our camp, our Fourteenth Corps was in motion at seven o'clock, and after a
march of eight miles stacked arms in the vicinity of the capitol at ten o'clock.
The review march had already commenced, but there were 65,000 men in the
column, which, marching briskly, consumed six and a half hours in passing the
reviewing stand; so our time to march out into Pennsylvania avenue did not
come until after noon.

Probably no more magnificent military display was ever seen than the one
that greeted our eyes as we wheeled around the capitol and looked down the
long, straight, broad avenue, filled from curb to curb with marching troops, the
gay uniforms, the glistening muskets and the unfolded colors all swaying
with the rhythm of the music as the regiments, with regular and steady step,
moved on. At the great treasury building the column wheeled by companies to
the right, and then presently to the left, then the arms were smartly brought to
the "carry" for the march past the president and the high officers of the army
and of the Government standing with him. Officers saluted respectfully as they
passed the stand, and, when the rear company of a regiment had cleared the
White House grounds the arms were right shouldered and the " route step" re
sumed. No halt for rest was permitted, as the march of the column in the
avenue must not be obstructed by the troops ahead of it; so we tramped on
through Georgetown and across the aqueduct bridge into Virginia before we
had an opportunity to file out of the road and stack arms and take breath. When
we got back to our camps, at seven o'clock, we were pretty thoroughly tired,
having marched more than twenty miles. On the day after the review our corps
left the bivouac at Alexandria, and moved about ten miles to find a fresher and
cleaner camping ground, about three miles north of Washington. Here the offi
cers and men were freely given opportunity to visit the city, and with pleasant
weather and plentiful rations the time passed rapidly and without many events
worthy of notation here. Our old commander, George H. Thomas, visited our
camp on the 2d of June, and was enthusiastically received by our regiment and
others that had served with him and under him in the West. On the 3d he
reviewed our division, which had been his original command in 1861, and under
his direction had fought and won the battle of Mill Springs.

On the 6th of June our (Third) division (Fourteenth Army Corps) was
reorganized, and Colonel J. W. Bishop was formally assigned to command the
First Brigade, now consisting of the Second Minnesota, Eighteenth Kentucky,
Thirty-first Ohio, One Hundred and First Indiana and Twenty-third Missouri
regiments, and on the 9th he assumed command of the division, General Baird
having taken leave of absence. On the 13th of June his commission as briga
dier general by brevet, dated April 9, 1865, was received and was duly announced
to the regiment. In the evening the officers and men of the regiment came to
division headquarters en masse to present their congratulations. Some twenty -
five years later he learned that this appointment had been recommended by his
corps and army commanders from Savannah in January, 1865, and, the commis
sion not having arrived, the recommendation was renewed in May.

RICHMOND, WASHINGTON AND HOME, 121

On the 14th orders were received to move the division by rail to Parkersburg,
on the Ohio Eiver, and thence by steamers to Louisville, Ky., and the First
Brigade was forwarded in the afternoon of the same day, the remainder of the
division following next morning. The troops traveled in open coal cars, which
at the time were the only cars to be had for them, and they would have been
comfortable enough in fine weather, but it rained all the first night on the road,
drenching the men, and, with the coal dust, making their beds decidedly dirty and
uncomfortable. Division headquarters left Washington by passenger train in
the evening of the 15th, and, passing the troops on the road, arrived at Cumber
land in time next morning to have hot coffee supplied to all the troop trains as
they came along, which was gratefully appreciated by the tired and hungry men.
The division arrived at Parkersburg on the 17th, and next day, Sunday, the 18th,
embarked on a fleet of steamers for the trip down the Ohio Eiver. We had
a most delightful voyage, passing Cincinnati at 6 p. M. on Monday, arriving at
Louisville Tuesday morning, the 20th, and, marching out on the Bardstown pike,
encamped about four miles south of the city. Here the next twenty days were
passed in awaiting the decision of the War Department as to our final discharge.
Some of the troops were being sent to Texas and to other Southern states, and
while we knew that the larger part of the army would soon be discharged, we
could not know that we might not be elected to remain in the service indefinitely.
But orders came at last for our muster-out, and on the 10th of July the rolls
were all ready and the final inspection, muster and parade were made. Orders
relieving all detached duty men had been received, and our camp and garrison
equipage were turned over to the quartermaster. The corps commander issued
his farewell orders, directing the regiment to proceed to Fort Snelling, Minn.,
for final discharge, and accompanied them with a complimentary letter, and our
officers made a parting call on Gen. Baird, commanding our division.

Next morning, the llth, we marched out of our camp, leaving the tents all
standing, and a few minutes later halted at corps headquarters, where General
J. C. Davis, the corps commander, made us a brief but feeling address, then the
march was resumed to Louisville. There we crossed the Ohio Eiver, and at ten
o'clock left Jefferson ville, by train, for Chicago, where, when we arrived at 6 p.
M. next day, the regiment was quartered in Soldiers' Eest. Early on the 13th we
marched through the city and took the train for La Crosse, by way of Water-
town, Wis. Eeaching La Crosse at 2 A. M. on the 14th, we went immediately on
board the steamer McLellan for St. Paul. At Winona, at eight o'clock, a crowd
of people were at the levee to meet us, and the captain kindly consented to hold
the boat there long enough to permit us to go ashore for a parade march. Wi
nona had hospitably entertained us on several occasions, and we all gratefully
remembered it.

The next morning, the 15th, we landed at the lower levee at St. Paul. The
city semed to be having a general holiday and crowds of people were on the bank
to welcome us with bands of music and salvos of artillery, and a parade of the fire
department and other organizations. Colonel John T. Averill of the Sixth Min
nesota Eegiment marshaled the grand procession, and under its escort we marched
in column of platoons up Third street to Wabasha and by that street to thecapi-
tol, where we were received by Hon. John S. Prince, then mayor of the city, and
Hon. Stephen Miller, then governor of the state, in appropriate addresses of wel
come. Then we were invited to a bountiful collation, which the ladies had spread
for us in the capitol building, and which they personally served to the hungry
soldiers with gracious words and kind attentions. All this over, our march was
resumed to the upper levee, where we embarked for Fort Snelling. About 5 p.
M. we were encamped on the parade ground at that historic post, where four
years before we had been mustered into the service. Here we were obliged to
wait several days for our final payment. Our camp was enlivened by visiting
friends during the day, and throngs of people came out from St. Paul and Minne
apolis in the evening to attend our dress parades. At the close of the last
parade, Wednesday, July 19th, a brief farewell address was made to the regiment
by the colonel. The next day, the 20th, the final payment was made, and the

122 THE SECOND EEGIMENT.

men received their individual discharges, and the Second Eegiment of Minne
sota Veteran Volunteer Infantry ceased to exist. The men dispersed to their
homes with a loyal pride in the record made by their regiment, with a warm and
steadfast friendship for each other as comrades and with the satisfaction that
comes only from duty well performed.

May they find these sentiments revived and strengthened as, after twenty-five
years have intervened, they (who yet survive) shall review in this imperfect
record the service of the regiment.

Date of mustering of first two companies June 26, 1861

Date of organization #s a regiment July 22, 1861

Date of remuster in as veterans Dec. 29,1863

Date of final payment and discharge July 20, 1865

Number of men mustered into regiment 1,735

Number of men commissioned as officers 91

Number of men wounded in action 274

Of whom were killed or mortally wounded 74

Number of men died of diseases , 167

Number of men discharged for disability 277

Number transferred or promoted out of the regiment 76

Number reported as deserted 61

Number of officers resigned 40

Number of men discharged at end of three years' time (or away from the regiment) 353

Number of men present at final discharge of regiment 699

It appears that of the whole number of men mustered into the regiment from first to last
about sixteen per cent were wounded in battle, and more than one-fourth of these were killed or
mortally wounded.

Nearly ten per cent of the whole number died in the service of disease, and sixteen per cent
were discharged for disability; four and one-half per cent were transferred or promoted out of the
regiment, three and one-half per cent deserted the service, and two per cent (officers) resigned for
various reasons during the four years' service. Twenty per cent of the whole number were dis
charged at the expiration of the original three years' enlistment at the close of the war but away
from the regiment, and forty per cent of the whole number were present in the regiment at its
final muster-out.

Of the thirty-seven commissioned officers who were in the regiment at the end of its service,
only three were commissioned officers at the beginning; all the others (except surgeons) had been
promoted from the ranks.

While the regiment had various periods of encampment or post duty, it had also considerable
exercise on foot. In 1862, '63 and '64 it marched, by the record, 5,153 miles, an average of four
and three-fourths miles a day, including Sundays, for the whole time. No record was kept for
1861 or 1865. It is believed, however, that the average daily marching in those years would ex
ceed that for the years given.

FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.

123

ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF SECOND REGIMENT MINNESOTA
VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

* See foot note.

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REMARKS.

Colonels —
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July 23, '61
May 15, '62
Men. 5, '65

May 15, '62
Apl. 4, '65

July 23, '61
Nov. 5, '62
Apl. 4, '65

July 26, '61
June 15, '62
May 9, '65

Sept. 8, '62
Men. 19, '63

June 27, '61
July 17, '62
Feb. 28, '63
Apl. 18, '65

Aug. 12, '63
May 25, '64

July 31 '61
Julv 28, '63
Aug. 6, '64

July 24, '61
Jan., '65

June 26, '61
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July 5, '61
July 15, '64
July 5, '61
June 26, '61

Aug., '64
Oct. 16, '61

Dec. 26, '63

June 26, '61
Jan. 25, '64

June 27, '61
July 20, '63
Dec. 29, '63

Mch.21,'62
June 29, '64
July 11, '65

Aug. 26, '62
July 11, '65

Sept. 17, '61
Apl. 15, '64
July 11, '65

May 27, '62
Dec. 31, '64
July 11, '65

Feb. 23, '63
Dec. 23, '63

Dec. 4, '61
Aug., '62
Aug. 12, '63
July 11, '65

Nov. 11, '65
Apl. 5, '65

Jan. 28, '63
July 30, '64
July 11, '65

Oct. 10, '63
July 11, '65

Nov. 15, '62

Pro. Brig. Gen. U. S. V.; spec. men. Mill Springs; Brev. Maj. Gen.
Lieut. Col. July 23, '61; res. on acct. sickness and exp. of term.
Capt. Company A June 26, '61; Maj. Mch. 21, '62; Lieut. Col.
Aug. 2G, '62; Brevet Brig. Gen. U. S. V. Apl. 9, '65; spec. men.
Major Sept. 18 '61; promoted Col. 9th Reg. Minn. Volunteers.
2d Lt. July 30, '61; 1st Lt. Jan. 1, '62; Capt. Co. I, June 20, '62;
Major April 24, '64; special mention; dis. with regiment.
Appointed Paymaster United States Army.
Capt. Co. F July 8, '61; wnd. Chickamauga; res.; spec, mention.
Serg. Co. D June 17, '61; 2d Lieut. Jan. 1, '62; 1st Lieut, May 1,
'62; Capt. Nov. 15, '62; special mention; dis. with regiment.
Dismissed.
Assistant Surgeon July 24, '61; resigned.
Assistant Surgeon Sept. 6,'62; captured at Chickamauga; special
mention; discharged with regiment.
Resigned.
Resigned; special mention; captured at Chickamauga.

Promoted Captain Company C.
2d Lt. Co.D July 5,'61; 1st Lt. and Adj.; pro.Lt.Col.10th Minn. Inf.
Promoted Captain Company G.
Sejrgeant Company E July 5, '61; re-enlisted; promoted Sergeant
Major, 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant; dis. with regiment.
Promoted Captain Company B.
Promoted Captain Company D.

1st Lieutenant Company I July 30, '61; resigned.
Priv. Co. H July 5. '61; Quartermaster Serg. July 15, '61; res.
Private June 26, '61- pro. Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Lieut
and Quartermaster Aug. 6, '64;
Resigned.
Discharged with regiment.

i Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company C.
Private Company C, Corporal; killed at Kenesaw Mountain
June 23, '64; wounded at Chickamauga.
Reduced at own request to Private Company D.
Private Company C Feb. 15, '64; discharged with regiment.
Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company E.
Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company A.

Private Sept. 16, '61; discharged at expiration of term.
Returned to ranks at own request.

Private Company F July 8,'61; re-enlisted; transferred to Com
pany A Dec. 26 '63; appointed Captain and Com. Subsistence.
Discharged on expiration of term.
Dis. with regiment; wounded at Chickamauga.

Promoted Assistant Surgeon Seventh Minnesota Infantry.
Private Company G July 8, '61; transferred to N. C. S.
Musician Co. B June 26,'61; re-enlisted Dec. 28,'63; dis. with reg.

Judson W. Bishop
Lieutenant Colonels—
Alexander Wilkin
Calvin S. Uliue
Majors —
Simeon Smith

John B.Davis
John Moulton
Surgeons —
Reginald Bingham
Moody C. Tollman
Wm Brown

Assistant Surgeons —

Otis Ayer

Adjutants —
Daniel D. Heaney
Samuel P. Jennison
Chas F. Meyer

29
32
35
32

25

27

39
29
30

60

Frank Y. Hoffstatt
James W Wood

Geo. W. Shuman
Quartermasters —
Wm S Grow

S. DeWitt Parsons

Chaplains —
Timothy Cressey

Sergeant Majors —
Clinton S Cilley

Peter G. Wheeler

John D.Wilson
Wm C Wynkoop

27

19"
30
24

34
27

33

22
28

3l"

July 11, '65
June 20, '62
Oct. 22, '62

Sept. 27, '64
Oct. 16, '64

June 3, '64

June 25, '64
July 11, '65

July, '62

Thomas G. Scott
Edward L Kenny

Quartermaster Sergeants —
Wilson C. Garrett

Webster H Hoover

Commissary Sergeants —
George A. J. Overton

Daniel Wilson

Samuel Bowler
Hospital Stewards —
E. Brewer Mattocks
Fred A.Buckingham
Robert E. Bailey

July 11, '65

REGIMENTAL BAND.

NAMES.

W

4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Michael Esch '
Augustus B. Cowles
Theodore Damon
Henry Hanley

25
19
38
32
32
18
32
34
30
40
21
23
24
37
45
21
44
28
18
35

Sept, 25, '61
Sept. 10, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Aug. 27, '61
Aug. 23, '61
Sept. 10, '61
Aug. 31, '61
Aug. 31, '61
Aug. 27, '61
Aug.31, '61
Sept. 13 ,'61
July 8, '61
Sept. 3, '61
July 27, '61
Sept. 4, '61
Sept. 13, '61
Aug. 31, '61
Sept. 13, '61
June 29, '61
Sept. 3, '61

Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged bv order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged bv order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.
Discharged by order Gen. Buell April 24, '62.

FredStoltz

Forris Z. Cowles

Charles Ebert . . .

Rasmus Oleson

Robert Plumacker
Andrew Pohl
Edwin M.Arnold
Frederick Dohn
Ceo. W. Lancaster
Hermon Memier

Alfred Moore

George Odell ..

Reinhart Leidell

Wm. H.Sherman
Tilson Tibbetts. . .

Peter Zenzious

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ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Judson W. Bishop

Chas. H. Barnes

LeviOber

Edward L. Kenny

First Lieutenants —

Chas. Haven

Francis Hamilton.

Abrain Kalder

Second Lieutenant —

Archibald McCorkle

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, Chas. B

Andrews, Warren P

Andrews, Chester

Ayers, John

Barrett, Leonard

Baker, Giles A

Barton, Ogden...

Bateman, John C

Barnes, Charles P

Bailey, Hiram S

Balsinger, Andrew J

Bateman, Kobert

Barnes, Samuel R

Bennett, Wm A

Bolin, Alexander H

Boss.Wm. H

Brown, Henry C

Binder, Aaron M

Brainard, Justus B

Bush, Henry B

Burk, Curtis E

Bungamer, David J

Butler, John C

Case, Norman E

Case, Herman G

Callison, John L

Carmegil, Alexander

Cady, Anthony W

Case, AdelbertC

Childs, Simon

Christie, Alexander

Clark, Hiram W

Colburn. John E

Corliss, Ebenezer E

Corliss, Chas. N

Corliss, Wm. M

Cox, Samuel

Compton, Robert

Coffin, Ammiel F

Cravath, Austin

Cutting, Hiram B

Calvert.SamuelD

Dalton, Thomas E

Denny, Baruch

Dobbin, Thomas L

Duncan, Wm. R

Edwards, Geo. W

Edwards, Chas. A

Edwards, Daniel B

Embery, Newton ,

Everts, Edmund A

Farrington, John W

Farrington, Benjamin ,

Farrell, Samuel N

Fetterman, John

Fay, Milton C ,

Farrell, Daniel J

Farrell, George G

Fewster, Charles....

Frederick, Gustus

Fitch, Thomas.

Foster, Samuel ...!..

Foot, Simeon

Foster, Alonzo

Frazier, Nelson C

Friend, Geo. B

Frazier, Edwin

Garrett, Wilson C

Gates, Geo. L

Gale, Henry

Gerety, Hugh

Gollings, Ellick H

Guy, Henry w

Harding, Henry H I 20

24

MUSTERED
IN.

June 26, '61
Mch.21,'62
Nov. 22, '63

Sept. 14, '64

June 26, '61
Mch.21,'62
Sept. 14, '61

Nov. 12, '64

Feb. 29, '64
Nov. 18, '62
Feb. 29, '64
May 31, '64
Sept. 28, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '04
June 26, '61
June26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
Sept, 28, '61
June 26, '61
June 26 '61
Aug. 22, '61
Mch. 21, '65
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
May 31, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Oct. 18, '64
Jan. 20, '65
Sept. 28, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
June 26, '61
Mch. 5, '62
June 26, '61
June26, '61
Sept. 28, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Dec. 26, '61
Dec. 26, '61
Feb. 29, '65
June 26, '61
June26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June26, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Sept. 28, '61
June26, '61
Nov. 18, '62
June 26 '61
June26, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Sept. 28, '61
June 26, '61
Feb. 29, '64
June 1, '64
Sept. 16, '61
Sept. 28, '61
Feb. 29, '64
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
Feb. 29, '64
June 26, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Mch. 21, '63
Aug. 13, '62
July, '64

July 11, '65

Oct. 21, '62
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

June 24, '65
July, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July i'i/65
Juiy"li',''65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

Julyli";65
July 11, '65

Promoted Major; special mention.

2d Lieut. June 26, '61; 1st Lieut. March 4, '62; resigned.

Serg. June 26, '61; 2d Lieut. March 21, '62; 1st Lieut. Oct. 22, '62;

resigned; wounded at Missionary Ridge.
Corporal June 26, '61; Sergeant Major, 2d Lieutenant Oct. 22,

'62; 1st Lieutenant Dec. 25, '63; special mention.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., March 4, '62.
1st Serg. June 26, '61; 2d Lieut. March 4, '62; resigned.
Corp. June 26, '61; Serg.; re-enlisted Dec. 14, '63; 2<1 Lieut. May

1, '64; discharged with regiment; wounded at Chickamauga.
Private Dec. 26, '61; Corporal, Sergeant; special mention.

Per order.

Discharged from hospital.

Discharged with regiment.

Died at Marietta, Ga., Sept. 28, '64.

Discharged for disability.

Promoted Corporal July 18, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 15, '65.

Sergeant; discharged to accept promotion Oct. 31, '62.

Corp.; wnd. at Missionary Ridge; dis. June 25; term expired.

Discharged June 25, '64; term expired.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

Corp.; promoted Serg. ; discharged June 25, '64; term expired.

Corporal; died at Somerset, Ky., Feb. 1, '62.

Died at Saratoga, Minn., April 1, '64.

Discharged for disability

App. Corp. Nov. 13, '62; disch. June 25, '64; expiration of term.

Died at Louisville, Ky., March 3, '62.

Substitute for Wm. Chalmers.

Promoted Corporal Aug. 6, '64.

Wnd. at Kenesaw Mt. June 14, '64; disch. by order July 8, '65.

Promoted Corp. July 22, '62; killed at Chickamauga.
Promoted Corporal and Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 14, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.
Discharged from hospital Sept. 4, 65.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63.
Dis. on expiration of term, June 25, '64; wnd. at Kenesaw Mt.
Dis. on expiration of term, June 25, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 28, '64.
Discharged on expiration of service, June 25, '64.
Promoted Corporal and Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 14, 63.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; disch. for disability July 22, '63.
Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.
Discharged for disability Nov. 1, '62.
Musician; discharged for disability Feb. 22, '62.
Discharged for disability May 21, '62.

Discharged for disability March 18, '62.

Discharged Feb. 22, '65; wounds received at Chickamauga.

Discharged for disability Feb. 22, '62.

Promoted Sergeant, Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 14, '63.

Died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 9, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 11, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Sept. 27, '64.

Sergeant; killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Nov. 17, '64.

Pro. Corp.; dis. at exp. term, June 25, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.

Discharged at expiration of term, June 25, '64.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 14, '63.
Discharged for disability January, '63.

Drafted; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 14, '64.
Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant; re.-enlisted Dec. 25, '63.
Promoted Corporal July 18, '64.

Promoted Corporal; discharged by order June 11, '65.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.
Discharged by order June 11, '65.
Discharged for disability, in '62.

COMPANY A.

ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

125

NAMES.

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M0STKRED

IN

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS,

28

May °B '64

July 11, '65

Drafted.

18

Feb °9 '64

July 11, '65

Hewett Geo W

21

June26 '61

Deserted Dec. 14, '63.

Hillman, Wm. J

17
19

Apl. 3, '65
June26 '61

Substitute; discharged per order July 7, '65.
Transferred to Co. I 4th U S Artillery Nov 25 '62

Hoffman Win

29

June 26 '61

Corporal; promoted 1st Sergeant; discharged June 25 '64

Holland Henry P

24

June 26* '61

Discharged for disability Aug 9 62

20

Feb 29 '64

July 11 '65

Harris Manly S

22

Sept 28 '61

Discharged on exp of term, Sept. 27 '64' wnd at Chickamauga

18

June 26 '61

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63.

24

Sept 5 '64

Discharged per order June 11 '65.

Kenny, John L
Kellam Justin E

26
9-7

Dec. 26, '64
Feb 29 '64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Promoted Q. M. Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant and Quartermaster.

Kinyon, Ethelbert
Knox, Charles V

33
23
29

Feb. 29, '64
Jan. 30, '65
Feb 29 '64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Died at Savannah, Ga., June 12, '65.

L.aughlin, Peter
Lark Win H

18
18

Dec. 26,' '61
Feb 29 '64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63.

Levy, Samuel
Lovejoy, Levi
Lynch, Cadwalader J.
Luark, John

28
30
37
38

Sept. 5, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Dec. 26 '61

"juVy"li";65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Discharged per order June 11, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63.

Marsh, Zebediah W

24
9r>

Dec. 26, '61
Dec 26 '61

Corp.; promoted Serg.; discharged for disability June 1, '62.
Dis. on exp. of term, June 25, '64; wnd. at Missionary Ridge.

Marsh, Hosea J
Marsh Nathan

18
44

Sept. 30, '61
Sept 28 '61

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, 63.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Aug. 1, '63.

Mayo, Asaph
McElderv Jonathan

38
22

June 1,'64
Sept 28 '61

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Drafted.
Re enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

McNeeley, Augustus
Me Adams, James ».

19
94

Dec. 26, '61
Dec. 26 '61

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, ?63; appointed Corporal and Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

Meade Daniel W .

R*>

Dec 26 '61

July 11 '65

Discharged on expiration of term.

Mitchell Wm

18

Feb 29 '64

July 11 '65

Morse, David N

35

Dec 26 '61

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, 63; wounded at Chickamauga.

Moon, Samuel B

28

Nov. 18, '62

July 11, '65

Re enlisted Nov. 17, '64.

Nelson, Charles J
Nilson, Baron
Owen, Appoles

18
17
'?3

Apl. 1, '65
Mch. 22, '65
Oct. 27, '64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Substitute.
Substitute.
Substitute.

I*assmore, Michael

30

Feb. 29 '64

Died at Louisville, Kv., March 16, '64.

Page, Harvey

94

May 31, '64

July 11, '65

Drafted.

Phillips, Charles H

19

Sept 28 '61

Transferred to Gen. Elliot's Marine Brigade.

Pinneo Cyrus

3*

Feb 29 '64

July 11, '65

?fi

Sept 5 '64

Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Pitcher, Spencer J

?5

June26 '61

Discharged for disability Sept. 15, '62.

Pineo Geo. M

19

June 26 '61

Died at Lebanon, Ky., March 16, '62.

Place, Lorenzo J. D. .

?3

June 26, '61

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

Plonteaux Wm R

•>o

May 31 '64

Died at Davids Island, N. Y. Harbor, March 8, '65; drafted.

Quigley, Charles C

18

Sept. 28, '61

Died at Columbia, Tenn., May 2, '62.

Renslow, Wm. H

?1

Feb. 29 '64

July 11, '65

Kice Richard

93

Sept 28 '61

Discharged on expiration of term; wnd. at Missionary Ridge.

Richards, William F

?4

Sept. 28, '61

Discharged for disability January, '63.

Ripley Joseph M

?1

Sept 28 '61

July 11 '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

Rose, Dennis

?1

June 26, '61

Died at Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., April 24, '62.

Rose, Jacob ....

18

June 26, '61

Died at Somerset, Ky., March 12, '62.

Rockwell, Geo. W

20

June 26, '61

Discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.

Rouse, Charles B..

31

June 26, '61

Discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64; wounded at

Rockwell, Wm. E

18

Feb. 29, '64

July 11, '65

Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge.

Rogers, Wesley

SI

June 4 '64

July 11 '65

Substitute.

Russell, Fred H

19

June 26, '65

Wud. battle Chickamauga; dis. on expiration term, June 25, '64.

Runals, Major D. E
Sackett, William

18
•>*>

June 26, '61
June 26 '61

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 13, '64; wounded at Chickamauga; Musician;
special mention.
Wounded at Chickamauga; discharged for disability June 6, '62.

Sawyer, John W
Sanderson, Timothy E
Sail Andrew

21
21
42

June 26, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Sept 5 '64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 1 1 '65

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 14, '63.
Re enlisted July 11 '63

Seaman, Fletcher I
Scott Newton.

21
21

Oct.*28''64
June 26 '61

July 11, '65

Died at Nashville Tenn March 9 '62

Shipton, John H

21

June 26* '61

Discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.

Shiptoa, Wm. R

19

June 26 '61

Discharged for disability Nov 4 '62

Shipton. Geo. R

35

June 26 '61

Transf. to Regimental Band Dec. 1 ,'61; dis. on expiration of term.

Sheffield, Philander

37

Sept 5 '64

Discharged per order June 11 '65

Smith Lewis.

32

June 26 '61

Smalley, Robert

28

June 26 '61

Discharged June25 '64* expiration of term; wnd. Chickamauga.

Smallev, Henry

23

June 26 '61

Discharged for disability Nov 23 '63

Spauld'ing, Geo. S

18

June 26, '61

Discharged for disability May 18, '62.

Stewart, James F

?,3

June 26, '61

Corporal; transferred to 4th U. S. Artillery Dec. 22, '62.

Stevens Amos .

25

Feb 29 '64

July 11 '65

Stead well, Eleazer
Stewart, Alfred J
Stewart John W

13
21
19

Oct. 19/64
Sept, 28, '61
Sept 28 '61

July ll| '65
July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec 26 '63' special mention

Tatro, Benjamin D
Turney, John

18
24

Feb. 29J '64
Mch 8 '65

July ll', '65
July 11 '65

Drafted •

Tve, John A

97

Feb. 29 '64

Died at Marietta Ga Aug. 26, '64.

Van Vleet, Frank A
"Ward, John G..

18
24

Feb. 29, '64
Mch 9 '65

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Drafted

Warr, Joseph W ....:

9^

June 26* '61

Re-enlisted Dec 28 '63- died at Chicago, 111., Feb. 1, '64.

Wahl, Joseph

26

June 26 '61

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 26. '63.

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ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

West, Frank A

18

June 26 '61

Transferred to Signal Corps Oct. 22, '63.

Wheeler Andrew J

25

June96 '61

Discharged for disability Aug 11 '6^

Wellman, Simon A

?0

June26 '61

Discharged June 25, '64; expiration of term; re-enlisted Sep

Wheeler. Win. C
Withers Walter

19
35

Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29 '64

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

tember, '64; discharged June 13, '65.

Wilson, Noble E
Wilson Daniel C

17

99

Mch.22, '65
June 26 '61

July 11, '65

Substitute.
Discharged June 25, '64; expiration of term; pro. Com. Serg.

19

June 26 '61

Discharged June 25 '64; expiration of term; promoted Cor

Work Ozias M

*%

June 26 '61

poral and Sergeant; special mention.
Died of wounds at Chickamauga Oct. 24, '63.

Young, Fred
Young, Peter.

•38
35

Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29 '64

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

H

•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
William Markham

35
40

25
29

June 26, '61
Nov. 21, '62

Nov. 11, '64

June 26, '61
Nov. 19, '62
Aug. 20, '64

Dec. 1, '61

Nov. 19, '62
Apl. 9, '65

Mch. 8, '65
May 18, '64
Nov. 16, '64
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
Aug. 26, '64
June 26, '61
June26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Oct. 7, '64
July 26, '64
Aug. 26, '62
June 26, '61
Feb. 14, '62
Feb. 5, '64
June 26, '61
June 26, '61

June 26, '61
June26, '61
June 26, '6)
Sept. 30, '61
June 26, '61
Sept. 30 '61
Mch. 5, '62
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
Mch. 8 '65
Nov. 14, '65
June 26, '61
June26, '61
June26,'61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
June26, '61

July 19, '62
June 20, '64

July 11, '65

June 27, '61
Sept, 12, '64
July 11, '65

Resigned; wounded at Mill Springs
2d Lieutenant June 26, '61; 1st Lieutenant Dec. 1, '61; seriously
wounded at Chickamauga; special mention; resigned.
Private Co. I Aug. 12, '61; 2d Lieut. June 20, '62; 1st Lieut, and
Adjt. July 19, '63; special mention; discharged with regiment.
Appointed Adjutant.
Serg. June 26, '61; 2d Lieut. April 3, '62; 1st Lieut.; resigned.
Sergeant June 26, 61; discharged with regiment-
Private, Sergeant, June 26, "'61; resigned March 31, '62.
Sergeant June 26, '61; killed near Kenesaw Mt. June 15, '64.
Corp., Serg.; discharged with regiment; wnd. at Chickamauga,

Discharged with regiment.
Discharged with regiment; drafted.
Discharged with regiment.
Died at Lebanon, Ky., January, '62.
Discharged '64; captured at Chickamauga.
Dis. June 25, '64; expiration of term; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Discharged June 25, '64; expiration of term.
Corp.; dis. June 25, '64; expiration of term; wnd. at Chickamauga,
Discharged for disability Aug. 8, '63.
Discharged per order May 26, '65.
Transferred to Co. I, 4th United States Artillery, Dec. 3, '62.
Corporal; discharged for disability June 4, '62.
Died in Iowa.
Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63.
Discharged for disability Dec. 29, '62.

Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; pro. to Serg.; wnd. at Mill Springs.
Discharged for disability April 19, '65.

Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.
Corporal, promoted Sergeant; discharged on expiration of
term, June 25, '64; wounded at Mill Springs.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Killed at Mill Springs Jan. 19, '62.
Discharged June 25, '64; term expired,
Dis. Sept, 29, '64; expiration of term; wounded at Chickamaugac
Died Jan. 20, '62j wounded at Mill Springs.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.
Wagoner- discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.
Killed,at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.
Drafted.
Substitute.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., April 9, '62.
Promoted Corp. Jan. 18, '62; died at Lebanon, Ky., March 21, '62,
Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63; promoted Corp.; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 26, 64.
Died of wounds received at Mill Springs Jan. 20, '62.
Transferred to Co. I, 4th United States Artillery, Dec. 22, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63: promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63; promoted Sergeant,
Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63; wounded at Mill Springs.

Wounded at Chickamauga; discharged July 30, '64. .
Died at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 19, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26. '63.

Abram Harkins

James W. Wood..

First Lieutenants —
Daniel Heaney

William W Wilson .

John L. Gaskill

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Second Lieutenants —
Wm.S. Baxter
John C Jones

Francis Kelsey

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, Lewellyn

Amoss, Daniel

Andrews, Burton S
Kash John B

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Baker Geo A

Bailey, Manning

Barncard Jacob ....

Bash David

Besondy Charles

Bennett, Edward
Bixler, George

Black, William

Brown, Wm. H....

Brooks, Orrin B

July 11, '65

Braine, George
Bradley James

July 11, '65

Burns, Patrick
Carroll, Peter

July 11, '65

Calvert, Samuel D

Chambers, Justus B
Chaska, George
Childs, Stephen R

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

Clason Isaac

Cooper, Ezra D

Cooley, Henry J
Cooper, John B
Corning Smith P.

July 11, '65

Comstock, Ellis A
Crumb Milo

Crumb Samuel

Crabb, Flavius J

Cummings, Geo. W
Cutting, Curtis L

Daily, Joseph

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

De Loney, Xavier
Delany, William

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26

Dewry, Stephen

Deiter, Martin V

July 11, '65

Dodge, James N

Driezke, Andrew
Eastman, Dewitt

July Ti,'65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Ellison, Joseph

Elliott, James..
Etzell,John

Farmer, Calvin E
Farrier, Greenville
Fetterman, Daniel
Finch. David G

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Feb. 5, '64
Aug. 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26 .'61

Julv 11. '65

COMPANY B.

ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

127

NAMES.

Fox, John

Ford, James

Furman, Samuel

Furman, Jediah

Goodhawk, James

Golding, Wm. E

Goffer, William

Goure, Peter F

Griswold, Daniel B

Graban, Christian

Hadley, Lafayette

Hanaman, Anthony C. B..

Hamilton, James

Heald, Jacob

Hoag, Reuben

Holliday, John

Humason, John W

Jones, Orrin

Jones, James B

Katilg. Franklin

Kevaulke, August

Kelsey, Henry

Kitchell, Prince Albert....

Kitchell, Wm. B

Kitchell, Joshua C

Kinney, John L

Kiefe, Joseph

Kline, John

Kratzer, Walter L

Kuler, Osias D

L.agrange, Charles P

Lange, Charles J

Larson, Sievert

Lange, Frederick W

Lane,Chas.W

Lefever.Wm. H

Liebness, Henry

Lieck, Gotlieb

Lowell, John

Lynn, William

Lymann, William S

Markham, Daniel

Magill, John

McBeth, Robert

McStotts, William

McNeill, Abram H

McNeil, Wallace P

McKenzie, Robert

Middleton, Joseph A

Miller, James O

Miller, Nicholas

Miller, Samuel A

Morrow, Wm

Newton, Marion J

Otto, Wm

Oleson, Peter

Palmer, Wm. H

Parker, Charles A

Palmer, Ambrose H

Parks, Lazarus

Peckham, Mortimer L

Peck, Henry

Pitcher, Asahel

Preston, Willett C

Quinn, Win

Rash, PeterO

Reynolds, Hycanus C

Rourke, James

Roeheck, Joseph

Rutledge, Aaron

Russell, Thomas J

Ryan, Michael

Sage, Harvey S

Sage, Hadvey E

Sherman, Albert C

Shambold, John

Sheutor, Henry W

Shock waular Bernard

Shehan David

Shawl, Lemuel

Smith, Wm. C

Smith, Martin

Smith, John A \\

Smith, Hezekiah

Smith, John W....
Stebbins, Wm. A .'..

MUSTEKED
IN.

Dec. 2, '64

May 26, '64
June26"61
June 26, '61
Feb. 14, '65
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 25, '64
Feb. 23, '65
Feb. 2, '64
May 31, '64
June26, '61

June 26, '61
June26, '61
June 26, '61
Sept. 29, '61
May 26, '64
June26, '61
June 26, '61
Mch. 8, '65
Feb. 16, '64
Feb. 14, '65
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26 '61
June 26, '61
June26, '61
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 21, '64
June 26. '61
Sept. 30, '61
Nov. 26, '64
Sept. 30 '61
Dec. 1,'
Feb. 25, '62
June 26, '61
June26, '61
Feb. 17, '64
Sept. 27, '64
Sept. 30, '61
May 26, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 14, '65
July 14, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 'lij"'65

July 11, '6i

"July li',''65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

June 26, '61
Feb. 19, '64
June26, '62
Feb. 6 '65
Feb. 1, '64
Feb. 1, '64
Nov. 20, '61
June 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Nov. 1 ,'64
Mch. 6, '62
Feb. 5, '64
June 26, '61
Sept. 27, '64
Nov. 18, '64
June26, '61
Feb. 15, '64
Sept. 30, '61
Apl. 11 '65
June26, '61
June26, '61
Sept. 8, '62
June26, '61
Nov. 23, '64
Oct. 5, '64
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 26, '64
Nov. 2, '64
Jan. 18, '65
June26, '61
Oct. 5, '64
June 26 ,'61
Feb. 20, '64
June 26, '61
June 26 '61
Aug. 26, '62
Sept. 26, '64
Sept. 20, '64
Sept. 30, '64
June26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
Mch. 3 ,'62
Feb. 5, '64
June 26, '61

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '6c

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11 ,'65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

REMARKS.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.

Captured at Chickamauga; discharged '64.

Substitute.

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Drafted.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged on expiration of term,

June 25, '64; special mention.
Discharged for disability Oct. 9, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '62; trans, to 1st Engineers Aug. 22, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, Sept. 30, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63.

Discharged from hospital Aug. 19, '65; drafted.

Substitute.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 26, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability May 27, '62.

Discharged on exp. of term, June 26, '64; wud. at Chickamauga.

Killed in Chickamauga battle Sept. 20, '63.

Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Discharged for disability May 19, '62.

Discharged for disability Feb. '18, '63.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; promoted Corp.; wnd. at Chickamauga.

Substitute.

Died at Corinth, Miss., July 10, '62.

Discharged on exp. of term, June 25, '64; wud. at Chickamauga.

Discharged for disability Aug. 30, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63.

Discharged per order June 11, '65; drafted.

Discharged per order June 30, '65.

Discharged from hospital July 26, '65.

Wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.

Sergeant; discharged for disability May 19, '62.

Died at Somerset, Ky., March 5, '62.

Drafted; discharged per order July 25, '65.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 24, '65.

Discharged for disability March 2, '65.

Discharged for disability March 28, '63.

Died at Louisville, Ky., March 20, '62.

Prisoner of war on muster out of regiment; discharged.

Discharged for promotion in 1st Kentucky Battery.

Deserted from Louisville, Ky., Nov. 17, '62.

Discharged per order June 11, '65; drafted.

Drafted.

Musician; re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63; deserted March 16, '64.

Killed in battle at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Discharged per order June oO, '65; drafted.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability Sept. 26, '62.

Discharged per order June 1 1 , '65.

Discharged for disability Feb. 2, '63.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Killed at Mill Springs Jan. 19, '62.

Discharged per order June 11, '65; drafted.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Discharged for disability April 1, '62.

Discharged for disability Nov. 1, '61.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability May 27, '62.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 25, '64.

Died at Concord Church, Tenn., March 5, '63.

Discharged per order June 11, '65; drafted.

Discharged per order June 11, '65; drafted.

Transferred to Signal Corps Oct. 22, '63.

Discharged for disability June 15, '62; wounded at Mill Springs.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted 21, '63.

Discharged Nov. 2, '64.

Dis. on expiration of term, March 2, '65; wnd. at Chickamauga.

Corporal; pro. Sergeant; discharged for disability July 21, '63.

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THE SECOND REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IK.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Stewart, Hiram A
Stullenbergen, Elias
Stewart, George W

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June 26, '61
June26, '61
Feb. 18, '64
Nov. 18, '64
June 26, '61
Aug. 26, '62
June 26, '61
June26, '61
Feb. 3, '65
June 26, '61
Sept. 3, '61
Nov. 23, '64
July 30, '61
Nov. 25, '64
June 26, '61

June 26, '61
Aug. 26, '62
Aug. 26, '62
Feb. 15, '64
Feb. 16, '64
June 26, '61
Jan. 28, '65
June26, '61
Feb. 16, '64
Jan. 20, '65
Nov. 14, '64
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
Oct. 5, '61
Feb. 15, '62
Sept. 30, '61

Captured near Chickamauga; died while prisoner.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.

Discharged from hospital July 11, '65.
Died at Lebanon, Kv., Feb. 20, '62,
Died at Louisville, Kv.; wounded at Chickamauga.
Killed at Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, '63.
Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.
Substitute.
Corporal; re-enlisted December 28: promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability April 19! '62.
Drafted.
Re-enlisted Dec. 2fi, '63.
Discharged per order July 5, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant;
wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.
Discharged for disability May 22, '62; wounded at Mill Springs.
Discharged for disability Jan. 15, '63.
Discharged for disability Dec. 30, '62.

Promoted Sergeant from Corporal; killed at Missionary Ridge.
Drafted.
Discharged for disability May 22, '62; wounded at Mill Springs.
Wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.
Substitute.

Captured near Chickamauga; died while prisoner.
Discharged for disability.
Died at Somerset, Ky., Jan. 31, '62.
Promoted Sergeant Major.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal.

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Summers, Christopher A..
Swan William . .

Talbot Benjamin P

Taylor Samuel

Terry, George

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Thompson, Wm. R
Toogood, Dwight G
Utley, James
Van Dyke Henry

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Van Blarican, Wm
Waldron, Francis M

Walden, Ira G
Wagner Jacob

July 11, '65

Watson, Charles

"July 11/65
July 11, '65

Westcott, Chester R
Wellington, Arthur
Westerman, John
Weaver Josiah.

July 11, '65

White, Cornelius
Whiting, James S....

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Whitehouse, George
Williams, Henry

Wood, Ashley W
Woodruff Geo. E

Woolridge, John B
Wynkoop, William

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Zirn Louis

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Peter Mantor
Daniel Heaney

Clinton A. Cilley

Mathias Thoeny
First Lieutenants —
Henry C. Simpson
Daniel B. Bailey
Harrison R. Couse
William I. Mills
Second Lieutenants —
Jules Capon

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July 23, '61
Dec. 4, '61

Nov. 15, '62
Aug. 23, '64

June 29, '61
Dec. 4, '61
Nov. 15, '62
Nov. 10, '64

Apl. 16, '62
Apl. 1,'65

Nov. 22, '64
June 29, '61
May 30, '64
Oct. 26, '61
Men. 24, '65
June29, '61

June 29, '61
Dec. 1,'61
June 29, '61
Feb. 28, '64
Nov. 18, '64
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
Apl. 3, '65
May 28, '64
Feb. 23, '65
May 27, '64
June 29, '61
June29, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
Nov. 21, '64
Oct. 12, '61
June 29, '61

Dec. 4, '61

Resigned.
1st Lieutenant Company B June 26, '61; Adjutant June 27, '61;
appointed Staff Officer July 10, '62.
Sergeant Major June 26, '61; 2d Lieutenant Dec. 4, '61; 1st Lieu
tenant April 16, '62; resigned Sept. 12, '64; special mention.
Corporal, Sergeant, June 29, '61; 2d Lieutenant Nov. 15, '62;
wounded at Chickamauga; spec, mention; dis. with regiment.
Died at Lebanon Junction Dec. 1, '61.
2d Lieutenant June 29, '61; resigned April 16, '62.
Sergeant June 29, '61; resigned Nov. 9, '64; special mention.
Corp. June 29, '61; Serg.; wnd. at Chickamauga; dis. with reg.

1st Sergeant June 29, '61; resigned July 18, '62.
Private June 29, '61; Corporal, Sergeant; dis. with regiment.

Drafted; discharged with regiment.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 1, '63.
Wounded at Jonesboro, La.; pro. Corporal; dis. with regiment.
Wounded at Chickamauga; discharged Oct. 27, '63.
Substitute.
Wounded at Chickamauga; re-enlisted Dec. 14, '63; promoted
Corporal and Sergeant. .
Discharged on expiration of term, June 24, '64.
Discharged for disability.
Wagoner; discharged on expiration of term, July 6, '64.

Discharged per order July 1, '65; drafted.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 24, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.
Drafted.

Wounded at Missionary Ridge; re-enlisted Dec. 14, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '65.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 25, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63; promoted Musician.

Died at Louisville, Ky., Nov. 24 '61.
Sergeant; discharged for disability May 13, '62.

July 11, '65

"Julyil7'65

Jonathan P.Jackson

ENLISTED MEN.

Abraham, John

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Adams, George M
Alden Chas L

July i'i, '65

Allen, Hiram W

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Ames Geo. H. .

Bayliss, Hezekiah M
Bayliss, Frank D
Bacon, Wm. A

Beaman, Henry

July 11, '65

Begordes Wm H

Beaudette, Joseph
Bingham,Wm

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Bickford, Marquis L
Black, Daniel
Bleius, Jeremiah

Booth, Thomas
Bornhouse, Riley
Bonsor, Uriah

Brown, John J

Bredford, Isaac W
Brunner Rudolph

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Breoggeman, Henry
Brown, Alexander

Burnell, Samuel....

COMPANY C.
EOSTEE OF COMPANY C — Continued.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Burdict, Charles E

June 29, '61
June 29, '61
Nov. 22, '64
Nov. 17, '64
Aug.-21, '62
June 29, '61
June29, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
Nov. 29, '64
Oct. 26, '61
May 26, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Sept. 20, '64
Feb. 17, '65
Mav 31, '64
Mch. 27, '64
Feb. 19, '65
May 81, '64
Nov. 18, '6-1
Feb. 21, '65
June29, '61
June29, '61
June 29, '61
June29,'61
Nov. 1 ,'64
Oct. 12, '61
Jan. 4, '64
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
Nov. 18, '64
Apl. 10, '65
June 2 ,'64
May 30, '64
Mch. 8, '65
June21,'61
June29, '61
Nov. 19, '64
Oct. 12, '61
Mch. 1,'64
June 29, '61
Feb. 23, '65
Nov. 22, '64
Oct. 12, '61
June 29, '51
Nov. 1,'64
June29, '61
June29, '61
June29, '61
Apl. 3, '65
Nov. 1,'64
June29, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '65
May 26, '64
Feb. 10, '65
June29, '61

Oct. 23, '64
Mch. 8, '61
June29, '61
June29, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '61

June 29, '61
Oct. 12, '61
June 29, '61
Sept. 27, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 12 ,'61
May 26, '64
May 30, '64
June 29, '61
June29, '61

June 29, '61
June 29, '61
Sept. 20, '64
May 30, '64
June 29, '61
June29, '61
Feb. 21, '65
May 28, '64
Julv 6 '64!

Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64; pro. Corporal.
Drafted.
Discharged per order July 11, '65; drafted.
Re-enlisted Aug. 21, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Deserted while engaged with enemy atSpringfield,Ky.,Oct.6,'62.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 14, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.
Died at Lebanon, Ky., Jan. 8, '62.
Discharged from hospital July 20, '65; substitute.
Dis. on exp.of term; pro.Corp. and Serg.; wud. Chickamauga.
Drafted.
Drafted.
Discharged per order June 16, '65; drafted.

Promoted Corporal; drafted.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65,

Drafted; promoted Corporal.
Drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.
Killed in battle of Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, '63.
Discharged for disability July 30, '63.
Dis.exp. term,June 28/64: pro.Corp. and Serg.; wd.Chickamauga.
Drafted.
Discharged for disability Oct. 2, '62.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged on exp. of term, June 28, '64; pro. Corp and Serg.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.
Drafted.
Substitute.
Drafted.
Drafted; discharged from hospital Aug. 10, '65.
Drafted.
Discharged on exp. of term, June 28, '64; wnd. Chickamauga.
Re-enlisted Dec. 27, '63; promoted Corporal.
Substitute.
Deserted Oct. 16, '62.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63; special mention.
Discharged per order June, '65.
Drafted.
Discharged on exp.of term; pro. Corp; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Corporal; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 27, '63.
Discharged from hospital Aug. 2, '65; drafted.
Died at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 6, '62.
Died at Somerset, Kv., Feb. 21, '62.
Transferred to Co. 1, 4th United States Artillery, Dec. 22, '62.
Discharged from hospital July 27, '65; drafted.
Drafted.
Wounded at Chickamauga; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; pro. Corp.
Musician; promoted Corporal and Sergeant; special mention.
Corporal; deserted at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 3, '62.
Drafted.

Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63; shot himself in hand; wounded at
Jonesboro, Ga.
Drafted.
Drafted.
Deserted at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 30, '62.
Died near Corinth, Miss., June 9, '62.

Burkhardt, John F
Burbank, John L
Buri, Benedict

July 11, '65

Burdict JasonE

July i'i, '65

Caney, John

Cartwright, John
Cassed^ William M
Castle, Freeman D

July 11, '65

Chase, Nathan S
Castertou, James

Casseday, John J

July 11/65
July 11, '65

"July i'i j'»65
July 11, '65

Carrier William . .

Champaux, David
Chamberlain Samuel
Clifford, Geo. C

Cocker, James

Cranwill, Thomas

Dayton, George

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Danielson, Andrew
Davidson, Joseph

Delaney, Daniel

Pearniin, Robert A
De Grave, Rincis
Deregon, Cesar
Devereaux, Marquis L
Diedrick, Frederick
Dike, Charles C

July i'i j"'65

Dresbach, Michael R

July 11, '65

Doig, Alexander

Doty, Aaron... .

"Juiy'lV65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Dunberg, Geo. H
Eagin. Michael ... .

Ellis, John G

Emuierson, Raymond
Ferguson, Samuel

July 11, '65

Fern, John

Garrison, Edmond
Gatz, Ferdinand

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Gautier, Charles

Gassell, Martin C
Gere, James B

July 11, '65

Gilbert, James M

'July i'i ',''65

Goebel, Frederick

Greenwald, Peter.

Grable, Daniel

Grover, Stephen..

Guild, Ferdinand E
Harding, Henrv

Heath, Oscar

Herring, Edwin E
Howard, John..

Julv 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

"July i'i ',''65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Hochstetter, Amos
Hutchins, Robert S

Hayland, Frank J
Jacob, Valentine
Jones, Edward
Johnson, Wm. J

Kane, Michael.

Kern, Joseph

Kent, James

Kirkpatrick, Chauncy....
Kimball, Headly B....
Kline, Samuel S

Corp.; prom. Serg. May 16, '62; dis. for disability Aug. 11, '63.
Wounded at Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, '63; transferred to Vet
eran Reserve Corps April 30, '64.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 16, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 16, '63.
Discharged per order June 15, '65; drafted.
Promoted Corporal; died at Rocky Point, NT. C., Feb. 25, '65.
Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.
Pro. Corp.; dis. on exp. of term, Oct. 12, '63; wd. at Chickamauga.
Drafted; discharged by order July 19, '65.
Drafted.
Deserted while engaged with enemy Oct. 6, '62.
Sergeant; killed while doing duty as fireman on Mobile &
Charleston Railroad, Aug. 12, '62.
Promoted Corp.,Serg.; killed at Chickamauga; special mention.
Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63.
Discharged per order June 9, '65; drafted.
Drafted.
Wounded at Chickamauga; dis. on exp. of term, June 28, '64.
Deserted Jan. 1, '62.

Substitute; promoted Corp.; discharged per order June 20, '65.
Drafted.

L<a Roque, Joseph.

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Le Blanc, Peter

Lee, Heurv

Linquist, Daniel
Loomis, Owen
Martig, Jacob
Matte, Christian

Mnrlett, John.. .

Maley, Joseph

July 11, '65

Mark, Christian... .

Marcune, Geo. W

McAuliff, John

McCormick, Frederick
McDonald, Daniel
McDonald, Andrew
Morgan, David C

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

Morse, Thomas P

Morris, Francis

July 11, '65

Moran, John

Moore Geo. W....

Julv 11 '65

130

THE SECOND REGIMENT.
ROSTEB OF COMPANY C — Continued.

NAMES.

Morrill, Edwin R

Nelson, James

Newell, Geo. B

Neros, Severe

O'Donahue, Michael.. ..

Orline, Charles

Oleson, Morse

Oliver, Aaron P

Orcutt, Joseph I

Orcutt, Edward A

Orcutt, Win. P

Orcutt, Theodore D. M.

Parks, Samuel

Parks, Elpharen A

Peterson, Isaac A

Phare, Thomas

Potter, John ,

Putney, Asahel

Kice, Lewis J

Russ, John M ,

Rohan, Michael

Sanborn, Levi S

Schneig, Peter

Schilt, Christian

Shedd, Charles R

Shaw, Thomas ,

Smith, David

Stoll.JohnG

Stuckey, John

Stiff, George

Stone, Sylvanus

Stevens, Wesley G

Sweeney, Charles

Thompson, Augustin...

Tibbets, Tilson

Townsend, Ervin I)

Totten, Daniel

Towler, Wm. H

Tooke, David

Trindal 1, Stephen

Turner, Jacob

Walrich, Peter

Walquist, Charles

Welch, Patrick

Welch, Jonathan

Wetherax, Monroe

Wheeler, Julius F

Wheeler, Peter G

Wiehl, Mathew

Williams, James F

Wilson, Chauncey

Wood, Edwin H

Wood, Benjamin F

Woodward, Charles

Wood, Morgan L

Wright, George

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 15, '62
Feb. 22, '65
May 27, '64
Nov. 1, '61
May 30, '64
June29, '61
Sept. 28, '64
May 27, '6 4
Oct. 12, '61

June 29, '61
June 29, '61
Juue29, '61

May 26, '64
Men. 21, '65
Oct. 22, '64

May 27, '64

June 29, '61
May 27, '64
June29, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
Mch.21, '65
June 29, '61
June29, '61
Sept. 26, '64
May 26, '64
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
May 27, '64
May 30, '64
Sept. 20, '64
June 26 '61
Mch. 27, '65
June 29, '61
June29, '61
May 27, '64
Feb. 22, '65
Oct. 26, '61
Sept. 8, '64
Sept. 8, '64
June 29, '61
Sept. 20, '64
Sept. 22, '64
June 26, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
Feb. 22, '65
May 27, '64
June 29, '61
June 29, '61
June29,'61
June 29, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 11, '65

Junell, '65

Junell,'65

Juneli,'65
Junell, '65

June 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 1V65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

REMARKS.

Discharged for disability June 22, '63.

Discharged per order June 8, '65; drafted.

Transferred from Co. D; killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Discharged per order June, '65; drafted.

Died at Lebanon, Ky., Feb. 22, '62.

Discharged per order June, '65; drafted.

Promoted Corporal; drafted.

Promoted Corporal; died while prisoner at Andersonville,

Sept. 10, '64; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.
Discharged for disability May 18, '62.
Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged on expiration of

term, June 28, '64; wounded at Chickamauga.
Died at Marietta, Ga., Aug. 24, '64.
Drafted.

Drafted; discharged from hospital July, '65.
Substitute.
Substitute.

Discharged for disability July 12, '62.
Drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.
Corp.; wnd. at Chickamauga; dis. on exp. of term, June 28, 64.
Died at Fort Abercrombie, D. T., July 19, '61.
Substitute.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept, 19, '63.
Died at Nashville. Term., Jan. 17, '64.
Discharged per order June 16, '65; drafted.
Drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.
Captured at Chickamauga; died at Baltimore, Md., April 4, '64,.
Discharged from hospital Aug. 10, '65- drafted.
Discharged per order July 6, '65; drafted.
Discharged from hospital Aug. 10, '65; substitute.
Dis. on exp. of term, June 28, '64; captured at Chickamauga.
Substitute.

Musician; transferred to band; discharged April 24, '62.
Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.
Drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, Oct. 26, '64.

Discharged from hospital July, '65; drafted.

Discharged per order June 16, '65; drafted.

Dis. on exp. of term, June 28, 64; captured at Chickamauga.

Discharged from hospital July, '65; drafted.

Discharged per order June 11, '65; drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.

Discharged for disability Oct. 20, '62.

Died at Fort Abercrombie, D. T., Aug. 5, '61.

Pro. Corp.,Serg., Maj.; killed at Kenesaw Mountain June 23, '64..

Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.

Transferred to Company 1, 4th U. S. Artillery, Dec. 22, '62.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability May 18, '62.

Promoted Corporal; died at Chattanooga, Tenn , Dec. 8, '63.

Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 25, '63.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 28, '64.

ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

w
o
<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Horace H. Western
John Moulton

37
25

July 5, '61
Nov. 15, '62

Apl. 5, '65

July 5, '61
Nov. 15, '62

Dec. 25, '63
Nov. 1, '64

July 5, '61
Apl. 5, '65

Resigned Oct. 27, '62.
Serg. July 5, '61; 2d Lieut. Jan. 17, '62; 1st Lieut. May 1, '62,
special mention; promoted Major April 4, '65.
Priv. July 5, '61; Corp., Serg., Serg. Major, 1st Lieut. Co. I May
15, '64; Adjt. May 25, '64; spec, mention; dis. with, regiment.
Resigned May 1, '62.
Sergeant July 5, '61; 2d Lieutenant May 1, '62; killed at Mission
ary Ridge Nov. 25, '63; special mention.
Corporal July 5, '61; Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant Dec. 24, '62; re
signed July 12, '64; special mention.
Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63; Corporal July 5, 61; Sergeant.

Promoted 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant July 17, '62.
Private July 5, '61; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; Corporal, Sergeant,

Geo. W. Shuman

July 11, '65

First Lieutenants —
Moses E. Tuttle

30
23

24
27

31
27

Samuel G. Trimble
Hiram Lobdell

Jacob I. McCoy

July 11, '65

Second Lieutenants —
Samuel P. Jennison
Isaac W. Stuart

July 11, '65

COMPANY D.

KOSTER OF COMPANY- D — Continued.

131

NAMES.

ENLISTED MEN.

Bartlett, John W

Baldwin, John R

Bloom, Charles

Bowes, Charles M

Bogan, Alfonso

Brook, Hunter

Brewster, Lyinan

Brown, Edward

Cariveaux, Felix

Carpenter, Stephen

Casey, Michael

Carroll, James

Cameron, Manuel

Chapman, Samuel

Clewett, Charles

Clum, Martin J

Countryman, Levi

Countryman, Peter F

Corcoran, Thomas

Collins, John

Cummings, John

Davis, Edwin A,

Daily, Bartholomew

Degrod, William...

De Coimuan, Alfred I

Dobson, William

Dudley, Win

Dudley, James N

Etzell, Charles

Evans, Hurford L

Ferris, John H

Field, Samuel A

Fillmore, Geo. M

Frazier, Leander

Gangnow, Peter

Gibbens, John

Gilchrist, Gideon M

Greenfield, Oliver

Gurley, John

Guerin, Alfred

Hanson, Amos

Hall ,AlbertK ...

Harrington, Hiram A..

Haynes, David E

Harrison, Wm. H

Hagne, James

Haiina, Walter R

Hardon, Henry

Hall.John

Hewitt, Anthony

Hearthur, Charles

Helstrom, Carl

Hinmon, Gustav

Hockerson, Nels

Holtman, Andrew

Hoover, Henry W

Holdship, Samuel B.

Howell, Alfred Y

Holdship, Thomas A

Hutchins, Moses A

Irvine, Benjamin F

Jennings, Fred A

Johnson, Charles E. F

Jones, Robert B

Johnson, John A

Johnson, Peter

Kartack, Joseph

Kennedy, Owen

Kennedy, John

Kennedy, John J

Kelcher, Martin

Kearney, James

King, Walter R

Kimball, Alden

King, Ozase

King, Michael

Klassey, Thomas

Kleinschmidt, Englebt ....

Knapp, Austin

Lanpher, Rollin A

Labrash, Napoleon

Landril, Alexander

Lambert, Peter

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

June 27, '61
May 26, '64
May 26 '64
Junel7, '61
July 1,'61
June 17, '61
June 17, '61
July 2, '61
June 17, '61
JunelS, '61
May 26, '64
May 26, '64
June 4 '64
May 28, '64
Oct. 13, '61
July 2/61
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Mch. 2, '65
May 26, '64
May 26, '64
July 1, '61
Nov. 2, '64
Nov. 14, '64
June 17, '61
June 17, '61
Junel7, '61
Juue27, '61
May 30, '64
May 26, '64
Mch. 2, '65
Jan. 28, '64
June 17, '61
July 1,'61
Sept. 27, '64
June 17, '61
July 1 '61
Mch. 2, '65
Oct. 7, '64
Feb. 27, '65
June 17, '61
June21,'61

June21, '61
JuneSO, '61
July 1,'61
May 26, '64
Mch. 2, '65
Nov. 23, '64
Nov. 9, '64
Sept. 20, '64
Nov. 28, "
Mch. 23, '65
May 31, '64
Mch. 25, '65
Mch. 31, '65
Oct. 16, '61
June 25, '61

June 27, '61
June 17, '61
June21,'61
Junel7,'61
June 27, '61
July 1, '61
June 17, '61
Mch. 17, '65
Mch. 24, '65
Nov. 23, '64
May 26, '65
May 31, '65

Oct. 23,

June 6, '65
July 1, '61
June 19, '61
June20, '61
Mch. 2, '65
Feb. 25, '65
Oct. 31, '64
July 1, '61
Mch. 2, '65
June 17, '61

June 30, '61
July 1,'61

June 2, '64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July II, '64
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '66
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

REMARKS.

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11,
July 11,

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Died at Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 15, '62.

Drafted; promoted Corporal April 1, '65; dis. with regiment*

Drafted.

Expiration of term, July 4, '64; promoted Corporal.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '62.

Promoted Staff Officer, rank of Captain, April 1, '62.

Expiration of term, July 4, '63.

Dis. on expiration of term, July 4, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.

Discharged for disability June 10, '62.

Substitute.

Drafted; promoted Corporal March 1, '65.

Drafted.

Pro. Corp.; dis. onexp. of term,Oct,12,'64; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Corporal; discharged for disability May 18, '62.
Promoted Corporal May 1, '65; discharged July, '65.
Discharged per order June 19, '65.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability Nov. 21, '61.

Discharged from hospital in '65; drafted.

Substitute.

Deserted from Tuscumbia, Ala., July 26, '62.

Wagoner; re-enlisted Dec. 29. '63.

Corp.; promoted Sergeant; killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Musician; discharged fdr disability April 19, '62.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Corp.; promoted 2d Lieut, in 3d U. S. Artillery Dec. 13, '61.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.

Discharged per order June H, '65.

Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Died Sept. 30, '63, of wnds. recvd. at Chickamauga; spec. ment.

Died at Savannah, Ga., Feb. 17, '65.

Discharged per order June 19, '65.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64; promoted Cor
poral and Sergeant; special mention; wnd. at Chickamauga.

Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Discharged for disability May 18, '62.

Deserted from Smithland, Ky., Feb. 28, '62.

Drafted; died at Evansville, Ind., Feb. 12, '65.

Discharged per order Aug. 28, '65.

Drafted; discharged from hospital in '65.

Substitute; discharged from hospital in '65.

Drafted; died at Cleveland, Tenn., April 11, '65.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, Oct. 16, '64.

Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '65; pro
moted Sergeant; wounded at Chickamauga.

Discharged for disability March 30, '62.

Discharged for disability May 18, '62.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.

1st Sergeant; discharged for disability October, '62.

Dicharged for disability March 9, '63.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.

Discharged for disability June 13, '62; Musician.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Deserted Dec. 1, '61; never smelled powder.

Sergeant; reduced; deserted March 26, '62.

Sergeant; discharged for disability October, '62.

Discharged per order June 19, '65.
Discharged per order June 16, '65; substitute.
Discharged on expiration of term.

Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant;

wounded at Missionary Ridge.
Drafted.

132

THE SECOND KEGIMENT.
KOSTEK OF COMPANY D — Continued.

NAMES.

Ladauke, John

Lapier, Joseph

Larson, Animund

Le Blond, Joseph E

Ledoux, Michael

Lewis, Sylvester D

Levier, Manville

Liddell, David

Lovett, Cyrus

Mair, Samuel.

Martin, Alexander

Maguire, Washington

Maguire, Thomas

Mackey, James

Maxwell, Janies

Maxon, David

Martincan, Nelson

Magnuson, Andrew

Magnuson, John

Mattson, Videll

McAndrews, Patrick

McAndrews, Thomas

McAllister, Daniel

McEwen, Mathew

McCarty, Bernard

McMahon, John

Mevis, Oliver H

Mills, William

Montour, Severe

Morrow, Win. H. H

Morse, Benjamin W

Mounts, John W

Mulrean, Luke

Mullen, John S

Nettleton, Eugene B

Neros, Severe

Nelson, John

Odett, Theofelt

O'Grady, Thomas

Paro, John B

Pagenhoff, Wilhelm

Palmer, St. Don

Perkins, Edward R

Peterson, John A

Perrin, Thomas G

Pease, Minot H

Potts, Phillip

Regan, Timothy

Reed, Michael

Richardson, John

Richmond, Robert

Schneider, Andrew

Schwerein, Frederick

Sherburne, John S

Shanley, Michael H

Sergeant, Burton W

Sexton, Allen

Spring, John

Sprague, Cassius M

Strong, George G

Stoakes, Henry

Stefles, Peter

Stevens, Anthony

Stewart, John

Swenson, Peter

Swenson, Nels

Tankard, Robert

Thompson, Francis

Town, Leonard

Towle.Geo. W

Trowbridge, Edward R

Treat, Charles A

Vessey, Henry

"Wagner, Wni....

Watkins, Chas. F

Wales.John

Walmark, Andrew P

Weed, Clark

West.John

Whidden, Geo. B

Wheaton, Geo. A

Whitmore, Charles

Wilson, William

Williams, Augustus H 24

Wilson, James H 24

MUSTERED

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11. '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

June 2, '64

Oct. 8, '64
May 27, '64
July 1, '61
Mch. 2, '65
Oct. 22, '64
Oct. 22, '64
May 26, '64
June 4, '64
June 17, '61
June 18, '61
June 21, '61

June 19, '61
May 31, '64
May 28, '64
May 28, '64
Nov. 2, '64
July 26, '64
Mch. 23, '65
Men. 17, '65
May 27, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Sept. 23, '64
June 27, '61
July 1, '61
June 17, '61
June 24, '61
May 27, '64
Nov. 23, '64
June 17, '61
June 24, '61
June 18, '61
July 1,'61
July 5, '61
June 19, '61
July 1,'61
Apl. 3, '65
Sept. 28, '64
June 4, '64
May 30, '64
Sept. 26, '61
June 27, '61
June 27, '61
May 31, '64
Sept, 27, '61
Sept, 23, '61
July 1, '61
May 27, '61
May 27, '61
June 14, '61
Feb. 6, '65
Sept, 26, ....

Sept. 20

jHne!7, '61
July 1, '61
June 17, '61
June 27, '61
June 17 '61
Mch. 2, '65
June24, '61
June27, '61

Sept. 20,

Oct. 22,

May 26, '65
May 30, '65
Apl. 21, '65
June27, '61
June 28, '61
June 27. '61

July 11, '65
July"li',';65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

REMARKS.

June20, '61| July 11, '61

Junel7 '611

Feb. 8, '64 July 11, '65
June21, '61

June 17, '61 July 11, '65

Oct. 8 '61

May 26, '641 July 11, '65
Apl. 21, '64; July 11, '65

Nov. 22, '64

June 17, '611
June 19, '61
June 27, '61
June27, '61
June 17, '61
June 17, '61
June 17, '61

Drafted; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 2, '64.
Substitute; discharged per order July 13, '65.
Drafted; discharged for disability May 22, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 2, '64; wounded at Missionary Ridge.

Substitute.

Discharged from hospital Oct. 13, '65.

Discharged per order June 23, '65; drafted.

Promoted Corporal; drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 30, '62.

Captured at Chickamauga; prisoner 9 mouths; discharged on

expiration of term, July 4, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63; promoted Serg.; \vnd. at Kenesaw Mt.
Drafted.

Drafted; promoted Corporal.
Substitute; died at Marietta, Ga., Oct. 6, '64.
Drafted.

Discharged from hospital in '65; drafted.
Drafted.
Drafted.
Drafted.
Substitute.

Drafted; discharged per order June 11, '65.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged by civil authorities Oct. 30, '61.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Drafted.

Drafted; discharged from hospital Sept. 18, '65.
Killed in battle of Mill Springs, Jan. 19, '62; a good soldier.
Discharged for disability September, '61.
Discharged for disability September, '62.
Promoted Corporal; discharged on exp. of term, July 4, '64.
Pro. Corp.; dis. on exp. term, July 4, '64; wd. at Missionary Ridge.
Pro. Corp.; dis. on exp. term, July 4, '64; wd. at Chickamauga.
Transferred to Company C Nov. 1, '61.
Drafted.

Discharged per order June 11, '65; drafted.
Discharged per order June 22, '65; drafted.
Substitute.

Discharged for disability Aug. 11, '65.
Discharged for disability Oct. 1, '62.
Discharged for disability, Oct. 16, '62; Corporal.
Died at Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 16, '64.
Died at Louisville, Ky., March 19, '62.
Discharged for disability July 17, '62.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged from hospital July 18, '65; drafted.
Drafted.
Drafted.

Discharged per order June 16, '65.
Discharged per order June 11, '65.
Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Promoted Corporal; killed at Chickamauga Sept. 29, '63.
Dischai'ged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged per order Nov. 16, '61; underage.
Discharged for disability Nov. 10, '62.

Discharged on exp. of term, July 4, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Promoted Corporal; discharged per order.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Promoted Corporal; drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability June 23, '62.

Discharged for disability Oct. 23, '62.

Died at Tuscumbia, Ala., Aug. 2, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63; wounded at Chickamauga.

Discharged for disability June 6, '62.

Promoted Corporal.

Captured and wounded at Chickamauga; escaped April, '61;

discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63; promoted Corporal; transf. to band.
Died at Bowling Green, Ky., Oct. 28, '62.

Drafted.

Discharged from hospital in '65; substitute.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged for disability Jan. 2, '62.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged for disability June 4, '62; corporal.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.

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Wilson, John D

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June 17, '61

Discharged for disability Nov. 11, '62; promoted Sergeant

Wiley, Win. H....

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June 17, '61

July 11/65

Major; reduced at own request.
Re-enlisted Jan. 13, '64; pro. Corp. and Serg.; wd. Chickamauga

Williams, Jesse M
Young, Nelson

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June27, '61

Discharged on exp. of term, July 4, '64; wnd. Missionary Ridge.
Discharged for disability Aug. 9, '62.

ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Asgrim K. Skaro

Jeremiah C. Donahower

Thomas G. Scott

First Lieutenants —

E. St. Julien Cox

Augustus E. Alden

Benjamin Sylvester

JSecond Lieutenant —

Thomas D.Fowble

ENLISTED MEN.

Adam, Samuel

Adelberger, John

Alexis, Fourier

Ammondson, Ole

Ammondson, Giermund...

Anderson, Knute

Anfinson, Albright

Anderson, George

Anderson, Alexander

Anderson, Andrew

Arnzen, John

Beaumont. Walter S

Becklin, Adolf

Birch, Flora

Blonquist, S. A

Black, George A

Bonier, Samuel

Boeur, Frank

Bradbury, Alexander

Branett, George

Brown, George

Brown, James R

Brockway. Washington....

Cheadle, John

Chase, Royal S

Channing, Charles O

Clark, Angus P

Cronkset, Andrew P

Cronin, Cornelius

Davis, Joseph

Devannah, Daniel

Dead rick, Wm

Diericks, Charles

Diehl, Joseph

Downs, Thomas

Donaldson, David

Ebert, Joseph

Ebert, Anthony

Edwards, Joseph H

Ellmer, John

Ells, Charles

Ellis, Bradley J

Enphinson, Albrecht

Evanson, Knud

Flora, James

Friesteff, Peter M

Freisch, Jay W

Frinch, Charles

Golaxon, Neil

Gunderson, Gunder

Gunn, Robert

Gustaff, Ender

Henningson, J. L

Hageria, Joseph

Hanson, Erick

Haroldson, Torgus

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REMARKS.

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 5/61, Resigned March 20/62.

June 20, '62! juiv 5, '61, 2d Lieut.; special mention; resigned July 12, '64.

Sept. 14/64 T

July 5/61
Apl. 26, '62
Dec. 19, '64

Apl. 1/64

July 5/61
Sept. 26/64
July 5/61
May 27, '64
May 27, '64
May 27, '64
May 27, '64
July 5/61
July 5/61
July 5/61
May 28, '64
July 5, '61
Oct. 13/61
Mch. 23, '65
Feb. 17, '65
July 5/61

July 11, '65

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July 5, '61
July 5, '6!
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 1, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Aug. 8/64
Mch. 29, '65
Feb. 26, '64
July 5, '61

Sept. 22, '64
Aug. 25, '64
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Oct. 26, '64
Oct. 26, '64
Oct. 5, '64
Apl. 3, '65
May 31, '64
July 5, '61
May 27, '64
Feb. 11, '65
July 5, '61
July 5, '61

Oct. 1 '61
May 31, '64
May 27, '64
May 31, '65
June 2, '64
Oct. 13, '64

May 28, '64
June 2, '64
June 1,'64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Juiy'li/6E
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 16, '65 Sergeant July 5, '61;' 2d Lieutenant June 20, '64; wounded at

Missionary Ridge; special mention.
Resigned Feb. 8, '62.
Sergeant July 5, '61.
Sergeant July 5, '61: 2d Lieutenant Nov. 12, '64; wounded at

Chickamauga; discharged with regiment.
Private July 5, '61; Corporal, Sergeant.

Deserted from Fort Ridgley Sept. 2, '65.

Discharged per order June 11, '65; drafted.

Term expired July 4, '64.

Drafted.

Drafted; died at Nashville Feb. 22, '65.

Drafted,

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

Deserted from Fort Snelling Oct. 4, '61.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; promoted Corporal.

Drafted.

Deserted from Fort Snelling Oct. 4, '61.

Died at Washington, D. C., June 27, '65; drafted.

Substitute.

Discharged per order June 20, '65.

Corporal; discharged for disability Nov., '62.

Re-enl. Jan. 25, '64; pro. Com. S'erg.; wnd. at Chickamauga.

Musician; transferred to Co. 1, 4th U. S. Artillery, January, '62.

Discharged for disability '62.

Deserted from Fort Ridgley July 24, '61.

Deserted from Fort Snelling Oct. 4, '61.

Died at Chicago of knife wnd. May 18/64; wnd. at Mill Springs.

Died; no record of date.

Corp.; Re-enl. Dec. 26/63; wnd. at Chickamauga; pro. Sergt.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.

Discharged for disability '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

Substitute; discharged per order June 11, '65.

Substitute.

Corporal; discharged for disability in '62.

Drafted; discharged per order June 11, '65.

Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Corporal; pro. Serg.; trans, to Co. I, 4th U.S. Art., December, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26/63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.

Drafted.

Drafted; discharged per order June 12, '65.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.

Drafted.

Substitute; discharged from hospital Aug. 10, '65.

Dis. on exp. of term, July 12, '64; wounded at Chickamauga.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26/63; discharged for disability May 4/64;
wounded at Chickamauga.

Dis. on exp. of term, Oct. 9, '64; wounded at Chickamauga.
July 11, '65

Discharged from hospital July 2, '65; drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Wounded at Missionary Ridge.
July 11, '65 Drafted.
July 11 ,'65 Drafted.
July 11, '65! Drafted.

July 11/65

July llj '65
July 11, '65

July 11/65
July 11/66

July 11/65
Julyii/65

July 11/65
July 11, '65
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Sept. 20, '64
July 5 '61
July 5 '61
July 5, '65
Oct. 12, '64
Oct. 13, '64
July 5, '61

July 5, '61

Oct. 1 '61
June 13, '64
Oct. 3, '64
May 30, '64
Oct. 3, '64
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Oct. 8, '64
Apl. 3, '65
Oct. 20, '64
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Mch.24 '65
July 5, '61
May 26, '64
May 30, '64
July 5. '61
May 27, '64
July 5, '61
July 5 '61
May 30, '64
Sept. 20, '64
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Mch. 8, '65
July 5, '61
June 6, '64
May 27, '64

July 11, '65

Hoffstatt, Frank Y

July 11, '65
"July li',''6o

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Holder,' Jacobus
Horrigan, Michael

Horst,' Lewis
Hughes, Henry
Hugher, Washington
Isentice, Beverly
Iverson, Erick

"julylij''65
"July li',"'6o
July 11, '65

Jacobson, Ole

Jensen, Hans

Johnson, John

"July li'"'65
July 11, '65

Knudson, Erin

July 11, '65

Kopp'leruan, Christ

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Kuudert. John N

Larson, Erick
Lapier William . .. .

Lord, James
Legender, Joseph A
Loagen, William
Mavbold, John
McGrath, Michael J
McGanty, John

"julyli',';65

"July"li',"'65
July 11, '65

McNelley, James

Miller, Fritz

"July if,' '65
July 11, '65

Molitan, Michael

Moores Henry

Naylor, George

Newton James

Nessell, Robert

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Oleson, Ole

Oleson Andrew

Oleson, Andrew
Olmanson, Bern

July 11, '65

Oleson Peter

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July 5, '61
July 5, '61

July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Sept. 26, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61

July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Dec. 5, '64
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
May 26, '64
July 5, '61
July 5 ,'61
July 5, '61
May 31, '64
Mch. 8, '65
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61

July 5, '61

July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61

July 5, '61
Mch. 27. '65

Overton, George
Pasco Edward

Parsons, Wm

Pettyjohn, Isaac
Peterson Peter

Phillips, Columbus
Renter, Azel C

Renne, Ole P

Rhodes, Robert G
Roundsville, Benj

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Romer Jacob

Roberts, Joseph

Root, George

July 11, '65

Rupert Carl

Rukel, Nels C
Salenting, John

Schlinker, Mat
Schwartz, Michael

July 11, '65

Schneider, John

Shinier, John

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Shuldice, George
Sneider, Fred A

Smith, Joseph
Smith, Thomas
Smith, James

July 11, '65

Sons, Nicholas

Spaulding, Warren
Spencer, James
Stone, Azro A

July 11, '65

Swenson, Lewis

Telke, August....

Julv 11. '65

REMARKS.

Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; promoted Sergeant; wounded

at Missionary Ridge; special mention.

Dis. at exp. of term, July 4, '64; wounded at Missionary Ridge.
Discharged for disability July, '64; wounded at Chickamauga.
Sergeant; re-enlisted; promoted Sergeant Major, Adjutant.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 30, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; pro. Col. Serg.; wnd. Missionary Ridge.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64; special mention.
Drafted.

Wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.
Deserted from Fort Snelling Oct. 9, '61.
Deserted from Fort Ridgley July 24, '61.
Discharged for disability January, '62.

Discharged per order July 27, '65; substitute.

Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; Color Sergeant; wounded at

Missionary Ridge; special mention.
Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

Discharged on exp. of term, Sept. 30, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Died at Cairo, 111., Dec. 25, '64; drafted.
Discharged per order June 9, '65; drafted.
Drafted.

Drafted; wounded at Chickamauga.
Discharged for disability May 28, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Discharged for disability May 28, '62.
Drafted.
Drafted.
Substitute.

Died at Nashville, Tenn., March 5, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Discharged for disability March, '62.
Discharged for disability March, '62.
Substitute.

Wnd. at Mill Springs; dis.for disability June 1, '62; since died.
Drafted.
Drafted.

Discharged for disability March, '63.
Discharged per order June, '65.
Discharged for disability March, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Drafted.

Drafted; discharged per order June, '65.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Substitute.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Substitute.

Drafted; discharged per order July 11, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal.
Died at Milledgeville, Ga., Nov. 24, '64; substitute.
Deserted from Fort Snelling Oct. 5, '61.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; transferred to Company I, 4th

U. S. Artillery, December, '63.
Deserted from Fort Ridgley Aug. 13, '61.
Discharged for disability March 28, '62.
Wounded on picket duty October 12; died Oct. 13, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term, Sept. 25, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; dis. from hospital July 28, '65; Wagoner.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant;

wounded at Missionary Ridge; special mention.
Re-enlisted; promoted Sergeant; leader of band.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., September, '62.
Died at Louisville, Ky., December, '61.
Deserted from Fort Ridgley Sept. 25, '61.
Substitute.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Dis. on expiration of term, July 4, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Died at Savannah, Ga., Dec. 28, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; promoted Corporal.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Drafted.
Drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 4, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; pro. Corporal; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Discharged for disability March, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; wounded at Chickamauga; transferred

to Veteran Reserve Corps Aug. 3, '64.
Wounded at Chickamauga, and discharged July 10, '60;

wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.
Died at Keokuk, Iowa, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; wounded at Chickamauga.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged on expiration of

term, July 4, '64; wounded at Chickamauga.
Wounded at Chickamauga; dis. on exp. of term, July 4, '64.
Substitute.

COMPANY F.
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Feb, 24, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 5, '64
May 28. '64
May 31, '64
Sept. 26, '64
July 5, '61
May 27, '64
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Oct. 13, '64
May 30, '64
May 26, '64

Killed at Mill Springs Jan. 19, '63.

Discharged per order May 26, '65.
Drafted.
Drafted; discharged per order May 10, '65.
Drafted; died April 29, '65.
Discharged per order from War Department June 11, '63.
Deserted from Fort Ridgley Sept, 27, '61.
Drafted; discharged from hospital.
Dis. on expiration of term, July 4, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Discharged for disability Jan. 3, '62.
Transf. to Company I, 4th U. S. Artillery, December, '62.
Deserted from Louisville, Ky., Oct. 1, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; promoted Corporal.
Deserted from Fort Ridgley Sept. 28, '61.
Substitute.
Drafted.
Drafted.

Thompson John

July 11, '65

Thur John

Thayer Willard

July 11, '65

Tiech Rudolph

^Varvant Benj

Wendleshafer, Frank
Weire Thomas.

Wendland, Frank

July 11, '65

Williams Joseph

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Ziebarth, Martin
Ziegler John

ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

John B. Davis

David B. Loomis

John S. Livingston..,
First Lieutenant —

Chas. H. Friend ,

Second Lieutenants —

Edward Wait

Franklin R.Harris..

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbott, Oliver H. P....

Ahles, John

Aiusworth, George W.

Ailing, DwightH

Allers, Louis

Andersen, John N

Andrews, James

Anthony, Ferdinand..

Astrope, Henry

Atwater, Charles J

Atwood,MayT

Baxter, John H

Bandall, George

Baldwin, Wesley

Bethun, Eusbe

Biefielser, Henry

Birck, Ferdinand

Bird, Joseph

Blanchard, Jasper.
Blake, Wm

Bolton, MiloF

Boquet, Nicholas

Boardman, James C

Bragg, Johnson

Brown, Adam C

Brown, Thomas H

Branham,EzraF

Brennan, James

Burk, Andrew J

Butts, Richard

Buck, James

Cavoeizel, Paul

Campbell, Daniel

Carroll, Thomas

Chadderdon, George

Chapin, Isaac A

Chapman, Wm. N

Chapman, Robert H

Chamberlain, Chas. A ..

Chadderdon, Abram

Connington, Wm

Conner, John

Colleneyer, Frederick ..

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May 21, '65

Nov. 6, '62
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July 8, '61
July 30, '64
Sept. 28, '61

July 8, '61
July 8, '61
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July 8, '61
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July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61

Sept. 28, '61
Jan. 18, '65
Nov. 18, '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61

Feb. 29, '64
July 8, '61

July 8, '61

May 26, '61
Jan. 18, '65
Oct. 3, '61
Feb. 29, '65
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Feb. 29, '65
Feb. 29, '65
July 8, '61
July 8 '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8 ,'61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
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July 11, '65
July i'i, ''65
July' i'i ',''65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July i'i, ''65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

REMARKS.

Promoted Major Nov. 5, '62.

1st Lieut. July 8, '61; resigned Nov. 4, '64; special mention.

2d Lieut. July 8, '61; 1st Lieut. Nov. 19, '62; dis. with regiment.

Private July 8, '61; Corporal, Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant April 1,

'65; special mention.

1st Sergeant July 8, '61; resigned July 12, '64.
Private July 8, '61; re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal,

Sergeant; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.
Discharged for disability June 22, '62.
Drafted.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; Corporal; died of wounds received at

Kenesaw Mountain, Sept, 3, '64.
Discharged for disability in '62.
Term expired July 7, '64.

Corporal; deserted from Louisville, Ky., September, '62.
Died at Nashvillle, Tenn., April 19, '62.
Drafted.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; discharged for disability July 17, '65.
Discharged for disability June 9, '62.
Discharged for disability June 18, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 22, '63; deserted from Nashville March 20, '64.
Died at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 10, '64.
Discharged for disability March 3, '63.
Drafted.

Drafted; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; died at Savannah, Ga., Feb. 11, '65;

wounded at Chickamauga.
Drafted; Died July 24, '64.
Musician; threw away his drum, took a gun at Mill Springs;

discharged for disability Aug. 9, '62.
Died at Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 22, '62.
Drafted.
Substitute.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.

Transferred to Co. B Nov. 11, 61.

Died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 26, '61.

Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.

Deserted July 11, '61.

Died Sept. 2, '64.

Drafted.

Sergeant; died of wounds at Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 22, '63.

Musician; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July 11, '63.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 17, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; died at Nashville January, '64.

Discharged for disability June 18, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Died at Nashville, Tenn., March 26, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23,'63.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.

Corporal; deserted from Louisville, Ky., Sept, 26, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Drafted.

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Crane, Charles C
Dalton Michael

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Oct. 5, '61

July 8, '61
Oct. 29, '64
Mch. 9, '65
July 8, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Jan. 16, '65
July 8, '61
Feb. 14, '66
Jan. 11, '65
Mch. 6, '65
Jan. 13, '65
July 8, '61
May 26, '64
July 8, '61
Sept. 28, '61
May 28, '64
July 8, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 28, '64
Nov. 26, '64
July 8, '61

Died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 1, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.

Drafted.
Discharged for disability April 19, '62.

Discharged per order June 24, '65.
Discharged for disability April 19, 'G2.
Substitute.
Discharged from hospital; substitute.
Discharged per order June 12, '65; substitute.
Died at Washington, D. C., May 16, '65.
Deserted Sept. 29, '62.
Drafted.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal.
Drafted.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Substitute.
Sergeant; killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.
Corporal; killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.
Discharged from hospital Sept. 18, '65.
Drafted.
Drafted.
Discharged per order June 11, '65.
Discharged for disability Sept. 1, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.
Drafted; discharged per order June ll", '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.
Discharged for disability April 9, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corp.; wnd. at Kenesaw Mt.
Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '62.
Discharged per order May 18, '65.
Promoted Corporal.
Wounded June, '64; discharged from hospital in '65.
Deserted Oct. 14, '62.
Drafted.
Discharged for disability Jan. 28, '63.
Wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.

Promoted Corporal.
Deserted Aug. 19, '64.
Discharged per order June 24, '65; substitute.
Died at Tullahoma, Tenn., Aug. 26, '62.
Discharged for disability Oct. 24, '62.
Discharged for disability Feb. 1, '62.
Substitute.
Drafted.
Substitute.
Corp.; re-enl. Dec. 29, '63; kid. at Kenesaw Mt.,Ga., June 22, '64.
Drafted.
Drafted.
Discharged from hospital July 10, '65.
Discharged from hospital July 27, '65; substitute.
Substitute.
Drafted. .
Corporal; deserted from Pittsburgh Landing April, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63 ; pro. Corporal; wnd. at Kenesaw Mt.
Discharged for disability June 25, 62. .
Discharged for disability Aug. 8, '62.
Corporal; died at Nashville April 3, '62.
Discharged per order War Department June 11, '65.
Drafted.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; pro. Corporal; wnd. at Chickamauga-
Died near Corinth, Miss., May 22, '62.

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

"july"li',"'65

Davis Samuel

Daolman, Nicholas
Desmond, Win

Dickerson, Jacob
Doc ken do rf Peter

Driscoll, John

July 11, '65

Edich, Henry
Edgar, Eugene
Eduuindson, C. Sisco
Elliott, Archibald

*2i"
40
24
18
28
19
19
43

Eustler John C

July 11, '65

Everett, Wm

Fariey, James M..

July 11, '65
Juy 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Fessler, Nimrod

Force, Charles

Foster, Angevine B
Fremith, David
Friemoth, David

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Frankhouse, Frederick
Frv, George H

"21"

Griffin, D. B

Garraitsee, Thos. H
Giddeman, Joseph

18

Feb. 29, '64
Mch. 8, '65
May 28, '65
Sept, 26, '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Sept. 27, '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
May 28, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
July 8, '65
Mch. 8, '65
July 8, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Nov. 28, '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Nov. 9, '64
Nov. 29, '64
Mch. 9, '65
July 8, '61
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 22, '64
May 31, '64
Nov. 28, '64
Nov. 19, '64
Nov. 27, '64
July 8, '61
July 6, '61
July 6 '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Nov. 28, '64
May 27, '64
Sept. 28, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
May 26, '64
July 8, '61
Apl. 1 '65
Feb. 29, '64
June 13, '64
July 8, '61
July 6, '61
May 27, '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
May 28, '64
Mav 30, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Sept. 28, '61
May 28, '64

"juiyli/65
July 11, '65

Green, John

35
26
29
36
44
27
21
18
30
38
18
26
31

Graff, Bernard

Grooes, Alexander J

Grordon, Walter

Guggemous, Charles

Hatter, Stephen

July 11, '60

Hay den, Watson N
Hay wood, Charles
Holland, Cornelius .. .

July 11, '65

Hopps, Casper

Hood, Theodore F

July 11, '65

Hoff, Squire.

Johnson, Peter
Just, Nicholas .

July 11, '65

July' li"'65
July 11, '65
July 8, '65

Keefe, Edward

40
25
34
19
20

"isi

72
21

"32
44
26
37

Kilburn, Thadeus 0
Kivel, Richard N

Knight, Geo. W...

Knight, David
Koester, Frederick
Kyes, Oliver N

L.arnson, Alexander
Lattermer, George
Lawrence, Thomas ..
La Chapelle, Gabriel
Lauernian, Nicholas....,
Levicount, Spencer E
Lenkey, Gotlieb

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Leiser, Jacob
Liudburg, Alexis
Lidenqued, Carl

Ludker, Carl

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Lutz, Conrad

Masters, John

33
19
43
22
31

25
19
18
43
21
18
40
37

Mat tin, William
Maloney, Patrick

July 11, '65

Maxwell, Wm. G .

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Madden, Michael B
Marshall, Anthony
Messen brink, Henry
McCarty, Michael
McLain, Mortimer B

McAlpin, Joseph....
Mitchell, Marcus B
Molan, Joseph

Discharged for disability June 25, '62.
Died at Jackson Oct. 22, '62.
Deserted Oct. 10, '61.
Drafted; died of wounds at Sisters' Ferry, '65.
Wagoner; died at Corinth, Miss., May 18, '62.
Substitute.
Discharged per order June 9, '65.
Substitute.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '73; promoted Corporal.
Wnd. arid can. by enemy at Chickamauga; died in rebel prison.
Drafted.
Pro. Com. Serg.; re-enlisted; transferred to Co. A Dec. 26, '63.
Discharged by civil authorities Sept, 27, '61.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Sergeant, Corporal.
Substitute.
Substitute; discharged per order June 9, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Drafted; discharged from hospital July 14, '65.

Morton, Edmund

Molin, Charles D
Muckler, August

July 11, '65

Newville, George
Nelson, Andrew .

30
18
20
25
22
31
18
24
18
18
21
21
39

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Norris, Charles R
Oaks.Henry

Oleson, Peter
Overton, George A. J
Page, George H
Parker, John W. .

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Paro, John 3

Pohl, Joseph

Pond, Edwin A

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Pond, Theron C.. ..

Rankin, Christian ...

COMPANY G.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

137

NAMES.

H

28
18

36
23
23
21

29
19
21
18
26
36
25
19

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Rheinhart, John

May 26, '64
July 8, '61

Sept, 27, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61

July 8, '61
Sept.30 '61
Sept.30 ,'61
Oct. 12, '61
Feb. 11 ,'64
Feb. 29, '64
May 31, '64
July 8, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Dec. 2, '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Feb. 29, '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Mav 28, '64
July 8, '61

July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Mch. 8, '65
Sept, 22, '64
Feb. 24, '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61

July 11, '65

Drafted.
Deserted September, '61; arrested Oct. 16, '63; sentenced to make
his time good.
Discharged per order June 11, '(35.
Re-enl. Dec. 23, '63; dis. for pro. in 1st Colorado Cavalry, '64.
Deserted from Louisville, Ky., Sept. 29, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain; dis
charged for disability Jan. 17, '65.
Corporal; discharged for disability Feb. 22, '62.
Discharged on expiration of term, September, '64.
Died at Somerset, Ky., Feb. 26, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, *63.

Substitute.
Transferred to U. S. Artillery Dec. 23, '62.
Deserted from Somerset, Ky., Jan. 23, '63.
Substitute.
Deserted from Somerset, Kv., Jan. 23, '62.
Died at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 19, '62.

Died '62.
Wounded at Chickamatiga and Kenesaw Mountain.
Dis. on expiration of ierm, July 7, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.
Drafted.
Sergeant; wounded at Chickamauga; prisoner 9 months; dis
charged ou expiration of term, June, '64.
Deserted from Louisville, Ky., '62.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.
Drafted.
Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Discharged for disability April 19, '62.
Discharged for disability June 26, '62.

Rickart Carl

Rigg, Joseph F
Rosevelt, Nelson
Rutherford George

Scott Henry H

Scott,' Lewis P
Scott Smith

Schooley, James M
Short Michael

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Sheph'ard, Levi M

Springsead, Henry G
Stalker Charles

July 11, '65

29
18
19
25
24
18
32
37
29

21
25

"38"
18
24
40

Sweet Edward R

Tabor, James
Temple, Ephraim M
Thornton, James M
Tieman, Thomas A
Tuft John

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

"ia\T*li',''6S

July 11, '65

Volkin, Charles

Wallace Geo. W.

Walton, Henry
Ward Lawrence

Walter, John
Wesbacker Joseph

July 11, '65

Whitmore, Spaulding
Wilder, Wm. H
Wright Reuben M

July 11, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

W

a
<J

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Andrew R, Kiefer
Chas. F. Meyer

Henningvon Rumohr...
First Lieutenants —
Jacob Mainzer.

31
35

32

26
33

22
24
25

28
32
37
38
18
29
32
33
32
31
24
35
32
27
25
27
29
21
23
26
40

July 8, '61
Aug. 12, '63

Aug. 23, '64

July 8, '61
Sept. 16, '64

July 8, '61
Apl. 16, '63
Oct. 18, '64

July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Jan. 25, '65

Resigned July 18, '63.
Serg. July 8, '61; 2d Lieut. Aug. 10, '62; 1st Lieut, and Adj. Feb.
28, '63; special mention; wud. at Kenesaw Mt.; resig. Julv, '64.
Corporal July 8, '61; Serg., 2d 'Lieut, Feb. 28, '63; 1st Lieut. April
16, '63; wounded at Chickamauga; special mention.
Resigned July 18, '62.
Private July 8, '61; Corporal, Sergeant,

Resigned July 18, '62.
Corporal July 8, '62; Sergeant; resigned July, '64.
Pro. Corporal July 8, '61; pro. Serg.; re-enlisted; pro. 2d Lieut.

Corp.; deserted from Louisville, Ky., Oct. 1, '62.
Discharged for disability Feb. 17, '62.
Corporal; term expired July 7, '64.
Drafted.
Killed at Mill Springs Jan. 19, '62.
Sergeant; reduced.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., April 11, '62.
Sergeant; deserted July 1, '62.
Drafted.
Transferred to N. C. S. as hospital steward, July 20, '63.
Discharged for disability Aug. 1, '63.
Pro. Corp.; dis.on exp.of term, July 7, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Drafted; died at Mound City, 111.. Dec. 24, '64.
Drafted.
Died at luka, Miss., June 30. '62.
Discharged on exp. of term, July 7, '64: wnd. at Mill Springs.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.
Transferred to Co. I Nov. 4, '61.
Sergeant; transferred to Regimental P>and.
Mortallv wnd.; left on field at Chickamauga; supposed to be dead.
Discharged from hospital Aug. 10, '65; substitute.
Substitute.
Transferred to Regimental Band Sept, 1, '64.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 6, '63.
Deserted from Lebanon, Ky., June 1, '62.
1 Discharged oer order June 10. '65: substitute.

July 11, '65

Fred A. Essen

Second Lieutenants —
Fred A. Brandt

July 11, '65

Chas. Rampe
Fred Lambrecht

ENLISTED MEN.

Baur, Jacob
BackhofF John

"July" li,'65

"juiy'lV65

Babenter, Henry

Bohmback Fred

Bennet, John

July 8J '65
Sept. 13, '61
July 8, '61
June 4, '64
July 8, '61
Julv 8, '61
July 8, '61
May 28, '64
Jan. 14, '65
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Oct. 5, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Mch. 2 '65
Feb. 2, '65
July 8 '61
Oct. 1,'61
July 8, '61
Sent. 20. '64

July 11, '65

Beckman, John
Bieran, Henry

Braba.ts Thomas

July 11, '65

Buckingham, Fred

Bunr, Frank

Bush Henry

Bull, Joseph

Clute, Joseph

July 11, '65

Dannebarger, Marbel
Dehnning, George

Dehn, Christian

Dickey, Edgar

Dohn, Frederic

Douthiel, Peter
Dohruann, William

Dront, Killian

July 11, '65

Ebert, Charles

32
28

Eschbach, Louis

Fahrlein, Peter

Fessler.Carl

21

138

THE SECOND REGIMENT.
KOSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

NAMES.

Ferlein, Peter
Foltz, George
Freymann, Peter ..............

German, John ..................

Gentgen, John

Gesell, Albert ..................

Gessell, Albert .................

Giesking, William ............

Guilaume, Anton ..............

Guetlich, George
Hainan, Hans ..................

Hansan, Andrew
Harrington, Erastus .........

Henk, George ..................

Hoffman, Bonifacus
Hoffman, Joseph ..............

Hoffman, John
Hoffman, Lorenzo ............

Holts, Henry
Huber, Joseph
Hyderstadt, Von Julius....

Igel, John
Ihtn

tne, Christian ...............

Ihme, Oswald ...................

Janke, Charles .................

Jaasen.Wm .....................

Jungblut, Frederick .........

Jung, Charles ..................

Karcher, Cassinnin .........

Kaufman, John ................

Kemper, Win ...................

Keller, Peter ....................

KeiLWm .........................

Keifer, Frank ..................

King, Christopher ............

King, John ......................

Kittleman, William ..........

Krause, Charles ...............

Kulms, Ernst ...................

Laub, Frederick ...............

Leisen, John ....................

Lentges, John ..................

Letto, John .....................

Letio, Charles ..................

Loffermacher, Frank ........

Luchsinger, John .............

Luchsinger, Jacob ............

Magnus, Paul ......... ........

Memmler, Herman .........

Miller, Jacob ....................

Miller.John .....................

Mongenstern, Anthony....

Moseley, Arthur H

Noot, William.

Oether, Joseph

Ohlein, John ,

Olsen, Rasmus ,

Orth, Charles

Ortner, Mathias ,

Oswald, Frederick

Parsons, William

Peterson, Paul

Peterson, Thomas

Pisbach, Joseph

Pope, Frank

Pohl, Andrew

Pratt, Wm

Radentz, Herman

Reed, George

Reichenbach, Charles

Reichenbacb, George

Keith, Henry G

Riebeth, Reinhandt

Rodell, Gustav C

Rossback, Nicholas

Ropert, Nicholas

Rohrbach, Charles

Rommel, Augustus

Rossbach, Nicholas

Ruhe, Ernst

Rusche, Joseph

Runger, Peter ,

Sander, Stephen

Sander, Christian H

Schleif, George

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 30, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Jan. 18, '65
Oct. 7, '64
July 8 ,'61
July 15, '61
May 31 '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Feb. 14, '65
July 15, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8 '61
July 8. '61
May 30, '64
Feb. 16, '64
Feb. 16, '64
July 8, '65
July 8, '65
Jan. 20, '65
Feb. 26, '64
Oct. 1, '61
Feb. 20, '65
Sept. 12, '61
Dec. 24, '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Jan. 21, '65
Jan. 21, '65
July 30, '61
July 8, '61
Sept. 20, '61
Apl. 3 ,'65
May 28, '65
Sept. 11, '61
July 8 '61
July 8, '61
July 8 '61
Sept. 15, '84
Oct. 6, '64
July 8 ,'61
July 8,'G1
July 8 '61
Sept. 26, '64
July 8, '61

July 8, '61
Jan. 26, '64
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
June 1, '64
July 8, '61
July 15, '61
May 31, '64
July 8, '61
Jan. 19, '65
Sept. 22, '64
July 8, '61
July 15, '61
Sept. 21, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
Oct. 1, '61
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 23, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Oct. 1, '61

July 8, '61
July 8, '61
July 8, '61
May 27, '64
Feb. 25, '65
Aug. 26, '61
July 8, '61
Mch. 6, '62
July 8, '61

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July'i'i',';65
July 11, '65

July 11/65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July'li',' '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Deserted from Lebanon, Ky., Jan. 1 '62.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.

Mortally wounded at Chickamauga; supposed to be dead.

Deserted from Louisville, Ky., Oct. 1, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; promoted Corporal.

Transferred to Co. H Aug. 1, '61.

Transferred to Co. H Aug. 1, '61.

Discharged from hospital Aug. 14, '64.

Substitute.

Discharged for disability Aug. 22, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; wounded at Mill Springs.

Drafted.

Corporal; died at St. Paul, Sept. 29, '61.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.

Discharged from hospital, '65; substitute.

Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.

Discharged for disability Feb. 12, '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 10, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.

Drafted.

Died at Jeffersonville, Ind., Oct. 24, '64.

Dis. fordis. Jan. 6, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga and Mill Springs.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 26, '63.

Substitute.

Wounded at Jonesboro; discharged from hospital in '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

Discharged from hospital Aug. 1,'65; substitute.

Re-enl. Dec. 26, '63; pro. Corp. and Serg.; wnd. at Mill Springs.

Discharged for disability May 19, '62.

Discharged for disability June 13, '62; wnd. at Mill Springs.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Transferred to Company H Aug. 1, '61.

Re-enlisted; promoted Corporal.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Promoted Corporal.

Deserted from Dechered, Tenn., Aug. 13, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Discharged May 3, '62.

Transferred to Regimental Band July 8, '61.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.

Drafted; discharged per order June 10, '65.

Sergeant; deserted from Louisville, Ky., Oct. 1, '62; wounded

at Mill Springs.
Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 22, '64.

Captured at Chickamauga; died in rebel prison.

Musician; transferred to Regimental Band Sept. 1, '61.

Discharged for disability May 3, '62.

Captain Nov. 18, '64.

Died at Fort Snelling Oct. 13, '61.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64; trans, to Co. H.

Discharged from hospital Aug. 1 , '65.

Transferred to Company I Sept. 1, '61.

Substitute.

Drafted; discharged per order June 10, '65.

Transferred to Regimental Band Sept 1, '61.

Discharged for wounds received at Mill Springs May 20, '62.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; wounded at Chickamauga.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 22, '64.

Died at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 8, '62.

Promoted Corporal; discharged from hospital July 28, '65.

Substitute.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal; died of wounds received at Kenesaw

Mountain June 24, '64; Corporal.
Discharged for disability Nov. '20, '61.
Killed at Mill Springs Jan. '19, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Drafted; discharged per order June 20, '65.
Discharged from hospital Aug. 2, '65.

Transferred to Company H; discharged for disability in '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '(53; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; promoted Corporal.
Corporal; discharged for disability May 19, '62.

COMPANY H.
EOSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

139

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Schreger, John
Schu lie, Charles
Schierard Nicholas.

27
23
23

July 8, '61
July 8, '61

Transferred to Company H Aug. 1, '61.
Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.
Deserted from Louisville Ky Oct '6°

Schlick Gustav

34

July 8 '61

Scheifer, Joseph
Schleif George

44

Feb. 24,' '64

Discharged per order May 3, '65.

Schleif Paul

18

Feb 18* '64

July 11 '65

Schniid Joseph

35

May 28 '64

July 11 '65

Drafted

Schmid Benedict

30

May 28* '64

July 11 '65

Drafted

Schumacher. Peter
Schlitz William

33
44

May 27 J '64
Sept 26 '64

July 11, '65

Drafted.

Schuller William

36

Sept 26 '64

July 11 '65

Drafted

Schmidt', George C

22
40

July 30,' '61
Sept 11 '61

Transferred from Company I; discharged on exp. of term.

Schultz, Charles
Schirmer Chas

21
31

Sept! 11 ! '61
Sept 26 '61

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Wounded at Mill Springs.

Seibert, Jacob

30

July 8 '61

Corporal' killed at Chickamauga Sept °0 '63

Seidel, Reinhard
Serfliug Otto

44
23

July 8, '61
May 31 '64

July 11 '65

Musician; transferred to Regimental Band Sept. 1, '61.
Drafted

Serfling, Ernst

30

Sept 28* '64

Seibbert Bettassar .

25

Sept 11 '61

July 11 '65

Sholes, G.S
Siemers, Henry ..

25
22

Sept. 28, '61
July 8 '61

Transferred to Company H.
Discharged for disability Aug 5 '65

Sivequist Jonas

22

Nov 18 '64

July 11 '65

Siemers, Henry

24

Smith Cyrus W

18

July 8 '61

Transferred to Companv H ^ug 1 "6°

Smith, John A

os

July 15 '61

Promoted Corporal' wounded at Chickamauga' discharged on

Sontag Mathias

28

July 8 '61

expiration of term, July 14, '65; special mention.

Streicher. Andrew....
Stumpfeld Edward

29
37

July 8J '61
July 8 '61

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal.

Stemshorn, Fred
Strohbach, Henry
Stussy Frederick

44

21

28

July 8.' '61
Feb. 26, '64
Oct 6 '64

July' i'i/65
July 11 '65

Killed at Mill Springs Jan. 19, '62.
Drafted

Sutorius, Francis F
Swenson, Jonas

28
25

Sept. 11 \ '61
Oct 4 '6 1

July 11 '65

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec 26 '64

Thies, Frederick
Tschady, Balthaser
Tschudy, John W

26
33
35

May 27,' '64
Dec. 15, '63
Sept 5 '64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Drafted.
Promoted Corporal.

Turka.John
Uhlig, Charles F

20
23

Jan. 26, '64
Sept 30 '61

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

TJnzen, John

38

Dec 25* '64

July 11, '65

Drafted.

Unzen, Joseph
Van! Frederick

32
33

Nov. 25, '64
Nov 17 '64

July 11, '65

Drafted.
Died at Alexandria Va May 98 '65

Vollman, Joseph

31

July 8* '61

Discharged fordisability June9! '62.

TVanner Jacob

45

July 8 '61

Killed at Mill Springs Jan 19 '62

Waltz, Frederick
Wachtter, Rudolph
Waschenberger, John
Webber, Bateus
Weiss Nicholas

39
38
32
19
35

Feb. 12,' '64
Nov. 26, '64
Sept. 26, '61
July 8, '61
July 8 '61

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Drafted.
Promoted Corporal and Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Wnd. at Chickamauga; dis. June 11, '64; special mention.

Wesli, John

41

June 2 '64

July 11, '65[

Drafted.

Wesdorf, Jacob
Wells, Win. 8

44
28

Nov. 22, '64;
Oct. 5, '61

July 11, '65

Drafted.
Transferred to Companv I.

Wells, John .

18

Feb. 8 '65

Discharged from hospital in '65* substitute

Wells, Charles :
Witte, Gustav

25
27

May 25, '65
July 8 '61

July 11, '65

Substitute.
Discharged for disability Nov 20 '61.

Wick, Charles .

35

July 8 '61

Wieltgin, John
Wollin, Martin

23
84

Nov. 14, '64
June 2 '64

July i'i, '65
July 11, '65 1

Substitute.
Drafted.

Wohlers Jacob

23

July 8 '61

Deserted at Louisville Kv Oct 1 '62

Woodward, John
Zimmerman Fred

42
*U

July 8, '61
Mch 98 '64

Wagoner, discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.
Died at Chattanooga Tenn Feb. 7 '65- substitute

ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

w

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Nelson W. Dickerson
John R. Beatty
Lovilo N. Holmes
First Lieutenants —
Elias K. Wasser
S. Dewitt Parsons .

44
31
34

45
27

33

28
28

28 .

July 15, '61
July 8, '63
Apl. 27, '65

Apl. 27, '65
Feb. 28, '63

July 15, '61
Mch. 19, '62
July 8, '63

Apl. 27, '65

I!-!"!"!"!"!".'.!

"july'li"'65
July 11, '65

Resigned May 21, '63.
Resigned March 30, '65; 1st Lieutenant July 15, '61.
Sergeant July 15, '61; 2d Lieutenant Feb. 28, '63; 1st Lieutenant
July 8, '63; special mention.
Private Oct. 2, '61; Corporal, Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 17, '63.
Promoted Q. M. Serg.; 1st Lieut, and Q. M.; resigned July 30, 64.

Resigned March 2, '62.
Sergeant July 15, '61; resigned Feb. 8, '63.
Sergeant July 15, '61; special mention; wounded at Missionary
Ridge and Chickamauga: resigned Feb. 14, '65.
July 15, '61; Corporal, Sergeant.

Second Lieutenants —
Jerome Dane
John N. Wallingford
Thomas G. Quayle

Daniel Fagan

July 11, '65

140

THE SECOND REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

NAMES.

ENLISTED MEN.

Allnow, William | 24

Bagley, Orson i 19

Bennett, George ] 34

Bennett, Lewis

Benjamin, Ephraim

Berger, Whaudelin

Beseke, Andrew

Bieelow, Alfred H

Bownard, Homar

Bone, Gilbert H

Burgher, Joseph

Campbell, Charles W

Capron, Joseph

Carroll, John

Callihan, Robert

Calloon, Patrick

Campbell, Alex

Cheney, Jehel W

Chute, Wm. E

Clark, Wm. A

Coggrave, John W

Condlin.Wm. H

Cole, Benjamin F

Cole, John E

Collins, Michael

Conners, John

Conners, Wm

Crosby, Reuben H

Crowley, Walter

Cross, Eugene

Crondall, Nelson

Cressey, Erastus T

Crawford, S.W

Cummins, Horace

Day.Wm. H

Dandle, William

Dibble, Lewis

Doyle, Joseph

Durkee, Wm. C

Ellis,Howard

Erickson, Lewis

Evans, James R

Ferguson, Daniel

Felton.Ezra

Flanegan, James

Foster, John M

Ford, Wm. A

Foster, Thomas

Frazee, Richard P

Gleason, Wm

Glidden.R

Grassengar, Albert

Gynn.M. R.D

Gesell, Albert

Hamany, Uriah S

Hannah, Wilton

Harman, Henry

Henderson, Henry G

Hetherington, Geo. J

Hilton, Henry S

Hilliard, John S

Hoffman, Joseph

Hopewell, John B

Hollingshead, James

Hodgen, Charles

Hyatt, Geo. C

Jacobson, John

Johnson, John

Keene, Josiah

Keene, Madison

Keys, George

Keifer, Lewis

Keating, John

Kerchen, John

Kimple, Henry

Knutson.Orin

Krause, Chas

Liecquyer, James B

Leslie, Samuel

Lindrosh, Louis

Liscom, George

Liscom, Charles

Lindert, Bredesick.

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

June 4, '64
Feb. 18, '65
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Oct. 24, '64
June 4, '64
July 15, '61
July 15, '61

Sept. 21, '61
July 15, '61

July 15, '61
July 15, '61
June 4, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Jan. 21, '65
Oct. 14, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 24, '64
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 26, '64
June 4, '64
June 4, '64
June 4, '64
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 26, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
June 4, '64
Feb. 9, '65
June 4, '64
July .15, '61
July 15, '61
Mch. 8, '65
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Oct. 7, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Feb. 29, '64
July 15, '61
Mch. 29, '65
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Aug. I, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61

July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Feb. 26, '64
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Sept. 11, '61
Jan. 18, '65
Feb. 9, '65
Sept. 22, '61
Feb. 15, '65
Jan. 20, '65
July 15, '61

July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Feb. 17, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Oct. 29, '64
Mch. 8, '65
Nov. 28, '64
Aug. 1, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61

July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Apl. 5, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

REMARKS.

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July' i'i',';65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
Juiy'li/65

Drafted.

Substitute.

Corporal; discharged for disability March 28, '62.

Discharged for disability Jan. 26, '62.

Discharged at expiration of term, July 14, '64.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Wagoner; re-enlisted Dec. 25, '63; died at Rockford, 111., Feb.

28, '64; special mention.
Discharged for disability June 14, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; "discharged for disability June 17, '65;

special mention; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.
Discharged on expiration of term, Sept. 30, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63.

Substitute.

Discharged on expiration of term, Oct. 14, '64.
Discharged for disability June 1, '62; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Dec. 17, '63; pro. Corp. and Serg.; special mention.

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability March 13, '62.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Discharged per order May 20, '65.

Drafted; discharged per order June 20, '65.

Drafted; discharged per order July 6, '65.

Drafted.

Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., Sept. 21, '61.

Discharged for disability March 13, '62.

Transferred to Co. E 4th United States Artillery, Dec. 24, '62.

Re-enlisted; died at Chattanooga Jan. 15, '64; 'special mention.

Discharged on exp. of term, June 15, '65; wnd. at Chickamauga.

Died at Evansville, Ind., Jan. 31, '65.

Discharged for disability Jan. 25, '63.

Discharged for disability Oct. 21, '61.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Corporal; discharged for disability Jan. 14, '62.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 14, '64.

Discharged for disability Jan. 6, '63.

Discharged for disability Oct. 4, '64.

Discharged for disability May 3, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; pro. Corp. and Serg.; special mention.

Serg.; mortally wounded at Chickamauga; died Sept. 21, '63.

Discharged for disability July 18, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; promoted Corporal.

Substitute.

Wnd. battle Missionary Ridge; dis. on exp. of term, July 14, '61.

Discharged per order June 10, '65; substitute.

Re-enlisted Jan. 24, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63; discharged for disability May 25, '65.

Special mention; wounded at Chickamauga.

Captured at Chickamauga; dis. on exp. of term, July 13, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant;

wounded at Chickamauga; special mention.
Transferred to Company G.
Discharged for disability Feb. 23, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 25, '63; promoted Corporal.

Wounded at Chickamauga.

Transferred to Company G Aug. 1, '61.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Discharged from hospital Aug. 10, '65.

Substitute.

Discharged for disability May 18, '62.

Substitute.

Discharged per order May 29, '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; wounded at Chickamauga; arm

amputated; discharged Jan. 9, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 14, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 16, '63; promoted Corporal.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Special mention; wounded at Chickamauga.

Re-enlisted Dec. 16, '63; died at Mankato, Minn., March 15, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal; special mention.

Re-enlisted Dec. 17, '63; discharged July 22, '65; wounded at

Chickamauga; special mention.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23 ,'63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; dis.fordisab.Dec. 22, '64; spec, mention.
Substitute.

6V?

COMPANY H.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

141

NAMES.

London, Samuel

Lytle, Abraham S

Marsh, Enoch

Martin, Richard

Mattison, James

Makenthem, Henry...
Mattison, Thomas E..,

Martin, Lewis

McGynn.R.D

McKenney, Charles I..

McNeill, Eugene

McDonald, Thomas....

McPheters, Samuel

McCullum, Wm. M

Mensink, John H

Mitchell, Salmon A....

Mirron, Joseph

Miles, AbramL

Morris, John G

Mulcahy, Dennis

Nason, Roswell L

Newman, August

Neller, Francis

Nelson, Wm. S

Nelson. Peter

Norris, Walter

O'Conner, Cornelius..,

Odell, James

Oleson,OleF

Oleson.Ole

Oleson.Ellef.

Oleson, N. Ole

Palrnerton, Wm. A

Paul, Charles

Pay, Biron E

Parsons, Wm

Pelkey, James

Pelkey, Louis

Peterson, John

Philbrick, Charles

Piper, Wm. E

Poole, Stephen

Prosser, Abraham

Purdy, Lotan

Quinnell, Lewis

Reese, Morris E

Robbins, Eleazer

Rose, Absalom B

Eogers, Robert F

Russell, Josiah

Scully, Joseph

Seeley, Wm. W

Severy, Nathaniel

Shipton, Thomas N

Shalafo, Nelson

Sherman, Isaac

Sibley, Billings J

Siverson, Halleck

Smith, Henry D

Smith, John A

Smith, Lewis N

Sprague, John H

Stannard, H

Smith, Cyrus W....

Taylor, C.W.W

Terhune, Marion

Tertlott, Henry

Thompson, Hans

Thompson, James..

Tibbetts, Henry C

Torenson, Ole

Truesdale, Lafayette...,

Turner, Benj. W

Ucker, August

Vale.John

Walter, Barn hard

Waterman, Rufus

Weagent.Wm. H....
Webb.Wm....

Wead, Clark '.

Wheeler, Wm. G

Wright, Samuel

Whittier, Franklin....

Williams, Benj. E

Wixon, Charles W

Williams, Julius E

Weis, Nicholas

MUSTERED ! MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

July 15 '61

Killed at Missionarv Ridge Nov. 25 '63* special mention

July 15 '61

1st Sergeant' transferred to Regimental Band Aug 31 '61

July 15* '61

Discharged for disability June 24, '62.

Feb. 22, '65

Nov. 18 '64

July 11, '65

Substitute.
Drafted; discharged from hospital Sept. 5, '65.

Mch. 8, '65
Sept 17 '61

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63- pro. Corp • transf Sig Corps Apl 14 '64

Nov. 23, '64
July 15 '61

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 29, '63; dis. for disability May 25 '65

July 15, '61

Died at Evansville, Ind., Oct. 15, '63.

July 15 '65

Promoted Sergeant; reduced; discharged for disab Mch. 18 '62

July 15, '61
Nov 2 '64

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 27, '63; promoted Corporal.
Died at Davids Island, N. Y.; May 21, '65.

Feb. 26, '64

Died at New Albany, Ind., July 16, '64.

Nov 16 '64

Drafted; discharged from hospital in '65.

July 15, '61

Died from wounds received at Chickamauga Oct. 29, '63.

Jan. 14, '65
Oct 8 '61

July 11, '65

Substitute.
Deserted from Tuscumbia, Ala., Sept. 5, '62.

July 15, '61
Feb. 20, '65
Sept. 30, '61
July 15, '61
Nov. 17, '64
Sept. 17, '61
May 31, '64
Nov. 24, '64
June 6, '64
Nov. 9, '64
May 31, '64
Oct. 1,'64
Nov 26 '64

Julv 11, '65
July 11 '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11/65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.
Drafted.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.
Died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 22, '64.
Drafted.
Deserted from Lebanon. Ky , June, '62.
Drafted.
Drafted.
Discharged for disability May 17, '65.
Substitute.
Drafted.
Drafted.
Substitute; discharged bv order July 1, '65.

Mch. 7. '65
Feb. 29, '64
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15 '61

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Substitute.

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63.
Dis. on exp. of term, July 14, '64, sp. men.; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Transferred to Companv G 4ug. 1, '61.

July 15 '61

Died of wounds received at Missionary Ridge Nov. 28, '63.

July 15 »61

Died at Keokuk, la , July 16, '62; wnd. at Missionary Ridge.

May 3lj'64
July 15 '61

July 11, '65

Drafted.
Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, Julv 14, '64.

Feb. 24, '61
Mch 8 '65

July 11, '65

Discharged from hospital in '65.

Nov 18 '64

Drafted; discharged per order June 20, '65.

Sept. 30* '61

Died at Lebanon, Ky., Jan. 19, '62.

July 15, '61

Transferred to Company G Aug. 1, '61.

Sept. 17 '61

Discharged on expiration of term, Sept. 27, '64.

Feb 24 '64

Died at Lookout Mountain, Tenn., July 29, '64.

Oct. 12, '61
July 15 '61

July 11, '65

Corporal; killed at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; discharged for disability Oct 21, '64.

Feb. 29, '64
June 4, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Sept 30 '61

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Drafted.
Promoted Corporal.
Veteran recruit.
Discharged for disability May 27, '62.

Sept. 26, '61
July 15, '61

July 15, '61
Oct. 25, '64
July 15 '61

July li',';65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Wnd. near Kenesaw Mt.; arm amputated; dis. Oct. 24, '64.
Wounded at Missionary Ridge and Kenesaw Mountain; pro
moted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 2, '64.
Musician; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.
Substitute.
Deserted from Fort Snelling Sept. 20, '61.

July 15 '61

Transferred to Company G Aug. 1, '61.

Oct. 7* '61

Died at Somerset, Kv., March 12, '62.

July 15 '61

Discharged on expiration of term, Julv 7, '64.

July 15 '61

Discharged on expiration of term, July 7, '64.

July 8* '61

Severely wounded at Chickamauga; transferred from Co. G.

July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61

July li',''65

Severely wounded July 14, '64.
Discharged for disability July 17, '62.

Jan. 30, '65
July 15, '61
July 15 '61

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Drafted.
Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 27, 63; promoted Sergeant.
Musician; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; dis. from hospital Aug. 10, '65.

Feb. 17 '65

Discharged per order July 2, '65.

Mch. 2, '65
Dec. 22, '64
Mch. 27, '65
July 15, '61
Mch. «, '65

July 11, '65

Juiy"l]"'65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Died at Davids Island, N. Y., May 8, '65.
Substitute.
Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; pro. Corp. and Serg.; special mention.
Drafted.

Sept. 20, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Nov. 21, '64
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
July 15, '61
Feb. 24, '64
Sept. 20, '61
July 8, '61

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Discharged from hospital July 24, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec, 28, '63.

Dis. on exp. of term, July 14, '65; pro. Corp.; special mention.

Corporal; reduced; discharged on exp. of term, July 14, '64.

Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, July 14, '64.

Died at Chicago, 111., March 28, '64.

Discharged for disability March 11, '63.

Transferred to Co. G Aug. 1, '61; Corp; wnd. at Chickamauga.

142

THE SECOND REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

John Foot

Calvin S.Uline

Tenbroeck Stout

First Lieutenants —

Win. S. Grow

George W. Shuuian

Edgar V. Dickey

Second Lieutenants —

- James W. Wood

Henry H. Hills

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, Francis

Alexander, Seth M. T

All, Charles

Alier, Michael

Alger, Norman E

Bachelor, Alfred

Backman, Samuel

Bachelor, Byron

Betts, Wm

Bending, Wm

Bertrand, John S

Berry, John S

Bushard, John B

Bush, Sylvester

Burton, George

Cane, Patrick

Cady, Sherburne

Carrier, John D

Christopher, Andrew

Clark, Wm

Clark, Sheldon C

Clinton, Henry

Colby, Rufus A

Cochran, Arnold

Crammond, James

Davis, Solomon O

Dalano, William

Delong, James W

Dempsey, Patrick

Dorman, H. J

Douchy, Frederick

Drew, Levi.

Ebilson, Benjamin

Eggleston, Hailan P

Emrne, Ferdinand

Erickson, Charles J

Fennald, Samuel F

Foster, Moses

Foresten, Frank

Frank, Charles

Freyman, Peter

Girard, Pierre

Grindell,JohnJ

Gleason, Levi

Hart,Geo. W

Halladay, Ira

Hardy, Valentine O

Hardy, Chas. C

Hardy, John T

Haskell, Hiram

Harrison, Francis M

Hall, Bradford H

Hitchcock, Eathan A

Holmstrom, John

Howell, Edwin D

Hills, Marion F

Hunter, Daniel F

Johnson, John

Justus, Delos

Justus, Peter

Kellogg, Edward

Kirby, Silas E

Kittleson.Will

Knott, Thomas

Krombick, Wm

Latham, Charles

Laman, Chas. B

Laman, Isaac

Lamson, Barney

Leison, James A

Lemay, Louis

Leach, Hiram

Mason, Wm

Mara, John

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

July 30, '61
June 20, '62
Apl. 26, '64

REMARKS.

July 11, '65

July 30, '61

May 15, '64!

Dec. 14, '64 July 11, '65

June 20, '62
Apl. 1,'65

Aug. 22, '61
July 30, '61
July 30, '61
July 30, '61
Oct. 8, '61
July 30, '61
July 30, '61
July 30, '61
Jan. 30, '65
Aug. 12, '61
July 30, '61
Aug. 12 ,'61
July 30, '61
Feb. 27, '64
Mch. 8, '65
Nov. 23, '64
June 2, '64
Aug. 21, '61
July 30, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Sept. 21, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Sept. 11, '61
Feb. 24, '64
July 30, '61
Aug. 21, '61 !
Sept. 11, '61 !
Sept. 28, '61
Sept. 27, '64
June 15, '64
Sept. 14, '61
Jan. 30, '65
Aug. 28, '61
Aug. 18, '61
Sept. 10, '61

July SO, '61
Feb. 20, '64
July 30, '61
July 30, '61
July 30, '61
Sept. 11, '61
Aug. 3, '64
Sept. 21, '64
Sept. 30 '61
Feb. 15, '64
Feb. 1 2, '64
July 31, '61
July 31, '61
July 30, '61
July 30, '61
Aug. 19, '61
Aug. 8, '61
Nov. 2, '64
Nov. 26, '64
Sept. 21, '61
Feb. 17, '61
Nov. 2, '64
Aug. 20, '61
July 30, '61
Aug. 17, '64
July 30, '61
July 30, '61
Mch. 8, '65
Nov. 16, '64
Sept. 8, '61
Sept. 8, '61
Sept. 8, '61
Sepk.11,'61
Sept. 8 '61
Feb. 3, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Sept.ll ,'61;
Sept. 8, '61 1

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July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
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July 11, '65

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July 11, '65
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July 11 '65
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Julyll, 'G5i

Resigned March 9, '62.

2d Lieut. July 30,'61; 1st Lieut. Jan. 1,'62; Maj. Apl. 28,'64; sp. men.
1st Sergeant July 30, '61; 2d Lieutenant Jan. 1, '62; 1st Lieu
tenant June 20, '63; special mention.
Appointed Quartermaster.

Private Sept. 24, '61; Corporal, Sergeant; Adjutant May 25, '64,
Private Oct. 5, '61; Corporal, Sergeant.

Private Aug. 1 2, '61 ; pro. 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant Aug. 12, '61.
Private Aug. 27, '61; Corporal.

Died at Lebanon Junction, Ky., Nov. 13, '61.

Serg.; trans, to Company I, 4t"h U. S. Artillery, Feb. 9, '63.

Corporal; died at Watertown, Minn., May 26, '64.

Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.

Died at Somerset, Ky.

Corporal; discharged for disability Sept. 23, '62.

Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged per order July 18, '65; drafted.

Corporal: re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63; promoted Sergeant.

Captured at Chickamauga; died in Andersonville Prison.

Discharged for disability Aug. 24, '63.

Discharged for disability Aug. 10, '62.

Promoted Corporal.

Drafted;

Drafted.

Drafted.

Died at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 9, '61.

Transferred to Company G Sept, 1, '61.

Discharged for disability Feb. 10, '62.

Discharged per order June 8, '65.

Wounded at Mill Springs and Chickamauga; re-enlisted.

Re-en listed Dec. 23, 63; promoted Corporal.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Wagoner; discharged for disability Oct. 1, '62.

Died at Somerset, Ky., Feb. 10, '62.

Discharged on pretense of deafness Feb. 20, '62.

Re- enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal.

Drafted; discharged per order June 11, '65.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.

Drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, Aug. 28, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.

Deserted October, '62; arrested March, '64; sentenced to make

his time good.

Died at Keokuk, Iowa, July 21, '62.
Discharged per order May 29, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 10, '63.
Transferred to Company G Nov. 1, '61.
Discharged for disability in '62.
Substitute; discharged for disability June 18, '65.
Promoted Regimental Chaplain.
Discharged for disability March 31, '62.

Wnd. at Kenesaw Mountain June, '64; dis. per order May 18,'65.
Discharged from hospital in '65.

Dis. on exp. of term, July 29, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Transferred to Company I, 4th U. S. Artillery, Dec. 23, '63.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 28, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, July 29, '64.
Re-enlisted; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Re-enlisted; promoted Corporal; wnd. at Missionary Ridge.
Drafted; discharged from hospital Sept. 25, '65.
Drafted.
Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.

Drafted.

Corporal; died at Bowling Green, Ky., Oct. 29, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged per order June 11, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.

Transferred to Company G Nov. 1, '61.

Drafted.

Drafted; discharged from hospital July, '65.

Sergeant; discharged on expiration of term, July 11, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.

Wnd. at Chickamauga; discharged on exp. of term, Sept. 5, '64.

Discharged at Louisville, Ky.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 29, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Sept. 12, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63; promoted Corporal.

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

143

NAMES.

Martin, Philip

Martin, Epkrairn

Mara, Walter A

Mathers, Wardwell

Maloney, Michael

McElroy, Richard H

McCurdy, Wm

McCourtie, Charles R

McPhilip, Edward

Miller, Peter

Miller, Stephen W

Miller, Edward

Morse, Burton

Mosier, Edwin P

Mungerson, John F

Nessell, Edward

Parker, Albert

Parker, Henry

Parker, Roderick

Parker, Samuel M

Patwell, Edward

Parks, George...

Peasley, Fred. L. M

Perkins, Geo. H

Peterson, Thomas B

Peterson, Augustus

Peterson, Frank E

Phelan, John

Pond, Marion

Powell, Stephen J

Prizie,John

Prichard, Claudius

Quinnell, Lewis

Kader, Washington

Ramheild, Edelbert

Ressel, Benjamin

Robinson, Charles

Rogerman, Jacob

Sandin, Charles A

Schneider, Freeman

Schneider, Simon

Schmidt, George C

Serrell, Jonathan B

Shoonmaker, Joseph

Shepherd, Fred C

Sheim, Michael

Skon, Andrew

Smith, Joseph

Smithson, Robert

Snyder, Frank

Stone, Geo. W

Stev, Wm. M

Stage, Herman H

Storm, John

Suttpn, Ellsworth

Swain, Hiram ,

Tewall,John W

Thompson, Mars

Thompson, Martin

Thurber, Joseph

Thompson, John

Tillotson, Ira I

Toary, George

"Watson, Philander W ....

Wallace, Andrew J

Waldron, Mathew

Walsh, Simon

Wells, William

White, Henry

Whipple, Harrison F

Wheeler, John

White, Mathew

Whitney, Loren J

Wilson, George

Wickett, Adam

Wright, Wra. H..
Yanke, John ,

MUSTERED | MUSTERED
Is. OUT.

REMARKS.

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Sept. 8, '61
Sept. 8, '61
Sept. 20, '64
Sept. 14, '61
June 6, '64
Sept. 16, '64

Sept. 24, '51

Sept. 8, '61

Sept. 8, '61

Sept. 11, '61

Sept. 11, '61

June 6 ,'64| July 11, '65

Feb. 25, '64

July 30, '61

Sept. 8, '61

July 30, '61 !

Sept. 5, '61 1

July 30, '61

Sept. 11, '61

Sept. 4, '61

Jan. 27, '65

Nov. 25, '64

July 30, '61

Aug. 16, '61

Sept. 1,'61

Sept. 10, '61

July 30, '61

Sept, 6 '64

Nov. 30, '64

Oct. 4, '64

Nov. 28, '64

July 30, '61

Oct. 18, '63

Feb. 25, '64

Dec. 21, '64

July 30, '61

Aug. 5, '61

Dec. 8, '64

July 30, '61

July 30, '61

July 30, '61

July 30, '61

Feb. 27, '64

July 30, '61

July 30, '61

June 6, '64

July 30, '61

Dec. 25, '64

Men. 9, '65

Oct. 31 ,'61

Sept. 23, '61

Oct. 12, '64

Sept. 7, '61

Sept. 10, '61

July 30, '61

Sept. 24, '61

Feb. 8, '65

June 16, '64

Mch. 25, '65

Dec. 17, '64

Jan. 20, '65

July 30, '61

June 4, '64

July 30, '61

July 30, '61

Nov. 19, '64

Nov. 1,'64

Oct. 5, '61

July 30, '61

July 30, '61

July 30, '61

June 6, '64

Oct. 27, '64

Jan. 20, '6,:

Aug. 8, '61

July 31, '61
Nov. 1,'64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11 ,'65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Discharged on expiration of term, July 29, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 29, '64.

Drafted; discharged per order May 27, '65.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.

Drafted.

Captured and paroled August, '62; killed by Indians at Wood

Lake, Minn., Sept. 22, '6'2.
Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.
Died at Frankford, Minn., July 10, '62.
Dis. on exp. of term, Sept. 12, '64; wud. at Missionary Ridge.
Drafted.

Died at Washington, D. C., June 20, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63; promoted Corporal.
Deserted June 8, '63.

Sergeant; died at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 9, '63.
Corp.; dis. on exp. of term, Sept. 12, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Died at Nashville Dec. 19, '63.
Died at Lebanon, Ky., March 1, '62.
Killed by bayonet at Mill Springs Jan. 19, '62.

Substitute.

Discharged for disability April 1, '63.

Deserted at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, '62.

Deserted from Nashville March 10, '62.

Discharged for disability March 1, '63.

Musician; died at Louisville, Ky., March 3, '62.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.

Died at Jeffersonville, Ind., Jan. 18, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.

Substitute.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Discharged on expiration of term, July 29, '64.

Transferred to Company G Oct. 1, '61.

Promoted Corporal.

Corp.; killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Sergeant; discharged on expiration of term, July 11, '65.

Drafted; died at Rome, Ga., Oct. 17, '64.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 23, '63.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Killed at Mill Springs Jan. 19, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Drafted.

Deserted from Louisville, Ky., Oct. 1, '61.

Deserted from Danville, Ky., Oct. 23, 63.

Discharged per order '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Re-enlisted March 31, 64; pro. Corp.; wnd. at Missionary Ridge.

Drafted.

Musician; died at Louisville, Ky., March 25, '62.

Discharged for disability.

Drafted.

Drafted; wnd. at Chickamauga, dis. for disability March 7, '64.

Wounded at Chickamauga; special mention.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63; wounded at Missionary Ridge.

Wounded at Chickamauga; dis. on exp. of term, July 29, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.

Drafted.

Drafted; discharged from hospital in '65.

Discharged per order June 12, '65; substitute.

Promoted Corporal; wounded and captured at Chickamauga;

died at Andersonville, Ga.
Re-enlisted Dec. 19, '63.
Drafted.

144

THE SECOND REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Jacob J. Noah

Win. W. Woodbury....

David S. Coverdale

First Lieutenants—

Thomas McDonough...

Axel H. Reed

Second Lieutenants —

Ephraim E. Otis

Allen B. White

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, Thomas

Anfaug, Michael

Andrews, Chas. W

Ashbjivenson, Beargoff..

Atchley, Halsey S

Barber, John R

Barber, Martin F

Barnett,PhiletusS...
Barton, Phalney R....

Bates, Wm. P

Berge, Thadeus

Beard, Edwin

Beniis, Geo. W

Bensen, Christian

Benson, John

Bircher, Win

Bircher, Ulrich

Bigelow, James A

Bishoff, Wm. H. F

Bohlig, Frederick

Bostean, Felix

Boyson, George

Bombach, Henry

Bon d u ran t, Cy r us S. . . .

Blunt, James

Brink, Andrew A

Brocky, August

Burr, John D

Carter, John F

Carture, Felix

Chase, Kelsy D

Cleaves, John

Clark, John H....

Clyde, Wm. I

Cobb, Daniel H

Corey, Bayley A

Cutting, John A

Dien.Godfield

Dickenson, Geo. H

Ehle, Robert H ,

Ellithorp, Orrin

Emery, Andrew L

Emory, James

Erickson, Peter

Evans, Williams B. C.,

Fahey, Patrick E

Fillmore, Darwin E....

Flemming, Samuel

Forsyth, Wm

Freedman, Nicholas...

Freeman, Reuben

Funk, John

Gahagen, Charles

Goodhue, Charles

Gould, John W

Gould, Samuel

Grant, Alexander

Grunnell, John H

Grine, John

Hall, James F

Hamilton, William

Haskin, Wm. R

Harden, George

Herrick, Joseph

Higgins, John T

Hill, Domincus

Hotchkiss, Frederick V....

Hope, Thomas

Hower, Andrew

Hower, Jacob

Hower, Mathias |

Hooker, Joseph B I

26

MUSTERED
IN.

Aug. 23, '61
June 30, '63
Feb. 18, '65

July 12, '62
Feb. 18, '65

26 Aug. 31 ,'61
29 Apl. —

1, '65

Sept. 12, '61
June 4, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Mch. 8, '65
Aug. 20, '61
July 12, '61
Aug. 12, '61

Apl. 26 '61
Sept. 3, '61

Aug. 5, '61
May 26, '64
July 31, '61
Sept, 4, '61
Sept. 10, '61
Aug. 5, '61
Aug. 14, '61
Aug. 14, '61
Aug. 22, '61
Aug. 26, '61
May 28, '64
May 27, '64
Oct. 5, '64
Mch. 8,'
Feb. 4, '65
Jan. 9, '65
Mch. 9, '65
May 27, '64
Aug. 26, '61
Sept. 16, '61
May 28, '64
Mch. 16, '62
May 30, '64
Sept. 12, '61
Sept. 11, '61
Apl. 1, '61
Sept. 7, '61
Aug. 12, '61
May 26, '64
Sept. 11, '61
Aug. S,'61
May 26, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Sept. 11, '61
May 27, '64
Aug. 8, '61
Sept. 6, '61
Aug. 26, '61
Aug. 5 ,'61
Feb. 25, '64
May 20, '64
Aug. 19, '61
May 20, '64
Aug. 30, '61
Sept. 12, '61
Sept. 12 ,'61
Sept. 12, '61
Aug. 5, '61
July 31, '61
May 30, '64
July 31, '61
Aug. 26, '61
Aug. 12, '61

Jan. 21, '65
May 30, '64
Feb. 25, '64
June 7, '64
Aug. 14, '61
Aug. 1,'61
Aug. 22, '61
Aug. 22, '61
Aug. 22, '61
Sept. 21, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

JuVy"li',"'65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July' 11/65
July li',"'65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July li, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
JuTy"il',"'65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

REMARKS.

Resigned June 3, '62.

Resigned July, '64; 1st Lieut. Aug. 19, '61; special mention.

Corporal Aug. 26, '61; Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant June 30, '62; 1st
Lieut. April 15, '64; wnd. at Chickamauga; special mention.

1st Sergeant July 12, '61; 2d Lieutenant June 3, '62; wounded
at Mill Springs; transferred to \7eteran Reserve Corps.

Sergeant Aug. 6, '61; wounded at Missionary Ridge; arm am
putated; 2d Lieut. Aug. 17, '64; special mention.

Appointed Staff Officer.

Sergeant Aug. 13, '61.

Re-enlisted December, '63.

Drafted.

Discharged from hospital July 13, '65.

Drafted?

Corporal.

Sergeant; re-enlisted December, '63.

Re-enlisted December, '63; died of wounds received at Kenesaw
Mountain July 6, '64; wounded at Chickamauga.

Died of wounds received at Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, '63.

Wounded at Mill Springs; died of wounds received at Chicka
mauga September, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 25, '64.

Drafted.

Wounded at Chickamauga; discharged on expiration of term.

Discharged for disability April 19, '62.

Wounded at Mill Springs; dis. for disability April 19, '62.

Discharged for disability June 6, '62; wounded at Mill Springs.

Musician; re-enlisted December, '63.

Wagoner; re-enlisted December, '63.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.

Discharged for disability.

Substitute.

Drafted; discharged from hospital, '65.

Drafted; died from wounds received in action, Dec. 8, '64.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Discharged per order June 3, '65; substitute.

Pro. Corp.; dis. at exp. of term, Aug. 26, '64; special mention.

Discharged at expiration of term, Sept. 15, '64.

Discharged per order June 10, '65.

Re-enlisted March, '64.

Missing; supposed to have been taken pris. nr. Goldsboro,N.C.

Deserted Oct. 4, '62.

Discharged on expiration of term, Sept. 10, '64.

Died at Lebanon, Ky., March 17, '62.

Died at Lebanon, Ky., April 5, '62.

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Drafted; discharged from hospital in '65.

Discharged on expiration of term, Sept. 10, '64.

Discharged per order Feb. 3, '62.

Discharged per order June 19, '65; substitute.

Re-enlisted, '63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged per order May 31, '65.

Dis. on exp. of term; wnd. at Missionary Ridge; special mention.

Re-enlisted December, '63.

Pro. 1st Lieut, in 1st Regiment, East Tennessee Cavalry, '62.

Re-enlisted December, '63; wounded at Chickamauga.

Died at Marietta, Ga., Sept. 21, '64.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability.

Died at Lebanon, Ky., Feb. 10, '65.

Died at Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 12, '64.

Corporal; re-enlisted December, '63; wounded at Mill Springs.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted December, '63.

Substitute.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Oct. 11, '62.

Wounded at Chickamauga; discharged on expiration of term.

Captured at Chickamauga; discharged per order June 19, '65;

wounded at Mill Springs.
Substitute.

Discharged from hospital in '65.
Discharged per order June 19, '65.
Drafted.

Corp.; dis. on exp. of term, Aug. 13, '64; wnd. at Mill Springs.
Discharged on expiration of term, Aug. 1, '64.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted December, '63.
Re-enlisted December, '63.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability April 12, '62.

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

145

NAMES.

Houghton, Augustus E ! 28

Hughes, James S ' 18

Hunter, Wm. W 21

Ingalls, Roswell A : 21

Iverson, Ole i

James, Conroy ! 22

James, Hubert D | 24

Jackson, Gilbert

Jenks, Charles

Johnson, Peter

Johnson, Berg

Johnson, Charles

Johnson, Thomas H

Karting, Nicholas
Kiser, John
Kittleson, Michael
Knutson, Ever
Kruger, John
Kruger, Charles
Lamphear, Geo. F
Leider, William
Little, Wilbur F
Martin, Henry
Martin, John
Marshall, Robert
Martin, Lyrnan S
McCormick, Andrew J
McAlpin, John
McLellan, Robert
McCurdy, Jacob B. R
Merriman, Warren
Metzer, Charles
Metzer, Alexander

Missegan, Buck

Moo res, Wm.

Moesner, Frederick

Montgomery, Joseph P....

Nelson, Andrew

Neally, Charles D

Nobles, Alexander S

Norton, Sewell P

Ogilvie, Wellsley

Olson, Christian

Olson, John M

Osborn, Warren

Pendergast, Timothy H..

Philibrook, Riley J

Foe, Jonathan

Portman, Alexis M

Pomeroy, Joshua B

Plowman, George

Uesmier, Christian

Roch, Henry F

Richards, Alonzo

Robinson, Joseph

Rogers, Jerome

Rogers, Wm. A

Runger, Peter

Russell, Morris

Severson, Ellend

Schofield, Francis

Severson, Hans

Shouts, John W

Sholes, Geo. S

Shuler, Anthony

.Smith, John C

Smith, John D

Stark, Gustav A

Stalcop, Levi

Strong, Chas. W

Strateman, Henry

Starry, John

Ta-sa-ba-nas

"Vreeland, John

Warren, Thomas ,

Wakefield, Lewis

"Waldorf, James M

Ward, Wm. W ',

Weaver, Charles

West, William "".

Westendorf, Frederick...

'Weirth, Peter

"Webster, Wm

Westland, Carlton '.

10

MUSTERED
IK,

May 29, '64
July 31, '61
Aug. 22, '61
Feb. 28, '64

May 27, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Aug. 12, '61
May 26, '64
May 27, '64
May 27, '64
Sept. 10, '61
Sept, 11, '61

June 4, '64
May 28, '64
May 31, '64
June 2, '64
Feb. 22, '64
May 26, '64
Sept. 11, '61
May 30, '64
Aug. 6. '61
May 27, '64
Nov. 23, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Aug. 30, '61
July 31, '61
Aug. 30, '61
Aug. 30, '61
Aug. 16, '61
May 28, '64
Sept. 12, '61
Aug. 20, '61
May 27, '64
June 23, '65
Aug. 26, '61
Sept. 11, '61
Sept. 15, '61
Sept. 22, '61
Sept. 11, '61
Sept. 16, '61
Mch. 8, '65
May 27, '64
Aug. 19, '61
Aug. 21, '61
Aug. 21, '61
Aug.21,'61
Sept. 12, '61
Sept. 12, '61
Aug. 5, '61

Aug. 26, '61
Aug. 8 ,'61
Aug. 8, '61
Dec. 8, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Aug. 26, '61
Sept. 13, '61
Mch. 8 ,'65
Feb. 29, '64
May 26, '64
Aug. 26, '61
Sent, 28, '61
Mch. 8, '65
Sept. 5, '61

Sept. 11,
July 31,
Aug. 26,
Aug.26,
May 27,
June 4,
May 31,
May 12,
June 23,
Aug.21,
Aug. 19,
Sept. 26,
Jan. 23,
Jan. 23,
Mch. 9,
May 16,
Aug. 26,
Aug.26,

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
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Drafted.

Discharged per order March 31, '62.

Re-enlisted December, '63.

Wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.

Drafted; discharged from hospital in '65.

Discharged from hospital in '65; substitute

Died at Louisville, Ky., June 29, '65.

Drafted.

Drafted; discharged from hospital July, '65.

Drafted; discharged from hospital July, '65.

Discharged on expiration of term, Sept. 9, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 13, '63; wounded

at Mill Springs.
Drafted.

Drafted; discharged from hospital in '65.
Drafted.
Died at Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 30, '64; substitute.

Drafted.

Killed at Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, '63.

Discharged for disability Aug. 2, '64.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted December, '63.

Discharged from hospital in '65; substitute.

Drafted.

Died at Cowan Station, Tenn., Aug. 25, '63.

'64.

Re-enlisted; promoted Corporal^ wounde'd at Chickamauga.
Discharged on expiration of term, Aug. 29, '64.
Discharged from hospital in '65.
Discharged for disability Feb. 8, '62.
Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.
Substitute.
Substitute.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 1, '63.
Died Feb. 8, '62.
Re-enlisted December, '63.
Re-enlisted December, '63; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted December, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted December, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Re-enlisted December, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Dec., '63; pro. Corp. and Serg.; wd.Missionary Ridge.

Re-enlisted December, '63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability June 24, '62.

Wounded at Mill Springs; discharged for disability May 8, '62.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; wounded at Mill Springs; killed

at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.
. Discharged for disability April 19, '62; wnd. at Mill Springs.
Died of wounds at Missionary Ridge December, '63.
Killed at Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, '63.
Substitute; discharged per order June 10, '65.

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Died at Alexandria, Va., July 13, '65.
Transferred to Company G.
Discharged for disability May 10, '62.
Drafted.

Died of wounds received at Chickamauga Oct. 25, '63.
Discharged for disability May 1, '62.

Dted in' rebel prison Oct. 3, '63; wounded at Mill Springs and

Chickamauga.

Died at Lebanon, Ky., April 6, '62.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Re-enlisted December, '64.

Re-enlisted December, '64; discharged for disability Nov. 10, '63.
Drafted.

Died at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 24, '65.
Substitute.

Substitute.

Discharged for disability March 18, '62.

Deserted from Louisville, Ky., October, '62.

Substitute.
Substitute.
Drafted.
Drafted.

Discharged for disability Nov. 3, '62. .

-Died at luka. Miss., July 17, '62; wounded at Mill Springs.

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ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

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Died from wounds received at Mill Springs.

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Zimmerman, Christ

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Substitute.

*The words " speeial'mention" mean that the man was commended by name in official reports for gallant and meri
torious conduct in action.

NARRATIVE OF THE THIRD REGIMENT.

BY GEN. C. C. ANDREWS.

Kecruiting for the Third Eegiment1 Minnesota Infantry, United States Vol
unteers, commenced early in the autumn of 1861, when people were still feeling
the thrilling influence of the battle of Bull Eun. The regiment was recruited
from all parts of the state, and the work was rather slow in the more sparsely
settled counties. Even in such counties there were in every neighborhood a
few young men who were eager to go to the war, but it was often too great a
pang for their parents to consent. Instances occurred where, after a full talk
and consideration of the matter, a young husband agreed to enlist, but the wife,
on hearing the decision, burst into tears, and seemed unable to consent to spare
him. In such case, of course, the man was promptly released from his promise.
Instances of this sort are recalled where husbands subsequently went in other
regiments and returned after the war safely to their families. If one had
dreamed that in course of a year our peaceful frontier would have been swept
by Indian war, success in recruiting would probably have been much less than
it was.

The pecuniary inducements which the Government then offered to the sol
dier were not slight. He was promised a bounty of one hundred dollars. The
pay of a private soldier was thirteen dollars a month, as fixed by act of August
6, 1861, besides his "rations" or subsistence; and, in addition, clothing of the
value of forty-two dollars per annum. The latter was always of good quality,
and furnished at cost. The coat, blouse and trousers were all wool and dark
blue, but after the first year of the war the trousers were light blue. The
bootees, or gaiter shoes, of split leather came up over the ankle, were tied with
leather strings, had sewed soles, were very comfortable and durable, yet cost
only one dollar and a half.

An infantry regiment consisted of ten companies. Each company had three
commissioned officers, — a captain, first lieutenant and second lieutenant; also,
thirteen non-commissioned officers, namely, a first or orderly sergeant, four
other sergeants and eight corporals; likewise two musicians (drummer and
fifer), a wagoner and at least sixty-four privates; the latter being the minimum

lrThe following were the field, staff, non-commissioned staff and company officers on the organi
zation of the regiment, Nov. 15, 1861: Colonel, Henry C. Lester of Winona; lieutenant colonel,
Benjamin F. Smith of Blue Earth county; major, John A. Hadley of Steele county; surgeon, Levi
Butler of Minneapolis; assistant surgeon, Francis H. Milligan of "Wabasha; chaplain, Chauncey
Hohart of Red Wing; adjutant, Cyrene H. Blakeley; quartermaster, James P. Hewlett; sergeant
major, William D. Hale; quartermaster sergeant, A. G. Lincoln; commissary sergeant, Josiah
Oathout; hospital steward, Ezra Peabody. Company A, captain, William W. Webster; first
lieutenant. James P. Hewlett; second lieutenant, Adolphus P. Elliott. Company B, captain,
Chauncey W. Griggs of St. Paul; first lieutenant, James B. Hoit; second lieutenant, Rollin C. Olin.
Company C, captain, John A. Bennett; first lieutenant, William H. Mills; second lieutenant, Lewis
Hardy. Company D, captain, Hans Mattson of Red Wing; first lieutenant, Lars K. Aaker; second
lieutenant, Hans Eustrom. Company E, captain, Clinton Gurnee of Red Wing; first lieutenant,
Edward L. Baker; second lieutenant, Willet W. De Kay. Company F, captain, John B. Preston;
first lieutenant, Isaac Tichenor; second lieutenant, Samuel H. Ingham. Company G, captain,
Everett W. Foster of Wabasha; first lieutenant, Ezra B. Eddy; second lieutenant, John C. Devereux.
Company H, captain, Benjamin F. Rice of Mankato; first lieutenant, David Misner; second lieu
tenant, Isaac Taylor. Company I, captain, Christopher C. Andrews of St. Cloud; first lieutenant,
Joseph H. Swan of Le Sueur; second lieutenant, Damon Greenleaf. Company K, captain, Mark
W. Clay of Olmsted county; first lieutenant, James L. Hodges; second lieutenant, Cyrene H.
Blakeley.

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number. Every company was allowed to have eighty-two privates, which was
the maximum number. Usually the number of privates in a company varied
between the minimum and maximum. The largest company in the Third Eegi-
ment, as first organized, was G, which had seventy-six privates. The aggre
gate strength of the regiment, including all officers and men, at the date of its
organization, November 15th, was nine hundred and one. Company officers of
infantry regiments always marched afoot with their companies, but the field and
staff officers, — colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, adjutant, quartermaster, sur
geon, assistant surgeon and chaplain, — also non-commissioned staff — sergeant
major, quartermaster sergeant, commissary sergeant and hospital steward, — were
mounted.

Never again was the line of the Third Eegiment so long as it was on the one
or two occasions that it turned out on dress parade at the early November sun
set, just before leaving Fort Snelling. Everyone wore the light blue overcoat
with cape. And the line! — it was a brigade, compared with its numbers on
some subsequent occasions. As soon as a regiment gets into the field its num
bers present for duty rapidly decline for awhile. Men who are competent as
clerks will be detailed away at offices of the staff and headquarters; some will
be detailed as teamsters and some as nurses; many more will be sick.

It was an uncommonly clear and beautiful day, Saturday, Nov. 17, 1861, that
the Third Eegiment, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Smith, embarked at
Eort Snelling for its Southern field of duty. The boats were detained several hours
at the Mendota sand-bar, and did not reach the upper landing in St. Paul till
afternoon; the regiment there debarked, marched up Eagle street to Third, down
Third to Jackson, and thence to the lower levee and re-embarked on the three
steamboats, Northern Belle, City Belle and Frank Steele. It arrived at La
Crosse at 7 A. M. Sunday, left there at noon on a train of twenty-five cars, and at
Portgage partook of a generous supper tendered by the ladies. It left Chicago
Monday noon, arrived at Jeffersonville, Ind,, Tuesday morning, November 19th,
the same day crossed the Ohio Eiver to Louisville, where it was treated to a fine
lunch served by prominent Union people of that city. It had been greeted with
cordial expressions of sympathy by large crowds at various cities in its progress,
and particularly at La Fayette, Ind. After lunch at Louisville it marched
five miles out on the Oakland turnpike to Camp Jenkins, where it was at
tached to a brigade commanded by General Mitchell. It there remained about
two weeks, during which time it was supplied with arms and equipments, the
former being a poor lot of Belgian muskets; also, with army wagons and teams.
At that time a six-mule wagon was allowed to each company, one for headquar
ters, one for the hospital, and probably a few more for quartermaster supplies.
The following year transportation was reduced to six wagons for a regiment, and
later still, when the army got down to business, to several less. Even at Camp
Jenkins, regimental, company and squad drill was diligently practiced.

Leaving Camp Jenkins December 6th it first marched to Louisville and
then out on the road toward Shepherdsville, camped at 3 o'clock P. M., and ar-

The following was the list of officers at the date of the regiment's discharge: Colonel, Hans
Mattson; lieutenant colonel, James B. Hoit; adjutant, P. E. Folsom; surgeon, A. C. Wedge;
assistant surgeons, M. R. Greeley and Naham Bixby; quartermaster, Bonde Olson. Company A,
captain, Otto F. Dreher; first lieutenant, N. C. Parker. Company B, captain, J. F. Fuller; first
lieutenant, H. D. Pettibone. Company C, captain, J. M. Morau; first lieutenant, A. J. Borland.
Company D, captain, J. A. Vanstrum; first lieutenant, E. T. Champlin. Company E, captain,
G. W. Knight; first lieutenant, A. C. Pease. Company F, captain, W. F. Morse; first lieuten
ant, Thomas Hunter. Company G, captain, L. C. Hancock; first lieutenant, Eben North. Company
H, captain, G. L. Jameson; first lieutenant, Jonas Lindall. Company I, captain, W. G. J. Akers;
first lieutenant, N. B. Johnson. Company K, captain, J. L. Hodges; -first lieutenant, J. W.
Kirby. In addition to the above the following promotions were made and commissions issued,
but for want of full quota in the ranks the appointees had not been mustered: Captain J. A. Van-
strum, major; First Lieutenant Bonde Olson, captain; First Lieutenant A. J. Borland, quarter
master; First Sergeant Philip Quigley, first lieutenant; First Sergeant James Boardman, first
lieutenant; Sergeant Major H. W. Donaldson and First Sergeants H. J. McKee, Lewis Parker,
Peter Lund berg, Patrick Maloy, J. N. Martin, David Thompson, J. O. Crummet, and Commissary
Sergeant A. Eastman, all second lieutenants.

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rived at Shepherdsville, on the Louisville & Nashville railroad, at 4 P. M. the
next day. With six companies at the latter place and four at Lebanon Junction
it was charged with the responsibility of guarding against injury the railroad
and turnpike bridges at Shepherdsville, of holding Lebanon Junction, and of
guarding the bridge over Wilson's Creek a few miles in advance of the Junction.
It was brigaded with the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Kentucky and Ninth Michi
gan regiments as the Sixteenth Brigade of the Army of the Ohio. At this time
General Buell had just relieved General Sherman of the command of the Depart
ment of the Ohio, headquarters at Louisville. General George H. Thomas with
a small force was at Peach Orchard, Lincoln county, eighty miles southeast of
Shepherdsville; while the principal TJnion force was on Nolin Creek (near Abra
ham Lincoln's native spot), sixty miles south of Shepherdsville, under General
McCook. In his front at Bowling Green was General Albert Sidney Johnston
with 19,000 Confederates. The Confederates also held Columbus, Ky. The
armies in the field on both sides were constantly being reinforced, and a battle
seemed impending.

At Shepherdsville the colonel, Henry C. Lester, who had been a captain in
the First Minnesota, arrived from the Army of the Potomac, and took command
of the regiment. He was a man of prepossessing appearance, being of average
height, strongly built, with a fine intellectual head and pleasant black eyes, and
proved to be a well-informed, modest and hospitable gentleman. He at once
started an evening school of tactics and the manual of arms for the commissioned
officers, and organized that instruction and drill which, rigidly adhered to for
many months, gradually brought the regiment to an unusually high degree of
discipline and efficiency. This, with his care for the material wants of the men,
and his uniformly just and dignified conduct, won for him. the admiration of
officers and enlisted men alike, so that probably the very misfortune of the 13th
of July following was partly owing to such an extreme confidence of some of the
company commanders in him as to deprive them of independent judgment in
that crisis. Headquarters were shortly moved to Belmont, a deserted iron-
producing village, whose vacant workmen's cottages afforded ample shelter. It
was a hilly, brush- wooded, and lean region, but had enough level ground for
knapsack battalion drill. Four companies were separately detached a week at
a time, guarding railroad bridges at Elizabethtown, Colesburg, Lebanon Junc
tion and Shepherdsville. There were thus always six companies at the main
camp being habitually exercised two hours every afternoon in battalion drill.
Each company, likewise, wherever stationed, spent two hours every forenoon
in squad and company drill. In very wet weather the manual of arms and mark
ing time were practiced under cover. One of the first things the colonel did afc
Belmont was to establish a bakery, by which the regiment was supplied with
excellent bread. The bugle band which he organized, and compared with which
the ordinary brass band is but parlor music, was a novel and attractive feature.
To make sure that commissioned officers would not shirk the morning roll call,
which was at daylight, company commanders were required to immediately re
port the result of it, in person, at headquarters, which was frequently done be
fore the adjutant was up. Company D, being mostly Swedes, followed the
practice in the Swedish army of singing the "Doxology" immediately after the
evening roll call, and it sounded so well and seemed so appropriate that Com
pany I, which was camped nearest to D, adopted the same practice. No one
will forget the thin pies that were brought into camp and sold by poor country
people. But those, probably, will have the pleasantest recollection of the pies
who enjoyed them by the exquisite sense of sight. Once, as a company officer
was about visiting Louisville, he was authorized by the colonel to call on the
commanding general to see if better muskets could be had. General Buell, a
large and fine-looking man, in the prime of life, was found in his rooms in the
Gait House, in the evening, at work in his shirt sleeves. He asked a number of
questions about the regiment, the answers to which appeared to gratify him, and
a few days afterward it received a supply of rifle muskets that were entirely
satisfactory.

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Even before quitting Belinont the regiment could well have been taken for a
regular army regiment for the precision of its movements, general appearance
and adherence to regulations. Even the leather neck-stock was not disdained,
though finally it had a peculiar tendency for getting lost. The brass plates on
the belts and equipments, the bugles and eagles on the hats, also the shoulder-
scales, were as bright as gold. An enlisted man of the Third in full uniform,
and especially with his shoulder-scales, was more striking than a commissioned
officer, and was sometimes taken by the citizens for an officer of high rank. It
was partly the effect of those gleaming shoulder-scales upon the plain people,
probably, that caused the men to be so frequently invited out to tea. At the
colonel's request (for not being required by regulations it could not be ordered),
all the men, at their own expense, provided themselves with white cotton gloves
to wear on parade, on guard duty, and at inspections. Here and there would
be a few so averse to everything like style that they were slow to adopt the prac
tice, and to see just these very men, after some weeks, washing their gloves,
showed that willing spirit which is the source of good discipline.

The flank operations of the Union forces up the Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers, crowned with the victory of Fort Donelson, caused the retreat of the
Confederate armies from Kentucky, and even to the southern borders of Ten
nessee. The general forward movement consequent took our regiment to Nash
ville, where, March 24, 1862, it went into camp, in Sibley tents, on the Ewing
place, two miles out of the city, near the Murfreesboro pike. It performed guard
duty in the city, and watched the railroad bridge at Mill Creek. It made a very
good impression at Nashville, was visited and reviewed at its camp by Andrew
Johnson, then military governor of Tennessee, and by him addressed in an elabo
rate oration on the great theme of the Union. At his invitation the regiment
visited Nashville, was there welcomed by him as governor, and conducted by
him in person around the spacious marble paved veranda of Tennessee's beau
tiful capitol.

April 27th, twenty days after the battle of Shiloh, and the same day our
armies under Halleck began a cautious movement against Beauregard's lines
at Corinth, we marched for Murfreesboro, a town in the heart of Tennessee,
whence radiate eleven highways, some of which were good macadamized pikes.
It contained a depot of supplies; also, was a place requiring much picket duty.
The first camp was about a mile below the town, on open land, watered by a
clear stream, and in the vicinity were some fir or cypress thickets. The country
around Murfreesboro is a natural park; the surface is undulating, well watered,
with here and there groves and open forests of hardwood. There were frequent
rumors of expected attacks. Sometimes one company, sometimes two companies,
would be posted out on a road all night as a picket reserve. One night, when
the whole regiment, in perfect silence, took position out on one of the roads, an
attack was regarded as certain. We had a good position and some field guns,
and thought, as we waited there in the darkness, we had a sure thing on the
enemy; but he did not come. It was at Murfreesboro that we drilled in street
firing. With Kentucky regiments and the Ninth Michigan we also practiced
brigade drill under Colonel Duffield, in the field where Jefferson Davis after
ward reviewed a Confederate army. May 17th moved by rail, via Nashville and
Franklin, to Columbia, Tenn., in the centre of a garden region, but returned
in a few days to Murfreesboro and camped in the outskirts of the southeast part of
the town. It was while the regiment was in that camp that a false alarm of an
attack was raised by Company I practicing target firing. One afternoon this
company went out with its captain about a mile south of camp, yet inside the
picket lines, and engaged in target firing, which was not a very unusual proceed
ing. However, an alarm was caused, and the troops called out. Suddenly, Com
pany I saw, with amazement, two lines of our own cavalry approaching in line of
battle through the open timber from opposite directions. One of the lines was just
ready to charge, but its commander fortunately took in the situation in time to
prevent the movement. Target firing ceased for that afternoon, and when Com
pany I marched into camp it was greeted with more or less cries of * ' Guard
house!" "Guard house!" from wags in neighboring companies.

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Shortly after the return from Columbia, Lieutenant Colonel Smith, an
esteemed officer, resigned on account of ill health, and was succeeded by Major
Griggs, who had been promoted on the resignation, May 1st, of Major Hadley.

June llth the regiment moved with the expedition (column of 3,000 with
about eight hundred cavalry), under General Duinont, to Pikeville, Colonel
Lester having immediate command of the troops. Marched the first forty
miles to McMinnville in twenty-four hours. Pikeville was reached the 14th
of June, and the column got back to Murfreesboro the 18th. The Cumberland
Mountains were thus twice rapidly crossed amid intense heat and dust. The
regiment first resumed its former camp, but soon moved to the level ground
on the southeast suburbs of the town, near the Ninth Michigan; yet on account
of its overflow during heavy rains, it moved out near the Nashville pike, on Stone
Eiver, nearly two miles distant, on the opposite side of Murfreesboro.

MURFREESBORO — THE SURRENDER.

The Government deemed it of very great importance to redeem east Ten
nessee; and after our forces gained possession of Corinth, the last of May, General
Buell, who had gained brilliant laurels at Shiloh, was selected to conduct an
army to Chattanooga. He acted under instructions from General Halleck, who
was at Corinth till July 16th. General Buell was also at Corinth till June llth,
but toward the last of the month fixed his headquarters at Huntsville, in
northern Alabama, on the railroad from Memphis to Chattanooga. He continued
busy preparing for his campaign. It took sixty wagons for one day's supply
of provisions and forage for his army of 90,000, of whom 67,000, though not
in one body, were present for duty. It was of vital importance that he should
have the Nashville & Chattanooga railroad (via Murfreesboro and Steven
son) in operation, but in addition to that he undertook the repair of the
railroad running from Memphis to Chattanooga. He was told by Halleck,
July 10th, that the president was not satisfied with his progress, and that
he ought to move more rapidly. He replied that his arrangements were
being pushed as rapidly as possible; that the reports of General Mitchell, who
had charge of some of the railroad repairs, had led him to expect that the Chat
tanooga road would be completed by the 1st of July; that he had doubled the
force on it, and it could not be finished before July 14th. By July 12th, how
ever, the day before Forrest captured Murfreesboro, preparations were so ad
vanced that he appears to have been on the eve of moving. On that date
Wood's division was ordered to march the following day to Stevenson; the
quartermaster and commissary at Nashville were ordered to send through sup
plies to Stevenson the following day. But, alas! though now, apparently, on the
eve of moving, his campaign never was accomplished. The Confederates knew
his plans. They had possession of east Tennessee, but their force at Chatta
nooga was inferior to his, and as Bragg' s reinforcements could not begin to
arrive there for two weeks, or before July 27th, they sent Morgan into Kentucky
and Forrest against Murfreesboro to cut Buell' s lines of communication and
delay his movement. The Confederate general, E. Kirby Smith, writing near
Knoxville July 14th, says: " Colonel Forrest, with three regiments, was sent
into middle Tennessee to delay Buell' s movement till Bragg' s columns make
their appearance." Unhappily, BuelFs army was so held in check by this and
succeeding raids (for Forrest, encouraged fry his capture of Murfreesboro, made
another raid a week afterward, destroying three bridges nine miles from Nash
ville), that the Confederates not only gained all the time they wanted to throw
reinforcements into Chattanooga, but actually to take the offensive and strike
out boldly for Louisville. Then began that race toward the Ohio, of the armies
under Buell and Bragg, culminating October 9th in the battle of Perry ville.

Turning now to the attack of July 13th on our forces at Murfreesboro and
the part which the Third Minnesota played in that affair, it is to be noticed
that the regiment at that time formed a part of the Twenty-third Brigade, com
manded by Colonel W. W. Duffield of the Ninth Michigan, and which was under
orders to march to McMinnville about July 18th. The other regiments of the

152 THE THIRD REGIMENT.

brigade were the Ninth. Michigan, the Eighth and Twenty-third Kentucky, the
two last being respectively at Wartrace and Pnlaski. For two months Colonel
Duffield had been absent on leave, during which time Colonel Lester had been
in command of the brigade and other forces at Murfreesboro, leaving Lieutenant
Colonel Griggs in command of the Third. But a day or two before the 13th,
Duffield had returned and resumed the brigade command, and Colonel Lester had
resumed command of the Third Regiment. Likewise, General T. T. Crittenden
of Indiana, who had been promoted for gallantry at Shiloh, had arrived at
Murfreesboro July llth, and taken command of the post the forenoon of July
12th. The force of enlisted men fit for duty at Murfreesboro was fully 1,000.
Forrest reported that the whole number of enlisted men captured, taken to
McMinnville and paroled, was between 1,100 and 1,200. Our forces, how
ever, were separated. There were five companies, two hundred and fifty
strong, of the Ninth Michigan in camp three- fourths of a mile east of the town,
on the Liberty turnpike (another company of the Ninth Michigan, forty-two
strong, occupied the court house as provost guard). Near the camp of the Ninth
Michigan were eighty men of the Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry under Major
Seibert, also eighty -one men of the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry under Captain
Chilson. More than a mile distant, on the other side of the town, on undulating,
rocky and shaded ground near Stone River, were nine companies of the Third
Minnesota, five hundred strong; near it, also, two sections — four guns — of Hew
itt's Kentucky Field Artillery with sixty-four men for duty. Forty-five men of
Company C, Third Regiment, under Lieutenant Grummons. had gone the after
noon of July 12th as guard on a supply railway train to Shelby ville, and had
not returned the 13th. Murfreesboro, as we have seen, was on the Nashville &
Chattanooga railroad. Its principal business buildings were in a large square
in the centre of which was the court house. We had at Murfreesboro valuable
military stores, and it is somewhat remarkable that none of the commanding
generals had directed the construction of any fortifications or even a stockade,
although about that time General Buell began to issue orders for building stock
ades at railroad bridges, and after he had regained possession of Murfreesboro
caused some fortifications to be built there.

July 12th, the day before Forrest's attack, General Buell, from Huntsville,
telegraphed Halleck: " Information from various quarters leaves but little room
to doubt that a heavy cavalry force is being thrown across from Chattanooga to
operate in middle Tennessee and Kentucky.'7 The same date Captain O. D.
Greene, Buell' s adjutant at Nashville, telegraphed from there to General Buell's
headquarters at Huntsville, as follows: "A heavy movement is taking place
upba Murfreesboro, via McMinnville, from Chattanooga. Over 2,000 cavalry
under General Forrest had already crossed the river at Chattanooga when
my informant left to-day week." Why was this information not sent prompt
ly to Murfreesboro? There were rumors that some such information was sent
there before July 13th. Anyhow, we all got notice of the movement at day
break Sunday morning, July 13th. Forrest having come on a forced march
from Woodbury, captured our picket guard without resistance and dashed into
Murfreesboro that morning with a mounted force of about 1,500 men, a part
of which charged first upon the camp of the Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry,
then re-formed and charged upon the Ninth Michigan Infantry, which made
a very gallant defense in line of bat!le and repulsed repeated charges. Many
of the Ninth Michigan fell by the enemy's first charge, and its loss during the
day, including that of the company at the court house, was eleven killed and
eighty-nine wounded. The enemy suffered considerable loss in that part of the
town, including a colonel killed, up to about noon, when the Ninth Michigan
surrendered. General Crittenden was captured at his quarters, in a house in
town, at about eight o'clock. Almost simultaneous with the first attack a part
of Forrest's force moved toward the Third Minnesota, which, however, had
sprung up at the first sound of the firing, formed into line, Colonel Lester in
command, and with two guns of Hewitt's battery on each flank, marched in the
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arriving at an open piece of ground in front of Murfree's large frame house,
when about three hundred of the enemy were perceived through the fog five
hundred yards distant and a little to the left, approaching in a gallop from the
town. They were moving in some disorder and appeared to fall back soon after
the Third Eegiinent came in sight. The latter was immediately brought for
ward into line, and in a few moments Hewitt's artillery was in position and
opened fire. The enemy soon retired out of sight, and in course of half an hour
the Third Eegiment advanced in line six hundred yards, over a piece of grass
land which had been its drill ground and sloping a little toward Stone Eiver,
— there crooked and tree-skirted, — to a somewhat commanding position at
the edge of a large body of brush and open timber extending toward Murfrees-
boro. The regiment's right rested near the Nashville pike. Skirmishers were
deployed in the woods. A Parrott gun was placed so as to have complete range
for nearly a mile down this road toward Murfreesboro. The other guns were
six-pounders, and continued to fire wherever the enemy was supposed to be.
During the forenoon about three hundred rounds were fired by the four guns of
Hewitt's battery, the greater part of them appearing to have been at random.
Some, however, did good execution, killing or wounding the enemy when he
dared to come in sight, worrying and dispersing him when he attempted to form
in the woods, also making him desist from an attempt to tear up the railroad.
Up to this hour the only ground of discontent that had ever existed in the Third
Eegiment was that it had never had an opportunity to fight. Probably no regi
ment was ever more eager to meet the enemy in battle than was the Third Min
nesota on that occasion. Yet while it was there in line of battle from daylight
till about noon, impatiently waiting for the enemy to approach, or, what was
better, to be led against him, he was assailing an inferior force of our comrades
near by, and wantonly destroying valuable United States commissary and quarter
master stores in town, which we were all bound in honor to protect. The regi
ment was kept standing or lying motionless hour after hour, even while plainly
seeing the smoke rising from our burning depot of supplies. While Colonel
Lester sat upon his horse at his proper post in rear of the line, different officers
approached and asked him, in tone of entreaty, if he would not march the regi
ment into town. He replied, "We will see."'

In course of the morning Mr. A. B. Cornell, acting sutler (previously news
paper editor at Owatonna), having exchanged clothing with a prisoner, with
great courage and energy, went across fields and communicated with the com
manding officer of the Ninth Michigan, and brought to Colonel Lester informa
tion of the severe loss the Ninth Michigan had sustained, and that it would
endeavor to hold its position. Only once did any of Forrest's forces venture
within musket range of the main line of the Third Eegiment. About eight
o'clock a Georgia regiment formed down in the woods to charge, but only two
of its companies persevered in the charge, and they, finding they could not
move a man in our line, galloped off as rapidly as possible to our left, suffering
some loss. The effect of this was to increase the ardor and confidence of our
men. The casualties that occurred to this main body of the regiment were in
having three men wounded, two in Company E while deployed as skirmishers,
and one in Company H while standing in line of battle. About the time of the
attempted charge just mentioned, or between seven and eight o'clock, a consider
able force, which, as will be seen, was under Forrest's immediate command,
made three assaults upon the camp of the Third Eegiment, now out of sight
and half a mile distant in the rear, and which was defended by a camp guard
of about twenty men, a few convalescents, teamsters and cooks. In that strug
gle, which we will let General Forrest's historian describe later on, several fell
on both sides. The camp was finally taken, the officers' tents and property
burned, and the ground hastily abandoned by the enemy. The firing at the
camp had been plainly heard by the regiment, and while it was occurring Cap
tain Hoit went to the colonel and asked, but was refused, permission to go with
his company (B) to the protection of the camp.

154 THE THIRD REGIMENT.

While the regiment was in line Surgeons Butler and Wedge established a
hospital tent at a quiet place near Stone River, and there treated the wounded
on both sides. About noon the Third Regiment and Hewitt's battery deliber
ately retired to the ample front yard, having shrubbery and trees inclosed by a
fence, at Murfree's house, and which, from its rather commanding situation, was
a good position. [This house is shown on the map of the battlefield of Stone
River, in Gen. Sheridan's memoirs. The Third Regiment camp was on the
next spur in the rear of the house.] In the rear were several farm buildings.
Refreshments were there taken, coffee having been brought from the company
kitchens. Not a few had blackberries with their lunch. Up to this time the
men thought they had not been having much more than a picnic. At about
half-past one o'clock, when we had present in the Third Regiment some five
hundred effective men, well armed, in good spirits and eager fora fight, also
with us four pieces of field artillery, well manned and with a fair supply of am
munition, a white flag appeared over the brow of rising ground near where the
regiment had been in line, which proved to be a request for our colonel to go
into Murfreesboro for a consultation with Colonel Duffield. Forrest, as stated
in his carefully prepared and published memoirs of his campaigns, on that oc
casion " ostentatiously displayed his several commands along the path Colonel
Lester was led in going to and returning from the interview with Duffield, so as
to make an appearance of greater numbers than were really present." Forrest
at the time was generally credited with having had a force of 2,500. [In his
official report, published in the u Rebellion Record," he says his force was
about 1,400 besides "some few volunteers" — meaning citizens.] But a force
of even 2,000 mounted men in one body was very uncommon. General Grier-
son when he made his celebrated raid through Mississippi had only 1,700 men.
Nothing is easier than to overestimate the numbers of a cavalry column. After
deducting Forrest's loss in killed and wounded, and the different detachments
he had sent off to guard prisoners and transportation, it is doubtful if he had
over 1,000 effective men with whom to engage the Third Regiment that
afternoon. His failure throughout the day to make any serious attack on the
main body of our regiment satisfied the most of us that we had no cause to fear
him. It is very doubtful if he would have made any further attack. Indeed,
it is stated in his "Campaigns," just referred to, that about noon and previous
to the capture of the Ninth Michigan, l 'Among many of his officers there was
manifest a perilous want of confidence in the ability of the command to triumph.
So far did this spirit reach that some of the officers urged Forrest to rest content
with what had been accomplished and quit the fielcf without further, and, as
they were satisfied, fruitless yet costly efforts to carry the federal position."

Unfortunately, however, the result of Colonel Lester's visit was that he be
came strongly inclined to surrender the regiment, which he finally did between
three and four o'clock, and utterly to its amazement, regret and grief.

Colonel Lester, in his report addressed to Lieutenant H. M. Duffield, acting
assistant adjutant general, Twenty-third Brigade (and brother of Colonel Duf
field, commander of the brigade), says: " While taking up our new position a
flag of truce appeared, borne by yourself, and sent at the request of Colonel Duf
field, commanding Twenty-third Brigade, for the purpose of procuring an inter
view with me. I returned to town with the flag, had an interview with the
colonel commanding, in which I learned that we were attacked by the rebel gen
eral Forrest, with a brigade of cavalry. Learning from the colonel that the
enemy were in overwhelming force, and that, even should the road be uninjured,
the forces at Nashville were absent upon an expedition and that there was no
hope of reinforcements, at his suggestion I agreed to refer the matter of sur
render to my officers. Accordingly the matter was represented to them as de
rived from Colonel Duffield, and the great majority looking upon further resist
ance as involving the certainty of an ultimate defeat with great loss, and with
no possibility of an escape or assistance, it was decided to surrender, which was
done at 3:30 P.M."

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Colonel Duffield, though regarded as an able man, was at the time of this in
terview a prisoner and suffering from a painful wound, and his views were not
entitled to great weight. But Colonel Lester's representations of his views is
confirmed by the fact that Colonel Duffield's brother, Lieutenant Duffield, who
came to our regiment with the flag, earnestly expressed himself in favor of our
being surrendered. Captain Hewitt, commanding the two sections of the Ken
tucky artillery, also earnestly advocated a surrender. The statement of General
T. T. Crittenden in his report is also true, that on the first vote of our company
commanders and the lieutenant colonel, which was open, a majority voted to fight;
that one or more left the council and returned to their companies; that Colonel
Lester afterward reopened and reargued the matter; that a vote by ballot was
then taken, resulting in a majority for surrender. But it is well known that
Lieutenant Colonel Griggs and two company commanders in that ballot voted,
as they had strongly counseled throughout, to fight. Major Mattson was absent,
sick. The council was public and informal, in the front yard of Murfree's house,
and the commanders of all the companies in the regiment were present except
First Lieutenant Yanstrum of Company D, who was with his company. The first
vote was by a show of hands, and those who voted against the surrender were
Lieutenant Colonel Griggs and Captains Foster, Andrews and Hoit, and Lieu
tenant Taylor, commanding Company H. Two captains did not vote, and the
result was four for surrender and five against. A request was made that all
should vote. Thereupon the colonel reopened the discussion, stating the rea
sons which induced him to favor surrender. Other officers briefly expressed
their views, some earnestly against, others for, surrender, and among the latter
some lieutenants who had no vote. Forrest even at that time had a reputation
for being tricky as well as for effrontery. His presuming to demand the surren
der of the Third Eegiment, which he had not dared to attack, was scouted as a
piece of impudent bravado. l The disgrace of surrender was then and there just
as strongly felt, pointed out, denounced and protested against as it ever could
have been since. But, "Who can control his fate?" Up to that day Colonel
Lester and his regiment had been uncommonly fortunate. His prospects were
brilliant. He was immensely popular in his regiment and in his state. Yet how
often it is the case that the highest good fortune is succeeded by the deepest mis
fortune.

The colonel proposed there should be a final vote by ballot; but meantime
Captain Foster and Lieutenant Taylor had gone to their respective companies,
and there were only three officers who voted against surrender, — namely, Lieu
tenant Colonel Griggs, Captain Andrews and Captain Hoit. Six voted to surren
der. Lieutenant Vanstrum was on his way to the council, and, not knowing that
it was over, stopped and wrote a ballot opposing surrender on a piece of paper
which he held against a tree and handed it to Colonel Lester, who, however, told
him it was too late, as the council was over.

Some of the stories that were circulated in Minnesota after the surrender,
such, for example, as that one of the officers who opposed surrender broke his
sword, and that the colonel was actuated by corrupt or disloyal motives, were
without any foundation. General Buell characterized the surrender in general
orders as one of the most disgraceful examples in the history of wars. The an
nouncement of surrender was received by the men with sorrow and indignation
too deep for utterance. They silently, though with tears in their eyes, gave up
the well-kept arms which, through many months of hard service, they had hon
ored. When the Confederate officers came up and saw the number of the men, their
excellent muskets and equipments, and especially when, in column by compa
nies, the regiment marched off with measured step toward Murfreesboro, it was
plain to see in the countenances of the Confederates an expression of astonish
ment as well as delight at the capture they had so cheaply made.

1 Lieut. Col. J. G. Parkhurst, commanding the Ninth Michigan, in his official report quotes the
written demand which Forrest made for the surrender of that regiment, and in which he used the
unusual and unmilitary language as follows: " I must demand an unconditional surrender of your
force as prisoners of war or I will have every man put to the sword." Substantially such a demand
was communicated to the Third.

156 THE THIRD REGIMENT.

After the surrender, several officers of the regiment, with General Forrest,
went through our camp and observed the burned remnants of the officers' tents
and personal property. The aggregate loss must have been considerable, as most
of the officers lost everything but the every -day clothing they had on. Probably
none of them ever made a claim or received any compensation for. any loss of
property on that occasion. Forrest was a man over six feet in height, with mus
cular frame, had regular features, black hair, very dark complexion, and deep
blue eyes, was serious, and used very few words.

Let us now notice the Confederate account of this affair, and especially of the
fight at the camp, when the regiment was half a mile away, given in the work
before referred to — Generals Jordan and Pryor's history of General Forrest's
campaigns, a narrative which General Forrest himself pronounced authentic.
It is there stated that Forrest, who at that time, it seems, had not received his
commission as brigadier general, on July 6th began to cross the Tennessee River
at Chattanooga, with about 1,000 cavalry — Eighth Texas, 400; Second Georgia,
450; battalion of Tennesseeans under Major Baxter Smith, 120, and two companies
of Kentuckians. He reached Altamont, near the summit of the Cumberlands, the
10th; formed junction with Colonel Morrison and his battalion, some three hun
dred strong, the evening of the llth, at a point ten miles northeast of Sparta, and
reached Woodbury, eighteen miles from Murfreesboro, "with somewhat above
thirteen hundred men," at eleven o'clock the night of the 12th. That on the
morning of the 13th, after the combat with the Mnth Michigan, " Forrest made
his dispositions immediately to attack the Third Minnesota, reported to be en
camped on the east bank of Stone River, about one mile and a half from the town.
On reaching the encampment it was found comparatively evacuated, the federals
having just moved out in the direction of Murfreesboro to join their comrades in
that quarter. Forrest's force assembled for this affair consisted of the Georgians,
Major Smith's Tennesseeans, the Kentucky squadron, and some twenty men under
Paul F. Anderson. Seeing the Confederates approach, the federals, then about
six hundred yards southward of their camp, halted and formed in line of battle,
some nine companies of infantry and four pieces of artillery. Directing the
Georgians to confront and menace the enemy and engage with skirmishers, taking
Major Smith with his men, including the Kentuckians and three companies of
Morrison's Georgians under Major Harper, Forrest pushed rapidly around to
the right and rear of the encampment, which proved to be still occupied by about
one hundred men, posted behind a strong barricade of wagons and some large
limestone ledges, which afforded excellent cover, difficult to carry. He there
upon ordered a charge, Majors Smith and Harper leading their men. They were
met, however, with a stubborn, brave defense. Twice, indeed, the Confederates
were repulsed. But Forrest, drawing his men up for a third effort, made a brief
appeal to their manhood, and putting himself at the head of the column, the
charge was again ordered, this time with success."

We thus see, from Forrest' sown account of the combat, written soon after
the war, that the little camp guard of the Third Minnesota, numbering about
twenty, with convalescents, teamsters and cooks, gallantly repulsed two separate
charges of fully four times their number, led by two field officers, and were only
defeated after a third charge led by Forrest in person. That was a fair sample
of the fighting qualities of the Third Minnesota, and no one well acquainted with
the regiment has ever doubted that had an opportunity been afforded it would
have engaged Forrest's whole force with the same heroic valor. The brave
corporal, Charles H. Greene of Company I, who rallied our little force at the
camp, did not yield until he had received a severe saber cut on his head and two
bullet wounds, one of which was mortal. He lived but two hours; and while lying
at the point of death, at the camp, described the combat to his captain sub
stantially as stated in Forrest's memoirs. Private V. Woodburn of Company
C was also killed in that action and nine others wounded. The Confederate loss
there has never been reported, but the Third men, who fought from cover, in
sisted that ten were killed besides several wounded. Corporal Greene had
formerly served in the regular army and was every inch a soldier. His home

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and family at that time were in Morrison county, Minnesota, and a prairie and
township there have since been named in his honor.

It will be of peculiar interest here to refer to the criticism which General
Grant in his memoirs has made of General BuelFs failure to march into east
Tennessee. We have seen that Buell, to prepare for his movement, had under
taken not only to rebuild the Nashville & Chattanooga railroad, which was
ready July 12th, but also the railroad from Memphis to Chattanooga, which was
not yet quite ready. General Grant thought that his waiting to repair the latter
railroad was a great mistake, and that the road from Nashville to Chattanooga
(via Murfreesboro) was sufficient for his purpose. He says if General Buell
"had been sent directly to Chattanooga as rapidly as he could march, leaving
two or three divisions along the line of the railroad from Nashville forward, he
could have arrived with but little fighting and would have saved much of the
loss of life which was afterward incurred in gaining Chattanooga, Bragg would
then not have had time to raise an army to contest the possession of middle
and east Tennessee and Kentucky; and the battles of Stone Eiver and Chicka-
mauga would not necessarily have been fought; Burnside would not have been
besieged in Knoxville without the power of helping himself or escaping; the
battle of Chattanooga would not have been fought. * * * The positive results
might have been a bloodless advance to Atlanta, to Vicksburg, or to any other
desired point south of Corinth in the interior of Mississippi.'7 If the conse
quences of BuelPs failure to take Chattanooga were so momentous, then a deep
interest will always attach to whatever retarded his movement and especially to
the reverse at Murfreesboro. It may be saying too much to attribute Buell' s
failure solely to that disaster. One of its immediate effects, however, was to put
his army on half- rations. It compelled him to send a division under Nelson to
reoccupy Murfreesboro, and two brigades of Wood's division, by forced marches,
from Decatur to Shelby ville. The use of the railroad was set back two weeks.
If the forces under Forrest July 13th had been thoroughly whipped and routed,
as they ought to have been, and as they would have been had the Third Minne
sota had a chance to engage them, it can hardly be doubted that General Buell
would have seasonably put his army in motion and that it would have accom
plished its object.1

Immediately after the surrender the regiment was marched rapidly to
McMinn ville. From there the commissioned officers, except Captain Mills and
Lieutenants Hodges and Taylor, who had escaped, were taken, via Sparta and
Knoxville, to Madison, Ga., and there kept in a Confederate prison — a cot
ton factory building — three months, when they were taken to Libby Prison,
Eichmond, and paroled. Most of the other prisoners at Madison at the time
were commissioned officers who had been captured with General Prentiss at
Shiloh. The non-commissioned officers and enlisted men of the regiment were
paroled at McMinnville and then, under a Confederate officer, marched back to
Murfreesboro, already reoccupied by a division under General Nelson. That
brave but impetuous officer hotly berated the men for the surrender as if it had
been their fault. Arriving at Nashville they were desired, in violation of their
parole, to take arms to help defend the place in case of an attack. Eefusing to
do this, they were ordered into camp in the outskirts of the city, and the next
day a lot of old muskets were sent them with orders to detail a camp guard.
Considering it a violation of their parole they refused to receive the arms. The
humiliating manner in which they had been surrendered and the treatment they
had since received, naturally tended to lessen their respect for commissioned
officers and to impair their discipline. After staying at Nashville about a week
they were sent, under command of Major Mattson, to Benton Barracks, going by
railway to Louisville and thence by steamboat to St. Louis. They remained at
Benton Barracks, under command of Lieutenant E. C. Olin, till called for service
in the Indian campaign.

xThe official correspondence relating to the surrender of Murfreesboro may be found on pages
792-811, chapter 28, "Rebellion Record." It is also frequently referred to in the voluminous testi
mony taken before the "Buell Commission," published in "Rebellion Record," vol. 16, part 1.

158 THE THIRD REGIMENT.

Lieutenant Grummons and the forty-five men of Company C were at Shelby-
ville the morning of July 13th, and distinctly heard the firing at Murfreesboro;
they returned by railway to the latter place, yet rather slowly, arriving at the
railroad bridge, three miles or so below Murfreesboro, at about 3 o' clock p. M. ,
finding a number of men of the Ninth Michigan on picket. The train went
back for reinforcements; and toward evening, learning that their regiment
had surrendered, Company C, though against the protest of some of the ser
geants, marched in retreat along the railroad to Wartrace, arriving there at two
in the morning. July 15th the detachment marched with four companies of the
Ninth Michigan to Tullahoma. On the 17th Captain Mills joined it and took
command. About the 22d it went to Murfreesboro and there remained several
weeks, performing guard duty. It was then sent to Nashville in charge of some
prisoners; there joined the Second Minnesota, with which it marched, in Gen
eral Buell's army, to Louisville, and about the 1st of October, pursuant to in
structions from the War Department, proceeded to Fort Snelling.

INDIAN CAMPAIGN — BATTLE OF TVOOD LAKE.

But the regiment was destined soon to fly to the protection of its own Min
nesota frontier. The Sioux Indian revolt and massacre commenced August
18th. Authentic information of it reached St. Paul on the 19th. The same
evening ex-Gov. Henry H. Sibley was appointed by the governor of Minne
sota to conduct a military force against the hostile Sioux, and he started the
next day with four companies of the Sixth Regiment for St. Peter. In com
pliance with the request of Gov. Eamsey, Gen. Halleck, August 22d, instructed
Gen. Schofield to send the Third Eegiment to Minnesota. The War Depart
ment announced, August 27th, that the enlisted men of the regiment, as paroled
prisoners, were fully exchanged. A high value, even in their disorganized con
dition, was placed upon their service in the Indian campaign, and their arrival
was anticipated with much interest. September 13th, Gen. Sibley, whose expe
dition had reached Fort Eidgley, wrote that the Third Eegiment was within six
or eight miles of his camp, "they having," he says, "made a rapid march to
join me.'7 And on the 15th he writes that he has little fear that his raw troops
will be panic struck, even if a superior force of Indians were to make a desperate
stand, "since the skeleton of the Third Eegiment has joined me, under Major
Welch, composed of 270 men only." Again on the 19th he writes: " My troops
are entirely undisciplined, excepting the few belonging to the Third Eegiment."
On the 28th of August two hundred and fifty of the regiment, being all that
were then at Benton Barracks, embarked at St. Louis, under command of Lieu
tenant E. C. Olin, for Minnesota, on the steamer Pembina, and reached Fort
Snelling on the 4th of September. Here, at his own request, it was put under
the command of the young and gallant Major A. E. Welch, who had served as a
lieutenant in the First Eegiment. Second to him was Lieutenant Olin. It now
had about two hundred and seventy men present for duty, an unusually large
number to be conducted by merely two commissioned officers, and one of them
a comparative stranger. However, the non-commissioned officers who acted in
the place of commissioned officers were very competent, and much credit is due
them for the service they rendered in the Indian expedition. September 5th
the Third, under Major Welch, started out, and first by steamer up the Minnesota
Eiver to Carver, for the protection of the settlers and to join Gen. Sibley' s expe
dition. The 6th they marched to Glencoe, finding the inhabitants in a stockade;
the 7th to Hutchinson, whose inhabitants were also in a stockade; the 8th to
Cedar Mills; the 9th to Forest City, by the way of Acton, twenty-eight miles,
and stopping on the way to bury four or five mutilated victims of the outbreak;
the 10th to Cedar Mills direct, eighteen miles. On the 12th they were under
way at six in the morning, and, except for a few hours' rest, marched rapidly till
eleven at night, making fully forty miles. The 13th they reached Fort Eidgley
at 11 A. M. and joined the forces under Gen. Sibley. They had traversed a
region alternating with noble forests and fertile prairie, but at almost every
halting place they had seen traces of the widespread and awful massacre. After

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leaving Fort Bidgley the men of the Third were always in the advance, and for
a good part of the time, especially when any Indians were visible, used as
flankers.

Early the afternoon of September 22d the command camped on both sides
of the old Government road, and on the east side of a small lake which is now
only a marsh, mostly situated on the northwest part of section 9, in township 114,
range 38. The surface there is rolling prairie. A small creek, which a person
could jump, ran from the north end of the lake easterly to the Minnesota Ki-ver,
through a ravine some thirty feet deep, and which bends round to the south. The
side of the ravine toward the camp was rather steep. The opposite side rose
gradually into the undulating prairie extending to the Yellow Medicine Eiver,
two or three miles beyond. More or less willow bushes were growing along the
banks of the creek, and it was bridged where the road crossed it, near the lake.
The Sixth Eegiment camped on the left of the road, the Seventh on the right,
and the Third Eegiment, being in the advance, camped further to the front, or
within about a quarter of a mile of the creek, the company of Eenville Eangers
being near.

At the Lower Sioux Agency the Third Eegiment had obtained some potatoes
which the Indians had left buried, and the supply was now about exhausted.
On the morning of the 23d, therefore, after waiting till the sun had been up sev
eral hours, for it was a clear morning, and supposing the command would not
march that day, a few of the Third men thought they would go over to the Yel
low Medicine Agency and replenish their stock of potatoes. They went, it
seems, on their own responsibility. Major Welch, their commander, had notice
of their going, and while he did not consent to their going, neither did he posi
tively forbid them. Four or five teams, driven by citizen teamsters, with four
men in each wagon, started. They had crossed the bridge over the creek, as
cended the other side of the ravine, and gone about a hundred yards over the
high prairie, when up sprang a squad of Indians and fired at the men in the
wagons, mortally wounding Degrove Kimball and wounding some others. Leap
ing to the ground, the men returned the fire. The teams were ordered to face
about and wait to carry any men who might be wounded to camp. They, how
ever, did not stop, but drove to the rear. On hearing the firing, the Third Eegi
ment men rushed for their arms, and, led by Major Welch, were in a few
moments on the double quick to the support of their comrades. Eeaching the
scene of action, about half the regiment were held as a reserve, the rest deploy
ing and advancing as a line of skirmishers. Soon the horizon became picturesque
with Indians, some mounted and some afoot, single and in squads, advancing
rapidly from the direction of the Yellow Medicine Eiver. They came in front,
also moved to the right and left. The skirmish line and reserve of the Third ad
vanced, and soon were in fair musket range of a force of Indian warriors which,
before the contest was over, numbered about seven hundred, although some were
present by compulsion. When the firing was progressing at fairly short range,
an Indian, who proved to have been Little Crow, rode out a short distance from
a mounted group, and, swinging his blanket above his head, gave the war-whoop,
when an answering yell rang from the prairie, and scores of Indians, not before
seen, rose from the grass, "until," as one who was present states, "the whole
prairie seemed to be alive with them." About two hundred and fifty of the
Third men were engaged, and were getting well warmed in the fight, when an
officer came from Gen. Sibley with instructions to fall back to camp. Major
Welch told him to go back and tell the general that he could hold his ground,
and that he wished reinforcements. The foe no win front of the Third Eegiment
uttering their demoniac shrieks, now visible and the next moment concealed in
the grass, and maneuvering in characteristic manner, were, many of them, the
identical Indians who had helped to massacre 1,000 defenseless pioneer set
tlers — men, women, and children — on our Western frontier. To give way an
inch on the field of battle to such a foe seemed intolerable. The Third men
could hardly endure it. It was not till the officer returned with orders to "posi
tively fall back" that the regiment began to retreat. It was now a mile from

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camp. The way the order to retreat was given caused confusion, which, how
ever, was soon over, as the men passed the words along the line, "Remember
Murfreesboro!" K"o attack elsewhere having been made, the Indians were left
free to charge and close in upon them. However, the great majority of the men
preserved their self-possession and dauntless spirit, retiring gradually and firing
effectively. Their principal loss, 1 which was severe, was while they were cross
ing the creek and regaining the steep bank of the ravine toward their camp. It
was here that Major Welch was struck by a ball, breaking his leg. Along the
brow of that ravine, and now supported by the Eenville Hangers, a company
of forty half-breeds, under Lieutenant Gorman, who rallied on their right and
fought bravely, they for an hour longer held the Indians at bay, and inflicted
upon them considerable loss. * i The Third and Rangers, ' ' says Captain Champlin,
who, as a non-commissioned officer, took part in the battle, "covered by the tall
grass and intervening knolls, with grass bound on their hats, fought them Indian
fashion ; their fire kept little knots of them constantly bearing away their killed and
wounded, and beyond our reach. ' ' All this time the principal part of the command
had been in line waiting orders, ready, of course, to do their full duty. Finally
a simultaneous and determined charge was made by the Third Regiment with
fixed bayonets (now under Lieut. Olin), the Renville Rangers, under Lieut Gor
man, and the five companies of the Seventh Regiment on their right, under
Lieut. Colonel Win. R. Marshall, which swept through the ravine, driving the
enemy from the field. The bodies of fourteen Indians were buried by our troops
on the field of battle. General Sibley, in his official report of the battle, made
on the day it occurred, says: "Major Welch of the Third Regiment (temporarily
in command) was instantly in line with his command, his skirmishers in the
advance, by whom the savages were gallantly met, and, after a conflict of a seri
ous nature, repulsed." And the adjutant general of Minnesota, in his official
report, says: "As the hottest of the enemy's fire was borne by the Third Regi
ment and Renville Rangers, the heaviest part of the loss was confined to those
troops."

This battle of Wood Lake, so called, of which the Third Regiment and Ren
ville Rangers bore the brunt, did not, it is true, terminate the Indian War, for it
did not prevent the necessity of a campaign to the Missouri River the next sum
mer, but it was very important and useful in its results, and in some respects it
was decisive. It effected the release of about three hundred captives which the
Indians held, and of whom one hundred and fifty were white women and chil
dren — many of them refined and educated women and teachers, who had been
and were being subjected to barbarous treatment. It also effected the surrender
of 1,500 Indians, including four hundred warriors, among whom were those
afterward convicted and executed for having perpetrated some of the massacres.
On the 26th the Third, with the command, went into camp at a point about
twenty miles further on, opposite the mouth of Chippewa River, and which was
afterward appropriately named Camp Release. The Indian camp was near
there, and the negotiations which had commenced immediately after the battle
concluded in the course of a few days by the delivery of the captives and prisoners.
For a week or two different parties of Indians came in and surrendered; but
there were yet some hostile fugitives, with their families, whose capture was
necessary, and in this duty the Third took active part. October 15th twenty-
five mounted men under Sergeant Fox accompanied a scout commanded by Cap-

1 The following is the list of casualties sustained by the Third Regiment in the battle of Wood
Lake, as reported by the assistant surgeon of the regiment, Moses R. Greeley: Killed — Company
A, A. C. Collins, Edwin E. Ross; Company G, Degrove Kimball (mortally wounded); Company I,
Mathew Cantwell, Richard McElroy (the last named was a paroled man belonging to Company I
of the Second Minnesota). Wounded — Major A. E. Welch, severely; Company B, Joseph Eigle,
John Oger; Company C, S. K. Satterlee; Company D, Peter Nelson, severely, Nicholas Nelson,
severely, John P. Thellander, Fred. Miller; Company E, Benjamin Densmore, A. M. Reed, J.
Schwieger, S. J. Smith; Company F, Heman D. Pettibone, A. Eastman, David Griffin; Company
G, Richard Custard, J. G. Canfield, J. Knox; Company H, W. McLeod, Charles Stokes, T. A. My-
rick; Company I, William F. Morse, J. P. Kirby, James C. Cantwell, James Buchanan, James E.
Masterson.

INDIAN CAMPAIGN — BATTLE OF WOOD LAKE. 161

tain Merriman beyond Lac qui Parle, which resulted in the capture, without
resistance, of twenty-two men, and about forty women and children. At mid
night of October 13th, Lieutenant J. H. Swan, who had a narrow escape from
death at Birch Coolie, with forty-five men of the regiment, mounted, marched in
an expedition under Lieut. Col. William E. Marshall to within thirty-five miles
of the James Eiver in Dakota, and returned the 21st, having marched nearly two
hundred miles in eight days, with over a hundred captives, including several who
had participated in the massacre. Shortly after this the Third was mounted by
order of Gen. Pope, and then moved down to the Lower Sioux Agency, where it
remained about a week. Then, under Lieut. Swan, Lieut. Hodges accompanying,
it marched southwest by the way of Lake Shetek and Bed Pipestone quarry,
where it buried the remains of several murdered settlers. There were no signs
of recent presence of Indians. After traversing a good part of the southwestern
frontier, much of the way over burnt prairie, and accomplishing several long,
and arduous marches in face of the autumn blast, it came by way of the Cotton-
wood Valley to NewUlrn; then marched (apart, however, returning to Fort Bidg-
ley) to Henderson and arrived at Fort Snelling the 14th of November. It soon
afterward received a furlough till the 3d of December. Lieutenant Olin, whose
service and influence had been very valuable, particularly in the Indian cam
paign, was, September 28th, detailed as judge advocate of the military commis
sion to try several hundred Indian prisoners, yet continued in command of the
regiment till the arrival of officers who outranked him. He was afterward ap
pointed acting assistant adjutant general, in which capacity he served on General
Sibley's staff.

While the greater part of the regiment was hastening to reinforce Gen. Sib-
ley, about seventy other of its members, who had come from the South on sick
furlough, reported at Fort Snelling, and September llth, under command of Ser
geant Dearborn, marched with Capt. Ernil A. Burger's detachment for the relief
of Fort Abercrombie, over two hundred miles distant, on the Bed Biver of the
North. The Third men, being unwilling to arm themselves with a refuse lot of
Belgian muskets, requisition was made by proper authority on the gun stores in
St. Paul. "Some," says W. E. Hale in his sketch of the expedition, "took shot
guns, others squirrel guns, and others armed themselves with the long Kentucky
rifles. Each man carried his own lead, powder horn and bullet mould." Captain
Burger arrived at Fort Abercrombie September 23d, 1 and the next day reported
that on September 20th the expedition crossed the Alexandria woods; the next day
marched sixteen miles to the Pomme de Terre, but was delayed burying the body
of Andrew Austin; September 22d reached old crossing of the Otter Tail, twen
ty-four miles; and the 23d marched twenty-six miles to Abercrombie. When
he had come within about a mile of the Bed Biver a party, of Indians was seen

1 The following letter from Brevet Brigadier General Theo. H. Barrett, who, as captain of
Company G, Ninth Minnesota, was in the expedition sent to relieve Fort Abercrombie, throws im
portant light upon that movement :

BAEEETT'S RANCH, Feb. 18, 1890.
General C. C. Andrews, Editor Official Military History :

SIR: Replying to your note of January 3d I have to say, General Malmros is correct in his
statement that Captain McCoy's company, Eighth Minnesota, and Company G, Ninth Minnesota,
had gone to Sauk Centre previous to Lieutenant Burger's starting for Abercrombie. When McCoy
reached Sauk Centre he found Captain Freeman already there, and as McCoy was the senior officer,
Freeman's company, while at Sauk Centre, became temporarily a part of his (McCoy's) command.
Freeman's company of mounted men had been hastily gathered up at St. Cloud and marched to
the frontier to protect the settlements and fight Indians wherever found. He was desirous of pro
ceeding to the relief of Abercrombie, but did not consider his company strong enough to go alone.
He was therefore anxious that the other troops accompany him. Lieutenant Oscar Taylor of
Freeman's company (afterward captain) was especially urgent that we hasten on to Abercrombie.
At last a consultation was held at McCoy's headquarters, at which were present Captain McCoy,
Captain Freeman, Lieutenant Oscar Taylor, Lieutenant Christ Becker, the writer, and, I think,
also, Lieutenant E. E. Hughson, now of St. Paul. My impression is that Lieutenant Edward
Paist of McCoy's company was also present.

Captain McCoy, under the order he had received directing him to Sauk Centre, did not
feel authorized to proceed further, nor did he consider himself authorized to order any portion
of his command beyond Sauk Centre. After a full discussion, the conference broke up with
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162 THE THIRD REGIMENT.

coming out of the woods, and he says: "I at once sent Lieut. Taylor of Capt.
Freeman's cavalry with twenty mounted men, and twenty Third Begiment men
(the latter to act as skirmishers in the woods), to cross with the greatest speed and
give them chase. I took the rest of the Third Eegiment company and the can
non and proceeded to a point up the river, where I expected the Indians would
appear again, and where I would not be seen by them. But I soon discovered
that they were retreating, under the cover of the woods, toward Wild Rice Eiver.
I then gave orders for the whole expedition to cross the river, which was effected
in less than • an hour, the men not waiting to be carried over in wagons, but
jumping into the water breast-deep and wading through.'7 While at the fort
the detachment, on the 26th and 29th, took part in slight skirmishes with the
Indians. On the. 30th they started back with Capt. Freeman's mounted com
pany, as escort for about sixty citizens, including women and children coming
to St. Cloud, and where they arrived October 5th. In two days more they
reached Fort Snelling, were there mounted, and, under command of Lieutenant
C. H. Blakeley, soon joined the rest of the regiment at Camp Release, whence
they marched with Lieutenant Swan to the Lower Agency.

The Third Regiment regarded some of General Sibley's movements as unnec
essarily slow and cautious. But our American history, as he well knew, had
furnished some awful examples of lack of caution in Indian warfare. Braddock
and St. Clair, each with a force like his, had been ambushed and utterly de
stroyed. Sibley was bound to guard against every possibility of a reverse, A
campaign must be judged by its result, and his was successful.

REORGANIZATION — SOUTH AGAIN.

About the 1st of December the commanding general of the Department of the
Northwest transmitted to the War Department a statement of the condition the
regiment was then in, and the facts in regard to the Murfreesboro surrender,
but without making any recommendation. Thereupon the president issued an
order Dec. 1, '62, dismissing all the officers who voted for or counseled the sur
render. The governor of Minnesota then, on the recommendation of a meeting
of twenty of the field and line officers that had been held at St. Paul December
13th, promoted Lieut. Col. Griggs to be colonel and Captain Andrews to be lieu
tenant colonel. Several promotions were also made in different companies, as
will be seen by reference to the roster. There had been some delay in the pay
ment of the regiment before it started for the South, but on Jan. 16, 1863, five
companies, which had assembled at Fort Snelling, inarched, in severe weather,
under command of the colonel, to Winona, and joined the other five companies,
who had met there under t-he charge of the lieutenant colonel. At Winona the
regiment was given a, fine dinner by the ladies. Friday, January 23d, a stormy

the understanding that McCoy would remain with his company at Sauk Centre and the other
two companies proceed to the relief of Abercrombie. Accordingly, late in the afternoon of the
same day, Captain Freeman's company and Company G, Ninth Minnesota Volunteers, without
orders and on our own responsibility, marched out of town and camped near the Ashley, a few
miles distant. Next day we made a circuitous march of some twenty-five miles, and at night
camped on the open prairie, on high ground, a little west of Lake Amelia. About ten o'clock
that night a messenger came into camp with written orders directing us to await the arrival of
Burger and join him at some point on the state road. We therefore marched across the country to
Wyman's Station, six miles east of Alexandria, and awaited the coming up of Burger.

Had we been permitted to continue our march, we would, if successful, have reached Aber
crombie three or four days earlier than the expedition under Burger, and probably have saved
several lives, and among them that of Mr. Edward Wright, Captain Taylor's brother-in-law.
Company G, Ninth Minnesota, had seventy effective men, and in Freeman's company of mounted
men there were thirty to forty, — in all an effective force of from one hundred to one hundred and
ten men. Our intention was to keep southward, west of the timber, marching only on the
prairie, so as to avoid ambuscades. Captain Taylor and myself were both well acquainted with the
country and felt confident that we could get to Abercrombie without being surprised or ambushed.

There were about fifty men of the Third Minnesota Volunteers in Burger's expedition, but no
commissioned officer of the Third. I think they were detachments from several different companies.
One of the Third noii-commissioned officers, Sergeant Pell, acted as Burger's adjutant.

Very respectfully,

THEODOBE H. BARRETT.

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winter morning, reveille was sounded at three and a quarter o> clock, and the
regiment was on the march from Winona by daylight. There was continuous
fall of snow, rain or hail through the day. Arrived at La Crescent before dark,
the teams coming in at five. The next day crossed the Mississippi, and left La
Crosse at eight o'clock in the evening, reaching Chicago the next afternoon at
four, and arriving safely in Cairo at 11 P. M. the 26th, and there remained seven,
days. The regiment had left in Minnesota the ordinary arms it had temporarily
used in the Indian campaign, and it now required a supply of the best kind.
Gen. Tuttle, who was in command at Cairo, was repeatedly seen by the colonel
and lieutenant colonel in regard to the matter. There were plenty of Enfield
rifles at Cairo, but no accouterments. A telegram was sent to one of the Minne
sota senators in Washington, and a letter to the governor of the state, urging
that the regiment be supplied as promptly as possible. It moved to Columbus,
Ky., where Gen. Asboth was in command, February 3d, but in spite of the ur
gent appeals that were made, muskets were not obtained till February 17th, and
accouterments not till March 10th. Such delay seemed inexcusable, and was
aggravating to a regiment impatient, as was the Third, to get to the front. Gen.
Charles S. Hamilton, commanding the district of west Tennessee, February 3d
ordered Gen. Asboth to send the regiment to Memphis, but Asboth excused
himself for not doing so because it was not armed. Gen. Asboth was a Hunga
rian, a colleague of Kossuth, industrious, brave almost to a fault, and generous.
He was afterward badly wounded, and just after the war represented the United
States as minister to the Argentine Republic. At Columbus the officers assem
bled evenings at the colonel's quarters in the school of the regiment. As soon
as arms were received there was battalion drill. In all the history of the regi
ment there never was idleness.

March 12th the regiment embarked on a steamer, and, with other forces,
proceeded on an expedition under Gen. Asboth to reoccupy Fort Heiman, on
the west bank of the Tennessee. The 14th it landed two miles above the fort,
and, marching seven miles around, came up to it at 2 p. M., finding nothing but
ruins. Col. Griggs was left in command of the post of Fort Heiman with a force
consisting of the Third Eegiment, the One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois
and Companies A and D, Fifteenth Kentucky Cavalry, being a brigade of the
Sixth Division, Sixteenth Corps, of General Grant's Army of the Tennessee.
While here the regiment was under the immediate command of Major Mattson.
The lieutenant colonel, March 2d, had been detailed as president of a military
commission at Columbus for the trial of prisoners, but obtained permission to
accompany the expedition. He resumed his duties at Columbus the 17th, but
got relieved June 4th to accompany the regiment to Yicksburg. The regiment's
principal duty at Fort Heiman was to break up Confederate conscription in the
surrounding country, and with this object, and in part mounted with horses
from the country, it made numerous enterprising scouts, which often involved
long and weary marches. Three of these were under the command of Major
Mattson. In the last one, he, with Companies B, D, G and H, Third Minne
sota, and a detachment of Companies A and D, Fifteenth Kentucky Cavalry,
left Fort Heiman May 26th and marched through several counties on the west
side of the Tennessee and on both sides of the Big Sandy 5 had several little skir
mishes, and captured four officers and eleven privates. His loss was two men
supposed to have been captured. It was on this scout that Corporal Jesse Bar-
rick of Company H, with a squad of five men, captured two Confederate officers,
Major Algee and Captain Grizzel, who were together and well armed. Another
scout, or u guerrilla hunt,77 as the expeditions were frequently called, was made
by Captain Edward L. Baker, Company E, Third Minnesota, and occupied nine
days, the men, as was customary, living on the country. He marched from Fort
Heiman at sundown, May 18th, with forty of the Fifteenth Kentucky Cavalry
and fifteen mounted men from the Third Minnesota and One Hundred and Elev
enth Illinois each; went through Paris, Marlborough and Huntington, and,
dividing his force into squads, scoured thoroughly the counties of Henry, Car
roll and Benton, and returned with several prisoners. May 29th, General Hurl-

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but, from Memphis, telegraphed General Asboth to abandon Fort Heiman and
"send, with all possible dispatch, the Third Minnesota by steamer to Vicks
burg," with five days' rations, six wagons, one hundred rounds per man, and only
shelter tents. These instructions were executed as soon as the scouting parties
were all in. Passing by steamer down the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi rivers,
the regiment arrived at Columbus, Ky., at 9 A. M., June 4th, there spent the rest
of the day receiving its pay, and at daylight the next morning was under way to
its new field of action.

AT VICKSBURG-.

The Vicksburg campaign, which was undertaken to regain full possession of
the Mississippi River, began the night of April 16, 1863, by our fleet and some
transports running the batteries there, and thence passing further down the river
to aiford means of transporting Gen. Grant's army to the Vicksburg (east) side.
His army then marched circuitously sixty -three miles from Milliken's Bend to
Hard Times, and April 30th crossed over to Bruinsburg, and the next day
" turned" and secured Grand Gulf for a base. Two divisions of Sherman's corps,
which had been left behind to confuse the Vicksburg garrison by a feigned attack
on Haines' Bluff, overtook the rest of the army May 8th. Northeast from Bru
insburg Landing, and fifty miles due east from Vicksburg, is Jackson, which
the Confederates held, and where Joseph E. Johnston, one of the very ablest of
their generals, arrived and took personal command May 13th. The Big Black
River, two hundred and fifty feet wide, flows about fifteen miles behind and east
of Vicksburg, joins the Mississippi thirty miles below that place and twelve
miles above Bruinsburg. The surface of the country between Vicksburg and
Jackson thus divided by the Big Black River is about four hundred feet above
the level of the Mississippi, has a light brown, clayey loam soil, is broken by
many densely wooded ravines, bears naturally a variety of hardwood timber,
principally oak, but with here and there a handsome magnolia, and at that time
had many wealthy plantations, particularly on the rich bottom lands bordering
the streams. Grant's army, as will have been seen, was separated from Vicks
burg by the Big Black River, but he soon sent a detachment across to make a
demonstration on the southern approaches to Vicksburg. Learning that Confed
erate reinforcements were assembling at Jackson, he decided to cut entirely
loose from the Mississippi River, march to Jackson and destroy that place as a
railroad centre, then face about and move upon Vicksburg. This part of his
campaign was accomplished in twenty days, during which his army fought five
battles, though all of it was not engaged in any one battle, and gained succes
sively the victories of Port Gibson, May 1st; Raymond, May 12th; Jackson, May
14th; Champion's Hill (also called Baker's Creek), May 16th; and Black River
Bridge, May 17th. Pemberton's forces, which had sustained all of these defeats
except that of Jackson, instead of forming a junction with Johnston, as the latter
desired, took shelter behind their fortifications at Vicksburg, and were closed in
upon by Grant the evening of May 18th, the investment being completed the
next day. This daring campaign of Grant's, in which the Fourth and Fifth Min
nesota regiments took part, struck terror into the Confederacy and revived con
fidence in the North in a corresponding degree. Reinforcements were hurried
forward to him without stint, so that by the time the Third Minnesota arrived
and took position his line extended from Haines' Bluff on the right a distance
of fifteen miles. On the fall of Jackson Gen. Johnston retreated north to Canton
and began to work with the utmost zeal, yet with secret misgivings, collecting
and organizing troops with a view to attack Grant and release Pemberton. His
scouts duly informed him day after day of the many steamboats passing down
the Mississippi crowded with reinforcements for Grant; and as early as May
27th he wrote to the War Office at Richmond: " Grant's army is estimated at
60,000 or 80,000 men, and his troops are worth double the number of northeastern
troops." He repeatedly assured the Confederate war minister and president
that he had not half forces enough to make a successful attack. He, however,
did all he could. Reinforcements were forwarded to him, and, among others,

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6,000 men who had been sent from Charleston by Beauregard. Finally he had,
as he said, a little over 24,000 effective men. But rumor gave him double that
force and credited him with an intention to attack.

Such was about the situation when the Third Regiment, which had left Col
umbus, Ky., June 5th, on the steamer Izetta, landed, and bivouacked June
8th at Haines' Bluff, Col. Griggs in command, to form a part of the covering army
to operate against Johnston. It was brigaded with the Fortieth Iowa and Twen
ty-fifth and Twenty -seventh Wisconsin regiments, also in General Nathan Kim
ball's provisional division of the Sixteenth Corps, which, with Gen. William
Sooy Smith's division, comprised the detachment of the Sixteenth Corps com
manded by General C. C. Washburn, and all posted at Haines' Bluff. Rich
mond's brigade of Kimball's division, however, was posted as a picket seven
miles further north, where, in its capacity of outpost, it was visited June 10th
by the field officer of the day from the Third Regiment. At this date no de
fensive works had been made at Haines' Bluff; but on the 12th the lieutenant
colonel of the Third had charge of a detail that felled the oak trees, and with
them made obstructions (abatis) on the north end and slope of Haines' Bluff,
half a mile from camp. The whole regiment was out all of the same night in line
as an advance picket on the low lands bordering the Yazoo. On the 13th the
lieutenant colonel of the Third Regiment was permanently detailed to take
charge of the fatigue party, furnished every day from Kimball's division, and
numbering six hundred men, in felling trees in the ravines and in digging rifle-
pits. In this toil the Third Regiment, of course, furnished its share of men.
The weather was intensely hot, and the labor of chopping down the gum, oak
and other sorts of trees of primeval growth which filled some of the ravines was
severe in the extreme. Work of this sort, and digging rifle-pits at Haines7 and
Snyder's bluffs, was continued for several successive days, and was shared by
Smith's division. Rapid progress was made. Every man seemed to feel that
the rifle-pits would have a moral effect, as indeed they did, in keeping off Johns
ton's army. General Sherman, who had command of the troops watching for
Johnston, personally visited the works at Snyder's Bluff on the 16th of June,
and reported that they would enable the troops there "to hold any force from
north and northeast." June 15th the regiment moved with KimbalPs division
to Snyder's Bluff, two or three miles nearer Vicksburg, and camped on rather
low ground at the foot of the bluff, and about three miles from Chickasaw Bayou
Landing. A small stream flowed near the camp to the Yazoo River.

All these days we were almost constantly expecting an attack from Johnston.
On June 7th he telegraphed Pemberton from Canton, "We are nearly ready to
move, but don' t know the best route. " June 8th he was for a day at Benton, on the
west side of the Big Black, disposing of his cavalry "as near the Union forces as
circumstances would permit." June llth his preparations for advancing were
nearly completed and Jackson's division was ordered to the Big Black at Vernon.
June 16th the Confederate secretary of war, Seddon, telegraphed him: " Vicks
burg must not be lost without a desperate struggle. Attack in concert with the
garrison if practicable, but otherwise without; by day or night, as you think
best." June 22d Johnston telegraphed Pemberton: " I will have the means of
moving in a day or two, and will try to make a diversion in your favor."
Gen. Grant says in his memoirs: "On the 22d of June positive information was
received that Johnston had crossed the Big Black River for the purpose of
attacking our rear, to raise the siege and release Pemberton." That same night
Gen. Smith's division marched out nine miles from Snyder's Bluff in the sup
posed direction of Johnston. But he had not come; and finally he found it would
not be prudent to attack at Haines' or Snyder's Bluff. In his report as pub
lished in the "Rebellion Record," he states: "On June 29th, field transporta
tion and other supplies having been obtained, the army marched toward the Big
Black, and on the evening of July 1st I encamped between Brownsville and the
river. Reconnaissances, which occupied the 2d and 3d, convinced me that attack
north of the railroad was impracticable. I determined, therefore, to make the
examinations necessary for the attempt south of the railroad. * * * On the

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night of the 3d a messenger was sent to Gen. Pemberton with information that
an attempt to create a diversion would be made to enable him to cut his way out,
and that I hoped to attack the enemy about the 7th.'7 But Yicksburg fell on
the 4th of July. He had made no attack, and the Third Eegiment did its full
share in keeping him at bay.

Just as soon as the Vicksburg garrison became prisoners Grant was able to
let Sherman, with Ord's, Steele's and Parke's corps, attack Johnston and send
him flying in disorder beyond the vicinity of Jackson. The movement began
July 5th. The same morning, at nine o'clock, the Third Eegiment received orders
to march with five days' rations to Oak Eidge, more than half way to the Big
Black Eiver, and which is on the road leading to the important Birdsong Ferry,
where Sherman's headquarters had been for several days. It was an intensely
hot and dusty march. The regiment arrived at Oak Eidge at 2:30 P. M. The
campaign having proved successful and Johnston being on the retreat many
miles east of Jackson, Sherman's command began to march back to Vicksburg
on the 20th of July. The next day the Third Eegiment received orders to
return to Snyder's Bluff; it started at 6 p. M. and arrived at 10 P. M.; distance,
eight miles. At Oak Eidge, Col. Griggs, on account of poor health, and to the
regret of the regiment, tendered his resignation, which was accepted, and he was
succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel Andrews, who took command July 16th.

CAMPAIGN OF ARKANSAS.

The 23d of July the regiment was paid by Major Bailey, and the next day it
embarked on the Autocrat for Helena, where it was destined to take part in
the Arkansas expedition. On the passage there were fifteen of the men who
were sick abed. The regiment arrived at Helena at 9 A. M., Sunday, the 26th,
landed, put its wagons together, loaded them, and all were in column on the
march to camp in an hour from the time the steamer arrived. It camped two
miles below town, in a grove on the bank of the Mississippi. Its strength was
four hundred present for duty. As was usual in hot weather, when there was
likelihood of remaining in camp several days, an arbor of tree branches was
built over the tents.

During its twenty days at Helena it had four battalion drills, also company
drills on several days. It there for the first time executed a part of the bayonet
exercise on dress parade. July 29th half the regiment marched eight miles to
a plantation and returned with two wagon-loads of ears of green corn. August
12th Major General Frederick Steele, who on the 5th had assumed command of
"the army to take the field from Helena, Ark.," and of which the regiment was
a part, came and reviewed it, and expressed much satisfaction at its appearance
and marching. It was now in the Second Brigade with the Twenty-second Ohio,
Twenty-seventh Wisconsin, Fortieth Iowa and One Hundred and Twenty-sixth
Illinois, Colonel Oliver Wood of the Twenty- second Ohio, by seniority, brigade
commander, and was in the Second (Kimball's) Division, temporarily com
manded by Col. William E. McLean of the Forty-third Indiana. The object of
the expedition was to expel the Confederate forces from Arkansas and perma
nently occupy the state. The Confederate army, which, July 4th, had been re
pulsed at Helena, now numbered 9,000, and was near Little Eock, under Gen.
Sterling Price. Gen. Steele's column now to move from Helena numbered
only 6,000; but at Clarendon, fifty miles further on, he was to be joined by Gen.
Davidson's cavalry division of nine regiments and some field artillery, number
ing 4,000 effectives, which had marched from Missouri. Near Little Eock he
was reinforced by True's infantry brigade; and September 10th, after captur
ing that place, the number present for duty in his army was only 10,479. On
the march, however, he, from sound policy, let the impression get to the enemy
that his army numbered 25,000.

The Third Eegiment, Colonel Andrews commanding, with three hundred and
eighty effectives, which made it one of the largest, if not the largest regiment,
in the column, marched from Helena, August 13th, at 2:20 p. M. The heat was
intense. It marched slowly a few miles over low ground, then ascended a high

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ridge lying behind Helena, and camped at nine o' clock in an elevated body of
hard timber; distance, eight miles. The regiment was up according to orders
at two and a half o'clock the next morning, was ready to march at four, but,
having to wait for some other part of the brigade to get ready, did not move
out till five. It marched twelve miles to Big Creek, halting to rest frequently
in the shade, and came on to its camping ground at noon in fine spirits. The
next morning, August 15th, it was up at half-past two, the inspiring reveill£
being sounded as usual by our bugles; marched at four and a half, but was de
layed an hour and a half for a wagon train to cross a bridge, and camped at
Cyprus Swamp at 4 p. M. ; distance, twelve miles. Sunday, the 16th, it was up
at 1:30 A. M., started at three and a half o'clock and marched twelve miles to
Cyprus Creek through a low, level country of timber, with some pine, and
camped at 9:30 o'clock A. M. Cyprus Creek is a sluggish stream, and was covered
with a green scum. Eegular Sunday inspection at 6 p. M. Monday, the 17th,
marched at 4 A. M. ; reached Clarendon, on the White Eiver, at 1 P. M. ; distance,
twelve miles, and camped one mile and a half from the river. Eemained there
a week, during which time its sick list increased and numbered forty on the
20th. Clarendon at that time had only about fifty buildings, scarcely one of
which appeared occupied. Windows had been broken, and the ashes here and
there told the tale of previous destruction. There was not a trading shop open.
The army having all crossed White Eiver by the afternoon of the 23d, the regi
ment resumed its march and reached Devall's Bluff at noon of the 24th, and
camped half a mile back from the west bank of White Eiver in a forest of large
oaks, the general surface being sixty feet above the river. White Eiver is a
clear, rapid and fine navigable stream. Much of the soil at the Bluff is a stiff,
red clay . The malaria, to which very many of the troops had been exposed in the
Yazoo Valley, was showing the effects in disease, especially fever. Gen. Steele
wrote from Devall's Bluff August 23d: "The sick list is frightful." Over
1,000 of his command were then sick. The Third Eegiment, however, was
not suffering so much as some other regiments. August 31st its effective force
present was three hundred and sixty-two; present, sick, fifty- two. The advance
was resumed September 1st, the regiment marching at seven and a half o'clock.
The first three miles was through oak forest; then we came out upon a hand
some prairie, skirted on each side with hard timber. The air was bracing, and
we could almost realize we were on one of the beautiful prairies of Minnesota.
The supply train of one hundred and sixty wagons had started on another road,
and was moving in full view about a mile to our right. When the whole col
umn had got upon the prairie it afforded an interesting picture. We camped,
after a march of twenty miles, near Bayou Meto, and the next morning marched
eight miles further to Brownsville, arriving at ten, and camped two miles south
of the town. Twenty miles of our march from Devall's Bluff had been over
low prairie, bearing luxuriant grass; but in all that distance we did not see
more than six farms. We waited at Brownsville three days for a train to go
back to Devall's Bluff and return with supplies. Then, September 6th, marched
twelve miles and went into camp ten miles from Brownsville. The next day
the regiment was the rear guard of the brigade, and though in line ready to
move at four in the morning, it could not start till eleven. Halts were frequent
in consequence of bad places in the road which the teams encountered, and the
march was tedious. Went eight miles, and at 5 P. M. camped two and a half miles
north of the Arkansas Eiver and ten miles from Little Eock. There was here
a halt of two days, partly to enable Gen. Steele to select the best place for
crossing the river, during which we tested Arkansas sweet potatoes and water
melons. Commencing in the vicinity of Brownsville, the advance of the column,
naturally, had met more or less resistance, resulting in several spirited skir
mishes, and there had been repeated occasions when, from the firing in front,
the regiment seemed liable to be called into action.

The combat of Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Eock occurred Thurs
day, September 10th, the principal part of the action falling on the cavalry divis
ion. At three o'clock that morning the Third Eegiment, under command of

168 THE THIRD REGIMENT.

the colonel, and followed by the Eleventh Ohio Battery, inarched in the advance
two and a half miles, and at break of day halted on the north and convex side
of a big bend of the Arkansas Eiver at a place selected for laying a pontoon bridge.
A road down the bank to the water's edge was being finished. The channel
of the river was about three hundred feet wide, and between that and the oppo
site bank was a sand-bar six hundred yards wide. The regiment immediately
formed in line on the right of where the bridge was to be laid, leaving room for
the battery on its left. Its position was behind a levee, with some of its sharp
shooters closer to the river. Soon the Twenty-second Ohio, Twenty-seventh
Wisconsin and Fortieth Iowa arrived and took position on the right and in rear
of the Third. Other troops formed on our left later. The enemy's artillery in
woods on the opposite bank opened on the party laying the bridge before it was
done, and continued for an hour firing upon them and on our line, but without
very serious effect. It was replied to and finally silenced by three of our bat
teries. The engagement thus far was only amusement for the men of the Third.
The bridge was ready at ten o'clock, when two regiments of infantry, the
Fortieth Iowa, followed by the Twenty-seventh Wisconsin, crossed over in column
by company at full distance, each as soon as it was upon the sand-bar deploying
into line and steadily advancing and gaining the main bank. Every one ex
pected that at any moment a terrible fire would be opened upon them. It was a
spectacle seen by our whole army stretched along the river bank. The cavalry
now began to cross the bridge, continuing an hour and a half. But soon after it
had begun a good ford was discovered a little above the bridge, through which a
file continued to cross. After the cavalry had crossed it advanced with its ar
tillery toward Little Eock, along the south side of the Arkansas Eiver, and be
fore dark drove the enemy from their works at Bayou Fourche, and moved on
five miles further to the city. Meantime the two infantry regiments recrossed
the river, and Gen. Steele's main force advanced slowly over a dusty road in the
timber along the north bank. We were stopped by several skirmishes, and in
fact artillery firing continued in our front nearly all the afternoon. But the re
sistance was only enough to enable the enemy to make a safe retreat from his
strong fortifications on the north side of the river, and which he was led to do
from the effective demonstration which Gen. Steele caused to be made on the
south side. Gen. Price with his army retreated south to Arkadelphia as rapidly
as he could, and so rapidly indeed that he failed to destroy his pontoon bridge
at Little Eock. The Third Eegiment passed his well-built and formidable earth
works late in the afternoon, and it was dark when, having been on the alert
nineteen hours, it reached camp on the river bank a mile below Little Eock, and
where it found the Confederate kitchen fires still burning and their corn cakes
yet warm.

AT LITTLE EOCK, ARKANSAS.

At seven the next morning the regiment, pursuant to instructions from the
division commander, marched over the pontoon bridge into the city of Little
Eock, and, while ascending the high ground from the landing, Gen. Steele in
formed Col. Andrews that he would be put in command of Little Eock, and that
he had selected his regiment as one of two infantry regiments to come into the
city on duty because of its efficiency and good discipline. This compliment,
which was a surprise, was, of course, without request or the slightest suggestion
of any one connected with the regiment. The regiment in column by company
proceeded up the main street to the capitol, which it exclusively occupied for
quarters during most of the eight or nine months that it remained on guard duty
in the city. On the dome of the capitol it raised the federal flag, which was
destined to remain the permanent ensign. The following day, September 12th,
the colonel was by special order detailed as commander of the post of Little
Eock, with a brigade composed of the Third Minnesota, Forty-third Illinois and
Seventh Missouri Cavalry, for service in preserving good order in the city. The
immediate command of the regiment then devolved on Lieut. Col. Mattson
till the beginning of November, when he went to Minnesota on recruiting

VETERANIZING. 169

service. Post headquarters were in a bank building opposite the capitol.
The private quarters or mess of the colonel and the field officers of the regiment
were at a cottage, a few rods distant, and owned by Mr. Waite, a citizen. The
grounds around the capitol were ample for company drill, which was not
neglected. It was not uncommon for considerable numbers of people to gather
in front of the capitol to witness the regiment's skill in the manual of arms on
dress parade. During the autumn and winter, when the weather would admit,
brigade drills were conducted by the colonel on the ground in front of St. John's
College, with the Third Minnesota and Forty-third Illinois divided into three
battalions. Little Eock at that time was a handsome town situated two hun
dred feet above the Arkansas Eiver. Many of the residences were tasteful, with
ample and pleasant grounds. The arsenal, which had cost the United States
$1,000,000, was in fair condition. The citizens were all respectful and civil,
many even cordial. There was a respectable union element, which soon began
to express itself openly and with systematic organization. To a delegation of
citizens from Pine Bluff Gen. Steele read, as expressive of his sentiments, a
short order which had been issued by the colonel on his own responsibility as
post commander, September 16th, and which contained the following: "The true
interest of the Government at this time, so far as it is represented by troops here,
is by all means to abstain from unnecessarily irritating the citizens; to abstain
from all conduct that will tend to tarnish the good name of the federal army,
and by courtesy and good conduct to command the respect and encourage the
loyalty of the people." The prominent position which the Third Eegimerit occu
pied at Little Eock, its exemplary conduct, intelligence and friendly intercourse
with the people, contributed not a little to the development of loyal feeling. A
Confederate colonel, writing from the Confederate camp in Arkansas, Novem
ber 6th, to Jefferson Davis, said: " General Steele, the federal commander, is
winning golden opinions by his forbearance, justice and urbanity. Anyone can
judge what will follow.'7 Gen. W. T. Sherman, in a letter to Gen. Steele, dated
Oct. 24, 1863, congratulated him on his " marked success " and said: " I have
no doubt you have made more progress in Arkansas toward a reconstruction
of government than we have in any part of the country east of the Mississippi."
Delegates to frame a free state constitution met at Little Eock on the 8th of
January, 1864. It being a spontaneous movement of the people, and not initi
ated by any official authority, the convention was scouted by many as an illegal
body. The colonel of the regiment, who was in a position to be of some service
to the delegates, gave it earnest support from the start. President Lincoln re
spected its* action, and even changed the day he had previously appointed for
election to harmonize with it. The free constitution which it submitted was
ratified by popular vote, Isaac Murphy was elected governor for four years, and
held his office till a successor was chosen under the final reconstruction act. Gen.
Steele' s success in promoting reconstruction in Arkansas, and thereby contribut
ing great moral aid in the suppression of the Eebellion, was distinguished, and
the Third Minnesota will always be justly entitled to a share of the honor.

VETERANIZING.

General Order 191, "War Department, June 25, 1863, promulgated regula
tions for enlisting " Veteran Volunteers," to be organized as such at the expira
tion of their original terms of enlistment. Those who so re- enlisted were to
receive one month's pay in advance, and a bounty and premium, amounting in
all to $402, payable as follows: On being mustered in, 1 month's pay, $13; first
installment of bounty, $25; premium, $2; in all, $40; 2 months after muster in,
$50; expiration of 6 months' service, $50; expiration of 12 months' service, $50;
expiration of 18 months' service, $50; expiration of 2 years' service, $50; expir
ation of 2J years' service, $50; expiration of 3 years' service, $75. If the Gov
ernment should not require such troops 3 years and they should be honorably
mustered out before the expiration of their term of enlistment, they were to re
ceive the whole bounty; also, as soon after the expiration of their original term
of enlistment as the exigencies of the service would permit, they were to re-

170 THE THIRD REGIMENT.

ceive a thirty days' furlough. Moderate progress only toward the veteran re-
enlistment of the regiment was being made; and on Tuesday afternoon, Jan.
5, 1864, at three and a half o' clock, the colonel had the regiment assembled in
the hall of the house of representatives, and explained to the men the regula
tions for re- enlisting. They were also told that in such an act of patriotism they
could not make a mistake j that they were worth more to the country than new
men, that probably the war would not last more than about a year longer, that
they would not be contented to be in civil life and leave others to strike the fin
ishing blows; and that for the honor of their state and the good of the service,
they should keep the Third Regiment in existence as long as the war lasted. By
Thursday, the 7th, the re- enlistment was completed. Company K having been
the first to veteranize, started January 12th for Minnesota on its furlough. Feb
ruary 7th Companies A, D, and F left on their furloughs.

BATTLE OF FITZHUGH'S WOODS.

Wednesday, March 23d, General Steele, with about 9,000 men, being the
main, part of his army, marched south from Little Rock to co-operate in
General Banks' Red River campaign, leaving Brigadier General Nathan Kim
ball in command of troops along and north of the line of the Arkansas River.
The next day General Kimball assigned all the troops left in the vicinity of
Little Rock, some 3,000, to the command of Colonel Andrews. March 30th, Gen
eral Kimball received from a citizen residing near Augusta, a fertile and popu
lous part of northeastern Arkansas, information of a camp of a Confederate
recruiting party in that locality, and learning from Captain Carr, chief quarter
master, that a boat could be in readiness early the next morning at DevalPs
Bluff to convey a small force up White River, Colonel Andrews was authorized
to make the expedition. The latter immediately conferred with Major Foster,
in command of the Third Regiment, who cordially entered into the movement.
Volunteers numbering one hundred and eighty-six, from Companies B, C, E, G,
H, and I of the Third, under the immediate command of Major Foster, left Little
Rock with Colonel Andrews by railway the same evening; embarked early the
next morning on the steamer Dove with Captain L. I. Mathews' company,
numbering forty-five, of the Eighth Missouri Cavalry, and ascended White River,
the gunboat Covington, under Lieutenant Lord, accompanying. Arriving at
Gregory's Landing at dusk, the command marched, in rain and darkness, three
miles to Cache Bayou, which the cavalry forded with difficulty but without
accident, and found that one of General McRae's camps which it had been intended
to surprise had been abandoned that morning. Returning to the transport the
command moved on to Augusta, where it landed early the next morning, April 1st,
and, little supposing it was to have so serious a conflict as the battle of Fitz-
hugh's Woods, marched north on the Jacksonport road. A detail from the
Third Regiment was left as a guard on the steamboat under Sergeant Early, and
the whole force with which Colonel Andrews marched out of Augusta did not
exceed two hundred men. It had been learned that General McRae's principal
camp was near Antony's plantation, seven miles distant. Our advance met and
charged a small party of the enemy a mile out from Augusta, and captured two
prisoners. Some three miles out, at the fork of two roads, the cavalry advance
waited for the Third to come up, when a force, which proved to be Major Ruther
ford's, was met and driven into the woods on a road leading to the right. At
the bayou, six miles from Augusta, another mounted party, of which, as subse
quently learned, General McRae was one, was met and chased a mile or two.
Beyond Fitzhugh's plantation a Confederate camp was found which appeared
to have been recently and suddenly abandoned. About twelve and a half
o'clock rest and lunch were taken at rather a wild place some twelve miles
above Augusta, near a church, and where the ground was hilly and wooded.
The actual situation, with regard to any Confederate forces, instead of being as
reported at Little Rock, was that Brigadier General Dandridge McRae, who had
handled a brigade in several important battles and was an able officer, had there
in the surrounding locality a brigade, though composed partly of conscripts,

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and was meditating a crushing attack. Colonel Andrews, though not learning
all these facts, there obtained information from a citizen which made him
apprehend an attack from a superior force on his return march, and which led
him to keep his command well in hand.

On the way back to the transport the Third Eegiment had passed the road
leading to McCoy's, and less than a mile further on halted near Fitzhugh's to
rest, it being then two o'clock. While it was there a mounted force of the
enemy advanced in line through a field from the direction of McCoy's, fired and
charged with a yell. Some men of the Third met their attack with a volley fire
which dismounted a few, then charged and drove them back in. disorder into
the woods, where they disappeared. Resuming its march, with the rear guard
strengthened, it had gone about two miles further and was emerging from some
woods within a few hundred yards of a large swamp and bayou where there
were slashings, which, together with the overflow, obstructed the road, when
the enemy appeared in much greater force, first attacking our rear guard fierce
ly. At our front there was, on the left and east side of the road, a field in which
stood a thin body of dead trees, while immediately on the west side of the road
was heavy timber, with more or less dead logs lying about, but not much under
brush. It was at once apparent that the enemy had collected all his forces and
meditated our destruction. His lines, having previously been deployed, ad
vanced through the field on the left in good order, but shouting loudly, and
seemed almost to encircle us. The Third men came into line, and with their
effective fire were not long in repulsing the attack on the left; but soon there
was a sharp attack from the woods on the right. A line of skirmishers of the
Third was deployed to the right in the woods, firing at will, a strong company
being held in reserve. Captain Mathews' company of the Eighth Missouri
formed on the left and fought dismounted. In the early part of the action
Union and Confederate lines were not more than two hundred yards apart.
Both sides used defiant shouts. The clamor for awhile was intense, yet above it
the Confederate chiefs could be heard urging their men to charge. Finally they
started on a charge which appeared so threatening and formidable that, to re
pulse it, the Third Eegiment, led by its colonel, made a counter- charge with
fixed bayonets, which was effective, and seemed to prove the decisive feature of
the action. It was a few minutes after the charge that the horse which the eol-
onel was riding was killed, the bullet striking near the colonel's left knee. At
one time the firing and clamor were so intense that " cease firing " was sounded
on the bugle so that commands might be heard. A stubborn battle had lasted
an hour when a part of the Confederate force was seen moving around to the
right at difficult range, apparently to intercept our passage of the bayou. To
prevent that, the larger part of the Third Regiment was moved one hundred
and fifty yards nearer the bayou, and where it also had the protection of a clus
ter of log buildings and some fences. The Confederates, supposing this was a
retreat, rose up and advanced with a great deal of noise, but received a very
damaging fire from the Third men in their new position, which they held for
about an hour and a half. The firing, which had been interrupted by several
lulls, then ceased, and the enemy had practically disappeared. The ford at the
bayou was over a hundred yards wide, and to guard against a possible attack
in crossing, before resuming the march, Major Foster, by direction of the
colonel, posted a line of sharpshooters concealed on both flanks of the crossing
in the woods. The march was then resumed, the crossing of the ford was made
without accident, and the little column marched in good order to the steamboat
at Augusta, a distance of about six miles, the road passing through woods, by
cross-roads and open fields, where the Confederates, if they had felt it prudent,
could have chosen their position and renewed the fight; but they made no fur
ther attack and the detachment of the Third Regiment and Captain Mathews'
company of the Eighth Missouri Cavalry deliberately embarked and returned
to their respective camps.

During the action a detail from the Third Regiment was in the rear guarding
prisoners, of whom twelve besides a commissioned officer were held; so, that

172 THE THIRD REGIMENT.

deducting also the guard which had been left on the steamer, the whole number
of men which Colonel Andrews had actually engaged in the fight was only one
hundred and eighty. l His loss was eight killed and twenty-one wounded, one of
the killed being from the Eighth Missouri. First Sergeant Corydon D. Bevans
of Company E, who was among the killed, had lately received a commission as
lieutenant and was about to be mustered. Washington J. Smith of Company I,
killed on the skirmish line, seems to have had a presentiment of his fate. On
leaving his quarters at Little Rock he shook hands with his chum, Charles D.
Lamb, saying he never would see him again. The brave and faithful behavior
of Major Foster and all the officers and men of the Third Regiment, likewise of
Captain Mathews of the Eighth Missouri, and his company, during the action
were deserving of the highest praise. Adjutant E. T. Champlin of the Third
moved about on his'horse in the thickest of the fight, in the more critical stages
regardless of danger, cheering and rallying the men. His distinguished gal
lantry and efficiency drew the warmest commendation from the colonel com
manding there on the field. There were, no doubt, moments when the contest
seemed critical and desperate. Sergeant, afterward captain, G. "W. Knight,
reported to the colonel that his company was out of ammunition. The reply
made was, " We have our bayonets left.77 The sober feeling prevalent was for a
moment relieved by a droll expression from Lieutenant Swan as a riderless
cavalry horse came jumping in front of our line. The Third Regiment men
about exhausted their ammunition in the action, and it was afterward learned
that the Confederates had done the same. A few of the severely wounded of
the Third were left at the house above mentioned, were kindly cared for there
and by citizens at Augusta, and returned to Little Rock with the expedition
which a short time afterward revisited Augusta. The loss in General McRae's
command was understood to have been severe, especially among the commis
sioned officers, of whom one or more prominent ones, including Captain Bland,
were killed. Among the wounded were Colonel Freeman and Major Shaver.
General McRae's force actually engaged in- the action consisted of a regiment of
four hundred men under Colonel Thomas Freeman, three companies under Major
George Rutherford, and an independent company, in all about six hundred men.
Confederate sympathizers in Augusta had counted the Union force as it marched
through the village in the morning, and its defeat and capture was confidently
expected by them. The battle had an important effect in discouraging and
breaking up recruiting in that populous agricultural region. The Third Regi
ment reached Little Rock the afternoon of April 2d, having made an expedition
of one hundred and sixty-eight miles and back inside of three days. On Sunday,
April 10th, memorial religious services in honor of those who fell at Fitzhugh's
Woods, conducted by Chaplain Putnam, were held at the regiment's camp.

On Monday, April 18th, the regiment marched in a fine civic and military
procession at Little Rock for the inauguration of Isaac Murphy, the first free
state governor of Arkansas.

April 19th Colonel Andrews repeated his expedition up the White River
with a larger force, comprising the Third Minnesota, under immediate command
of Lieutenant Colonel Mattson, and Sixty-first Illinois regiments of infantry, and
a company of the Eighth Missouri Cavalry. A. march was made on two roads
from Augusta. The enemy could not be brought to make a stand, but a Confeder
ate field officer and a few men were captured. A steam mill where the Confed
erate troops ground their corn was disabled. A junction was also formed at

1 The following are the casualties sustained by the Third Regiment in the battle of Fitzhugh's
Woods, April 1, 1864: Killed — Privates Benjamin Sanderson, Ole Hanson, Company B; Private
Henry W. Farns worth, Company C; First Sergeant Corydon D. Bevans, Private Clark D. Harding,
Company E; Corporal George H. Peaslee, Company H; Private Washington J. Smith, Company
I. Wounded — Quartermaster Sergeant Heman D. Pettibone, First Sergeant Henry A. Durant,
Sergeant Albert G. Hunt, Corporal Edward Frygang, Privates William F. Ingham, George Breuer,
William Shearer, Company B; Corporals Henry W. Wallace and Orrin Case, Company C; Corporals
Isaac Sawyer and Albert G. Leach, Company E; Privates Andrew Brigham, Albert Pierce, Com
pany G; Privates Rollin O. Crawford, John Eaton, Company H; Privates Joseph Markling, Andrew
Clark, John Pope, Company I.

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Augusta with the forces stationed at Jaeksonport. The only casualty occurring in
Colonel Andrews' command was the drowning of a man who walked off a trans
port in his sleep. While this movement took place a detachment of the Eighth
Missouri Cavalry under its lieutenant colonel, the detail having been made by
the commanding officer of the regiment, who had for a considerable period been
stationed at Devall's Bluff, inarched up the east side of Cache Eiver to prevent
the enemy escaping in that direction. It was, however, attacked by a superior
force, and though it fought a spirited combat it was prevented from accomplish
ing the object it had in view.

Some months previous to this time one or two commissioned officers and
several non-commissioned officers and privates of the Third Eegiment had been
detailed by General Steele, at Colonel Andrews' request, to recruit men for a
colored regiment. On the latter' s recommendation, and after they had under
gone an examination, two commissioned officers and twenty-one non-commissioned
officers and privates were promoted as commissioned officers in the United States
Colored Infantry Regiments. l At that time, and even later, many Union officers
obstructed rather than facilitated the enlistment of colored troops. The Third
Eegiment held different views. Instead of leaving able-bodied freedmen to cul
tivate plantations of men who were absent in Confederate armies, it preferred to
make Union soldiers of them. Details from the regiment recruited in all, while
at Little Eock, nearly enough men to fill a colored regiment. Every expedition
that the regiment made brought back a number of bright and able-bodied freed
men. Those who accepted commissions in colored regiments incurred, though
unjustly, more or less prejudice, and more risks than other officers in case of
their falling into the hands of the enemy. These facts entitle them to considera
tion which, probably, in many cases they have not received. Naturally the
slave-holding class often made the colored men fear they would be roughly
treated if they became soldiers, and, as a counter-measure, recruiting sometimes
had to partake the nature of conscription. One morning, in a street at Little
Eock, an officer met a colored soldier with musket on his shoulder, running after
a freedrnan, and asked: "What are you chasing that fellow for?" "I want him
for to volunteer!" was the reply. During the Third's first expedition up White
Eiver, and while the steamboat, April 1st, was lying at Augusta with no troops
on board but a guard under Sergeant Early, the captain of the boat intrusively
undertook to release to their former masters a number of able-bodied freedmen,
who had voluntarily come, or been brought, on board. Sergeant Early, as soon
as he detected the proceeding, had the steamboat captain retire to his stateroom,
and there pass the balance of the day in quiet meditation on minding one's own
business.

1 The following members of the Third Eegiment received commissions in colored regiments:
Company A, Sergeant J. N. Fox, captain 57th U. S. C. I. (United States Colored Infantry) ; Musi
cian C. F. Redlon, second lieutenant 113th U. S. C. L; Private T. H. Green, first lieutenant 57th
U. S. C. L; Private J. E. Jenks, first lieutenant 112th U. S. C. L; Company B, Sergeant B. F.
Simmons, captain 112th U. S. C. I. ; Corporal J. H. Ward, first lieutenant 113th U. S. C. I. ; Company
C, Private L. L. Rundell, first lieutenant 112th U. S. C. I. ; Private C. F. Wagoner, first lieutenant
57th U. S. C. I. (Private Marion L. Freeman of this company had been designated for promotion,
and was captured, it is believed, at the battle of Jenkins' Ferry, with some colored recruits. He
died a prisoner of war at Camp Tyler, Texas, Dec. 14, 1864.) Company D, First Lieutenant John
G. Gustafson, lieutenant colonel 112th U. S. C. I. ; Company E, Sergeant Major W. D. Hale, major
4th U. S. C. Artillery; Corporal T. A. Baker, second lieutenant 4th U. S. C. Artillery; private B.
Densmore, captain 4th U. S. C. Artillery; W. D. Bryant, first lieutenant 112th U. S. C. L; Private
J. Morrell, second lieutenant 112th U. S. C. L; Private H. K. McGaughey, first lieutenant 112th
U. S. C. I. : Private Henry C. Collins, second lieutenant 49th U. S. C. I. ; Company F, Captain J.
M. Bowler, major 113th U. S. C. I. ; Private B. McKenna, first lieutenant 57th U. S. C. I. ; Com
pany G, Sergeant R. C. Custard, captain 112th U. S. C. I. ; Sergeant A. F. Dearborn, first lieutenant
Company G, 4th U. S. C. Artillery; Corporal F. Skillman, first lieutenant 113th U. S. C. L; Pri
vate P. Skillman, second lieutenant 113th U. S. C. I. ; Private W. W. De Long, first lieutenant
113th U. S. C. L; Company H, Sergeant J. Seible, captain 4th U. S. C. Artillery; Corporal Jesse
Barrick, second lieutenant 57th U. S. C. I. ; Company I, Sergeant J. J. Cantwell, captain 112th U.
S. C. I. ; Sergeant S. M. Bruce, captain 112th U. S. C. I. ; Private Frank Becker, second lieutenant
113th U. S. C. I. ; Private O. E. Boughton, first lieutenant 57th U. S. C. I. ; Private James C.
Cantwell. first lieutenant 57th U. S. C. L; Private F. Schilplin, first lieutenant 113th U. S. C. L;
Private P. Shippman, captain 113th U. S. C. I.

174 THE THIRD REGIMENT.

PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

When, after General Banks' defeat on the Bed Eiver, General Steele, who
had hoped to join him, was at Camden, Ark., on his way back to Little Eock,
and pursued by a superior army under E. Kirby Smith, a heavy supply train
for his hungry army, with a column of 3,000 of all arms as escort, was about being
started from Pine Bluff, Ark. Colonel Andrews, having April 26th received
his commission as a general officer, was put in command of this escort and train.
An empty wagon train with brigade escort, coming from Camden to Pine Bluff
on the road he was to take, after hard fighting had just been captured. The
road for some distance lay through woods swarming with the enemy, and the
duty seemed extremely perilous. The Third Eegiment was still on duty as
provost guard in Little Eock, and knowing, as Andrews did, that he could de
pend absolutely on its skill and bravery in a desperate fight, at his request a
newer regiment, which was marching to Pine Bluff to take part in the movement,
was sent back to Little Eock, and the Third Minnesota taken in its place. The
Third went to Pine Bluff on the steamer Leonora, April 28th; the train gob
lengthened out, the advance, under Col. Powell Clayton (who at Gen. Andrews7
request generously volunteered to accompany the expedition), had gone twenty
miles and laid a bridge, and the main column was waiting final instructions to
start, when, the evening of the 29th, in midst of a heavy rain, a lieutenant arrived
from Gen. Steele with orders not to move, he being on the retreat to Little Eock,
and having just fought a hard battle at Jenkins' Ferry, on the Saline Eiver.
The Third Eegiment' s discipline and excellent fighting qualities thus brought it
to the then very unhealthy locality of Pine Bluff, where, on account of that place
being threatened, it was detained through the summer working on fortifications,
and suffered excessive mortality from malarial poison. During its stay there
thirty of its original members died from disease, besides many more recruits, and
nearly all suffered much sickness. Its condition was deplorable; and, under all
the circumstances, its loss there may be viewed in the same manner as if it had
occurred in battle. Gen. Andrews, who shortly afterward was placed in com
mand of Devall's Bluff and of the Second Division of the Seventh Corps, made
an earnest appeal to Gen. Steele to return the Third Eegiment to Little Eock,
but the commander at Pine Bluff represented that it could not be spared. l

1Dr. A. C. Wedge of Albert Lea, the efficient and faithful surgeon of the regiment, who also-
suffered from illness there, explains the nature and cause of the prevailing disease in the following
observations by him on the sanitary history of the regiment: " When I joined the regiment at
Murfreesboro, Tenn., in May, 1862, I found the men reasonably healthy. They were suifering to
some extent from the effect of an epidemic of measles which they had undergone the winter previ
ous in Kentucky. The disease in an army camp is much more malignant than in civil life, and
the chances for contagion much more favorable. A soldier who has not had the disease in child
hood is quite sure to contract it in the army. A large proportion of those who had measles were
so much broken down in health that they had to be discharged from the service.

"The most prevalent disease in an army camp is chronic diarrhea, the result of a sudden change
in the manner of living, the lack of properly cooked food, and the lack of some kinds of food fur
nished in civil life. An army should, as far as possible, be composed of young men (unless they
are veterans), as a man past middle age cannot adapt himself to the changes in manner of living
and the irregularities incident to active military service, The command did not suffer much from
the influence of malaria until we went to Vicksburg. There the poor water and the miasma of the
Yazoo River poisoned every one to some extent, but we brought every one of our men out of that
'valley of death,' though many of them afterward suffered from the poison that they there ab
sorbed. At Helena, Ark., and on the march to Little Rock, they were constantly under the influ
ence of malaria. We rallied during the winter of 1863-64, and had suffered but little loss of life
from the effects of the summer campaign, and in the spring of '64 we had quite a healthy, vigor
ous body of men.

"I come to the memorable summer of 1864, at Pine Bluff, Ark. While there our regiment
suffered from a most violent epidemic of malarial fever, and I will only attempt to deal with the
causes. In the first place, it is a flat, swampy, unhealthy locality — the Arkansas River on the
north and a filthy bayou on the south. The season was dry and hot. The south wind came over
the bayou night and day, bringing miasma into our camp. One reason of suffering was the addi
tion to our regiment of a lot of unacclimated men fresh from the North. In April, 1864, several
hundred recruits joined us, and were immediately taken into this unhealthy locality. Of these
recruits about eight-tenths were stricken down of malarial fever, and eighty-nine died. In June
there were added to our number some drafted men. Nearly all of these fell sick of the disease,

AT DEVALL'S BLUFF. 175

A LATE FURLOUGH.

"When, on Sunday, August 14th, Companies B, C, E, G, H and I arrived at
DevalFs Bluff en route home on veteran furlough, their situation was pathetic.
Many of the poor fellows were so lean and pale that their own mothers could
scarcely have recognized them. Gen. Steele had telegraphed the commanding
officer at DevalFs Bluff that they would arrive, by whom some extra provision,
including roast beef, was made for their comfort.

June 27th information was received by Steele that Price, with 15,000 men,
was near Princeton, advancing on Little Rock. During the summer the enemy
occasionally showed himself near Pine Bluff. One of these demonstrations by
cavalry was made in June near the camp of the Third Eegiment. Lieutenant
Isaac Taylor, with Company H, was immediately across the bridge over the
bayou close by, and after advancing a quarter to half a mile drew a brisk fire
from the enemy, which was answered by his men. Firing continued for twenty
or thirty minutes and then ceased. Taylor advanced a quarter of a mile fur
ther, protected by trees and stumps, and after a few more shots the enemy dis
appeared. During this skirmish the rest of the regiment was in line in camp
ready to move. Apparently the object of the enemy, who had about five hun
dred men, was to surprise the camp.

AT DEVALL'S BLUFF.

September 24th General Steele telegraphed the commander at DevalFs Bluff
that he intended to send him the men of the regiment remaining at Pine Bluff.
They did not start, however, till October 10th. The six companies which had
gone on veteran furlough arrived back at DevalFs Bluff October 17th, recuper
ated; and the whole regiment, quartered in neat log houses which it made,
remained there through the ensuing winter, working on fortifications and per
forming picket and scouting service. Gen. Andrews continued in command of
the forces at DevalFs Bluff, which was Gen. Steele' s base of supplies, till Decem
ber 28th, when he was relieved by Gen. Shaler. The scouting parties sent out
from there by the former during the two months of November and December,
and in which the regiment took an important part, captured and brought in
eighty prisoners of war, including fourteen commissioned officers, with a loss of
only one man. Col. Mattson soon had command of a brigade at DevalFs Bluff,
leaving Lieutenant Colonel E. W. Foster in command of the regiment. Decem
ber 13th, under command of the lieutenant colonel, the regiment embarked on a

and thirty died. It is very unfortunate to be compelled to put men into such an intensely un
healthy locality in the very beginning of their service. We suffered here very much for the want
of medical supplies. I could not get a dose of quinine to break the fever on myself. I was relieved
from duty August 1st, and went home with the veterans. Had it not been for that circumstance
I probably would not be writing this. We moved to DevalFs Bluff about the last of October, 1864,
and during the winter following recovered to some extent from the effects of the Pine Bluff cam
paign. I am free to say I would much rather have been in a hard fought battle every week during
the summer (in a healthy locality) than to spend such a summer in that deadly locality. From
this time to the date of our muster-out there is nothing of interest in our medical history."

Colonel Mattson states: "At Pine Bluff, in the summer of 1864, while the whole command was
down sick, I wrote repeatedly to Senator Ramsey and to the governor of Minnesota asking relief,
and a surgeon was finally sent down from Minnesota with a large supply of quinine. I also got an
order, through the War Department, to take six companies home on veteran furlough. Many of
the men and officers, including myself, were carried on board the steamer on stretchers, and sev
eral died before we reached home."

A graphic account of the sufferings of the regiment at Pine Bluff was read by Lieutenant Phil
Skillman at its reunion, September, 1888, and printed. Interesting narratives of experience there
by Lieutenant Colonel Hoit and Hon. F. D. Bayless have also been published.

Lieutenant Skillman, in a letter, states: "The camp was situated from one-half to three-quar
ters of a mile west from the Arkansas River. A bayou extended partly around the town, and our
camp was just within this bayou. At first water was taken from the bayou, but it soon became
so vile that it could not be used for any purpose. We were too far away to use river water, hence
wells were sunk within the camp ground, and thereafter used. The well water was little better
than from the bayou; the soil being sandy the wells partook of the nature of the latter. North,
west and south, for a considerable distance, the country was wooded and brushy, with openings
at the plantations."

176 THE THIRD REGIMENT.

steamer and went up White Eiver to Augusta on a scout that was led by Col.
Mattson, the other troops consisting of a detachment of the Mnth Iowa Cavalry
and two companies of the Twelfth Michigan Infantry. The force landed near
Augusta at one and a half o'clock the morning of December 14th, and marched
over muddy roads to the ferry at Cache Eiver, the cavalry taking a circuitous
route. Colonel Mattson' s advance guard before daylight secured the ferry; the
Third Regiment and other troops crotssed, moved out through the country and
captured twenty-seven prisoners, including Col. Crabtree and two other com
missioned officers, their horses and camp supplies. Such was a sample of its
scouts.

At length the winter had passed. Lee had surrendered; the war was over;
yet the regiment had duty still to perform in helping to restore civil authority.
Colonel Mattson having been ordered with the regiment to establish a post at
Batesville, it embarked with him at Devall's Bluff May 13th and arrived at Bates-
ville on the 20th. l ' It was, ' ' he says, i i a delightful change from barren mud hills
to a beautiful town, rocks, hills, mountain views, flowers, shade trees, and above
all, pure, cool, sparkling spring water — not to speak of chickens, fresh butter, eggs
and vegetables, which the old soldiers knew how to appreciate." In a gen
eral order May 22d the colonel announced to the people of Batesville and
surrounding country that the object of the federal occupancy of the place was
* l their protection against armed forces of whatever kind, to give encouragement
to agriculture and other peaceful pursuits, and restore commercial intercourse."
People who desired to take the oath of allegiance were required to register
their names in the provost marshal's office. Eefugees of all sorts soon gathered
in crowds, asking protection, food, grain for seed, mules for plowing and other
assistance. About the 1st of June Colonel Mattson, by instruction, moved his
headquarters to Jacksonport. Companies D and G were left at Batesville, and
the balance of the command (including some cavalry) returned down the river
to Jacksonport, from which point Companies A and F were sent to Searcy and
B and H to Augusta. On the 3d of June the Confederate general Jeff Thomp
son arrived at Jacksonport and surrendered his command, which had been
gathering about the place for some days, to Colonel Mattson. After the sur
render, Jeff Thompson delivered his famous farewell address to his men.
" Frequently," says Colonel Mattson in his paper read before the regiment Sept.
1, 1886, "reports came from the mountains that bands of marauders were threat
ening the Union men, and on the 19th of July Companies C and I were sent to occu
py Powhatan for the better protection of the upper country. And thus the sum
mer months passed, pleasantly enough in some respects, — good health, easy work,
plenty of amusement and good living, — but we were all volunteer soldiers, and
felt that our duty was done when the war had ceased; a strong desire to return
to home, families and friends took possession of every one. Every steamer and
every courier was expected to bring orders for our muster-out."

The Third Eegiment was relieved August 21st, and the detached companies
having come in, it left Jacksonport August 28th, was mustered out of the service at
Devall's Bluff September 2d, and was finally discharged at Fort Snelling, Sept. 16,
1865. During its four years of service it had in all 1,417 members, of whom there
remained on the rolls only four hundred and thirty-two at the muster-out. It
had a checkered, striking, yet important experience. It served continuously
two years in Arkansas, a commonwealth of rich natural resources and destined
to become one of the great states of the Union. More than a hundred of its dead
sleep beneath her soil; and possibly when the era of the Civil War shall become
classic the name of the Third Minnesota will be mentioned in her annals. Cer
tain it is. however, that this veteran regiment never received more spontaneous
and disinterested praise than was bestowed upon it by an eminent patriot of
Arkansas. Isaac Murphy, who was the only man in the secession convention of
Arkansas who voted "no," and who, like a sturdy patriot worthy of the best days
of republican Eome, steadfastly adhered to the Union cause, and was finally
installed as the first free state governor of Arkansas — this incorruptible and
enlightened patriot, in a voluntary communication which he sent to the gover-

AT DEVALL'S BLUFF. 177

tior of Minnesota in token of his admiration of the Third Eegiment, said:
"While they have been on duty in our capital good order has prevailed, and
they have won the respect and esteem of the citizens. When called to meet
the enemy, they have proved ready for any undertaking and reliable in every
emergency. Such men are an honor to the Government and the cause they serve.
Their state may justly be proud of them, as they will do her credit wherever
duty calls them."

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THE THIRD REGIMENT.

ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THIRD REGIMENT MINNESOTA
VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

NAMES.

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Colonels —
Henry C. Lester
Chauncey W. Griggs
Christopher C.Andrews

Hans Mattson

Lieutenant Colonels—
BenJ. F. Smith

Nov. 15, '61
Dec. 1,'62
July 15, '63

June 13, '64
Nov. 5, '61

Dismissed Dec. 1, '62.
Capt. Co. B; Maj. May 1, '62; Lt. Col. May 29,'62; res. July 15, '63.
Capt. Company I, Lieut. Col. Dec. 1, '62; Col'. Julv 15, '63; Brig.
Gen. April 27, to date from Jan. 4, '64; Bvt.Maj.Gen.Mch.9,'65.
Capt. Co. D, Major May 29,'62; Lt.Col. July 15,'63; Col.Apl. 27,'64.

Resigned May 9, '62.
Capt.Co.G,Maj.July 15,'63; Lt,Col.Apl.27,'64; resigned May 22,'65.
1st Lt. Co. B, Capt., Maj. Nov. 13, '64; Lt. Col. May 25, '65.

Resigned May 1 , '62.
Capt. Co. H, Maj. Apl. 27, '61; res. before mustered, July 20, '64.
Captain Company A, Major July 21, '64; resigned Nov. 12,'64.

2d Lt. Co. K, Adjt. Jan. 9, '62; Capt., Com. Sub. June 13, '64.
Serg. Company B, 2d Lt., 1st Lt., Adjt. Jan. 14, '64; Capt. Co. F.
Apl. 17, '65; died at Devall's Bluff July, '65.
Capt. June 10,'65;2d Lt.Dec.l,'62;lst Lt. July 21,'64;Adj.July 21,'64.
2dand 1st Lt., Adj. .Capt. Co. F. July 19,'65; dis. per order Oct.'65,
Serg., Serg. Maj., 2d and 1st Lieut,, Adj. May 3, '65.

Dismissed Dec. 1, '62; 2d Lieutenant Company F.
Resigned March 2, '64.
Corp., Serg., Serg. Maj., Q. M.Mch. 3, '64; Capt. Co. I Jan. 1,'65.
Sergt., 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut., Quartermaster, Capt.Co.H May 3,'65.
Pro. Corp., Serg., 1st Lieut. Co. K, Quartermaster May 3, '65.

Resigned Sept. 20, '63.
Assistant Surgeon May 2, '62.

Resigned April 8, '62.

Resigned April 13, '62.
Resigned June 2, '63.
Died Sept. 11, '64, at Afton, Minn.; originally Private Co. E.

Promoted Major 4th U. S. Colored Artillery.
Corp., Serg., Serg. Maj.,2d Lt. Co. K, 1st Lt, Co. G April 10,'65.
Promoted Serg., Serg. Maj., 1st Lieut. Co. E June 10, '65.
Pro. from Company H, Quartermaster Sergeant and Sergeant
Major July 7, '65; commissioned, but not mustered, 2d Lieut.
Pro.fr. Co. F Oct.5,'63; 2d Lt.Co.H Apl.15,'64; 1st Lt.Co.B Jan.1'65.
2d Lieut. Company C Jan. 30, '65; 1st Lieut. Company A.
July 7, '65, from Sergeant Company K.

Promoted from Sergeant Company A Oct. 5, '63.
Promoted from Company F Nov. 15, '64.

Promoted from Company A.
Promoted from Company D.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 23, '64.
Promoted from Company C.
Promoted from Company E.

Sept. 2, '65

Everett W. Foster...
James B. Hoit

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Nov. 5, '61

Sept. 2, '65

Majors —
John A. Hadley
Benj. F. Rice

Wm. W.Webster

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Adjutants —
Cyrene H. Blakely

Ephraim Pierce

Jed. F Fuller ..,

Sept. 2, '65

Wm. F.Morse

Philander E. Folsom
Quartermasters —
Samuel P.Ingman
James P. Hewlett
Wm. G. J. Ackers
George L. Jameson
Bonde Olson .

Sept. 2, '65

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Surgeons —
Levi Butler
Albert C. Wedge

Assistant Surgeons —
F. H. Milligan
Moses R. Greeley
Naham Bixby

Chaplains —
Chauncey Hobart

B. F. Crary

May 4, '62
Sept. 20, '63
Dec. 30, '64

Oct. 11, '61

Simeon Putnam

Anthony Wilford

Sept. 2, '65

Sergeant Majors —
William D. Hale

Eben North

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Asa C. Pease

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Hugh W.Donaldson

Quartermaster Sergeants —
Henian D. Pettibone

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Nathaniel C. Parker
Lewis L. Herrlck

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Commissary Sergeants —
Josiah Oathout

Jesse G. Jones

Adoniram Eastman
Hospital Stewards —
Ezra F. Peabody
Chas. E. Bolander
Principal Musicians —
Joseph J. Mertz

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Lucien W.Allen
Lucius A. Hancock

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Captains —
Wm. W. Webster
Chas. W A. Nudd
Otto F Dreher

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Promoted Major; resigned Nov. 12, '64.
Promoted Serg., 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut., Capt.; resigned August,'64.
Serg. Company F, pro. 1st Lieut. Dec. 1, '62; died '89.

Appointed Regimental Quartermaster Dec. 1, '61.
Promoted from 2d Lieutenant; dismissed Dec. 1, '62.

Promoted from 1st Sergeant; resigned September, '64.

Drafted; deserted February, '65; supposed to be dead.
Corporal; died at Louisville, Ky., April 5, '62.
Discharged for disability July 1, '61.
Discharged for disability March 10, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Sergeant.
Discharged per order July 23, '65.
Died at Devall's Bluff Sept. 11, '63.
Discharged per order July 23, '65.
Sergeant; discharged for disability October, '62.
Discharged per order July 23, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.

Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; dis. from hospital Sept, 18,'65.
Transferred from Company I; re-enlisted December, '63.
Discharged per order July 23, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23,'63; pro.Corp.; died at Pine Bluff Aug.16,'64.
Discharged for disability November, '62.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Discharged for disability July, '62.
Killed at Wood Lake, Minn., Sept. 23, '62.
Discharged for disability March 29, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal.
Died at Devall's Bluff Nov. 27, '64.
Promoted Corporal; discharged on exp. of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Discharged per order June 20, '65.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Discharged for disability Feb. 5, '63.
Discharged per order July 23, '65.
Deserted Nov. 17, '64; supposed to be dead.
Deserted May 17, '65.
Discharged per order Jjiily 23, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. '63; transferred to V. R. C. Jan. 13, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '64; pro. Capt. 57th U. S. C. I.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; died at Devall's Bluff Nov. 25, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.
Discharged for disability October, '62.
Promoted 1st Lieut, in 57th U. S. Colored Infantry Sept. 28, '64.
Cook (colored).
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.
Died at Columbus, Ky., Sept. 10, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal.
Discharged per order July 23, '65.
Drafted.
Promoted 1st Sergeant; discharged for disability Feb. 16, '64.
Discharged for disability March 20. '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 18, '63.
Sergeant; re-enlisted December, '64.
1st Lieutenant 112th U. S. Colored Infantry May 26, '64.
Corporal; promoted Commissary Sergeant Oct. 5, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Aug. 5, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; deserted Feb. 3, '65.
Died at Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 6, '64.
Died December, '62.
Discharged per order July 23, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal.
Drafted.
Drafted; discharged from hospital in '65.
Discharged for disability March 29, '62.
Transferred from Co. H; re-enlisted Dec. '63; pro. Corporal.
Died at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 8, '64.

Promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.
Discharged for disability March, '62.
Discharged April 10, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; discharged from hospital Sept. 4, '65.

Sept. 2, '65
Mch 2 '64

First Lieutenants —
James P Hewlett

Adolphus P. Elliott
Nathaniel C. Parker
Second Lieutenants —
Geo McKinley

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Francis M. Jenks

ENLISTED MEN.

Adler Frank

Angell, C. L

Atkinson, Wm

Sept. 25, '61
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Sept. 1, '64
Oct. 15, '61
Sept. 16, '62
Sept. 25, '61
Aug. 29, '64
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Akinson 'irenus

Sept. 2, '65

Barcow, Charles
Bisko \Vm

Biske Aug

Brown, James E

Carson, A. B
Carson Benj F

Sept. 2, '65
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Sept. 25 ,'61
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Feb. 29, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 25, '61
Oct. 2, '6?
Oct. 8, '61

Chamberlain, Philander...
Christopherson, Chris
Cogley John W

Sept. 2, '65
'Sept." 2',' '65

Cowan Elias

Cowan, Elisha

Coleman, Seldon

Coleman, M. N

Coleman, A. N

Coleman, John A
Collins, A. C

Councilman, H. L

Cunningham, John
Darwin, Mathew

Sept. 2, '65

Davis, George

Donan, James

Doyle, A. N
Dryer Henry

'Se'pt'."V65

Dudley, L.E

Ehliers, Thos

Einsitler Sebastian

Foster, Daniel L
Foster, Wm

Fox, Jonathan N

Frederick, Cornelius
Fredericks, Wm. H

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Gamage, O. D

Golder Orvel

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Grant, D. W. C

Green, Dudley

Green, Thomas H

Green, Pleasant

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2 '65
Sept. 2, '65

Hamilton, M. P

Heald, Ezra M

Heald, Samuel W

Heath, Wm

Sept. 2, '65

Honat, James

Hohenstein, Adam

Sept. 2, '65

Hough, Abner

Hudson, Charles W

Hudson, Charles W . ..

Sept. 2, '65

Hunt, Daniel H

Jacques, E. R

Sept. 2, '65

Jenks, John E

Jones, Jesse G

Jones, John

Kader, George

Kemp, W.A..

Klas, John

Lincoln, W. P

Magg, Philip
Maxfield.Geo. S
Manteuffel, Gustaf

Sept."V65

May, John C

Mealy, Wm. P

Mealy, Cornelius

Sept. 2, '65

McCaslin, Joseph B
McCausland, C. H
McKee, H. J.

23
21
23
22
24
23

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

McDonald, Amos
McDonald, Patrick

Minister, Martin

180

THE THIRD REGIMENT.
ROSTEK OF COMPANY A — Continued.

NAMES.

Mitchell, Geo. E

Millett, John S

Moor, Geo. W

Montgomery, John V

Mooseman Frederick

Nelson, Nels

Nelson, Samuel A

Nelson, Abraham

Nott. George

Oothoudt,Josiah

Patten, Wm. J

Palm, Joseph ,

Peabody.EzraF ,

Phillips, James H

Pletstoesser, August

Pratt, Jay

Price, James C

Putnam, Joseph R

Raymond, S. J

Redlon, Cyrus F

Robinson, Alfred B

Ross, Edwin E

Rosskop, Peter

Rowell, Salisbury

Rodney, Timothy

Salter,John A

Seims, John

Scherf, Herman

Shade, John C

Shauls.Carl

Shultz, CarlF

Shultte, Frederick

Sharrew, Thomas

Shaeffer. Henry

Smith, Joseph H

Smith.Samuel ,

Smith, S.D

Smith, John E

Sperry.Nat.D

Spanmeth. Charles

Stiles, Wm. M

Stark, Felix B

Sydlinker, Chas. M

Thompson, Henry F

Thomas, Alva C

Todd, Jerome G..".

Trump, Anthony

Varney, Elbridge J

Valkenaut, Fred

Waldorph, Marvin

Walters, Wm. B

Wagner, August

Wilkinson, Chauncey B..

Wilkinson, Kleber

Woodworth.Edward

Woodworth, Dryden

Worley, John

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

Oct. 25 '61
Men. 23, '64
Oct. 25/61
Oct. 16, '61 1
June 24, '64:
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 1,'64'
Sept. 1, '61
Oct. 25/61
Oct. 25/61
Oct. 9, '61
June 25/64!
Nov. 15, '61
Oct. 9, '61
June 27/64
Sept. 25/61
Oct. 7, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Sept, 25, '61
Sept. 27/61
Oct. 28/61
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 2, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 23, '64
Sept. 5/64
Sept. 1, '6-t
June 17, '64
June 24, '64
June 25, '64
June 27/64
June 27/65
Oct. 28/61
Sept. 25, '61
Aug. 31/64
Aug. 26, '64
Oct. 4/61
June 19/64
Oct. 22/61
Sept. 25/61
Oct. 7, '61
Sept. 30/61
Oct. 22/61
Oct. 10/61
June25, '64
Sept. 27/61
June27/64
Sept. 25/61 !
Sept. 25/61
June 27/64
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27/61
Oct. 2, '61
Oct. 10/61
Sept. 6/64

Sept, 2/65

REMARKS.

Sept. 2/66'
Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2/65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, 'C.5

Sept, 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Discharged for disability November, '62.

Discharged per order June 20, '65.

Promoted Corporal; discharged on exp. of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Died at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 16, '64.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 2, '64.

Discharged per order July 23, '65.

Discharged per order July 23, '65.

Discharged per order July 23, '65.

Discharged for disability July, '62.

Discharged for disability March 31, '63.

Drafted; died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 23, '64.

Promoted Hospital Steward.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., June 15, '64.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 7, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; discharged for disability July 21, '65.

Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company K Jan. 9, '62.

Died en route from Louisville to Nashville March 31, '62.

Musician; re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; pro. 2d Lt. 113th U. S. C. I.

Musician; discharged for disability June, '62.

Killed at Wood Lake, Minn., Sept. 23, '62.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.

Discharged per order July 23, '65.

Discharged per order July 23, '65.

Discharged per order July 23, '65.

Transferred to Veteran R'eserve Corps January, '65.

Discharged per order July 23, '65.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Drafted; died at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 14, '64.

Drafted; discharged for disability May 23, '65.

Sergeant; discharged for disability April 10, '62.

Died July 17, '62.

Discharged per order July 23/65.

Discharged per order July 23, '65.

Discharged for disability November, '62.

Drafted; died at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 16/64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.

Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Wagoner; discharged on expiration of term, Sept. 30, '64.

Discharged for disability Jan. 24, '63.

Discharged for disability March 29, '62.

Drafted; discharged per order June 20, '65.

Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.

Drafted; died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 4, '64.

Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted December, '62; pro. Sergeant.

Discharged per order July 12, '65.

Corporal; discharged for disability March 29, '62.

Deserted August, '62; returned August, '63, and re-enlisted.

Discharged for disability July, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged per order July 23, '65.

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

K

4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Cnptains —
Chauncey W. Griggs

•>8

Oct. 12, '61

Major May 1, '62; Lieut. Col. May 29, '62; Col. Dec. 1, '62.

James B. Hoit

86

May 1 '62

1st Lieut Nov 7 '61- Major Nov. 13/64; Lieut. Col. May 25, '65.

Jed F. Fuller.

24

July 7 '65

Sept 2 '65

Promoted 2d Lieutenant and 1st Lieutenant Company A, Cap

First Lieutenants —
Rollin C Olin

90

May 1 '62

tain Company B July 7, '65.
Promoted Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of volun

Jonathan A. Churchill..

?fi

Mch. 12/63

teers Mav 11, '63; 2d Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant May 1, '62.
Resigned Dec. 31, '64; 1st Sergeant Sept. 26, '61; 2d Lieutenant.

Heinan D. Pettibone
Second Lieutenant —
Henry A. Duraud

ENLISTED MEN.

Anderson, John
Anderson, Lars
Andrus, George

24

29
30
?9

Feb. 21/65
Aug. 13, '64

Sept. 26, '61
Mch. 30/64
Nov. 1 '61

Sept. 2 '65
Sept. 2/65

Private Company F; promoted 2d Lieutenant Companv H July
24, '64; 1st Lieutenant Feb. 21, '65; Brevet Captain, '65.
Sergeant Sept. 26, '61; re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; promoted 2d
Lieutenant Aug. 13, '64; resigned Dec. 28, '64.
Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; promoted Corporal.
Died at Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 2, '65.
Discharged for disability Feb 3 '62.

Arneson, Arne

29

Sept. 26. '61

Re-enlisted Feb. 2. '64: trans, to Vet. Reserve Corps Jan. 15, '65.

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

181

NAMES.

Balyet, Jacob

Bayliss, Frank D

Bill, David

Bixby, Nahum

Bliss, Steward

Boyden, Chas. A

Boarduian, James

Borrisford, John

Box well, John

Brown, Joseph C

Bromley, Milton

Brunell, Peter

Brunei), Frank

Brongen, Lars E

Breuer, George

Cartwright, F. M

Church, Milo

Clement, Rufus J

Clegg, Francis

Cowell, Thos. F

Colson, Lewis

Colson, John

Cochrane, John

Colter, Joseph

Coffee, Edward

Cubberson, Linda

Dana, John

Dauchy, C. H

Dean, Reuben B

Douglas, RobertE

Eigle, Joseph

Else, Ludwing

Ehrenberg, John 19

Fisk, JarnesL 21

Fowler, Giles H 29

Freeman, I. F 34

Freygang, Edward 19

Galusha, F. B 34

Gales, Alfred 21

Getman, Jerry E 26

Glass, Peter 28

Godfrey, George | 16

Green, Edward 43

Gustafson, August ]8

Hanson, Ole 21

Hand, Benj 41

35
18

SB

81

27
88
28
19

23
21

23

44
18

Johnson, John 21

Johnson, John I 25

Johnson, Charles 18

40
23
4-2
26
23
21
IS
24
27
24
24
29
25
28
28
24
29
18

MUSTERED
IN.

Harrington, Michael

Hardy, Eustice K

Hamlin, John

Hendrickson,Ole

Hight, John

Hoyt, Charles I

Hunt, Albert G

Hutchins, James G

Inholt, Antin

Inghatn, Nathan

Ives, E. S

Iberson, Abraham

Iberson, Geo. A.

Johnson, Lars

Latta, James

Larson, John

Leith, Thomas

Link, Ross

Le Clair, Peter

Lind, John

Mayer, Simon

Melike, Fred S

Moulton, John

Morey, Henry M

Munson, John

Neil, Samuel

Ness, Henry

Ogar, John

Oliver, Walter

Otis, Wesley C

Patton, Andrew....

Parks, Geo. W

Parks, Alfred

Partridge, Elisha G

Palmer, Joseph

Peterson, Andrew

Peterson, James

MUSTERED
OUT.

Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 24, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '6!
Sept. 26, '61
St-pt, 26/61
Oct. 7 '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 7/61
Nov. 7, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Jan. 15, '63
Nov. 7, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Jan. 17, '64
Oct. 14, '61
Sept. 27, '61
June20, '64
Sept, 26, '61
June 20, '64
Nov. 7, '61

Oct. 12, '61

Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Junel7, '64
Oct. 27, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Aug. 15, '63
Oct. 26, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 12/61
Jan. 14, '63
Jan. 5, '64,
Oct. 26, '6 1 .
Oct. 22, '61 !.
Apl. 18, '64^.
Mch.17, '64 !.
June 20, '64 1
Aug. 26 '64 i.
Aug. 23, '64
June 27, '64
Nov. 7, '61
Feb. 8/64
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 26/61
Oct. 11/61
Feb. 6/64
Feb. 6/64
Oct. 26/61
Oct. 27/61!
Oct. 12/61 1
June 27, '64
Oct. 26, '6li
June 27, '64!
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Aug. 23, '64
Oct. 22/61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
June 20/64
June 25, '64
Oct. 11, '61
June20, '64
Sept. 26/61
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 11/61
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 11/61
Oct. 11/61
Dec. 28, '63
June20/64l
Nov. 7/61 1
Sept. 26/61'

Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2/65

Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2/65

Sept, 2/65
Sept. 2/65

Sept. 2/65

Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2/65

Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2/65

REMARKS.

Sept, 2/65

Sept. 2/65
Sept, 2/65

Sept. 2/65

Sept. 2/65
Sept. '2/65

Sept. 2/65
Sept."2/65

Sept. 2/65
Sept." '£, '65

Sept, 2/65
Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2,
Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2/65

Sept. 2/65

Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2, '65

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 15, '64.

Promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Discharged for disability May 23, '62.

Deserted July, '62; returned in June; re-enlisted.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; promoted Sergeant.

Corporal; deserted at Chicago, 111., Jan. 25, '63.

Transferred from Co. G; discharged for disability May 9, '63.

Re-enlisted February, '64; Corporal.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; Musician.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; died at Prairie du Chien Dec. 16, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 16, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; wounded at Fitzhugh's Woods, Ark.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 16, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Died Oct. 4, '64.

Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 16, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; discharged per order May 31, '65.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 16, '64.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Discharged for disability March 11, '62.

Drafted; died Sept. 23, '64.

Discharged for disability March 28, '62.

Died Aug. 27, '64.

Corporal; wounded at battle of Wood Lake, Minn.; discharged

for disability March 18, '63.
Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 16, '64.
Appointed A. Q. M. of Vol., with rank of Capt., May '29, '62.
Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability March 13, '62.
Drafted.

Promoted Corporal: re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.
Discharged for disability.

Deserted Jan. 10, '63.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; transferred to V. R. C. Jan. 15, '65.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; Musician.

Died at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 26, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; killed at Fitzhugh's Woods April 1, '64.
Discharged for disability May 28, '63.
Discharged for disability Dec. 7, '64.
Transferred from Company K Aug. 10, '64.

Discharged per order July 23, '64.

Discharged per order July 23, '64.

Drafted.

Sergeant; wnd. April 1, '64; dis. on exp. of term, Nov. 16, '64.

Deserted Jan. 10, '63.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Discharged for disability March 28, '62.

Discharged for disability Dec. 7, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; discharged per order May 30, '65.

Drafted; died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Nov. 7, '64.

Promoted Corporal; died at Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 6, '64.

Drafted; died at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 21, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Corporal; re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; promoted Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Re-enlisted Feb. 27, '64.

Promoted Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 18, 64.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Feb. 28, '62.

Drafted; died at Devall's Bluff, Ark., Dec. 7, '64.

Died at Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 23, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 15, '64.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; wounded at Wood Lake, Minn.

Corporal; discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 15, '64.

Deserted Jan. 21, '63.

Deserted March 22, '63.

Discharged for disability March 28, '62.

Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; died at Pine Bluff Aug. 12, '64.

Discharged for disability May 10, '65.

Drafted; discharged for disability Dec. 7, '64.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; dis. on exp. of term, Sept. 25, 64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 15, '64.

182

THE THIRD REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

K
•<

19
28
28
28
33
19
28
25
27
28
27
-25
35
24
26
18
18
24
36
21
26
30
22
26
28
23
19
81
21

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS,

Sept 23 '6°

Discharged for disability July 15, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 10, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 10, '64.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., June 24, '64.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Discharged for disability March 13, '62.
Wnd. at Fitzhugh's Woods; dis. on exp. of term, Oct. 3, '64.
Discharged for disability July 10, '62.
Discharged for disability July 14, '62.
Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; discharged per order April 29, '65.
Killed at Fitzhugh's Woods April 1, '64.
Re-enl. Feb. 2, '64; Corp., Serg., Capt. 112th U. S. C. I. Nov. 7, '64.
Discharged per order June 10, '65.
Deserted Jan. 10, '63; Wagoner.
Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.

Discharged for disability May 22, '65.
Discharged for disability Jan. 10, '65.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 15, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 15, '64.
Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability in '62.
Died at Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 17, '63.
Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; pro. Corp., 1st Lieut. 113th U. S. C. I.
Corporal; died at Cottage Grove, Minn., Aug. 18, '63.
Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 15, '64.
Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Died at Belmont, Ky., Jan. 29, '62.
Discharged per order July 29, '65.

Reynofds, S. D

Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 15, '63
Aug. 27, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 5, '61
May 30, '64
Nov. 7 '61
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 25, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Jan. 22, '64
Oct. 4, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 6, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 16 ,'61
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 26, '64

Sanburg, Andrew
Sacket D P

Scofield A Z

Scofield J W

Selon George

Shearier, Wm
Simmons, B. Frank
Smedberg, Andrew J
Stevenson, John
Sloan Win. L

"Sept/2J''65
Sept. 2, '65

Standish Miles D

Sumner Palmer

Swanson, Gustaf
Taylor, Elias T
Tibbets Franklin

Tucker, A. W

Twcett Joseph

Ward, James K

Sept. 2, '65

Welch Wm

Welch J D

Sept. 2, '65

"sept!'v65

Woodbury, John P
Wood Ch'arles

Wood, ColemanM
Wood, Wm. H

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
John R. Bennett

Wm.H. Mills
Edwin Hillman

44

David Misner

40

30

First Lieutenants —
Lewis Hardy
Wm. F. Grummons
Andrew J. Borland
Second Lieutenants —
JohnV. Reaves

Nathan ieTC. Parker

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen Lucien W

"si'

27
25
24
24

Allen Alonzo

28

Anderson, Wm. W
Balconb John

18
20

23

37

Bagely Harvey

20

21

Black, Alexander

25
43

Bowdon, Richard D
Brown Isaac

27

18

44

Bradish, Chas. E
Bryant Amassa E

18
21

Burlingame, Lewis J
Burton, JohnsonS
Case Orin

19
44

18

Carmezie Wm

18

Chapin, James P
Chapin, Franklin W
Chapin Franklin

18

18
18

Clark, ZibaB

18

Clark, Lemuel A

20

Coyle, Henry
Conrad John

24
18

Conklin, John P

18

Crowel, Thos

19

Craig, David C

^

Craig, Henry....

28

MUSTERED

Oct. 13, '61
Feb. 29, '62
Dec. 1, '62
Feb. 18, '64
Apl. 1,'65

Feb. 22, '62
June 8, '62
Sept. 20, '64

Sept. 20, '64
Jan. 30, '65

Oct. 11 '61

Feb. 26, '64
Jan. 13, '65
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 26, '64
Mch. 24, '65
Feb. 16, '64
Feb. 15, '65
Oct. 11, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Mch. 26, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Feb. 22, '64 1
Oct. 11 '62!
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 28, '64
Oct. 11 '61
Mch. 31, '64
Oct. 11 ,'61
Oct. 11, '61
May 31, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11 '61
Jan. 7, '63
Feb. 26, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2 ,'65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

REMARKS.

Resigned Feb. 22, '62.

Promoted from 1st Lieut, Feb. 27, '62; dismissed Dec. 1, '62.
Sergeant; promoted 2d Lieut, and Captain; resigned Feb. 18,'64.
Promoted Major 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery '65.
Sergeant Company H Oct. 19, '61; 2d and 1st Lieutenant.

Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Feb. 22, '62; resigned Jan. 8, '63.
1st Serg.; promoted 2d Lieut, and 1st Lieut.; resigned Feb. 18,'64.
Corporal; promoted 2d Lieut. Dec. 1, '62; 1st Lieut. Nov. 20, '63.

Sergeant; re-enlisled Feb. 2, '64; promoted 2d Lieutenant; died

at DevalPs Bluff, Ark., Jan. 29, '65.
Sergeant; pro. Q. M. Sergeant, and transf. to N. C. S. July 12,'65.

Musician; pro. to Prin. Musician; transf. to N. C. S. July 1, '63.
Died at Pine Bluff Sept. 25, '65.

Corporal; discharged for disability June 13, '62.
Discharged for disability June 10, '62.
Died at Pine Bluff Oct. 1, '64.

Wagoner; discharged for disability in '62.
Discharged per order July 8, '65.

Discharged per order July 8, '65.

Discharged per order June 17, '65.

Died at Little Rock, Ark., April 28, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Died in Arkansas Sept. 17, '64.

Re enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Transferred to Co. — June,'64; died at Memphis Aug. 18, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Discharged for disability April 10, '62.

Substitute; died Dec. 4, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Re-enjisted March 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Discharged per order June 17, '65.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 13, '64.

Re-enlisted March 1,'64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; transferred to V. R. C. Jan. 15, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21 , '63.

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ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

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Craig, John E

Curran, Alfred I

Cummings, Julius

Dodge, Milo I

Doane, Henry |

Douglas, Thomas ...I

Duff, John G I

Early, John F |

English, Joseph

Essington, Hiram I

Farnsworth, Harlem J....,

Fate, Jesse C

Fay, Aivah

Farnsworth, Henry W

Fate, Robert E

Farnsworth, Isaac

Ferris, Elias K

French, Wm. C

Fryer, Francis N

Freeman, Marion L

Frazier, Nelson C

Gasper, Jacob.

Gaylord, Martin

Olass, Henry

Goodwin, John W

Good, Abraham

Green, Asahel

Gunderson,Ole

Hanson, Chas. B

Hartzhorn, Jesse

Hazleton, Wm. G

Hawkins.John

Hawkins, Azlmer

Harvey, Wm

Hartzhorn, Elias

Hayes, Joseph

Howe.Arlon. L

Kurd, Mathias

Ide, Francis B

Jennings, Arthur

Jones, Emanuel

Judd, Wm

Kent, Chas. A

Kenyon, Ransler B

Kiuiball, Lewis

K lacker, Chas. R

Knox, Geo. D

Lamb, Abel

Learned, Carlton

Leeper, George

Luce, Walter

Luce, George

Luce, Walter

Lund, James P

Madden, Richard E

McDonald, John

McGowan.Wm

McKay, George

Nichols, James

Newton, Johnson M

North, Eben

Norris, Harry

Nutting, John

Olds, Nathan

Olds, Simeon

Olds,Nelson

Owen, Edson

Parker, Josiah W.....

Parker, Louis

Pendall, Byron

Pendergrass, John W

Perry, Corydon W

Pitcher, Wm. A

Priest.Edmund W

Pulford, Joseph

Rathburn,Day

Rathburn, Emery

Rexford, Edwin M

Richardson, Sorners D

Richardson, Handley

Ripley.JohnD

Root, James

Rossnian, Harrison

Rolfe.OtisH

Robinson, Henry

Rose, Archibald

Kolfe, Jasper

MUSTERED i MUSTERED
Is. OUT.

REMARKS.

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Feb. 16, '64!
Feb. 29, '64'
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Discharged per order '64.

Died Oct. 2, '64.

Died at Pine Bluff Oct. 9, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Discharged for disability June 13, '63.

Re-enlisted Feb. 25, '63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability July 12, '62.

Corporal; re-enlisted Feb. 25, '64; promoted Sergeant.

Discharged for disability July, '62.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability July, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; promoted.

Deserced from Fort Snelling Nov. 15, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Died at Devall's Bluff Oct. 5, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Sergeant; died at Belmont, Ky., March 21, '62.
Discharged for disability June 7, '62.
Died at Camp Tyler, Tex., Dec. 14, '64.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '61.
Died at Belmont, Ky., Feb. 8, '62.

Discharged for disability November, '62.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; died on hospital boat Nov. 28, '63.

Died at Memphis Sept. 19, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Aug. 27, '64.

Cook (colored).

Discharged from hospital Sept. 19, '65.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 15, '62.

Re-enlisted Aug. 15, '64.

Cook (colored.)

Died at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Nov. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; discharged from hospital Sept. 19, '65.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Re-enlisted Oct. 15, '64.

Discharged for disability May 29, '65.

Discharged for disability July, '62.

Died at Pine Bluff Oct. 15, '64.

Drafted; died at Pine Bluff Oct. 13, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 5,'64; died at home in Minnesota Sept. 6, '64.

Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 4, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Discharged per order June 17, '65.

Corp.;re-enl.Dec.21,'63;pro.Serg.,Serg.Maj.Apl.l9,'65;lstLt.Co.Q.

Deserted from Chicago Oct. 2, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Discharged per order June 17, '65.

Deserted from Fort Snelling Nov. 6, '61.
Deserted from Fort Heiman, Ky., March 22, '63,
Deserted from Benton Barracks Aug. 7, '62.

Died at Devall's Bluff, Ark., December, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Discharged for disability April 18, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.

Died at Snyder's Bluff, Ark., July 14, '63.

Died at Nashville Nov. 20, '62.

Discharged for disability March 10, '65.

. Discharged per order July 28, '65.

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ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

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Discharged per order May 5, '65.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; 1st Lieutenant U. S. Colored Infantry.
Died February, '64.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Discharged for disability April 13, '62.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Aug. 19, '64.
Died on steamer J. S. Pringle on Mississippi River Dec. 3, '64.
Discharged for disability Feb. 24, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; 1st Lieut, 57th U. S. Colored Infantry.-
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; promoted Corporal.

Killed at Murfreesboro, Tenii., July 13, '62.
Discharged.

Rundall, Leroy L

Ruggles, Jasper W

Satterlee, Sanford
Scovil Ezra

Smith Daniel B

Stark, James

Tait, Joseph
Tophliff, David W

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Wagoner, Charles
Wallace, Horace H
Wallace, Albert H
Wagner William

Sept, 2, '65
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Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Weed, Geo. C

West Elijah

Weymouth, Henry B

Whitinore, Henry
Woodburn, Valentine
Workman, James ,

Nov. 16, '62

ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Hans Mattson

Hans Eustrom

John A. Vanstrum....
First Lieutenants —

Lars K. Aaker

John G. Gustafson....

Ezra T. Cham pi in.. ..
Second Lieutenants —

Olof Liljegren

Jonas Lindall

ENLISTED MEN.

Abrahamson, Nels

Ammundson, Knud

Anderson, Chas. J

Anderson, Olif

Anderson, John A

Anderson, Gustavus

Anderson, German

Anderson, Peter

Austin, Anton

Anfenson, Thor

Berg, Jonas

Benjamin, Benjamin O..
Bergland, Erick

Bloomberg, John

Bolander, Chas. E

Bong, Elias...

Carlson, Frank A

Cedergren, John

Charlson, Carl R

Charlson, John

Christianson, Michael..

Dahlberg, Swan

Davidson, Augustus

Dedon, Andrew J....

Eckland, Halfour

Eisberg, Nels

Erickson, John

Erickson, Jacob

Erickson, John

Erickson, Charles

Erickson, John

Erickson, Ole ,

Erickson, Peter

Falin,01of.

Froja, Peter .>

Framan, Victor

Glader, Gustavus A....
Goranson, Peter

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MUSTERED
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REMARKS.

Sept. 2, '65
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Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Major May 29, '62; Lieut. Col. July 15, '63; Col. April 27, '64.

i 2d Lieut.; promoted 1st Lieut,, Capt.; resigned Aug. 2, '62.

Sept. 2, '65 1 1st Sergeant; promoted 2d Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, Cap
tain; promoted Major; discharged with regiment.

| Resigned March 30, '62.

Serg.; 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut.; Lieut. Col. 112th U. S. C. I. Nov. 16, '64.

Sept. 2, '65 Promoted from 2d Lieutenant Company G.

Serg.; pro. 2d Lieut.; died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept, 25, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted 2d Lieutenant; promoted 1st
Lieutenant Company H Nov. 4, '61; discharged Sept. 2, '64.
Re-enlisted Feb. 3, '64; promoted Corporal.
Drafted; discharged per order July 15, '65.
Re-enlisted Feb. 3, '64; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Feb. 3, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 4, '64.
Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., Feb. 1, '63.
Re-enlisted Feb. 3, '64; died at Pine Bluff Sept. 14, '64.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Died at Memphis Oct. 8, '63.
Discharged for disability May 26, '63.
Died at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Oct. 15, '63.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Discharged per order July 21, '65.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Promoted Hospital Steward June 13, '64.
Died Nov. 9, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 3, '64; promoted Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '65.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Died at Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 8, '64.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Died at Red Wing, Minn., Jan. 2, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Feb. 11, '62.

Discharged for disability March 29, '62.

Died at Belmont, Ky., Feb. 26, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 4, '64.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Nov. 22, '64.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Corporal; discharged for disability March 29, '62.

Discharged for disability March 15, '62.

Died at Little Rock Oct. 20, '64.

Corp.; promoted Sergeant; dis. on exp. of term, Nov. 14, '64,

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 28, '65.

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COMPANY D.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

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Pro. Corp.; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged Dec. 26, '64.
Died at Devall's Bluff, Ark., Dec. 9, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; died at Pine Bluff, Ark., '64.
Died at Nashville, Tenu., March 1, '63.
Re-enlisted Jan./64; discharged from hospital September/65.
Promoted Corporal; died at Fort Suelling Sept. 9/62.
Discharged for disability April 16, '62.

Drafted.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Corp.; pro. Serg.; dis. on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Corporal; died at home, in Minnesota, March 17, '63.
Died at home, in Minnesota, in '62; Wagoner.

Gustafson, Charles

Hamilton, Mattis S. S

Hassler Charles.

Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2/65

Halverson Talleff.

Hanson Torcy

Hglfverson, Ole.

Holm'PeterA

Holstad, Human A
Hokanson John

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged with regiment.

Died at Devall's Bluff Dec. 14, '64.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Discharged for disability March 29, '62; Musician.
Died at Memphis, Tenn., Sept, 25, '62.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Sergeant; died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 5, '62.
Pro. Serg.; re-enl. Feb. 2, '64; pro. 1st Lieut. Co. I July 28, '65.
Discharged for disability March 29, '62.
Discharged for disability March 18, '63.
Discharged for disability July 12/62; re-enlisted Feb. 5/64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1/64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for disability May 4, '65.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept 17, '64.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Died at Little Rock Jan. 11, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; died at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 30, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Nov. 22, '64; substitute.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Died at Fort Snelling Nov. 23, '62.
Died at Red Wing, Minn., Oct. 15, '62.
Discharged for disability Jan 14, '65.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Sergeant.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 3, '63.
Died at Little Rock Jan. 24, '64.

Died at Mound City, 111., Aug. 1, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; pro. Corp.; died at Cairo, 111., Jan. 1/65.
Discharged for disability March 14, '63.
Died at Columbus, Ky., June 29, '63.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 3, '63.
Discharged for disability July 5, '62.
Died at Pine Bluff Oct. 6, '64.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Died at Nashville, Tenn., April 22, '62.
Corp.; re-enl. Feb. 3, '64; died at Devall's Bluff Dec. 31, '64.
Discharged fordisabilitv June 20, '62.
Pro. Corp., Serg.; re-enl" Jan. 1, '64; pro. 1st Lt. Co. K Oct. 1,'64.
Discharged for disability Aug. 24, '63.
Discharged for disability Feb. 7, '62.
Died at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 24, '64.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; dis. on exp. of term, Nov. 14, '64,
Musician; discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Discharged for disability March 27, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1/64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 13, '64.
Died at Devall's Bluff, Ark., Jan. 17, '65.
Discharged per order May 22, '65.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; died at Devall's Bluff Nov. 13, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Nov. 30, '63.

Sept. 2/65

Hultman, Alfred

Hultquist, John P
Huss Ole O

Isaakson, Ole

Jarginson, Ole
Jillman John P

Sept! "2/65

Johnson, Hans

Johnson Nils B

Johnson, Thomas

Johnson, Olaus

Johnson, Andrew

Sept. 2/65
Spnt 2 '6T

Johnson Andrew

Sept. 2/65

"Sept.''2/6f
Sept. 2/65

Johnson, Lorents

Johnson Ole

Johnson, Erick
Johnson, Ake

Johnson John A

Joanson, Israel
Knudson Thomas

Kroon, Peter

Larson, Oliver

Sept. 2/65
Sept 2 '65

Larson Louis

Larson, Ole

June 24* '64
Sept. 7. '64
Oct. 16 '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Dec. 28, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Oct. 3, '61
Feb. 4, '6'7

Lawson, Hans

Linderroot, Nels L
Ljunglof, Erick

Sept. 2, '65

Li nd Olaus

Lindblon, John

Lund berg, Peter
Lundberg, Peter G

Sept. 2, '65

Magnus, John

Oct. 22/61
June 17/64
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Oct. 3, '61
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Oct. 16/61
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Sept. 5/64
Oet. 10/61
Oct. 10/61
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Feb. 5, '64
June29, '64
Oct. 3/6
Oct. 3, '61

Mattison, John

Sept. 2/65

Milander, John

Miller, Frederick

Nelson, John

Nelson, Niels

Nelson, Nicholas

Nelson, Peter

Nelson, Gustavus

Nelson, Ole

Norelius, Lewis
Norelius, Andrew

Sept, 2/65

Norl, John.

Sept. 2/65

Ockerberg, Halver

Ofitt, John P

Olson, Aslak
Oleson, Bonde

Oleson, Evin

Oleson, Gabriel
Olson, Christopher
Oleson, Nicholas
Oleson, Turbin.

Sept, 2/65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2/65

Paulson, Paul
Peterson, Hendrick
Peterson, Christopher
Peterson, Swan

Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 9, '6
Oct. 12/61
Oct. 17/61
Jan. 22/64
June 2/64
Sept. 3/64
Sept. 5/64
Oct. 3/61
Oct. 9, '61
Aug. 30/64
Oct. 3/61
Oct. 9, '61
Mch. 25/64
Oct. 3. '61

Peterson, Hans P. A
Peterson, Charles L
Peterson, John

Sept. 2/65
Sept. 2/65

Peterson, Talef

Peterson, Chas. J.
Peterson, Nelson P.. ..
Pfieffer, John.

Sept, 2/65
Sept. 2/65

Porter, John G

Porter, Solomon

Quam, Peter

Quist, Charles P

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2/65

Quist, Magnus

Rasmuson, Sofus.. .

186

THE THIED REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

NAMES.

K
O
•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Ringdahl Nils

40

Oct 25 '61

Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Jan 1 '64

Ross Carl

44

Oct 3* '61

Discharged for disability Dec 2 '63

Sandberg Peter M

28

Oct 3 '61

Sandborg' Frithjoff T
Salamanson, Swan
Sjoberg, Chas. P
Skoog Nels O

21
21
26
30

Oct. 3, '61
Jan. 22, '64
Oct. 16, '61
Oct 17 '61

••••••••••••"••••

Promoted Sergeant; discharged fo'r disability July 5, '62.
Died at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Oct. 26, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged from hospital Sept. 14, '65.
Discharged on expiration of term Nov 12 '64.

Soilerstrom Peter

44

Sept 2 '64

Discharged per order July 28 '65

Strand Charles J

39

Oct 0 '61

Sept 2 '65

Sundall 'Charles

37

Got 15* '6 1

26

Oct 16 '61

Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct 1 '63

Swenson, Gustaf.

37

Oct' 3* '61

Discharged on expiration of term Nov. 14, '64.

Swanson John.

26

Oct 23 '61

Died at Memphis Sept I1' '63

Taultner, Louis
Thorenson, Lorents
Thellander, John P
Thompson, Gunder .

21

22

28
26

Dec. 1, '63
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Mch 2 '64

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Cook (colored).
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Died at Pine Bluff Sept 26 '64

Tollberg, Alfred

18

Aug. 29, '64

Died at Memphis Oct. 31, '63.

Vaden, Chas. J

SI

Aug 29 '64

Discharged per order July ^8 '65.

Viden John P

23

Oct 9 '61

Died at Memphis Tenn Oct 31 '63

Wesley, John
Wing, Halsten

18
49,

Oct. 1, '64
Oct. 3, '61

Sept. 2, '65

Cook (colored).
Discharged for disability May 26, '63.

Wilberg Charles

22

Oct 22 '61

EOSTEE OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Clinton Gurnee

Ed ward L. Baker...

Willet W. De Kay.

George W. Knight.
First Lieutenants —

Harvey Miller

AsaC. Pease

ENLISTED MEN.

Abel, Joseph ,

Adams, Wm. H

Akers, Wm. G. J

Bailey, Edward G....

Baker, Thos. A ,

Barris, Lyman ,

Battey, James L

Bardwell, George A..

Barr, Andrew

Barton, George

Barton, James

Bevaus, Corydon D...

Bennett, George..
Bevans, Solon A..

Beetle, David ..

Bonker, James F

Britton, Joseph M....

Bryant, Wm. D

Britton, Thos. H

Brownson, Sidney

Brown, Isaac

Bruce, Wm. H

Cassady, James

Carmeyer, Wm

Chandler, John W....

Cnase, Edgar E. ,

Chase, Justus

Clock, Chas ,

Clark, Wm

Cook, George ....

Collins, Henry C

Cook, John ,

Curry, Henry

Crary, Williamson...

Day, James

Day, Wm.B

Dewey, Wm.F

Densmore, Benj

Dewey, John J....

Doig, Thos. B

Doyle, Walter W

Doudy, James M

Drudy.Patrick

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OCT.

Nov. 7, '61
Dec. 1,'62
Feb. 10, '64
Jan. 9, '65

Feb. 8, '65
July 7, '65

Oct. 10, '61
Nov. 7 '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Sept. 29, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Oct. 10, '61

Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 17, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Mch. 2, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Mch. 31 '64
Oct. 10, '61
Jan. 5, '64
Mch. 31, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 30, '61
Feb. 19, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10 ,'61
Oct. 14 ,'61
Mch. 10, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Nov. 15, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Aug. 27, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 22, '61
June 24, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 17, '61
Mch. 17, '64
Oct. 10 '61

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept." '2,' '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2 '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept, 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

"Sept."V65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

REMARKS.

Dismissed Dec. 1, '62.

Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Dec. 1, '62; resigned Feb. 10, '64.
2d Lieut.; promoted 1st Lieut, and Capt.; resigned Jan. 9, '65.
Serg.; promoted 1st Lieut., 2d Lieut, and Capt.; dis. with reg.

Serg.; re-enl. Dec. 20, '63; pro. 2d Lt., 1st Lt.; res. June 19, '65.
2d Lieutenant, Corporal Company H Sept. 30, '61.

Died at Belmont, Ky., December, '61.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Pro. Corp., Serg., Serg. Maj.; transf. to Non. Com. Staff Oct.5,'63.

Sergeant; re-enlisted Oct. 5, '63.

Corp., Serg., 2d Lieut. 4th U. S. Colored Artillery July 2, '63.

Corporal; deserted at Belmont, Ky., January, '62.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 3, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability December, '62.

Discharged per order June 23, '65.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Promoted 1st Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; commissioned

2d Lieutenant; killed at Fitzhugh's Woods, April 1, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Deserted November, '61; supposed himself discharged.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; discharged for promotion Nov. 7, '64.

Transferred to Company C Oct. 18, '64.
Discharged for disability March 18, '63.
Died at Pine Bluff July 31, '64.
Died at Memphis Aug. 18, '64.
Discharged for disability April 29, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63,

Wagoner; discharged for disability Ap:

Discharged for disability June 23, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Promoted 2d Lieutenant llth Louisiana Col. Reg. Dec. 6, '65.

R'e-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability May 6, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20,' 63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Died at Helena, Ark., Aug. 27, '63.

Promoted Q. M. Serg. Sept. 25, '63; Capt. 4th U. S. C. Artillery.

Drafted.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Discharged for wounds received at Murfreesboro Jan. 15, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal.

COMPANY E.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

187

NAMES.

MUSTERED
IN.

Ecker, Tilden

Eldridge, Samuel A

Eldridge, Joseph C

Erickson, John ....

Fletcher, Geo. W

Flint, Geo.W

Fearnside, James

Foss, Daniel W

Fogleson, Joseph

Freeman, Anson

Gilbert, Henry L

Green, Win

Graham, John A

Hale, Win. D

Hancock, Lucius II

Harding, Clark D

Hartmau, John

Hart, John H

Hartman, Michael

Harkuess, Daniel C

Hawkins, Coleman

Hendry, Joseph

Henigs", Christ

Hoffstatter, Hiram

Jordan, John

Knox, Martin L ,

Knox, James H

Kruger, Rudolph

Lauyer, Isaac

Leach, Albert G

Lemington. Myron

Littlefield, Louis B

Lowater, Harry P

Luce, George

Man, John W

Maloy, Patrick

Maloy, James

Marthrop, Walter W

McGrath, James

McGaughey, Horatio K.

Miller, Theodore

Mitchell, James

Miller, decil

Morrell, Abraham

Morrell, James

Moreland, Josiah

Neff, George ,

Newberg, Peter

Newton, Henry

Peterson, Ole J

Petty, David

Perry, Corrydon W ,

Pendergass, John W

Philleo, Edward B

Phinney, George

Pierce, Geo. N

Pitts, Geo. J ,

Putnam, Myron

Putnam, Simeon ,

Rains, John P

Read, Alvin M

Rees, Morris

Roosa, Burtis

Rolph.Otia H

Robinson, Henry

Sanford, Otis

Scofield, Charles M

Schweiger, James

Scherf, Herman

Smith, Stephen J

Stahler, Michael

Suiter, John

Taylor, Elias B

Taylor, Reuben

Toms, Jonathan

Toms, Wm

Vaughan, Newton

Way, Edwin B

Washburne, Jesse ,

Ward, Thomas

Weymouth, Henry B

West, Elijah

Wilson, Mark C...

Winchell, John .'

Willyard, Jacob

Wright, Abram

21

19
IS
29
is
20
37
is
24
27
i 20
34
21
2:.
17
21
2s
26
28
M
24
21
2-2

Oct. 24, '61
Nov. 1 '61
Feb. 18, '64
Sept. 5, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Nov. 2, '61
Nov. 15, '61
Oct. 17, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 17, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Sept. 5, '64
Dec. 2, '61
Sept. 17, '63
Oct. 10, '61
Nov. 15, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 2, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 22 '61
Oct. 10 ,'61
Oct. 29, '61
Feb. 22, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10 '61
Jan. 28, '64

Oct. 17, '61
Oct. 28, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10/61
Oct. 17, '61
Oct. 10 '61
Oct. 16, '61
Jan. 28, '6 4
Oct. 11 ,'61
Aug. 26, '64
June 2, '63
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 17, '61
Feb. 26, '64
Men. 15, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Dec. 11, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Oct. 10 '61
Oct. 21, '61
Oct. 21, '61
Feb. 23, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Oct. 10 '61
Mch.31,'64
Mch.31, '64
Oct. 17, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Sept. 5, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 17 '61
Jan. 22, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10,»61
Oct. 23, '61
Nov. 1,'61
Feb. 27, '64
Mch.30,'64
Mch.30, '64
Feb. 26, '63
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Nov. 1 '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 2, '65

REMARKS.

Men. 14, '65
Nov. i, '64

Nov. 14, '64
Nov. 14, '64
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Nov. 14, '64

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Died at Louisville, Ky., June, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '(53; died at Pine Bluff Aug. 7, '64.

Died at Pine Bluff Aug. 27, '64.

Died at Helena, Ark., October, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability June, '62.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20,'63; pro. Corp.; dis. for disability July 16,'65.

! Discharged for disability Feb. 5, '63.

i Discharged for disability July, '62.

Sept. 2, '65j Re-enlisted (as veteran) Dec. 20, '63.

j Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63: discharged for disability May 30, 'n5.

1 Corp., Serg.; re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; dis. for pro. Sept. 17, '61.

Serg., Serg. Maj., Jan. 9, '62; Maj. 4th U. S. Colored Artillery.

Musician; re enlisted Dec. 20, '63; Prin. Musician Feb. 9, '65.

Re-enl. Dec. 20, '63; killed at Fitzhugh's Woods, Ark., Apl. 1, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Pro. Corp., Serg.; re-enl. Dec. 20, '63; dis. for pro. Oct. 21, '64.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; discharged for promotion Oct. 14, '64.

Cook (colored); died at Little Rock Jan. 12, '64.

Discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Discharged for disability April 9, '62.

Promoted Corporal Dec. 1, '63.

Corporal; died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 10, '62.

Corporal, Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64: promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '64; wounded at Fitzhugh's Woods.
Corporal; discharged for disability April 26, '62.

Transferred to Company C June 1, '62.

Died at Pine Bluff Oct. 15, '64.

Discharged for disability July, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Discharged while in confinement, Nov. 18, '64.

Deserted from St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 8, '62.

Deserted Aug. 8, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; 1st Lieut, 112th U. S. C. L April 12, '64.

Deserted January, '62; arrested April, '64.

Deserted Jan. 10, '63.

Died at Nashville, Teun., May 16, '62.

Died at home, in Minnesota, Jan. 8, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; 2d Lieut. 112th U. S. C. I. Nov. 7, '64.

Died at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 15, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; discharged for disability April 24, '65.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Cook (colored).

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Transferred to Company C Oct. 18, '64.

Transferred to Company C Oct. IS, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64; Corporal, Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Sept. 17, '64.

Discharged for disability July 9, '63; Musician.
Chaplain Sept. 9, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability July 30, '63.

Corporal; discharged for disability April 9, '62.

Transferred to Company C Oct. 18, '64.

Transferred to Company C Oct. 18, '6-1 .

Discharged for disability June 28, '62.

Re-enl. Dec. 23, '63; died at home, in Minnesota, Sept. 9, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal.

Transferred from Company A.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability Jan. 19, 63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 21, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 18, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability April 16, '63.

Corporal; discharged for disability in '62.

Died on hospital steamboat, oh Mississippi River, Oct. 4, '63.

Discharged for disability May 22, '65.

Transferred to Company C Oct. 18, '64.

Transferred to Company C Oct. 18, '64.

Transferred to Company I Oct. 10, '63.

Discharged December, '62; re-enlisted Feb. 18, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Died at Murfreesboro, Tenu., June 24, '62.

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Men. 14, '64

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
July 28, '65
Nov. 12, '65
Nov. 14, '64

May'29,''65

Sept.' 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2 '65
Sept. 2, '65

188

THE THIRD REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

John B. Preston

James M. Bowler

Win. F. Morse

Ephraim Pierce

First Lieutenants —

Isaac P. Tichenor

Geo. L. Jamison

Thos. Hunter

Second Lieutenant —

Samuel H. Inginan

ENLISTED MEN.

Allison, Win. E

Allison, Morrison M

Allen, Henry L

Baker, George E

Barman, George L

Baker, Wyman

Barker, Joseph

Berkman, Chris. C

Bissell, Hiram H

Bissell .Francis M

Benz, Joseph

Bowe, Win. A

Booren, Peter

Brings, Alonzo

Bush, Hezekiah

Buse, Ernest —

Callahan, Wm

Carter, Isaac

Charles, Joseph E

Countryman, Willis

Colby, Frank

Connerton, John

Cooper, Jerry

Countryman, John S

Crandall, Ezra G

Cressy, Roger W

Curtis, Henry M

Deremer, James H

Deakin, Edmund

Draper, John

Easterbrook, Daniel S

Eastman, Adoniran

Eisert, Charles

Eich, Peter

Ericson, Andrew

Everson, Hans

Evans, Wm. B

Fowley, Kaaron j

Francis, Albert B i

Fromm, Charles !

Fuller, Cyrus P !

Gillett, David N |

Gould, George

Grass, Nicholas |

Griffin, Howard :

Haskell, Augustus ;

Harrington, Lovd M

Haas, Nicholas."

Hainan, Henry

Hare, Heber R .1

Hauser, Gotfried !

Hare, Robert ;

Hairing, Mathias ,

Heath, Isaac P j

Hill, CorbinC I

Howe, Page F

Hoist, Claus i

Hoist, Jacob |

Hoist, Joachim

Holmes, Jabes W i

Jones, Eben P j

Johnson, John

Johnson, Thomas I

Kellogg, Edward S

Keyes, Wm. L i

Kern, Theobold

King, Edward

King, John H

Kistenmacher, Waldemar.

Knight, Geo. W

Knowles, Eddington

Knowles, John

L.ehmen, John G

Luchan, Frederick

Lincoln, Augustus A

MUSTERED

MUSTERED
OUT.

Nov. 8, '61

Dec. l/u2j

Aug. 1, '65

Apl. 17, '65

Nov. 8, '61
Oct. 2, '64
Feb. 25, '65

Oct. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
June 25, '64
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 11, '64
Aug. 1, '63
Sept. 27, '61
Sept, 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 2, '61
Oct. 1, '63
Aug. 23, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Sept. 27 ,'6 1
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 2, '61
Mch. 6, '65
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Feb. 24, '64
June 27, '64
Oct. 16, '61
Sept. 27 ,'611
Feb. 25, '64
Oct. 23, '611
Sept. 27, '61
June27, '64
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 2, '61
Feb. 10 '64
Nov. 5, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Jan. 25, '64
Jan. 20, '64
Aug. 29 '64
Aug. 22, '64
Sept, 27, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Oct. 11, '63
Oct. 6, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Nov. 19, '61
Oct. 2, '61
Mch. 6 '65
May 31, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Nov. 10, '63
June 24, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Sept. 27, '61

Sept. 2, '65

Nov. 14, '64
Nov. 14, '64
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept." 2/65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept 2, '65

Nov. 14, '64
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept." 2/65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept." 2/65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

REMARKS.

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. "2, ''65

Dismissed Dec. 1,'62.

Corporal; pro. 2d Lieut.; pro. Major 113th IT. S. Colored Inf.

Discharged per order October, '65; Brevet Major.

Sergeant Co. B; promoted 2d and 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant;

Capt. Co. F Apl. 17, '65; died July l,'65,at Devall's Bluff, Ark,
Dismissed Dec. 1, '62.

Corporal; promoted Serg., 2d Lieut, and 1st Lieut.; A. Q. M.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted Feb. 12, '64, in Co. Kj

promoted 2d Lieutenant Aug. 14, '64; 1st Lieut. Feb. 25, '65.
Dismissed Dec. 1, '62.

Sergeant; reduced.

Musician; re-enlisted Dec. 2, '63.

Re- enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; discharged for disability Jan. 18, '65,

Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 18, '63.

Corporal; discharged for disability December, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec, 20, '63; promoted Corporal.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Jan. 20, '62.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal.

Deserted Aug. 1, '62.

Died at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 13, '64.

Not mustered; under age.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20/63; died at Pine Bluff October, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability May 26, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; died at Pine Bluff Oct. 2, '64.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Discharged per order Aug. 26, '65.

Discharged for disability March 29, '62.

Discharged for disability July, '62; re-enlisted Sept, 30, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Corp., Serg.; re-enlisted Dec. 30, '63; dis. per order June 27, '65,
Re-enlisted Feb. 17, '6-1; promoted Com. Serg. Nov. 15, '64.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Deserted same day.

Died at Chicago, 111., Aug. 22, '64.

Discharged for disability Feb. 5, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Drafted; discharged per order Nov. 11, '65.

Corporal; discharged for disability Jan. 20, '62.

Wagoner; deserted Jan. 10, '63.

Colored cook; deserted from Devall's Bluff Jan. 29, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20 '62; died at Pine Bluff Dec. 6, '64.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '62; discharged for disability March 27, '65,
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '62; died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Aug. 29, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '62.

Discharged per order June 8, '65.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '62.
Discharged for disability April 12, '62.
Discharged for disability Jan. 4, '63.
Discharged per order Aug. 17, '65.
Died at Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 20, '64.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 22, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant

Discharged for disability May 9, '63.

Wagoner; transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 18, '63.

Discharged for disability April 12, '62.

Discharged for disability Aug. 24/65.

Discharged from hospital in '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability Aug. 17, '64.

Corporal; deserted Jan. 10, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; discharged for disability March 27,'6o.

Colored cook.

Drafted; died at Pine Bluff Oct. 29, '64.

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant; transf. to N. C. S. in '61.

COMPANY G.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

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Nov 4 '61

Sept 2 '66 '

Re-enlisted Dec ^5 '63- promoted Corp and Serg ami 1st Serg

36

Sept 27 '61

Deserted Mav 25 'Q'y

McKenna Bernard

93

Oct 6 '61

Sergeant* reduced' discharged for promotion March 8 '64, to 1st

Merrill Silas

91

Oct 8 '61

Sept 2 '63

Lieutenant and Assistant Quartermaster 57th U. S. C. I.
Re-enlisted Dec ^0 '63- promoted Corporal

Miller, Marquis D. L

24

Oct. 6 '61

Discharged for disability April 29, '62.

Miller Philip

30

Nov 14 '64

Mills, Silas

24

Oct 17 '61

Discharged for disability June 29, '62.

Morgan, David L

23

42

Sept. 27*, '61
Nov 22 '61

Sept. 2, '65

1st Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; reduced to ranks.
Discharged for disability November '62

Mohler Lewis

32

Feb' 27* '64

Sept 2 ' 65

Nremer, Henry

32

Nov 24 '61

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; died at Pine Bluff Oct. 11, '64.

O'Brien, Nicholas
Panschot, David

25
17

Nov. 8. '61
Sept 28 '61

Sept. 2, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; died; Musician.

Panchot Peter J

19

Sept 28 '61

Sept 9 "65

Re-enlisted Dec 20 '63- promoted Corporal.

Pettie, David
Picket Hirani

24
25

Oct. 31, '61
Oct 9 '61

Sept. 2, '65
Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec 20 '63.

Pitcher, Joseph E

24

Oct 11 '61

Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Pitcher John B

20

Oct 17 '61

Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.

Porter, Artemas

40

Oct 11 '61

Discharged for disabilitv May 15, '62.

Poor Robert

21

Feb 25 '64

Died at Pine Bluff Aug 24, '64.

Pride John C .. ..

36

Sept 27 '61

Discharged for disability May 25, 62.

Keincke, Conrad

21

Feb '24' '64

Discharged for disability May 22, '65.

Ratzek Joseph

44

June 27 '64

Sent 2 '65

Drafted.

Ratler, John

*>R

June 24 '64

Ritchie, James F
Richmond, Cicero T

21
20

Sept. 27, '61
Sept 27 '61

Nov. 14, '64

Transferred to Invalid Corps.

Richmond, Stewart

18

Sept 27 '61

Re-enlisted Dec 20 '63- died at Pine Bluff Ark. Nov. 9 '64.

Ridgeway, Francis J

17

Oct. 8 '61

Discharged for disability June 29, '62.

Russel, Charles F

21

Sept 27 '64

Sept. 2 '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 20 '63- promoted Corporal.

Robohui, Frederick .. ..

24

Feb 27 '64

Sept 2 '65

Sandy Thomas

30

Nov 4 '61

Sept 2* '65

Re-enlisted Dec 20 '63

Savage, Charles B

18

Jan l'? '63

Sept 2 '65

Saltz, Win

30

Aug 2> '64

Seamans, A. W

26

May 30 '64

Drafted- died at Pine Bluff Ark " Nov 1 '64

Stone, Eugene H .

21

Sept 27 '61

Sept 2 '65

Strickland, Almond C
Steinhorst, Wm

34
40

Oct. 6, '61
June 27 '64

NOT. 14, '64

Transferred from Company If.
Drafted' died at Pine Bluff Ark Sept 21 '64

Thede, Carsten
Truax Robt J

22
22

June 5, '64
Sept 27 '61

Sept. 2, '65
Sept 2 '65

Vawn Edward A

23

Sept 27 '61

Sept 2 '65

Re-en li«t'ed Dec 20 '63

Verrill, Alonzo. ..."....,

W

Oct 16* '61

Deserted- returned June, '64; died at Pine Bluff Aug. 23, '64.

Warner. Robert
Warts, Nehemiah
Waterman Henry C

"36"
18

Nov. 8, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Feb 27 '64

Nov. 14, '64

Died at Pine Bluff Ark July 5 '64

Warner, Conrad

39

June 22, '64

Discharged for disabilitv Feb. 2, '65.

Wentworth, John W

$5

Oct. 2 '61

Re-enlisted Dec 90 '63-" died Devall's Bluff Ark., Nov. 14, '64.

Wesele, John

39

Jan. 18, '64

Died at Pine Bluff July 5 '64.

Williamson. Daniel W
Woodworth, Derrick
Wilson, John
Windhusen, Conrad. .

21
21
32
18

Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 2, '61
Feb 29 '64

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Drowned from Steamer Izetta, at Columbus, Ky., June 4, '63.
Died at Pine Bluff Sept 27 '65

Wright, James H

23

Sept 27* '61

Promoted Corporal- died at home Sept. 24, '62

Zinke, August

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Jan 27 '6-1

Sept 2 '65

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' OFFICERS.

Captains —
Everett W. Foster
John C. Devereux
Lewis S. Hancock
First Lieutenants —
Ezra B.Eddy
Stephen Rhodes

"26"
"29"

Nov. 6, '61
Aug. 9, '63
Apf. 10, '65

Nov. 6 '61
July 15, '63
Apl. 10, '65

Jan. 26, '64

Mch. 6, '65
Oct. 3, '61
Jan. 5, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Oct. 18, '61
Sept. 5, '64
Oot. 3 '61

Promoted Major July 15, '63; Lieutenant Colonel April 27, '64.
2d Lieut.; pro. 1st Lieut, and Capt,; resigned March. 2, '65.
Sergeant; promoted 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut, and Captain.

Resigned July 10, '62.
Pro. from ranks, Serg., 2d Lieut, and 1st Lieut,; dismissed in '63.
Corporal Company C; re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; promoted Ser
geant, Sergeant Major and 1st Lieutenant.
Private; promoted Corporal, Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant: 1st
Lieutenant Company D Nov. 17, '64; Brevet Captain in '65.

Discharged for disability January, '62.

Pro. 1st Lieut, and Adjt, of 7th Minn. Infantry September, '62.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Promoted Cornornl: ro-eulisted Jan. 1. '64.

Sept. 2, '65

Eben North

Sept. 2, '65

Second Lieutenant —
Ezra T. Champlin

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, Gould D
Andros, Elbridge E
Andrews, Ezra B
Applegarth, Henry W
Arnold, John K

22

40
39
44
26
19
34
?1

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Ashton,John B

Barber, Madison....

Sent,. 2. '65

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REMARKS.

Barnard Win G

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Oct 3 '61

Nov 15 '64

19

Nov 14 '64

9 9

31

Oct 3 '61

18

Boxwell John K

37

Buckuian, George W

21
22

Oct. 3, '61

Sept. 2, '65
Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Canfield,' Thomas
Campbell, George

21

18
£5

Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 24, '61

Sept.' 2,' '65
Nov. 14, '64
Sept 2 '65

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Chaddock Dexter

28

Clarkson Janaes

19

Clark Justus R

29

Sept 2 '65

18

Oct 3 '61

Collier Isaac B

40

Collins Ed ward E

18

Sept 2 '65

Cross Mel via W

18

Sept 2* '65

30

Sept 2 '65

Cross 'Erastus G

19

Nov 14 '64

Cross Robert H

27

Discharged for disability Jan 1 '65

Cross Silas

44

Feb 2^ '64

Died at Prairie du Chien Dec 30 '64

Cranshaw, Thomas

1«

Feb" 25* '64

Died at Little Rock Ark. May 18, '64.

Custard, Richard C

SO

Oct 3* '61

Sergeant' promoted Captain in 112th Col.Inf November '64.

Davis Abban

18

Mch 9* J64

Sept 2 '65

Delong, Wallace W

S1

Oct 10* '61

Promoted Corporal and Serg.' dis for promotion April 12, '64.,

Dearborn, Abraham F

93

Oct 5 '61

Sergeant* discharged for promotion July 21, '62.

30

Sept 2 '65

Evans, Robert R

?5

Oct 3 '61

Discharged for disability April, '62.

Fisk, Geo. L

?8

Oct 3 '61

Corporal' promoted 1st Lieutenant and Reg. Quartermaster.

Ford, Devillo

<>6

Oct 8* '61

Sergeant* died May 1 '62.

Fox Win C

49

Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Jan 1 '64

29

Nov 15* '64

Fellows Julius

22

Feb 27 ;64

Died at Pine Bluff Ark. Aug 8 '04

Flora Win T

31

Sept 2 '65

Foster William

18

Feb 2 '64

Discharged for disability Dec. 20, '64.

Foren, Josephus
Gibbs, Chauncey D

19
19

Nov. 6/61
Oct 5 '61

Sept. 2, '65
Oct 5 '64

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Gregg Geo F

21

Opt *£ 'fil

Nov 14 ''64

Grow, Charles A

22

Oct 3 '61

Sept 2* '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1 , '64.

Goss Howard M.

21

Oct" 3* '61

Nov 14 '64

Goss, ZibaC

19

Oct 3* '61

Nov* 14* '64

Grow Lafayette

29

Mch 6* '65

Sept 2 '65

Graves, John H

31

Feb *29* '64

Died at Devall's Bluff Ark Nov. 20, '64.

Gwin Charles .

39

June 27* *64

Sept 2 '65

Harrison, Geo. S

21

Oct 3* '61

Sept. 2* '65

Corporal' re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Hale, Wm. E

18

Oct 31* '61

Nov 14 '64

Hancock John O

18

Oct* 3* '61

Nov 14 '64

Hawkins, Edward B
Hall, Loren P

19,
19

Oct! 3* '61
Oct 10 '61

Nov! 14J '64
Nov 14 '64

Promoted Corporal.

Hamilton, Francis A

18

Feb 19* '64

Discharged per order July 21, '65.

Hatcher, Frank

34

Sept 2 '65

Drafted

Hasket, Harrison.
Hendricks, James M
Henderson, George
Hill, Geo. D

30
21
23
30

Junel6,''64
Oct. 3, '61
Feb. 27, '64
Feb 16 '64

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Drafted.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Died at Devall's Bluff Ark., Aug. 29, '64.

Hunt, Warren

41

Jan 5 '64

Sept 2 '65

Holcomb, Edgar A.....

25

Oct' 3* '61

Sept 2 ''65

Re-enlisted Jan 1, '64.

Howe, John S

28

Oct 3* '61

Discharged for disability June 1, '62.

Hull Charles

18

Oct 3 '61

Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Jan 1 '64

Jerry, Francis M
Jerry Joseph.

21

18

Oct.' 3* '61
Feb 26 '64

Nov. 14, '64
Sept 2 '65

Johnson, AvonE

20

Oct 3 '61

Discharged for disability May 8, '62.

Johnson, Henry V
Jones, John M

39
44

June27J'64
June27 '64

Sept. 2, '65

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 2, '64.

Kearney, Thos. B

99

Aug. 30* '64

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Kelsey, James W

30

June 27 '64

Discharged for disability Sept. 23, '64.

Kimball, Degrove

91

Nov 2 '61

Died of wounds received at Wood Lake, Minn., Sept. 23, '62.

Knowles, Eddington

R?

Oct.' 23* '61

Transferred to Company B Nov. 9, '61.

Knapp, Albert D

99

Oct 3 '61

Died at Nashville, Tenn., April, '62.

Knox, Isaac

27

Oct 3* '61

Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1 '64.

Krick, George S

91

Oct* 12* '61

Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; dis. for disability Jan. 13, '65,

Lambert, George, M. D....

Nov. 6 '61

Promoted Hospital Steward; transf.toNon-Commissioned Staff,

Lawrence, James

99

Aug 31 '64

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Levitt, Alden C
Logan, Wm. A

22
32

Nov. 6 '61
Sept 25 '63

Nov. 14, '64
Sept 2 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Loveland, Adelbert D

?1

Feb.* IS, '64

Discharged per order May 19, '65.

Lyman, Ellis A
Marsh, Israel M

33

28

Feb. 23 '64
Oct 3 '61

Sept. 2, '65
Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1 '64.

Mack, Geo. W.

22

Oct 12* '61

Sept 2* '65

Re-enlisted Jan 1 '64* promoted Corporal.

Martin, Perry D....,

•>6

Oct 9* '61

Discharged for disability June 2, '63.

McGee.Wm

20

Oct 3 '61

Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Jan 1 '64' promoted Corporal.

McGee, James .

24

Mch 6* '65

Sept' 2* '65

McCollum, Lervy B
McDougall, Geo. A

37
18

Feb.' 25/64
Sept. 1, '64

Sept! 2' '65

Discharged per order Julv 28, '65.

Messer, Frederick

99

Oct 3 '61

Discharged for disability May 15, '62.

Mwtz, Joseph J

20

Oct. 31 '61

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Prin. Musician Feb. 1, '63.

COMPANY H.

ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

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REMARKS.

Millner, Thomas

Miller, Abraham

Mosher, WmE

Murphy, Henry

Negus, John

Oaks, Ellihue J

Oliver, Wm. F

Palmer, Wm

Pell, Fred. A

Pel), Wm

Peterson, Erick

Perry, George

Perry, Wm

Phillips, Levi M

Pierce, Albert D

Pomroy, Joseph

Prior, Norman...
Quigley, Philip...

JuigK . ,

Quigley,Edward..
Randall, Adelbert.

Remus, Nicholas .

Rice, John L...

Rigney, John

Schurtliff, Oliver

Sergeant, Ezra J

Shrigley, James A

Sharp, Edward L

Shellenberg, Casper...

Simon, Wm

Sibley, James J

Skillman, Evander....

Skilluian, Frank

Skinner, Geo. B

Skillman, Philander..

Smith, John R

Smith, Wm. W

Smith, Michael

Smith, Horace N

Smith, Thomas

Stewart, David E

Sterling, James H

Sutton, Aaron

Tammony, Patrick....

Terrill, Robert S

Utler, Alexander M .
Warthan, Emanuel...

Walters, Win

Walsh, John M

Warring, Wm. H

Wilcox, James O

Wyman, Charles F...
Yawman, Wm

June 25, '64 i
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Feb. 22, '64
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Feb. 25, '64
Men. 31, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 3 '61
Feb. 16, '64
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Feb. 16, '64
Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 12, '61
June 24, '64
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 29, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 3, '61
June 24, '64
Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Nov. 2, '61
Jan. 23, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Oct. 3, '61
Nov. 4, '61
Nov. 2, '61
Nov. 6, '61
June 24, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Feb. 26, '64
June 27, '64
Nov. 6, '61
Jan. 5, '64,
Feb. 27, '64!
Aug. 25, '64
June 15, '64
Nov. 6, '61
Nov. 6, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 3, '61

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Nov. 14, '62
Nov. 14, '62

Sept. 2, '65
Nov. 14, '64
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept."V65
Nov. 14, '64

Sept. 2, '65

Nov. 14, '64
Nov. 14, '64

Nov. 14, '64
8ept."2,*6fi

Nov. 14, '64
Sept. 2, '65
Nov. 14, '64
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Nov. 14, '64

Sept. 2, '65
Nov. 14, '64

Nov. 14, '64

Discharged for disability March 2, "62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64,

Discharged for disability April, '62.
Discharged for disability April, '62.
Discharged for disability April, '62.
Died at Little Rock, Ark., F.b. 23, '64.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Died at Murfreesboro, June 30, '62.
Died Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 21, '64.

First Sergeant.

Re-enhsted Jan. 1, '64; wounded at Fitzhugh's Woods.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability June 7, '62.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Discharged per order Aug. 17, '65.
Transferred to Company B Dec. 1, '61.
Deserted Jan. 30, '62.

Died at Belmont, Ky., February, '62.
Musician.

Discharged for disability May 16, '62.

Promoted Corporal.

Died at Devall's Bluff, March 7, '65.

Musician; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Corporal; pro. Sergeant; 1st Lieut. 112th Colored Infantry, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; pro. Corporal; dis. for pro. July 10, '65.

Deserted at Little Rock, Ark., May 21, '64.

Discharged for promotion July 10, '65.

Discharged for disability, May 16, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability March 9, '65.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Drafted.

Discharged per order May 25, '64.
Died at his home in Iowa, Oct. 8, '64.
Discharged per order June 8, '65.
Drafted.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., July 18, '64.
Corporal; discharged for disability in '62.
Wagoner.

ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

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REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Benjamin F. Rice

Nov. 9, '61
July 21, '64
May 13, '65

Nov. 9, '61
July 21, '64
Apl. 23, '65

July 21, '64

Sept. 22, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 25, '61
Oct. 25, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 18. '64

Resigned July 20, '64; commissioned Major, but not mustered.
2d Lieut.; promoted 1st Lieut, and Capt.; resigned April 18 '65.
Corporal Company F Sept. 27, '61.

Pro. Capt. Co. C Feb. 18, '64; Maj. 1st Heavy Art. April 17, '65.
Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, Captain Company C.

Promoted from ranks Company F 2d Lieutenant July 21, '64;
promoted 1st Lieutenant Company B Feb. 26, '65. ; Bvt. Capt.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal.
Corporal.
Corp.; re-enl. Dec. 31, '63; pro. 2d Lieut, 57th CoJ. Inf. July 10,'64.
Promoted Corporal; died at Helena, Ark., Aug. 19, '63.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., May 16, '62.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark.
Corporal; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps November, '63.
Discharged for disabilitv Sept. 1, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; "discharged for disability Jan. 14, '65.
Died at his home Sept. 16, '62.

George L. Jameson
First Lieutenants —
David Misner
James M. Moran

27
"27"

Sept. 2, '65

Jonas Lindall

Sept. 2, '65

Second Lieutenant —
Heman D. Pettibone

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, John D
Alvey, Wm T

18
24
30
19
18
21
41
31
28
42
44

Sept. 2, '65
Nov. 14, '64

Barrick Je«seT

Barrick, Isaac A

Bassett, George S
Baker, Benjamin B
Bertram, Geo. M

Biggs, Edwin A

Bradshaw, Thomas

Brown, Henry

Broderick, James

Sent, 2. '65

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ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

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REMARKS.

Buck Wm M

22
27
18
19
19
26
38
19
29
18

"is

30
28
25
24
24
44
30
23
21
18
21
21
24
21
33
21
21
22
22
23
43
18
18
18
37
26
40
25
24
27
25
18
24
21
18
43
18
44
30
27
29
23
25
21
18
28
33
22
21
21
19
26
40
18
21
30
22
26

30
45
18
23
30
43
21
21
24
18
21
20
21
21
27

Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 19, '64
Oct. 9, '61
Oct. 28, '61
Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 24, '64
Oct. 26, '61
Feb. 9, '64
Sept. 5, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 28, '61
Sept. 30 '61
Oct. 24, '61
Sept. 5, '64
May 20, '63
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 18, '64
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 29, '61
Jan. 4, '64
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 30 '61
Nov. 5, '61
Feb. 24, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Oct. 19, '61
Jan. 4, '64
Oct. 19, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 2 '64
Oct. 16, '61
Feb. 18, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Oct. 19, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Feb. 16, '64
Jan. 25, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Jan. 20, '64
Feb. 6, '64
Feb. 6, '64
Oct. 28, '61
Oct. 28, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Jan. 14, '64
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Sept. 5, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Feb. 2, '64
Oct. 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 24, '61

Oct. 28, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 28, '61
Sept, 11, '63
Sept. 5, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Oct. 19, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Jan. 26, '63
Feb. 18, '64
Oct. 28, '61
Feb. 14, '64
Oct. 9, '61
Sept. 30, '61

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Re- enlisted Dec. 13, '63.

Discharged for disability July 15, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; died at Pine Bluff, Ark., July 19, '64.
Discharged for disability July 15, '63.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Corporal; discharged for disability Sept, 16, '64.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., July 27, '64.
Discharged per order July 28. '65.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Aug. 18, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., April 15, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal.
Discharged per order July 28, 65.

Died at Blooming Grove, Minn., Sept, 23, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; died in Minnesota Sept. 16, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; Q. M. Sergeant, Sergeant Major.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Died in Minnesota Dec. 1, '64.

Buse Ernst

Chase Caleb Jr

Clemans, Robert E
Clark Geo C . .

Cooper John

Cornell Cyrus F . .

Conn F R

Crawford, Hiram B
Crawford, Rollin O
Crocker, George

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Cronk Samuel L

Sept. 2 '65
Sept. 2, '65

Cronk Wm A

Crosby, Solomon

Crawford Frank

Sept. 2, '65
Nov. 14, '64

Dearborn, Lorenzo
Poland, Chas. W

Donaldson, Hugh W
Donaldson Allen B

Sept. 2, '65
Sept, 2, '65

Eaton. Lewis

Eaton Henry

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Eaton John

Eaton Lovell

Eckert Malon B

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Eckert, Adam

Engle Alvin

Erwin, Arthur E
Ervin George

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Aug. 5, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Corporal, Sergeant; trans, to Yet. Reserve Corps Nov. 18, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Died of wounds received at New Ulna, Minn., Aug. 18, '62.
Discharged.

Discharged per order May 18, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Died at Devall's Bluff Oct. 29, '64.

Died at Little Rock Nov. 24, '64.
Musician; discharged for disability Jan'uary, '62.
Discharged for disability April 30,' '62.

Transferred to Company B June 18, '64.
Transferred to Company B June 18, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Discharged for disability March 29, '62.
Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal.
Died at Devall's Bluff Aug. 27, '63.
Died at Devall's Bluff Jan. 19, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal.
Died at Pine Bluff Aug. 10, '64.
Discharged for disability Feb. 5, '63.
Discharged for disability April 19, '62.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Corp.; pro. Serg.; re-en 1. Jan. 5, '64; dis.for disability Jan.14,'65.
Sergeant; promoted 2d Lieutenant; mustered out by special
order War Department, June 3, '63.
Discharged for disability Aug. 7, '62.
Discharged for disability March 29, '62.
Transferred to Company A Dec. 1, '61.
Died at Pine Bluff Oct. 12, '64.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Died Oct. 17, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.
Died at Devall's Bluff May 7, '65.
Discharged for disability March 9, '62.
Died at Chicago, 111., Aug. 20, '64.
Discharged for disability July 13, '63.
Corporal, Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 31, '64; promoted Sergeant
Major April 10, '64.

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Evans, Kees

Flanders, Leonard K
Folsom, Augustus H
Foster, Beuton T

Foster Wm

"Nov.'i'VM
Sept. 2, '65

"Sept." 2',' '65

"No'v."l4,"'64
Sept. 2, '65

Gray, Donald

Grandstrand, Gustaf
Gibson John

Hall, Martin V. B

Haskett James L

Hay ward, Sheffield S
Hall, Geo. W

Hare, HeberR

How, Asa

Hull, George W

Hussey, Wm. A

Huser, Gottfried

Iberson, Geo. A

Iberson, Abraham
Ilstrup, LauritzC

Nov. 14, '64
Nov. 14, '64
Sept, 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Ilstrup, Simon .. ..

Irwin, Frederick
Jackson, Wm. H

Jones, Samuel M
Kerrott, John F

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

L,amb,Wm. A

Lawton, Eliel W
Lewton, Wm. P

Lewis, Albert H...

Sept. 2, '65

Libbie, Henry H....

Lilly, David

Logue, Michael .

Sept. 2, '65

Lori ng, George

Lumsden, Robert.

Lyon, John J
Marks, Charles W

Sept. 2, '65

Maurer, Peter

McLeod,Wm

McDonald, Francis S
McDonald, John

McDuff, James

Mealy, Cornelius
Miner, Monroe

Sept. 2, '65

Millie, Robert ..

Mohrman, Frederick
Mobeck, Peter L
Myrick, Felix A
Naylor, George
Nichols, Seth

Nov. 14, '64
Nov. 14, '64

Noggle, JohnO

Nvefdark

Oliver, David

Owen, William

Pease, Asa C

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

193

NAMES.

rf !

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Peaslev, Geo. H

20

Sept 30 '61

Promoted Corporal' re-enlisted Dec °1 '63* killed at Fitzhui'h's

Peasley Charles A

18

Sept 30 '61

Sept 2 '65

Woods April 1,'64.
Re-enlisted Dec 31 '64

19

Nov 14* '641

Perkins, Lucian L

24

Died at Devall's Bluff Ark May 5 '65

Potter John H

23

Sept 30* '61

Nov 14 '64

Potter Jauies W

20

Preston, Charles W
Randall, Woodleigh

21
24

28

Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 28, '61

Nov 14, '64

Discharged for disability Jan. 17, '64.

Ressler, Jeremiah
Richardson, John S
Seibel John

18
21
43

Feb. 18! '64
Sept. 30, '61

Sept. 2, '65

Discharged for disability March 15, '62.

Sheldon Mvron S

33

Feb 26* '64

Died at Waterville Minn Jan 91 '65

Slater John

26

Smith', Dewitt C

28

Feb 1^' '64

Sept 2 '65

Soule Frederick O

25

Feb 18 '64

Died at Pine Bluff \rk Sept 28 '64

Soule, Geo

21

Feb* 18* '64

Sept 2 '65

Soule, Henry S
Soper, Eugene A

27
21

Feb. 18, '64
Feb 18 '64

Sept. 2, '65

Discharged per order Mav 22 '65

Strickland, Almon C

34

Nov. f) '61

1st Sergeant; transferred to Companv F Feb. 1, '62.

Stevens John C

26

Sept 30 '61

Serg • deserted from Fort Snelling Ja'n 10 '63' re-eul in Pa

Stokes, Charles

24

Oct '28* '61

Sept. 2 '65

Corporal* re-enlisted Dec 31 '63. •

Stewart Albert W

27

Oct 19 '61

Wagoner- discharged for disability July 11 '62

Steele, Napoleon

91

Oct" 2s''61

Sept. 2 '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 31 '63.

Stevens, Augustus

18

Nov 9 '61

Nov 14 '64

Stewart, James

?0

Oct 1 '61

Nov. 14* '64

Stevens, Simon

Nov 14 '64

Discharged for disabilitv transferred from Company K.

Stevens, Otto
Taul, Henry...

28

Nov. U\ '64
Aug 31 '64

Discharged for disability.
Discharged per order Julv 28 '65

Terry, James Y

'>!

Sept. 30 '61

Died at Little Rock Oct. 25, '64.

Thompson, David

24

Oct 26 '61

Sept 2 '65

Re-enlisted Dec 31 '63- promoted Sergeant.

Thompson, Isaac J
Tidland, Charles L

30
19

Sept. 5, '64
Sept 30 '61

Discharged pe&order July 28, '65.
Discharged for disabilitv

Tower, Ichabod H .. ..

21

Oct 9 '61

Discharged for disability March ^9 '69

Ward, John S

19

Sept. 30 '61

Corporal- discharged for disability Oct. 4, '62.

Ward Ira

19

Sept 30 '61

Sept 2 '65

Wakefield, Henry D
Walker, John

28
34

Oct. 28 '61
Feb. 18 '64

Deserted from Belmont, Ky., December, '61.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Aug. 7, '65.

Withrow, Hugh B

Oct. 29 '64

Sept 2 '65

Transferred from Company I.

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

g
32

MUSTERED ! MUSTERED 1
IN. OUT.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Christopher C. Andrews

Joseph H. Swan

Nov. 4, '61

Dec. 1,'62
Feb. 7, '65

Dec. 1,'62
Aug. 16, '64

July 28, '65

Oct. 26, '64
Oct. 27, '61
Oct. 24, '61
Sept. 1,'64
Oct. 24, '61
June 25, '64
June 27, '64
Oct. 24, '61

Jan. 15, '66

Dec. 31 , '64
Sept. 2, '65

Aug. 16, '64
Oct., '65

Sept. 2, '65

July 28, '65
Nov. 14, '64

Priv. Oct. 11, Lieut, Col. Dec. 1, '62; Col. July 16, '63; Brig. Gen.
Jan. 5, '64; Maj. Gen. by brevet March 9, '65.
1st Lieutenant Oct. 11, '61; Captain Dec. 1, '62.
Private Co. E Oct. 11, '61; pro. Corporal, Sergeant, Sergeant
Major; Reg. Quartermaster April 15, '64; Captain Feb. 7, '65.
Priv. Oct. 11, '61; 2d Lieut. NOT. 4, '61; 1st Lieut. Dec. 1, '62.
1st Sergeant Oct. 11, '61; 2d Lieutenant Dec. 1, '62; 1st Lieut.
Aug. 16, '64; Capt, Co. F Julv 19, '65; Maj. by brev. Aug. 1, '66.
4th Sergeant Co. D Oct., '61; 1st Lieutenant Co. I July 28, '65.

Died at Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 4, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; 2d Lieutenant 112th U. S. C. I.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 2, '64.

Died atSnyder's Bluff, Miss., July 19, '63.
Corp.; re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; 2d Lieut, and 1st Lieut. 57th U.S. C.I.
Promoted Corporal.

Died at Devall's Bluff, Ark., Nov. 26, '64.
Led Company I in final charge in battle of Wood Lake.
Promoted 3d"Sergeant November, '61; Color Sergeant; re-enlist
ed Jan. 1, '64; Captain 112th U. S. Colored Infantry.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Died at Fort Snelling Dec. 25, '62.

Cook.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; 1st Lieut. 57th U. S. C. Inf. March 8, '64.

William G. J. Akers
First Lieutenants —
Damon Greenleaf.

20

William F.Morse

19
26

18
30
28
41
19
33
24
oq

ENLISTED MEN.

Auo-ier Albert W

Bain, William W
Becker Frank

July 28, '65

Beledo, Peter

Berthume Isaac . ...

Sept. 2, '65

Blackburn, David

Boughton. Orren E
Brakefiekl John

24
35
27
21
23
28

18
27
26
37
21
22
24

Oct. 27, '61
Oct. 24 '61
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Oct. 2.4, '61
Oct. 24, '61

Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Aug. 26, '64
Nov. 11, '63
Feb. 25, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 25, '61

Nov. 14, '64
Sept. 2, '65

"Nov"i4,"'64

Brindhnthall, Henry
Brindzick, August
Brookins, Geo W

Bruce, Samuel M
Buchanan, James.

Sept. 2, '65

Bundv, Orren

Burnhart, Benjamin
Butler, Lewis

July 28, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Mch. 8, '64

Callahan, William
Canfield, Bvron

Cantwell, James C
13

194

THE THIRD REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

Cantwell, John J

Cantwell, Mathew

Carpenter, Edward

Cayon, Joseph .".

Chamberlain, Philander P

Clark, Andrew J

Cleveland, John D

Cline, Ebeuezer W

Coates, James

Collins, Harry E

Coggsweil, Judson

Cook, Abraham. ...

Cooley, John

Cramer, Adolph

Crosby, David

Crosby, James

Crumuiet, John O

Damon, Mark

Dean, Henry L

Dennison, Frederick H....

Dickinson, Martin J

Donaldson, Hugh W

Earle, Henry

Farrell, Michael

Folsom, Eli

Freeman, Mahon D

Garlington, Edwin H

Graham, John R ...

Green, Charles H

Green, Frank S

Griprnan, Hiram J

Gripman, William H

Goss, Ransom B

Hahler, William

Hale. Charles A

Hamblin, John

Hancock, Edwin E

Hathaway, Marvin

Henderson, Ira

Hennesy, Michael

Herrick George W

Hockrid'ge, William

Hooper, David

James, Orlando W

James, Whitman R

King, William Ole

Kirby, Joseph

Lamb, Charles D

Lombard, Charles W..,

Markling, Frank J

Martin, E. L

Mart in, James

McGee, William

Masterson, Jaines E....

Mattis, Charles

Mills, Orrin

Miller, Frank E ,

Moore, John

Moore, Solon

Mullens, John B

Myrtetus, Asa

Owens, John ,

Owens, JohnP

Ole, Wm. King

Orteney, James T ,

Paniy, Carleton ,

Parks, Moses J

Peck.Delevan

Peck, James M

Perkins, Frederick

Pickler, Franklin

Pool, Jeremiah

Pope, John

Redlen, Frederick

Reed, Alexander

Richardson, Simon S...

Roach, Samuel P

Schilplin, Frederick....

Shaw, Judson B

Shaffer, Thomas G

Shea, William

Sherman, F. B

Shippman, Peter

Shoret, Augustin

Smith, Washington L.

MUSTERED
Ix.

Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Sept. 1, '64
Oct. 29, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Aug. 29, '64
Oct.- 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 1,'64
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 1,'64
Mch. 2, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 29,'6l!
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 22, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 28, '65
Sept. 2, '65

July 28, '65

'Nov"l4,"'64
Sept. 2, '65

July 28, '65
July 28, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Nov. 1,'61
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 6, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Sept. 6, '64
Feb. 11, '64
Nov. 2, '61
Aug. 30, '64
Sept. 6, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Aug. 30, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Sept. 1, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 29, '61
June 27, '64
Oct. .11, '61

Oct. 11, '61
Dec. 2, '62
Oct. 11, '61
Sept. 2 '64
Mch. 30, '63
June 27, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Dec. 11, '62
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11,'
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 5, '64
Sept. 5, '65
Sept. 3, '64

June 27, '64
June 27, '64
June 27, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Sept. 1,'64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
June 24, '6
Oct. 29, '61

Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 29, '61
Oct. 11, '61
June 27, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 19, '6t
Feb. 11, '64
June 20, '64
Oct. 11, '61
June 25, '64
Oct. 20,'ei1

Sept. 2, '65

Nov. 14, '64

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

July 28, '65
Nov. 20, '64

July 28, '65
July 28, '65
Nov. 14, '64
July 28, '65

July 28, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Nov. 14, '6

Sept. 2, '65

July 28, '6?
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Nov. 14, '64

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
June 24, '65

July 28, '6
July 28, '65
July 28, '65

May 22, '65

July' 28/65
Nov. 14, '64

Nov. 14, '64
May 22, '65

Sept." 2',' '65
Sept'.""2,"'65

REMARKS.

2d Serg.; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; Capt. 1 12th U. S. C. I.
Died of wounds received at battle of Wood Lake.
Discharged for disability in '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; died at Pine Bluff, Ark., July 20, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; died at Pine Bluff, Ark., July 20, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Died in Minnesota Sept. 12, '64.

Died at Devall's Bluff, Ark., Nov. 26, '64.

Deserted from Benton Barracks, Mo.,' Aug. 9, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; pro. Serg.; app. Lieut., but not mustered.

Discharged for disability.

Died on hospital boat, Mississippi River, July 28, '63.

4th Sergeant; discharged for disability May 2, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Transferred to Company H.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 11, '65.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 26, '64.

Corporal; killed at battle of Murfreesboro July 13, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability Jan. 28, '63.

Discharged for disability.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 13, '64.

Died in Minnesota Sept. 23, '63.

Wnd. at Murfreesboro July 13, '62; transf. to I. C. Nov. 18, '63".
Discharged fordisability Jan. 26, '63.

Did not join regiment; discharged by order War Department.
Died Oct. 25, '64.

1st Corporal; promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted '64; 2d Lieutenant
Company K May 1, '65; 1st Lieutenant July 19, '65.

Musician.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for disability Nov. 15, '64,

Company cook.

Discharged for disability April 12 '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Same as Win. Ole King; name obscure.
Died at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Oct. 26, 64.
Died at Deva-ll's Bluff, Ark., Jan. 4, '65.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Sept. 26, '64.

Corporal; killed in Arkansas., after discharge.

Corporal; discharged for disability Feb. 10, '63.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark.. Oct. 11, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for wounds received in the

battle of Fitzhugh's Woods.
Discharged for disability Nov. 7, '63.
Transferred to Company H Dec. 1, '62.
Promoted Corporal Jan. 29, '64.

Re-enlisted; promoted 1st Lieutenant 113th U. S. C. I.
Corporal; re-enlisted; Commissary Sergeant Jan. 15, '63.
Deserted from Benton Barracks Aug. 19, '62.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Aug. 17, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1. '64; pro. Lieut, and Capt. 112th U. S. C. I.

Died at Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 29, '64.

Killed in battle of Fitzhugh's Woods, Ark., April 1, '64.

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

195

NAMES.

K
•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Smith Nicholas

37
34
27
32
34
23
23
22
35
19
26
19
29
17
24
25
18
28
29
32

June 27, '64
Oct. 27, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 11, '61
June 6, '64
Oct. 27, '61
Oct. 23, '61
June 24, '64
June27, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 2, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 24, '61
Sept. 20, '64
Oct. 19, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Feb. 26, '64
Oct. 29, '61
Oct. 29, '61
Oct. 11, '61

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64-
Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Discharged for disabilitv.
Died at Pine Bluff Aug." 23, '64.
Transferred to Invalid Corps, Nov. 18, '63.
Discharged for disability.
Died at Little Rock Nov. 26, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 4, '64; discharged for disability Jan. 25, '65.
Discharged for disability April 11, '62.
Discharged for disability in '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 4, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability April 12, '62.
Discharged for disability Feb. 4, '64.

Transferred to Company H Dec. 1, '61.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Spelman John A

Stoll 'john . . .

Taylor Albert

Teuchtenhagen, John
Thorns, Charles H
Thomas John H

June 8, '65

Thompson, John L
Timms Henry . . .

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Vadner Peter

\Vatt Edward

Willis William T

Sept. 2, '65

'Sept."V65
Sept. 2, '65

Wilson Mark C

Withrow, Hugh B
Wyman, Samuel F
Young Otis S

ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

a
o
<?

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Mark W. Clay
James L Hodges

Nov. 14, '61
Dec. 11, '62

Nov. 6, '61
Aug. 27, '64
May 13, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Nov. 14, '61
Jan. 9, '62
Nov. 20, '64

Oct. 7, '61

Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 15, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Feb. 15, '64
Oct. 7, '61
Nov. 4, '61
Aug. 29, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 30, '61
Feb. 15, '64
Feb. 15, '64
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Feb. 15, '64
Sept. 2 ,'64
Oct. 7, '61
Nov. 2, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 6, '64
Mch. 19, '64
Oct. 20, '81
Oct. 7, '61
Feb. 6, '64
Oct. 19, '61
Nov. 14, '61
July 10, '63
Mch. 8, '64
Oct. 19, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Oct. 30, '61
Feb. 18, '64
Oct. 17 ,'61
Feb. 15, '64
Oct. 7. '61

"Sept."2,"'65

Dismissed Dec. 1, '62.
1st Lieutenant Nov. 14, '61; promoted Captain Dec. 1, '62.

1st Sergeant; promoted 1st Lieutenant; dismissed July 15, '64.
Promoted Regimental Quartermaster May 13, '65.
Sergeant, Sergeant Major; promoted Adjutant, 2d Lieutenant.
2d Lieutenant, 1st Corporal Company I Oct. 11, '61.

Promoted Adjutant Jan. 9, '62.
Enlisted Sept. 25, '61; resigned Sept., '64; transf. from Co. A.
Corporal Company C., re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; promoted 2d
Lieutenant; promoted 1st Lieutenant Company G April 10,'65.
Corporal, Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., July 19, '64.
Discharged for disability March, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.

Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.
Transferred to Company G Dec. 1, '61.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Corporal.
Died at Pine Bluff Oct. 16, '64.
Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 10, '62.
Died at Louisville, Ky., March, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted.
Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 2, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '65; promoted Corporal.
Died at Pine Bluff Oct. 11, '64.

Re-enl. Dec. 18,'65; deserted from Jacksonport, Ark., July 20, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '65.

Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.
Discharged for disability June 16, '63.
Cook (colored).
Discharged for disability Aug. 11, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; discharged for disability July 29, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; deserted March 21, '64.
Died at Pine Bluff Oct. 19, '64.

Died at Devall's Bluff Nov. 28, '64.

First Lieutenants —
Hiram D. Gates

25
24
21
23

21
26
19
21
18
19
23
21
20
26
39
21
21
27
22
44
21
24
18
28
23
20
21
24
32
22
18
21
18
29
21
27
18
21
21
18
26
29
30
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Bonde Olson

Philander E.Folsom
Joseph P. Kirby

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Second Lieutenants —
Cyrene H. Blakely
Joseph R. Putnam
Eben North

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, Andrew H
Andrtis Ira

Ash, George J
Bailly Gardner F

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Barlow Geo O

Boret, Wm
Bidwell,VernallA

Bulen JohnH

Sept. 2, '65

Bulen, Alpheus W

Bump, John

Bundy, James L

Burkham, Alva P
Bullard, Reuben P

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Bullin Orpheus W

Brooks, Wm. B
Calvert Robert A

Sept. 2, '65

"Sept.'"V65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Campbell, John J

Collins Patrick

Corpe, Wm. J

Colton, David H
Crabs, Burrows W
Cramer, Douglas
Crumb, Samuel

Delac John

Sept. 2, '65

Dodge, Henry W

Drake George

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 18, '65

'fieptVisj '65

Drake, Harmon M
Durant, William . .

Elder, Rienzi

Evans, Jack

Fawcett, Mahlon

Ferguson, Carlile

Sept. 18, '65

Fertile, Wm. A

Field, Wm.H

Fulton, Robert

Gifford, Andrew J
Gilber, Frederick
Gould, Elmer F....

Sept. 18, '65

Sent 18. '65

196

THE THIRD REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

NAMES.

Gordy, Minus W

Gordy, James A

Hartshorn, Joshua C

Hancock, David

Hannoii, Leander J

Hanuon, Alexander D

Haws, Oscar

Herrick, Lewis L

Higgins, Hugh

Horton, Henry

Hunter, Thos , ,

Hurd, Hubbard G

Honeywell, Perry A

Humason, Chas. J

Hutuason, Win. L

Humason, Lewis A

Ireland, Charles F

Jones, Henry R

Keeler, Charles F

Keeler, Charles A

Ketchum, Hiram E

Kennedy, Augustine

Kelly, Lewis H

Kester, Joseph

Kidd, Lawson

Lansing, Grover B

Lamberson, John

Langworthy, Benj. H

Lee, Palmer

Lesher, Amos

Little, John B

Mark, Christian

Marlett, Ira A

McNeill, Philetus W

McLane, Peter

Morgan, Joshua G

McCoy, Luther

McCarter, Warren

Millet, Walter

Moran, Benj. K

Moon, Charles W

Mosby, John

Nichols, Charles E

Nixon, Charles H..

Northrup, Walter D

Northrup, Samuel

Okens, John

Okens, James

Perry, Charles

Porter, James

Powers, Israel P

Pyburn, Andrew J

Raymond, Alvin

Rice, Benjamin

Rice, Wm. H

Rolph, Ennon

Rollins, Joseph

Rolph, Henry E

Russell, George W

Russell, John H

Russell, Win. W

Russell, James..

Sandbum, Gilman T

Sawtelle, Alfonzo J

Scott, Wm. F

Sears, Wm

Shippe, Laben E

Shaw, Geo. S

Shaw, Benjamin

Sheldon, Fletcher A

Skeels, John E

Smith, Edgar W

Sneider, John

Stevens, Simeon

Stevens, Otto

Stanton,Roswell....

Strain, Benjamin C

Thomas, George W

Thomas, Abisha

Turnley, Chas. H

TJptegraftt, John

Vosborg, John

"Ward, Henry

Webster, Martin

Webster, Henry W

Webster, Daniel W

Webster, Aldin

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 26, '61
Feb. 25, '64
Oct. 17, '61
Nov. 1,'61
Oct. 26, '61
Feb. 18, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Oct. 7, '61
Mch. 8, '64
Mch.21,'64
Oct. 26, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Dec. 11, '63
Jan. 4, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Feb. 15, '64
Feb. 13, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 11, '64
Feb. 13/64
Nov. 14, '61
Nov. 14, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Sept. 23, '63
Oct. 31, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Jan. 21, '63
Feb .10, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Mch. 13, '65
Feb. 23, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Nov. 14, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 26, '64
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 26. '61
Sept. 28 '63
Feb. 23, '64 1
Oct. 19, '61
Dec. 15, '63
Mch. 23, '64
Nov. 13, '63
Nov. 14, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Mch. 18, '64
Oct. 26, '61
Feb. 17, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 10, '64
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Nov. 14, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Feb. 12, '64
Nov. 14, '61
Nov. 14, '61
Feb. 19, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Feb. 11, '64
Mch. 8, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 14, '61
Aug. 29, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept, 18, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept, 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept." 2/65

Sept, 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept" "2," 65
Sept, 2, '65

REMARKS.

Nov. 14, '64
Sept.'"2/65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept." 2/65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 2, '65
Sept, 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept, 2, '65

Sept. 2, '65

Sept. 2, '(
Sept. 2, '(

Sept." 2/65
Sept." 2/65

Sept. 2/65

Sept. 2/65

Sept, 2, '65
Sept. 2/65

Re-enlisted; Musician,

Died at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 10, '63.

Discharged for disability June, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant,

Sergeant; promoted Commissary Sergeant July 7, '65.

Pro. Serg.; re-enl. Feb. 12, '64; Corp.; pro. 1st and 2d Lt. Co. F.
Corporal; discharged for disability March 14, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.
Discharged per order Aug. '17, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.

Discharged for disability April, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.

Corporal.

Corporal; died at Pine Bluff Oct. 6/64.

Discharged for disability April, '62.

Discharged for disability June, '62.

Corporal; died at Nashville, Tenn., April 24, '62.

Died at Little Rock May 18, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 12, '63.

Discharged for disability April, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 12, '63; died at Devall's Bluff Jan. 2, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 12, '63.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant; re-enlisted December, '63.

Deserted.

Died at Devall's Bluff May 19, '65.

Died at Pine Bluff Aug. 9, '64

Cook (colored).

Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; promoted Corporal.

Corporal.

Died at Louisville, Ky., March, '62.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 18, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; promoted Corporal.
Wagoner; died in Minnesota March 24, '64.
Promoted Lieutenant in colored regiment.
Discharged per order June 22, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; promoted Corporal.

Cook (colored).

Discharged for disability Nov. 7, '64.
Died atShepardsville, Ky., March, '62.
Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Aug. 5, '64.

Died at Little Rock, Ark., April 26, '64.

Promoted Lieutenant and Staff Officer.

Discharged for disability April 18/62.

Discharged for disability, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.

Died in Minnesota Oct. 30, '62.

Died in Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 12, '65.

Musician; discharged for disability in '62.

Discharged for disability Oct. 16, '62.

Died at Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 26, '64.

Discharged per order July 28, '65,

Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; discharged from hospital.

Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.

Discharged for disability March 14, '63.

Discharged for disability April 26, '62.

Discharged for disability July 29, '65.

Died at Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 8, '65.

Died at Pine Bluff Sept. 27, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63.

Discharged per order July 28, '65.

COMPANY K.

ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

197

NAMES.

I

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Weston, Chas. H
White, John C

19
21
23
19
19
21
29
22

Feb. 5, '64
Oct. 30 '61
Oct. 30, '61
Feb. 10, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Dec. 31, '62
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 15, '64

Drowned in Mississippi River Aug. 27, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 18, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant,
Died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 21, '62.
Discharged per order June 22, '65.
Died on hospital steamer Oct. 17, '64.
Died in Little Rock Nov. 17, '08.
Sergeant.

Sept. 2, '65

Withers John.

Wilkins Edward D

Williams, Edward R
Wilkins, Julius E

'Nov.' 14,"'64
Sept. 2, '65

Wright, Thomas C

Zimmerman Lewis

NARRATIVE OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT.

BY CAPTAIN ALONZO L. BROWN.

The Fourth Regiment of Infantry was organized during the autumn of 1861,
in compliance with a request of the secretary of war made to Gov. Alexander
Ramsey on September 7th, ' ' to adopt measures to organize two more regiments
of infantry at the earliest date possible." On the 18th of the same month John
B. Sanborn, who was at this time adjutant general and acting as quartermaster
of the state, by direction of the governor issued General Orders, No. 18, which
directed the organization of two more regiments of infantry, to be known as
the Third and Fourth. The call also informed the public that "the Fourth
Regiment would be retained to garrison the forts on the frontier." The order
also specified that two companies were needed forthwith to garrison Fort Ridgley
and relieve the troops stationed at that post, and the two which reported first
should be mustered at once into the service and pay of the United States, and
should be designated respectively as Companies A and B. This call was a broad
intimation that the Fourth would be home guards, and the people so understood
it, and a good deal of fun was enjoyed at the expense of those who enlisted in
this regiment; but our men believed that the war would be a long one, and that
they would have an opportunity to see all the fighting that they would desire to.

As the captain of A would be the ranking captain in the regiment, and
the first one entitled to promotion as a field officer, quite a strife at once
began in various parts of the state to see who would be the lucky person. Cap
tain Luther Baxter, who commanded a company of militia called the Carver
Grays, and Captain Robert B. Young, who had raised a company which was
called the Scott Guards, united their forces, and, by this means, Captain Bax
ter was enabled to muster first, and his company was A. Company B was organ
ized at Glencoe by James C. Edson, who became its captain. The men who
composed it were mostly residents of McLeod and the southern part of Meeker
counties; others came from Carver, and some from other parts of the state. On
the rolls nearly all of the company was credited to Glencoe, and thus the village
received credit for more than it was entitled to. We mention this fact because
such errors occurred in other companies all over the state, and the rural town
ships did not receive the proper credit. We will here remark that the writer
enlisted in Company B on the 26th day of September, and that he was not the
first man to enroll his name. By the records in the office of the adjutant general
at St. Paul, Company A mustered in on October 4th and B on October 2d. These
companies, however, were given preference by the adjutant general in the order
in which they had reported as full and ready for complete organization.

During the latter days of September and the early part of October three regi
ments, viz., t'he Second, Third and Fourth, and a company of sharpshooters,
were being organized at the same time at Fort Snelling, and the strife to fill up
the ranks of the Third and Fourth regiments waxed warm. Companies A and
B departed from Snelling for Fort Ridgley about the 10th of October, and garri
soned that post until the regiment assembled at Snelling in the spring of 1862,
for its departure South. The nucleus of Company C was a company called D, of
the state militia, commanded by Captain Robert S. Donaldson. It was organized
July 13, 1861, and the most of its forty- eight privates enlisted in the new com
pany. The men were mostly from Dakota county, the headquarters of the com
pany being at Lakeville. The company proceeded to Fort Snelling, and was
mustered in on October 7th, and soon after proceeded to Fort Ripley and garri-

NARRATIVE OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT. 199

soned that post until the next spring. Company D was organized in St. Cloud
and vicinity by Captain Thomas E. Inman and those who were afterward its
officers. The nucleus of this company was also a company of state militia, and
designated as A. This company was organized on June 22, 1861, with Thomas
E. Inman as its captain. A great many of its sixty-one privates enlisted in the
new company, and, with a large number of men who joined its ranks from Good-
hue county, it mustered in as D on the 10th day of October. This company pro
ceeded to Fort Abercrombie, D. T. , and remained at that post during the winter.
Company E was organized at Ottawa, in Le Sueur county, by Captain Robert
Winegar, with men from that place and Le Sueur, Cleveland, and some from
Sibley and Nicollet counties. About forty-eight of the company went to Fort
Snelling, and at that place twelve or fifteen men joined the company under Cap
tain Ebenezer Le Gro, from Owatonna. The captaincy of this company was
given to him, and Winegar was elected as first lieutenant. This company was
mustered in on November 27th, and remained at Snelling during the winter.
Company F was composed of men who were mostly from Freeborn county and
vicinity. It was organized by Captain Asa W. White, and expected to become
a part of the Third Regiment, but did not fill its ranks soon enough for that or
ganization.

Captain "William F. Wheeler also raised some men who went with him into
this company, which mustered in on October llth and remained at Snelling
until spring. Company G was composed of men who lived in Stearns and adjoin
ing counties. Two-thirds of the company was raised by Captain Charles Lueg
and Lieut. Abner St. Cyr. After they came to Snelling Captain D. M. G. Murphy
joined the company with a number of men whom he had caused to enlist, and
the company mustered in on November 22d. This company soon after proceeded
to Fort Abercrombie, and formed a part of the garrison of that post, also having
a detachment of its men at Georgetown during the winter. On the march to the
frontier the company experienced some very severe weather, the thermometer
being below zero a considerable portion of the time, and some of the time six
teen degrees below; and this after the snow had covered the ground. To march
nearly three hundred miles, and camp out under such conditions, was not a very
easy task. Company H was organized as the " Valley Sharpshooters" by Cap
tain John E. Tourtellotte and those who were its officers, with headquarters at
Mankato. The men comprising its ranks were mostly from Blue Earth, Waseca,
Le Sueur and Nicollet counties. It was the intention to make it a part of the
Third Regiment, but it was not filled in time for that purpose. It mustered in
as H of the Fourth, on the 20th day of November, much against the will of the
company. It remained at Snelling during the winter. On July 6, 1861, a militia
company was organized at Warsaw, in Rice county, called the " Warsaw Rifles. "
John H. Parker was the captain, and Henry Platt the second lieutenant. The
company contained fifty -three privates. This company was the basis of Com
pany I of the Fourth Regiment. It mustered into the army on the 23d day of
December, and remained at Snelling until spring. Company K was started by
Captain Robert P. Mooers at Otranto, in Mower county, near the Iowa state line,
at which place Captain Mooers was in business. William B. Spencer of Le Roy
was also engaged in raising recruits for the same company. Several at Austin
were also recruiting and these parties joined, and together organized Company K.
They called themselves the ' l Mower County Guards." These proceeded to Snell
ing. They were joined at the fort by some men who had been recruited by Cap
tain L. B. Martin and George G. Sherbrooke, and mustered in as Iv on the 23d
day of December, 1861, and completed the ten companies necessary to organize
the regiment. On the 13th day of October Gov. Ramsey, as commander-in-chief,
announced, through Adjutant General J. B. Sanborn, to the public that Min
nesota had already furnished her quota of forces demanded by the general Gov
ernment, and expressed the hope "that she will not stop even here, but, like
many of her loyal sister states, continue to offer to the nation company after
company of the best and bravest of her sons, until this unholy and unjust Re
bellion is completely subdued."

200 THE FOURTH REGIMENT.

General Orders, No. 24, of Nov. 5, 1861, announced the following persons as
officers of the Fourth Begiruent: Colonel, John B. Sanborn of Ramsey county;
lieutenant colonel, Minor T. Thomas of Washington county; major, Lieutenant
A. Edwards Welch of Goodhue county. Commissions were issued to these officers
on this date, but as Lieutenant Welch had been wounded in the battle of Bull
Run while serving in the First Minnesota, and taken prisoner by the enemy, he
could not be present and muster. The regimental organization was completed
on Dec. 23, 1861, but Colonel Sanborn was not mustered in as colonel until
the 1st day of January, 1862. Although he had been commissioned as lieuten
ant colonel on Nov. 5, 1861, and mustered in as such on that date, and discharged
the duties of that office between November 5th and December 23d, his muster
was not returned to Washington. Welch was held by the enemy as a prisoner
of war for thirteen months. The regiment consequently had no major during
the winter of 1862, and in the spring Captain L. L. Baxter was commissioned as
major.

During the winter of 1862 the five companies of the regiment at Fort Snelling,
as well as those at the frontier posts, were very thoroughly drilled in squad,
company and battalion. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas had been a first lieutenant
in Company B of the First Minnesota Infantry, and had served in that regiment
in the Army of the Potomac, and being thoroughly informed in the drill and a
splendid disciplinarian, he very soon brought the companies at Snelling in the
way of acquiring a very thorough and practical military education. At the other
posts the time was occupied in drilling the men, out of doors when the weather
permitted, and in the buildings at the forts during stormy weather. The ord
nance sergeant who was stationed by the Government at Kidgley was the drill
master at that post, and, as he had been a long time in the regular army, he
proved a very proficient instructor. He not only drilled the men, but a school
was opened for officers, and they were very thoroughly instructed in their duties,
and in a few weeks the independent spirit of the men in the ranks began to be very
quietly changed, and from the belief that "one man was just as good as another,77
some of them concluded that he must be quite often "a good deal better." The
men were informed, and taught to believe, that good order and discipline must
be maintained and orders obeyed, or the army, instead of being a mighty ma
chine, capable of being moved and used with precision for the accomplishment
of a great object we had in view, would be only a mob, and in times of great
danger fall to pieces and prove a failure. All went along pretty smoothly at
Eidgley, but occasionally a free and independent spirit would step outside the
bounds of military propriety. One day the fresh beef was thought by the men
to be deficient in adipose, and a few organized a burial party, and, using the
police cart for a hearse, they marched, with reversed arms, led by fife and drum
playing the dead march, to the centre of the parade ground where they were
about to perform the solemn rites of a military funeral. The mourners, hearse
and escort halted beneath the garrison flag which waved overhead, when the
commander of the post appeared on the scene and adjourned the mournful cere
monies. All this was fun for the boys, but hurt the feelings of the beef contrac
tor, who gazed at the rebellious proceedings from the door of the commissary
building. A somewhat similar experience was enjoyed by the garrison at Fort
Abercrombie, when the post commander appeared at the exercises, delivered a
lecture on mutiny and insubordination, and the resulting consequences of such
conduct, when he "dismissed the parade. " As he did this one of the men called
out: "Captain, you did not say anything about bull beef.'7

The troops on the frontier posts went on several expeditions among the Indi
ans, and although the weather during the entire winter was extremely cold, they
scraped away the snow and camped out during their journeys. Finally the long,
cold months began to draw to a close, and on March 18th Adjutant General O.
Malmros issued an order for the regiment to proceed to St. Louis. This order
he modified on the 19th, by directing a delay of the movement until the opening
of navigation. Orders, however, were sent at once to the frontier posts for those
companies to repair to Snelling, and they started at once on foot and in sleighs.

OFF FOR THE SOUTH. 201

The snow at this time was very deep and getting soft, and the high roads were
very difficult to travel. The troops coming down from Abercrombie had a very
serious time, as the snow in some of the ravines was from twelve to twenty feet
deep, and as the teams would at times go in all over, the mules would have to be
unhitched and pulled out by the men. Finally all assembled at Snelling, and
two or three weeks were then spent in battalion drill. Before leaving for the
South ten of the tallest corporals in the regiment were detailed as "pioneers,"
and, wearing mammoth bearskin caps, and carrying huge axes, attracted consid
erable attention as they marched at the head of the regiment.

OFF FOB THE SOUTH.

On April 20, 1862, the side- wheel steamboat Sucker State landed at Fort
Snelling, and six companies of the regiment, accompanied by the regimental
band, and in command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas, embarked upon it and
started for St. Louis, to report to Major General Halleck. As the boat ap
proached St. Paul the bluffs and river banks were crowded with people, who
waved their hands and 'kerchiefs, and bid the command a heartfelt "God bless
you all and give you success!" The steamer soon swung around and headed
down stream on its journey, the band playing "The Girl I Left Behind Me," and
soon the Saintly City and its warm-hearted, generous people were shut from our
sight, and from that of many of our members forever. On the next day the
other four companies, in command of Colonel J. B. Sanborn, and with Captain
William Hotchkiss' battery also on board, left Fort Snelling on the steamboat
Hawkeye State for the same destination. His command landed at St. Paul
at Chestnut street and marched down through the city to the levee, where it em
barked on the same boat and proceeded on its journey. Nothing of importance
and worthy of note occurred on the journey down. The people at the various
landings along the river waved their handkerchiefs and cheered, but we saw
nothing to remind us that a great and mighty war had been inaugurated and was
being waged, and that a short journey on our boat would take us into the lines of
the opposing forces. When the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas arrived
at Dubuque, it debarked and had dress parade in Julian, the principal street of
the city, and on arriving at the rapids in the river above Davenport, Iowa, in
order to lighten the boat so that it would pass over the rapids^ the command
landed, and, marching past the bridge, through Davenport and into a park on a
hill that was within the city limits, and which contained some temporary build
ings erected as barracks for the Iowa troops, we had a short season of battalion
drill, after which we again embarked and proceeded on our journey. At Mont-
rose, at the head of the lower rapids above Keokuk, Iowa, we once more landed,
and our goods and supplies were conveyed about twelve miles by railroad around
the rapids, when we again embarked upon the same boat.

We arrived at St. Louis on the 23d of April, and next day marched out to
Benton Barracks, which were located on the fair grounds in the outskirts of the
city. On the 25th the other four companies under Colonel Sanborn arrived at
Benton Barracks. As the command marched through the streets of St. Louis,
evidences of the patriotic feelings of the people were manifested by waving of
handkerchiefs and many other acts expressive of their joy at the sight of our
men of the North Star State. As we were passing a girls' boarding school the
pupils came to the windows and sang the "Bed, White and Blue" for us. While
at this place our regimental quartermaster procured for the regiment, on requi
sition, the necessary field transportation and supplies, and, aided by his efficient
corps of assistants, only a short time elapsed before the regiment was ready to
take the field.

On Sunday, the 2d day of May, 1862, the regiment left Benton Barracks, and,
marching through the city, embarked on board the steamboat John J. Eoe,
and at sundown proceeded on its way to join the army under Major General Hal
leck before Corinth. Our boat landed at Cairo and Paducah, and then proceed
ed up the Tennessee Eiver. On arriving at Fort Henry we were detained several
hours, and after moving about eight miles further up the river, we debarked at

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Paris Landing, and, accompanied by the Curtis Horse and some artillery, marched
twenty miles to the vicinity of Paris, when, not meeting the enemy, we returned
to the Landing. The weather was extremely hot and sultry during this expedi
tion, and the men suffered severely. During the absence of the regiment the
steamboat was unloaded by a detail left for that purpose. On the 12th our tran
sient supplies were loaded on the steamboat Gladiator, and, embarking, we
proceeded on our way up the Tennessee River. This boat was not as large as
the Roe, and was more crowded. Boats were very numerous, passing up and
down laden with supplies for the army; several had steam calliopes and played
inspiring tunes. As we were landing at Brown Landing, Tenn., on the 13th, the
men crowded forward on the boiler deck as thick as they could stand, and their
great weight, in addition to that of the supplies and ambulances, broke down
both the hurricane and boiler decks, and several of our men were severely in
jured. On May 14th we arrived at Hamburg Landing, Tenn., and, debarking
from the Gladiator, marched about two miles to Guilders' Hill, where we en
camped. Our regiment at this time contained about 1, 000 men. On the next day
the regiment marched a few miles and joined, the army under General Halleck,
and was assigned to the First Brigade (Buford's), Third Division (Hamilton's),
Army of the Mississippi

SIEGE OF CORINTH.

The army was at this time engaged in its snail-like approach toward Corinth,
where General Beauregard was fortified, and believed to have an army superior
in numbers to ours. On the 12th, only three days previous to our arrival, quite
a severe engagement was fought with parts of the hostile forces near Farming-
ton. Every move that our army made was done according to the science of war
and with the greatest of caution. Spades were trumps in this game, and if a
move was made by any part of the army the other commands were moved up at
once and the line connected, so that no intervals were left through which the
enemy could pass.

On the 18th of May we advanced to Farmington, and were only a short dis
tance in front of the rebel intrenchments that surrounded Corinth, and it was
thought that any further advance by us would bring on a general engagement.
Colonel Sanborn was here assigned to the command of the first demi-brigade of
the First Brigade of our division, and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas took command
of the regiment. We at once began to pile up a large part of the earth in that
vicinity, and expected attack. Our army was at this time very large, and
contained probably over 100,000 men, while the Confederate force was far
inferior. Halleck's policy seemed to be to avoid attacking the enemy behind
his intrenchments, and to compel the enemy to attack his army in intrench
ments. Our line advanced on the 28th, and a part of our forces had quite a sharp
engagement with the enemy. Cannon balls and shells flew recklessly by us and
overhead, where they went howling into the wilderness, but doing very little
damage to our forces.

The country here was mostly covered with heavy timber, the streams were
sluggish, and, the bottoms swampy. Hamburg and Pittsburgh landings were the
points at which Halleck had his base, and from which he received supplies for
the army. Where the wagon roads to these places passed over streams and
through swamps they were made double and corduroyed, and wagon trains con
taining 1,200 teams were frequently on the road. For several days previous to
the 29th of May the enemy had been engaged in moving his supplies and strip
ping for a footrace. A few shells thrown by our thirty-pounder Parrotts over
the heavy body of timber in our front and into Corinth had exploded near the
railroad depot and destroyed some property, which admonished Beauregard and
his generals that if they remained much longer at that place they would have
to fight a battle with a superior force, and might, perhaps, be defeated and lose
their supplies. They therefore decided to evacuate, and for several days their
movements were so cunningly planned and executed that our generals believed
that the rebels were receiving large reinforcements. On the morning of May

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30th, when the enemy was moving away, our generals expected an attack. How
ever, after daylight of the 30th the noise of explosions at Corinth and the sight
of rising smoke caused our pickets to advance, when it was discovered that the
enemy had evacuated the place and left but little war material for our use. In
the pursuit of the enemy our regiment moved about twenty miles south to Boon-
ville, and then returned to within five miles of Corinth, where we established a
camp in the pine woods on the hill near a clear little stream called Clear Creek.
This little brook was made largely by springs coming out of the hill and was
the only clear stream in the vicinity. The ground at Corinth and for miles
around had been used for camping purposes, and this undoubtedly made the
health of our troops very bad. Our men soon began to be afflicted with typhoid
and other fevers, and in a short time one- third of them were in the hospitals.
Death soon began to reap a rich harvest, and at sundown the dead march and
funeral volley would be heard in the various camps. During the latter part of
June our regiment, with most of the army, marched toward Holly Springs, pass
ing through Eienzi and on as far as Eipley, after which we returned to our camp
at Clear Creek. The weather was excessively hot during the march to Eipley,
and the men being compelled to carry one hundred rounds of ammunition be
sides their other things, a good many of them were disabled by hernia and from
the effects of the march.

In August we marched about twelve miles south to Jacinto, and established
our camp near to that town. While there, and during the latter part of that
month, we received information of the outbreak of the Sioux Indians in Min
nesota, and our regiment was very anxious to be ordered home and fight the
Indians. We remained in the vicinity of Jacinto, changing our camp occasion
ally. Lieutenant Colonel M. T. Thomas, having been commissioned as colonel
of the Eighth Minnesota Infantry, left us on the 9th of September for Minnesota.
On the 12th we became aware of the fact that the rebel army under General
Price was within a few miles of us, and for several days we formed line of battle
each morning, and had our trains all loaded for immediate movement. Price
passed within a few miles of us on the Bay Springs road, and, moving to luka
on September 13th with his army of about 16,000 men, captured that place,
which was garrisoned by a small brigade under Colonel E. C. Murphy of the
Eighth Wisconsin. He also captured a large amount of commissary and other
stores that were to be moved from that place to Corinth. While here at Clear
Creek, June 25th, General Buford went north on leave, and Colonel Sanborn
assumed command of our brigade.

BATTLE OF IUKA.

We marched from Jacinto with General Hamilton's division on September
18th, and proceeded toward luka. General Stanley's division marched from
Clear Creek to join us, but taking a wrong road, through the fault of the guide,
was delayed, and prevented the consummation of the plan agreed upon between
Generals Eosecrans and Grant. The understanding was that Eosecrans was to
move on luka with the divisions of Hamilton and Stanley, and, dividing the
force, occupy the Bay Springs and Fulton roads, running south from luka, to
cut off the retreat of Price's army. Grant and Ord, in the meantime, were to
move a force by rail to Burnsville and attack Price's army from the north. By
the delay of Stanley's division Eosecrans saw that he could not get to his posi
tion near luka at the appointed time, and he so notified General Grant. He also
discovered that the distance between the two roads was too great for his divisions
to be within supporting distance of each other. And so he moved both divisions,
consisting of about 9,000 men, forward on the same road. Grant and Ord were
stationed a few miles north of luka with a force of about 8,000, and concluding
that General Eosecrans could not get into position south of luka before the morn
ing of the 20th, they would await until they heard the guns of Eosecrans' army
to the south before they moved. Eosecrans' troops pressed forward, and after
skirmishing with the enemy's pickets and driving them back to within two miles
of luka, were brought to a halt by a line of battle the enemy had formed. He

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opened the battle of luka with musketry and artillery on our advance, and our
troops, moving up on the double-quick, formed a short line consisting of Colonel
Sanborn's brigade, on the left of which was the Tenth Iowa Infantry and two
guns of the Twelfth Wisconsin Light Battery. This was the length and front of
our line, and contained about 2,200 men. The battle began at about 4:30
o'clock P. M. of the 19th, and raged with the greatest of fury for an hour and a
half. Generals Price and Little had withdrawn a brigade from the front of Ord's
army, and, going with it in person, formed their line and awaited the approach
of Eosecrans' troops. Price soon after ordered the other two brigades of Little's
division to the scene of action. The first two arrived in time to take part in the en
tire battle. Our regiment, with four hundred and eight men present, was formed
in the front line oil the left of the Forty-eighth Indiana Infantry. Captain E. Le
Grow had command of it, and Captain J. C. Edson had command of the left wing.
Soon after the battle began the Forty -eighth Indiana left the line, and to prevent
the enemy from flanking us Le Grow ordered our right wing to reverse front and
face the break in the line. We did as ordered. The enemy concentrated their
attack upon the right of the line, and, after a prolonged struggle, succeeded in
driving the troops from that part of it. Oar regiment was then moved to the
right by flank, and then in line of battle to the front. While marching through
the woods after dark toward the enemy, and when within a few rods of them, we
marched up to the rear of a regiment of Ohio infantry, when, mistaking us for
the enemy, they fired a volley into and over us, killing several and wounding a
good many of our men. In about an hour we were marched to the rear, and
slept on our arms in an old field, expecting to renew the conflict at daybreak,
but at that time the enemy had fled. The loss in our regiment, according to the
official list, was 3 killed and 44 wounded. Eosecrans reported the entire loss as
790, of which number 141 were killed and 36 missing. The losses of the enemy
exceeded ours. On the morning of the 20th we formed a line, and, advancing,
discovered the rear of the enemy's column moving away on the Fulton road.
We then marched back to Jacinto, meeting General Buford on the road on re
turn from his leave of absence. We moved with Hamilton's division from Ja
cinto on October 1st, and on the 2d were in camp about three miles south of
Corinth.

BATTLE OF CORINTH.

After the battle of luka Price moved his army south to Baldwyn, and from
thence to Eipley, where he joined his forces to those of Van Dorn, and with
the latter command they moved out on the morning of the 29th, with an army,
according to Van Dorn's report, of about 22,000. They marched north to Poca-
hontas, threatening Bolivar, then, turning east, crossed the Hatchie and Tus-
cunibia rivers, and hoped to surprise Eosecrans' forces at Corinth, and, defeating
his army, capture that place before the troops at the outlying posts could be
called in. Eosecrans gradually drew the most of his command into and near
Corinth, and when the enemy moved to the attack on the 3d they found the
Union forces, consisting of about 15,419 men, prepared to receive them. On the
morning of the 3d our regiment, under command of Colonel J. B. Sanborn,
General Buford having assumed command of his brigade, left its camp south of
Corinth, and, marching through the town with the rest of Hamilton's division,
formed with it in line across the wagon road to Purdy, and about two and a half
miles north of the village. Davies' division occupied the ground northwest of
the town between the Mobile & Ohio and Memphis & Charleston railways, while
McKean's and Stanley's were formed on Seminary Hill, to the southwest. Our
line as thus formed extended in a semicircular form from the northeast to the
southwest, and covered the approaches by the wagon roads to Kossuth, Bolivar,
Chewalla and Purdy. The rebel troops advanced by the Bolivar road and struck
Davies' troops at the point where that road passed through the old rebel line of
works. By 10 A. M. Davies' skirmishers were driven in along his line, and the
opposing forces in Davies' front were in line of battle confronting each other.
The action along his front soon became general, and raged with desperation. As

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the enemy pressed Davies' troops back Hamilton gradually changed the front of
his division to meet the advance of the rebels, and as Davies' troops were falling
back he prepared to assault the left flanks of the enemy. In these operations
Buford's brigade came upon quite a large force of rebels, and Company K of our
regiment deployed as skirmishers, and its captain was killed while in the act of
signaling some important information to Colonel Sanboru, who, after communi
cating the fact to General Buford, was directed to dislodge the enemy. Colonel
Sanborn states in his report: u I at once changed the front of my battalion to the
rear on the tenth company. This was done, under a heavy fire of musketry, in
double-quick time, and with as much coolness and precision as if on ordinary
battalion drill. This movement completed, I ordered the regiment forward at
quick time until within about one hundred and fifty paces of the enemy's line of
battle at this point, when his fire was increased to a perfect shower of balls. I
gave the further command, 'Forward one hundred and fifty paces, double-quick.'
This was executed in the most gallant and splendid manner. The regiment, in
perfect line, with triumphant shouts, rushed forward against a most murderous
fire, and when within fifty yards of the enemy's line he fled to the rear with the
greatest precipitancy, receiving two or three volleys from my regiment as he re
tired." Colonel Sanborn then withdrew the regiment from its advanced position,
and formed on the right of the Fifty-ninth Indiana, and threw out skirmishers to
the front. After dark orders were received to march back to the first position held
in the morning. In obeying this order the regiment made quite a detour to
avoid the enemy, who had advanced his forces between us and the town. At 11
p. M. bivouacked, where we remained during the night. During the day the
heat was 108° in the shade, and the men suffered severely from its effects,
many being sunstruck. The regimental wagonmaster, Alonzo L. Brown, fur
nished the men with two loads of water, which was issued to them on the field.
On the 4th the enemy advanced his infantry and opened the battle about 9 A. M.,
and having had the satisfaction of driving in Davies' division in our centre on
the 3d, expected to have an easy victory. After a stubborn resistance, Davies'
troops, holding the centre, gave way, and the enemy entered their works. They
were, however, driven back. During this action our regiment had, with the
rest of our division, repulsed the force that came against it, and then was moved
a little to the left and on a ridge, where it supported the Eleventh Ohio Battery,
which enfiladed the enemy's line in front of Davies, and poured its shot fast and
thick into the advancing and retreating rebels. As the enemy was being driven
from the front of Davies he charged with the brigade on Fort Eobinett, at Semi
nary Hill, and after a short hand-to-hand conflict, was repulsed by Stanley's
troops. The enemy was defeated at all points before noon, and was fleeing from
the field in all directions. Colonel Sanborn, in his official report, commended
the conduct of the following named officers and non-commissioned officers: Cap
tains J. E. Tourtellotte and J. C. Edson, Quartermaster T. B. Hunt, Adjutant
J. M. Thompson, Quartermaster Sergt. F. E. Collins, Commissary Sergt. T. P.
AYilson, Sergt. Maj. W. T. Kittredge, Surgeon J. H. Murphy and Second Asst.
Surgeon H. E. Wedel. (First Asst. Surgeon E. W. Cross was absent, sick, dur
ing the battle.) Major Baxter was unfit for duty on account of sickness.

The losses in our regiment during the action on both days were two killed
and ten wounded. General Eosecrans reported his entire losses at 355 killed, 1,841
wounded, and 324 captured or missing, and in an order announcing the result of
the battle he stated that we had killed and buried 1, 423 officers and men of the
enemy, and taken 2,268 prisoners. When the battle was over our men rested
until the morning of the 5th, when Eosecrans put his army in motion to pursue.
Our regiment, with the rest of Hamilton's division, followed the enemy to near
Crum's mill, on the Hatchie Eiver, when we marched with the division toEienzi,
and from there west to the Hatchie, and on the llth of October returned to our
old camp, about three miles south of Corinth, and soon after moved our camp
into the outskirts of the village. General N. B. Buford, on account of sickness,
gave up the command of our brigade Oct. 15, 1862, and soon after went
north, and Colonel Sanborn now took command of it permanently, having com-

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manded the same during the absence or sickness of General Buford, all the time
after first assuming command in June, with the exception of the time between
September 20th and October 4th, and Captain J. C. Edson took the command
of the regiment. General Eosecrans then put his army to work strengthening
the old and building new fortifications on Seminary Hill, and our regiment was
employed in that labor during the remainder of the time that we were there.

CAMPAIGN DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RAILROAD.

Corinth having been made secure so that it could be held by a small force,
Grant made preparations at once to begin his campaign through northern Mis
sissippi, the reduction of Vicksburg being its main object. We left Corinth
with the army during the beginning of November, and marched west to Grand
Junction. While' here the army from Bolivar and Jackson, under General
James B. McPherson, joined ours. We moved with the army about ten miles
south of Grand Junction, to the vicinity of Davis' grist mill, and from thence south,
with other troops, on a reconnaissance, to within a few miles of Holly Springs.
The country we were then operating in contained an abundance of everything
that betokened a rich and prosperous farming region, and our troops fared
sumptuously. Negroes in considerable numbers, and driving unique outfits,
came into our lines from surrounding plantations. We marched from Davis'
mill to La Grange, and thence west to Moscow, where we remained about ten
days. We marched from Moscow with the army under General Grant during
the last of November, on the campaign down the Mississippi Central railroad,
to Cold Water, Holly Springs, and on to the Tallahatchie Eiver. The weather
was warm and pleasant when we left Moscow, but turned cold and wet, and the
mud made tramping very hard and disagreeable. It was expected that we would
meet with serious opposition at the crossing of the Tallahatchie. as the enemy
had built strong fortifications on the opposite shore and burned the bridge. The
advance of our army, however, after a short engagement, put him to flight, and
after building a new bridge we moved on through the raftn and mud to Oxford,
and in a few days resumed the line of march to the vicinity of the Yohna-
patafa Eiver, about six miles south of the latter place. While we were at this
place the rebels under General Van Dorn raided our lines at Holly Springs, and,
capturing the town, destroyed our supplies stored there. We marched back to
Oxford on December 21st, and at midnight had a little experience which we will
call the "Battle of Oxford." General Sanborn describes it as follows:

"The campaign down the Mississippi Central railroad in November, 1862,
to reach Yicksburg by that line, was filled with exciting incidents, but no real
battle between the armies. The command of the writer reached the Yohna-
patafa Eiver, about ten miles below Oxford, Miss., which was as far south as
any infantry marched in this movement. While in this position, on a quiet,
smoky Indian summer afternoon, information was received that Van Dorn, with
a column of 10,000 cavalry, had passed north, ten miles east of our left flank.
This meant trouble with our line of communication and our supplies. Every
thing was put in readiness for action or marching. By ten o'clock the next day
the information that Holly Springs and all our supplies and ammunition had
been captured or destroyed was received. Orders were expected momentarily.
It was past twelve o'clock at noon when they were received, and directed the
command to fall back to Oxford. The march was made with vigor, and Oxford
was reached after sunset. The troops of the brigade occupied the same camp
as when they rested there over night marching south, and the commander occu
pied the same bedroom, which had a bed which would pass for a rough one in
St. Paul, but seemed quite a luxury in the field. Profound sleep, after a hard
march, naturally came early upon the troops and commander. At midnight
there was pounding upon the door. 'Who is there?' ex claimed the sleeper.
* Aids-de-camp from Generals Grant and Quinby, with orders,' was the reply.
The door was of course opened and the orders read. In substance they directed
the brigade to move without delay to the west of the town (the camp was on
the east), across the railroad, and to form in line of battle in the position that

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would be designated by the aid, and to be prepared and held in readiness for
action at the point until further orders. The long roll was beaten, the troops
formed and the march made, and the line of battle formed and the troops
ordered to rest on their arms. Upon reaching Grant's headquarters, which the
command had to pass, the windows were all aglow with light, while all others in
the town were dark. I went in; General Grant had retired, but General Kaw-
lins was roaring like an enraged lion. The burden of his wrath was, that the
campaign for Vicksburg had failed through the faithlessness of certain officers,
whom he dared to name; and the cavalry had reported that the whole rebel
army was advancing by our right, and would reach our flank at Oxford by four
o'clock in the morning, and he supposed a general engagement between the two
armies would be fought in the morning. 'Is the army concentrated, general?'
I asked. 'All the commands are moving toward Oxford, and the most remote
can reach this place by ten o'clock in the forenoon; and,7 he added, * compel
the enemy to form in line of battle as far out as possible, and make all the re
sistance you can, and we will have troops enough on the field by the time the
skirmishers are driven in.' This from the adjutant general of the army made
the battle a reality to me. Ko doubt was left in my mind that a general engage
ment must be fought in the morning, and that my command was to bring it on.
Four companies of infantry and a section of artillery were stationed a half mile
from the line, and about half-past one in the morning the orderly took charge
of my horse, all saddled and ready, while I reclined against a tree. A half mile
beyond the infantry pickets a strong cavalry picket had been stationed by the
commander of the army. At just about half-past four a lieutenant of this cav
alry force came in upon full gallop to me, and with great excitement delivered a
dispatch in writing from the officer in command of the cavalry, to the effect
that the head of the enemy's columns was within a mile of his position, and
that he was advancing rapidly with an immense force of infantry and artillery.
The infantry and artillery settled the question that it was the whole army, and
with the impression on my mind left by Eawlius' instructions, not a doubt was
left that it was the opening of a great battle. I wrote upon the back of this
dispatch the time of its receipt by me, and directed the officer to proceed with
it to General Grant's headquarters.

" I moved out immediately the six companies more of infantry, and two sec
tions more of artillery. Before reaching the picket station the drums were
beating and bugles blowing in all directions about Oxford. Before the line of
skirmishers was fully formed, another cavalry officer came up, as excited as the
first, but not so serious a look upon his face, and at once said, ' That column that
we thought was the enemy is one of the army trains that has been lost and has
been marching all night to get away from the enemy and join the army at
Oxford.' I proceeded with great speed, with the officer, toward Oxford. My
own command had torn down fences, houses and barns while I was gone, that all
obstructions to their fire might be removed. Columns were coming upon the
field by every avenue leading from Oxford. Generals and staffs were riding in
all directions. Upon reaching Grant's headquarters, his horse and those of all
his staff officers were caparisoned, and some of the staff were mounted. The
general stood in the door giving a verbal order to one of the staff. He looked
surprised at my approach, and I at once said: 'General, this is all a farce; that
column is one of our own trains.' 'Well,7 said the general, 'the cavalry has
reported that this column was the enemy, positively. It seemed impossible to me
that the enemy would bring on a general engagement here.' The sudden change
did not seem to be the occasion of joy or sorrow. He was unmoved. The hurry
ing to and fro and mounting in hot haste was soon succeeded by general quiet,
and the only farce in which I had to play in the war was over. All the anxiety
and excitement of a general battle had been suffered or enjoyed without a battle,
and the army marched quietly back to Memphis, but not till after much discus
sion and doubt. Eawlins insisted that the army could move down to Jackson,
and east to Vicksburg, subsisting on the country, which was full of corn, with a
good supply of cattle and swine, and that the result of the movement would be

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the evacuation of Haines' Bluff, which would give us the Mississippi as a line
and base of supplies. Boomer and many of the colonels concurred in this idea.
General Grant said he believed it was feasible, but in view of the general con
dition of the country, he considered it would be uumilitary to thus risk the
whole Army of the Tennessee. Sherman was already demonstrating on Haines'
Bluff, and the enemy was rapidly concentrating there, and whether the further
prosecution of the campaign of November, 1862, down the Mississippi Central
railroad, relying wholly upon the enemy's country for supplies, and to the
result of battle for a new base, involved any greater hazzard than the campaign
that was successfully made to the rear of Vicksburg, from the south, is a question
to be determined by the future writers upon the art of war, and future his
torians. If the question had been left to the colonels of that army, at that time,
they would have voted, so far as I know, to continue the march south to Vicks
burg, without any base of supplies, subsisting wholly upon the enemy's country,
and opening our base, when we reached there, by battle and victory, if necessary.
The commander of the army, probably more wisely, ordered otherwise, and all
attempts to reach Vicksburg by using railroads as a base line and base of sup
plies were abandoned."

General Grant, on the 21st of December, issued an order for a retrograde
movement of his army to the line of the Tallahatchie Eiver and the Memphis
& Charleston railway. It now became necessary to send large wagon trains to
Memphis to procure supplies for our forces, and the commander of each division
was ordered to send fifty wagons, which, with the train of the Seventh Division,
would proceed on the Pigeon-roost road, escorted by General Quinby's division.
Our regiment marched with the rest of these troops as a guard to the train.
The weather was wet and the mud almost fathomless. While en route, the
enemy, with a small force, attacked the train and captured a few of our men.
After a four days' struggle with the elements we arrived at Memphis and
encamped below Fort Pickering, near the river, in the outskirts of the city.
Our train being partially loaded, and with a large herd of cattle to drive,
we left Memphis on December 31st and marched east along the wagon road,
on the line of the Memphis & Charleston railway, as far as La Fayette. The
weather was cold, and, having no tents, we bivouacked. Ice formed half an inch
thick. The supplies were conveyed to La Grange and Grand Junction, and from
thence to the army. From La Fayette our regiment returned to White's Station,
about nine miles east of Memphis, where we remained about four weeks, guard
ing the railway, which was repaired to Grand Junction, and was used in con
veying our army supplies. The weather was extremely wet, cold and disagreeable
during our stay at this place. On January 16th and 17th we had sixteen
inches of snow; notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather we made our
selves quite comfortable while at the station, which contained three or four
houses. The farms in the immediate vicinity yielded us an abundant supply of
as fine sweet potatoes and fat Berkshires as we had had the pleasure to meet
with. The expedition under General Sherman against Vicksburg by the river
route in aid of General Grant's advance down the Mississippi Central rail
road had met a disastrous failure at the Chickasaw Bayou, on the Yazoo Eiver,
where he landed his forces on December 28th and attacked the rebels, he being
still in ignorance of the Holly Springs disaster, meeting with a loss of about 2.000.

On the 15th of January General Grant, from his headquarters at Memphis,
issued Special Orders, No. 15, which, among other things, specified that the
divisions of McArthur, Logan and Quinby should reinforce the expedition
operating down the Mississippi Eiver against Vicksburg; McArthur was directed
to embark at once with his troops, Logan to follow as soon as transports could
be supplied, and Quinby to hold his in readiness. In the beginning of February
we moved our camp from White Station and established it about two miles from
Memphis, where we remained about four weeks, and then embarking on steam
boats with the rest of the division proceeded from Memphis down the river.
On arriving at Bunches Bend, La., about three hundred miles below, we de
barked for the purpose of aiding in the operation of opening Bayou Macon for

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the passage of transports through that channel to convey men and supplies to
a place below Vicksburg. This route being found impracticable, the troops
went on board the transports and we moved up the Mississippi Eiver to an old
sand-bar three or four miles below Helena and opposite the place where General
Grant had caused the levee on the Mississippi Eiver to be cut, thus opening
a passage into Moon Lake, where we remained for several days awaiting the
arrival from the north of small steamboats to transport us down the tortuous
channel of the old abandoned watercourse called " Yazoo Pass.'7 We embarked
on the steamboat Pringle with "Dan" for our pilot. Crossing the river we
passed through the cut made in the bank, and after a short and perilous journey
ran into Moon Lake, and were soon at the entrance to the pass. Boss, with a
force of about 5,000 men on transports convoyed by ironclad gunboats, had
been operating down this stream for months before our arrival.

THE PASS EXPEDITION.

General Sanborn says: "Late in the winter of '1862 the Yazoo Pass expedi
tion was organized with the renewed hopes of turning the enemy's right at
Haines' Bluff and compelling the evacuation of that position, and using it as a
landing and base in the operations against Vicksburg. My command formed part
of the expedition. About 12,000 men and two ironclad monitors were trans
ported through this narrow pass to the Cold Water Eiver, down the Cold Water
to the Tallahatchie, and down the Tallahatchie to near the junction of the Yal-
labusha, where we came upon gunboats, forts, enemies' forces, and a flooded
country. The waters were so high that no troops could operate except by
means of transports; and running Mississippi steamers through forests was any
thing but satisfactory. The currents were swift, the channels narrow and over
hung with trees. The pilot's bells were constantly ringing to the engineer, and
the captain of the steamer Pringle, upon which I had my headquarters, was con
stantly shouting to the engineer, i Back her, Dan,7 while the steamer, with seven
hundred tons freight, would go right on through cottonwood forests, snapping
off trees from three to nine inches in diameter as if they were pipesterns. After
a day's performance of this kind, I went down to see the engineer, after the boat
had tied up for the night, and asked him how he had got along. Said he, 'O!
pretty well, I am only twenty-five bells behind for the day, and nearly all of
them are to back her, and I am going to make them up the first thing to-morrow
morning after we start.' That force that went into the Yazoo Pass was in great
peril, and the enemy ought to have captured it. It could not have been landed
anywhere to operate, and there were many points where batteries might have
been stationed within their reach that would have rendered it impossible for
the transports to pass. As soon as General Grant was advised of the situation
he ordered the command back, and added, that he would wait with great solici
tude the arrival of the troops in the Mississippi Eiver. The command returned
safely and joined the main army at Milliken's Bend. General Quinby, who had
commanded the division in this movement, was sick when the command came
out of the pass, and for the first time command of a division fell upon me, while
we lay just below Helena in Arkansas, and this was continued until after the
battle of Port Gibson."

We returned to our old bivouack on the sand-bar below Helena on April 10th,
and on the 13th embarked again on the Pringle, and proceeded down the river
to Milliken's Bend. General Grant's base was at Milliken's Bend, and on our
arrival we found a large fleet of transports at the landing, and among them sev
eral boats which some troops of General Logan's division were protecting with
wet bales of hay and cotton to enable them, to run in safety by the batteries at
Yicksburg, which were about twenty miles below. The night of April 16th was
very dark, and eight gunboats and three transports, with barges laden with sup
plies, at ten o'clock started on that perilous journey.

General Sanborn says: "No difficulty was met in obtaining volunteers to un
dertake the hazardous task of acting as pilots, engineers and firemen upon these
frail crafts that were to run by the heavy batteries. A few had doubts and mis-

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givings. The request for volunteers was sent to all of the division commanders
and was read to each regiment at its dress parade. The volunteers were request
ed to report at division headquarters. Quite a large number reported from the
Seventh Division, and one who said that he supposed he was the best pilot in the
division stated that he had some misgivings about going, but concluded that he
would volunteer, and did so, and, as I now recollect, he was the only man wha
was killed on the transports in that undertaking. His body was fairly severed
by one of the heavy cannon shot from the Vicksburg battery."

RUNNING THE BATTERIES — VICKSBURG.

General Sauboyn says of this: "As the gunboats and transports, laden with
supplies, were about to start, a large number of other transports were filled with
officers, and started down the river to a point that would be just beyond the reach
of the rebel batteries, to see the venturous fleet off on its perilous voyage. So
long a time elapsed after they parted company from their visitors that the hopes
began to be indulged that they would run past the batteries without being seen
at all, for there was no moon. The night was one of intense darkness; there was
not a glimmer of light upon any gunboat or transport. They moved along, si
lently and sullenly, in the dense darkness. Butt suddenly, almost as if by
flash of electricity, the whole heavens and earth were illuminated, fires blazed
in every direction, the batteries opened from every point, while the gunboats
responded with equal vigor, and the heavens seemed to blaze, while the earth
and river shook. An hour or two passed, and the rockets sent up by the fleet
below were read to mean that the gunboats had all run past safely, and that but
one transport had been sunk — the Henry Clay. The news was the occasion of
inexpressible joy. Now all who had an idea of the scheme of the campaign that
had been adopted by the general-in chief knew that it would progress with the
utmost vigor. From this time on General Grant seemed to make superhuman
efforts and to be endowed with superhuman power. None who had known him
the previous year could recognize him as being the same man. During the pre
vious year he had been a great deal of the time under a cloud after the battle
of Shiloh, and when not under a cloud, was, by force of arbitrary orders from
Washington, on the defensive, and was at no time himself; but from this time
his genius and his energies seemed to burst forth with new life. In all the move
ments the preceding year I never recollect to have seen him upon a gallop, or
even a trot; he would oftentimes during the campaign down the Central road go
upon a fast, steady walk with his staff past the columns to the front when the
skirmishing was heavy, seeming to show no anxiety and to feel no excitement;
but whenever he was seen now his horse was upon a fast trot or gallop, he seemed
wrought up to the last pitch of determination and energy, and the whole army
partook of this spirit. The troops were at once put in motion, and with these
three corps he had the double task to perform of holding a portion of the enemy
in Vicksburg while he could make a landing with the advance of his column on
the east bank of the river below Grand Gulf, and then resist any attacks that
were made by the combined force of the rebel army upon his advance until he
could bring up the corps and troops left in the rear to attract the attention of the
enemy while he made his march down and across the Mississippi River. All
this was accomplished in the shortest possible time, and without any considerable
loss.

"From Milliken's Bend to the point a little below Grand Gulf, where the
army embarked and crossed v the river to Bruinsburg, by the route marched
was probably a little more than sixty miles, and a worse march no army ever
made in the history of military operations. It was a common occurrence for the
earth, that had become a little hard on top, to break through, and under the tramp
of the soldiers and the movement of the artillery and trains, had become almost a
bottomless pit. Guns and carriages that were ordinarily drawn with the greatest
ease by six horses for quite a long distance, would require from twelve to
eighteen horses to draw a single gun or gun carriage. The infantry picked their
way as best they could, but were frequently in the mire to their knees; but no

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one heard a word of complaint, and the marching was continued, without any
reference to the light of day or the darkness of night, controlled wholly by the
orders of the commanders. To reach a point on the west bank of the river
opposite Grand Gulf on the morning of the 1st of May, my division had
marched most of the time for three nights and rested but a few hours during
the day. So severe had this effort been, that when a little after sunrise the. com
mand arrived on the banks of the Mississippi River, opposite Grand Gulf, it
was met by General McPherson, who congratulated the troops upon getting up,
and informed them that they could rest until afternoon, and probably until the
next morning, without making any movements, and they all fell, as soldiers do,
at once to making coffee and getting what they termed a square meal, and mak
ing themselves comfortable, but were not half through with their meal before
the sound of guns at Port Gibson, on the other side of the river, greeted their
ears and made them a little anxious; and in less than an hour an aid- de camp
came back from the corps commander stating that he had received a dispatch
from General McClernand to the effect that he was attacked by the whole rebel
army near Port Gibson, and that the whole army must be brought up immedi
ately; that Logan had gone forward with his division, and directed me to cross
at once with the Seventh Division and come forward as rapidly as possible.
This, according to my best recollection, was about nine o'clock in the morning.
The entire division, numbering more than 6,000 present for duty, was on the
east bank of the river by twelve o'clock, and an hour before sunset was in line
of battle within a few miles of the battlefield, where it had been ordered to form
across a road running to Grand Gulf, and protect the left flank of the army.
The men lay upon their arms, but before midnight received the further order to
come forward immediately to Port Gibson, as it was believed that the battle
would be renewed in the morning; and before one o'clock the entire division
was again marching, and did . not reach the headquarters of the army until sun
rise in the morning. At this place the division, which I had been commanding
by virtue of my rank as senior of the twelve colonels in the division, in the
absence of General Quinby, sick, was placed under the command of General
Crocker, and I took command of my brigade at noon on this day, and continued
in this command to the surrender, except when commanding the division on the
afternoon of the 22d of May in the assault. The first great point of the campaign
had now been made. At least seventy regiments of infantry and thirty batteries
of artillery were on the high ground south of Yicksburg, in the State of Missis
sippi. During all the time that this movement had been going on General
Sherman with his corps had been making demonstrations in the vicinity of
and at Haines' Bluff; had actually moved up the Yazoo, disembarked his
corps, formed in line of battle, put batteries in position and made every demon
stration that would indicate an assault upon that stronghold. The guns at
Haines' Bluff could be distinctly heard on the day we were crossing the Missis
sippi Eiver, fifty miles away. Immediately upon learning that the army was
across, he drew off and followed with all possible speed. The corps and troops
that had fought the battle of Port Gibson moved on, rebuilt the suspension
bridge across the north branch of the Bayou Pierre, and on the following day,
the 3d of May, drove the enemy across the Black Eiver, at Hankinson's Ferry,
which was only fifteen or twenty miles below Vicksburg. And here for ten days
was the most critical condition that the army was placed in during the entire
campaign. The entire rebel army might come out from Vicksburg any night
and throw its whole force upon the two corps of the Army of the Tennessee that
had reached the Black Eiver. Why it was not done cannot be accounted for,
except upon the theory that the commander of the rebel forces was bewildered
by the strategy and movements of General Grant, not knowing whether Vicks
burg was to be attacked from the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers, or from the
army that had crossed the Mississippi south of the bluffs. Delay was necessary
to bring forward the rations for the army, and to enable General Sherman to
come up with his corps before the main battles were fought. There seemed to
be no anxiety and no excitement among the officers and men during this delay.

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They were equally ready to fight or to await their reinforcements and rations
without fighting, and it seemed to be a matter of perfect indifference to one and
to all."

With the exception of one team to each regiment, all of the regimental teams
were left behind on the west side of the Mississippi Eiver, for the purpose of
transporting supplies for the army. And leaving Bruinsburg, the army pro
cured the most of its supplies from the country through which it passed. Our
regiment met with no loss at Port Gibson, nor at Forty Hills on May 3d, nor
at Eaymond on May 12th, but at the latter place, in moving up on the double-
quick, to form, on the left of Logan's division, several members of it were sun-
struck. The enemy's battery commanded the road for some distance on which
the regiment was advancing, and threw shells recklessly about, but no serious
damage was inflicted. At Jackson, on May 14th, our regiment was in reserve
supporting the Seventeenth Iowa Infantry during the engagement, and, while the
Seventeenth suffered severely, we had but two men wounded and none killed.

BATTLE OF CHAMPION HILLS.

At Champion Hills, the* various regiments of our brigade were sent to
different parts of the field; on arriving at the scene of action our regiment
formed in support of a battery belonging to Logan's division, but when the line
of battle had become somewhat broken, and Logan's troops on the right were
hard pressed, he asked for aid, and our regiment was ordered to advance. An
aid of Logan's staff directed Lieutenant Colonel Tourtellotte where to go by
pointing with his finger, and then left him. The regiment moved to the front on
the double-quick, and in its advance passed through an interval and on beyond
the line. A battery of the enemy opened upon us with shells, but shot too high.
The regiment in its advance came upon quite a large body of the enemy, and the
lieutenant colonel, seeing quite a large number with their hands up, in token of
a desire to surrender, ordered the men not to fire and threatened to shoot the
first man who did. Two or three companies wheeled around and captured one
hundred and eighteen prisoners. Many more could have been taken, but he did
not want to advance the regiment beyond the point then held, for fear of the fire
from our own troops on the left. Large bodies of the enemy in inarching off
the field passed within a short distance of our regiment, which was again very
fortunate in this battle, as it had but two men wounded and none killed. On
the 17th it moved with the rest of Colonel Sanborn's brigade and aided in build
ing a bridge across the Big Black, over which the Seventeenth Corps crossed,
and on the 20th marched to the line investing Vicksburg, and performed the full
share of duty in the trenches and sharpshoot'ing in front of the enemy's works.

ASSAULT ON YICKSBUEG.

On May 22d it moved with the other regiments of our brigade to the left
to support Burbridge's brigade of McClernand's corps, and advanced, under a
severe and destructive fire of shot and shell, into a position in front of the
enemy's works, where it remained until after dark. Lieutenant Colonel Tourtel
lotte says in his report: "No sooner had we taken such position than General
Burbridge withdrew his brigade from the action under a direct fire from the fort
in front, and a heavy cross-fire from a fort on our right. The regiment pressed
forward up to and even on the enemy's works. In this position, contending for
the possession of the rebel earthworks before us, the regiment remained for two
hours, when it became dark, and I was ordered by Colonel Sanborn to withdraw
the regiment.'7 When the regiment retired, Captain E. S. Donaldson had his
company (C) draw a cannon that Burbridge's troops had left, off the field, and
thus prevented its capture by the enemy. Our regiment in this assault had
twelve men killed and forty-two wounded. A great many of the wounded of our
army lay up under the enemy's works beyond our reach, suffering dreadful agony
until the 25th, when the enemy permitted our troops to bury the dead. The
enemy reported that he found one brave hero of some Union regiment in a
ditch with his flag wound around his body. General Grant had, on the cessation

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of the battle, requested of Pemberton permission to bury the dead, but it was re
fused; finally, when the effluvia from the dead bodies became intolerable, Pem
berton was obliged to grant the request.

SIEGE OF YICKSBURG.

The threatening operations of General Joseph E. Johnston made it necessary
to send an expedition about forty-five miles to the northeast, to a town of three
or four houses, called Mechanicsburg, and our regiment, with the rest of Colonel
Sanborn' s brigade, marched to that place. The rest of the forces consisted of
several brigades, and all were under command of General Frank P. Blair.
Thinking the enemy in force in our front, a line of battle was formed, but one
or two shots from our battery put the small cavalry command of the enemy,
which formed a corps of observation, to flight, when we then moved north to the
Yazoo bottoms, and then down to Snyder's Bluff, near Vicksburg, destroying on
our route all grist mills, bridges, and all supplies that could be used by the
enemy during the investment of Yicksburg. The weather during this time was
intensely hot. We returned in a few days to our former position in front of the
enemy's works, and actively engaged in aiding in their capture. We had four
men of our regiment wounded by the shots of the enemy during these operations.
On the surrender of the city, July 4th, our regiment marched with the brigade
into the city, our splendid brass band leading the troops. After the capitula
tion and surrender of the city and the army commanded by General Pemberton,
our regiment, with the rest of the division, which was at this time under the
command of General John E. Smith, moved into Vicksburg and formed a part
of the army of occupation, and was engaged in guarding the line of works and
the captured army. During the latter part of July the regiment was assigned
to duty as provost guard. Sickness and death had reduced its numbers so that
the returns for the month of June show but 291 enlisted men present in the ranks
for duty. The enlisted present sick numbered 56. The returns for July show
the enlisted present to have been 239; on extra and daily duty, 43; sick, 102.
The returns for August show 213 enlisted men present for duty; on extra and
daily duty, 50; sick, 46; total enlisted present, 309, besides 16 officers present.
The balance of the regiment, making an aggregate number of 631, were absent,
and nearly all sick in hospitals.

Col. John B. Sanborn had been appointed brigadier general by the president
after the battle of luka in 1862, but the senate had adjourned in the spring of
1863 without having taken any action upon this appointment, whereby it lapsed.
Immediately after the surrender of Vicksburg, General Grant had sent to Wash
ington a list of officers recommended by him for promotion for services in that
campaign. This list included Col. Sanborn. The promotions recommended by
General Grant were all made at once, except this one, and the commissions
issued were received from Washington at General Grant's headquarters, on or
about the 3d day of August, 1863. On this account Col. Sanborn at once ten
dered his resignation as colonel of the Fourth Minnesota Infantry. This resig
nation was accepted by General Grant, and the colonel left for St. Paul. But
the order of General Grant accepting the resignation was disapproved and re
voked by the president, and on Sept. 12, 1863, the president again appointed
Col. Sanborn brigadier general of volunteers, said appointment to date, and he
to take rank from the date of Aug. 4, 1863, and he remained in the service
through the war and until June, 1866.

BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA.

On the 12th day of September, 1863, our regiment and the balance of the
division left Vicksburg for the purpose of aiding General Steel e's army in the
operations against Little Eock, and on arriving at Helena debarked, ready to
march for that place; but as his forces had been successful in their capture of
that city, it moved by boat with the division to Memphis, and there awaited the
arrival of General Sherman with his corps, to proceed across the country to
Chattanooga to the relief of the army under General Eosecrans, then besieged

214 THE FOURTH REGIMENT.

by Braggs' army. Our division, for this purpose, was attached to the Fifteenth
Army Corps. It moved by rail to Corinth, then, debarking from the cars, the
line of march was continued along the railroad to Bear Creek bridge, a few miles
east of luka, where a halt was made and the railroad repaired. During the latter
part of October the commanding general abandoned the railroad and started
with the army on a march across the country to Chattanooga. Crossing the Ten
nessee Eiver, the army marched in an easterly direction, and gathered such
scanty forage as the country produced while moving along. The weather during
the march was for the greater part of the time cold, wet and disagreeable, and the
roads rough, rocky and muddy. Small creeks and large streams were numerous
and difficult to cross. The day's marches would range from twelve to twenty -
two miles each. On arriving at Winchester the rations were very short, and
supplies were obtained from Ducherd, and after passing the latter place dead
mules and horses were encountered in considerable quantities along the roadside.
The army passed up the Cumberland Mountains to the summit, thence down
Sweden Cove and on to Bridgeport, at which place it crossed the Tennessee
Kiver. It crossed again at Brown's Ferry, and bivouacked in the ravines near
Crane's Hill, across from Chattanooga. There was, on November 23d, of enlist
ed men present for duty, 191; on extra and daily duty, 41; sick, 10; total en
listed, 242, besides 17 commissioned officers. General Sherman's army crossed
the Tennessee Eiver in boats built for that purpose, and landed a few miles above
the city of Chattanooga. The troops of General Giles A. Smith's brigade were
the first to make the crossing. The boats then returned, and the Fourth Minne
sota Infantry was ferried over, and were the first troops of our brigade or divis
ion to make the crossing. The brigade commander called the regimental
commanders together, and Lieutenant Colonel Tourtellotte volunteered to lead
the troops of our brigade with our regiment, and that is why they led. This
act saved the command from taking the lead the next day, when it would un
doubtedly have met with a severe loss in that engagement. On landing on the
north bank of the Tennessee Eiver our regiment deployed as skirmishers and
covered the division front while it was crossing, and also its -advance in column
by divisions. It was in front as skirmishers during the entire day, being relieved
at 8 P. M. by the Forty-eighth Indiana. "We were in reserve during the 25th,
and as Bragg' s army had retreated, our regiment, on the 25th, with the remain
der of the division, took the road in pursuit. The regiment had lost in the bat
tle but one man, who was thought to be slightly wounded; he died, however, on
December 3d. "We marched for several days in pursuit of the enemy, and then
we turned to the old camp across the river from Chattanooga, where our camp
equipage, horses and trains had been left. The weather was very cold and dis
agreeable during these operations, and our men were on very scanty rations, a
part of the time the supply being quarter-rations, and some of the time we had
none at all. In a few days the command marched to Bridgeport, where it re
mained about three weeks, and then moved with the rest of the brigade on a
forced march to Huntsville to relieve troops at that point. Soon after arriving
at Huntsville the regiment went on an expedition to the Tennessee Eiver, about
twenty five miles away, to destroy some ferryboats that the enemy was using,
and marched all night, passing through Madison Station on the route. In return
ing we gathered a large drove of animals and poultry of all kinds, and returned
to Huntsville with forage enough to supply the whole brigade. The weather
during the return march was extremely cold, and ice formed two inches thick.

VETERANIZING.

On Jan. 1, 1864, about three-fourths of the men present re-enlisted as veterans
for three years more of service, and on March 5th started on the cars for Minnesota
on veteran furlough. On arriving at Anderson Station, Tenn., another train
collided with ours, several of our cars were burned, and one man of Company K
was burned to death in the wreck, as were also several ladies who were passen
gers. On arriving at La Crosse the citizens entertained us with a bountiful
dinner, and a newspaper in that city published an article of two or three

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columns in length, commendatory of the services of the regiment and the gentle
manly conduct of our men. On arriving at Winona the regiment partook of a
supper prepared by the ladies of the city, and then continued the journey by
boat to Reed's Landing, where it became necessary to travel on the ice to Red
Wing by wagons. The weather at this time was very cold. The command ar
rived at St. Paul on March 20th, and the next day was furloughed for thirty
days. We left St. Paul to return to the army at Huntsville on April 24, 1864, on
the steamboat Itasca. On arriving at Dunleith we took the cars and proceeded
by rail to Cairo, and from there by boat to Nashville, and from thence by rail
to Huntsville, where we arrived May 4th and remained until June 22d, when we
marched with the rest of the division for Atlanta.

BATTLE OF ALTOONA. n

On arriving at Stevenson, Ala., the command took the cars and proceeded to
Kingston, Ga., where our regiment was stationed on provost and fatigue duty.
The regiment arrived in time to celebrate the Fourth of July. We marched with
the brigade from Kingston to Altoona, and formed a part of the force stationed
there. Lieutenant Colonel Tourtellotte was the post commander, and Major J.
C. Edson commanded the regiment. This place, which afterward became famous,
was located at a point of the mountain range where a railway passed through
a deep cut. During the latter part of August several companies of the regiment
went north on the cars to Cowan Station, and Elk River, Tenn., to guard the
railway against the enemy's cavalry, and were gone about thirty days on
that duty. Altoona was about forty miles north of Atlanta, where General
Sherman's army was operating against the rebels under Hood, who, about the
2d of September, evacuated that city and moved against Sherman's line of com
munications. There were two small redoubts and some rifle-pits on either side of
the hill at the pass, and General Sherman had established his depot of supplies
for the army at this place. Hood detached the division of General French, and
sent them to capture the post and supplies. Our little command had for several
days previous to the attack seen the heavens to the south shining with the glare
of the burning railroad, and on the night of the 4th were aware of the presence
of a considerable force of the enemy, by their attack upon the picket posts, and
knew that when dawn appeared they would be upon us. The garrison consisted
of less than 1,000 men and the guns of the Twelfth Wisconsin Battery. Gen
eral Corse arrived from Rome about midnight with another 1,000, making the
total less than 2,000. These troops came on a freight train, and had just time to
get in before the enemy cut the line of communication. On arrival, Corse and
his troops, with a portion of Tourtellotte' s force, occupied the works on the west
side of the track. Tourtellotte remained on the east side with the Fourth Min
nesota and a part of the Eighteenth Wisconsin under Lieutenant Colonel Jack
son; the guns of the battery being divided three upon either side. Tourtellotte
during the action commanded the troops on the east. Picket firing was lively
during the night, and at daylight the ball opened by a shell fired from our eastern
redoubt at the place where, about three-fourths of a mile to the south, it was be
lieved the enemy had planted his batteries. They soon replied and a lively can
nonade was kept up until about 8 A. M. of October 5th, when French sent in a
demand for the surrender of the Union forces. Corse answered and declined.
During the night the enemy had placed his infantry upon three sides of the
works, and at once moved to the assault. Company E of our regiment had been
sent out during the night by Major Edson to hold a pass in the wagon road that
led to the north, and at 9 A. M., being hard pressed, Company K was sent to its
support. The enemy attacked these, and being flanked and in great danger of
being captured, they managed to get back into our lines. The battle raged with
a fury and desperation seldom equaled and never surpassed, until about 4 p. M.,
when the enemy, who had charged repeatedly up under the works, and been as
often repulsed and driven back, gave up the contest, and in single numbers tried
to make his escape from the field. About eighty men and officers of the Thirty-
fifth and Thirty-ninth Mississippi Infantry had charged over a ridge and into a

216 THE FOURTH REGIMENT.

gully down iii front of Company A, and the adjutant of our regiment, taking
Companies H and C out on an unprotected hillside, they opened fire on their
left flank, which caused them to surrender. Corse reported his loss at 142 killed,
353 wounded and 212 missing. The Fourth Minnesota numbered 450 muskets,
and met with a loss of 13 killed and 31 wounded ; total, 44. It also captured
the flags of the Thirty fifth and Thirty-ninth Mississippi, and they were sent to
the adjutant general of Minnesota by Major J. C. Edson, and they are now in
his office. Several of our men fought in this battle after the period of their en
listments had expired, and some of these were killed in the action. The esti
mated strength of the enemy by our forces was 7,000, and his estimated loss
2,000.

During the progress of the battle, General Sherman, from the heights of
Kenesaw Mountain* and about eighteen miles away, toward Atlanta, signaled to
Altoona to learn if Corse had arrived, and received a signal reply that satisfied
him, and this circumstance is referred to in the song, "Hold the Fort for I am
Coming." Sherman's army soon followed closely after Hood's, who retreated
toward Alabama, and in a few days our communications were again open.
Active preparations were now made for the campaign through Georgia to
Savannah. Supplies were rapidly brought to the front, the convalescents and
those unable to travel were sent North, and the army was stripped of surplus
animals and property, which were sent to the rear, and, on the 14th of Novem
ber it had assembled at and near to Atlanta. On the 15th it started on the

MARCH TO THE SEA.

Our regiment marched with the rest of General John E. Smith's Third Division
of the Fifteenth Corps, Colonel Tourtellotte in command, and having received
several hundred recruits from Minnesota while at Altoona, during the months of
September and October, was pretty full in numbers. Hood's army, left behind,
had started on its pilgrimage toward Nashville, while ours was running in
another direction, and to be the guests of the people of Georgia for a short
season. These two armies in their movements at this time presented a spectacle
seldom seen in military campaigns. The kind people of Georgia made but little
opposition to our advance. Their sweet potato patches were generally numer
ous, their corncribs abundant and the melody of their garden fowls sounded as
sweetly to the ears of our "bummers" as that of their relatives had over in
Mississippi and Tennessee. And as the country had not been stripped of its
supplies by the operation of hostile forces, it yielded sufficient, so that, with the
rations carried in the army trains, and a very large drove of cattle that we
started with, there was not much suffering on the excursion through the state.
There was no battle, and only an occasional skirmish fought. With the exception
of three rainy days the weather was pleasant during the entire time previous
to December 7th, and, as the course of the streams was ordinarily in the same
direction as our line of march, it lessened the difficulties. On arriving at Gor
don, a few days out from Atlanta, we worked until eleven o'clock at night and
destroyed a mile and a half of the Macon railroad, by burning the ties and twisting
the rails like doughnuts. Our army arrived before Savannah on the 10th day of
December. During the picnic through the state our regiment had met with no loss,
but soon after reaching the lines near Savannah three of our men were wounded,
and before the surrender of the city, several of them, while out with a train forag
ing, were taken prisoners. Our rations got short on approaching the vicinity
of Savannah, and the men suffered considerable privation. The city having
been evacuated by Hardee's forces, our army took possession on the 21st. When
General Sherman's army started on its campaign through the Carolinas, a part
of the army was moved by boat to Beaufort. Our regiment started across the
Savannah Eiver, but the excessive rains had raised the water over the narrow
dike, so that the wagon trains could not get to the mainland, and a part of the
division train was lost in the river. Details of our men worked all night trying
to save the train, and the next afternoon we returned to our old camp in the
suburbs of the city. We then embarked on a steamship and were conveyed to

BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE. 217

Beaufort, and after a few days7 sojourn at this place, marched inland byPocoto-
ligo to McPhersonville, where, on January 31st, we found the rest of our brigade,
and the next day started inland on the campaign. On coming to Duck Creek at
noon on the fifth day out, it was expected that serious opposition would be met
in crossing it, as the enemy held the opposite bank. Oar regiment was sent
to drive them away, and after deploying several companies as skirmishers,
our boys charged through the stream, which was waist-deep, and found a fine
plantation on the other side, which abounded in comforts of which our men stood
in need — poultry, sweet potatoes, etc. The Johnnies had concluded to vacate,
but left our men the supplies. That was a charge that paid. The country we
were then in was level and covered with small pines and oaks. Another day's
march brought the command to the Salkehatchie Swamp and Eiver, on which
our regiment passed without any opposition. On reaching the railroad near
Bamberg our men helped to tear it up, burn the ties and twist the iron, then
marched across the Edisto Eiver toward Orangeburg, and when near that city
turned north toward Columbia. On the 17th of February we marched through
the city and established our camp outside its limits. Our regiment aided in
destroying the ammunition and ordnance stores captured at the arsenal, and
in doing so had one man seriously injured by the explosion of several wagon-
loads of ammunition as they were being thrown in the river. Our part of the
army left Columbia on the 20th, and, marching over a high, rocky and rolling
country, crossed the Wateree Eiver, near which place the enemy captured one
of our men. On arriving in the vicinity of Little Lynches Creek the country
became flat and the rain fell incessantly. The enemy hovered near, and, in an
ticipation *of an attack, breastworks were thrown up. We moved on a few miles
to Big Lynches Creek and found the bottoms submerged and a flood of water
three-fourths of a mile wide before us. Our troops bridged this, and we moved
on toward Cheraw, which we reached on the night of March 3d, after suffering
many hardships and privations; a part of the time being very short of rations, as
most of the country through which we had passed was thinly settled and yielded
very little to our foragers. The enemy in evacuating Charleston had moved a
large quantity of ordnance and commissary supplies to this city, which we cap
tured. We were now abundantly supplied, and the starvation period had, for a
short season, ended, and our feasting began. It is either a feast or a starve with
us. We remained but a few days here, when we marched for Fayetteville. The
weather was still broken by rainstorms, one after the other, and the roads were
horrible. On arriving near Shoe-Heel Creek, our men worked all night long,
pulling and lifting the mule teams and wagons over a bottomless swamp, rain
falling incessantly.' On the 12th of March we reached the vicinity of Fayette
ville, and, crossing the Cape Fear Eiver, established our camp near the town.
We left this camp in a rainstorm, and marching all day, over, under and through
a flat country, night overtook us stuck in the mud, with the teams down in all
directions. For three days we fought with the elements of mud and rain. The
country was sparsely settled, and contained nothing that we hankered for. The
people were barefooted, and even razor-back, rail-splitter hogs were a curiosity.
On the fourth day we traveled over a finer country. Pitch pine, however, still
abounded as the principal kind of timber, but the country was higher, more
rolling, the plantations larger and more numerous. During the

BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE,

on the 19th, 20th and 21st, our regiment was not actively engaged. It built
three different lines of breastworks, but, with the rest of the division, was held
in reserve, and while the shots of the enemy passed freely overhead we had only
two or three men wounded during the battle. Johnston having retreated with
his army our command marched to Goldsboro. On arriving, established our
camp two miles from the city, and opened communications once more with
"God's country," and procured a supply of all things needed for our comfort ex
cept money. The army expected to receive pay in this place, but was disap
pointed. Many of our men were barefooted, and all were ragged. General

218 THE FOUETH REGIMENT.

Sherman reorganized his army at this place. Colonel Tourtellotte took command
of the brigade of which our regiment formed a part, and Captain L. E. Wellman,
in the absence of Lieutenant Colonel James C. Edson, who went North on sick-
leave from this place, assumed command of the regiment. Our army left Golds-
boro on April 10th, and took the line of march for Ealeigh, where we remained
in camp near the city. General Johnston surrendered his army to General Sher
man while our forces were here, on April 26th, and we received information a
few days previous of the assassination of President Lincoln. While here at Ea
leigh our brigade was broken up and the regiments assigned to different com
mands, and Colonel Tourtellotte resumed command of the regiment. On the
29th of April our troops left their camps and marched for Eichmond. Nothing
worthy of note accurred on the march. The war had ended; foraging for sup
plies to sustain the army had ceased. The country was better, more beautiful,
and the plantations contained an abundance of everything we needed, and our
men would have rejoiced a short time previous to have become acquainted with
it, bub strict discipline and good order was maintained. The orders were to
march by easy stages, ten miles a day, and to rest over Sundays, but the day's
marches would average from eighteen to twenty-five miles each. The army,
traveling by different roads, raced to Eichmond and Washington to see which
corps would get there first, and many men were literally marched into their
graves. The country passed through was higher and better; the weather had
also improved. The gin houses had been left behind, and King Tobacco, instead
of Cotton, held sway. The army in its inarch passed through Petersburg. On
the 10th day of May our regiment, with the rest of our division, encamped on
the bluff opposite Eichmond, and within a half mile of the little town of Man
chester.

The march was resumed, and, passing through Eichmond, the army pursued
its course to Washington. Our division passed through Fredericksburg, Dum
fries, and the grounds at Mt. Vernon; passed, with uncovered heads, by the
tomb of Washington, paying a tribute of respect to the memory of the patriot
of 1776. The column then resumed its march to Alexandria. Lieutenant Col
onel Edson and a large number of our men who had been North joined our regi
ment at this camp. On the 24th of May the regiment marched at the head of
the column of General Sherman's grand army of 65,000 veterans in the review
at Washington, and, passing through the city, established its camp five miles out
at Crystal Springs. Leaving its camp near Washington the last of May, the
regiment marched to the city and with the rest of the Army of the Tennessee
moved by rail to Parkersburg on the Ohio Eiver. Embarking on the steamboat
Champion, it proceeded with the rest of the army down the river to Louisville,
Ky. , and established its camp near that city, and there remained until July 19,
1865, when it was mustered for discharge out of the service. The next day the
command embarked upon the cars and proceeded on its journey to St. Paul,
passing through Indianapolis, Chicago and Milwaukee. On arriving at La
Crosse we embarked on the steamboat Northern Belle, and on July 24th arrived
at St. Paul. The fire companies of the city escorted the command to the state
house, where the governor of the state and the mayor of the city addressed our
men. The veterans then dispersed, and all who desired proceeded to their
homes with orders to report at St. Paul on August 5th, to sign the pay rolls and
receive their final discharges. The men reported, and, having signed the rolls,
were paid to include Aug. 7, 1865, and were once more free citizens of the great
republic. Many of them had served almost four years of the best part of their
lives to preserve our Government; having had but little honor and no adequate
pay for their services. Many of them in the ranks were men of fine ability, able
and worthy to command a company or the regiment, with credit to themselves
and honor to the Government. Many of these heroes were entitled to promotion
but never received it. I have not included in this narrative a statement of their
numerous and often long foraging expeditions, and were I to estimate the num
ber of miles traveled on them I would at least double the distance given in this
record; nor have I included each day's march with its number of long weary

CONCLUSION. 219

miles that our gallant heroes measured, often with blistered feet and galled
bodies from carrying their loads; nor names of those wounded and killed in bat
tle by the rebels, nor in the camps and hospitals by disease. In using the word
"ive" I refer to those who were with the regiment at the time mentioned and
not to myself. There were in all about 1,602 officers and enlisted men who were
members of this regiment at different times.

I have been aided in my work by many persons, and I extend my thanks to
them all, but more especially to George E. Sly and Thomas M. Young of Com
pany A, Washington Muzzy of Company H, and Captain W. W. Eich, as these
gentlemen placed their records at my disposal and helped me more .than any of
the others. *

April 17, 1863, while our army was at Milliken's Bend, La., General Lorenzo Thomas,
adjutant general of the armies of the United States, visited it at that place, and in an address to
the soldiers informed them that the Government of the United States had decided to arm the ne
groes and make soldiers of them to aid in putting down the Rebellion. He informed the troops of
our division that he would give them the officers for two regiments, and he did not care if they
were all private soldiers provided they were competent; that whoever the regimental and division
commander recommended he would commission. After General Thomas had ceased speaking sev
eral other officers expressed their views upon this subject, and when the exercises were over our
men began to discuss among themselves the propriety of arming the freedmen and using them to
aid us in our great struggle. The enemy used them against us in all ways but to shoot guns. We
believed that those who entered the service and were captured by the enemy would not be treated
as prisoners of war, but as outlaws, and perhaps killed at once. Colonel Sanborn soon received
four times as many applications as were needed. The following named persons were discharged at
different times from our regiment and entered this branch of the service: Thomas P. Wilson, com
missary sergeant, was promoted to first lieutenant and quartermaster Eleventh Louisiana Infantry
(afterward numbered the Forty-ninth United States Colored Infantry), which he helped to organ
ize. Maj. Wilson's record is given in the volunteer staff. He was brevetted major at the end of
the war, and has served as quartermaster general of Minnesota since Nov. 10, 1871. Francis
E. Collins, quartermaster sergeant, promoted to first lieutenant Eleventh Louisiana Infantry, and
helped to organize the regiment; resigned in 1863. Augustus Pintler of Company I promoted to
lieutenant Eleventh Louisiana Infantry; he helped to organize the regiment. Thomas F. Sturte-
vant of Company F promoted to first lieutenant Company C, Forty-ninth United States Colored
Infantry, Feb. 6, 1864. John H. Thurston of Company C promoted to quartermaster sergeant
Forty-ninth United States Colored Infantry, and also first, lieutenant and adjutant of the same
regiment; resigned in the fall of 1864, and then acted as clerk for Captain T. P. Wilson until the
close of the war. William H. Hall of Company D promoted to commissary sergeant Forty-ninth
United States Colored Infantry, and first lieutenant and quartermaster of the came regiment; dur
ing the last year of his service was ordnance officer on the staff of General P. J. Osterhaus; finally
mustered out March 22, 1866. Julius F. Putnam of Company I promoted, Oct. 31, 1864, to
Forty-second United States Colored Infantry. (Am unable to find any other record.) Roberts.
Donaldson, captain of Company C, promoted, July 24, 1863, at Vicksburg, to lieutenant colonel
Twelfth Louisiana Infantry (afterward numbered Fiftieth United States Colored Infantry) ; helped
to organize the regiment; promoted and transferred to Sixty-fourth United States Colored Infantry
in July, 1865; was detailed in the Bureau of Refugee Freedmen and Abandoned Lands as superin
tendent in charge of the northern half of Mississippi, with headquarters at Jackson; finally mus
tered out of service March 17, 1866. Alonzo L. Brown of Company B, on July 24, 1863, at
Vicksburg, was promoted to first lieutenant Company E, Twelfth Louisiana Infantry, or Fiftieth
United States Colored Infantry, and helped to organize the company and regiment; promoted to
captain of the same company; was with his command at Blakely, Ala., in the assault over the
works on April 9, 1865; on May 9th, 1865, was detailed and served as acting assistant quartermas
ter at Montgomery, Ala., and also as assistant superintendent and aid on the staff of Maj. Gen.
Wager Wayne in the Bureau of Refugee Freedmen and Abandoned Lands in Alabama until March 20,
1866, when he was finally mustered out of service. Ebenezer M. Broughton of Company H, on
July 24, 1863, at Vicksburg, was promoted to captain of Company E, Twelfth Louisiana Infantry,
or Fiftieth United States Colored Infantry, and helped to organize the company and regiment; he
resigned at Vicksburg, on Aug. 29, 1864, by reason of sunstroke received at the battle of Raymond
on May 12, 1863. Joseph Meyer of Company G, on July 24, 1863, at Vicksburg, was promoted to
second lieutenant Company E, Twelfth Louisiana Infantry, or Ftftieth United States Colored In
fantry, and helped to organize the company and regiment; he resigned, in 1864, at Vicksburg.
Robert P. Miller of Company K promoted, July 27, 1863, at Vicksburg, to second lieutenant of
Company K, Twelfth Louisiana Infantry, or Fiftieth United States Colored Infantry, and helped
to organize the company and regiment; resigned Feb. 1, 1864. John A. Davis of Company C pro
moted, Dec. 31, 1863, to second lieutenant Company F; resigned in 1864. Zinab B. Chatfield of
Company A was for a short time in the Twelfth Louisiana Infantry, and then promoted to captain
in another colored regiment. Calvin Amidon of Company C promoted to first sergeant of Com
pany I, Twelfth Louisiana Infantry, at Vicksburg, and died before being commissioned an officer,

220 THE FOURTH REGIMENT.

The first or orderly sergeants of these colored regiments were white soldiers, who were transferred
to these regiments, and generally had to serve but a short time before they were promoted to com
missioned officers.

Promoted as officers in the Mississippi Marine Brigade: Francesco V. De Coster of Company D
promoted, on Jan. 1, 1863, to captain Company D, cavalry, Mississippi Marine Brigade; finally mus
tered out Aug. 9, 1864. Frank W. Handscombe promoted, Feb. 19, 1863, to first lieutenant Mis
sissippi Marine Brigade; discharged in August, 1863.

In Regular Army : John E. Tourtellotte, colonel; resigned June 21, 1865, because of disability;
captain Twenty-eighth United States Infantry July 28, 1866; assigned to Seventh Cavalry Dec. 13,
1870; appointed aid-de-camp (with rank of colonel) to the general of the army Jan. 1, 1871, and
continued on that duty until Feb. 9, 1884; was made major of Seventh Cavalry Sept. 22, 1883, and
was retired for disability March 20, 1885.

FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.

221

ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF FOURTH REGIMENT MINNESOTA

VETERAN VOLUNTEERS.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Colonels —
John B Sanborn

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Jan. 1, '62
Oct. 5, '64

Nov. 5, '61
Sept. 16, '64

Brigadier General Aug. 4, '63; Bvt. Maj. Gen. Feb. 10, '65.
Captain Company H, Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 24, '62; re
signed June 21, '65; Captain U. S. A. Julv 28, '66.
Colonel 8th Minnesota Infantry Aug. 24, '62.
Captain Company B, Major Feb. 11, '64; Lieutenant Colonel
Sept. 16, '64.
Died Feb. 1, '64, at Nashville, Tenn.
Resigned Oct. 10, '62.
2d Lieutenant Company C, 1st Lieutenant, Captain Company

Captain Company E Nov. 20, '62.
Serg. Maj., 2d Lt. Co. B Nov. 7, '62; Capt., A. A. Gen. Aug. 12, '64.
Captain Companv D June 21, '65.
Promoted from Sergeant Major, 2d Lieutenant Company K
Nov. 7, '64.
Captain and Acting Quartermaster April 9, '63.
Captain Company B May 3, '64.
Sergeant Company G, 2d and 1st Lieutenant Company I.

Resigned July 9, '63.
Pro. from Assistant Surgeon July 9, '63; resigned Dec. 22, '64.
Promoted from Assistant Surgeon Jan. 9, '65.

Promoted from 1st Lieutenant Company A Dec. 21, '64.
Resigned Oct. 3, '64.

Dis. for pro. in 49th U. S. Colored Infantry as 1st Lieut, in '63.
Discharged for disability June 14, '64.

Dis. for pro. in 49th U. S. Col. Troops as 1st Lt. and A. A. Q. M.

Re-enl. Jan. 1,'64; pro. 1st Lieutenant Company A March 25;'64.
Reduced and transferred to Company K March 2, '64.

John E. Tourtellotte
Lieutenant Colonels —

James C. Edson

July 19, '65

Majors —
A. Edward Welch

Luther L. Baxter

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Apl. 10, '62
June 22, '65

Oct. 30, '61
Dec. 3, '62
May 4, '64
June 22, '65

Jan. 1, '62
Apl. 9, '63
Jan. 6, '64

Dec. 4, '61

Aug. 9, '63
Feb. 9, '65

Feb. 9, '65

Jan. 30, '62
Dec. 19, '64

Oct. 29, '64
Dec. 23, '61

LeverettR. Wellman....
Adjutants —
John M.Thompson
Win. T. Kittredge

July 19, '65

Watson W. Rich

Frank S. De Mers

July 19, '65

Quartermasters —
Thos. B. Hunt

D. M. G. Murphy

Samuel W. Russell.
Surgeons —
John H. Murphy
Elisha W. Cross
Henry R.Wedel
Assistant Surgeon —
Geo. M. D. Lambert
Chaplains —
AsaS Fiske

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

Chas. H. Savidge
Sergeant Major —
Daniel W Porter

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Quartermaster Sergeants —
Francis E.Collins
Joseph A. Goding

Wm. S. Longstreet
Commissary Sergeants —
Thos. P. Wilson ....

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July 19, '65

Frederick S. Woodward
Jeremiah Fredenberg

Apl. 22, '65
July 19, '65

Hospital Stewards —
Geo. M. D. Lambert

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Charles Primbs

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July 19, '65

Principal Musicians —
James Davis

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Hiram Marcyes

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July 19, '65
July 19, '65

WilburS. Kimball

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THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Capta ins —

Luther L. Baxter

Robt. B. Youug

Edward U. Russell

Chas. W. Douglas

First Lieutenant —

Chas. Johnson

Second Lieutenants —

Peter Hansen

Thos. M. Young

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbot, Joseph H

Allen, Joseph F

Allen, Sylvanus

Ames, Horace

Anderson, Andrew

Anderson, Swan

Anderson, Chas. F

Anderson, John

Anderson, Thomas

Anderson, John

Anderson, Peter G

Anderson, Andrew

Babcock, Miles

Baldwin, Andrew

Baker, Augustus C

Barker, Ansel W

Bills, Philander

Beatty, John S

Bengston, Swan

Brenton, James

Brown, Nathaniel

Broberg, Otto

Casterline, James D

Casterline, John

Chatfield, ZinaB

Chatterdon. Peter

Chatfield, Joseph, S

Clark, Miles P

Covington, Benj

Cook, Wm.M

Cramer, William

Craig, Thomas

Dean, Isaac N

Demers, Frank S

Dingman, Henry

Drever, John

Dooley, Thos. S

Dutoit, Frederick. E

Edeburn, Henry P

Eisenhair, Solomon

Erickson, Henry

Ericson, John

Ess, Francis X

Fix, Calvin R

Fix, Philip W

Fielding, Armsted

Flodsen, Chas. E

Foster, Daniel

Ford, Daniel

Frazee, David B

Frazee, John W

Frank, John

Frank, Jacob

Frank, Wm

Gprham, Patrick

Giltner, Henry P

Griswold, Albinus

Gregory, John D

Graham, Stephen F

Grant, Santa

Gunn.Wm.M

Hansen, Peter

Hare, James U

Hansen, Carl

Hawkins, Louis Robert..

Hersman, Albert

Hilgerson, Edward

Hellberg, Charles F

Heauton, John

Heilger, Anson

Hinsley, James

Hogstett, John

Jafuith, Oscar O

Johnson, John

Johnson, John

Johnson, Isaac

Johnson, Andrew

IN.

MUSTERED MUSTERED

OUT.

REMARKS.

Oct. 4, '61 j Promoted Major April 18, '62.

Apl. 18, '62| | Promoted from 1st Lieutenant; resigned June 10, '63.

Aug. 9, '63 ! Promoted Serg., 2d Lieut., 1st. Lieut,; resigned Dec. 20,

Dec. 21, '64 T

Apl. IS, '62
Nov. 20, '62

July 19, '65 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; Sergeant and 1st Lieu tenant Company K.
2d Lieutenant Oct. 4, '61; resigned Nov. 20, '62.

Promoted from Sergeant; resigned May 10, '63.
July 19, '65 Commissioned; not mustered.

Oct. 11, '64
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Sept. 27, '61

Aug. 30, '64

May 30, '64

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Sept. 30, '61

Aug. 27 '64

Men. 29, '64

Sept. 26, '61

Sept. 12, '64

Aug. 30, '64

Sept. 30, '61

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Aug. 30, '64

Mch.31, '62

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Sept. 30, '61

Sept. 30, '61

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Sept. 26, '61

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Aug. 24, '64

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Sept. 30, '61

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July 14, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19,' '65
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Died July 25, '63

Corporal,

Drafted.

Drafted; discharged per order in '65.

Corporal; discharged for disability Aug. 9, '62.

Wounded at Vicksburg.

Discharged for disability April, '63.

Discharged for disability Dec. 27, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Died at Keokuk, Iowa.

Wounded and discharged Oct. 11, '64.

Discharged for disability Oct. 30, '62.

Corporal; discharged per order June 12, '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Oct. 5, '62.

Discharged per order June 12, "65.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Died at Farmington, Miss., June 19, '62.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Discharged per order Jan. 12, '65.

Discharged for disability Feb. 3, 63.

Discharged for disability Sept. 22, '62.

Corp., Serg.; dis. for pro. in 12th Colored Infantry July 30, '63,

Discharged for disability Nov. 15, '62.

Discharged for disability Oct. 16, '62.

Musician; discharged for disability July 12, '62.

Died April, '63, at Geneva, Wis.

Wounded and re-enlisted Dec. 30, '63; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Dec. '31, '63; promoted Corporal, Sergeant Major.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged July 11, '65; pro. Corporal.

Wagoner.

Discharged per order June 27, '65.

Pro. Corp., Serg.; re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; dis. for pro. in 1st Hy. Art.

Died June 9, '62.

Deserted Feb. 2, '63.

Re-enlisted March 7, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Discharged per order May 30, '65.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Discharged for disability Nov. 15, '62.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Discharged for disability Aug. 19, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Discharged Oct. 7, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 22, '64.

Discharged for disability March 1, '62.

Discharged for disability Feb. 13, '63.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Substitute.

Died July 20, '63.

Drafted; died at Louisville, Ky., June 20, '65.

Discharged per order June 7, '65.
Drafted; discharged per order July 7, '65.

Discharged per order June 7, '65.

Sergeant; promoted 2d Lieutenant; resigned May 10, '63.

Discharged for disability May, T>3.

Discharged for disability July 19, '63.

Drafted.

Discharged per order July 14, '65.

Re-enlisted Jan. 17, '64.

Drafted; discharged per order July 27, '65.

Drafted.

Died May 7, '63.

Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps February, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Aug. 6, '63. *

Drafted; discharged for disability Feb. 27, '65.

COMPANY A.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

223

NAMES.

Jones, Josiah J

Jenniu, Charles P

Kennedy, Thomas F

Klinginsmith, Lebbeus B.

Lann, Adolph

Lee.Linus J

Lee, William

Lynch, Thomas

Marx, Baptiste ,

Malliuson, Lawrence G

McDonald, Thos. B

Mahowald, Frank

Moriarty, Timothy

Moyer, John W

Murphy, George VV

Myer, John

Neill, Hiram

Noyes, Melville P

Nott, Allen

O'Brien, Bartholomew

Olson, Thor

Oniandson, Osmand

Parrett, Augustus

Peterson, Nela P

Peterson, JohD

Peterson, Swan

Peterson, Swan

Kauienger, Michael

Rhicart, Philip

Ringrose, Thomas

Rogers, Geo. W

Rogers, Charles.

Russel, Edward U

Rued, Ole O

Rued, Lewis

Russel, IsaacS

Salesbury, Charles

Sanders, Joseph H

Squire, Charles C

Sanken, Henry

Sanber, John ,

Schultz, Charles

Schluss, Albert

Sherwiu, Charles A

Southworth, Eli

Sherman, Francis

Shaw, Forest erH

Shepard, Philetus

Sly. George E

Skeffington, Peter

Smith, Geo. W

Smith, Alfred H

Smail, Thomas

Smith, Sydney

Smith, Edward

Simon, Charles

Smith, Joshua R

Smith, Joseph

Smith, Calvin R

Swanberg, Andrew

Swanson, John

Tonebahn, Frederick

Tipton, Ephraim

Tuckey, Edson A

Tuckey.John

Truax, Oddy

Tudochert, Peter

Unsalt, John

Van Buren, John

Vetsch, Jacob ,

"Ward, Francis M

Warren, Franklin L

Wolter, Gottfried

Weego, Peter W

Wells, Rufus P

Wherley, Peter

Whitney, Geo

Wise, Henry H

Wilson, Franklin ,

Wilson, Geo. H

Wilson, William A....

Wisbey, Clarkson

Working, Daniel W.
Working, Frederick....

Wolford, David

Wurst, Henry '..!".'

Young, Thomas M

Young, John

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

4!

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41

23
26
84
24
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81
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120
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Apl. 17, '62
Aug. 29, '64
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept, 26, '61
Aug. 15, '64
Dec. 15, '64
May 30, '64
Dec. 14, '64
Apl. 8, '62
June 6, '64
Dec. 2, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Apl. 1,'62
Nov. 17, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Sept. 30, '61
Nov. 1, '64
Nov. 26, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Sept, 26, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 1, '64
May 30, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Dec. 12, '64
Apl. 6, '62
Sept. 26, '61
Feb. 7, '62
Sept, 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Aug. 22, '64
Sept, 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 7, '62
May, '64
June 6, '64
Dec. 2'64
Dec. 3, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '6!
Aug.27, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Sept, 30, '61
Dec. 15, '64
Sept, 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 2, '61
Sept, 26, '61
Aug. 29, '64
Dec. 16, '64
Dec. 13, '64
Dec. 13, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Aug. 30, '64:
May 30, '64 1
Dec. 2, '64
Sept, 30, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Aug. 3, '64
Dec. 16, '64
Sept. 28, '61
Sept, 26, '61
Sept. 2, '64.
Sept. 26, '61!
Dec. 14, '64'
Nov. 1,'64|
Sept. 26, '61 j
Oct. 2, '61
Dec. 10, '64,
Dec. 9, '64
Sept. 30, '61 !
Sept. 26, '61 1
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Sept, 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61 1
Apl. 6, '62!
Jan. 14, '64
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '611

REMARKS.

July 27, '65
July"l9J';65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
Apl. 21, '65

June 9, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
Julyl9."65

July 19, '65
Oct. 11, '64

Juyl9,'65
July 19, '65

Died July 22, '62.

Assigned to company; never joined.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability Feb. 16, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Drafted; discharged per order July 10, '65.

Deserted Jan. 25, '63.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Discharged per order May 27, 'Go.

Discharged for promotion" in U. S. service June 2, '62.

Drafted.

Discharged per order May 27, '65.

Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 19, '62.

Drafted; discharged per order June 20, '65.

Drafted.

Died of wounds received at battle of luka, Sept. 19, '62.

Discharged for disability from wounds Jan. 19, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Dec. 31, '62.

Died Aug. 31, '63.

Discharged per order June 20, '65.

Drafted.

Deserted.

Substitute.

Killed Oct. 5, '64, at Altoona, Ga., after exp. term of service.

1st Serg.; pro. 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut, and Capt.; res. Dec. 20, '64.

Promoted Corporal; discharged Oct. 11, '64.

Promoted Corporal; discharged Oct. 11, '64.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Discharged for disability Aug. 31, '63.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64: promoted Sergeant,

Re-enlisted Feb. 16, '64; pro. Corporal; dis. per order May 29, '65.

Drafted; discharged per order June 21, '65.

Drafted; promoted Corporal.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Died June 11, '63, wnds. received May 22, '63, Vicksburg; Serg.

Discharged for disability Nov. 23, '62.

Died June, '63, at Milliken's Bend, La.

Discharged per order May 29, '65.

Discharged per order June 12, '62.

Musician: re-enlisted Jan. 1, 64.

Drafted; discharged per order May 29, '65.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 25, '63.

Discharged for disability Dec. 3, '62.

Promoted Corporal; killed by accid. disch. of gun, Oct. 12, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged to enlist in regular army.

Substitute; deserted at Winona.
Drafted; discharged per order May 29, '65.

Discharged fordisability April 19, '64.

Discharged per order May 26, '65.

Drafted.

Drafted: deserted from Louisville, Ky., Julyl, '65.

Died at Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 16, 63.

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant; discharged Sept. 30, '64.

Discharged for disability Nov. 22, '62.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Substitute.

Deserted Oct. 3, '61, from Fort Snelling.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Corp., Sergeant; re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; dis. for disab. Nov. 10, '64.

Substitute; discharged per order May 28, '65.

Discharged for disability Oct. 20, '62.

Pro. Corporal, 1st Lieutenant, Captain Company C Jan. 7, '64.

Drafted; discharged per order May 29, '65.

Drafted.

Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 22, '62.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Feb. 11, '64.

I Deserted Mav 13, '64.

I Discharged for disability Sept. 18, '62.

| Pro. Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64, discharged July 1, '65.

j Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 2, '62.

I Discharged for disability Nov. 17, '62.

July 19, '65 ; Substitute.

i Discharged for disability July 17, '65.

July 19, '65 Promoted Corporal; commissioned 2d Lieutenant April 19, '65.
\ : Killed at Altoena, Ga., Oct. 5, '64, after expiration of term.

224

THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

JainesC. Edson

Dennison M. G. Murphj
First Lieutenants —

Ransom A. Judd

Cyrus L.Snyder

Chessman Gould

Second Lieutenants —

Rudolph Borgersrode....

Wm. K. Vickroy

Wm. I. Kittredge

Orlando Graham

Ahimaaz E. Wood

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbott, George

Allgauer, Francis J

Anderson, Knud

Anderson, Theodore

Anderson, Michael

Altman, Martzel

Applin, Rufus L

Applin, Andrus B

Armes, Win

Armes, Josiah

Baldwin, Shobal D. L

Beedle, Francis M

Belden, Orpheus G

Bellsfield.JohnM

Bender, Christian

Beck, Andrew

Blacker, Marion

Blum, Joseph

Booth, Chas. P

Booth, Truman

Brown, AlonzoL

Brown, Chas.H

Bradford, John N

Bradley, Arthur

Brown, Samuel B

Braley, James

Brebic, Joseph

Burrows, Judson

Burton, Joshua

Caldwell, Leonard A

Chimblom, John

Churchill, Wm. T

Churchill, Edmund P

Cochrane, John K

Cook, Leo

Crane, Charley

Dammon, Stephen D

Dercks, John

Doane, Henry

Dunn, James W

Ellsworth. Thomas

Engel, Michael

Evanson, Holver

Fallen, Patrick

Fallon, Thomas

Fadden, Richmond

Fenn, Charles B

Ford, FayetteE

French, John R

Frank, John

Fuller, Samuel I

Getchell, Wm. W

Geoghegan, Peter

Geotz, John

G9odrich, Chas. H

Gilson, George W

Goding, Joseph A

Graham, Orlando

Grover, John B

Gunderson, Knudt

Hanscom, Francis W....

Harris, Willard L

Hatch, Henry P

Hartshorn, Asberry

Hazleton, Hiram

Hern, David W

Hemerich, Michael

Heck, Joseph

Hillburg, Wm

Hopkins, Charles

Hopkins, Anson

Hunter, John P

g* I MUSTERED
IN.

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21
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18
26
19
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80
27
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MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Oct. 2, '61
May 4, '64

Oct. 2, '61
July 9, '62
May 4, '64

Oct. 2, '61
Apl. 5, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Sept. 20, '64

Oct. 2, '61
Oct. 2, '61
May 31, '64
May 31, '64
May 31, '64
June 4, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Aug. 15, '64
May 30, '64
Mch. 8, '65
May 80, '64
Oct. 16, '64,
Mch. 18, '65!
Sept. 26, '61
Mch. 22, '62
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61 1
Aug. 16, '64
Feb. 28, '64
Aug. 16, '64
Mch. 30, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Aug. 16, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Dec. 12, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 24, '61
Sept. 30 '61
Aug. 15, '64
Sept, 26, '61
Mch. 3, '64
Aug. 16, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
May 30, '65
June 6, '64
Sept, 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Mch. 20, '65
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept, 26, '61
Dec. 23. '61
Feb. 28, '64
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61

July 19, '6;
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 25, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19/65

June 12, '6£
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
Oct; 11, '64

Oct. 11, '64
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
Oct. 11, '64
May 24, '65

Dec.

'(I!

July 19, '65
June 12, '65

July 19, '65
June 12, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
Oct. 11, '64

May 30, '65
Feb. 28, '64
Sept, 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Nov. 22, '61
Aug. 16, '64
Mch. 20, '65
Sept. 26, '61 !.
Oct. 2, '61
Apl. 2, '62
Oct. 2, '61
Sept. 26, '61 ..
Sept. 26, '6li.
Sept. 26, '61 .

Oct. 11, '64
July 19, '65

July 19, '65 j

Oct. 11, '64
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
Oct. 11, '64

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 24, '62
June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Oct. 11, '64

Apl. 4, '65

Promoted Major Feb. 11, '64; Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 5, '64.

Died at Rienza, Miss., July 9, '62.

Sergeant; 2d Lieutenant Oct. 2, '62; resigned Aug. 3, '63.

Resigned April 5, '62.

Resigned Nov. 20, '62; Sergeant Oct. 2, '61.

Adjutant Nov. 20, '62.

Promoted 1st Lieutenant Company D March 17, '64.

Discharged for disability Oct. 18, '62.
Discharged for disability Sept. 12, '62.
Drafted.
Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan 1, '64; pro. Corp., 1st Serg.; com'd 2d Lieut.

Discharged for disability Oct. 15, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Oct. 15, '62.

Corp.; died April 25, '63, on hospital boat on Mississippi River.

Drafted.
Drafted.
Drafted.

Substitute; right name Louis Jaokson, by error written Blum.

Trans, to Co. H April 16, '62, then to B; dis. for dis. June 28, '65.
Corp.; dis. for pro. in 50th U.S. C.Troops; 1st Lieut., Capt. Co.E.
Died June 26, '62.
Sergeant.

Drafted.

Sergeant; died June 17, '63.

Discharged for disability Nov. 9, '64; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '(

Died Aug. 12, '62.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 15, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Feb. 27, '63.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Jan. 16, '63.

Discharged for disability Jan. 28, '63.

Drafted.

Drafted; died May 19, '65.

Promoted Sergeant; discharged for disability Dec. 17, 63.

Discharged for disability April 5, '63.

Substitute.

Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 3, '62.

Transferred from Company K.

Wagoner; discharged for disability Dec. 31, '62.

Drafted.

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant; transferred to N. C. Staff.

Corporal; promoted 2d Lieutenant Co. B, 1st Lieutenant Co.D.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Died Sept. 17. '62.

Discharged Feb. 19, '62, for commission in Marine Brigade.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability Aug. 6, '62.

Discharged for disability Sept. 2, '62.
Discharged for disability June 18, '63.
Deserted Oct. 19, '61.

Died May 25, '63, on hospital boat; lost leg in battle, May 22, '63,
at Vicksburg.

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

225

NAMES.

K

MUSTERED
IK.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS,

1Q

Jewett,' Edwin

90

Sept. 26, '61

Died Oct. 28 '62.

22

29

Sept 30* '61

Johnson John

27

Sept 96? '61

Jones Wm H

27

June 12 '65

.uiscnargea lor aisaoiuty Aug. o, oz.

Johnson Albert

26

Apl 13 '6°

Apl 21 '65

Knable Wm

27

Sept 30* '61

Oct 11 '64

P , , , o

Kohler 'Gustavo

17

Mch 18* '65

July 19 '65

25

Sept 30* '61

Oct ll' '64

24

July 19 '65

r romoteu ..ergeant.

JLainphear, Reuben

*>•>

Sept. 30* '61

Musician- discharged for disability Sept 4 '62.

Laraway, Thompson
Loughuane, James

34
28
21

Sept. 26 '61
Sept. 26, '61
Aug 15 '64

Oct. 11/64
Oct. 11, '64
Juuel^ '65

21

June 12* '65

Lanners Henry

18

Mch 17 '65

July 19 '65

Substitute

25

Mch 20* '65

July 19* '65

Luther, Martin
Marshall, Luke

35
44

Sept 30,' '61
Sept 27 '61

Died Sept. 23, '63.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1 '64- died Sept. 18 '64; correct name Marcile.

35

July 19 '65

McCartney, Jauies

19

Sept. 2(5, '61

Died Dec. 3, '63.' '

McCann Michael .. .

25

Sept 26 '61

Oct 11 '64

McLeary, James A

25

Oct 2* '61

Transferred to Invalid Corps Feb 15 '64

McDougald, Dougal A

SO

Sept. 26* '61

Discharged for disability Aug. 28, '62.

McQuillan, Harvey
Mickel Chester G

18

97

Aug. 15, '64
Sept 26 '61

June 12, '65

Corporal1 discharged for disability Dec. 18 '62.

Moormann, Bernhard

19
66

Dec. 12! '61
Sept 26 '61

July 19, '65

Promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64.
Discharged for disibilitv March 11 '63

Nelson Ole

27

Sept 26 '61

Discharged for disability Nov 17 '63.

Nichols, To wnsend G

?7

Sept! 26 j '61

Died Feb. 2, '64.

Nichols Edgar

22

Sept 26 '61

Oct 11 '64

Oleson Peter

22

Mch 3* '64

July 19* '65

Oleson, Frank

18

Dec °2 '64

July 19* '65

Substitute

Oleson Alf.

29

July 19 '65

Substitute

21

July 19 '65

Substitute

Parson, John, P
Peters Henry

18
2>

Oct. 2, '61
Feb 20 '6''

July ]9 >t55

Discharged for disability March 3, '63.

Pfeffer Adam

17

Mch 17* '65

July 19 '65

Substitute.

Phelps Wm. B

17

Aug 15 '64

July 12, '65

Phillips \ndrew I

41

May l?0 T>4

July 19 '65

Drafted

Pond Marvin

38

Oct 2 '61

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 22, '64.

Potts Edwin

36

Sept 26 '61

Died Au«- 19 '62 at Clear Creek Miss

Reynolds, Francis M
Reich Charles.

34
35

Sept. 30* '61

July 19, '65
July 19 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Drafted

27

Sept 26 '61

Corporal; died Sept. 2, '63.

Rushmire Frank

45

Sept 26 '61

Died Jan 30 '62 at Fort Ridgley, Minn.

Sanken, Christopher

Died Aug. 8, '63, of disease, at Young's Point, La.

Scribner, Martin V. B

24

18

Aug. 15, '64
June 13 '64

June 12, '65

Substitute- died March 9 '65.

Sorrenson, Andrew
Shaw Irvin

21
18

June 6, '64
Aug 15 '64

July 19, '65
Aug 14 '65

Substitute.

Shadwell, Wm. H
Shilling Champion.

19
18

Aug. 15, '64
Feb 20 '64

Junel2, '65
June 12 '65

Stinchfield, Chas. H...:

">fi

Sept. 26 '61

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Sergeant, and 1st Lieut. Co. E.

Stevens, Joel
Stacy Ezra M

18
30

Aug. 16, '64
May 30 '64

July 12, '65
July 19 '65

Drafted.

Sutton, Charles W
Swanburg, Swan
Thompson, John

22
36
27

Aug. 15, '64
Sept. 30, '61
Sept 26 '61

June 12, '65

Discharged for disability Aug. 6, '62.
Died Aug. 14, '62, at Clear Creek, Miss.

Thompson, Thomas
Toppin^ Chas G

19
27

Mch. 11, '65
Sept 96 '61

July 19, '65
Oct 11 '64

Substitute.

Turner, Luther W
Trinsou, Turban.

30
43

Aug. 16, '64
May 31 '64

July 12, '65

Drafted; died Feb. 16, '65.

"Vaughan, Horatio
Vogel, Anthony
Wakefield, Sylvanus

19
40

37

Sept. 3, '64
Mch. 8, '65
Sept. 26, '61

June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Drafted.
Died May 17, '62.

Way, Daniel E
Withee James F

17
27

Aug. 18, '64
Sept 26 '61

June 12, '65

Corporal; transferred to Invalid Corps March 15, '64.

Williams, Abraham P
Williams, James A
Yager John

18
26
30

Sept. 30, '61
Dec. 2, '61
July 25 '64

Oct. 11, '64
July 19, '65
July 19 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; transferred from Gb. H April 15, '62.
Drafted.

Zeibarth, Edward A
.Zeibarth, Charles

21
23

Sept. 30 '61
Sept. 30, '61

Oct. 11, '64
July 19, '65

Re enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

226

THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

Robert S. Donaldson ......

James H. Donaldson ......

RufusP. Wells ..............

First Lieutenants —

Leverett R. Wellinan .....

John D. Hunt ...............

Second Lieutenant —

James F. Dilly ..............

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbey, EdgarS ...............

Amidon, Calvin ...............

Ames, John M ..................

Ames, Geo. W ..................

Ange, Fulgence ................

Asemon, John ..................

Barclay, Alexander A ......

Battin, Richard ...............

Baily, Otis B ....................

Bailey, Moody A ..............

Bandy, Win. D .................

Bennett, Willis .................

Burquest, Francis ............

Bengheimer, Charles ........

Beeves, Michael ......... .....

Bichoffer, Wm ..................

Bourne, Chardon ..............

Brown, Andrew J ............

Bollinger, Rudolph ...........

Casey, James ...................

Casey, John .....................

Cadotte, Archille ..............

Case, Patrick ...................

Chewning, Reuben J ........

Claude, Glande .................

Clough, Cyrus R ...............

Clark, Levi .......................

Clark, Herbert .................

Culver, Ebenezer R ...........

Day,Levi E .....................

Davis, John A ..................

Davis, Eben H ..................

Davis, John .....................

Davis, John A ..................

Drinkwine, Albert ............

Dufour, John B ...............

Dyar, Paschal M ..............

Ellison, Herbert ..............

Eroux, Joseph ..................

Estabrooks, Daniel ...........

Evans,John ....................

Ferguson, Steptien E ........

Fish,Thedro ....................

Funk, Christian ...............

Fox, Wm .........................

Getzman, Joseph ..............

Gilbert, Robert .................

Goyette, Joseph ...............

Gypson,Benj ....................

Hasket, Charles M ...........

Hardick, Robert H

, ...........

Haines, Nathaniel D ........

Hale,EliphaletB ..............

Hamilton, Bernard L ........

Herman, Moses ...............

Hill, Wm. H ....................

Hosmer, Hobert N ...........

Holman, Lyman B ...........

Huntington, Edwin J ......

Huggins,Thos. R ..............

Jackson, Chester J ...........

Johnson, Harmony B ......

Johnson, Andrew ...........

Joel.Ole ..........................

Kelley, George ..... ,

Keeler.Geo. W .................

Kent, Win ........................

Kemp, Robert F. C ...........

Knight, Emory ...............

Lackey, Elisha ..... f ...........

Lemerce, Justice ..............

Linn, John .......................

Leisar, Michael .................

Longstreet, Wm. S ............

Loid, Charles H ...............

Loid, John .......................

Long, Wm. H ..................

33

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

Oct. 7, '61

Aug. 27 '63
Aug. 4, '64

Oct. 3, '63
May 4, '64

Dec. 27, '64

Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Sept.- 1, '64
Sept. 1, '64
Aug. 9, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 25, 61
Sept. 25, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Mch. 19, '62
Sept, 30, '61
Sept. 9, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 16, '64
Oct. 1, '61
June 6, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Feb. 1, '62
Aug. 21, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Aug. 9, '64
Sept, 3, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 5, '61
June 24, '65
Sept. 7, '64
Feb. 3, '62
Sept. 25, '61

Feb. 9, '62
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 8, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 2, '64
Sept. 25, '61
May 31, '64
Oct. 4, '61
April 4, '62
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 31, '61
Dec. 19, '64
Sept. 9, '64
Sept. 1,'64
Sept. 25, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 3, '61
April 4, '62
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 25, '61
May 18, '65
Mch. 17, '65
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 24, '6'
Sept. 27, '6
May, '64
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Aug. 10, '64
June 6, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Sept. 1, '64

July 19, '65

May 15, '65
July 19, '65
Oct. 11, '64

June 12, '65
Junel2, '65
June 12, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65

July 19, '65

June 12, '65
Oct. 11, '64
July 19, '65

June 12, '65
June 12, '65

July 19, '65
Oct. 11, '64

June 12, '65

Apl. 6, '65

June 12, '65
June 12, '65

July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Oct. 11, '64

July 19, '65
June 25, '65
June 25, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

June 12, '65
July 19, '65
Oct. 11, '64

June 25, '65
June25, '65
June 25, '65

REMARKS.

Dis. July 27, '63, to accept pro. as Lieut. Col. in 50th II. S. C. I.
1st Lieutenant Oct. 7, '61; trans, to Vet. R. Corps; Bvt. Major.

2d Lieutenant Oct. 7, '61; Captain Company F May 6, '64.

Corporal Oct. 7, '61; Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Sergeant; discharged for pro. in 12th U.S. Volunteers Sept. 1, '63,

Substitute.

Discharged for disability Dec. 18, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Died in hospital at Jackson, Tenn., Sept. 4, '62.
Discharged for disability Oct. 2, '62.
Discharged for disability March 25, '63.
Discharged for disability Nov. 17, '63.
Died at Milliken's Bend, La., April 16, '63.
Re-enlisted; promoted Corporal.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Died Jan. 14, '63.

Drafted.

Killed in battle Sept. 19, '62, at Tuka.

Re-enlisted Jan. 22, '64; died of wounds Nov. 13, '64.

Discharged for disability July 3, '63.

Per order.

Corporal; dis. for disab. Sept. 8, '62; 2d Lieutenant Company H,

Pro. Corporal; re-enlisted March 22, '64; appointed Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Dec. 30, '62.

Promoted Corporal transferred to Invalid Corps.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Musician; discharged for disability Aug. 16, '62.

Promoted Corporal; dis. to accept pro. in 12th La. Vols.; Lieut.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Substitute; deserted en route to regiment.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64; discharged for disability June 27, '65.
1st Sergeant; discharged for disability Oct. 13, '62.
Died at Vicksburg, Miss.

Died July 15, '62.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Discharged for disability Nov. 26, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Substitute.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged June 28, '65, for disability.

Died at Cairo, 111., Sept, 14, '63.

Discharged for disability July 28, '64.

Deserted Oct. 29, '62.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Sept, 5, '62.

Substitute.

Serg.; pro. 1st Lieut. Co. F, Capt. Co. K; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Died June 14, '63, at Vicksburg.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May 1, '64.

Discharged from hospital June 25, '65.

Corporal: discharged for disability Dec. 22, '62.

Discharged for disability May 19. '62.

Substitute; discharged in hospital July 19, '65.

Substitute; discharged in hospital July 19, '65.

Discharged for disability Oct. 30, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Drafted; discharged for disability May 27, '65.

Discharged for disability Aug 6, '62.

Killed at Vicksburg May 22, '63.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Corp., Serg.; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; Q. M. Serg. and 1st Lieut,

COMPANY C.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

227

NAMES.

a ' MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

Marsh, Eli

Mattson, M. I

Martans, John

Massapost, William ....

McCabe, John J

McMullen, Patrick

McKarry, Jauies

McGillis, Edward D....

McCrory, Wm

McRae, Alexander...

Moran, Patrick

Moore, Morgan F

Moore, Thos.W

Morse, John W

Morgan, Wm. B

Morrell, John N

Morrison, Albert C

Moran, Michael

Moon, Jeremiah

Moon, John

Newell, Joseph

Nickerson, Hiram

Nolze, Frederick H....

Patten, James R

Perry, Wesley

Perkins, Chas. M

Perry, Lucian J

Phillips, David W

Pool, Benjamin

Pool, John W

Putnam, Chas. F...

Reeves, Thos. H

Rice.Benj. A

Rich, John B

Rich, Watson W

Rosenberg, Dow

Robinson, Benj

Rose, JusticeG

Sauer, Jacob

Sarver, Wm

Severson,Ole

Scale, Thomas

Shaw, Francis W

Small, Jacob C

Smith, Wm.H

Staffost, Geo. W

St. Luke, Joseph

Stevens, John H

Stevens, Geo. W

Stauff, Frederick E. A .
Thurston, Sumner C...

Thurston, John H

Thompson, Francis

Teas, John

Tracy, Morris

Volk, Joseph H

Vogt, Hermann

"Watson, Charles

Washburn, Orison N...

Watson, John S

Wetherell.Geo.W

Wetherell, Alonzo

Wetherell, Russel

Weaver, Geo. Adam....

Weaverson, Chas.J

Wells, Albert

Werty, John

Whipps, James

Whitus, Isaac P

Wilkins, Carroll

Wixon, Wm. M

Wines, Enos .

Williamson, James

Willford, James L ,.

Woesner, Morris

Woodward, Curtis A....
Workman, Sylvester....

Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Sept. 6, '64
Sept.25, >61
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Mch. 22, '62
April 3, '62
Sept. 7, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 24, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 2, '61
Aug. 29, '64
May 31, '64
May 31, '64
Aug. 3, '64
Oct. 3, '61
Aug. 17, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Mch. 29, '62
June 6, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Seut. 25, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Oct. 1, '61
Oct. 4. '61
Mch. 27, '62
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Aug. 27, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Mch. 8 ,'64
Nov. 2, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Oct. 6, '61
Aug. 16, '64
Oct. 3, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 9, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Apl. 8, '62
Mch. 27, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Sept. 9, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Oct. 4, '61
Sept. 26 ,'61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Dec. 12, '64
Apl. 1,»62
Oct. 4, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Sept. 2, '64
Sept. 2, '64
May 31, '64
Oct. 1, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 4, '64

June 12, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65

Oct. 11 '64
July 19, '65
Apl. 21, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
Sept. 22, '64
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Oct. 11, '64
June 12, '65

Oct. 11, '64

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 11, '64
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

Oct. 11, '64
June 12, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Oct. 11, '64
June 12, '65

June 12, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65

July 19, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65

Oct. 11, '64

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
Oct. 11, '64
July 19, '65

July 19,' '65
Apl. 21, '65
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 11, '64
June 12, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65

REMARKS.

Substitute.
Substitute.

Sergeant; died Aug. 22, '63, at Vicksburg.
Discharged for disability May, '63.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Jan. I, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64.

Discharged for disability Sept. 10, '62.

Discharged for disability Sept. 12, '02. (See Co. F, re-enlisted.)

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Drafted.
Drafted.
Deserted at St. Paul Sept. 6, '64.

Substitute.

Corporal; discharged for disability May 8, '62.

Discharged for disability Dec. 17, '62.

Drafted.

Corporal; pro. Serg.; re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64; promoted 2d Lieut.

Killed in battle of luka Sept. 19, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Oct. 23, '62.

Serg. Maj.; Re-enl. March 27, '64; 1st Lieut., Adjt., Capt. Co. D.
Discharged for disability Dec. 9, '62.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Drafted; deserted en route to regiment.

Wagoner; died Aug. 21, '63.

Substitute.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 30, '64.

Died at Fort Snelling, Minn., April 18, '65.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Sergeant; died Oct. 5. '63.

Discharged to accept, Nov. 9, '64, as Adjutant 49th U. S. C. T.

Died near Farmington, Miss., June 12, '62.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Deserted at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 11, '64.

Died at Farmington, Miss., Aug. 15, '62.

Corporal; pro. Sergeant Jan. 1, '63; Trans, to Invalid Corps.

Corporal.

Musician; discharged for disability Sept. 8, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Substitute.

Substitute; died in hospital at Evansville, Ind., Dec. 4, '64.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Substitute.

Substitute.

228

THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

K

O
<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

47

Oct 10 '61

Samuel T Isaac

?6

July 1 '64

Watsoii W Rich .

9,1

Juue22 '65

July 14 '65

First Lieutenants —
Benjamin F Butler

R?

Oct. 8 '61

Orlando Graham

RO

July 1, '64

Discharged per order Alav 15 '65

Solomon F. Brown

44

Dec. 2, '62

Bergt • 2d Lieut Oct 10 '61* res on acct of wnds March 16 '64

Second Lieutenants —
Harrison M.Stanton

W

Oct. 10, '61

Chessman Gould

fTO

Dec 2 '6°

July 19 '65

Adoniram J. Whitney...

ENLISTED MEN.

Abell Newton A

21
91

Dec. 18, '64
Oct 8 '61

July 19, '65
July 19 '65

Sergeant Oct. 10, '61; re-eulisted Ja'n. 1, '64.
Dis for disability Dec 31 '6°' re-enl Dec 31 '64* pro Corporal

Adley Warren

3]

Oct. 8* '61

Discharged for disability Sept 8 '62

R'7

Oct 10 '61

Oct 11 '64

Anderson, George W

17

R5

Aug. 9, '64
June 26 '6-1

July 19, '65

Substitute.
Drafted- discharged for disability April 23 '65

Ash Edward, Sr

44

Oct. 8 '61

Discharged for disability Sept 14 '62

19

Oct 8 '61

Discharged for disability Oct 8 '62

Barber, Henry C

IS

Oct. 8, '61

Died Aug. 18 '62 at Clear Creek Miss.

Bentley Isaac N

97

Oct 8 '61

July 19 '65

Re-enlisted Feb 24 '64

Bergordis, Miles W

?1

Apl. 4, '64

July 19, '65

Bunker Enos A . ..

42

Oct 10 '61

Transferred to Company E Feb 28 '62

Gates Wellington

??

Oct. 8, '61

Killed at Vicksburg May 22, '-63.

Cadwell Thos J

30

Oct. 8 '61

July 19 '65

Re-enlisted Jan 1 '64' promoted Corporal.

Clark Chester H

18

Oct. 8, '61

Musician; transferred to Invalid Corps Feb. 11, '64.

Clark Geo A

90

Oct. 8 '61

Oct 11 '64

Crappeau Remi

?0

Aug. 20, 64

June 12, '65

Substitute.

Darling, Thomas
Dakin Charles J

27

?a

Oct. 8, '61
Oct. 8, '61

Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 11, '64

0

?R

Aug. 20, '64

July 19, '65

Substitute.

Davidson, George

19
22

Sept. 3, '64
Oct 8 '61

June 12, '65

Substitute.
Corporal Sergeant- dis to enlist in Marine Brigade Jan. 1, '63.

Dowling, Edward

99

Oct. 10, '61

July 19, '65

Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Sergeant.

9-|

Oct 10 '61

Dis. July 24, '63, on account of wounds received at Vicksburg.

R1

Sept. f>, '64

June 12, '65

Dolheimer, Valentine

40
R8

Sept. 5, '64
June 4, '64

June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Ellis Charles E

30

Deserted Sept. 8, '64, en route to regiment.

18

Oct 8 '61

Discharged for disability Oct. 14, '62.

81

Aug. 21, '64

June 12 '65

Substitute.

18

Aug 24 '64

Substitute; died Feb. 23, '65, at St. Louis, of smallpox.

Foot Charles

21

Sept. 1, '64

Deserted Sept. 8, '64, en route to regiment.

French Edward J

?R

Oct. 8, '61

July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64.

Follett Frederick

21

Oct. 10, '61

July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64.

Garden George

22

Aug. 18, '64

July 19, '65

Substitute.

Gaskell Charles .

18

Aug. 12, '64

July 1, '65

Gerish Allen

18

Aug. 17, '64

Junel2, '65

Gordon Edward

?R

Aug. 30, '64

June 12, '65

Substitute; promoted Corporal.

Greeley Horace S

%

Oct. 8, '61

Died Sept. 18, '63, at St. Anthony, Minn.

Guptill Albert

18

Oct. 8, '61

Sept. 24, '62

Guptill John P

44

Oct. 8, '61

Died Apl. 24, '63, on hosp.boat Nashville, at Milliken's Bd.t La.

Green, Elbert D

18

Sept. 5, '64

June 12, '65

Substitute; promoted Corporal.

Graff James R

19

Aug. 27, '64

Substitute; deserted April 13, '65, near Goldsborough, N. C.

Hall Wm H

?0

Oct. 8, '61

Transferred to llth Louisiana Infantry, 50th United States

Hanscotn, David J
Haskins,Wm.S

28
45
24

Oct. 8, '61
Oct. 10, '61

Aug 18 '64

Oct. 14, '64
July 19 '65

Colored Troops; Com. Sergeant and Regimental A. Q. M.
Promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Oct. 15, '62.
Substitute

Haight, Lorenzo

18
29

Aug. 15,' '64
Oct 8 '61

June 12* '65

Substitute.
Died June 10 '62 at St Louis Mo.

Hicks, Ezra G

26

Oct' 8* '61

July 19 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Hockstettler, Conrad

21

Oct 8, '61

Died June 23, '62, at Farmington, Miss.

Hower, John G

23

Apl 9 '62

Apl 21 '65

Howard Charles

19

Sept 1 '64

July 19 '65

Substitute.

18

Aug 26 '64

July 19 '65

Hughes, Daniel

23

Aug' 23* '64

June 12* '65

Substitute.

Hull Aaron P

21

Apl 22 '64

July 19 '65

Hutchins, Chas. M. F
Johnson George

21
95

Oct. 8, '61
Sept 1 '64

July 19, '65
July 19 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Substitute.

18

Aug 27 '64

June 19 '65

Substitute

Johnson, John

47

Dec 14 '64

July 19* '65

Substitute.

Kenny, Geo. W

21

Oct 10 '61

Died June 29, '62 at Clear Creek, Miss.

Kellogg, Augustus H
Kenny, Joseph E

27
31

Oct. 8, '61
Oct 8 '61

Oct. 11, '64

Promoted Corporal; killed at Vicksburg May 22, '63.

Ker John

31

Apl 9 '62

Apl 14 '65

Kere Daniel

41

May 26* '64

July 19 '65

Drafted

Kertans*, Michael
Kenna, Michael

34

38

June 4, '64
June30 '64

July 19, '65

Drafted. * Alias Hertans.
Killed at Altoona, Ga., Oct. 5, '64.

Kimball, George C
Kirkham, Samuel A
Kidder Edwin

33
25
30

Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct 8 '61

Oct. 9, '64
Oct ii '64

Sergeant; transferred to Invalid Corps; Corporal Sept. 15, '63.
Sergeant; discharged for disability March 16, '64.
Promoted Corporal.

Klenkert, Christian
Knowles, Albert P....

36
<H

June 4, '64
June 4 '64

July 19, '65
July 19 '65

Drafted.

Substitute.

Lambert, Richard
Lambert, Wm. T,...

42
23

Oct. 8, '61
Oct. 8, '61

Oct. 11, '64
July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Sergeant.

COMPANY D.

ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

229

NAMES.

M

o
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

W

Aug 30 '64

June 12 '65

22

Aug 22 '64

Leisch Antoin

17

Oct. 8 '61

Discharged for disability Nov 8 '69

Lent Charles C

41

Oct. 10 '61

Died Aug 12 '62 at Jefferson Ba'rracks St Louis

Linn, James

98

June 6, '64

July 19, '65

Drafted.

Longworth Clement ....

91

Oct. 8 '61

Died Aug ° >g2 at Clear Creek Miss

45

Oct. 8 '61

Maltcan John

93

Aug. 30, '64

July 19, '65

Substitute

33

Sept 3 '64

June 12 '65

28

Oct 10 '61

Discharged for disability Oct 11 '62

Miller, Salem W

Oct. 10, '61

Corporal; discharged before returns were made to Washington.

Miller Joseph«G

22

Oct 10 '61

Miller' Robert R

30

Oct. 8, '61

Promoted Corporal* discharged Oct 3 '63 for wounds received

Milligan, Wm. A

9^

Oct 8 '61

May 22d, at Vicksburg.
Died Oct 20 '63 at Main Prairie Minn

26

Oct 10 '61

Moore Janies F

39

Aug 16 '64

June I9 '65

Neal Charles

28

Oct 8* '61

Oct 11 '64

Nibler Franz

26

Apl 9 '6°

23

Aug 26* '64

18

Sept 3* '64

June I9 '65

O'Neill Thos J

30

July 19 '65

Drafted

Page Geo W Jr

25

Apl 12 '62

Apl 12* '65

Paquin Joseph

28

Mcli 29' '64

July 19* '65

Parker Peter

20

Aug 23* '64

July 19 '65

Page Myron

18

Aug' 95' '64

July 19* '65

Substitute

Peabody, Charles G
Perkins, Daniel F ...„.

28
32

Oct. 8, '61
Oct 8 '61

July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Killed May 23 '63 at Vicksbur<*

Perkins, Jeremiah B
Perkins, Hezekiah G

21
47

Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10 '61

Oct. 11, '64

Musician1 discharged for disability Oct 3 '62

Perkins Win

16

Oct 10 '61

Discharged for disability Sept 19 '62

Perkins, Harmon A

90

Oct. 20* '61

Discharged for disability Sept 19 '62

Perkins, Andrew W

21

22

Oct. 10, '61
Aug 23 '64

July 19, '65
July 19 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Substitute

Plurumer, Benj. A

34

Oct. 8* '61

Discharged for disability Oct 5 '62

Popple Alouzo.

21

Oct 8 '61

Discharged for disability Dec 17 '62

26

Sept 3* '64

May 26 '65

Reilley Thomas

25

June 6 '64

July 19* '65

Drafted

Robinson Thos Q

18

Aug 27 '64

June 12 '65

Substitute

Robinson, Thaddeus I

99

Oct. 8* '61

Wagoner died at Vicksburg July 24, '63.

Reith Eugene.

21

Oct 8 '61

Discharged for disability Dec 6 '69

Rice Silas W

27

Oct 10 '61

Discharged for disability Oct 15 '62

Rions Geo. W

18

Oct. 10* '61

Oct 11 '64

Sampson. Joel E.

93

Oct. 10, '61

Corporal; discharged for wounds received at luka Sept. 19, '62.

Scoville, Milo M

91

Oct. 8 '61

Died July 5 '62 at Farmington Miss.

Scribner Aaron

27

Oct 8 '61

Oct 11 '64

Severns, De La Fletcher...

18

Oct. 10 '61

Died Aug. 9<) '63 at Vicksburg.

Scofield Geo. S

21

Oct. 10 '61

Died Dec 8 '63 at Murfreesboro Tenn.

Seversou, Peter

17

Aug. 31, '64

June 12 '65

Substitute.

Shelton Oliver P . . ..

9,1

Oct. 10 '61

July 19 '65

Re-enlisted Jan 1 '64* promoted Sergeant.

Shaw John .

19

Aug 18 '64

July 19 '65

Substitute

Smith, Geo. W

91

Oct. 10 '61

Oct. 11 '64

Corporal.

Smith Charles B .

23

Apl. 29 '62

Discharged for disability in the spring of '64.

Snyder, John F
Straw Thomas

21
W

Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 8 '61

July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Corp • discharged for disability Aug. 4, '63.

Stewart, Wm. H
Stetlen, Edmund

25

99

Oct. 8, '61
Sept. 8 '64

June 12 '65

Discharged for disability Oct. 13, '62.
Substitute.

Steffes Joseph.

19

May 30 '64

July 19 '65

Drafted

Swinson, John

36

Sept. 4, '62

June 12, '65

Tanner Elijah P.

90

Oct. 8 '61

Discharged for disability July 26, '62.

Taylor Wm

25

Aug 23 '64

July 19 '65

Substitute

Town, Ezra

18

Mch. 9, '64

Transferred to Company E, 4th Regiment.

Thomas, James H

36

May 28, '64

July 19, '65

Drafted.

Tufts, Willard C

9,7

Oct. 8, '61

July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Vansyckle Geo W

97

Oct. 10 '61

1st Sergeant- died at Hamburg, Tenn., May 17, '62.

Vail William

26

Mch 9 '62

Apl 4 '65

Vetsch, Lorenz..

90

May 30, '64

Died Oct. 20, '64; substitute.

"Wade Albaua.

98

Oct 8 '61

Discharged for disability Sept. 27, '62.

Ward, Ly man T

22

Oct. 8, '61

Discharged for disability Aug. 11, '62.

Ward Wm. F

91

Oct. 10, '61

Discharged for disability Sept. 19, '62.

Waterman, Richard

40

Oct. 10, '61

Oct. 11, '64

Webb, Martin L.

17

Oct. 10, '61

Discharged for disability July 31, '62.

Whitney Augustus E

1R

Oct. 8 '61

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May 1, '64.

Wheeler, Reuben A
Whitcomb, Edward A....
White, Wm

21

23
?0

Oct. 8, '61
Mch. 21, '64
Aug. 18, '64

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Feb. 24, '64.
Transferred from Company K.
Substitute.

Winslow, Jeremiah C
Willoughby, McDonald W
Williams, James L
Wilson, Frank ..

25
21
18
34

Oct. 8, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 10, '61

Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 11, '64

Died Oct. 4, '62, of wounds received at Corinth.
Died Oct. 4, '62, of wounds received at Corinth.

Wilev, Oscar H

91

Mch. 21 '64

July 19 '65

Transferred from Company K.

Winter, Walter L
Woodcock, Tenn B
Worrell, John A .

39
26
95

May 27, '64
Oct. 8, '61
Oct. 10, '62

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Drafted and promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Died at Memphis, Tenn., March 15, '63.

Workman, Ross
Wolleat, Horace C

23

18

Mch. 16, '62
Aug. 13, '64

May 3 '65
July 19 '65

Substitute.

Wayles Stephen. .

33

June 6, '64

July 19 '65

Substitute.

230

THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Ebenezer Le Grow

John M. Thompson

Daniel G.Towle

Charles H. Stinchfield...
First Lieutenants —

Robert Winegar

Win. H. H. Dooley

Second Lieutenants —

Thomas B. Hunt

Peter Jerome

ENLISTED MEN.

Affalter, William

Agan, Thomas

Armstrong, Elijah F

Barney, Michael

Bassler, Paul

Baker, John W

Berger, Eniil A

Birch, Steven E

Birch, Geo. F

Boudin, John B

Boss, John

Billings, James H

Bridenthall, Samuel N

Briggs, Pritchard A

Bradly,Wm

Bradley, Henry

Bunker, Enos A

Burns, Nichols

Case, Simeon

Cadwallader, Seth

Casterline, Theodore B

Candeaux,Emil

Chase, Timothy B

Cloherty, Valentine

Cohl,Amea

Conrad, John

Cogswell, Silas

Cogswell, Judson

Coron, Octave

Cocy, John

Coogan, James

Crawford, John W

Crandall, Oscar

Cronen, Patrick K

Curtis, Frank

Davis, Owen

Davis, James

De Le Vergre, Aurelius F.

Dickinson, John J

Dickey, John

Dolan, Michael

Donham, Lewis B

Dowe, AVallace T

Doctor, Thomas

Everett, Joseph C

Edmonson, Francis

Fletcher, Harvey

Flin.JohnM.H

Frazer, Henry

Fontain, Louis

Fredericks, Jacobs

Gadwa, Abraham

Gerald, David

Gillespie, James

Goodwin, James A

Gordon, James M

Gordon, Martin A

Gordon Francis M

Green, Lorenzo J

Greer, John

Greer, Wm. B

Hardy, William

Hartley, Harrison H

Hadam, Charles

Hammon, Frank A

Halverson, Ellef.. ...;....

Herrick, Geo. F

Herrick, Geo. H

Hizer, Michael

Hoyt, Moses

Hodgson, Wm ,

Hower, Nicholas

Jerrett, Geo. B

Jones, Francis M

Jones, John E

MUSTERED
IN.

39

*89

3y

41
24

27
29

18
2:;
85
28
89
18
21)
28
25
29
28
17
21
27
22
25
42
32
.SI
86
li)

18

41

27

25

22

23

27

25

38

40

29

28

16

13

43

25

40

38

37

26

19

21

37

21

18

39

40 I Nov. 27', '61

37

21

35

18

28

28

29

27

25

24

27

42

18

Nov. 27, '61
Dec. 16, '62
May 13, '64
June 14, '65

Nov. 27, '61
June 15, '65

Nov. 27, '61
June 15, '65

Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 1, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Oct. 1, '61
Oct. 18 ,'61
Mch. 4,»62
Oct. 16 ,'61
Mch. 8, '62
Mch. 20, '62
Oct. 1, '61
Oct. 17, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 1, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Jan. 2, '65
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Feb. 20, '62
Jan. 6, '65
Mch. 7, '62
Mch. 18, '62
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, »61
Feb. 12, '62
Feb. 21, '62
June 6, '64
Nov. 15, '64
Dec. 15, '64
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Feb. 12, '62
Dec. 6, '64
June 2, '65
June 3, '65
Nov. 27, '61
Dec. 19, '64
June 2, '65
Nov. 27, '61
Feb. 21 ,'62
Mch. 8, '62
Dec. 29, '64
Nov. 27, '61
Jan. 2, '65
Nov. 27, '61

June 2, '65
Nov. 27, '61
Dec. 27, '64
Nov. 27, '61
Dec. 29, '64
June 6, '64
Nov. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '64
Sept, 26, '64
Sept. 27, '64
Nov. 27, '62
Nov. 27, '61
Mch. 30, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

Apl. 5, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
Nov. 27, '64

July 19, '65

Jan. 19/65
Jan. 19, '65

July 19, '65
Api.""V65

Dec. 1,'64
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

June26, '65
Dec. 21, '64
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19/65
July 19, '65
July 19/65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
Juiy"l9/65
Dec.'" 3/64

Jan. 27,
Jan. 19,
Mch. 18,
Jan. 7,
Nov. 27,
Nov. 27,
Dec. 14,
Mch. 30.
Nov. 27;
June 4,
Nov. 27,
Nov. 27,
Nov. 27,

Mch. 28, '65
July 19/65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

'64
'61
'61,

'61!

REMARKS.

Resigned Nov. 20, '62.

Promoted Major 2d Cavalry Jan. 20, '64.

Serg.; 2d Lieut. Nov. 27, '61; 1st Lieut. Jan. 5, '64; dis. for dis.

1st Lieutenant May 4, '(54.

Resigned June 26, '62.

Promoted Regimental Quartermaster Jan. 1/62.
Sergeant Nov. 27, '61; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Died at Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 26, '63.

Discharged for disability Dec. 31/62.

Corporal; discharged for disability Aug. 25, '62.

Discharged for disability Aug. 8, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 24, '62.

Dis. Jan. 1, '62, to accept com. 1st Lieut, 2d Co. Sharpshooters.

Discharged for disability March 12, '64.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged in '63, day not known.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability March 26, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal May 1, '65.

Transferred from Company D Feb. 28, '62.

Drafted.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Discharged for disability April 4, '63.

Re-enlisted Feb. 27, '64.

Substitute.

Discharged for disability Oct. 2, '62.

Deserted Feb. 4, '63.

Died at Camp Denuison, Ohio.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64; died at St. Paul March 26, '64.

Discharged for disability Nov. 10, '62.

Drafted; discharged from hospital July 14, '65.

Drafted; per order.

1st Serg.; promoted 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut.; resigned June 2/63.

Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64.

Substitute; discharged for disability June 28, '65.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability March 2, '62.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Discharged for disability Jan. 2«, '63.

Died June 4, '62.

Drafted; per order.

Substitute.

Wagoner; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Killed at Vicksburg May 22, '63.

Drafted.

Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Serg., 2d Lieut.; dis. for wounds received at luka, Feb. 25, '63.

Drafted.

Drafted; discharged for disability June 12, '65.

Drafted.

Corporal; discharged for disability March 29, '62.

Deserted at Louisville, Ky., June 25, '65.
No record on file.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Musician; discharged for disability Oct. 4, '62.

Musician; discharged for disability Dec. 21, '62.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability Aug. 11/62.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Drafted.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 27, '63.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Dec. 21, '64.

Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 13, '62.

COMPANY E.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

231

NAMES.

Jones, Win. T

Jordon, Wm

Karl,* Adain..

Keller, Peter

Keister, Joseph

Krankee, Joseph

Laniey, Zachariah M

Lapitza, John

Lindersniith. Orlando

Loftis.John

Lyons, Isaac

McCarthy, Thomas

McKee, Thomas Harvey.,

Miles, George M

Miller.Henry

Morford, Joel G

Mohr, Christian

Myers, Ferdinand

Nevin, Daniel

Niebles, Jacob

O'Brien, John J

Parson, Frederick

Pascoe, Richard

Patterson, John

Phillips, Horace H

Phelps, Addison

Prirubs, Charles „

Prisbrey, Wm A

Rants, Isaac N

Randolph, Henry H

Rees, Thomas ,

Reams, John

Rhodes, Harrison

Risedorph, John E

Ritter. Abraham

Rosenberg, John W

Rosenberg, Austin

Rolph, Richard

Robinson, John

Russell, James H

Sass, Albert

Schacker, Jacob

Schraum, Frederick

Shaw, Darius N

Short, Orson J

Siers, William

Siers, Benjamin

Smith, WmE

Smith, Wm

Sorenson,Ingbert

Spies, George

Spath, Wm. H

Stevens, Noah L

St. Germain, Napoleon...

Stow, Baron A

Tasker, Daniel

Tatro, John ,

Tatro, Joseph

Thomson, Hamilton R...

Thomas, James F

Thomas, Geo. W

Thurston, Geo. H

Tiffany, Oscar

Timson,Ezra M ,

Town, Julius A

Town, Ezra

Troust, Albert

Tuthill,Wm.S

Tyler, Ezra A

Ulmer, Christoph

"Ward, Joseph

Walter, Edwin

Welsh, Wm

White, Joseph ,

Wilcox, James

Wilson, William

Williams, Byron J

Younglove, Martin...,,.,

MUSTERED
IN.

Nov. 27, '61
Jan. 9, '65
Dec. 29, '64
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Dec. 30, '64
Dec. 7, '64
Dec. 28, '64
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 24, '64
Nov. 27, '61
Men. 11, '62
Nov. 27 '61
Nov. 27, '61
Jan. 3, '65
Mch. 19, '62
Nov. 27, '61
Feb. 24, '62
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '65
Nov. 27, '61;
Nov. 27, '61
27 '61 1

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

Ju'iy"i'V65
July 19, '65

Jiiiy'l9,"'65

Dec. 3, '64
July 19, '65
Dec. 21, '64

22 Nov. 2

REMARKS.

Dec. 19, '64
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27 '61

July 19, '65
Nov. 26, '64

Nov. 27, '61

Feb. 1,'62
Nov. 27, '61

Nov. 27, '61
Nov 27, '61
Dec. 28, '64
Dec. 4, '64
Nov. 2 '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 7, '64!
Jan. 2 '65 j
Mch. 8 '62
Mch. 11, '62
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Dec. 5, '64
Feb. 29, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 14, '61

Dec. 13, '64

Nov. 27, '61
Jan. 2, '65
Dec. 16, '64
Nov. 27, '61
Dec. 29, '64
Nov. 16, '64,
Nov. 27, '61 !
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Mch. 8, '62
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Mch. 29 '64
Dec. 29, '64
Nov. 27 '61
Nov. 27, '61

Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Mch. 8, '62
May 27, '64
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

Jan. 19, '65
Jan. 19, '65
Jan. 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July'l9,''65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Nov. 27, '61
Oct. 15, '64

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Juiy'i'9/65
July 19, '65

July' 19/65

July 19, '65
Apl. 21, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Dec. 21, '64
July iv65

Dec. 3, '64
July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Substituted.

Drafted ; discharged July 3, '65, in hospital. * Alias Adam Carl.

Discharged for disability Dec. 21, '62.

Died at Vicksburg Aug. 11, '63.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Discharged in hospital July 7, '65.

Re-enlisied Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Drafted.

Died Sept. 15, '63, at Hastings, Minn.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Transferred to Invalid Corps March 15, '64.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability Sept. 21, '62.

Discharged for disability April 4, '62.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Feb. 15, 64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability July 30, '63.
Died at Fort Snelling April 18, '62.
Substitute.

Corporal; transferred to Invalid Corps Feb. 15, '64.

Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; appointed Hospital Steward;

transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff.
Re-enlisted Feb. 27, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal; died at Shakopee,

Minn., March 26, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Corporal; wounded at Vicksburg; died in hospital Jan. 20, '64.
Drafted.
Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Aug. 8, '62.
Discharged for disability Jan. 18, "63.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Substitute. <P

Drafted.

Killed at Altoona, Ga., Oct. 5, '64.
Re-enlisted March 22, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan.l, '64.
Discharged for disability Oct. 17, '62.
Substitute.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability June 28, '65; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64;

transferred from Company K.
Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Drafted.
Drafted.

Discharged for disability Sept. 3, '62.
Substituted.
Drafted.

Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted 1st Sergeant.
Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted 1st Sergeant.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 15, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for disability Jan. 12, '65.
Transferred to Company K. March 14, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64.

Dis. Sept. 21, '62; re-enlisted Nov. 11, '62; promoted Corporal.
Transferred from Company D.
Drafted.

Died at La Grange, Tenn., Jan. 13, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal Sergeant; discharged
May 7, '65, to accept 1st Lieutenant in 1st Heavy Artillery.

Died Aug. 4, '62.

Discharged for disability Oct. 30, '62.

Drafted.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 15, '64.

Died at St. Louis, Mo., date not known.

No record on file.

Drafted.

232

THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

a I MUSTERED
IN.

OFFICERS.
Captains—

Asa W. White

Wm. F. Wheeler

Leverett R. Well man .

Adrian K. Norton

First Lieutenants —

James Drysdale

Hobert N. Hosnier

Second Lieutenant —

James M. Douglas

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, Charles J

Anglesburg, John

Anuon, Matthies

Arnold, Job

Arine, Henry

Kaker, Benjamin B

Baddorf, John

Barthell, Dominic

Barmberg, Theodore

Bebee, Robert W

Brazil, Michael

Beytien, Charles F

Bickford, Hannibal

Blackmer, Loren

Bromwich, Chas

Brown, Freeman

Burdick, Joseph W

Buckley, Harrison

Callahan, George

Carrol, Henry

Chase, Levi

Chynous, Hans

Cooney, John

Cottrell, Almon H

Cottrell, John

Conant, Timothy

Collins, Francis E

Croy, Enoch

Croy, Jacob

Cutler, Fred L

Daniels, I B

Denning, Austin

Dow, Horace L

Drake, Francis E..

Eckhart, Lucas

Eichler, John

Eggleston, Chas M

Eis, Matthias

Elliugson, Ole I

Erickson, Andrew

Farr, Elias

Fenholt, Wm

Feed, Hamilton J

Felton, Israel B

Fobes, Frank B

Fredenburg, Jeremiah...

Frost, Jacob C

Frost, Mahlon

Franklin, John H

Geissler, John M

Gile George W

Gordon, Dudley K

Gordon, Henry W

Gunnup, Philip

Hand, Wrn.S

Hathaway, Benj. H

Habercrom, Barhart

Hansen, William

Hammon, Wm. J....

Hill, Wm. H

Hill, Solomon A

House, Henry ,

House, Benj. J

Holcomb, Chester

Hockstrasser, John D....

Holt, Henry

Hughes, John

Hubbard, James N

Hubbard, Chas. P

Ives, Benj. F. S

Jewett, Perry H

Johnson, Brady

Kenyon, JohnG

Kelley, John W

Ketzback, Benj

Klock, Edward

Nov. 11, '61
Aug. 9, '63
Jan. 26, '64
June 22, 65

June 20, '63
Aug. 20, '64

Oct. 13, '64

Oct. 11 ,'61

Sept. 4 '64
Dec. 28, '64
Feb. 4, '62
Dec. 27, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Sept. 1,'64
Dec. 22, '64
Sept. 21, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Mch. 16, '65
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11 ,'61
Aug. 12, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 16, '61
Nov. 2, '61
Sept. 1,'64
Nov. 6, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Sept. 2, '64
Oct. 23, '6!
Oct. 11, '61
O* 11 ,'61
Oct. 11,'
May 30, '64
Mch. 16, '65
Nov. 16, '61
Dec. 13, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Mch. 18, '62
Aug. 24, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Aug. 15, '6
Oct. 11, '6
Oct. 11, '61
Dec. 21,'
Aug. 30, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Dec. 23, '61
Mch. 18, '65
Apl. 2, '62
Oct. 11, '61
Aug. 30. '64
Dec. 30, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Mch. 18, '65
Sept. 1 '64
May 31, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Apl. 1,'62
Nov. 20, '61
Nov. 20, '61
Sept. 10, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Mch. 18, '65
Feb. 18, '62
Sept. 1,'64
Sept. 3, '64
Mch. 9, 'Go

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

June 12, '65
July 19, '65
Jaly 19, '65
July 19, '65

Junel2,'65
July 19, '65

June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Dec! 22/64

June 12/65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

June 12, '65
July 19, '65

July 19/65
June 12, '65

Dec. 22, '64
July 19, '65

"July 19/65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

REMARKS.

Aug. 3, '65
Dec. 22, '64
June 12, '65
Dec. 22, '64

July 19, '65
June 12, '65

July 19, '65
Dec. 22, '64
July 19, '65

Enrolled Oct. 11, '61; resigned June 19, '63.

Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant Dec. 23, '61; resigned Jan. 25, '64.

Promoted Major June 5, '65.

1st Sergeant Oct. 11, '61, 1st Lieutenant May 4, '64

2d Lieutenant Dec. 23, '61; discharged per order May 24, '64,
Promoted Captain Company K March 28, '65.

Died July 5, '62, at Farmington, Miss.

Per order.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Feb. 24, '64; promoted Sergeant.

Substitute.

Discharged for disability Aug. 18, '62.

Substitute.

Drafted; discharged per order June 12, '65.

Discharged for disability Dec. 16, '62.

Substitute.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Sept. 22, '62.

Corporal; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Jan. 16, '62.

Per order.

Discharged for disability Jan. 27, '63.

Transferred to Company I Dec. 17, '61.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Feb. 24, '64; promoted Corporal.

Transferred from Company K; died Aug. 10, '63, at Vicksburg,,

Per order.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Died Oct. 19, '64, at Rome, Ga., of wounds received at Altooca.

Wagoner; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Per order.

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant Nov. 6, '61.

Corpora], promoted Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability Feb. 13, '63.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Died Feb. 24, '63, at Memphis, Tenn.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Died Sept. 6, '62, at Jackson, Tennessee.

Discharged for disability Jan. 26, '63.

Died Oct. 29, '63, at Geneva, Minn.

Per order.

Per order.

'05.

July 19, '65
June 12, '65

Dec. 22, '64

July 19/65
July 19, '65
Junel2/65
May 27, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
Junel2,'65
Apl. 21, '65

June 12, '65

June 12, '65
Junel2, '65
July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for disability March 1, '(

Transferred from Company K; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Per order.

Sergeant; promoted 2d Lieutenant 5th Regiment March 3, '62.

Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; transferred to Non-Com. Staff.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability May 10, '64.

Died Sept. 5, '62, at Corinth.

Drafted; per order.

Died Nov. 27, '64, at Jeffersonville, Ind.

Discharged for disability Aug. 2, '62.

Committed suicide at Vicksburg in '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Substitute.

Per order.

Drafted; per order.

Musician; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability June 16, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '61; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Discharged for disability May 6, '63.
Discharged for disability Aug. 10, '63.

Corporal; discharged for disability March 25, '63.
Drafted; discharged for disability June 28, '65.
Discharged for disability Aug. 28, '62.

Drafted.

COMPANY F.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

233

NAMES.

ri

<j

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

21

44
43
36
33
40
19
19
18
33
37
18
30
19
44
33
33
48
43
32
23
22
26
27
30
22
20
42
21
35
43
29
40
16
35
40
26
20
30
30
25
23
18
17
18
22
25
26
19
21
26
30
21
21

Oct. 11, '61
Sept, 1, '64
Aug. 4, '64
Dec. 24, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Mch. 4, '65
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 28, '61
Dec. 27, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 15, '61
Mch. 20, '65
Aug. 31, '64
Oct. 11, 'C.I
Oct. 11, '61
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 12, '62

July 19, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
Julv 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Substitute.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-eulisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Drafted.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Feb. 11, '64.
Discharged for disability Dee. 16, '62.
Substitute.

Died Oct. 2, '62, at Jackson, Tenn.

Died June 23, '64, at Nashville, Tenn.
Drafted.
Promoted Corporal; died June 28, '64, in Minnesota.

Musician- discharged for disability April 15 '63

Knudson, Andrew
Kruer, John
Liunquist, Andrew
Langdon, R. B

Louden Gardner

Lovell, Luther I
Lovell.Wm. H
Loomis, Henry R
Lind, Christopher
Luce, Milton M

Luce, Hiram M
McCaskel John

July 19, '65
June 12, '65

Dec. 22, '64
June 12, '65

Morrell, John A

Morrell, Alexander

Neis, Barney

Nicholson, Wm

Ott, Matthias
Parvin, Charles C
Parry WSi. A.

Dec. 28, '64
Oct. 11,»61
Sept. 1,'64
Nov. 1, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 14, '61
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Mch.18, '65
Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Aug. 25, '64
Sept. 21, '64
Nov. 16, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Mch. 8, '65
Oct. 11 ,'61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 4, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Dec. 27, '64
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Feb. 17, '62
Mch. 13, '65
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 26, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61

July 19, '65

June 12, '65

Pease, John

Peck, Orvilla F

Discharged for disability Feb. 19, '63.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 15, '63.
Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '65; promoted Corporal.

Drafted.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; deserted March 1, '64.
Corporal; discharged for disability Aug. 18, '62.
Transferred to Company I Dec. 7, '61.
Per order.
Drafted; per order.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 'C4; promoted Corporal.
Died July 9, '63, at Vicksburg, Miss.
Drafted.

Promoted Corporal.
Died at Winona. Minn.; no date.
Discharged.

Substitute.

Died at Paducah, Kv., Feb. 4, '64.
Died at Vicksburg Aug. 24, '63.
Corporal; discharged Feb. 15, '62, to accept com. in 5th Regt.

Re-enlisted Feb. 24, '64; promoted Corporal.
Substitute.
Killed at luka, Sept. 19/62.
Drafted.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Corporal; died July 10, '62, at Farmington, Miss.
No record on file.
Discharged Feb. 6, '64, for promotion Lieut. 49th U. S. C. T.
Transferred Feb. 11, '64.
Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1/64; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; transferred from Company K.

Substitute.
Drafted.

Drafted.
Discharged June 5, '65.

Sergeant; died Sept. 13, '63, at Walworth, Wis.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Oct. 18, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1/64; promoted Corporal.
Died Nov. 29, '63, at St. Louis.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
i Promoted Commissary Sergeant.

Peck, Win. C

Perkins, Orra F

July 19, '65
Mch. 1,'65
July 19, '65

Perkins Perry J

Peterson, Andrew
Pillar Charles

Porter, Erastus D
Querner.George

"May'25/65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65

July' 19, '65
Dec. 22, '64
Dec. 22, '64
Dec. 22, '64

Rathwell Henry

Reaseinan, John
Reeves Richard S

Riley, Michael
Rolf Harris ..

Ryan, John

Russell, Ira O

Sandborg, Nickolas T
Sargent, Hollis E
Sanders, Stillraan

Schneider, Michael
Scharf, John

June 12, '65
July 19, '65
Dec. 22, '64

Scofield Chas

Scofield, Geo

Scoville, Martin L

Sheehan, Timothy J
Shields, James.

"bee." 22/64
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Shaw, Farmer E
Sharp, James

Smith, Thomas
Slattery, Philip
Snyder, Geo. C

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Stearns, Justice C
Steinmetz, Jacob

Sturtevant, Thos. F
Stratton, Willard B

22
29
23
31
18
23
21
18
18
18
38
24
27
22
22
25
21
23
30
29
21
31
25
13

Oct. 16, '61
Mch 15 '69

Stru nek, Charles.
Swain, Chas. B

Dec. 28, '64
Feb. 17, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Aug. 26, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Dec. 28, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 13, '64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Apl. 5, '62

July 19, '65
Apl. 4, '65
June 12, '65
Julv 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65

Sweet, Albert B

Taylor, Phineas R
Tavlor Alfred L

Thomas, Nathan M

Thomas, John

Thorn, Robert .

Thul, Peter.

Turner, John

Van Vliet, Cyrus D
Volk, Peter

Ward, Wm. Oscar
Wheeler, Osborne J
White, Richard A

Dec. 22, '64

Dec. 22, '64
Dec. 22, '64

' July 19/65

White, Charles
Williams, Reuben ...

Wishman, August

Winchell, George
Wilker, Wm. B?

Dec. 22, '64
! July 19, '65

1 '

Wood worth, Henry W
Woodward, Frederick S...

234

THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

Charles Lueg

Charles C. Hunt

First Lieutenants —

Abner St. Cyr

Adrian K. Norton

John G. Janicke

Second Lieutenants —

D.M.G. Murphy

Samuel W Russell

ENLISTED MEN.

Albert, John J

Alderman, Frank

Alakson, Nere

Anderson, John

Anderson, Saven ,

August, Frank

Baasen, Nicholas

Bertschey, Jacob

Bieber, John.

Blair, Joseph

Blassing, Fred

Bruhn, Carl..

Brooks,* August

Brooks, Chas

Brustle, Conrad

Bursley, John M

Bursley, Benjamin

Bullard, Charles

Bullard, John

Byesteldt, Charles

Casper, Anthony

Carrick, Samuel S

Carlson, Gustaf.

Campbell, George K

Clark, Allen W

Closterman, Charles H.

Closter man, Frank

Columbus, Peter F

Conway, James E ,

Daniels, David

Dawley, Lanson

Dalstram, Peter

Donelly, Jeremiah ,

Durr, Peter

Ducette, Louis

Eichmezer, Andrew ,

Ekdahl, Charles

Enderlee, Rudolph

Eich, Henry

Ernst, Sebastian

Eich, John

Erickson, John

Engelen, Wm

Engel, Michael

Fisher, John

Fisher, George

Fobe, John

Freeman, John B

Francis, Edward

Freischler, Paul

Falk,Erick

Gartner, Henry

Grepe, Justus F

Gutzwiller, Emile

Gutzwiller, Ferd

Hansen, George

Hansen, Mathias

Helmer.Wm

Heirshberger, Job n

Holtz, Win. F

Holt, George

Honigschmidt, Anton..,

Hutchinsou, Win ,

Jackson, James ,

Johnson, John

Ketchum,Chas

Kelly, Wm

Killberg, Chas G

Knese, Lambert

Knebel, Gustave

Klaner, Fritz

Knebel, Herman

Kovitz, George

La Rue, Joseph

Lamm, Bartholomew...

Lappier, John

MUSTERED

MUSTERED
OUT.

Nov. 22, '61
Feb. 2, '64

Nov. 22, '61
Aug. 20, '64
July 1,'65

Nov. 22, '61
June 14, '63

Oct. 14, '61
Dec. 3, '61
Mch. 8 ,'65
Mch. 9, '65
Sept. 2, '64
May 15, '65
Sept. 5, '64
Mch. 8 '65
May 21,—
Oct. 23, '61
June 4, '64
Sept. 2, '64
June 4, '6-1
June 4, '64
Nov. 22, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Nov. 7, '61
June 4, '6-
June 4, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Oct. 23, '61
Nov. 14, '61
Sept. 4, '64
Nov. 20, '6'
Nov. 20, '6
Oct. 14, '6
Dec. 3, '6
Oct. 14, '6
Nov. 21, '6
Oct. 31, '6
Oct. 16, '6
Sept. 6, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Aug. 24, '64
Oct. 14, '6
Oct. 14, '6
Sept. 4, '64
Oct. 14, '6
Oct. 14, '6
Oct. 16, '6
Oct. 23, '6
Sept. 4, '6
June 4, '64
June 4, '64
Oct. 25, '6
Nov. 21, '61
Nov. 21, '61
Sept. 3. '64
Oct. 14, '61
Nov. 2 »61
Sept. 4, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Nov. 20, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Sept. 2, '64
Nov. 6 ,'61
Sept. 8, '64
Sept. 6, '64
Oct. 15, '61
Feb. 1,'65
Mch. 8 ,'65
Oct. 23, '61
Mch. 29, '64
Mch. 8 '65
Oct. 14,'
Sept, 29, '64
Mch. 9, '65
May 30, '64
Oct. 13, '61
Nov. 22, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Feb. 1,'64

REMARKS.

Resigned at Milliken's Bend, La., April 22, '63.
Resigned Dec. 21, '64.

... Resigned April 29, '64.
... Promoted Captain Company F June 5, '65.
July 19, '65 2d Lieutenant Sept. 23, '64.

Pro. Quartermaster May 9, '63: Captain Company B.
Promoted 1st Lieutenant Company I August, '64.

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
June 12 '65
July 19, '65
June 14, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
June21,'65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
Dec. 21, '64
Dec. 21, '64
July 19, '65

Junel2, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65

Dec. 21, '64
June 12, '65

July i'V65
Dec. 21, '64

June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Dec. 21, '64
June 12, '65

June 12, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
Dec. 21, '64

June"l2f''65

Junel2,'65|
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

June 12, '65
July 19, '65
Dec. 21, '64!
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Drafted.
Drafted.

Substitute.

Per order.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July 1, '64.

Drafted.

Per order.

Drafted. *Alias Roocks.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability Sept. 8, '62.

Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Musician; discharged for disability July 29, '62.

Drafted.

Drafted; promoted Corporal.

Drafted.

Drowned May 13, '62, at Brown's Landing, Tenn.

Died May 4, '64, at Andersonville, Ga.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Pro. Corp.; died Sept. 20, '62, of wounds received at luka.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Died Jan. 9, '63, at Holly Springs, Miss.
Died Aug. 9, '62, at Corinth, Miss.

Drafted.

Died Aug. 6, '63, at Vicksburg.

Corporal; discharged for disability July 29, '62.
Died July 2, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 2, '64.

Drafted.

Drafted; promoted Corporal.

Died June 27, '63, at Vicksburg, Miss.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Died March 4, '65, near Cheraw, S. C.

Died Dec. 26, '61, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Discharged for disability June 19, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Corporal: re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; 1st. Serg., 2d Lieut. Apl. 15, '65.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability June 29, '62.

Discharged for disability July 29, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64; pro. Corporal; wounded at Altoona, Ga.

Substitute.

Drafted.

1st Sergeant; transferred to Invalid Corps; dis. Nov. 23, '64.

Drafted.

June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Drafted.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability July 12, '63.

Discharged Feb. 28, '63, to enlist in Marine Brigade.

Substitute.

COMPANY G.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

235

NAMES.

MUSTERED MUSTERED !
IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

Leeinan, Wallace

Leige, Christopher

Leibald, Peter

Lovely, Clements

Loftus, Patrick

Leisch, August

Mainz, Peter

Maur, Nickolas

McLagan, Richard

Mulbauer, Joseph

Meyer, Joseph

Mead, Peter

Milke, Frederick

Miller, Frank

Monner, Ferdinand

Montreville, Antoine

Moser, George

Moore, James R

Molitor, Peter

Mund, John

Myers, Andrew B

Narr, John

Kelson, Gustaf

Noack, Alfred

Oleson, Carl

Oleson, Halvor

Palmer, Lott

Peterson, John

Pitman, Edward S

Platz, Eckhart

Plute, Wm

Plattes, John

Post, Nickolas

Probstfield, Justus

Quast, August

Kambeau, Ralph

Rachel, Nickolas

Rattick,* Peter

Reuter, Henry

Rieder, Joseph

Richards, Nickolas

Rieder, George

Roeser, Peter

Roy, Joseph

Russell, Samuel W

Sargent, Sablis A

Schneider, Herman

Schindler, Matthias

Schaffer, Lewis

Schmidt, George

Schelafoo, Charles

Schrotke, Carl

Sehramrn, John E

Schoutz, John

Simpiel, Christian

Seifert, Frederick

Schelefoo, William

Shustor, Charles

Siers, William

Steffes, John

Steger, Martin

Steger, Lorenz

Stein, Adam

Stein, John ,

Stroback, Frank

Stiltz, Samuel ,

Swanson, Lars

Taylor, Dudley ,

Taylor, Joel

Tenvoorde, Jacob E

Trernp, Antoine

Tremp, Joseph A

Trottier, John B.

Unger, Christian

Warner, Andrew G

Waldorf, Matthias

Waggemann, George

Wagener, Frank

Webert, Henry

Weidert, John

Weiland, Dominick*

Westman, Bernard

Weiser, Ferdinand

Oct. 20, '61
Aug. 20, '64
Mch. 18, '65
Nov. 15, '61
Oct. 20, '61
Nov. 14, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 10, '61
Mch. 2, '64 !
June 4, '64
May 17, '65
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 30, '61
Oct. 30, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 23, '61
June 4, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Sept. 5, '64
May 23, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Nov. 12, '61
Mch. 9, '65
Sept. 4, '64
Mch. 23, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Oct. 23, '61
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 14, '62
June 4, '64
Oct. 14 ,'61
Mch. 8, '65
May 20, '65
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Mch. 21, '65
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Nov. 12, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Nov. 11, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Sept. 1 ,'64
Mch. 8, '65
Oct. 15, '61
Nov. 21, '61
Mch. 9 '65
Feb. 29, '64
Oct. 14, '61
Nov. 2, '61
Nov. 2, '61
Dec. 4, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Mch. 18, '65
Mch. 3, '65
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 14 '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Apl. 12, '62
Oct. 26, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 15, '61
June 4, '64
Mch. 12, '65
Apl. 12, '62
Dec. 3, '61
Nov. 5 ,'62
Oct. 14 '61

July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65

July' 19,' '65

Dec. 21, '64
Dec. 21, '64
Dec. 21, '64
July 19, '65

June 12, '65
June 26, '65
July 19, '65
Dec. 21, '64

June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Dec. 21, '64
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
Dec. 21, '64
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Dec. 21, '64

Dec. 21, '64

June 12, '65
June 12 ,'65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
Dec" 21/63

June 12, '65
July 19, '65
Sept. 16, '65

Dec. 21, '64
June 12, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
Apl. 5, '65
Dec. 22, '6 '

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability Aug. 11, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Wounded at Corinth; discharged Jan 19, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted.

Corp.; dis. Aug. 16, '63, for pro. 2d Lieut, in 50th U. S.Col. Inf.

Drafted.
Substitute.

Transferred to Invalid Corps.
Discharged for disability Dec. 29, '62.
Promoted Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Dec. 9, '62.

Drafted.
Drafted.

Substitute.

Drafted.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Drafted.

Substitute.
Drafted.

Drafted.

Died Oct. 30, '63, at St. Louis, Mo.

Drafted.

Corp.; re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; died June 23,'64, at Nashville, Tenn.

Drafted.

Substitute. *A lias Battick.

Died June 5, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted" Corporal.

Substitute.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Discharged for disability Sept. 12, '64.

Serg.; dis. June 14, '62, for pro. 2d and 1st Lieutenant in Co. I.
Discharged for disability July 31, '63.

Died Aug. 9, '62, at Clear Springs, Miss.
Died Aug. 7, '63, at Vicksburg.
Died July 8, '62, at Farmington, Miss.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Died Oct. 7, '64; Altoona, Ga.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Sept. 8, '62.
Corporal; pro. Sergeant; died May 22, '63, of wounds.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps June 1, '64.
Discharged for disability Feb. 28, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 4, '62.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps June 1, '64.
Died Nov. 26, '64.

Substitute.

Drafted; per order.

Corporal; discharged for disability Sept. 2, '62.

Discharged for disability Dec. 21, '63.-

Wagoner; pro. Corporal; trans, to V. R. C. Aug. 10, '64.

Musician; deserted May 4, '62.

Deserted March 2, '63, at Memphis.

Sergeant; discharged for disability July 29, '62.

Discharged for disability Dec. 21, '63.

Discharged for disability Dec. 21, '63.

Drafted.

Substitute.

Promoted Sergeant.

* Alias Dommack Willard.

Discharged for disability Dec. 21, '63.

Sergeant; discharged for disability December, '63.

236

THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

,£

;D
•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
John E Tourtellotte

28

Dec 20 '61

Enrolled Sept 30 '61' Lieutenant Colonel Aug 24 '62

Gibson S Patch

29

Aug. 24, '62

1st Lieutenant Dec. 20 '61* resigned June 20 '63

George A Clarke.

29

Aug. 9 '63

2d Lieut Dec 20 '61* 1st Lieut • resigned Dec 20 '64

First Lieutenants —
David L Wellman

29

Aug. 18 '63

1st Serg Dec. 20 '61- 2d Lt. Aug. 24 '62- Caot Co I Julv 1 '64.

Watson W Rich

94

Jan 6 '64

Promoted Adjutant May 4 '64

Eberhard P. Lieberg
Second Lieutenant —
Reuben J. Chewning

ENLISTED MEN.

29
30

Sept. 21, '64
Sept. 21, '64
Dec. 8 '61

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Sergeant Dec. 20, '61; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
3d Corporal Company C Sept. 25, '61.
Promoted Corporal' discharged for disability June 28 'G5

Allen Ethan

29

Sept 26 '61

Albers Henry

34

Dec. 29 '64

July 13 '65

Drafted

Anderson, Andrew

25

Sept. 27, '61

July 19, '65

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Arnold, James W
Arnold, Frederick A.-:;
Bach * John

22
18
41

Feb. 24, '62
Jan. 9, '65
Dec. 29, '64

Jan. 24, '65
Jan. 24, '65
July 19 '65

Substitute.
Drafted. * Alias John Bough.

43

Sept. 30 '61

Dec 20 '64

Badger, Samuel M

14

Sept. 30, '61

Musician; discharged for disability Oct. 13, '62.

Bartlett Daniel F

17

Nov. 14, '61

July 19 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1 '64.

Barts, Matthias

35

Dec. 10, '61

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for disability July 23, '64.

Barnet A. J

29

Dec. 28, '64

July 19, '65

Drafted.

Bean Jesse S

21

Sept. 30 '61

July 19 '65

Promoted Sergeant* re-enlisted Jan. 1 '64.

Bengtson, John

28

May 20, '64

July 19, '65

Drafted; transferred from Company I Sept. 1, '64.

Beebe I H Bronson

19

Nov. 18 '61

Corporal* discharged for disability May 5, '62.

Bentley, Anson.

Sfi

Mch. 5, '64

July 19, '65

Boutwell, Elijah E

96

Men. 13, '62

Deserted Oct 4 '62, at Hamburg, Ten n. [The officers and men

Bovd, James M

18

Nov 14 '61

of this company say this is a mistake. He did not desert;
he was discharged for disability at Corinth in '63.]
Discharged for disability Jan 14 "63

Booth, Truman

21

Feb. 29 '62

Transferred from Company B' re-enlisted Feb 29 '64' dis

Bougner, Engle E

18

Aug 15 '64

June 12 '65

charged for disability June 28, '65.

Branch Elias

26

Sept 30* '61

July 19* '65

Brackelsberg, Fred
Broughton, Ebenezer

28
83

Dec.' 7J'61
Dec. 3, '61

July 19,' '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64, wounded at Altoona.
Promoted 1st Sergeant; discharged July 24, '63, for promotion

Brumpton, James

28.

Mch 22 '69

July 19 '65

in the 12th La. Vol. or 50th United States C. T. as Captain.
Re-enlisted March 22 '64

40

Dec *18* '61

Burnhani, Win

63

Nov 15* '61

Buchanan, Colin
Buol, John

38
35

Mch.24','62
May 30 '64

June 12, '65
Junel2 '65

Drafted

Clark OmerD

27

Sept 27* '61

July 19* '65

Cobb, John J

18

Sept' 27* '61

Discharged for disability Jan 30 '63

Colby, Newton

27

Sept 27* '61

Died June 10 '62 at Firrnington Miss

Crandall, Arthur

19

Feb.' 2?', '62

Discharged for disability Sept. 19, '62.

Cunningham, Merritt W...
Cummings, Andrew L

25

38

Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 19, '61

Dec. 20, '64

Discharged for disabili-ty Aug. 22, '63.

Danielson, Lewis
Dollphin, John A. ..

28
18

Sept. 2, '64
Oct 27 '61

June 12, '65
July 19 '65

Douglas John B

41

Jan 7* '65

July 19* '65

Dobitch, John
Dresser Charles L . .

43
22

Dec! 28,' '64
Jan 10 '69

July 19, '65

Drafted.
Re-enlisted Jan 22 '64* discharged for disability June 28 '65

Dustan, Timothy
Elling, Frederick

23
22

July 20,' '64
Feb 22 '6''

July 19, '65
July 19 '65

Drafted.
Re-enlisted March 22 '64* promoted Corporal

Elling 'Henry

27

May 30* '64

June 7 '65

Eylward,* John...

36

Dec 14 '64

July 19* '65

Farlin, Lucian

19

Feb* 24* '6-?

Died Sept. 23 '62 at St. Louis Mo.

Fisher, Adam

24

May 28 '64

July 19 '65

Drafted

Folk, Nels P.

29

Dec 13* '61

Discharged for disability Jan 19 '63

Flowers, George
Freeman, Charles R

33

40

Sept. lj'64
Oct 23 '61

June 12, '65

Discharged for disability Aug. 22, '63.

Gilbertson,* Peter
Gregory, Wm

21
45

Sept. 27, '61
Dec 10 '61

July 19, '65

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. *Correct name is
Peter Gilbert Peterson.
Discharged for disability March 21 '63

Grosser, Charles
Granger, Hiram J

26
25

May 80* '64

Jan 5 '65

July 19 '65

Drafted; killed at Altoona, Ga., Oct. 5, '64.
Drafted

Hailing, Swan „
Helling, Knut
Herrick, Leonard

40
22
29

Aug. 31, '64
Oct. 9, '61
Oct 18 '61

June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; pro. Corp., Serg., bvt. 2d Lieut. June 26, '65.
Discharged for disability Nov. 8, '62.

Heinsler, Henry
Rowland, Nathaniel S

40
37

Oct. 18, '64
Sept 27 '61

July 19, '65

Drafted.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for disability May 21, '64.

Hoffman, Bellfiel C

91

Sept. 27, '61

Died May 26, '63, at Vicksburg.

Haugen. Andrew O
Hoos, Wm

27
18

Aug. 15, '64
Jan 6 '65

June 12, '65
July 19 '65

Substitute

Hostvet, Edward A
Hub, Christian
Jones, William. .

18
19
22

Junel4J'64
Dec. 2, '61
Sept 27 '61

July 19, '65
Dec. 20, '64
Dec 20 '64

Substitute.

Jemson, Andrew..
Jemson, Christopher

19
?1

Mch. 19, '62
Sept. 27 '61

July 19] '65

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.
Transferred Aug. 19 "63 to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Johnson, Gustave

28

Sept. 17, '61

Discharged for disability Aug. 24, '63. .

Johnson, Tver

">8

Dec 20 '61

Died June 20 '63 at Young's Point La

Jordan, Wm K

?8

Feb. 14 '62

Discharged for disability Oct. 7, '62.

Johnson, Mons

30

Aug 30 '64

Johnson, Andrew

42

Aug 15* '64

Johnson, James A....

19

Dec. 21. '64

Julv 19. '65.

Substitute.

COMPANY H.
ROSTEK OF COMPANY H — Continued.

237

NAMES.

Johnson, OlifG

Karnp, Peter

Keegan, Peter

Kelly, Cornelius A

Kelly, Charles

Knowles, Elwood

Kohler, Henry

Kraus, Henry

Kittredge, Wui. T

taflin, Ai

Laiueroux, Thouias

Larrabee, John

Lentz, Michael

Lentz, Peter

Leonard, Philip H

Littlefield, Augustus W.

Lcflin, Amos

Manton, Frank

Magnus, John

McNeil, Donald

Metzler, Adolphus

Maxwell, W. John ....

Miller, J. J

Miner, Jedediah P

Maag, John C

Muzzy, Washington..

Nichols, Seth

Nilson, Ole

Nelson, Ole

Nass, Andrew

Nill, August

Olson, Martin

Olson, Charles

Olson, Peter

Otis, Pearl

Patchin, Andrew

Pederson, Even

Peterson, Elias N

Penrith, John

Peterson, Muns...

Peterson, Muns

Pfaff, Jacob

Post,Wm. H

Porter, Daniel W

Preston, Florence

Rausch, Peter

Rausch, Palthes

Renowles, Elwood

Reuna, John B

Richardson, Andrew..

Einde, Hans

Rogers, George W

Ruby, Mason

Ryan, Thomas

Sampson, John L

Samuelson, Hans

Savidge, Charles H....

Seeley, Wm. F

Silen, Peter

Shank, John T

Shulene, Peter

Shanley, Michael

Smith, Loren

Smith, Willard R

Scott, Henry A

Salstrum,John

Springer, Dennis

Springer, Alfred

Stannard, George J....

Stone, Wm. B

Stuart, Charlei

Stoddard, Edwin L....

Swanson, August

Swanson, Andrew

Terwilliger, Elias

Tongren, John

Torson, Nels

Trachte, Henry

Trobridge, Truman...

Ward, Mathias

Wassman, Henry.
Webb, Henry P. ....'."

Weed, Francis H

Wilson, Peter.:.

MUSTERED

May 30, '64
Dec. 30, '64
Oct. 26, '61
Dec. 30, '61
Feb. 22, '6 2
Dec. 20, '61
Dec. 11, '61
Feb. 27, '62
Sept. 30, '61
Nov. 2, '61
Nov. 27, '61

Mch. 5, '64
Oct. 26, '61
Nov.11,'61
Dec. 19, '64
Dec. 7, '61

Nov.11,'61
Dec. 10, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Jan. 12, '65
Sept. 27, '61
Dec. 13, '61
Jan. 2, '63
Oct. 23, '61
Feb. 1-V62
Sept. 27, '61
Apl. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '64
Dec. 19, '64
Mch. 14, '65
Dec. 13, '
Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 4, V
Nov. 1,'61
Jan. 7, '65

Sept.27, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Spg. of '63
Jan. 5, '65
Aug. 30 '64
Aug. 30, '64
Sept. 27, '61
Dec. 16, '61
Dec. 16, '6
June 6, '64
Mch. 5, '64
Sept.27, '6
Jan. 5 ,'65
Sept.27, '61

Aug. 15, '6'
Sept. 12, '64
Oct. 4, '61
Sept. 2, '64

Sept. 2, '64
Dec. 20, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Oct. 2, '61
Nov. 4, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Sept.27, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Nov. 5, '61
Sept. 27, '61
Oct. 25, '61
Dec. 13, '61
Sept.27, '61
Aug. 30, '64
Jan. 5, '65
Sept. 27, '6i
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Dec. 28, '65

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
Dec."JMV64

Dec. 20, '64
July 19, '65

Dec. 20, '64

July 19, '65
Dec. 20, '64
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '6
July 19, '65
Dec. 20, '64

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

June 12, '65

Dec. 20, '64

' July' 19/65
July 19, '65
June 8, '65
June 12, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

June 12, '65

Dec. 20, '64
June 12, '65

May 22, '65
July 19, '65
July 8, '65
Dec. 20, '64

Dec. 20, '64
July 19, '65

Dec. 20,

June 12, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Aug. 29, '64 June 12, '65
Dec. 20, '6l'

Mch. 22, '62| July 19, '65;
Sept, 27, '61 1 Dec. 20, '64 i

Drafted.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64.

Discharged for disability Nov. 26, '62.

Discharged for disability Jan. 23, '63.

Sergeant; transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 11, '63.

Transferred Nov. 28, '63, to Invalid Corps.

Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Promoted Sergeant Major Nov. 6, '61.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant; dis
charged per order July 15, '65.
Discharged for disability June 28, '65.
Died July 20, '63, at Young's Point, La.

Substitute.

Deserted June 25, '63; returned under arrest April 12, '64; died

Oct. 28, '64, of wounds received Oct. 5, at Altoona, Ga.
Discharged for disability Nov. 11, '62.
Sergeant: reduced to ranks.

Died June 15, '63, at Memphis, of wounds received May 22, '63.
Drafted.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Wagoner: re-enlisted Jau. 1, '64.
Drafted.

Discharged for disability May 5, '62.
Discharged for disability Oct. 23, '62.
Re-enlisted March 22, '64.
Re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Substitute.

Substitute.

Deserted Sept. 4, '63; returned June 23, '64.

Discharged for disability Oct. 8, '62.

Died Oct. 22, '62, at Corinth, Miss.

Died Sept, 24, '62, at Corinth, Miss.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Drafted.

Discharged in '62; no other record on file.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; died Oct. 5, '64, of wnds. reed, at Altoona, Ga.

Discharged from hospital May 22, '65.

Corporal, promoted Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Sept. 17, '62.

Promoted Sergeant Major Oct. 29, '64.

Drafted.

Per order.

Per order.

Sergeant; transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 15, '63.

Discharged for disability Oct. 6, '62.

Died in service; no other record on file.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability Sept. 17, '62.
Drafted.

Corporal, Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant; died Aug. 12, '63, at Vicks-
burg, before muster as 2d Lieutenant.

Promoted Chaplain Dec. 19, '64.

Per order.

Is on some rolls; was a recruit enlisted about February, '64.

Substitute.
By order.

Discharged for disability Jan. 22, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for disability June 28, '65.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Corporal; discharged at Jackson, Tenn., Oct. 20, '62.
Sergeant; died Oct. 7, '62, at St. Louis, Mo.

Discharged for disability March 22, '62.

Corporal; died in hospital at Big Springs, Miss., Aug. 3, '62.

Per order.

Drafted.

Transferred Sept. 15, '62, to Invalid Corps.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Drafted.

Enrolled Sept. 27, '61; died in hospital Dec. 10, '61.

Discharged for disability Nov. 12, '64.
Re-enlisted March 22, '64, at St. Paul.

238

THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

NAMES.

ri

3

MUSTERED
Ix.

MUSTKRED
OUT.

REMARKS.

William James A

24

Dec. 2, '61

Transf. to Co. B April 15, '62; exchanged with Truniaii Booth.

Winslow Win D

18

Jan. 10 '62

Discharged per order June 1° '65

White, Michael
Young Erick. .. .

40
?7

Jan. 10, '65
Dec. 13, '61

July 19, '65

Drafted.

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

John H. Parker
' Henry Platt

David L. Wellman
First Lieutenants —

Clark Turner ............

Samuel T. Isaacs

Samuel W. Russell...

Joseph Williams
Second Lieutenants —

Edward H. Foster

Ed win O. Chapman..

John D. Hunt

Geo. Plowman

ENLISTED MEN.

Aldrich, Levi B
Aldrich, Ira C
Alexander, Samuel
Aldrich, Cyrus C
Avery, John
Babb, Joseph
Batson, John D
Bengston, John
Bennett, John W
Bower, Balzer
Blake, John F

Bragg, Aaron S
Buckley, Harrison ........

Cameron, Ashley C ......

Camp, James S .............

Callahan, Daniel ..........

Coates, Orrin ...............

Conner, James L ..........

Cronkhite, James H .....

Colter, Johnson ...........

Gulp, Cornelius ............

Davis, Henry J ............

Davey.JohnW ............

Davis, Wm.M ..............

Daniels, Hiram ............

Degrohs, Anthony ........

Dixson, Joseph ...........

Doble, Lorenzo ...........

Donaldson, Wayne ......

Duffy, Thomas ............

Dudley, Ephrairn ........

Dynes, Wm .................

Erurner, Peter ............

Ferguson, Thos. C .......

Fish, Erastus ..............

Foster, Norman F .......

Gargow, Edward .........

Geis, Adam ..................

Gish, Andrew S ...........

Gish, Jacob W .............

Gish, Henry L .............

Gilman, Wm. R ...........

Gonser, Edward A .......

Gruthier, Peter ...........

Hagstrom, Charles P...
Harper, Henry ............

18
85

22

2-2
27
27
i 21
25
44
24

Haines, James C

Haley. Chas. E

Hartt, Michael

Hershey, Joseph

Hunter, John W

Hull, Cornelius

Hubbell, Silas

Isaac, Jonathan

Jackson, Thomas B....

21

22
IS
21

18

MUSTERED MUSTERED
OUT.

Dec. 21 '61
Nov. 25, '62
Aug. 3, '64

Nov. 25, '62
Aug. 11, '63
Aug. 1, '64
Oct. 22, '64

Dec. 23, '61
Mch.19,'62
Nov. 25, '62
Oct. 13, '64

Oct. 14, '61

Oct. 14, '61
Dec. 23, '61
Mch.29,'64
Nov. 9, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 30 '64
May 3, '64
Sept. 5, '64
Oct. 14, '61
Sept. 5, '64
Dec. 19, '61
Dec. 19, '61
Oct. 14 '61
Oct. 24, '61
June 6 »64
Oct. 14, '61
Dec. 20, '61
Oct. 22 '61
Dec. 13, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 14, '61

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

REMARKS.

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

July 19/65
July 19, '65

July 19 '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

June 6, '6
Men. 31, '6
Aug. 24, '6
May 31, '6
Sept. 6, '6
Sept. 2,'6-J
Jan. 11, '6'
June 6, '6
Dec. 13, '6
Oct. 14, '6
Dec. 19, '6
Jan. 22,'62i
June 6, '64|
Dec. 28, '61
Dec. 27 '61!
Mch.31,'62
Dec. 23, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Dec. 17, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 26, '61

Nov. 15, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Sept. 5 '64
Oct. 14,' '61
Nov. 15, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Dec. 9, '61
Dec. 20, '61
Dec. 20, '61

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
Junel2, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Apl. 19, '60
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65

Dec. 26, '64

Dec. 26, '64

June"l2,''65
Dec. 24, '64

July 19, ''65

Enrolled Nov. IS, '61; Maj. of 1st Reg.Mtd. Rangers Nov. 25, '62.
1st Lieutenant Dec. 23, '61; resigned Aug. 11, '63.

Serg. Dec. 23, '61; 2d Lt. July 9, '62; died May 23,'63,at Vicksburg.
Corporal Dec. 23, 61; promoted Serg; Capt. Co. D July 1, '64.
Promoted Regimental Quartermaster Aug. 7, '64.
Corporal Dec. 23, '61; promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64,

Resigned March 19, '62.

1st Sergeant Dec. 23, '61; resigned July 9, '62.

Corporal Dec. 23, '61; 1st Lieutenant Company C May 1, '64.

Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan 1, '64; promoted Corporal, 1st Sergeant.

Discharged for disability July 25, '62.

Discharged May 26, '65, for wounds received at Altoona, Ga,

Discharged for disability July 17, '62.

Drafted; transferred to Company H Sept. 1, '64,
Died Aug. 23, '63, at Vicksburg.

Re-enlisted Jan. 22, '64; promoted Corporal.

Transferred from Company F Dec. 17, '61.

Transferred to Company K.

Died Sept. 4, '63, at St. Louis, Mo.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1 , '64; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 21, '62.

Sergeant; drowned March 3, '63, at Memphis.

Discharged for disability Feb. 23, '63.

Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 1, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Jan. 22, 'G4; promoted Corporal.

Drafted.

Per order.

Substitute.

Died Oct. 7, '64, at Altoona, Ga.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Feb. 27, '64.

Discharged for disability Jan. 23, '63.

Died Oct. 10, '63, at Kilkenny, Minn.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64; died Oct.7,'64,of wnds.recd.at Altoona.

Discharged for disability July IS, '62.

Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability May 4, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Killed in battle May 22, '63.

Died Sept. 2, '63, at Cairo, 111.

Deserted Sept. 19, '62, at Iuka,Miss. [This is said to bean error;
he enlisted in the Marine Brigade; Capt. DeCoster of 'Co. D
says so; that he was a good soldier all through his service.]

Promoted Sergeant.

Died April 24, '63, at Memphis, Tenn.

By order.

Corporal; died July 12, '62, at Farmington, Miss.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability March 3, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; killed at Altoona, Ga., Oct. 5, '64.

Re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; died Oct. 20, '64, of wnds. reed, at Altoona

COMPANY I.

ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

239

NAMES.

Jeffers, Thomas

Johnson, Stephen N

Kelly, Richard

Keini, John

Kiefer, Adam

Kreger, Simon

L,auiont, Charles V |

Lament, Archibald j

Lebing, Charles

Lind, George

Livingston, Silas E

Lyon, Waldo

Marcyes, Hiram E

Mather, Michael

Mclntire, Commodore C...

McGrew, Moses T

Merriman, Horace F

Merriman. Samuel L

Mitchell, Jeremiah

Moler, Alfred J

Moler, George R

Morrow, Lafayette B

Nelson.Nels

Nightingale, Wm

Norris, Stephen H

Norris, Moses

Noyes, Thos. J

Oleson, Peter

Peck, Nathaniel

Pintler, Augustus F

Piper, Johnston

Powers, John N

Preston, Wm

Preston, Hilbert W

Putnam, Julius F

Quiggle, Corwin W

Querner, George

Kardin, Wm.

Randall, Sewall G

Ransom, Martin

Reed, Jonathan

Reinoehl, George W

Ruble, Edward

Ripley, Albert H

Rogers, Caleb E

Robins, Ransom

Robins, Alfred

Rogers, Hibert W

Rosenthal, Wm

Robins, Tennessee

Russell, John G

Schrouth, Geo ,

Seaman, Henry M. C

Seibert, Leonard

Smith, Peter

Schmidt, John K

Smith, Win. Y

Sohrn, Ulrick

Squires, John H

Stowell, Daniel P

Stapel, Julius

Stone, Amos F

Taylor, Theodore

Taylor, Ferbret

Teats, John F

Temple, David A

Tilden, Erasmus

Timer, Benedict |

Thrun, August H.

Truman, George

Van Blaricom, Levi

Van Blaricoru, Joseph

Van Blaricom, Henry

Valerius, Valentine

Ward, Harvey...

Wallace, Orin

Wells, Mark

Whitcomb, Jonas

Wendtland, Charles

Williams, Amasa L

Wilson, Thomas P

Wing, Ormiston, C

Woolson, Willard P....
Wood, Lorin Clark

York, Alfred 22

MUSTERED MUSTERED
Ix. OUT.

Aug. 27, '64
Dec. 9 '61
Feb. 24, '62
Jan. 20, '62
Dec. 16, '61
Dec. 20, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Jan. 30, '62
Jan. 11, '62
Jan. 11, '62
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 14, '61
June 6, '64
Men. 31, '62
Nov. 1,'61
Sept. 2, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Oct. 23, '61
Nov. 9 '61
Mch. 4, '62
Oct. 27 '61
Jan. 22, '62
Dec. 20, '61
Dec. 20, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 8, '64
June 4, '64
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 20/61
Dec. 20, '61
Dec. 23, '61
Dec. 23, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 26, '61
Dec. 13, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 24, '64
Jan. 11, '62
Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 29, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 27, '61
Oct. 27, '61
Aug. 24, '64
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 29/61
Mch. 9, '62
Dec. 20, '61
Dec. 13, '61
Dec. 16, '61
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 13, '64
Oct. 14/61
Dec. 15/61
Aug. 20, '64
Dec. 4, '61
Dec. 4/61
Aug. 24, '64
Oct. 14/61
Dec. 23/61
June 6/64
Oct. 22/61
Mch. 31, '62

July 19, '65

Feb. 27, '65
Apl. 4/65

Dec!' 26/64

REMARKS.

July 19/65

July 19, '65
Apl. 20, '65
Dec. 26, '64
June 12/65
Junel2/65
June 12/65
Dec. 26, '64
July 19, '65

Apl. 4/64
July 19, '65
Dec. 20, '64
May 27, '65
July 19, '65
July 10, '65

July 19, '65

Dec. 26, '64
July 19/65

Junel2,;'65
July 19/65
July 19/65
July' 19/65

Dec. 26, '64
Dec. 26, '64
July 19, '65
July 26, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65

Dec. 18/61
Recruit....
June 4/64
May 30, '64

Nov. 30, '61
Oct. 14/61
May 30, '64
Oct. 26/61

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65
June 12/64

July 19, '65

Nov. 9, '61
Dec. 19/61J..

Nov. 15/61 L

June 12/64

Drafted.

Died Jan. 2, '62, at Fort Snelling, Minn.

Discharged for disability Sept. 2, '62.

Discharged for disability Feb. 16, '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Feb. 15, '64.

Died Aug. 10, '63, at Vicksburg.

Died June 23, '62, at Farmington, Miss.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Corporal; discharged for disability NOT. 12, '62.

Re-enl. Jan. 1, '04; trans, to Nou-Comn. Staff as Prin. Musician.

Drafted.

Per order.
Per order.
Per order.

Discharged Dec. 31 , '62; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Discharged for disability April 6, '63.
Died July 12, '62, at Farmington, Miss.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1/64.

Per order.

Drafted.

Drafted; per order.

Sergeant May 23, '63; promoted Lieutenant 49th U. S. Col. Inf.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability June 27, '64.

Discharged for disability April 18, '64.

Discharged for disability Sept. 26, '62.

Corporal; discharged Oct. 31, '64, for promotion in 42d U. S. C. L

Transferred from Co. F Dec. 7, '61 j" discharged for disability.

Wagoner; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; died Oct. 6, '64.

Died March 26, '64, at Mound City hospital.

Re-enlisted Jan. 21/64.

Died Dec. 3, '63, at Missionary Ridge.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability Feb. 9, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Sergeant.

Died June 23, '62, at Camp Big Springs, Miss.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; died of wounds rec'd at Altoona, Ga.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 15, '63.

Died Feb. 20, '65, at Evansville, Ind.

Died Feb. 15, '64, at home, in Minnesota.

Died June 30, '62, at Farmington, Miss.

Deserted March 6, '63, at St. Louis.

Musician.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1/64.

By order.

Killed at Altoona, Ga., Oct. 5, '64.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Musician; discharged for disability April 18, '62.

Deserted June 28, '63.

Killed at Altoona, Ga., Oct. 5, '64.

Corporal; discharged for disability March 10, '62.

Deserted May 14, '62, at Hamburg Landing, Tenn.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1/64; promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal; died Sept. 1/62, at Jackson, Tenn.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Drafted.

Drafted.

Per order.

Discharged for disability July 19, '62.

Discharged for disability April 18, '62.

Discharged for disability Sept. 2, '62.

Drafted.

Discharged for disability July 17, '62.

Promoted Commissary Sergeant.

Per order.

Discharged for disability July 19, '62.

Died in hospital near Corinth, Miss. [By error in printing the

Adjutant General's report for '65, is down as a deserter.]
Deserted Jan. 1,'63, at Corinth, Miss.

240

THE FOUETH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

MUSTERED i MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains — -

Robert P. Mooers

LucianB. Martin

Ira N. Morrill

HobertN. Hosmer

First Lieutenants —

Charles W. Douglas

George Baird

Second Lieutenants —

Win. B. Spencer

George G. Sherbrooke....

Frank S. DeMers

ENLISTED MEN.

Aldrich, Joseph L

Akerson, John

Ammunson, Anna

Anderson, Henry

Arnold, Francis M

Barber, Horace

Baker, Israel

Barnes, Nicholas

Baldwin, Thomas P

Bagan, Joseph

Belot, Francis X

Beckman, Henry

Bishop, Geo.W

Bishop, Thos. I

Bishop, Daniel K

Burgor, Henry P

Boyd, John S

Bogart, Wm. H

Bloss, Oscar

Bullock, William H. II....

Butts, Charles L

Burmaster, Christian

Breset, Christian

Cameron, Ashley C

Carrier, George

Carlton, Asa B

Cary, Geo. T

Chase, Levi

Chapel, Albert

Clayton, Samuel M

Clow, Sherwin

Cook, Joseph S

Cobb, Wm

Collins, Wm.E

Copies, John

Davis, James

Dezotelle, Isaac

Earl, Ethan R

Earl, Harvey B

Eoler, Jacob H

Erickson, Thomas

Erickson, Magnus

Fitch, McConnell

Frost, Nathaniel

Frost, Elias B

Fry.Wm. H

Frank, John

Fullerton James

Fulluin, John

Gates, Thomas

Gifford, Wm. H

Going, Wm. H

Green, Thomas

Grey, James

Gunnison, Ole W

Hagerman, Augustus F...

Hammer, Evin D

Hammer, John

Haskins, James M

Houghton, Alonzo C

Houghton, Virgil W

Hollister, Abraham O

Hunt, Charles C

Hussey, John E

Hutchinson, Geo. S

H-ursh, Amos C

Huntley, Calvin Edson...,
Hutchinson, Le Forest R.

Huntley, Orris ,

Hurley, Daniel

Imhoff, David

Jenks, Plymptou E

31

Dec. 23, '61
Oct. 3, '62
July 6, '63

Mch.29,'65

Feb. 2, '64
Dec. 21, '64

Dec. 23, '61
Men., '62
Dec. 17, '64

Mch. 17, '62
Mch. 8, '65
Dec. 7, '64
Dec. 15, '64
Mch. 24, '62
Oct. 18 ,'61
Nov. 2, '61
Feb. 3, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Nov. 2, '61
Dec. 29, '64
Nov. 2, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Aug. 27 '64
Oct. 19, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Dec. 19, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Oct. 18 ,'61
Feb. 18, '62
June 13, '64
May 28, '64
Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 18, '61

Nov. 2, '61
Aug. 24, '64
Nov. 2, '61
Dec. 8, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 18, '64
Aug. 13, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Nov. 2, '61
Feb. 18, '62
Oct. 18, '61
Dec. 19, '61
Feb. 18, '62
Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 15, »64
Feb. 29, '62
Oct. 23, '61
Mch. 8, '65
Sept. 3, '6^
Oct. 18, '6
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Oct. 18 '6
May 27, '64
Dec. 2, '61
Oct. 18, '6
Oct. 15, '6
Dec. 11, '6
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 3, '64
May 31, '64
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Feb. 2, '62
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 20, '61
Dec. 19, '61
Feb. 18, '62
Feb. 18, '62
Mch. 29, '62
Aug. 25, '64
May 26, '65
Sept. 9, '64
Oct. 18, '61

July 19, '65

July 19, '65

Killed at Corinth Oct. 3, '62.
1st Lieutenant Dec. 23, '61; resigned July 6, '63.
1st Sergeant Dec. 23, '61; 2d Lieutenant March 3, '62; 1st Lieu
tenant Oct. 3, '62; resigned Dec. 22, '64.
2d Sergeant Company C Sept. 26, '61.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; Sergeant, Captain Co. A Dec. 21, '64.
Dec. 23, '61, promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Apl. 4, '65
June 12, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Dec."2V64
June 12 '65
July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Resigned March, '62.

Corp., Serg.; died May 24, '63, wnds. reed. May 22d at Yicksburg.

Promoted Adjutant June 21, '65.

July 19, '65 Re-enlisted March 1, '64.
June 26, '65 Drafted; per order.

Substitute: died May 7, '65, at Troy, N. Y.
July 19, '65 Drafted.

Died Sept. 9, '62, at St. Louis, Mo.

Discharged for disability Oct. 12, '62.

Killed in battle May 22, '63, at Vicksburg, Miss.

Per order.

Died Jan. 17, '65, at David's Island, N. Y

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Drafted.

Sergeant; discharged for disability March 7, '63.

Substitute; per order.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted March 21, '64, promoted Corporal.

Died Aug. 2, '63, at St. Louis, Mo.

Killed at Altoona Oct. 5, '64.
June28, '65 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 20, '64.
May 22, '65 Drafted; per order.
July 19, '65 Drafted.

Transferred from Company I; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Sergeant; reduced; deserted at Helena March, '65; reported
under president's proclamation; discharged June 10, '65.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 15, '64.
June 12, '65 Per order.

Transferred to Company F April 11, '62.
July 19, '65 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
July 19, '65 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Sergeant.
June 12, '65 Per order.
June 12, '65 Per order.
Juuel2, '65 Per order.
Junel2, '65 Substitute; per order.

Drafted; discharged from hospital July 10, '65.
Dec. 22, '64| Musician.

Died Oct. 18,'62, at Jackson, Tenn., of wounds received at luka.

Discharged for disability Dec. 16, '62.

Dec. 22, '64

July 19, '65 Re-enlisted Feb. 18, '64; promoted Corporal.

June 12, '65 Per order.

Junel2, '65 Substitute; per order.

July 19, '65 Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64.

July 91, '65 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

June 10, '65 Drafted; per order.

June 12, '65 Per order.

Corporal; re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; transf. to Company B July 14, '64.

June 12, '65 Per order.
Junel2, '65 Per order.
June 12, '65 Per order.

Deserted March 2, '63, at Memphis, Tenn.

July 19, '65 Drafted.

Deserted May 4, '62, at St. Louis, Mo.

Discharged for disability Dec. 18, '62.

July 19, '65 Drafted.

, Deserted; date not on record.

June 12, '65 Per order.
June 12, '65 Per order.
June 12, '65 Per order.
Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 12, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for disability Oct. 12, '64.
June 12, '65 Per order.
Dec. 22, '64 Sergeant; promoted 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut, and Capt. Co. G.

Corporal; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 15, '64.

'. Died Sept. 27, '62.

July 19, '65 Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64.

.. Discharged for disability Nov. 18, '62.

, Discharged for disability Oct. 25, '62.

June 12, '65 Per order.

July 19, '65 Drafted.

June 12, '65 Substitute.

July 19, '65 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

241

NAMES.

Johnson, Nels

Johnson, Nicholas

Kinniston, Alphonzo M...

Kimball, Wilbur S

Kiefer, Martin

Kuisle, Albanis

Kulp, Win. H

Lawrence, Asa C

Larson, Ole

Lincoln, Vincent B

Lindsay, John

Littlefield, Arthur

Lindenholin, Nels

Loomis, Henry

Loomis, Samuel

Long, Benjamin

Lyle, Marion R

Mail, George

Mat hews, Samuel J

Maxson, Stephen

McCarron, John E

Meadowcraft, James

Milhollin, Samuel M

Milhollin, Win. W

Milhollin, Jonathan M

Miller, Robert P

Mills, Peter G

Miller, Geo. W

Monson, Wm

Morrison, James

Mortimer, Wm. H

Montoure, Joseph

Morse, Samuel E

Morse, Aaron B

Mautner, Joseph

Moline, Andrew

Mullen, John

Nichols, Horace B

Oleson.OleS

Oleson, Erick

Oleson, Asloin

Oviatt, James Eugene.. ..

Ogden, Andrew

Owen, Joseph F

Parks, Samuel

Pace, Win. M

Paruieuter, Eugene E

Parker, Edwin A

Palmer, Azro

Peterson, Matts

Perkins, Robert S

Powers, John

Powers, Caleb

Randall, John B

Rask, *Christian Oleson.

Reed, Joseph H

Rolfe, Samuel B

Rose, Augustus

Rockford, John

Shutz, Samuel

Sherrier, Peter

Sherbrooke, G. G

Shuler, Charles

Sherman, Cassias

Smith, Ambrose C ,

Srnale, Jabez G ,

Smith, Wm.E

Smith, John

Smith, Charles E

Soniers, Wm, C

Stevens, Freeland G

Spangler, John H

Surface, Samuel

Tallman, Solomon

Teed, Hamilton J

Thomas, James S

Thomas, Nathan M

Tifft, Robert T

Therriot, Geo

Tifft, Stephen

Tostevin, James F., Jr...

Tripp, Wm

Trowbridge, Miles M

Van Blaricom, Joseph...
Vanderwarker, Isaac

16

[USTERED i MUSTERED
Ix OUT.

Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 26, '61

Vah 3 'A3

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

REMARKS.

Drafted.

Drafted; discharged July 7, '65.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64; promoted Corporal

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; transf. to Non-Coin. Staff Sept. 14, '64.

Sept. 2, '64

Aug. 25, '64

Oct. 23, '61

Oct. 15, '61

Oct. IS, '61

Dec. 23, '61 Dec. 22, '64

Sept. 3,'64i June 12, '65

.""...".... Re-enlisted Feb.' 10, '64; transf. to Yet. Reserve Corps Jan. 10,'65.

June 12, '65| Per order.
June 12, '651 Per order.
June 12, '65 ! Per order.
July 19, '65i Substitute.

.
Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 3, '63.

Mch. 9, '65
Oct. 22, '61
Dec. 5, '61
Sept. 1,'64
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Nov. 17, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Sept. 1,'64
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Nov. 12, '6 1
Dec. 6, '61
Feb. 2, '62

Jan. 20, '64
Oct. 15, '61 .
Oct. 18, '61 1
Oct. 15, '61
Dec. 18, '61
Dec. 19, '61

July 19, '651 Drafted.

July 19, '65

.. Died June 9, '63, at Memphis.

Discharged for disability Oct. 12, '62.

Died Oct. 15, '64, of wounds received at Altoona.

July 19, '65

June 12, '65

July 19, '65

July 19, '65
July 19, '65

Feb. 18, '62 Apl. 29, '65

July 19, '65

Mch. 8, '65 June 26, '65

Nov. 18, '61 1 July 19, '65

Aug. 15, '64
Mch. 3, '62
Dec. 7, '64
Dec. 8, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Mch. 18, '64
Dec. 6, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 18 '61
Oct. 18/61
Oct. 31, '61
Aug. 27, '64

Junel2,'65

June 26, '6-5

June 12, '65

Dec. 22, '64

July 19, '65

Nov. 13, '61
June 6, '64
Oct. 18, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Dec. 5, '64
Oct. 15, '61
Oct. 8, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Feb. 18, '62
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Dec. 17, '61
May fl, '64
Oct. 18, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Nov. 14, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Oct. 22, '61
Feb. 2, '62
Aug. 30, '64
May 31, '64

June 23, '65

Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted 1st Sergeant.
Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 28, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; died May 12, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability Nov. 11, '62.

Corporal; died Dec. 16, '62, at Quincy, 111.

Discharged for disability Jan 30, '63.

Discharged for disability March 24, '63.

Dis. in '63 to accept pro. as 1st Lieut, in 50th U. S. Colored Inf.

Deserted March 2, '63, at Memphis; reported under President a

proclamation, and discharged Sept. 14, '65.
Substitute.

Discharged for disability October, '63.
Died July 23, '62, near Farmiugtou, Miss.
Discharged Oct. 3, '63, for loss of arm.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Drafted.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Died Oct. 1, '62, at Jackson, Tenn.

Substitute.

Died April 15, '65, at Goldsboro, N. C.

Substitute.

Died Feb. 13, '65, at Madison, Wis.

Deserted March 2, '63, at Memphis, Tenn.

Died Oct. 29, '62, at St. Louis.

Died Feb. 3, '64, at St. Louis.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Killed at Altoona, Oct. 15, '64.

Drafted.

July 19, '65 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64, promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

July 19, '65 Substitute.

July 19, '65 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

June 12, '65 1

July 19, '65

Dec. 22, '64

Dec. 22, '64
July 19, '65

Drafted. *A lias Oleson, Christian.

Corporal; died July 15, '62, near Farmington, Miss.

Re-enlisted Feb. 18, '64.

Discharged Oct. 7, '63, for wounds.

Discharged April 29, '65.

Pro. Corp., Serg., 2d Lieut.; died May 24, '63, from wounds.

Transferred to Invalid Corps March 15, '64.

July 19, '65 : Substitute. _

Dec. 22, '64 j

Dec. 22, '64

June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Oct. 18, '61

Oct. 19, '61 July 19, '65

Dec. 21, '61

Nov. 1,'61

Oct. 19, '61

Oct. 18, '61

Dec. 23, '61

Feb. 3, '62
Mch. 28, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Dec. 23, '61
Apl. 6, '62| June 12 ,'65

Apl. 21, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65

Wagoner, died Nov. 24, '62, at Quincy, 111.

Transferred to Company E March 1, '62.
Died Feb. 8, '65, near Bamburg, S. C.

Died May 23,'63,atVicksburg, from wounds.

Corporal; died Nov. 19, '62, at La Grange, Tenn.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Transferred to Company F April 11, '62.

Trans, from Co. E Mar. 13, '62; trans, to Inv. Corps Mar. 15, 64.

Transferred to Company F April 11, '62.

Killed May 22, '63; assault at Vicksburg

Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64; killed March 6, '64, at Anderson, Ala.,

in railroad accident; burned to death.
Re-enlisted Feb. 11, '64; died April 12, '64, at Austin, Minn.

Transferred to Company I Jan. 1,'62.

242

THE FOURTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

NAMES.

H

4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

18

Sept 13 '64

June 12 '65

Vanwalkenburg. H. W
Whitfield Wni B

18
41

Aug. 30, '64
Oct 18 '61

June 12| '65

Whitcomb, Edward A

21

Mch. 17, '62

Re-enlisted March 21 '64- transferred to Company D July 4, '64.

Wilev Oscar H

IB

Mch. 7, '62

July 19 '65

Re-enlisted March 21 '64 as Musician* transferred from Co. K.

Wickam Israel .. .

23

Sept. 5 '64

June 12 '65

Woodworth, Sylvanus

41

Oct. 18, '61

Discharged for disability Feb. 19 '62

Wolf.John

38

Nov. 21, '64

Drafted; died April 23, '65, at Beaufort, N. C.

NARRATIVE OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT.

BY GEN. L. F. HUBBARD. l

The Fifth Begiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, was the last of Minne
sota's quota under the first call of President Lincoln for 500,000 men. It ren
dezvoused at Fort Snelling and was recruited during the winter of 1861-62, the
first detachment being mustered into service Dec. 19, 1861, and the organization
completed March 20, 1862, by the appointment of the following field and staff
officers: Colonel, Rudolph von Borgersrode; lieutenant colonel, Lucius F.
Hubbard; major, William B. Gere; adjutant, Alpheus R. French; quartermas
ter, William B. McGrorty; surgeon, Francis B. Etheridge; assistant surgeon,
Vincent P. Kennedy; chaplain, James F. Chaffee. While the regiment was
recruiting its several detachments occupied Fort Snelling, and for a time
acted as its garrison under command of its senior captain. During this time
the several commands acquired reasonable proficiency in drill and a general
knowledge of tactics and army regulations, so that upon its complete organiza
tion as a regiment it was fairly fitted to take the field. 2

Before the regiment was fairly organized, Companies B, C and D were de
tached and ordered to the Minnesota frontier, where they served as garrisons
for Forts Ridgley, Eipley and Abercrombie during the spring and summer of
1862, or until the occurrence of the Sioux Indian outbreak, that desolated the
western border of the state, in August of that year. The bloody events of that
period of horrors are yet fresh in the minds of the early settlers of Minnesota,
but probably have little lodgment in the memories of much the larger portion
of the present population of our state. To many of our then frontier settlers
and to those members of the Fifth Eegiment who participated in the events here
narrated, the horrors thereof leave a more lasting impression upon mind and
heart than the mightiest events of the War of the Eebellion. A recital of the
horrible atrocities committed by those Indian devils, and the brutalities and
terrible deaths suffered by many of the defenseless pioneers upon our then
western border, is sufficient to curdle the blood and chill the heart of the
hearer. That those horrors were not multiplied tenfold and additional thous
ands numbered among their victims, is due in great measure to the service ren
dered by Companies B, C and D of the Fifth Minnesota.

1 Those portions of this narrative that relate to the Indian War of 1862 have been prepared by
members of the regiment who were present at the frontier posts and participated in the events of
which they write. The events that preceded the Sioux outbreak and those connected with the
fight at the ferry, or Redwood, and the defense of Fort Ridgley, are related by Lieut. T. P. Gere
of Company B. Those that transpired at Fort Abercrombie are related by Capt. John Vander
Horck of Company D, and those at Fort Ripley by Lieut. F. B. Fobes of Company C. — [L. F. H.

2 The Fifth Regiment numbered eight hundred and sixty men, rank and file, at the time of its
organization. It received subsequently three hundred and three recruits and drafted men, mak
ing a total of 1,163 names borne upon its rolls during its term of service. Like most of the regi
ments raised in Minnesota, the Fifth was recruited generally throughout the state, the nucleus of
each company being from one of the more populous counties. The members of Company A were
principally from Goodhue and Dodge counties. Those of Company B from Fillmore county, with
a few from adjacent territory. Company C was from Freeborn and Faribault. Company D largely
from Carver and Ramsey. Company E from Ramsey, Scott, Carver and Hennepin. Company F
from Waseca, Ramsey, Anoka, Faribault and Le Sueur. Company G from Wabasha and Dakota.
Company H from Goodhue and. Wabasha. Company I from Ramsey, Hennepin, Dakota, Dodge,
Mower, Olmsted and Scott. Company K from Washington, with a few representatives from,
other counties. Most of the companies had a few members from counties not named.

244 THE FIFTH REGIMENT.

IN THE INDIAN WAR OF 1862.

At the outbreak of the great Rebellion the Indian tribes of Minnesota were,
by virtue of treaties with the United States, occupants of the northern and west
ern portions of the state; the Chippewas to the eastward, mostly in the timbered
regions drained by the upper Mississippi, the Sioux to the westward, on the
headwaters of the Minnesota and the Bed River of the North. As outposts for
the frontier on these three rivers, respectively, had been established Forts Eipley,
Eidgley and Abereronibie, garrisoned previous to war-time by troops of the
regular army; these commands, when ordered to the South, being relieved by
companies from Minnesota's volunteer regiments. Thus, upon the organization
of the Fifth Regiment, three of its companies were assigned to this garrison duty
as follows: To Fort Abercrombie, Company D — captain, John Vander Horck;
first lieutenant, F. A. Cariveau; second lieutenant, John Groetch. To Fort Rip-
ley , Company C — captain, Francis Hall; first lieutenant, Timothy J. Sheehan;
second lieutenant, Frank B. Fobes. To Fort Ridgley, Company B. Captain John
S. Marsh of this company had not yet joined. Second Lieutenant "N. K. Culver,
having been designated to relieve the post quartermaster at Ridgley, preceded his
command, and the company, commanded by First Sergeant Thomas P. Gere, left
the rendezvous at Fort Snelling at noon on March 22d, moving up the Minnesota
Valley. It was still winter, deep snow covering the ground. The command
occupied the Scott county court house at Shakopee on the night of the 22d, and
on the following day, passing through Belle Plaine and Le Sueur and crossing
the Minnesota River on the ice at Traverse de Sioux after dark, reached St. Peter,
where the Nicollet county court house afforded shelter for the night. On the
24th the company moved to La Fayette, a settlement eighteen miles southeast of
Fort Ridgley, arriving at that post at noon on March 25th. Captain Marsh
joined his company April 16th, assuming command of the post. Second Lieu
tenant Culver had been appointed first lieutenant and was post quartermaster
and commissary. First Sergeant Gere had been promoted to be second lieuten
ant and was detailed as post adjutant. At all these posts during the spring and
early summer months, very little occurring to interrupt the usual routine of
garrison duty, these companies were actively exercised in daily drill and in
structed in everything that could increase their military efficiency, their daily
hope being for an order that should relieve them from mere garrison service
and direct them to join their regiment in active duty in the South.

At Fort Ridgley, in addition to Company B, there were in the United States
service Post Surgeon Alfred Muller, Sutler B. H. Randall, Indian Interpreter Peter
Quinn and Ordnance Sergeant John Jones, the latter in charge of the six pieces
of artillery which had been left there. Company B, having rapidly reached a
high efficiency in the manual of arms and infantry evolutions, especially in skir
mish drill, was now daily and vigorously exercised in the artillery drill, under
the able instruction of Ordnance Sergeant Jones, and by midsummer had several
trained squads well qualified in all the details necessary to use the guns. While
this work was undertaken more to promote the general efficiency of the company
than in anticipation of its necessity or actual use at the fort, subsequent events
proved that it was probably the most important element among all that pre
vented the- capture of Fort Ridgley by the Sioux. Save the occasional minor
individual disturbances incident to the frontier, the relations between the whites
and the Indians located on the reservation to the northwest of Fort Ridgley were
apparently profoundly peaceful. During a long period no circumstance had
occurred calling for military interference or aid. But under existing treaties
the time for payment by the United States of their annuities to the Indians was
at hand, and that possible disorder from the coming together of the various
bands in such large numbers might be prevented, it was deemed advisable to
temporarily increase the force of troops in this locality; therefore the following
order was issued:

'[Special Order, No. 30.]
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" HEADQUARTERS FORT EIPLEY,

June 18, 1862.

1st. Lieut. T. J. Sheehan of Company C, Fifth Eegiinent Minnesota Volun
teers, will proceed with fifty men to Fort Eidgley and there report to Capt.
Marsh, commanding post, for further orders.

"FRANCIS HALL,

" Captain Commanding Post."

Lieut. Sheehan, with the command above designated, left Fort Eipley on
June 19th, and marching via Elk Eiver and Henderson, a distance of about two
hundred miles, reached Fort Eidgley on the evening of June 28th. Here the
following order was issued:

"HEADQUARTERS FORT EIDGLEY,

June 29, 1862.
" [Special Order, No. 57.]

' 1 1st. Lieut. T. J. Sheehan, Fifth Minnesota Eegiment, with detachment of fifty
men of Company C and one lieutenant and fifty men of Company B of said regi
ment, will proceed forthwith by the most expeditious route to the Sioux Agency
on the Yellow Medicine Eiver, and report to Major Thomas Galbraith, Sioux
agent at that place, for the purpose of preserving order and protecting United
States property during the time of the annuity payment for the present year.
"2d. Interpreter Quinn will accompany the troops.

'•'3d. The A. A. Q. M. and the A. A. C. S. will furnish the necessary trans
portation, forage and subsistence for the command.

"JOHN S. MARSH,
"Capt. Fifth Regiment, Commanding Post."

This command marched from Fort Eidgley on June 30th with fifteen days' ra
tions, taking in addition to small arms one twelve-pounder mountain howitzer;
camping that night at Lower Sioux Agency, having crossed the Minnesota Eiver
by the ferry near that place, continuing the march on the following day, and
on the 2d of July arrived at the Upper Sioux Agency at Yellow Medicine,
fifty-two miles from Fort Eidgley, going into camp on an eminence about one
hundred and fifty yards from the government buildings. The Indians were al
ready arriving in quite large numbers in anticipation of their annuities, and
every succeeding day brought accessions to the number. The expected payment
to the Indians was the one topic of absorbing interest; as early as July 8th, a
party of warriors sent word through Interpreter Quinn to Lieuts. Sheehan and
Gere that they desired a "council" with them. Their request for an interview
having been granted, the substance of their address was as follows: "We are
the braves. We have sold our land to the Great Father. The traders are allowed
to sit at the pay table and they take all our money. We wish you to keep the
traders away from the pay table, and we desire you to make us a present of a
beef." To this the officers replied that the regulations concerning payment were
in the hands of the Indian agent appointed by their Great Father; also, that the
soldiers had no provisions except their own rations, but that their request would
be communicated to the agent. Indian dances and similar demonstrations vari
ous in character and import became quite frequent as the numbers arriving in
creased, and some dissatisfaction was expressed at the non-arrival of the annui
ties. A detail was sent to Fort Eidgley, returning with fifteen days' additional
rations for the command. It being reported that quite a number of Yanktonais
and Cut-heads not entitled to pay were encamped near the annuity Indians, a
visit to their camp on July 14th developed the presence of six hundred and fifty-
nine lodges of annuity Indians, seventy-eight lodges of Yanktonais, thirty-seven
of Cut-heads, and five said to be Winnebagos. Major Galbraith at this time looked
for the arrival of the annuities about the 18th or 20th inst. As the day passed
the limited quantity of supplies in the possession of the Indians was rapidly re
duced. On the 18th they reported they were starving; trouble was anticipated un
less they could obtain something to eat; yet Major Galbraith was of the opinion

246 THE FIFTH REGIMENT.

that any alarm was wholly uncalled for, the Indians being quiet and peaceable
and making no threats. Lieut. Sheehan dispatched a detail to Fort Eidgley for
a second mountain howitzer, which arrived on the 21st. On that day, at a con
ference between Lieuts. Sheehan and Gere and Maj. Galbraith concerning the
situation, the latter stated that he would soon count the Indians, issue the pro
visions, and send them back to await advices from him of the arrival of their
money. On the morning of the 24th a war party of about 1,200 Sioux, stripped
and painted, over four hundred of them mounted, passed close by the agency
buildings and camp of the soldiers in headlong pursuit of a party of Chippewas,
who had a day or two before killed two Sioux about eighteen miles from the
agency. It was expected to find the Chippewas about seven miles south, but the
party returned in the afternoon unsuccessful.

On July 26th, in conformity with an agreement reached at a council held on
the day previous between the Indians and Maj. Galbraith, the counting of the
Indians took place. This was accomplished by congregating all the Indians in
a space adjacent to the government building and encircling the same by a con
tinuous chain of sentinels. The various chiefs called up their bands in succes
sion, and as the number in each family was recorded, each passed outside the
line of guards homeward. Twelve and one-half hours were required for this
work. Crackers were issued and scattered by the soldiers throughout the unique
congregation to the infinite satisfaction of the recipients. On July 27th the fol
lowing communication was made by Maj. Galbraith:

"SiR: I have to request that you detail a small detachment of your com
mand, and with it proceed forthwith in the direction of Yellow Medicine Eiver,
in search of Inkpaduta and his followers, who are said to be camped somewhere
in the region, having in their possession stolen horses, etc. You will take said
Inkpaduta and all Indian soldiers with him, prisoners, alive if possible, and de
liver them to me at the agency. If they resist, I advise that they be shot. Take
all horses found in their possession and deliver them to me. A party of reliable
citizens will accompany you; they will report to you and be subject to your
orders. Ten or twelve men will in my opinion be sufficient. They should by all
means be mounted on horses or mules. You should take at least nine days' ra
tions, and should start a sufficient time before daylight to get away without the
knowledge of the Indians. While I recommend prompt and vigorous action to
bring these murderers, thieves and villains to justice, dead or alive, yet I advise
prudence and extreme caution.

"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

"THOMAS J. GALBRAITH,

"Lieut. T. J. SHEEHAN, "Sioux Agent.

i i Commanding Camp at Sioux Agency. ' '

Upon receipt of this Lieut. Sheehan addressed orders to Lieut. Gere to take
command of the camp, and with fourteen soldiers, four citizens and an Indian
guide, left about midnight on the service indicated; but, notwithstanding the pre
caution taken, the Indian camp learned promptly of the departure of the party,
and Inkpaduta was duly warned. On the evening of August 3d Lieut. Sheehan
returned to the agency, having been unsuccessful in his search. Early on the
morning of August 4th, the Indians sent two messengers to the camp, saying they
were coining down to fire a salute and make one of their demonstrations; that
they desired to inform the soldiers in advance, so they would understand it was
all right. This proposition involving nothing unusual, no remonstrance was
made, and soon some eight hundred warriors, mounted and on foot, came down
with wild yells, firing their guns in the air, completely surrounding the camp of
the detachment, and riding about wildly in all directions. It became at once
apparent that this was something beyond their ordinary demonstrations, but the
object was not developed until the leader of a party that had ridden past the
camp, rushed to the door of the government warehouse and struck it with his
hatchet.

The situation was now perilous in the extreme, the soldiers being outnumbered
eight to one by red devils, who were cocking and priming their guns on all sides

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at a distance of less than one hundred feet; and had a single shot then been fired,
not a soldier could have lived to tell the story. But no panic ensued, and the
command sprang promptly into line. Eealizing quickly that the object of the
attack was to secure provisions stored in the warehouse, that had bloodshed and
not intimidation been intended, the former would have commenced at once, it
was resolved to meet the issue as presented. Promptly removing the tarpaulin
covering from a mountain howitzer, by direction of Lieut. Gere, the menofCompany
B trained the gun to bear on the warehouse door, through which the Indians had
by this time broken and were removing flour in sacks. Instantly the Indians
fell back to either side from the line covered by the gun, and through the open
ing thus formed a squad of sixteen men, Sergeant S. A. Trescott at the head,
and accompanied by Lieut. Sheehan, marched straight to the government build
ing. Upon reaching the government building, Lieut. Sheehan at once repaired
to the office of Maj. Galbraith to seek the presence and advice of that officer;
while Trescott with his men drove every Indian out of the warehouse, from which
by this time twenty sacks of flour had been removed. Meanwhile the command
at the camp stood steadily in line awaiting developments. Now came a period
of excitement and uncertainty. The Indians who were surrounding the camp
moved toward the warehouse, and forming in groups were addressed by the chiefs
and leading braves, who told them these provisions had been sent to them by
their Great Father at Washington; that the agent refused to let them have food
while their wives and children were starving; that the provisions were theirs;
that they had a right to take them, etc. Lieut. Sheehan favored an issue of provisions
to the Indians; Maj. Galbraith feared a concession would be destructive of any
control of the Indians in the future, and desired the return to the warehouse of
the flour that had been removed. After much parleying, however, the agent
decided to make an issue of pork and flour upon the promise of the Indians that
they would immediately retire and send their chiefs for a council on the next
day. Upon receiving the provisions, however, they again became insolent, de
clining to go; whereupon the entire detachment of troops was moved to the
warehouse, forming in line of battle with both howitzers in position. These dis
positions having been made, the Indians decided to return to their camps, and
at once withdrew.

On August 5th, the camp of the detachment having been established in close
proximity to the government buildings, and information being received from the
Indian camp that much excitement existed there, also that a general attack was
proposed, the command was held in position for action, while the citizens with
all the arms available collected in the warehouse. No attack, however, was
made. The following letter was received from Maj. Galbraith:

" OFFICE Sioux INDIAN AGENCY,

"Pajutazee, Aug. 5, 1862.

"SiR: Your interpreter, Quinn, is a man whom I cannot trust to communi
cate or correspond with my Indians. I have therefore to respectfully request
that said Quinn be at once ordered to hold no communication, direct or indirect,
with any Sioux Indian under my jurisdiction. And I further request that he be
ordered off the reservation and placed in charge of Capt. Marsh, commanding
at Fort Eidgley, with a copy of this request.

"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

"THOMAS J. GALBRAITH,

"U. 8. Indian Agent.
"First Lieut. T. J. SHEEHAN,

"Commanding, Etc., Yellow Medicine, Minn."

Upon receipt of this letter Lieut. Gere was instructed to proceed at once to
Fort Eidgley with Interpreter Quinn; also, to advise Capt. Marsh of the situa
tion of affairs and request him to come in person to the agency. On these
orders Lieut. Gere left Yellow Medicine at 4 o'clock p. M., and, driving as rap
idly as possible, passed through the lower agency at midnight, reaching Fort
Eidgley at three o'clock on the morning of the 6th. Capt. Marsh promptly re-

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sponded, and at five o' clock was on his way to the front with Lieut. Gere, arriv
ing at Yellow Medicine at 1:30 o'clock p. M. of the same day. On the 7th a
council with the Indians was held by Capt. Marsh and Agent Galbraith, result
ing in an agreement that all the annuity goods should be issued immediately,
whereupon the Indians would return to their homes and there remain until ad
vised by the agent that the money to which they were entitled had reached the
agency. This agreement was carried out in good faith, the delivery of goods
beginning immediately and continuing on the 8th and 9th. By the 10th the In
dian camp had disappeared, and on the llth the detachment marched for Fort
Eidgley, arriving at that post on the evening of August 12th. All prospect of
trouble in this region seemed now to have disappeared. The upper agency
Indians had dispersed. The Lower Sioux Indians had taken no part in the
events above recounted. All had apparently decided to wait patiently for the
arrival of the annuity money. Eeceiving no information on the latter subject,
and believing that no good reason existed for a longer detention of the detach
ment of Company C, Capt. Marsh instructed Lieut. Sheehan to report at Fort
Eipley, and, in compliance, that detachment marched from Fort Eidgley at sev
en o'clock on August 17th. On the same day Lieut. Culver and six men of Com
pany B were detached to St. Peter with transportation for a company of some
fifty recruits, just enlisted at the Indian agencies, now en route for Fort Snelling
for muster, leaving at Fort Eidgley two officers and seventy-six men. Such
was the military situation on the very eve of one of the most horrid massacres
recorded on the pages of American history.

BATTLE OF REDWOOD.

On Monday morning, August 18th, at ten o'clock, Mr. J. C. Dickinson reached
Fort Eidgley from the Lower Sioux Agency, bringing the startling news that a
wholesale massacre of the whites was in progress at the last named place, this at
first incredible rumor being a moment later confirmed by the arrival of other
refugees bringing a wounded man. Capt. Marsh at once resolved to go to the
rescue. The long roll was sounded, the little garrison was promptly under arms,
and hastily dispatching a mounted messenger (Corporal McLean) with orders
to Lieut. Sheehan to return immediately with his command to Fort Eidgley, and
directing teams with extra ammunition and empty wagons for carrying the men
to follow as soon as harnessed, Capt. Marsh with Interpreter Quinn and forty- six
men marched for the agency, within thirty minutes of the first alarm, leaving
at Fort Eidgley twenty-nine men under command of Lieut. Gere. Captain.
Marsh and the interpreter were mounted on mules. About three miles out the
teams overtook the command, and, placing the men in the wagons, Capt. Marsh
hastened toward the scene of slaughter, meeting on his way scores of affrighted
citizens fleeing toward the fort for protection. Only six miles from Fort Eidg
ley houses in flames, and mutilated but not yet cold corpses of men, women and
children at the roadside, marked the limit thus far reached by the savages, and
revealed the appalling character of the outbreak; but still in the hope that all
this was the work of some desperate band of outlaws among the Sioux, and
strangely confident that it was in his power to quell the disturbance, Capt. Marsh,
again forming his command on foot, hurried on.

At Faribault's Hill, some three miles distant from the lower agency, the
wagon road descended from the high prairie and crossing a small stream stretched
across a wide bottom land of the Minnesota Eiver, covered at this time with tall
grass, to the ferry. Half way across this bottom, Capt. Marsh halted his com
mand for a moment's rest, and proceeded in single file, advancing in this order
to the ferry house, which stood on the north side of the road some two hundred
feet east of the ferry landing. Here, on the east bank of the river, on either
side of the road, the heavy grass merged with scattered thickets of hazel and
willow, interspersed with open sand patches left by the river's overflow, one
larger thicket extending southward along the river bank some two miles in vary
ing width from twenty to two hundred feet. Across and close to the west bank
were the high bluffs on which the lower agency was located, their steep face

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then covered by a thick growth of young trees and underbrush. Halting at the
ferry house shortly after noon, the boat was discovered to be on the east side in
apparent readiness for the command to use for its crossing, though the dead body
of the ferryman had been found on the road. Up to this time but few Indians
had been seen, and these on the high prairie west of the river, south of the
agency, on their horses. Now appeared some squaws and children on the bluff
west of the river, and near the ferry was a single Indian who seemed marching
as a sentinel. This was the chief White Dog, and Capt. Marsh addressed him
through his interpreter. White Dog said, "Come across; everything is right
over here. We do not want to fight and there will be no trouble. Come over
to the agency and we will hold a council." During this discussion two soldiers
went to the river to obtain water for the men and discovered the heads of many
Indians concealed behind logs in the brush on the opposite side. A drunken
man at the ferry house told the soldiers, " You are all gone up; the Indians are
all around you; that side hill is covered with Indians." Capt. Marsh then
ordered the soldiers forward to the ferryboat. The posts to which the ferry
ropes were attached had apparently been loosened, and pending attention to
these, the command formed in line facing the river. Sergeant John F. Bishop
stepped to the water's edge to fill his cup, and, returning, reported to Capt. Marsh
his belief that Indians were crossing above to the east to surround the command.
The plan of the ambuscade was to withhold the attack until the soldiers were
on the ferryboat, but apparently doubting its exact fulfillment, at this juncture
White Dog leaped back, firing his gun. "Look out!" shouted Quinn, and the
next instant came a volley from the concealed Indians on the west side. Several
men fell at the first fire, among them Interpreter Quinn, riddled by twelve bul
lets; but fortunately most of the volley passed over the heads of the men, and
Capt. Marsh gave the order to fall back to the ferry house. This command had
hardly been uttered when, with demoniac yells, large numbers of the savages
attacked from the east, pouring from the grass and bushes along the road, and
firing from the ferry house and barn, of which they had gained possession. Here
for several minutes ensued a contest, at short range and hand-to-hand, most san
guinary but unequal, the little command holding its ground until nearly half its
numbers had fallen, and Indians by the score lay dead. But Capt. Marsh now
seeing that he would soon be completely surrounded and overpowered gave the
order to gain, if possible, the thicket along the river to the south, this being the
only quarter not held by the savages; and, fighting every inch of the way, fifteen
of the men succeeded in reaching this thicket. Capt. Marsh now only hoped to
reach Fort Eidgley with the remnant of his command. The Indians riddled the
thicket with buckshot and ball, but had the troops no longer at such a serious
disadvantage; and deterred too, by their own heavy losses, they fired at longer
range. Husbanding their now scanty ammunition and gradually working down
the river, the surviving soldiers maintained the fight until four o'clock, by which
time the south end of the thicket was nearly reached. Discovering a large party
of Indians moving down the fort road with the evident intention of intercepting
him at the open ground south of the thicket, and thinking escape possible only
by reaching the west bank, Capt. Marsh determined to cross the river, which
was here some ten rods wide, and, taking his sword and revolver in hand, led the
way. He had succeeded in wading, perhaps two-thirds of the distance, when he
found the water beyond his depth, and, dropping his arms, attempted to swim
across, but had proceeded only a short distance when he called loudly for help.
Privates Brennan, Dunn and VanBuren swain to his assistance, the former reach
ing him as he was sinking the second time. Brennan drew him above the surface
and the captain grasped his shoulder for an instant, but losing his hold, the
brave officer sank beneath the remorseless waters to rise no more. The men
joined their comrades on the shore. The command now devolved on Sergeant
John F. Bishop, the party now comprising, besides himself, three corporals and
eleven privates. Bishop himself had been wounded, Private Svendson was
badly shot and had to be carried, and Bishop decided they must continue south
ward on the east side. Believing that the soldiers had reached the west bank,

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many of the Indians had crossed at an adjacent ford and were hiding in ambush
in a convenient thicket; providentially, an overhanging bank of the river en
abled the little command to pass unperceived those who were opposite the open
ground on the east side; and so, out of the very jaws of death, they passed, car
rying the wounded men, and in momentary expectancy of encountering other
savages. ~No pursuit, however, was made. Five miles from the fort, darkness
approaching, Bishop dispatched two brave men, Privates Dunn and Hutchison,
in advance with the tidings of disaster, and himself reached Fort Bidgley at about
ten o'clock. Eight other men of Capt. Marsh's party afterward reached Fort
Bidgley, having eluded the Indians by hiding in the bushes near the ferry until
nightfall, and escaping in the darkness. Five of the survivors were wounded,
and thus the total loss was one officer drowned, twenty-three men killed and five
wounded. Some weeks later the bodies of the fallen were removed by their sor
rowing comrades to Fort Bidgley, and buried in one grave beside their leader,
Capt. Marsh's body having been recovered in a search made by members of his
company.

FORT BIDGLEY.

On Monday, August 18th, after the departure of Capt. Marsh, refugees from
the surrounding country, mostly women and children, flocked into Fort Bidgley
in large numbers, all bringing tales of murder and desolated homes. The few
available small arms in the fort were furnished to the men who seemed most
likely to handle them to advantage, these men being placed on duty with the
soldiers, of whom, besides the sick and hospital attendants, only twenty-two were
available for active duty. At about noon there arrived at the fort in charge of
C. G. Wykoff, clerk of the Indian superintendent, and his party of four, the long-
expected annuity money, $71,000 in gold. Here this party was of course halted.
As the day passed, the frightened fugitives continued to come in, until at night
fall more than two hundred had arrived. Intelligence from Capt. Marsh so
anxiously awaited came not. Pickets were posted in every direction by Lieut.
Gere in person, instructed, as this duty required nearly every man in the com
mand, to rally promptly on the fort in case of attack in any quarter. Shortly
after dark, the two men sent forward by Sergeant Bishop reached the fort, bring
ing to the young officer in command the direful news of the slaughter of his
comrades and death of his commander; a tale whose import, in view of the pos
sible result to the helpless and wellnigh unprotected mass of frightened human
ity now in his charge, was sufficient to appall the stoutest heart. Knowing,
however, that new regiments were at this time forming at Fort Snelling, the
nearest military post, Lieut. Gere, without a moment's delay, penned a dispatch
to the commanding officer of that post, briefly detailing the situation and ask
ing for immediate reinforcement; also, requesting that officer to acquaint Gov.
Banisey with the state of affairs. This dispatch was written at 8:30 o'clock, and
sent forward immediately by Private "William J. Sturgis, mounted on the best
horse in the garrison. The messenger was also instructed to report the situation
to Lieut. Culver and Agent Galbraith at St. Peter, hastening, if possible, their
return with the men in their charge.

Pending the uncertainty concerning the result of Capt. Marsh's expedition,
apprehension of an attack upon the fort had not been grave, but when the extent
of the disaster to the greater part of its usual garrison was fully known, such a con
tingency was indeed imminent. Immediately upon the dispatch of the courier,
Lieut. Gere ordered the removal of all the women and children, who were scattered
in the frame houses forming three sides of the fort, to the stone building used as
soldiers7 quarters, which stood on the north side of the square; but before this
order could, be executed, one of the citizens on picket fired his gun, and came
running in crying, "Indians!" Panic beyond description seized the refugees,
who rushed frantically for the quarters, terror-stricken men even breaking
through the windows in their haste for safety. The few soldiers, true to their dis
cipline, rallied promptly to their designated positions; the alarm proved false, but
good in effect, as now all but the fighting men were in the quarters; the pickets

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were replaced and the first night of unceasing vigil wore away. The Indians,
hilarious at the desolation they had wrought during the day, were at the agency,
celebrating in mad orgies their successes, and neglected their opportunity to
capture what proved to be the barrier to the devastation of the Minnesota Valley.
Tuesday morning dawned on mingled hope and apprehension for the coming hours,
and when sunlight shone upon the prairies, every quarter was closely scanned
from the roof of the highest building through the powerful telescope fortunately
at hand. At about nine o'clock Indians began congregating on the prairie some
two miles west of the fort, mounted, on foot and in wagons, where, in plain view
from the fort, a council was held. This council was addressed by Little Crow,
and their movements for the day decided upon. While this was in progress,
cheers of welcome announced the arrival at the fort of Lieut. Sheehan with his
fifty men of Company C. The courier dispatched by Capt. Marsh on the previous
day had reached this command at evening, soon after it had gone into camp, forty-
two miles from Fort Eidgley, between New Auburn and Glencoe. Promptly obey
ing the order for his return, Lieut. Sheehan at once struck tents, and the command
commenced its forced march, covering during the night the entire distance trav
ersed in the two preceding days, arriving the first to the rescue, and meriting
high praise. Lieut. Sheehan now took command at Fort Eidgley.

Little Crow's intention had been to attack Fort Eidgley promptly, but at the
council above mentioned it was determined to first proceed to New Ulm, and
soon after the dispersion of the council the Indians were seen passing southward
on the west side of the river. No demonstrations at the fort were made during
the day. Meanwhile, at St. Peter, at 6 P. M. on Monday, news of the outbreak
reached Lieut. Culver and Agent Galbraith. Obtaining there during the night
fifty old Harper's Ferry muskets, the company of recruits in their charge was
armed and a small supply of powder and lead collected. Before morning courier
Sturgis arrived with Lieut. Gere's dispatches, and, fully advised of the perilous
situation they were approaching, at six o'clock Tuesday morning this gallant
party left St. Peter with, barely three rounds of cartridges, and twelve hours
later had reached Fort Eidgley, completing its roll of defenders. Thus aug
mented the effective force at the fort consisted of fifty-one men of Company B,
first lieutenant, N. K. Culver, second lieutenant, T. P. Gere; fifty men of Company
C, first lieutenant, T. J. Sheehan; fifty men Eenville Eangers, James Gorman com
manding; Ordnance Sergeant Jones, U. S. A.; Post Surgeon Muller, Post Sutler
Eandall, and about twenty-five armed citizens, a total of one hundred and eighty
resolute men, Lieut. Sheehan in command of all. The non-combatants now num
bered about three hundred. Men of Company B, who, it will be remembered,
had been instructed and were expert in the use of artillery, were detailed to man
the guns, of which three were put into service, one six-pounder field-piece under
Ordnance Sergeant Jones, two twelve-pounder mountain howitzers, one of them
under Sergeant James G. McGrew of Company B, and one in charge of J. C. Whip-
pie, an artillerist of experience during the Mexican War, who had himself escaped
from the lower agency to the fort. Thus organized the garrison was confident
of a sturdy defense should an attack be made.

The fort, which consisted of a group of buildings standing at intervals, sur
rounding an open square ninety yards across, stood on a spur of the high prairie
tableland which extended from the northwest toward the Minnesota Eiver, that
stream being about one-half mile to the south. Along the east and north side of
this spur, and within easy musket range of the fort, a long and deep ravine ex
tended southeasterly to the main valley; to the south, at a distance of about three
hundred yards, ran the line of a quite abrupt descent to the valley, while from
this line, and nearly opposite the southwest corner of the fort, another lateral
ravine projected into the spur, terminating not over three hundred feet from the
buildings on that angle. The buildings on the east, south and west sides of the
square above referred to were two-story frame houses erected for officers' quar
ters, excepting a one-story storehouse for commissary supplies, which stood adja
cent to the northwest corner, while on the north side stood the two-story barracks
built of stone. In rear, to the north of the barracks, was a row of log buildings

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comprising houses for families of post attaches and the post hospital, while at
the northeast corner, and near the end of the barracks, stood the post bakery
and laundry. Thus, while conveniently arranged for occupancy in time of peace,
neither by location nor construction was the post well adapted to repel attack.
; Repulsed in the attack made at New Ulm on the 19th, Little Crow had de-
' terniined to carry out his original plan and to attempt the capture of Fort
Eidgley, and on Wednesday, August 20th, made his dispositions to this end.
Knowing the facility of approach afforded by the long ravine to the east, also
that the usual park of the artillery was on the west line of the buildings, the
main attacking party was moved down the river valley to the north of this
ravine, thence under its shelter to a point opposite the fort, this movement being
executed under cover and entirely unobserved. To divert attention from the
real point of attack, Little Crow himself, at about 1 o'clock P. M., made his ap
pearance just out of range of the pickets, on the west side of the fort, mounted
on a pony, and apparently inviting conference. Sergeant Bishop, at the time
sergeant of the guard, endeavored to induce his nearer approach, but without
success. At this juncture the advance of the party approaching from the north
east was discovered by the pickets on that side, and skirmishing commenced.
Lieut. Sheehan ordered the troops to form in line on the west side of the parade
ground at the south end of the commissary building, facing east. By this time
the Indians coming up the hill from the ravine had reached the level ground,
and, driving in the pickets, poured a heavy volley through the opening at the
northeast, gaining possession of some of the outbuildings at that quarter. Lieut.
Gere was ordered with a detachment of Company B directly to the point of at
tack, and moved at double-quick, stationing Whipple with his howitzer in
the opening between the bakery and the next building to the south; a detach
ment of Company C moved on a run around the north end of the barracks to the
row of log buildings, while McGrew wheeled his .howitzer rapidly to the north
west corner of the fort and went into position on the west side of the most west
erly building in the row. All these forces were at once engaged in a hard fight
at short range.

The infantry, advantageously located around Whipple, kept up a hot fire,
enabling him to work his gun to good advantage, and some admirable work was
here performed. The men of Company C similarly covered McGrew' s operations.
McGrew first trained his gun to bear northeasterly on the most northerly point
at which the enemy appeared, and from which a heavy fire was coming; but his
fuse had been cut for a range of a quarter of a mile and the first shell, though
passing close to the grass, exploded over the ravine. Running his piece quickly
behind the building, McGrew cut his next fuse to its shortest limit, reloaded,
ran the howitzer out amidst a shower of bullets, and exploded his second shell
in the very midst of this extremely troublesome party, wholly dislodging the
savages from their position. The converging fire of these two howitzers, with
their musketry supports, soon drove the Indians from the buildings they had
reached and forced them back to the line of the ravine. The plan to capture the
fort in the first rush had been frustrated. Meanwhile, upon the attack at the
east, the pickets in other directions, in accordance with their instructions, had
rallied on the fort, and Little Crow quickly closed in with the balance of his force
on the west and south to divert, as far as possible, the defense from his main
attack. Ordnance Sergeant Jones, with his six-pounder field-piece, took position
at the opening at the southwest angle of the square, supported by Lieuts. Culver
and Gorman, while the remaining men were posted in and around the various
buildings and sheds in the most advantageous positions obtainable. Jones' posi
tion was particularly exposed by reason of the short ravine before described, up
which the savages swarmed to easy musket range in large numbers, compelling
him to deliver his fire under the most trying circumstances.

It becoming soon apparent that the Indians were in large enough force to
maintain a continuous siege if so disposed, and that all the artillery ammunition
was likely to be required, it was decided to remove at once into the stone build
ings, from the magazine, the ammunition remaining there, consisting principally

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of the supply for the extra field-pieces. The magazine stood on the open prairie
to the northwest and distant some two hundred yards, the one quarter from
which the Indians could not approach under cover. McGrew now took position
so as to command any locality from which men detailed for this duty could be
reached by the enemy, and the ammunition was all safely brought in. Little
Crow's original plan having met with such vigorous repulse on the northeast, /
the attacking force was distributed to all quarters, and the battle became general.
For five hours an incessant fire was kept up on the fort. The men in the garrison
were directed to waste no ammunition and fired only when confident their shots
would be effective, but found sufficient opportunity to maintain a steady
return of the enemy's fire. The artillery did most efficient service in all direc
tions throughout the entire engagement. At dark the firing ceased, but the men ,
remained each where night found him, all in almost momentary expectation
of further attack by the wily foe. Little Crow had, however, withdrawn his
forces to the lower agency. Eain commenced falling at midnight and continued
throughout most of the following day. Thursday passed without an engagement,
and the day was improved by the construction of barricades, made of everything
available, for the better protection of the gunners, especially at the southwest
corner where Jones was in position. A twelve-pounder field-piece was manned
and put in position in reserve on the parade ground under Sergeant Bishop of
Company B; otherwise, the officers, men and guns remained in the positions as
signed in Wednesday's battle, and so continued generally during the remainder
of the siege.

But Little Crow believing that Fort Eidgley once taken his path to the Mis
sissippi would be comparatively clear, resolved to make one more desperate at
tempt at its capture, and on Friday, August 22d, his numbers having been
largely augmented, a second and more furious attack was made. At about 1
o'clock P. M., dismounting and leaving their ponies a mile distant, with demoniac
yells the savages surrounded the fort and at once commenced a furious musketry
fire. The garrison returned the fire with equal vigor and with great effect on the
yelling demons, who at first hoped by force of numbers to effect a quick entrance
and had exposed themselves by a bold advance. This was soon checked, but
from the cover of the slopes their fire was unceasing, while the very prairie
seemed alive with those whose heads were clothed with turbans made of grass to
conceal their movements. Little Crow's plan in this attack, in case the first
dash from all sides proved unsuccessful, was to pour a heavy continuous fire into
the fort from every direction, exhausting the garrison as much as possible, and to
carry the fort later by assault upon the southwest corner. To this end he col
lected the greater portion of his forces in that quarter, and, taking possession of
the government stables and sutler's store, the fire literally riddled the buildings
at that angle. It was found necessary to shell these buildings to dislodge the
foe, resulting in their complete destruction by fire. Attempts were made to fire
the fort by means of burning arrows but the roofs being damp from recent
rains, all efforts to this end were futile. Still, in pursuance of the plan of battle,
the hail of bullets, the whizzing of arrows, and the blood-curdling war-whoop
were incessant. From the ravine to the northeast came an especially heavy at
tack, the object being to divert as far as practicable the defense to this side, and
here was some gallant and effective service again performed. Whipple from the
northeast corner, protected in every discharge by the hot musketry fire of Gere's
detachment and the men of Company C to the left, swept the very grass to its
roots all along the crest of the slope, while McGrew, improving the opportunity,
with most conspicuous bravery ran his howitzer out from the northwest corner
to the very edge of the ravine and delivered several enfilading volleys of canister
down along the hillside, practically sweeping the savages from their position.

Now began the convergence to the southwest, the Indians passing from the
opposite side in either direction. In moving around the northwest corner a
wide detour was necessary to avoid McGrew's range, but the open prairie rendered
the movement plainly apparent. Divining its object, McGrew hastily reported
to Jones what was transpiring, and was authorized to bring out the twenty-

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four pounder, still iu park, with which McGrew went into position on the west
line of the fort and at the south end of the commissary building. Meanwhile
the fire in front of Jones' gun had become so hot and accurate as to splinter al
most every lineal foot of timber along the top of his barricades, but he still re
turned shells at shortest possible range, himself and his gunners most gallantly
exposing themselves in this service. During an interval in the fusilade Lit
tle Crow was heard urging, in the impassioned oratory of battle, the assault on
the position. Jones double charged his piece with canister and reserved his
fire; meanwhile McGrew had fired one shot from the twenty-four pounder at the
party passing around the northeast, and, training his gun westerly, dropped his
second shell afc the point where this party had by this time joined the reserve of
squaws, ponies and 'dogs west of the main body. A great stampede resulted;
the gun was swung to the left, bringing its line of fire between the two bodies of
Indians. Its ponderous reverberations echoed up the valley as though twenty
guns had opened, while the frightful explosion of its shells struck terror to the
savages and effectually prevented a consolidation of the forces. At this junc
ture Jones depressed his piece and fired close to the ground, killing and wound
ing seventeen savages of the party who had nerved themselves for the final as
sault. Completely demoralized by this unexpected slaughter, firing suddenly
ceased and the attacking party precipitately withdrew, their hasty retreat at
tended by bursting shells until they were beyond range of the guns. Thus,
after six hours of continuous blazing conflict, alternately lit up by the flames of
burning buildings and darkened by whirling clouds of smoke, terminated the
second and last attack.

During the engagement, many of the men becoming short of musketry am
munition, spherical case shot were opened in the barracks and women worked
with busy hands, making cartridges, while men cut nail rods in short pieces to
use as bullets, the dismal whistling of which strange missiles was as terrifying
to the savages as were their fiendish yells to the garrison. Incredible as it may
appear, during these engagements at Fort Eidgley the loss of the garrison was
only three men killed and thirteen wounded. Fighting on the defensive, and
availing themselves of all the shelter afforded by buildings and barricades, the
infantry were admirably protected ; while, as before noted, as each piece of ar
tillery was fired the enemy was kept down by a hot musketry fire. The num
ber of Indians engaged in the attack on the 20th is estimated at 500 to 600, and
in the battle of the 22d 1,200 to 1,500. Their loss in the two days could hardly
have been less than 100, judging from the number found buried afterward in the
immediate vicinity of the fort.

It was a battle on the part of the garrison to prevent a charge by the savages,
which, had it been made, could hardly have failed, as Little Crow seemed confi
dent, to result in the destruction of the garrison and the consequent horrible
massacre of its three hundred refugees. It is but truth to add that no man in
the garrison failed to do his duty, and that, worn by fatigue and suspense, and
exhausted by loss of sleep, to the end every man was at his post bravely meet
ing whatever danger confronted him. The conspicuous gallantry of the artiller
ists was the theme of general praise, and the great value of their services was
conceded by all, while the active and intelligent support that rendered their
work possible is entitled to no less credit. Post Surgeon Muller was active in
attention to the wounded and ill, nobly seconded by his brave wife, who was,
throughout the dark days, an angel of mercy and comfort to the sufferers, and
who, with many other ladies, admirably illustrated the quality of most praise
worthy courage in the midst of surrounding danger. While the withdrawal of
the Indians on the 22d terminated the fighting at Fort Eidgley, the weary gar
rison could not be aware that such would be the case, nor for a moment relax its
vigilance; hence the forces continued to occupy the positions to which they had
by this time become accustomed. The construction of a line of earthwork on the
south side of the fort was begun, the roof of the commissary building was cov
ered with earth to prevent fire, and the barricades were strengthened as much as
possible. Four more long days of suspense ensued, no word from friend or foe

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reaching the garrison until the morning of Wednesday, August 27th, just nine
days after the first dispatch for help had been sent by courier, when Col. Samuel
McPhail, of the Minnesota mounted troops, and Win. E. Marshall, at that time
a special agent dispatched by Governor Eamsey to hasten the relief of Fort
Eidgiey, rode into the fort with one hundred and seventy-five volunteer citizen
horsemen, having left St. Peter at 4 o'clock P. M. on the day previous, the ad
vance of the expedition under General Sibley, whose infantry reached the fort
on the 28th. Thus was terminated the siege, and with its end came the much
needed rest to the exhausted garrison. l

During the early progress of General Sibley 's campaign against Little Crow
Company B remained in garrison at Bidgley. Lieut. Sheehan left with his de
tachment of Company C on September 18th to join his company at Fort Eipley.
Company B marched for Fort Snelling on November 9th, as part of the escort
under Col. W. E. Marshall accompanying the captured Indians en route to that
post. Uniting there with Company C, these two companies proceeded south and
joined their regiment near Oxford, Mississippi, on Dec. 12, 1862.

FOBT ABERCROMBIE.

Company D, Capt. John Yander Horck, was mustered into service March
15, 1862, and was ordered the same day to proceed to Fort Abercrombie, D.
T., to relieve the troops stationed at that post. The company arrived on the
29th of March, and Capt. Yauder Horck took command of the post the next
day. The order to proceed to Fort Abercrombie also stated that a detachment
should be stationed at Georgetown, fifty-two miles north of the fort, on the Eed
Eiver of the North; accordingly thirty men under command of First Lieut.
Francis A. Cariveau were ordered to take station at Georgetown. Fort Aber
crombie, the post proper at this time, consisted of but three buildings; the
men's quarters for one company, the commissary building and commanding offi
cer's quarters. Along the river bank a few scattering log huts were occupied by
half-breeds, the interpreter and other attaches of the post. Fortifications there
were none at all, not even a board fence. August 13th the commanding officer
received orders to guard an Indian treaty train which was to arrive at the fort
about the 19th en route to Eed Lake, where a council was to be held with the
Eed Lake Indians. Upon the arrival of the treaty commission at St. Cloud
the report of the Indian outbreak reached them. The order to guard the treaty
train was thereupon countermanded, and instructions issued to detain the train
at the fort. This order, however, was not received until the 20th of August,
after the train had already left its camp on Whisky Creek, about two miles
from the post. This last order was accompanied with a proof slip from a St.
Cloud newspaper, containing dispatches of the Indian outbreak. This was the
first notice at Fort Abercrombie that the Indians were on the warpath. A
courier was immediately dispatched to Mr. Thompson, who was in charge of the
treaty train, to return to the post for protection. The courier also carried orders
to Lieut. Cariveau to return with his command to the fort immediately. The
treaty train came back about noon the same day, and the detachment from
Georgetown arrived on the third day following.

As soon as the news of the outbreak reached the fort the garrison began to
construct fortifications of earthen breastworks, hewed logs, etc. When the de
tachment from Georgetown arrived, ten men under command of Lieut. John

1 List of killed and wounded Fifth Minnesota Infantry Volunteers in battle of Redwood
and siege of Fort Eidgiey: Company B — Drowned, Capt. John S. Marsh. Killed, First Sergt.
R. H. Findley, Sergt. S. A. Trescott, Corp. J. S. Besse; Privates C. R. Bell, E. F. Cole, C. E.
French, John Gardner, J. A. Gehring, John Holmes, C. Joerger, D. Kanzig, J. H. Kerr, W. Kusda,
H. McAllister, W. Norton, J. W. Parks, M. P. Parks, John Parsley, H. Phillips, N. Pitcher, H. A.
Shepherd, C. W. Smith, N. Steward. Wounded, Sergt. J. F. Bishop; Privates W. H. Blodgett, E.
Rose, W. A. Sutherland, O. Svendson, Wm. Good, A. Ruffridge, J. R. Spornitz. Company C—
Killed, Private M. M. Greer. Wounded, Sergt. F. A. Blackmer, Corp. D. Porter. Privates P.
Harris, A. Luther, Isaac Shortledge. Total killed, 25; wounded, 13. The bodies of the dead
were buried in one grave in the cemetery at Fort Ridgley, and in 1873 a handsome monument
bearing their names was erected there by the State of Minnesota.

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Groetch were detailed to reconnoiter as far as Breckeuridge (a distance of fifteen
miles), if possible. They arrived there without having seen an Indian, but
found that the inmates of the hotel, three men, a woman and a child, had been
murdered and terribly mutilated. This was the first evidence secured that the
Indians were in the vicinity. The same evening there was observed in the direc
tion of Breckenridge a large fire, and the belief that the Indians had fired the
large four-story hotel, the only building in the place, was confirmed by another
scouting party under Lieut. Groetch the next day. This scouting detachment found
an old lady, Mrs. Ryan, creeping along the river bank at Breckenridge, having
been shot by an Indian at her place, a station about twelve miles east of Breck
enridge. She reported that the Indians had also fatally shot her son and kid
naped her little grandson. She was taken to the fort, and under the skillful
care of Dr. Brown, the post surgeon, soon recovered. August 23d, Mr. Kent and
Mr. Tarble, citizens, were dispatched to St. Paul to report the situation, and
ask for reinforcements and ammunition. These gentlemen left the fort at night
without escort. Quiet now prevailed for a few days, no one believing that
the Indians would attack the fort; even the interpreter, Joseph Demarais, a half-
breed, did not think it probable. In the meantime work upon the breastworks
was prosecuted as rapidly as possible. About the 29th of August a good protec
tion had been provided, and in the bastion of the work on the southwest corner
of the garrison there was placed a twelve- pound howitzer. This commanded the
approaches to the south and west line of the fortifications. Another howitzer
was placed in a log house to protect the north and east sides of the garrison, and
also as a defense against an attack from Slab Town, the old site of Fort Aber-
crombie. A third howitzer was placed near the men's quarters. These three
pieces were manned by experienced men of Company D, who had been in the
artillery service in Germany. About 2 p. M., August 30th, a party of Indians
appeared within a mile of the fort, near the Wild Eice Eiver, and drove off a
herd of stock grazing in the vicinity. That evening two more messengers were
sent to St. Paul with duplicate dispatches, stating what had transpired. The
following morning a detachment was sent out to recover the stock, if possible,
and returned in the evening with about forty head. The Indians made no
demonstrations for several days, except to watch our movements, from the thick
underbrush across the river. The work on the fortifications was continued. The
men were much exhausted, half of them being on guard during the day while
the other half worked on the breastworks. During the nights the whole com
mand was on guard, half being on post at a time, the relief occurring every two
hours. It was feared that the men thus tired out would relax in their vigilance,
and to guard against this, the officer of the day made the rounds at night every
two hours, and the commanding officer visited the guard and post every night,
usually before daybreak. On the 3d of September, Capt. Vander Horck and
the orderly sergeant inspected the outside picket line, between four and five
o'clock, as usual; on reaching the last post of the line, the guard, mistaking the
party for Indians, fired. The shot wounded the captain in the right arm. The
guard, in explanation, claimed he had seen Indians crawling near the line during
the night. At daybreak, an hour later, while Dr. Brown was dressing Capt.
Vander Horck' s wound, the Indians attacked the post from the south side, in
large force. First Lieut. Cariveau being sick, Lieut. Groetch was ordered to
take command of the post. The fight lasted from 5 to 11 A. M. , when the Indians
were repulsed and retired to their camp south of the fort. It was estimated that
over four hundred warriors participated in the attack. Many of the Indians
were killed and wounded, the loss of the garrison being but two, Corp. Nicolas
Hettinger wounded in the right shoulder and Private Edwin D. Steel e in the
abdomen, of which he died September 7th. After the fight was over and the In
dians had retreated, it was ascertained that there were but three hundred and
fifty rounds of musket ammunition left in the garrison. The arms in the hands of
the men were the Harper's Ferry muskets, caliber 69, and on leaving Fort Snelling
the command was furnished with only 2,000 rounds of ammunition, the company
commander being told that there were 40,000 cartridges at Fort Abercrombie.

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On examination, however, it was found that these cartridges were 58-caliber.
This discovery was made in April, and the commanding officer at once made requi
sition for 20,000 rounds 69-caliber to the chief of ordnance. About the 1st of
May he was advised that the requisition had been ordered to be filled from the St.
Louis arsenal. Not hearing from it, a report was made to the chief of ordnance
about June 10th. July 30th notice was received from the St. Louis arsenal that
ammunition would be shipped, but none reached the post before the attack. For
tunately, there were on hand several cases of canister for the twelve-pound how
itzers, which contained round balls of caliber 69; these were used for the muskets,
the powder for the cartridges being obtained from the treaty train. The canisters
were refilled with broken pieces of cast iron and other materials. In this way
about 2,000 cartridges were provided. The ladies of the garrison rendered
material assistance in making them.

September 4th and 5th frequent shots were fired from across the river. About
daybreak on the 6th the Indians attacked the post with an increased force. They
succeeded in getting into the stable, where a sharp fight took place for about
ten minutes. Two Indians were killed and many wounded, and two of our men
slightly wounded. After being driven from the stable the Indians attacked the
fort from three sides, south, east and north. The hottest of the contest was at
the commissary buildings, and at this point the howitzer did very effective ser
vice, as was shown by the fact that the Indians left their dead upon the battle
field. Eight or ten dead were found there, half buried in the sand, on the bank
of the river. On the west side of the new commissary building there was also
a hot contest. Here was a small breastwork of hewed logs, defended by about
ten privates under Sergeants William Deutch and Fred Simon. This small force
fought nobly, though greatly outnumbered, and succeeded in killing and wound
ing many braves. Two of the killed were within thirty or forty feet of the breast
works. The Indians failing to penetrate the garrison at these two points, con
centrated their entire force at the southeast corner near the stables and the
ferry. Here the fight, at times most furious, lasted until 3 p. M., the Indians
losing many warriors. The post interpreter, Joseph Demarais (a half-breed),
subsequently learned from the attacking force that their losses were so great they
were discouraged from renewing the attempt to take the fort. Our loss was one
killed, Private Wm. Siegel, and two wounded, in the whole day's fight.

From this date there were no further attacks except from small squads of
Indians, who would fire at the fort from the opposite side of the river. On the
21st of September two more dispatch carriers were sent to St. Paul, with an escort
of ten soldiers and ten citizens to accompany them a part of the way. This de
tachment on its return was ambushed by thelndians, and one soldier, Wm. Schulz,
and a citizen, Mr. Wright, were killed. September 23d brought reinforcements,
about five hundred strong, under command of Capt. Burger. Immediately after
this Company D was relieved and ordered to join its regiment in the South, which
it did at Germantown, Tenn., on the 14th of February, 1863.

FORT EIPLEY.

There was a #iwm-understanding between the Sioux and Chippewa Indians
that they should make common war upon the whites, notwithstanding the two
Indian nations were hereditary enemies, either of whom would kill the other at
sight, and the one who took the scalp wore an eagle's feather. At the time of
the Sioux outbreak a portion of the Chippewa Indians had gathered at Gull Lake,
about twenty-five miles north of Fort Eipley, which at that time was one of the
frontier military posts, and, being only about ten miles from the Chippewa Agen
cy, served as its defense.

This post, before the war, was usually garrisoned by a company of regu
lars, but during the summer of 1862 the command consisted of thirty men of
Company C, Fifth Minnesota Volunteers, under command of Capt. Francis Hall,
the balance of the company being away on detached service, under command of
Lieut. T. J. Sheehan, at Fort Kidgley, where they nobly aided in the defense of

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the fort against a large body of Sioux. Fort Eipley was situated on the west
bank of the Mississippi Eiver, one hundred and thirty miles by wagon road north,
of St. Paul and fifty miles from St. Cloud.

This troop, small as it was, seemed sufficient, as no one had anticipated trou
ble with the Indians who for years had been perfectly friendly with the whites,
so much so, that "Good Injun" was applied to all except a few wild bucks who
would occasionally fill themselves with fire-water and amuse themselves by carv
ing each other with hunting knives; but as this diversion was among themselves
no one felt any uneasiness. The boys at the fort spent their time in hunting and
fishing and such other amusements as their ingenuity might invent; consequent
ly it was a season of pleasure to this little band until a messenger from the
agency brought the intelligence that the Indians at Gull Lake were killing cattle
and were about to commence war upon the whites.

The Indian agent, Maj. Walker, requested the commander of the post to send
soldiers to the agency to protect the government property. A glance at the
situation revealed our helpless condition. Our arms consisted of old " Brown
rifles," without bayonets, and for which we had no cartridges. We had four six-
pound howitzers standing on the river bank, where they were usually kept dur
ing the summer months. For these we had ammunition, but only one man had
ever loaded a gun larger than a blacksmith's anvil. That man was Ordnance
Sergeant Frantzkey of the regular army, who was appointed to that position as
a reward for twenty years7 service in the regular army, and assigned to duty in
charge of ordnance at that post. The fort consisted of several one-story frame
buildings, situated so as to form three sides of a square, the fourth side being the
Mississippi Eiver, which at this point runs from east to west. On the southwest
corner upon the river bank, and the northeast corner diagonally opposite, were
block houses, built of logs, with port-holes from which the cannon could com
mand the four sides, providing there had been gunners to man them all. Be
tween the buildings forming the fort were openings from ten to twenty-five feet
wide, through which any one might enter the inclosure unobstructed, except on
the east side, where a stockade had been built of logs placed on end.

The reader can judge how helpless we would have been had the Indians at
tacked us unawares. Fortunately, however, we were warned of the approach
ing danger by a chief of the Pillager band, named Bad Boy, who refused to join
with Hole-in-the-Day, head chief of the Chippewas, in his war upon the whites,
and, to escape the wrath of the other tribes, took refuge at the fort with his
family and a few of his tribe.

Upon receipt of the message from the agency all hands were set at work by
candle-light making cartridges. At daylight, the morning of the 20th, the
writer with twenty men started for the agency, leaving the fort in charge of Ser
geant Frantzkey. We had proceeded as far as Crow Wing village, seven miles
from the fort, where we met Indian Agent Walker, with all the whites at the
agency, in full retreat, having abandoned the government property. They re
ported the Indians were coming down from Gull Lake in force, and an attack
was expected at any time.

Walker then issued the following order:

"CnippEWA AGENCY, MINN.,
"COMMANDER AT FORT EIPLEY: Aug. 19, 1862.

"You are hereby directed to proceed immediately to the house of Puga-Nege-
Sliek, or Hole-in-the-Day, in Crow Wing, or wherever else you may find him,
and then arrest and at the fort or elsewhere hold him in close confinement until
otherwise ordered. Your obedient servant,

"Lucius C. WALKER,

" Indian Agent."

Walker thought by arresting the ringleader a check would be put upon the
outbreak. A good house had been built for Hole-in-the-Day near the river,
about two miles from Crow Wing village, where he lived with his squaws (three
in number) and a few of his trusty lieutenants, for it was necessary for him to

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keep a body guard, being acknowledged as head chief of all the Chippewas.
Many of the tribes feared and hated him, as was proven a few years later when
some of the Pillager Indians shot him from ambush, killing him on the spot.

Thinking we might find him at his house, we started in that direction. Just
as we got outside the village we discovered him in company with another chief,
whom we succeeded in capturing, together with a six-shot Colt rifle, the prop
erty of Hole-in-the-Day. Suspecting what our intentions were, Hole-in-the-Day
took to his heels, the soldiers in hot pursuit, through the woods. Having a better
knowledge of the paths around the marshes, he succeeded in reaching his house
in time to give the alarm to his squaws and Indian friends, who made their escape
across the river in canoes. Sergeant D. K. Stacy and Privates Horning and
Godley came up just in time to see them land, and give them the command to
halt. This order not being obeyed, a bullet was sent after them, which fire was
promptly returned. Several shots were exchanged. When Horning shot, Hole-
in-the-Day fell. We afterward learned that he was confined to his tepee for
several days, and we supposed he was wounded, though we could never learn
positively, for an Indian considers it a great disgrace to be wounded, and will
keep it secret if possible.

Having failed in capturing the object of our chase, we returned to the fort,
and Sergeant Stacy started for St. Paul to advise the governor of the situation,
and ask for reinforcements. Mounted upon a mule, the sergeant made good
time, and reached St. Cloud in time to catch the stage for St. Paul.

Upon our return to the fort, the ordnance sergeant was ordered to move the
howitzers into the block houses, and instruct the soldiers how to use them.
This move, as was afterward learned, saved us an attack, and consequently our
scalps, for had the Indians made a determined effort we could not have success
fully resisted it. Hole-in-the-Day had sent scouts to watch our movements, and
when they reported that we had moved the big guns from the river bank to
the block houses they were puzzled, and concluded to wait until the Eed Lake
Indians joined them, notwithstanding they had two hundred and seventy-five war
riors at Gull Lake, only twenty-five miles from the fort.

It is a matter of history that the outbreak of the Sioux was hastened by a few
wild young bucks who commenced their depredations before the older ones
were ready to strike. A similar state of affairs existed among the Chippewas.
They were not ready to attack, but the early depredations and the timely infor
mation furnished by old Bad Boy put us on our guard, which, together with the
fear an Indian entertains for a big gun, saved the whole northern part of the
state from their murderous designs.

Agent Walker with his family started for St. Paul, and when a few miles
from St. Cloud committed suicide, whether from fear or remorse no one ever
knew. Immediate steps were taken to strengthen our position. Martial law
was declared. All white citizens were ordered to take refuge at the fort and
assist in its defense. An additional stockade was commenced and barriers placed
at the opening between the buildings. Gov. Bamsey immediately ordered Capt.
Tattersall, Company H, Sixth Minnesota, Capt. Libby, Company G, Seventh
Minnesota, and Capt. Burt, Company C, Seventh Minnesota, to go to our relief.
They arrived at the fort about the last of August. Capt. Hall having heard of
the trouble hastened his return and resumed command of the post before rein
forcements arrived. The Bed Lake and Leach Lake Indians joined Hole-in-the
Day, making his force number about five hundred warriors, who moved their
camp from Gull Lake to near the agency on the west bank of the Mississippi,
north of the Crow Wing Biver, and about ten miles from the fort. The junc
tion, however, was too late, as reinforcements were within reaching distance of
the fort.

Immediately following the troops came Mr. Dole, commissioner of Indian
affairs, accompanied by C. W. Thompson, superintendent of Indian affairs for
Minnesota, John G. Nicolay, President Lincoln's private secretary, and several
persons of less note from Washington and other Eastern cities, making a party
of about thirty.

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Com. Dole sent a messenger to his royal highness Hole-in-the-Day, requesting
an audience, to which the wily chief gave assent. It was arranged that a council
should be held at Crow Wing village the next day, to which place the commis
sioner went, accompanied by his body guard, one company of infantry and a
detachment of Company C, Fifth Minnesota, all under command of Capt. Hall,
to meet, as they supposed, the chiefs of the various tribes. Imagine our sur
prise when we found ourselves surrounded by the whole force of Indians. The
situation was anything but pleasant, but fortunately Hole-in-the-Day, who was a
very shrewd fellow, expecting to gain more by diplomacy than by war, was will
ing to concede to the demand of Capt. Hall, that the Indians who had taken
possession of the road leading to the fort "must withdraw or they would be

blown to in five minutes." The commissioner was not ready to treat with

them at such disadvantage, and by various pretexts adjourned the council until
the next day, when we took the precaution to increase our force one company of
infantry and a six-pound howitzer. It was whispered that there would be some
fun that day, but not an Indian appeared upon the scene.

The Indian traders and some of the Indians had taken a dislike to Agent
Walker, and when they learned of his death one cause of their trouble was re
moved. Knowing that their game had been checkmated, they were only too
willing to negotiate with Com. Dole for a treaty of peace and disperse. Com.
Dole returned to Washington, the citizens to their houses and the soldiers went
South to take part in the War of the Eebellion.

It is impossible to measure the magnitude of the service to Minnesota and to
her people of the gallant defense of Forts Eidgley and Abercrombie, and the
vigilance of the garrison at Fort Eipley, nor would it hardly be possible to
exaggerate it. With scarcely a warning signal, the state was precipitated into
all the horrors of an Indian war. The entire Sioux nation was upon the war
path. With fire and tomahawk they had desolated and depopulated a wide
stretch of the frontier, and were sweeping onward toward the populous portions
of the state. The Chippewas in the north were restless and eager to join them.
They were crouching, ready to sound their war-whoop and spring into the fray.
Had these outposts fallen, a horde of barbarians from the north would have made
common cause with these savages of the west, and the fairest portions of Min
nesota would have become their easy prey.

Aside from the garrisons of these forts the state was practically in a defense
less condition. She had suffered a serious drain of her able-bodied men for
service in the Eebellion, and though she had yet ample material for her defense,
it required time to rally and organize it. The desperate stand made at these
posts arrested the progress of the savages in the west, caused those in the
north to hesitate, and gave time for the authorities and the people to come to
the rescue, and save the populous portions of the state from the horrors of deso
lation and death that had lain the frontier waste. Minnesota can never forget the
debt of gratitude she owes to these gallant men of the Fifth Minnesota for this
most timely and effective service.

IN THE REBELLION. — BATTLE OF FARMINGTON AND SIEGE OF CORINTH.

The seven companies1 not engaged in frontier service were ordered South in
May, 1862, and on the 24th of that month reported to Gen. John Pope, in the
field before Corinth, Miss., and were assigned to the Second Brigade, First Divis
ion, Army of the Mississippi. The regiment had hardly time to establish its
camp and realize its surroundings before it was brought into action. On the
28th of May, four days after it had reached the front, it participated in the bat
tle of Farmington, one of the most important of a series of actions that culmi-

1 Company A, Capt. Josiah R. Dartt; Company E, Capt. John C. Becht; Company F, Capt.
Ebenezer F. Rice; Company G, Capt. Orlando Eddy; Company H, Capt. Otis S. Clark; Company
I, Capt. Luther E. Clark; Company K, Capt. Gold T. Curtis.

IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. 261

Hated in the capture of Corinth. Though this was its baptism of fire the regiment
bore itself with the gallantry of veterans, and contributed its full quota of cas
ualties to the list of killed and wounded. Its first campaign began with a battle
and was followed by a succession of forced marches in an effort to outstrip and
outflank a column of retreating rebels who had evacuated Corinth. The partici
pants in that campaign will ever retain a vivid recollection of those terrible
marches under the scorching rays of that Mississippi sun. The regiment made
many equally hard marches later in the war, but then it had become seasoned,
and was capable of enduring anything. This was its initiation. The men were
fresh from the cool and exhilarating atmosphere of Minnesota. They were vig
orous in body and strong in spirit. They had prepared themselves for service
by much drilling and strict attention to soldierly duty during the preceding
winter, and thought they were equal to any possible campaign service, but by
the time the pursuit of the enemy was abandoned and the regiment reached
Camp Clear Creek, on its return to the vicinity of Corinth, they realized there
were sterner realities in war than had been " dreamed of in their philosophy. "
It required many days to recover from the fatigue and exhaustion of this brief
campaign, and too many, alas! never recovered at all. There were more deaths
in the regiment resulting from the excessive effort required and the intolerable
heat endured during these marches than it suffered in some of the most desperate
battles in which it was subsequently engaged. The capture of Corinth resulted
in the abandonment by the rebels of western Tennessee and northern Alabama
and Mississippi. The Union lines were established along the Memphis & Charles
ton railroad from Memphis on the Mississippi River to Decatur on the Tennessee,
and beyond. For some weeks following the army did little else than occupy the
country. The Fifth Minnesota lay for some time in Camp Clear Creek, during
July participating in an expedition, without adventure, to Eienzi, a few miles
south, and in August was given charge of a stretch of the railroad referred to in
the vicinity of Tuscumbia, Ala.

The regiment did not enjoy life much at Camp Clear Creek. It was an un
healthy locality. Disease lurked in the earth and in the air, and its seeds be
came implanted in the constitutions of many of the men. Since the war, the
writer has been much impressed, when furnishing certificates in support of ap
plications for pensions made by members of the regiment, by the large propor
tion who trace their disability to disease contracted while on duty at Camp
Clear Creek, Miss. The surroundings near Tuscumbia were more favorable.
The country was healthy, and abounded in supplies that in a large measure sup
planted, or at least relieved, the monotony of the historical hardtack and side
bacon. While the regiment was on duty here Col. Borgersrode resigned, and,
in consequence, Lieutenant Colonel Hubbard and Major Gere were promoted one
grade each, and Capt. Hall of Company C commissioned as major.

BATTLES OF IUKA AND SECOND CORINTH.

The summer's quiet in northern Alabama was occasionally slightly dis
turbed by a guerrilla raid, with no result other than to relieve the monotony of
camp life. The repose of the regiment, however, was ruthlessly broken in
September. The rebel generals Van Dorn and Price had organized during the
summer a large force in central Mississippi, and had commenced a movement
northward. The Union army was ordered to hastily concentrate near Corinth.
The regiment moved westward as far as luka, where it joined the balance of the
Second Brigade, then commanded by Col. Murphy of the Eighth Wisconsin.
By the time it got there the place was threatened by a column of the enemy, and
Murphy was ordered to hold the place until the stores, of which there was a
large accumulation, could be removed. Murphy made his dispositions for de
fense, but upon learning the strength of the threatening force, decided to destroy
the stores and continue the movement toward Corinth. In leaving luka the
Fifth Minnesota acted as rear guard, and was charged with the duty of keeping
at bay any pursuing force. It had no trouble with the enemy in the discharge

262 THE FIFTH REGIMENT.

of this duty, but was nearly overwhelmed and almost trampled into the earth
by a mob of 5,000 or more contrabands with their worldly effects, who crowded
the column on flank and rear, in their eager efforts to escape the dangers of rebel
pursuit.

At the first bivouac from luka, Murphy was arrested for disobedience of orders,
and the troops ordered to countermarch under command of Col. Mower of the
Eleventh Missouri, the next senior colonel of the brigade. The purpose of this
movement, as the event seemed to prove, was a reconnaissance with a view to ascer
tain the strength of the enemy. The fact was soon developed that Price with
several rebel divisions was in occupation of luka, and our forces thereupon retired
to the main body of the army near Corinth. Gen. Rosecrans, who was then in
command of the Union army, determined to attack Price at once, and two days
thereafter, Sept. 19, 1862, occurred the bloody battle of luka, in which the Second
Brigade actively participated. It was a decisive victory for the Union arms, but
the bulk of the rebel army succeeded in getting away in a shattered condition,
retreating in the direction from whence it came. Price rejoined Yan Dorn, who
was near Pontotoc, Miss., some miles southwest of Corinth, and in a few days -the
combined force of the enemy was put in motion on its northward march. Rose
crans concentrated all available troops in or near Corinth, which had been forti
fied with elaborate earthworks.

On the 3d of October the combined forces of Price and Yan Dorn made a
vigorous attack upon Rosecrans' lines, and by the evening of that day had driven
them almost into the defenses of Corinth. The Fifth Minnesota was posted on
the morning of the 3d at a crossing of Tuscumbia Creek, about four miles out, with
orders to dispute its passage by the enemy. The point was southeasterly from
the town, while the approach of the enemy was from the west. The regiment
saw no enemy, the entire region being covered with a heavy growth of timber, but
it could correctly judge of the progress of the fight by the discharges of artillery
and musketry. It was evident that our lines were being pressed back, as the
sounds of the battle became nearer and more distinct. Toward evening the sound
of the conflict indicated that there was fighting between our position and the
town. It seemed as though the regiment ought to retire and join the main body,
but it was ordered to hold that crossing of the creek, and there it must remain
until relieved, or forced to retire by the enemy. Just at dusk, Quartermaster
McGrorty, with an escort of cavalry, brought an order for the regiment to retire
into the town. The quartermaster had gone into Corinth during the day to pro
cure rations, and, seeing the unfavorable aspect of affairs, reported to Rosecrans
our position, who immediately sent by him the order stated. The night was
pitchy dark, and iu conducting the regiment into the town there was great danger
of straying into the enemy's lines. It passed across and within a few rods of the
right flank of the rebels, some of whom must have seen or heard it, but probably
mistook it in the darkness for a body of their own troops moving into position.
However, the regiment safely reached its destination, and bivouacked in one of
the streets of the town. During the night Rosecrans withdrew his forces within
the fortifications of Corinth, and prepared for the events of the morrow.

The reveill^ that called the troops into line on the morning of the 4th of Oc
tober, 1862, was not sounded upon the bugle, nor was it followed by the cus
tomary roll call. Long before the first gray streaks of dawn began to lighten
the horizon, a shell from a rebel Parrott gun exploded not a dozen feet from
where the colors of the Fifth Regiment lay firmly grasped by its ever-vigilant
though now sleeping guard. This was a signal gun, and was immediately fol
lowed by volleys from half a score of rebel batteries. A more summary and
startling awakening could hardly be conceived, and for the moment it seemed
that an earthquake was about to envelop the army. Some of the heavy siege
guns of the forts were soon brought to bear upon the rebel batteries and shortly
checked their operation. The usual infantry assault did not follow the artillery
firing, for the reason, doubtless, that no intelligent movement of infantry could
be made in the darkness of early morning over the rough, heavily timbered and
obstructed approaches to the defenses occupied by the Union army. Daylight

BATTLES OF IUKA AND SECOND CORINTH. 263

was followed by considerable fighting, but confined mostly to the artillery, with
no perceptible advantage to either side. It was well along toward noon before
Yan Dora had made his complete dispositions for a general assault upon the
Union lines. The Fifth Minnesota had remained in the vicinity of where it
bivouacked the night of the 3d, in the northwest edge of the town, considerably
to the rear of the lines of defense, though more exposed to the enemy's fire than
if it had been in the trenches. Company A had early been detached for sharp-
shooting duty, and was well to the front. The balance of the regiment stood in
line awaiting orders. There had been a lull in the firing, when suddenly, about
11 A. M., the rebel batteries opened and the earth seemed convulsed by the in
cessant discharges of artillery that followed, as every gun on either side was
being worked with the utmost effort. Soon the deafening roar of musketry
plainly indicated the enemy was assaulting our lines. The regiment was becom
ing restive. The men clamored to be sent to some point where their rifles could
do service. Their impatience was soon relieved. The determined assault by
Van Dorn's army had been gallantly met and firmly withstood, except upon the
right. There the rebels had succeeded in penetrating our lines, had captured
some of our batteries and were pouring into the streets of Corinth. The situa
tion was critical. Unless the enemy was turned back and that gap closed it
would admit a column of Van Dorn's army to the town, and Rosecrans' lines
would be taken in the rear, the consequences of which could not be otherwise than
calamitous. The Fifth Minnesota closed that gap! It was sent like a whirlwind
against the flank of that penetrating force. The enemy recoiled under theshock.
The pent-up energies of the Fifth Regiment were released and it did the work
of a brigade of men. Stunned by the terrible execution of the volleys poured
into it, the confused mass of the enemy halted and fell back, closely pressed by
the Fifth Regiment. It retook the batteries that had been lost and re-estab
lished the line at the point where it had been broken.

The Fifth Minnesota may justly claim that it saved the day at Corinth.
Gen. Stanley, who commanded the division to which it was attached, accorded
that credit to the regiment upon the field of the battle, as also did Gen. Rosecrans
commanding the army, which he has recently confirmed by the following letter,
addressed to Archbishop Ireland, who was at the time of the battle chaplain
of the regiment.

WASHINGTON, D. C.,

MY DEAR FRIEND AND COMRADE: Aug. 26, 1889.

***************

Yes, you were with me at the battle of Corinth, Miss., Oct. 3 and 4, 1862.
We were of the 17,500 patriots, dying and living, who offered up their best
that this nation might live. You wish me to write what I remember of the ser
vices in that battle of the Fifth Minnesota, United States Volunteer Infantry.

There were many things to think of at that time, and many things when
writing my official report of it which excluded observation of numerous details,
and of individual and regimental action. The memory of many I then noted,
but did not recount, has been laid under twenty-seven years of strivings in the
battle of life. The sunshine of young manhood has given place to the grayer
lights of autumn, yet when digging down I find the events of the Fifth Minne
sota's work on the 4th come vividly before me. Colonel Mower had ordered the
Fifth Minnesota to guard the bridge across the Tuscumbia on the 3d, when, with
the remainder of the brigade, he went to help Davies. Late in the evening
Colonel Hubbard brought up his regiment and formed facing westward on the
Mobile & Ohio railway, with its left near the depot, where they bivouacked
for the night. On the next morning, when the enemy from the north assaulted
our line and forced it back a few hundred yards into the edge of town, Colonel
Hubbard, moving by his right flank, faced the coming storm from that quarter,
and, by his promptitude, anticipated General Stanley's order from me, to use the
reserves of his division in meeting the enemy's charge. He drove back the frag
ments of his columns, overtaking and bringing back some pieces without horses
of our reserve artillery, which the enemy had seized, and covering the retiring of

264 THE FIFTH REGIMENT.

a battery which had gone too far to the front. Veterans could hardly have
acted more opportunely and effectively than did the gallant Fifth Minnesota on
that occasion.

jfc:*:^^^^^^^*^^^^*

God bless the members of the gallant Fifth and the land we love!

Yours fraternally,

Most Eev. Archbishop IRELAND, W. S. EOSECRANS.

St. Paul, Minnesota.

This testimony surely establishes the claim the Fifth Minnesota has ever
maintained, that its timely presence and prompt and effective action at the
critical point turned the tide at Corinth. The Fi fth Minnesota was the only
force in position to act upon the instant in that particular spot, and the occasion
was one of those emergencies where seconds of time count for success or failure.

Yan Dorn was now repulsed at all points, but, gathering his strength for another
effort, he attempted to pierce the centre of Eosecrans' position. Here occurred
that memorable charge of Col. Eogers and his brave Texans upon battery Eobi-
net. Eogers fell upon the escarpment of the fort, and his troops, almost suc
ceeding in capturing the work, were finally repulsed, suffering severely. This
ended the battle of Corinth. Van Dora's defeated forces retreated southward,
whence they were vigorously pursued by Eosecrans as far as Eipley, Miss. , and
from thence the army returned to the vicinity of Corinth, where the regiment
remained through the month of October.

CAMPAIGNS THROUGH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE.

Early in November the Fifth Eegiment was ordered to Grand Junction and
there joined Gen. Grant's column that had been organized for a campaign
through central Mississippi. Here the regiment was reinforced December 12th
by Companies B and C, which had been relieved from duty on the Minnesota
frontier. Company D joined the regiment on the 14th of February following.
The objective point of Gen. Grant's movement through Mississippi was Yicks-
burg, but he fell far short of reaching it. His army penetrated as far south as
Oxford, when his communications were cut at Holly Springs by a rebel cavalry
force, and his depot of supplies at that point destroyed. This compelled a
retrograde movement to the line of the Memphis & Charleston railroad, the
command reaching La Grange, Tenn., late in December. While the army lay
in winter quarters along the line of this railroad, it underwent a complete re
organization and the regiment became a part of the Second Brigade, Third
Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, commanded by Gen. W. T. Sherman. The
brigade was then composed of the Fifth Minnesota, Eighth "Wisconsin, Forty-
seventh Illinois, Eleventh Missouri and the Second Iowa Battery. The Ninth
Minnesota was added to the brigade a few months later. These regiments re
mained together until the close of the war, and formed and maintained such a
feeling of regard, and even affection, for each other, that it seemed like the
breaking up a family when they were finally separated. There had been some
changes in the staff of the regiment during the preceding summer. Eev. J. F.
Chaffee had resigned as chaplain, and was succeeded by Eev. John Ireland (now
archbishop of St. Paul) June 23d, and Surgeon Francis B. Etheridge, who re
signed September 3d, had been succeeded by Dr. Y. P. Kennedy. The va
cancy occasioned by Dr. Kennedy's promotion was filled by the appointment of
Dr. W. H. Leonard.

Late in December the Fifth Eegiment was sent with other troops, under
command of Gen. E. P. Buckland, on an expedition against the rebel General
Forrest through west Tennessee. This proved a severe campaign without much
fighting. The command had many a footrace and an occasional skirmish with
Forrest's cavalry, enduring great hardship at times, being exposed to severe
weather, with scanty protection from the cold and sometimes scantier rations.
After marching day and night much of the time for two weeks or more, the ex
pedition finally brought up at Jackson, Tenn., where the regiment was given a
brief respite.

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CAMPAIGN, SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG.

About Feb. 1, 1863, the Fifth Regiment was ordered to rejoin its proper
command near Memphis. Gen. Grant was here collecting an army for opera
tions against Vicksburg by way of the Mississippi Eiver. Early in April it
moved down the river on transports to a point opposite Yazoo Pass, expecting
to co-operate in an expedition intended to open that route to the rear of Vicks
burg. The undertaking proved a failure and the movement continued down the
Mississippi to Milliken's Bend, a point on the Louisiana shore a short distance
above Vicksburg. Here was awaited the concentration of the army and its ac
cumulation of supplies; in the meantime the regiment serving its turn in details
that were at work upon a canal, the purpose of which was to open a channel
from the Mississippi Eiver to an interior bayou, through which it was expected
steamers could be floated to the river below Vicksburg. The men regarded this
the most menial, and, as the event proved, it was the most unprofitable, service
they were called on to perform during the war. Standing in the water up to
one's knees and delving in the mud with a spade, was to their minds unsoldierly
in the extreme, and a mighty poor way to crush the Rebellion. There was very
little regret expressed at the total failure of the project. About the time the
canal was ready to admit the water, the Mississippi rapidly subsided and left
the bed of the canal above the level of the river. There was hardly a soldier in
the command who didn't predict this very result from the inception of the
scheme. The failure of the canal necessitated an attempt to run steamers past
the rebel batteries on the river in front of Vicksburg. This proved successful,
though the boats were considerably damaged by rebel shell and some of them
destroyed. Facilities for navigating the Mississippi below this fortified position
were thus provided. Everything was now in readiness for the grand campaign
that ended so gloriously in the capture of Vicksburg. On the 2d of May Sher
man's corps, which had just returned from making a diverting demonstration
against Haines' Bluff, was put in motion down the west bank of the river, moving
to a point opposite Grand Gulf. Here the steamers that had run the rebel batter
ies ferried the troops across to the Mississippi shore and from there they struck
out for the interior. The impedimenta of the army had been left behind. The
column was incumbered only with such transportation as was required to haul
the ammunition. No rations were taken, except such as could be carried in the
haversacks of the men. The army was stripped for fighting. It was this cam
paign in which it was said that Gen. Grant's baggage consisted only of a tooth
brush.

It seemed to be the fortune of the Fifth Minnesota to be generally very near
the front. In this movement it led the column until it reached the vicinity of
Jackson, Miss. The regiment had acquired the reputation of being very effec
tive on the skirmish line, and, as the column was constantly being impeded by a
body of the enemy in front, the Fifth was ordered, the second day out from
Grand Gulf, to take the advance and deploy as skirmishers. The regiment held
this formation during most of the march of that day, May 13th, and though
constantly moving forward, it was almost as constantly exchanging shots with
the retiring force of the enemy, and just at night became quite sharply engaged
at Mississippi Springs, where the rebels made a somewhat determined stand.
This force had just been dislodged when orders were received to halt and biv
ouac for the night. The regiment expected, of course, to be relieved of this
duty the next day, as it was customary to change the order of the troops in each
day's march, but in the evening, Gen. Tuttle, who then commanded the division,
rode up, and, after complimenting the regiment for its good work during the
day, added that it might keep the advance and move forward at four o'clock the
next morning, maintaining its formation as skirmishers. At that stage of their
army experience the men were not as susceptible to compliments as was the case
earlier in the war. The writer's recollection recalls some vigorous protests
from members of the regiment upon learning these orders, in which their offi
cers, perhaps, did not join, but most assuredly sympathized. The next day the

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regiment skirmished the country all the way to the vicinity of Jackson, where,
about 3 P. M., the enemy was met in considerable force, and the Fifteenth Corps
was deployed in line of battle. There was some sharp skirmish fighting, inter
spersed with artillery duels, lasting perhaps an hour, when the command was
ordered to assault the rebel intrenchments. They proved to be held by but few
troops and were easily taken, when the Fifteenth Corps moved triumphantly
into the capital city of Jeff. Davis' own state. The Fifth Minnesota, with its
associates of the Second Brigade, was at once assigned to duty as provost guard
of the city, and located its bivouac on the capitol grounds. Its stay in Jackson,
however, was exceedingly brief. After destroying the railroads in the vicinity
and such property as was regarded contraband of war, the army evacuated the
city on the morning of the 16th of May and marched toward Yicksburg. Gen.
Grant had succeeded in interposing his army between Pemberton's, who had
sallied out of Vicksburg, and that of Gen. Joe Johnston, who was moving to
his relief from the east, and it was Grant's evident purpose to overwhelm Pem-
berton and capture Yicksburg, if possible, before Johnston could give him
trouble iu the rear. The battles of Eaymond and Champion Hills had been
fought by other columns of the army, and Pemberton, defeated in both, had re
tired to his defensive position.

Vicksburg was a veritable Gibraltar in the strength of its fortifications and
the inaccessibility of its approaches. Monster forts, connected by elaborate
earthworks, crowned the heights of Walnut Hills, and impenetrable abatis of fallen
timber guarded all approaches. Grant's advance divisions were in line before
these defenses early on the 19th, and, assuming Pemberton's army to be in a
demoralized condition, he made an assault. It proved wholly ineffectual, and he
withdrew and waited until he could get his entire army into position. Grant's
strategy had compelled the evacuation of the rebel defenses on the Yazoo River,
so that upon our arrival in front of the rebel works communication was opened
with the Mississippi River north of Yicksburg, and ample supplies conveyed to
the army. Most timely, indeed, as the haversacks of the men were not only
empty, but they had already missed several meals.

Everything was in readiness by the 22d of May, and the preceding night orders
had been issued to assault the rebel lines along their entire length. The terrible
slaughter and total failure of this attempt to carry Yicksburg by assault are
matters of history known to everyone who has read the story of the Rebellion.
The old Second Brigade moved grandly up to the performance of its work. Its
line of advance was along a wagonroad leading up to and through the rebel fortifi
cations, which, however, had been obstructed with elaborate abatis. The Fifth
Minnesota was upon the left of the brigade, and this circumstance saved it from
annihilation. As it was impossible to move in line of battle, the brigade was
ordered to charge by the flank, and as the leading regiment, the Eleventh Mis
souri, emerged from behind the protecting timber, charging at a run and closely
followed by the balance of the brigade, it was met, and, as it moved forward, it
was literally melted down by the fire from the rebel works, which, from the right
and left of the road, was concentrated upon it. Scarcely a man, from the right
of the regiment to its colors, but fell, either killed or wounded. The slaughter
was simply horrible. The heaps of dead and wounded men of themselves formed
an obstruction almost as effective as the abatis they were seeking to surmount.
It was apparent that no troops could reach the enemy's works, and the order
came to desist and seek cover the best they could. The Fifth Minnesota filed to
the right of the road, and sought refuge among the fallen timber in one of the
ravines running parallel to the rebel works. It had suffered some casualties, but
nothing compared to what would have been its fate had the movement continued
even a minute longer. The men awaited the darkness of night to retire from,
their dangerous situation, and seek a spot where they could safely indulge in the
luxury of a long breath. The soldiers fittingly characterized this manner of as
sault as " charging endways." It was an entirely new evolution in tactics, and,
so far as known, was never subsequently adopted as among possible maneuvers
in battle.

CAMPAIGN, SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF VICKSBURG. 267

Gen. Grant now concluded that Vicksburg could not be taken by assault, and
at once made his dispositions for a siege. Large reinforcements were sent him
from the North, so that he was enabled to defend his rear and keep at bay Joe
Johnston's army from the east. The Fifth Minnesota performed duty in the
trenches a few days, but early in June was detached and sent with other troops
on an expedition up the valley of the Yazoo River. In the course of this move
ment it was engaged in a sharp fight with a body of rebels at Satartia June 4th,
and another at Mechanicsburg June 5th, in both of which the enemy was worsted.
About this time there was trouble on the Louisiana side of the river. Dick Tay
lor, with an army from Texas and Arkansas, was approaching from the west for
the relief of Vicksburg. The Second Brigade was ordered into the breach, and
sent over into the interior of Louisiana to head off this new danger. It struck
Taylor's force at Eichmond, La., June 14th, and here the Fifth Minnesota again
displayed its efficiency in skirmish duty. The entire regiment was deployed,
covering a large part of the front of our advancing force. The enemy' s skirmish
line was met, strongly posted, a mile or more from Richmond. The regiment was
ordered to charge. The conditions were so different from those under which it
charged at Yicksburg that the men seemed to almost regard it as pastime. Here
they had room according to their strength, and with a wild hurrah they over
whelmed and gobbled up the entire skirmish line of the enemy. Advancing
rapidly on Richmond, it was occupied with but slight resistance. Dick Taylor
was in retreat. A part of his transportation and baggage and quite a squad of
his men were captured, but his main body was making rapid strides for the cy
press swamps of the interior.

This experience with Dick Taylor warned the general commanding that it
would be prudent to keep watch upon the west bank of the river, and the Sec
ond Brigade was assigned to that duty during the remainder of the siege. It
was also determined to erect batteries behind the levee, on the Louisiana shore,
from which shell and hot shot could be thrown into the town. This work had to
be prosecuted at night, and a detail from the brigade was each night sent out to
aid in or protect the prosecution of the work. The rebels soon began to suspect
what was going on, and one night when the Fifth Minnesota was on duty near
one of these batteries, well progressed toward completion, the enemy opened
fire with all the heavy guns that fringed the river front. The men crouched
behind the levee, which at that point was high and wide, thinking, or at least
hoping, the rebels would soon tire of their random practice. But the enemy
was evidently determined there should be no work done upon the batteries that
night. The monstrous shot and shell from ponderous siege pieces plowed into
the levee, covering us with earth, or screeched over our heads as they cut the
trees in twain in the rear. The minutes grew into hours and the hours length
ened interminably as the continuous fire was kept up, and during that whole
mortal night, which, it seemed, would never end, the men lay there, flattened out
upon the ground behind that levee, none of them daring to hope they would be
spared to see another dawn. Strange to say, but few men were injured. Most
of the missiles of the enemy passed to the rear, or buried themselves in the solid
earth of the levee. Occasionally a shell would explode dangerously near, and
its fragments wound some of the men, but the percentage of casualties to the
amount of ammunition expended was small. The horrors of that night were
sufficient to have made its victims prematurely gray, and the release from that
" hell hole," as the men termed it, at daylight was one of the most grateful ex
periences of the war. There wasn't much work done on those batteries after
that night, nor would they have proven of much utility if they had been com
pleted, for the garrison of Yicksburg was now starved and exhausted, and ready
to capitulate.

The survivors of Vicksburg have doubtless participated in many celebrations of
our great national holiday since the war, but none of them have ever experienced
the same degree of joy and enthusiasm, of patriotic exultation and delight, that
they felt on the morning of July 4, 1863, when it was announced to the army
that Pemberton had surrendered and that Vicksburg was taken. Early in the

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day as many of the regiment as could crowd onto a little steamer that lay moored
to the river bank near camp were taken to the Vicksburg wharf and given an
opportunity to inspect the place for the reduction of which they had endured so
much. They felt amply repaid for all the trials and dangers through which they
had passed, in the glories of the achievement to which they had contributed;
and it may be safely assumed that none of them to-day would exchange the
laurels they wear as one of the victors of that memorable campaign for any earthly
gift. The surrender of the garrison of Vicksburg caused the retirement of Joe
Johnston's army that had pressed upon Grant's rear during the siege, and Gen.
Sherman at once moved in pursuit of him. The Fifth Minnesota, which had
now resumed its position in the Fifteenth Army Corps, composed a part of this
pursuing force. Johnston made a faint show of fight at Jackson, Miss., but was
soon dislodged and ingloriously fled eastward, and Sherman returned to the
vicinity of Vicksburg.

The Fifth remained in camp some weeks near the Big Black Eiver, where it
had an opportunity to recruit from the fatigue of the late campaign. Its ranks
had been sadly thinned. Many a comrade had made his last sacrifice for his
country, and many more lay languishing in the hospitals from wounds or disease.
Though reduced in numbers its patriotism was more fervid, if possible, than
ever, and it renewed its strength for future service. During the latter part of
the summer and early autumn it participated in two expeditions to Canton, Miss.,
and was engaged in actions of greater or less importance at Canton, Brownsville,
Barton's Station and on the Big Black. In November it was ordered to Mem
phis, and from thence to La Grange, Tenn., a locality with which it was familiar,
where it remained on duty, undisturbed by exciting incident, until the commence
ment of the new year. Late in January, 1864, it was again ordered to Memphis,
and, taking steamers, sailed down the Mississippi Eiver the second time to the
scene of its former glories near Vicksburg. Its camp was re-established on the
Big Black Eiver, where it awaited further orders. Indecision and confusion of
purpose seemed to be the controlling influence in these forward and retrograde
movements of the army to which the regiment was attached, but it had the good
effect of giving the men exercise and keeping them in condition for more serious
work.

RE-ENLISTMENT AS VETERANS.

The Fifth Eegiment remained at Big Black perhaps a month, during which
it made a campaign into central Mississippi for the purpose of breaking up the
communications of the enemy. It was while encamped on the Big Black, Feb.
12, 1864, that the members of the regiment re-enlisted, almost in a body, for a
second term of three years, and thereby became, under the orders of the War
Department, in name, what they had for a long time been in fact, — veterans.
Further changes had also occurred in the field and staff of the regiment. Capt.
J. C. Becht, Company E, was promoted major, vice Francis Hall, resigned May
1, 1883; Lieut. Thos. P. Gere, Company B, was appointed adjutant, vice A. E.
French, resigned March 19, 1863, and Eev. Henry K. Herrick was commissioned
chaplain, vice Eev. John Ireland, resigned April 3, 1863. 1 Colonel Hubbard
had for some time been in command of the Second Brigade as its senior colonel,
and though always with the brigade or division to which it was attached, was
not in immediate command of the regiment (except while on its veteran furlough)
at any time subsequently during the war. That command now devolved upon
Lieut. Col. "W. B. Gere. There had also been further changes in the organiza
tion of the army, which transferred our division to the Sixteenth Army Corps,
commanded by Gen. A. J. Smith. The Fifth Eegiment was now a part of the
Second Brigade, First Division, of the Sixteenth Corps.

1 Subsequent changes in the field and staff of the regiment were as follows: Capt. John P.
Houston, Company K, promoted major, vice J. C. Becht, whose term expired March 18, 1865; F. GL
Brown appointed quartermaster, vice W. B. McGrorty, resigned March 19, 1865; Alfred Rhode ap
pointed adjutant, vice T. P. Gere, whose term of service expired April 5, 1865; W. H. Leonard pro
moted surgeon, vice V. P. Kennedy, whose term expired May 1, 1865; J. A. Vervais appointed
assistant surgeon.

THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION. 269

THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION.

On the 4th of March, 1864, the regiment with its associates of the Sixteenth
Corps was ordered into Vicksburg, thence aboard transports, and on the 10th
of the month sailed with the fleet down the Mississippi Eiver, bound upon the
famous Bed Eiver expedition. Prominent among the mysteries of the war
that seem to have never been solved was the purpose and strangely peculiar
management of this campaign. While successful in most of its details, its finale
was a miserable failure. While our army won in every encounter with the
enemy, with a single exception, it was apparently driven out of the country
with all its feathers plucked. The apparent purpose of the expedition was to
eliminate rebel occupancy from the trans- Mississippi territory. The capture of
Vicksburg had wrested from the rebels their last stronghold in the Mississippi
Valley and effectually cut the Confederacy in two. The Mississippi Eiver was
wholly in possession of the Union arms. There was no considerable force of
the enemy in an organized form west of the river, except that of the rebel gen
eral Dick Taylor, whose headquarters were at Shreveport, on the upper Eed
Eiver, near the border of Texas. The destruction of this army, whose strength
was variously estimated at from 25,000 to 40,000 men, was supposed to be the
objective purpose of the expedition. *^he plan of the campaign contemplated
the co-operation of Gen. Bank's army of the Gulf with that of Gen. Steele from
Little Eock, Ark., the former to move up the valley of the Eed Eiver and the
latter southward toward Shreveport. Before the movement was inaugurated,
Gen. Banks asked of Gen. Sherman the loan of a column of 10,000 men for thirty
days, to aid in the proposed expedition. In compliance therewith, the Sixteenth
Army Corps and a division of other troops were detached for that duty.

Gen. Smith's command was disembarked at Simmsport, on the Atchafalaya
Bayou, near the mouth of Eed Eiver, March 12th, and proceeded up the valley.
There were small bodies of rebel troops occupying fortified points on the lower
Eed Eiver, the most easterly one being Fort De Eussy, a casemated battery that
commanded and blockaded the river. This work was invested and assaulted on
the 14th of March, the Fifth Minnesota actively participating in all the opera?-
tions that resulted in its capture. The entire garrison, with its armament of
heavy rifled guns, were the important trophies of this brilliant action. From
this point the command moved to Alexandria, La., where Gen. Smith was or
dered to await the arrival of Gen. Banks. A large part of the thirty days for
which the Sixteenth Corps had been loaned was spent in waiting here for
Banks' army that was marching across the country from New Orleans. The
time was utilized, however, in clearing the country of detached bodies of the
enemy that were prowling in the vicinity. On the 21st a reconnaissance to Hen
derson Hill, in which the Fifth Eegiment participated, resulted in the surprise
and capture of a rebel battery of four guns, with its men and equipments. On
the 25th the New Orleans troops arrived at Alexandria, and the next day the
movement in force up the valley of the Eed Eiver commenced.

The Army of the Gulf, the designation borne by Gen. Banks' command prop
er, was composed of two full army corps and a column of several thousand cav
alry. Most of it had been doing garrison duty at New Orleans and along the
Gulf for many months. The regiments, as a rule, had full ranks, and were ap
parently a finely disciplined body of men. Their arms were of the most approved
pattern and their uniforms were new. Their equipment in all details was as
elaborate as the regulations allowed, and altogether it was the proudest army in
bearing and appearance that graced the valley of the Mississippi during the war.
Quite in contrast was the appearance of the Sixteenth Army Corps. Its recent
service had greatly decimated its ranks. Some of its regiments were but skele
tons. Their uniforms had been through several campaigns, and were soiled and
much worn. It was in light marching order, and hence was without the attach
ments that are conspicuous in the make-up of a well equipped army. As a con
sequence its tout ensemble was positively shabby in comparison. It was, however,
quite indifferent to the sentiments of scorn with which its proud allies seemed

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to regard it, and accepted, rather as a compliment than otherwise, the sobriquet
of " Smith's Guerrillas," given it as a distinguishing designation by some of the
tony fellows of Banks' command.

Gen. Banks brought with him from New Orleans an enormous baggage and
supply train. The boys of the Sixteenth Corps always insisted that it was
largely loaded with paper collars and linen dusters. It so incumbered the col
umn that the Sixteenth Corps, which was assigned to the rear in the order of
march, was not within supporting distance of the head of the column in the ad
vance up the valley. To this fact may be attributed largely the disaster which
befell Gen. Banks' army on its first encounter with the enemy. The army
reached Grand Ecore April 4th, where the Sixteenth Corps was halted for two
or three days, during which the Fifth Minnesota, with other troops, under com
mand of Col. Hubbard, was sent against a body of 2,000 rebels posted near
Compti on the north side of Eed Eiver. The enemy in this action was decisive
ly defeated and driven in confusion into the swamps of the interior. April 7th
the march toward Shreveport was resumed. During the after part of the day on
the 8th, the second day's march from Grand Ecore, a vague rumor came along
the line of march that Gen. Banks was having a fight far to the front, but noth
ing definite respecting its character was learned until, as the Sixteenth Corps
went into bivouac that night near Pleasant Hill, the intelligence was received
that the main body of Dick Taylor's army had been encountered at Sabine Cross
roads, and that Banks had been decisively defeated, losing heavily in killed and
wounded, and in prisoners, artillery and transportation. Could it be possible, we
thought, that that magnificent army, that had so dazzled our vision as it marched
past our camp at Alexandria, had been so soon brought to grief, overwhelmed
and defeated? But the worst reports were soon confirmed in all their disastrous
details by fugitives from the front and Banks' routed column, as it retired, in
broken fragments, to Pleasant Hill with Dick Taylor hard upon its heels.

BATTLE OF PLEASANT HILL.

The Sixteenth Corps was ordered into line of battle at two o'clock on the
morning of the 9th, to check the advance of the enemy and to perform such duty
in connection therewith as events might impose. The position of the Fifth
Minnesota was well toward the right of the line and somewhat in reserve. Gen.
A. J. Smith, with his li guerrillas" in line, presented an obstacle that Dick Taylor
could not brush from his path. His pursuit was arrested, and Banks' demoral
ized troops, hastily reformed, were placed in position to co-operate in resisting
a further advance of the enemy. Taylor, intoxicated with his previous success,
made his dispositions for attacking our line, presuming, doubtless, that he would
repeat his achievement of the preceding day. Deluded man ! If he could have
looked into old A. J. Smith's face as he sat astride that black charger, and into
the eyes of that line of veterans that had never been whipped, he might have
read his fate, and by a timely movement to the rear have saved himself a most
painful experience. But he did not do it. There was some desultory fighting
during the early part of the day, without result. About 3 P. M. the enemy
advanced in force and made a vigorous attack. It was easily repulsed, resulting
in much punishment to the rebels. Taylor, evidently astonished and perhaps
indignant, now massed his troops and threw them vehemently against our lines,
determined to overwhelm them. Then followed some of the hardest fighting and
bloodiest work for the numbers engaged of any battle of the war. Our troops
stood as if rooted in their tracks. They could be killed, but they could, not be
driven. Our losses were heavy, but the slaughter of the enemy was appalling.
Again and again did Taylor assault our lines, and again and again was he re
pulsed. These repeated efforts and failures greatly weakened and demoralized
the enemy, and made him finally an easy prey of Gen. Smith, who now called
into action a few regiments held in reserve, and, hurling his whole force with the
energy of a cyclone against the now faltering foe, broke him in pieces. Defeated
and almost destroyed, Taylor's army retired in disorder toward Shreveport,
leaving dead and wounded, prisoners and artillery, in our hands.

BATTLE OF PLEASANT HILL. 271

The battle had extended into the night, and our exhausted army was in no
condition to immediately pursue. The troops bivouacked on the field where the
fight ended, and sought such rest as might be possible among the harrowing cries
of the wounded, who lay prostrate on every side. The army was aroused at two
o'clock on the morning of the 10th, expecting to be sent in pursuit of the fleeing
enemy. To its astonishment, however, as the troops filed into the road, the head
of the column was turned to the rear, and we commenced marching, as if for dear
life, in the direction from whence we had come. What could this movement
mean? Were we dreaming1? Were we the defeated instead of the victorious
army, and were we fleeing from a pursuing force? This wasn't the kind of strat
egy in which the old Sixteenth Corps had been educated, and we were dumb with
amazement. All but Gen. A. J. Smith; he was quite the reverse. His indigna
tion was thoroughly aroused, and in his energetic characterization of the cow
ardly business, he reflected the sentiments of his entire command. It was sub
sequently learned that although our army had achieved a great victory at Pleasant
Hill, yet Gen. Banks found, upon investigation, that his New Orleans army had
been so badly crippled by its defeat at Sabine Cross-roads, that he felt it was in
no condition to aid in pursuing the defeated enemy, and he therefore determined
to retire to a defensive position and reorganize it. Smith protested. He offered
to conduct the pursuit with the Sixteenth Corps alone. He couldn't consent to
the disgrace of retreating from a victorious field, but Banks ordered the retreat,
and Smith's ebullition of wrath thereat almost illumined the horizon as we
marched to the rear on that early, frosty April morning.

Dick Taylor, of course, expected to be vigorously pursued, and was there
fore making a forced march in the opposite direction. The situation, therefore,
presented the unique spectacle of two hostile armies running away from each
other. The army retired to Grand Ecore, where it was ordered to intrench. Here
it lay, practically inactive, for several days. The Fifth Minnesota with the balance
of the brigade was sent out on a reconnaissance on the 14th, but saw no enemy.
About the 20th of April, indications pointed to the presence of a considerable
body of rebels in our immediate neighborhood, and the Sixteenth Corps was moved
to Natchitoches, a few miles southeast of Grand Ecore, where it met quite a force
and offered battle, but the invitation was declined. Gen. Smith did not urge the
matter, as his orders were not to bring on a general engagement if it could be
avoided. The next day Banks' army moved out of Grand Ecore on its further
retreat down the valley of the Eed Eiver toward Alexandria. The Sixteenth
Corps was ordered to follow, and the duty assigned it to keep the enemy at bay
and protect Banks' rear. It had the rear of the column in the advance up the
valley, and now held it on the retreat out of it; but in the latter movement it
was the post of danger and of honor.

Dick Taylor's army, now reorganized and reinforced, and its spirit revived by
our retrogade movement, assumed a vigorous offensive, and harassed our rear at
almost every step. The Sixteenth Corps was often compelled to halt, form line
of battle and drive him back, and thereby gain time for Banks to make headway
down the valley. There were sharp engagements, in all of which the Fifth Min
nesota participated, at Grand Ecore, at Cloutiersville and at Cane Eiver Cross
ing. The command arrived at Alexandria on the 26th, nearly worn out by its
continuous day and night duty, marching, skirmishing and fighting. The fleet
of gunboats and transports that had followed the movement of the army up Eed
Eiver found upon its return to Alexandria that the stage of water was now so low
that it could not pass the rapids in the river at that point. It seemed at one time
that it must be determined to destroy the fleet to save it from being abandoned
to the enemy. A system of wing dams was, however, devised, by means of which
the rapids were passed, and the fleet floated into the channel of the river below
them. This work detained the army at Alexandria about two weeks, during
which the enemy kept it upon the alert by frequent feints or attacks upon its
lines. Banks' supplies, particularly for his animals, ran short, and the troops
were compelled to drive the enemy back at several points for the sole purpose
of obtaining corn and forage with which to feed the mules. In the course of

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these operations the Fifth Minnesota participated in sharp and spirited engage
ments at Moore's plantation, and on Bayous Robert and La Moure, besides
numerous skirmishes of which no account was kept. Indeed, hardly a day passed
that the regiment was not in some form under fire.

BATTLES OF MANSUKA AND BAYOU DE GLAISE.

On the 13th of May the last boat of the fleet passed the rapids, and on the
morning of the 14th the army was put iu motion for its final exodus from the
Bed Ei ver country. But its pathway did not prove to be a smooth one. Indeed,
it was found to be strewn with thorns. Dick Taylor, concluding this would be
his last chance at us, evidently determined to make the most of it. He had pos
session of the roads on which Banks must march. He gave him but little trouble,
however, except to harass the column and delay its movement by an occasional
show of force, until the command reached Mansura, a little French village
twenty-five miles, perhaps, from Alexandria, where the Sixteenth Corps biv
ouacked on the night of the 15th. Here Taylor made a stand and essayed to
dispute our further progress. Banks' entire army was called to arms before
daybreak of the 16th to repel a threatened attack. It did not develop into any
thing serious, but daylight disclosed the fact that Taylor's army was strongly
posted in the edge of a body of timber that crossed at right angles the road we
must take in our further progress out of the country. Clearly he was intending
to fight. That had been our daily occupation for weeks, so, without ceremony,
our troops advanced rapidly to the attack, the Fifth Minnesota well to the front,
and though momentarily checked and suffering some loss from the volleys with
which we were greeted, the enemy's lines were quickly broken and the road
cleared from all obstructions. Taylor retired on a road that led to the right,
pressed moderately by a column of our cavalry, while Banks pushed on toward
the Mississippi Biver.

There was no more enemy in front, so the Sixteenth Corps again brought up
the rear. Taylor had not been so badly whipped but that he gathered himself
together sufficiently to give the column trouble before the day's march had been
completed, and as the Sixteenth Corps bivouacked for the night he saluted its
camp with shells from his artillery. Before the army got fairly started on its
march on the morning of the 17th, Taylor opened upon it with several guns at
long range. The Second Brigade, which included, of course, the Fifth Minne
sota, with two batteries of artillery, was detailed to entertain him while the col
umn was getting stretched out upon the road. It moved back in line of battle
about a mile, the enemy retiring to a favorable position, where he made a stand.
A few rounds from the artillery, followed by a spirited charge, resulted in the
rout of the rebels. This maneuver had to be repeated twice during that day's
march, but at night the command reached Yellow Bayou, or Bayou de Glaise,
near the Atchafalaya, across which Banks' army was moving. The Sixteenth
Corps was required to remain here most of the day following, waiting for Banks'
army, with its impedimenta, to get across the Atchafalaya. About noon the
irrepressible and omnipresent Taylor came down upon us for a last salutation.
The entire Sixteenth Corps was ordered into line, and with one of the sharpest
fights of the campaign we wound it up, if not in a blaze of glory, certainly with
infinite credit to " Smith's Guerrillas." Taylor was handsomely whipped, and
troubled us no more.

The Sixteenth Corps reached its fleet on the Mississippi, at the mouth of Bed
Biver, on the 21st, and, embarking, steamed up the river. Gen. Banks, with
his army, marched down the bank of the Mississippi in the direction of New Or
leans. The Fifth Minnesota, in common with their comrades of the Sixteenth
Corps, were a happy lot of veterans when they finally realized they were
done with that expedition. They were proud of their contribution to it, but
they felt it was a military failure, and that all their hard campaigning, desperate
fighting and fearful losses had been for naught. They had won in fully a dozen
fights, but their advantages had been neutralized and their fruits wasted by mis
takes and mismanagement in the conduct of the campaign.

RETURN TO THE FRONT. 273

BATTLE OF LAKE CHICOT — VETERAN FURLOUGH.

The Fifth Eegiment with the balance of the Sixteenth Corps was disembarked
at Vicksburg on the 24th of May, where it was furnished with much-needed
supplies in the way of clothing and camp equipage. On the 4th of June it again
boarded the fleet and moved up the Mississippi. The regiment was now looking
anxiously for orders granting its veteran furlough, it being one of the condi
tions upon which it re-enlisted that the men should be given a furlough of thirty
days and allowed to visit their homes. They began to feel a little restive under
the long delay, but, like good soldiers, kept their impatience under restraint. On
the 6th of June its progress up the river was suddenly arrested. As the fleet
approached Greenfield it encountered some rebel batteries posted on the Arkan
sas shore. Though it had been a long time comparatively since the regiment had
had a fight — nearly three weeks — it was by no means spoiling for one, but
of course expected to take in anything of the kind that came in its way.
The troops were landed and the battle of Lake Chicot followed. Gen. Marma-
duke with several thousand men and some heavy batteries was intrenched near
the lake named, where he commanded the Mississippi and effectually blockaded
it. After a spirited fight, in which the regiment suffered quite severely, the posi
tion was captured and Marmaduke fled. The fleet then proceeded on its way and
reached Memphis on the 10th. Here the regiment was granted its furlough and
on the 17th took a steamer bound for St. Paul. The joyous experiences during
that thirty days' furlough, among friends and with families at home, are not
proper subjects for recital here. They are sacred remembrances fondly cherished
in the hearts of every member of the Fifth Minnesota. The regiment was
grandly received upon its arrival in St. Paul. The authorities and the citizens
vied with each other in their efforts to make the veterans feel that their welcome
home was as cordial as loyal hearts could make it, and for the moment they for
got the trials and dangers of the field, while partaking of the hearty hospitality
of their generous hosts.

RETURN TO THE FRONT — TUPELO AND ABBEYVILLE.

The regiment started on its return to the front on the 7th of August, and
reached the Tallahatchie River, near Holly Spring, Miss., where it joined its old
command on the 17th. While the veterans were takingtheir furlough those mem
bers of the regiment who had not re-enlisted, under command of Capt. T. J.
Sheehan, were engaged in the battle of Tupelo, Miss., July 14th, where they
acquitted themselves in a manner that reflected credit upon the regiment to
which they belonged. Gen. Sherman was now conducting a campaign South,
through central Mississippi, along the line the regiment had traversed in the
winter of 1862-63. It was not, however, a pronounced success. Like that of
Gen. Grant, over the same route, its purpose was defeated by incursions of the
enemy in his rear. The army had penetrated as far south as Oxford, when it was
learned that Forrest, with a large force of rebel cavalry, had made a successful
raid into Memphis, and was smashing things in that vicinity. Gen. Sherman
thereupon faced to the rear and began a retrograde movement. On the 23d of
August, the Fifth Minnesota, which held the rear of the column, was attacked
and became sharply engaged with several regiments of rebels near Abbey ville,
Miss., near the crossing of the Tallahatchie River. The result of this fight was
the capture of a number of prisoners, with but small loss upon our part. Our
supplies ran short on this retreat, but by industrious foraging upon the flanks
the men eked out the half-rations to which the commissary had reduced them.
Memphis was reached on the 29th, and a few days thereafter the Sixteenth Corps
embarked aboard transports and started on an expedition up White River in
Arkansas. Debarking at Devall's Bluff it marched across the country to the
vicinity of Little Rock.

CAMPAIGN THROUGH ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI.

On the 17th of September the command started on that long chase after the
rebel Gen. Price and his army, over the mountains and through the swamps of

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Arkansas into and across the State of Missouri, during which the regiment
marched over seven hundred miles. This was, all things considered, the hardest
campaign it made during the war. The route lay through almost impenetrable
cypress swamps and over unused mountain roads, washed by continuous rains
down to their rocky beds. Severe storms prevailed much of the time, and the
men often lay down at night, drenched, sore, weary and hungry, feeling that
they would never be able to rise to their feet again. It was developed after the
command had been out several days that its supply train was loaded with mouldy
and decayed hard bread, refuse stores issued by the commissary at Little Eock.
In consequence of this the army was early put upon half-rations, then one-third,
and much of that unfit to eat. The men became nearly starved, and driven to
that extreme that they sought for nourishment in the bark of sassafras boughs
and beech leaves, which the forest trees afforded. The country was largely
uninhabited, and hence afforded nothing upon which an army could subsist.
At long intervals a cabin might be seen occupied by a cadaverous native, who
supported himself by trapping in the mountains, and who first learned from us
that there was a war in progress in the country. After crossing the mountains
of Arkansas, the army was turned eastward and couriers dispatched to the Mis
sissippi Eiver for supply trains to be sent out to meet it, and by this means its
great necessities were relieved. The river was reached at Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
October 5th, and from there the command was conveyed by steamer up the Mis
sissippi and Missouri rivers to Jefferson City, Mo. Debarking there, the chase
after Price, who was cutting a wide swath with an army of mounted men
through that section of the state, was continued. He was followed to the Kan
sas line where the pursuit was abandoned. From Kansas the regiment marched
all the way across the State of Missouri to the city of St. Louis. Its route lay
through a fine country, however, and it suffered no hardship, except that a
severe snowstorm was encountered on the 3d of November in the central part
of the state. The men marched one entire day through a foot of snow, with a
blizzard blowing from the north. This was extraordinary weather for that
latitude, but they concluded that it was just their luck, and, though nearly
perishing with cold and fatigue, they accepted the situation with commendable
resignation. The regiment reached St. Louis November 15th, and was quartered
in Benton Barracks.

BATTLE OF NASHVILLE — PURSUIT OF HOOD.

On the 24th of November the regiment took passage on the steamer W. L.
Ewing, under orders to report to Gen. Thomas at Nashville, Tenn. When a few
miles below St. Louis the steamer struck a snag and went to the bottom in about
ten feet of water. The loss in this accident was confined to the steamer itself
and the stores and property on her decks. The troops were transferred to other
boats of the fleet and reached Nashville on the 30th of November. Gen. George
H. Thomas had just fought the battle of Franklin and was retiring on Nashville.
The rebel general, Hood, though roughly handled at Franklin, was advancing
northward, and all the probabilities indicated that the regiment would soon have
business to attend to in its new theatre of operations. The Sixteenth Corps, now
a part of the Army of the Tennessee, was assigned a position on the right of the
line of defense, with which Thomas had enveloped Nashville. Intrenching tools
were distributed and quite extensive fortifications constructed; Hood in the
meantime investing the place with an army of about 40,000 men. The battle of
Nashville would have been fought some days before it was but for the extraordi
nary condition of the elements. A storm of freezing sleet had covered the earth
with an icy crust, upon which neither men nor animals could move. The
authorities at Washington and at the headquarters of the army became impatient
at the delay, and came dangerously near committing what might have proven a
fatal error, in superseding Gen. Thomas. After the battle the whole of them
were so effusive in their praises of the "Rock of Chickarnauga" that they seemed
almost ready to abdicate in his favor.

BATTLE OF NASHVILLE— PURSUIT OF HOOD. 275

On the evening of the 14th of December, 1864, orders were issued to be ready
to advance against the enemy at six o'clock the following morning. At the hour
appointed the army left its intrenchments behind it and moved to the front.
The Fifth Minnesota, veterans of many campaigns and of more than a score of
battles, responded with alacrity to the order to advance. It had lately received
many recruits, and presented a magnificent front with its lengthened line. Every
man of the regiment knew too well that it was no frolic upon which he was going,
but, fully realizing the danger soon to be encountered, had nerved himself to the
discharge of his full duty, though it might involve the sacrifice of his life.

The enemy's skirmishers were soon met but easily pressed back. Consider
able maneuvering and change of front was required to fully develop Hood's
position, but about noon his line of battle was uncovered, which presented a firm
resistance to our advance. Directly in front of our division were two small re
doubts, containing field batteries, supported by lines of infantry. Gen. A. J.
Smith turned to Gen. McArthur, our division commander, and quietly asked him
if he thought he could carry the redoubts. The old Scotchman's prompt response
was "Yes, sir!" and without further orders from Smith he directed his brigade
commanders to assault them. The result was an astouisher to the rebels. Our
lines advanced with a cheer. The storm of Minie-balls and grape-shot did not
even check them. They struck the enemy a staggering blow, smashed his in
fantry supports, and carried the redoubts with the gunners at their pieces. The
command did not stop to inventory its trophies, but, pursuing the fleeing rebels,
gathered them in by the hundreds. This seemed easy work, and for the moment
the impression obtained that the battle was practically over; but presently the
thundering discharges of artillery from the edge of a body of timber toward which
the regiment was advancing admonished the men that other lines of battle were
yet to be encountered. The command was halted, its artillery ordered up and
much ammunition expended in an exchange of courtesies with the rebel guns.
By the time the lines were readjusted and ready for another advance it had be
come quite dark, and, resting on their arms, the troops passed a comfortless night,
drearily dreaming of the morrow.

Daylight of the 16th found the reginent in line, with replenished cartridge
boxes, awaiting orders. The lines of the enemy could be easily traced. Along
the front of the First Division the rebels were posted behind a stone wall, which
served as an excellent breastwork, and through which the guns of their artillery
looked threateningly forth. The Fifth Minnesota was ordered forward to a line
of willows that skirted a ditch and within musket range of the enemy. The men
knew this was the prelude to an assault, but hours passed before it was ordered.
Evidently Gen. Thomas did not intend to move until he was ready. He had
often been called slow but sure. There could be no doubt about his being
slow, we thought, and later in the day we knew for a certainty that he was sure.
There had been much artillery firing since daylight, and some sharpshooting
along the infantry lines, but no important movement attempted except far to the
left, where an attack by a division of colored troops had been repulsed. About
4 P. M. a general assault was ordered. The line of our advance lay across a
level, open field, exposing the command to a direct fire from the enemy. The
instant the regiment rose to its feet and commenced its advance it received a
withering volley, and at every step of its progress across that deadly field great
gaps in its ranks were made. The colors fell repeatedly, but in every instance
were raised aloft and borne to the front by someone yet unscathed. Nearly
four hundred gallant spirits of the old Second Brigade, one-fourth its whole
number, and one hundred and six from the Fifth Minnesota, were laid prostrate,
dead or disabled, before that field was passed. Though it seemed that none could
survive there was no faltering or thought of failure. The stone wall was reached,
surmounted, and the enemy was ours/ The following spirited account of the
final charge at Nashville made by the division to which the Fifth, Seventh, Ninth
and Tenth Minnesota regiments were attached, Was written from the field a few
days following the battle by a gentleman whose name will be recognized by most
of the early settlers of. Minnesota. It was published in the St. Paul Press at the
time:

276 THE FIFTH EEGIMENT.

"CAMP NEAR COLUMBIA,

Dec. 20, 1864.

****#*#*****#**

"THE FINAL CHARGE.

"At 3 o'clock P. M. the clouds had thickened and a moderate rain commenced
to fall. The atmosphere became prematurely darkened, as if night was setting
in. The cavalry force, which had been operating vigorously on the extreme
right, and well toward the rear of the enemy, apparently became blinded by the
mists which settled upon the hills, and their firing materially slackened. But
' Old Man Smith' — as the boys of his command delight to call him — and General
McArthur were about, and the First Division — Jo, Mower's old division —
must maintain its dearly bought laurels of former days. The division was to
charge Cheatham's veterans, — not only to charge them but to rout them, — cap
ture and destroy them, and, if possible, write their history in lines of blood as
doomed rebels who once existed, but after this charge were not to exist. It was
not known in military and confidential circles in Nashville that this telling
charge was to be made, or at what time it was to be made, but somehow or
other people felt it in their bones that it would come off about the time it
did, and hundreds were there to witness it. We find, also, Gen. Thomas at
hand, — accidentally, perhaps, — but he was there to witness the exciting scene.
Gen. Smith himself was there, of course, muscle and nerve all in motion, know
ing then as well what would be the result as he did when it was all over, the very
embodiment of the towering, all-conquering veteran that he is, eyeing with more
than wonted confidence the compact lines of his veterans. McArthur, with that
powerfully knit frame, and that intelligent and well-developed Scotch face, —
firmness amounting almost to stubbornness visible in every feature, — sat on his
horse awaiting the proper moment to give the final order. And, as if to make
the picture complete, Andrew Johnson, whom the soldiers of the Union and the
people at home have just honored with the second office in the gift of the nation,
was close at hand to behold the grand military drama about to be enacted.

"The hour arrives — four o'clock precisely by Me Arthur's time. The order
goes forth, and with a shout that is heard plainly away off in our old lines near
Nashville — seven miles — the division starts for the works before it. The Sec
ond Brigade leads off. Colonel Hubbard, with hat in hand, waving it over his
head, leads on his trusty warriors. He knows what is coming, but he also
knows the men he leads. Across the cornfield, the soft ground giving away un
til men and horses sink at every step knee- deep; under a shower of canister,
shell and Minie-balls filling every inch of the atmosphere and meeting them
square in the face, they keep onward. The -works are gained; no faltering yet;
and now goes up the flag of the Ninth Minnesota on the works; simultaneously
with it the flag of the veteran Fifth — which has been shot down four times in
this advance and riddled with a full charge of canister — ascends; the works are
carried in front of all the brigades of the division, and Minnesota holds the
position in an unbroken line of half a mile in extent. Prisoners commence
passing to the rear. First comes Capt. McGrew of the Fifth, a staff officer of Col.
Hubbard' s, with about a regiment of them; then we meet officers and enlisted
men of all the regiments with squads larger than they can be supposed to take
care of — in all, the captures amounting to at least as many men as there were in
the Second Brigade. The whole work — a work that all military men who wit
nessed it agree in pronouncing a charge of scarcely equaled brilliancy in the
annals of warfare — was accomplished in ten minutes' time. The enemy was
completely routed and driven to the adjacent hills in utter confusion. Ten
pieces of artillery of the first quality were captured, in addition to small arms
and prisoners without number. Of the ten pieces four were taken by the Second
Brigade. Minnesota gained more glory than the war had previously allowed
her to gain. The gallantry of her officers and men is the theme of all tongues
and pens. Col. Hubbard was personally complimented immediately after the
action by Generals Thomas, Smith and McArthur uniting in a telegram to the
president requesting his promotion.

THE FINAL CHARGE. 277

"In the final charge Col. Hubbard had another horse shot under him and
was slightly wounded in the neck. One of his staff officers, Lieut. Sargent of
the Eighth Wisconsin, a brave and accomplished officer, was killed in pursuit
of the enemy, on the advance, after the charge was over. Lieut. Gere, adjutant
general of the staff, captured a battle flag on the enemy's works, and in other
respects showed the most daring gallantry, as did also Captains McGrew and
Cleland, members of the staff. They, with the lamented Sargent, were along
side the colonel when he went over the works.

"J. P. OWENS."

The assault along the entire line had been successful, and Hood's army was a
wreck. Abandoning his artillery, wagon trains, and all property that would in-
cumber his movements, such of his army as was not captured fled in a mob
southward, hotly pursued by Thomas. Through capture and desertions it under
went a rapid process of disintegration all the way to the Tennessee Eiver. A
few straggling detachments crossed the Tennessee, and thereafter scattered, leav
ing, practically, nothing as an organization of that grand army of invasion,
whose original objective was the country north of the Ohio Eiver. The battle of
Nashville has often been quoted as the most decisive battle of the war. The
army of the enemy was not simply defeated, but it was destroyed. It left the
field in demoralized fragments, and even those rapidly dissolved, likesnow under
an April sun. The Fifth Minnesota received a distinguished compliment through
its gallant young adjutant, Thomas P. Gere, in connection with the battle of
Nashville, by that officer being detailed by the general commanding to proceed
to Washington in charge of the rebel flags captured in the battle, pursuant to the
following orders:

"HEADQUARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION,

' i DETACHMENT ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,

"Eastport, Miss., Jan. 17, 1865.
"Maj. J. HOUGH,

Asst. Adjt. General, Detachment Army of the Tennessee,

"MAJOR : I have the honor to herewith transmit the colors of the Fourth
Mississippi Eegiment, C. S. A., captured in the battle before Nashville, on the
16th of December, 1864. This flag was taken in the works of the enemy in the
position carried by this command, and was captured by and surrendered to the
hands of First Lieut, and Adjutant Thomas P. Gere, Fifth Minnesota Veteran In
fantry, and acting assistant adjutant general of this brigade.
' t Respectfully, your obedient servant,

"L. F. HUBBARD,

' ' Colonel Commanding. J '
"HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,

"Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 13, 1865.
"[Special Field Orders, No. 38.]

"EXTRACT.

' i XIX. By virtue of permission received from the honorable secretary of war
the following named officers and enlisted men, captors of rebel battle flags at
the battles of Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864, and the battles before Nashville, Dec. 15
and 16, 1865, will proceed with the trophies to Washington, D. C., where they
will report to the honorable secretary of war, turning over to him the flags now
in their possession, after which they will rejoin their various commands in the
field.

"The detachment will be in charge of First Lieut, and Adjt. Thomas P. Gere,
Fifth Eegiment, Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry, who will be accountable
for their good conduct while en route.

"The quartermaster department will furnish the necessary transportation.
"By command of Maj. Gen. Thomas,

. D. WHIPPLE,

' Assistant Adjutant General. ' ?

278 THE FIFTH REGIMENT.

The experience of the regiment in its participation in the pursuit of the
fragments of Hood's army was particularly severe. The weather was cold and
wet, raining and snowing by turns; the roads embargoed with mud almost un
fathomable at times, and again frozen into rocky ruts that even the animals re
fused to tackle in their efforts to drag along the artillery and trains. The troops
were without camp equipage of any sort and much of the time but scantily
supplied with rations. Many who survived the battle succumbed to the rigors
of the campaign that followed it. On the 10th of January, 1865, the command
to which the Fifth Minnesota belonged reached Eastport, Miss., on the Tennes
see Eiver, where it went into winter quarters with the expectation of a long rest.
Shortly after its arrival at this point the weather became severely cold for that
latitude. The temperature was so low that the Tennessee Eiver, which was the
line of communication to the rear, became closed with ice and the army was
effectually cub off from its base of supplies. This occurred before time had been
given for any accumulation, and the troops were suddenly confronted with the
frightful possibility of suffering from starvation. Fortunately, the weather
moderated in a few days, the ice in the river weakened and supply boats got
through, but in the meantime there was a period during which the only article
of food issued to the men was raw corn, of which there was a meager supply on
hand for the animals. The soldier and the mule were fed from the same measure,
and for a time subsisted upon substantially the same rations.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST MOBILE, SPANISH FORT AND BLAKELY.

February 6th, following, the Sixteenth Corps was ordered to New Orleans,
and, taking transports, the Fifth Eegiment sailed down the Tennessee, Ohio and
Mississippi rivers to that point, disembarked and established its camp on the
old Jackson battlefield. Early in March it was conveyed by steamship, via the
Gulf of Mexico, to Dauphin Island, at the entrance to Mobile Bay, where it came
under the command of Gen. E. E. S. Canby, who was organizing an army for
the reduction of Mobile. The regiment enjoyed a novel experience while en
camped on Dauphin Island. It was a sort of picnic. Along the gulf shore
there was located an extensive oyster bed, from whence its luscious product was
conveyed to camp by the wagon-load. Every man became his own commissary.
The traditional army ration was wholly neglected, its substitute being oysters in
every style. It is presumed that the soldiers had not before seen a fresh oyster
since their enlistment, and it is certainly assured that none of them cared for
them for years afterward. Their efforts to exhaust that oyster bed was the only
failure they acknowledged in all their enterprises during the war. On the 23d
of March the regiment regretfully left Dauphin Island and moved by steamer up
Fish Eiver, an eastern affluent of Mobile Bay. Disembarking a few miles from
its mouth and marching northward, it soon encountered the enemy in consider
able force. Some sharp fighting followed, but the enemy sullenly retired to
Spanish Fort, a succession of strong earthworks occupying the heights along the
northeast shore of Mobile Bay, and constituting one of the defenses of, though a
considerable distance from, the city of Mobile. Ordinarily the command would
have expected orders to assault the works at once, and it was said that Gen.
Smith came near doing it with the Sixteenth Corps alone, but it had already
been observed that we were now under the orders of a very cautious commander.
At every bivouac on our march from Fish Eiver the troops had been required to
intrench, and all our movements indicated the presence of conservative influ
ences in control of the army. ~No assault was attempted. The fort was invested
upon the land side and siege operations prosecuted by regular approaches, which
were conducted with the precision of exact tactical rules. Parallel after parallel
was constructed, until the surface of the ground presented the appearance of a
monster gridiron. Military engineering was here given an opportunity for the
display of the highest proficiency, and the men became experts in handling the
spade.

These operations covered a period of about two weeks, when the last parallel
reached a point where it enveloped the trenches occupied by the enemy's picket

THE END OF THE WAR. 279

posts, and in dangerous proximity to the rebel fortifications. The construction
of these approaches was very arduous and dangerous duty. Many a poor fellow
literally dug his own grave while prosecuting this work. Sharpshooters from
behind the rebel works were constantly busy, and the enemy's mortars and
artillery frequently deposited shell that exploded in the trenches. The last
parallel constructed by the Fifth Minnesota and other regiments of the Second
Brigade was nearest to the rebel works of any of the approaches to Spanish Fort.
This fact is certified to by the engineer in charge, Maj. C. J. Allen of Gen. Can-
by's staff. The troops understood, of course, that an assault would follow the
completion of these approaches, and orders preliminary to such a movement
had been issued to the army. It was expected to take place on the 8th of April,
but during the night of the 7th an unusual commotion within the rebel fortifica
tions attracted the attention of the men on duty in the advance trenches, and
suspicion of an evacuation at once possessed them. A spirit of enterprise and
adventure prompted a few daring men of the Second Brigade to investigate.
They crawled from the trenches, stealthily approached the works, surmounted
the parapet and found themselves in unopposed possession of Spanish Fort.
The situation was instantly made known to the troops, and within five minutes
the Second Brigade had bounded forward and over the fortifications, followed by
the line to the right and left.

It was a bloodless capture. The enemy was gone, escaping across the bay to
Mobile. A few stragglers were taken and quite a quantity of spiked artillery.
The capture of the fort, however, was a most important strategic acquisition,
as it proved to be the key to the defenses of Mobile, and was followed shortly by
•the occupation of that city. Fort Blakely, another earthwork of the enemy, a
short distance from Spanish Fort, near the mouth of the Alabama Eiver, had
occupied the attention of a column of Canby's forces for several days. The
Sixteenth Corps was immediately ordered to reinforce the troops thus employed.
It got into position in time to participate moderately in an assault upon the fort
on the 9th. The defense, though quite obstinate, did not avail, and the work
was captured with its entire garrison. This was followed by the evacuation of
Mobile and its formal surrender on the 12th of April.

THE END OF THE WAR.

This was the last fighting of the war for the Fifth Minnesota. Mobile was the
"last ditch" of the rebels in the Southwest, and the regiment had been "in at
the death" of the Confederacy in that section of the country. This fact was
not known, however, at the time. Soon after the surrender of Mobile the Six
teenth Corps was ordered upon a march northward, en route to Montgomery, Ala.
This march was becoming painfully monotonous, being almost without incident
for several days, until as the command neared Montgomery there transpired a
scene that none who were present will ever forget. The column had been halted
for a brief rest. The day was hot. The men, footsore and weary, were reclining
upon the grassy roadside, grateful for the few minutes' respite being granted
them, when the attention of every man was directed to the approach of a courier
from the direction in which the column was moving, riding at a "Sheridan gait"
down the road. Was he bringing orders to double-quick to the front to meet an
enemy unexpectedly encountered ? What else could be the purport of such a hasty
errand ? But what was the meaning of the hilarious antics of the men along the
column in front ? All were for a moment bewildered, but as the courier dashed
past shouting, "Eichmond is captured and Lee's army has surrendered!" the
men became simply frantic in their demonstrations of joy. There wasn't aweary
or footsore man in that army then. The old veterans embraced each other,
laughed, cried, shouted and sang. They threw hats, blouses, canteens, haver
sacks, and even their muskets in the air, and as the column moved forward in
continuation of the march, every voice joined in that grand refrain, "Hail
Columbia ! " The boys were happy. They knew that Lee's surrender meant that
the war was over; that their years of toil and danger, privation and suffering,

280 THE FIFTH REGIMENT.

were at an end, and that they would soon embrace the loved ones at home.
They went into bivouac that night after a long, hard march, with a feeling of
buoyancy they had not experienced in many months.

But their joy was turned to sadness and their hearts cruelly crushed when
the army reached Montgomery, a day or two later, and learned of the assassina
tion of President Lincoln. The revulsion of feeling caused by that event was
simply terrible. Thoughts of muster-out and return home were banished. The
one and almost only desire that now animated the soul of the old soldier was to
remain in the service until that terrible crime could be avenged.

During the following summer the Sixteenth Corps constituted the army of
occupation of southwestern Alabama and southeastern Mississippi, its line
stretching from Montgomery to Meridan. The headquarters of the Second Bri
gade were at Demopolis, Ala. , on the Tombigbee River, where the Fifth Minne
sota was located, and where it remained until ordered home for muster-out
of service. The war was over and the soldiers' duty, aside from the routine of
camp life, was to preserve order in the country, which was then under martial
law. We found ourselves among a people at first intensely hostile, but with
whom very friendly relations were soon established. Altogether the regiment
spent a very pleasant summer, though the delay in relieving it from military
service became irksome, and a feeling of impatience thereat quite generally per
vaded the command. Late in August the welcome order came that relieved the
war-scarred veterans from duty as soldiers of the republic and rehabilitated
them as citizens of the country they had helped to save. The Fifth Eegiment
was ordered to Minnesota for muster-out, and received its discharge at Fort
Snelling on the 6th of September, 1865.

During its nearly four years of service, the veteran Fifth Minnesota, as the
facts herein stated go to show, performed its full share of the severest possible
military duty. In its many thousand miles of campaigning it nearly "boxed the
compass'7 of the theatre of war in the Southwest, traversing and retraversing the
states of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.
It participated in thirteen campaigns, five sieges and thirty-four battles and minor
engagements, and lost nearly as many men by casualty in battle and by disease
engendered by its service, as it numbered in its ranks when it first reported at
the front. It was a victor in every fight in which it was engaged. The only ex
perience possible in war that it did not acquire was that of defeat.1

1 At the muster-out of the Fifth Eegiment its membership was accounted for as follows: Re
signed, 26; killed, 64; died of wounds, 37; discharged for wounds, 43; died of disease, 147; dis
charged for disability, 218; discharged to accept promotion, 9; transferred to other organizations,
28; captured, 6; deserted and missing, 51; discharged for illegal muster, 5; discharged on expira
tion of term of enlistment, 159; mustered out with regiment, 370. Total, 1,163.

It has not been possible to obtain accurate lists of casualties suffered by the Fifth Regiment
in the several engagements in which it participated, hence they have not appeared in this narra
tive. The roster which follows, and from which the foregoing statistics are gathered, gives ap
proximately the aggregate of killed and died of wounds, but does not show, except to a limited
extent, the number of wounded in the different battles. A diligent search among the records of
the adjutant general's office of the state has not resulted in furnishing the necessary data in this
respect, but from documents and memoranda found there it is ascertained that the total casualties
(killed and wounded) suffered by the regiment in seven of its battles were as follows: Farming-
ton, Miss., May 28, 1862, 16; Redwood and Fort Ridgley, August, 1862, 38; Corinth, Miss., Oct. 4,
1862, 22; Richmond, La., June 14, 1863, 9; on Red River expedition, 1864, 15; Lake Chicot, La.,
June 6, 1864, 17; Nashville, Dec. 15 and 16, 1864, 106. Of the casualties in its other numerous
engagements there seems to be no record in the hands of the state, except as they are partially
noted in the following roster. It was expected, when this work was undertaken, that the roster
of Minnesota soldiers would be furnished by the War Department, the only source from whence
these facts can now be obtained, but this has been found impracticable; hence this narrative is
defective in respect to the record of losses the regiment suffered in battle.

The list of campaigns, sieges, battles and minor engagements in which the Fifth Minnesota
participated is as follows:

Campaigns — Against Corinth, Miss., May and June, 1862; through northern Mississippi and
Alabama, July, August and September, 1862; through central Mississippi, November and Decem
ber, 1862; through west Tennessee, January and February, 1863; against Vicksburg, March, April,
May and June, 1863; through central Mississippi, July and August, 1863; same, October and No-

THE END OF THE WAR. 281

vember, 1863; southern Mississippi, January and February, 1864; on Red River, La., March, April
and May, 1864; northern Mississippi, August, 1864; through Arkansas and Missouri, September
and October, 1864; in Tennessee and Mississippi, December, 1864, and January, 1865; against,
Mobile, Ala., March and April, 1865.

Sieges — Corinth, Miss., May, 1862; Fort Ridgley, Minn., August, 1862; Fort Abercrombie,
Minn., August, 1862; Vicksburg, Miss., May and June, 1863; Spanish Fort, Ala., March and
April, 1865.

Battles and Actions — Farmingtou, Miss., May 28, 1862; Redwood, Minn., Aug. 18, 1862; Fort
Ridgley, Minn., Aug. 20-22, 1862; luka, Miss., Sept. 19, 1862; Corinth, Miss., Oct. 4, 1862; Mis
sissippi Springs, Miss., May 13, 1863; Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863; assault on Vicksburg, May
22, 1863; Satartia, Miss. June 4, 1863; Mechanicsburg, Miss., June 5, 1863; Richmond, La., June
14, 1863; Canton, Miss. /Oct. 16, 1863; Brownsville, Miss., Oct. 18, 1863; Barton's Station, Miss.,
Oct. 20, 1863; assault on Fort De Russy, La., March 14, 1864; Henderson Hill, La., March 21,
1864; Grand Ecore, La., April 2, 1864; Compti, La., April 3, 1864; Pleasant Hill, La., April 9,
1864; Cloutierville, La., April 23, 1864; Cane River, La., April 24, 1864; Moore's Plantation, La.,
May 3, 1864; Bayou La Moure, La., May 6 and 7, 1864; Bayou Roberts, La., May 7, 1864; Man-
sura, La., May 16, 1864; Bayou De Glaise, May 18 and 19, 1864; Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6.
1864; Tupelo, Miss., July 14, 1864; Oxford, Miss., Aug. 21, 1864; Abbey ville, Miss., Aug. 23,
1864; Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15 and 16, 1864; Fish River, Ala., March 24, 1865; capture of Span
ish Fort, Ala., April 8, 1865; Fort Blakely, Ala., April 9, 1865.

The writer greatly regrets his inability, for lack of space, to make such personal mention and
commendation of members of the regiment, both officers and enlisted men, as in numerous cases
their conspicuous merit deserves in an eminent degree, and without which this sketch of the regi
ment seems most incomplete. I have, however, already exceeded the limits allotted the regiment
in the apportionment of space made by the commission in charge of this work, and I have there
fore been compelled not only to omit all that does not relate to the narrative of the regiment as a
whole, but have found it necessary to condense the recital of, or but briefly mention, many of the
important events in which the regiment participated. A complete history of the Fifth Minnesota
would make a volume of itself, every page of which would bristle with interesting and exciting
narrative. — [L. F. H.

282

THE FIFTH REGIMENT.

ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT MINNESOTA
VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

NAMES.

Colonels —

Rudolph Borgesrode.
Lucius F. Hubbard....

Lieutenant Colonel—
William B.Gere....

Majors —
Francis Hall.

JohnC.Becht

John P. Houston...

Adjutants —
Alpheus R. French.
Thomas P. Gere

Albert Rhode..

Quartermasters —
William B. McGrorty..
Francis G. Brown

Surgeons —

Francis B. Etheridge..

Vincent P. Kennedy...

William H. Leonard...
Assistant Surgeon —

J. A. Vervais <

Chaplains —

James F. Chaffee

John Ireland

Henry W. Herrick

Sergeant Majors —

Herman Muehlberg...

Abner N. See.

William J. Sturgis

Quartermaster Sergeants -

James C. McLean

Jerome C. Thompson...
Commissary Sergeants —

H.C.Wilkinson

Abner N. Remington-
Charles L. Littlefield...,

Samuel W. Franklin....
Hospital Stewards —

Francis Etheridge

N.J. Burns

Martin Webster...,

Principal Musicians-

Jacob Metzgar

Ezekiel Rose....
Henry Ley

32

24

41

MUSTERED
In.

Apl. SO, '62
Aug. 31, '62

Aug. 81, '(

Aug. 31, '62
May 1, '63
May 10, '65

Mch.24, '62
Mch.19,'63

Apl. 6, '65

Dec. 20, '61
Mch.18, '65

Mch.24, '62
Sept. 3, '62
May 23, '65

Sept. 3, '62

May 17, '62
June 23, '62
June 11, '64

Feb. 19, '62

Dec. 19, '61

Jan. 17, '62

Feb. 10, '62
Jan. 15, '62

Apl. 2, '62
Jan. 25, '62
Jan. 4, '62
Feb. 8, '62

Mch.24, '62
Feb. 15, '62

Jan. 6, '62
Jan. 31, '62
June 17, '62
Feb. 19, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Aug. 31, '62
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Apl. 30, '63
Mch. 18, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Mch.19,'63
Apl. 5, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept, 15, '64
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 3, '62
May 1, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Apl. 3, '63

June23, '62
Apl. 3, '63
Sept. 6, '65

May 15, '65

Apl. 7, '64

Aug. 7, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Jan. 24, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Oct. '62 J

i

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Resigned.

Enlisted as private Company A December 19, 1861; promoted
Captain February 5, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel March 24, 1862;
Colonel August 31, 1862; mustered as Veteran February 12,
1864; Brevet Brigadier General December 16, 1864; wounded
at Corinth May 28, 1862, and at Nashville December 16, 1864.

Enlisted as private in Company B January 17, 1862; promoted
Captain Company B March 2, 1862; Major March 24, 1862;
Lieutenant Colonel August 31, 1862; mustered as a Veteran
February 12, 1864.

Mustered as Captain Company C March 9, 1862; promoted Ma
jor August 31, 1862; resigned.

Mustered as Captain Company E March 19, 1862; promoted
Major May 1,1863.

Enlisted as private January 30, 1862; promoted First Lieuten
ant Company K April 30, 1862; Captain July 24, 1862; Major
May 10, 1865; wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864.

Resigned.

Enlisted January 17, 1862; First Sergeant March 6, 1862; pro
moted Second Lieutenant Company B March 24, 1862; First
Lieutenant August 20, 1862; Adjutant March 19, 1863; Acting
Assistant Adjutant General Second Brigade, First Division,
Sixteenth Army Corps, March 7, 1864; wounded at Nashville
December 15, 1864; awarded medal of honor by Secretary of
War February 22, 1865.

Veteran; enlisted March 11, 1862; promoted Sergeant Major
May 1, 1864; First Lieutenant Company D January 18, 1865;
Adjutant April 6, 1865.

Resigned.

Veteran; enlisted January, 1862; appointed Quartermaster
Sergeant; promoted Second Lieutenant Company K July 24,
1862; First Lieutenant July 15, 1863; Regimental Quarter
master March 18, 1865.

Resigned.

Assistant Surgeon from April 22, 1862.

Assistant Surgeon from November 22, 1862.

Resigned.

Resigned on account of ill health.

Resigned.

Enlisted March 21, 1864, as Private in Company A.

Enlisted February 19, 1862; appointed Sergeant April 2, 1862;
Sergeant Major April 30, 1862; promoted Second Lieutenant
Company D May 4, 1863; Captain May 6, 1863.

Sergeant Company A; appointed Sergeant Major September 2,
1863; discharged to accept promotion in United States Col
ored Infantry.

Veteran; enlisted in Company B; promoted Sergeant Major
February 18, 1865.

Veteran; enlisted in Company B; promoted Corporal, Sergeant,

Veteran; enlisted in Company H; appointed Quartermaster
Sergeant March 1, 1863.

Enlisted in Company F; appointed Commissary Sergeant April
15, 1865; discharged for disability in 1862.

Enlisted in Company A; appointed Commissary Sergeant Au
gust 1,1862.

Veteran; enlisted in Company A; appointed Commissary Ser
geant January 25, 1865; died July 13, 1865, at Demopolis, Ala.

Veteran; enlisted in Company F; appointed Commissary Ser
geant July 15, 1865.

Enlisted in Company I; appointed Hospital Steward October,

1862.
Veteran; enlisted in Company A; appointed Hospital Steward

October 7, 1863.
Veteran; enlisted in Company F; appointed Principal Musician

January 1, 1863; returned to Company F March 1, 1865.
Veteran; enlisted in Company B; appointed Principal Musician

July 1,1863.
Veteran; enlisted in Company E; Regimental Bugler.

COMPANY A.
EOSTER OF COMPANY A.

283

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Lucius F. Hubbard.

Josiah R. Dartt

William Arkins

Norris H. Dorsey..

First Lieutenants —
Andrew A. Teele...
Roscoe Hilton

ENLISTED MEN.

Aesshier, George A..

Aesch, Hubert

Anderson, Peter C....

Arkins, John

Arden, John

Arnold, Filing

Arndt, John

Bardwell, Lemuel H

Bard, Ephraim A

Bardwell, Tracy

Bardwell, Theodore C

Baxter, Elwood

Baillie, James

Bickford, William A

Bondurant, Creighton G.

Boss, John

Bury, Frederick..

Bury, John J

Bury, David B

Bury, John

Burnham, Allen

Cady, Charles M

Carter, Henry G

Cliff, Charles

Cole, Elihue

Collamore, Freman F....

Clark, William W

Davis, George W

Dartt, Solomon N

Delano, Loring G

Doty, John A

Druse, Edmund H

Druse, Daniel L

Easterly, Harmon

Edwards, Patrick A.

Engebretson, Ole .....

Engebretson, Elling

Everett, William W

Felt, Austin P

Fletcher, Mark

Flade, Charles

Fremau, Orlando

Freman, Lewis

Gregg, Henry M

Granger, Joseph W

Hamlin, Jesse S

Hanson, Carl

Harroun, John

Harroun, Edgar E

Harkness, Edwin R

Haines, Jacob

Hasson, John C

Harbrook, George S

Hemonway, William A..

Herrick, Henry W

Holland, Stanford C

Hogle, Walter C

Hopkins, James F

Hopkins, Uriah

Hoyt, Americus V

Hudson, George
Irish, John.....

Jordt, Hans

Johnson, Frank...,

26

44

MUSTERED i MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

Feb. 5, '62 Sept. 6, '65

Mch.24, '62! Apl. 12, '63
Apl. 12, '631 Aug. 22, '64

Dec. 12, '64 Sept, 6, '65

Dec. 21, '61

Dec. 12, '64, Sept. 6, '65

Jan. 25, '62 Sept. 6, '65

Nov. 16, '64 i Sept. 6, '65
Nov. 1, '64! Sept. 6, '65
Dec. 19, '61 1 Dec. 28, '(14
Dec. 19, '61 Aug. 9, '65

Nov. 14, '64 Sept. 6, '65

Nov. 17, '64J July 12, '65

Dec. 19, '61 ! Dec. 9, '62

Dec. 19, '61! Aug. 22, '62

Dec. 19, '61 1 Sept. 6, '65
Feb. 4, '62! Oct. 28, '62

Sept. 2, '63
Sept. 6, '65

Sept."6"'65

Sept. 6, '65
Oct. 17, '62

Feb. 19, '63
Oct. 18, '62
Sept. 2, '63

Dec. 28, '64
Jan. 13, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
June 3, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Jan. 29, '62
Nov. 1,'64
Dec. 19, '61
Dec. 19, '61

Jan. 6, '62
Dec. 19, '61

Dec. 19, '61

Dec. 19, '61
Dec. 19, '61
Dec. 19, '61
Dec. 19, '61
Apl. 3, '64
Jan. 29, '62
Feb. 4, '62
Jan. 14, '62
Dec. 19, '61
Dec. 19, '61
Jan. 4, '62
Mch.14, '02
Jan. 20, '62
Dec. 19, '61

Aug. 31, '62
Feb. 4, '62
Dec. 19, '61

Jan. 25, '62
Jan. 25, '62
Nov. 14, '64
Jan. 25, '62
Feb. 1,'62
Sept. 1, '64
Sept. 1,'61
Sept. 1,'64
Dec. 19, '61
Feb. 28, '62
Dec. 19, '61
Jan. 1, '62
Jan. 4, '62
Jan. 4, '62
Jan. 1,'62
Feb. 4, '62
Feb. 26, '62
Sept. 1, '64

Sept, 1,'64
Apl. 2, '64
Dec. 19, '61
Mch. 14, '62
Sept. 5, '64
Sept. 1, '64
Jan. 25, '62
Jan. 14, '62
Feb. 26, '62

Dec. 19, '61 Sept, 6, '65
Dec. 24, '61 1 Mch. 4, '63

Sept, 6, '65

Feb. 17, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Feb. 5, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept, 6, '65
Dec. 28, '64
Mch. 15, '65
Sept, 25, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Jan. 25, '65
Apl. 29, '65

Veteran; enlisted December 19, 1861; promoted Lieutenant Col

onel March 24, '62.

Second Lieutenant February 5, 1862; resigned.
Enlisted December 19, 1861; promoted Second Lieutenant

March 24, 1862; First Lieutenant November 18,1862; resigned.
Veteran; enlisted December 19, 1861; First Sergeant March 24,

1862; Second Lieutenant November 18, 1862; First Lieuten

ant April 12, '63.

Promoted Captain Company I November 18, 1862.
Veteran; enlisted December 19,1861; Sergeant March 24, 1862;

Second Lieutenant March 12, 1863.
Veteran; wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862, and at Nash

ville December 16, 1864.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Veteran; taken prisoner at Eastport, Mississippi, January 15,
1865.

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Musician; discharged for wounds received at Corinth May 28,

1862.

Veteran; promoted Corporal; wounded at Nashville.
Discharged for disability; died while en route home.
Discharged for disability; died while en route home.

Died at Fort Snelling June 17, 1862.

Veteran; promoted Corporal; prisoner April 10, 1864; paroled

May 27, 1865; died September 3, '63, at Camp Sherman, Mis

sissippi.

Taken prisoner at Corinth October 4, 1862; died July 5, 1863,

at St. Louis.
Wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862; died at Camp Sherman,

Mississippi, September 21, 1863.
Veteran; wounded at Nashville.

Wounded at Corinth May 28, 1862; discharged for disability.
Veteran; died May 22, 1865, at Montgomery, Alabama.
Died April 3, 1862, at Fort Snelling.
Killed July 13, 1864, at Tupelo, Mississippi.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability

Discharged for disability; died while en route home.
First Sergeant; died at Fort Snelling March 10, 1862.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability.
Veteran; Musician.
Veteran.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant; discharged for wounds

received in battle of Nashville; lost left leg.

Died June 30, 1863, at Young's Point, Louisiana.

Veteran; promoted Sergeant; wounded at Spanish Fort, Ala

bama.

Died July 12, 1S63, at Young's Point, Louisiana.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.
Killed in battle of Nashville December 16, 1864.
Died July 18, 1863, on hospital boat at Vicksburg.

Deserted May 11, 1863, at PtOcky Springs, Mississippi.
Died November 1, 1862, at Corinth, Mississippi.
Died March 11, 1863, at Germanton, Tennessee.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Veteran.

Promoted Corporal; wounded at Corinth May 28, 1862.
Discharged for disability August 14, 1862.
Veteran.

Died October 31, 1863, at Corinth, Mississippi.
Promoted Corporal; died March 31, 1865, at New Orleans, Lou
isiana.

Died June 6, 1865, at Demopolis, Alabama. •

Discharged January 10, 1864, for promotion as Chaplain.

Wounded at Nashville.
Promoted Corporal.

Veteran; promoted Corporal; killed December 16, 1864, in battle

ofNashville.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant; wounded at Nashville.
Wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862; discharged for disability.

284

THE FIFTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

NAMES.

Jordon, Nathaniel

Jones, Rufus

Knapp, Augustine

Killmartin, Patrick....

Kuhns, Joseph

Kuhns, Henry

Kulker, Henry

JLaudenschlager, John.
Littleneld, Charles L...

Marshall, George

Mclntosh, Michael....

McCurdy, John A

Mercer, George R

Miller, Abraham

Miller, Pulaski

Otterson, Knud...

Otterson, Albert

Patterson, Hiram B..,

Partlowe, DavidS

Perkins, Hiram

Quinnell, Thomas

Remington, Abner N.

Reade, Heury S

Reade, Henry M

Reed, Nelson

Rinearson, James

Roth, Henry I

Root, Leander

Ryder, James M

Sackett, Francis

Saratha, Jacob.
See, Abner N....

Shaw, James

Shumway, Rufus E

Shumway, Jeremiah...,

Simpson, John ,

Sickler, John

Stranahan, William 0.

Stranahan, Oscar L

Stranahan, Henry M..

Strang, David M

Strong, George I

Taylor, Edmund

Tompkins, John C

Truman, Charles

Truesdell, Gilbert

Wait, Beriah C

Wall, Gilbert W

Webster, Noah

Webster, Martin

Willoughby, John H...
Wilson, Pythagoras....
Willwording, Michael.

Wooster, George C

Wright, Beverly M

Zibble, Lewis

MUSTERED MUSTERED
Is. OCT.

80

Jan. 27, '62
Sept. 1, '63
Feb. 4, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Dec. 19, '61
Dec. 19, '61
Dec. 19 ,'61
Apl. 2, '64
Jan. 4, '62

Mch. 4, '62
Dec. 19, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Jan. 25, '62
Dec. 19, '61
Feb. 4, '62

Jan. 7, '62

Jan. 25, '62
Jan. 1,'62

Sept. 16. '62

Aug. 21, '62
Jan. 7, '62
Jan. 25, '62
Dec. 19, '61
Dec. 24, '61
Jan. 29, '62
Sept. 1,'64
Aug. 31, '64
Jan. 4, '62
Mch. 14, '62
Sept. 1,'62

lTov.21,'64
Dec. 19, '61

Dec. 19, '61
Nov. 15, '64
Nov. 19, '64
Dec. 19 ,'61
Jan. 18, '62
Dec. 28, '61

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept.' "6 ''65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Mch. 16, '63
Sept. 6, Ti
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 20, '62

Sept. 6, '65

Jan. 17, '63

Sept. 2, '65

Jan. 15, '63

Feb.
Mch.
Feb.
Aug.
Feb.
Jan.
Dec.
Feb.
Jan.
Jan.
Dec.
Jan.
Sept.
Aug.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.

12, '62

15, '62

26, '62
31, '64

4, '62
25, '62
19, '61

27, '62
4, '62

17, '62
19, '61
6, '62

16, '62
30, '64
22, '64
19, '61
19, '61

Jan. 24, '65
June 12, '65
Sept. 23, '62
Dec. 28, '64
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Dec. 3, '62
Jan. 13, '63

Sept. 6, '65
Apl. 7, '64

July 30, '64
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Feb. 2, '62

Oct. 6, '62

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Feb. 3, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
July 28, '62

23 Dec, 19, '61 ; Mch. 16, '63

REMARKS.

Killed at Corinth October 4, 1862.

Died August 30, 1864, at Camp Sherman, Mississippi.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant; wounded at Nashville.

Veteran.

Killed at Corinth October 4, 1862.

Veteran.

Veteran; captured at Corinth October 4, '1862; exchanged.

Veteran; Corporal; promoted Sergeant, Commissary Sergeant;

died July 13, 1865, at Demopolis, Alabama.
Veteran; deserted in November, 1864.
Transferred from Company D; discharged for disability.

Veteran.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; Corporal; promoted Sergeant; wounded at Corinth
May 28, 1862; killed in battle of Nashville December 15, 1864.

Veteran; wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864, and at Rich
mond, Louisiana, June 15, 1863.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran.

Died August 7, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; died June 3, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee.

Promoted Sergeant, Commissary Sergeant.

Discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Killed October 4, 1862, at battle of Corinth, Mississippi.
Discharged for disability.

Transferred from Company B June 25, 1862; discharged for
disability.

Veteran; Sergeant; promoted Sergeant Major September 2, 1863,
discharged to accept promotion in United States Colored In
fantry.

Per order.

Died July 5, 1862, at Farmington, Mississippi.
Discharged for disability; died while en route home.
Promoted Corporal; deserted March 7, 1863, at Germanton, Ten-

Transferred to Signal Corps October 1, 1863.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862.

Died July 14, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana.

Veteran.

Died July 20, 1863, at. Fort Snelling.

Transferred to Signal Corps August 7, 1863.

Veteran.

Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability.

Veteran; Wagoner; promoted Hospital Steward October 7, 1863.

Discharged for disability.

Promoted Corporal; died on steamer, on Mississippi River, Sep
tember or October, 1862.
Discharged for disability.

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

285

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
William B. Gere

John S. Marsh

Norman K. Culver

James G. McGrew

First Lieutenants —
Thomas P. Gere...

ENLISTED MEN.

Annis, George M

Andrews, Webster G

Atkins, David W

Baker, Charles H

Beecher, Charles

Bell, Charles K

Besse, Josephs

Blodget William H

Boyer, Christopher

Boynton, David

Brennan, John

Bren, Jacob.

Carr,Levi

Chase, William H. H

Cole, Edwin F

Cook, Charles ,

Coly, John

Collins, Patrick

Culver, Charles M

Clapatch, Frank

Dauchy, Arthur H

Davis, Overan ,

Dean, John A

Doring, Frederick

Douglas, J. W

Dunn, James ,

Eichelberger, Peter

Ellis, Ailington C

Elpha, Caleb

Everett, Ur

Fauver, Andrew J

Fauver, Samuel

Fauver, M. D. L

Findley, Russell H

Forester, Robert

Foster, James W

French, Columbia

French, Charles E

Gardner, John

Gardner, Ambrose

Gehring, Jacob A

Good, William

Hawley, Charles H

Holmes, John

Hopkins, James

Hoyt.Elias

Hutchinson, William B..

Huntly, Truman D

Ives, LeviW

Joerger, Christian

Johnson, John

Kanzig, Duras

Kerr, James H

Keigan, Reuben L

Knowles, George

Kusda, Wenzel

Lester, John W ."..".'

Lindsey, Isaac

Martin, Henry

McAllister, Arthur

McGowan, John

McLean, James C

John F. Bishop 22

MUSTERED
IN.

Mch. 2, '62
Mch. 24, '62
Aug. 20, '62

Sept. 2, '63

Aug. 20, '62
Sept. 2, '63

Jan. 17, '62
Mch. 29, '64
Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Mch. 21, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Feb. 10, '62
July 9, '64
Mch. 2, '62

Nov. 1,'64

Feb. 10, '62
Jan. 17, '02
Mch. 18, '62
Mch 30. '64
Nov. 19, '64

Nov. 19, '64
Jan. 17, '62
Nov. 14, '64
NOT. 12, '64
Nov. 14, '64
Nov. 16, '64
Nov. 1, '64
Mch. 29, '64

Jan. 17, '62
Nov. 17, '64

Jan. 17, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Nov. 15, '64
Jan. 17, '62
Mch. 29, '64
Mch. 29, '64
Jan. 17, '62
Mch. 29, '64
Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Feb. 23, '62
Feb. 23, '62
Feb. 21, '62
Jan, 17, '62

Jan. 17, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Mch. 2, '64
Feb. 10, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Mch. 2, '62
Mch. 17, '62
Aug. 30, '64
Mch. 17, '62
Mch. 17, '62
Sept. 7, '64
Mch. 29, '64
Feb. 10, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Mch. 2, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Mch. 2, '62

Jan. 17, '62
Feb. 10, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Sept. 6, '65

July 13, '63
Sept. 6, '65

Apl. 5, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 26, '65
Oct. 24, '62
Sept. 6, '65
Mch. 1,'65

Oct. 24, '63
Mch. 1, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Feb. 9, '65
Sept. 6, '65

June 12, '65

May 29, '65
Mch. 16, '63

Junell, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Mch. 15, '63
Apl. 30, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

May 25, '65
Sept. 6 '65
Feb. 27, '63

Sept. 2, '65
Oct."24,";62
Oct. 24, '62

Sept. 6, '65
July 29, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Apl. 28, '63
July 19, '63

Sept." e'/ '65

June 7, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
July 29, '63
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Veteran; enlisted as private January 17, 1862; promoted Major
March 24, 1862.

First Lieutenant February 10, 1SG2; drowned August 18, 1862, at
Redwood, Minnesota.

Second Lieutenant March 2, 1862; First Lieutenant March 24,
1862; resigned.

Veteran; enlisted as private February 10, 1862; Sergeant March
24, 1862; Second Lieutenant August 20, 1862, First Lieuten
ant March 19; 1863.

Private January 17, 1862; Second Lieutenant March 24, 1862;
First Sergeant March 2, 1862; appointed Adjutant March 20,
1863; wounded at Nashville December 15, 1864.

Veteran; enlisted as private February 10, 1862; Sergeant March
24, 1862; wounded at Redwood August 18, 1862.

Veteran; Wagoner; transferred to Company F June 1, 1864.

Per order.

Corporal; discharged for disability.

Veteran.

Killed in battle August 18, 1862; buried at Fort Ridgley.
Corporal; killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood, Minnesota.
Wounded in battle August IS, 1862.

Promoted Corporal; died August 18, 1863, near Messenger's

Ford, Black River, Mississippi.
Wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864; absent in hospital on

discharge of regiment.

Veteran.

Killed in battle August 18, 1862; buried at Fort Ridgley.
Prisoner January 17, 1865.

Mortally wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864; died De
cember 19, 1864.
Per order.

Musician; discharged for disability.

Absent sick on muster-out of regiment; wounded at Nashville.
Wounded April 4, 1865; discharged per order.
Died at Jeffersonville February 1, 1865.

Mortally wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864; died De
cember 20, 1864.

Veteran; died of wounds received December 16, 1864, at Nash
ville.

Died March 4, 1865, of wounds received December 16,1864, at
Nashville.

Sergeant; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; promoted Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.

Wounded December 16, 1864, at Nashville, Tennessee.

First Sergeant; killed at Redwood, August 18, 18b2.

Per order.

Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability.

Killed at Redwood, Minnesota, August 18, 1862.

Killed at Eedwood, Minnesota, August 18, 1862.

Veteran.

Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood, Minnesota.

Corporal; wounded at Fort Ridgley August 20, 1862; discharged

for disability.

Corporal; discharged for disability.
Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood, Minnesota.
Wounded at Nashville, December 16, 1864.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability July 19,1863.
Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood, Minnesota.
Wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864.
Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood, Minnesota.
Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood, Minnesota.
Discharged for disability.

Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood, Minnesota.
Veteran.

Discharged for disability July 29, 1863.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Veteran; promoted Corporal; discharged for promotion Janu
ary 6, 1864.
Veteran.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

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ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

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NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN. |

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Magill John L .*.

•??,

Jan. 13, '62

Apl. 29, '63

Wounded at Fort Ridgley August 20, 1862; discharged for dis-

McAllister, Henry

31

18

Mch. 14, '62
Jan. 17 '62

Sept.' 6/65

Killed at Redwood August 18, 1862.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

49

Mch 2 '62

Promoted Corporal' wounded in battle August 20 1862* died

Nehrhood, Edward F

21

29

Feb. 10, '62
Feb 10 '69

Sept. 6, »65

January 2, 1863, at La Grange, Tennessee.
Veteran: promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Killed at Redwood August 18, 1862.

37

Aug 29 '64

Sept 6 '65

Parsley, Thomas

23

9(J

Feb. 18*, '62

Feb 18 '62

July 22* '65

Captured near Eastport, Mississippi, January, 1865.
Killed August 18 186° at Redwood.

Parks,' Moses P
Parks, John W

21
90

Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 17, '62

Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood.
Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood.

Perrington, William J
Peterson John

24

S9

Feb. 19, '62
Aug. 30 '64

Mch. 16, '63
Sept 6 '65

Discharged for disability.

Pettis Edwin

34

July 7 '64

June 8 '65

Per order

Pfremer Michael

9q

Jan. 17, '62

Mch. 3* '65

Corporal.

Philips, Harrison A
Pitcher Nathaniel

21
2]

Feb. 10, '62
Jan. 17, '62

Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood.
Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood.

Pray Henry F

18

Jan 17 '62

Died August 11 1863 at Mound City Illinois

Prouty, Chester A
Kathburn, D. C

24
SO

Mch. 29, '64
Mch 29, '64

Sept. 6, '65
Sept 6 '65

Wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864.

34

Mch 29 '64

Sept 6 '65

Rabenski, Antoine

3S

Mch. 2, '62

Deserted December 31, 1864.

Robinson, Heber
Rose Ezekiel

33
23

Jan. 17, '62
Jan 17 '62

Jan. 17, '65
Sept 6 '65

Veteran* Principal Musician July 1 1863' wounded at Red

Rolf C B

31

Mch' 29 '64

May 10 '65

wood August 18, 1862.

Roberts, Eugene W

18

Nov. 12, '64

Wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864; discharged for same.

Rufredge Andrew

23

Jan. 17, '62

Wounded August 20 1862, at Fort Ridgley; discharged October

28

Jan 17 '62

Sept 6 '65

24, 1862.

24

Feb 10* 1&)

Feb 10 '65

21

Mch 2* '6''

Sept 6 '65

Veteran* wounded August 18 1862 at Redwood

Sevenson Tellof

30

Aug 30* '64

Sept 6 '65

Sevain William

38

Sept 7 '64

June 9 '65

Bhepard, Henry A

21

tfeb. 10* '60

Killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood.

Smith Allen

28

(i'eb 10 '62

Oct 21 '62

Promoted Corporal' discharged for disabilitv

Smith Chas W

21

Feb 10 "62

Killed August 18 1862 at Redwood

Smith Joseph E

18

Aug 29 '64

Sept 6 '65

Stewart, Samuel
Sturgis, William J

23

97

Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 17 "62

Aug. 7 '65

Died August 7, 1863, at Vicksburg.
Veteran* promoted Corporal, Sergeant Major.

Stewart, Nathan

21

Jan. 17, '62

Killed at Redwood August 18, 1862.

Spornitz, Robert J

94

Feb. 10, '62

Oct. 24 '62

Discharged on account of wounds received at Fort Ridgley

Sutherland, William A
Tanner, Martin J
Taylor Jonathan

18
26
44

Feb. 18, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Feb 10 '69

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Mch 15 '63

August 20, 1862.
Veteran; wounded August 18, 1862, at Redwood, Minnesota.
Veteran.
Discharged for disability.

Trescott, Solon A
Torger, Christian . ..

Feb. 10, '62
June 17, '62

Sergeant; killed August 18, 1862, at Redwood.
Killed August 18 1862, at Redwood.

Underwood Joel A

21

Jan 17 '62

Veteran' promoted Corporal Sergeant* died January 19 1865

Van Buren, Stephen
"Wait Eli

21

21

Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 17 '62

Sept. 6, '65
Nov 6 '64

of wounds received in the battle of Nashville, Tennessee.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Wall Oscar G

19

Feb. 10 '62

Aug. 29 '62

for disability.
Discharged for disability.

Wall, Gilbert W
Winslow, William E
Williamson, Andrew W...

40
?4

Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 17, '62

"July 29,' '63

Musician; transferred to Company A June 25, 1862.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Sergeant; discharged for promotion in the

Wilson, Martin H
White, William
Woodard, Willard

18
31
31

Jan. 17, '62
Sept. 2, '64
Mch. 29, '64

Dec. 1,»63
Sept. 6, '65

71st United States Colored Regiment.
Discharged for disability.

Killed at Nashville December 16, 1864.

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Francis Hall

28
24

21
19
26

43
19

38
32

Mch. 9, '62
Aug. 31, '62

Aug. 31, '62
Sept. 26, '63
Aug. 31, '62

Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 7, '62
Mch. 9, '64
Nov. 10. '64

Aug. 31, '63
Sept. 6, '65

July 21, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Aug. 5, '64

Dec. 19, '62
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Promoted Major August 31, 1862; resigned.
Veteran; First Lieutenant March 9, 1862; previously served as
private in the Fourth Minnesota Infantry.
Enlisted March 9, 1862; promoted Second Lieutenant February
18, 1862; resigned.
Veteran; Sergeant March 18, 1862; enlisted February 7, 1862.

Enlisted March 9, 186? promoted First Sergeant March 18, 1862;
Adjutant Eleventh Minnesota Infantry August 5, 1864.
Discharged for disability December 19, 1862.
Veteran; Musician.
Promoted Corporal.
Killed December 16. 1864. at Nashville.

Timothy J. Sheehan
First Lieutenants —
Frank B. Fobes

Dorr K Stacy

Second Lieutenant —
Horatio D. Brown

ENLISTED MEN.

Ames, David
Babcock, Nathan E
Bar, John .

Battles, John....

COMPANY C.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

287

NAMES.

Bartley, Hanley

Barry, Thomas

Bennett, Hiram

Beardsley, Stephen L

Beach, Horace M

Beighley, Leonard R

Berg, Edward

Beighley, Simeon P

Blackmer, Frank A

Bliss, Phineas

Botton, Norman

Brooks, Dwight E

Brooks, Edward E

Brown, James M

Butler, Ziiiery C

Bullock, Joel L

Carter, Burton H

Canfield, Aaron

Chesterson, Forgus

Chamberlain, ManardA.
Chute, Zacharia

Chute, Levi

Chapel, Charles E

Cook, Sidney ,

Crowfoot, David

Davis, John

Decker, Lymau H

Dills, Charles H

Dills, Charles

Dills, Daniel

Dogan, Samuel W ,

Eberlein, Ferdinand

Eggleston, Lyman A

Elefson, Halver ,

Ellingson, Martin

Gulbranson, Andrew....

Godley, JohnG

Grandy, Charles J

Grandy, Lymau W

Greer.MarkM

Green, Jerome P

Grout, Albert K

Harris, Peter E

Hale, John E

Henry, Philo

Hicks, John P

Hitchcock, Richard O..

Horning, William J

Houan, James

Holm, Ole S

Hunt, Nathan A

Hunt, Daniel N

Hunt, Samuel M

Jones, Lyman C

Keller, Curtis B

Kendall, Isaac

Knudson, Frederick

Lawrence, • William F...
Lowthian, Nicholas I...

Luther, Andrew J

Marvin, Edwin J

McReynolds, Frank M.

McFall, Orlando

McMahon, Terrance

Malachy, John

Mead, James H

McCalI,John

Miller, John B

Morean, Dennis

Narveson , Torsten

Nisson, Peter

North, M. A

Oleson, Peter

Oleson, John

Oleson, Ole

Peterson, Andrew...,
Pennock, Wilniot H.

Porter, Dennis

Rice, James M

MUSTERED

MUSTERED
OUT.

Nov. 12, '64
Nov. 19, '64
Nov. 19, '64
Feb. 24, '62
Feb. 17, '62

Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 24, '62
Mch. 15, '62
Mch. 14, '62
Nov. 16, '64
Nov. 16, '64
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Mch. 14, '62

Mch. 9, '62
Sept. 1, '64
Mch. 9, '62
Nov. 10, '64
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 19, '62

Feb. 19, '62
Mch. 14, '62

Feb. 24, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Mch. 31, '64
Mch. 16, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Mch. 9, '62
Feb. 19, '62
Feb. 7, '62
Feb. 24, '62
Mch. 3, '62
Feb. 24, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 17 ,'62
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 19, '62
Mcb. 9, '62
Mch. 14, '62
Feb. 19, '62
Mch. 14, '62
Feb. 7, '62
Feb. 7, '62
Mch. 9, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 7, '62
Mch. 29, '64
Feb. 17, '62
Mch. 15, '62
Nov. 14, '64
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 15, '62
Mch. 11, '62
Feb. 24, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Mch. 9, '62
Feb. 24, '62
Sept. 1,'64
Feb. 7, '62
Feb. 19, '62
Mch. 2, '62
Mch. 2, '62
Feb. 19, '62

Mch. 9, '62
Mch. 9, '62
Feb. 8, '62
Sept. 11, '64
Feb. 17, '62
Sept. 10, '64
Feb. 24, '62
Mch. 14, '62
Feb. 24, '62
Feb. 25, '62
Sept. 10, '64

Feb. 18, '62

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Mch. 9, '65
Feb. 23, '65
Mch. 14, '65
Oct. 28, '62
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Oct. 28, '62
Sept. 16, '63
Sept. 6, '65

Nov. 23, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Oct. 28, '62
Sept. 6, '65
Oct. 28, '62

32 Mch. 9, '62

Sept. 15, '62
Junel4, '65

Oct. 27, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 15, '63
Feb. 16, '65
Sept, 6, '65
July 27, '63
Sept, 2, '65

Feb. 16, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 16, '65

Febi'ie', '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 2, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 15, '62
Sept. 6/65
June 17, '65
Dec. 9, '62
Mch. 4, '63
May 3, '65

Mch. 16, '63
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Feb. 11, '64

REMARKS

Mch. 9, '65

Mch. 9, '65 1

Mch. 9, '65

Sept, 6, '65 1

Sept. 6, '65 i

Sept. 6, '65

Killed December 16, 1864, at Nashville.
Wounded at Nashville.

Died March 23, 1862, at Fort Snelling.

Veteran; Corporal; promoted First Sergeant; died of wounds
received in battle of Nashville January 27, 1865, at New Al
bany, Indiana.

Discharged for wounds received at Fort Ridgley.

Corporal; discharged for disability.
Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Corporal; wounded at Nashville.
Wounded at Vicksburg; died July 7, 1863, at Young's Point,

Louisiana.
Veteran; promoted Corporal; wounded at Nashville.

Musician; discharged for disability.

Sergeant; discharged for disability.

Wounded at Richmond, Louisiana, June 15, 1863; died on hos
pital steamer R. C. Wood November 26, 1863.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; promoted Corporal; discharged for disability;
wounded; lost an arm in siege of Spanish Fort.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran.

Died August 8, 1863, at Bear Creek, Mississippi.

Died July 6, 1863, at Young's Point, Louisiana.

Died October 31, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Died July 21, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Died August 12, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Died October 1, 1863, on hospital steamer R. C. Wood.

Killed August 20, 1862, at Fort Ridgley, in battle with Indians.

Discharged for disability.

Died November 30, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Veteran.

First Sergeant; died July 19, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Died June 8, 1863, on hospital steamer D. A. January.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant; wounded at Nashville.

Veteran.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Died April 8, 1863, at Jackson, Tennessee.
Died April 8, 1863.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to Invalid Corps September 1, 1863.
Died in hospital Julv 18, 1863, at Black River Bridge.
Transferred to Invalid Corps September 1, 1863.
Taken prisoner January 15, 1865; discharged in hospital Sep
tember 28, 1865.
Wagoner.
Wounded at Tupelo July 13, 1864.

Veteran.

Died May 26, 1863.

'Died May 21, 1863, atDuckport, Louisiana.
Died May 26, 1863, at Duckport, Louisiana.
Veteranfdied of wounds April 3, 1865, received at Spanish Fort.
Wounded at Nashville; died April 29, 1865, at Merton, Minne-

Corporal (missing); taken prisoner at Black River, Mississippi,

while acting as safeguard.
Sept. 2, '65 ! Veteran.

288

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ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
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REMARKS.

38

Feb. 17. '62

Died March 17 1862, at Fort Snelling Minnesota

Richardson, Halford
Both Edward

34
25

Nov. 16, '64
Mch. 6 '62

June 8, '65

Wounded at Nashville.

07

Feb. 17, '62

Mch. 9, '65

19, 1864.

Rose, Charles A

19
91

Feb. 19, '62
Mch. 6, '62

Sept. 6, '65
Mch. 31, '65

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Veteran' promoted Corporal Sergeant' wounded at Nashville*

Ross Daniel J

?n

Mch 31. '64

discharged for disability.
Died January 13, 1865 at Eastport, Mississippi.

Ross John C

21

Feb. 17, '62

Sept 6 '65

Veteran' promoted First Sergeant.

Russell. Charles O
Russell, Walter S
Sampson, Christopher

18
'19
?6

Feb. 17, '62
Mch. 9, '62
Feb. 24, '62

Sept. 6, '65
Mch. 14, '65

Veteran.
Died September 26, 1864 in Randolph county, Arkansas.

Shortlidge, Isaac

31

Feb. 7, '62

Died April 11 1863 in Adams Hospital Memphis Tennessee.

?8

Mch. 15, '62

Dec 9 '62

Smith, Animond

?9

Mch. 30, '64

Sept. 6, '65

Stugo Ole Oleson

19

Feb. 17, '62

Died June 16 1863 in hospital at Chickasaw Springs Missis

Stugo, Even Oleson

18

Feb. 17, '62

sippi.
Died July 14, 1862, at Fort Ridgley, Minnesota.

St John Andrew W

Feb 17 '62

July 28 '64

Thompson, William

Teeter, Reuben W
Torkelson Lars

30

31
27

Feb. 17, '62

Nov. 16, '64
Sept 1 '64

Aug. 2, '65

Corporal; wounded at Corinth; died August 25, 1863, at Jeffer
son Barracks, Missouri.

Killed December 16 1864 at Nashville Tennessee.

Wadworth, Wiffing

W

Sept 1, '64

Julv 8 '65

Discharged for disability.

Weakly, Josiah

42

Feb 17 '69

Mch 16 '63

Discharged for disability.

Williams, Oliver?

82

Feb. 24, '62

Transferred to Invalid Corps January 15, 1863.

Wiggins, George H

19

Mch. 9 '61'

Died August 17, 1863, at Mound City, Illinois.

Workman Philip

25

Nov 14 '64

Sept 2 '65

Young, William

%

Mch. 9, '62

"Veteran* Corporal' promoted Sergeant; died December 31,1864,

Young James

?0

Feb 17 '62

Oct 28 '63

. of wounds at Nashville December 16th.

Ybright, James M

22

Feb. 19, '62

Sept. 2, '65

Veteran.

ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

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IN.

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REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
John Vander Horck

Herman Muehlberg
First Lieutenants —
Francis A. Cariveau
Henry G. Bailly

31

28

26
83

Mch. 15, '62
May 6, '63

Mch. 15, '62
Sept 11 '63

Apl. 10, '63
May 15, '65
May 3, '63

Enlisted Feb. 1, 1862; wounded in battle with Indians at Fort
Abercrombie September 3, 1862; resigned.
Enlisted February 19, 1862; promoted Sergeant April 2, 1862:
Sergeant Major April 30, 1862; Second Lieutenant May 4,1863.
Resigned.
Enlisted in Company G March 10 1862; died January 7, 1865,

Albert Rhode

24

Jan. 18 '65

Sept 6 '65

of wounds received in the battle of Nashville.
Veteran* enlisted March 11 1862 Sergeant Major May 1 1864

"William Deutsch

Second Lieutenant —
John Groetsch

35
26

June 6, '65
Mch 15 '62

Sept. 6, '65
May 3 '63

Adjutant April 6, 1865.
Veteran; enlisted January 3, 1862; Sergeant March 15, 1862;
wounded at Nashville.

ENLISTED MEN.

Angelsberg, Nicholas

21

Dec. 26 '61

Killed in the battle of Nashville December 16, 1864.

Aschfalg, Sebastian

33

Feb 5 '62

Discharged for disability.

Aschfalg, Sebastian
Baldwin Bailv I

37
43

Dec. 26, '64
Feb 12 '62

June 10, '65
Jan 5 '63

Discharged for disability

Bachmann, Charles
Beck David

28
37

Sept. 3*, '64
Aug 30 '64

Jan.' loj '65
Sept 6 '65

Per order.

Bernard Walter

36

June25* '64

Sept 6 '65

Benson, David

37

Aug. 17, '62

Died July 13 1863, at Young's Point, Louisiana.

Brackelsberg, Gustave

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Feb 13 '62

Deserted Januarv 5 1863* Sergeant.

Blucher, Christian
Boessling, Ernst A

34
18

Jan. 30, '62
Feb. 25 '62

Sept. 6, '65

Veteran; Corporal, promoted Sergeant.
Died September 10 1863 at Camp Sherman, Mississippi.

Bochner, Christian

31

Mch 5 '62

Transferred to Invalid Corps September 22, 1863.

Brown, George

25

Mch 11 '62

Died July 1° 1863 at Young's Point Louisiana.

Brown, Horace

?7

Feb. 15 '62

Transferred to Companv G Februarys, 1863.

Brouillette, Michael
Brown, John..

24
39

Jan. 15, '62
July 6 '64

Feb. 5, '63
Sept 6 '65

Discharged for disability.

Bruckschen, Henry
Busch, Henry

31

35

Mch. 31, '62
Sept 10 '64

Sept. 27, '63
Sept 6 '65

Discharged for disability.

Carle, Louis

23

Jan 15 '69

Caspistrant, Stanislaus
Caspistrant, Leander A....
Case, Maxim

43
21

?8

Jan. 8 ,'62
Jan. 20, '62
Mch. 6 '62

Nov. 18, '63
Feb. 5, '62

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability at Fort Snelling.
Died March I9 1863 near Germantowu, Tennessee.

Charley, Augustus
Crook, James E
De Graw, Henry....

40
19
22

July 21, '64
Jan. 24, '62
Feb 25 '64

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 2, '63
Sept 6 '65

Musician; discharged for disability.

Delonois Francis

28

Jan 27* '62

TV Vi d f ft' H'l't

Drechsel, Charles

40

Mch. 5] '62

Died October 12 1862, at Fort Abercrombie.

Dupre, Pierre
Dubay, Clement

22
19

Dec. 31, '61
Mch. 5 '62

"Sept."'6".''65

Wagoner; deserted July 22, 1862.
Veteran. •

COMPANY D.

ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

289

NAMES.

63
O

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

Dust Charles

39
21
36
44

28
26
32
37

99

Feb. 2 '64
Jan. 27, '62
Sept. 1,'64
Jan. 28, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Mch. 18, '62
Feb. 7, '62
Nov. 20, '61
July 21 '64
Mch. 5, '65
Jan. 13, '62
Feb. 23, '62
Mch. 12, '62
Dec. 16, '61
Dec. 26, '61
Feb. 3, '62
Mch. 5, '62
Dec. 31, '61
Dec. 27, '61
Jan. 11 '62
Mch. 5, '62
Mch. 11, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Mch. 5, '62
Dec. 31, '61

Feb. 19, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Jan. 22, '62

Jan. 11, '6?
Jan. 6, '62
Aug. 1,'64
Jan. 13, '62
Feb. 3, '62
Mch. 5, '62
Mch. 10, '62
Jan. 27, '62
Sept. 1'64
Feb. 17, '62
Jan. 29, '62
Dec. 19, '61
Aug. 30, '64
Sept. 1,'64
July 13, '64
Mch. 5 '69

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Veteran.
Wounded at Nashville.

Died June 30, 1863, at Young's Point, Louisiana.
Died August 2, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Sergeant.
Wounded at Nashville.
Died August 2:3, 186:?, at Mound City, Illinois.
First Sergeant; discharged for disability in 1863.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Deserted December 26, 1861, at Fort Snelling.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Transferred to Invalid Corps.

Transferred to Company F.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Died July 23, 186:3, at Black River Bridge, Mississippi.
Died March 8, 18G3, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

Veteran; died August 7, 1865, at Demopolis, Alabama.
Wounded at Nashville; discharged from hospital January 2,
1865.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Corporal, promoted Sergeant; died June 22, 1863, at Duckport,
Louisiana.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.
Musician.
Wounded at Nashville.

Transferred to Invalid Corps September 22, 1863.
Died August 26, 1863, at Eden, Illinois.
Veteran.
Died July 10, 1863, at Chickasaw Springs.

Per order.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to Company A.
Wounded at Nashville.

Transferred to Company K.
Died April 22 1863 at Young's Point, Louisiana.

.E^s John

Fitsch Christian

Mch"l6,"65

Sept. 6, '65

Frank Philip

Cratz, Charles
Gebhard, Charles
Gerth, William F
Gerth, Augustus

26
35
28
25
33
25
40
25
39
38
31
25
24
21
28
28
29

23
32
26

21
32
23
28
43
35
34
24
24
19
32
42
21
25
37
42
33
21
29

"24
25
32

30
22
25
18
22
25
38
43
40

21
38
30
21
21
44
31
28
45

2*2

18
34
44

Sept. 6, '65
Mch. 16, '65

Jan. 6, '63
Mch! 16, '65

^Gurnsey Gideon C

Henderson, John

Hess Henry

Hendrickson, Louis F
Hoeingschruidt, Anthony.
Hoeingschmidt, Aloise
Hostemann, Henry
Hostemann, Adolph
Hord, Napoleon
Hostermann, Henry
Hubel John

Mch. 16, '63
Oct. 31, '63
Apl. 11, '63

Sept. 6, '65

JFarvais, Charles . . ..

Joinville Baptiste

Sept. 6, '65
Sept, 6, '65

Kaueter, Frederick
Kelly, Asa E

Kocher Henry

Sept. 6, '65
Jan. 6, '65
Aug. '31, '65
Mch. 19, '65

Koss John P

Kranze, John

Krumtnel, Philip

Sept'." 6/65

Lieford, Onesime

Luther, George

Lubitz, Christian

Sept. 6, '65
Anl 8 'fi9

Moon Eidgar A

McWilliams, John

Jan. 4, '63

Mclntosh, Michal H
Mosbrugger, Jacob

June 30, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Moore, Dennis

Mueller, Balthaser
Nehaus, Christian

Mch. 5, '62
Mch. 11, '62
Jan. 24, '62

Jan. 6/62
June29,'64
Apl. 5, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Mch. 10, '62
Sept. 30, '64
Jan. 24, '62
Aug. 1,'64
Aug. 8, '64
June 18, '64
Sept. 1,'64
Dec. 14, '6
Feb. 12, '62

Dec. 26, '6
Feb. 28, '6
Mch. 5, '6
Mch. 31, '6
Sept. 3, '6
Nov. 1,'6
Jan. 24 '6

Sept. 2, '63

Discharged for disability.
Died November 20, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant; wounded at Richmond,
Louisiana, June 15, 1863.
Died November 23, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee.
Transferred to Company K.
Wagoner; died October 10, 1863, at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Perorder- ;:.:;....... .WneH .^a

Killed at Nashville December 16, 1864.
Wounded in battle of Nashville December 16, 18641 '[ •

Veteran; Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Veteran; promoted Corporal; wounded at Nashville, December,

Died August 31, 1863, at €am{x Sherman, Mississippi:
Killed at Fort Abercrombie September 15, 1862.
Transferred to Invalid Corps-
Veteran.

Died August 9, 1865, at Demopolis, Alabama,
Killed September-6,1862tat Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory,
Promoted Corporal; died August 2, 1863, at Mound City, Illinois.
Discharged for disability.
Killed at Fort Abercrojnbie, September 7, 1862.
Transferred to Company F February 8, 1863^; — ^'

Discharged for disability!.''^
Veteran,;,^ ^hB3o,naBum;
Veteran; wounded at Richmond, Louisiana, JunelS, 1863; killetf
June 6, 1864, in the battle of Lake Chicot, Arkansas.
Discharged for disability.

Mpro^e,^ i

Neumann, William

Nill, Conrad

Sept. 6, '65

Nisgott, Gottlieb

Partion, Melburn
Probstfield, Anthony
Keusse, Edward
Rhode William

Sept. 6, '65
Mch. 10, '65
June 15, '65
Mch. 15, '65

Rhode, Ferdinand
Koloff William

Roberge, Nelson

Rogue, Alfred
Russell Richards

Sept. 6, '65
July 26, '65
Sept. 6, '6,
Sept. 6, '60
Sept. 6, '60

Ruediger, Charles
Satourelle, John B .

Sansoucy, Louis

Schrimpf, Edward....
Schulz, William

Schroeder, William

Schmidt, Henrick

Sept. 2, '6
Sept. 6, '6

Schwarzkopt, Julius
Schlechter, Frank
Siegel, William

Smith, Matthias
St. Jean, Andrie
Steele, Edwin D
St. Germain, Joseph
Stumer, Simon
Talbert, John.

Jan. 29, '62
Dec. 27, '61
Feb. 27, '62
Jan. 15, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Mch. 11, '62
Jan. 14, '65
Sept. 1, '64
Mch. 15, '62

Jan. 15, '65
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 3, '6-1
Oct. 31, '62
Sept. 3, '64

"Mch.' 16', "'6

Sept. 6, '6
Mch. 18, '6
Sept. 6, '6
Sept. 6, '6

May 5, '6
Sept. 6, '6
June 10, '6
Mch. 16, '6
I Sept. 6, '6

Therien, Joseph....
Thiell, Arnold... .
Tourville, Joseph

Trotecheaud, Jean B
Truwe, John
Truwe, Samuel
Tan Beck, August
Verpuffer, Henry

40
20
32

40
33
25
37
25

19

290

THE FIFTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

NAMES.

a
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS,

Victor, Paul

17
22

Mch. 17 ,'64
Dec. 26, '61
Jan. 22, '62
Mch. 5, '62
Jan. 30, '62
Jan. 6, '62
Mch. 11 ,'62
Mch.11,'62
Sept. 3, '64
Jan. 24, '62

Mch. 5, '62

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Veteran; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Died June 22, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana.
Died August 26, 1863, at Odin, Illinois.
Transferred to Company K February 8, 1863.
Died November 23, 1863, at Memphis.
Discharged for disability.
Died August 26, 1863, at Camp Sherman, Mississippi.

Veteran; promoted Corporal; wounded at Richmond, Louisianar
June 15, 1863; died January 19, 1865, from wounds received
at Nashville December 16, 1864.
Died July 22, 1863, at Black River, Mississippi.

Vrelly A^a E

Vuinge, Ernest
"Watts William

"l9"
40
22
24

27

•

Wisgott Gottleib

Willmse'n, Michael
Wildung Henry

Sept. 2, '63

Willuisen, Jacob
Wolf Christian

Sept. 6, '65

Wolf, Henry....

ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

H

O

<3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
John C. Becht

31

32

39

81

26

41

40
24

35

22
22
34
25
43
21
39
32
21
35
25

26
35
16
27
28
42
21
35
23
36
32
32

36
19
35
24
44
27
18
22
44
38
41
21
33
39
37
35

21

28
?4

Mch. 19, '62
Aug. 1, '63

Feb. 9, '65

Feb. 11, '62
Jan. 18, "65

Mch. 19, '62

Feb. 10, '62
Feb. 19, '62

Mch. 14, '62

Mch.11,'62
Apl. 2, '62
Feb. 27, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Sept. 10, '64
Mch. 18, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Mch. 4, '62
July 25, '64
Mch. 5, '62
Feb. 5, '62

Feb. 14, '62
Feb. 28 '62

Mch. 18, '65

Promoted Major May 1, 1863.
Enlisted February 5* 1862* First Sergeant April 2 1869' Second

Henry Stasson

Jacob Amos
First Lieutenants —
Charles Koch
John H. Theis
Second Lieutenant —
Killian Six

Sept. 6, '65

Lieutenant September 3,1862; Killed December 16, 1864, in
battle of Nashville, Tennessee.
Veteran; enlisted February 5, 1862; Sergeant April 2, 1862;
First Lieutenant August 2, 1863.
Died August 7, 1863, at St. Paul, Minnesota.
Veteran; enlisted March 11,1862; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Resigned.

Veteran.
Veteran; mortally wounded at Nashville December 16,1864;
died December 21, 1864.
Wounded at Corinth May 28, 1862; died May 7, 1863, at Duck's
Point.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Discharged for disability.
Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Died July 23, 1863, at Black River, Mississippi.

Veteran.
Deserted March 14, 1863, at Memphis.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Promoted Corporal; died July 2, 1863, at Young's Point, Louisi
ana.
Promoted Sergeant.
Transferred to Invalid Corps July 1, 1864.

Deserted.

Discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Deserted March 14, 1863, at Memphis.
Killed in battle of Corinth October 4, 1862.

Veteran.
Mortally wounded in battle of Corinth October 4, 1862; died
October 16, 1862.
Wounded December 16, 1864, at Nashville.
Veteran.

Discharged for disability.
Corporal; discharged for disability.

Musician; discharged for disability.
Died August 13, 1862, at Farmington, Mississippi.

Discharged for disability September 18, 1862.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.
Wounded at Nashville.

Mortally wounded in battle of Nashville December 16, 1864;
died December 21, 1864.

Died Pentemhfir 22. 1863. at Meniohis. Tennessee.

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 3, '62
Sept. 6, '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Barbalin John.

Barberich Killian

Barnett John G

Barth Peter

Aug. 30, '65
Oct. 10, '62
Nov. 23, '62

Behrenfeld, John T

Beseke Matthias ....

Biske Martin

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '60
Sept. 6, '65

"May"l6"'65
Sept. 9, '63

Bird, 'Christian

Borke, Francis
Bohrer, Christian

Brown Daniel P

Breyer, Thomas

Brettner, John
Blitzing, Frederick

Mch., '65

Cantieni, Auton

Aug. 3, '64
Feb. 19, '62
Feb. 28, '62
Feb. 24, '62
Mch.25, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 19, '62
Sept. 1,'64
Feb. 10, '62
Mch.24, '62

Sept. 3, '64
Feb. 10, '62
Mch. 4 ,'62
Mch. 18, '62
Feb. 6, '62
Nov. 14, '64
Feb. 10, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Feb. 12, '62
Mch.11,'62
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Nov. 16, '64
Sept. 1, '64

Feb. 7, '62
Mch. 17, '62
Mch.24. '62

Aug. 23, '65

Dies Henry.

Dill, Jacob

Mch., '65
Feb. 24, '63
Sept. 6, '65

Dreyer, Moritz
Du Frien, Theophile
Ehniger, Gottlieb
Fenerker, Michael
Fink, Christian

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Fleming, Frederick
Freitag, Christian

Freck Abraham

June 30, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Mch. 4 ,'65
Apl. 26, '63
Mch. 16, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Apl. 27, '63

"Sept." 6/65
Sept. 6, '65

"Sept.'"67'65
Sept. 6, '65
Aug. 4, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Gessert, Richard
Geiger, Jacob
Gerard Frederick

Grupe, Christian
Hanebuth, Henry
Hardy, Jonathan
Hammer, William
Hahn, John

Hausladen, George
Herrman, Joseph.

Heck, Matthias

Herrmann, Charles
Herrmann, Michael
Hunt, Nathan A
Jetzer, Ignatz

Jorg, Lewis

Mch., '65
Mch. 17, '65

Karels, John
Kern. Ferdinand

COMPANY E.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

291

NAMES.

Kiesel, Charles

Kleffuer, Anton ,

Klammer, Charles...
Klammer, August....

Kreutler, Wilhelm..

Krae, Nicholas

^Kunz, Bernard

"Lang, Charles

Lenzin, Leonhard....

Ley, Henry

Lipke, Charles T

Lipke, John

Logley, Matthias

Lorch, Martin ,

Mangels, Dietrich...
Marther, Anton

Meiser, Michael

Meir, Warner

Mey forth, Charles

Molz, Julius

Muehlberg, Herman...

Mueller, John

Mueller, Anton

Neiderhofer, Jacob P.

Neustel, Henry

Peterson, John

Fetter, John G

Pfieffer, John

Pichette, Christmas,..

Prescott, Louis

Reiley, Thomas

Retzer, Joseph

Rutzing, Frederick....

Ruf, Fredolin

Scheuble, Frederick...

Schubert, Franz

Schneeberger, Jacob...

Schlenz, Charles

Schwanenitz, John

Schmalz, Christian

Schmalz, Adolph

Schilling, William

Schilling, Charles G...

Schoe, Wendell

Scharf, Henry

Schmidt, Julius

Shoenborn, Nicholas.

Studt, Heinrich

Steiner, Baptiste

Thielman, Peter J

Van Viesko, George...

Velker, Christian

Vierling, William

Volmer, David

Walter, John

Wagoner, John

Wauckey, Joseph

Wenges, John

Welchlein, John G...

Weber, Joseph

Weyl, Julius

Wessel, Matthias

Wilhelmi, Peter

Wiest, Frederick

Wilms, Henry

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MUSTERED
Ix.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

28
42
28
25

Feb. 19, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Feb. 14, '62
Aug. 27, '64

Oct. 16, '62
Sept! 6, '65

Discharged for disability.
Died August 9, 1863, at Bear Creek, Mississippi.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.
Wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864; discharged from hos

32

Feb 14 '62

pital June 21, 1865.
Corporal- died May 8 1863 at St. Louis

26
23
36
39
39

42

• 17

Mch. 4, '62
Feb. 19, 'iV2
Aug. 9, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Feb. 19, '62

Feb. 19, '62
Feb. 19, '62

Mch. '65

May" 19, '65
Apl. 5, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Mch. '65

Wagoner.
Died October 11, 1863, at Vicksburg.
Discharged for wounds received at Nashville December 16,1S64.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran; transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff as Regimental
Bugler.
Corporal.
Musician; transferred to Invalid Corps November 20, 1863.

22
40
36
21

30
27
27

33
31

Feb. 19, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Feb. 27, '62
Mch. 24, '62

Aug. 30, '64
Aug. l.'6-l
Feb. 5, '62

Feb. 12, '62
Feb. 19, '62

Mch.31,'6.S
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept, 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Mch., '65

Mch., '65

Wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862; discharged for disability.

Veteran.
Veteran; promoted Corporal; wounded at Nashville December
16, 1864.
Promoted Corporal.
Wounded at Nashville Dec. 16, 1864.
Wounded at Corinth, Mississippi; also at Lake Chicot, Arkan
sas.

Sergeant' promoted Sergeant Major; transferred to Non-Com-

44
45
23

Mch. 4, '62
Mch. 10, '62
Feb. 14, '62

Mch. 16, '63
May 27, '65

missioued Staff.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran; discharged per order.
Deserted at Corinth July 2, 1862.

38

Sept. 1,'64

Sept. 6, '65

Mfh 18 '(V-?

30
43

Mch. 12, '62
Feb. 10 '6'7

Mch., '65

Wounded Oct 4 '62 at Corinth; transferred to Invalid Corps.

21

Mch 18 '62

Veterair promoted Corporal March 19 1865.

25

Feb. 26, '61'

Transferred to Company K May 1, 1862.

18
34

Mch. 4, '62
Sept. 3, '64

Transferred to Company K May 1, 1862.
Mortally wounded at battle of Nashville; died December 31,

35

Feb. 28, '62

1864.
Transferred to Invalid Corps July 1, 1864.

45
P>5
22
38
30
22

Feb. 19, '62
Feb. 28, '62
Feb. 5, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Feb." 10, '62
Feb. 12, '62

Mch. 3, '63
Mch., '65
Sept. 6, '65
July 11, '62
Sept. 2, '63

Discharged for disability.
Corporal.
Veteran.
Discharged for disabilitv.
Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability.
Veteran- deserted while on furlough in Minnesota August,1864.

83

28

Feb. 19, '62
Feb 27 '62

Sept. 6, '65
Sept 6 '65

Veteran; wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864.

24
24
21

Mch. 14, '62
Mch. 14, '62
Mch 17 '62

Sept. 6, '65
Mch., '65

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Died February 17, 1864, at Memphis.

37

Auw 31 '64

Sept 6 '65

43
29
40

July' 25* '64
Feb. 10, '62
Mch. 10, '62

Sept. 6, '65
May 30, '65

Served in First Regiment Infantry; promoted Sergeant.
Veteran;Corporal,promoted Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Died September 8, 1863, at Camp Sherman, Mississippi.

34

Sept 1 '64

Sept 6 '65

35
42
35
25
44

Feb. 25, '62
Feb. 19, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Feb. 12, '62
Feb. 12, '62

Mch'., ''65
July 11, '62
Mch. '65
Mch., '65

Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Died in 1875.

Transferred to Invalid Corps September 1, 1863.

35

Feb 14 '62

Sept 6 '65

35

Feb 5 '62

Drowned May IS, 1862, at St. Louis, Missouri.

27

Feb 25 '6''

Oct 2 '62

Discharged for disabilitv.

39

Feb. 7, '62

Corporal; transferred to Invalid Corps May 11, 1864.

42
40
28

40

31
' 23
! 31

Feb. 25, '62
Feb. 28, '62
Mch. 19, '62

Sept. I, '64
Feb. 10, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Aug. 25, '62

Mch. 11, '63

Nov. 7, '62
Mch., '65

Sept. 6, '65
Nov. 28, '63
Jan. 20, '63

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant; wounded at Nashville December
16, 1864.

Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Corinth October 4,1862; discharged for disability.
Died October 25 1863, at Vicksburg.

292

THE FIFTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Ebenezer A. Rice

Ross Wilkinson

Second Lieutenants —

David O. Oakes

George W Johnson..

ENLISTED MEN.

Adan, Joseph

Agnew, James

Annis, George M

Atwood, Edwin M

Bard, John A

Bard, John N

Bastian, Joseph....

Barden, John

Bagage, Antoine...

Bernier, Peter

Bell, Alfred H ,

Bishop, George H

Bliven, John M

Blaisdell, William

Botteneau, Charles

Bostwick, Charles H

Botteneau, Peter

Burns, Patrick

Carpenter, Leander

Camp, Moses

Cardan al , Baptiste

Charrette, Joseph

Clukey, Antoine

Clark, Thomas

Cochran, William

Cummings, William P. F.

Davis, Reuben M

Delonais, Baptiste

Delonais, David

Demers, Charles L A

Dobson, James ,

Dorgan, Michael

Douglas, William J

Duclos, Jean B

Eades, Edward

Edwards, Mahlon

Evans, Nelson

Farrell, John ,

Farnsworth, Marvin O...

Finn, Patrick

Fleury, Joseph

Fotson, Isaac

Franklin, Samuel W

Gieberhein, George

Gibbens, James I

Golden, John

Gobar, Louis

Gray, William H

Green, Richards

Guise, Edward

Harding, William

Hensel, Augustus

Horton, Edwin R

Ide, Melmoth P

Ingerson, Ashbel

Israelson, Andrew

Jarvais, Alfred

Jenkins, John

Johnson, John

Kieke, Stephen

Kuykendall, John

Kunzleman, John

La Pierre, William

Lawrence, Harvey

Le May, Onesime

Le Blanc, Peter

Leider, August

Lefebvre, Odeline

Long, Lamuel R

Loveland, George R ,

IUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

.Ich.24,'62
Mch * 2, '64

Apl. 7, '62
May 28, '62

ch. 16, '62
an, 4, '62
an. 17, '62

an. 24, '62
an. 24, '62

an. 24, '62

an. 31, '62
VIch.17,'62
\Ich.l7, '62
Jan. 11, '62
Mch. 5, '62

Jan. 24, '62

Jan. 24, '62
Jan. 24, '62
Jan. 14, '62
Ich.31,'62
Jan. 30, '62
Mch. 7, '62

Jan. 15,
Jan. 24, '62
Jan. 14 ,'62
Mch. 17, '62
Jan. 26, '62
Mch. 24, '62
July 28, '6
Mch. 19 '62
Jan. 24, '62
Jan. 26, '65
Jan. 6, '62
Dec. 27, '6

Mch. 19, '6
Feb. 4, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Mch.19 ,'6
Mch. 19, '6
Jan. 24, '6i
Nov. 17, '6.
Feb. 6, '6
Aug. 15, '6!
Mch. 11, '6:
Sept. 8, '6
Nov. 10, '6.
Feb. 8, '6:

Nov. 1,'64
Jan. 20, '62
Jan. 6, '62
Jan. 14, '62
Apl. 25, '62
Nov. 16, '64
Jan. 24, '62
Jan. 24, '62
Nov. 1, '64
Feb. 8, '62
Jan. 24, '62
Mch. 19, '62
Mch. 19, '62
Jan. 22, '62
Feb. 8, '62
Mch. 19, '62
May 29, '64
Jan. 24, '62
Aug. 13, '64
July 27, '64
Jan. 24, '62
Jan. 29, '62
Jan. 24, '62
Aug. 27, '64
Sept. 8, '64

Jan. 24, '62
Jan. 24, '62

Sept. 6, '65

May 2 8, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Feb. 6, '63

Aug. 2, '6;

Sept." 6, ''6;
Sept. 6, '61

Apl. 11,
Sept. 6, '65
Mch. 23, '65
Jan. 4,

REMARKS.

Mch. 24, '63
Sept." '&, ''65
Sept'."V65

June24, '64
Mch. 23, '65
Oct. 9, '65

Aug. 14, '62

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept.' 6/65
Sept. 6, '65

Feb. 22, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Apl. 25, »6

Sept. 13, '62

Mch. 23, '6;
Nov. 27, '62

Sept. 30, '62

Aug. 23, '65
Mch. 22, '65
Apl. 23, '65
Aug. 22, '65
Nov. 18, '6c
July 28, '

Promoted Major Second Minnesota Cavalry.

First Lieutenant February 14, 1862; discharged per order.

Killed May 28, 1862, at Corinth.

Enlisted January 24, 1862; First Sergeant April 25, 1862; re
signed May 28, 1865.

Veteran.

Sergeant; discharged for disability.

Veteran; transferred from Company B June 2, 1864; died Sep
tember 22, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee.

Left at home sick and never reported for duty.

Promoted Corporal; died August 9, 1863, at Camp Sherman,
Mississippi. • .

Deserted March 14, 1863.

Killed at Corinth October 4, 1862.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Veteran.

Transferred from Company H March 31, 1864; deserted No
vember 24, 1864, at St. Louis.

Promoted Sergeant; died September 19, 1863, at Bear Creek,
Mississippi.

Corporal; discharged for disability.

Veteran; promoted Sergeant.

Wagoner; discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862; killed at Nashville De
cember 16,1864.

Transferred to Company D March 12, 1882.
Deserted June 21, 1862.
Discharged for disability March 24, 1863.
Taken prisoner at Jackson, Mississippi, May 16, 1863.
Veteran.
Transferred to Company K April 30, 1862.

Transferred to Company D May 9, 1862.

Veteran; discharged for disability.

Taken prisoner at Black River, Mississippi; exchanged.

Veteran.

Sergeant; wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862; died August 22,

1863, at Bear Creek, Mississippi.
Discharged for disability.
Died October 16, 1864, at Jefferson City, Missouri.

Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Veteran.

Deserted March 14, 1863, at Memphis.

Died August 11, 1863, at Memphis.

Killed by falling limb of tree May 30, 1863.

Died February 20, 1865, at Memphis. .

Veteran; transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff as Commis
sary Sergeant July 15, 1865.

Promoted Corporal; died August 11, 1863, at St. Louis.

Veteran.

Promoted Corporal.

Killed December 16, 1864, at Nashville.

Veteran; promoted Corpural, Sergeant.

Discharged for disability.

Drowned February 9, 1865, at Paducah, Kentucky.

Sergeant; discharged for disability.

Promoted Corporal; transferred to Signal Corps Sept. 7, 1863.

Veteran; killed at Abbeyville, Mississippi, August 24, 1864.

Wounded at Corinth May 28, 1862; discharged for disability.

Died August 21, 1862, at luka, Mississippi.

Died June 2, 1863, at Duckport, Louisiana.

Wounded at Nashville.

Wounded at Nashville; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.1

Transferred to Company K April 30, 1862.

Died August 23, 1865, at Selma. Alabama.

Died January 8, 1865, of wounds received at Nashville, Decem-

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; died August 22, 1863, at Bear

Creek, Mississippi.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; died September 29, 1863, at

Black River Bridge, Mississippi.

COMPANY F.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

293

NAMES.

ft

o
*4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Marloux, Narcisse
Metzger, Charles

38
23

Aug. 1,'64
July 28, '64

Aug. 22, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Wounded at Nashville.

McCrary, James P

18

Mch.19 '62

Died June 21 1862 at Clear Creek Mississippi

Metzger, Jacob

Merrill, Simeon M
Merry Ebeu L

19

19
42

Jan. 31, '62

Jan. 24, '62
Feb 2 '69

Sept. 6/65

Apl. 4, '65

Sept 20 '62

Veteran; Musician; transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff
as Principal Musician January 1, 1863.

Morris, William D

18

Mch 19* '61'

Died June 27, 1863, at St. Louis

Mortimer Elias W

26

Dec 30 '63

Sept. 6 '65

41

Mch 1 '69

Deserted April 1862

O'Mera, James

9q

Mch 11 ''61?

Died September 10 1863 at Memphis Tennessee

Onesrnine, Geneve
Orth Martin

22

28

Aug. 2, '64
Nov 1 '64

Sept. 6, '65
Aug 7 '65

Otten, Matthias

38

Nov l''64

Sept 6 '65

Paul. Edward
Paul, Simon

18
18

Jan. 11, '62
Jan. 22, '62

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6 '65

Veteran.

Pepin, Stephen

29

Jan. 11 '62

Sept 29 '6''

Petraine, Antoine
Pierce, Jacob W

Pottle, Benjamin
Preston, Sheridan .

23
28

33

22

Jan. 24, '62
Jan. 24, '62

Mch. 8, '62
Mch 10 '62

SepU 6/66

Sept. 3, '62

Taken prisoner at Elk liiver, Mississippi, August 23, 1863.
Veteran; Corporal; promoted Sergeant; wounded at Corinth,
October 4, 1862.
Discharged for disability.
Corporal* died June 25 1863 at Young's Point Louisiana

Quinn, Samuel
Reach Severe .

23
23

Jan. 27, '62
Jan 30 '62

Feb. 16, '63

Mch 23 '65

Wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862; discharged for disa
bility.
Wounded at Corinth October 4 1862

Rice, George F
Riley Thomas

16
19

Mch. 24', '62
Mch 4 '62

Apl. 30, '63
Sept 6 '65

Musician; discharged for disability.
Veteran transferred from Company H March 31 1864.

Eolfe, Robert
Robinchoud, Joseph
Schroeder Peter

28
33
19

Feb. 19,' '62
Mch. 2, '62
Mch 19 '6-?

Oct. 14, '62
Sept. 6, '65

Wounded at Corinth May 28, 1862; discharged for disability.
Veteran.

Schroeder, Hubert

99

Mch.19 '62

Mch. 23 '65

Schenck, Adolphus
Skinner, David

33
35

Aug. 1/64
Feb. 14, '62

Sept. 6, '65

Died January 13 1863 at St. Louis.

Sirringer, George
Smith, Thomas J

25
31

Mch. 30, '64
Feb 12 '69

Feb. 6, '65
June 19 '65

Discharged for disability.

Smith, Addison T

31

Jan. 20 '62

Sept. 6 '65

discharged for disability.

Sprague, Lemuel
Stiles, Elijah H

28

?q

Aug. 5, '64
Jan. 24 '62

Sept. 6/65

Died February 16, 1863, at St. Louis.

St. German, Joseph
Stumpf Leo

17
39

Jan. 14, '62
Nov 1 '64

Sept. 6, '65
Sept 6 '65

Veteran.

Way, Edwin M

ST

Mch.19 '62

Died September 6 1863, at Bear Creek, Mississippi.

Wallace, H. H .

44

Mch 14 '62

Died April " 1869 at Fort Snelling

Wentworth, Alexander

Weed, Benjamin F
Westerman, Gottleib
Wilkinson, Henry C

Worts, George
Wyman, Allen H
Young, Enoch C

28

27
43

40
21

?S

Jan. 24, '62

Jan. 24, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Apl. 2, '62

Dec. 24, '61
Jan. 4, '64
Feb. 7, '62

Mch. 23, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Nov. 27/62

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; died September 1,1863, at Bear
Creek, Mississippi.

Commissary Sergeant; transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff
April 15, 1865.
Killed at Abbeyville, Mississippi, August 23, 1864.
Died April 15, 1865, at Memphis, Tennessee.
Sergeant; discharged for disability.

ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

H
o

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Orlando Eddy

4?

Jan 5 '62

Promoted Major First Minnesota Heavy Artillery; wounded

John King

•>5

May 23 '65

Sept. 6, '65

at Corinth May 28, 1862.
Enlisted January 16, 1862; promoted Sergeant April 24, 1862;

First Lieutenants —
Alexis P. Bailly
Charles J. Stauif.

33

°\

Jan. 5/62
June 6 '65

July 22, '63
Sept. 6 '65

First Lieutenant July 22, 1863.
Resigned.
Veteran; enlisted February 15, 1862; promoted Sergeant

Second Lieutenant —
William A. Van Slyke...

ENLISTED MEN.

Anderson, Henry

28
??

Mch. 26, '62
Feb. 5, '62

July 23, '63

Resigned.
Died October 12, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Bailly, Henry G

W

Mch. 10, '62

Promoted First Lieutenant Company D September 11, 1863.

Banks, Andrew J. H

99

May 20 '62

Illegally mustered into service; left regiment March 7, 1865.

Bebeau, Oliver..

23

Jan 5 '62

Sept 6 '65

Veteran

Beaupre, James
Benjamin, Andrew

27
27

Feb. 4/62
Feb. 15 '62

Sept. 6/65

Veteran.
Wounded at Corinth, October 4, 1862; transferred to Missisr

Beyergeant, Eli

44

Feb. 15 '62

sippi Marine Brigade January 3, 1863.
Veteran; died June 20, 1864, at Cairo, Illinois.

Bossier, John G
Brennan, Bernard

Bryant, Chandler A
Brown, Horace

38
31

23

28

Aug. 30/64
Feb. 2/62

Mch. 17, '62
Feb. 18. '62

Sept, 6/65
Apl. 2, '65

Veteran; promoted Corporal; transferred to Company 1 August
18, 1864.

Veteran: died at Camp Douglas, Illinois, June 1, 1865.

294

THE FIFTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

NAMES.

Bruisson, Henry

Budde, Bennett

Bush, Eli E

Bush, Jacob

Campbell, George

Collier, Dewitt C

Crandall, Nathaniel

Cramp, Thomas

Dickey, William J

Drew, James W

French, Edwin R

Fuller, Timothy

Fury, Michael

Gammell, David

Gale, Franklin

Gale, Thompson

Gembe, Francis M

Glen, John

Glen, Daniel P

Grummels, Frederick L..

Halverson, Halver

Hetherington, Henry

Higgins, John

Homneister, Frederick...

Hoffman, Joseph

Hoover, William

Huddleston, James

Huddleton, John

Janson, Simon

Jangles, Jacob

Jeannin, Charles P

Johnson, Henry T

Johnson, Andrew

Kelly, Dennis

Kelly, Charles

Keyes, Daniel

Kempta, John

Kettzer, Jacob

Kirwin, James

Knudson, Lewis

Kunz, John

L,aChapelle, Hercules P...

Lansing, Jerome

Lansing, George

Lamb, Simeon D

Lanzia, Frank

Lebray, Thomas

Lewis, John

Le Blanc, Thomas

Le Pointe, Francis ,

Leonard, Timothy

Lehay, Michael

MUSTERED

Lyons, Jeremiah

Matselder, George

Mason, Franklin S

Mills, Thomas

Monette, Oliver

Myers, Tinkey C

Myers, Joseph

Oleson,Ole

Paine, Lvman T

Paine, Seth W

Peterson, Peter ,

Peterson, John J ,

Pinir, Robert M

Pickett.Eli S ."..

JRenneke, Ernst

Rising, Henry G

Robson, John

Rocque, Baptiste Q

Ryan, Jeremiah

Soott, George W ,

Severy, Nathaniel

Sheldon, Daniel

Shubert, Augustus

Smith, Daniel

Snyder, Jonas

Springstead, David

Stewart, Andrew

8t. Jacque, Mike

Thorison, Ole

5, '62

Jan.
Jan.
Men. 10, '62
Jan. 5, '62
Jan. 22, '62
Jan. 5, '62
Mch. 24, '62
Mch.24, '62

Mch. 5, '62
Jan. 5 '62
Mch. 4, '62
Jan. 30, '62
Jan. 22, '62
Feb. 17, '62
Feb. 24, '62
Mch.24, '62

Mch.24, '62
Mch.24, '62
Sept. 1, '64

Feb. 21, '62
Feb. 2,"
Jan. 22, '62
Aug. 31, '64
Nov. 12, '64
Nov. 19, '64
May 20, '62
Jan. 5, '62
Nov. 17, '64
Sept. 21, '64
Apl. 19, '6r

Feb. 2,

Nov.
Jan.

1,'64
5, '6'~

Mch.24, '62
Mch. 26, '62

July 22, '64
Nov. 12, '64
Nov.
Nov. 14, '64
Nov. 14, "
Mch. 26, '62
Feb. 15, '62
Jan. 5, '6'
Jan. 5, '62
Mch.24, '6-
Nov. 1,'64
Nov. 2, '64

Aug. 3, '64
iFau. 5, '6
Jan. 5, '62
Feb. 2, '62
Feb. 25, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Oct. 10, '62
Jan. 18, '63

Apl. 26, '62
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6,'£
Sept. 25, '65

Mch. 26, '63

Oct. 17, '62
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '6i
Sept. 6"65

Api!"l9,''65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

June 12, '65
Sept. 6 ,'65
Mch. 26, '65
Sept. 6,
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Mch.24 ,'6c
Sept, 6, '65
Sept, 6,'C

Sept. 6, '6

REMARKS.

,

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant;
Died July 10, 1863, at Milliken's

Apl. 24, '62
Mch. 10, '62
Jan. 16, '62
Aug. 30, '64
Jan. 5, '62
Jan, 6, '62
Jan. 6, '62
Jan. 6, '62
Mch. 7, '62
July 27, '64

Apl. 3, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Nov. 12, '64 Sept. 6, '65

Jan. 5, '62 Mch. 18, '63

Mch. 6, '62 "

Jan. 5, '62

Feb. 15, '62

Feb. 15, '62

Feb. 15, '62

Feb. 5, '62

Jan. 30, '62

Jan. 30, '62

Feb. 2, '62

Feb. 2, '62

Jan. 6, '62

Jan. 5, '62

Aug. 31, '64

Jan. 20, '62

Jan. 5, '62

Feb. 15, '62

Mch. 14, '62

No v.l 4, '62
Mch. 27, '63
Oct. 4, '62

Veteran.
Veteran.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Sergeant; wounded at Nashville.
n's Bend, Louisiana.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Died Februay 4, 1865, of wounds received at Nashville, Ten

nessee, December 16, 1864.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Corp'oral.

Veteran; promoted Corporal; wounded at Nashville.
Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Transferred to Invalid Corps December 12, 1863.
Veteran.

Deserted December 1, 1864, at Nashville, Tennessee.
Veteran; promoted Corporal; died at Demopolis, Alabama,

1865.

Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Veteran; promoted Corporal; wounded in battle of Nashville.
Died July 8, 1865, of wounds received at Nashville.
Discharged for disability.

Died February 24, 1864, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Veteran.

Wounded at Nashville. •

Illegally mustered; left regiment March 7, 1863,
Veteran; wounded at Nashville.

Killed at Nashville, December 16, 1864.

Transferred from Company I May 8, 1862.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant; wounded at Nashville.

Veteran.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant; wounded at Nashville.
Promoted Corporal; transferred to Invalid Corps, November,
20, 1863.

Wounded at Nashville.

Wounded at Nashville: in hospital on discharge of regiment.

Per order.

Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Veteran.

Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Absent on detached service on discharge of regiment.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran.

I Veteran; transferred to Company I August 21, 1S64.
Veteran; transferred to Company K August- 24, 1864; mortally
wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864.

Discharged for disability.

Wagoner.

Veteran.

Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Died while prisoner, August 3, 1862, at Andersonvilie, Georgia.

Mch. 4, '63
Dec. 31,
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Jan. 15, ''

May 9, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 20, '62
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Discharged for disability.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Discharged for disability.

Died January 1, 1863, at* Memphis, Tennessee.

Died July 16, 1863, at Vicksburg.

First Sergeant; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; Musician.

Discharged for disability.

Died August 14, 1862, at Camp Clear Creek.

Wounded at Tupelo; killed at Nashville, Tennessee, December

16, 1864.

Wounded at Corinth May 28; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Died August 18, 1862, at luka, Mississippi.

Died July 9, 1862, at Clear Creek, Mississippi.
Corporal; died July 7, 1863, at Millikeu's Bend.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.
Deserted March 14, 1863.

COMPANY G.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

295

NAMES.

|

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS

Trumbull, Nathan D
Turpin, Severe

18
21
29
45

"is"

Feb. 15, '62
Jan. 10, '02
Jan. 12. '62
Feb. 24, '62
Jan. 30, '62
Jan. fi, '62
Feb. 15, '62
Jan. 12, '62

Jan. 5, '62
Mch. 24, '62
Mch. 14, '62

Aug. 22, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 2, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 22, '63
Sept. 6, '65

Discharged for disability.
Veteran.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran.
Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.
Died July 10, 1863, at Young's Point, Louisiana.
Musician; retained by civil authorities at Fort Snelling May
13, 1862.
Discharged for disability.
Died July 10, 1863, at Young's Point, Louisiana.
Veteran; Corporal; wounded at Nashville, December 16, 1864.

Turpin, Francis
Vance James W

Walker, Henry C
Weston Edmund F

Wilcox Maitland H

Wilds Andrew J

21
43

Sept. 2, '62
Sept. 6, '65

Woodberry, Warren
Young, Benjamin

ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Otis S.Clark

Orlenzo Morehouse

First Lieutenant —

George F. Hatch ,

.Second Lieutenants —

Marcus H. Ingram

Jeremiah Howell

ENLISTED MEN.

Aberdien, William

Ackerinan, William C....

Albertson, Eleck

Anderson, Newton

Auloff, Julius

Bateman, Ira

Barber, Amos E

Bartholomew, George S.

Bateman, James F

Bailey, James

Bean, John

Bishop, Norval

Briggs, Benjamin H

Bryan, Isaac R

Buckingham, Nathan...

Butterson, Lewis

Carlon, Thomas

Chase, Cyrus B

Christiansen, Hans

Chase, Lewis

Chamberlain, George

Clark John P

Congdon, Clark

Congdon, Henry E

Cornisle, Zara

Crandall, Philetus

Cutshall, Jacob A

Davis, Henry

Dempsey, James. ... /

Durkee, Henry W

Eddy, Daniel

Elletson, Daniel ,

Elletson, Francis M

Emmons, John A

Erickson, Charles A

Everson, Samuel S

Farnsworth, A. W

Fox, George

Frankauser, John ,

Galloway, William D....

Gove, Horace H

Halstead, William H....

Harrison, Albert

Hickock, Marshall

Hubbs, Abram

Jeffrey, Henry C

Jerry, Barzil

Jewell, Fenn

Johnson, John

Kerman, Patrick

Kirkham, Allen H

Kirkham, James

MUSTERED
IN.

Mch. 31, '62
Sept. 2, '63

Apl. 4, '62
Dec. 11, '62

Dec. 24, '61
Mch. 31, '62
Mch. 27, '62
Apl. 26, '62
Dec. 24, '6 1
Jan. 8, '62
Dec. 24, '61
Jan. 28, '62
Feb. 14, '62
Mch. 12, '62
Feb. 27, '62
Jan. 15, '62
Feb. 15, '62
Dec. 24, '61
Feb. 19, '62
Feb. 24, '62
Feb. 1,'62
Mch. 7, '62
Mch. 31, '62
Sept. 1,'64
Jan. 19, '62
Apl. 29, '62
Dec. 24, '61
Dec. 24, '61
Jan. 16, '62
Jan. 16, '62
Dec. 24, '61
Dec. 24, '61
Mch. 31, '62
Feb. 9 '62
Sept. 3, '64
Feb. 9, '62
Dec. 21, '61
Feb. 1 ,'62
Mch. 25, '62
Jan. 15, '62
Jan. 28, '62
Sept. 1,'64
Jan. 22, '62

Pec. 24, '61
Dec. 24, '61
Mch. 7, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Jan. 28, '62
Mch. 31, '62
Dec. 24, '61
Jan. 16, '62

Sept. 3 ,'64
Mch. 27, '62
Mch. 31, '62
Jan. 15, '62
Dec. 24, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

July 7, '63 Resigned.

Sept. 6, '65 Veteran; enlisted January 22, 1862; First Lieutenant January

22,1862.
Sept. 6, '65 i Veteran; enlisted January 5, 1862; Sergeant April 29, 1862.

Dec. 11,

Sept. 6, '65
Apl. 27, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Aug. 3, '65
July 11, '65
Nov. 27, '62
Sept. 6, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug.'i5,"'65

Sept!*6"'65

Sept. 6, '65

Jan. 8, '63
Mch. 14, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Nov. 27, '62

Apl. 3, '65
Apl. 28, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
July 21, '62

Sept. 6, '65

Nov. 29, '62
Apl. 3, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept, 6, '65

Apl. 3, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept, 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 2, '63

Sept. 6, '65

Nov. 18, '62

Resigned.

Enlisted January 15,1862; First Sergeant April 29, 1862; died

June 14, 1863, at Young's Point, Louisiana.
Veteran; Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran.

Veteran; captured near Eastport; discharged per order.
Veteran; discharged for disability.
Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Veteran.
Veteran.
Veteran.

Died November 5, 1862, at Jackson, Tennessee.
Veteran.

Musician; died August 18, 1862, at Clear Creek, Mississippi.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Died September 18, 1862, at Corinth.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

Veteran; wounded at Richmond, Louisiana, June 15, 1863.
Discharged for disability.
Died March 18,1865, at New Orleans, Louisiana.

Promoted Corporal.

Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability.

Killed at Corinth October 4, 1862.

Veteran; 'promoted Corporal.

Died December 20, 1862, at St. Louis.

Sergeant; discharged per order November, 1862.

Deserted April 8, 1862, from Fort Snelling.

Killed December 15, 1864, at Nashville, Tennessee.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Richmond, Louisiana, June 15, 1863.

Veteran; wounded at Nashville; discharged from hospital.

Veteran; wounded ai Nashville; discharged from hospital.

Transferred to Invalid Corps July 1, 1864.

Veteran; wounded at Spanish Fort.

Wounded at Corinth May 28, 1862; died December 28, 1862, at

St. Louis, Missouri.
Wounded at Nashville.
Veteran.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Veteran; promoted Corporal.
Veteran; Wragoner. .

Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Corinth May 28, 1862; transferred to Third Michi
gan Battery December 31, 1863.

Died October 13, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee.
Died May 1, 1862, at Fort Snelling.
Died March 19, 1863, at La Grange, Tennessee.
Discharged for disability.

296

THE FIFTH REGIMENT.
ROSTEE OF COMPANY H — Continued.

NAMES.

I4onb, Winfield S

Lamb, William A

Lewis, Simeon

Leach, Albert

Loy, John

Ludvigson, Christian....

Maynard, Edwin W

Maxwell, Edwin W

May, Thomas R

McGuire, John

McGee, William H

McDouough, Patrick....

Meighan, Owen

Mitchell, Amos B

Moreland, Wilson

Mortenson, Martin

Morger, Thomas J. B....

Munsoii, Oliver

Myer, Philip

Pratt, James

Presby, Francis E

Putnam, Henry

Ressiegne, David C

Rowe, Simeon W

Robb, Samuel C

Rollo, Thomas

Severn, Jesse D

Seag, William

Sibley, Charles H

Smith, William F

Stoddard, Lyman

Strong, Charles G ,

Struthers, Benjamin

Stramberg, Andrew

Stevens, Monroe

Struthers, Tacitus

Suits, George H

Thompson, Jerome C..

Thompson, Stephen R

Tilden, George

Tome, O. J....

Treue, John A

Warring, Cornelius V.

Waskey, James M

Wilson, William

White, Orlo F

MUSTERED
IN.

Mch. 24, '61
Mch. 27, '62
Nov. 14, '64
Nov. 19, '64
Mch. 81. '62
Mch. 27, '62
Jan. 15, '62
Jan. 16, '62
Nov. 1,'64
Nov. 1, '64
Dec. 24, '61
Feb. 19, '62
Nov. 14, '64

Sept. 1,'64
Jan. 15, '62
Mch. 13 '62
Nov. 2, '64
Feb. 24, '62
Nov. 2 '64
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Feb. 1,'62
Feb. 19, '62
Feb. 19, '62
Mch. 31, '62
Mch. 30, '62
Jan. 15, '62
Feb. 20, '62
Feb. 4, '62
Mch. 31, '62
Feb. 1,'62
Feb. 16, '62

Feb. 19, '62
Jan. 10, '62

Feb. 1,'62
Mch. 7, '62
Feb. 24. '6:
Jan. 15, '62

Jan. 8 '62
Jan. 8, '62
Sept. 10 '64
Dec. 24, '61
Feb. 27, '62
Feb. 1 '62
Nov. 12, '64
Mch. 31, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Apl. 27, '62

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Dec. 5, '62

Apl. 3 '65

Sept, 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 2, '63
June 8, '65
July 19, '62

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
May 10, '65

Oct."2V62
Apl. 3, '65

Dec. 11, '6:
Sept. 6, '65

Feb. 3, '

Sept. 6, '6,
July 19, '
Aug. 8, '6c
Sept. 6, '6<

May 30,
Sept. 6, '6

Sept." G',' '6
Mch. 4, '6
Feb. 7, '6
Sept. G, '6
Oct. 14, '6

REMARKS.

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability August, 1862.
Died July 19, 1865, at Demopolis, Alabama

Veteran.

Veteran.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862.

Wounded at Nashville.

Veteran.

Veteran.

Died February 3, 1865, at Eastport, Miss.

Veteran.

Discharged for disability.

Wounded at Nashville; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Died September 4, 1865, at Demopolis, Ala.

Veteran.

Veteran; discharged for disability.

Transferred to Third Michigan Battery December 31, 1863,

Discharged for disability.

Deserted October 4, 1862; captured at Corinth.

Deserted May 13, 1863, at Fort Snelling.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; Corporal, promoted Sergeant; wounded at Nashville,

Sergeant; died December 28, 1862, at Jackson, Tennessee.

Veteran; promoted Corporal; discharged for wounds received

at Nashville.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran; mortally wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864;

died January 4, 1865.
Veteran.

Veteran; discharged for disability.
Veteran; discharged for disability.
Veteran; transferred to Non-Comniissioned Staff March 1,1863,

as Quartermaster Sergeant.

Veteran; Corporal, promoted Sergeant.

Died February 18, 1865, at Memphis, Tennessee.

Veteran.

Discharged for disability.

Corporal; discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

w
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Captains —
Luther E.Clark
Adam S. Lybe.

32

Apl. 30, '62
May 13 '62

May 13, '62
Nov 18 '62

Discharged per order.
Enlisted December 19 1861' Second Lieutenant April 30, 1862j

Andrew A. Teele
Alpheus P. French

First Lieutenants —
Patrick Ryan

27
22

Nov. 18, '62
Apl. 3, '63

Mch 19 '62

Apl. 3, '63
May, '65

Dec 31 '62

resigned.
First Lieutenant of Company A December 21, 1861; resigned.
First Sergeant April 30, 1862; Second Lieutenant May 13, 1862;
First Lieutenant December 31, 1862; wounded at Nashville
December 16, 1864; resigned.

James Farrell

22

Sept 2 '63

Sept 6* '65

Veteran* enlisted February 14 1862' promoted Corporal, Ser

Second Lieutenant —
Milton H.Pember

ENLISTED MEN.

Arnold, Isaac W.

22
18

Dec. 31, '62
Apl 25 '62

July 22, '63
Apl 30 '65

geant.
Sergeant April 24, 1862; resigned.

Barrett, Hamilton E

28

Mch 19* '62

Sergeant* discharged for disability November, 1862.

Barns, Joel

44

Apl 30 '69

Dec 8 '62

Discharged for disability December 8 1862.

Berkman, Frank

32

Apl 28 '62

Apl 30* '65

Brogan, James

?fi

Dec. 23* '61

Drowned in Mississippi River March 14, 1863.

Brushoff, Henry

42

Sept 3 '64

Sept 26 '65

Captured January 17 1865

Brennan, Bernard

3f>

Feb. 2* '62

Veteran- transferred'from Company D; killed at Spanish Fort,

Brown, Philip

*M

Feb 3 '64

Sept 6 '65

Alabama, April 2, 1865.

Brandt, August

29

Sept 1 '64

Sept 6 '65

Busch Henry

28

Nov 16* '64

Sept 6 '65

Burns, N. J

W

Feb 15* '62

Promoted Hospital Steward* transferred to Non-Commissionect

Calvert, George W

18

Mch. 30, '62

Sept. 6, '65

Staff.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

297

NAMES.

Cade, Charles

Clancy, John

Cosgrove, Michael

Coulahan, Patrick

Cook, Eldon T

Coursell, William

Cordes, John

Curtis, Samuel

Cunningham, Roger

Daly,John

Devany, Thomas

Dike, Henry B

Doyle, Christopher

Dutton, Melvin O

Fallen, Thomas

Fahey, John C ,

Fleming, Michael

Flannigan, John ,

French, Edward R ,

From, Joseph

Glynn, Patrick ,

Gould, Oscar O

Gregory D.J

Grady, James

Grerer, Joseph

Grassman, Henry

Healey, Michael

Hendricks, Patrick

Helm, Columbus

Howland, Albert J

Horan, William

Horan, Michael

Hunter, William L

Ingraham, George

Jacks, Christopher C

Jeannin, Charles P

Johnson, Alexander M.

Kerruan, John ,

Kerwin, Mathew

Lathers, George W

Leo, Daniel ,

Lent, George

Lesher, Garrett A

Leonard, Timothy

Loder, John TV

Mathew, Adolph

McName, Michael

McDonald, James

McLaughlin, John

McQuilligan, James

McQuilligan, Ezra

McCabe, James A

• McDonald, Alexander..

Mead.JH

Miles, William H

Miller, Lewis H

Murray, Eugene

Niles, Peter

Nolan, Thomas

Noon, Patrick

Nolan, Robert

Nolan, James

O'Brien, James

O'Farrell, James

O'Leary, Timothy

Orcutt, Peter E

Patchin, Lewis

Patchin, Calvin H

Pauli, Jacob

Parker, John

Parklington, John

Peterson, Ole

Penrod, Frederick

Personius, Horace

Porter, Whelock W...

Potrals, August

Prosser, Alonzo D.

Purdy, Alfred

Quigley, Thomas

Raymond, Lysias

Richter, Christopher.

Ross, John

Ruff, Edward

MUSTERED j MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

Aug. 31, '64
Mch. 14, '62
Feb. 8, '62
Apl. 25, '62
A pi. 30, '62
July 15, '64
Nov. 14, '64
Apl. 30, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Feb. 3, '62
Feb. 26, '62
Jan. 27, '63
Aug. 5, '64
Apl. 27, '62
Jan. 30, '62
Aug. 4, '64
Jan. 14, '62
Apl. 24, '62
Mch. ] 9, '62
Nov. 10, '64
Jan. 31, '62
Apl. 30, '62
Apl. 30, '62
Jan. 31, '62
Nov. 10, '64
Nov. 19, '64
Dec. 31, '62
Jan. 31, '62
Apl. 30, '62
Apl. 26, '62
Jan. 28, '62
July 13, '64
Apl. 30, '62
Apl. 25, '62
Apl. 25, '62
Apl. 19, '62
Feb. 15, '62
Feb. 28, '62
Dec. 26, '61
Apl. 30, '62
Feb. 3, '62
Apl. 22, '62
Apl. 30, '62
Feb. 2, '62

Apl. 26, '62
Apl. 26, '62
Feb. 3, '62

Jan. 17, '62
Feb. 17, '62
24, '62
24, '62
24, '62

Apl.
Apl.

Apl.
Feb.
Feb.
Apl.
Apl.
Men.
Nov.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Dec.
Nov.
Feb.
Feb.
Apl.
Apl.
Apl.
Apl.

27, '64
1,'62

24, '62
24, '62
7, '62
12, '64
14, '62

28, '62
14, '62
24, '61
12, '64
17, '62

3, '62
30, '62
24, '62
24, '62
28, '62

Nov. 2, '64
Nov. 1,'64
Nov. 17, '64
Nov. 14, '64
Nov. 16, '64
Nov. 12, '64
Nov. 18, '63
Apl. 30, '62
Nov. 14, '64
Jan. 2, '62

Nov. 12, '64
Nov. 16, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Nov. 12, '64

Oct. 4, '62
Dec. 31, '62
Apl. 30, '65
Mch.31,'63
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Oct., '63
Oct. 7, '63
Mch. 5, '63
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
July 17, '65

Aug. 18, '65
Jan. 18, '65
Mch. 23, '65

Sept!"6,';65

Oct. 12, '62

Sept." 6,' '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Apl. 30, '65
Apl. 30, '65

Mch" 28, '65
Dec. 9 ,'62
Jan. 5, '63

Oct. 4, '62

Sept. 2, '63
Sept. 6, '65

Apl. 30, '65

Jan. 31, '65
Apl. 30, '65

Apl. 30, '65

Jan. 20, '6,
Mch. 14, '6?
Sept. 6,'"

Nov. 8 '62
Dec. 8, '62

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '
Sept. 6, '65
Apl. 30, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 26, '65

Died March 30, 1865, at New Orleans.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded at Nashville.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; promoted Sergeant.

Veteran; Musician.

Per order.

Transferred to Invalid Corps in 1863.

Veteran.

Per order.

Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Veteran; transferred to Company G February 24, 1863.

Killed at Corinth, Mississippi, May 28, 1862.

Discharged for disability.

Deserted May 14, 1862, at Fort Snelling.

Deserted March 18, 1863, at Memphis.
Veteran.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Veteran; absent at muster-out.

Discharged for wounds received at Nashville December 16,1864.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Deserted January 28, 1863, at Jackson, Tennessee.

Transferred to Company G May 1, 1862.

Died July 10, 1862, at Clear Creek, Mississippi.

Corporal; discharged for disability.

Veteran; deserted August 6, 1864.

Absent, sick, in hospital ondischarge of regiment.

Deserted March 14, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; transferred from Company G; re-enlisted February

26, 1864.

Died September 23, 1862, at Keokuk, Iowa.
Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability.
Promoted Corporal; died July 11, 1863, at Young's Point,

Louisiana.

Deserted March 14, 1863, at Memphis.
Deserted March 14, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps August 9, 1864.

Killed June 6, 1864, at battle of Lake Chicot.

Veteran; deserted August 6, 1864, at St. Paul, Minnesota.

Wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862.

Discharged to enlist in Mississippi Marine Brigade.

Died April 22, 1865, at Granville, Louisiana.
Musician; deserted May 14, 1862, at Fort Snelling.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Wounded at Nashville; in hospital on discharge of regiment.
Discharged for disability.
Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Corporal; died December 18, 1862, at St. Louis.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Died September 5, 1862, at luka, Mississippi.
Veteran; prompted Corporal; wounded at Nashville; sick in
hospital on discharge of regiment.

Died January 9, 1865, of wounds received at Nashville.
Died January 3, 1865, of wounds received at Nashville.
Sick on discharge of regiment.

Wagoner; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps October 17,

1864.
Killed December 16, 1865, at Nashville.

•

Discharged for wounds received at Spanish Fort. Alabama.

298

THE FIFTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

o

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

30
42
18
28
35
18
39
26
28

1*8
18
27
22

Apl. 28, '62
Nov. 16, '64
Nov. 10, '64
Apl. 30, '62
Apl. 28, '62
Mch 11 '69

Apl. 30, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Wounded at Nashville December 16, 1864.
Died March 28, 1865, at Fort Gaines, Alabama.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability.
Died in hospital at St. Paul April 18, 1865.
Discharged for disability.
Died January 24, 1863, at Keokuk, Iowa.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant; deserted July 8, 1864, at Vicks-
burg.
Discharged for disability.
Transferred to Invalid Corps September 1, 1863.
Died October 14, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee.
Veteran; prisoner paroled; discharged per order.
Deserted May 14, 1862, at Fort Snelling.

Shaw Ira C

Shaw' William H

Apl. 29, '65

Simon Matthias

Smith William

Mch.ll, '62
Apl. 26, '62
Dec. 30, '61

Apl. 26, '62
Apl. 24, '62
Apl. 28, '62
Feb. 6, '62
Jan. 14, '62

Mch. 16, '63

"Walsh Andrew

Sept. 16, '62

White Charles E

Weir Hugh

June 14, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Gold T. Curtis....

John P. Houston....
First Lieutenants —
William Organ

Francis G. Brown..

Thomas Mogan

ENLISTED MEN.

Anfeld, Peter

Base, Henry

Bell, Alfred H

Black, James, Sr

Black, James, Jr

Blackburn, William....

Brenuan, Patrick J

Bray, Dennis

Brandt, Frederick ,

Burmaster, John

Carrey, William

Clark, Thomas

Cota, Joseph

Dennehy, John B ...

Desputo, Peter

Demuan, Gorsham...

Dorgan, John

Dolan, James

Dorgan, Michael

Dunn, James

Durose, James

Edwards, Edward....
Fansnaught, Adam..

Fenton, Roger

Fields, Charles..

Foley, William J. H.

Foley, James G ,

Gatchell, Robert

Geary, John

Glenn, John

Greader, Jacob

Green, Michael

Harken, Daniel

Hayes, John ,

Hamlin, John R

Hefferman, Thomas ..
Heustis, William G....

Healy, Roger

Hopkins, Samuel P....

Jones, Henry A

Keef, John

Kennedy, Alexander.,
Kiiiick, Conrad

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Apl. 30, '62; i Enlisted January 7, 1862; died July 24, 1862, at St. Louis, Mis
souri.

July 24, '62

Sept. 6, '65

July 24, '62 July 15, '63

July 15, '63
Mch. 31, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Nov. 1,'64 Sept. 6, '65J
Jan. 31, '62j

Mch. 5, '62 ....
Jan. 24, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 30, '62
Dec. 31, '61
Feb. 21, '62
Nov. 16, '64
Nov. 17, '64
Jan. 27, '62 i
Mch. 21, '62

Feb. 26, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Feb. 12, '62
July 7, '64
Feb. 19, '62
Dec. 31, '61

Mch. 10, '62
Feb. 12, '62
Mch. 7, '62
July 7 '64
Feb. 26, '62
Feb. 7, '62
Jan. 15, '62
Jan. 18, '62
Jan. 24, '62
Feb. 26, '62

Jan. 31, '62
Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 31, '62

Apl. 30, '65

May 31, '65

July 21, '62

Sept." 6, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Apl. 30, '65

July 4, '65

Api."30,';65
Sept. 6, '65
Apl. 29, '63

Sept,. 6, '6
Jan. 14, '63

Sept. 6, '65

Dec. 23, '61
Jan. 20, '62
Jan. 31, '62
July 2, '64
Jan. 24, '62
Apl. 7, '62
Jan. 3, '62
Dec. 19, '61
Mch. 1 2, '62
Jan. 20, '62
Jan. 24, '62
Feb. 7, '621 Sept. 4, '63

Sept. 6, '65
Nov. 28, '62
Apl. 30, '65
Apl. 30, '65

Api. 30, '65
Apl. 30, '65

Veteran; enlisted January 30, 1862; promoted First Lieutenant
April 30, 1862, Major April 4, 1865; wounded at Nashville.

Enlisted January 30, 1862; Second Lieutenant April 30, 1862;
resigned; died the same day, at Memphis, Tennessee.

Veteran; enlisted January, 1862; promoted Second Lieutenan-t
July 24 1862; Regimental Quartermaster March 18, 1865.

Veteran; enlisted January 7, 1862; Sergeant April 30, 1862.

Corporal, promoted Sergeant; wounded at Corinth May 28,
1862; died December 20, of wounds received at Nashville
December 16, 1864.

Veteran; transferred to Company F March 31, 1864.

Deserted May 12, 1862, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

Retained by civil authorities in Minnesota May 13, 1863.

Killed May 28, 1862, at Corinth.

First Sergeant; deserted March, 1863, at Memphis.

Discharged for disability.

Deserted May 10, 1862, at Fort Snelliug.

Deserted prior to April 30, 1862, at Fort Snelling; supposed to

be dead.

Discharged for disability July 21, 1862.
Killed May 22, 1863, at Vicksburg.
Died April 18, 1863, at Ducksport, Louisiana.
Promoted Sergeant.

Corporal; deserted May 12, 1863, at Jackson, Mississippi.
Promoted Corporal; deserted March 13, 1853, at Memphis,

Tennessee.

Veteran; promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.

Discharged per order.

Died July 27, 1863, at Black River Bridge, Mississippi.

Corporal.

Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; Wagoner; taken prisoner at luka, Mississippi, Ju!y

15, 1863; discharged per order.
Veteran.

Discharged for disability.
Sent to hospital at. Cincinnati, Ohio, July 29,1862; not heard

from.

Deserted May 8, 1862, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; discharged for disability.
Corporal.

Dropped from rolls as deserter August, 1862.
Corporal, promoted Sergeant; -wounded at Nashvillo

iTeserted March 24, 1862, at Fort Snelling.
Discharged for disability.

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

299

NAMES.

K

<

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

Kinne, Jefferson

44
19
38
40
41
44
21

Feb. 14, '62
July 7 '64
Jan. 24, '62
July 26, '64
Jan. 31, '62
Mch. 14, '62
Mch. 14, '62
Feb. 5, '62
Apl. 23, '62
Jan. 24, '62
Feb. 19, '62
Jan. 29, '62
Jan. 20, '62

Jan. 31, '62
Mch. 26, '62
Jan. 13, '62
Jan. 17, '62

Jan. 29, '62
Dec. 30, '61
Sept. 30, '62
July 16, '64
July 13, '64
Jan. 17, '62
July 27, '64
July 25, '64
Jan. 17, '62
Jan. 20, '62
Feb. 26, '62
Mch. 20, '62
July 7, '64
Jan. 13, '62
Feb. 26, '62
Feb 6 '69

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Veteran.

Corporal; died September 15, 1862, at Corinth.
Promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability.
Died August 3, 1863, at Camp Sherman, Mississippi.
Deserted May 18, 1862, at St. Louis, Missouri.

La Rue Louis

Sept. 6, '65
Feb. 16, '63

Leatherman, Jacob

Leary John

M'ch."l6,"'63,
Mch. 4, 68,
Sept. 6, '65
Jan. 31, '63

Le Blanc, Peter

Deserted April 30, 1862, at Fort Snelliug.
Discharged for disability.
Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Veteran; Sergeant; wounded at Nashville.
Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Musician; retained in Minnesota" bv civil authorities May 13,
1862.
Discharged for disability.
Musician; transferred to Company I March 31, 1864,
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for wounds "received in battle of Corinth October
4, 1862.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.
Deserted May 19, 1862, at St. Louis.
Promoted Sergeant.

Paroled prisoner; sent to St. Paul.
Drowned at Memphis March 13, 1863.

Veteran; promoted Corporal; wounded at Nashville.
Deserted May 18, 1862, at St. Louis.
Deserted May 18, 1802, at St. Louis.
Deserted prior to May 13, 1862, at Fort Spelling.
Sick at Memphis on discharge of regiment.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.
Died September 1, 1863, at Camp Sherman, Mississippi.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps May 1, 1864.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran; transferred to Company F March 31,1864.
Deserted at Germautown, Tennessee, March 9, 1863.

Wounded at Nashville.

Wounded at Nashville; sick in hospital on discharge of regi
ment.
Killed at Nashville December 16, 1864.
Killed December 16, 1864, at Nashville.
Killed December 16, 18(54, at Nashville.
Transferred to Company B March 1, 1865.
Died July 30, 1863, at Camp Sherman, Mississippi.
Discharged for disability.
Died August 6, 1862, at Farmington, Mississippi.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Dropped from rolls as deserter August, 1862.
Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Veteran; transferred from Company D February 9, 1863.
Discharged for disability.

Leider, Charles
Mahoney, James
Mahoney, Richard R
Manly Thomas

54

38
32
38
18

38
18
33
20

21

25
18
25
37
44
41
22
38
18
21
24
28
22
31
20
21
24
29
25
43
35
19
18
23
33
43
39
36

44

44
38
25
54
24
19
39
20
44
16
25
27
18
26
44
41
30
44
21
21
20
18
19
27

Mathews William

Marty, Jacob...
McDonald, Alexander
McMahon, John

Dec. 5, '62

Mch. 4, '63
Nov. 6, '62

Sept. 6, '65

McLaughlin, Perry

McLaughlin, Patrick
McGuire, Cornelius

McLaughlin. John
Miller Christian

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
July 18, '65

Moore Dennis

Moriarty, Dennis
Nelson, Andrew
Nolan, Joseph
O'Grady, Patrick
O'Grady, Cornelius
O'Leary, Patrick
Olson, Gabriel

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Oleson, Gilmore

O'Neill, Owen

Oct. 24, '62
Sept. 6, '65

*Api."3V65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Otto John

Otterson Ole

Pember, Irwin
Pertlow, Melber
Pierson, John

Apl. 19*. '62
June 29, '64
Sept. 1,'64
Feb. 26, '62
Feb. 5, '62
Feb. 7, '62
Mch. 4 '62
Apl. 7, '62
Nov. 19, '64
Sept. 5, '64
Nov. 1,'64
Nov. 2, '64
Nov. 1, '64

Nov. 1,'64
Nov. 16, '64
NOT 10 '64

Prescott, Louis
Rattlesberger, Peter
Reardon, John

Aug. 7, '62
Nov. 27, '62

Reily, Thomas
Rock, Theodore B
Sauder Joseph

Sept.' 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65

Schmidt, Frederick
Schlechter, John
Schmidt, Frangott
Schadick, Mathias

Schultz, Christian
Schlechter, Frank
Schutz, Nickolas

Severson, Toloff.

Sept. 1,'64
Feb. 5, '02
July 25, '64
Mch. 31, '62
Nov. 16, '64
Nov. 15, '64
Feb. 12, '62
Nov. 11, '64
Nov. 16, '64
July 7, '64
Sept. 1 '64
Feb 12 '6^

Sligher, John

Smith, William H
Steward, George
Stephau, Frederick
Steinson, Burfc E
Sullivan, Michael
Sullivan, Michael
Teranx, Joseph
Thompson, Lee
Thompson, Foster F
Tieruey, Thomas

June 16, '65

Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
July 1,'63
Sept. 6 ,'65
Sept. 6, '65
Mch. 13, '65
Mch. 13, '65
Apl. 30, '65

Tobin, John

Jan. 7/62
Jan. 25, '62
Nov. 16, '64
Jan. 7, '62
Jan. 16, '62
Jan. H, '62
Jan. 30, '62
Mch. 5, '62
July 25, '64
Jan. 31, '62

Tollefson, Halver
Urban, Wil helm
"Walsh, Thomas
Walker, John J
Walker, John

Nov. 21, '62
Sept, 27, '65
Oct. 4, '62
Jan. 13, '63
Sept, 6, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Aug. ],»62
Julv 25, '65
Jan. 31, '65

Watts, William

Webster, Alvin
Webb, John
Whit more, John

NARRATIVE OF THE SIXTH REGIMENT.

BY HON. CHARLES W. JOHNSON.1

Enlistments dragged in the summer of 1862. The Government had started
out avowing that the war would be over in ninety days, and by making a call
for 75,000 three-months7 volunteers to put down a rebellion for which the South
had been preparing for a decade at least. Bull Eun was a rude shock. It dis
closed a desperate purpose among the Confederates, and an intention to fight.
The call of May 3, 1861, for half a million men to serve three years, or during the
Avar, was promptly filled up by the determination of the people to meet the respon
sibilities of the hour without trifling or further overtures for compromise. The
men raised under this call were distributed to the Potomac, to various points in
the West, the Mississippi Eiver and the Southern frontier. Minnesota furnished
her full quota, and more. We had achieved victories at Mill Springs, Ky., at
Fort Donelson, Pittsburgh Lauding, Pea Ridge, Seven Pines and Fair Oaks. The
winter of 1861-2 saw an army of 200,000 men under McClellan on the Potomac,
eager to advance on Eichmond, and apparently able to capture the Confederate
centre. The country believed that there were enough men under arms to subdue
the Rebellion; and the men themselves, in glad anticipation of their early return
home, were already singing, " When this Cruel War is Over." Of Minnesota
troops the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Infantry regiments and auxiliary
organizations were already in the South doing valiant service. The call for the

1 When, during the winter of 1888-89, I received a letter from Capt. Whitney, Capt. Carver
and Capt. Braden, the committee having charge of the compilation of the history of the Sixth Regi
ment, stating that they had selected me to make such compilation, my first impression was that I
should decline the duty. There were many others in the service of the regiment far more compe
tent. I had served as a private soldier from the beginning to the end, but in such a work as this I
realized that I would be at a disadvantage. The private soldier knows but little of the inside work
ings of the military body of which he may be a member. The history of a regiment is marked out
by superior officers, who counsel together and determine the plan of battle or the line of march.
The general in command promulgates his orders to the division commander, who embodies them in
orders to the brigade commander; he distributes them to the colonels of regiments, and he commu
nicates his orders in accordance therewith to the officers in command of companies; the men them
selves, with information filtered down to them through so many channels, are simply passive, or
are moved about like so many automata. They know little of the origin or causes of military
movements, or their ultimate purpose. They have the privilege of obedience, and that of contem
plating the results as they appear in the fortresses, guns and men taken, and the lists of the dead
and wounded.

" Theirs not to reason why ;
Theirs but to do and die."

So my misgivings made me hesitate; but I had the warmest assurances from the officers generally
of aid in the work and that co-operation has been most generously extended to me. It cannot be
expected that I could well approximate perfection after the scattering of so many records and data
and a lapse of a quarter of a century, but I consented to do my best. I am under many obliga
tions in the preparation of this narrative of the Sixth Regiment to Col. William Crooks, who has
given me his recollections in the form of interviews, from which I have quoted largely in the ab
sence of more exact data; also, to Adjutant A. P. Connolly, who has furnished me from his personal
data many interesting details. To Lieut. Col. Grant, Capt. Carver, Capt. Braden, Capt. Whitney,
Capt. Stees and Private L. C. Arbuckle I also return my sincere acknowledgments. I have done
this work with enthusiasm, and have greatly enjoyed living over those scenes among my comrades
and the officers who commanded us in discharging every duty imposed on us with fidelity to the
great cause of union, in behalf of which we enlisted.

I submit what I have prepared with so much of a preface, asking the favorable judgment of
those whose interests have been thus committed to me.

CHAS. W. JOHNSON,
Private D Company, Sixth Minnesota Infantry Volunteers.

NARRATIVE OF THE SIXTH REGIMENT. 301

Sixth Kegiment was issued from the adjutant general's office, dated May 22,
1862, with the significant remark appended to it that "The regiment will be
moved to the seat of war as soon as full." The war meetings which had char
acterized the fervor and stimulated the fever of enlistments months before, had
been suspended. Apparently, with the theory of a short duration of hostilities,
and an immense army already under arms, it was evident that the Government
had men enough. Orders came from Washington to the adjutant general's office
to suspend recruiting, at least temporarily; and so the effort to raise more men
practically ceased for a time. But we had disasters in the summer, and immense
preparations for a conflict between the great armies assembled in the Virginias,
which led finally up to the second battle of Bull Eun. We had dissensions in
the army; dissensions among the people at home; and dissatisfaction with the
conduct of the war. Horace Greeley was shouting his "On to Eichmond" cry,
and the War Department was again confronted with a demand for more men.
The rebels were perfecting their organization and discipline, and accumulating
supplies and munitions of war on an immense scale. They had engaged in diplo
matic negotiations that seemed on the point of successful issue. There was more
than an even prospect of European recognition of their belligerent rights; and
with that acknowledgment would flow to them immense moral, financial and
political aid. It was at this point that the Government showed its true fiber
and confidence in the people by calling in July for 300,000 men, and in thirty
days after for 300,000 more. Then t'he war meetings began again. The people
began singing, "We are Coming from the Hillside, we are Coming from the Plain;
we are Coming Father Abraham, 600,000 More." Circular after circular was
sent out from the capitol at St. Paul, and public meetings were set on foot with
great vigor. Commissions to enlist men were issued by the score, and every
organized town and county in the state was pledging bounties to recruits and
aid to their families.

On the evening of Thursday, July 25, 1862, there were two great war meet
ings held in the two principal cities of the state, — St. Paul and St. Anthony.
Others were held the same week at Still water, Faribault and other points. They

five a great impetus to enlistments. Mayor John S. Prince presided at the St.
aul meeting, and in opening he said that "notwithstanding the vast expendi
ture of men and means the strength of the Eebellion is yet unbroken. The con
scription act of the rebels has filled their armies until they outnumber ours."
Other speakers, among them Hon. H. H. Sibley, Hon. John B. Brisbin, Hon. James
Smith, Jr., Major Cullen and Hon. John M. Gilrnan, made eloquent pleas for the
Government. Hon. James Gilfillan reported the resolutions expressing the sense
of the meeting. At St. Anthony the meeting was held on Nicollet Island and
Mayor Merriman presided. The speeches were made by Hon. David Heaton,
Eev. Charles Secombe, Hon. W. S. King, Dr. C. W. Le Boutellier, Eev. J. C.
Whitney, Eev. E. E. Lathrop and Mr. Steiner of the Hickory Guard, a com
pany then forming. Mayor Merriman subsequently enlisted as a high private,
"an example worthy of being imitated by the mayors of other cities," as the
local paper put it. Men were being enlisted everywhere, on the condition that
they should be furloughed until after harvest. It was the busiest season of the
year for farmers, who composed a large proportion of the recruits.

Pursuant to an order from the War Department, the adjutant general of
Minnesota issued an order, July 17, 1862, announcing that a second lieutenant
would be appointed and mustered into the service who should have authority to
muster in the recruits as they were enlisted, to be sent to Fort Snelling, the
general rendezvous. It was also announced by the acting governor, Hon. Igna
tius Donnelly, lieutenant governor, "that when the Sixth Eegiment was full
subsequent recruits would be used to complete Minnesota's quota" under the
great call for 600,000. The recruiting officers, however, did not confine them
selves to the Sixth. The Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth regiments
were all forming at the same time. On the 18th of March the Press had made a
vigorous call, editorially, for the filling up of the Sixth Eegiment. "We must
liave more men. So far the war has been carried on without draft. Minnesota

302 THE SIXTH REGIMENT.

has furnished 5,500 men; South Carolina 20,000 men." On the 5th of August it
was announced that "First Lieut. S. L. Hammon of the First Eegiment was
assigned to duty as temporary adjutant of the Sixth Eegiment at Fort Snelling.77
In the cal'l for the Seventh Eegiment, August 6th, it was announced that the
secretary of war "directed that if the Sixth and Seventh regiments of Minne
sota Volunteers to be organized are not full by the 18th iust., that the defi
ciency shall be made up by special draft from the militia of the state. Active
and efficient mustering officers for the Sixth and Seventh regiments who may
be unable to fill up their companies within the time above specified will receive
appointments in the final organization of the several companies. All persons
besides the mustering officers who are recruiting for the Sixth Eegiment must
continue their efforts to fill up the quota of volunteers, but are at liberty to
have their recruits mustered into such company in the Sixth or Seventh Eegi
ment as they may select.77 The effect of this order, exciting competition for
good places for the recruiting officers, was soon manifest, for on the 19th of
August it was stated "that the companies of Captains Grant, Merriman, Bailey,
Whitney, Schoenemann and McLaren were full, and that of Captain Bromley
only lacked two men.77

WHAT HASTENED ENLISTMENTS.

But events more startling than defeats or victories on the Potomac or in the
Western army, because nearer to the homes of the citizens of Minnesota, were
then occurring which gave a sudden impulse to the filling up of the great call.
The telegraph wire, the governors mail, the daily newspaper and the swift
courier carried the intelligence that an Indian uprising among the bloody Sioux
upon the reservations had broken out. Frontier towns were besieged and in
flames; their citizens fleeing for safety to the cities. All the roads leading down
the Minnesota Eiver and through the Big Woods to St. Paul and Minneapolis
were crowded with them. They told the most horrible tales of massacre, torture
and arson. Smoking ruins of deserted homes, mangled bodies of friends and
relatives, rich crops, half gathered and spoiling in the fields, marked the prairies,
but a few days before populated by prosperous farmers and hopeful villagers on
the frontier. Between Fort Eidgley and Forts Abercrombie and Eipley, a dis
tance of one hundred and fifty miles, was a stretch of unprotected territory
upon which the blood-thirsty Sioux descended, inspired with their hate of the
white man, maddened by the withholding of their annuities, and driven to
desperation by starvation, to wreak their vengeance and redress their wrongs
upon innocent white settlers, their women and children. At once the cry rang
out all over the state for the immediate filling up and putting into the field of
defense the regiments then forming. The three companies of the Fifth Minne
sota Volunteers guarding the property of the United States at the forts and
reservations could nob cope alone with a foe so determined and so well equipped.

On the 20th of August, 1862, an order was issued from the adjutant general's
headquarters of the state directing Col. H. H. Sibley to immediately take charge
of an expedition of four companies of the Sixth for the relief of Fort Eidgley,
the centre of the more alarming attacks. Citizens unenlisted, who were willing
to join the expedition, furnishing their own arms and horses, for the defense of
the state, were urged to come forward and join Sibley7s command. There was
but one resource to check the invasion of Indians, namely, the men who had
been called from their harvest fields to enlist, and who had been furloughed
until after harvest; who had been enlisted, but not yet mustered; who had no
experience whatever in military life. Their furloughs were at once revoked,
the broken regiments were massed together hurriedly, and officers appointed to
command them. They responded promptly and cheerfully.

The governor immediately issued orders commissioning Capt. A. D. Nelson
as colonel of the Sixth Eegiment, and he proceeded as far as Bloomington Ferry.
Capt. Kelson had been on duty in the regular army almost continually since
1848. He graduated at West Point in 1841, and entered the service as a second
lieutenant in the Eighth Infantry. He had thus been in the service twenty -three

WHAT HASTENED ENLISTMENTS. 303

years, fourteen years of the time having been spent in Minnesota. He was a
gentleman of the highest military skill, and punctilious to the last degree re
garding all matters of rank and military etiquette. To be assigned to duty
under a civilian, as Sibley was, was not in accordance with the precedents nor
the tenets of his military training. He was extremely restive under the circum
stances and exigencies that for the time being assigned him to a subordinate
place. He finally determined to resign.

General Orders, No. 42, from the adjutant general's office of the state, dated
Aug. 28, 1862, announced the full complement of officers of the Sixth Regiment
as follows: Colonel, William Crooks of Ramsey; lieutenant colonel, John T.
Averill of Wabasha; major, Robert N. McLaren of Goodhue; surgeon, Dr. Alfred
Wharton of Ramsey; first assistant surgeon, Dr. Jared W. Daniels of Nicollet;
second assistant surgeon, Dr. O. O. Potter of Dodge; quartermaster, Lieut.
Henry L. Carver of Ramsey; adjutant, Florentine E. Snow of Blue Earth. Sub
sequently the following were also announced: Chaplain, Richard B. Bull; quar
termaster sergeant, H. H. Gilbert; commissary sergeant, Wm. S. McCauley;
hospital steward, Amos Hyatt; sergeant major, Frederick W. Norwood; chief
musicians, Milton R. Seaman, Levi Longfellow; drum major, Ernst Wagner.

Colonel Crooks, in a personal interview, thus describes the situation when he
was assigned to the command of the Sixth Regiment: "The St. Paul & Pacific
Railroad Company had just completed the first ten miles of road in Minnesota,
from St. Paul to St. Anthony. I was the superintendent of that road, and had
just commenced operating it. On the 19th of August, 1862, Gov. Ramsey came
to my office and told me he had very bad news from the frontier — news of a
terrible massacre of the people and destruction of their property by Indians.
He hoped these reports were exaggerated, but from the confirmatory circum
stances he feared the matter was of the gravest character. Citizens were flock
ing to the cities; many had come to Fort Snelling with their arms and horses,
volunteering for the occasion. The governor wanted someone to go to Fort
Snelling at once to organize these volunteers in some shape so as to make them
effective, and after canvassing all the reasons which I gave him to relieve me, he
appealed to me to go, and I consented. He asked me, 'How soon I7 'In two
hours,' I replied, 'I would report to him at the capitol,' which I did. The Sev
enth Regiment was then organizing. There were no supplies, but I was directed
to get them in the country, and was given authority to act for the state in the
emergency. The governor tendered me the lieutenant colonelcy of the Seventh
Regiment, which I accepted. The governor gave me my commission and orders
to assume command of the citizens at Fort Snelling. He also ordered me to join
Col. A. D. Nelson, who had been appointed colonel of the Sixth Regiment, and
had already started up the Minnesota River with that regiment for the scene of
Indian disturbances. I started in the evening and reached Bloomington Ferry,
where Nelson was, that night. I gave him the letter Gov. Ramsey had placed
in my hands, which he read, saying but little. The next morning we were out
at daybreak. I started to go with my command, saying to Nelson, ' I will go
right on, and get through as fast as I can.' He asked me if I was a commissioned
officer of the state, and I produced the commission given me by Gov. Ramsey.
Nelson then stated to me that he was directed to act under the orders of Mr. Sib-
ley, a civilian. He did not want to report to a civilian, as he was a regular
army officer. The situation, as related to the Indians and the immediate neces
sity of relief for the settlers, was so urgent, however, that he was in doubt as to
the course he should pursue. It was believed that the Indians were incited to
violence by rebel emissaries. He (Nelson) had been commissioned colonel of
the Sixth Regiment by the governor, but not yet by the president. He knew the
rules of the regular army respecting precedence, and was careful in observing
them. He foresaw that complications might arise in respect to his orders and
reports which might involve criticism and conflict of orders. So he proposed
that I, being a lieutenant colonel, with the commission of the governor as such,
should take command of the Sixth Regiment, and he would return to St. Paul
and resign his commission. I remonstrated against this arrangement, urging

304 THE SIXTH REGIMENT.

him to go forward, assist in quelling the Indian uprising, and settle the etiquette
afterward. But he would not yield. He was a brave man, a thorough soldier,
and his premonitions of a long campaign were justified by subsequent events. I
acquiesced, and requested that he would give me the necessary authority in
writing. He then, using a fence-post for a writing desk, penciled the following:
'I hereby turn over the volunteers of the Sixth Eegiment to Lieutenant Colonel
William Crooks of the Seventh Eegiment. ? We parted on the very best of terms,
he going back to St. Paul, and we went on to Shakopee. The next morning, as
we were breaking camp at Sandy Creek, Edmund Bice, who had driven through
from St. Paul the previous night, brought me a commission from the governor
as colonel of the Sixth Eegiment, and that is how I happened to be connected
with it. I made a hasty inspection of the men and their equipment, found them
insufficiently supplied with old-fashioned Belgian rifles, procured from the state
arsenal, and with no proper ammunition. The men were set to work swedging
the bullets to fit the rifles, and, to supplement what was in the cartridge, pow
der was obtained in very limited quantities from the stores at Shakopee and
other little villages along the route. Lieut. Col. Averill of my regiment was
sent across the Minnesota Eiver at Henderson with four companies, while I, with
the remainder of the regiment, pushed up the west side to join him at St. Peter."

THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN OF 1862.

Who shall describe the horrors and distresses witnessed in that march up the
Minnesota? The roads were literally lined with fugitive settlers, with their fami
lies, cattle and household effects, terror-stricken and almost entirely unarmed.
They told the most thrilling stories of escapes, of atrocity, barbarism and murder,
and they hailed the advance of the soldiers as an interposition of Providence
against imaginary thousands of redskins who were supposed to be following them
only a few miles behind. The regiment, by various routes by land and water,
concentrated at St. Peter on the 24th of August, 1862. Col. Sibley was already
there, organizing the forces for an advance movement. We remained at St. Peter
four days, amid the most intense excitement, making preparations. Sibley was
determined not to move against organized bands of Indians until he was abso
lutely certain that he could successfully cope with them. Beleaguered Fort
Eidgley, but forty miles distant, had but a handful of men for its protection, and
its outbuildings had already been burned. A detail of forty-six men from that
fort, under command of Capt. John S. Marsh of Company B, Fifth Minnesota
Eegiment, had been ambuscaded at the Lower Sioux Agency, twelve miles from
the fort, and all but thirteen, including the gallant captain himself, had been
killed. The air was full of details of the burning of New Ulni, the attacks on
Acton, Forest City, Abercrombie and many other points on the frontier encircling
the state. The people and newspapers everywhere were clamoring for revenge,
and, in the midst of it all, Sibley hesitated. He was in communication with the
Indian camps, in full possession, through his guides and interpreters, of their
strength and purposes. They had many white captives. The four days' delay at
St. Peter undoubtedly saved his expedition from annihilation at the outset. His
judgment was right. The time was well spent in accumulating munitions and
supplies, and in drilling the raw recruits in their new duties, qualifying them
for good service, and acquainting them with their officers and the dangers which
confronted them.

As soon as sufficient supplies and ammunition arrived at St. Peter, on the
28th of August, the column proceeded to Fort Eidgley, then in a state of siege,
and occupied by a small garrison under command of Lieut. T. J. Sheehan of the
Fifth Minnesota Eegiment, seconded by Ordnance Sergeant John Jones of the
regular army, who had some field-pieces and fixed ammunition in his charge. The
garrison had been attacked on the 20th and 22d, and the enemy repulsed. In these
engagements there were three men killed and thirteen wounded, the loss of the
Indians being several times greater. As we proceeded there was plenty of evidence
to substantiate the fears of the refugees. Smoking ruins of farm houses but re
cently burned met us everywhere. On the prairies, in the dooryards of the

ENGAGEMENT AND RESCUE AT BIRCH COOLIE. 305

farm houses, were many mutilated bodies of men, women and children, who had
been intercepted and slaughtered in their flight or in their beds. The char
acteristics of Indian massacre need not be retold. The anxiety and determination
of the volunteers to reach the savages and revenge the outrages was at fever heat.
In one sense it was ludicrous to contemplate the advance of columns of men,
scarcely armed at all, marching with all possible speed to overtake and punish
these well-armed, well-mounted Indian rascals, as they kept sometimes within
sight, and then again at least twenty miles ahead of us, in their work of murder
and rapine whenever they found a luckless settler alone or a house still standing.

ENGAGEMENT AND RESCUE AT BIRCH COOLIE.

On the 31st of August Col. Sibley detailed Company A of the Sixth Regi
ment, under command of Capt. H. P. Grant, and two volunteers from each of
the other companies of the Sixth, to form a burial party, with instructions to
properly inter all bodies found, and, if possible, ascertain the facts connected
with the loss of Capt. Marsh and his men. The little command, including a
small detachment of citizen cavalry, under Capt. Joe Anderson, acting as scouts,
numbered one hundred and fifty-three men, infantry, cavalry and teamsters, and
ninety-six horses, including twenty teams taken along to carry camp equipage,
rations, etc. Major Joseph E. Brown, an experienced Indian trader, was along.
The first day out they buried fifty settlers, and at night went into camp in the
river bottom near Eedwood Crossing. The night was dark and dismal, and par
ticularly sad to those who had been gathering up the dead all day long. This,
together with the impression that a lurking foe was near, made the boys feel
rather uncomfortable. The night passed after a vigilant watch, and no harm
came. Early the next morning the bodies of Capt. Marsh and his command
were found in the thicket on the river bank, where they had been shot down.
They had evidently been hemmed in and fired upon from all sides. Nearly all
had been scalped, and their guns and ammunition secured by the Indians.
After the last service to the dead, the command took up the line of march from
the bottom lands to the prairies above. While passing over the bluff a large
body of Indians, on their way to capture St. Peter and Mankato, saw the soldiers,
and kept them in view almost all day, our men being ignorant of their presence.
The scouts crossed the river, making a detour to the south, and so missed meet
ing the enemy. The command went into camp the second night near Birch
Coolie, about fifteen miles from Fort Eidgley. Birch Coolie is a deep gorge>
running north and south, in Eenville county. - From information gathered by
the scouts, no anxiety was felt. Major Brown told the boys to " Go to sleep, as
there was no more danger than in their mother's houses." At that very mo
ment there were five hundred warriors watching the camp. The night was
warm, the sky clear, the stars shining brightly, with a full moon. The guard
was cautioned to be on the alert for strange sounds; the pickets were placed;
tattoo, taps, and all was silent. Slumber came to the weary soldiers. Soon they
slept, little dreaming that the lurking enemy was so near. The awakening to
some was in eternity. About four o'clock in the morning, soon after the guard
was placed, one of them thought he saw something moving in the grass. It
proved to be an Indian, as they were slowly moving in upon the camp, their in
tention being to shoot the pickets with arrows, and, as noiselessly as possible, rush
in and destroy the command. The sentinel fired at the moving object, and in
stantly the camp was encircled by fire and smoke from the guns of five hundred
Indians, who had hemmed them in. The fire was returned by the pickets as
they returned to the camp, and although there necessarily was confusion there
was no panic. The captain' s command, ' ' Fall down ! ' ' was mistaken for 4 1 Fall in ! "
which makes a vast difference under such circumstances. The wagons were
formed in a circle about the tents, and this afforded some little shelter. Amid
the great confusion it is a wonder every man was not destroyed. But there
were cool heads, and none were cooler than old Joe Brown, Harry Gillham, Dr.
Jared W. Daniels and Capt. H. P. Grant, who was in immediate command,

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306 THE SIXTH EEGIMENT.

The camp was badly located for defense, being commanded by the deep ravine
on one side and by a mound on the other, so that the savages were well sheltered
from our fire. But this spot was chosen because it was near wood and water,
and the Indians were supposed to be fifty miles away. It was a mistake which
was discovered after it was too late. A brisk fire was opened by the boys, and
soon the cartridge boxes were being depleted. Ammunition was called for, and
upon opening a box it was found to be of too large a caliber. Other boxes were
opened with a like result. In loading the ammunition a mistake had been made,
and the men found themselves in an unfortunate dilemma; but no time was to be
lost, as there was not more than an average of twenty rounds to the man, and a
horde of savages about who seemed well supplied with powder and ball. At 10
o'clock A. M. the'firing of the Indians almost ceased. But the men in camp were
very short of ammunition, their rations were gone, and the only supply of water
was in the creek at the bottom of the ravine, which was alive with Indians,
securely under cover, and well armed. But for their natural cowardice in mak
ing attacks, they would have charged and massacred every man of the command.
That memorable day of suffering and anxiety passed without the arrival of ex
pected relief. At an early hour in the morning the guard on picket at Fort
Eidgley distinctly heard the volleys fired at the camp in Birch Coolie. A de
tachment of two hundred and forty men with two six-pounder guns was imme
diately organized under the command of Colonel McPhaill, and dispatched to the
relief of the troops at Birch Coolie. When they had advanced to within three
miles of Birch Coolie a large force of Indians attacked them. The fire was re
turned promptly, and with artillery. The beleaguered camp heard this firing
with the liveliest anticipation of speedy relief, but it was not to be so soon real
ized. Col. McPhaill did not deem it safe to advance against the Indians, wha
outnumbered him so heavily, without additional help. Lieut. T. J. Sheehan was
dispatched to headquarters at Fort Eidgley, and upon his arrival the whole ex
peditionary force was put on the march by Col. Sibley. This was a perilous ride
for Sheehan, for, although unscathed himself, his horse was mortally wounded.

The Indians continued their attacks on Birch Coolie, but without serious re
sults. At daylight on the morning of the 3d of September, Col. Sibley and his
troops having overtaken McPhaill, they proceeded to Birch Coolie. As the col
umn approached, the Indians were soon again discovered, their numbers in
creasing as the troops progressed. Artillery forced them to retire. A large
party of Indians remained constantly near the camp at Birch Coolie, and kept
up the fire until the reinforcements were almost upon them. The meeting of the
two forces, the rescued and the rescuers, was most affecting. It was the first
view of bloodshed and suffering the men of the camp at Birch Coolie had seen,
and the first similar view of the rescuer's party. It was war in earnest, and
bloody Indian war at that. The loss of men in proportion to those engaged
was very large. One official report says, " Twenty- three were killed outright, or
mortally wounded, and forty-five were severely wounded. Thirteen were buried
in the grounds where they fell." After the rescue the whole force returned to
Fort Eidgley.

From Captain Grant's account of this desperate engagement, furnished by
request, I quote the following interesting narrative:

" Sunday morning, August 31st, at Fort Eidgley, Minn., I was ordered to
report in person to Col. William Crooks*, commanding my regiment; I reported,
and received the following orders: To take command of an expeditionary force,
consisting of Company A, Sixth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Joseph
Anderson's company of Mounted Eangers, and a detail of twenty men, as a
burial party, making the aggregate one hundred and fifty men, and proceed at
once to make a reconnaissance toward the lower agency, bury the dead and
afford relief to any who might have escaped the Indians. I was also ordered to
see that each man had forty rounds of ammunition and two days' rations; the
ordnance officer was ordered to turn over to me 3,000 rounds of extra ammuni
tion, and the quartermaster what transportation we might need. A careful
detailed route was given me, both Col. Crooks and myself believing that the

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march could be made and all details carried out and that we could return to
Fort Eidgley on the evening of September 1st. I was further told that a few
citizens, whose families or friends had been killed, were desirous of going along
with the expedition, and I was requested to permit them to do so. Among the
anxious ones Col. Crooks mentioned Maj. J. E. Brown, who feared his family
had been killed, and Col. Crooks told me that Maj. Brown was well posted in
Indian signs, character, etc.,- and if circumstances should arise so that I wanted
advice, to consult the major. About 9:30 A. M., the detail and Capt. Anderson
having reported, we marched out of Fort Eidgley, taking the usual road across
the prairie to the ferry at lower agency, distant about twelve miles. On the
way to the ferry we buried several dead bodies, among whom I recognized Bill
Taylor, a colored citizen of St. Paul, whom all old settlers will remember. At
the ferry we found the bodies of about twenty soldiers of Capt. Marsh's com
mand, who were killed the first day of the massacre while attempting to cross
the ferry to lower agency; we also found here the body of the United States
interpreter, Quinn. While engaged in burying the dead around the ferry, I
sent a part of the command across the river to the agency to reconnoiter
and to bury the killed there, with orders to return when their work was
accomplished, and to follow me to camp. After leaving the ferry I moved
the command up the east side of the river about five miles and went into
camp; was soon joined by Capt. Anderson. The usual picket guard was detailed,
and at 9 P. M. those not on duty were in the tents, lights out, etc. No alarm
occurred during the night. At daylight the camp was aroused to prepare
breakfast. As soon as everything was ready I again divided my command, send
ing Capt. Anderson with his mounted rangers back to cross the river, go up the
west side through Little Crow's village, and to go toward Yellow Medicine to
see if any Indians were below there. With my command I followed up the
valley toward Beaver Creek, occasionally halting to bury whole families, men,
women and children, who had been overtaken by Indians and massacred.

"About 10 A. M., while riding at the head of my command, I saw what I
thought to be an Indian drop in the grass about one mile toward the Minnesota-
Eiver. I halted the command, sent a force of twenty men to surround what I
had seen; to capture, if white, but to kill if Indian. When they had closed in
on the spot they found a woman who, thirteen days before, had seen her husband
and three children killed. She had been told to run, and when she was three
or four rods off one of the Indians had fired at her and put nine buckshot into
her back. Then they had cut her clothes off her, and, while doing so, they cut
a gash about four inches long over her stomach and left her for dead on the
field. When she came to her senses and realized the loss of her family, her
brain gave away, and she had wandered unconscious for twelve days, subsisting,
probably, on roots and water. Discovering her condition, I rode forward with a
soldier's blanket and wrapped it around her, carried her to one of the wagons
and made her a grass bed. Other soldiers kindly gave her their only blanket.
Dr. Daniels dressed her wounds and made her as comfortable as possible. After
an hour's delay we went to Beaver Creek, where we found some thirty bodies
and buried them; then we went some three miles beyond, left the valley and
climbed the hills to the right, up to the open prairie, where we struck a trail that
led us by the burned houses of Caruthers and Henderson. We found the body
of Caruthers' son to the right of the road about one mile from home; also found
what remained of Mrs. Henderson and her babe. Mrs. Henderson being sick,
they, learning that the Indians were massacring the settlers, fixed a bed in
a wagon and started to escape. They were overtaken and killed, the feather
bed having been pulled out of the wagon, set on fire, and the bodies of mother
and babe about half consumed. We now realized that our delays made it im
possible to reach Fort Eidgley that night, as we were then about twenty-two
miles from the fort and six miles from Birch Coolie, the nearest place to get
water. I now marched direct to the coolie along the road where it is open
prairie for several miles each side. I rode forward and selected my camp about
forty rods north of the woods and about the same distance west of the coolie.

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About the same distance west of the camp was a meadow; north of the camp it
was an open prairie for miles. When the teams came up I had them placed in
a circle and ropes stretched from wagon to wagon to picket horses to. Our
tents were put up inside this circle, my company on the north, Capt. Anderson's
on the south, side of the camp. About sundown Capt. Anderson came in, hav
ing ridden about forty miles. He reported they had been well up toward
Yellow Medicine, came back, recrossed the Minnesota seven miles further up
than I had been, and that they had seen no Indians, but signs indicated the red
skins had gone north four days before. Maj. Brown had been with Capt. An
derson during the day. From all reports I did not think there were any Indians
within twenty miles of us; however, I detailed thirty men, besides non-commis
sioned officers and an officer of the guard, and established ten picket posts at
equal distances apart around the camp, with three men at each post.

"Soon the camp was quiet. The tired men were glad to get repose and rest.
All went well until just before daylight. Private William Hart discovered what
he thought was a dog or wolf crawling between his post and the camp. He fired,
and it proved to be an Indian. Other Indians raised themselves enough to be
seen. Several of the guard fired. The Indians gave their war-whoop and rushed
toward the camp. The guards came rushing back into camp. The Indians did
not fire until within eight or ten rods of the camp, intending to make a sure thing
of us by shooting us down as we came out of our tents. My company came out
of their tents and started to form in line. I gave the order to break to right and
left, get behind the wagons and commence firing. Our horses had received most
of the bullets up to this tinre, and as they fell our men threw themselves behind
them. At the order to break and commence firing, the brave and fearless Lieut.
Gillham sang out, 'Follow me, boys !> and some thirty men sprang with him to
defend the east side of the camp. Lieut. Baldwin took charge of about the same
number at the northeast of the camp. With the remainder of my company I
took charge of the northwest and west, Capt. Anderson taking the south. After
one hour's fighting we had driven the Indians all back to at least long range, but it
had been at fearful cost. Already twenty-two of our men were dead or mortally
wounded. Sixty more had received serious or slight wounds. One-half of our
whole force was killed or wounded. Eighty-five horses were dead, leaving only
two alive. One of the two horses that had not been injured was my own faithful
horse. I went up to him, slipped the halter off, and he went about three rods from
camp. During the day he fed altogether around the camp, and about sundown
he walked inside of the camp and placed himself where he had stood the night
before, turned his head around and neighed. I went up to him to put his halter
en, when some of the boys shouted, 'Down, captain!7 Horse and myself fell
together; he with seven bullets in him, I unhurt. As soon as we had forced the
Indians back I put every man I could spare digging and throwing up breast
works. We had nothing but our bayonets to dig with, but by noon we had our
selves pretty well intrenched, using our dead soldiers and horses to help our
breastworks.

"The Indians were lying in the grass watching for someone to show himself;
our men were watching for an Indian. About this time the men commenced
to say, 'This is my last cartridge.7 I then had the 3,000 extra ones brought
from the wagon and commenced distributing them, when we discovered that the
ordnance officer had given us 62-caliber for 58-caliber rifles. Immediately I
put the men to work whittling down the balls to the size of our rifles, and
now gave orders not to fire except when necessary, a precaution taken none too
soon, as when relieved the next day we did not have over five rounds to the man
left. In the early morning of September 2d, Gen. Sibley, at Eidgley, hearing
the firing at our camp, although sixteen miles away, promptly ordered Col. Mc-
Phaill to take three companies of the Sixth Infantry, three companies of his
mounted men, in all two hundred and forty men, together with a section (two
guns) of Capt. Hendrick's battery, to make a forced march to our relief. [The
exact number of this force is stated by Gen. Sibley in a note to page 259 of his
biography.] At our camp all was quiet; occasionally a stray bullet came into

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camp. At four o'clock, .however, we saw quite a commotion among the Indians.
There appeared to be large numbers of them crossing the coolie east. In a few
moments our hearts felt glad, for McPhaill's command hove in sight about two
miles across the coolie. I gave orders to fire a few shots to let them know that
we were still alive. The Indians fired perhaps twenty shots at long range toward
McPhaill's command, when that officer retired to the east side of the east coolie
and encamped. He sent two messengers to Gen. Sibley with the information
that he had met the Indians, and that they were too many for him, and reinforce
ments were asked for. Everything was quiet in our camp until about 2 A. M.,
when the Indians made a show to take our camp. A few volleys from our watch
ful men quieted them. During the night the Indians had been reinforced by
about five hundred warriors.

"On September 3d the daylight and sunrise were most beautiful, but we dis
covered large bodies of Indians southwest and north of us, circling around and
closing up nearer to us, when an Indian (probably Little Crow's brother) came
riding directly toward us on a white horse, waving a white flag. He rode to within
twenty rods, stopped, and held a conversation with my interpreter, Corp. James
Auge of Mendota. He said the Indians had largely reinforced during the night,
that there were now as many as the leaves on the trees; that we stood no show to
resist them any longer; that they were now going to charge the camp and should
take no prisoners, but if the half-breeds and all of those who had Indian blood
in them would march out and give themselves up, they would be protected.
Those with us who had any Indian blood gathered around the interpreter, some
eight or ten. I asked them what they were going to do. Corp. Auge, with some
hesitation, answered for them: * We are going to stay with you, captain.' I
then told Auge to tell them that they did not have Indians enough to take our
camp; that we were still two hundred men; that each had two rifles loaded, and
all the Indians that wanted to die should come at once; that we defied them. [It
was only a small exaggeration in regard to numbers, as we really had but about
sixty -five men who had not been killed or wounded.] I instructed the inter
preter to tell him to get out of the way, that we could not respect a flag of truce
for any such offer as he had made, and to go at once. He turned his horse and
rode slowly toward the meadow. I then gave the order to fire. About twenty
shots were fired at him. We killed his horse, but he got off safely. Then there
was great excitement among the Indians, who all the while were circling closer
and closer around us, myself and officers of the command telling our soldiers to
hold their fire, lay low until the Indians were close upon us, and then to take
good aim and fire and seize the other gun and repeat. We assured the men they
could not take the camp, and I think most of the men believed us. We now
expected a general attack, and while almost holding our breath, expecting every
moment to hear their war-whoop, we discovered a large powerful Indian come
up out of the woods, yelling at the top of his voice. I asked interpreter Auge
what he said; he replied that he told the Indians that there were three miles of
white men coming. This made our hearts beat with joy, for we knew that some
one besides Col. McPhaill was coming to our relief. When McPhaill's courier
reached Fort Eidgley, Gen. Sibley immediately ordered Col. Crooks with the
remainder of the regiment, and Col. William E. Marshall, who had arrived that
day with his regiment, to start at once to our support. At daybreak, the relief,
marching by flank, was seen by this Indian, and accordingly he hastened to re
port that three miles of white men were coming. We now saw that the attack
on our camp had been abandoned; that the great body of Indians was crossing
the coolie toward where Gen. Sibley was coming. About this time the com
mand came in sight, halted at about the same place where McPhaill retreated
from the day before, and after a few minutes resumed their march, moved further
up the coolie, crossed over and relieved us, without loss of another life. The
sight that met our rescuers — the eighty-seven dead horses, twenty two dead sol
diers, the poor woman who lay in the wagon forty-eight hours without food or
water (the wagon had been struck with more than fifty bullets, and she had been
shot again through the right arm), the sixty wounded soldiers who had been

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nearly forty-eight hours without food, water or sleep, the seriously wounded, with
parched throats, crying for water, the stench from the dead horses that were al
ready bursting open, was a scene long to be remembered. The wounded were
gathered up, placed in wagons, and the command started for Fort Eidgley, where
we arrived about eight o'clock that evening.

"So many years have passed that, should I attempt to recall the names of
those who contributed most to the defense of our camp, I might do injustice.
Suffice it to say, all did well, and a few such men as Capt. Anderson, Lieut. Swan,
Lieut. Gillham, Sergt. Barnes, Sergt. Gardner, Corp. Auge, Hon. James J. Egan
of the Eangers, and David Eedfield, a citizen, by their courage and bravery, helped
others to be brave and courageous. All did well. After a night's sleep at Fort
Eidgley I made, my report of this expedition, and when it was ready took it
personally to my commanding officer. It was handed back to me and I was coolly
informed that I should make my report to Maj. Joseph E. Brown, who was in
command of the ex-pedition. This was the first I had heard of it. We had
been gone four days, two of which we had been engaged in deadly fight; no
order had been given me by Maj. Brown, not an intimation that he considered
himself in command. To say that I was angry, when told to make my report to
him, would only express half what I felt. I then and there destroyed my report
and never made another. If any blame rests on any one, for selection of camps,
or in carrying out any of the details of the expedition, it rests upon me. All
officers, soldiers and citizens obeyed my orders. I had the full charge. "

Col. Sibley could not follow the Indians from Birch Coolie without mounted
troops with sufficient rapidity to overtake them. He opened a communication
with the Indians, who moved rapidly up to Yellow Medicine, by means of scouts
and friendly Sioux. It was necessary to use great care, on account of the cap
tive women and children in the hands of the hostiles.

A few official dispatches of this period show the situation better than it can
be otherwise described:

ST. PAUL, MINN.,
Hon. E. M. STANTON, Aug. 21, 1862— 4 .p. m.

Secretary of War:

The Sioux Indians on our western border have risen, and are murdering men, women and
children. I have ordered a party of men out, under Col. H. H. Sibley, and have given the com
mand of the Sixth Regiment, also ordered up, to Capt. A. D. Nelson, U. S. Army. I must have
Nelson. Telegraph at once.

ALEX. RAMSEY.

ST. PAUL, MINN.,
E. M. STANTON: Aug. 25,. 1862 — 2:30^. m.

The Indian war is still progressing. I have sent up the Sixth Regiment and called out 1,000
horsemen. The panic among the people has depopulated whole counties, and in view of this I ask
that there be one month added to the several dates of your previous orders for volunteers, draft,
etc. — 22d August be 22d of September; 1st September be 1st of October. In view of the distracted
condition of the country this is absolutely necessary. ALEX. RAMSEY.

I have a full knowledge of all the facts, and I urge a concurrence in this request.

WM. P. DOLE,

Commissioner Indian Affairs.

ST. PAUL, MINN.,
President LINCOLN: Aug. 26, 1862 — 10 p. m.

With the concurrence of Commissioner Dole I have telegraphed the secretary of war for an
extension of one month of drafting, etc. The Indian outbreak has come upon us suddenly. Half
the population of the state are fugitives. It is absolutely impossible that we should proceed. The
secretary of war denies our request. I appeal to you, and ask for an immediate answer. No one
not here can conceive the panic in the state. ALEX. RAMSEY,

Governor of Minnesota.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Governor RAMSEY, Aug. 27, 1862.

St. Paul, Minn.:

Yours received. Attend to the Indians. If the draft cannot proceed, of course it will not
proceed. Necessity knows no law. The Government cannot extend the time.

A. LINCOLN.

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Col. Sibley's command remained at Fort Eidgley until September 19th. On
the 7th of September the Department of the Northwest was created, including
the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, the territories of Nebraska and Dakota,
with the troops raised and to be raised in that department. Major General John
Pope was placed in command, with his headquarters for the time being at St.
Paul, subsequently at Milwaukee. Col. Sibley issued orders for battalion drills,
and it was at Fort Eidgley that the Sixth Eegiment began, under Col. Crooks, the
admirably conducted battalion evolutions which brought the regiment up to such
a high plane of military discipline and perfection. To be led South with such a
colonel, and to make a record under him, was the dearest wish of every man. To
engage in long, weary marches across dry plains, chasing mounted Indians, who
seldom appeared within gunshot, was the dismal prospect that was presented
for the immediate future, and was indeed disheartening.

THE BATTLE AT WOOD LAKE.

The command took up the line of march on the 19th into the Indian country,
encountering nothing but rumors until the 22d, when they arrived at Wood
Lake, near the Yellow Medicine Eiver, where the Indians were in camp. The
next morning preparations were made for crossing the Yellow Medicine, about
three miles from our camp. About sunrise a mule team was proceeding toward
the warehouses of the Yellow Medicine Agency. As soon as the wagon got a
short distance from the camp some young Indians who were lying concealed in
the grass on either side of the road suddenly rose up and fired a volley at the
wagon and its inmates. Back to the camp they came, in great confusion, pur
sued by hundreds of Indians, brandishing their weapons and blankets, who had
apparently been on the lookout for an advance movement and were ready. On
they came, yelling and firing. In a moment the men were under arms. The
Third Eegiment, which had been sent up paroled from Tennessee to take part in
the Indian campaign, did not wait to form lines or for orders. They simply
snatched their guns and went for the red devils, skirmishing after them and
firing rapidly until the engagement became general. The Sixth Eegiment, ex
cept Companies A and F, was immediately ordered forward, as were also five
companies of the Seventh Eegimeut and the Eenville Eangers. The dash of the
Third Eegiment so far in advance gave the Indians some hope of cutting them
off, but their severe firing and the prompt support of the other regiments checked
the Indians, and they were compelled to fall back, leaving their wounded. A
part of the Sixth Eegiment was then held in reserve to defend the rear of the
camp. Companies A and F were ordered to double-quick around the south side
of the little lake near the camp, and take possession of a ridge overlooking a
ravine. This order was successfully executed, and much hard fighting was done
on this part of the field. The engagement continued about two hours, after which
the Indians retreated in great haste, and were seen no more that day. The men
were ordered back to camp. Those of Companies A and F were nearly a mile
from the rest of the regiment, overlooking a ravine in which many Indians were
concealed, lying down flat on their faces in the tall, rank marsh grass. It was
here that Capt. Wilson was wounded in the shoulder. His company was very
busily engaged.

Col. Sibley, in his official report of the battle of Wood Lake, thus describes
the part taken by the various organizations engaged:

The Renville Guards, under Lieutenant Gorman, were sent by me to check the Indians, and
Major Welch of the Third Regiment was instantly in line with his command, his skirmishers in the
advance, by whom the savages were gallantly met, and, after a conflict of a serious nature, repulsed.
Meantime another portion of the Indian force passed down a ravine with a view to outflank the
Third Regiment, and I ordered Lieutenant Colonel Marshall, with five companies of the Seventh
Regiment, who was ably seconded by Major George Bradley, to advance to its support with one
six-pounder, under the command of Captain Hendricks, and I also ordered two companies of the
Sixth Regiment to reinforce him. Lieutenant Colonel Marshall advanced at a double-quick, amid
a shower of balls from the enemy, which, fortunately, did little damage to his command, and,
after a few volleys, he led his men to a charge and cleared the ravine of the savages. Major Mc
Laren, with Captain Wilson's company of the Sixth, took position on the extreme left of the

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camp, where he kept at bay a party of the enemy who were endeavoring to gain the rear of the
camp, and finally drove them back. The battle raged for about two hours, the six-pounder and
the mountain howitzer being used with great effect, when the Indians, repulsed at all points with
great loss, retired with precipitation. I regret to state that many casualties occurred on our side.
• The gallant Major Welch was badly wounded in the leg, and Captain Wilson of the Sixth was
severely bruised by a nearly spent ball in the shoulder. Four of our men were killed and be
tween thirty-five and forty were wounded, most of them, I rejoice to hear, not seriously. I have
already adverted to the courage and skill of Lieutenant Colonel Marshall and Majors Welch and
Bradley, to which I beg leave to add those of the officers and men of their respective commands.
Lieutenant Colonel Averill and Major McLaren were equally prompt in their movements in pre
paring the Sixth Regiment for action, and were both under fire for some time. Captains Grant
and Bromley of the Sixth shared the dangers of the field with Lieutenant Colonel Marshall's
command, while Captain Wilson, with his company, rendered essential service. The other com
panies of the Sixth Regiment were not engaged, having been held in a position of defense, but it
was difficult to restrain their ardor, so anxious were officers and men to share with their comrades
the perils of the field.

It is unfortunate that an official report made by Lieut. Col. Averill, who was
in command of the Sixth Regiment during the battle of Wood Lake, and detail
ing the part taken by the Sixth in that engagement, cannot be found, either
among his papers or in the archives of the War Department at Washington.

THE RESCUE AT CAMP RELEASE.

On the 25th of September the march was resumed, Col. Sibley first receiving
assurances that the friendly Indians in Little Crow's camp would separate them
selves from that doughty warrior, and, taking with them the white prisoners
which Little Crow had captured, surrender to Col. Sibley under a flag of truce.
The following are extracts from a report of Gen. Sibley to Gen. Pope, Sept. 27.
1862, from Camp Eelease:

CAMP RELEASE, OPPOSITE MOUTH OF CHIPPEWA RIVER,
General POPE, Sept. 27, 1862.

St. Paul:

I omitted in my enumeration of the forces engaged on our side Captain Woodward's company
of the Sixth Regiment, which behaved well under the lead of their captain; and I erred in my
statement of the number of the enemy, as I find from the half-breeds, who were forced to be present,
that the hostiles actually engaged in the fight were nearly five hundred instead of three hundred.
Yesterday I came to this point with my command. I encamped within five hundred yards of a
large camp of about one hundred and fifty lodges of friendly Indians and half-breeds, who had sepa
rated themselves from Little Crow and the miserable crew with him, and had rescued from them
most of the white captives awaiting my arrival. About two o'clock in the afternoon I paid a formal
visit to this camp. I told the interpreter to call the chiefs and head men together, for I had some
thing to say to them. After speeches, in which they severely condemned the war party and
denied any participation in their proceedings, they assembled the captive women and children,
and formally delivered them up to me to the number of ninety-one pure whites. I have issued
an order appointing a military commission, consisting of two field officers and the senior captain
of the Sixth Regiment, Colonel Crooks, Lieut. Colonel Marshall and Captain Grant, for the
examination of all the men, half-breeds as well as Indians, in the camp near us, with instructions
to sift the antecedents of each, so that if there are guilty parties among them they can be arrested
and properly dealt with.

The Sixth Eegiment was formally mustered into the service for three years
from date of enrollment, by Edward Haight, lieutenant and aid-de-camp, by com
panies, as follows: Companies A, B, F and G at Camp Eelease, Oct. 1, 1862;
Company C at Camp Eelease, Oct. 3, 1862; Company D at Camp Eelease, Sept.
29, 1862; Company E at Camp Eelease, Oct. 5, 1862; Company H at Fort Snell-
ing (by Capt. A. D. Nelson), Nov. 20, 1862; Company I at Camp Eelease, Oct. 4,
1862; Company K at Camp Eelease, Oct. 10, 1862. The time at Camp Eelease
was spent in further drilling the men, and in making further preparations for
another move upon the Indians under Little Crow, supposed to be at Big Stone
Lake, about sixty-five miles distant. General Halleck, general-in-chief of the
army, was urging Gen. Pope to close up the Indian War at once, so as to release
the Minnesota regiments to go South, where they were needed. Col. Sibley was
urging Gen. Pope to furnish transportation, cavalry, howitzers and supplies so
as to enable him to pursue the hostile Indians. Here is the picture drawn by
Gen. Pope in reply to one of Gen. Halleck' s peremptory orders to move Sibley
forward:

WHITNEY AT YELLOW MEDICINE. 313

ST. PAUL, MINN.,
Major General HALLECK, Sept. 25, 1862.

Washington, D. C.:

Your dispatch of this date received. I have bought nothing except horses to mount infantry upon.
I have no cavalry and see no hope of getting any. It is impossible to follow mounted Indians on
foot, or prevent them from making descent upon the settlements. You suggest the use of moun
tain howitzers. I have none, and know not where they are to be had. It is impossible to get wagons
in the country. Three days have been spent in getting eleven two-horse wagons to move some
companies. I have no means to keep them supplied. You speak of a short campaign. You must
know how near the season is at an end here when operations are possible. Do not misunderstand
the facts. It is not only the Sioux with whom we have to deal. All the Indians — Sioux, Chip-
pewas and Winnebagos — are on the verge of outbreak along the whole frontier. I am not inclined
to be extravagant with expenditures, but certain things must be had if we are to do anything. It
is impossible to supply the posts and expeditions as you suggest. I have bought no wagons, nor
can I in this region. I had hoped officers would be sent to buy them and mules. I have neither
quartermasters, commissaries, ordnance nor medical officers; nothing in fact but a few perfectly
raw troops and raw officers, who do not know anything of such business. I desire to do all I can
promptly and vigorously, but I cannot do much without help or money. The credit of the United
States is far below par here. Debts have been unpaid for many months, and the people are not
very willing to trust the Government until some prospect of payment. I shall draw one more regi
ment from Wisconsin, making two in all, as you seem so desirous to have the troops sent South. I
hear of paroled troops coming, but when, I cannot learn.

JOHN POPE,

Major General, Commanding.

WHITNEY AT YELLOW MEDICINE.

Col. Sibley gathered the Indians who had surrendered at Camp Eelease, com
prising about two hundred lodges, together, and sent them down to Yellow Medi
cine. Companies D and F of the Sixth Eegiment and Company F of the
Seventh Eegiment were detailed to guard them, the force being under com
mand of Capt. Whitney. A military commission was constituted to try them,
purging them of murderous characters. Col. Crooks was president of this com
mission. The following letter describes Whitney's doings, and the situation of
the Indians in his charge:

HEADQUAKTEKS MILITAEY EXPEDITION,
Capt. J. C. WHITNEY, Camp Release, Oct. 14, 1862.

Commanding Detachment at Yellow Medicine:

SIR: I have received your dispatch of to-day with accompanying papers. Your proceeding,
as I expected, in carrying out my orders was well taken and judicious, and I feel gratified that
your success was so complete. In order to enable you to guard your prisoners perfectly for the
few days required for preparation for their removal, I have ordered Captain Wilson's company,
under the command of Lieutenant Parker, to proceed to-night to reinforce you. He will report
to you for orders, and I desire that you will keep a strong guard over the prisoners so as to avoid
any danger of the escape of any of them. They will have to be secured with irons around the
leg, two together, as I have done here. I have now one hundred and one men fixed in that way,
who I shall send down shortly under a guard to join those you have in confinement, and then dis
patch the whole to Fort Snelling. It is probable there are some innocent men among the prisoners
in both camps, especially among your own ; but it is impossible to winnow them out now, and
they must all be taken down together.

The Indians, men, women and children, must be principally fed on corn and potatoes, although I
do not object to their receiving fresh beef twice a week when it can be obtained. Our own supplies
are too scant to enable us to be very liberal on that score. You and Major Galbraith will please
collect what trace chains and suitable iron rods can be found, with a view to the extra security of
the prisoners against escape. I have addressed an official communication to Major Galbraith of
this date. You will forbid the men released from custody from straying away from the camp.

I am, captain, very respectfully,

H. H. SIELEY,

Brigadier General, Commanding:

A detachment which included Company G of the Sixth Eegiment, under
command of Lieut. Col. Wm. E. Marshall, was ordered to scour the western
country beyond Camp Eelease, and the main expedition, under Sibley, made
preparations to return, Mankato being the point of rendezvous, Whitney's
detachment joining the rest of the regiment at Mankato on the 10th of November.
On the 10th of October Gen. Pope sent the following disBatch to General Hal-
leek:

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ST. PAUL, MINN.,
Major General HALLECK: Oct. 10, 1862—3 p. in.

The Sioux war is at an end. All of the bands engaged in the late outrages, except five men,
have been captured. Ib will be necessary to execute many of them. The settlers can all return.
I have not yet heard from the expedition to the Yankton villages, but with the return of that
there will not be a hostile Indian east of the Missouri. The example of hanging many of the
perpetrators of the late outrages is necessary and will have a crushing effect. I shall to-morrow
issue an address requesting all the frontier settlers to return to their homes.

JOHN POPE,

Major General.

Col. Sibley had been promoted to the rank of brigadier general after having
requested to be relieved from command. He made a report, Oct. 17, 1862, to
General Pope, from which we extract the following: "The military commission
is engaged in trial of the prisoners, having been convened yesterday. The cases
of some twenty men have been disposed of, but not yet submitted to the head
quarters. I have now one hundred and twenty-three men prisoners, including
the twenty first sentenced, and two hundred and thirty-six men are confined at
Yellow Medicine, twenty miles below this point."

GARRISONING THE FRONTIER.

The authorities at Washington having the suppression of a great rebellion
on hand were now anxious that the Minnesota men should be sent South. The
anxiety of the men themselves to participate with their comrades in arms in sup
pression of the Eebellion cannot be described. Gen. Halleck informed Gen.
Meigs, quartermaster general of the army, that Gen. Pope would retain but
little infantry and such cavalry as could be raised in Minnesota, and that all
other troops would be sent to Kentucky or Tennessee. The Indian War was
deemed to be ended. Whose was the brilliant mind that conceived the project
of garrisoning a long line of frontier posts from Fort Abercrombie to the Iowa
state line, and thus keeping 3,000 or more infantry in the state, will perhaps
never be known. But this policy, so disappointing to men enlisted to go South,
was carried out. It is at this point that the Sixth Regiment was separated and
scattered along the posts mentioned. The headquarters of the Sixth Regiment
were fixed at Fort Snelling for the winter of 1862-3, and the companies dis
tributed at first as follows; later on in the winter they were changed somewhat:
Companies A, B, G, H and K at Fort Snelling; C, F and I at Glencoe; D at Forest
City; E at Kingston. At some of these posts stockades were erected. The men
occupied empty houses left by settlers, who had gone below to the cities when
the outbreak began. Life in barracks commenced. There was discipline, guard
duty, company drills and restraint. The men found time, however, to learn the
mysteries of bean poker, and every other game of cards known to man. Chess
and checkers raged. That company was fortunate which possessed one or more
fiddlers. That marvelous instrument was the nucleus of many a stag dance in
quarters, and many a more pretentious hop at the village hotel, where all the
village girls were gathered in, and where the blue coats outnumbered them six
to one. Daily reports to headquarters were made. Life was made endurable
by the receipt of letters from home, and the newspapers with accounts of the
doings of the armies of the South. So passed the winter of 1862-3. Head
quarters of the regiment were at Fort Snelling, Col. Crooks being in command
there, where, also, were Major McLaren, Drs. Wharton and Potter, Adjutant
Snow and Quartermaster Carver.

In the annual report of the adjutant general for 1863 appeared the following:
"The Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth regiments of infantry, the Third
Battery of artillery, and the First Regiment of Mounted Rangers have all served
during either the greater part or the whole of the time since they were mus
tered in, in the Department of the Northwest, and have given a remarkable ex
hibition of the extreme rapidity with which our recruits may be transformed
into soldiers. They have received the highest praise of the brigadier general
commanding the military district, and they have, no doubt, well and justly de
served it *'

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THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN OF 1863.

The winter of 1862-3 was spent in making preparations for another Indian
^campaign the coming summer. The War Department was clamoring for the in
fantry regiments of Minnesota to be sent South, and the officers and men were
praying to go. The citizens of Minnesota on the frontier felt insecure. There
were plenty of rumors of the intentions of the Indians, and there was good
ground to believe that a renewed attack on the settlements in the spring was
contemplated. The official correspondence between Gen. Sibley and Gen. Pope
regarding the number of troops necessary to follow the Indians and protect the
frontier the following summer abounds in disagreements. On the 13th of Octo
ber, 1862, Gen. Pope had informed Gen. Halleck that five regiments could be
sent from Minnesota by November 1st, and asked for instructions where to send
them. Among the regiments proposed to be moved South were the Sixth and
Seventh. Gen. Sibley thus refers to this proposition in one of his letters to Gen.
Pope: "I cannot but regret that you propose to deprive me of the Sixth and
Seventh regiments, for they have become somewhat accustomed to Indian fight
ing, and cannot readily be replaced by others. I would respectfully request that
these regiments be retained on this frontier, if consistent with the public advan
tage, and the other and later regiments be sent South in their stead." Gen.
Sibley had his way. The Sixth and Seventh regiments formed part of the forces
that marched to the Missouri Eiver in 1863. The campaign of 1863, on the scale
in which it was carried on, was inaugurated against the protest of Gen. Pope
and the secretary of war. By peremptory order the number of men reserved
in the state might, it is true, have been reduced one-half; but the insistence of
those whose influences were effective were effectual as against the judgment and
wishes of the War Department. Gen. Sibley was urged not to keep very many
men in the frontier posts during the summer, and to assume the offensive. The
local policy demanded, however, that the state should be fully protected against
roving bands of Indians. There were Chippewas and Winnebagos on reserva
tions within the limits of the state, and these, though friendly, needed watching.
Settlers were slowly returning to their homes, and it was necessary that the ut
most security should be afforded them to restore their confidence. In the latter
part of the winter of 1862-63, the positions of the various companies of the Sixth
were changed about. In February they were located as follows: Headquarters
remaining at Fort Snelliug, detached companies reporting to Lieut. Col. Averill
at Glencoe, as heretofore; Companies A, G and K at Glencoe; B, Forest City; C,
D, F and I at Fort Snelling; E, Clearwater; H, Kingston. The plan of opera
tions for the summer of 1863 is thus outlined by Gen. Pope in an official com
munication to the general of the army:

The hostile Sioux are encamped at Devil's Lake and on the upper waters of the James River
(Riviere au Jacques). There are a number of bands, some of them from the upper Missouri. It
is believed that there is great dissatisfaction amongst them, and very great difference of opinion, ,
both as to the policy of making war at all and as to the manner and place of carrying it on. It is
very doubtful whether any sort of understanding will be arrived at between the various bands.
General Sibley marches from the upper Minnesota (above Fort Ridgley) with 2,000 infantry and
eight hundred cavalry, and the necessary batteries of mountain howitzers. He carries supplies for
upward of three months. General Sully moves up the Missouri with 2,000 cavalry and some light
howitzer batteries to a point southwest of Devil's Lake, and will then cross the country to that
place to meet Sibley, thus cutting off any retreat of the Indians toward the Missouri River. He
is directed to move a portion of his command up the south side of the Missouri River in case there
is any apprehension of Indian troubles on the frontier of Nebraska. He has a small train of wag
ons, and can move with great celerity. The Missouri River is lower than it has been for thirty
years, and as little snow fell in the mountains the June rise will be slight. I fear, therefore, that
Sully may be delayed somewhat, though I have done all that is possible to prevent it. After the
expedition leaves the frontier nothing more will be needed by them, and we shall probably hear
but seldom from them during their absence. I hope early in the autumn to be able to send nearly
the whole of these forces South.

The Sixth Eegiment, together with the other forces assigned to march upon
the Indians, assembled at Camp Pope, the general rendezvous, in the month of
April. Six weeks were spent here waiting for supplies, and Col. Crooks put in

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the time faithfully drilliDg his men. Company drills in the morning, battalion
drills and dress parades daily, the most rigid discipline as to inspections, guard
duty and the care of the camp marked the routine. Every man was being fitted
for a soldier's life and duties. The colonel's example was contagious. He was
thoroughly military, and a careful instructor. The officers and men caught his
spirit, and devoted themselves to the study of tactics and evolutions. The men
drilled each other in the manual of arms and the school of the soldier as a pas
time. Instruction in the officer's school under the colonel was most rigid. The
men at Camp Pope were in daily receipt of the stirring news from the Potomac,
from the Mississippi, from Kentucky and Tennessee, and they were nerved to
the business of drilling by the keenest desire to be qualified for participa
tion in those great 'scenes. The expedition being now in readiness, on the 16th
of June we began the march, making from fifteen to twenty-four miles per day,
according to location of water supply for company purposes. It was a dry sea
son. Through Minnesota there was no lack of water, but on reaching the wide
prairie stretches of Dakota the drought became very harassing to both men and
animals. Alkali abounded in the streams and lakes, hundreds of which were
entirely dried up. As the column progressed the suffering for water became
more and more intense, and the lack of forage for the animals more distressing.
Indians were simply heard of — none seen for weeks. But each evening, on ar
riving in camp, a detail was made, and intrenchments carefully thrown up, and
guards and pickets carefully posted, as if expecting an attack in force every mo
ment. We were not to be surprised. The Indians at Devil's Lake soon heard
of our approach, and, at their leisure, packed up their tents and papooses,
loaded them on the backs of the patient squaws, and, when they chose to do so,
gained on us. On the evening of the 4th of July we had reached Camp Hayes,
at the first crossing of the Sheyenne Eiver, one hundred and ninety-one miles
from Camp Pope, where we remained until July 9th, until supplies arrived from
Abercrombie.

At Camp Atchison, where the command arrived July 18th, it was determined
to move forward faster, as it was plainly evident that the Indians were easily
able to keep out of harm's way. A quasi- permanent camp was established as a
garrison, and suitably intrenched, of course. Companies C and G of the Sixth
were left here as a guard; all the sick and invalids and those unable to march
rapidly were also left. The rest of the command, including the cavalry, provided
with twenty-five days' rations, were sent after the fleeing Indians in a hurry.
They were overtaken, fought and defeated on the 24th, at Big Hills, D. T.
Pushing forward immediately after the retreating Indians, they were again over
taken and whipped, with considerable loss to them, on the 26th of July. The
engagement lasted two hours. The Indians again retreated. The following morn
ing the pursuit was continued, and on the evening of July 27th the command
camped at Stony Lake. While breaking camp on the morning of the 28th, an
attack was begun by the combined Indian forces, but in a short time they were
repulsed, and the pursuit was continued all day, they being almost constantly in
sight, their scouts appearing on either flank of the column, a few at a time, while
their main body pushed ahead. On the 29th of July they made a stand in the
timber skirting the Missouri for half or three-quarters of a mile. For two days
skirmishing ensued, and they were driven across the river, the troops destroying
all their wagons, poles, robes and meat, the Indians escaping with their horses
only. Their loss was considerable, and that of the command very light.

On the 1st day of August, pursuit of the Indians across the Missouri Eiver not
being practicable, and a junction with Sully having entirely failed on account
of the low water in the Missouri, the Sibley expedition retraced its steps to Fort
Snelling, via Fort Abercrombie, arriving at Fort Snelling September 12th. The
return trip was much pleasanter, some rain having fallen to refresh the grazing
and the streams and lakes. But will any man who accompanied that memorable
march of 1,200 miles ever forget how sweet the muddy waters of the Missouri
tasted those last days of July, or those of the Red Eiver of the North at Aber
crombie?

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ANOTHER WINTER IN GARRISON.

On our return the question of going South was again renewed. Nothing else
was talked of in the regiment. With the Indians driven across the Missouri
and up into the British Possessions, what need for such a force of competent
soldiers doing garrison duty on the frontier, when they were so imperatively
needed at the front? The Seventh, Ninth and Tenth regiments were sent South
during the fall; the Sixth Eegiment was assigned again for garrison duty on the
frontier. On the 26th of September, 1863, Col. Crooks was assigned to the com
mand of the second subdivision, District of Minnesota, with headquarters at
St. Peter. Lieut. Col. Averill was absent at St. Paul the first part of the winter,
and on Feb. 5, 1864, was detailed as acting assistant provost marshal general,
with his office at St. Paul. He never rejoined the regiment. The command
of the regiment devolved on Major McLaren and Capt. Grant during the winter,
regimental headquarters being at St. Peter. The assignment of companies was
as follows: For September — A and F, Fort Eidgley; B and K, Fort Suelling;
C, Fairmont; D, Kingston, and a detachment of twenty men under Lieut. King
at Lake George; E, Lake Hanska, and a detachment under command of Lieut.
Holl at Big Cotton wood; G, Watonwan Eiver, with a detachment under Lieut.
Gilbert at Camp Wilkin; H, Buffalo Creek, with a detachment under command
of Lieut. Geisenger at Fort Burnes; I, Forest City. For October, November
and December — A, Fort Eidgley; B, Swan Lake and Fort Eidgley; C, Fairmont,
and a detachment under Lieut. White at Chanyaska; D, Fort Snelling, Mankato,
and en route for Missouri Eiver; F, Lake Hanska; G, Watonwan Eiver and
Madelia; H, Fort Eidgley and en route for Missouri Elver; I, Forest City; K,
Fort Snelling. For January to May, 1864— A, Fort Eidgley; B, Fort Snelling;
C, Fairmont; D, Kingston; E, Fort Eidgley; F, Lake Hanska; G, Madelia; H,
Fort Eidgley, I, Forest City; K, Fort Snelling. In December, 1863, Assistant
Surgeon Jared W. Daniels was promoted to be surgeon of the Second Minnesota
Cavalry. He had accompanied Company A at Birch Coolie, and no man on any
battlefield displayed more heroism. On the morning of that fateful 2d of Sep
tember he is remembered as, bareheaded, examining and binding up the wounds
of the men. He was in great personal danger, but, seemingly unheedful of it
all, he never flinched for a moment; and for thirty six hours he neither ate a
morsel of food nor closed his eyes for sleep, so great were the demands upon him.

THE "MOSCOW" EXPEDITION.

During this winter a most remarkable and precarious relief expedition was
planned and carried out. The Government had decided, after the capture of the
Indians in Minnesota in the fall of 1862, to move them all, some 2,000 or 3,000,
to Fort Thompson, a military post on the Missouri Eiver, nearly five hundred
miles due west from Mankato. The winter of 1863-4 found them in an absolutely
starving condition. The Government advertised for supplies to feed them. Gen
eral Pope's view of the situation is thus stated in a letter to the War Depart
ment, dated Milwaukee, Oct. 21, 1863:

I desire particularly to invite the attention of the general-in- chief to General Sully's report of
the deplorable condition of the Sioux and Winnebago Reservation, lately established on the Mis
souri River, seventy-five miles above Fort Randall. My object in asking the attention of the gen-
eral-in-chief to this matter will be apparent when I state that Indian Superintendent Thompson of
Minnesota, who removed these Indians from that state, and who now has charge of them, has ap
plied to me for an escort for a train to haul supplies for these Indians from Minnesota. Why it is
arranged to buy in Minnesota, and haul provisions over the uninhabited regions south and west of
the Minnesota River to the upper Missouri, rather than from Sioux City, on the Missouri itself, so
much nearer to the reservation, I will not undertake to say,; but I much doubt whether, at this
season of the year, it will be possible to make such a journey with troops and a large train without
great suffering to the men and the loss of most of the animals and wagons. I have, however,
directed General Sibley to furnish the necessary escort, provided he considers it possible to make
the journey, having ox teams to haul the soldiers' rations, as mules could not possibly survive such
a trip over a country nearly destitute of grass. The cost to the War Department of furnishing
this escort will be large, and the troops composing it will not be able to return this winter; but I
have thought it best to comply with the application of the Indian Burea-u, as I do not wish the

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failure of these Indian reservation operations on the upper Missouri to be attributed to the military
authorities. From General Sully 's account of the deplorable condition of affairs at that reservation,
I have little expectation that the Indian Department will be able to maintain the Indians there
through the winter. If the general-in-chief thinks that the expense of this escort ought not to be
incurred, please telegraph me at once on the subject.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. POPE,
Major General, Commanding.

It was decided that the expedition should be undertaken from Minnesota
rather than from Sioux City, and a military escort was necessary to accompany
the relief train. The original order for this escort designated Companies B, F
and H; that of Oct. 21, 1863, however, designated Companies D, E and H, with
Capt. J. C. Whitney to command the expedition, Lieut. King to act as adjutant,
and Dr. Potter as surgeon. At Mankato, the depot of supplies, a new difficulty
arose. It was impossible to hire teamsters to undertake a trip to the Missouri.
The country had been drained of men fleeing from the Indians and enlisting in
the army the previous two years. The contractors offered three dollars and a
half per day for drivers, but it was impossible to procure a dozen at even such
prices, and more than a hundred were necessary. So they hit upon the project
of hiring the soldiers as teamsters. At first, with the permission of the officers,
25 cents per day was proposed; none offering, they advanced to 50 cents, then to
75 cents, then to 81.25. A few men relented at these prices, for this addition to
$13 per month was a tempting offer, especially for men with families. It was
believed among the men, however, that the whole project of sending a train and
escort to the Missouri to brave a Northwestern winter could be frustrated if the
men would only refuse to drive teams. Driving ox teams was not in line with
a soldier's duty. The expedition was to start on the 1st of November, but there
was a delay of five days on account of teamsters. Every day was precious of the
beautiful fall weather then prevailing. On the 6th of November a partial start
was made, the men marching to South Bend, leaving the provision train mainly
behind. The next day eight miles more to Lake Crystal, where a halt of another
day ensued, waiting for teamsters. Little Cottonwood River was reached on the
8th, when the expedition halted three days more. The case was becoming des
perate. There were sixty teams unmanned at JMankato, unable to be moved,
and the fine weather advancing toward winter. The men had generally agreed,
many had solemnly signed a paper, not to drive teams under any circumstances,
in the hope of forcing an abandonment of the expedition. It was called the
" Expedition to Moscow," and viewed with concern, if not with terror, by the
most conservative. On the 12th eleven miles were made. On the 13th Col.
Crooks came up and met the command at Big Cottonwood Eiver to see what was
the trouble. Here there was a halt of five days more, and it was then made
plain to the men that the expedition must go, the sooner the better. Upon that
announcement a large number of men entered the employ of the contractors at
two dollars per day, and the back of the little rebellion was broken. The mal
contents, however, did not cease their efforts. Some bright genius conceived the
idea of disabling the new red wagons. They all had patent burs holding the
wheels to the axles. It was a simple matter to unscrew one bur from each
wagon, and as none could be obtained nearer than St. Paul this was equivalent
to disabling about forty wagons. A thorough search was made, and the bur$
finally found buried in one of the tents of Company D. Several arrests were
made, and on one day the men under arrest marched at the post of honor in the
rear of the column, the heroes of the hour. They were finally released without
trial, and the expedition got off without further mishap on the 20th of Novem
ber from Lake Shetek. Arrived at Crow Creek Agency, or Fort Thompson, on
the Missouri Eiver, on the 2d day of December. Eemaining there three days,
on the 5th the expedition started on the return trip via Sioux City. This route
was chosen because it was deemed safer to return via the line of military posts
from Sioux City to Mankato. When the expedition reached the James Eiver,
seven miles below Yankton, Capt. Whitney received a communication from Lieut.
Col. S. M. Pollock, commanding the post at Fort Randall, ordering his command

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into winter quarters at that point upon what he deemed an order from Gen. Sully.
Being one hundred miles below Fort Bandall, and having no official communica
tion with the said officer, Whitney considered that Lieut. Col. Pollock had no
official jurisdiction over his command. Whitney did not propose that Sully
should assume jurisdiction during his temporary stay in Dakota. He persisted
in his march, and proceeded ahead to Sioux City to report in person at Sully 's
headquarters.

He found Sully absent from the city but represented by his adjutant general,
Capt. Pell, who stated to Whitney that he was disobeying the orders of Gen.
Sully. Capt. Whitney deemed it his duty to move his command to Minnesota,
which he had been ordered to do by Gen. Sibley, and which he deemed he had
the authority to do from Gen. Pope. He made a requisition at Sioux City for
supplies for his men for his return, but was refused by the authorities there.
Nothing daunted, however, he put his men on half- rations and started for Min
nesota on the 17th of December. Snow was encountered almost all the way.
The hardships of the men marching in snow all day on half- rations, and camp
ing for the night in Sibley tents pitched in the snow, were among the most try
ing experienced by the Sixth Eegiment during its entire service. The command
reached Fairmont, the first post in Minnesota, December 29th. It was a very
cold day. Company C of the Sixth Eegiment was stationed here, and they gave
the little command a warm, generous welcome. To quote from a diary kept by
the writer of this narrative at the time, the details of the remainder of this ex
traordinary trip:

FAIRMONT,

Dec. 30, 1863.

Thermometer at zero and below; weather clear. Started after giving Company C three cheers
and traveled rapidly over good roads. Arrived at Winnebago City about 2 P. M. , and took dinner
at the Moulton House. Several of the boys live in this vicinity, so they remained here on leave.
Traveled six miles further to Shelbyville and stopped for supper. Twenty-six miles to-day.

ON THE FLOOR AT SHELBYVILLE,

Dec. 31, 1863.

Ugh ! it snows, and blows, and freezes,

Ugh ! the cold northwestern breezes!

How they blow without your leave

On this stormy New Year's eve.

We have never seen such a disagreeable day. There was, combined, rain, sleet and snow to
face, covering the clothing of every man with a thick coating of ice. Started from Shelbyville
early, after cheering Landlord Allen for his hospitable treatment of the returning prisoners; and
traveled six miles. It was impossible to go further. Many had fingers, noses and cheeks frozen.
Stopped at Vernon.

ON THE FLOOR AT VERNON,

Friday, Jan. 1, 1864.

Cold and clear. Thermometer thirty-five degrees below zero. Started late for Mankato, and
traveled rapidly. At Garden City at eleven o'clock to warm. South Bend, warming again. Ar
rived at Mankato at 4:30, and were there informed that it was the coldest day known to the oldest
inhabitant. Twenty miles during the day. Everybody surprised to see the expedition back again.

An extract from Capt. Whitney's report to Gen. Sibley, reviewing the expe
dition, is as follows:

MINNEAPOLIS,

Capt. R. C. OLIN, Jan. 3, 1864.

Assistant Adjutant General,

DEAR SIR: On the 5th of November I took command of the three companies of the Sixth
Regiment ordered to form an escort to a supply train to the agencies upon the Missouri River. The
companies designated were D, E and H, commanded by Second Lieut. D. W. Albaugh, Capt. R.
Schoenemann and. Capt. Tattersall. I moved the escort from Mankato because of the evil influ
ences and suggestions relating to breaking up the expedition of which you have been fully in
formed.

We found impediments to progressing until we reached Lake Shetek, eighty-one miles from
Mankato, on the 18th of November, 1863. We had. no difficulty from the command after the 14th
inst., but wagons, yokes and chains were broken daily, eleven yokes in as many miles before we
reached Lake Shetek. I am happy to say that from the 14th of November the command behaved
admirably. Nothing desired on the part of the commander of the escort but was cordially and in
stantly performed. On the morning of the 24th the line of march was taken up for the James
River. The guides not taking a compass soon had the train headed to the south. My adjutant was

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permitted to ride in the rear this day. He said the train was making constantly to the left. I
ordered him (Lieut. King) to direct the conrse of the train by compass, and that directly west until
we reached the James Kiver. The night of the 25th and the day of the 26th we had a severe snow
storm, the wind directly from the west, snow falling from six to eight inches in depth. It was a hard
day upon the men and teams upon the prairie. The 27th the cold was intense, not less than twenty
degrees below zero, wind from the west, and blowing hard. On the 28th of November we marched
fourteen miles and crossed the James River, with one hundred and thirty loaded wagons. * * *
On the twentieth day of traveling, at 2 o'clock p. M., we made the fort in the best possible condi
tion that could have been anticipated of men, teamsand loads. * * * On the 14th of December
I contracted with James B. Hubbell, agent of Wilder & Co., St. Paul, at fifteen dollars per hundred,
to transport our supplies to Minnesota. I did this in view of the instructions of Brig. Gen. Sibley,
as, also, in view of a communication from the department headquarters, Milwaukee, Oct. 26, 1863,
to Brig. Gen. Sully, a copy of which was forwarded to me by district headquarters of Minnesota.
The contract bound the parties to .transport the compound garrison equipage, the commissary and
quartermaster's stores of the escort from Fort Thompson, via Sioux City, to Mankato,Minn, cover
ing about 90, 000 pounds. We had excellent weather on our homeward trip until the snowstorm
of the 16th of December. * * *

I cannot conclude without bearing my testimony to the good conduct of the officers and men
under my charge. We are under great obligations to Lieut. King for the success of the expe
dition. The guides were faithful to the end, and I am more than gratified in being able to
demonstrate the feasibility of the undertaking at the lateness of the season, and of returning the
entire command to the district from which I took them. I hope that the officers and men will be
indulged with a generous furlough for twenty days at least; and the extra clothing the men were
obliged to draw will be donated to them, to the amount often dollars to each man, by the Govern
ment.

I am, your obedient servant,

CAPT. Jos. C. WHITNEY,

Commanding Escort to Missouri River.

Out of this expedition grew a court martial of Capt. Whitney, on charges
preferred by Gen. Sully, of disobedience to orders, which resulted in the cap
tain's acquittal and complete vindication of the course pursued by him.

THE AGITATION TO GO SOUTH.

The winter of 1864, what remained of it, passed quietly enough on the fron
tier. Everywhere in the South there was the utmost activity, on the Potomac,
on the Mississippi, and in Tennessee where many of our Minnesota men were ; and
troops were being collected to participate in the Banks expedition up Bed
Eiver, in Sherman's march to the sea, and were being massed against Petersburg
and Eichmond. The South was also strengthening at every possible point, by
conscriptions, the numbers of the army for the final desperate conflicts of the
war. These great preparations kept the men of the Sixth Regiment in a fever
to go South. It got around somehow among the men that Col. Crooks was mak
ing efforts to get his men into a good position where they could be heard from.
"What influences had been constantly at work to keep the regiment in Minnesota,
it seemed, could now no longer be effective. The pretext of necessity was
exhausted. But there was still trouble and disappointment ahead. Concerning
the efforts that were made to get the regiment South, Col. Crooks has this to say:

I made persistent efforts to get my regiment together and assigned South, where they would
make some reputation for themselves, for I knew they were brave, qualified men, and would fight
if they got a chance. I did not consult the officers of my regiment respecting my plans. I did
not even speak to Sibley. But I knew the term of the First Minnesota, which had made such a
splendid record on the Potomac, and had been reduced in action to a mere handful of men, was
about out. I knew Hancock very well, and I wrote him that I had a regiment of nine hundred
and sixty men who were in thorough condition for any service; they were inured to hardship. I
requested that he make application that this regiment be brigaded in the Army of the Potomac to
take the place of the First Minnesota. My letters reached Hancock's headquarters while he was
away from Washington for a week at the front. This was early in the spring of 1864. I knew the
fighting was done here. My letters were forwarded to Hancock, and within a week after he had
received the last one on this subject he went to Washington and succeeded in getting this regiment
brigaded as I had requested, and orders to this effect were promulgated by the War Department.
I commenced making preparations to move the regiment to the Potomac. About the 1st of June,
when we were almost ready to start, General N. J. T. Dana, inspector general of the army, was
sent to Bt. Paul bearing peremptory orders from the secretary of war (Stanton) that this regi
ment should proceed without delay to Helena, Ark. * * * We left St. Paul on the 14th
of June to report to Gen. N. B. Buford at Helena, I immediately wired to Hon. M. S. Wilkin
son, then a United States senator at Washington, to have us go to the Potomac, and he telegraphed

IN THE SOUTH— FIRST SEASON AT HELENA, ARK. 321

me that the secretary of war had positively refused to change the last orders. When we arrived
at Memphis I reported to Gen. C. C. Washburn, in command there. I told him what kind of men
I had, their fitness for useful service, and he agreed with me that it was a shame that such a regi
ment should be put in garrison in such a place as Helena. He was about moving Gen. A. J. Smith
out against Forrest. I started out in the rain and mud at night to find Smith, whom I knew per
sonally, and secure his help, but got swamped, lost, fired on by pickets, and was obliged to aban
don the search for Smith. I then appealed to Gen. Washburn to retain me for service with him in
the emergency. He needed men badly. He was on the point of yielding to my wishes, but after
thinking the matter over and examining my orders, he said, "Your orders are too imperative; I
dare not take the responsibility," and so we went on to Helena.

The following official confirmation of Col. Crooks' statement that the Sixth
Eegiment was actually brigaded in the Army of the Potomac, and such order
duly promulgated, and the additional note-, are from the records of the War De
partment at Washington. To realize that the Sixth Eegiment might have served
under Hancock and Miles and Crooks on the Potomac is a little disappointing to
this day:

" HEADQUARTERS SECOND ARMY CORPS,
"Colis Hill, Culpepper County, Va., March 25, 1864.
"[General Orders, JVo. 11.]

•'Under the provisions of General Orders, No. 10, Headquarters Army of
the Potomac, March 24, 1864, the following organization is announced for the
Second Army Corps: The original regiments of the Second Corps will be con
solidated into two divisions, with the following arrangement of brigades and as
signment of commanders. First Division, Brig. Gen. F. C. Barlow, command
ing. First Brigade, Col. Kelson A. Miles, Sixty-first United States Volunteers,
commanding. Sixty-first New York Volunteers, Eighty-first Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, One Hundred
and Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, Twenty -sixth Michigan Volunteers,
and Sixth Minnesota Volunteers.

"By command of Maj. Gen. Hancock.

"FRANCIS A. WALKER,
li Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General."

NOTE. — The regiment was taken up on the return of the First Brigade, First
Division, Second Army Corps, for March, 1864, and dropped with the following
remarks: The Sixth Minnesota Volunteers, assigned to duty in this brigade, per
General Orders, No. 11, March 25, 1864, from headquarters Second Army Corps,
but has not joined this command. . Strength and whereabouts unknown.

IN THE SOUTH — FIRST SEASON AT HELENA, ARK.

The regiment met at the general rendezvous, Fort Snelling, on the 9th of
June, 1864, preparatory to going South. On the 14th of June, the day of our
leaving the fort, there were nine hundred and fifty-four men reported for duty.
We were advertised to be at the levee in St. Paul at one o'clock, and the city
was full of people from Minneapolis, Stillwater and other points of the state, to
see the boys off. The work of turning over property, drawing new clothing, am
munition and rations, and a review by Gen. Sibley consumed the whole day, and
we did not arrive in St. Paul until 7 o'clock P. M. The weather for weeks had
been very dry, the fort road much traveled, and as a consequence it was covered
with fine dust from one to two inches deep. The marching of 1.000 men raised a
cloud of dust which settled down upon them, and gave them the appearance of
weather-beaten veterans when they entered the city. The regiment was in
heavy marching order, with full knapsacks, blankets, three days' rations, forty
rounds of ammunition to the man. The thousands who filled the streets of the
city had a better idea of the soldiers' appearance under marching orders, in see
ing the Sixth Eegiment pass through the city, than from any other regiment that
had preceded it. Just from the frontier, bronzed and covered with dust, it was
evident we were fit for service. The crowd was so great that, on reaching the
levee, it was almost impossible to preserve any organization; so, in single file, the
regiment proceeded to the boat. The "good-byes" on such occasions are such
as touch all hearts. All veterans know with what anxiety and foreboding, not

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THE SIXTH REGIMENT.

unmixed with the tears of pride and the throbbing of patriotic impulses, they
are said. In the Sixth there were three full companies from St. Paul and two
from Minneapolis, and there was an unusually warm place in that neighborhood
for them. The regiment embarked on two boats at 7:30 p. M., but before turning
the first bend of the river a sand-bar was struck, and the boats remained all
night in sight of the lights of the city. By daylight the boats got off and pro
ceeded down the river as far as Dunleith, 111., where the regiment took the cars
on the Illinois Central Eailroad for Cairo, arriving at that point about midnight
Saturday. On Sunday embarked on board the Empress for further south, report
ing to Brig. Gen. Buford, in command at Helena, Ark., on the 23d of June.
Leaving the boat here, the regiment marched, nine hundred and forty strong,
to the camp on the bank of the river opposite the upper end of the city. Oh,
the weary days and nights of that dismal summer, spent in watching the hospital
boats go up and down the great river, while our own comrades sickened and
died by our side!

THE WASTING OF DISEASE.

The utter recklessness and monstrous outrage of sending an unacclimated
Northern regiment, in splendid condition, to do useful service on the Potomac
or in any other part of the field, in midsummer, to such a malaria-stricken,
disease-fostering hole as Helena, Ark., was soon manifest. The country around
Helena comprised a series of swamps, bayous and flat lands, overflowed from
the Mississippi in high water, reeking with miasma and covered with green
scum in dry weather. The chief article of diet of the people was corn whisky
and quinine; their chief occupation, damning the Union every day and shaking
with ague every other day. Within a fortnight after arriving at Helena the
sick-call list began to increase, the doctors to be busy and the hospital accom
modations to be too small. The following table and comments thereon have been
kindly furnished by Adjutant Connolly. It shows the inroads of disease upon
the Sixth Regiment as a result of the climatic engagement at Helena:

TO

SICK.

DIED,

OFFICERS.

ENLISTED
MEN.

OFFICERS.

ENLISTED
MEN.

June 30 1864 . ..

3
17
14
16
4
4
4

108
445
487
638
423
358
281
245
252
210

1
13
23
17
5
11
19
14
6
4
3
2

July 31 1864

Aug. 31.1864

1
1

Sept. 30 1864

Oct. 31 1864

Nov. 30, 1864

Dec. 31, 1864

1

Jan. 31, 1865

Feb. 28, 1865

3

March 31, 1865

April 30, 1865

2
2

227
226

Mar 31, 1865.

The officer who died in September, 1864, was Asst. Surgeon A. O. Potter.
He died at Helena, Sept. 12, 1864. Lieut. A. C. Helmkanip of Company G
died at St. Paul, Sept. 24, 1864; Lieut. Frank E. Wheelan of Company B died
at St. Louis, Mo. , Dec. 30, 1864. The first death that occurred from the regi
ment after our arrival at Helena was Corp. John T. McClintock of Company C.
He died July 12, 1864. He was a man who stood over six feet, strong of physique
and the embodiment of health. His death was very unexpected and a great
shock to all who knew him. The regiment fretted and chafed at Helena^ consoled
with the single reflection, while the death list grew so rapidly, that it was as
much the soldier's duty to meet disease and death in garrison in obedience to
orders as upon the field of action to meet bullets and death.

The havoc made by disease is shown by the proportion of officers sick during
the stay at Helena. In July there were reported sick Dr. Wharton, Captains
Bailey, Whitney, Stees and Slaughter; Lieutenants Partridge, Wheeler, White,
Hutchinson, King, Albaugh, Holl, Pingrey, Helmkamp, Geisenger, Bassett and

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Gayle. In August, of those officers who had not already been sent North ta
hospitals, Captains Stees, Tattersall and Slaughter, and Lieutenants Gilbert
(regimental quartermaster), Connolly, White, Hutchinson, Albaugh, Holl, Parker,
Pingrey, Helmkamp, Hasty and Gayle were in the local hospitals. There were
times when for a fortnight or more there were several companies of the regiment
with not a commissioned officer for duty, and not more that one or two non
commissioned officers. The records at the War Department show that in July,

1864, there were 13 officers and 802 men for duty; in August 7 officers and but
178 men; for September, 355 men, including officers; en route to New Orleans from
St. Louis the following January, 1865, 402 men and 27 officers; at New Orleans,.
377 men and officers; in the field in Alabama, 444 men and officers; for June,

1865, 331 men. These records also show deaths at Helena in the regiment, nob
including those who died North, as follows: June, 1 man; July, 13 men; Aug
ust, 23 men; September, 17 men and 1 officer, Assistant Surgeon Potter; at St.
Louis, October, 5 men, 1 officer; November, 11 men.

But the situation was really worse than these reports show; sick calls' and
hospital records did not show the actual condition of the regiment. There was
not room in the hospitals at Helena, enlarged as they had been several times for
the sick; scores of the men, though nominally reported for duty, were under
treatment by the doctors in their camps and tents. There were frequent deaths
of men who had not reported sick. At one time, covering a period of two weeks,
the writer was one of the twenty-six men in the regiment reporting for duty, and
was placed on picket every other day on the hills of Helena, overlooking the
burial ground, where he could see his comrades carried in their cheap pine boxes
to their long resting places almost daily. Six hundred men of this Sixth Begi-
ment were sent north to hospitals at Memphis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Prairie du
Chien and elsewhere, where their recovery was rapid, and they came trooping
back to St. Louis the following winter. The story of the stricken condition of
the Sixth Minnesota seems almost incredible, the mortality was so heavy and
the devastation so complete. But official reports of the period amply verify it.
The report of the adjutant general of the state for 1864 says: "Its ranks were
full when the Sixth Eegiment arrived at that Southern pest-hole, but soon re
ports reached us relating with what fearful rapidity the flower of our young
state was stricken down by malarial diseases. The report for the month of Sep
tember showed but one hundred and forty men for duty. Many had died; others,
too sick to be removed, were not expected to recover, while four hundred and
sixty-one had been sent to Northern hospitals. The transfer of the whole regi
ment, in October, to St. Louis, where it is now stationed, has been very bene
ficial to the health of its members, four hundred and forty-one of whom are now
again on duty."

Dr. W. P. Belden, who succeeded Dr. Wharton as surgeon when the latter
was taken sick in the discharge of his arduous duties, and had resigned, thus
describes, in a letter to Gov. Miller, the condition of the regiment:

HEADQUARTERS SIXTH REGIMENT MINNESOTA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
Gov. STEPHEN MILLER, Helena, Ark., Oct. 29, 1864.

St. Paul, Minn.,

DEAR SIR: In accordance with your request I have the honor to report that after many days
of delay I arrived here on the morning of the 15th of September. I found two hundred officers and
men of our regiment sick in their tents upon the banks of the river, at least sixteen feet below high-
water mark, and I have studied my profession to a poor purpose if it is not a well-established fact
that every foot of elevation, other things being equal, increases the probability of health in all
malarious districts; a truth that was poorly understood, or, for reasons unknown to me, disregarded
in the location of our camp. Some three-quarters of a mile up town were three stately private rebel
dwelling houses, filled and overflowing with another large number of sick officers and men from the
regiment; the remainder of the men were jaundiced and sallow, and rapidly falling down with sick
ness. The lamented assistant surgeon, Dr. O. O. Potter, had just lost his life, heroically battling
against the increasing ravages of disease among his fellow officers and men; and the brave Sixth
Minnesota had turned its last look of nickering hope upon the second assistant surgeon, J. M.
McMasters, a young man of fine abilities, of indefatigable industry and energy; they did not look in
vain, but the task was too great for any one surgeon to perform. * * * On the evening of the
18th of September, an order came extending to us the privilege of having such number of our sick
as required a change of climate ID. readiness to go on board a hospital boat at 7 o'clock A. M. on the

324 THE SIXTH REGIMENT.

19th. A full twelve hours allowed us to consult and examine about three hundred patients by
candle-light, and select such as required a change of climate in order to recover and live. Simply
because we had not hospital room to accommodate all our sick, we sent one hundred and ninety-four
men up river rejoicing with the thought that they were going to the general hospital nearest
their own home. On the 20th the hospital buildings were again crowded full, and the new cases
of sickness accumulating upon our hands in alarming numbers, surgeons, stewards, druggists,
nurses and an extra detail of apothecaries were busy all day and night; new requisitions for medi
cines and sanitary supplies were made, the citizen drug stores were drawn upon, every reasonable
and some unreasonable efforts being made to stay the tide of suffering and sickness. * * * And
though the morning report of October 6th showed only forty-one men for duty out of the whole
regiment, there was an evident change for the better among the sick, and we began to return a few
to duty. On the 24th one hundred and ninety men were returned to duty at one time. * * *
The buildings in the city are built flat down to the mud, and even the Horner House, in the high
est point of the city, around which the Sixth Regiment has built new quarters, has two feet of
water upon its lower floors in time of high water. Yes, truly, Helena is a city in a swamp, and is
the city which the valorous Sixth helped to hold through trying times, in the face of poisonous
dangers a hundred fold more damaging and terrifying than the fiercest battlefield ; and it is astonish
ing to observe the calm, determined resignation with which they hold their peace, and the boldness
with which they submit to their fate. * * *

I am, most respectfully, your obedient servant,

W. P. BELDEN,
Surgeon Sixth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.

Dr. Levi Butler, one of the commissioners on the part of the state appointed
to visit Minnesota regiments South and report upon their health conditions and
necessities, thus wrote under date of Oct. 8, 1864: "I spent Tuesday last with
the Sixth Regiment, but have made no report of the condition and number of
sick, as I could not obtain a satisfactory statement from the surgeons, one of them
being sick in hospital, and the other too much engaged to attend to it then. They
will make out one and forward it to you very soon. I do not feel that it is expe
dient to report the true condition of the Sixth Regiment to the public. Officers
and men seem willing and anxious to do their whole duty. When called out on
Monday last only two hundred and twenty, all told, were able for duty out of
the nine companies there, and my fear is that the regiment will be destroyed if
compelled to remain there sixty days longer. They are burying about one per
day now. Dr. Wharton has tendered his resignation, feeling it useless for him
to try it longer."

F. B. Etheridge, another roving commissioner to look after Minnesota regi
ments, reported as follows: "The condition of the Sixth Regiment at Helena,
as I found it on the 18th, was the following: June 23, 1864, regiment arrived at
Helena 950 strong. Sickness commenced in about three weeks. The mortality
commenced August 12th, and ended about September 18th; number of deaths, 70;
being about 2 per day. From the 1st of September to the 19th, 317 men were sent
to Northern hospitals. This left 573 to be accounted for. Of these, on the morn
ing of the 18th of October, 43 were in regimental, 6 in general, hospital, and 220
attended sick-call, making 269 men out of 573, a little less than one-half."

A RECONNAISSANCE AT HELENA.

The object of stationing men at Helena was to observe the movements of cer
tain rebel guerrilla bodies, mainly remnants of Price's army, which was dis
lodged from the west Mississippi territory the year before, and now scattered,
sometimes in force, through southern Missouri, Arkansas and northern Texas.
The resident population was intensely disloyal, and had to be watched. The
Union fleets and arms had cleared the Mississippi River to the mouth, and it
was necessary to keep it clear. There were frequent skirmishes and sorties in
Arkansas, principally from the Union base at Little Rock, where there was a
strong Union force; also actions growing out of the enemy attacking the im
portant Union line of White River. Col. Crooks has furnished an outline of the
movements of the Sixth Regiment growing out of such a movement:

A Confederate brigade with artillery was at White River, and had opened communication with
Marmaduke, who was supposed to have 4,000 men with strong works at Napoleon, menacing com
merce on the Mississippi River. Our own communication with Little Rock was cut off. The first
move Buford made was to send a small force, consisting of a detachment of four companies of the

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Sixth Regiment and the Sixteenth Regiment of Illinois Cavalry, on a transport, landing at the forks
of the Arkansas River. We drove in Marmaduke's pickets and found him in force. It was then
proposed to advance the gunboats to within range of the rebel batteries, and shell them out. But
the captains of the boats, fearing the falling of the river during the night, which would leave the
boats aground, declined to make the effort. The cavalry under Major Carmichael were landed on
the north shore of the Arkansas, and scoured the country between the Arkansas and White rivers,
endeavoring to get information as to Price's strength. It was owing to information thus obtained
that Buford immediately dispatched a column from Helena, consisting of the Sixtieth United States
Colored Infantry, and two other regiments and a battery of artillery, which engaged the enemy in
considerable force, and suffered severe loss, the captain and two of the lieutenants of the battery
being among the killed, at Big Creek. All the troops, including our regiment, were at once ordered
out to support this column. The rebels finding our men reinforced, retreated, and we returned to
Helena.

Adjutant Connolly's account of the affair is as follows:

Early in July all our available men were taken on gunboats and transports for a cruise up
White River. It was known that the vicinity was infested with guerrillas, and this expedition
was intended to surprise, and, if possible, capture them, and also to engage any other rebels met
on the way. No game was found, and we returned, all save Company A, which was left on an
island at the mouth of White River to protect a lot of contrabands and government stores. Com
pany A was supported by a company of Iowa troops and a gunboat. At Helena the regiment was
called out several times to occupy the bluffs in the rear of the city to fight off the raiders, who
were determined on dashing in to liberate some very important prisoners we held, one in particu
lar, known as " Caststeel," who seemed to be of great interest to them. We took part in one en
gagement, but the colored troops bore the brunt of the fighting, and lost over one hundred killed
and wounded, including five officers, one a colonel, one a surgeon, one an adjutant. Owing to our
severe sickness our contingent was only about two hundred, and we suffered no loss.

Several resignations from the regiment took place at Helena. The first to
avail himself of that privilege was Chaplain E. B. Bull. He was succeeded
by Eev. D. Cobb. Adjutant Connolly was chaplain ad interim, using an Epis
copal prayer book given him by Chaplain Sweet of Fort Eidgley. Chaplain
Cobb was a big man, big in body, big in heart. He came with his body full of
health, his heart full of religion, and his grip full of writing paper, postage
stamps, needles, thread and buttons, and other things with which he had been
loaded by the ladies of Minnesota, and so comforting to sick soldiers on their
way to health or glory. He got himself appreciated immediately by his unselfish
devotion to the sick, and his personal nursing of the men. His presence was a
benediction, and his preaching heartfelt. He and Adjutant Connolly were great
friends, and when the chaplain took sick and wanted to resign, Connolly per
suaded him to remain, assuring him if he died he should have a soldier's burial,
and if he lived, the regiment needed his services. The next to resign was Dr.
Wharton, on July 29, 1864. He had worn himself out in attendance at hospital,
and the prevailing malaria prostrated him, rendering it hazardous to remain.
The regiment was then in deep distress, Dr. Potter being the only dependence,
and he literally overwhelmed with work, night and day, Assistant Surgeon
McMasters being at the mouth of White Eiver with the men there. Night and
day Potter could be seen going through the camp, with his shirt-sleeves rolled
up, bottles and powders in both hands, attending to the urgent calls upon him.
How shocked we were to hear, on the morning of September 13th, that Potter
was dead! How infinitely more shocked when suspicion of poisoning him fell
upon one of our comrades! Noble Potter! His body was taken to Minnesota
for burial. Col. Crooks, who was, part of the time that we were stationed at
Helena, acting brigadier general, resigned Oct. 28, 1864. His departure was
sincerely regretted by every man in the regiment. Not only for his military
competency were we proud of him, but for his generous heart. Col. Crooks'
resignation promoted Lieut. Col. Averill to be colonel, but he never joined the
regiment in the South, retaining his position as acting assistant provost marshal
general until the muster-out of the Sixth. Major Grant was promoted lieutenant
colonel, and assumed command of the regiment, Capt. H. S. Bailey being pro
moted major. Adjutant Snow also resigned, and was succeeded by Lieut. Con
nolly, who served the regiment until the muster-out in August. In expectation
of wintering at Helena, winter quarters were built, but orders came for us to
report to St. Louis for duty. After four and a half months at Helena, the regi-

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ment was ordered to St. Louis, leaving Helena November 4th, arriving at St.
Louis November llth by boat. We reported to Major General Eosecrans in
command at St. Louis, and were assigned to duty as provost guard.

THE LAST YEAR IN SERVICE.

The regiment remained at St. Louis until the 29th day of January, 1865,
where we embarked for New Orleans, under orders to report to Major General
E. E. S. Canby, who was in command of the military division of the trans-Mis
sissippi, with headquarters at New Orleans. The regiment, traveling by rail to
Cairo, and boat to New Orleans, arrived at New Orleans February 7th, in a furious
rain, and ordered to report to Gen. T. W. Sherman (he of the famous Sherman
Light Artillery before the war, and the hero of Port Hudson), commanding the
southern district of Louisiana. The regiment was quartered in one of the cot
ton presses in the city, and so remained until March 5, 1865, when, in accord
ance with Special Orders, No. 6, Headquarters Southern District of Louisiana,
we took up the line of march for Ohalmette, the old battle ground of Gen. Jack
son, four miles below the city. While in New Orleans our duty was to furnish
the quota of guard, attend battalion drill and dress parade, until the building of
the railroad across the city and out to Lake Pontchartrain, heavy details being
made from the regiment for that duty. Our orders to Chalmette did not reach
us until midnight, but we got away at 8 o' clock A. M. The regiment was as
signed to duty in the Second Brigade, Second Division, Sixteenth Army Corps,
Major General A. J. Smith, commanding, the very same corps to which Col.
Crooks had endeavored to get the regiment attached nearly a year before. Brig.
Gen. Kenner Garrard was in command of the division, and Brig. Gen. James
Gilbert in command of the brigade. We embarked on the Gen. Cromwell with
two other regiments, and sailed for Dauphin Island, which we reached after a
boisterous passage of thirty-six hours. We landed on this sandy island where
Gen. Canby was organizing an army to take the field to operate against the Con
federate forces in and about Mobile, Blakely, and the defenses thereto, support
ing the fleet which was to make the attacks from the water side. We landed on
the island March 8, 1865, and everything indicated that a large army would soon
be ready to march.

STORMING OF FORT BLAKELY.

The troops remained on the island twenty days, when, in light marching order,
we were placed on board gunboats and transports for the mainland. Landed at
Fish Eiver in another relentless rain, and when it ceased the heat was terrific.
The men threw away blankets, clothing, anything and everything. There were
roving bands of rebels all through the woods on the eastern shore of the bay, and
our passage was met at every step by sharp skirmishing. The orders were to
march at five o'clock the next morning, and, in accordance with this, we broke
camp and were on the march, in the mud. On the second day our brigade was
in the advance, and the Sixth the advance regiment; but the Eleventh Kansas,
with one hundred and fifty men, was thrown, ou,t as skirmishers first. They
commenced a rapid fire, and in about two hours, having exhausted their ammu
nition, the Sixth was ordered up with five companies as skirmishers and five in
reserve, with positive instructions not to waste ammunition. The firing was not
so brisk at first, but the results were better, for we soon found dead rebels. We
halted on the crest of a deep ravine about 4 p. M. for a few minutes, and, amid
a shower of bullets, crossed the creek at Sibley Mills and dislodged the enemy
from the hill beyond. After advancing a mile further a general halt was ordered.
We now held the hill and the road that communicated from Blakely to Spanish
Fort. Here we were ordered to remain and throw up breastworks. In this posi
tion we were supported by two guns from the Seventeenth Ohio Battery. With
the exception of one other regiment the balance of the army was across the creek
and two miles in the rear; our position at the time being regarded a very exposed
one. It was suggested to Gen. A. J. Smith, on this account, that this small force
should be moved back across the ravine. In his emphatic way he said, ' ' By G — d,
sir, they have done enough work to-day; if necessary I'll move the whole corps

STORMING OF FORT BLAKELY. 327

up to them; they will remain where they are." Several hours after other troops
were sent up. Our brigade made a reconnaissance in force around Blakely, with
instructions, if possible, to open up communications with Gen. Steele of the
Seventh Corps. The result was successful and the casualties light, our loss
being two men and six horses by torpedoes. In the meantime Gen. Steele had
arrived near enough to attract the attention of the rebels at Fort Blakely. The
Second Division was ordered to report to Steele. Upon our arrival the division
was assigned a position on the extreme left of Gen. Steele' s line. The Sixth
Eegiment was marched in just under the brow of the hill, silently and unobserved
by the enemy, and got into position before dark. Our first instructions were not
to light any fires, but get ready for an onward move by midnight. This order was
soon countermanded, and, instead, we were called on for one hundred and twenty-
five men for guard. The guard for this occasion made quite an army of itself, and
in advancing we drove the rebels from their advance rifle-pits. Following, we
drove them from another line, and advanced our regimental front about one
hundred yards. Here we remained for several days, furnishing about one-half
of our available force for duty daily, and in the face of the rifle firing from the
rebel lines, and the grape and shells of their batteries. Some portions of our
lines were not more than one hundred yards from those of the enemy, and the
rifle-pits of each side were the scenes of many a death and many a wounded man's
suffering. In the lulls of the picket firing there was many an opportunity to ex
change news between the guards of both armies. We found out that they were
anxious to get home, and, as some of them said, they would make a break at the
first opportunity. They were very anxious to know how many men we had, how
long we had been in the service, and if we ever got paid, and had good grub and
plenty of tobacco and whisky.

Gen. Canby's forces, after heavy cannonading, captured Spanish Fort the
evening of April 8th, and the long line of fortifications at Blakely were assaulted
and carried between 5 and 6 p. M., April 9th. The grand artillery duel lasted
from 3 to 5 o'clock p. M. The very earth trembled, and thick clouds of smoke
had settled down over the thousands of waiting men on shore, when the bugle
note sounded along the line for the general charge, in which, besides the division
of General Garrard, those of Generals Veatch, C. C. Andrews and Hawkins on the
right also participated. Promptly the men sprung to the work and the whole line
moved forward over torpedoes, pits, wires, abatis and ditches until the forts
were reached. The order had been to take the lines of rifle-pits and halt; but the
impetuous victorious troops of the Sixteenth Army Corps would not, or did not,
listen to officers' or generals' orders, but leaped the works of defense at Blakely,
and the rebels threw down their arms. While we were yet in the fort our guns
were firing upon us, and did not cease until the signal was sent back " The fort
has surrendered!" It was one of the last chapters of conflict of the war; and
thus on the very same day that Lee surrendered to Grant, our armies in the
far South had succeeded in overthrowing the great force massed to make a
final stand in the Confederacy.

The following order was promulgated by our division commander:

" HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION, SIXTEENTH ARMY CORPS,

"NearBlakely, Ala., April 12, 1865.
["General Orders, No. 36.]

"The general commanding the division desires to express his heartfelt thanks
to the brave officers and men of his command for their heroic and noble conduct
in the battle of the 9th inst. To your gallantry in action, your daring advance
over terrible obstacles and your cheerful and prompt obedience to orders, is due
the fall of Fort Blakely.

" K. GARRARD,

[ ' ; OFFICIAL. ] ' ' General Commanding Division.

"W. G. DORM AN,

"Acting Assistant Adjutant General Second Brigade."
"To Commanding Officer Sixth Minnesota Infantry Volunteers."

328 THE SIXTH REGIMENT.

AT MONTGOMERY, ALA.

After occupying Fort Blakely for one day, we were removed back to oar old
camp. The next morning the Sixteenth Army Corps took up the line of march
for Montgomery. It was during this march that the news of the surrender of
Lee's army to Gen. Grant and the assassination of President Lincoln was received.
The weather was intensely hot during this march. In our march through the
city the Sixth was given the position of honor, on account of its fine band. Gen.
A. J. Smith was desirous of showing the rebels at Montgomery what a Union
army looked like. On reaching the city, as soon as the men could get away from
the column, hundreds of them rushed to the state capitol building, which had
also been used as ,the capitol building of the Confederacy, and its treasury, and
captured from the Confederate States of America treasury vaults millions on
millions of Confederate money, canceled and uncanceled. The uncanceled
money was immediately offered in the stores of Montgomery for tobacco, writing
paper and other trifles, but was refused. An armful would not buy a plug of
tobacco. They wanted nothing but good, sound, Yankee greenbacks. The Six
teenth Corps succeeded Forrest at Montgomery, and as he fled he burned every
thing which might be of value to the victors.

The victories in Alabama constituted the very last act in the drama of the
Eebellion, and left the forces at Montgomery with but two duties, guard duty and
waiting for the muster-out. We remained at Montgomery seven weeks, during
which time the residents became reconciled to the occupancy by blue coats of the
Confederate ex-capital. The celebration of all the troops of the 4th of July, 1865,
on an intensely hot day, by a review and grand parade, was, for us, likewise, a
celebration of the close of the war and overthrow of the Rebellion.

On receipt of orders for the regiment to report at Fort Snelling for muster-out,
we took steamer and proceeded down the Alabama River to Selma, from Selma by
rail to Marion Junction, thence to Demopolis, thence to Meridian, thence to Jack
son, Miss. Here there was a break in the railroad, and we marched from Jackson
to the Big Black, a distance of twenty miles, through the region made historic
by Grant and Sherman. From the Big Black we reached Yicksburg by cars.
From Vicksburg to St. Louis by boat, and there taking an upper Mississippi
steamer we arrived at St. Paul. The gun on the bluff below the city announced
our arrival. At the capitol building we were accorded a reception and a square
meal. After the welcome home in the city we were transferred by boat to Fort
Snelling, where we were mustered out of service on the 19th of August, 1865T
and the Sixth Eegiment of Minnesota Volunteer Infantry ceased to be.

FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.

329

ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE SIXTH REGIMENT MINNESOTA

VOLUNTEERS.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Colonels —
Win. Crooks

Aug. 23 '6°

Resigned Oct. 28 '64g Cadet at West Point 1850

John T. Averill
Lieutenant Colonel —
Hiram P. Grant

Nov. 22, '64
Nov 25 '64

Aug 19 '65

Lieut. Col. Aug. 22, '62; dis. by special order War Dept, No. 518,
Sept. 30, '65; Brevet Brig. Gen.; died at St. Paul Oct. 3, '89.
Major April 9 '64.

Majors —
Robert N. McLaren
Hiram S. Bailey

Aug. 22, '62
Nov. 25, '64

Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Colonel 2d Minnesota Cavalry Jan. 12, '64.

Adjutants —
'Florian E. Snow
Alonzo P. Connelly... .

Aug. 21, '62
Dec. 29, '64

Aug 19 '65

Resigned Dec. 10, '64.

Quartermasters —
Henry L. Carver

Aug. 22, '62

Promoted Captain Assistant Quartermaster Feb. 29, '64.

Henry H. Gilbert
Surgeons —
Alfred Wharton
Wallace P. Belden ....

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June, '64

Aug. 22, '62
Sept 20 '64

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 ''65

Resigned July 29, '64.

Assistant Surgeons —
Jared W.Daniels
Augustus O. Potter
James N. McMasters
Henry Wilson.

Aug. 23, '62
Aug. 23, '62
May 20, '64
Oct 10 '64

"Aug'."lV65
Aug 19 '65

Resigned Dec. 28, '63.
Died at Helena, Ark., Sept. 13, '64.

Chaplains —
Richard B. Bull

Oct 16 '62

Daniel Cobb

Oct 15 '64

Aug 19 '65

Sergeant Majors —
Fred W. Norwood

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Oct. 15, '62

Discharged for promotion in Colored Regiment May 9, '64.

D. Hance McCloud
Quartermaster Sergeants —
Henry H. Gilbert

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Oct. 1, '64
Oct. 8, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company G Jan. 21, '63.

Henry D. Tenney
John H. Wagner

Jan., '63
May, '65

Aug 19 '65

Discharged per order May 19, '65.

Commissary Sergeant —
Wm. S. McCauly
Hospital Stewards —
John H. Gillig

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35

Oct. 1, '62
Oct. 8, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Died April 8 '64 at St Peter Minn

Geo. L. Van Solen

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Amos Hyatt

?4

Aug 19 '65

Principal Musicians —
Samuel Freeman

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Oct. 20, '62

Died at Helena Ark , Aug. 20 '64.

Sedon A. Farrington

S7

Wilton R. Seaman

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Reduced to ranks and assigned to Company I March 1, '65.

Lou is Miller

20

Aug 19 '65

Levi Longfellow

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Aug 19 'G5

330

THE SIXTH EEGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

Hiram P. Grant

Harry J. Gillham

First Lieutenants —

Alonzo P. Connelly...

Win. F. Barnes

Second Lieutenants —

Jacob E. Baldwin

Joseph Madison

ENLISTED MEN.

Alord, Joseph

Arbuckle, Benjamin F.

Arbuckle, Samuel G

Atcherson, Joseph

Auge, James

Barnes, Mellen

Beare, Townsend

Beck, EdwinS

Blase, Ernest S

Bowers, Win. H

Bolton.Wm. H

Brairnan, George W

Bryant, Moses

Bryant, Chas

Brumelle, Louis

Brown, Enoch

Brumlele, Paul

Broich, Frederick W...

Burnhart, Louis

Burdett, Frank D

Brynes, Pat. H

Caine, Wm. H

Campbell, Warren

Call, Rufus H

Chapron, Joseph F

Chalmers, John

Chapman, Daniel

Chadwick, Robert

Chadwick, Joseph

College, John

Cobb, Wm. M

Colter, George

Coyle, Cornelius F

Crandall, James

Crandinier, Henry

Daniel, Asa M

De Rosie, Bassile

Drill, Frederick

Eagles, Geo. W

Erickson, Erick A

Engler, Christian

Felix, Peter

Felix, Dana

Fielding, Seth

Field, Mellvile B

Freany, Patrick

Gardner, Geo. B ,

Gardner, David ,

Greenlee, Henry C

Hayes, John

Hard, Geo. W

Havens, Wm

Havens, Joseph C

Hart, Samuel

Hayford, Alvin

Harrison, James M.

Hillberge, Andrew G....
Hewlett, Jc

2tt, JohnW

House, Dewitt C

Howard, John

Irvine, Wm

Jarvis, Francis

Jay, Aaron

Johnson, Madder

Johnson, Anke ,

King, John R

King, Cb.au nee y L

Kilpatrick, Andrew J..

Koping, Ludvig

ILanson, Charles

Leyde, James S

Linstron, Swan

Mario, Louis ,

Marsden, Horatio

Mayall, Charles

McCauley, Wm. S

McCauley, Daniel S

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 1, '62
April 9, '64

Apl. 9, '64
Dec. 30, '64

Oct. 1, '62
Dec. 31, '64

Oct. 1, '62
July 28, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Mch. 25, '64
July 25, '62
Mch. 21, '64
Mch. 18, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 9, '62
July 25, '62
Aug. 11 '62
July 21, '62
Jan. 26, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 17, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Mch. 18, '64
Jan. 3, '64
Aug. 11, '62
July 21, '62
Feb. 24, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Jan. 14, '63
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11 ,'62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Mch. 17, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 26, '64
July 25, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 18, '62
July 26, '62
Aug. 2, '6
Aug. 6, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Feb. 29, '64
July 28, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 9, '62
July 26, '62
July 30, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 29 ,'64
July 29, '62
Mch. 22, '64
Aug. 6 ,'62
July 25, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Jan. ],»63
July 28, '62
July 28, '62
July 25, '62
Aug. 16, '62
July 21, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Jan. 29, '63
July 24, '62
Aug. 15, '62
July 22, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 9 '62
Aug. 7, '62
Aug. 9, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 19, '65

REMARKS.

Major Jan. 13, '64; Lieutenant Colonel Oct. 28, '64.
1st Lieutenant Oct. 1, '62.

Serg. Oct.l, '62; 2d Lieut. January '64; Adjt. Dec. 16, '64.
Aug. 19, '65 1 Corporal Oct. 1, '62; 2d Lieutenant,

Died Dec. 10, '63, at St. Paul.

Aug. 19, '65 Enlisted Oct. 1, '62.

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '69

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug.'l9,''65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

June 12, '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '69

Aug. 19, '65

Aug.' 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug.' 19*,' '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19', '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Died Sept. 8, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Wounded at Birch Coolie; discharged for dis. March 19, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Died July 17, '64, at White River, Ark.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 8, '63.
Discharged Dec. 1, '62; wounded at Birch Coolie.
Deserted Jan. 28, '63.

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Feb. 6, '64.

Died July 24, '64, at White River, Ark.
Wounded at Birch Coolie.

Died Oct. 15, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Discharged for disability Dec. 16, '64.

Discharged for disability Nov. 21, '64.

Died Aug. 7, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.

Died Oct. 6, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Per order.

Sergeant; killed at Birch Coolie.

Corporal; killed at Birch Coolie.

Killed at Birch Coolie.

Killed at Birch Coolie.

Discharged for disability Feb. 24, '65.

Died Aug. 30, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; discharged for disability Aug. 16, '65.
Discharged for disability Oct. 20, '64.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Corporal; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability April 9, '64,

Discharged for disability Jan. 4, '63.

Discharged for disability Sept. 24, '64.

Wounded at Birch Coolie; discharged for disability Mar. 10, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

1st Sergeant; died of wounds received at Birch Coolie.

Died Aug. 9, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Discharged for disability April 14, '64.

Killed at Birch Coolie.

Transferred to 3d 'Minnesota Battery May 18, '63.

Died Sept. 19, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Died Oct. 18, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Died Oct. 18, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.

Promoted Commissary Sergeant Sept. 1, '62; transf. to N. C. S.

COMPANY B.

ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued

331

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

McLeod, Alexander R

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35
21
29
16
38
27
35
28
36
34
43
25
29
18
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21
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21
32
23
34
29
21
29
18
18
21
20
18
24
24
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19
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27
21
18
23
39
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Aug. 15, '62
Jan. 23 '63
Mch. 5, '64
Aug. 6, '62
Aug. 7, '62
July 24, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 11, '62
July 29, '62
Feb. 26, '64
July 24, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Mch. 15, '64
Mch.21, '64
Aug. 9, '62
Mch.,15, '64
Aug. 9, '62
Dec. 23, '64
Mch.24, '64
Feb. 16, '64
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 7, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Nov. 4, '62
Jan. 8 ,'63
Aug.; 4, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Aug. 13, '62
July 28, '62
July 30 '62

j' June 12," '65
Aug. 19, '65

|"Aug."l9,''65
Aug. 19, '65
j Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Died Nov. 14, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Per order.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 18, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Musician.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.
Discharged for disability March 9, '65.
Sergeant; died Sept. 22, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.
Killed at Birch Coolie.

Killed at Birch Coolie
Discharged for disability May 8, '64.
Promoted Principal Musician; transferred to Non-Com. Staff.
Wagoner; discharged per order June 13, '65.
Wounded at Birch Coolie; dis. for disability Dec. 11, '62.
Died Sept. 16, '64, at Jefferson Barracks.
Died Sept. 7, '64, at Memphis. Tenn.

Discharged for disabilitv Feb. 1, '65.
Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 13, '64.

Died Sept. 1, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Discharged for disability Jan. 28, '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Transferred to 9th Minnesota Infantry.
Corporal; died March 13, '62, at Glencoe Minn.

Died Sept. 15, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, M
Wounded at Birch Coolie; transf. to Invalid Corps Nov. 18, '63.

Killed at Birch Coolie.
Deserted Jan. 28, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Died Oct. 18, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, 63.
Musician.

Merieken Micbael

Miller Theodore

Murphy Dennis

Nemo George

Newcomb, Willard A

Patsche Henry

Pratt Win

Kolleau, Henry

Aug. 19, '65

Russell Wm

Schurer Wm

Seaman, Milton R

Shaddock, Albert B

Shanley, Francis C

Shurlock, Christopher
Simons John L ...

Smith, Charles W

Aug. 19, '65

Smith Asa

Staples, Joseph

St. Antoine, Peter
Stevens, Charles F

Aug. 19, '65

Sumuer, Henry T

Sweeney, Dennis

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Terwilliger, Daniel F
Thielen Peter F

Tolan, Marvin H

Trepan, Francis F
Vanghinger, Wm
Van Etten, Thomas
Walters, Solomon

Walker, Lewis

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

West John

Webber, Bernhard

Weed Charles

Aug. 19, '65

Weiting, Sanders J

White, Richard

Aug. 19, '65

Whetsler, Henry

Wirt, Thaddeus'S

"Wing. Frank...

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43
15
21

Mch.24 '64
Aug. 15, '62
July 29, '62
Feb. 29, '64

Wright, John

Young, Joseph.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Young, Benjamin F

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Orlando C. Merriman
Wm. Grant

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33

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22
30
26
23
27
37
30
21
21
33
41
21
19
23
28
21
28

Oct. 1, '62
July 29, '64

June 15, '64

June 13 ,'64
Feb. 11, '65

July 25, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11 '69

Enrolled Aug. 16, '62; resigned June 6, '64.
Enrolled Aug. 8, '62; 1st Lieutenant Oct. 1, '62.

Enrolled Aug. 8, '62; 2d Lieutenant Oct. 1, '62.

1st Sergeant Oct. 1, '62; died Dec. 30, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Sergeant Oct. 1, '62.

Died Aug. 6, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Per order.
Transferred from Company F, 7th Regiment Minn. Infantry.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 1, '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 1, '63.
Promoted Corporal.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 1, '63.
Died Sept. 3, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Sergeant.
Died Nov. 1, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Died Dec. 5, '62, at Fort Snelliug.
Deserted June 2, '63, at Camp Pope, Minn.
Corporal; discharged for disabilitv Oct. 11, '64.
Died Jan. 3, '65, at St. Louis.
Died Nov. 1 , '63, at Fort Snelling.
Died Julv 5. '65. at Mouteoiuerv. Ala.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

First Lieutenant —
Henry Partridge

Second Lieutenants —
Francis E. Wheeler
Wm Moore

Aug. 19, '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen Miles

Angell, AlpheusC

May 3, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Armstrong, Wm
Auer, Simeon.

Augas, David
Bartlow, Luther M
Bartlow Wm H

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Oct. 1 '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 9, '62
July 9, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 2, '62
Aug. 4 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Bailey, Merrill A
Batdorf, Wm

Benjamin, Perez
Birch, Wm.W

Aug. 19, '65

Birch, Alonzo

Blanchard, Chas
Brownell, Marcus
Bragden, Eben J

Brewer, Henry..

Brandon, James C

332

THE SIXTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

Burrill, Bela F

Bushnell, Orlando H....
Butcher, Alexander....

Church, Peter

Chalmers, John

Champliu, Win. R

Chandler, Nelson

Champlin, D. B

Clay, Francis A

Colburne, Benj

Cooley, Edwin

Collins, Patrick

Cuture, Philip

Cuture, Theodore

Cunningham, John R...

Day, Geo. H

Denney, Marcus II

Denney, Selah

Dike, Robert

Farrington, Simeon A.
Fleming, Franklin N...

Fleming, John L

Fleming, Wm. C

Forbes, Geo. A

Forsyth.Geo

Galbraith, John

Getchen, Marsh field A.

Grave, Jonathan L

Grave, Chas. T

Hawk.Wm. P. C

Hanney, Thomas

Hanson, Levi T

Howe, Eben

Howe, Samuel

Howe, Joel F

Howe, Peter V...

Hopper, Chas. H

Holloran, James

Huff, Andrew

Huff, Luther

Ingraham, Geo. D

Jacobs, John

Jenkinson, Chas. E

Jenks, Cyrus H

Jenson, Peter

Jones, James II

Johnson, Lewis C

Johnson, John

Kemp, Michael

Kemp, Lawrence

Keyes, Darius A

Kenuiston, Henry A

Label, Sele, Sr

La Faus, James

Lane, Ansel S

Lambert, Wesley

Libby, Charles II

Longfellow, Levi

Longfellow, Geo. E

McGary, Eunis M

McFarland, P

McLean, Samuel

McLeod, Robert

McManus, James

Mendenhall, Isaac

Mitchell, Francis F

Millett, Hiram

Miller, Augustus

Miller, Stephen C

Miller, Lewis

Morrisey, Michael

Munn, Robert

Murch, Elisha M

Nevers, Thomas O

Norris, Theodore A

Norris, Edward R

Nugent, James G

Pavitt, Samuel N

Palmer, Wm. B

Penner, Francis

Peterson, Lewis

Perkins, David

Plummer, LeVine P

Rank, John A

Ramsay, David

Bamsay, Andrew

MUSTERED
IN.

Aug. 11, '6'
Aug. 9, '6!
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 9, '6
July 21, '6
Feb. 7, '64
Sept. 10, '64
Feb. 26, '
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11,
Aug. 13, '62
Jan. 30, '64
Jan. 16, '64
Jan. 16, '64
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 2, '62
Aug. 11, '62
May 20, '64
July 9, '62
Aug. 9, '62
July 29. '62
Aug. 2, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 11, '62
July 30, '62
July 25, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 8,
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 12, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 6, '64
Aug. 9, '62
July 29, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Feb. 29, '64
July 23, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 17, '64
Mch. 6 ,'65
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 16, '64
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Mch. 30, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 2, '62
July 19, '62j
Feb. 27, '

MUSTEREE
OUT.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19. '65
May 3, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
June 20, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug'.' 19/65'

REMARKS.

Aug. 19, '65
July 24, '6f

June 2, '63

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug.' 19,' '65
Oct. 11, '64

Aug."l97'65

Aug. 19, '65
Au'g."i9,"'65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 29, '6t<
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

reu. z/, 'b-i ..
July 23, '62 ..

Aug. 6;

Aug. 18, '62
July 25, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Feb. 16, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 6, '62
Nov. 21, '61
Aug. 9, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 27, '64 .
Feb; 29, '64 1.
Aug. 2, '62
Aug. 18, '62 .

Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 5, '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug'."l9,''65

Corporal.
Per order.

Transferred to Company A NOT. 1, '62.
Discharged for disability June 12, '65.

Died Aug. 12, '64, at Helena.

Sick in hospital on discharge of regiment; dis. Sept. 7, '65.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Per order.

Discharged for disability March, '65.

Discharged for disability May, '65.

Died Jan. 18, '65, at St. Louis.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 1, '63.

Discharged for disability February, '65.

Sergeant; promoted First Sergeant Feb. 14, '65.

Per order.

Died Dec. 23, '64, at Adrian, Mich.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Per order.

Discharged for disability May 31, '65.

Discharged for disability Nov. 26, '62.

Corporal; discharged for disability Aug. 16, '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

At Jefferson Barracks.

Discharged for disability March 2, '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 1, '63.
Discharged for disability March 28, '63.

Transferred to Company F.

Promoted Co'rporal.

Died Oct. 10, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis.

Discharged for disability May 18, '65.

Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 24, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 1,'63.

Discharged for disability Dec. 8, '64.

Musician.

Discharged for disability March 24, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 10, '65.
Corporal.

Discharged for disability Feb. 17, '65.

Transferred to Nou-Com. Staff as Prin. Musician March 1, '65.

Died June 27, '65, at St. Louis, Mo.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability May 9, '63.
Discharged for disability May 9, '63.
Discharged July 10, '65, at Montgomery, Ala.

'65.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65 1

Discharged for disability Oct. 24, '64.

Wagoner; discharged per order May 3, '(

Discharged for disability March 30, '63.

Discharged for disability May 8, '63.

Transferred to 7th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, Oct. 14, '62.

Trans, to Non-Commissioned Staff; Prin. Musician Oct. 10, '64.

Discharged for disability Nov. 8, '64.

Corporal; pro. Sergeant; discharged for disability Sept. 17, '64.

Discharged for disability Nov. 9, '64.
Discharged for disability February, '65.
Died Nov. 15, '64, at St. Louis.
Discharged for disability Feb. 16, '65.
Died at Fort Snelling Jan. 26, '63.

Sergeant; 2d Lieutenant 72d U. S. Colored Infantry Dec. 14, '64;
Captain U. S. Colored Artillery Oct. 21, '65.

Aug. 5, '62 1 Discharged for disability March 20, '63.

COMPANY C.

ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

333

NAMES.

w

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Rathburn, Eber M
Robinson, John B....J
Robinson, Alfred
Shepard, Wm. R

42
18
45
91

Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62

Aug. 2, '65

"Aug'.' ii',' '65
May 3, '65

Per order.
Died Aug. 30, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Musician.
Per order.

34

Feb 29 '64

Aug 19 '65

Smith, Richard F
Smithson John

26
23
18

Aug. 11, '62
Mch.22,'64
Aug 11 '64

"Aug. 19, '65

Deserted Feb. 9, '63, at Camp Pope, Minn.
Died Nov. 9 '64, at St Louis, Mo.

Stafford, John D

20

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Stubbs Enos P

T,

Aug. 14 '6°

Died Oct. 2, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Steiner, Daniel S

44

July 16, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Sergeant.

Stout Geo . ..

3>

Feb. 27, '64

Ail". 3, '65

Per order.

Tilbert Stephen

21

Auo- 7 '62

Deserted June, '63, at Camp Pope.

Thompson, Andrew
Thompson, Samuel D..
Thomas, Clarkson O
Thomas Chalkley E

37
25
30
21

Aug. 9, '62
July 31, '62
Mar. 30 ,'64
Feb. 23 '64

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Tidd Darius E

27

July 28 '69

Deserted Jan 8 '63 at Fort Snelling

Voght John C

99

Aug. 12, '62

Aug. 19, '65

"Wakefield, John L

27

Feb. 22, '64

Aug. 19, '62

Whitney, Ephraim

21

Aug. 12, '62

Discharged for disability Feb. 1, '63.

Whitney Franklin

21

Aug 8 '69

Deserted January '63 at Fort Snelling.

Wilson, Uriah H
Wilson, Marshall

45
21

Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 15 '64

Discharged for disability May 3, '65.
Died Sept. 8 '64 at St. Louis Mo.

Wood Alexander

18

Aug 5 '6i;>

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1 '63.

Wolf, Herman

30

July 21, '62

Deserted Dec. 15, '62, while on leave of absence.

Young Leonard T

9-7

Aug. 11 '6°

Corporal' promoted Sergeant* discharged July 28. '05.

Young, Herbert M

?1

Aug. 11, '6'1

Aug. 19, '65

Young Jesse B.. . .

30

Aug. 7 '6°

Discharged for disabilitv March 19, '65.

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Hiram S. Bailey

Robert R. Hutchinson.
First Lieutenants —

Dana White

Samuel McClay

Second Lieutenants —

Perry McAlexauder

John Hutchinson

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, Stephen

Artlege, Alexander

Barren, John

Balch, Edwin

Bates, Miron

Barnes, Thomas

Bardwell, Chester A

Barr, John

Barr, Andrew J

Babcock, Clinton L

Bierman, Lewis

Bierman, August

Bierman, George

Berdan, David E

Boss, James F

Boss, Chester F

Boyd, JohialW

Brown, Thos. C

Brown, John D

Burroughs, Win H.

Budd, Wm.H

Burdick, John W

Chapin, Andrew O

Closson, Amasa

Closson, Joseph

Closson, Schuyler

Clark, Samuel

Clark, Hiram

Copeland, Fioyd

Corney, Aaron L

Curren, Wm. S

Davison, Benj

Daner, John H

Davis, Samuel F

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED

OUT.

Oct. 3, '62
Dec. 11, '64

Oct. 3, '62
Dec. 11, '64

Oct. 8, '62
Dec. 22 ....

Ang. 5 '62
Feb. 22, '64
May 31, '62
Junel3, '62
July 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 16, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Feb. 29, '64
June 12. '62
June 12; '62
Jan. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 8 '62
Feb. 12, '6.4
Aug. 8, '62
July 30, '6*2
Feb. 16 '64
Feb. 18, '64
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 20, '64

18 | Jan. 13, '62
40 July 20, '62

Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 4, '62
July 9, '62
Feb. 27, '64

REMARKS.

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug'."lV65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
AugVlVGS

Commissioned Captain Aug. 16, '62; Major Oct. 28,
Private July 25, '62; 1st Sergeant Oct. 3, '62; 2d

'64.

Lieutenant
Feb. 29, '64; 1st Lieutenant Aug. 14, '64. '

Private June 12, '62; commissioned 1st Lieutenant Aug. 2, '62;
resigned Aug. 20, '64.

Private Aug. 14, '62; Corporal Jan. 1, '63; 2d Lieutenant Oct.
14 '64.

Priv. July 25, '62; 2d Lieut. Aug. 18, '62; resigned June 19, '63.

Enrolled as private Aug. 8, '62; Corporal Aug. 12, '62; Ser
geant Jan. 1, '63; 1st Sergeant Sept. 1, '64; 2d Lieut. Dec. 22, '64.

Pro. Corporal Aug. 1, '64; discharged for disability Jan. 20, '65.

Discharged for disability Dec. 9, '64.
Died Nov. 27, '62, at Glencoe, Minn.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 28, '65.
Died Aug. 16, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Died Dec. 23, '64, at Cairo, 111.

Discharged for disability Jan. 5, '63.
Died Feb. 23, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability March 20, '

Died Aug. 14, '65, at Fort Snelling.

Promoted Corporal March 1,'64.

Corporal Aug. 12, '62; died Aug. 1, '64, at Heler>a, Ark.

Discharged for disability March 23, '63.

Promoted Corporal May 1, '65.

Promoted Corporal Jan. 20, '65.

Sick at Prairie du Chien on discharge of regiment.

Discharged on expiration of term, June 16, '65.

Wagoner.

Discharged for disability March 30, '63.

Discharged on expiration of terns, July 8, '65.
Died July 29, '64, at Helena.

334

THE SIXTH REGIMENT.
ROSTEK OF COMPANY C — Continued.

NAMES.

Daily.Asa
Daily, John
Dean, Reuben B
Diinick, Edwin W
Dunn, Leolidas H
Eaton, Edwin C
Emery, Wellington H .....
Emerson, James...
Fitzsimnions, Daniel C..
Fish, ErwinG

Fogg, George
Glidden,

Sylvester S ........

Gould, John W ...............

Goudy, Wm .....................

Grann, Charles T.C ........

Hale, Charles S ...............

Hart, Joel M ...................

Haycock, Wm C ..............

Hetherington, Chas .........

Hill, Martin ...................

Hughes, Thomas .............

Hutchinson, Frank T ......

Hubbard, Wm .................

Jackson, John A ............

Johnson, Rodney S

Johnson, Russell A

Jones, Enos

Johnson, John

Johnson, John

Jones, Jeremiah B

Keys, Edgar G

Kermott, Edward P

Kelley.JohnH

King,ElishaC

Kahler, Andrew T

Leighton, Alexander

Logan, John

Main, Samuel

Malcolm, John

Maurer, John

McClintock, John T ,

Merkel, John

Muisiner, Abraham ,

Nordin, Peter T

Noble, James W

Peterson, Charles

Personius, Cornelius D...

Plummer, John D

Portman, Alexander M.,

Poe, Wm. E

Powers, Hiram M

Prince, Charles E

Rice, James R

Rice, Wm. F

Ripley, Calvin

Richey, John W

Robinsorf, Wm

Robinson, Geo. W

Roberts, Andrew R

Sargent, Joseph O

Saudberg, Gustaf.

Sargent, Joseph W

• Sanderson, Theodore H.

Sargent, Zebulon D

Sempf, Ernst

Searle,Geo. W

Shipton, Thomas

Shellenberger, August —

Shepard.Wm. A

Smith, Hugh

Stewart, John

Starrett, John

Stone, Wm. V

Stopley, Richard ,

Stranahan, Horace C

Sullivan, Cornelius

Sumner, Newell T

Swartwout, Chauncey....

Swarenger, Isaac G

Talbot, Thomas F

Tharp, Alexander V

• Thompson, Alex. M

Turner, Daniel B

Viles, Benj. W

"Watts, Thomas

Webster, Samuel T

MUSTERED MUSTERED

IN.

Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 26, '64
July 9, '62
May 30, '62
Aug. 4 ,'62
Feb. 23, '64
July 25, '62
Aug. 8 '62
Feb. 19, '64
Jan. 13, '62
Aug. 4 ,'62
July 18, '62
July 30, '62
Aug. 13, '62
July 24, '62
July 16, '62
July 25, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 8, '62
July 27, '62
Jan. 10, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 29, '64

Feb. 20, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 1,'62
July 16, '62
July 29, '62
July 25, '62
Feb. 20, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 1,'62
Aug. 9, '62
June 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 16, '62
July 16, '62
July 16, '62
Aug. 4, '62
July 16, '62
July 19, '62
July 22, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 20, '64
July 25, '62
July 1,'62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 27, '64
JuneSO, '62
July 1,'62
Feb. 20, '64
July 21, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 4 '62
July 25, '62
July 16, '62
Feb. 19, '64
July 16, '62
Aug. 1 '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 1,'62
Aug. 16, '62
Sept. 8, '62
July 22, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Feb. 16, '64
July 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
June 24, '62!
June 12, '62'
Aug. 4 ,'62!
May 29, '62!
July l,'62i

OUT.

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. .9, '65
May 18, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, 65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

July 6, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

May 28, '65

REMARKS.

Sick at Jefferson Barracks on discharge of regiment.

Discharged for disability April 22, '63.

1st Sergeant March 1, '64; discharged for disability Aug. 17, '64.

Pro. Corporal Oct. 1, '64; absent, sick, on discharge of regiment.
Discharged for disability Jan. 28, '65.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery Jan. 15, '63.
Discharged for disability May 30, '65.

Corporal Aug. 12, '62.

Discharged for disability Jan. 5, '63.
Discharged for disability Oct. 4, '63.

Corporal Aug. 12, '62; promoted Sergeant Sept. 1, '64.

Deserted March 15, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Jan. 28, '65.

Promoted Corporal Jan. 1, '63; 1st Sergeant Dec. 22, '64.

Per order May 13, '65.

Promoted Corporal July 12, '64; Sergeant May 1, '65; discharged

for disability June 12, '65.

Sick at Prairie du Chien on discharge of regiment.
Promoted Corporal May 2, '65; Sergeant June 13, '65.
Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 12, '64.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 7, '64.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 3, '63.
Absent on discharge of regiment.
Discharged per order June 15, '65.
Promoted Corporal June 13, '65.

Discharged for disability April 22, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term.
Discharged for disability April 22, '63.

Corporal; died July 12, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Discharged for disability May 23, '65.

Deserted Jan. 20, '63, at Gleucoe, Minn.

Sergeant; transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Discharged for disability March 23, '63.

Sick at St. Louis on discharge of regiment.

Discharged for disability Aug. 22, '64.

Discharged for disability Aug. 15, '64.

Sergeant; transf. to 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery Aug. 14, '64,

Discharged for disability Aug. 15, '64.

Discharged for disability Jan. 14, '65.

Promoted Corporal Sept. 1, '64; died Feb. 15, '65, at St. Louis.

Promoted Corporal Sept. 1, '64; dis. on expiration of term.

Discharged for disability Jan. 5, '65.

Discharged for disability May 9, '63.

Died Aug. 16, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Pro. Corporal Sept. 1,'64; discharged for disability June 12^ '65.
Deserted Nov. 1, '63, at Fairmount, Minn.

Discharged for disability Jan. 5, '63.

Died Aug. 17, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Sergeant Aug. 12, '62; discharged per order July 6, '65.

Corporal Aug. 12, '62; promoted Sergeant Sept. 20, '64.

Died July 16, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 7, '64.

Discharged for disability June 30, '63.

Promoted Corporal June 13, '65.
Discharge^ for disability May 9, '63.
Discharged for disability March 3, '63.
Discharged for disability May 30, '65.

Died Dec. 11, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Musician; discharged on expiration of term.
Died Nov. 8, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Discharged for disability Jan. 30, '63.
Corporal Aug. 12, '62; promoted Sergeant.
Musician; transferred to Invalid Corps March 7, '64.

COMPANY D.

ROSTER OF COMPANY C— Continued.

335

NAMES.

a
1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Whitcorub, Milo S

*>f>

Feb. 20, '64

Discharged for disability May 24 '65

Whitcomb, Edward E

?1

Feb. 20, '64

Died July 25, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Wiltze, Thomas B
Wilson Charles

40
32

Feb. 25, '64
Feb 27 '64

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Promoted Corporal

ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captain —

Joseph C. Whitney

First Lieutenants —

Shepard H. King

Daniel W. Albaugh

Geo. E. Case

Second Lieutenant —

Henry M. Huntington..

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, James

Adams, Geo. R.

Ames, Geo

Atkinson, Wm. F

Baird, James W

Bell, John F

Beedy,Chas.T

Beden.John O

Brown, Asa D

Brown, David C

Brown, John W

Boshardt, John

Brown, EliasG

Brown, Wm. C

Bush, Wm. H

Carr, Isaac D

Carman, Francis M

Canstock, Edgar B

Gates, Chas. A

Coffin, Frank S

Coffin, Robert B

Costello, Samuel W

Collins, Geo. E

Cates, Mariner W

Cressey, Geo. A

Curtis, Henry.

'Day, JohnS

Derby, Nelson T

Draper, Rufus E

Dudley, Thomas D

Dubuque, Nelson

Edgerly, Edwin E

Elleman, Enos W

Farrington, Elijah

Farrington, Julius

Fenlason, Austin L

Fisher, Thomas A

Filbert, Peter

Fletcher, Crocker P

Foster, James S

Franklin, Wm. B

Galpin,Chas. E

Goodrich, Allen L

Goyette, Joseph

Green, Wilbur B

Grove, Albert F

Hankins, Wm. A

Hamilton, Elinsley T

Harmon, James H

Heiss, Franz T

Hills, Geo. A

Hodgson, Hannibal

Huntington, James

Huftclen, John

Jackson, Edwin

James, Joseph A

James, Thos. P

Jackson, Henry

Johnson, Chas. W

Jordon, Chas. H

Judd, Isaiah

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 29, '62

Sept. 29, '62
Oct. 7, '64
Jan. 12, '65

Jan. 26, '65

Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 13, '62,
Aug. 12, '62i
Aug. 11, '62'
July 31, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Feb. 3, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Mch. 8, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 9, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, 62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 5 '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 13, '62
July 31, '62
Oct. 7, '63
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aag. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 4, '62
! Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 14, '62;
Aug. 13, '62 j
Aug.l3,'62i
Mch. 30, '64 i
Aug. 9,'62i

REMARKS.

Enrolled Aug. 16, '62; Captain and Assistant Quartermaster
Feb. 23, '62.

Enrolled Aug. 5, '62; resigned Aug. 5, '64.
Dec. 27, '641 Enrolled Aug. 5, '62; 2d Lieutenant Sept. 29, '62.
Aug. 19, '65 Enrolled July 28, '62; Sergeant; 2d Lieutenant Oct. 7, '64.

Aug. 19, '65 Enrolled Aug. 21, '62; Sergeant.

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, ;65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
June 27, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug."l9,';65

May 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

May" 25,' '65
Aug. 19, '65
Feb. 16, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

June 5, '63
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Sergeant; died Oct. 12, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Promoted Corporal.

1st Sergeant; discharged for disability Oct. 12, '64.

Wagoner; absent on discharge of regiment.

Discharged for disability Oct. 21, '64.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Per order.

Died May 7, '65, at St. Louis Hospital in New Orleans.

Corporal"; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 20, '63.

Sick on discharge of regiment.

Died Oct. 16, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Died Oct. 23, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Died May 14, '65, at New Orleans, La.
Died July 31, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Musician.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability April 25, '65.

Died Sept. 13, '64, at St. Louis.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Feb. 27, '65.

Discharged for disability June 23, '65.

Discharged for disability March 9, '65.
Discharged for disability Oct. 24, '64.

Died Sept. 13, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

On detached service at discharge of regiment.

Per order.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Discharged for disability March 20, '63.
Per order.

Per order.

Musician; sick at New Orleans, La., on discharge of regiment.

Discharged for disaoility Aug. 29, '64.

Discharged for disability March 26, '63.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Died Nov. 14, '64, at Chicago, 111.

33G

THE SIXTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

NAMES.

£
o
<!

35
30
20
19
18
21
21
25
29
23
18
26
18
37
23
25
21
31
26
18
21
19
21
21
19
28
18
41
33
21
19
27
18
18
19
29
18
t 22
29
27
30
21
25
22
18
21
20
24
21
24
19

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Knickenapp, Wm. T

Aug. 14, '62
July 31, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 9, '64
Mch.18,'64
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug 13, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Apl. 15, '63
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Sept. l.'e?
Aag. 5, '62
Feb. 24, '6-r
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 7, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62

Discharged at Fort Snelling.

Discharged for disability Dec. 20, '64.
Discharged for disability Dec. 20, '64.

Promoted Corporal.
Sick on discharge of regiment.

Discharged for disability June 11, '65.

Died Nov. 11, '62, at Mankato, Minn.
Per order.
Corporal.

Per order.

Per order.
Died at St. Louis Oct. 17, '64.

Discharged for disability Jan. 14, '65.
Sick at Keokuk, Iowa, on discharge of regiment.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 16, '65.
Deserted June 15, '63, at Camp Pope, Minn.

Promoted 1st Sergeant.
Per order.
Died Dec. 9, '62, at Forest City, Minn.

Corporal; discharged per order May 24, '65.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 20, '63.
Sick at Prairie du Chien on discharge of regiment.
Sick at Prairie du Chien on discharge of regiment.
Discharged for disability Oct. 17, '64.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 20, '63.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.
Discharged for wounds received at Birch Coolie, Minn.
Died Nov. 17, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Corporal.
Per order.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63,
Died Jan. 18, '65, at St. Louis, Mo.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Layman', Samuel

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Madis'on Bailey

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

McConnell, James .

Mills, Win. W
Moore Chas H

Mulliner Chas. H

Neill Wesley

Aug. 19, '65

NeiHLevi

May 17, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
May 16, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
May 23, '65

Peirce', Washington

Pratt Jaines

Bay, Theodore
Richardson, Dean R
Richardson, John R
Richardson Josiah

Aug. 19, '60

Rock' Russell W

Aug. 19, '6

Sauford, Ira
Sanford Oliver T

Sanford, Lewis
Selder Henry E

Aug. 19, '6
Aug. 19, '6
June 22, '6

Sheple'y Oscar H

Shrewsberry, John C
Smith, Aretas
Snyder Henry

Aug. 19, '6

Stinson, Albion

Aug. 19, '6

Storrs George

Stinson. Wm. R
Stiuson, Sylvanus
Stoups, John S

Sutherland Win. H ..

Suterland, Darius D
S wagert, Christopher
Thompson, Isaiah
Wait John

Aug. 19, '6
May 16, '6

Whitmore.Willard S
Williams, William H. H..
Wolf, Michael

Zimmerman, Frederick..
Zimmerman, Chas. H

Aug. 19, '6

ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

K
O
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Rudolph Schoenemann..
First Lieutenants —
Christian Exel

36
?6

Oct. 5, '62
Oct. 5, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Enrolled Aug. 19, '62.
Enrolled Aug 11 '69- resigned July 23, '63.

Mathias Holl

25

July 23 '63

Aug 19 '65

Enrolled July 23 '62- 2d Lieutenant Oct 5 '69

Second Lieutenant —
Justus B. Bell

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams Wm S

40
18

Nov. 9, '63
Oct 25 '64

Aug. 19, '65

Enrolled Aug. 4, '62; 1st Sergeant,

Bast, Wm

26

Au°- 15* '62

Aug 19 '65

Besicke, Ferdinand.
Beckendorf, Peter
Becker, Matthias

23
27
23

Aug! U, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug 13 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19. '65

Promoted Corporal.

Bell George L

16

Aug 19 '65

Blesius, John

26

Aug 15 '62

Aug 19 '65

Boaz Michael

39

Tan ' 12* '69

Bristle, Christian
Bryan, Edward

18
35

Aug. 4, '62
Nov 7 '63

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Burch John

31

Aug 13 '69

Aug 19 '65

p l

Chandler, Nelson A....

17

Sept. lo', '64

Transferred to Company B Feb. 13, '65.

Churchill, Henry

18

Aug 27 '64

Aug 19 '65

Refers, Henry
Dreis, Nicholas

23

24

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Died Nov. 20, '64, at Hutchinson, Minn.

COMPANY E.

ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

337

NAMES.

Ebert, Charles .................

Eheim, Joseph ..................

Fandel, Henry .................

Ferlein, Joseph ................

Fischer, Louis ..................

Foglesong, Chas ...............

Gautner, Jacob

Gaheiiu, Samuel .............

Gabbert, Wilhelin ............

Goldner, Joseph ...............

Graper, Henry .................

Griebler,Rudolpn ............

Harrfeld\, A. W. G. D ......

Hahn, F.Carl ..................

Hauck, Jacob ...................

Henrick, Henry ..............

Henrick, Frederick ..........

Hellraan, Herrmann ........

Hill, Win. A ....................

Hill, Alfred J ..................

Hilderbrant, Wm .............

Holztner, Peter ................

Hosheid, Nickolas ............

Huhn, Geo .......................

Huth, Paul ......................

Jacobi, Conrad ................

John, Jacob .....................

Jurgens, Louis .................

Kabelitz, Frederick .........

Kernen, Jacob .................

Kellarmenn, August .........

Killian, Phillip ................

Klinkhammar, Louis ......

Knopf, Michael ................

Knobelsdorf, Ernst J .......

Koeuig, Luwig .................

Kruegler, Henry ...... ........

Kramer, Frederick ...........

!Leit ner, Peter J

Lieber, John

Martin, Frederick

Mann, Jacob

Mathias, Frank ..............

Meyer, John H ................

Metz, Charles ..................

Meurer, John T ...............

Miller, Mathias .................

Miller, John J ..................

Miller, Richards ...............

Mohle, Wm ......................

Muekenhausen, Matt ........

Muekenhausen, Joseph .....

Munson, John ..................

Neierburg, Michael ...........

Paulson, Paul ..................

Paulson, George ...............

Parks, Thos. M .................

Peterson, Ole ....................

PI ess ner, Chas ..................

Porth. Win

Praxel, Anthony A

Kassian, Jean

Radke, Rudolph

Rachel, Joseph

Renter, Henry

Reimers, John

Rhese, August 21

Rhode, Wm 41

Saner, George 32

Schene, Wm 20

Schermann, George 19

Schauer, August 21

Schaffer, Henry 21

Scheinheiter, Fred 24

Scheibele, August 26

Shur, Frederick 30

Seidel, Charles 45

Simon, John 21

Siebert, Elias 34

Smith, Joseph 24

Smith, Wm. A 19

Spraeser, Wm. D 13

Stiefel, Rhinehard .' I 30

Stengdin, Gottfreid i 32

Steck, Henry I 25

Steiarnan, Melchoir | is

22

24

MUSTERED ! MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

Aug. 13, '62, Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 14, '62;

Aug. 15, '62

June 2, '62 June 1, '65
Aug. 16, '62 .
Feb. 24, '64
June 10, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Apr. 13, '63
July 23, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
lv

Aug. 19, '65
June 15, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '63

July 28, '62
July 23, '62
Aug. 14, '62
July 5 '62
July 28, '62
Aug. 9, '62
July 22, '621
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 5, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 7, "62
Junel3,'62
July 28, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 16, '62
July 28, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 18, '62
July 9, '62

Feb. 24, '64
July 29, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 6, '62
June 11, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 14 '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 14, '62
June26, '62
Aug. 15, '62
June 10, '62
July 28, '62
June 13, '62
July 29, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 7 '62
Aug. 18, '62
July 31 '62
Aug. 18 '62
Feb. 11, '64
June23, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 2, '62
Aug. 7, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
July 23, '62
July 9, '
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 2, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 19, '62
July 23, '62 1
Aug. 7, '62
July 16, '62
Feb. 3, '64!
Sept. 12, '64!

REMARKS.

Aug. 19, '65
May 10, '601
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, .'65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

June 15, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

19, '65

Aug

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65:
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug.' 19,' '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

May 10, '65

Aug. 9, '65
June 15, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
July 9, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
May 20, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal; transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.
Discharged for disability May 28, '63.

Discharged for disability March 24, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Dec. 20, '64.

Deserted April 9, '63, from Fort Snelling.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Per order.
Wagoner.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant; Hospital Steward U. S. Army Feb. 20, '64.

Sergeant.

Discharged for disability July 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal; discharged per order June IP, '65:
Discharged for disability April 1, '63.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.

Wounded at Birch Coolie September, '62; undergoing sentence
of court martial at Fort Pickins on discharge of regiment.

Discharged for disability June 17, '63.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Deserted April 19, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Wounded at Birch Coolie; discharged Oct. 29, '62.

Discharged for disability July 9, '63.

Per order.

Promoted Corporal; died Oct. 23, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.
Discharged for disability January, '63.

Died at Helena, Ark.
Promoted Corporal.
Died July 27, '64, at Bufort, Ark.
Died July 25, '65, at Helena, Ark,

Died September, '64, on hospital boat on the Mississippi River.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Died July 8, '65, at Montgomery, Ala.

Died June 25, '65, at Montgomery, Ala.

Died Aug. 10, '64, in field hospital near Helena, Ark.

Sergeant.
Musician.

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Died on steamer Brilliant en route to Fort Snelling.

Corporal; pro. Sergeant; discharged for disability May 31, '65.
Per order.

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008

THE SIXTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E— Continued.

NAMES.

H

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Swan Stephen

?7

Feb. 29 '64

Aug. 19, '65

Temme. Charles
Thiele Lewis

19
19

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 30, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Trans, to Veteran Reserve Corps March 15, '65- dis Sept 7 'G5,

99

Feb. 29 '64

Aug 19 '65

19

Aug 5 '62

Died Aug 5 '65 at Helena Ark

Wetterau Henry

1S

Feb. 4 '64

Died Dec. 20, '64, at Prairie du Chien Wis.

Williams August

•>R

June 10 '62

Died Aug. °3 '64 at Helena

Wolf Anton

45

June 2, '62

Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.

ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captain —

Horace B. Wilson....
First Lieutenant —

Geo. W.Parker

Second Lieutenant —

Joseph F. Pingrey..

ENLISTED MEN.

Akers. Robert M

Arnold, Samuel

Ardins, James

Bartron, Reynolds

Baker, GrantB

Benson, Bennett

Bennett, King B ,

Severs, Geo. E

Boyd.Robt.K

Boothroyd, Geo

Brink, Chas. R

Brannan, Eugene A....

Bruber, Frank

Buchholz, August

Bunch, Baker

Bullock. Franklin

Cady, Henry W

Cattin.Reiel

Cattin, Wm., Jr

Carrell, Peter

Chase, Benj

Clague, John J..

Clark, Charles A

Cook, George

Cobb, Alonzo W

Darling, James

Devore, Richard W....

Eastman, Alfred

Eggleston, Hubert H..

Erickson, Thos

Farrow, Wm. D

Fagan, Thomas..

Featherstone, Wm. H.

Forester, Allen

Geil, David B

Godfrey, Rinaldo

Gould, Silas H.

Gustafson, Peter N

Halloran, James

Hennings, John ,

Henze, John

Hill, James D

Hilton, Lot C

Hodge, Edward A

Hodson, Edward J

Hollman, Frederick ..

Hobert, John S

Holman, Arnold

Huffman, Samuel E...

Huntley, John S

Jewell, Whitney

Jensen, Peter

Johnson, Andrew J....

Jones, Samuel

Johnson, Lewis

Johnson, Charles

Johnson, Gustav

Kinney,Wm.S

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 1, '62
Oct. 1, '62
Oct. 1, '62

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug, 11 '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 13, '62
July 18, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 20, '64
Aug 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 12, '6?
Aug. 12, '62

Aug. 27, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Ang.11,'62
Aug. 12S'62
Aug. 27 , '64
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Oct. 1, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Men. 22, '64
Aug. 15, '62
May 25, '63
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Feb. 15, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug, 13, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 10, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Dec. 15, '64

Aug. 19, '65
June30, '64
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, 'Co
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug.' 19,' '65

Aug. 19, '65

June21, '65
May 27, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

REMARKS.

Enrolled Aug. 22, '62; wounded at Wood Lake Sept. 23, '62.
Enrolled Aug. 22, '62.
Enrolled Aug. 22, '62.
Per order.
Per order.

Discharged for disability May 7, '63.

Musician; trans, to Co. A Sept. 29, '62; dis. for dis. April 17, '63.

Discharged for disability April 23, '63.

Dis. for disability March 20, '63; badly wounded at Birch Coolie.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Feb. 9, '63.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery April 27, '63,
Discharged July 19, '65, at St. Paul.
Died Oct. 23, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Deserted Sept. 5, '62; apprehended Nov. 26, '63, and sentenced
to make his time good.

Discharged for disability Oct. 27, '63.

1st Sergeant Aug. 10, '64; Captain U. S. Colored Infantry.

Per order.

Per order.

Discharged for disability Nov. 2, '64.

Corporal; discharged for disability May 2, '65.
Discharged for disability March 24, '65.
Deserted Sept. 10, '62, from Fort Ridgley.

Sergeant; discharged for disability June 2, '63.
Discharged for disability June 12, 'G5.
Discharged for disability Sept. 15, '64.
Discharged for disability June 12, '65.
Deserted Sept. 10, '62, from Fort Ridgley.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 11, '63.

Absent on discharge of regiment.

Died Dec. 8, '64, at Prairie du Ghien, Wis.

Died June 23, '63, of smallpox, at Fort Ridgley.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.

Musician; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.

Discharged for disability May 11, '62.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery April 27, '62.

Discharged for disability Oct. 7, '64.
Discharged for disability Feb. 16, '64.
Discharged for disability March 23, '63.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Wagoner; discharged for disability Aug. 23, '63.
Discharged for disability Jan. 26, '64.
Discharged on writ of habeas corpus April 20, '63.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

COMPANY G.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

339

NAMES.

Kimball, Elias F

Lewis, Eli N

Leeson, James

Leeson, John

Lockey, Joseph

Luchan, William

Malmborg, Niles P

Miner, Joseph H

Morse, Heary N

Nasland, Gudman

Nelson, Ole

Newell, Chas. W

Nesson, John

Nessen, Henry

Ohlstrom, Nicholas S..

O'Kane, Henry

Olin, Burt E

Oliver, Robert B

Osky, OleO

Peterson, Christian

Peterson, Hans

Peterson, Augustus

Perley, William

Pettibone, John H

Pickering, Joseph

Prince, Benj. R

Keimund, John

Rice, Wm. E..

Schwetscher, Peter

Shumaker, Ferdinand.

Sherwood, Climar

Simmons, George

Simpson, Charles

Smith, Daniel C

Sprake, Oliver M

Stauncnfield, Wm. M...

Strouf, Osborne

Swartout, N. B

Swain, Allen

Taylor, Benj. T

Thompson, Terence

Thurgart, Ludwig

Tillotson, Dwight

Todd, David E

Tubesing, Peter

Tupper, Nathan W

Tupper, Joshua A

Utley, Jonathan C

Van Ankers, Harvey...

Wakefield, Josiah

Wakefield, Alonzo

Watson, Charles H

Wade, David Q

Waldron, Henry

Warren, Orson

Wellington, Wm.H

Woodberry, Joseph A..

Wood, John R

Wright, Frank W

MUSTERED ! MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 10, ;62
Aug. 12, '62
May 25, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Mch.23,'64
Aug. 12, '62
Feb. 27, '64
June 14, '64
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 7, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62

Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Apl. 22, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Men. 22, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 24, '64

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

June 27, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
May 25, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug."l9,';62

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
May 25, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

REMARKS.

Aug. 19, '64
Aug. 19, '65 1
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
May 16, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged on writ of habeas corpus March 9, '63.
Promoted Corporal Oct. 3, '63; Sergeant June 27, '65.
Sergeant; discharged per order Oct. 20, '63.

Dis. for dis. Nov. 9, '64; wnd. by Indians at Lake Hanska, Minn.

Died Sept. 22, '64, at Memphis.

Sergeant.

Died Sept. 14, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Died Sept. 28, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo.

Died Sept. 26, '64, at Jefterson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo.

Per order.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.
Discharged May 18, '65, at Davenport, Iowa.

Died Aug. 2, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Nov. 3, '63.

Deserted April 1, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Promoted Corporal.

Deserted Sept. 3, '62; apprehended Nov. 26, '63; deserted again
from Jefferson Barracks Sept. 23, '64.

Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 8, '64.

Per order.

Discharged April 22, '65, at Fort Snelling.

Discharged for disability July 21, '64.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery April 27, '63.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 18, '63.

Died Dec. 17, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Discharged for disability Oct. 17, '64.
Discharged for disability July 6, '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Corporal; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 13, '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant, 1st Sergeant.

ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

«
o

<5

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Daniel H. Valentine
Charles J. Stees

35

28

35

26

22
19

22
28
33
?4

Oct. 1, '62
Jan. 21, '63

Oct. 1, '62

Jan. 21, '63
June 29, '64
Dec. 1, '64

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aue. 12. '62

"Aug."l9,''65
Aug. 19, '65

Enrolled Aug. 19,'62; res. Jan. 21 ,'63; died at St. Paul May 15, '90.
Enrolled Aug. 12, '62; commissioned 2d Lieutenant Aug. 12, '62.

Enrolled Aug. 19, '62.

Promoted Regimental Quartermaster June 10, '64.
Enrd. Aug. 12,'62; pro. Serg. Oct. 2,'62; died Sept. 24, '64, St. Paul.
Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Corporal Oct. 1, '62; Sergeant June 13, '64.

Died June 7, '65, at White Hall, Pa.
'-'-»' .'
Discharged for disability March 6, '63.

First Lieutenant —
Geo. W. Prescott
Second Lieutenants —
Henry H. Gilbert
Anthony C. Helmkamp..
Ed. 0. Zimmerman

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbott, Wm. H

Aug. 19, '65

Archambeau, Zephrim
Bartlett, Benjamin P
Bar beau, Peter

Aug. 19, '65
Aue.19" '65

340

THE SIXTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

NAMES.

MUSTERED
IN.

Benneken, Ferd. C. W 34

Beach, Lewis W

Brawley, Franklin

Brown, Wm. R....

Brack, George M

Brown, Edgar A

Buck, Win

Buck, Orville

Byrne, Michael

Carver, Henry L v

Carle, John B

Carr, Benjamin M

Carlson, Andrew P

Cherrier, Dennis..

Cherrier, Timothy

Colenian, Melvin S

Connellee, James S

Coleman, Alonzo

Colgrave, Albert...

Cres well. George B

Dames, Wm

Bolle, Benedict

Dreis, John

Burners, Gotzian

Burners, John

Eilers, Wm

Eisenmenger, Louis

Erickson, Halver

Farnsworth, Wm. C

Fogen, Nicholas

Fryer, Edwin L

Fyen, Renier

Oermin, George ,

George, Robert

Gibbs, James

Gillis, John H

Gordman, Ole

Gross, Henry F

Guerin, Bavid

Hare, Joseph, Jr

Haseltine, Gordon S

Hans, Morgan

Hennige, Chas. F

Hobbs, Wm. A

Horn,Wm.Y

Horn, John E

Iltis, Frederick

Johnson, Wm. L

Johnson, Andrew

Jones, Edwin E

Judson, Edward H

Klock, John

Kempfer, Bernard O

Kneiff, Henry J

Koenen, Jacob

Kressin, Carl

I*belle, Ceril

Lefevre, Theophile

Lowe, James F

Mannhart, Xavier

Mathews, Henry B

McLean, Henry

McCloud, B'Hance

Mclnnis, John

Mead, George

Middlebrooks, Lewis

Mollitor, Peter

Morgan, Isaac B

Moonen, Theodore

Moonen, Henry

Mullen, Chas. G

Mullen, Milton E

Myrick, John H

Oburn, Joseph

Patterson, Milton H

Palmes, Edward C

Perrin, John B

Prudhomme, Gaspard

Kackliff, John B ,

Randall, Elisha B K

Randall, Horace N 28

Reynolds, Griffin P 35

Rohl, Anton 28

Rogers, Orlo | 45

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 19, '65

Aug."l9,'65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

June 24, '65
May 10, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '63
May 31, '65

REMARKS,

Aug. 19, '65!

Aug. 19, '65

Aug.' 19,' '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

May 26, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 12, '621
Aug. 12, '62
Jan. 4, '64
Bee. 28, '63
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '621
Aug. 12, '62!
June 4, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Bee. 21, '63
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 11, '64
Feb. 11, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Mch. 5, '64
Bee. 21, '63
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62

Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 9, '6-4
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Feb. 16, '64
Bee. 22, '63
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 28, '64
Jan. 8, '641
Aug. 13, '62 ;
Aug.l2,'62j
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 12, '62
Jan. 5, '64|
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13 '62
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 22, '64

Bee. 22, '63,

Mch. 4, '64 Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 12, '62|

Aug. 16, '62,

Aug. 14, '62 Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 12 ,'621 Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 12, '62 ....

Aug. 15, '62,....

Aug. 13 '62 Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 12,'"

Corporal; killed at Birch Coolie.
Musician; died Jan. 11, '65, at St. Paul.

Promoted Sergeant July 1,'65.
Bischarged for disability April 12, '63.
Bischarged for disability June 12, '65.
Promoted Corporal.
Beserted March 4, '63.
Commissioned Quartermaster Aug. 21, '62.
Per order.
Per order.

Per order.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged for disab. Jan. 14, '63.

Bied March 4, '63, at Glencoe, Minn.
Bied Nov. 14, '64, at Prairie du Chien.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1,'63.

Bied Aug. 4, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Aug. 4, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
May 29, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 13, '62

Aug. 14, '62! Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 12, '62 1 Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 12, '62

Bied July 10, '65, at Montgomery, Ala.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 3, '63.
Bischarged for disability Bee. 26, '64.
Per order.

Beserted March, '63, at FortSnelling.

Beserted March 4, '63, at Glencoe, Minn.

Appointed Hospital Steward Aug. 25, '62; died at St. Feter,

Minn., of smallpox.
Died March 1, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Promoted Corporal; discharged July 10, "65, at St. Paul.

Corporal; discharged per order May 18, '65.

Promoted 2d Lieutenant in 112th U. S. Col. Infantry July 25, '64.

Per order.

Bischarged for disability March 16, '63.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Bied Oct. 14, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant, 1st Sergeant.

Bischarged for disability May 8, '63.
Bischarged for disability Oct. 6, '64.
Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 30, '64.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Sergeant.

Per order.

Bied Jan. 31, '65, at St. Louis, Mo.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Nov. 18, '63.

Corporal; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 3, '63.

Beserted Feb. 18, '63; apprehended Nov. 15, '63; transferred to

5th Minnesota Infantry.

Promoted Sergeant Major; trans, to Non-Com. Staff May 30, '64.
Bied Sept. 20, 64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Bied Sept. 1, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Bis. for dis. Oct. 24, '64, at St. Louis; died before reaching home.
Bied Oct. 11, '64, at St. Louis.

Promoted Corp., Serg., 1st Serg.; dis. for disability Nov. 27, '64.
Bied May 25, '65, at New Orleans, La.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 10, '65.
Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant; discharged per order May 31 '65.
Beserted Feb. 3, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Promoted 8th Corporal.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Jan. 16, '63.

Bischarged for disability April 21, '65.

Bischarged for promotion in 1st Regiment, Minnesota Heavy

Artillery, Sept. 14, '64.

Sergeant; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 23, '63.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

1st Sergeant; discharged for disability Oct. 8, '64.

COMPANY H.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

341

NAMES.

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e

<

MUSTERED
I.v.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

2">

Feb 11 '64

Discharged for disability May 30 '65

Sabbath George

29

Feb. 14 '64

Aug. 19 '60

Schaeffer Peter

99

Feb 12 '64

Aug 19 '65

Schloman Carl

15

Dec 21 '63

Aug 19 '65

Siebenthaler, Jacob M ...
Smith John

21
21

A»g. 15, '62
Feb 12 '64

Aug. 19, '65

Died Sept 4 '64 at Memphis Tenn

Sprague, Martin H

32

Aug. 13, '6°

Discharged for disability May 13, '64.

Spraeue Edgar M.. .

42

Dec 21 '63

Aug 19 '65

Sprague, John C

40

Dec 21, '63

Aug. 19 ''65

Promoted Corporal.

Staus, John

26

Aug 13 '62

Aug 19 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Stoltz, Franz

18

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 19 '65

Stoltz Valentine

18

Jan. 29 '64

Aug. 19 '65

Stenzel, August
Stokes Thomas J

21
49

Jan. 8, '64
Aug. 13 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19 '65

Promoted Wagoner

Suthheinier, John

?">

Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Tenny, Benjamin S

?0

Aug. 12, '62

Sergeant; killed at Birch Coolie.

Terry Henry D

24

Aug. 12 '62

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant Jan. 21 '63.

Thompson, Archibald
Thompson Andrew

21

26

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 18, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 18, '63.

Van Solen, George L
Van Slyke, Edwin J

27
•>?

Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 12, '62

May 29, '65

Per order.
Discharged for promotion in 1st Regiment Minnesota Heavy

Wallace, Wm

07

Aug. 14, '62

Artillery Nov. 30, '64; Corporal.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant; discharged for promotion in

Way John

21

Aug 12 '6°

Aug 19 '65

U. S. Signal Corps May 10, '65.

Walters Louis

^

Dec. 21 '63

Died Oct. 29, '64, at St. Marv's, Minn.

Wilmot, Harvey N
Wilson, Pomeroy P
Yelle, Nazarine

19
18

97

Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug 13 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Corporal; discharged for disability Jan. 16, '63.

Zimmerman, Charles A....

18

Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal.

ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Wm. K. Tattersall
First Lieutenants —

Samuel Giesenger

Wm. Brown
Second Lieutenant —

Wm. M. Evans

Adams, James H .........

Avery, Silas ................

Battles, James L .........

Baker, George W .........

Bear, Mark .................

Bentley, David C .........

Bitner, RobertC ......... ,

Black, Reuben ..... , .....

Bliss, Timothy ...........

Blair, James A ............ ,

Bolin, Albert ...............

Bolin, Morgan L.. .......

Boright, Americus .......

Bosworth, Charles H...
Bradley, David W .......

Brown, Harry .............

Brooks, Charles W .......

Brooks, Wm. R ............

Bratten, Thomas .........

Burgun, Wm. P ..........

Bursan, Wm ................

Chilson, George ..........

Chase, Alberts ............

Chamberlain, Wm. H..
Chappens, John .......

Collins, Wm. H. ........

Cole, Silas ...................

Collins, John S ...........

Crego, Daniel H .......

Curtis, Benj. F ............

Daniels, Arthur M .....

Ditter, Colander ..........

Duncan, Mather I ......

Duffy, Samuel ...........

Event, Herbert N .......

MUSTERED
IN.

Nov. 20, '62

Nov. 20, '62
Oct. 1, '64

Oct. 1,'64

Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '6 2
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 3, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 10, '62
July 10/62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
July 28, '62
Aug. 14, '62
July 28, '62
Aug. 13, '62
July 10, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
July 10, '62
Feb. 15, '64
July 25, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

June 13, '65

Aug. 19, '65 Enrolled Aug. 20, '62.

Enrolled Aug. 20, '62; resigned Aug. 24, '64.

Aug. 19, '65 i Enrolled Aug. 20, '62; 2d Lieutenant Nov. 20, '62.

Aug. 19, '65 Enrolled Aug. 20, '62; 1st Sergeant Nov. 20, '62.

Died Nov. 4, '62, at Fort Ripley.

Sergeant; discharged July 9, '65, at Montgomery, Ala.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 18, '63.

Discharged for disability Aug. 4, '63.

Sick at Prairie du Chien on discharge of regiment.

Absent on discharge of regiment.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 1, '63.

Promoted Corporal; died Nov. 6, '64, at Chicago, 111.

Deserted Sept, 2, '62, at Fort Ripley.

Died Nov. 20, '64, at St. Louis.

Died July 27, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Discharged for disability Jan. 25, '(

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug.*i"V65

Aug. 19, '65
May 30, '65

'65.

Aug. 19, '65

Discharged for disability Jan. 16, '63.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged July 9, '65.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Died Aug. 12, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Per order.

Discharged July 9, '65.

Discharged for disability Jan. 25, '65.

Died Sept. 13, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Died Aug. 23, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 1, '63.

Died Aug. 13, '64, at Helena, Ark.

342

THE SIXTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

Felt, MariusB

Fish, Hiram M

Fish, Otis

Frass, Albert L

Freeman, Samuel D....

Garard, Robert

George, Zachariah

Gibson, Samuel T

Gillett, Thos. E

Goodwin, Lyman L

Grodswahl, Otto

Grover, Isaac C

Harrington, Jerome

Haight, Chas. E.

Harding, Wm. H

Hitchcock, Luther C...

Hill, Aaron

Higby, Theron

Hoag, Richard

Huyler, George .'...

Humes, James I

Humes, Wm. B

Kurd, Albert B

Hunter, Chas. D

Hyatt, Amos

Ireland, Mortimer H..

Johnson, Chas. I

Jones, Wm

Ketchell Edward M....

King, John H

Light, Oliver P

Lovelare, Wm. D

Lockwood, Webster

McDowell, Benjamin...

Merritt,Seth

Mixten, Henry M

Newel, Sidney

Olds, Thos. B

Patton, James C

Page, Harmon A

Payne, Charles W

Patton, Jerome

Parish, John D

Page, John S

Patton, George R

Pett, Robert

Phelps, Sylvester N

Kennick, Franklin A..

Risley, George

Root, Lafayette

Robinson, John

Rockwell, Jamea L

Russell, Chas.W

Russell, Henry

Russell, Zenus K

Seaman, Randolph

Seaman, Edwin A

Simmons, Andrew ,

Simonton, Robert

Smith, Daniel D

Spaulsburg, Jonas

Speed, Wm. J

Speed, Eliphalet

Stullinburg, David

Stoats, Michael H

Stewart, Lucian

Sylvester, Franklin

Taylor, Erastus

Tolman, David

Tracy, Amos S

Tyler, Dennis H

West over, Job

Weston, Stephen O

White, Libbins

Woodberry, Geo. H

"Wood, Menzo

"Woods, Joseph N

Woolridge, Eugene H..
Woodward, Jasper M...

Yates, John

Yetter, John

MUSTERED MUSTERED j
IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Sept, 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Feb. 25, '64
July 28, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Feb. 1, '64
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
July 10, '62
Aug. 10, '62
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Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 11 '62
July 28, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 10 '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 6, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 5, '62
July 28, '62
July 28, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 23, '64
Feb. 29, '64
July 10, '62
July 28, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 10, '62
July 18, '62
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Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 10, '62
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Aug. 13, '62
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Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal; discharged May 19, '65.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 16, '65.
Musician; pro. Principal Musician May, '63; transf. to N. C.

Sergeant; died Dec. 30, '62, at Fort Snelling.
Discharged for disability July 31, !64.

Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability Jan. 1, '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.
Corporal; discharged for disability June 28, '65.

Corporal; discharged for disability Jan. 1, '63.
Died Aug. 13, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Discharged for disability Jan. 16, '63.
Discharged for disability April 4, '63.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 1, '63.
Promoted Corporal; Hospital Steward Nov. 1, '64,
Wagoner; promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Promoted Corporal , Sergeant.

Sergeant; discharged for promotion April 7, '63.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant Jan. 1, '63; died Aug. 18, '64.
Died Nov. 11, '65.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery June 15, '63.
Promoted Corporal; sick on discharge of regiment.
Promoted Corporal; died Aug. 31, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability Aug. 10, '64.

Discharged for disability June 19, '65.

Died Feb. 18, '65, at Vicksburg.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery Jan. 15, '63.

Discharged for disability May 9, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 15, '65.

Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability Feb. 2, '65.

Per order.
Promoted Corporal.
Per order.

Corporal; discharged for disability April 4, '63.
Died Nov. 21, '64, in Minnesota.
Died Dec. 2, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Discharged for disability A«g. 17, '63.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery June 15, '63.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 15, '65.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; died Oct. 31, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 15, '65.
Discharged for disability Feb. 4, '63.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 8, '63.
Discharged for disability July 9, '63.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant and 1st Sergeant.
Died July 27, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability July 11, '63.

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

343

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Car lyle Bromley

Thos. S. Slaughter

First Lieutenants —

Robert Hasty

Edward A. O'Brien

Second Lieutenant —

Wm. G. Gresham

ENLISTED MEN.

Alden, Florence T

Anderson, Peter H

Anderson, Hugh

Austin, John

Avery, James Y

Barker, John R

Ballou, Edward L

Bennett, John

Bennett, Samuel

Bennett. Michael J

Beall, Oliver F

Bean, John St. T

Benjamin, Frank

Beldin, Ira M

Boyer,Samuel

Bromley, Melvin H

Black, John W

Brown, Hans M. L. T

Burchfield, Joseph

Casey, Michael

Carlson, Adolph

Carpenter, John A

Carlson, John

Cavender, Charles

Charlson, John

Clark, Wm

Clopshaw, Samuel ,

Cooper, Ezra A

Cornell, James H

Cochrane, Peter

Condeu, James

Crippen, George R

Crisp, Anthony G

Daggett.F. E

Darling, John A

Douglas, Stephen F

Duffy, John

Dunn, Gotfried

Dwight, Daniel

Eddy, Wm.D

Enfield, James O

Engle, John

Engle, Simon

Enneld, Fielding F

Erickson, Erick

Farmer, John

Ferris, Charles

Fox, Jonathan

Frankland, Wm

Furber, Simon S

Fuller, Franklin E

Heszler, Michael

Hill, Chester D

Hill,HftnryA

Henningson, Christian..

Hodson, Thomas

Huffman, Edward T

January, Louis

January, Joseph

Johnson, Nelson

Jonson, Watto

Kerr, Orlando M ,

Lawsen, Andrew

Lord, Wm. H

Lungren, Peter A

Marshall, Thomas

McCusick, Gilman R

McDermitt, Thomas

McDonald, Geo. A

McAnally, John N

McGee, George R

Meniman, Warren ,

Munson, Andrew

Moran, Nickolas

Nelson, John

Nelson, John A

O'Brien, Samuel

O'Brien, Michael

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 4, '62
Feb. 10, '63

Feb. 10, '63
Feb. 11, '65

Mch. 12, '65

Aug. 15, '62
June 14, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 18, '62
June 2, '63
Feb. 23, '64
July 2, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Sept. 30, '64
Aug. 1, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Jan. 14, '62
Aug. 1,'64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Mch. l,'6o
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 8, '62
July 18, '62
Aug. 18, '6"
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
May 28, '64
Mch. 1,'65
Mch. 4, '64
Dec. 30, '63 1
Feb. 23, '64!
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 20, '64
Aug. 15, '62
May 22, '63
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 1,'62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 27, '64
July 2, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Aug. 15 '62
June 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 11, '62
June 14, '62
July 17, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 15, '62
June 25 '62
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 27, '64
May 28, '64
July 30, '61
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '6r
Aug. 8, '62
June 16, '62
Aug. 18, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug'."l9,';65
Aug. 19, '65
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Aug. 19, '65

May 11, '65

May 10, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug.* 19,' ''65

Aug'."lV65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
July 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
May 18, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug.' 19,' '65
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May 10, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
June 15, '65

June 20, '65
May 28, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
June 15, '65

REMARKS.

Enrolled Aug. 20, '62; resigned Feb. 10, '63.
Enrolled Aug. 20, '62; 1st Lieutenant Oct. 4, '62.

Enrolled Aug. 20, '62; 2d Lieutenant Oct. 4, '62; res. Jan. 15, '65.
1st Serg. Oct. 4,'62; 2d Lt.Feb.10,'63; Capt.24th U.S.C.I. Mch.9,'65.

Serg. Oct. 4, '62; com. 1st Lieutenant, but not mustered as such.

Discharged for disability Oct. 7, '64.

Dis. on habeas corpus Mch. 30, '63; consent of parents forged.

Discharged for disability March 31, 1863.

Corp., Sergeant; com. 2d Lieutenant, but not mustered as such.

Discharged for disability Oct. 7, '64.
Discharged for disability Oct. 7, '64.
Died Oct. 11, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.

Corporal; transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Died Sept. 6, '64, at Helena, Ark.
Died Sept. 3, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Per order.

Absent on discharge of regiment.
Absent on discharge of regiment.
Per order.
Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Per order.

Corporal; pro. 2d Lieut, in the 72d U. S. Coi. Inf. July 2, '64.
Discharged for disability April 22, '63.

Per order.
Per order.

Discharged for disability April 22, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability June 12, '65.

Per order.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Discharged for disability Nov. 7, '63.

Died Oct. 4, '64, at Jefferson Barracks.
Discharged July lt'65.

Discharged for disability March 24, '63.

Deserted June 3, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Deserted Aug. 18, '64, at Fort Snelling.
Corporal; discharged per order May 18, '65.
Discharged for disability March 2, '64.
Corporal; discharged per order June 20, '65.
Deserted March 15, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.
Discharged for disability March 17, '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant.

Deserted March 16, '63, at Fort Snelling.

344

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ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

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e

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

21

Aug 15 '69

Aug 19 '65

Olson'Hans P

40

Aug 19 '65

Oliver, Wm. H

42

Aug i* 'e9

Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov 20 '63

Parker, Theodore E

31

July 18, '62

Sergeant; discharged for disability March 31, 63.

Parsons, Alfred

22

Mch 14 '64

Aug 19 '65

Peterson, John W
Peterson, John

27
24

Aug.' is| '62
Au<* 18 '6'7

Aug. 19, '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Pike Win. L

34

Aug 8* '62

Aug 19 '65

Plato, Menzo

29

Aug 18* '62

Discharged for disability June 15 '65

Pryor, Wm

'21

Aug 19 '65

Reed, Geo. L

38

Aug 13 '69

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps

Reynolds Giles L.

30

Aug 27* '64

Aug 19 '65

Ridgely, David H

99

Mch.27J '64

Discharged for disability June 25, '65.

Roseman, Rudolph
Rukke.S. C

20
20

Mch. 15, '64
Aug 14 '64

Aug. 19, '65

Died Dec. 9 '64 at St. Loui" Mo.

Scott, Asa

45

Aug 6 '6'7

Aug 19 '65

Schneider. Mathew
Seman, Milton R

35
°1

Feb. 20,' '64
Aug. 9 '62

Aug! 19,' '65

Discharged Aug. 1, '65, at St. Paul.

Shellenburger, Wesley
Shalin, John

21
26

Aug. 16, '62
Aug 18 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Smith, Martin B

21

June 14* '62

Discharged for disability Dec. 27, '64.

Soren Ole S . .

19

Aug 15 '6^

Aug 19 '65

Stevens, Lewis

SO

Aug. 11* '6°

Discharged for disability March 31, '63.

Stone, Wm. H

21

Feb °6 '64

Aug 19 '65

Summers, Jonathan

21

Aug. 18* '62

Aug. 19* '65

Sweeney, Wm

18

Feb 24 '64

Aug 19 '64

Thornton, Frank N

97

Aug. 18 '62

Sergeant; discharged for promotion in J8th U. S. Colored Inf.

Thing, David O

99

June 30 '69

Promoted Corporal' discharged June 29 '65.

Trulson, Tufue

37

Aug. 18, '62

Discharged for disability Nov. 6, '63.

Turpenning, Solomon

9S

Aug 15 '62

Discharged for disability March 31, '63.

Van Valkenburg, W

?fi

Aug. 18, '62

Corporal; transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Wagner, Samuel T

18

Aug. 8 '62

Aug. 19 '65

Wagner, John H

*>fi

Aug 14 '6?

Aug 19 '65

Walters Henry

21

Feb 19 '64

Aug 19 '65

Promoted Sergeant

Whitney, Douglas

?7

Aug 6 '69

Died June 19 '65 at Memphis Tenn.

Williams, John

??

Aug. 14, '62

Died Sept. 2, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Williams, Griffith S

21

Jan. 20 '64

Aug 19 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Wigley Charles

34

July 23 '64

Discharged per order May 15 T>5

Wombocker, Geo

*>fi

Feb. 22, '64

Aug. 19 '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

a
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Win. H. Woodward
W W Braden

53
25

21
28

38
J9
21
50
35
37
29
50
30
27
21
40
21
37
36
33
39
37
21
40
27
31
21
38
21
55

Oct. 10, '62
Feb. 28, '63

Feb. 28, '63
Feb. 28, '63

Aug. 15, '62
Jan. 28, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Oct. 10, '62
Jan. 16, '64
Aug 9 'fi9

Enrolled Aug. 19, '62; resigned Jan. 5, '63.
Enrolled Aug. 22, '62; 1st Lieutenant Oct. 10, '62; promoted
Captain Jan. 5, '63.
Enrolled Aug. 22, '62; 2d Lieutenant Oct. 10, '62; promoted 1st
Lieutenant Jan. 5, '63.
Wagoner Oct. 10, '62; promoted 2d Lieutenant.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Aug. 1, '63. ,

Discharged for disability Feb. 3, '65.

Died Sept. 14, '64.
Per order.
Discharged for diBability Feb. 10, '63; Corporal.
Corporal.
Promoted Adjutant Tenth Minnesota Infantry Oct. 2, '62.
Corporal.
Discharged for disability Oct. 17, '64.

Discharged for disability Aug. 15, '64; 1st Sergeant.
Sergeant.

Died Sept. 25, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Deserted Sept. 8, '62, at Fort Snelling, Minn.

Died June 6, '65, at New Orleans, La.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.

At New York City.
Discharged for disabilitv Dec. 31 '61

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

First Lieutenant —
Henry S Bassett

Second Lieutenant —
Charles L. Gale

ENLISTED MEN.

Andrew William

Anderson Peter

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Atkins David

Backhoff John

Aug. 19, '65

Berger Peter

Aug. 16, '62
July 26, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
July 16, '62
July 16, '62
Dec. 19, '63
July 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Dec. 29, '63
Dec. 29, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Feb. 10, '64
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
July 16 '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 17. '62

May 18, '65

Bottom John

Aug. 19, '65

Braden James C .. .

Bursum Ole O

Aug. 19, '65

Carlin James

Carr Wm J O

Aug. 19, '65

"Au'g.'iV65
Aug. 19, '65

Churchill, Lorenzo D
Chapman Charles . .

Closson Amos P

Cooper Chas D

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Conklin, George

Cooney John

Crowell Robert

Aug. 19, '65

Curry Joseph

Danchy, Alexander
Dennison, Myron W
Dignen Michael .

Aug. 19, '65
May 24, '65

Douglas. Robert....,

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

345

NAMES.

Downing, James

Drury, Wm

Drury, Geo...,

Drury, Alfred..,

Dugan, Patrick

Fair, John

Fairbanks, Robert

Fish, Nicholas

Franklin, James

Freer, Richard W

Gerry, Daniel P

Givitts, George

Gould, Carlos P

Gould, Oramel

Gunn, John

Haskins, Alfred.

Hannahs, Nathan

Hastenson, Fabian

Halverson, Holmer

Hgenstein, Carl

Hantwell, Norman

Hanson, Daniel

Heschler, Jacob

Holmes, Griffin

Keeler, Edward A

Kitzinger, Philip

Kiug, Edward

Lantzanhizer, John

Lee, Thomas

Lillise, Andrew

London, Alonzo

Logan, Wm

Long, Lionel C

Lang, Abraham

Massey, Charles E

Manders, Michael

Mathias, John

Maddocks, Francis

McMann, John

McDonnell, Michael....,

McDonnell, James

McKisson, David

McPherson, Joseph

McLean, John J

McMurphy, Cvrus N

Miller, David C

Miller, Martin

Miller, Theodore D

Miller, Nicholas

Morey, Edwin

Newberry, Albert

Newbury, James

Neal, James

Offley, John S

Oleson, Oren J

Ostrander, James.

Pennock, Henry

Philips, Ross

Philips.Wm.

Purcell, Michael

Pulford Wm

Ransdell, John S

Rhodes, Edwin

Riddle, Samuel

Rooster, Matthias

Roberts, Lemuel J

Selmers, Wilhelm

Selfridge, Harrison H.
Selfridge, Horatio H....

Shelby, John C

Shultz, Frederick W...

Sissou, RollandR

Smith, John C

Smith, Leland P

Sprague, Oliver P

Spencer, Wm

Sroof, Geo. W

Stewart, Wm. J

Straw, Calvin S

Stevens, Sherburne W.
Tinklepaugh, Albert...

Thomas, George

Tyler, Joseph H

Utley, Jonathan C

Wellington, John

Wentworth. David....

MUSTERED j MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

Jan. 5, '64
Feb. 26, '64!
July 25, '64
July 31, '62
Aug. 16, '62
July 26, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 16, '62
July 16, '62
Dec. 14, '63
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 16, '62
July 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 19, '62
July 16, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Feb. 1,'64
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 10, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Mch. 6, '65
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Oct. 25, '63
Feb. 10, '64
Jan. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
July 16, '62
July 26, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Jan. 5, '63
Dec. 30, '63
July 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 4, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 12, '63
Feb. 26, '63
July 16, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 1, '63
July 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Jan. 15, '
Aug. 15, '62
Jan. 6 '64
Aug. 13, '62
July 16, '62!
Aug. 14, '62'
Aug. 14, '62
Jan. 4, '64
Jan. 16, '64
July 31, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Oct. 1, '63
Feb. 1,'64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
July 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
July 31, '62
July 21, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 1, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 17, '62

Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 26, '64
July 16, '62
Jan. 5, '
Feb. 26, '63
July 16, '62
Dec. 4. '63

Aug. 19, '65
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Aug. 19, '65
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Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 10, '65
May 18, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug-. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

REMARKS.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Discharged for disability May 18, '65.

Corporal.

Died Nov. 1, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Corporal; died Jan. 16, '65, at St. Louis.
Promoted Sergeant.
Discharged per order.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Promoted 1st Sergeant.

Corporal; discharged for disability March 30, '65.
Deserted Jan. 20, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Discharged for disability Feb. 16, '64.

Died Oct. 9, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Promoted Corporal.

Died July 15, '64, at Helena, Ark.

Transf. to V. R. C. Jan. 7, '65; pro. Capt. U. S. C. T. Feb. 7, '66.

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant; died Sept. 13, '63.

Musician.

Died Jan. 27, '65, at Keokuk, Iowa.

Died Dec. 16, '62, at Fort Snelling, Minn.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Oct. 7, '64.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability June 12, 65.

Discharged July 3, '65, at St. Paul.

Died Feb. 11, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Wounded at Birch Coolie.

Wagoner; per order.

Died Aug. 30, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Died Jan. 29, '65, at Keokuk, Iowa.

Sergeant; discharged for disability June 12, '65.

Discharged for disability Aug. 15, '64.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Infantry March 17, '64.

Killed in engagement with Sioux Indians near Missouri River.

Musician; discharged for disability Feb. 3, '65.

Discharged for disability Sept. 26, 63.
Discharged May 30, '65, at Davenport, Iowa.

Corporal.
Per order.

Discharged for disability Feb. 10, '63.
Deserted Jan. 20, '63, at Fort Snelling, Minn.
Discharged for disability April, '63.

Deserted May 25, '64, at St. Paul, Minn.

Bugler.

Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant Oct. 10, '64.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1,

Discharged for disability Jan. 27, '63.
Musician.

Promoted Corporal.

Drummed out of service by sentence of general court martial,

for desertion.
Discharged July 5, '65, at St. Paul

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 21, '65.

Transferred to Company F June 12, '64.

Died Feb. 13, '64, at Lenora, Minn.

Died Sept. 16, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

346

THE SIXTH KEGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

NAMES.

o

•4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Wentworth, John H

19

Dec. 4. '63

Died Jan. 5, '65 at Fort Snelling Minn

West Charles J

21

Feb 26 '64

Aug 19 '65

WJiitelow, John
Wisel, Ezra

31
21

Aug. 15.' '62
Aug 15 '6°

Aug! 19, '65

Died Nov 18 '64 at Prairie du Chieu

Wier, Wai. T

1S

July 16* '69

Died July 30* '64* at Helena Ark

Wiggins, David W

91

July 21 '6°

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1 '63

Wright, Alvah

04

\ug 15 '69

Aug 19 '65

NARRATIVE OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.

COMPILED, UNDER DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION, FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS AND
INFORMATldN FURNISHED BY SERGEANT JAMES T. RAMER AND OTHERS.

The Seventh Eegiinent Minnesota Volunteers came of that fervent patriotism
which responded —

We are coming, Father Abraham,
Six hundred thousand more,

to the call of President Lincoln after the failure of McClellan's army before
Eichmond in July, 1862. Minnesota, from its meager population, had, the first
year of the war, furnished five infantry regiments, three cavalry companies and
two batteries. It seemed as if the last man who could had volunteered; yet in
one month, August, 1862, five full infantry regiments were enlisted. Of these
the Seventh was the second organized. How it was done shall be told by the
men themselves in the following accounts of recruiting the companies.

Of the enlistment of Company D of Winona county, Captain Norman Buck
says: "The call of President Lincoln came to these men in the midst of harvest
— they left the field or the workshop to enlist. Eolla Banks, a merchant and
farmer living in the town of Pleasant Hill, Winona county, having the respect
and confidence of his neighbors, enlisted a large part of the company from the
young men of his section. Norman Buck, a lawyer just graduated from the
Albany Law School, and deputy register of deeds of Winona county, held meet
ings at St. Charles, in the northwestern part of the county, and enlisted about
one-third of the company from there. Zebulon W. Marsh, who had been a sol
dier in one of the earlier regiments, lived at Saratoga, in the western part of the
county. He gathered about him the young men of that section which completed
the company. The excitement was at fever heat; at a public meeting in St.
Charles the church was crowded; at the close of the speeches opportunity for
enlistment was given. Sisters held to their brothers, dreading to have them leave
their sides. Mothers and wives, without fortitude to see the sacrifice, yet will
ing to make it, bowed their heads and covered their eyes as sons and husbands
walked forward to give their names. The next morning, by agreement, wagon-
loads of young men fell into line along the road, and took their way to Winona.
About forty or fifty met at Paris' tavern, twelve miles from Winona, and took
dinner, after which, with patriotic songs and jokes and laughter, which was not
all real, they came to the city and duly enlisted. The company at once went to
Fort Snelling to be mustered in. Eolla Banks, who had seen service in the
Mexican War, was elected captain, Norman Buck first lieutenant, and Zebulon
W. Marsh second lieutenant. When enlisted the men were promised that after
the company was mustered in they could return home for ten days to arrange
business for the long absence coming. They left home with this expectation.
But the riluster-in had hardly taken place when news came to the fort of the
Sioux outbreak of August 18th, and the company was ordered to Fort Aber-
crombie, three hundred miles away."

J. T. Earner of Company B relates that on August 12th he and five others at
TJtica, Winona county, enrolled their names with James H. McFarland, agreeing
to report at Winona when called. On the 14th they were notified to do so.
He says: "I was raking grain off a four-horse McCormick reaper in my father's
wheat field. I stepped off, telling my brother Charles to take the rake, for I was
going to enlist; others joined, making eight that left the harvest field to vol
unteer. We started for Winona about eleven o'clock, getting there at three,

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and at once enlisted with Dr. S. B. Sheardown, who had a recruiting commis
sion. My name was sixty-third on the list. By nine next day over one hundred
had enrolled, and at eleven o'clock Sheardown, with ninety-seven men, started
by boat for Fort Snelling; the others were turned over to Captain Banks for
Company D. We got to St. Paul at six next morning and marched to the state
capitol, where the company was organized by electing John Curtis, a merchant
of Winona, captain, Albert H. Stevens first, and Archibald A. Eice second,
lieutenant; the two latter had been clerks in Winona. We took boat again, and
reached the fort at 11 A. M. We then had our first meal of army rations —
hard bread, salt pork, black coffee, tin plates, etc. Most of the company had
lived well, a few luxuriously. It made some of the more delicate ones look
homesick. But later experiences made this fare comparatively luxurious."

Captain W. H. Thomas relates that Company C was enlisted from the coun
ties of Chisago and Washington. Fifty-nine were from Taylor's Falls, sixteen
from Marine, thirteen from Afton, seven from Lakeland and three from Still-
water. The enlistment commenced on the 8th of August, 1862, and on the
17th, only nine days, ninety-eight men went into camp at Fort Snelling. On
the 23d of August the company was organized by electing Wm. H. Burt cap
tain, Carpenter A. Winslow first lieutenant, and Frank H. Pratt second lieu
tenant.

Of the incidents of the raising of Company C, N. M. Chase, corporal (after
ward captain in Sixty eighth United States Colored Infantry), gives this sketch:
"On Saturday, August 9th, W. H. Thomas of Afton, Washington county, went
to Stillwater and enlisted with W. H. Burt, who had a second lieutenant's re
cruiting commission. He brought word back that Burt would be down the
next Sunday to hold a war meeting. It was held about a mile above the vil
lage, in the open air, at the intersection of roads near Bolles Creek. Quite a
large gathering was there. Speeches were made from a wagon. At the conclusion
men were called to come forward and enlist; I put my name down and nine
others followed me. Another meeting was held at Lakeland, when Howard
Oliver, known afterward as our tall sergeant, put his name down. His father,
a very old man, made us a brief speech, in which he said: 'This is my sixth son
to go into the army, and if I was a little younger I would go to.' That old man,
tottering on the brink of the grave, giving up his sixth and last boy (his baby),
wishing only that he was young enough to go, made the most eloquent speech
I ever heard."

Omer H. Case says: " Company E was recruited in August, 1862, by Josiah
F. Marsh of Preston, Fillmore county. He was elected captain of the company
at Fort Snelling, Sept. 1, and promoted lieutenant colonel of the Ninth Eegi-
ment Sept. 25, 1862, when T. G. Hall was promoted captain, Lewis Hardy first
lieutenant, and Alexander Wight second lieutenant. Aaron H. H. Dayton
was the first man to enlist at a war meeting at Preston in the early part of
August. War meetings were held in other towns; men left their reapers in the
fields, their grain uncut, their stacks half built, and came pouring into Preston,
with bands of music and banners flying, to listen to patriotic speeches by such
men as the late Chief Justice C. G. Eipley and Hon. E. A. Jones. No man can con
vey to written page the exalted feelings that actuated the men who responded to
that call. I have seen the men since then when ready to go into battle, — notedly
when we first invested Spanish Fort, and the order came to lay aside. all things
except cartridge box and canteen and prepare for a charge, — when the same ex
pression came over their faces that I had seen in the fervor of enlistment days.
An artist can paint a battle, or part of one, but he cannot put upon canvas the
exaltation of spirit that animates the true soldier any more than he can the
shriek of a shell or the whiz of a bullet."

Daniel Densmore of Company G of Eed Wing says: "Amid the rush of en
listment in August, 1862, W. C. Williston, Herman Betcher and Daniel Dens-
more, upon consultation, decided to raise a company. Captain Williston threw
open his law office for the purpose, N. S Olstrom, who held a recruiting com
mission, was engaged to do the swearing in. Enlistment proceeded rapidly; en-

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thusiastic men were out among their acquaintances hurrying in their squads, and
in five days, August 12th to 17th, the complement was secured and started by
boat for Fort Snelling, reaching there and being placed in camp on the 18th. On
the 20th the culling out by surgical examination under Dr. Potts left the com
pany wanting in men just enough to skip it over the much-coveted first letters
of the regimental alphabet. (To-day the boys would have it no other letter than
G — old Company G.) Following the examination Captain Betcher was commis
sioned as first lieutenant. The men were furloughed and went home to finish
harvest. The 26th of August found the men hurriedly recalled to Fort Snelling
by the Indian massacre; and with them were enough recruits to fill the com
pany. Capt. Williston and Second Lieutenant Densniore thereupon received
their commissions. It was a hurried and half-accoutered crowd that, as Company
G of the Seventh Minnesota Infantry, started for Fort Ridgley."

Charles Bonarth of Company H says: "That company was composed of sixty-
one men enlisted by Adam Buck, Jr., from the farmer youths of Sibley county,
and the remainder by James Gilfillan from Ramsey county. Before August 22d,
the day appointed to unite these in one company at Fort Snelling, the Indian
War broke out. The Sibley county contingent at once, without clothing or arms
except as they supplied themselves, rallied under Lieutenant Buck and marched
to St. Peter, where with others from Le Sueur and St. Peter they started, under
Captain E. St. Julien Cox, to the relief of New Ulm, arriving on that fatal
Sunday, August 24th, when evacuation of the town was decided on as the only
safety for its exhausted inhabitants. Lieutenant Buck's command was part of
the guard that conducted the 1,500 refugees to Mankato, there being one hundred
and fifty-three wagons of women, children and sick. From Maukato they
marched to Fort Snelling, arriving there September 1st, where the Ramsey
county contingent had been since August 25th. The company was organized by
electing James Gilfillan captain, Adam Buck, Jr., first lieutenant and S. Lee
Davis of St. Paul second lieutenant. That night the company took boat to
Shakopee and thence marched to Fort Ridgley, where it joined other companies
of the Seventh Regiment under Lieut. Col. Marshall."

Captain T. G. Carter relates of Company K: u That on the evening of Aug.
13, 1862, a war meeting was held at Cleveland, Le Sueur county, at which
between sixty and seventy men publicly agreed to enter an organization to be
called the Cleveland Guards. There had been, previous to this, efforts to enlist
a company made by Adam Buck, Jr., Geo. J. Virtue, George Edwards, F. A.
Bohrer, John N. Hess, and others; this meeting was the result, embracing men
from the towns of Cleveland, Cordova, Waterville, Elysian and Kasota. It was
agreed that Francis Burke should be captain, as he had bad experience in com
pany drill in Baltimore. The company was to start for Fort Snelling August
15th to be mustered in, and to get furloughed to secure their crops, then partly
harvested. The same night, and after the meeting, Daniel E. Williams and
Nathan S. Carter, two of the company, went to St. Peter and about two o'clock
in the morning called up Theodore G. Carter, brother of the latter, and told him
what had taken place and that he must join their company, the three having
agreed before to go together. He was clerk in Edgerton & Donahower's bank; re
signing his position he hastily prepared to join the company. The next day, the
15th, he met the company at Le Sueur, where the patriotic ladies had provided them
a good dinner in the Baptist church. The night was passed at Farnam's Hotel
below Belle Plaine. At Shakopee they took boat, arriving at Fort Snelling next
day, when the company was organized by the election of Francis Burke captain,
T. G. Carter first, and Felix A. Bohrer second, lieutenant."

Captain J. E. West says: "Company I was enlisted at St. Cloud, Stearns
county, by Asa Libby, James M. McKeivey, Geo. V. Mayhew and Josiah E.
West. Enlisting commenced Aug. 15, 1862, and in less than a week there were
eighty-eight young and vigorous men enrolled, only four of the number being
over thirty-five years of age; sixty-eight were native-born citizens. The men were
residents of Stearns, Benton, Sherburne and Todd counties. Just as the com
pany was ready to start for Fort Snelling to be mustered in, expecting to go

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South, news of the terrible Sioux. massacre was received; many of the men had
families exposed on the frontier, yet they hurried to Fort Snelling, arriving
there at noon of a cold rainy day; they were hastily examined and armed with
Springfield muskets (which they carried through the war), and supplied with
only two rounds of ammunition each. Clothing and blankets could not be had.
At dark orders were received for the company to make a forced march to Fort
Eipley, one hundred and thirty miles north, where the Chippewa chief Hole-in-
the-Day was gathering his braves for war. They left the fort that night and
marched to Minneapolis. Owing to the absence of the officers that were to be
commissioned Sergeant J. E. West was put in command."

Lieutenant L. W. Collins of Company F says: "That company was enlisted at
Hastings by John Kennedy, T. R. Huddleston and myself assisting. Kennedy
had a commission to recruit for the Sixth Regiment, but on reaching Fort Snell
ing with his men was crowded out of that organization, and on the 22d of
August, very fortunately I think, the company was assigned to the Seventh.
Our men were nearly all from Dakota county, a few from across the river in
Washington. Captain Kennedy spent about five hundred dollars in raising the
company and getting it to Fort Snelling. He never asked or received pay for
this, always refusing to make any claim for it, although often urged to do so."

Sergeant Ramer, whose account of the recruiting of Company B has already
been given, ending with its arrival at Fort Snelling August 16th, continues his
narrative as follows:

Sunday morning, the 17th, we were examined by the surgeon and sworn in as Company Br
Seventh Regiment. On the 19th news came of the Sioux outbreak with all its horrors. Some
companies of the Sixth Regiment started for Fort Kidgley this afternoon, and eighty of Company B of
the Seventh were furloughed, as promised, for nine days to go home to save their crops. They
arrived home on the 20th. On the 21st orders hurriedly came to report at Fort Snelling soon as
possible. August 24th took steamboat to Fort Snelling, arriving the evening of the 25th. Re
ceived orders the 26th to be ready to march at a moment's notice; in the afternoon received our
uniform and guns and equipment. It was hard for son»e of the men to get a fit of clothing; the
small men could not find clothes small enough, nor the large men large enough. I had to take a-
coat much too small which gave amusement to the boys. August 27th we received marching
orders, and at six o'clock all of the Seventh Regiment then at the fort — Companies A, B, F and
G — started by boat and arrived at Shakopee next morning. We got our breakfast and received
sixteen rounds of ammunition, and at three o'clock started for Fort Ridgley with Captain Cutler
of Company A in command. Adjutant J. K. Arnold was with us. We marched ten miles and
camped for the night. This being our first experience at pitching tents we made awkward work.
September 2d, when about five miles from Fort Ridgley, Lieutenant Colonel Wm. R. Marshall met
us, the first field officer of our regiment we had seen. He was with the volunteer party under
McPhail that first relieved the fort a week before. He conducted us to the fort, where we arrived
about four o'clock. Tents were already pitched for us. We began to get dinner, or rather supperr
having eaten our last rations that morning, but soon received orders to be ready to march to rein
force McPhail, who had gone to relieve Grant's company and others whom the Indians had sur
rounded at Birch Coolie. At six o'clock we were in line, and two pieces of hard bisad issued to
each man. It was a light supper after marching twenty-two miles, and having to march sixteen
more, and that in the night. Wagons were provided for as many as possible. At ten minutes
after six o'clock we were with General Sibley's whole force on the way to Birch Coolie. We ar
rived about midnight within two miles of Grant's camp, where, with McPhail's command, we lay
on our arms. We were called into line at daylight, and without any breakfast; the skirmish line
was thrown out and the advance began. The Indians opened fire upon us, but at long range.
Shells from a howitzer were thrown among them; we steadily advanced and they retreated down
the coolie to the Minnesota River. Without casualties, we reached Grant's camp about ten o'clock.
It was a sorrowful scene; some of the survivors tried to cheer, others only shed silent tears; some
begged for water and others for something to eat. They had been besieged and had fought thirty-
six hours without water and having but little to eat. The tents and wagons were riddled with
bullets. In looking over the camp we found thirteen dead soldiers and thirty-nine wounded, many
of whom died. Ninety horses lay dead at the picket rope, one only still standing, but he was
wounded; a colt was standing near its dead mother. The wounded and exhausted men were made
as comfortable as possible. We of Company B, half famished, got flour and salt pork from Cap
tain Grant. We fried the pork and made cake of flour and water, and fried them in the pork fat;
these, with coifee, constituted our first meal since the morning of the day before. We buried the
dead, and with the wounded in wagons reached the fort about midnight; we lay down to sleep
without anything to eat, tired out, having marched in two days fifty-four miles, almost without
rest. September 4th we received full rations and got rested. Two of the wounded died on the
way to the fort, and on the 5th two more. There were a great many very narrow escapes in Grant's
camp during the fighting. Among them was a German woman, found by Grant's party; she had

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been wounded two weeks before, and had been in hiding since that time; they made her as comforta
ble as possible in a wagon by herself. She lay there during all the fighting unhurt, although many
bullets struck the wagon.

On the morning of the 7th an Indian came in with a flag of truce, bringing a message from
Little Crow to General Sibley, who had left a note stuck up at Birch Coolie for Little Crow, if he
had anything to say to send a flag of truce. The troops were all ordered out on parade, probably
to show Little Crow's messenger how many soldiers the general had. From the 8th to the 18th
there was nothing of special interest except drilling and foraging. I was sent out foraging several
times, having two teams and a detail of men; we went to get supplies for the camp, such as potatoes,
turnips, etc. There was also a detachment sent out to run a threshing machine on the deserted farms.
The settlers had left their grain in the shock, and this detachment was in charge of a citizen named
Spafford, who attended to threshing and measuring the grain, so that each owner could get pay for
his grain. On the 18th, having received marching orders, we crossed the Minnesota River near the
fort and camped on the south side at a lake. There were five companies of the Seventh together
now, A, B, F, G and H. On the 19th the rest of the command crossed, consisting of most of the
Sixth Regiment, a detachment of the Third Regiment, the company called Renville Rangers, and
one company of the Fifth Regiment and some citizen mounted men.

September 20th we started up the south side of the Minnesota River in pursuit of the Indians.
We found and buried the bodies of one white man and two Indians; we saw several Indians during
the day, but at a long distance. During the night there were some buildings burned by Indians a
mile from camp, toward the river.

Sunday, September 21st, we marched about sixteen miles, passed the ruins of Redwood Agency
and crossed the Redwood River soon after noon. We found and buried the body of George Gleason,
a prominent man about the agencies. Other- Day, a noted friendly Indian, who had conducted to
safety a large number of refugees, now with the command as scout, had tied his horse to a tree in
the edge of the woods near a deserted house which he entered. On hearing a noise he ran out just
in time to see two Indians on his horse, racing across the valley beyond rifle-shot. Other-Day
looked crest-fallen, but said, ' ' Never mind, I will make that up the first chance, ' ' and he did at Wood
Lake. «*..

September 22d we marched about fifteen miles and camped just south of a small stream flowing
from Wood Lake, about three miles from Yellow Medicine River. The column was hindered by bridges
being burned across some of the ravines; it seemed very quiet all day. September 23d reveill^ was
sounded at four o'clock in order to march early and to be ready for any emergency. While theSeventh
were eating breakfast some of the Third Regiment boys started ahead with a wagon in order to
forage; they were camped in the advance ani went without order. When half a mile from camp
the Indians attacked them and came near gobbling them up. The rest of the Third rushed out
and got their comrades back to camp, but not all of them; three were killed and many wounded.
The fight became hot on that side, the Renville Rangers joining the Third. Soon the Indians
opened fire from the ravine on the north side of the camp. We, the Seventh Regiment, were
deployed toward this ravine. We advanced steadily, keeping close to the ground, and made a
charge on the double-quick that cleared the ravine and ended the battle. The firing was heavy
for a short time; many of the Indians escaped down the ravine to our right. When the firing had
about ceased a few Indians were discovered still in the tall grass in the ravine; a few shots started
them out on the run, one trying to carry off another, but he was soon shot down and both were found
dead. One Indian started to run up a small ravine leading out from the main ravine on the op
posite side from us. There was a storm of bullets sent after him; he was hit and fell several times,
but ran to near the high ground before he finally fell. I fired two shots at him and was about
the first to get to him; he was still alive and had a fierce look, but soon gasped his last. He had
nothing on but his breech-clout and a powder horn strung over his shoulder; he had dropped his
gun. We found that he had been pierced with seventeen balls, nine of which were in his body or
had passed through. We found and buried fifteen Indians; one, wounded, was taken who died in a
few days. The loss to the command was four killed and about thirty wounded. One of the killed
was Charles E. Frink of Company A, Seventh Regiment; the others killed were from the Third
Regiment; among the wounded were Sergeant C. C. Chapman and Private Charles Billings of
Company B of the Seventh; Chapman was wounded in the wrist and Billings in the thigh.

Other-Day was about the first out to the front and in the thickest of the fight. He made good
his word that he would get even for the loss of his horse, for he captured two. At one time he
was so far out among the Indians, and partly dressed like them, that the soldiers fired at him and
would have killed him but that some of the officers recognized him by a white handkerchief tied
around his head. A man of our company — I think Dan Dana — captured a pony, with saddle and
bridle. He gave it to Captain Curtis, who rode it the rest of the campaign, being out of health.
Next day, the 24th, we remained in camp to send back the wounded, etc. The 25th we were on
the march early and crossed the Yellow Medicine. It was in a deep, narrow, wooded valley with
high bluffs, the best place imaginable for an ambush. I cannot see why the Indians did not wait
and attack us here instead of in camp.

Lieutenant Colonel Marshall's brief report of the battle of Wood Lake of
September 23d says: " Immediately after the first alarm was given the men
were formed on company grounds to await orders. These soon came and the
battalion marched to the support of the gun (six-pounder) served by Captain

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Hendricks, on the right or north side of camp. Captain Gilfillan, with Com
pany H of the Seventh, was on guard. He was ordered to place half his men
in the rifle-pits (dug for the protection of camp), and to advance the others as
skirmishers on the extreme right of my line. I lengthened my line to the right
of the gun, and somewhat in advance, facing the ravine occupied by the In
dians. Gradually advancing the line, the men keeping close to the ground and
firing as they crawled forward, I gained a good position from which to charge
the Indians. Here we were joined by Captain Grant's company of the Sixth
Eegiment, and charged, successfully dislodging the Indians. Leaving two com
panies with the gun I pursued with the rest beyond the ravine until recalled by
your order. The following are the casualties in my command: Private Charles
Frink, Company *A, killed; Sergeant C. C. Chapman, Company B, wounded by
gunshot in the wrist; Private Charles Billings, Company B, wounded by gun
shot in the thigh; Private John Ober, Company G, bruised in foot by a spent
ball.

4 ' Shortly after our return to camp we were ordered out to prevent the Indians
recovering the bodies of their dead in the ravine. With Captain Hendrick's
gun again advanced to the edgeof the ravine, we gathered up six bodies, which,
with what I brought in before, made seven of the enemy's dead brought in by
my command. All, both officers and men, behaved admirably; commands were
promptly obeyed ; not a man flinched under fire. Captain Hendricks and men
under my immediate notice, if not strictly under my command, behaved hand
somely."1

Extract from General Sibley's report of the battle of Wood Lake, dated
Sept. 23, 1862:

Meantime another portion of the Indian force passed down a ravine with a view to outflank
the Third Regiment, and I ordered Lieutenant Colonel Marshall with five companies of the Seventh
Regiment, who was ably seconded by Major Bradley, to advance to its support with one six-
pounder, under the command of Captain Hendricks, and I also ordered two companies of the Sixth
Regiment to reinforce him. Lieutenant Colonel Marshall advanced at a double-quick, amid a
shower of balls from the enemy, which, fortunately, did little damage to his command, and after a
few volleys he led his men to a charge and cleared the ravine of the savages.

Eesuming the narrative of Sergeant Earner, he says:

We passed the tipper or Yellow Medicine Agency. Indians had burned all the government
buildings. September 26th, on our march, we passed a deserted village said to be Red Iron's, and
came in sight of the great friendly Indian camp of 2,000 or more, where the captives were. It was
about a half mile south of the Minnesota River, on high prairie opposite the mouth of the Chippe-
wa River. The command passed to the north of the Indian camp, and went into camp between it
and the river. This was Canip Release. General Sibley went with an escort and received the
white captives. The hostiles under Little Crow, after the battle of Wood Lake, fled west. October
27th the released captives were sent to Fort Ridgley with an escort. While here, Capt. Atchison of
Gen. Pope's staff arrived and duly mustered us into the service, as of the dates when our service
actually began. We left Fort Suelling too hurriedly for that ceremony. Here, also, we saw the
paymaster for the first time, and received one month's pay and twenty-five dollars bounty. Col.
Miller joined the regiment at Camp Release, coming from the Army of the Potomac. Lieut. Col.
Marshall was on the military commission trying three hundred or more Indians arrested in the
friendly camp, who had taken part in the outbreak. On the 13th of October Lieutenant Colonel
Marshall was put in command of a force consisting of Company B of the Seventh, Company G of
the Sixth, and a mounted detachment of the Third Regiment, to pursue a band of the hostiles who
had separated from Little Crow and were heading directly west to the Missouri River. The force
started at midnight, made a forced march of thirty-five miles that day and camped near the east
ern edge of the coteau near the Dakota boundary. On the 16th Lieutenant Colonel Marshall with
the mounted men and a mountain howitzer in a wagon left the infantry to follow, and pressed on
on the fresh trail of the savages. The two infantry companies made a weary march into the night,
hoping to camp at Lake Kampeska, but failed to reach the lake, and bivouacked without wood or
water. Next morning they got to the Big Sioux River, there a small stream with a marshy bed.
October 17th, at daylight, Lieutenant Colonel Marshall surprised and captured on the eastern slope
of the James River Valley two camps of Indians, thirty-nine warriors and over a hundred squaws
and children. The squaws were wailing a death-song most dismally, thinking their braves would
be shot. The infantry met him on his return that afternoon. Our four days' supplies were ex-

1 There were in this action Companies A, Capt. C. Cutler; B, Capt. John Curtis; F, Capt. John
Kennedy; G, Capt. W. C. Williston; and H, Capt. James Gilfillan, all of the regiment that was in
this expedition.

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hausted, but we got some flour of the Indians. Wra. Quinn and another scout, on the best horses,
were dispatched to General Sibley for supplies to meet us. They rode a hundred miles or more in
less than twenty-four hours. We met the supplies on the 20th and got back to Camp Release on
the 21st, a most dismal day, a blizzard blowing ashes and cinders from the burnt prairie that
darkened the air worse than a snowstorm, and made the men black as their Indian prisoners. We
had marched over two hundred miles in eight days and were tired enough. General Sibley was
much pleased with our success.

October 24th Camp Release was abandoned, and the entire command, with prisoners and friendly
Indians, marched for the lower agency, where we arrived the 26th and established Camp Sibley. The
trial of the prisoners proceeded, and battalion drill of the Seventh by Colonel Miller was begun.
November 7th Lieutenant Colonel Marshall was put in command of a detachment (Captain Cul
ver's company of the Fifth and Folsoni's of the Eighth) and started to conduct the 2,000 friendly
Indians to Fort Snelling. He had difficulty in protecting the Indians from the vengeance of the
whites on the way, but got through safely. He joined us at Mankato a month afterward. Com
pany A of the Seventh rejoined us at Camp Sibley, they having been detached burying the
dead about Yellow Medicine. They found a woman, almost a skeleton and half-demented, with
a little child, who escaped the massacre by hiding in the woods along the bank of the Minnesota
River; she had managed to subsist on berries and leaves, afterward venturing to deserted farms
for turnips and potatoes, which she ate raw; a nursing child, it sickened and died in the woods.
Her surviving in the cold rains and early snows, — from August 18th to October 27th, — without
shelter or fire or food, was very remarkable. November 8th the whole command, with the pris
oners shackled, in wagons, started for Mankato. On the way, at New Ulm, the citizens attacked
the train and tried to kill the prisoners, but were successfully resisted by the guards. We got
to Camp Lincoln, at the mouth of Blue Earth River, November 10th. Winter had set in, and
it was cold and dreary camping. Company K of the Seventh joined us here. November 17th
General Sibley took his departure, leaving Colonel Miller in command. Colonel Crooks, with the
Sixth Regiment, left for Fort Snelling; Company A of the Seventh went to Fairmont, and
B to Tivoli, near the Winnebago Agency. December 5th Camp Lincoln was abandoned, the
command moving into quarters in vacant buildings in Mankato. The prisoners were confined
in a log inclosure and buildings adjoining. Here, on the 26th of December, thirty-eight Indians
were hung from one gallows. They had been found guilty of massacring whites. The other
prisoners, about two hundred and sixty-six, were only in battles, at Fort Ridgley, New Ulm,
etc., and were regarded by President Lincoln as prisoners of war. They were guarded by the
Seventh Regiment till spring and then sent to Davenport, Iowa, and finally to the Sioux Reser
vation on the Missouri River.

Company E of the Seventh was stationed at Madelia, twenty miles west of Mankato, dtiring
the winter. A part of the company went twenty-five miles southwest and built a stockade on the
south branch of the Watonwan. Here, about April 15th, a small party of Indians made a raid,
killing two or three citizens and one soldier of Company E, and wounding others. Lieutenant
Colonel Marshall hastened from Mankato, and with mounted men from Fort Ridgley pursued the
Indians to Lake Shetek; but they had too much the start and got away with stolen horses. We
remained on duty at Mankato until May 30th, when we marched, under Lieutenant Colonel Mar
shall, for Camp Pope, at the mouth of Redwood River, where all the troops were to rendezvous
before starting for the hostiles at Devil's Lake, Dak. Colonel Miller took command of the District
of Minnesota at St. Paul, in place of General Sibley, who took command of the expedition. Colonel
Miller was never with the regiment again. The citizens of Mankato gave the regiment a fine en
tertainment before we left, at which speeches were made very complimentary to the Seventh Regi
ment, Colonel Miller responding. A beautiful silk flag was presented by John A. Mathews of
Winonato Company B, and by that company presented to the regiment, and borne by it through the
war. It is now among the flags at the state capitol, and can be known by the stars heavily wrought
in silk. The march to Camp Pope was uneventful, but satisfied some of the line officers that they
could not endure the long march to Dakota. Capt. Curtis of Company B resigned, greatly to the
regret of the company and of Col. Marshall, although Capt. Stevens, who succeeded him, was a good
officer; also, Capt. Cutler of Company A resigned, and Adjutant Arnold was promoted to his place.
This was an injustice to First Lieutenant Hoag, who should have succeeded Cutler (he became
captain afterward when Arnold resigned in the South). Sergeant Major Trader was promoted ad
jutant and A. J. Patch sergeant major.

June 16th the army under General Sibley moved out from Camp Pope up the south side of the
Minnesota River. We reached the head of Big Stone Lake July 26th and camped in what is now
Brown's Valley. We remained in this camp, named McLaren, until July 30th. It was so dry
that the hard bread packages were falling to pieces and had to be coopered and reloaded. Lieu
tenant Colonel Averill of the Sixth Regiment, with a detachment, went north to Fort Abercrombie.
June 30th we resumed the march toward Devil's Lake. We took wood to cook with till we should
get to the Sheyenne River, which we reached at the great bend, on the 4th of July, in time that day
to celebrate by raising a flag pole, firing a national salute, etc. We passed through a grasshopper
district south of the Sheyenne, where only the stiff straw of the marsh grass was left — all the
blades of grass eaten away. The hoppers threatened to defeat us by leaving no forage for our
mules and horses. July 9th Company D, from Fort Abercrombie, joined the Seventh Regiment
for the first time. It had been on duty there since it went from Fort Snelling in August, 1862. The
men of Companies B and D had a good hand-shake, being neighbors from Wiuona county. July
llth we br6ke camp and were on the march at four o'clock going north on east side of Sheyenne.

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July 18th we went into camp near a lake, a mile and a half southwest of Lake Jessie, with some
timber on its banks, about forty miles south of Devil's Lake. Camp Atchison, July 19th. It be
ing Sunday we had dress parade in the evening, and orders were read that a part of the expedi
tion, the men and animals not able to stand a forced march, would remain here while the rest
would press on in search of the Indians. Companies C and I of the Seventh were detailed to
remain, also men of other companies who were not able to stand a rapid march. July 20th the
organized command resumed the march in a southwesterly course and marched about twenty
miles. Soon after we camped, two or three hundred Eed Eiver half-breeds, well mounted, dashed
up, saluting by firing their guns in the air. They were on a buffalo hunt, and in two days had
killed 1,000. They told us the Indians were toward the Missouri River.

July 21st we passed the hunters' camp in the morning. We saw a white boy with them, res
cued from the hostile Sioux. We crossed the James River and camped on the west side. July
23d we traveled along the border of the Coteau Missouri all day in a northwesterly direction, and
crossed the range, which was rough and broken.

BATTLE OF BIG MOUND.

July 24th we were on the march at five o'clock; about noon it was reported that the Indians
had been seen a few miles ahead on a high hill. We moved on as if to pass to the right of the
hills, but halted when nearly opposite the highest, which we called Big Mound. By this time
many Indians could be seen on the hill; a few of our scouts had gone to meet them. The Indians
said that they did not want to fight, but to council. While we were corralling the train, about
three o'clock, they commenced action by shooting Surgeon Weiser of the Mounted Rangers. He
had gone with some of the scouts to parley with the Indians — having lived among them. The
Seventh Minnesota was ordered out, and with the cavalry charged the Indians, driving them from
the hills southward to the plains. A thunder storm came on, two heavy bolts striking the earth,
killing one cavalryman. Colonel Marshall was nearly unhorsed while making a dash with the
cavalry on some Indians. The cavalry pursued, the Seventh and Captain Edgerton's company of
the Tenth Minnesota following. We were hungry, thirsty and tired, but pressed on. The Indians
began to throw away their luggage, robes, poles, tepees, dried buffalo meat, etc. Some of the men
and Colonel Marshall ate of the dried meat. About dark Colonel Marshall sent to General Sibley
for rations, to be forwarded as soon as possible. We pushed on till about ten o'clock, when we
came to a lake with a dead buffalo in it. We lay down, tired, hungry and foot-sore. Soon after
ward Colonel McPhail with the cavalry came back and told Colonel Marshall that he had orders
from General Sibley to return to camp. We were angry and disappointed that, when so near the
Indians, we had to let them go and return to camp, twelve or fifteen miles distant. But we started
and arrived in camp about sunrise. Soon after arriving in camp we heard that George A. Brackett
and Lieutenant Freeman were missing. Three of the mounted men were reported killed, two
wounded and one missing. After breakfast we lay down to rest and sleep, it being impossible to
pursue that day, the men being so exhausted. July 25th, at ten o'clock, we broke camp and moved
about three miles to a lake on the south of the hills where we could, get better water. Sunday,
July 26th, we broke camp at five o'clock and started in pursuit of the Indians. We saw a large
amount of dried meat, robes and camp equipage along the route. A number of bodies of Indians
that had been killed on Friday, or wounded and died, were found on the trail. About twelve
o'clock we came in sight of the Indians again and went into camp near Dead Buffalo Lake, where
we had been two days before, just giving the Indians that much time to get their train away.
Soon after going into camp the Indians appeared and made a dash on some teams and men that had
gone to cut grass. The cavalry went to their aid, and the Indians retreated after a skirmish in
which some Indians were killed. One cavalryman was wounded and died next day.

July 28th we struck tents at six o'clock. Soon after starting the Indians pitched into us
again. The fight lasted about three-quarters of an hour, when they fled. The teams were
formed in lines near together, some five or six lines wide, one infantry regiment marching in
front and one on each side, forming a square. We marched this way the most of the day. Dur
ing the forenoon we overtook one young Teton Indian who had lain down to rest, and captured
him after a number of shots had been fired. July 29th we broke camp at four o'clock, crossed
Apple River, and expected to come on the Indians at tbe Missouri River, about twelve miles dis
tant. Shortly after noon we halted in the edge of woods about two miles from the river. The
Sixth Regiment was deployed as skirmishers and went through the woods to the river, the artil
lery shelling ahead of them. When they returned they reported no Indians to be seen on this
side of the river, but that they had abandoned the most of their plunder. It was fearfully hot;
two men were sunstruck and others exhausted from the heat. Toward evening we moved down
the river a few miles to Apple River. The water was only in pools and strongly alkali. Lieuten
ant Beaver of General Sibley's staff and a private of the Sixth were missing. Lieutenant Beaver
had carried a dispatch to Colonel Crooks at the river but did not return. July 30th we remained
in camp until noon, when three companies from each infantry regiment and two companies of
cavalry went up the river where we were the day before. We advanced through the woods to the
river, and destroyed the Indians' wagons and camp equipage. We found one of Burbank's stages and
harness and also a baggage wagon belonging to him. We saw a few Indians on the opposite side of the
river; we returned, deployed as skirmishers, to find Beaver. His body was found shot with arrows, and
had a part of his whiskers torn off. His horse lay near him pierced with arrows. The man of the
Sixth was also found dead and scalped. July 30th, lay in camp, buried Lieutenant Beaver and the
man of the Sixth. The weather was very warm — one hundred and ten degrees in the shade.

DEPARTURE FOR THE SOUTH. 355

The men suffered for want of good water. Orders were read at dress parade that the expedition
had accomplished its mission and would start on the return march to-morrow. (If Colonel Mar
shall could have had rations and a few more men, or even the rations alone, forwarded to him, and
he could have had the privilege of following the Indians on the 25th instead of having to return
to camp, they would never have crossed the Missouri River with their families; and a great many
of them would have been left on the prairie for their bones to bleach, like those they massacred.)
The night of July 31st the Indians fired a volley into camp, not doing serious damage. At six
o'clock, August 1st, we started on our return march toward Camp Atchison; passed the battle
ground of Big Hills on Tuesday, the 4th, and went into camp by the lake where Lieutenant
Freeman was killed; still no news of Brackett. Camped on the 5th to rest the teams. About
nine o'clock Indians were seen ahead of us, but they proved to be half-breeds bringing the mail.

August 7th we were on the march at six o'clock, and crossed the coteau. During the after
noon the scouts captured two Indians at the Hawk's Nest. Colonel Marshall started with a few
scouts to go through to St. Paul, — carrying dispatches to Gen. Pope, — leaving Major Bradley in com
mand of the Seventh. August 10th we arrived at Camp Atchison, and found those we left there
well and in good spirits. August 12th we resumed the march toward Fort Abercrombie, and
crossed the Sheyenne River on the 13th. The 14th we went into camp at a lake on the south side
of Mount Bottineau. The 20th, the inspecting officer of the regular army inspected our command
at the second crossing of the Sheyenne. The 21st, crossed Wild Rice River, arriving at Fort Aber
crombie at noon, and remained there until the 25th, when we started for Fort Snelling.

September 3d, near Sauk Centre, Gov. Ramsey met us on his way to make a treaty with the
Red Lake Chippewas. September 4th the command divided up, part going toward Fort Ridgley,
and a part of the battery and some of the cavalry went as escort for Gov. Ramsey. The Sixth and
Seventh regiments marched to Fort Snelling. We arrived there on the 9th or 10th, completing a
long and weary march of about 1,200 miles in eighty-nine days. The men stood this march re
markably well. A great many made the whole trip without once getting or trying to get a ride.
A few days later the men received a leave of absence of twenty days to go home before starting
South.

DEPARTURE FOR THE SOUTH.

Oct. 7, 1863, the Seventh Begiinent was ordered South, Lieutenant Colonel
Marshall commanding, Col. Miller remaining in command at St. Paul. "We
arrived at St. Louis, Mo. , on the llth and were quartered in Schofield Barracks
on Choteau avenue, doing guard duty, including the guarding of civil prisoners,
who were kept in McDowell's College. In January details were made to go to
Memphis, Vicksburg and other places as escort, or as guard to steamboats
carrying government stores, etc. Fifteen of us, with Lieutenant Collins of
Company F in command, were sent to Yicksburg, and started the 17th of De
cember on the steamer Fannie, loaded with government stores and about two-
hundred and fifty stragglers, being returned to their commands. We arrived at>
Yicksburg and were ordered to take thirty-two rebel prisoners (bushwhackers)
to Cairo, but when we arrived there the commander would not receive them,
and ordered us to Indianapolis. We took them to Indianapolis to Camp Morton,
where we remained one day, then returned to St. Louis, crossing the State
of Illinois on New Year's day, 1864, in a severe snowstorm. Arriving at East
St. Louis about three o'clock, we had great difficulty in crossing on the ferry
boat on account of the river being so full of ice. We got over to St. Louis about
five o'clock. The streets were deserted, no street cars were running, and snow
drifts were piled up in every direction, the wind was blowing hard and the
mercury was down to zero. We walked from the steamboat landing to our
quarters, about two miles. When General Grant was in St. Louis, on his way
to Washington to take charge of the Army of the Potomac, the regiment was
marched in review past headquarters on Fourth street, then on Washington
avenue to Fourteenth street, where we were halted near a church and stacked
arms to rest. After resuming our march Colonel Marshall walked on foot a
short distance at the head of the regiment, his orderly having taken his horse
to a grass plot to graze, and when we came in front of a large residence, a little
girl about six years old, dressed in a white, low-necked, short-sleeved dress, with
a bow of red ribbon on one shoulder and one of blue on the other, her curls
hanging down her back, carrying a small flag in each hand, came running down
the walk crying, "Hurrah for the Union !" The colonel stooped and kissed her,
which made the boys in the ranks cheer lustily.

Lieutenant Colonel Marshall was promoted to colonel soon after coming to
St. Louis, Colonel Miller having been made brigadier general. Major Bradley

356 THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.

became lieutenant colonel, and Captain Burt of Company C, major. The regi
ment remained here until the 20th day of April, 1864, when it embarked on
the steamer Bob Roy for Paducah, Ky., where we arrived a day or two after,
and went into camp west of the city, near the fort occupied by colored troops.
This was soon after the fort had been attacked by Forrest's command. The ne
groes had fought bravely, successfully repelling assaults. It was reported that
there was a force of rebels near Paducah; the pickets were doubled and about
midnight of the 29th we were called into line and received ten extra rounds of
cartridges. After an hour we were allowed to return to our tents with orders
to keep on our accouterments until morning. Morning came, but no Johnnies.
The regiment went out toMayfield, about twenty-five miles, toreconnoiter, but saw
no force in that direction. It remained here until June 19, 1864, when it started to
Memphis, Tenn., where it arrived on the 22d, and was assigned to the right wing
of the Sixteenth Corps, under General A. J. Smith, in the Third Brigade, First
Division. The division was commanded by General J. A. Mower, and the bri
gade by Colonel J. J. Woods of the Twelfth Iowa Infantry, who had been an
officer in the regular army. The regiment went to the Memphis & Charleston
depot and took the cars; went about thirty miles and camped, this being as far
as the cars could be run at that time. The next day we marched to Moscow and
remained until the 26th or 27th of June, when we went to La Grange, Tenn.,
where we remained a few days, and on the 5th of July, the command, consisting
of about 10,000 or 12,000 men under General A. J. Smith, entered the northern
part of Mississippi, arriving at Pontotoc in the afternoon of the llth.

BATTLE OF TUPELO.

On the 13th of July we started toward Tupelo, Miss. The Seventh, being
train guard, had to march most of the time out of the road through the woods
and fields; about two o'clock the column halted. The Seventh being alongside
of the train and in a narrow field, we remained about an hour and rested. In
about an hour the rebels came through the woods to the opposite side of the field
and opened fire. The Seventh advanced and drove them back, killing and
wounding seventeen. Surgeon Smith of the Seventh was killed — shot through the
neck while standing by the roadside. Some of the teams Were killed, and we
had to abandon some ambulances and wagons. While passing an opening in the
woods we came to where the rebels were shelling the column. Our men had left
two cannons here, their horses being disabled. It was hard to keep some of the
men in the ranks. General Mower sat on his horse, just out of range, in the edge
of the woods, watching his men, and once said: "What are you dodging for; they
won't hurt you?" Just then a shell passed through Company B of the Seventh,
and took off the leg of George Blackwell. I stepped over him, and he crawled
out to an oak tree, when Corporal George L. Eichardson stopped to help him off
the field; this was the last I ever saw of Blackwell. He was left in field hospital
and died soon after in Mobile, Ala. We kept on toward Tupelo, going into
camp a mile or so from Tupelo long after dark. About five o'clock the next
morning the pickets commenced firing, but soon came in, the rebels following.
They soon advanced and the fight became general. The Seventh lay along a
road and had pulled down a rail fence to shield them some. The hard fighting
lasted about two hours, and the losses on both sides were heavy, but we drove
the rebels back. The Third Brigade advanced a short distance and remained
there until evening, and then returned to its first position. Early the next
morning the Seventh was advanced half a mile, and then threw out Company D
and Company E as pickets. They deployed near a fence, quite a distance from
the regiment. About noon the rebels came up in front, but soon fell back. About
one o' clock Lieutenant Lewis Hardy of Company E and Private James Davis of
Company D were killed. Col. Alex. Wilkin of the Ninth Minnesota was killed
on the 14th. Soon after the command started back toward La Grange the rebels
ran up a battery and shelled our train and attacked with cavalry, but got the
worst of it, Gen. Forrest getting badly wounded in the foot. The Seventh lost
ten killed and fifty- two wounded. We buried our dead; those that were wounded

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too severely to move were left in a field hospital with a surgeon and some men
in charge, and, of course, became prisoners of war. Assistant Surgeon Barton of
the Seventh was left with the wounded; he, with the men that were left to care
for the wounded, were sent to Yicksburg under an escort by the rebels. On the
afternoon of the 14th, the rebel general, Forrest, sent a flag of truce to Gen. Smith,
asking permission to bury his dead; General Smith replied that he would do it
himself, but in the afternoon, when the ambulance corps went out to pick up the
dead, the rebels commenced shelling them; General Smith then ordered them
back and the rebel dead were left unburied. Colonel Marshall was very cool
and brave during all the fighting, and frequently told the men to keep down and
not expose themselves needlessly, as he would do the looking for them. He had
his horse shot on the 14th. A spent ball lodged in his felt hat.

On the 16th we resumed our march, on half -rations, which, in a day or two
after, were reduced to quarter- rations. On the 19th, at Salem, we met a supply
train and got full rations. Men who had thought sow-belly and hardtack rough
fare now thought them delicious. We arrived at La Grange on the 21st and
Memphis on the 22d. On this raid we had to forage a good deal or go hungry,
although when we started we had strict orders against foraging or stealing.
We took cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, chickens, hams, and sometimes a swarm of
bees, and then had not enough to eat. We had no tents except the shelter tents,
and most of the men threw them away. The weather was very hot, and a great
many gave out and never were with the regiment afterward. On the 18th or
19th, as we were marching along, we came to a valley and heard cheering on
the other side. On going up out of the valley, and near the top of the hill, we
saw the object that caused the cheering. It was a log school house standing all
alone in the woods. A number of the men went up to it and looked in to see
the interior. This school house was the first that we saw while on this march
of one hundred and fifty or two hundred miles.

On the 20th, while crossing the creek at Davis' Mills, some of the men leaned
their guns against a beech tree while they filled their canteens. The guns fell
down and one was discharged, wounding John E. Pinckney of Company I, who
died on the 26th.

THE OXFORD RAID.

On the 31st of July the command started on the Oxford raid, and left Mem
phis by railroad, by way of La Grange and Grand Junction, through Holly
Springs and Waterford to the Tallahatchie Eiver, encountering the enemy there
on the 7th and 8th of August. The Seventh Begirnent, with the Thirty-fifth
Iowa Infantry, successfully crossed the* river under fire and secured the pas
sage of the army. While camped on the bank of the Tallahatchie, after dark, —
before we had effected a crossing, — the rebels brought some six-pounders to the
opposite side and shelled us. The mule teams, to get out of the way of the
shells, started back over a corduroy road, and, going fast, made a great noise.
Very soon the rebel guns ceased firing and we heard them going away. We
were thankful for a quiet night, but wondered why the battery was withdrawn.
Next day we captured a Texan captain. Colonel Marshall asked him why they
stopped shelling us the night before. " Why, " he said, uwe heard you bring
ing down to the river some heavy artillery, and we got out of the way." It
was our mule wagons that vanquished the rebel artillery. Captain Eolla Banks
of Company D received a stroke of paralysis from which he never fully recov
ered. He was never with his company afterward. The expedition went as
far as Oxford, Miss., where many buildings were burned. General Smith
ordered safeguards withdrawn on hearing that Chambersburgh had just been
burned by General Early. We returned to Memphis, arriving there on the 30th
of August.

On the morning of the 3d of September we marched to the levee, lying there
until late in the afternoon, when the First Division, under General Mower, went
on board transports and sailed for the White Eiver, Ark. We went up the
White Eiver, arriving at DevalPs Bluff on the 9th. Gen. Andrews of Minne-

358 THE SEVENTH EEGIMENT.

sota was in command there. On the 10th we marched to Brownsville, and
camped there for a week. On the 17th of September the division started north
in pursuit of Price through Arkansas and Missouri.

PURSUIT OF PRICE IN ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI.

One of the severest marches of the Seventh Eegiment during the war was
that in pursuit of General Price through Arkansas and Missouri, beginning
September 17th, and ending after crossing Missouri to the Kansas border and
marching back to St. Louis, about the 24th of November, 1864. The regiment
was part of General J. A. Mower's division of the Sixteenth Army Corps, Gen
eral A. J. Smith, with the other division, having gone north from Memphis in
September, intending to go to Sherman at Atlanta, but was stopped off to go
into Missouri to intercept Price if possible. Mower's command included a
cavalry force under General Winslow — six or seven thousand infantry and cav
alry. The march from Brownsville, Ark., to Cape Girardeau, Mo., about three
hundred miles, was made in nineteen days on ten days' rations. The men's
shoes gave out so that many were barefooted. They had left Memphis in hot
weather, with light clothing; cold nights came on and the men, almost naked,
suffered severely. From Cape Girardeau to Jefferson City the division went
by boats. It marched to La Mine bridge, where it was united with the other
division of the corps under General Smith. The corps made a forced march
toward Lexington to get up with Eosecrans' cavalry, if possible, in the fight
there. We marched from Sedalia until midnight, and until the men were
utterly exhausted and fell out in squads, until almost no army at all was left.
Colonel Marshall and his adjutant and only one man got through to where Gen
eral Smith ordered a halt and camped. The folly of this was shown next day
when we waited till noon to collect the scattered command and resume the march

We got near the fight at the Little Blue, south of Kansas City, but not in time
to take part. We followed the- cavalry on down the Kansas border to Harrison -
ville, Mo., where Smith halted, and, after a day or two, started, about October 30th,
on the march back to Jefferson City and St. Louis. The day we got to Sedalia
there was a heavy snowstorm. We had bad weather and muddy and frozen
roads all the way to St. Louis. We left St. Louis November 24th, and got to
Nashville November 30th. We heard distinctly the battle at Franklin that even
ing, and next morning saw the long trains bringing in the wounded from that
hard -fought battle.

BATTLE OF NASHVILLE.

Brigadier General McArthur now commanded the First Division in place of
General Mower, who had gone to General Sherman to take command of the
Twentieth Corps. Colonel Hill of the Thirty-fifth Iowa commanded our brigade,
the Third; Colonel Wood's time having expired he had gone home. We were
put to work throwing up breastworks. The Third Brigade was fortunate in
having a good rail fence to help fill up with — large red cedar rails, too nice for
such use. There was another line of earthworks thrown up in our rear stronger
than the first, occupied by quartermaster men, etc. The first week of December
was rainy, and it was very muddy. It then turned cold and snowed, and it froze
hard and was so icy that the horses could scarcely be moved except on level
ground. Up to the 15th there was considerable excitement at times, especially
when a rabbit would be started from his lair and run through camp; the men
would cheer and run after it; at other times the men would cheer General Smith,
as they always did when there was any show for a fight. The cheering had become
so common that when we heard it the boys would ask, "Is it General Smith or
a rabbit? " The men suffered from the cold, especially when on picket duty, and
that was about one-fourth of the time. Those on guard had to remain out six
hours, and when being relieved we had to keep very quiet or we would be shot
at by the Johnnies.

About the 12th the weather moderated, and we were in the mud all over.
On the evening of the 14th we received orders to be ready for battle at day-

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light the next morning. It was very foggy, and we did not start until about
eight o'clock, when we marched out of our works and advanced a short distance
toward the enemy. The brigade was here formed into column on the right of
the Harding pike, the Seventh Minnesota and Twelfth Iowa in front. Com
pany B of the Seventh Minnesota and one company of the Twelfth Iowa were
thrown out as skirmishers. The First and Second brigades were on the Charlotte
pike to our right. After deploying we advanced slowly until we crossed the
pike, where we could hear the enemy across a narrow cornfield, the cornstalks
still standing. The line advanced slowly through the cornfield, expecting to re
ceive a volley when we emerged from the cornstalks, but the rebels had fallen
back. When we crossed the fence the firing commenced. From here our ad
vance was through the woods. We kept up a light firing until we descended
into a ravine within three hundred yards of the enemy's line. Here we were
out of danger from their guns, but could see their works and their flags flying
over their redoubts. Soon after halting here a gun was fired from the hill in
our rear and not far from us. The enemy replied, and this opened the ball. The
firing then commenced in earnest, making the earth quake, the battery in our
rear, Capt. Julians of Missouri, was playing on a fort of the rebels. After half
an hour the skirmish line was ordered to march by the left flank. After going
two hundred yards we had to pass through an open field in front of the enemy's
lines, and in plain sight. They shelled us, but the infantry did not fire upon us
at all. Lieutenant Kice of Company B was wounded, struck in the side with a
piece of shell. After going about two hundred yards through the field the line
went up into a ravine, sheltered by a small hill between us and the enemy, where
we remained about two hours. By the time we arrived here another battery,
Capt. Eeed's Second Iowa, further to the right, opened on the rebel fort. Soon
another battery opened, making three batteries playing on the rebel fort of six
guns. We saw McMillan's and Hubbard's brigades of our division forming into
column in the ravine to the right, and directly in front of the fort. Soon they
started toward the fort, and when near the top they formed into three lines and
moved forward, being about three hundred yards from the enemy, and in plain
sight of them. Our batteries then opened a vigorous fire. The smoke from our
shells and from their own guns completely enveloped the fort so we could not
see it. Our infantry steadily advanced until within about fifty yards, when our
batteries ceased firing and we could see the rebel fort plainly. The column never
wavered, and the flags never halted, but charged straight up to the fort and over
their works, and in less than a minute our men were firing the rebels' guns on
them. Gen. Hatch's cavalry, dismounted, fully participated further to the right
in this splendid assault.

Soon after the fort was taken an orderly rode up to Captain Stevens and
told him to report to his regiment. The company was assembled and started up
the ravine to the left; after going half a mile we could see our regiment lying on
the ground along the brow of a hill, and the rebel lines across the ravine on the
brow of the other hill, but a little higher. We could see the rebels' guns that
were shelling our men, and we had to march to the regiment right in the fire of
the rebel battery. We started (that is, all of us but one man, who stopped to
tie his shoes, and he did not catch up with us for three days), and were not long
going across the field, only John Murphy getting wounded, and when we reached
the regiment Company F moved to the left to let us into the line. We lay so
close to the ground that we almost made our impressions in it. We remained
here a short time and then advanced down into the ravine where we were more
out of danger. Two of Company B were slightly wounded by fragments of lead
thrown from the shells of our cannon. Soon after the order ' Forward! ' was given
and the brigade charged up the hill to the enemy's works and over them with
out a halt or waver in the line. This was a strong redoubt on the Hillsboro pike.
Colonel Hill of the Thirty-fifth Iowa, who commanded the brigade, was killed
just before we reached the fort, and the command devolved on Colonel Marshall.
The brigade captured three pieces of artillery in this, but pursued the fleeing
rebels without leaving a guard over the guns, which were claimed by the Fourth

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Corps which came in on our left; but General Garrard, whose division was in
reserve just then, saw that we captured the battery and so reported, giving our
brigade due credit. As soon as we got inside their works they sent a storm of
grape and canister into our ranks from a gun to our left, which was quickly taken
under the lead of Colonel Marshall. The line never halted, but followed the
enemy right up for a half mile. It was growing dark, and we halted and biv
ouacked for the night. A battery off to our left commenced shelling us about
dark. Colonel Marshall, walking along our line, said, "If I had a few more men
and my horse I would take that battery yet to-night." I was glad that he had
neither, for I thought we had done well enough for that day. It was now dark,
and we soon lay down and slept soundly until morning. While we were eating our
supper Adjutant Patch came along and told us that we would be the reserve to
morrow and Schofield's corps would be in the advance; this news made some of
us feel happy for the night. During the evening, as I was passing through Com
pany K, I heard Corporal Archibald Savage, who was wounded at Tupelo, say,
4 • Boys, this is my last day with you. ' ' One of his comrades asked, ' l Why ? ' ' and he
answered, "I will be killed to-morrow." His comrade said, " Oh, don't be foolish,
you are no more likely to be killed than any one else." Savage said, "I am not
foolish; I know that I will be killed to morrow." It proved true next day, for
he was shot through the breast.

Early next morning, the 16th, we formed into line, and, after marching across
a field and passing through a woods, we came in full view of the enemy, about
half a mile from us. There the brigade was formed in line, with the Seventh
Minnesota on the left, the right of the brigade near the Granny White pike, and
advanced until we came to a road parallel with and about five hundred yards
from the enemy, who were behind a stone fence strengthened by earthworks.
We lay here until about three o'clock in the afternoon, listening to artillery on
both sides, we firing an occasional shot, and getting one from the rebels. At
one time during the forenoon there was heavy musketry firing off to our left,
the colored troops making bloody but unsuccessful charges on Overton Hill.
Eain began to fall about noon and continued all day. About four o'clock orders
came to send a detail to get shovels and picks to throw up breastworks. One of
the men detailed from Company B, Ernest Schumann, said to Captain Stevens
that it was no use to go after shovels. The captain asked why. He answered
that old A. J. Smith would not dig here to-night. "Why?" asked the captain.
Schumann answered, l i He can go and take the rebels' works quicker. ' ' However,
he went and brought the shovels and threw them down. The ring in the shovels
had hardly died out when the First Brigade of our division, nearly a half mile
to our right, was seen to be moving forward; immediately the Second Brigade,
Col. Hubbard commanding, swung forward across the field. Quickly Col. Mar
shall had our brigade in motion, the three brigades moving in echelon. The
enemy opened a terrific fire of musketry and cannon all along the line; a bat
tery directly in front of the Seventh throwing canister, shot and shell so lively
that the air was darkened. The rain was falling and the mud flying from burst
ing shells; we did not keep a good line; those that could go the fastest were
ahead, those a little slower following close after, but all moved right along up
to their works and over them, capturing a large number of prisoners and the
Point Coupee (La.) Battery. This battery of four Napoleon guns (brass, twelve-
pound) was behind a stone fence that had gaps broken in it for the guns, through
which our men rushed while the rebels were loading the guns. Colonel Marshall
rode his little chestnut horse Don across the field with his men, guiding the colors,
and was among the first over the rebel works. He rode on to a rebel gunner
that tried to run away, and captured him. One of our men said that he wished
the colonel would not so expose himself. A rebel officer, standing with his back
against a cannon wheel, said: "H — 1, any man that is brave enough to ride a
horse across that field will never be killed." However, if the colonel had not
carried his gauntlets doubled up in the breast of his coat he would not have
ridden Don another day, for while we were waiting before this charge they
received a Minie-ball and saved his life. The line only halted a few moments

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here, and then followed on after the rebels through the woods. We crossed a
road here that ran through a farm, and the water had cut a small ditch on one
side of it about a foot deep, in which there was water running. As I stepped
over it I saw a rebel lying in it, face down. I asked one of our men to help me
lift him out of the water; I thought he was wounded. As we took hold of him he
said: "Oh, for God's sake, don't lift me out; if you do I will get shot; I am not
wounded!" So we left him and went on until we came to a range of hills, where
we halted and bivouacked for the night. It rained all night. The Seventh Regi
ment lost in the two days seven killed and forty-eight wounded. If we had
kept a good line on the 16th our loss would undoubtedly have been much larger,
but, as General Thomas said, we straggled badly, and I think that it saved many
of us. Our corps took that day a large number of prisoners and sixteen cannons.
On the next morning it was still raining hard and our blankets and clothing
were soaked; we had a load to carry. We fell into line and started after the
rebels who were well on the way to Franklin. We went about a mile along the
Granny White pike, through the Brentwood Hills, then filed to the left and
crossed to the Franklin pike, where we halted and remained the most of the day,
standing or sitting around in the rain which poured down, and expecting and
hoping every minute to pursue the enemy. We were told that on the march
General Thomas said to General Smith, "I observe that your men straggle very
much." General Smith replied, "General, you observe that they fight like h — 1
when there is occasion, don't you?" That seemed to be all Smith required of
them. In the afternoon we moved on a few miles and went into camp. It stopped
raining toward night and our brigade was fortunate in finding three millet stacks
which we took for beds; they were the only things that were dry. The next
morning we marched early and waded in the mud all day — often up to our knees.
We crossed Harpeth Eiver and went into camp in Franklin just at night. The
houses were full of rebel wounded. On the 19th we started after the enemy,
wondering why we were not following faster. We thought it strange that we
had not heard any firing the last few days. The roads were better and the
weather growing colder. On the evening of the 23d we arrived at Duck Eiver,
opposite Columbia, and camped on its banks. It was very cold and hard to
make fires, as we had but few axes and only a few rails. Major Burt got an axe
and helped chop down a large beech tree. By felling smaller trees and cutting
them up, and a few fence rails, we kept good fires that night. We had to make
and keep good fires, as many of the men had neither overcoats nor blankets.
On the morning of the 24th we crossed Duck Eiver, passed through Columbia
and marched six or eight miles. The First Division, about noon, filed out to
the left in a piece of woods, and the command was given a rest. We sat around,
talking over the events of the past few days. The weather was nice but we had
no supply of rations, and our train had not crossed the river. About four o'clock
some of the boys asked me to go to Colonel Marshall and ask him what he thought
about our camping here. I did so. He replied that we were waiting for the
train, and if it arrived in time he would go on, but he thought it would be well
enough to prepare to camp. I reported to the boys, and immediately about half
of the brigade started for a rail fence twenty rods distant, and in less than half
an hour the whole farm was stripped of its fences. In a short time a man living
across a creek to our left came and reported the soldiers were killing his stock,
and that one man had killed a sheep and brought it to camp. He asked for a
guard for his property; the guard was sent immediately. He wanted pay for his
sheep; he was told if he could identify the man who killed it, he should be
punished, or if he could find the sheep he could have it; but he could do neither.
When the men had their supper ready, seeing that Col. Marshall and some of
the officers had nothing to eat. they were invited to eat with us; they did not
ask what kind of meat they were eating. After dark this man came to head
quarters again and said the soldiers had killed another sheep and carried it off,
but he could not find any one that had ever seen a sheep. We remained here
over night, and, the next day being Christmas, and the day pleasant, the men
enjoyed it very much. Some of Company B found potatoes, and we got up a good

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dinner of mutton and potatoes. We also had a large goose roasted on a spit.
Some of the officers ate dinner with us .again and asked no questions. During
the afternoon some inquiry was made as to who killed the sheep. I think that
Thomas King of Company B could tell.

The day after Christmas we resumed our inarch, reaching Pulaski on the
27th. There we gave up the pursuit of Hood, who had crossed the Tennessee
and turned to the right toward the Tennessee Eiver at Clifton. We soon struck
a deserted iron mining region, where there was almost no farming. The inhabit
ants were very poor and many had left their farms. We passed through Law-
renceburgh on the 29th and camped about four miles from there. In the evening
the Third Brigade camped in a meadow to the left of the road. It was a nice
evening and we had plenty of fence rails, but about 8 o' clock p. M. it began to
rain and grow colder. About midnight the rain turned to snow and began to
freeze fast. By 3 o'clock we had three inches of snow. It stopped snowing, but
the wind blew hard. Before daylight many of the men started fires or they would
have frozen. Three comrades and myself, who slept together, got wet and cov
ered with snow; the wind blew down our shelter; I had my overcoat on and lay
on the outSide, and when I got up my blanket was frozen to my overcoat and
that to my blouse, and I was shivering as though I had the ague. I felt just as
though I would stay at home if ever I got there. However, we thawed out and
resumed the march. On the morning of the 31st we ate about the last of our
rations. We expected to get more that evening, but the roads were very bad
from the snow and mud. We marched all day through a deserted country — no
chickens, no hams, no sheep, no pigs, nor anything eatable. I traveled half the
time away from the column, trying to find something to eat, but could not. We
went into camp early and waited patiently for the train to come up with rations,
but we did not get any that night. We camped in the woods near a house in a
small clearing, and some of the men got a few hides from an outhouse to sleep
on. Others cut brush and lay on it to keep them out of the snow, while many
scraped the snow away and lay on the bare, wet ground. The owner objected to
the men having the hides, but Orderly Sergeant Alfred Bartlett, who was more
conscientious than the rest, promised that the hides should be taken back un
harmed, and he went away. The only hide that was returned was Bartlett' s.
Jan. 1, 1863, with nothing to eat, we were called into line and marched out to the
road. As we got to the road, General Smith and staff came riding by, and the
boys, instead of cheering him as usual, called out, " Hungry New Year," " Three
groans for General Smith;" and others, " Where is the hardtack ?" The general
paid no attention, but shortly a wagon was driven along and we got two pieces
of hard bread each. We then started on, but got no more rations until night.
About January 2d, at night, Captain Carter and Lieutenant Folsom were re
ported lost or captured, causing much anxiety, but they got to camp next morn
ing, having, in search of food, gone too far from the column. We arrived at Clifton,
Tenn., on the Tennessee Eiver, on the 3d of January, and went into camp. On
the march we saw a good deal of pig iron along the roads. At that time it was
very valuable, and it was about the only thing of value that a soldier of the Six
teenth Corps did not try to put in his haversack. We remained here until the
6th of January. That afternoon the Third Brigade was put on two gunboats, the
Twelfth Iowa and the Seventh Minnesota on one, and the Thirty-fifth Iowa and
the Thirty-third Missouri on the other; the two boats then took a monitor in
tow, having it between them, and started up the river in advance of the fleet
with the rest of the corps.

We landed next day at Eastport, Miss. Our camp here was about a mile
back from the river, on high land, in a forest. Not having tents we built huts
to shelter us; all the tools we had were axes. However, we soon had comfortable
huts to sleep and stay in when the weather was too severe to be out. During the
last of December the weather had got so cold that the mouth of the Tennessee
Eiver was frozen over and boats with our supplies could not get up the river for
about two weeks, which reduced the army almost to starvation; men stole ears
of corn from the mules' feed troughs to satisfy hunger. The Seventh Minnesota

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was sent out about eight miles to a little mill, a corn cracker, to gather corn
from the farms and husk and shell and grind it for the command. The first day
most of the regiment went to gather corn from fields and cribs; after that some
went to gather corn, while others husked and shelled. Those in charge of the
mill kept it running day and night. We had no sieves to sift the coarse meal. At
first we boiled it into mush just as it was, but it was rough eating and it brought
on diarrhea; we then got most of the bran out of it by putting it in small vessels
and shaking it sideways; the hulls would work to the top. In this way we got
along very well. Finally, the boys made a raise of a few sieves; then we were
happy. We remained here about eight days, having sent all the meal we could
to the command at Eastport.

ABOUND TO THE GULF — SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF SPANISH FOET.

The Sixteenth Corps remained here until the 5th day of February, when it embarked for New
Orleans; the Third Brigade, or nearly all, was on the magnificent steamer Magenta. We steamed
down the Tennessee and Ohio rivers to Cairo and there remained one day, then went on down the
Mississippi to Vicksburg, where we arrived on the llth and went into camp about two miles back
of the city. On the 19th of February we again embarked on the Magenta, arriving at New Orleans
the afternoon of the 21st. It was a cold day ; the wind blew so hard that the boats could not
land at the wharf; some landed on the opposite side of the river and others kept moving around in
the river until after dark. During the night we landed about five miles below the city and next
morning, the 22d, the ground was covered with snow. We went into camp on General Jackson's
battlefield with the British, and only a little way from the Jackson Monument. The ground was
low and marshy and we got brush and gray moss to make beds high enough to keep us out of the water
while we slept, but the moment we put our feet out of bed they went into the water. On the
second day General Smith, as was reported, asked General Canby to allow him to take the men
nearer the city on a piece of ground that had been used as a brickyard. General Canby said he
could not allow the Sixteenth Corps in the city as they were too reckless and would make trouble.
General Smith said that if his men were treated justly they would behave as well as any in the
service. It was reported that General Canby said, "Why, General Smith, your men would steal
anything they could lay their hands on." "Yes," replied General Smith, "they took sixteen
cannons in one day at Nashville." He told General Canby his men would not stay down in that
mud-hole, and if he did not give them permission to get a better camp they would find one them
selves. On the third day we moved up to the old brickyard without orders; each squad of men
went on ,fcheir own hook. We had a good camp-ground and the men behaved as well as any sol
diers could. While here we received some potatoes and pickled cabbage from the Sanitary Com
mission, the first and last, I think, that we received while in the service. The first white sugar
that we received while in the army we got here; up to this time it was all brown sugar, often very
brown. Early in March we broke camp and marched to Lake Ponchartrain and took steamboat
for Dauphin Island, off Mobile Bay, where the army was rendezvoused for the siege of Mobile.
We arrived at Dauphin Island the next day and went into camp for about two weeks. It was
warm spring weather and we had good times there. We had plenty of oysters, so plenty that
Major Burt hauled them into camp by the wagon-load. Some young alligators were caught and
brought into camp.

While at New Orleans there was a colonel of an Indiana regiment — Colonel Thomas of the
Ninety-third Indiana, in another brigade of our corps — tried to get transferred to our brigade so
that he could command the brigade, his commission being older than Colonel Marshall's. It
caused a good deal of uneasiness among the men in our regiment and throughout the brigade.
Gen. Canby was about to make the order, but General Smith protested and the change was not
made, and we were all glad of it. While here we got a few recruits for the Seventh Eegiment; two
of them were assigned to Company B; they were mere boys, too young to be of any service; it was
a shame to enlist such boys, for they could' not stand army life. It was a good thing for them that
the war ended so soon.

On the 18th or 19th we again embarked and landed a few miles up Fish River, on the east side
of Mobile Bay. We remained here in a delightful camp among pine trees, the ground covered
with leaves. The men pelted one another with the dry cones, and had a good time generally.

On the 25th of March we started toward Spanish Fort. It was a fine day and the men
Enjoyed the march. We were marching left in front, the Seventh Minnesota in the rear of the
brigade; near noon we heard rifle shots ahead. After going about the length of two regiments
we saw a squad of men by the roadside ahead of us, and wondered what it meant. Soon we saw
Colonel Marshall's orderly standing near holding his horse, and someone said that Colonel
Marshall was wounded. He had ordered the brigade not to halt and we passed on. We saw him
sitting against a tree and a surgeon working at his neck, he having been shot while riding at the
head of his brigade, the ball passing through the side of his neck and out near the spine. We
passed on in silence, afraid that he was mortally wounded. In about half an hour we heard
cheering in our rear, and on looking back we saw the colonel galloping along outside the road to get
to the head of the brigade; as he passed his men sent up cheer after cheer. He kept on duty
contrary to the advice of the surgeon, who wanted him to go into an ambulance. After we camped
the men began calling on the colonel tor learn about his wound and to congratulate him that it

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was uot worse. The colonel sat outside of the tent, on a camp stool, so that all could see him, and
almost every man in the brigade called on him. I tell you, we were all glad to learn that he was
not dangerously hurt, although the wound was severe.

The next day, the 26th, we reached and invested Spanish Fort, the principal defense of Mobile
on the east side of the bay. We went into camp just out of range of the enemy. Next morning,
the 27th, we moved slowly up until we came near the enemy's works, and established our lines
around their works and about five hundred yards distant; the Thirteenth Corps with their left
resting on Mobile Bay and extending south of Spanish Fort about halfway around the enemy's
works; the Sixteenth Corps on their right extending to the bay north of the fort, making the
Union lines about three miles long. We got to our positions without much loss, being out of musket
range, and the rebels did not shell us much; two or three shells exploded in the Seventh Minnesota
ranks in the morning. Eugene Fadden of Company I was wounded by a Minie-ball, and died
on the 30th. Late in the afternoon our brigade was formed into line by column and we were ordered
to relieve ourselves of everything but our guns and cartridge boxes ; we expected we would charge the
enemy's works. We were ready, but were not ordered to charge. The next morning we com
menced to throw up earthworks and dig out toward the enemy. The rebel works were on
ground covered with heavy pine timber, which they had felled for a distance of five hundred yards,
forming abatis that in a charge it would have been hard work getting through. After the first
day firing was kept up day and night, and at times during the day the firing was very rapid.
About the 1st of April the Third Brigade was sent down opposite the main fort and took the place
of General Veatch's division of the Thirteenth Corps, which had gone to Fort Blakely. We here
had hard work, being out in the trenches half the time and digging a part of the other half. Our
headquarters were back in a ravine where we cooked and slept. When Company B went out to
the ditches the first time it was a little before sundown ; the rebels saw us and shelled us at a
lively rate. We had to seek shelter with our mortar batteries until after dark, then went on. The
second time we went out before daylight and were between the rebel fort and our own battery of
heavy artillery. Early in the morning the enemy got range of the battery and threw mortar shells
at it; but a great many fell short among us and made us dodge into our holes like gophers. We
discovered where the shells came from and kept one man on the lookout; when he saw the smoke
he would call out ''Mortar! " and we would dive into holes dug in the sides of the ditches and re
main until the shell exploded, then crawl out and go to digging again. We were so close to the
rebel fort that they kept their port-holes closed all day lest we should shoot through. About three
o'clock the officer of the battery in our rear told us to keep low as he was going to open one of the
rebels' port-holes. The second shot knocked the sand bags out; it was like throwing a stone into a
hornet's nest, for the rebels rained Minie-balls into our works until night, and we did not dare to
look over to see what was going on. The next time we went out we were further to the right, and
still nearer the enemy, in a new ditch. We had a good time until about two o'clock, when the rebels
could see us better, the sun having got round in their rear, and they threw shells into us from a
battery to our right; the ground here descended toward the battery and our ditch ran almost
straight toward it. They sent shells up that ditch at a lively rate for about an hour. We tried to
reach the battery by putting two cartridges of powder in our guns and elevating the sight. After
firing a few shots this way we found we could reach them, and in twenty minutes we had the guns
silenced.

About the 3d of April our brigade was sent back to our first position in General McArthur's
line. Toward night, after the sun got low, we went down a ravine and got into our old place. Our
batteries kept up an awful fire for about an hour in the evening. During the afternoon some re
cruits arrived for the Twelfth Iowa; they looked as if they wished they were at home. On the
4th, from four o'clock till six, our batteries fired constantly on the rebels, and at times the roar of
cannon was deafening. On the 5th or 6th we heard of the evacuation of Richmond, Va., by
General Lee, and our batteries fired a hundred guns each in honor of the event — but they loaded
with shells and sent them at the rebels. At Eastport, Biram of Company B, commonly known as
Old Jed, got a large red rooster, the kind that have no tail, and gave him to Captain Stevens. The
captain kept him, Old Jed taking care of him. The rooster was taken with us, and when we in
vested Spanish Fort Old Jed sat him on a pine stump about four feet high, where he roosted every
night. The rebels evacuated Spanish Fort about eleven o'clock on the night of the 8th of April.
Company B had just returned to camp when we heard the command given to cease firing, and soon
all was still, so still that it seemed strange to us. Just then the captain's rooster crowed loud and
clear; the men broke out in cheers, and the rooster crowed again and again, and the men kept up
the cheering. After the rebels evacuated the fort, getting out across the bay, the Third Brigade
marched over into their works, remained an hour and returned to camp. They had to be careful
to avoid torpedoes planted by the rebels. In the forenoon of the 9th we moved up near Blakely
and the Third Division of the Sixteenth Corps was put in the line on General Steele's left as a
reserve to help capture that fort in the afternoon. There was bloody work, the troops losing heavily
in storming the long line of fortifications. This was the last bloody fight of the war. While in
the siege of Spanish Fort we had sapped up so near that we could almost throw stones over. We
here used small mortars, carried by hand, to throw shells. Not having enough metal ones, wooden
mortars were made; they were of gum wood — about two feet long, eight or ten inches in diameter,
and bound with old wagon-tire iron. We used these mortars to good advantage. The Seventh Min
nesota brought one home which is now in the State Historical Society rooms.

The Sixteenth Corps left Blakely the 13th of April for Montgomery, marching through a yel
low pine forest most of the way. We first heard of the surrender of Lee's army about the 18th,

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Our march was pleasant until the night of the 22d, when it rained all night and next day, and we
had a hard march in rain and mud. When we left Spanish Fort we had sixty rounds of cartridges,
but after hearing of Lee's surrender we lost the most of them; some of us planted about forty
rounds one morning just before leaving camp. It was wrong to do this, but it relieved us of
about four pounds' weight, and we thought the war being ended they were useless. We arrived at
Montgomery, the first capital of the Confederacy, on the 25th of April. As we neared the city the
column was halted near the state prison and in sight of the capitol building. There was a laige
dwelling here and a woman stood at the gate with a pail of water for the boys; as fast as one pail
was emptied she had another brought, and the men were very thankful. They in return gave the
woman coffee, about a peck in all, the first she had seen for about three years, she said. While here
we saw the United States flag run up over the state capitol. The woman exclaimed, " There goes
up the United States flag again, thanks be to God! now we will have good times again; they
hauled it down four years ago, and now it is up again; I hope it will stay forever." We did not

tet authentic news of the president's assassination until about the 1st of May. It caused a
jeling of deep sadness and of vengeance for awhile. Funeral services were had in camp, and
minute guns fired from twelve to one o'clock. We remained at Montgomery until the 10th
of May, when the Third Brigade and all of McArthur's division embarked on steamboats for
Selma. We arrived there during the night and went into camp on the west side of the town
next day. We relieved a brigade of General C. C. Andrews' division of the Thirteenth Corps.
The citizens were in great dread of "Smith's Guerrillas." They were agreeably disappointed in
finding us perfectly orderly. We here received tents, the first that we had had for nearly a year.
Colonel Marshall commanded the post as he had the brigade, leaving Lieutenant Colonel
Bradley in command of the regiment. We had but little to do and the time soon began to drag
heavily. There being no more fighting to do we were anxious to go home; the climate was hot and
the water bad; many got sick and some died. All seemed languid, and not vigorous and buoyant
as they used to be. A few days after we arrived Company F was sent down to Cahawba. We now
had plenty of rations and did not go foraging. We occasionally went out to gather black
berries, peaches and watermelons, which were plentiful. The business portion of Selma had been
burned by General Wilson's cavalry in April — they having a hard fight to take it. The rebel
government had large foundries and machine shops here for the manufacture of cannon, etc. ; also,
a large arsenal. All were burned.

RETURNING HOME.

On the 20th of July the Seventh Minnesota, with Colonel Marshall once
more in command, took the cars and started home — a glad day to the most of us,
but a sad day to those too sick to travel. I remember three of the regiment
who were left in hospital — Sergeant Franklin Videto of Company D, Corporal
James Monk of Company B and Clark Hubbard of G. Yideto died the day we
left; Monk got better and got home before the regiment did, and Clark got home
safely. There were others left at Selma, but I cannot remember them. We got
to Meridian, Miss., that night; the next morning eight companies went on to
Jackson, leaving Companies A and B, there not being cars for all the regiment.
Company A had been on duty at General Smith's headquarters for a long time
as provost guard; they joined the regiment a day or two before we started home.
On the 22d Companies A and B joined the regiment at Jackson, Miss. The
railroad being destroyed between Jackson and Black River we had to march.
Colonel Marshall called his men around him and said that he had hoped to get
wagon transportation, but he was unable to do so, and told the men that he
would not march them in a body. He thought they would stand it better to
go in squads or in any way that suited them best; he suggested that we hire
teams to haul our personal baggage and to carry those that were too weak to
walk that distance. He said he placed confidence enough in the men to believe
that they would be orderly on the route and not molest any person or proper
ty, which confidence we did not betray in the least. From Black Eiver to Vicks-
burg we rode on the cars. We were at Vicksburg about three days, and then
embarked on the steamer Magenta for St. Louis. We stayed at St. Louis two
nights and one day, then started on the steamer Savannah for St. Paul. We got
to Winona about nine o'clock in the morning and landed. Companies B and D
were raised here, and the ladies had provided coffee, pies, cakes and other eata
bles for all who wished to partake. The relatives and friends of Company B boys
were here to welcome us. My father and mother met me as soon as I went ashore,
and a glad meeting it was. I did not stop to eat. but went up town to see friends,
as did most of Company B. On my way up Second street I met Mrs. Turner,
who is still living, with three of her sons, — one on each side, the other followiug

366 THE SEVENTH EEGIMENT.

after; as we met she let go of her son's hand and put her arms around my neck,
saying: "James, I will kiss all the boys to-day," and kissed me. I said, "Mrs.
Turner, you seem to be very happy this morning." She answered, "I am; it is
the happiest day of my life. I had four boys in the army, and a few days ago
Wilber came home, and to-day Jeptha and Jacob and Cornelius came home, and
I am truly happy." I said, "I hope you may see many as happy days as this,
Mrs. Turner." "No," she said, "I never want to see another day as happy as
this; I always want to remember this as the happiest day of my life;" and the
tears of joy were streaming down her cheeks. I looked across the street and
saw the widow of one we buried at Memphis; she stood alone and was weeping
as though her heart would break. Her husband enlisted with us, went South
and bid just as fair to come home as any of us. But, alas ! it was not to be so.
While Mrs. Turner was in tears of joy the widow was shedding bitter tears of
sorrow. A number of scenes similar to this we saw while at Winona. We left
two men of the regiment here, they being too weak to go further. One was
Mathew Monahan of Company D, who died the next morning; the other was P.
A. Phillips of Company B, who is still living.

After remaining at Winona an hour or so, we went aboard and started up the
river. At Eed Wing and Hastings the boat landed, and refreshments were in
waiting, which the friends of Companies G and F had provided. Touching scenes
similar to those at Winona were witnessed at Eed Wing and Hastings. We par
took of the refreshments and passed on up the river, arriving at St. Paul a little
before noon on the 8th of August. We were met at the levee by a large con
course of citizens, anxious to pay tribute of respect to the returning veterans.
The boat landed amid salvos of artillery and the plaudits of the multitude. It
was a proud day for the surviving members of the regiment, but to another class
it was a day of sorrow and mourning.

The mother and sister of Orson C. Murray of Company H came to welcome
their son and brother. They asked for him, and were told that Orson was dead,
having died on the boat that day, almost within sight of his home. This news
was a shock so unexpected that no pen can describe their grief. They were
taken to the rear of the cabin, where their loved one lay in the pallor of death.
Upon the landing of the boat the regiment debarked and formed into line, and
was taken in charge by a committee and escorted to the capitol. The regiment
was drawn up in front of the building, and first listened to a speech from Mayor
Prince. Gov. Miller, our old colonel, welcomed the regiment on behalf of the
state. Brevet Brigadier General Marshall (whose commission reached him at St.
Louis, on the way home) responded. His closing remarks were: "You have been
pleased to refer to me personally in complimentary terms. Any honors that I
enjoy are due to the brave men here in the ranks, whom I had the happiness to
command. The men who carried muskets and knapsacks for thirteen dollars a
month are the true heroes of the war." * * * At the conclusion of the speak
ing we marched upstairs, where a bountiful repast awaited us. After partaking of
this we went by boat to Fort Snelling to be discharged. We went into camp on
the high ground north of the fort, and remained here, making out rolls, etc.,
until discharged on the 16th.

One thing the Government did that I considered very unjust, almost an
insult to the veterans who had served their country so faithfully. It was this: The
Government gave to each commissioned officer who was in the service when the
war ended one month's extra pay proper, but to each private and non-commis
sioned officer it gave him his gun and accouterments, provided he paid six dollars!
Instead of giving them one month's pay, — sixteen dollars at that time, — they
would make him give almost half a month' swages for the gun that he had fought
battles with and had carried through heat and cold and storm, at times on half-
rations or less — the arm by which he had saved the country from destruction and
restored it a better and stronger nation than it ever was before. I thought
then and still think it was an outrage. When we turned over our guns Captain
Stevens asked me if I wanted to keep mine? I said that I did want it, and
would have been more than pleased to take it home, but I considered it an

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insult to ask me to pay for it, and that the Government could keep it, and
if they needed the money so bad as that to sell it to somebody else. I bade the
old gun farewell and handed it over.

On the 16th day of August, 1865, we expected that General Marshall would
make us a farewell speech; instead, he gave each man a copy of a farewell order
in printed form. It was as follows:

Headquarters 7th Minn. Infy Vols.
Fort Snelling, Aug, 16th, 1865.

General Orders, \
JVb. 10. l

Officers and tnen of the Seventh Regiment, your work

is done! This day you cease to be -soldiers of the Republic, and resume the
duties of peaceful citizens. I do not need now to testify of your fidelity,
your soldierly endurance, your courage. This has been done in the re
ports of battles and campaigns, and is a part of the history of the armies
with which you have served, and of the state that in part you have so
honorably represented in the field.

I shall ever cherish a grateful memory of my association with
you, and you have each a claim upon my regard and affection that will
last through life.

With sacred sorrow for the dead, with gratitude to the Divine Provi
dence that has restored so many of you to your homes and families, and
commending you to the protecting care of that Providence in the future,
I bid you all an affectionate farewell.

WM. R. MARSHALL,
Brevet Brig. General,
Commanding.

After receiving our discharge and pay we bade our comrades and officers
good- by and walked to St. Paul to take the evening boat for home; about a hun
dred started home on that boat. We expected some of our officers would be
there to see us off. Only one came, Colonel Marshall; he bade us good-by, shak
ing each one by the hand, the tears rolling down his cheeks. The boat started off,
and he stood looking after us as though he had parted with his best friends.
Soon we were out of sight, on our way to our homes which we left three years be
fore. What a change in those three years !

SUMMARY.

The Seventh Infantry Volunteers was organized about the middle of August,
1862, numbering 918 men; there were 217 recruits added, making 1,135 men, all
told, in the Seventh Eegiment. There were 30 officers, who either resigned or
were discharged during service. Six of these were discharged for promotion in
other organizations. Colonel Miller was promoted brigadier general. Captain
J. F. Marsh of Company E, lieutenant colonel of the Ninth Eegiment. Captain
James Gilfillan of Company H was made colonel of the Eleventh Eegiment.
Lieutenant Stephen C. Miller of Company F was made captain in the commissary
department. Quartermaster Amrni Cutter was promoted to captain in quarter
master department. Of the non-commissioned staff, Eichard D. Traver was
promoted surgeon in Eighth United States Colored Infantry. Two officers were
killed in battle, — Surgeon L. B. Smith and Lieutenant Lewis Hardy,— both at
Tupelo. Of the non-commissioned officers and privates there were discharged

368 THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.

for promotion in other regiments, 31 * ; transferred to Veteran Keserve Corps, 45;
discharged for wounds and disease, 255; killed in battle, 19; deserted, 26; died
of wounds and disease, 126; enlisted but refused to muster in Company D, 5;
dishonorably discharged, 3; officers resigned and discharged, 30; officers killed
in battle, 2; total, 538; leaving on the muster rolls at the date of the discharge
of the regiment 35 commissioned officers, 4 non-commissioned staff and 564 non
commissioned officers and privates. There were about 556 of the regiment known
to be living the 1st of January, 1890; 304 are known to have died during and
since the war, leaving 275 unaccounted for; whether living or dead, not known.

Many of the Seventh Eegiment have been elected to high o'ffices of trust and
served with honor to themselves and to the state. Colonel Stephen Miller was
elected governor of Minnesota in 1863, serving one term; Colonel Wm. E.
Marshall, who cgmmanded the regiment in all its field service, was twice elected
governor. Captain Gilfillan of Company H, afterward colonel of the Eleventh
Eegiment, has been three times elected chief justice of the supreme court of the
state. Captain Norman Buck of Company D was appointed and served many
years as judge of the United States court in Idaho Territory. Captain McKelvey
was for many years judge of the Seventh Judicial district at St. Cloud. Lieu
tenant L. W. Collins was district judge at St. Cloud and is now one of the asso
ciate justices of the supreme court of the state. Surgeon A. A. Ames has re
peatedly been elected mayor of Minneapolis, and came nearer being elected
governor than any other candidate running on the Democratic ticket since the
war. Lieut. Col. Geo. Bradley died February, 1879. Major J. W. Burt died
March 15, 1866. Both these officers were lawyers of ability and reputation and
might have received high civil honors. Quite a number of its non-commissioned
officers and privates have been elected to the legislature and other responsible
offices where they reside. There was no finer body of men in the volunteer ser
vice. It was always orderly and obedient and always ready for duty. It is not
too much to say that it had men who were capable of filling any public station
from the highest to the lowest. When discharged, the men settled down to civil
life as though they had never seen army service — rather, were made better citi
zens by reason of their military service. A goodly number have made handsome
fortunes; the most of them have acquired a competence for life, while a few, — who
have either not had the faculty of money-making, or, from being unfortunate,
have not done well and find it hard to get along, — a very few will have to be
helped in some way. I pray to God it may never be in the poorhouse.

The Seventh Eegiment was very fortunate during its three years' service. It
never failed to do a duty required of it, whether that was to make the final charge
at Wood Lake or capture batteries on both days at Nashville. Its first year was

1 List of commissioned and non-commissioned officers and privates promoted from the Seventh
Regiment into the regular army and colored regiments: Quartermaster Sergeant Christopher Gude-
rian, first lieutenant 8th U. S. C. I. Company A, Second Lieutenant Wm. W. Willis, captain 69th

Artillery; Sergeant Geo. E. Morrill, first lieutenant 8th U. S. C. L; Corporal Henry G. Bilbie, first
lieutenant 68th U. S. C. L; Corporal Samuel H. Harrison, first lieutenant 65th U. S. C. L; Private
Henry H. Roger?, first lieutenant 2d Ark. Cav. ; Private James H. McFarland, captain 68th U. S.
C. L; Private Geo. W. Buswell, first lieutenant 68th U. S. C L; Private Daniel Dana, lieutenant
U. S. I. Company C, Corporal Nulan M. Chase, first lieutenant 68th U. S. C. I. ; Private Enos
Hunger, chaplain 62d U. S. C. I. ; Private Edward H. Wood, first lieutenant 18th U. S. C. I. Com
pany D, First Sergeant Martin Robinson, first lieutenant 62d U. S. C. L; Private Geo. M. French,
first lieutenant 88th U. S. C. I. ; Private Henry C. Hitchcock, quartermaster sergeant 67th U. S. C. I.
Company F, Sergeant John A. Moulton, second lieutenant 67th U. S. C. I. ; Sergeant John Moore,
second lieutenant 67th U. S. C. I. Company G, First Lieutenant Daniel Densmore, lieutenant col
onel 68th U. S. C. I. Company H, Corporal Thomas Scantleberry, first lieutenant 65th U. S. C. I. ;
Sergeant Chas. Bornarth, first lieutenant 92d U. S. C. I., A. D. C.; Corporal Chas. A. Wackerhagen,
captain 68th U. S. C. I. ; Private Arthur H. Delany, 47th Wis. Vol. ; Corporal Wm. Whitehill, second
lieutenant 67th U. S. C. I. Company I, First Sergeant Pomeroy W. Laughlin, captain 67th U. S,
C. I. ; Corporal Wm. Darnell, captain 67th U. S. C. I. Company K, Sergeant William J. Worden,
second lieutenant 62d U. S. C. I. ; Corporal Thomas Montgomery, captain 65th U. S. C. I. : Private
Ed. R. R. Talbot, first lieutenant 68th U. S. C. I. ; killed at battle of Fort Blakely.

SUMMARY. 369

spent hunting and fighting the Indians, the most arduous and thankless kind of
warfare. Two years it was in the South; the last'of these it was on the march
and fighting almost all the time. One thing was in its favor — the regiment never
had to fight on the retreat; it never suffered disaster, never was driven from its
line of battle. It fought on that line or while advancing. It never lost a man
taken prisoner save the wounded left in field hospital at Tupelo. No one of its
members ever lay in prison pens at Andersonville or elsewhere except the Tupelo
wounded. This and much else we had reason to be thankful for; and this, I
think, accounts in a measure for so many still living (1890) in good health. The
Seventh Regiment, or those companies that were together and commanded by
Colonel Marshall, marched during the fall of 1862 about 675 miles; the next sum
mer, in 1863, from Mankato to the Missouri River and return to Fort Snelling,
1,250 miles; making 1,925 miles marched in Minnesota and Dakota. On those
marches we had pur tents and knapsacks hauled for us. The regiment traveled
— from Fort Snelling to the South and return (1863 to 1865) by steamboat and
railroad and in marching — about 8,700 miles, making a total of 10,625 miles
of marching and journeying in the service. From the time it left Paducah, Ky.,
in June, 1864, until discharged, it was on the move or fighting all the time, ex
cept a month in January and February, 1865, at Eastport, Miss., and two months
at Selma, Ala., after the war was over. We had no tents after leaving Memphis,
about the 20th of June, 1864, until the 12th of next May, at Selma. The shelter
tents given us were mostly thrown away as an incunibrance too great for the
march in the hot weather. In stormy weather we made our shelter by lying,
four men together, with two rubber blankets on the ground and two other blank
ets stretched over a pole supported on stakes driven into the ground, the ends of
the blankets fastened at the corners by bayonets stuck in the ground. We had to
crowd under this shelter, for it would be only two or three feet high in the mid
dle; but it did well enough except in severe storms. In the South we had to
carry everything, even our cooking utensils; generally each man had a one or two
quart tin pail, and about one man in six had a frying pan; with these we did our
cooking. I still have the frying pan that we carried down South; it hangs up in
the pantry, but is seldom used; the meat fried in it now does not taste as good
as it used to after a hard march. The weight we carried on our marches was
from twenty to twenty-four pounds, through rain or shine, snow or sleet, warm
or cold weather, good roads or through mud for months at a time. We were
constantly, wearily marching, stopping only for a battle. How the men stood
it as well as they did I cannot tell. It seems to me now more like a dreani than
a reality, but it was indeed a reality which we will not forget. I wish to remember
it while I remember anything. I look upon those years with more pride than
all the others that I have lived. JAMES T. RAMER,

Late a Sergeant in Company B, Seventh Eegiment,

Minnesota Infantry Volunteers.

370

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.

ROSTER OF THE FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT
MINNESOTA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Colonels —
Stephen Miller

46
36

30

Aug. 24, '62
Nov. 6, '63

Nov. 6, '63
Nov. 6, '63

Aug. 8 '62
May 30, '63
Feb. 9, '65

Aug. 22, '62
May 6, '64

Aug. 28, '62
May 29, '63
July 23, '64

June 30, '63
Sept. 15, '64

Apl. 16, '63
June 11, '64

Nov. 24, '62
Dec. 8, '64

Nov. 24, '62
Nov. 3 '63
Nov. 24, '62
Oct. 13, '62

Sept. 24, '62
Feb. 12, '64

Oct. 13, '62
Aug. 17, '64

Oct. 21, '62
May 28, '63
Nov. 16, '64
Dec. 28, '64
Jan. 1, '65

Promoted Brigadier General Nov. 6, '63.
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 28, '62; Brigadier General by brevet
March 13, '65.
Major Sept. 5, '62.

Promoted Captain Company A June 17, '63.
Sergeant Major Oct. 3, '62; resigned Feb. 3, '65.

Promoted Captain and Assistant Quartermaster May 6, '64.

Resigned May 28, '63.
Asst. Surg. Oct. 30, '62; killed July 13, '64, at battle of Tupelo.
Commissioned July 23, '64; Assistant Surgeon Aug. 28, '62.

Commissioned June 30, '63.
Commissioned Sept. 15, '64.

Resigned June 11, '64.
Reduced; transferred to Company C Dec. 10, '64.

Reduced at own request and transf. to Company E Nov. 3, '63.
Com. Serg. Oct. 1, '62; 1st Lt. 8th U. S. C. Hy. Art. May 25, '64.
Discharged for diasbility July 14, '65.

Reduced; transferred to Company K Dec. 20, '64.
Dis. for promotion in 8th U. S. C. Heavy Artillery July 21, '64.

Reduced; transferred to Company B Jan. 1, '64.
Discharged for disability Nov. 16, '64.
Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company E Dec. 28, '64.

Win. K. Marshall

Lieutenant Colonel —
George Bradley
Major—
Wm. H. Burt

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Adjutants —
John K. Arnold
Edward A. Trader
A. J. Patch

20
20
26

43

Aug. 16, '65

Quartermasters —
Ammi Cutter

Aug. 19, '65

Surgeons —
Jeremiah E. Finch
Lucius B. Smith

33

38
21

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Albert A Ames

Assistant Surgeons —
Brewer Mattocks

Percival O Barton

Chaplains —
Oliver P Light

20

E. E. Edwards

Aug. 16, '65

"Aug'.'ie'/'es

"Aug'."l6/65

Sergeant Majors —
Oran S. Richardson
Alvah E Dearborn

Quartermaster Sergeants —
Edward H. Wood
Christopher C. Guderien
Wm. H. Gray
Alonzo E Day

••"••

Commissary Sergeants —
Manly Grover

George L. Richardson...
Hospital Stewards —
Richard D Traver

....

Aug. 16, '65

Wyman X. Folsoru

Aug.16, '65

Principal Musicians —
Henry H. Rogers

Aaron H. Dayton
Samuel Colby :
Oscar J. Webster i

"Aug.* 16/66

Aug. 16, '65

COMPANY A.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

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MUSTERED
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REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Chancellor Cutler

43

Aug 16 '62

Resigned May 29 '63

John K Arnold

91

June 17* '63

Lowell B Hoag

^9

Jan 18 '65

Aug 16 '65

1st Lieutenant Oct 10 '62

First Lieutenant —
Daniel Goodhue

80

Jan 18 '65

Aug. 16 '65

Sergeant Oct 10 '62.

Second Lieutenants —
Alpheus C. Barrack

43

Aug. 26 '62

Resigned June 17, '63.

W W Willis

3?

June 18 '62

Serg Oct 10 '62- Captain of the 69th U S Col Inf Jan 18 '65

Louis E. Hannenian

ENLISTED MEN.

21
21

Jan. 18, '65
Aug 9 '69

Aug. 16, '65

Sergeant Oct. 10, '62.
Died April 6 '63 at Northfield Minn

30

Aug 9 '69

Aug 16 '65

Anderson Michael

96

Aug 13 '6°

Musician1 discharged per order June 17 '65.

Austin, Myron F
Averill, Samuel F
Barrett Henry M

25
31

18

Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug 9 '62

'Aug. 16, '65

Died Oct. 16, '64, on hospital steamer on the Mississippi River.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Died Nov 24 '63 at St Louis Mo

Bates Alexander A

?1

Aug. 12, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Beardsley John

?1

Aug. 13 '69

Aug 16 '65

Bingham, Charles

25

Aug. 9, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Bice Ainos H

18

Aug. 13, '62

Aug 16 '65

?6

Aug 9 '62

Discharged for disability Oct 1 '64

Bond, John A

23

Aug. 9, '62

Aug. 16 '65

Butterfield Geo. W . ... .

40

Aug. 9 '62

1st Sergeant* pro Adjutant of the 8th Minn Reg Oct 10 '62

Calkins, Alvin A
Caffrey Michael.

29
22

Aug. 9, '62
Aug 12 '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

19

Aug 12 '69

Discharged for disability Oct 4 '64

Clark Alexander.

4'?

Aug 9 '62

Discharged for disability April 2 "63

?0

Aug 12 '62

Aug 16 '65

Colburn, Peter

?5

Aug. 13 '62

Discharged for disability Jan 29 '63

Cosert Edward F

18

Feb 29 '64

Discharged for disability July 14 '65

Cushman, Melvin

17

Feb. 17, '65

Aug. 16 '65

Daniels Calvin

94

Aug 14 '62

Auf 16 '65

Pro Corp • transf to 3d Minn Battery May 1 '63* retransferred.

Daly, James H

17

Feb. 11, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Damon William

45

Feb. 2 '64

Died Aug 22 '64 at Memphis Tenn

36

Aug 13 '62

Aug 16 '65

Deffenbecker, Fred

19

Aug. 9* '62

Discharged for disability Jan 28 '64.

De Lancy, Peter W
Dilley Kobert . ...

22
41

Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 31 '64

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16 '65

Dorrance, Ralph L

20

Aug. 31, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Dolymer, Christian ... .

38

A pi. 2, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Englesbv, Philo H
Fitzgera'ld, Michael
Fin ley Henry

30
36
?5

Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13 '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Promoted Corporal.
Deserted Sept. 10, '63, at Springfield, 111.

38

Aug 9 '62

Trans to 3d Battery May 1 '63* retrans • dis. for dis. Juns 14 '65.

Fredenburg, Joseph. ...

?6

Aug. 9, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Fredenburg Albert

?9

Aug. 12 '6'7

Died Feb 23 '65 at Cairo 111

Frink, Charles E

?9

Aug. 13, '62

Killed Sept. 23, '62, at Wood Lake.

Gessner Win. F

36

Aug. 12 '62

Aug 16 '65

Gillett, Edwin

91

Aug. 13, '62

Aug. 16, '62

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Goodsell, Daniel

31

Aug. 13 '62

Died Oct 4 '64 at Memphis Tenn.

Gowan, Franklin

?,5

Aug. 25, '62

Died Aug. 16, '65, in hospital.

Groom Franklin .

27

Feb. 26, '64

May 26 '65

Per order.

Hancke, Albert T
Hazelton, Edwin R

22
47,

Aug. 12, '62
Feb. 29, '64

June 15 '65

Discharged for disability Feb. 5, '64.
Per order.

Hazelton, Henry M
Hanson, Anthony
Holt Charles H

18
21
99

Feb. 27, '64
Mch.25, '64
Aug 9 '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Sept. 28 '65

Homer, John R

39

Aug. 13, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Hukey, Daniel T

31

Aug. 12 '62

Discharged for disability July 23, '63.

Hunter Win

Mch 25 '64

Aug 16 '65

Johnson, Isaac

37

Mch.12, '63

Discharged for disability May 9, '64.

Judd Silas

36

Aug 9 '62

Kendall, George L

?4

Aug. 13, '62

Corporal- promoted Sergeant; discharged per order June 9, '65.

Kelly, Duran F
Kendall, Frank L
Knowlton, Elliott A
Knudson, Knud

22

20
18
?4

Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Sept. 24, '64

"May 227'65
May 29, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Corporal; discharged May 4, '64, for promotion in U. S. Col. Inf.
Per order.
Per order.
From hospital.

Lamon, Stewart M
Lockwood, Mahalom

37
35
•I9

Feb. 2, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug 9 '62

July 26, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Per order.
Corporal

Marshall, Wm...

36

Aug 13 '69

Aug 16 '65

corporal.

McDonald, Wm. H
McKenzie, Edward
Miner, Joseph

27
21
^

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug 13 '69

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Morgan, Peter
Moore, John W.

25
18

Aug. 18, '62
Au<r 14 '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Moore, Horatio P

30

Aug. 14 '62

Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 1, '63.

Mountain, James II
Mullen, John.

39
21

Aug. 13, '62
Aug 18 '62

July 7, '65
Aug 16 '65

Per order.

Oleson, Hadley

18

Sept. 14 '64

Aug 16 '65

Park, Daniel A.

42

Aug 9 '62

Aug 16 '65

Peasly, Moses C.

28

Aug 13' '69

Aug' 16* '65

Phipps, Charles M....

9fi

Mch 2* "64

Apl 25 '65

Per order.

Pratt, Henry

38

Feb 26 '64

Aug 16 '65

Rank, Calvin...

39

Feb 96* '64

Aug 16 '65

Ransom, Madison R....

24

Aug. 9. '62

Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 3, '63.

372

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

NAMES.

H
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Ramsdale, Peter W

43

Aug 12 '62

Rich Philip

24

Aug 12 '62

•Vug 16 '65

Rinde Errick H

82

Aug I9 '62

Ross Richard C

28

Aug 13' '62

Aug 16 '65

Ross, Wm. K
Ron nee Win. D ....

22
20

Aug. 12. '62
Aug 9 '62

Aug'. 16' '65
Aug 16 '65

orpora , pro] ergear

Robinson, Andrew
Robinson, George

19

18

Aug! 12', '62
Feb 14 '64

Aug'. 16*, '65
Aug 16 '65

Sackett, Chauncey R

18

Aug. 14* '62

Died at Mankato June 14, '63.

Searle, Daniel O

27

Aug 14 '62

Aug 16 '65

Sidevell Wm W

21

Au^ 12. '62

Aug 16* '65

Simon, Peter

*>5

Aug 12 '62

Aug' 16* '65

Simons, Jacob

32

Aug 31 '64

Aug 16* "65

Slocum, Amaziah

Cl

Aug. 9 ''62

Aug' 16* '65

Slocuin, Martin W

?f>

Aug. 12, '62

Smith Adam

23

Aug 9 '62

Aug 16 '65

Snow, Lyman B
Stevens, Win. L.

34
25

Aug. 9, '62
Aug 13 '62

Aug! 16,' '65

Corporal.
Discharged for disability Alay 31 '65

Strong David P

27

Aug 13 '62

Swain, Howard L

18

Feb 13* '64

Discharged for disabilitv Mav 13 '65

Terry, Geo. R

"W

Aug 12 '62

Discharged for disability April 22 '65

Thompson, John W
Thorp, Alviu B..

23
26

Aug. 18,' '62
Aug 12 '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Tripp, Albert

21

Aug. 13 '62

Aug. 16* '65

Van Buskirk, John.

27

Aug 14 '62

May 10 '65

Viercanant, Charles

94

Aug. 14, '62

Aug 16 '65

"Watson, Wm. N

?fi

Aug 1 '62

Wagoner- discharged for disability Oct 2 '63 at St Paul

Webster, Oscar J

22

Aug. 9, '62

Musician* transferred to band as Principal Musician Jan 1 '65

Wemple, Wm. J

94

Aug. 13 '62

May 22 '65

Weeks, Rolland

3f>

Aug. 12, '62

Aug. 16, '64

Wells, George

-16

Aug. 12, '62

Sept. 4 '64

Per order

Winter Jacob

37

Aug 31 '64

Aug 16 '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

H

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
John Curtis

33

Aug 18 '62

Resigned June 4 '63

Albert H. Stevens
First Lieutenants —
Archibald A. Rice
Ermon D. Eastman

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, Ethan W
Averill Obed

24

23
23

21
30

June 4,' '63

June 4, '63
Apl. 17, '65

Aug. 17, '62
Aug 17 '62

Aug. 16, '65
'Aug.' 16/65

1st Lieut. Aug. 18, '62; died February, '84, at Rochester, Minn.

2d Lieutenant Aug. 18, '62; resigned Feb. 20, '65.
1st Sergeant Aug. 18, '62; 2d Lieutenant June 4, '63.

Discharged Aug. 16, '65, while on detached service.
Discharged for disability March 1 '64

Bartlett Alfred

99

Aug. 17, '62

Promoted Corporal June 16 '63* Sergeant Aug. 1, '64.

Bell Hiram W W

21

Aug 17 '62

Trans. 3d Minn. Bat • rej Co May '64* dis per order May 25 '65

Beach Jacob C

3?

Aug. 17, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Bilbie Henry G

%

Aug 17 '62

Corporal1 discharged for promotion in 68th U. S. Col Infantry

Billings, Charles

18

Aug. 17,''62

Died Oct. 25, '64, on boat en route from Nashville to Cairo.

Bigelow Emerson W.

91

Aug 17, '62

Discharged for disability May 11, '63.

Birarn, Jeremiah

34

Sept. 4, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Blackwell, George

?R

Aug 17, '62

Wounded in battle of Tupelo; died Aug. 6, '64, at Mobile.

99

Aug 17 '62

Promoted Regimental Quartermaster May 22, '64.

Brown, George E

?9

Aug. 17, '62

Discharged for disability Oct. 18, '63.

Brandt Charles E

21

Feb 26 '64

Aug 16 '65

Burley, Francisco

16

Mch. 3, '64

Died March 31, '65, at St. Louis.

Burley David Q

49

Mch. 3 '64

Aug. 16 '65

21

Aug 17 '69

Aug 16 '65

Died July, '84 in Winona county Minn.

Buswell, George W
Carpenter, Wheelock
Chapman, Christ. C

21
35
?9

Aug. 17, '62
Sept. 4, '64
Aug. 17, '62

"Aug.l6',''65

Discharged May 11, '64, for promotion in 68th U. S. Col. Inf.
Sergeant; discharged May 11, '65, at St. Louis.

Chamberlin, Napoleon
Clears John

24
*>\

Aug. 17, '62
Aug 17 '62

Aug 16 '65

Promoted Corporal; killed at Nashville Dec. 16, '64.
Promoted Corporal* died June 25 '89 at Los Angeles Cal

Clark, Harry

33

Aug. 17, '62

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Colburn Geo. L

3?

Aug. 17, '62

Corporal- dis. for promotion in 8th U S. Col. Heavy Artillery

Covey Collins

?R

Aug 17 '62

Discharged Oct 20 '64 from wounds received at Tupelo' died

Culley, Robert

R?

Aug 17 '62

Aug 16 '65

at Fergus Falls, Minn., in '82.
Died Sept 8 '70 at Winoua county Minn. Murdered by James

Dana, Daniel M

18

Aug. 17 '62

Hardwick'.
Discharged April 13 '65, for commission in 5th U. S. Infantry

Dalley, Joseph

21

Aug 17 '62

Trans to Veteran R C * died June 3 '79 at Stockton Minn

Dearborn, Alvah E

?4

Aug. 17, '62

Promoted Corporal May 23, '63; Sergeant Major Dec. 8, '64.

Daniels, James D
Decondress, Jacob

Dubois, John
Denman, James L

32
23

40

18

Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62

Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 27. '64

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aue. 19. '65

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery; rejoined company May,
'64; discharged per order May 10, '65.
Died in '78, in Fremont, Minn.

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

373

NAMES.

Cowling, Edward

Dribblebiss, David ,

Evans, Benj. B

Every, Benj

Fadden, Eugene

Fletcher, Maurice J

Fletcher, Geo. G

Ginney, John

Googins, Oscar

Gray, Harry

Gray, Calvin R

Haines, Moses M

Hammer, Peter J

Hammond, John

Harrison, Samuel H

Hanley, Thomas

Hazen, Joseph

Harris, John R

Hiuckley, Edwin C

Howe, Barzillia D

Holbert, George

Howell, James R

Hough, Albert J

Hughes, John

Joy, Francisco D ,

Kennedy, David A

King, Thomas H

Knibb, John

L.amson, Watson I

Lamey, Joseph

Lefler, Richard D ,

Lewis, Wm ,

Le May, Peter

Lighthall, John

Lynn, James

Marsh, Winborn S

Marsh, Noah D

May, Isaac M ,

Marsh, Thomas C

McDonald, James ,

McFarland, James H

Morrell, Geo. E

Met calf, Edwin S

Miller, John W

Mills, Stephen S

Monk, James

Mountain, Henry

Moore, John \V

Murphy, Jerry

Murphy, John M

Newman, Wm

Neal, Zedekiah G

Nichols, Geo. P

Norton, Robert F

Norton, J. B

Oliver, Martin F

Patterson, Wm. S

Pinkman, David A

Pierson, Douglas J

Phillips, Hiram

Phillips, Philetus A

Post, Martin V

Preswick, John B

Pritchard, John

Ramer, James T

Raymond, George W

Richardson, Frank C

Richardson, Geo. L

Rogers, Wm P

Rogers, Henry H

Shuman, Ernst

Slade, Leander

Smith, John F

Stevens, Wm

Steinbeck, Henry

Taylor, Maurice W

Thomman, Ulrich

Thackery, John W

Toms, Myron

Turner, Alanson

Turner, Jeptha

Turner, Jacob

Turner, Cornelius P

Watson, Wm

21

MUSTERED

Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 17, '65
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Sept. 4, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 29, '64

Feb. 17, '64
Feb. 22, '65
Feb. 2, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17/62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Dec. 3, '63
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Men. 28, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17. '62

Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 17, '62

Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62

Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Sept. 23, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17. '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Sept. 24, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62

Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 12, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 12, '64
Aug. 17, '62
June 10, '63
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 2, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 2, '64
Feb. 2, '64
Mch.31,'64

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, 65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Nov. 20, '64

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug.'l6/65
Aug. 16, '65

REMARKS.

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
June 7, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, "65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 10, '65
Aug.' 16/65

Aug. 16/65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16/65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16/65
Aug. 16/65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16/65
Aug. 29, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16/65
Aug. 16/62
Aug. 16/65
Aug. 16/65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Musician; discharged for disability Nov. 31, '62.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.

Died March 27, '90, at Harlem, Sargent county, Dakota.

Per order; died at Winona, Minn.

Sentenced for desertion by general court martial to lose all pay,
No discharge furnished on discharge of regiment.

Sergeant; dis. for commission in 1st Minn. Heavy Artillery.
Corporal; discharged May 10, '64, for pro. in 63d U. S. Col Inf,
Died August, '77, in Kansas; killed by lightning.
Died Jan. 30, '64, at St. Louis.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Died Nov. 9, '64, at Memphis,
Died Feb. 28, '65.

Died February, '77, at Kingston, Minn.

Promoted Corporal; died Aug. 4, '85, at Winona, Minn.

At Baton Rouge, La.

Deserted Feb. 9, '65, at Washington, D. C.

Discharged in hospital to date from Aug. 11, '65.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; died April 9, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.
Died July 19, '74, at Wiuona, Minn.

emphis, Tenn.

Discharged for disability March 22, '63.

Discharged for disability Jan. 18, '64; died in '75, in Kansas.

Died Oct. 17, '64, at Memphis.

Died Nov. 17, '64, at Chicago, 111.

Died June, '65, on way home.

Sergeant; wounded at Nashville; discharged at Jefferson Bar
racks May 12, '64; died May 16, '82, at Utica, Minn.

Wagoner; discharged for promotion in 63d U. S. Col. Infantry.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged for promotion in 8th
U. S. Col. Heavy Artillery; died July, '64, at Winona, Minn.

Promoted Corporal; discharged May 17, '65, at Lincoln, Va.

Corp.; pro. Serg.; dis. Mch. 25, '65, for wnds. rec'd at Nashville.

Promoted Corporal.

Died April 13, '63, at Tivoli Barracks, Minn.

Promoted Corporal.

Died June, '81; drowned in Lake Pepin.

Died June, '81; drowned in Lake Pepin.

Discharged for disability Jan. 8, '63.

Discharged by sentence of general court martial Feb. 9, '64.

Died Aug. 21, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Wnd. at Nashville Dec. 16, '64; died Jan. 31 '65, at Pr. du Chien.
Deserted March 14, '63, at Tivoli Barracks, Minn.
Discharged for disability Jan. 13, '64.

Promoted Corporal.

Transferred to Invalid Corps.

Discharged June 27, '65, at St. Paul.

Musician; discharged for disability Jan. 20, '64.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Per order; died March, '85, at Chicago, 111.

Promoted Corporal; Commissary Sergeant Dec. 20, '64.

Discharged for disability Feb. 20, '64.

Corporal; dis. Sept. 3, '64, for promotion in 2d Ark. Cavalry.

Died Oct. 22, '88, at Portlandville, N. Y.

Dis. while absent Aug. 16, '65; died Sept. 8, '74, at Utica, Minn.

Promoted Sergeant.

Died Nov. 11, '65, at Lewiston, Minn.

Corporal; pro. Sergeant; wnd. at battle of Tupelo July 15, '64.

Died Nov. 14, '70, at Lewiston, Minn.

374

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

1

<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

28
28
37
32
21
35

Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17. '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 27, '64

Discharged for disability Nov. 30, '63.
Promoted Corporal.
Dis. for dis. April 12, 164j died May 15, '68,
Sergeant; dis, for commission in 68th U. S.
Promoted Corporal; died in '71, in Idaho.
Discharged for disability June 13, '65.

at Vincennes, Iowa.
C. Inf. April 10, '64.

Ward Levi

Aug. 16, '65

Wilgus, Aurelius
Wilson John W

Aug. 16, '65

Wright Samuel G

Wright Wm

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

rJ

3

•3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Wm H Burt

S*)

A tig 94 '62

Appd 2d Lieut and Rec Officer Aug 8 '62* pro Maj Mch 30 '64

Frank H Pratt

26

Apl 25 '64

Dec l) '64

Wm H Thomas

27

Feb. lo' '65

Aug. 16, '65

1st Serg Aug 24 '62* 2d Lieut June 15 '631 1st Lieut Apl 25 '64

First Lieutenants —
Carpenter A. Winslow...

33

Aug 24 >6>:>

Resigned May 25 '63

Henry F Folsom . ..

23

Feb 10 '65

Aug. 16 '65

Corp Aug 24 '6'7> Orderly June 15 '63* 2d Lieut April 25 '64

ENLISTED MEN.

40

Aug. 15 '6°

Wnd at Spanish Fort* lost left leg' absent on dis Of regiment

SS

Aug 15 '62

Corporal' wounded at Tupelo* died Oct 8 '64 at St Louis Mo

40

Aug. 15, '62

Discharged for disability March 25 '63

40

Ahg 15 '62

Anderson Carl

26

Aug. 10 '62

Died July 27 '64 at Memphis, Tenn.

Anderson, Andrew P

42

99

Aug. 15, '62
Aucr. 15 >g'>

Aug. 16, '65

Deserted Oct 1 '63

Baik 'john P

88

Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 16, '65

29

Aug 15 '6''

Aug 16 '65

?ft

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Brandt Peter

?*

Feb 27, '64

Aug. 16 '65

SO

Dec 4 '63

Aug 16 '65

Carnithan Wm

25

Aug 10, '62

Aug. 16 '65

r i ^ t

95

Aug 92 '62

Aug 16 '65

L-orporai, ^ergeant.

Carpenter John

?3

Aug. 12, '62

Aug. 16, '65

P t d C 1

99

Aug. 13 '62

Aug 16 '65

.rromoiea corporal.

Carlson Frank

8K

Aug. 13 '62

Aug. 16, '65

88

Aug. 15 '62

Chase Nulan M

80

Aug 10 '62

Charlson Peter.

V9

Aug. 15 '62

Aug. 16, '65

99

Aug 12 '62

Colby Wm'

44

Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Colby Andrew C

?1

Aug 12 '62

Colby' Samuel S

8?,

Aug. 15, '62

81

Aug. 10, '62

Aug 16, '65

Coo ney, James

4?,

Feb. 27, '64

June 18, '65

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July 20 '64

Criswell Thomas

?a

Aug. 15, '62

Gushing, Chas. C

8?,

Feb. 27, '64

June 16, '65

Day, Henry F

8.>

Aug. 15, '62

Dahlstrom Andrew

?S

Aug. 15 '69

Di^d Sept 9 '64 af Mem phis Tenn

Dedon, Wm. S
Dennely Joseph.

18

40

Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 16, '64

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16, '65

Dibble, Wm

1ft

Feb. 22, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Dockin, Nels

80

Sept. 6, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Ericson, Erics
Elmquist, John .

42

8li

Mch. 5, '64
Aug. 15, '62

Aug 16 :65

Discharged in hospital.

Fay Charles

44

Aug 14 '62

Folson, Wyman H

17

Aug. 15, '62

Promoted Hospital Steward Aug 17 '64

Fredin Daniel

39

Aug. 15 '62

Getchel, James M.\
Givens Alexander

44

30

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Glader.Carl

?7

Aug. 12, '62

Aug 16 '65

Goff, John R

44

Au<*. 17 '62

Goolsbeg, Ansel
Gray, Wm. H

17

80

Feb. 17, '65
Aug. 15, '6°

Aug. 16, '65

Pro Q M Serg Dec 31 '64' transf to .N on-Commissioned Staff

Guard, Erastus E

8ft

Au01 12 '62

Hayford, Gilbert

44

Aug. 14 '62

Hafmber, Ole H

82

Aug 15 '6'

Aug 16 '65

Herrick, Edward

91

Aug. 14 '62

Died ^ept 16 '63 at Fort Sneiling Minn

Hickerson, Joel A
Hickerson, Perry D
Huntley, Dennis

27
25
90

Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Promoted Corpora!; wounded at Tupelo.

Jellison, Jeremiah F
Johnson, John S

28
24

Aug. 15, '62
Aug 15 '62

Sergeant; died Aug. 17, '64, at Memphis.

Johnson, Carl

25

Aug' 10* '62

Aug 16 '65

Johnson, Peter
Johnson, Mons

28
36

Aug. 15, '62
Feb 5 '64

Aug. 16,' '65

Johnson, Peter H
Kenedv, Lewis C..

23
16

Sept. 4,' '64
Feb 17 '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Kelsey,' John

37

Aug. 15! '62

Died Oct. 12. '64. at Mernnhis. Tenn.

COMPANY D.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

375

NAMES.

King, Consider

Lawton, Hiram ,

Lanners, Peter

Lea, Geo. B

Linnell, Olof M

Lonquist, John

Martin, Charles

Magnusun, Israel

Monson, Magnus

Morton, Thos. F

Munger, Enos

Norway, Win. H.
Kelson, Daniel....

Kelson, Swen

Newman, John....
Kilson, Nils.

Kilson, John

Nostrum, Peter

Nostrum, John E

Olson, John

Olson, Charles

Olson, Hakken

Oliver, Howard F....
Ostrande, Henrick...

Otis, Henry F ,

Palm, John ,

Persons, Simon E. ...

Pehrsons, Albert

Peterson, Gust

Peterson, Magnus....,

Peterson, Charles

Pray, Ephraiiu H

Ouimby, Hosea F...

Reynolds, Eli C

Rhodes, James C

Richardson, Oran....

Rosengren, Nels

Rosengren, Nels, Jr.

Robom, Nels

Sakison,Carl

Sherquist, Af.

Simons, George W....

Snell, Lucius W

Stone, Herbert H

Strom, Olof A

Strand, Peter A

Smith, Andrew

St. John, John H

Swenson, John S

Tang, Frederick

Talman, Stephen E...
Thomas, Hiram M....

Thomas, Francis

Thayer, Albert J

Tracy, Asa

"Wood, Edward H ...

MUSTERED ' MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62!
Mch. 2, '64:
Aug. 15, '62:
Aug. 15, '62 i
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 27, '64 !
Aug; 15, '62:
Feb. 16, '64 !
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62!
Aug. 15, '62 j
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 15, '64
Aug. 10, '62
Sept. 4, '64
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Ang. 15, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 27, '65
Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

REMARKS.

Aug. 16, '65,
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '651

Discharged for disability March 25, '6
Died Oct. 20, '64, at Marine Mills, Mir

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Aug. 4, '63.

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug.' 16 '''65 1
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

A tig. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '(55
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
May 22, '65

Died May 3, '65, in Baton Rouge, La.
Promoted Corporal; wounded at Nashville.
Discharged for commission as Chaplain in 62d U. S. Colored
Infantry March 13, '64.

Discharged from hospital, to date from Aug. 16, '65.
Died Oct. 23, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.
Died July 13, '65, at Selma, Ala.
Promoted Corporal.

Absent on discharge of regiment; supposed to have been disch.

Sergeant; transf. to Veteran Reserve Corps March 26, '65.
Died Oct. 16, '64, at Memphis.

Wounded at Tupelo; discharged per order June 6, '65.
Died Oct. 21, '64, at Little Rock, Ark.

Died June 22, '64, at Paducah, Ky.
Discharged for disability Oct. 28, 164.
Died Nov. 22, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Died March 26, '65, at New Orleans, La.
Sergeant.

Pro. Asst. Surg. 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers Nov. 22, '62.
Corp.; pro. Serg. Maj.; lost foot at Tupelo; dis. April 10, '65.

Aug.'i'<V6o|

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

rporai; died June~29, '64~ at F ~; ' ' *T'^
Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville

Discharged from hospital to date from Aug. 16, '65.

Discharged for disability July 24, '64.

Per order.

Discharged for disability Jan. 9, '64.

Pro. Q. M. Serg. Dec. 28, '62; transf. to Non-Commissioned Staff.

ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

H
O
<1

42
29

25
27

21
20
22
18
21
24
21
32
21
30

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Rolla Banks

Aug. 22, '62
Jan. 12, '65 Aug. 16, '65

Jan. 12, '65 1 Aug. 16, '65
Mch. 24, '65 Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 15, '62 Aug. 16, '65
Feb 26 '64

Enrolled Aug. 16, '62; comn. Aug. 22, '62; resigned Jan. 11,
1st Lieutenant Aug. 22, '62; commissioned Captain Jan. 12

2d Lieutenant Aug. 22, '62.
Sergeant Nov. 30, '62.

Musician.
Died March 25, '65, at Memphis.
Died March 25, '65, at home in Minnesota.

'65.
,'65.

Norman Buck

First Lieutenant —
Zebediah W. Marsh
Second Lieutenant —
Malcolm Clark

ENLISTED HEN.

Barton, Alson
Bathrick, Andrew
Barker, Henry .

Feb 26 '64 '

Berry, John B

Aug. 16,' '62 j Aug. 16, '65
Aug 15 "82

Berry, James J
Berghart, Charles L
Bertrand, Isaac

Discharged for disability June 1, '65.
Died Dec. 9, '64, at Benton Barracks, St. Louis.

Discharged for disability March 18, '65.

Aug. 15, '6? •

Aug. 14, '62 Aug. 16, '65
Aug 15 '69'

Bissett, George

Bissett, John....

Aug. 13, '621 Aug. 16, '65
Aue. 15. '62 Aus. 16. '65

Blair, Charles L...

376

THE SEVENTH KEGIMENT.
ROSTEK OF COMPANY D — Continued.

NAMES.

Boliu, John

Brewer, Charles

Brown, Edwin.

Brown, Wm

Brickert, Elias

Burton, John L

Butterfieid, David J....

Buck, Albert C

Buthrick, Jefferson

Canfieid, James M

Carsley, Geo. A

Cass, Dudley C

Canfieid, Alvin

Canfieid, Herman

Cherry, Daniel H

Clark, Asberry B

Clark, Albert J

Cooper, Daniel M

Corey, Gilbert C

Cripps, John

Davidson, Thomas

Davidson, Robert W

Davis, James

Dixon, John ,

Edwards, Wm

Ehrendreich, Henry S.

EUsburry.Geo. H

Eves.Chas. E

Fay, Eugene

Frederick, John

French, Geo. N

Fuller, Judson W

Fuller, Albert H

Gates, Oliver P

Gilbert, Edwin D

Grout, Lewis P

Grout, Arnold W

Grout, Orrin

Hagay, A. S

Harvey, Fletcher C

Hanley, John ,

Hartly, Thomas

Hitchcock, Henry C

Hill, Irvin M

Howe, John K

Hughes, Henry W

Hutton, Melzar ,

Hysell, Henry T.,

Hysell, Elmore D

Jackson, Edward D...

Jeffrey, Horace E ,

Jenkins, Geo. V

Kendricks, Joseph

Kenyon, Charles J ,

Kidito, Franklin

Liee, Benson

Lee, Gardner W

Leighton, John

Leighton, Daniel G....

Lee, Phileorman

Libbey, Levi D

Lilley, Hilkiah

Lynch, Wm

Mallory, Hiram W

McCann, Samuel

McRady, Delos M

Monahan, Mathew

Morrison, John

Montgomery, Wm

Mott, Melcomb

Nelson, Ober

Newcomb, Arnold

Northrop, Stephen L..

O'Hara, Wm

Parks, Wm. D

Parker, Wm. Wallace.

Perkins, Edgar A

Phelps, Daniel

Pinkham, Lydia E

Reed, Rufus ,

Richardson, George....

Robinon, Martin

Rowe, Wm

Roberton, Joseph

Safford, Philip...

MUSTERED

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Nov. 4, '63
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 24, '64

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Oct. 4, '64
Oct. 4, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Oct. 1, '63
Feb. 16, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 15, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62

Jan. 6, '65

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '"
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Mch. 12, '64
Feb. 28, '
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 17, '64

Aug. is', '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 16 '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 24, '64
Feb. 10, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 16, '65
July 27, '65

June 29, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

May 22, '65

Aug. 9, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

June, '65
Aug. 16, '65
May 18, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
June 9, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

June 13, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug.'i'67'65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

REMARKS.

Killed July 14, '64, at Tupelo.

At Memphis.
Died July 8, '64.
Per order.

Transferred to Company I.

Sergeant.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged per order June 17, '65.
Deserted April 3, '64, at Paducah, Ky.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal; discharged Sept. 8, '65.
Killed July 14, '64, at Tupelo.
Transferred to Invalid Corps.

Discharged for disability Sept. 8, '64.

Died Feb. 5, '65, at Nashville, of consumption.

Transferred to Company K, 9th Minnesota Infantry.

Discharged Feb. 11,'65, for comn. in 88th U. S. Colored Infantry,

Per order.

Died July 16, '64, of wounds received at Tupelo.

Corporal.

Corporal; deserted Oct. 18, '62, at Fort Snelling, Minn.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant 67th U. S. Colored Infantry.

Per order.

Promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Wounded at Tupelo; left with enemy; supposed to have died

at Macon, Ga.
Refused to muster; arrested and returned to Company May 23,

'64; discharged per order May 4, '65.
Refused to muster.
Deserted Oct. 9, 63, at Fort Snelling.
Died Jan. 27, '65, at Jeffersonville, Ind.
Transferred to Company K, 9th Minnesota Inf try, October, '62,

Sergeant.

Sergeant; died July 20, '65, at Selma, Ala.

Discharged for disability May 13, '64.

Died Dec. 23, '64, at Cape Girardeau.

Corporal.

Died June 3, '65, at Vicksburg.

Corporal ; died Aug. 8, '65, pt Winona, Minn.
Wagoner ; discharged Aug. 2, '65, at St. Paul.
Discharged for disability Dec. 2, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 29, '63.
Per order.

Discharged for disability May 31, '65.
Promoted Corporal.
Refused to muster.

Died March 15, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Refused to muster.

First Sergeant; discharged for promotion in U. S. Colored Inf.

Died Feb. 9, '65, at Cairo, 111.; buried at Mound City, 111.

COMPANY E
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

377

NAMES.

sj

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Schultz Martin

99

Feb 24 '64

Aug 16 '65

Schepps Nickolas

17

Feb ll' '65

Aug. 16 "65

Shay -Win

1H

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Shaffner, Benjamin F

?1

Aug. 15 '62

Died Dec. 28, '64, at Nashville of wounds.

Small Win

21

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Small, Henry L

Aug. 14, '62

Died March 9, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Smith Albert M

19

Feb. 16 '64

Aug. 16 '65

Stone Hjalmer

98

Feb 27 '64

Aug 16 '65

Steadman, Daniel

?1

Aug. 15 '62

Discharged April 7 '65 for wounds received at Nashville.

Sweet Wm C ..

38

Feb. 23 '64

Aug 16 '65

S6

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Thompson, Mark

33

Aug. 15* '6^

Died Nov 13 '64 at St Louis Mo.

Vance Calvin J

25

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Van Slyke, Jacob

30

Aug. 15, '6?

Killed July '64, at Tupelo.

Van Aurburg Abram

9f>

Aug 15 '6?

Discharged for disability March 28 '63.

Walker Christian

Feb 24 '64

Aug 16 '65

Webb, Franklin

?5

Aug. 15 '62

Corporal; deserted Oct. 6 '63, Winona.

Wegener Charles F. .. .

9<1

Aug. 18 '69

Died Oct 12 '63 at Winona

Whitlock, LeviB

?5

Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Corporal.

Whitlock, John H

?1

Aug. 15 '62

Refused to muster.

Wilmot, Edwin D .. .

21

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Winget, Andrew

?3

Aug. 22, '62

Died June 23, '64, at Paducah, Ky.

Wood worth, John R
Wright, Edmund

19
34

Feb. 15, '64
Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Deserted at Fort Snelling in '62.

ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

W
<j

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Josiah F. Marsh

37
37
30

30
30

24

33
21
22

22
27
29
24
29
18
33
28
27
33
20
23
28
37
23
33
2C
18
26
37
19
21
18
22
18
26
30
20
20
27
26
27
27
21

19

Aug. 22, '62
Sept. 25, '62
June 20, '65

Sept. 25, '62
June 11, '63

May 31, '65

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 26, '62
Aag. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Oct. 22, '63
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Sept. 6, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 22, '62

Pro. Lieut. Colonel of the 9th Minn. Infantry Sept. 25, '62.
1st Lieutenant Aug. 22, '62; discharged March 30, '65.
Mustered Sept. 24, '62; promoted Sergeant Nov. 1, '62; promoted
2d Lieutenant Nov. 6, '63; 1st Lieutenant Nov. 16, '64.
2d Lieutenant Aug. 22, '62- resigned June 10, '63.
1st Sergeant Sept. 24, '62; 2d Lieu tenant Sept. 25, '62; killed July
15, '64, at Tupelo, Miss.
Mustered Sept. 24, '62; 2d Lieutenant Dec. 8, '64.

Discharged for disability March 25, '63.
Wounded at Tupelo; discharged May 22, '65.
Promoted Corporal.

Died on Steamer Rebecca July 26, '65.
Died Jan. 5, '65, at Nashville.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Per order.
Discharged per order Mav 31, '65.
Killed at Nashville Dec. 16, '64.
Promoted Corporal; died Aug. 8, '65.
Discharged for disability March 25, '63.
Promoted Sergeant Dec. 1, '63; 2d Lieutenant May 13, '65.

Sergeant.
Corporal.

Corporal.
Corporal; wounded at Nashville; discharged in hospital.
Corporal; discharged per order June 14, '65.
Died Oct. 27, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Killed by Indians April 16, '63.
Killed July 14, '64, at Tupelo.
Discharged for disability Jan. 20, '64.

Per order.
Musician; promoted Corporal.

Died Aug. 15, '64, at Memphis.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant; discharged April 3, '65, for
wounds received at Nashville.
Promoted Corporal.

Thomas G Hall

Maxon L. Potter

Aug. 16, '65

First Lieutenants —
Alexander Wight
Hardy Lewis

Aug. 16, '65

Aaron H. H. Dayton

KHLISTED MEN.

Allen Wm B

Baglv o'le 0 ....

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Barrett Chas E

Bennett, Michael

Bliss Beriah

Blackburn, John
Boughton, Truman D
Boyce, Howard A
Butler, Myron J
Burons Milton

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Mch.27, '65

Burdick, Jerry S

Bullis Henry W.. .

Case Chas H

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Christopherson, Christ
Craig Geo. W

Dawson, Barnebas
Daniels, Joseph

Degroodt. Geo. W

Drummond, John T
Drummond Wm

Durand, Wm. E

Emmons,'Lorenzo D
Elder, Ferdinand A
Elless, Natley D

Engabritson, Enbric
Erickson Ole

Aug. 16, '65

Essington, Oliver H
Farque-r George

Finch, Lucian B

Aug. 16, '65
July 18, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Ford, Stephen E

Fitch, James F".

Gage, Jacob B

Gibney, Peter

Glass, John. .

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Gorton, Charles
Graham, George W

Ouptil, Freeman E

Aug. 16, '65

378

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.

ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

NAMES.

Hall, Daniel

Hanson. Mons

Hazland, Mike F

Hanson, Peter ,

Helgerson Halver

Henderson, Martin

Honsker, Rasmus

Honsker, Angel

Hoag, Calvin

Hoffman. Henry

Hull, Alfred

Huyck, Jeremiah

Ingalls, Wni. S

Jaycox, Abraham

Jacobson, John

Jacobson, Madey

Johnson, Lars

Johnson, Andrew

Johnson, John

Johnson, John H

Jones, John W

Kalder, Geo. B

Kittleson, Kittle

L.arson, Lars B

Larson. Jacob C

Lloyd, Albert

McCorrnick, Jacob C

McNeely, John W

McGowen, John

McGowan, James

McDowell, Washington.

Miller, Robert H

Morey, Ira

Morrison, Robert A

Monroe, Levi H

Myers, Jonathan

Nelson, Oliver

Newell, Amos

Oleson, Allen ,

Oleson, Olanz ,

Oleson, Knudi

Orr, JohnC

Peterson, Peter

Peevy, Charles H

Peirce, David A

Pfremmer, Christian

Plonteaux, Ara.

Priest, Wm

Rensberger, Edward H.

Rose, Jacob A ,

Sayles, Philander

Schulz, Charles

Seelye, Emory D

Server, John

Sherburne, M. M

Smallen, James

Stevens, Wesley

Stebbins, Franklin M....

Stark, Edwin

Steybe, John A

Sutherland, Daniel I

Swenson, Erasmus

Thompson, Thomas

Thompson, Thomas B....

Towsley, Theodore

Walter, Ransom

Warr, Charles S

Walker, Geo. L

Wilbur, Spencer J

Wilbur, Heman

Woodward, James M

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 15, '22
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 30, '64
Sept. 17, '63
Aug. 30, '64
Feb. 11, '65
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 5, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 30, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Sept. 4, '64
Sept. 5, '64
Feb. 11, '65
Aug. 18, '62

Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21 ,'62
Aug. 30. '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '65

Mch.28,'64
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. lo, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 22, '621

Aug. 16, '65
Mch. 25, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
June28, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, !65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug.' 16," 65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug.' 16,' '65

June 13, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug.' 16,' '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

REMARKS.

Per order.

Died Jan. 21, '65, of wounds received at Nashville.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal; died Oct. 29, '64, at Memphis.
Discharged for disability May 30, '63.

Per order.

Killed July 14, '64, at Tupelo.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 1 , '63.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 30, '64.
Died March 3, '65, at Fort Gaines.

Died Oct. 21, '64, at Memphis.

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Sergeant; discharged per order June 12, '64.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; died Aug. 3, at Memphis.

Discharged for disability March 5, '64.
Corporal; discharged for disability Sept. 25, '63.
Musician; died April 16, '65, at New York.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Discharged July, '65, from hospital.

Sergeant; reduced Nov. 1, '62; delivered to civil authorities.
Died Jan. 1, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Discharged per instruction of War Department May 31, '65.

Promoted Corporal; died Dec. 21, '63, at St. Louis.

Discharged for disability March 25, '63.

Per order.

Wagoner; dis. from hospital Aug. 7, '65, at New Orleans, La.

Discharged per order May 16, '65.

Died Nov. 9, '63, at St. Louis.

Discharged per order June 24, '65.
Discharged per order May 14, '65.

Discharged per order June 8, '65.

Died Jan. 14, '65, at Nashville.

Died Oct. 22, '62, at St. Louis.

Died July 3, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

I Discharged per order May 20, '65.

Aug. 16, '65 1 Corporal.

Promoted Corporal; died Sept. 10, '64, at Memphis.

Au'g.'l6',''65|
Aug. 16, '65

Discharged per order May 19, '65.
Died Oct. 14, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

COMPANY F.
EOSTER OF COMPANY F.

379

NAMES.

w
o

<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —

^

Aug 25 '62

Aug 16 '65

Enrolled Aug 2 '62- commissioned Aug 25 'G9

First Lieutenants —
Thomas R Huddleston..

30

Aug 25 '62

Resigned Jan. 17 '63.

Loren W. Collins
Second Lieutenants —
Stephen C Miller

23

•>o

Jan. 8, '63
Jan. 8 '63

Aug. 16, '65

Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; commissioned 2d Lieut. Aug. 25, '62.
Transf. from Company B of the Sixth Regiment' pro Corporal

Andrew J. Patch

?f>

May 17, '64

of Company F; promoted Captain and Com. of Sub. May, '64.
Mustered Oct. 3, 'G'_'; promoted Sergeant Major June 17 '63- pro

Stephen H. Dickens

ENLISTED MEN.

Amsden, Albert
Armstrong Win

23

23

26

Feb. 9, '65

Feb. 16, '64
Aug I'i 'G9

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

moted Adjutant March 2, '65.
1st Sergeant Oct. 3, '62.

Atkitison, Charles H
Ballard Eli

30

Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant Feb. 22, '64.

Ballard Elias

27

Aug 15 'G9

Aug 16 '65

Baldwin Aaron M

Mch 14 '63

r> A

Baltes, Christopher

24

Aug 15 '6°

Died March 26 '63 at Mendota Minn

Barry Andrew

"i

Mch 16 '64

Beissei Gotfried

91

Bennett, Jebediah
Boles John S ..

23
1S

Aug. 15, '62
Feb 1 1 '65

Aug.' 16^ '65

Bottomley, Joseph W
Bradley Hugh

19

oq

Aug. 9, '62
Aug 6 '6>

Aug. 16, '65

Browand, Rudolph

29

Aug '•> 'G2

Burgess, Alonzo G

27

Aijf 6 '6''

90

Aug 6* '6°

July 6 '65

Loiporai; died JNOV. zo, 04, at winoua, wnue on SICK leave.

Buckman, Jacob
Carson Orison

37

24

Aug. 15, '62
Aug 15 'G9

Aug. 16, '65

Carroll, Michael

37

Apl ' 2* '64

Aug 16 '65

Died October, 64, at Jenerson .barracks, Mo.

Chaska, John

21

Died March 26 '63 at Mankato Minn

Chamberlain, O. P

18

Auff 13 'G9

Countryman, Martin H....
•Curren Frank

21
21

Aug. 2, '62
Mch 16 '64

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

•-53

Aue1 1 5 'G''

Darling, Joel M ..

29

Aug 15 '62

May 10 '65

Dean, Fred J

23

Aug 15 '6'>

Mav 10 '65

Dean Reuben B

27

Aug 16 '65

17

Feb 17* '65

Aug 16* '65

Dungay, Edward
Duffy Hugh

32
23

Aug. 2, '62
Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Discharged for disability Sept, 26, '64.

Dunlinger, Jacob
Dyke John.

21
38

Aug. 15, '62
Feb 26 '64

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Eaton, James
Eischen, Nickolas

32
21

Aug. 13, '62
Auff 21 'G9

Wagoner; discharged from Veteran Reserve Corps Aug. 5, '65,
Deserted at Fort Snelling Oct 5 '63

Ells Samuel

36

Aug 15 'G9

Wounded at Vashville Dec 16 '64- dis for disability May, '65.

Enuis, Martin

24
23

Aug. 15, '62
Aug 15 '6°

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Fish, Arthur
Fisher Charles.

18
24

Aug. 14, '62
Ana- IS '6°

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Musician.

Foster, Anson J

44

Aug 14 '69

Died Oct. 14 '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Freidheim Moses

20

Aug 1 1 '69

May 20 '65

Fuecker Anthony

29

Aug 15 '69

Aug 16 '65

Oergen, Peter

24

Aug' 15* '6'7

Discharged for disability July 18, '64.

Gieo-er Francis W

30

Aug 15 '6°

Aug 16 '65

Greig, Robert

21

Aug 29' '69

Aug 16* '65

Promoted Corporal Feb. 22, '64; Sergeant March 12, '65.

Hamilton, Lorenzo G
Haas Michael

29
21

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Harrison, Zimri

21

Aug 15 '6°

Aug 16* '65

Heazey, Anthony J

32

30

Aug. 2, '62
Au^ °9 '62

Aug. 16, '65

Killed July 14 '64 at Tupelo Miss

Heil, Joseph.

23

Aug 15 '69

Aug 16 '65

Heslet Hiram H

21

Mch 2* '64

Discharged for disability Oct 26 '64

Hoover, John L

Holmes, James H.

22
26

Aug.' 9,' '62
Aug 13 '62

Aug. 16, '65
May 30 '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Holden, Elias W

23

Au» 15 '62

Aug. 16 '65

Hosford, Caleb

24

Aug 9 '69

Discharged for disability Sept. 17, '64.

Holmes, Nelson M

21

Mch. 2 '64

Discharged per order June 15, '65.

Hunt, Andrew M . .

20

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Imeson, Jonathan

24

Aug. 15, '62

Corporal; discharged for disability Jan. 9, '65.

Irrthum, John

21

Aug 15 '62

Aug. 16, '65

Jarvis, Wm H Jr

20

Aug 8 '62

Promoted Corporal; discharged per order July 10, '65.

Jeffers, James A

^

Aug. 9 '62

Aug. 16, '65

Johnson, Norman C
Johnson, William

20
*>1

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 2, '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Johnson, Edward L
Johnson, Charles
Kasel, Nicholas

19
19
*>1

Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62

"Aug'."l6,''65
Aug. 16, '65

Discharged for disability March 14, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Kennard, Owen
IJahman Frederick

21

26

Aug. 15, '62
Aug 14 '69

Aug. 3, '65

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Discharged for disability March 25, '63.

Masters, Archer

•>s

Aug. 9, '62

Dishonorably discharged July 6, '65, per sentence gen. crt. nirtL

Mahoney , John

21

Aug 14 '62

Aug 16 '65

McDowell, James

98

Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 16, '65

McMullen, Amon
McLaughlin, Hugh
McNeely, John....

19
21
?1

Aug. 12, '62
Mch. 2, '64
Aol. 2 .'64

June 8, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aue. 16. '65

Per order.

380

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

NAMES.

K
cs
<J

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

43

Aug 14 '62

Discharged for disability June 2 '65.

Mertz John G

26

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Sergeant

Moillton, John A
More, John

22
23

Aug. 19, '62
Aug 13 '62

Sergeant; dis. Feb. 16, '64, for promotion in colored infantry.
Sergeant' dis. Feb. 16, '64, for promotion in colored infantry.

Morton John A

30

Aug 14 '62

Discharged June 20 '65 for disability wounded at Nashville,

Moizo, Edward L

24

Aug 13 '62

Died.

Mowry, Frank C
Morey Israel C

22
26

Aug. 16, '62
Aug 8 '6-)

Aug. 16, '65
May 22 '65

Newell, Almond "W

27

4ug 15* '62

Promoted Corporal; transf to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 10,^65,

Niveral Henry

26

Aug 2 '62

Aug 16 '65

Paul, Bruno

44

Aug. 2, '62

Discharged for disability September, '63.

Purcell, Daniel
Putnam Ira

38
24

Aug. 12, '62
Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Pvle, Henry M

30

Mch'. 2 '64

Aug 16 '65

Kay, Ferdinand G
Reynolds, Charles W
Rowen Thomas ....

22
17
25

Men. 2 '64
Feb. 22, '65
Feb 24 '64

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Sandy, Thomas

82

Aug. 2, '62

Deserted from 3d Minn. Inf.; arrested and returned April, '63,

Pchiu all, Stephen

21

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Seely Robert

18

Mch 2 '64

Aug 16 '65

Smith, Henry D

18

Aug. 6 '62

May 10 '65

Per order.

Smith Joseph A.

29

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Stein, Fred A

?1

Aug. 15, '62

Aug 16 '65

Stowen Albert

24

Mch 2 '64

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 28, '65.

Traver, Richard
Van Inwftgen H. O.

30
20

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13 '62

Aug. 16 '65

Pro. Sergeant Major Sept. 1, '62; transferred to Non-Com. Staff,

Velv, Obediah

•>«

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Promoted Corporal.

"Wells, Leander

?9

Aug. 14, '62

Deserted March 15, '63, at Mankato, Minn.

Wheeler Geo A

29

Aug 19, '62

Aug 16 '65

Corporal.

Wilson, Thomas
Wood, Alonzo H

44

28

Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62

June 5, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Per order.
Sergeant.

ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Win. C. Williston....

Herman Betcher

First Lieutenants —

Daniel Densmore

Manville Comstock..
Second Lieutenants —

James A. Owens

Wm. M. Philleo

ENLISTED MEN.

Ackerman, Michael....

Anderson, Arm

Anderson, Andrew

Allen, Wm.G

Barnes, James

Baulig, Sebastian

Belcher, John

Berg.OleT

Benson, Ben

Bergman, Frank... ,

Beers, Truman E

Beers, Truman T

Birgh, Nelson

Boatman, Charles

Brown, Arthur

Britt ell, Harry

Budd, Samuel

Cadwell, Hiram

Carson, Henry R

Cady, Stephen G

Cavanaugh, Timothy..

Cook, Jacob, Jr

Christ, Jacob

Crane, Andrew M

Danielson, Henry A...

Danielson, John

Dobereng, Charles G...

Downey, Richard

Edward, Martin

Ehlert, Ferdinand

Engberg, Peter ...

MUSTERED
IN.

Aug. 26, '62
Feb. 6, '64

Feb. 6, '64
Nov. 17, '64

Mch. 23, '64
Jan. 10, '65

Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 15, '
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 21 ,'62,
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 16, '621
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Mch. 16, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 12, '62

MUSTERED
OUT,

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

May 22, '65
Aug. 16, '65
May 31, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

May 12, '65

Aug. 16, '65

REMARKS.

Resigned Jan. 20, '64.

1st Lieutenant Aug. 26, '62.

Pro. Major 68th TJ. S. Col. Inf. August, '64; 2d Lieut. Aug. 26, "82.
2d Lieutenant Oct. 6, '64; Sergeant Aug. 26, '62; 1st Lieutenant

Nov. 17, '64.

Resigned Oct. 5, '64; 1st Sergeant Aug. 26, '62.
Sergeant Aug. 26, '62.

Corporal; transferred to 3d Battery; returned to company; dis«

charged per order July 12, '65,
Discharged from hospital at Memphis July 10, '65.
Killed at Nashville December, >64.

Corporal; discharged for disability June 7, '65.
Discharged on warrant of habeas corpus November, '64.

Discharged per order July 10, '65.
Discharged for disability March 20, '65.

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Discharged for disability May 29, '65.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Per order.

Deserted on or about Aug. 30, '64.

Died Jan. 15, '65, at Jeffersonville, Ind.

Died July 9, '65, at Selma, Ala.
Discharged for disability, June 5, '65.

COMPANY G.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

381

NAMES.

w

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Evans Edward

18

Nov. 4 '63

Dis. per order Secretary of War July 16 '64' colored recruit

Falls James

19

Aug 13 '62

Discharged for disability Jan 16 '63

Fadland Peter E

21

Aug 15 '69

Died Aug 6 '64 at Pine Island Minn

Ferry. Patrick
Foley Timothy

28
21

Aug 16, '62
Aug 16 '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Goodman, Francis M

19

Aug. 14, '62

Discharged for disability March 14, '63.

Green Isaac

^0

Aug. 16, '62

Discharged for disability March 25 '63.

Hamlin Jacob L

21

Aug 14 '62

Died Dec 23 '64 of wounds received in battle

Hempling, Herman

<>0

Aug 14, '62

Discharged for disability Jan. 27, '64.

Hempling, Ferdinand
Herder, Charles F

22
79

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Discharged for disability April 11, '63.

Hewitt, Edward

Ifi

Mch. 16, '64

Aug 16 '65

Hillig, August G

19

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Hilton Isaac P

«?4

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Hillig Ameal

1H

Feb. 26, '64

Died April 25, '65, at Baton Rouge, La.

Hovelson, Hans
Holler, Englebert

24
29
25

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Oct. 16, '63

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Holverson, Ole N
Hubbard Clark V

44
^1

Sept. 4, '64
Aug. 21, '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Hutchinson John F

*>0

Aug. 21 '62

Discharged for disability March 28, '65.

Jackson, Abraham L
Jefferson, John W

39
29
34

Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 21 '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16 '65

Sergeant.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Johnson, Peter

19
71

Aug. 15, '62
Aug 15, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Promoted Corporal June 8, '65.
Died Oct. 5, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Johnson, Teller

71

Aug. 16, '62

Aug. 16, '65

King William

74

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 16, '65

SO

Aug 16, '62

Aug. 16 '65

Iiarson John

37

Aug. 15, '62

Discharged while on detached service in '65.

78

Feb. 5, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Larson, Olaus

?4

Sept. 5, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Leonard Orin C

75

Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Corporal.

Maloy, David W

?3

Aug. 15, '62

Corporal; deserted May 30, '63; arrested; sentenced to be dis

Magear, Nicholas

23

29

Aug. 16, '62
Aug 16 '62

Aug. 16, '65

honorably discharged and to three years' hard labor.

McMahan, Francis
Mclntyre, Henry P

21
18
21

Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug 15 '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Murray Henry

30

Mch 19* '64

Aug 16 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Nolan Wm

21

Feb 13* '64

Aug 16 '65

Olson,' John, Jr
Olson John A

40
21

Aug. 15, '62
Aug 15 '62

Aug. 16, '65

Olson' Ole

22

Aug 15 '62

Died Oct 29 '64 at Sedalia Mo

Olson Gullick

28

Sept 4 '64

Olson Erick

40

Jan 9* '63

Aug 16 '65

order.

Pallas Thomas

35

Aug 18 '62

Park Sidney W

19

Aug 14 '62

Aug 16 '65

Peterson, John F

43

Aug. 21,' '62

Died Oct. 16, '64, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Percival Robert.

19

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Peck, Elisha J

18

Aug 16? '62

Died Dec 27 '6° at New LMm Minn

Peterson Foster

25

Feb 17 '64

Aug 16 '65

Peterson, Peter

S7

Sept. 4, '64

Aug 16* '65

Robinson, Frank N

22

Jan 25 '64

Aug 16 '65

Eunshardt, Frederick
Scherer, John

27
35

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14 '62

Aug. 16, '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov 20 '63

Schneider Jacob

30

Aug 16 '69

Aug 16 '65

Sidmore, Mathew

28

Aug. 16, '62

Deserted May 30 '63 at Mankato

Skadson, Ole J

37

Sept. 3 '64

Aug 16 '65

Snell, Russell E

19

Aug. 14, '62

Discharged for disability Jan. 11, '64.

Strand, Ole E

t>\

Aug. 15 '62

Corporal' died Nov 16 '64 at Memphis

Strand, Ole A . .

19

Aug 16 '62

Aug 16 '65

Sundell, Chas. J

18

Aug. 12, '62

Died Aug 17 '64 at Memphis.

Swan, Jonas

0^

Aug. 12 '62

Died July 6 '65 at Selma Ala

Thurgen, Frederick
Wagner, Peter, Jr

33
71

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62

May 19, '65
Aug 16 '65

Per order.

Weever, Patrick

ST

Aug. 15 '62

Discharged for disability March 25 '63

Weaver, John

18

Feb. 25, '64

Died March 11 '65 atVicksburg.

Wentzell, Ole H

W

Sept. 4 '64

Aug 16 '65

Wray, Wm. R

18

Aug. 14, '62

Aug 16* '65

Musician.

382

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

James Gilfillan

C. B. Wilkinson

First Lieutenants—

Adam Buck

S. Lee Davis

ENLISTED MEN.

Asal, George ,

Bornarth, Charles

Belair, Michael

Bloom, John

Borth, Samuel ,

Borchart, Frederick. ...

Brennan, John

Bruce, Thomas

Buesing, Conrad

Camairnd, Edward

Cantwell, Jeremiah

Cheeney, John

Cole, Ira

De Lany, Arthur H

Dickinson, George W...

Farmer, James

Fessenden, Fred H

Folsom, Simeon P

Gerken, John

Gibe, John

Gondreau, Seffrin

Grassinger, Franz

Griggs, John

Gress, Anthony

Groot, Charles T

Hanson, Hans

Harrisberger, Jacob

Hagadoru, Henry T

Hodge, Wm. B

Jarvais, Stephen

Jarvais, Frederick

Johnson, Beers

Jounge, Frederick

Klappenbach, Edward.

Kobblinger, Albert

Kruger, Bernhardt

Krusha, Joseph

Lambrecht, Franz

Leferier, Louis ,

Legg, Gordon

L'Hereaux, Napoleon..

Lightbourne, Ed. S

Luss, Henry

Maurer, Wm

McGregor, John G

Messenger, Addis E

Mills, Henry L

Miller, Victor

Mullen, James C

Murray, Orran C

Newell, Davis

Nigg, Joseph

Peltz, Anton

Pohl, Henry

Pdlzin, John

Reimer, Herman

Ruth, John L

Scautleberry, Thos

Schaeffer, Henry

Schaeffer, Henry L

Schmidt, Christian

Schmuecker, John ,

Schuetz, Eaward

Stiehm, August

Stringer, Wm

Surber, Christopher....
Thedders, Bernard H.
Troxel, Christopher....

Troxel, George

Troxel, Wm H

Veeh, John George

"Wade, Alonzo D ,

Wade, RobertB

Warnicke, Conrad

Walker, Andrew P

Wackerhazen.Chas A.

Wegge, Frederick

Weckwarth, Ludwig...
Whitehill, Wm

87

26
80
19

:;,»
88
14
80
21
28
19
41
28
22
22
33
I 27
I 30
18
I 22

MUSTERED

Sept. 1, '62
Dec. 14, '64

Sept. 1, '62
Sept. 1, '62

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Feb. 7, '65
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 9, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 6, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 13, '62

Aug. 14, 62
Aug. 14, 62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '

Aug. 13,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 13,
Aug. 18,
Aug. 14,
Aug. 18,

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug."l6"'65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug."l6,"'65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
May 22, '62
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 14, 'i
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 14, '65
June 5, '65
Jan. 25, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

REMARKS.

Promoted Colonel of llth Minnesota Infantry Sept. 7, '64.
Enrolled Aug. 14, '62; Serg. Oct. 8, '62; pro.2d Lieut. Mch. 13, '64,

Resigned Feb. 12, '63.
2d Lieutenant Oct. 8, '62.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Sergeant; dis. Feb. 16, '64, for pro. in 92d U. S. Col. Infantry,

Deserted Oct. 10, '63, at Bloomington, 111.
Discharged for disability April 19, '65.
Discharged for disability Feb. 2, '63.
Deserted Oct. 6, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Deserted March 8, '63, in Sibley county, Minn.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.
Musician; deserted Oct. 9, '63, at La Crosse, Wis.
Died April 1, '65, in hospital at Fort Snelling.

Discharged for promotion in 47th Wisconsin Volunteers.

Discharged for disability May 10, '63.

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

1st Sergeant.

Bugler.

Wagoner,

Transferred to Veteran Relief Corps April 1, 65.

Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Promoted Corp.; wounded at Tupelo; dis. per order May 22, '65,

Discharged for disability Jan. 22, '64.

Deserted June 16, '63, at Camp Pope, Minn.

Died Jan. 7, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Discharged for disability March 14, '63.

Per order.

Discharged from hospital at Prairie du Chien in '65.
Discharged for disability Sept. 11, '62.

Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Corporal.

Transferred to 8th Minnesota Infantry October, '62.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps in '65.

Corp.; promoted Serg.; lost right foot at Nashville; dis. in '65.

Deserted March 7, '63, in Minnesota.

Died Aug. 7. '65, on transport Savannah on Mississippi Riven
Sergeant; died May 5, '65, on hospital steamer Baltic.

Promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.

Missed while on escort duty on Cumberland River February,

'64; drowned or deserted.
Discharged for disability May 11, '63.
Discharged for disability April 17, '65.

Corporal; discharged June 9, '65, at St. Paul.
Discharged for disability Feb. 9, '65.
Discharged for disability Jan. 20, '65.
Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.
Discharged for disability Dec. 10, '62.

Promoted Corporal; killed at Tupelo July 14, '65.

Sergeant; deserted Oct. 6, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Corporal; dis. May 12, '64, for pro. in 68th U. S. Col. Infantry,

Died Nov. 6, '64, in hospital at Cairo, 111.

Pro. Corporal; dis. May 5, '64, for pro. in U. S. Col. Infantry,

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

383

NAMES.

ri
q

<!

MUSTERED ' MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

REMARKS .

Winter John

24

Aug 14 '62 Aug 16 '65

Witte, Anton
Winslow, Lester B
Woehler, Charles

30
19
99

Aug. 14, '62 Aug. 16*, '65
Aug. 14, '62 Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 14, '62 Aug. 16, '65

Corporal.
Musician.

Wollendorff, John

39

Aug. 13, '62

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Cori

>s April 1 '65

Wright, Edward F

27

Aug. 14, '62 Aug. 16, '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; wounc

fed at Nashville

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Asa Libby .....

James M. McKelvey..

Josiah E. West

First Lieutenant —

George V. May hew

ENLISTED MEN.

Ablar.Tnffle

Adams, Joseph

Allen, Uriah F

Bates, Nathan

Barnes, Simon D

Berry, Emerson

Beckley, Michael P

Biggiestaff, Robert

Blood, Samuel A

Bowhall, Charles F

Bowen, John

Brown, Abraham D

Brown, Joseph ,

Butterfield, David I

Carter, William

Carter, Isaac

Chapman, Andrew M...

Chrysler, George S

Chamberlain, George....

Chapman, Alvin

Curtis, Ephraim

Darnell, Win

Dearing, John B

Doville, Oliver

Dressier, John

Fadden, Joseph E

Fadden, Charles H

Fisk, Daniel B

French, Abraham

Frost, Julius

Garlington, Lawrence..

Geer, LeviS

Getchell.Van R

Gibson, Ambrose H

Glover, George

Gorger, Edward

Grow, George

Grant, Nathaniel

Greely, John F

Gregory, Clifton B

Hart, Christopher

Hart, Edward ,

Hart, John

Harvey, David

Harley, Timothy ,

Haycock, Abner M

Harrison, Peter M

Hewit, Charles L

Hower, Levi

Hodgden, Albert B

Hoffman, John B

Kussey, Allen E

Johnson, Samuel C

Jones, George

Johnson, Leonard

Kinney, George S

Kiefer, Ignats ,

Lattimer, Peter

Laughlin, Pomeroy W.
Lent, Byron

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REMARKS.

Dec. 7, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Resigned Jan. 27, '64.

1st Lieutenant Sept. 2, '62; resigned March 20, '65.

Sergeant Sept. 2, '62; 2d Lieutenant April 12, '64.

Per order; 2d Lieutenant Sept. 2, '62.

Corporal; died July 5, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Promoted Corporal.

Deserted March 24, '63, at Mankato, Minn.

Died Aug. 2, '64, of wounds received at Tupelo, Miss.

Died Jan. 6, '65, at Nashville, Tenn.

Died Sept. 6, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Discharged for disability Aug. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability May 6, '65.

Discharged for disability April 20, '65.

Per order.

Died Sept. 15, '64, at Paducah, Ky.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged per order July 24, '65.

Corporal; dis. for pro. as 1st Lieut, in 2d Mo. Vols. Jan. 12, '64.

Died Dec. 30, '64, of wounds received at Nashville.
Died March 30, '65, of wounds received at Spanish Fort.

Per order.

Discharged for disability July 4, '65.

Discharged for disability Aug. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability March 14, '63.
Died Dec. 13, '64, at Benton Barracks.

Discharged for disability May 11, '63.
Per order.

Per order.

Discharged for disability April 3, '63.

Died May 26, '65, at Selma, Ala.

Per order.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Sergeant.

Transferred to Invalid Corps March 7, '64.
Died Aug. 3, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

1st Sergeant; dis. for pro. in U. S. Colored Infantry Feb. 15, '64.

384

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

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29

Aug 14 '62

Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept 26 '63

19

Aug 15* '62

Died May 1, '63 at Mankato Minn

32

Aug 15 '62

Discharged for disability March 25 '63

38

Aug 14* '62

Martin Daniel

97

Aug 16* '62

Aug 16* '65

McCarter Daniel . . .

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Sergeant

McGee,Anios
McDougall Duncan

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Aug. 16J '65

Promoted Corporal Sergeant* discharged per order May 29 '65

21

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Aug 16 '65

McDonough Peter

W

Feb. 28* '64

Transferred to Invalid Corps Aug. 16, '64.

McLeod W W

31

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Meyer Henry

41

Aug. 14 '62

Aug. 16 '65

Wounded at Nashville.

Mergell, Henry W. A ,
Miller James K

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Aug. 16, '65

Sergeant* discharged for disability Feb 29 "64

Masher Harvey G

9fi

Aug. 14 '62

Transferred to Invalid Corps March 7, '64.

24

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May 29 '65

Per order

Owens, John

3*>

Aug. 18, '62

Deserted Sept. 20, '63, at Fort Snelling.

21

Aug 15 '62

discharged for disability March 25 '63.

Pinkney, John E

?9

Aug. 19, '62

Died July 26, 'G4, at Memphis.

Prutsman Siuieon

84

Aug. 14, '62

Discl^arged for disability Aug. 20, '63.

?6

Aug 14 '62

Aug 16 '65

Rackliff, Benj. R

?9

Aug. 15, '62

July 19* '65

Per order.

Reed Orrin S

•>o

Feb 16 '64

June 5 '65

Per order.

Ridley, Alvan K

99

Aug. 22, '62

Aug. 16, 'G5

Saunders, Hiram

S9

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Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 29, '64.

Sawyer, Harry

35

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Corporal; discharged per order July 11, '65.

Slosson, Milton H

31

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Aug. 16 '65

Smith Alonzo

99

Aug 14 '62

May 22 '65

Per order.

Somers, James E
Spurr Nathaniel R.

28
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Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Aug 16 '65

Died April 1, '64, at St. Louis.
Promoted Sergeant.

35

Aug 14 '62

Died Dec. 28, '63, at St. Louis, Mo.

Sutherland, James

19

Aug. 15 '62

Died Jan. 18, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Sumner Tyler.

21

Aug. 1! '62

Aug 16 '65

Swenour, Lewis

3'?

Feb. 27, '64

Died at Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 12, '65.

Sylvester, Charles R

•>«

Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 16 '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Thomas Jones D

97

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Veasey, John
"West Caleb W..

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24

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15 '62

Aug. 16, '65

Discharged for disability March 25 '63.

Wilson, Gowan M
Wilkins, Christopher
Wood, Charles
Wood, Frank

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Per order.
Corporal.

ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

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OFFICERS.
Captains —
Francis Burke
Theodore G. Carter

First Lieutenant —
Felix A Borer

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Resigned Feb. 23, '63.
1st Lieutenant Sept. 2, '62.

2d Lieutenant Sept, 2, '62.

1st Sergeant Sept, 2, '62; resigned March 30, '64.
Sergeant Sept. 2, '62.

Discharged for disability April 4, '65.
Died Nov. 4, '62, at St. Peter, Minn.
Per order.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 29, '63.
Discharged for disability Feb. 26, '64.
Promoted Corporal; wounded at Nashville.
Corporal; pro. Sergeant; discharged per order May 31, '65.
Discharged for disability March 25, '63.
Died Jan. 20, '64, at St. Louis.

Died Jan. 4, '64, at St. Louis.
Corporal; proinoted Sergeant; on detached service in the 121st
Colored Infantry on discharge of regiment.
Promoted Corporal.

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 28, '63.
Per order.

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Second Lieutenants —
Nelson II. Manning
James B. Turrittin

ENLISTED MEN.

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Arter, 'Frederick
Bedow, Sever C
Birdsell, Seth
Borer, Herman
Brown, Philander
Burke Francis, Jr

May 31, '65
'Aug.' 16/65

Carter Nathan S

Carpenter, Adelbert
Canfi eld, Daniel A
Chambers, John W
Chapman, Chas. O

Aug. 16, '65

Clapp George C .

Conner, Timothy M
Cooley, Jaines H

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Conner Samuel H ...

Coolidge, David

Cox, Joel E

Conway OrlofC

Colder, Alexander

Damrin, Benj. R.

Davis. Timothy B....,

June 9 '65

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

385

NAMES.

Dahlruan, John

Davis, Joseph

Dewey, Asa.

Diller, John

Dora, Michael

Douglas, Wm. W

Donahue, Timothy

Elkin, Edwin

Farrell, Anthony

Fitch, Thomas

Fowble, Otis E

Fruchte, Henry

Gore, Chas. \V

Grover, Manly

Guntz, Frederick A

Haley, Thomas

Harrier, Marion

Hannigan, Thomas

Halleck, Horace F

Hess, John N

Hess, Charles E ,

Herman, Joseph

Hill, Lawson

Hobson, Thos. B

Holcomb, Robert W

Hoyt, James N.

Hoag, Patrick

Hodges, Simon T

Huck, Anton

Jaeger, Rudolph

Johnson, David

Johnson, Edward L

Johnson, Charles

Kendall, Cassius C

Keithley, Samuel T

Keogh, Michael ,

Kingsley, Morgan ,

Lancaster, Win

Little, Cyrus P

Lingenfelter, Jeremiah..

Lovengood, Ross

Lowell, Warren L

McNeil, James

McCabe, Peter

McConkev, Peter

Mitchell, Joseph T

Morris, Paddock

Montgomery, Thomas....

Nason,OrrinS

Nason, Thomas C

Odell, Moses B

Oswald, Herman

Otis, Stephen

Perry, Frank L

Pettis,Wm. H

Pett is, Charles C

Kadigan, Patrick

Reyff, Emanuel

Reyff.Eusebius

Redneld.Orin S

Rice, Hiram S

Savidge, Archibald

Schwendinger, Stephen..

Shepperle, Joseph

Sigley, Henry S ,

Simpson, George

Smail, Thomas

Stage, Henry

6tandenmaier,John

Talbot, Ed. R. R

Tibbetts, Oliver C

Tilson, James S

Tolan, Edward

Turrittin, John S

Virtue, Geo. I

Westlake, James F

Weissewritter, Martin...
Whipple, Harrison W...

Wharton, Albert O

Wil fort, Andrew

Williams, Daniel E

Wilds, Frank A

Worden, Wm. J

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Aug. 16, '65
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Aug. 16, '65
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Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65 ;

Aug. 16, '65,
Aug.' 16,' '65;

Wounded at Nashville; discharged in hospital in '65.
Improperly mustered; returned home Sept. 19, '63.

Promoted Corporal; wounded at Tupelo and Spanish Fort.
Discharged in hospital in '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability April 3, '65.

Promoted Corporal.
Per order.

Discharged April 20, '65, for wounds received at Nashville.

Commissary Sergeant from Nov. 3, '63, to Dec. 20, '64.

Wounded at Nashville.

Wounded at Tallahatchie River Aug. 9, '64; dis. April 4, '65.

Wounded at Nashville and Spanish Fort.

Promoted Corporal.

Wounded at Nashville; discharged for disability May 31, '65.

Dis. Oct. 29, '64, for pro. in 1st Minn. Heavy Artillery.

Wagoner.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Died Dec. 28, '63, at St. Louis.

Promoted Corporal; discharged per order May 31, '65.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Promoted Sergeant; died July 26, '64.
Discharged for disability May 13, '64.
Per order.
Per order.

Musician; discharged from hospital in '65.
Sergeant; wounded at Tupelo.
Died Aug. 20, '64, at Memphis.

Per order.

Discharged July 18, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Per order.

Died Feb. 7. '63, at Mankato, Minn.

Promoted Corporal; died Dec. 20, '64, at Kasota.

Corporal; discharged for promotion in U. S. Colored Infantry.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Per order.

Corporal; transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.

Died Feb. 11, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Musician.

Discharged for disability May 11, '63.

Died July 11, '65, at Selma, Ala.

Discharged April 1, "65, for wounds received at Nashville.
Died April 12, '65, at New Albany, Ind.

Pro. Corp.; wounded at Tupelo; killed at Nashville Dec. 16, '64.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Dec. 21, '64.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, '63.

Died Jan. 15, '63, at Mankato, Minn.

Dis. March 17, '64, for pro. 1st Lieut. 68th U. S. Colored Inf.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged per order May 28,'65.
Discharged for disability March 25, '63.

Discharged from hospital in '65.
Deserted Sept. 23, '63, at Mankato, Minn.

Discharged July 1, '65, at Memphis.

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 28, '63.

Sergeant; dis. for pro. Jan. 6, '64, as Serg. Maj. U. S. Col. Inf.

25

NARRATIVE OF THE EIGHTH REGIMENT.

BY HON. WILLIAM H. HOULTON. l

The Eighth Eegiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was organized under
the 600,000 call, during the darkest days of the Rebellion. In August, 1862,
McClellan had been beaten before Richmond, and Lee threatened Washington,
The Union cause was desperate. Strong and substantial men with families,
homes and valuable property, who before had hesitated to enlist, now, moved
by determined patriotism, enlisted en masse. The companies of the Eighth
Regiment were largely from rural counties, as follows: Company A, Anoka;
Company B, Rice; Company C, Washington; Company D, Fillmore and Olm-
sted; Company E, Wright; Company F, Dakota; Company G, Wabasha; Com
pany H, Goodhue and others; Company I, Scott and others; Company K,
Ramsey, etc. The men were mostly farmers, with some lumbermen, averaging
twenty-five to thirty years old, an age too mature to make fancy soldiers; but,
being self-reliant frontiersmen, used to labor and exposure and generally expert
in the use of firearms in hunting, were, for prompt and efficient execution of
duty, rarely equaled. At the time of enlistment the regiment expected to go
immediately South, but within ten days the terrible Sioux massacre occurred,
and the Sioux war which followed gave an entirely different direction to its
early service. As fast as companies could be even partially equipped with any
kind of arms, they were hurried to the most exposed points on the frontier, in
many places employed in building stockades and sod forts, and even after the
main bodies of the Sioux were driven away, in patrolling between the settle
ments and the Indians, so as to protect the people and restore confidence. On
account of these circumstances the companies all served months before they were
even formally mustered into the service of the United States, and then it was
done only by companies.

It is difficult at this date to realize the state of panic and demoralization
which the massacre of more than 1,000 people on our western frontier produced
among all the people of Minnesota, and especially among those living along the
banks of the upper Mississippi, and between the Sioux, and Chippewa Indians.
Rumors of disaffection among the latter tribe and signs of desire to join in the
Sioux war were so prevalent, that, to prevent the total abandonment of the
country, troops had to be sent to different points immediately, and Company A
was sent to Anoka and Princeton, Company E to Monticello, and, late in the
fall of 1862, the headquarters of the Eighth Regiment were established at Fort
Ripley, on the upper Mississippi, Colonel M. T. Thomas commanding. At one
time all the field and staff officers and most of the companies were there. Com
panies A and E were on duty at the Chippewa Agency in December, when the
Washington officials met Hole-in- the-Day and the other chiefs of that tribe,
and made a treaty with them and paid their annuities. Company A remained
there that winter. The winter at Ripley was uneventful and spent mostly in
guard duty and drill. Here Springfield rifles were received in exchange for the
Austrian rifles, which before had taken the place of the old Belgian muskets
with which some companies had first been sent after Indians. In the early spring
of 1863 the headquarters of the Eighth were moved to St. Cloud; and leaving a

1 When the time arrived to furnish the manuscript for this volume to the printer it was
found that for the Eighth Regiment, which the commission understood had been arranged for,
no narrative was forthcoming. In this emergency the commission called on officers and others of
that organization to supply the deficiency, but without response, until, at their earnest request, W.
H. Houlton, who served three years in the ranks in that regiment, consented to write it.

SULLY' S INDIAN EXPEDITION. 387

small garrison at Ripley, under Lieutenant Colonel H. 0. Rogers, and Company
F at Princeton and Sunrise, on the Chippewa frontier, the rest of the regiment
was moved to the Sioux frontier and scattered from McLeod county north and
west to Georgetown, on the Red River of the l^orth, thus guarding in all a frontier
of several hundred miles. Company A was stationed at Kingston and Manan-
nah, Company E at Paynesville, Company B at Sauk Centre, Company D at
Pornine de Terre, Company K at Alexandria, and Companies C, G and H at
Abercrombie, under Major George A. Camp, all other posts being under com
pany officers. During the summer of 1863, while Sibley's expedition was hunt
ing the main body of the Sioux in Dakota, the Eighth Regiment was broken into
small squads, patrolling daily the whole frontier, following up all Indian signs
and trails, moving promptly, night or day, to all points where Indians were sup
posed to be skulking to do mischief.

This service was laborious, tedious, thankless and obscure, but not without
danger. Some settlers were killed by Indians, and Little Crow was killed by
settlers. Enough of the regiment were mounted to do patrol and scout duty.
The 2d of May three men of Company D were killed by Indians near Pomme
de Terre. In June Captain Cady and three men of Company A followed the
trail of Indians to near Kandiyohi Lake, where they overtook and opened fire on
them; the Indians, hidden in some brush, returned the fire, and Captain Cady
was shot through the heart, when the Indians escaped. Captain Cady was a
Christian gentleman and a brave and efficient soldier, whose death was a loss to
the regiment and an irreparable one to Company A. A detachment of Company
E following a trail of Indians in Wright county came near enough to exchange
shots with them, but finally lost the trail in the dense woods. In the same
vicinity, Sept. 1, 1863, C. Bailey of Company E, being mistaken in the brush for
a bear, was shot dead by a comrade. On September llth, Captain Butterfield,
Sergeant Edwards and another man of Company A left Paynesville for Manan-
nah, taking the place — for the day — of the regular patrol of Company E on
that road. When a short distance out they were fired upon by Indians in am
bush — who were evidently waiting for the patrol — and Sergeant Edwards was
shot and fell from his horse. Captain Butterfield received a bullet through his
clothing and returned to Paynesville, when all of Company E who had horses
immediately started in pursuit. They found Sergeant Edwards scalped and dead,
and followed the trail of the Indians until it was lost in the thick brush near
Green Lake. Thus the Eighth Regiment lost more men killed by Indians during
the summer of 1863 than the whole five regiments that composed General Sibley's
expedition of that summer. While doing this duty non-commissioned officers
frequently found themselves in charge of men in places of responsibility and
danger, and each individual soldier had often to act promptly for himself; all of
which developed personal alertness, caution and self-control, valuable in a soldier,
and which had an influence on the regiment to the end of its service. This
same experience which made 1,000 individual soldiers effective for work or fight
ing and able to take care of themselves with any kind of a chance, also made
a powerful regiment ready for duty and anxious to excel in everything which
counted in results, but ever after impatient of anything that soldiers were wont
to call " putting on style," and gave the Eighth Regiment a character distinc
tively its own during its whole existence. When the regiment went to this duty
the frontier was threatened by both Chippewas and Sioux. When it left the
former were thoroughly cowed, and the Sioux, after bitter experience, had aban
doned Minnesota forever, and peaceful settlements immediately sprang up on the
sites of the former garrisons.

BULLY'S INDIAN EXPEDITION.

In May, 1864, the Eighth Regiment was mounted for the purpose of taking
part in an expedition against the Sioux. At Paynesville, on the 24th of May, for
the first time, the whole regiment was together in camp, had dress parade and
received their regimental colors. The regiment reached Fort Ridgley, the ren
dezvous of the Minnesota brigade7 May 28th, by marching across the country,

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then without a human habitation. The following paper, prepared by Colonel
M. T. Thomas of the Eighth Minnesota some years ago, gives an outline history
of what is known as Bully's Indian expedition of 1864:

1 '-The campaigns of Generals Sibley and Sully of 1863 had driven the In
dians westward across the Missouri Eiver, and for the time had freed all of Min
nesota and most of Dakota of their terrifying presence. They had been worsted
in .several engagements, but were still strong and defiant, and openly boasted
that the white soldiers dare not follow them further. During the winter of 1863
and 1864 a campaign was planned, of greater magnitude and importance than any
previous one; its object, to follow the Indians west of the Missouri, and to fight and
conquer them if possible. General Alfred Sully, an officer who had seen much
service, was detailed to command the expedition. His immediate command
consisted of the Fifth and Sixth Iowa Cavalry, a battalion (Brackett's)from Min
nesota, and the Thirtieth Wisconsin Infantry. His force was to be joined on
the upper Missouri by a brigade from Minnesota as early in the spring as possi
ble. The Minnesota brigade was formed of the Eighth Infantry, mounted, six
companies of the Second Cavalry, two sections of artillery, and a company
of mixed white and Indian scouts. The utmost care had been exercised in the
fitting out and equipment of the forces, and when spring came everything
was waiting for the grass to start its growth, for the subsistence of the animals
depended upon it. I had the honor to be placed in command of the Minnesota
brigade, a position to well be proud of, for a finer body of men could not be
found in any army.

"The Eighth Minnesota had been doing frontier duty ever since the first
massacre occurred, in August, 1862, and had been broken up in small detach
ments and located at small outposts through northern Minnesota; and now, for
the first time, after more than one and a half years' service, were assembled at
Fort Eidgley preparatory to, entering upon the campaign. Part of the Eighth
Eegiment had been mounted, and all had been constantly on duty in guarding
posts, and escort and scouting. They had, as detachments, encountered enough
Indians to fully understand the character of the work. The Government very
wisely furnished the small Canadian ponies for this service; animals well
adapted to endure its hardships. To mount a regiment of big infantry men on
these little green animals was a somewhat amusing as well as troublesome per
formance. The man generally was not a horseman; he had a long rifle, cartridge
box, haversack and knapsack, besides his blankets and horse equipment. The
horses and equipments were issued by companies, and, after getting them, the
company would take the whole outfit out to the open plain, get them to
gether and saddle the ponies, then mount, and the fun commenced. The men
got the horses as near in line as they could, and odd numbers, 'Two paces to the
front!' ' Prepare to mount!' i Mount!' and in ten seconds some would be in their
saddles, some tearing away, and some all tangled up — man, horse and equipments
a confused mass of animation and curses. These ludicrous movements did not
last long. The men and horses soon found their places in the ranks.

" On the 5th of June the command was ready for the march; 2,100 mounted
men, 106 mule teams loaded with supplies and equipments, 2 six-pounder brass
smooth-bore cannon, 2 mountain howitzers and 12 ambulances made up the
force. They were strong, vigorous men, well disciplined and hardened by pre
vious service, and felt the natural confidence of strength and numbers. In ad
dition to the ordinary duty of finding and fighting the Indians they were to
convoy and guard one hundred and twenty ox teams, loaded with emigrants, to
Idaho, and leave them at the furthest point westward reached by the command,
or when they were in safety. When everything was ready General Sibley came
to Eidgley to give me his final orders. He had been made a general and placed
in command of the frontier at the time of the first outbreak, on account of
his thorough knowledge of the Sioux; he was a man of large ability and elegant
physique, but extremely cautious. My orders were 'to march westward to the
Missouri Eiver, and report to General Sully at Swan Lake or where I could find
him.' As there was no means of telegraphing, this indefinite instruction was all

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that I could get. General Sibley cautioned me repeatedly that the utmost
caution must be observed to insure the safety of my command; and while I had
great respect for his opinion, I could not help saying at last, * General, I am going
to hunt for the Indians, and if they will hunt for and find me it will save me
a heap of trouble.' The morning of the 5th of June dawned beautifully, and
as the first rays of the rising sun flashed the full light of day, 'Boots and saddles!7
sounded in the clear tones of the bugle. The general walked with me out a
little way onto a rising ground, the staff following. The 'Assembly! ' and * Mount! '
were quickly followed by * Forward!' and the long march began. First came
the scouts, and an advance guard of a company close behind them, then artillery
in two columns, followed by the wagon train and emigrants, and on either flank
a column of troops covered the train from front to rear. At the head of the Sec
ond Cavalry rode a splendid band, mounted on white horses, playing, 'The Girl
I Left Behind Me.7 The general reviewed them as they passed, and, turning to
me, said, 'You may well be proud of them/ The good-byes were quickly said,
and a five months' work beyoad the bounds of civilization commenced.

' 'And so, for day after day, the march went on. The square once formed never
was broken; it closed up at night and stretched out to easy marching order in
the morning. Up the valley of the Minnesota Eiver until its source, Lake
Traverse, was reached, and then west, on to the coteau and down into the valley
of the James, and up again on the Missouri Coteau, from sixteen to twenty
miles a day for every day except Sunday, which was much enjoyed as a lazy
day in camp. The scouts failed to find a sign of Indians; no buffalo were seen
and even antelope were scarce. The march became monotonous, but at last the
valley of the great Missouri lay before us. In the valley Sully 's trail of last
year was found, but no new tracks to indicate that he had passed; which was
an assurance that he was to the south of us, and the course was taken down the
valley. That night some of his scouts came into camp with the information
that he was camped one day's march further south, and awaiting his fleet of
steamboats with supplies. The next morning the first report of Indians in sight
was exhilarating, but they only seemed to be a small party reconnoitering, and
soon disappeared. In the afternoon we joined General Sully's command, and
for the first time I had the pleasure to report to him. General Sully was an un
pretentious man of medium size, and rather past the vigorous days of the prime
of manhood, yet his perceptions were remarkably clear, and he appeared to
know intuitively just where the Indians were and what they would do. These
instinctive qualifications, that had been more fully developed by long service in
the regular army, rendered him fully competent for the duty to which he had
been assigned, and, added to these, a genial temperament made him an agreeable
commander.

"The boats came in, and in a day our store of supplies was renewed, and the
united command again resumed the march on July 2d, and crossed the Missouri
and located Fort Eice July 9th. Colonel Dill, with six companies of the Thir
tieth Wisconsin, was stationed there with orders to construct the fort. On the
4th of July the general reviewed the troops, which was all the celebrating that
was done, except that a captain got drunk and was placed in arrest. On July
19th, the whole command having been supplied with sixty days' rations, and
every pound of surplus clothing and equipments stored away, the march again
commenced into what was then an unexplored country. Our route lay up the
Cannon Ball Eiver for several days, and then across to the Heart and up that to
its head. As Surgeon Murphy used to say, we were making history. Then no
white man's eyes had seen the laud we marched over; now a well- established
railway is running on our trail, and the country has been so often described
that a repetition would be waste of time.

BATTLE OF KILLDEEK MOUNTAIN.

*'On July 26th we corralled our train on Heart Eiver, and, leaving it under a
strong guard, started northward in search of the Indians, and in the afternoon
of the 28th found them located on Knife Eiver, or rather, among the foothills of

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some mountains near. it. The camp was an extensive one, and embraced one
hundred and ten bands of Sioux. They had congregated this great force to clear
out the white soldiers, and appeared to believe that they could do it. We were
about three miles from the camp when they were first discovered by the scouts.
There was no excitement apparent on either side, and both deliberately prepared
for battle with equal confidence. The line was formed by dismounting three men
out of four, leaving the fourth man in charge of the horses, who followed the
line in close columns. The dismounted men were formed in line as skirmishers,
about four paces apart, with a reserve of cavalry to cover the flanks, and the
artillery within supporting distance of the line of battle. It was a formidable
looking force, and when the 'Forward !' was sounded there was a determined look
on the faces of the men that indicated that they now had a chance to get satisfac
tion from the redskins. The Indians gathered on their horses, stripped for bat
tle, and began to leisurely ride out toward us; first a few fine-looking fellows rode
up nearly within gunshot to reconnoiter, and then little bands would leave the
camp and advance, but without any demonstration other than waving their arms
in the air or cantering across the plain. At last they came within our reach,
and a few rifle shots precipitated the conflict, but not until we had passed half
the distance to their camp. At the first shot everything was changed. The
bands concentrated, and, uttering their war-cries, they dashed toward our lines.
Eiding at full speed, they would fire their guns and wheel and disappear to load,
and come again, in front and flanks and rear. It was a continuous succession of
charges that were always repelled by the steady volleys of our men. We kept
steadily advancing, their camp our objective point. Their confidence was such
that they did not make an effort to save it until we were within half a mile;
then, for the first time, we set the artillery to work, and threw shells from eight
guns with terrifying effect. It was a magnificent sight — 1,600 lodges filled with
women and children, dogs, horses and all paraphernalia of their homes, and they
attempting to save them with the shells bursting about them, carrying destruc
tion in their path. The lodges came down, but too late. The warriors shot their
guns, and arrows hissed through the air, but onward went the blue-coated line,
and the camp was taken. The fighting was kept up in a desultory way until the
sun went down, but the Indians were whipped, and, what was worse, had lost
their camp and all supplies, and were fleeing, almost naked, into the mountains.
The white soldiers camped upon the ground. General Sully ordered Major
Camp, with Companies E, F, H and I of the Eighth Minnesota, to follow the
Indians through the deep-wooded ravines and drive them off the high hills be
yond the camp, which they accomplished, with some loss to the Indians. From
these hills a fine view of the Indians and their families could be had as they
swarmed away through the ravines of the Bad Lands, mostly beyond reach.
This detachment reached camp, where their horses were, at 11 P. M., and, sup-
perless and exhausted, lay down, only to be called to saddle again at midnight.
Sully had 2,200 men, and he estimated the number of Indians at from 5,000 to
6,000, and that their loss was 100 to 150 killed. 1 Half of the next day was spent
in destroying the camp and killing the dogs that were left behind. The one
supremely sad thing about a battle is burying the dead, and in this case, al
though they were but few, it was sad indeed. In the middle of the night the
graves were prepared, and, without a light or the sound of a drum or bugle,
their bodies were placed in the earth and carefully covered up, leveling the
surface so that the grave would not be noticed, and when the command
marched over them they would be hidden from the sight of the Indians,

lrFhe difficulty of accurately estimating the losses of the Indians, because of their efforts to
prevent their dead and wounded from falling into their enemies' hands, and also the bravery and
splendid horsemanship of the Sioux, is illustrated by an incident of this fight. At one point the
Indians and our line were approaching on opposite sides of a sharp hill, and, meeting unexpectedly
at the top, delivered their volleys at short range. One Indian from a group of three was shot from
his horse, when the other two galloped hastily away, but, circling around, with their ponies on a
full run, came back directly in front of our line, and, without slacking speed, picked their fallen
comrade from the ground and carried him away between them before the soldiers recovered from
their astonishment sufficiently to prevent them. W. H. H.

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who would mutilate and despoil them. This battle was called Tah-kah-o-kuty,
or Killdeer Mountain. After destroying their camp and an immense amount of
material, we moved back six miles and camped. That night the Indians killed
two men on our picket post and tried to stampede our horses. The next day we
started back for the train in rapid order and reached it after a five and a half
days' raid.

" After the engagement the Indians complained to our scouts that they had
not had a fair show, because we had come onto their camp when most of their
young men were absent looking for us, and that they would call in their young men
and meet us again. The scouts told them that was just what we wanted them to
do, and that if they would only stand up and fight, instead of running away, we
would kill every one of them. Brag is natural to an Indian, and when the
scouts and Indians had a little hill between them their tongues had many a
wordy contest. We returned to our camp in a heavy rainstorm, everybody tired
and nervous for want of sleep. We had marched one hundred and seventy-two
miles, fought a battle of eight hours and destroyed the camp in less than six
days. After the guards and pickets were placed the camp settled down, but
not to sleep. First the shrill yell of a wolf startled the drowsy senses, and then
another, and then the air was filled with the piercing, harrowing sounds; a picket
gun was fired, and then another, and the men seized their arms, and, because
they were awakened, damned everything. The officers on duty went to see what
was the matter at the outposts; the men thought they had seen something and
fired. To reassure them was impossible; the firing was kept up all night long,
and only the warm sunshine of the morning dispelled the delusions of the night.
Going west again the stream led us up to the plains, and after we had passed its
source we had a day's march across level country. In the afternoon of the 5th
of August we were marching leisurely along, the Knife Mountains just visible
in the north and the Black Hills equally distant in the southward. In front
there was no indication of anything but an almost level plain, but suddenly the
head of the column halted, and, riding to the front, I found the general and the
advance guard gazing down at the Bad Lands. As I halted beside the general
he said, 'This is hell with the fires put out.' The description was brief, but to the
point. Dante must have received his inspiration from such a scene. For forty
miles to the west, and as far as the eye could see to the north and south, the body
of the earth was rent and torn, leaving gorges, buttes and yawning chasms, and
everything showing the color of burnt-out fires. It was an awe-inspiring sight.
True, it had not come without warning, for some knowledge of it was general,
but no description could bring to the mind a comprehension of its magnitude.
We had among the scouts a little Blackfoot Indian, who said that when he was
a boy he had crossed the Bad Lands with his father's band, and that he could
find the way again. This young Indian was now installed as guide, and follow
ing him, the command, by turning devious ways, plunged down into the abyss.
We camped that night under the shadow of some buttes whose towering heads
threw shadows that hid us from the world. The next day we toiled among the
rocks, up and down, around and across a seemingly endless mass of obstructions,
and at last, as the sun was going down, the heart of the Bad Lands was reached
by striking the Little Missouri Eiver.

FIGHTING IN THE BAD LANDS.

i i It was Saturday night, and we went into camp to spend a Sunday in the
heart of the region that had never before been seen by white men's eyes. The
day went by quietly until in the afternoon, as a reconnoitering party was re
turning, they were attacked by a few Indians, but not much force appeared.
At five o'clock I was ordered by General Sully, who was sick, to move the camp
about four miles up the river and to keep a sharp lookout for Indians. The
movement was made without any trouble, although the redskins began to show
themselves at every elevated point along the way. When the new camp was
made there were at least 1,000 warriors on the hills surrounding, sitting quietly
on their horses, observing our movements. After everything was in order I went

392 THE EIGHTH EEGIMENT.

to the general's tent for further orders. He was very ill, but after listening to
my report of the condition, he said, 'Have everything ready to move at six
o'clock in the morning, in perfect fighting order; put one of your most active
field officers in charge of a strong advance guard, and you will meet them at the
head of the ravine, and have the biggest Indian fight that ever will happen on
this continent.' Of course I felt the responsibility. The drill and discipline of
a soldier's life will school his nerves so that his face and voice do not show ex
citement, but the mind and heart responds to the occasion still the same. I
made the details for the position of all the troops, and, calling the field officers
together, in a few words informed them of what they had to do, and ended by
saying, ' You will remember that under no circumstances must any man turn his
back on a live Indian.' A few minutes before six the next morning, Monday,
Aug. 8, 1864, the columns were formed, and I rode forward to the front, near
which the general was lying in his ambulance. He was looking up and down
the lines of troops, and to him, old soldier as he was, and disease and suffering
preying upon him, it must have been inspiring, for his salutation was, 'Those
fellows can whip the devil and all his angels.' I asked him if he had any further
orders, and he said, ' Hold them well in hand, but push for the Indian's camp,
if you can find it; they will fight for their families; protect your flanks, and
I will protect the rear.' He extended his hand, and as I pressed it, a weary
smile came to his eyes, as he said, ' Ton must make some history to-day.' I could
appreciate what it was to surrender to a subordinate the honor that might be
won that day.

"At the sound of 'Forward!' one-half the men in the advance guard and in
the flanking columns dismounted, and, scrambling up the abrupt bluff, soon
appeared on the summit; the batteries and the mounted men and trains followed
me into a narrow gorge, only wide enough for a wagon trail, that gradually led
upward to the high land. The advance seemed tedious; not a sound disturbed
the progress. Occasionally a man in the advance on the plain would come to
the brink and report that all was going well, and indicate their position. Almost
an hour passed in steadily climbing up the narrow and secluded way, and when
almost out upon the plain, or at the head of the gulch, from the beautiful stillness
of the morning the pandemonium of war broke loose. The artillery followed
myself and staff like a flash, and in an instant the whole field was in view. The
advance guard was enveloped by the Indians, and on either flank their bands
were charging, yelling and firing. But our soldiers were not idle; every man
was facing the foe, and with steady, unerring aim their shots began to tell. The
battery guns were unlimbered and the boom of artillery and the bursting of shells
added to the magnitude of sounds. The redskins could not stand it and fell
back. Their first grand charge had failed. The sounds were too much for the
general. As the Indians were falling back he rode up on his horse and cast a
searching look about the field, and, without speaking a word, dismounted and
took a seat upon a rock with as indifferent an air as though he had no interest in
the matter. Waiting for a few minutes for the trains to close up, I went to the
general and said, 'I am ready to advance, sir.' Heanswered, 'Go ahead, you will
find the camp beyond those buttes,' pointing with his hand to a range of hills
some miles away. The advance was taken up, the wounded and slain cared for,
and the fight went on. Sometimes in the gulches and then upon the hills, through
the bright morning hours and the sultry heat of noon, and until night closed
down, there was no instant in which the sharp crack of rifles was not answering
the yells of the savages, and the zip of their bullets and the whiz of arrows gave
us an answer back. We drove them from point to point, our trains laboring after
us, for twelve long miles. But darkness came too soon; we had not reached their
camp. I had not seen the general or had an order from him since the early morn
ing, and after ordering the troops to bivouac around a little water -hole, and see
ing that the wounded were properly cared for, I sent an orderly to hunt him up.
The general returned with the orderly, and, much to my astonishment, appeared
to be quite well. I was lying on the ground eating hardtack and trying to drink
some coffee made out of most villainous water. He sat down and congratulated

AT THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER. 393

me heartily on the day's battle, and instructed me to take charge of the rear in
the morning and he would make a dash to the front if the Indians wanted any
more fight; a contingency about which he had serious doubts. We smoked our
pipes and drank toddies for an hour or two while talking over the incidents of
the day. The tired men and animals were all, except the guards, fast asleep,
and that long day's furious warfare was over.

"In the morning the general went to the front with not an Indian in sight,
but just as the rear was leaving the camp they made a spasmodic attack upon it,
and for an hour it seemed as though the scenes of the previous day were to be
re-enacted; but they were easily driven off, and the march continued, and by
noon not an Indian could be seen. We learned afterward that there were about
8,000 warriors engaged, and that they lost 311 men killed, and between 600 and
700 wounded. Our losses were only 9 killed and about 100 wounded. The In
dians were poorly armed, bows and arrows being the best weapon many had.
The field was named Waps-chon-choka. We followed the Indians for some days,
and until they scattered in little bands and went in every direction, and then
we started northward to meet some steamboats that the general had ordered up
the Yellowstone

AT THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER.

"After leaving the Bad Lands the water was very scarce, and all of it im
pregnated either with alkali, sulphur or salts, so that it was dangerous to use it;
and to add to the hardships of the march, we got into a grasshopper region,
where the grass had been eaten down to the roots. Besides, the general's com
missary had made an error in quantity, and as we only took half-rations to start
on, when I had to divide that half with his men the living became rather thin —
two hardtacks, a little piece of 'sow-belly,' and a pint of coffee (when we could
get the water) per day. And hot! By two o'clock in the afternoon the tongues
of many of the men would be so swelled that they could not talk. The animals
suffered equally with the men, and many a poor mule had his brains blown
out, as he dropped from exhaustion, to end his misery. But from day to day,
through the spirit of the men under the stern discipline of army life, the un
broken squares went northward.

"On the 12th of August, when a climax had almost been reached in heat and
desolation, a scout came flying back to the troops waving his hand frantically
in the air. As soon as it was seen that he was an Indian we knew that he had
found something. He halted breathlessly and handed General Sully a little chip
of wood. It did not need words to tell what that chip meant; it had been cut
by our steamboat men and was floating down the sweet, cool waters of the longed-
for Yellowstone. An orderly carried that little fresh- cut chip down the weary,
straggling line, and as the burning, bleary eyes of the men beheld it, their
strength came back, and with a desperate energy the speed was rapid and un
flagging to the river. And when the bank of the beautiful river was reached,
for the moment all discipline was forgotten; men and animals rushed into the
stream and swallowed the life-inspiring fluid, and joy and happy shouts took
the place of misery in the command. I wanted to, but did not quite lose my
self-possession. Dismounting, I sat down upon the bank, and an orderly brought
up several bucketfuls of the water; my staff gathered around and we swal
lowed cup after cup of it, and under its inspiring effects a happy intoxi
cation pervaded the senses, and fatigue and hardships were forgotten, and
then we would toast the yellow fluid 'The Nectar of the Gods.' Being satiated
at last, camp was pitched and hunting details made. Some timber bottoms a
little way down the river were full of elk and black-tail deer. Soon the fresh
and luscious ribs and steaks were sizzling in the blaze and hunger was being ap
peased as well as thirst had been. It was a joyful evening, and, to fill our cup of
satisfaction, just as the sun went down, two steamboats, loaded with supplies,
came floating down the stream and tied up at the bank. We crossed to the
north side the next day and loafed along down the beautiful valley for several
days afterward, hunting, eating and resting, and August 18th crossed the Mis-

394 THE EIGHTH REGIMENT.

souri at old Fort' Union. The men swam with their horses both the Yellow
stone and Missouri rivers. After spending a day or two at Fort Union, we
started eastward down the valley of the Missouri, and, cutting off a bend oc
casionally, came one day to Fort Berthold, where the Eees, Mandans and Gros
Ventres lived together as one band. They were a brave, half- civilized kind of
people, — only 2,500 of them, — maintaining the position in the very heart of the
Sioux country. They lived in round top mud houses, which were quite clean,
and on a large tract of bottom land raised a good supply of corn. From this
post at the great bend of the river we went north nearly to the British line,
into the Moose Eiver Valley, in hopes that we might fall in with quite a large
band of Sioux that we had driven out of the Bad Lands. But they had traveled
too fast and were safe across the border. On this march we struck the great
herds of buffalo that were then roaming on the plain, and going into camp one
afternoon about a small lake, they were in sight on every side. The animals
had been out to graze, and as the sun was setting the recall had rung out on the
air, the men in charge were nearing the camp when the buffalo also started for
the lake to get their ' night-cap ? of water. They came, in herds, from every point
of the compass. The pickets fired at them but without apparent effect, except
to hurry the movements of those in the rear. It was a moment only until, as far
as the vision extended, the plain was almost black with the moving, thundering
mass. There was no time to arrange a plan of defense; the camp was invaded
from front and flank and rear, and every officer and man was fighting a battle
on his own account, but for the general good. The skirmish lasted twenty min
utes before the buffalo retired. Some of them failed to get their drink, and
nearly one hundred lay dead upon the field. A tremendous old bull slept
his last sleep my nearest neighbor that night. We were having easy times;
grass was plenty, water fair, and buffalo humps and tongues to supply the whole
command. But the fall was coming on and we were still a long way from home.
In September we turned our steps southward and reached Fort Eice. Here the
campaign virtually ended, as then we only had to make a rapid march to our
starting point and from there to Fort Snelling, where I had learned that orders
were awaiting me to at once go South with my own regiment, distributing the
balance of the command at posts along the route."

Before leaving the Missouri Eiver to return to Minnesota, twenty men from
each company of the Eighth Eegiment, under command of Captain McLarty of
Company D, were ordered to turn over their horses and march at once to the
relief of Captain Fisk, who was corralled, with his party of emigrants, some
two hundred miles west of the Missouri, surrounded by Indians, and in a des
perate situation. This they quickly accomplished, and much to the joy of the
imprisoned families, who declared it the happiest moment of their lives when
they saw the relief party approaching. They brought the whole party back to
the Missouri Eiver.

GOING SOUTH.

On September 15th the regiment (except the Fisk detail) started for Fort
Snelling, where it arrived October 15th, and where orders for the South awaited
it. The Eighth had been in almost constant motion for five months. With
reveill^ from 1 to 3 A. M., starting at sunrise, riding all the long summer days in
the blazing sun, over monotonous plains, and later in the season cold days and
nights, with nothing green to eat and much of the time only bad water to drink
and buffalo chips for fuel, the service was in many respects more trying than in
the South; but it was an excellent preparation for the South. The regiment had,
in a healthy climate, become thoroughly hardened to camp life and living on the
army rations, so that no healthier or tougher regiment of men went into Southern
service during the war than the Eighth Minnesota, in October, 1864, nor one
better prepared for hard service. The regiment remained at Snelliog only long
enough to turn over its horses and surplus equipage, and on October 26th
marched to St. Paul, where it was furnished a rickety little steamboat and two
open barges on which to make the trip to La Crosse, in a cold, fall rainstorm, rest

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and sleep being impossible. The train furnished on which to go South from
Chicago was a stock train, just unloaded, and the cars roughly shoveled out. The
men began to groan and bellow like a lot of mad bulls, and when the engine
started no two cars were coupled together and every pin was gone. The officials
scolded awhile, but it was " no go" until the regiment was got into line, and the
railroad officials and others said they were very sorry, but that was the best they
could do, and it was necessary the regiment should go South immediately; then
the cars were occupied, the coupling pins got back and off went the train. The
next morning, when near New Albany, the-train ran off the track, and the engine
was ditched and upset. An old lady came out of a house near by and feelingly
inquired if " the cattle were hurt? " but was assured they were not. Halts were
made at Louisville and Nashville just long enough to get transportation, and the
regiment stopped at Murfreesboro on a frosty November night, and went into
camp on the Shelby ville pike. Here those who had been left in Dakota joined
the regiment, having floated down the Missouri on flatboats to Sioux City, thence
by rail to Chicago. Just at this time the plot to liberate the rebel prisoners at
Camp Douglas was discovered, and this body of veteran troops was a welcome
addition to the defense of the city, and was detained on provost guard until con
fidence was restored, when they joined the regiment at Murfreesboro.

Sherman was now starting on his march to the sea and Thomas was collecting
a force to meet Hood's army. The time was spent in escort duty and drilling
to get into shape for active field service as infantry again until November 24th,
when, as Thomas' army was falling back and Hood's was advancing, the troops
at Murfreesboro, about 8,000, under General Eousseau, occupied Fortress Eose-
crans for the purpose of keeping it from the enemy aod to hold the railroad to
Chattanooga. December 1st the last train loaded with troops for Thomas at
Nashville passed up the road, and all communication with the outside world
was cut off by Hood's army. Through some unaccountable blunder there proved
to be no rations in the place, and for three weeks the garrison had to fight its
way out to and back from the fields, where was secured about its only food, —
corn, — eaten parched, or ground into coarse meal and boiled. During this time
the battles of Franklin and Nashville were fought and nearly the whole time
there was sound of fighting somewhere. On the 4th of December Bates' division
of Cheatham's corps made a long continued attack on a block-house at Overall's
Creek, five miles out on the railroad toward Nashville, and the Eighth Minne
sota with several other regiments went out under General Milroy and drove them
off, this being the first time the regiment was under rebel and artillery fire.

BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO.

Early on December 7th the Eighth Eegiment, with six others and some
artillery, were ordered out under General Milroy, Colonel Thomas commanding
a brigade, to find and feel of the enemy, and the advance were soon exchanging
shots. As soon as there was fighting the Eighth Eegiment was sent to the front,
and seemed to be regarded as the best drilled and the most reliable regiment in the
command, its having been in the Indian War giving it a greater reputation than
the same service in the South would, and it was called the Indian regiment by
the ot-her troops. The Confederates retired as the Union line advanced and
moved around to the right, keeping between them and the fortress until about
noon, when they were found somewhat intrenched. Thomas' brigade was
ordered to lie down, when the artillery had a duel almost over their heads. The
Union forces shifted position a number of times and a rebel prisoner afterward
explained it thus: "We-uns changed front three times and you-uns took us
eandwise every time." At length, near the Wilkeson pike, under a sharp fire of
their battery, Thomas' brigade was formed in line of battle, and "Forward!" was
the order. The rebels had the exact range and their shells kept bursting in close
proximity to the Eighth Eegiment, one striking Company F and killing several
men. Under a heavy fire of both artillery and musketry the Union line moved
forward, charging across an open field upon the rebel position in the woods, the
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broke and left the field, totally routed, leaving over two hundred prisoners, two
stand of colors, two twelve-pound Napoleon guns and several wagon-loads of
small arms. The victory was complete, but our loss very serious. Lieutenant
Colonel Eogers, commanding the Eighth Regiment, received a wound from
which he died a few years later, when secretary of the State of Minnesota, and the
regiment lost ninety others, killed or wounded, in about thirty minutes. This
engagement showed conclusively that the Eighth Eegiment could fight rebels as
well as Indians. The rebels had double our force, consisting of part of Cheatham' s
and Lee's infantry and Forrest's cavalry of Hood's army, and it was quite a
satisfaction to the Eighth Minnesota to whip Forrest at Murfreesboro, where
he had once captured a Minnesota regiment. Fortress Bosecrans was repeatedly
threatened but not really assaulted. Part of the time the weather was very
cold. After Hood retreated the Eighth received the thanks of General Thomas
for its share in securing the victory, and was ordered across country to Columbia
to join their own corps, the Twenty-third, in pursuit of Hood's demoralized
army. From this time to the end of the war the Eighth Minnesota was brigaded
with the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth and One Hundred and Seventy-
eighth Ohio regiments, Colonel Thomas commanding, forming the Third Bri
gade, First Division, Twenty-third Army Corps, Gen, T. H. Euger commanding
the division and Gen. J. D. Cox the corps.

ON THE ATLANTIC.

Having lived so long on only cornmeal, the men were not in good condition for
inarching, and the first day out the road was strewn with blankets, overcoats,
and everything possible to spare. That night was Christmas eve, and the brigade
camped in what had been a field, now covered with pine and cedar trees. Find
ing plenty of cedar rails, 1,000 camp-fires were soon brightly blazing and beau
tifully illuminating the dark evergreens as far as the eye could reach. Hav
ing foraged plenty of food the regiment enjoyed its Christmas eve very much.
New Year's eve the ground was covered with snow, and our tents were pitched
in the woods near Columbia, Tenn. It will be remembered by many, who
got up at midnight to hear a band on a hill near by play "Old Hundred"
most beautifully. The Twenty-third Corps followed Hood to the Tennessee
Eiver. At Clifton, Tenn., General Schofield received orders to proceed with the
Twenty-third Corps, via Washington, to North Carolina. It took steamboats
down the Tennessee past Pittsburgh Landing to Paducah, thence up the Ohio to
Louisville, then on smaller boats to Cincinnati. The First Division was to go to
Wheeling by river, but before reaching Cincinnati the weather turned bitterly
cold, and the river was so full of ice it was impossible to proceed. After waiting
several days on open steamboats for railroad transportation, in the middle of
January, with the thermometer sixteen to twenty degrees below zero, the regi
ment was transferred to box-cars without seats or fires. In this way it crossed
Ohio, via Columbus, to Wheeling. While on this trip the train ran off the track,
and the men in one car, on opening the door, found their car suspended over the
side of a bridge, fifty feet above a stream, with nothing but the coupling to hold
it from going over. As each man came to the door and saw the situation, he,
without a word to those behind, quietly slid down into the timbers of the bridge,
till all were out. They concluded it was healthier outside if it was cold. At
Wheeling box-cars with stoves were furnished, but though more comfortable it
proved a misfortune. The men had been frozen up so long that if they had
remained so until spring and then thawed out gradually they would probably
have kept sound; but to be thawed out suddenly by a fire gave them fearful colds
which proved fatal to many a poor boy. The Eighth reached Washington Feb.
1, 1865, probably pretty rough and tough-looking, as the troops there dubbed us
"Sherman's Woodticks." Camp was made outside the city, on a bleak hillside
near the Potomac, which was frozen over, and here, within sight of the nation's
capital, the regiment put in three of the most miserable weeks of its three years'
service, waiting for the Potomac to thaw out so it could proceed. With no
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tent, and with no wood except a scanty supply of green, sappy pine, hardly fit to
make coffee, many of the men, with all their clothes on, lay in their tents for
nights and days together to keep from freezing, and the coughing was something
terrible to hear. The two Ohio regiments in the brigade sent over one hundred
men each to hospitals from this camp. When the Potomac opened the regiment
gladly went on board the old steamship Ariel and, largely occupying the open
decks, steamed down the river past Mount Yernon, thence down the Chesapeake,
where were seen the masts of the Cumberland which was sunk by the Merrimac,
and then out onto the stormy Atlantic. Some pretty rough weather was experi
enced in rounding Hatteras, but no mishaps, though a steamer starting at the
same time with the teams had to throw over some mules in a storm. Many were
sea- sick, but, as a whole, it being a new experience to most, the voyage was much
enjoyed. On reaching Fort Fisher it was learned that Wilmington, against which
place the First Division was ordered, was taken, and the steamer was ordered back
to Morehead, and thence the division went by rail to Newbern. Here, though
early in March, the air was as soft and mild as May in Minnesota, though more
muggy. From here the First Division, with some Eastern troops who had before
made the garrison of the place, marched toward Goldsboro, keeping in advance
of and protecting parties who were repairing the railroad toward that place,
which had, by one army or the other, been pretty thoroughly demolished. The
eastern part of North Carolina was sandy, flat and low, almost to water level, and
covered with a thick growth of pitch pine. Occasionally a clear place on a rise
of ground was found suitable for camping.

BATTLE OF KINSTON.

While in a country of this character, Gen. Bragg, with a largely superior
force from Joe Johnston's army, suddenly appeared and attacked the advance,
evidently intending to orush the First Division before it could be reinforced,
but was checked and the position hastily fortified. The Confederates made re
peated charges, but were always repulsed with loss, and after three days' desultory
fighting, they retired and rejoined Johnston. The balance of the corps now ar
rived under Schofield, crossed the Neuse Eiver on a pontoon bridge and encamped
in Kinston. This fight is known as the battle of Kinston. On moving on toward
Goldsboro, March 19th, we heard heavy firing to the southwest, which proved
to be Johnston's and Sherman's armies fighting the battle of Bentonville. On
March 22d the Twenty -third Corps occupied Goldsboro, the rebels retreating,
leaving the depot and some cotton burning. The next day Sherman's army ar
rived, after their long march from Atlanta via Savannah, and, though ragged and
dirty, were a proud army. That night Sherman reviewed the Twenty -third
Corps. He wore an old slouch hat and looked as rusty as his army. The Third
Brigade was sent to Wheat Swamp Meeting House to guard the railroad, and had
some skirmishing in that vicinity. While here Eichmond was taken, which
caused great rejoicing. After Sherman's return from Fortress Monroe, where he
went to meet Lincoln and Grant, and after his army had been rested, fed and
reclothed, the whole army started for Ealeigh, the Twenty-third Corps in the
centre.

One morning, while on this march, the route lay through a dense growth of
pine, with occasionally a plantation on which the buildings were generally in
flames. Soon, away in the advance, cheering could be heard, faint at first, on
account of distance, but gradually growing nearer and louder, wave after wave
of cheers, such as only regiments of soldiers can give. Curious to know the cause,
a single horseman was soon seen galloping down the line, swinging his hat, both
himself and horse in a wash of sweat. When he reached the Eighth Eegiment,
this was his message: "Lee has surrendered with his whole army to General
Grant." It is needless to add that the Eighth Eegiment made its share of noise
from that time. This surrender, with Johnston's army powerless to cope with
Sherman, meant the end of the war, the end of the war meant home; and every
thing human hearts hope or yearn for in this world clustered about that name
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merits massed as they came in, stacked arms, broke ranks, and the whole com
mand gave vent to its wild and tumultuous joy. It happened that close by was
a large turpentine factory full of tar, turpentine and resin, and dry as powder.
Some of the boys set this on fire, of course, and soon great masses of flame and
black smoke were shooting up as from a volcano, to the height of several hun
dred feet. It would puff, puff, like a live monster writhing in pain. Soon the
mass of inflammable pitch began to melt and run in streams, burning as it ran,
spreading fire in all directions> and finally, running into a stream of water, fur
nished the novel spectacle of a river on fire. The whole scene was terrific be
yond description. That night, by someone's blunder, our command took the
wrong road and went so far out of the way that we actually marched most of
the night, without supper, to make camp we should have made early. This
night march developed one of those revulsions of feeling common to human na
ture everywhere, but often ludicrously developed in army life. The boys were
as mad and ugly as a few hours before they had been pleased and happy. -Every
thing forgotten but the present torture of marching in the dark, footsore and
exhausted almost to sinking, thirty to fifty pounds of various army fixtures
hanging to, and almost pressing the breath from, their sweltering bodies, their
teeth tight-set together to prevent the groan of pain from escaping. Woe to the
unlucky fellow who gets in the way, for he will undoubtedly be consigned to the
*' kingdom come" in short order.

The army occupied Ealeigh without opposition, and as the First Division was
to guard the city, it camped in a pine grove in the outskirts. It was now April,
and the rose bushes and other shrubs in the grounds of the wealthy citizens were
brilliant with blossoms; even the shade trees, of which many were honey locusts,
were covered with flowers whose fragrance filled the air. There were camped
within a few miles of the state house nearly 100,000 veterans of the Union
army, and the music of a hundred military bands floated on the air. The boys,
feeling that the war was practically ended, gave way to an abandon of rest and
enjoyment. Discipline was relaxed and little restriction was placed upon the
visits of members of our army corps to others. Even suspicion of rebels had
given way and friendly intercourse with citizens was the rule.

Such was the condition on the 18th of April, when news reached us that
changed the whole aspect of things as suddenly as when, on a sultry summer
evening, the blazing sun is unexpectedly covered by a rising thunder cloud of
inky blackness, which, driven on the fierce breath of a tornado, soon covers the
whole sky, and even before sunset it is dark and chill as midnight, and every liv
ing thing seeks for shelter. Similar was the effect on Sherman's army of the
news of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A chill seemed to reach every
heart. Every brow contracted and darkened, every hand was clenched. Sorrow
mixed with anger and hate marked every countenance. The citizens of Ealeigh
instinctively felt the change and hurriedly withdrew and shut themselves in their
homes, trembling lest their beautiful city should suffer the fate of Columbia.
And well they might tremble; for, had not Johnston's army immediately surren
dered and the war closed, woe would have been to that city and the other hostile
country through which Sherman's army had to march; for, with their temper,
after that assassination, they would have made it a desert. Gradually, after
Johnston's surrender, under the influence of peace, the cloud was dispelled.
Soon Sherman's old army moved north, leaving the Twenty- third Corps to occupy
North Carolina till things got settled. The Third Brigade marched to Greens
boro and went by rail to Charlotte, K C., May 12, 1865. That part of the
country had never before been visited by the Union army, and, it having been
thought safe, many negroes from more exposed parts had been sent there. The
joy of those poor blacks, as everywhere in the South, at the approach of the
Union army, knew no bounds, and found expression in many queer and touch
ing ways. Good Chaplain Armsby of the Eighth Minnesota always had large
(sometimes reaching thousands) and appreciative audiences of them, when he,
trying to do his Master's work, instructed these poor and lowly people in the
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main road to the south, over which thousands of the parolled men of Lee's and
Johnston's armies were passing on foot to their homes, and the members of the
regiment would often divide their rations with them. "When it was remembered
that the Confederates, without pay or clothes, with health broken, their cause
hopelessly lost, were returning to desolated homes, while the Union soldiers,
comfortably clothed and paid, the wounded pensioned, and, more than all, were
returning victorious to homes of comfort, the difference was too marked to in
spire other than feelings of pity for the poor victims of the unholy ambition of
leading traitors.

HOMEWARD.

The regiment remained in Charlotte until near the middle of July, as a whole,
very pleasantly. The rations were helped out by abundance of fruit, especially
blackberries, of which there was no end. But as the war was over the men were
very uneasy and anxious to get home, and at last the Eighth, gathering up
every member of the regiment, even the sick in hospitals, some of whom it was
thought would never reach home, started north. Traveling on the used-up rail
roads of the South was slow business, but in due time the regiment passed through
Petersburg, and, taking steamers, passed Fortress Monroe, and on reaching Balti
more again changed to cars and came west, via Pittsburgh, Chicago and La
Crosse, again taking steamboat at the last place for St. Paul. The journey home
was as pleasant as fine weather, good accommodations and a grateful people along
the whole route could make it. The fine military band belonging to the regiment
added much to the pleasure, and the men were in that happy and contented frame
of mind which enabled them to enjoy everything to its fullest extent. Cannon
were fired on the bluffs at St. Paul from the time the regiment came in sight un
til it landed, when it was received with music of bands and speeches of welcome
by the governor of the state and others, and had a good dinner at the capitol.
After dinner the regiment marched to the levee, expecting to take boat for Fort
Suelling to await discharge, but was given a furlough until called for, when the
men could return and get their pay and final discharge, which the last of the
regiment did the first part of August, just three years from enlistment. And
so, very unexpectedly, in a few minutes the history of the Eighth Minnesota
was closed; the regiment broke ranks for the last time and its members scattered
to their homes, never again to be reunited, or their slumbers disturbed by long
roll or morning reveil!6. As the regiment marched through St. Paul some gen
tleman remarked to Colonel Thomas that the Eighth was the largest and healthi
est looking regiment that had returned to St. Paul. Colonel Thomas replied
that, "It had been his ambition to see, not how many men he could lose out of
his regiment, but, after doing faithfully every duty, how many he could bring
back;" and the regiment will cheerfully give Colonel Thomas credit for the truth
of his claim. Lieutenant Colonel Eogers never recovered from the wound re
ceived at Murfreesboro sufficiently to rejoin the regiment, but always stood high
with the men. Major Camp resigned after Johnston's surrender and has the
good will of the regiment. Chaplain Armsby, from the time the regiment went
into service, had the unbounded respect of all, and exerted a large influence for
good. It was not the fortune of the Eighth Minnesota to serve in as conspicu
ous a position as some, yet its duty, no matter how irksome, was always well
done. In every contingency and emergency it could be relied upon. Though it
had not as large mortality as many, it had the proud satisfaction of never hav
ing had to turn its back on an unwhipped foe, Indian or rebel, though severely
tested by both. When the Third Brigade was formed, in December, 1864, the
three regiments were of about equal size, but when broken up at the close of the
war the line of battle of the Eighth Minnesota was longer than that of both the
others, thus proving its superiority under similar conditions.

The Eighth Eegiment was fortunate in the character of its material; fortu
nate in the harmony within; fortunate in the variety of its service, mounted and
on foot, railroad and steamship; fortunate in the wide extent of the United States
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Washington, Fort Fisher and southwest North Carolina, to Minnesota again;
fortunate that in the last year of the war it traveled more miles and saw a greater
variety of service and country than any other regiment in the United States
army; fortunate that the end of its enlistment saw the end of the Eebellion and
a saved country. In a word, the Eighth Minnesota, in that wonderful contest
of splendid organizations of men, thinks it honor sufficient to claim only to be
the peer of its fellows.

And now, after twenty-five years, a large part of the regiment are still citizens
of Minnesota, and are a full average in character and usefulness of the citizens
of the towns where they have since made their homes. When we know how they
freely gave three of the best years of their lives to their country, and then, re
turning poor, went to work with a will to secure an independent position in
civil life, and ho.w sturdily, how bravely, they have struggled to overcome the
obstacles in their way, it is the crowning glory of the volunteer soldier, and the
best guarantee of the future of the republic.

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Pro. from Lieut. Colonel, 4th Regiment, Brevet Brig. General.
Discharged for wounds May 15, '65.
Resigned May 2, '65.

Pro. Captain and Assistant Adjutant General March 15,65.

Discharged per order May 15, '65.

Resigned April 10, '64.
Resigned Jan. 12, '65.
Assistant Surgeon Sept. 12, '62.

Discharged for promotion April 7, '65.
Dis. to receive appointment as Cadet at West Point October, '64,

Died Nov. 28, '63, at Alexandria, Minn.
Per order.

Reduced and assigned to Company B Dec. 1, '64.

Majors —
George A. Camp

Edwin A. Folsoin
Adjutants —
Geo. W. Butterfield
Lewis C. Paxon

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Quartermaster —
Geo L Fisk

Surgeons —
Francis Reiger

Irvin H. Thurston
Assistant Surgeon —
Wm. H. Rause

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Chaplain —
Loren Armsby

Sergeant Majors —
John Hartley

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Richard Goodhart

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Quartermaster Sergeants —
Edgar W Bass

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Commissary Sergeant —
Geo. I. Porter

Hospital Stewards —
Michael N. Ohlhues
Lonesville Twitchell
Frederick A. Fogg
Principal Musicians —
Fletcner B. Rowell
Gideon B. Hungerford...
' Josiah F.Clark... .

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NAMES.

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Captains —

John S. Cady

Marcus Q. Butterfield..
First Lieutenant —

Nathaniel Tibbetts

Second Lieutenant —

Martin V. Bean .....

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbott, Hadley T

Atchison, Michael

Austin, Julius D

Ballard, Amos B

Beck.Wm.B

Bird, Frederick T

Bird, Jeremiah

Brown, Charles A

Brown, Nathan R

Brown, Albert

Brockway, Isaac D

Gates, Wm. C

Cheetharn, Thos. J

Clark, Josiah F

Clinch, Edward S

Clark, Geo. A

Clough, Gilbert

Cook, Joseph H

Cooper, John

Cooper, Wm

Curial, Nathan W

Damon, AlbertB

Donnelly, Hugh

Downs, Joseph

Eastland, Olof

Ed wards, Wm

Fogg, Frederick K

Fuller, EbenE

Gallagher, Patrick

Gaslin.JohnW

Gay, Walter D

Gilligan, John

Greer, George W

Hancock, Charles H

Hathorn, Isaac N

Heath, Albert H

Heath, Alden B

Henderson, Geo. L

Hollar, John A

Hunter, John

Ives,Wm.P

James, Alfonzo

Johnson, Christian

Jones, James T

Keyes,HartwellC

Keene, Alvin F ,

Lee, Thomas

Leyerly, Robert U

Lyman, Thomas

Mansur, Henry

Mason, Timothy D

Malverhill, John

McCormick, Daniel W...

McDonell, John

McLaughlin, Chas. E.. .,

McClellan, Acton

McKenaie, Benj

Merrill, Abram A

Morton, Thurmon W....

Moses, Charles A

Mountain. Benj

Murphy, James F

Nuther, Jirvais

Parker, Henry L

Payne, John

Pemberton, Henry A....

Pitman, Ira P

Pratt, Elias W

Bobbins, Andrew B

Rodgers, David

Scully, Michael

Secoy, George J

Seeley, Wm. E

Sevey, Warren T

Shea, Charles

Small, George M ,

Smith, Freeman A

Smith, George

Smith, John C

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Aug. 13, '62 May 22, '65| Per order.
Aug.13, '62i June 14, '651 Per order.

2d Lieutenant Aug. 16, '62.
1st Sergeant Aug. 13, '62.
Wagoner.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Corporal.

Discharged in hospital June 23, '65.

Corporal.
Corporal.

Per order.

Musician; pro. Chief Musician and trans, to Non-Com. Staff.

Corporal; pro. Serg. Sept. 12, '63; reduced to ranks Nov. 1, '64",

Promoted Corporal.

Detailed as orderly and retained as per general order.

Wounded in battle of Cedars; discharged per order June 5, '65
Sergeant; discharged from hospital in '65.

Per order.

Discharged May 25, '65, at Newbern, N. C.

Sergeant; killed by Indians in Meeker Co., Minn., Sept 11, '63.,

Promoted Hospital Steward June 28, '65.

Wounded at Cedars; discharged in hospital June 3, '65.

Discharged in hospital July 21, '65.

Discharged June 19, '65, at Richmond, Minn.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged per order May 27,'65

Discharged in '65, while on detached duty.
Per order.

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Discharged from hospital Aug. 27, '65.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.
Per order.
Musician.
Per order.

Per order.
Corporal.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.
Discharged in hospital at Fort Snelling in '65.

Sergeant.

Died Jan. 30, '65, at Louisville, Ky.
Corporal.

Died Feb. 18, '65, at Harrisburg, Pa.

Died February, '65, at Annapolis, Md.
Promoted Sergeant.

Per order.

Died at Fort Abercrombie May 2, '64.

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ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

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NAMES.

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19
31
32
35
23
41
27

31
35
17
32
18
34
27
22

MUSTERED
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MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Smith Matthias

Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
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July 11, '64
July 11, '65
June 21, '65
Julv 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Per order.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; discharged per order May 20, '65.
Promoted Corporal; died Jan. 2, '65, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.;
(Taplin or Paplin).
Discharged in hospital July, '65.

Died March 14, '65, at Columbus, Ohio.
Promoted Hospital Steward March 1, '64.

Promoted Corporal.

Snider, Eussell
Snow Geo T

Starkev John M

Stiles Clark T

Strong, John H
Taplin, Amos U

Tibbetts Joshua

Tibbetts James W

July 11, '62

Twitchell Louisville

TValker Thomas S

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Weaver Geo. D

Webb Thos E

Wiley, Henry H

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captain —

Geo. F. Pettit

First Lieutenants —

Miles Holister

Wm. Shaw

ENLISTED MEN.

Anderson, Dexter B

Anderson, Isaac N

Anderson, Joseph

Atchterkisch Henreich.

Babcock, Columbus

Barra, Toussaint

Bailey, Eli A

Buck, Benj. F

Burch, Alonzo

Carpenter, Thomas

Calvin, John

Castle, Otis N

Chase, Wm

Chapin, John M

Clemens, Benj. A

Cluka, Joseph

Clemer, Daniel L

Click, Moses

Cowan, Andrew B

Coe, Chauncey C ,

Coates, Devitt C

Cochran, Wm

Crump, Thos. G

Creach, Theodore

Cutts, Edward H

Davey, Wm. H

Dennian, Cornelius

Deike,Wm

Diesken, Henry

Dorn, Henry A ,

Edmunds, James

Flanders, Stephen G

Flover, Norman B

Gillon, John

Green, Wm. M

Graves, Norris N

Gwathmy, John

Hare, Benjamin

Hand, Isaac

Hawkins, Wm. J

Heatherington, F. B

Heinnemon, Henry

Heideman, Ernst

Hill.John

Jacobs, Milo F

Jones, David M

Jones, PrentissB

Kellogg, Edward S

King, Andrew ,

La Barge, Andrew, Jr

Louck, Charles E

MUSTERED

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REMARKS.

Enrolled Aug. 17, '62.

Discharged April 9, '65, for promotion in Corps d'Afrique.

2d Lieutenant Aug. 15, '62.

[Enlisted men in this company were mostly enrolled from Aug..

8 to Aug. 18, '62.]
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Discharged in hospital May 31, '65.
Discharged for disability April 17, '63.
Corporal; discharged per order June 1, '65.

Corporal; discharged for disability May 26, '63.

Corporal; discharged per order May 31, '65.
Discharged per order May 30, '64.
Discharged in hospital in '65.

Corporal; discharged per order June 16, '65.

Per order.

Musician.

Discharged Nov. 27, '64, for promotion in Colored Infantry.

Killed Dec. 7, '64, near Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Feb. 10, '65.
Discharged for disability April 30, '63.
Discharged from Fort Snelling in '65.

Discharged from hospital May 31, '65.

Discharged in hospital July 3, '65.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Corporal; died April 8, '63, at Sauk Centre, Minn.

Sergeant.

Wnd. and taken pris. near Nashville Dec. 3, '64« dis.in hos. '65.

404

THE EIGHTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

Mathews, Patrick

Marcyes, George W

McCartney, Edward....

McCartney, John S

McCusick, Geo. N

Myer, Win. L. T

Millison, John B

Miller. Richard J

Mills, Hanson

Milliron, Joseph

Morgan, Janies A

Morris, Jonathan

Morgan, Allen D

Moody, Ephraim C

Mould, Joseph

Nichols, Ezra

Osterhort, Charles

Passou, John H

Patterson, Edward G...

Parker, Newton S

Peterson, Geo. W

Peipfso, Henrv

Peck, George G

Pence, Lampson

Peirce.Benj. F

Pool, Anthony W

Powell, Charles

Pond, Orient

Pye, Watts A

Ha wson, Harvey T

Keardon, Patrick

Reamer, John H

Reed, David

Ridgw ay, Aleck H

Richardson, Joseph W.,

Roth, Frederick

Roberts, Michael D

Euss, Reuben W

Sargeant, Win. S

Schwake, Frederick

Shank, Harmon

Sloan, Segnious S

Snyder, Winfield S

Tennie, Adelbert

Thudon, Henry

Town, Truman P

Tope, Abraham

Tower, Ichabod

Tuman, Wells

Van Saun, John J

Van Saun, Edward

Van Saun, Timothy L.

"Ward, Amplar G

Wells, Mark

Wollett, Harrison

Wollett, William

Yonells, Warner

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MUSTERED
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RKMARKS.

Discharged for disability April 17, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Dis. while on extra duty in Q. M. Dept. at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Wnd. at Wilkinson's pike Dec. 4, '64; dis. in hospital in 565.
Promoted Corporal.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Wagoner.

Wounded at Wilkinson's pike; discharged in hospital in '65.

Discharged for disability March 31, '63.
Discharged while absent, sick, in '65.
Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.

1st Sergeant; died April 21, '65, at Newbern, N. C.

Sergeant; died May 12, '65, in Minnesota.

Per order.

Died Sept. 25, '63, at Sauk Centre, Minn.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Died Aug. 18, '63, at Sauk Centre.

Per order.

Discharged for disability May 29, '65.

Discharged for disability May 17, '64.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Sergeant; wnd. at Wilkinson's pike; dis. per order May 10, '65.

Musician.

Wounded at Wilkinson's pike.

Discharged for disability April 10, '64.
Discharged for disability April 10, '64.
Died Feb. 13, '65, at Washington, D. C.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Nov. 22 '63.
Killed at Wilkinson's pike Dec. 27, '63.

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Edwin A. Folsom

26

Oct. 12 '62

Promoted Major May 13, '65.

Wm McKusick

38

May 29 '65

July 11 '65

1st Lieutenant Oct. 12, '62.

First Lieutenant —
John G. Cover

26

May 28 '65

July 11, '65

2d Lieutenant Oct. 12, '62.

ENLISTED MEN.

Apart, Morris
Barber, Orange L.

44
16

Oct. 12, '62
Oct 12 '62

July 11, '65

[The men in this company were mostly enrolled Aug. 13 to
Aug. 20, '62.]
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery April 16, '63.

Blake John

17

Oct 12 '62

July 11 '65

Boorene, John
Boyden, Joseph A

24
26

Oct. 12,' '62
Oct 12 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Brown Elisha

41

Oct 12 '62

July 11 '65

Corporal

Brown, Benjamin

44

Oct 12* '62

Discharged for disability March 9, '63.

Cavender, Chas C

32

Oct 12 '62

July 11 '65

Cates. Timotbv L

88

Oct. 12 .'62

Mav 10. '65

Per order.

COMPANY C.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

405

NAMES.

Cayon, Benjamin

Carpenter, Isaac L

Christian, John

Clay, MelvinA

Coplazi, Joseph

Cormickel, David

Cover, Vincent

Crosby, Henry W

Cutter, Foster C

Dockendorf, Hiram W

Eastbrook, Cbas. E

Elliott, Geo. W

Farrer, Chas. O

Fiske, Francis W

Fomant, John

Forbes, Azon

Forbes, Amos

Gagnon, Benjamin

Qarand, Joseph

Gallagher, Wm

Giossi, Joseph

Giossi, Wm

Glade, Harmon

Goodrich, John, Jr

Gray, Charles

Gray, Wm. Henry

Greely, John F

Guptill, Daniel W

Harris, John A

Hamilton, Wm

Hall, Win. W

Hausner, Augustus F

Heiforth, Herman

Herring, John

Herald, James N

Hinds, Geo. P

Johnson, Frank T

Johnson, Peter

Jordan, Isadore

Keefe, Patrick.

Kelerer, Sebastian

L,ein, Mathew

Leighton, Samuel

Lereaux, Peter

Long, Elam

Lufkin, Daniel

May, John S

McCusick, Judson W

Mitchell, Charles

Mitchell, Joseph A

Morgan, Chas. E

Morgan, John H

Moody, Peter

Morgan, Wm. H

Mulber, James

Olivier, John B

Palli, Martin

Paulson, Henry

Parish, Augustus

Peterson, John

Plummer, Peter

Porter, John J

Ramsdell, Joseph H

Robertson, John T

Rice, Franklin T

Rowell, Fletcher B

Russell, Andrew J

Secrest, Monroe E

Snell, George

Staples, Winslow

Tate, John

Thiele, Albert H

Tromley, Philip

Tuor, Jacob

Van Vleck, Isaac

Von Huster, Oscar

Yoligny, Horace

"Ward, James E

Ward, John D

West, George W

Wilson, Wm

Winship, Samuel

Zinn, John

MUSTERED | MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

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REMARKS.

Promoted Corporal.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Per order.

Corp.; pro. Q. M. Serg. Nov. 1, '64; transf. to Non-Corn. Staff.

Corporal; discharged per order June 5, '65.
Sergeant .

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged in hospital in '65.

Discharged for disability June 28, '64.

Died Jan. 31, '65, at Columbus, Ohio.

Died of wounds received at Murfreesboro Dec. 7, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability July 17, '63.

Wagoner.
Corporal.

Died May 23, '65, at Greensboro, N. C.

Per order.

Died May 15, '64, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Discharged for disability March 19, '63.

Discharged in hospital June 30, '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; dis. in hospital May 30, '65.

Sergeant.

Died May 15, '64, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability June 15, '65.

Per order.

Discharged for disability Jan. 14, '65.

Discharged for disability June 11, '65.

1st Sergeant; discharged for promotion Jan. 13, '65.

Sergeant; discharged per order May 10, '65.

Promoted Principal Musician Dec. 1, '63; transf. to N. C. Staff.

Per order.

Died Feb. 8, '65, at Washington, D. C.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery April 16, '63.

Discharged in hospital June 13, '65.

Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Died from wounds received at Murfreesboro; date unknown.
Sergeant; discharged for disability Nov. 1, '64.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

406

THE EIGHTH REGIMENT,
ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Samuel McLarty

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Nov 17 '62

July 11, '65

Enrolled Aug, 23 '6°

First Lieutenant —

31

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

Enrolled ^.ug 98 '6°

Second Lieutenant —
Thomas Harris

41

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Arnold, Henry H
Ballard Alfred C

25

28

Nov. 17, '62
Nov 17 '6'?

July 11, '65

[The men in this company were enrolled Aug. 20, '62.]

Bagely, Murray

21
29

Nov. 17. '62
Nov 17 '62

July 11, '65

Blackman, Zenas

81

Nov. I?' '6°

Corp* killed May 2 '63 bv Indians at Pommede Terre, Minn.

Burt John T. ... .

24

Mch 31 '64

July 11 '65

Burt, William H
Case Jehial

22
25

Men. 81, '64

Nov 17 '62

May 30, '65

Per order.
Discharged for promotion in 129d U S. Colored Infantry.

21

Nov 17 '62

Discharged for disability May 28 '65

Corp, Geo. D...*.

99

Nov 17* '62

July 11 '65

40

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

Crowl Amos T

99

Nov. 17 '62

July 11, '65

Corporal.

Crowl Wm H

99

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

Cramp, James

93

Nov. 17 ''62

July 11, '65

Crittenden Alfred B. ...

23

Nov 17 '62

Corporal' wounded near Murfreesboro' dis. in hospital in "65.

27

Nov 17 '62

Discharged for disability Oct 7 '63

Dormedy John

SO

Nov 17* '62

Discharged for disability Aug. 22, '64.

Eitnian, Richard

20

Nov. 17, '62

July 11, '65

Ellis James E

W

Nov 17 '62

Discharged for disability Nov. 9, '64.

Finn John

37

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

Flanders, Edward W

23

Nov 17 '62

Discharged for disabilitv Jan. 11, '65.

Foster James H.

41

Nov 17 '62

Died June 19 '64, at Fort Snelling.

Follensbee, George

29

Nov. 17, '6'?

Juiy li,'65

Foot, Charles M

31

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Fort Richard

22

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

Fort, Lewis

18

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

Freeman James D

W

Nov 17 '62

Sergeant; discharged in hospital in '65.

Carver, Samuel

90

Nov. 17 '69

Died at Fort Ridgley.

Gerry, Edwin B

26

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

Sergeant.

Gilbert, Francis D
Greenle, Wm

25
26

Mch. 31, '64
Nov 17 '62

May 16, '65
July 11 '65

Per order.

Green le John B

22

Nov 17 '62

July 51 '65

Hance, Daniel P

30

Nov. 1?' '62

July 11 '65

Sergeant.

Hall Alexander

34

July 11 '65

Wagoner.

Hall.Wm

24

Men. 31 '64

July 11, '65

Hall Henry

41

Nov 17 '62

May 10 '65

Per order.

Harrison Wm

93

Nov. 17 '62

July 11, '65

Hargrave, John

?6

Nov. 17, '62

July 11, '65

Haymaker, Geo. E

18

Nov. 17 '62

Killed Dec. 7, '64, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Hart John T

29

Nov 17 '62

June 2 '65

Per order.

Hare, H. Adams

34

Nov. 17, '62

Killed May 2, '63, by Indians, at Pomme de Terre, Minn.

Hazleton Adam K

99

Nov 17 '62

Died Mav 15, '64, at Alexandria, Minn.

Herriman, Wm. A
Heyden, Horatio H
Hill Fafayette

29
21
•>«

Nov. 17, '62

Nov. 17, '62
Nov 17 '62

"July Tf, "'65
July 11 '60

Discharged from hospital June 5, '65.
Promoted Corporal.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Houston, Wm
Hungerford, Gideon B

18
25
22

Feb. 28, '64
Nov. 17, '62
Nov 17 '62

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Musician.

Keck, James

19

Nov 17* '69

July 11 '65

Xnudson Tobias

19

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

L«acy, Edward

40

Nov. 17 '62

May 26, '65

Per order.

Laird Moses R

44

Ffb 29 '64

July 11 '65

9q

Feb 29 '64

July 11 '65

Leibald, Philip
Luddington, Comfort B....

27
26

Nov. 17J '62
Nov. 17, '62

July 11, '65

Killed May 2, '63, by Indians, at Pomme de Terre, Minn.

Maxwell, Joseph R
McGrew John

21
-11

Nov. 17, '62
Nov 17 '62

July 11, '65

1st Sergeant- discharged for disability May 16 '65.

McEldery, Daniel T

19

Nov. 17J '62

Died Jan. 5, '64, of wounds received at Murfreesboro.

Merriman, Samuel....

18

Nov. 17 '62

July 11 '65

Millett Roscoe G

21

Nov 17 '62

Corporal* discharged in hospital May 19 '65

Mitchell, Joseph.R
Ohlhues Nichols B

20
28

Nov. 17, '62
Nov 17 '62

July 11, '65

Corporal- dis for pro. in 122d U. S. Col. Infantry Oct 31, '64.

Ohllanes, Michael

97

Nov. 17 '62

Promoted Hospital Steward Jan. 1, '63; died Nov. 28, '63.

Panelka, Frank ...

42

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

Post, Richard K

•>o

Nov. 17, '62

July 11 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Potter, Ray S

19

Nov 17 '62

May 26 '65

Per order.

Randall, James W
Rathburn, Henry

32
ST

Feb. 29. '64
Nov. 17 '62

July 11, '65

Discharged for disability Feb. 17, '63.

Rinderknicht, Henry D....
Rucker, Robert H

19
27

Nov. 17, '62
Nov 17 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Savage, David

97

Nov 17* '62

Discharged from hospital in '65.

Schermerhorn, Putnam....
Scott, Leonard .

23
26

Nov. 17, '62
Nov 17 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Scott, John W

19

Nov 17* '62

July 11 ' '65

Scott, Edward

18

Mch 30 '64

July 11 '65

Shipton, Wallace

13

Nov. 17, '62

July 11 ' '65

Musician.

Smith, Clark W
Smith, Levi M. ..

23
3"!

Nov. 17, '62
Feb 29 '64

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Smith, Wm. W

33

Feb. 29 '64

July 11 '65

Splami, Robert

43

Nov. 17. '62

Julv 11. '65

COMPANY E.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

407

NAMES.

H
o
-4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Strange, Frederick.,.
Swain, James R
Swan Wm

18

26
33

Nov. 17, '62
Nov. 17, '62
Feb 29 '64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Tait Andrew

43

Nov 17* '62

July 11 '65

18

Nov 17 '69

July 11 '65

Thompson, Christian
Thompson Isaac D

19
32

Nov. 17, '62
Nov 17 '6*>

July ll] '65
June 8 '65

Per order

Tuttle, Geo. B

*>fi

Nov. 17, '62

July 11 '65

Tuper Richard

24

Nov. 17 '62

July 11 '65

\Vilsio Stephen W

19

Mch 31 '64

Died April 4 '65 at Newbern N C

Willis RufusA

*>1

Nov. 17, '69

July 11 '65

Sergeant.

25

Nov 17 '62

Corporal' discharged for disability Feb 12 '63

Winslow, Philander B
Williams Jonathan

21
63

Nov. 17, '62
Nov. 17 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Williams Geo N

19

Nov 17 '62

Killed Dec 7 '64 at Wilkinson's pike Tenn

Wood.Chas. O
Wolcott Sewal A

29
46

Nov. 17, '62
Nov 17 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Wright, Danfort C

94

Nov. 17, '62

July 11, '65

Young Henry I ..

1fl

Nov 17 '62

July 11 '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Edward Hartley

Harvey S. Brookins...
First Lieutenants —

Micah S. Crosswell...

Thomas Tollington...
Second Lieutenants —

Charles E. Post

ENLISTED MEN.

Albright, John

Ambler, James

Anderson, Thomas

Barker, Albert F

Bailey. Christopher J...

Bazley, Wm. F

Batterburg, Michael

Bertram, Andrew H

Bloomer, Coleman

Boyd, John J

Bradley, James F

Bradbury, Eaward P...
Braughton, Henry S....

Brown, Milton B

Bryant, Alonzo

Carpenter, Geo. W

Campbell, Geo. T

Chaffin, Lewis L

Clark, Henry P

Clifford, Franklin W...

Collins, Dexter E

Crawford, Henry R

Dallas, Wm

Day, John W

Desmond, Daniel

Desmond, Timothy

Dill, Thomas I

Dupray, Joseph

Erath, Albert

Erath, Herman

Ebermau, Wm

Ells, Charles G

Fairbrother, Albert C..

Felch, JohnH

Fisher, Joseph I

Flynn, Nicholas

Fuller, Henry W

Gallow, Joseph

Gates, James M

Goyette, Lewis

Gibbs, Charles H.

Hartley, John

Helm, Henry C

Holding, Randolph

Holgate, Levering

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 2, '62
Dec. 1, '64

Oct. 2, '62
July 9, '63

Aug. 13, '63

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 19, '62

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Apl. 1,'64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Apl. 1, '64
Apl. 1, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62(
Aug. 16, 'G21

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

'68.

Enrolled Aug. 25, '62; resigned March 8, '63.

2d Lieutenant Oct. 2, '62; wounded at Murfreesboro; discharged

per order May 15, '65.
. Enrolled Aug. 25, '62; resigned April 10,
July 11, '65 1st Sergeant Oct. 2, '62.

July 11, '65l Corporal Oct. 2, '62.

July 11, '65 Wounded at Murfreesboro.

Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability May 17, '65.
Wagoner; wounded at Murfreesboro Dec. 7, '64; "discharged in

hospital Sept. 20, '65.

Sergeant; discharged May 16, '65, at Fort Snelling.
Killed Sept, 1, '63, accidentally.
Discharged in hospital June 12, '65

In hospital.

Promoted Sergeant; dis. Nov. 16, '64. for pro. in Company I.

Discharged in hospital April 29, '65.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Promoted Corporal; wounded at Murfreesboro.

Corporal; discharged in hospital at Fort Snelling in '65.

July 11, '65
Juiy 4, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July'lY, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Promoted Corporal; wounded at Murfreesboro.
Discharged in hospital in June, '65.

July 11, '65

July 11, '65! Promoted Sergeant.

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

Oct^ 19, '64

July 11, '65

Tnl^r 11 'fiSi

July 11,
May 26, '65

Per order.
Promoted Corporal.

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
June 8, '65
July 11, '65

June20, '65i
July II, '65 1
May 18, '65! Per order.

Per order.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Corporal; wounded at Murfreesboro.
Discharged from convalescent camp in '65.

Per order; wounded at Murfreesboro.

Pro. Sergeant Major Jan. 1, '63; transferred to Non-Com. Staf£
Promoted Sergeant; discharged per order.

408

THE EIGHTH REGIMENT.
ROSTEE OF COMPANY E — Continued.

NAMES.

a
9

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Houlton, Wm. H
Hulett Asahel E

23
27
34
19
20
20
26
28
27
41
18
18
21
17
22
18
16
18
34
24
19
34
23
25
38
22
20
40
43
28
40
26
33
23
18
18
21
35
27
28
18
43
30
21
18
18
18
20
24
22
27
44
21
26
29

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Apl. 1, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Mch. 29, '64
Mch.29 '64
Mch. 29, '64
Feb. 20, '64
Mch. 31, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Apl. 1, '64
Apl. 1,'64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Apl. 1, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Apl. 1,'64
Apl. 1,'64
Feb. 20, '64
Oct. 2, '62
Oct. 2, '62
Apl. 1,'64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Mch. 29, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Mch.29, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Apl. 1, '64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Corporal.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Wounded at Murfreesboro.
Musician.
Corporal.

Wounded at Murfreesboro.

Keator, Charles H
Kriedler Geo W

Kingsbury, David L

Knedler Daniel W

Kriedler, Samuel G
L.ane Wm. D .

Lord Win H

Locke, Joseph N

Lyons John W

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

v
Musician

Discharged for disability Feb. 24, '65.

Discharged in hospital July 10, '65.
Promoted Corporal; killed Dec. 7, '64, at Murfreesboro.
Wnd. in battle of Murfreesboro; dis. for disability May 23, '65.
Sergeant.

Discharged in convalescent camp Sept. 2, '65.

Per order; wounded at Murfreesboro Dec. 7, '64.
Died Nov. 22, '64, at Louisville, Ky.

Wounded at Murfreesboro; died July 4, '65, at Charlotte, N. C.
Corporal; died Aug. 9, '63, at Paynesville, Minn.

Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Corporal.
Killed at Murfreesboro Dec. 7, '64.
Wnd. at Murfreesboro Dec. 7, '64; dis. in hospital June 16, '65,

Discharged for disability March 1, '65.
Sergeant.
Corporal; dis. Jan. 19, '64, for pro. in United States Col. Inf.
Per order.

Markham Homer

Merrill, Charles W
Mitchell, Henry A
Morgan, Samuel H

Moore John W

Morris, Samuel

Alurphy, Matthew

July 11, '65

Nickerson, Alphonso
Parcher Ellett P

Parcher Frank M

Parvin John B

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Parks Isaac

Persons, Edwin W

Perkins Joseph

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
May 26, '65

Philbrook, Amide
Phillips Thomas

Ponsford Wm

Ponsford, John B
Reed Joseph J

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Reedy Hugh

Russell John.

Sabin, Elisha C

Smith Charles Ij

Stinchfield, Wm. M

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Swain John

Swartout, Cramer

Thompson, John L
Tourtellotte, Geo

Vadner, Joseph, Jr
Vorse Chas H

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

"Washburne, Edson D
Washburne, Elbridge F....
Wedgewood, George R. L..
Wheeler, Stephen W. R
Wilder Samuel

July 11, '65

Woodworth, Edward
Woodward, Emerson T....
Young, James A

July 11, '65

June 25, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

ri

o

"1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Leonard Aldrich

43

Nov 18 '62

July 11 '65

Enrolled Aug 25 '6°

First Lieutenant —
Joseph E. Chapman
Second Lieutenant —
Wm Fowler

36
35

Nov. 18, '62
Nov 18 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Enrolled Aug. 25, '62.
Enrolled Aug 25 '62

ENLISTED MEN.

Aldrich Alonzo

37

Aug 15 '62

Discharged per order May 24 '65.

Aldrich Clarence

18

Feb 25 '64

July 11 '65

Austin, Orange J

22

Aug 21* '62

July 11 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Barnum Wheeler

36

Aug 15 '62

Discharged in hospital '65

Baker, George L

^6

Aug. 14 '62

1st Serg.; dis. for pro. Sec. Tenn. Heavy Artillery Feb. 9, '64.

Beck John

25

Aug 15 '62

Died April 24 '63 at Fort Snelling.

Bill EdwardS

28

Aug 21 '62

July 11 '65

Bloxham, Daniel

%

Aug. 15 '62

Transferred to Third Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Bogue Zachariah.

29

Aug 15 '62

July 11 '65

Sergeant

40

Dec 10 '63

Wounded at Cedars* died in hospital July 25 '65.

Brigham, Aaron A

*>«>

Aug. 18, '62

Corporal- promoted Sergeant; killed Dec. 7, '64, at Cedars.

Carter. Edwin B

28

Aue. 15. '62

Julv 11. '65

Sereeant.

COMPANY F.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

409

NAMES.

Cadwell, Almtis A

Cadwell, Daniel E

Chambers, Joseph

Charuberlin, Mark A..

Chapel, Edwin J

Clafford, John

Clark, Elijah

Couper, John C

Cornell, Ezra

Coates, Geo. W

Colwell, Gardner B

Crow, Oliver H

Day, Alfred A

Davison, James C

Davis, John C

Dodge, Leroy

Dowd.Geo. W

Drury, Martin L

Dufff James

Elliott, Watson

Fetz, Lorenzo

Finney, George W

Finney, James

Foster, W. H

Gates, Andrew J

Gates, John A

Glidden, Charles O

Glines.John W

Gaumon, Charles H....

Groff, Samuel

Ham, Win. A

Hamilton, Henry

Hasson, James

Hanzel, Frank

Hatt, Levi B

Haruden, Samuel

Hodspn, Thomas C

Higgins, Samuel H

Houck, Elijah

Howell, Russell

Ives, James K..

Masters, Richard H. .
Mattison, Samuel W...

May i or, James

Marsh, Geo. T

McNutt, Gilbert

Millard, Frank O

Morrell, Win

Moore, Robert

Moore, Alex. H

Moses, FrankS

Noyes, James

Noyes, Leonard D

Noyes, St. Clair

Pay ton, James H

Pemberton, George.. ..

Pearson, Geo. F

Phare, James

Plummer, Bartlett

Plummer, Acton P

Porter, Geo. I

Pond, Billious

Pryor, John

Pryor, Henry

Rice, Calvin M

Rice, George

Ridgeway, Benj

Sackett, George W....

Scott, Lewis

Scott, Elias

Scofield, James L

Sidewell, Aaron M ,

Sherwood, Julius S

Slater, De Witt

Smith, Caleb ,

Stark, Adam

Strathern, Walter

Stevens, James

Stevens, Cushman

Stevens, Barney

Thomas, Edward

Thomas, Joseph C

Tompkins, John

Truesdell, Sylvester...
Twitchell, Umphrey..
Velie Wm

MUSTERED

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 16, '62

Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Oct. 22, '63
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 16, '63
Feb. 26. '63
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 16, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 21 '6-2
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Nov. 21, '63
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Nov. 26, '63
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 18, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July"li',';65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
May 13, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11/65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '62
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
May 25, '65
July 11, '65
May 24, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
May 24, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
May 17, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

May 26, '<
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July"li',''65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

REMARKS.

Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.
Co

irporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged for promotion in One
Hundred and Twenty-third U. S. Col. Infantry Jan. 14, '65.

Sergeant; promoted lst*ergeant.

Wagoner.

Discharged in hospital July 4, '65.

Deserted Jan.
Sergeant.

'63, at Fort Snelling.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged in hospital June 22, '65.
Transferred to Company C Jan. 1, '64.
Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Killed at Cedars Dec. 7, '64.

Wnd. at Cedars Dec. 7, '64; discharged from hospital Aug. 2, '65.

Discharged in hospital July 4, '64.

Died in Chicago on way home.
Died in hospital May 24, '65.

Corporal.

Corporal; transferred to Third Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Per order.
Per order.

Killed Dec. 7, '64, at Cedars.
Transferred to Company K Jan. 1, '65.

Per order.

Died Feb. 21, '65, at Washington, D. C.

Promoted Com. Sergeant Jan. 11, '63; trans, to Non-Coni. Staff.

Per order.

Discharged for disability May 9, '63.

Died Sept. 15, '64, at Fort Rice, D. T.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Discharged for pro. in 23d U. S. Colored Infantry Jan. 14, '65.

Per order.

Died Sept. 11, '64, near Fort Rice, D. T.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Musician.

410

THE EIGHTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Velie Henry H

27

Aug 18 '62

July 11 '65

Musician

Verrill Alonzo

40

Aug. 18, '62

Died at Little Rock, Ark.

Warren, Quincy C
Wager John H

21
19

Aug. 21, '62
Aug 15 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Webb 'John T

82

Aug. 15, '62

July 11, '65

Whittemore, James G

94

Aug. 18, '62

Corporal; dis. Nov. 7, '64, for pro. in 118th U. S. Col. Infantry.

Whitney, Benj

84

Aug. 15, '62

July 11, '65

Wilson George L.

SO

Aug. 22 'G0

July 11 '65

Wilson, Mathew

33

Aug. 16. '62

July 11, '65

Wilson John E

">1

Aug. 21 '62

July 11 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Yeoman, James L

24

Aug. 13, '62

July 11, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captain —

George Atkinson

first Lieutenant —

Wesley Kinney ,

Second Lieutenants —

Nathaniel F. Randolph.

Henry Selover

ENLISTED MEN.

Allison, Allen

Armstrong, James

Baldwin, Thomas

Bartlett, Clark B

Bartlett, Lewellyn

Bartlett, Philander O

Beardsley, Gilbert

Body, John

Burdict, Daniel L

Carr, Samuel V

Carroll, Patrick

Cady, James E

Carpenter, Augustine

Collins, Joseph S

Congdon, Alonzo

Crawshaw, Joseph

Cronin, David

Crowe, David C

Davis, George H

Densmore, Jamea A

Desso, John

Dilly, John J

Downing, Stephen W

Drink water, Pratt

Eaton, Henry C

Emmons, W. B

Everett, Geo. C

Farrow, Joseph E

Field, Albert J

Friiik, Onecamas M

Glover, James B

Goodell, Rufus R

Goodenough, John R

Harrison, Baker

Hayes, Wm. H

Hammond, Richard

Haradon,John C

Hendron, James

Hubbard, Clarence A

Hutchins, Wilson

Jones, Albert

Jones, Oliver

Judd, Lewis C

Keeler, Henry C

Kinney, Thomas

Knapp, Wm.C

Liippert, Nickolas

Lowe, Manly B

Mack.Fred

Manning, Eugene

McDonough, Wm

Monroe, Daniel

Nesdell, Thomas

Norton, Wm. H

Oliver, James A

MUSTERED

Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

July 11, '65 Enrolled Aug. 26, '62.
July 11, '65 Enrolled Aug. 26, '62.

Oct. 30, '62

Mch.16, '65j July 11, '65

Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30 ,'62
Oct. 30 ,'62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Feb. 10, '64
Oct. SO, '62
Oct. 30 '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Feb. 10, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30 ,'62
Oct. 30, '62
Mch. 19, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30 '62
Oct. 30/62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 19, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30 ,'62i
Oct. 30, '62 [
Feb. 27, '64 j
Oct. 30, '62!
Oct. 30, '62!
Oct. 30, '02 1
Oct. 30, '62 1
Oct. 30, '62 i
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30 ,'62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62'

July 11, '65
July 11, '66

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

June 13, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
June 2, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Enrolled Aug. 26, '62; resigned Nov. 12, '64.

1st Sergeant Oct. 30, '62.

[The men in this company were mostly enrolled Aug. 15 to 22,

'62.]

Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Feb. 10, '63.

Discharged in hospital in '65.
Discharged in hospital June 12, '65.

Sergeant.

Missing Sept. 20, '64; supposed to have been murd. by Indians.

Discharged in hospital July 7, '65.
Discharged at Fort Snelling July 6, '65.
Died May 1, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.
Discharged in hospital in '65.

Left, sick, at Coon Creek, Minn., Sept. 1, '62; never ret'dto Reg.

Discharged in hospital July 26, '65.

Discharged in hospital July 26, '65.

Corporal.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability July 19, '63.
Per order.

Per order.

Discharged in hospital July 26, '65.

Discharged while on detached service July 5, '65.

Discharged for disability April 1, '63.
Discharged per instructions of War Department.

Discharged for promotion.

Died Nov. 16, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn.

Wagoner.

COMPANY H.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

411

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Paxon Louis C

26
19
32
23
20
22
19
15
31
19
18
18
19
19
24
26
38
18
19
22
34
18
25
21
21
21
39
24
25
35
19
25
24
26
26
31
38
29
18
21
18
21
23

Oct. 30, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 19, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct 30 '62

Promoted Sergeant March 1, '65; transferred to Non-Coni. Staff.
Corporal.

Deserted Oct. 1, '62, at St. Cloud, Minn.
Promoted Corporal.
Deserted June 4, '64, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.
Discharged April 1, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Died Sept, 16, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.
Per order.

Discharged while on extra service in '65.
Discharged per order May 8, '65.

Corporal; discharged for promotion April 17, '64.
Promoted Corporal .

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.
Corporal; killed Dec. 7, "64, at Cedars.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Per order.

Sergeant; discharged per order May 12, '65.
Discharged June 28, '65, at St. Paul.
Discharged per order June 6, '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Discharged per order May 8, '65.
Promoted Corporal.
Corporal.

Parsons W H

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Powers/Barna B
Rawalt Benjamin .. .

Reeves, Wm

Reeves James

Rigby Henry C

Ross, Jobn J
Sanders James

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Selover, George
Sinclair Galon

Shaeffer Daniel W

July 11, '65

Shepard Frank.

Smith Janies O

July 11, '65

Smith Isaiah

May 25, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Starr Benj L

Stearns John J

Stearns, Leander W
Sweenev, Miles H

July 11, '65

Taisey "Albert H

Taylor Charles F

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Tabor Riley C

Thompson H G

Thorp, Lyman E

Veeder Stanley M

Way, Enos

July 11, '65
May 26, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Wearing, John R. S

Walters, Edwin ..

Feb. 19, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30 '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Feb. 10, '64
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 19, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62

Welch, Samuel D
Webster, John I

Webster Thomas J

White, James L

July 11 '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Whitnev, Moses B
White James H

Woodworth, Edwin
Woodworth, Chauncey....
Workman, Horace M
Woodworth, Sanford
Young, Alexander

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

ti

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Geo G McCoy

38
40

30

39

S4

Oct. 30, '62

May 28, '65

Oct. 30,....
Mch. 1,'64

Mch. 16, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Enrolled Aug. 29, '62; discharged per order.
2d Lieutenant Oct. 30, '62.

Enrolled Aug. 15, '62.
[The men in this company were mostly enrolled Aug. 15, '62.]

Discharged for disability Jan. 15, '65.
Per order.

Discharged for disability Feb. 24, '65.
Discharged in '65; died before arriving home.
Discharged for disability Dec. 12, '64.
Discharged for disability Dec. 10, '63.
Died Aug. 6, '63, at Marshall, Minn.

Deserted Jan. 28, '63.
Died March 27, '65, at Washington, D. C.

Wounded near Murfreesboro; discharged July 23, '65.
Discharged per order May 10, '65.
Discharged for disability June 5, '63.

Corporal; discharged per order Aug. 5, '64.
Discharged for disability March 31, '63.

Discharged Oct. 25, '64. for pro. in U. S. Colored Infantry.

Wm. Paist

First Lieutenant —
Egbert E. Hughson

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbev David W

Angel, John F

Arnold, Wm

18
31
24
18
18
40
33
23
34
29
17
25
31
41
31
24
21
20
36
40
41
24
20

Jan. 4, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Mch. 1,'64
Feb. 2, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct, 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Jan. 26, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30 .'62

July 11, '65
May 21, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Barney, Dominick

Berry Chas M

Blow Felix

Brant, HenryC

Branch, Cushman A
Brisette, John D
Burnett, James F

Burke, Patrick

"juiy"li',''65

Byron Thos

Capistrand R H

Cheever James

July 11, '65

Clark Peter

Condin, Emory S
Colwell Charles

Mch. 21, '63

Cole, John L

Cunningham, James
Daw^on James .

July 11, '65

Decker, Talman

Disjaredin, Charles ..

Dickey Jasper W

July 11, '65

Dickey. Wm. B

412

THE EIGHTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

NAMES.

K
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Dickinson N. L

23

Oct 30 '62

July 11 '65

20

Opt 30 'fi2

Dittmering, Henry

RO

Oct. 30, '62

Died March 11, '65 at Washington D C

Doude, Andrew

?1

Men. 1, '64

Died July 16 '64 at Fort Rice D T

Dolen Peter

18

Dow, Win. D
Evans, Robert R
Fales, Grenville
Fox, Sylvester

38
26
21
40

Feb. 27, '64
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct 30 '69

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Promoted Corporal.
Corporal.

Died Feb 5 '65 at Louisville Ky

Fox Arris

21

Mch l' '64

July 11 '65

Gale, Franklin I

23

Oct ' 30* '69

Discharged for disability March 20 '63

Genime,Chas
Glazier, Marcellus
Goodman, John

42
20
44

Oct.' 30J'62
'Oct. 30, '62
Oct 30 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Discharged per order May 22, '65.
Corporal.

Gobarre, John

22

18

Feb. 2['64
Feb 2 '64

July ll' '65

Graham, Wm. H
Hart, Win

21
SO

Oct.' 30| '62
Oct 30 '62

July ll', '65

Corporal.
Discharged for disability July 2 "64

Hardy, Newell N
Halloway Thos

19
21

Oct. 30!'62
Mch 8 '64

July 11, '65
July 11 '6*1

Hamlin, Samuel

33

Jan. 4* '64

Died Aug. 17 '64 at Fort Rice D. T.

Hand, Martin

?0

Jan 4 '64

Died May 24 '65 at Charlotte N C

Hill, Franklin

22

Oct 30* '62

Corporal1 discharged for disability June 22, '63

Holmes, Henry L
Hostetter, Wm

27
19

Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30 '62

July 11, '65

1st Sergeant.
Discharged in hospital in 165.

Hostetter Manassus

25

Oct 30 '6?

July 11 '65

Huntly, John S

91

Oct! 30J'62

Deserted Feb. 28, '63.

Igo Patrick

22

Feb 24 '64

July 11 '65

Irvine, Stewart

<\1

Oct 30 '69

July ll' '65

Jackson, Jacob I

28
18

Feb. 10, '64
Feb 2*5 '64

July 11, '65

Jungblut, Wm
Kennedy, James

20
17

Oct.' 30* '62
Oct 30 '69

July 11, '65

Musician* deserted March 1, '63.

Kinkaid, Elias P

38

Oct. 30 '62

Corporal; discharged for disability April 22, '63.

Kresslake, George

98

Oct 30 '62

Deserted Feb. 28, '65.

Krapp, Wm

3-1

Oct 30 '62

July 11 '65

Kundart John . . .

20

Oct 30* '62

July 11 '65

21

Feb 9* '64

July ll' '65

Laturelle, Geo. W. ..

21

Oct ' 30* '62

July 11 '65

Lake, David N

94

Oct 30* '69

Discharged for disability Aug 4 '63

Lathrop, Josiah

22

Oct 30 '62

July 11 '65

Lane, Catlin P

?f>

Oct 30* '69

Transferred to Company K.

Lemay, Prudent

19

Oct 30 '69

July 11 '65

Ludtow, Oliver C

?3

Oct' 30* '62

Dis for pro in 12?d United States Colored Infantry Oct. 24, '64

McDerrnott, Pat

9S

Oct 30 '62

July 11 '65

McGartney, John
McManus, Lafayette

29

^7

Oct. 30, '62
Oct 30 '62

July 11, '65

Discharged from hospital June 5, '65.

McHenry, Robert I

37

McMullen, Patrick

•79

Jan 28 '64

Discharged for disability Nov. 9, '64.

Merryfield, O. P
Metcalf, Edwin S

26
*>1

Oct. 30, '62
Oct 30 '62

May 20, '65

Per order.
Deserted Feb. 28, '63.

Murphy, James

35

Oct 30 '62

Died Feb 11 '65 at Camp Stoneman.

Mulroy, Wiu
Nash Loriu G

22
91

Feb. 25, '64
Jan 4 '64

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Newhouse, Herman
Nill Michael

21

91

Feb. 11, '64
Oct 30 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

20

Oct 30 '69

Deserted Feb. 28 '63.

O'Maley Arthur

4?

Oct. 30 '62

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Parker Milo

24

Oct 30 '62

Corporal- discharged for disability Nov. 9, '64.

Parker'Elton C

•>1

Oct. 30 '62

July 11, '65

Promoted Corporal.

17

Oct 30 '62

Deserted Feb. 28, '63.

Peirce, Erastus P
gualey Martin

18

18

Feb. 17, '64
Feb 1 '64

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

escenlibue, Ecan
Reddy Thomas .

19
18

Oct. 30, '62
Oct 30 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Rinehart, Adelbert

?1

Feb. 11, '64

July 11, '65

Scofield David B

9<1

Oct. 30 '62

July 11, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Sherburne J W

21

Oct 30 '62

Discharged for disability May 9, '63.

Shepard, James

ST

Oct. 30, '62

July 11, '65

Sheldon Joel D

21

Oct 30 '69

Discharged for disability Jan. 16, '65.

Shields, James
Slattery Albert I .

30
*>6

Mch. 1,'64

July 11, '65

Died Aug. 25, '64, on hospital boat on Missouri River.

Smith, Samuel E

41

Oct. 30, '62

July 11, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Smith, Jesse E

44

Oct. 30, '62

Sergeant; dis. May 30, '65, for pro. in United States Col. Inf.

Snell Wm L...

33

Oct 30 '62

July 11 '65

Sergeant.

Steinburg, Charles

30

Oct. 30, '62

Deserted Feb. 28, '63.

Stillman, Wni. II

35

Oct. 30, '62

Discharged for disability May 8, '63.

Summers Langford

19

Oct 30 '62

July 11 '65

Sutton, Charles

91

Feb. 27, '64

July 11, '65

Thompson, Lorin G
Townsend, Joseph
Trett, George

25
30
3<>

Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30, '62

July 11, '65
Julv 11, '65
July 11, '65

Sergeant.

Trevitt, Alexander
Valentine, John I
Weaver, George A ....

28
31

97

Oct. 30, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Oct. 30, '62

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Wells George W

18

Oct 30 '62

July 11 '65

Wiggins, Alvin H

30 1

Oct. 30, '62

Wagoner; died Jan. 2], '65, at Louisville, Ky.

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

413

NAMES.

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16
41
29
43
33
43

MUSTERED
IK.

MUSTERED
OUT.

KEMARKS.

Whittel, Alfred H
White Sylvanus

Oct. 30, '62
Oct. 30/62
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Oct. 30, '62

Musician; deserted Sept. 30, '63.
Discharged in hospital in '65.

Promoted Corporal.
Deserted Feb. 28, '63.

"Ju]y'li',"'65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Whaley,Uriah

Whaley, James
Wright, George M
Wright, John

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

Harvey L. Walter

Wm. L. Sylvis

John G. McGregor

First Lieutenant —

Win. V. Athey

Second Lieutenant —

Andrew J. Duly

ENLISTED MEN.

Ahern, John J

Andrus, Truman

Baker, Lewis H

Beer, Albert

Beer, Charles

Bliss, Andrew I

Bliss, Stephen N

Blume, Frederick

Bruestle, John

Carlson, Mons

Clark, Geo. W

Collins, John

Davis, John K

Delany, Joseph

Dean, Harvey H

Denoyer, Francoise

Dooly, Isaac N

Dooly, Samuel P

Dun well, Henry

Eels, Lewis

Eels, Morris

Ellis, Thompson C

Ellis, David E

Ellis, Wm.B

Erickson, Gustavus

Fearing, Dudley

Fearing, David H

Fearing, Rudolphus

Flanirn, John

Garlinghouse, Mitchell.,

Gunther, Bethazer

Hawkins, Albert

Haas, Christian

Hall, John

Hartand, Joseph

Habbeggar, Rudolph

Haluiben.OleH

Habbeggar, Joseph

Henry, Peter

Johnson, George W

Johnson, Wm. H

Kane, James

Kaiser, Frederick

Kennedy, Thomas,

Krumery, Wm.

Lambey, Charles

Lewis, Robert

McConnell, Alex. G

McCoy, Andrew J

McNelly, Geo. B

McLure, John N

Merry, James E

Menseng, Frederick

Meacham, John N

Morrell, Charles E

Norton, Ransom

Nichols, James

Fearing, Arthur

Peters, Rudolph

Pisback, August

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 25, '62
Dec. 1, '62
Mch. 16, '65

May 28, '65
Dec. 1, '62

25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62

1,'64
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62

1,'64
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62

25, '62

26, '64
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62

3 '63
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
15. '63

4, '64
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62
20, '64
25, '62
25, '62
25, '62

Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Mch
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Mch
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Feb.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
July
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Dec.
Jan.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Feb.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

REMARKS.

July 11/65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11,
July 11,
July 11,

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

July 11,
July 11,
July 11,
July 11,

July 11, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Enrolled Sept. 5, '62; resigned Dec. 1, '62.

Resigned Dec. 12, '64; 1st Lieutenant Oct. 25, '62.

2d Lieutenant Oct. 25, '62; 1st Lieutenant Dec. 1, '62.

Enlisted Oct. 25, '62; promoted 1st Sergeant.

1st Sergeant Oct. 25, '62; discharged per order April 4, '65.
[The men in this company mostly enrolled Aug. 13 to 22, '62.]

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal and 1st Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Jan. 14, '63.

Killed in battle west of Missouri River Sept. 2, '64.
Discharged May 10, '65, for wounds received at Murfreesboro.

Discharged per order May 27, 65.

Sergeant; transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.
Corporal.

Died March 27, '63, at Fort Ripley, Minn.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability July 26, '64.

Discharged for disability Oct. 1, '63.
Discharged for disability March 19, '63.
Discharged for disability March 27, '63.

Deserted Oct. 25, '62, at Fort Snelling.

Died Sept. 25, '64, at Fort Rice, D. T.

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged in hospital in '65.
Discharged for disability June 16, '63.
Discharged for disability Feb. 1 3, '65.
Sergeant; discharged for disability Jan. 14, '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Corporal.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Trans, from Company H, 2d Minn. Cavalry, for neglect of horse.

Died Feb. 16, '65, at Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Corporal.

Wagoner.

•».

Musician.

Discharged for disability Jan. 15, '63.
Discharged for disability March 19, '63.

4U

THE EIGHTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

X

o
<5

MUSTERED
TN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Pitheon, Franz

35
36
18
33
29
33
39
31
45
44
26
44
25.
18
30
18
18
22
44
21
34
35
30
22
20

Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Jan. 28, '64
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25 ,'62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25 '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25 '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Oct. 25, '62

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Discharged May 26, '65, of wounds received at Cedars.
Discharged per order general court martial May 15, '63.
Died Oct. 3, '64, at Intapah River, Minn.
Discharged per order June 2, '65.
Sergeant; discharged per order May 24, '65.
Corporal.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.
Transferred to 3d Minnesota Battery May 1, '63.

Discharged for disability June 5, '65.
Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.
Musician.
Wounded at Murfreesboro; died Dec. 12, '64.

Discharged for disability April 11, '63.
Promoted Sergeant.
Corporal.

Discharged for disability March 25, '64.

Rives Wallace

Riggs Ashley C

Roller Frank

Schulte Carl

Schneider, Peter

July 11, '65

Schwingler Jacob ... .

Scharf 'Richard

July 11, '65

July' li',' '65
Julv 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Schleicher, John

Sinail John

Smith, Lucius L

Smith, John

Stone Edward A

Stradtcotter Bernard

Tauf, Louis E

July 11, '65

Thomas Wilhelm

"Walff Joseph

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Wood Frank

Yates Sylvester

Young, Andrew

ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

H
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Wm T Rockwood

?f>

Sept. 23, '62

Discharged per order March 24, '65.

First Lieutenants —
John I Salter

35

Sept 23 '62

Dismissed June 22, '64; honorably discharged by act of Congress

Benj. W. Brunson

Second Lieutenant —
Win Helsper

40
SI

Sept. 1,'64
Sept 23 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Jan. 9, '83.
1st Sergeant Sept. 23, '62.

ENLISTED MEN.

40

Aug 16 '62

Died Sept. 15 '64 at Fort Rice, D. T.

Bass 'Edgar W

18

Sept 1 '62

Sergeant' Quartermaster Sergeant Jan. 1, '63; graduated TJ. S.

Bailey Wm C

33

Aug 21 '62

July 11, '65

Military Academy July 1, '68; Colonel U. S. Army May '88.

Bies David,

27

Aug. 22, '62

July 11, '65

Promoted Corporal.

42

Aug. 14, '62

Discharged in hospital in '65.

18

Aug 16 '62

July 11, '65

Bray *Geo W

30

Aug. 15, '62

Discharged per order May 24, '65.

40

Sept 1 '62

July 11, '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Brennan, John

21
19

Feb. 10, '64
Aug. 15 '62

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Canfield Henry

18

Mch. 16, '64

July 11, '65

42

Feb. 3 '64

Died Oct. 23, '64, at Fort Snelling.

18

Sept 1 '62

Corporal* transferred to Company E March 4, '63.

Darling Ehud N

27

Aug. 14, '62

Discharged for promotion March 12, '64.

Devlin Charles

19

Feb. 8, '64

July 11, '65

Defoe Wm W

•>«

Aug. 13, '62

July 11, '65

29

Aug. 22, '62

Discharged in hospital June 1, '65.

Dicknian Peter.

99

Aug. 22, '62

July 11, '65

22

Aug. 16, '62

July 11, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Downs John

19

Aug. 22, '62

July 11, '65

23

Sept. 1,'62

Corporal; killed Dec. 7, '64, in battle at Cedars.

32

Sept. 1 '62

Corporal; discharged for promotion Sept. 15, '64.

SI

Sept. 1, '62

July 11, '65

Corporal.

Erickson, Andrew

34

Aug. 14, '62

July 11, '65

Ford Patrick

9^

Aug. 22, '62

July 11, '65

French Wm O

18

Aug. 15, '62

Died March 27, '64, at Clinton Falls, Minn.

Gifford, Van Renselaer
Goetz Peter

24
30

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Goodhart Richard

S=>

Aug 15, '62

Transferred to Non-Coin missioned Staff July, '65.

Goris, Theodore
Gould Myron C

27
18

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Gross, Philip

?1

Aug. 14, '62

July 11, '65

Hamilton, Henry
Henry Charles

30
SI

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 20 '62

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Herly, Joseph

21

Feb. 17, '64

July 11, '65

Holgate Robert

31

Aug 16 '62

Discharged for disability March 20, '63.

Holman, Edward H
Horchner, Frederick

33

30

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 14, '62

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

COMPANY K.
ROSTEE OF COMPANY K — Continued.

415

NAMES.

a

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Ide Jacob

18

Aug 29 '62

July 11 '65

Junker Matthias

33

29

40

Korfage Henry

22

Korfage, Frederick

24

Aug 14 '6°

Kroth John F

20

Mch 99> '64

July 14 '65

Krech Mathew

21

Kreamer, John

33
30

Aug. 22, '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Kunz John

27

Aug 19 '69

July ll' '65

Lane, Catlin P

24

July 2'' '69

Discharged for disability May 17 '65

Leider, Frederick

43

Aug 20* '62

Discharged for disability June 24, '64.

Leyde George R

18

Feb 4 '64

July 11 '65

Lloyd Samuel H

18

Feb 4* '64

July 11* '65

Loeif'eiholz Conrad .'.

27

Sept 1 '62

July 11* '65

Loveridge, John

^0

Au» 14 '69

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Lossiuger, Joseph

18
30

Aug. 14, '62
Feb 4 '64

July 11, '65

Deserted Nov 3 '64 at Louisville Ky

Marshall, Wm. R

Sfi

Aug* 13* '62

Promoted Lieutenant Colonel 7th Minn. Infantry Sept 23 '62

Marcott, Joseph
McGinley, Edward
McWilliams John.

21
21
25

Aug. 20, '62
Feb. 10, '64
Feb 19 '64

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Milton Wm.H

24

Aug 17 '62

July 11 '65

Milton Thos

04

Aug 21 '6''

July 11 '65

Moore Frank

19

Aug 14 '62

Discharged for disability Dec 9 '62.

Mooney, Archibald
Nelson, James
Netzer Joseph

14
21

38

Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 24, '64
Aug 20 '69

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Promoted Corporal.

24

Aug 99 '62

July 11* '65

Neihardt' Frederick

25

Transferred to Invalid Corps April 11 '64

North E D

26

Aug 14* '69

July 11 '65

25

July ll' '65

P !• f r\ ^

Page Henry

31

July 11 '65

Corporal, promoted sergeant.

Peiuberton, Thomas

40

Aug 15 "62-

Died Dec 8 '64* wounds received at Cedars

Pemberton, George

35

July 11 '65

Proper, John A

98

Aug 21 '69

Discharged for disability Sept 23 '62

JReichert Gotleib

33

Aug 15 '69

July 11 '65

Richards Edward

32

Sept 1 '69

July ll' '65

24

Aug 19* '62

July 11* '65

Rogers Ezekiel G

93

Sept 1 '62

July ll' '65

Rogers, J. D., Jr

21

Aug 13 '69

Discharged March I9 '64 for promotion.

Rosch, Theodore

23

Aug 29 '62

Killed by Indians Sept 2 '64 on rear guard Fisk's expedition.

Saunders Charles

32

Aug 16 '62

July 11 '65

38

Sept 1 '69

July 11 '65

Schlemlien, Johan

37

Aug '22' '69

July 11 '65

Schmutz, Mikel
Schoenig, Franz

39
32

Aug. 20, '62
Aug 14 '62

July 11, '65

Discharged for disability April 9 '64.

Sellers, Marshall

SO

Aug. 16 '62

Discharged for disability April 2, '65.

Shiplev David B

53

Sept 1 '62

Wagoner1 deserted while on furlough July 5, '64.

Si 1 cox Robert

37

Aug 16 '62

Smith Geo. M

22

Aug 91 '62

Died Sept. 10, '64, at Fort Rice, D. T.

33

Aug 13 '62

July 11 '65

Stuart Charles R

90

Aug. 13 '62

Discharged Oct. 25, '64, for promotion.

Sternberg, Andrew F
Thompson, S. A
Thompkiiis John

18
37
36

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug 90 '69

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Transferred to Company F Jan. 1, '63.

Twitchell, Smith S
"Wagner Jacob

26
39

Aug. 22, '62
Aug 14 '62

July 11, '65
July 11 '65

Watson, Francis M

93

Aug. 21, '62

July 11, '65

Weber, Hubert

31

Sept. 1 '62

July 11, '65

Sergeant.

Weber Nicholas

<n

Aug 22 '69

July 11 '65

Wet zel, John

?fi

Aug. 22 '62

July 11, '65

Whitney, Andrew J

3?

Sept. 1 '62

Sergeant; discharged for disability May 29, '63.

Wilhelmus Peter

48

Sept 1 '62

July 11 '65

Musician.

Williams, D. D

40

Aug. 14 '62

Discharged for disability March 12, '64.

3Tent sch, Henry

90

Aug ?«2 '62

July 11 '65

NARRATIVE OF THE NINTH REGIMENT.

BY HON. C. F. MACDONALD.

The Ninth Eegiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was enlisted in the month
of August, 1862, under the president's call of July 2d of that year for 300,000
men. While the several companies were being recruited and transported to the
rendezvous at Fort Snelling, the Sioux Indian outbreak occurred, and the vol
unteers were immediately armed and sent to the frontier to protect the settlers
from the savages of Little Crow's bands who had invaded the settlements and
were murdering, pillaging and burning along the border. This service sepa
rated for more than a year the companies which subsequently formed the regi
ment.

Sept. 18, 1862, the Ninth was formally announced to include the following
companies, with rank of captains in the order named: Company A, George A.
Camp; Company B, Ei chard Strout; Company C, H. C. Eogers; Company D, A.
K. Skaro; Company E, Jerome Dane; Company F, A. M. Enoch; Company G,
Theo. H. Barrett; Company H, W. E. Baxter; Company I, H. B. Strait; Com
pany K, D. W. Wellman. Companies D and E had previously been known as a
part of the Eleventh Eegiment, and the other eight as belonging to the Tenth.
The headquarters of the regiment were established at St. Peter, Minn., Nov. 26,
1862, but the field and staff was not officially announced until Jan. 15, 1863. It
was as follows: Colonel, Alexander Wilkin; lieutenant colonel, Josiah F.
Marsh; major, William Markham; adjutant, Edward H. Couse; quartermaster,
John P. Owens; surgeon, Charles W. Le Boutellier; first assistant surgeon, E.
W. Twitchell; second assistant surgeon, John Dewey. Eev. A. H. Kerr was
appointed chaplain, to date from Dec. 17, 1862.

During the winter of 1862-63 Col. Wilkin established a training school at St.
Peter, for line and non-commissioned officers of the regiment, at which they were
drilled and instructed in military tactics and the rules and articles of war. A
complete history of the Ninth's three years' service requires that a narrative be
given of the duty upon which the several companies were detailed previous to
leaving for the South. Company A was recruited at St. Anthony, Hennepin
county, from Aug. 10 to 20, 1862, and upon organization elected the follow
ing officers: Captain, George A. Camp; first lieutenant, Jonathan Chase; sec
ond lieutenant, Harry Jones. The men were then granted a short leave of
absence to go to their homes and arrange their affairs prior to going South.
Four days later they were recalled, furnished arms and ordered to proceed at
once to the frontier. They marched the same night. The next day the company
joined the Sixth Eegiment near Jordan, and was attached to it and participated
in its marches and engagements until late in the fall. The company was mus
tered into the service Oct. 2, 1862. It was stationed at Fort Eidgley during
the winter of 1862-63. The next spring it joined the expedition of 6en. Sibley,
was assigned to duty as pioneers, and marched to the Missouri Eiver, near the
present location of Bismarck. The command returned to Fort Snelling early in
the fall of 1863. Company B was enrolled between the 14th and 24th of August,
1862, its members enlisting from the counties of Hennepiu, Wright and Carver.
The following officers were elected: Captain, Eichard Strout; first lieutenant,
Wm. A.Clark; second lieutenant, J. C. McCaine. The company was furloughed
for eight days, was called back before the expiration of that time, and the forty
who reported were ordered to proceed to Gleucoe via Forest City. Twenty citi
zens joined them in this march. When they reached Acton, September 3d. they
were attacked by a large war party of Indians. The company, after a sharp

NARRATIVE OF THE NINTH REGIMENT. 417

skirmish, continued on its way to Hutchinson, and the Indians followed, sur
rounding the command and firing upon them from every favorable point. In
this manner a running fight of eight hours was kept up. Two of the company
and one citizen were killed and eighteen wounded. They reached Hutchinson
that night, and next day participated in the defense of the village from an attack
by three hundred savages. The other members joined the company at Hutch
inson, where it remained until the following spring. It was mastered into ser
vice Nov. 10, 1862. In the spring of 1863 it was ordered to St. Peter, and a de
tachment under Lieut. Clark was sent to Henderson. In June the company was
ordered to Hanska Lake, and a detachment to Cottonwood Eiver, two of the
outposts forming the chain of fortifications around the frontier. Company C
was recruited Aug. 19 and 20, 1862, at Austin, by Captain Henry C. Kogers,
and proceeded to Fort Snelling, where it was fully organized, with the following
officers: Captain, Henry C. Eogers; first lieutenant, Edwin W. Ford; second
lieutenant, Lyman A. Sherwood. The company immediately thereafter pro
ceeded to New Ulm, and was there ordered to join Gen. Sibley's command against
the Indians. With this force it participated in the battle of Wood Lake, and
thence proceeded to Camp Eelease. It was here attached to the Seventh Eegi-
ment, and served with it in the Indian campaign of that year. It was mustered
into service Oct. 5, 1862. It wintered at Fort Eidgley, and in the spring of 1863
was assigned to garrison duty at frontier posts. Company D was recruited from
the 17th to the 19th of August, 1862, about one-half in Nicollet county and the
remainder in the Blue Earth Valley. Upon arrival at Fort Snelling an organi
zation was effected by the election of the following officers: Captain, Asgrim K.
Skaro; first lieutenant, George Patton; second lieutenant, Henry E. Walker.
A. E.McGill (subsequently governor of Minnesota) was chosen orderly sergeant.
The company was then ordered to return to St. Peter, which it garrisoned that
fall and winter. It was mustered in Sept. 23, 1862. The company was present
as a guard at the hanging of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians who were executed
at Mankato Dec. 26, 1862. During the spring and summer of 1863 the company
did frontier garrison duty at Judson Ferry, Fairmount and Chanyaska Lake,
and passed a very pleasant season.

Company E was recruited Aug. 19, 1862, at Mankato, and at once proceeded
to Fort Snelling, where the following officers were chosen: Captain, Jerome
Dane; first lieutenant, Clark Keysor; second lieutenant, John K. Eoberts.
The same day they were ordered to return to Mankato, where the company was
mounted and proceeded to Lake Crystal, only to be called back to protect Man
kato from an anticipated raid by the Winnebago Indians. This did not occur,
and the company moved back to the vicinity of Lake Crystal. It shortly after
ward proceeded to New Ulm, and was the first company to reach that place.
While there a wounded settler came in and reported that two women were
wounded and exhausted twenty -five miles from New Ulm. A party was sent
out at night and brought them in. One of the company was killed by the In
dians on the return march. A week later the company was ordered into the
country, and had an all-day's chase after a war party of Indians who had killed
four farmers. The company was mustered in Nov. 14, 1862, wintered at Judson,
and were present as guard at the hanging of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians at
Mankato, Dec. 26, 1862. The next spring and summer were passed in frontier
post service at Hutchinson, Forest City. Long Lake and Pipe Lake, and in
erecting sod fortifications. Company F was recruited at Eochester, Minn., from
the 15th to the 21st of August, 1862, by O. P. Stearns and M. J. Daniels, and
was organized with the following officers: Captain, Absalom Enoch; first
lieutenant, Orzo P. Stearns; second lieutenant, Milton J. Daniels. The com
pany was ordered from Fort Snelling to Glencoe, in which vicinity it did frontier
duty until November, when it was ordered into winter quarters at Fort Eidgley.
It was mustered in Sept. 24, 1862, and remained at Fort Eidgley until furloughed,
previous to going South. Company G was recruited at St. Cloud, by Lieut. Theo.
H. Barrett, from Aug. 16 to 22, 1862. A considerable number of the men were
Chippewa Indians and half-breeds. Marched to Fort Snelling and organized,

418 THE NINTH REGIMENT.

with the following officers: Captain, Theodore H. Barrett; first lieutenant,,
Charles H. Beaulieu; second lieutenant, Christian Becker. On or about Sep
tember 3d the company proceeded to Fort Abercrombie, then besieged by
Sioux Indians. The day succeeding their arrival they attacked the Sioux and
drove them from the position they had occupied for weeks, the Indians retreat
ing toward Big Stone Lake. The company was mustered in Oct. 30, 1862. It
remained at Abercrombie until ordered South, and during the spring and sum
mer of 1863 was engaged in guarding trains, repairing military stations on the
road to Pomme de Terre, and doing outpost duty generally. The Indians of the
company did valuable service during the summer as videttes, scouting over the
country, traveling at night and lying concealed and on watch during the day
time. Subsequently, while in the South, Company G gained a high reputation as
skirmishers and flankers, in which service they were never equaled. Company
H was recruited in Carver county, Aug. 15 to 23, 1862. It was organized by
electing the following officers: Captain, William E. Baxter; first lieutenant,
Joseph Weinman; second lieutenant, Ole Paulson. The company was immedi
ately ordered to report to Col. J. H. Stevens at Glencoe. It was sent to Lake
Addie to guard the frontier, and was divided into four squads — Lake Addie,
Brown's Grove, White farm and Kennedy's farm. A few days later the com
pany was ordered to consolidate and proceed to Hutchinsori, which was threat
ened by the Indians. Upon arriving there, September 4th, they found the town
surrounded by the yelling savages, who had attacked the place. The company
deployed as skirmishers, charged on the Indians, drove them from the timber to
the open prairie, and pursued them until nightfall. The savages did not return,
and the company proceeded to Glencoe, where it wintered. It was present as a
part of the guard at the Indian executions at Mankato, Dec. 26, 1862. The fol
lowing spring the company joined the Sibley expedition to the Missouri Eiver,
and was attached to the Tenth Eegiment. On its return it was ordered to Fort
Abercrombie.

Company I was enlisted at Shakopee, by H. B. Strait and Joseph E. Ashley,
Aug. 15 to 18, 1862. Upon the "Indian alarm" a detachment of the com
pany, some forty in number, was ordered to proceed at once to Glencoe in
teams. From there they moved with Company A of the Sixth to St. Peter, and
thence to Fort Eidgley, where they remained; were joined by the remainder of
the company early in October, and organized by electing H. B. Straijb captain,
Joseph E. Ashley first lieutenant and Thomas Van Etten second lieutenant.
The company was mustered in Oct. 12, 1862. It was stationed at Fort Eidgley
until during the early summer of 1863. When Gen. Sibley 's expedition started
westward in the spring of 1863 the company was ordered to Camp Pope, where it
remained about a month, and then returned to Eidgley. In midsummer they pro
ceeded to St. Paul, and served as provost guard until ordered South. Company
K was recruited in the counties of Winona and Wabasha from the 17th to 22d of
August, 1862. It was organized at Fort Snelling a few days later with the follow
ing officers: Captain, D. W. Wellman; first lieutenant, Jules Capon; second lieu
tenant, Charles Niedenhoffen. It did garrison duty until November 3d, when it
was ordered to join Gen. Sibley's command, which was met near South Bend, and
assisted in guarding the Indian prisoners. It wintered at South Bend, and was
on duty at the "great hanging" in Mankato. On Feb. 27, 1863, it moved west of
New Ulm six miles, and the following spring and summer occupied a stockade
twenty miles west of Madelia.

GOING SOUTH.

Sept. 23, 1863, the regiment was furloughed until the 3d of October, Companies
C, F and K to report at Winona, and A, B, D, E and I at Fort Snelling, prepara
tory to leaving for the South. Companies G and H were at Fort Abercrombie.
Oct. 8, 1863, A, B, D, E and I left Fort Snelling on the steamer Chippewa Falls,
and were joined next day at Winona by C, F and K. The regiment disembarked
at La Crosse and took the cars for St. Louis, where it arrived on the 12th and
reported to Gen. J. M. Schofield. Orders were received to proceed to Jefferson

GOING SOUTH. 419

City at once, and the regiment left next morning, arriving at Missouri's capital
the same day. Four days later C and K were ordered to La Mine Bridge, fifty
miles out on the Pacific railroad. October 10th G and H left Fort Abercrombie,
and upon arriving at St. Cloud were furloughed, with orders to report at Fort
Snelling October 20th. These companies arrived at St. Louis about the middle
of November, under command of Major Markham, and were assigned to duty in
that city. The headquarters of the regiment remained at Jefferson City four
months, but it was further divided and subdivided. On December 7th A, B, E
and I were detached and sent to Kolla, Mo., under command of Capt. H. B. Strait.
February llth, headquarters, with D and F, left Jefferson City for Warrensburg,
Mo., taking up C and K at La Mine Bridge on their way west. March 9th, head
quarters, with D and F, again moved westward. F was left at Independence, and
D proceeded with headquarters to Kansas City. Meantime E had been sent to
Waynesville, some thirty miles west of Holla; H had been ordered up to Kolla,
and G to Franklin. The headquarters were removed to Kolla April 14th. The
regimental report for this month gave the location of companies as follows:
Kolla, A, B, H and I; Knob Foster, C; Kansas City, D; Waynesville> E; Inde
pendence, F; Franklin, G; Warrensburg, K. Thus, at this time, the regiment
was scattered from the Kansas line, two hundred and ninety miles west of St.
Louis, along the railroad to within less than forty miles of that city, and thence
out on the branch road one hundred and ten miles. Its duty was to guard the
railroads from guerrilla raids, and garrison important points. This service was
not severe, and the seven months passed in Missouri were enjoyed by the regiment.

Shortly after reaching Jefferson City, the weather being cold, wet and disa
greeable, the men constructed fire-places in their Sibley tents, with chimneys
of brick, wood, etc. The neighboring rail fences and all kinds of combustible
material began to disappear, but the boys enjoyed their fires. One afternoon an
order was read on dress parade that all chimneys and fire-places be torn down
and cast out, and no more fires be kindled. That night, while the guard's back
was conveniently turned, a grass sod was neatly adjusted on the top of Col. Wil-
kin's tent stovepipe. Early next morning the boys were peeking from their
tents toward headquarters. Soon the colonel's orderly was observed entering
the tent with materials for starting a fire. A few minutes later the orderly
rushed out in a cloud of smoke, gasping for breath, and was followed by the
colonel, rubbing his eyes. The spectacle was ludicrous in the extreme, and the
regiment broke into a hearty cheer. That afternoon another order was read on
dress parade, this time detailing twenty-five men to go to the woods to chop fire
wood, and the teams were set to work hauling it in. Col. Wilkin said no more
about the fires, nor the practical joke of his boys, who continued thereafter to
enjoy their fire-places undisturbed.

Another incident occurred in Missouri which is worthy of mention, especially
as it became a subject for debate in the United States senate. Nov. 12, 1863, a
negro entered the camp of Companies C and K at La Mine Bridge; said that he
had traveled all night; that he and his family were slaves; that on the night pre
vious his wife and family had been taken from him, to be shipped to Kentucky to
be sold; that the train on which they were traveling would reach Otterville in an
hour, and begging the men, for God' s sake, to save his family. Forty-one members
of C and K immediately seized their guns, and, headed by Serg. Frank Merchant,
started for the depot. When the train pulled in, a squad drew a bead on the
engineer and told him to wait for orders. The others entered the cars, found
the negroes, told them to get out and break for the woods, which they did at once.
Unluckily for the boys, there was a Missouri military officer of high rank on the
train. He was very indignant, and, revolver in hand, attempted to prevent the
rescue, but was roughly handled by the Minnesota boys. The train moved on,
but the same day the brave forty-one were ordered arrested and conveyed to Jef
ferson City, where they remained in the guard-house two months. The matter was
finally brought to the attention of friends at home, by a communication of Orderly
Sergeant George Hays of Company K setting forth the facts. On Jan. 11, 1864,
Hon. M. S. Wilkinson presented a resolution of inquiry in the United States

420 THE NINTH REGIMENT.

senate, calling upon the secretary of war to inform the senate why certain Min
nesota soldiers were detained in prison in Missouri, their only offense being the
rescue of slaves from rebel sympathizers. The resolution was unanimously
adopted, and the next day the secretary telegraphed an order to release the men.
The loyal citizens gave the boys great praise, and quite an ovation upon their
discharge.

During the regiment's stay in Missouri many of its officers were detached on
special duty. In November Col. Wilkin was assigned to the command of the
first sub-district of central Missouri. In December he was ordered to St. Louis as a
member of a general court martial, on which duty he remained until the consoli
dation of the regiment. Lieut. Col. Marsh, in November, was a member of a court
of inquiry at Warsaw, Mo. He succeeded Col. Wilkin in command of the first
sub-district. He .was in command of regimental headquarters in January,
February, March and April. Maj. Markham was on special duty as member of
a court martial at St. Louis during December, January and February. In March
he was ordered to Eolla, and took command of the companies there. In April
he was ordered to Warrensburg. A number of line officers were also detached,
serving on courts of inquiry, military commissions and courts martial.

May 15, 1864, an order to rendezvous the regiment at St. Louis was received,
and headquarters, with A, B, H and I, left Eolla on the 18th. The scattered
companies were, as rapidly as possible, assembled at Camp Gamble, St. Louis.
On the evening of May 26th the regiment, eight hundred and seventy-nine
strong (as appears in May report), saw itself together for the first time in its
history, and on that evening held its first dress parade with every company
present. It presented a fine appearance, and executed the orders of Col. Wilkin
with a precision which pleased him greatly. During the short stay in St. Louis
the regiment accepted an invitation, and visited the ladies' great sanitary fair.
They marched there in a body, and were handsomely entertained.

BATTLE OF GUNTOWN, OK, BRICE'S CROSS-ROADS.

The Ninth left St. Louis on the transport B. M. Eunyan, May 29th, and
reached Memphis on the 31st. The same evening Col. Wilkin received orders
to report next morning to Gen. S. D. Sturgis, who had been placed in command
of an expedition fitted out under direction of Gen. C. C. Washburn, command
ing district of west Tennessee. Gen. Sturgis' orders directed him "to proceed
to Corinth, Miss., by way of Salem and Euckerville, capture any force that
might be there; then proceed south, destroying the Mobile & Ohio railroad, to Tu
pelo and Okolona, and as far as possible toward Macon and Columbus, with a por
tion of his force; thence to Grenada and back to Memphis." The Ninth disem
barked on the morning of June 1st, marched to the Memphis & Charleston depot,
and departed for La Fayette, Tenn., the men taking three days' rations in their
haversacks, and leaving behind knapsacks, blankets and camp equipage. The
sick, convalescent and most of the men connected with the quartermaster's de
partment were also left in Memphis. The officers and men were in fine spirits.
The train stopped within six miles of La Fayette, and the regiment disembarked
and marched to that place. The next day was passed in camp, and was occupied
by Gen. Sturgis in organizing the expedition. Col. Wilkin was assigned to the
command of the First Brigade of infantry, leaving Lieut. Col. Marsh in com
mand of the regiment, with 30 officers and 635 men present for duty. In his re
port of this expedition, which resulted so disastrously, through his incompe-
tency and fatal mismanagement, Gen. Sturgis placed his force at "8,000 men in
round numbers," composed as follows: One division of cavalry, with 3,300 men,
6 pieces of artillery and 4 mountain howitzers, Gen. B. H. Grierson, command
ing; one division of infantry, commanded by Col. McMillan, with following bri
gades: First Brigade, 2,000 men and 6 pieces of artillery, Col. Alex. Wilkin,
commanding; Second Brigade, 1,200 men and 4 pieces of artillery, Col. G. B.
Hoge, One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois, commanding; Third Brigade, Col
ored Infantry, 1,200 men and 2 pieces of artillery, Col. E. Benton, Fifty-ninth
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numbered 250 wagons. On the 3d, the command marched to Lamar, eighteen
miles from La Fayette; on the 4th, four miles west of Salem; on the 5th, two miles
east of Salem; 6th, thirteen miles to intersection of Saulisbury, Eipley, Salem
and Euckersville roads. On this day the infantry advance encountered a small
body of rebels at noon, and chased them toward Eipley. On the 7th, marched
to Eipley, where a small detachment of the enemy was met and driven on the
New Albany road. The cavalry encountered a regiment of rebel horse, and
drove them. On the 8th the infantry moved five miles on the Fulton road, and
camped at Lewellen Church. Scouts reported the enemy near, in force, and
Gen. Sturgis ordered that all unfit to proceed be sent back to Memphis. Next
morning 400 men of the command (36 of the Ninth) and 41 wagons were or
dered back. The army marched to Stubbs, fourteen miles from Eipley. The
Ninth was in the rear of the train, and did not go into camp, some distance in
the rear of the entire column, until 11 P. M. Up to this period of the campaign
the weather had been very wet. It had rained almost every day; the roads
were heavy, and the men much fatigued. On the morning of June 10th the
regiment marched at seven o'clock, and upon reaching the First Brigade fell
in rear of the Ninety-third Indiana. The enemy was reported in front, and the
command was urged rapidly forward. The day was extremely hot and sultry,
the country was largely woodland, the roads very muddy, and the rapid march,
under a scorching sun, had a very exhausting effect upon the men. About
eleven o'clock news reached us that the cavalry had engaged the enemy, and a
little later the booming of cannon was heard. When about four miles from Brice's
Cross-roads an order was received to hasten forward at double-quick. The com
mand was obeyed, and the regiment double-quicked and marched alternately,
until the scene of action was reached, at 2 p. M. Many men fell out of the ranks,
exhausted and fainting, and one, at least, died on the field from sun-stroke.

This battle was fought at Brice's Cross-roads, six miles from Guntown, Miss.,
and twenty-three miles from Eipley. In his report of the engagement Gen. N.
B. Forrest, who commanded the rebel force, terms it the "Battle of Tishomingo
Creek." When the Ninth reached the field the battle was raging fiercely. Our
cavalry had engaged the enemy about 10 A. M., and forced the fighting. Simul
taneously with the arrival of the advance brigade of infantry, at 1 :30 P. M. , Gen.
Sturgis received a request from Gen. Grierson that his entire cavalry force be re
lieved, as it was "exhausted and wellnigh out of ammunition." This request
was granted, and the cavalry retired to the rear. As each infantry regiment
came up, it was formed in line of battle and at once sent forward, with no sup
port on the flanks, to relieve the one which had preceded it in the attack against
the entire rebel force. After forming in line of battle Lieut. Col. Marsh ordered
his men to sit down and rest. In less than five minutes Col. McMillan rode up
and ordered the Ninth to take position on the right of the batteries along the
road, which had been occupied a short time before by the enemy's left, and to
hold it at all hazards. This position was at once taken, and Company D, under
Capt. Skaro, was sent forward as skirmishers. The Ninth was then ordered to
move forward and relieve the Ninety-third Indiana, which had been contending
against superior numbers. The ground here was so densely covered with under
brush and small trees that the field and staff officers were compelled to dismount
and send their horses to the rear. Indeed, so dense was the foliage, that the
troops could see but a few rods in advance. Upon reaching the designated posi
tion, the Ninth was ordered to lie down. At this moment the enemy, who was
attempting to flank our right, met Company D, and a sharp skirmish took place
in which the company suffered but maintained its ground. Soon another line
of the enemy appeared along our whole front, advancing cautiously. The order
to fire was not given until the rebels were in close range, when a terrific volley
was poured into their ranks, killing and wounding a large number, and causing
them to fall back precipitately. They then attempted a flank movement, but
this was met by a maneuver of the regiment by the right flank, and a sharp en
gagement followed, ending in a charge by the Ninth, the enemy falling back be
fore the destructive fire of the Minnesota men, who gave a wild cheer and pursued

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the fleeing rebels for eighty rods or more, and would have turned his left com
pletely but for the grape-shot from our batteries, which, on account of our ad
vanced position, were flying through our ranks, and had wounded three of our
men. Lieut. Col. Marsh reluctantly ordered the regiment to fall back to its first
position, especially as it was unsupported on the flanks. Immediately after an
order came to return to the road and support the battery on our left. This
movement was executed in good order, amid a terrible fire, with as much cool
ness as if the regiment had been in a hundred battles, instead of participating in
its " baptism of blood." The new position was no sooner gained than another
order to fall back arrived, and again the regiment moved in good order to the
rear. Maj. Markham, who was in feeble health, was here overcome by the heat
and compelled to retire. It was now about five o'clock. Previous to this time
the wagon train had come up, was brought across an almost impassable piece of
swampy road, and corralled in an open field. The colored brigade which
guarded it had been sent into action, and, although fighting bravely, was also
forced back. At five o'clock the enemy appeared in force on the extreme left
of the command in action, and to prevent flanking it began to retreat. In the
centre Col. McMillan was also forced to give way. In falling back, the remnants
of regiments came together on the narrow road; order soon gave way to confusion,
and confusion to panic. The Ninth was the last to leave the field, and was con
sequently in the rear of the retreating column. Lieut. Col. Marsh here received
an order to check the enemy's advance, and hold him back, if possible, until
dark. Soon the Confederates, flushed with victory, charged in force. A desper
ate struggle ensued, and continued for more than an hour, when the enemy, ap
parently, retired with heavy loss. Capt. W. B. Baxter was killed at this point
while gallantly encouraging his men, and three of the color guard were shot
down. We then fell back about one hundred yards, when the enemy was observed
advancing on our right. A halt was ordered, and once more the deadly volleys
of the Ninth checked his advance. He soon appeared again on our flanks, and
the regiment fell back, retiring slowly and in fine order, contesting the ground
at every step, for about three-quarters of a mile, and across an open field. Here
a remnant of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois and a part of a regiment
of colored troops were forming on the right of the road, and the Ninth was placed
on the left. Shortly afterward the Confederates appeared, and again the battle
was renewed with vigor on both sides. They had captured several of our guns
previous to this, and these were now turned upon us with deadly effect. We
could only reply with muskets, but the men were directed to fire low, and did so
with telling effect. The contest here was desperate, and officers and men behaved
gallantly. Said Col. Marsh in his report: "The conduct of Capt. H. B. Strait
at this point was especially commendable and worthy of notice. ' ' Soon the rebels
began to appear on our flanks, and the retreat was resumed. Never during the
day's battle was the Ninth compelled to retire before a force in its front. It was
lack of support on its flanks which forced it back each time. We were still in
the rear — the most trying position troops can be placed in on a retreat. Shortly
after sunset, when twilight was rapidly giving way to darkness, the Ninth made
a halt a little in rear of a slight eminence, and, kneeling down, awaited the
pursuers.

At this juncture Gen. Sturgis and his staff rode up, and advanced in front of
the regiment's position. The men looked with bitter feeling at the commander,
whom they knew was responsible for their defeat, and saw an orderly hand him
a bottle, from which he drank and passed to the officer nearest him. That it
was whisky there is no doubt, and that liquor was to some extent responsible for
our defeat there is little less doubt. Again the Confederates came on rapidly,
the Ninth holding its fire until they were within close range, the enemy not
perceiving us in the gathering darkness until the flash of our guns illuminated
the thicket, and the roar of our musketry broke the silence. This was the final
check of that day. Meantime, the general and staff had turned their horses'
heads and galloped off. We did not see him again. It was now night, and the
pursuit was discontinued. The regiment returned to the road and continued

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the retreat. The sight which met our eyes beggars description. Abandoned
wagons, which had been set on fire by the " mule whackers," lined the road.
The horses or mules had been cut loose and ridden away by the drivers or sol
diers. As we moved on our men applied the torch to wagons which were not
already burning. Many pieces of artillery were observed, spiked and dis
mantled. When the Ninth reached the swamp on the Hatchie, they found that
the ambulances containing the wounded had mired in the soft road, and been left
there. The remainder of the wagon train, which had been turned backdate in
the afternoon, together with fourteen pieces of artillery, were also left at this
point. As the retreating column passed along the wounded begged piteously
for water, or to be taken along, but nothing could be done for them. In cross
ing this swampy bottom the men sank into the mud to their knees, and found
it difficult to drag themselves along, owing to their exhausted condition; and,
much as they wished, they could not aid their wounded comrades. The ground
was strewn with broken and abandoned muskets, and all kinds of accouterments,
clothing and other articles. A short distance beyond the Hatchie a line of
camp fires was observed ahead, and the tired men of the Ninth thought at first
that this must be "camp." But it was only a ruse to deceive the enemy into
thinking that the Union forces had halted for the night. It was absolutely
necessary, however, that a stop should be made, as the men were completely
worn out. Accordingly, a rest of two hours was given, at the end of which
they were aroused and moved on during the night. Many gave out, and
fell into the enemy's hands in the morning. Col. Wilkin was with the rear
column, which had been swelled by stragglers from other regiments, and ably
directed its movements. At daylight on the morning of the llth the enemy's
cavalry began firing on our rear. Col. Wilkin displayed great coolness and
bravery, and constantly encouraged his men to keep on, and to fire on the pur
suing force at every opportunity. Soon after sunrise a company of our cavalry
was met, and took position in our rear. A little further on a considerable force
of cavalry was found in line across the road to check the pursuing rebels. This
relieved the Ninth, for the first time, from rear guard fighting, and it moved on
to Eipley, reaching it about 7A.M. The town was filled with our troops. An
attempt was made here to reorganize the army, but it was soon found that the
cartridge boxes were nearly empty, while many of the soldiers were without guns.

The enemy reached Eipley almost as soon as. the Ninth, and a sharp engage
ment took place. Our regiment having covered the retreat for twenty- three
miles was not called into action, but moved on. The greatest confusion pre
vailed, and the infantry was frequently obliged to halt to allow the cavalry to
pass through their ranks. Surgeon J. C. Dixon was left at Eipley to look after
our wounded. Owing to the disorder and the rush of the cavalry, about seventy
of our men were separated from the regiment, but were gathered together by Maj.
Markham, and joined a column brought through by Col. Thomas of the Ninety-
third Indiana. The main body of the retreating force left Eipley on the Salem
road. In the crush and confusion the Ninth, with stragglers from other regi
ments, numbering altogether about 2,000 men, took a different road. This was
probably fortunate for us, as the pursuing force followed the main retreating
body, and we did not see any considerable number of Confederates after leaving
Eipley. The retreat was continued all day, no enemy appearing, and at dark Col.
Wilkin ordered a halt for the night. Many of the officers favored but a two or
three hours' rest, but Col. Wilkin favored waiting until daylight. We had been on
the march for two days and one night, traveling a distance of sixty miles, had
fought a hard battle and covered the army's retreat for several hours. Officers
and men threw themselves on the ground and were soon asleep. Lieut. Christian
Becker of Company G was separated from the regiment at Eipley, and, with a
few comrades, left the place on the Salem road. They were overtaken, and the
lieutenant, refusing to surrender, and firing his revolver at short range, was shot
and killed by the rebels.

In the morning the march was resumed. Many of the men had thrown
away their haversacks containing their rations', a few had a hardtack or two;

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some had nothing at all to eat. The long and hurried march over the soft roads
had left the men's feet in a deplorable condition. The mud, water and sand,
which constantly filled their shoes, had, in many cases, completely blistered the
feet. The suffering caused was so great that numbers had thrown away their
shoes and cut up their pantaloons to make foot coverings. In this woeful con
dition the force pushed on, moving by unfrequented roads and lanes in the
effort to avoid a meeting with the enemy. At noon, when near Davis' Mills, a
squadron of rebel cavalry appeared in our rear and fired a few shots. Prepa
rations were made to resist an attack, and the Ninth's colors were displayed.
The assault was not made, and on we moved, Col. Wilkin sending out Company
G as rear guard and flankers. They performed this duty admirably during
the afternoon, and .by their cunning and proficiency with their guns kept the
enemy at a safe distance. Toward night they had a sharp skirmish with a
squad of rebels, near a house on a hillside. The Indians and half-breeds crept
up and opened fire, yelling and sending forth war-whoops as if upon their native
heath, much to the astonishment of the Confederates. The march was continued
until midnight, and was resumed early on the morning of the 13th. Friendly
negroea reported that a considerable force of rebel cavalry had passed ahead of
us about daylight, and every man was on the gui vive. The railroad was reached
near Collierville, and we moved on to that place. There was no sign of relief.
Col. Wilkin had received information that there were two brigades of rebel
cavalry in the vicinity, and, encouraging his men to make another effort to save
themselves from capture, the retreating column marched a few miles, when a
train was seen approaching from Memphis with reinforcements. Again the colors
of the Ninth were flung to the breeze, and sent up the track to signal the train
that we were friends. The cars brought two regiments of infantry, and a cav
alry force arrived about the same time. The scene when the train, stopped will
never be forgotten by those who witnessed it. Many of the footsore officers and
men were so overcome by their feelings that they shed tears. Soon after the
arrival of the reinforcements the rebel cavalry appeared in force, but the pres
ence of our fresh troops deterred them from an attack. In the afternoon we
embarked on the train and reached Memphis at dark, there finding that the
detachment under Maj. Markham, which was separated from us at Eipley, had
arrived the day before. During the long and weary retreat many of the men
gave out and were taken prisoners. Large numbers hid in the woods, and
endeavored to reach Memphis by lying concealed all day and moving on in the
night. But few, however, who left the main body of the retreating column
escaped capture. The rebel cavalry patrolled the roads, and Confederate citi
zens " organized into squads and went gunning for Tanks."

In Col. Marsh's report of the battle, dated June 15, 1864, the loss of the regi
ment in killed, wounded and missing was placed at 286. Two officers were killed
and 6 captured; 7 enlisted men killed, 20 wounded and left on the field, and 13
wounded and brought away. Two hundred and thirty-three enlisted men were
taken prisoners and sent to Anderson ville and Milan, Ga., and Saulisbury, K. C.
The sufferings of our gallant men in these Confederate prisons is a matter of
record. They were penned in like so many cattle, and with less provision for
comfort; they were brutally treated, and, horrible to state, many of them were
actually starved to death. That Americans should have treated Americans thus,
almost surpasses belief. When all other bitter memories of the great Civil War
are blotted out, the recollection of Anderson ville and Libby will still remain— the
blackest page of American history. Of the two hundred and thirty-three of our
brave comrades who were captured, one hundred and nineteen (over fifty per cent)
died in prison. Of those who lived to come forth, a number died within a year,
while a large per cent of the remainder were shattered in constitution, veritable
wrecks of their former selves. The following incident will illustrate, in a faint
degree, the brutal treatment received at Andersonville: George Saville of Com
pany F borrowed an axe of a negro. An officer took the negro inside the pen,
made him point out the man who had borrowed the axe, had Saville taken out
side, made him strip to the waist, and ordered the negro to give him thirty

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lashes on the bare back. This done, Saville was told to whip the negro in the
same manner. Upon demurring to this barbarous proceeding, he was informed
that if he did not the negro would be compelled to give him thirty lashes more,
and then poor Saville proceeded to whip the negro. While this disastrous ex
pedition was a severe blow to the Ninth, it won for it the esteem and respect of
other regiments, and the commendation of superior officers. The gallant conduct
of Col. Wilkin in remaining with the fragmentary force, while most of the mounted
officers had gone on with the general and the cavalry, and his skill in eluding
the enemy during three days' march, merited and received the highest praise.
It won for him, too, the love of his men, and to-day every survivor of the Ninth
Minnesota honors and reveres the memory of the brave and gallant Col. Wilkin.
Lieut. Col. Marsh handled the regiment with skill and coolness, and in his report
truthfully said: " During the four hours' continued fighting on the 10th inst.
not an officer or enlisted man left his post without permission, but all fought with
the coolness and desperation of veterans, and drove the enemy at every point
where we made a stand." In his report of 1864 to the legislature of Minnesota,
the adjutant general of the state thus referred to the part tjie Ninth played in
the Guntown expedition: "That this disastrous undertaking did not result in the
entire loss of the whole expeditionary force, is mainly due to the gallantry of the
officers and men of this regiment. "

Injustice to the Ninth Begiment, which suffered such a severe defeat, as well
as to sustain the charge heretofore made, that the disaster to our arms was due to
the incompetency and fatal mismanagement of Gen. Sturgis, certain facts should
be presented. In his report of the expedition Gen. Sturgis says that when he
reached Bipley on the outward march, "it became a serious question in my mind
as to whether or not I should proceed any further." No force of the enemy had
appeared up to this time, and the general says further: "From all the infor
mation Gen. Washburn had acquired there could be no considerable force in
front, and all my information led to the same conclusion. * * * Under
the circumstances, and with a sad foreboding of the consequences, I determined
to move forward." These fears, in view of the information of Gen. Washburn
and himself, exhibited a timidity on Sturgis' part closely akin to cowardice.
On the morning of the 10th of June the general and escort, some miles ahead of
the infantry, reached Tishomingo Creek, about four miles from Brice's Cross
roads, and found "an unusually bad place in the road." At this time a message
from Grierson announced that he had engaged the enemy. An order was sent to
him to press the rebels hard, and a second was sent back to hurry up the infantry.
They were urged forward on the double-quick, the wagon trains following as fast
as the mules could be urged, all floundering across the "bad place in the road"
as best they could, and rushing on to the cross-roads. The infantry was formed
in line by regiments as rapidly as it arrived and sent in to relieve the cavalry,
which by this time was asking to be allowed to retire. In this manner Gen.
Sturgis permitted his command to be defeated in detail — first the cavalry and then
the infantry. There was no plan of battle; no careful massing of the army to
resist an attack or make an onslaught; no regard for a proper protection of the
flanks; no provision for the safety of artillery or train in case of reverse. It was
a pell-mell, unorganized attack upon a wily enemy, in a chosen position in his
own country. Had Gen. Sturgis kept his cavalry within supporting distance of
the infantry, with orders not to bring on a general engagement until the entire
army was prepared to participate, there would have been no defeat of the Union
army. In his report he estimates the number of the enemy at from 15,000 to
20,000 men, with 12,000 actually engaged, and admits that "it may seem strange
that so large a force could be in our vicinity." In his official report of this battle,
dated at Tupelo, July 1, 1864, Gen. N. B. Forrest, the Confederate commander,
says: "My available force in the engagement was 3,500." It consisted of four
brigades of cavalry and two batteries of artillery. He also states that Buford's
brigade of cavalry, with the artillery, did not arrive until 1 P. M., about the
same time as the Union infantry. Forrest dismounted his men, except such regi
ments as were sent to harass the Union flanks. He said of the battle: "This

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victory may be justly considered one of the most complete of the war, * * *
over vastly superior numbers." From this it will be seen that the Union army,
if properly handled, could have whipped twice the force Forrest commanded.
Gen. Sturgis gives the Union loss as follows: Killed, 8 officers and 215 enlisted
men; wounded, 15 officers and 379 enlisted men; missing, 52 officers and 1,571
enlisted men; total, 2,240. Gen. Forrest reported the following casualties in his
command: Killed, 12 officers and 84 enlisted men; wounded, 68 officers and 328
enlisted men; total, 492. Forrest also reported the capture of 18 pieces of artil
lery, 250 wagons and ambulances, 5,000 stand of small arms, and all the Union
baggage and supplies. l

Upon its return to Memphis the Ninth did not remain idle long. It was
attached to the Second Brigade, First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, Col. Wil-
kin, by rank, assuming command. The Fifth Minnesota had for some time
previous been attached to this brigade, but was, at this date, absent in Minnesota
on veteran furlough. The Eleventh Missouri and Eighth Wisconsin, with the
Second Iowa Battery, completed what was known as the " Eagle Brigade," from
the fact that the Eighth Wisconsin carried an American eagle — known as "Old
Abe." The Seventh and Tenth Minnesota regiments had been assigned to the
same division — the Seventh to the Third and the Tenth to the First Brigade.
Thus, for the first time in the history of the war, Minnesota had four regiments in
one division, and became a power therein. The division was commanded by the

fallant Gen. Joseph A. Mower, who was familiarly known to his men as "Fighting
oe Mower," a sobriquet he had earned on many hard-fought fields.

BATTLE OF TUPELO.

On the 22d of June the regiment left Memphis, on the cars, with fifteen
officers and three hundred and eighty -six enlisted men, moved out thirty -five
miles, and camped near the railroad. This expedition, which was under the com
mand of that veteran hero, Maj. Gen. A. J. Smith, was organized for a raid in the
direction of Tupelo, Miss., with a view to cutting the railroad, intercepting move
ments against Gen. W. T. Sherman, and, by this invasion of far Southern terri
tory, keep the Confederates from sending Gens. S. D. Lee and Forrest's forces
to co-operate against "Old Tecumseh." On the 23d the command moved to
Moscow, where it remained until the 27th of June, when a further advance was
made to La Grange, about forty -eight miles from Memphis. July 5th the march
southward was commenced, and continued for several days without encounter
ing opposition, until reaching the vicinity of Pontotoc, on July llth, where a
skirmish took place. The Confederate forces, under Forrest, had been concen
trated in the vicinity of Tupelo, ready to be moved to such point on the railroad
as Gen. Smith might conclude to strike. A short distance beyond Pontotoc was
a cross-roads, one leading to the left toward Tupelo and the other to the right,
and crossing the railroad a considerable distance from that place. The Confed
erates were closely watching our movements to ascertain which of these routes
Gen. Smith would take, intending to move their forces in front of him in either
case. On the llth the command moved out on the road to the right, and, march
ing two or three miles, went into camp. The rebels accepted this as Smith's
route, and began to concentrate their forces in front of us on that road. As if to
allow them ample opportunity, our command remained in camp on the 12th.
Early next morning we broke camp, returned to the cross-roads, took the road
leading to Tupelo, and began a rapid march. By this skillful move Smith had
succeeded in getting the rebels away from the point aimed at, and placed them
to his right and rear. Orders were given to move rapidly, and. the men, who
were fresh from the previous day's rest, obeyed with alacrity. The enemy's
cavalry appeared on our right during the day, and late in the afternoon made a
dash for our line, evidently attempting to reach the Second Iowa Battery, which
was just ahead of the regiment. The Ninth was thrown forward and into the

1 Complete reports of Gens. Sturgis and Forrest have been used in collating the facts given as
to the Guntown expedition. The writer feels that the truth of history demands that responsibility
for the disaster be placed where it belongs.

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timber, and at one volley brought down a number of rebels, estimated at twenty-
seven. That night the army encamped about a mile from Tupelo. It was
believed that the enemy would attack us next morning, and the position selected
by Gen. Smith was an excellent one, on a slight rise of ground, at the summit of
which was a growth of timber. In the front were open fields, in the rear a de
cline of country — an excellent place for our wagon trains. On the morning of
the 14th Smith formed his line of battle in the edge of the woods, extending to
the right and left of the Pontotoc and Tupelo road for a distance of about two
miles. There were two lines of infantry in front, with a third as a reserve, to
move forward should circumstances demand. Ammunition boxes were distrib
uted along the line, the batteries were placed in excellent position to rake the
open plain in front, and the wagon train was parked at a safe distance to the
rear. As the men of the Ninth observed this admirable arrangement, more than
one, remembering the scene of one month before, said: "This does not look like
Guntown!" The Ninth was on the reserve, three or four rods in the rear of the
front line. The rebels, it was afterward learned, expected an easy victory, a
repetition of Brice's Cross-roads, and had derisively alluded to the Union soldiers
as "Hundred-day Men." They learned later on that they had run against
"Smith's Guerrillas." The attack was made in the early forenoon, and was very
determined. Time and again the Confederates charged, and as often were driven
back by the deadly fire of the Union forces. After three hours of desperate and
ineffectual effort to break our line of battle, they withdrew for the day, leaving
their dead piled up in heaps on the plain in front of us. The gallant, brave-
hearted Col. Wilkin was killed while sitting on his horse, in rear of the brigade,
watching the battle. His death cast a gloom over the regiment. He was as
brave a man as ever lived. He courted rather than shrank from danger. He
was a strict disciplinarian, and believed thoroughly in enforcing army rules and
regulations. He regarded proficiency in drill and military evolutions as neces
sary to success in the field. As a consequence, the Ninth was a well-drilled
regiment. His loyalty and devotion to his men upon the retreat from Brice's
Cross-roads had won for him the respect and esteem of every soldier of that ex
pedition. His death fell upon every man of the regiment as a personal loss. He
was the highest officer in rank from Minnesota killed during the war. Although
not actively engaged, the Ninth lost two men killed and a number wounded.

The next morning the Confederates again attacked our lines, the fight last
ing about two hours. They were repulsed with great loss, and retired, a badly
defeated army. Forrest's force at Tupelo, as appears from Generals Jordan and
Pryor's history of his campaigns, — a work bearing the marks of accuracy,—
consisted of four divisions and one brigade; also, twenty pieces of artillery; in all,
9,100 men. In the same work the action is called the battle of Harrisburg, from
the cross-road hamlet of that name, on the creek a few miles west of Tupelo.
His complete loss is not on record, but that of one of his divisions is given in the
"Bebellion Eecord" as nine hundred and ninety-six in killed, wounded and miss
ing. Gen. Smith then turned back toward Memphis, the enemy's cavalry fol
lowing us during the day and attempting to harass our movements. He made
his final attack when we were going into camp that evening, but it was of very
little consequence. This was the last we saw of the Confederates on that raid.
AVe marched back to La Grange, reaching that place July 21st, and arriving in
Memphis next day by cars.

The regimental report for July, dated at Memphis, showed nineteen officers
and four hundred and eighty-eight enlisted men present. After a brief rest the
Ninth was again on the move, this time participating in what was known as the
"Oxford Eaid." The regiment left Memphis on August 2d, and proceeded by
rail to Holly Springs, Miss. On the 3d the command moved to Waterford,
where it remained until the 8th, when it marched to the Tallahatchie, and re
mained several days waiting for the building of a bridge. On the 21st the army
moved over the river,, and next day marched into Oxford, a very handsome J)lace.
While halted in the streets, the commanding general received intelligence that
Forrest had made a descent on Memphis, and the expedition was immediately

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turned back. Before leaving Oxford some of the soldiers fired the town, and
many buildings were burned. A small force of rebel cavalry attacked the rear
of the army, while going into camp at Hurricane Creek, that night. The Con
federates did not on this raid attempt to oppose Gen. Smith's march, but kept
well out of his way. Their chastisement at Tupelo had badly shattered their
forces and taught them a lesson. A few skirmishes on the Tallahatchie and in
that vicinity were all that occurred. The regiment reached Memphis again on
the 30th of August, with a number sick from fevers contracted in the Talla
hatchie swamps. Lieut. Col. Marsh was promoted colonel Aug. 16, 1864, and
Major Markham was made lieutenant colonel Sept. 1, 1864. At this time Col.
Marsh was absent, sick, in Iowa, and Lieut. Col. Markham was in command.

CAMPAIGN OF MISSOURI.

On Sept. 2, 1864, the Ninth, with other troops of the First Division, em
barked on the steamer John Eain at Memphis, and early next morning moved
down the Mississippi. We proceeded as far as White Eiver, Ark., and up that
tortuous stream, with its cane-brake banks, to DevalPs Bluff, Ark., where the
command landed on the 8th of September, and camped on the prairie near by.
On the 10th we marched toward Brownsville, arriving there on the llth, a dis
tance of twenty-four miles from the i 4 Bluff. ' > Here the force remained five days,
outfitting, and on the 17th commenced its northward march in what was known
as a chase after or attempt to intercept Price, then moving into northern Mis
souri. Several sick and worn out men of the regiment were sent back from
Brownsville. The intrepid Maj. Gen. Mower had command of the expedition.
This march was a rapid and severe one, through a country much of which re
sembled a wilderness. Heavy and frequent rains fell; the roads were of the
most miserable character, through swamps, over mountains and across swollen
streams. The route was northeasterly. We forded Little Eed Rock Eiver,
crossed Black Eiver three times, crossed St. Francis Eiver, passed through
Pocahontas, Ark., on September 25th, entered Missouri on the 29th, and passed
through Poplar Bluff next day. The regimental report for September, 1864,
with headquarters in the field in Arkansas, shows 11 officers and 244 men present;,
Col. Marsh absent, sick; Chaplain Kerr sick at Memphis; 16 officers and 348 en
listed men absent on detached service, sick, etc. October 2d the command camped
at Greenville, Mo., and arrived at Cape Girardeau on the 5th, making the march
from Brownsville in nineteen days, a distance of about three hundred and thirty-
five miles, or an average of eighteen miles per day. On some days, owing to
excessively bad roads, only seven or eight miles would be made, but on others,
twenty-five, twenty-eight, and even thirty were marched. Still, the men came
through in good condition and fine spirits, and had many amusing yarns to re
late, among others, how our native Minnesotians (the Indians), as well as many
other hungry boys, enjoyed a big fill of paw-paws, and a little while later be
came deathly sea-sick and heaved up Jonah. Eemaining two days at Cape
Girardeau, the regiment embarked on the steamer Minnehaha on the 8th, and
proceeded up the Mississippi Eiver to St. Louis, arriving on the 10th. The next
day we left St. Louis on the transport Ewing for Jefferson City. Meantime
Price had made his raid through eastern Missouri, and was then going west, pur
sued by Gen. Pleasanton with a large force of cavalry. It was designed that
the infantry should follow as rapidly as possible, and co-operate with Pleasan
ton. The Missouri Eiver was very low, and the trip was seriously prolonged by
the boat sticking fast on sand-bars. In several such cases the troops would jump
into the river and wade ashore to lighten the boat over the bar. Jefferson
City was finally reached on the 16th of October.

Capt. H. B. Strait of Company I, who had been promoted to major, to date
from Oct. 1, 1864, joined the regiment here and assumed command, Lieut.
Col. Markham, who was ill, going to an hospital. On the 18th the regiment
boarded a train and was carried out to La Mine Bridge. Here began the hard
est march that the Ninth or any other regiment of the corps had ever partici
pated in. Price was on the run, our cavalry was pursuing him close, but the

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infantry were required for support. The command moved through Sedalia on
the 19th, arrived at Lexington on the night of the 21st; reached the vicinity of
Independence, near the west boundary of Missouri, at sunrise of the 23d; marched
southward; crossed the Big Blue River, where we saw ten dead Confederates
who had been killed in a battle with the cavalry. There was an hospital here
with rebel wounded in it. We passed through Santa Fe, and arrived at Harri-
sonville, Mo., on October 26th, having* marched a distance of one hundred and
seventy-five miles in seven days, or an average of twenty-five miles per day.
Several all-night marches were made. In fact, the infantry were on the wing
night and day until Harrisonville was reached, where news was received that
Pleasanton had used Price up, and the tired men were allowed three days7 rest.
On the 30th of October the faces of the infantry were turned eastward, and the
long march to St. Louis commenced across the entire State of Missouri, a dis
tance, as traveled, of two hundred and eighty -five miles. The command passed
through Warrensburg, Dresden, Sedalia, California, Jefferson City, Gasconade
and Union City, and arrived at St. Louis and marched into Benton Barracks on
November 15th. The force was on the road eighteen days, but had laid over
one day at Jefferson City and another at a swollen creek. The marching days
were sixteen, the average distance per day, eighteen miles. It rained heavily
several days, and on the 3d and 4th snow fell to the depth of a foot, making the
marching very laborious, and the camps at night more than usually uncomforta
ble, especially as the men were lightly clothed, and had only an army blanket
and rubber to wrap up in. But by clearing away the snow and building big
log fires they managed to get a much -needed rest.

A morning report of the regiment, dated Nov. 1, 1864, "In the field near
Pleasant Hill, Mo.," sent to the adjutant general of Minnesota, by request, con
tained the following information: "Maj. H. B. Strait in command; present for
duty, 12 officers and 165 enlisted men; present on special duty, 28 men; sick,
27; total, 232; officers absent, 16; enlisted men absent, sick, etc., 366." Col.
Marsh joined the regiment upon its return to St. Louis. In transmitting the
above report, «he accompanied it with the following letter, giving interesting in
formation as to the regiment's movements:

HEADQUAETEES NINTH MINNESOTA VOLUNTEEES,

Col. OSCAE MALMEOS, Benton Barracks, Mo., Nov. 21, 1864.

Adjutant General, Minnesota,

SIB: I have the honor to transmit a "morning report" of my regiment, according to your re
quest, for Nov. 1, 1864.

From the 1st of November, 1863, to about the 15th of May, 1864, the regiment was doing
garrison duty in Missouri, being broken in detachments and stationed at the following named
places, to-wit: St. Louis, Jefferson City, Rolla, Franklin, La Mine Bridge, Warrensburg, Inde
pendence and Kansas City. On the 26th of May, 1864, the regiment was concentrated at Camp
Gamble, near St. Louis, preparatory to marching south. This was the first time the regiment had
been together, although in the service nearly two years. At this time the regiment numbered over
seven hundred and fifty men for duty. We left Camp Gamble May 29th, and arrived at Memphis
on the 31st, and on the 1st of June joined the expedition under Gen. Sturgis which was defeated
at Guntown June 10, 1864. In this disaster we lost, in killed, wounded and missing, eight officers
and three hundred and fifty -five enlisted men. The severe march incident to this defeat so dis
abled many of the officers and men as to render them unfit for duty since. From the 1st of June
last to the present time the regiment has been doing heavy duty in the field, and as men became
unfit for field duty they were sent to hospitals or convalescent camps, and but few have been able
to join us on account of our rapid marches in pursuit of the enemy. This accounts for so great a
number being reported absent sick, though it is known that many of them are now fit for duty.

During the past«year the regiment has traveled about 4,000 miles, over 1,500 miles of which
have been marched, the balance by boat and rail. The regiment has been engaged in three severe
battles, including the one at Tupelo, in which Col. Wilkin was killed. We have also had several
skirmishes with the enemy, in which, however, we have suffered but little.

In the pursuit of Price, in September and October, the regiment, with the command to which
it belongs, has made some remarkable marches, having marched eighteen successive days, seldom
making less than twenty, and in some cases making twenty-eight, miles per day. And yet, not
withstanding this excessive labor, there was no increase in the sick list. We form a part of the
Second Brigade, First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps.

I have the honor to be, most respectfully,

Your obedient servant,

J. F. MARSH,

Colonel Commanding.

430 THE NINTH REGIMENT.

BATTLE OF NASHVILLE.

The Ninth remained eight days at St. Louis, during which time the men were
paid off, received new clothing and thoroughly enjoyed their vacation. But the
Sixteenth Corps was not permitted to remain idle long. Gen. Smith received
orders to proceed to Nashville to reinforce Gen. Thomas. The Ninth left Benton
Barracks on November 23d and embarke*d on the steamer Victory. The fleet of
steamboats carrying the corps departed from St. Louis on the 25th. Cairo was
reached on the 27th, where the fleet remained until next day, and then departed,
passing up the Cumberland Eiver. While en route, on the 30th news was received
that the Fourth and Twenty-third corps, under Gen. Schofield, were pitted against
Hood's entire army at Franklin. The engineers of the boats were ordered to fire
up, crowd on all steam and reach Nashville at the earliest possible moment, where
" Smith's Guerrillas" were anxiously looked for. The fleet reached Tennessee's
capital early on the morning of December 1st, and we learned that a desperate
battle had been fought at Franklin the day before. It was an exceedingly san
guinary engagement. Schofield had maintained his ground, but was falling back
to Nashville. Hood's loss was 1,750 killed, 3, 800 wounded and 702 prisoners.
Schofield's loss was 189 killed, 1,033 wounded and 1,104 captured. It was reported
in Nashville, a day or two later, that before the battle of Franklin Gen. Hood
thus addressed his troops: "Boys, you have finished the war in Tennessee!
Break those (pointing to the federal) lines, and there is nothing to oppose your
march from Nashville to the Ohio Eiver! " Also, that he had said: "I will water
my horse in the Ohio Eiver!"

The First Division, of which Gen. J. McArthur had assumed command in
Missouri (Gen. Mower having been ordered to Sherman's army), disembarked
at once and moved out to the front about two miles from the city, the Ninth
occupying the right of the Second Brigade and resting on the Charlottesville
pike. The Second Division arrived next day and took position on the right of
the First. Gen. Schofield's Fourth and Twenty-third corps reached Nashville
on the 2d, and were placed in position to the left of the Sixteenth Corps. These
three corps formed a continuous line on the south of the city, from the Cumber
land above to the Cumberland below. The country to the rear and south of
Nashville is badly broken up by continuous ranges of high hills, outcroppings of
the Cumberland Mountains. Through the valleys between these hills are macad
amized roads, known as "pikes." Immediately upon our arrival at the front
we were ordered to intrench, and heavy breastworks were thrown up, behind
which we remained until the morning of the 15th of December. When we
reached Nashville we found that about one hundred and fifty convalescents, who
had been left at Memphis and other points, had preceded us, so that fully four
hundred men were present when the army left its trenches and moved out to
attack Hood. Lieut. Col. Markhana and Chaplain Kerr were among the officers
so reporting. On the evening of the 14th Col. Marsh received orders to be in
readiness to move at six o'clock the next morning. At the appointed time the
Ninth was in line, in fine spirits, and anxiously awaiting the order to advance.
All articles which could possibly be dispensed with were left behind. By direc
tion of Col. Hubbard, commanding brigade, the Ninth took the advance at eight
o'clock, and moved out on the Charlottesville pike a mile, where a line of battle
was formed, and the whole brigade moved by the left flank a mile and a half into
an open field, where the First Division formed in echelon by brigade, and advanced
forward in an eastwardly direction, feeling for the enemy with a strong skirmish
line. There was some light firing, but no considerable force of the enemy was
encountered until about eleven o'clock. At this hour a fog which had enveloped
the country was suddenly dispelled, and revealed the enemy's lines. An in
trenched battery of four guns was discovered on a commanding eminence to the
right of the Hillsborough pike, and another section in position on a hill some
four hundred yards to the rear. Both opened on our advancing line, to which
the Second Iowa Battery and another artillery of the division returned a spirited
fire. The cannonading was kept up for more than an hour, when the brigade

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was ordered to charge, and move forward in two lines, the Ninth on the right of
the front line. The order was received with a "Minnesota yell" from the boys
of the regiment, and on they rushed, under a terrible fire, down and across a
muddy field, over a marsh, and up the hillside through a clearing covered with
stumps and fallen trees. As we drew near the battery and*its support, volley
after volley was poured into their ranks, which soon gave way, and shortly our
colors were waving over the rebel works. Four Napoleon guns and a large num
ber of prisoners were captured. These pieces were immediately turned upon the
retreating enemy. The second battery was then charged and captured, in the
face of a destructive fire. The Confederates now appeared in force on the left of
the brigade, which, owing to its advanced position, was at this time unsupported.
The Second Iowa Battery was brought up, and was soon throwing shell with its
usual accuracy. This was followed by a charge forward across the Hillsborough
pike, the enemy falling back in disorder and surrendering in large numbers.
Four hundred and fifty prisoners, among them several field officers, were cap
tured. After another halt until support should come up, the advance was
resumed at four o'clock. Soon the enemy was discovered in force, with his line
of battle formed along the crest of a hill, in a very strong position of considerable
natural advantage. To reach his lines we were compelled to advance through
an open wood and across a field of nearly a mile in extent, in the face of a sharp
and effective fire of musketry and artillery. But soon the hill was reached, and
up it charged the veterans of the Second Brigade, flushed with victory, and with
bayonets fixed, the Ninth in advance on the right of the line. The battle was
short, sharp and deadly. The enemy recoiled under our withering fire and
retreated in disorder. In the pursuit, his retreat became a rout. Killed and
wounded covered the ground and squads of rebels were captured at every step
of the advance. Over four hundred prisoners were taken in these movements.
We pursued him closely to the Granny White pike, where two more pieces of
artillery were captured, the enemy abandoning them in his hasty flight. It was
now quite dark, and the regiment was ordered to bivouac upon the field. The
men were supplied with shovels and spades, instructed to intrench, and directed
to sleep upon their arms. We were so close to the enemy's lines that the bullets
from his pickets whistled about our ears rather uncomfortably. One brave
young member of Company I (Thomas Kennedy) was instantly killed while cook
ing his coffee.

The glorious work of the day consisted of a series of battles, in which we
had charged lines of battle, intrenched positions and batteries, one after another,
in every case without a repulse, and in which the enemy lost heavily in killed,
wounded and prisoners. But our own loss had been severe. The "last tattoo"
had sounded for many a gallant soldier, and a shadow of sadness brooded over
the bivouac of the brave survivors, as they talked of the missing comrades who
had marched forth in the morning cheerful and buoyant in spirits. In the
movements of the day, Company K, under command of Lieut. Capon, was on
the skirmish line, and did effective service. In one of the charges they drove
the enemy's gunners from their guns, and captured the battery before the main
line had reached it. Lieat. Capon was severely wounded in the head while
leading his company in the last charge. The trophies of the day for the Six
teenth Corps were ten pieces of artillery and 1,200 prisoners.

The morning of December 16th dawned under a mild atmosphere, with
light clouds overhead. Shortly after sunrise the army was on the move. From
the elevation of ground occupied by the Ninth a fine view was obtained of the
open country to our left for a distance of several miles. A grand sight it pre
sented! The army was moving forward across the plain, out toward the hills, in
long lines of battle, three or four deep. First was the line of skirmishers; then
the solid columns of the infantry divisions; then came the regimental field and
staff, followed by the batteries, the brigade, division and corps commanders,
with their numerous staff, and, lastly, the surgeons and their assistants, the bear
ers of stretchers for the wounded, and the ambulance corps. It was a magnifi
cent, yet terribly realistic, panorama of the science of war in actual operation.

432 THE NINTH REGIMENT.

The whole country in this vicinity is composed of a rich, deep soil, which, after
rains, storms or thaws, easily becomes worked into a soft mortar-like condition.
On this occasion, with the tramping of cavalry and the passage of batteries and
wagons, it was in much the above state. The Second Brigade, with the Ninth
still on the right of its advance line, moved forward at 8 A. M. Company F,
under Lieut. McMillan, was deployed as skirmishers. The left of the brigade
rested on the Granny White pike. An advance of half a mile developed the
position of Cheatham's Confederate corps, which was in our front, posted behind
heavy works of earth, timber and stone fences, his line running parallel with
our own, and crossing the pike at right angles. The regiment moved forward
steadily, in the face of a severe fire, to within three hundred yards of the works,
when it was halted and ordered to intrench and lie down. The skirmishers
advanced to within^one hundred yards of the enemy's line, which post they
maintained until the final charge. The position of the First Division was such
that the four Minnesota regiments lay side by side in the front line — the Tenth
on the right, then the Mnth, Fifth and Seventh, in the order named. Owing to
our advanced and greatly exposed position, the field and staff sent their horses
to the rear. The rebel sharpshooters proved very annoying during the day.
Capt. Harry Jones of Company A and a number of enlisted men were severely
wounded at this point. Eain began to fall about noon, and continued for several
hours. Our batteries, meantime, had engaged in an artillery duel with the enemy,
which tended to keep his infantry close behind their works. About three o' clock,
the artillery of the division was massed in the rear of our line, and a few
minutes later every gun in the army was set at work, firing with the utmost
rapidity. The rebel batteries responded with spirit, and the result was one of
the grandest artillery battles of the war. The air over the heads of the men was
filled with shot and shell flying in opposite directions, and the very earth seemed
to tremble under the terrible concussion in the atmosphere above. Every man
in both armies knew that this meant a general charge of the Union lines, and
our men adjusted their cartridge boxes, and prepared to spring forward at the
word of command. At this supreme moment, a striking and impressive group
occupied an eminence in the rear of the Second Brigade. Gen. Thomas, proba
bly feeling that at this point on his line the enemy was strongest, had ridden
up with his long line of staff officers to direct and witness the charge. Gen.
Smith, the grim old commander of the Sixteenth Corps, was pointing out the
position of his divisions and the preparations for the attack, while Gen. Mc-
Arthur, his Scotch cap pulled down, and his swarthy face illuminated with a
look of stern determination, was sending final instructions to his brigade com
manders. Still further to the rear was Andrew Johnson, vice president elect,
and a party of civilians, who had come out from Nashville to witness the battle.
At four o'clock our artillery suddenly ceased firing. The signal was given,
and with a shout, which was heard in Nashville, the men sprang from the ground
and charged forward across the cornfield which lay between them and the enemy.
No sooner had they started than the Confederates opened the most withering
and terrific fire of musketry and artillery which even the Sixteenth Corps had
ever faced. As they struggled on over the muddy field, softened by the rain,
and the earth clinging to their feet, the leaden storm they encountered told
fearfully upon their ranks, while " cannon to right of them, cannon to left of
them, cannon in front of them, volley 'd and thunder' d!" But there was no fal
tering! On, on they charged, every man determined "to do or die!" The
enemy' s works were reached ! The colors of the Ninth were first planted thereon !
As we neared the intrenchments, many improvised white flags appeared, and
large numbers of the enemy were found crouching behind their works, anxious
to surrender. At the intrenchments the Ninth captured two battle flags and
about five hundred and fifty prisoners, including one colonel. Leaving a guard
to conduct the prisoners to the rear, we pressed on after the retreating column.
Maj. Strait, with a part of the regiment, was far in advance of the line, chasing
a considerable body of Cheatham's men, when a brigade staff officer galloped up
and exclaimed: "My God, Maj. Strait, you cannot capture Hood's whole army

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-with that handful of men!" The gallant major halted, looked at the rapidly

retreating Confederates, and replied: "No, I guess not; they can run a d d

sight faster than we can!7' The enemy was followed to the hills, the regiment
keeping up a brisk fire. He made his last show of resistance on the hillside,
from which he kept up a lively fusilade. Our men gained a good position in the
deep bed of a creek, which formed a natural breastwork, and from which, as one
of the regiment remarked, "we shelled the hills with our muskets so hotly that
the enemy soon fell back and disappeared." While at this point Adjutant
Couse was struck in the face with a bullet, but without serious injury. In the
pursuit the Ninth captured about one hundred and fifty more prisoners, includ
ing three officers. We also took three brass field-pieces, the Eighth Wisconsin
aiding in their capture. In the charge of the works Capt. Skaro of Company D,
a brave and gallant officer, was killed, and Lieut. Roberts of Company E fell,
mortally wounded. Capt. Skaro, in his earlier days, had served a term of enlist
ment in the regular army as a private and non-commissioned officer, and at the
breaking out of the war raised a company at St. Peter for the Second Minnesota
Infantry, of which company he was duly chosen captain. He resigned his com
mission in 1862, and the same year raised Company D of the Ninth. He was a
thorough soldier, and greatly beloved by his men. The regiment's casualties for
the two days were 2 officers killed, 3 wounded; 8 enlisted men killed, 45
wounded. Eight of the wounded enlisted men subsequently died of their inju
ries. The captures made by the Second Brigade on the 15th and 16th aggre
gated 1 brigadier general (Jackson), over 2,000 prisoners, 9 pieces of artillery
and 7 stands of colors. Col. Hubbard was personally complimented by Generals
Thomas, Smith and McArthur for the gallant charge of the brigade.

It would be impossible, in the space allotted to this narrative, to speak of
every officer and enlisted man who performed gallant service for his country in
this great battle. It is but justice to say that every officer and soldier was a
hero! But there was one member of the regiment — a "man of peace" — who
never fired a shot at the enemy, and yet won the respect of every man in it by
his bravery and devotion to duty, and his performance of it under the most dan
gerous circumstances, of whom mention should be made. We cannot do this
better than to quote the following from Col. Marsh's report of the battle, and to
add that what is therein said of Chaplain Kerr's course at Nashville will also
apply to every engagement and service of the regiment. Said Col. Marsh: "I
cannot pass unnoticed the untiring efforts of our worthy chaplain, A. H. Kerr.
He visited the battle ground several times during the engagement, doing all that
could be done to relieve the sufferings of the wounded, and assisted in carrying
them from the field. When the battle was over, he returned to the hospital,
where he remained several days, procuring and dealing out luxuries to and com
forting the wounded. Few chaplains have done so much, and none more than
he, for the relief of our suffering soldiers, and I am happy to state that he enjoys
the heartfelt thanks of every officer and soldier of his regiment." He died, at his
home in Rochester, Minn., March, 1890.

On December 17th the pursuit of Hood was continued, the regiment march
ing on the Granny White pike. The cavalry had an engagement a few miles out
with the Confederate horse, the latter giving way. The army followed as rapidly
as possible, passing through Franklin on the 19th. Many prisoners were captured.
The roads were strewn with evidences of the complete rout of the Confederate
army. Hood's loss at Nashville in killed and wounded was about 3,500. In the
campaign he lost fifty-one of his sixty pieces of artillery, about 9,000 prisoners,
an immense number of small arms, and a great deal of baggage, etc. He moved
upon Franklin with 40,000 men. When he crossed Duck River on his retreat he
had lost half this force. We moved southward to Pulaski, reaching it on the 29th
of December. From this point the Sixteenth Corps was turned westward to
Clifton, on the Tennessee River, where we arrived Jan. 2, 1865. The gravel roads,
together with the rains and mud, had rendered marching very laborious. Many
of the men's shoes were worn out. The regiment remained at Clifton until Jan
uary 8th, when it embarked on the transport Tyrone. While at Clifton, on

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January 6th, Lieut. John W. Forman of Company H, left the camp and did not
return. He was probably waylaid and killed by bushwackers, as no tidings of
him were ever received. The fleet of boats left Clifton on the 9th, and reached
Eastport, Miss., that night. We disembarked next morning, moved out about
four miles and camped. The report was prevalent that our stay here would be pro
tracted, and the men set to work erecting huts and making themselves comfortable.
In a few days the camp resembled a village of modest pretensions. For some ten
days in the latter part of January, the supply of rations having been exhausted,
the command was compelled to subsist on corn. Many and divers were the
methods resorted to in order to prepare a square meal of shelled corn. These
attempts were not always successful, but they were very earnest.

CAMPAIGN OF MOBILE.

On Feb. 6, 1865, the regiment left its winter quarters, embarked on the
steamer Atlantic, and next morning steamed down the Tennessee. We arrived
at Cairo, 111. , at 3 p. M. of the 8th, and remained until noon of the 10th. While
at Cairo a squad of " Smith's Guerrillas" started out on a foraging raid. They
carried off considerable plunder, and created intense excitement in the city. It
was afterward attempted to charge up the damage to each company in the
corps, but the order was never enforced. Memphis was reached on the llth,
and Yicksburg on the 13th. Here we disembarked on the 15th, and on the 16th
marched out five miles, where we remained until the 20th, when we returned to
the Atlantic, and again sailed down the Mississippi, reaching New Orleans on
the night of the 22d. Next day we marched out to Camp Chalmette, on Jack
son's battle-field, where we camped. It was a low, flat piece of ground, quite
swampy in places, and almost covered with water. While here Maj. H. B. Strait
was detached from the regiment and appointed acting assistant inspector general
of the First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, in which capacity he served until
the close of the war. There were few braver or more efficient officers in the army
than Maj. Strait. He was always very popular with the regiment. March 5th we
embarked on the steamship Guiding Star, wMch carried us down the Mississippi,
out into and through the Gulf of Mexico to Mobile Bay, and past Fort Morgan
to Fort Gaines, where, on the 7th, we disembarked and camped at Dauphin
Island, a rather barren piece of land, the surface of which was composed of a
white sand, with very little vegetation. There were a few scattering pine trees
to break the monotony. The boys discovered that the bays around it were
veritable oyster-beds, and soon bivalves on the half-shell were the regular bill of
fare — certainly a great improvement on shelled corn. It was not uncommon to
see 4,000 or 5,000 soldiers out in the water up to their waists gathering oysters.
We left Dauphin Island March 20th, on the steamer N. Thomas, and proceeded
up Mobile Bay to the mouth of Fish Eiver, where the Thomas grounded on a
bar. Next morning a " mosquito gunboat" came alongside and took the Ninth
and Fifth regiments on board, and landed us ten miles up Fish Eiver. We
remained here, in a lovely camping place, for three days. March 25th we
marched in the direction of Spanish Fort and Blakely, the Ninth in the advance.
Two miles out the Confederate cavalry pickets were encountered and fell back.
A couple of miles further on we encountered a more determined resistance. The
regiment was formed in line of battle, and a sharp skirmish followed, the enemy
falling back as we charged forward. Two of our men were wounded in the
engagement. March 27th, at 11 A. M., we reached the vicinity of Spanish Fort.
A line of battle was formed, and moved forward to within half a mile of the fort.
Company I was sent forward as skirmishers, and advanced to within three hun
dred yards of the works, driving the rebel pickets into their trenches. The fort
was a strong earth fortification, situated on a rise of ground, with apparently
every preparation made to repel an assault. Several sections of abatis had
been placed on the hillside, percussion bomb-shells were concealed in the
ground, and a wide and deep ditch was dug in front of the heavy earthworks.
Altogether, it was an ugly-looking fortification to assault. The commanding
general was of this opinion, and ordered a siege. The army proceeded to throw

AT MONTGOMERY AND SELMA. 435

up intrenchments. This accomplished, the men constructed numerous bomb
proofs (which resembled frontier root houses), in which they could be safe from
bursting shells. On the 31st one of our regiment was killed and two wounded
by a percussion shell from one of our batteries. It struck a tree in rear of our
line, and exploded with the above unfortunate result. In our movements against
the fort, rifle-pits and trenches leading up to it were dug on the hillside, gradu
ally working nearer and nearer the enemy's position, until they were so close
to his that conversations between the outposts were frequent. On one or two
occasions at night the Confederate picket relief got into our pits and were cap
tured. Meantime our batteries shelled the fort more or less every day. The
naval contingent was laboring to remove the obstructions in the bay, so as to
co-operate with the land forces, but it was very slow work. On April 6th a
shotted salute of one hundred guns was fired in honor of the victories of our
armies in Virginia. The war news was of the most gratifying character, and
the men talked cheerfully of the speedy ending of the war.

At midnight of April 8th the regiment was suddenly called 'out and ordered
to fall in. The Confederates had abandoned the fort, after spiking their guns.
They took away everything movable. The interior of the fort exhibited the marks
of our bombardment. Guns were dismounted, caissons exploded, pieces of artil
lery knocked here and there, altogether, giving it the appearance of having gone
through a hard siege. April 9th, at 11 A. M., we marched in the direction of
Blakely. Next morning we learned that Fort Blakely had been captured, with
3,000 prisoners and thirty pieces of artillery. We remained in camp three days.
April llth Mobile was evacuated, and our troops occupied it next day. April
13th we marched in the direction of Montgomery, Ala. The country was flat,
with a heavy growth of pine timber, and the weather extremely hot. On the
18th two of the regiment were prostrated by sun-stroke.

AT MONTGOMERY AND SELMA.

April 19, 1865, will ever be remembered by the men of the Ninth Eegiment who
were on this march. Eumors had been in circulation of the surrender of Lee to
Grant, but they lacked confirmation. On this day, while the command was
stretched out on the line of march, those in advance suddenly heard a faint cheer
toward the rear of the column. It was repeated more distinctly, and gradually
grew nearer and nearer, swelling in volume as it approached. "What can it
mean?" was the question on every lip. Soon a messenger appeared, riding rap
idly to the front, waving his hat as he galloped by, and shouting, ' ' Lee has surren
dered! The war is over!" And then every man in the regiment cheered and
yelled until he was hoarse. Caps were thrown into the air, muskets were fired
off, and hand -shakings and congratulations were the order for the remainder of
that day. On the 22d two hundred guns were fired in honor of the surrender of
Lee. On the 27th we arrived at Montgomery, where we remained two weeks.
Gen. A. J. Smith was appointed military governor of Alabama, and established
himself here. On April 30th a fleet arrived from below bringing the confirma
tion of a startling rumor in circulation that President Lincoln had been assas
sinated on the 14th. The news fell with stupefying weight upon the command,
casting a gloom over every countenance. Flags were placed at half-mast and
half-hour and minute guns were fired. The rage which filled every breast was
of that kind which thirsteth for revenge — blood! May 10th we marched from
Montgomery for Selma, arriving at that place on the 14th. It was here that the
Confederacy had manufactured its ordnance and munitions of war. The found
ries, machine shops, rolling mills and factories had been destroyed by the
troops which had occupied it on the 2d of May. The ruins we observed told
their own tale of the immense work which had been carried on. May 19th the
Ninth parted company with the old " Eagle Brigade," and alone took up the line
of march for Marion, Ala., where we arrived next day. It was a very pretty
little place, apparently the home of many of the planters of the surrounding
country. No Union soldiers had visited the village before, and the people were
not gratified at our arrival. However, the exemplary conduct of the regiment

436 THE NINTH REGIMENT.

soon led to a change of the feeling with which we were at first regarded and
before we left many cordial acquaintanceships had been formed. Our duty here
consisted in taking it easy, and enjoying the fruits of a well-earned rest. Aside
from seizing all the cotton that could be found and shipping it by rail, the regi
ment had no particular duty to perform. The day after our arrival was Sunday.
The news had spread far and near among the negroes that the Yankees were at
Marion, and they flocked in Sabbath afternoon to see us. They were of all ages,
colors, sizes and sexes. Those from the village were stylishly dressed, especially
many of the young women, not a few of whom were nearly white.

On June 23, 1865, Lieut. Col. Markham, at that time in command of the regi
ment, addressed a communication to the adjutant general of Minnesota, stating
that, as was well known to the governor, nearly one-third of the officers of the
regiment were killed or taken prisoners by the enemy one year before; that he
was informed that all the officers who had lived through their captivity were
discharged; that during their absence the other officers had had double duty to
perform. He therefore asked the governor to issue commissions to the following
twenty-six officers and non-commissioned officers, "not that the commissions
would be of use to the parties, except as a recognition of their distinguished
services." William T. Swan wick, quartermaster sergeant, to be quartermaster.
Company A, Sergeant Henry A. C. Thompson to be first lieutenant, Corporal
Warren C. Stetson to be second lieutenant. Company B, Sergeant George W.
Herrick to be first lieutenant, Sergeant Ernst Hainlin to be second lieutenant.
Company C, First Lieutenant Francis Merchant to be captain, Sergeant Benj.
Yaughan to be first lieutenant; Sergeant Edgar P. Spooner to be second lieu
tenant. Company D, First Lieutenant John Sinclair to be captain, Sergeant
Francis Clark to be first lieutenant, Corporal Daniel T. Terhune to be second
lieutenant. Company E, Sergeant George A. Thompson to be captain, Sergeant
L. C. Johnson to be first lieutenant, Sergeant Edwin C. Buell to be second lieu
tenant. Company F, Second Lieutenant A. J. McMillan to be captain, Sergeant
John Dodge to be first lieutenant, Sergeant Lewis C. Fertile to be second lieu
tenant. Company G, First Lieutenant Jules Capon of Company K to be captain,
Sergeant Albert Fairbanks to be first lieutenant, Corporal James C. McDonald
to be second lieutenant. Company H, Sergeant Erastus A. Eddy to be first lieu
tenant. Company I, First Lieutenant Moses Greenleaf to be captain, First
Sergeant W. F. Weiser to be first lieutenant, Sergeant C. F. Macdonald to be
second lieutenant.. Company K, First Sergeant George Hays to be first lieu
tenant, Sergeant Frank Lohr to be second lieutenant. The governor subse
quently issued the above commissions. On June 27th Companies A, D, E, G
and H departed from Marion for Tuscaloosa, Ala., under command of Lieut.
Col. Markham.

HOMEWARD.

July 26, 1865, the regiment embarked on the cars at Marion, " homeward
bound," proceeded to the junction, and thence westwardly by rail to Jackson,
Miss. From this place we marched thirty-six miles to Big Black Eiver, and
thence proceeded on the cars to Vicksburg, arriving on the 29th. The only item
of interest on the trip was the robbery of Chaplain Kerr and Corporal Halgren
of Company B by three highwaymen. On the day's march from Jackson to the
Big Black, Col. Marsh directed the men to make the journey as they thought
easiest. Some took teams, others started afoot in the early morning, and every
man traveled as suited him. The consequence was the regiment was scat
tered along the road for miles. The chaplain and Halgren were on horseback
together. While on a lonely piece of highway they were met by three men, who
presented revolvers and ordered them to dismount and walk into the woods.
They were directed to empty their pockets and " deliver up." The "argu
ments" looked convincing, and the command was obeyed. The chaplain had
three pocket-books, and handed over two containing about two hundred and
fifty dollars. The robbers searched their pockets, but, strange to say, did not
discover another wallet containing seven hundred and fifty dollars, belonging to

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437

men of the regiment, which the chaplain had in his pocket. He was asked if
this was all he had, and replied: "I hate given you two-pocket-books, and you
have searched me." They took his watch and his faithful black horse, which
had carried him for three years. When quizzed about his evasion of the rob
ber's question, the chaplain said: " Always tell the truth, boys; but it is not
necessary that all the truth be told at one time."

The regiment left Yicksburg on the steamer Henry Ames July 31st. It
arrived at St. Louis August 5th, changed to the steamer Burlington, and left the
same evening for St. Paul. When Minnesota was reached, people gathered at
every landing, village and city, cheered, waved nags and fired guns. The ladies
at Homer fired a salute, and at Winona an immense crowd gathered at the levee
to greet the regiment. St. Paul was reached at 5 P. M. of August llth, where
we were given a royal reception. Several thousand people crowded the levee.
A battery fired a salute, after which the Ninth was escorted to the state capitol
building, where Acting Mayor W. P. Murray eloquently welcomed the regiment
home on the part of the city, and Gov. Stephen Miller on behalf of the state.
This was followed by a banquet prepared by the ladies of St. Paul. At its close
the men gave three cheers for their fair lady entertainers, and then returned to
the boat, which proceeded to Fort Snelling, where it was mustered out of the
service, Aug. 24, 1865. The last regimental report gave the following figures:
Officers present, 16; enlisted men present, 435; officers absent, 2; enlisted men
sick, 30; enlisted men prisoners of war, 4; total, 487.

The number of line officers and men at enlistment was 919; recruited during
service, 157; total, 1,076. Of this number 263 died in the service, or nearly 25
per cent. Previous to enlistment 750 were farmers, the remainder being
divided among almost every known occupation; 483 of the regiment were born
in the United States; of these 26 in Minnesota, 25 of whom were Indians or half-
breeds. The number of prisoners of war was 233; number died in prison, 119,
or over 50 per cent. x

1 The officers who died in the service were: Col. Alex. Wilkin, killed at Tupelo, Miss., July
14, 1864; Surgeon C. W. Le Boutellier, died at St. Peter, April 3, 1863; Capt. A. E. Skaro, Com
pany D, killed at Nashville, Dec. 16, 1864; Capt. W. A. Clark, Company B, died of disease, Aug.
21, 1865; Lieut. J. R. Roberts, Company E, died Jan. 4, 1865, of wounds at Nashville; Capt. W.
R. Baxter, Company H, killed at Brice's Cross-roads, June 10, 1864; Lieut. Christian Becker,
Company G, killed near Ripley, Miss., June 11, 1864; Lieut. John W. Foreman, Company H,
missing and supposed killed, near Clifton, Tenn., Jan. 6, 1865. Two hundred and fifty-five en
listed men died in the service, as appears from the muster-out rolls, divided among the different
companies as follows:

CAUSE OP DEATH.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

K

TOTAL.

In battle or of wounds

4

6

4

4

2

2

2

2

6

3

35

1

1

3

5

In rebel prisons

10

12

12

11

14

13

8

17

5

17

319

Of disease

12

12

9

16

4

9

11

10

5

8

96

Total ... . . ..

25

31

26

31

20

24

24

29

16

28

255

The following is a list of promotions from the Ninth into other regiments. It may not include
all, but is as accurate as can be made from the records at hand and other data: Capt. H. C. Rog
ers, Company C, Nov. 14, 1862, promoted lieutenant colonel Eighth Minnesota Infantry; Capt.
George A. Camp, Company A, Nov. 20, 1862,, promoted major Eighth Minnesota Infantry; Q. M.
Sergeant Martin Williams, Nov. 3, 1863, promoted quartermaster Second Minnesota Cavalry.; First
Sergt. Marcus Whitford, Company C, Dec. 15, 1863, promoted to captain Sixty-seventh United
States Colored Infantry; Capt. Theodore H. Barrett, Company G, Dec. 29, 1863, promoted colonel
Sixty-second United States Colored Infantry brevetted brigadier general March 13, 1865 ; Milton
P. Gardner, Company D, Dec. 21, 1863, promoted to quartermaster sergeant Second Minnesota
Cavalry; Sergt. Fred B. Coffin, Company D, Dec. 29, 1863, promoted to first lieutenant United
States Colored Infantry, brevetted major. First Sergt. W. C. Durkee, Company E, Dec. 29, 1863,
promoted to captaincy Sixty-second United States Colored Infantry, brevetted major; David H. H.
Thayer, Company E, Dec. 28, 1863, promoted to United States Colored Infantry; J. N Palmer,
Company E, Jan. 27, 1864, promoted to captain Sixty-fifth United States Colored Infantry; Edward
Robinson, Company F, Feb. 14, 1864, promoted to United States Colored Infantry; First Sergt.

438 THE NINTH REGIMENT.

Andrew J. Hubbard, Company G, Jan. 27, 1864, promoted to captaincy in Sixty-fifth United
States Colored Infantry; died in the service at -Morganzia, La., July, 1864; Sergt. Major Ira S.
Smith, Feb. 15, 1864, promoted adjutant Sixty-seventh United States Colored Infantry; First
Lieut. Orzo P. Stearns, Company F, April 24, 1864, promoted colonel Thirty-ninth United States
Colored Infantry; James A. A. Shotwell, Company G, June 30, 1864, promoted lieutenant
in Sixty-second United States Colored Infantry, brevetted captain; Asst. Surgeon Twitchell,
July 7, 1864, promoted surgeon Seventy-second United States Colored Infantry; Sergt. Horace
B. Sayre, Company F, Dec. 18, 1864, promoted to Forty- third Missouri Infantry; John Paul
son, Company H, promoted to captain One Hundred and Seventeenth United States Colored
Infantry, Oct. 7, 1864; Harrison Allen, Company I, Feb. 21, 1865, promoted to senior second
lieutenant Company I, First Minnesota Heavy Artillery; Capt. M. J. Daniels, Company F, March,
1865, commissioned captain and commissary of subsistence, brevetted major. From the date of
its departure from Fort Snelling, Oct. 8, 1863, until its return to St. Paul, Aug. 11, 1865, the regi
ment traveled 8,400 miles, 2,050 of which were marched. The individual record of each officer
and soldier, with promotions of regimental and company officers, will appear in the roster.

FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.

439

ROSTER OF THE FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE NINTH REGIMENT
MINNESOTA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

NAMES.

H
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Colonels —
Alexander Wilkin

40

Aug 24 '62

Killed July 14, '64, in battle of Tupelo Miss

Josiah F. Marsh

87

July 27, '64

Aug. 24, '65

Lieutenant Colonels —
Josiah F. Marsh
Wm. Markharu...

Aug. 24, '62
July 27 '64

Aug.24, '65

Promoted Colonel July 27, '64.
Major Sept. 15, '62.

Major —
Horace B. Strait

27

July 27 '64

Aug. 24, '65

Captain Company I Aug. 20, '62.

Adjutant —
Edward H Ceuse

32

Sept 29 '62

Aug 24 '65

Quartermaster —
John P. Owen . .. .

44

Sept 30 '62

Discharged per order May 15 '65.

Surgeons —
Chas. W. Le Boutillier

%

Oct 10 '69

Died April 3, '63, at St. Peter, Minn.

Reginald H. Bingham...

Assistant Surgeons —
Refine W. Twitchell

39

May 16, '63
Oct 6 '69

Aug. 24, '65

Promoted Surgeon 72d Colored Infantry July, '64.

John Dewey

40

Dec 20 '69

Resigned Sept. 11 '63.

John C. Dixon
Edwin G. Pugsly
Chaplain —
Aaron H. Kerr

41

43

NOT. 3, '63
Oct. 17, '64

Dec 17 '62

'Aug.'2V65
Aug 24 '65

Discharged per order May 15, '65.
Died at Rochester, Minn., in '90.

Sergeant Majors —
Ira S. Smith
Edward L Clapp

28
28

Nov. 14, '62
Oct 5

Discharged for promotion in U. S. Col. Infantry Feb. 16, '64.
Discharged per order June 10, '65.

Quartermaster Sergeants —
Martin Williams.

29

Sept 23 '6°

Discharged for promotion in 2d Minn. Cavalry Nov. 3, '63.

George P. Baldwin

ST

Oct. 2, .

Discharged for disability Nov. 20, '64.

Wm. T. Swaurick
Commissary Sergeants —
Wilbur Elliott

27
24

Nov. 20, '64
Oct 27 '62

Aug. 24, '65

Died at Shakopee Minn.

Moses Greanleaf

26

Promoted 1st Lieutenant Company I Feb 9 '65

Henry Toothaker

31

Sept. 23,....

Discharged per order March 30, '65.

Andrew G. An'derson
Hospital Steivard —
Samuel P.Tomlinson
Principal Musicians —
Geo. W. Carley

22
42
SO

Aug. 15, ....
Nov. 4,

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Discharged per order May 31, '65.

Joel Handy

Died while prisoner at Andersonville Ga Aug. 22 '64

Azariah H. Chapin

32

Oct. 5, ....

Aug. 24, '65

440

THE NINTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

NAMES.

o
<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Geo. A. Camp
Jonathan Chase
Harrison Jones
First Lieutenant —
Benjamin P. Shuler
Second Lieutenant —

33

42
28

33
26

27
29
35
18
27
20
36
23
27
30
29
28
21
23
18
19
36
26
20
33
26
19
28
28
44
27
33
29
28
36
44
24
30
20
34
22
21
32
18
42
24
19
23
29
22
23
28
33
27
38
21
25
26
42
27
45
32
30
31
27
28
33
29
20
30
16
22
36
32
17
22
24
24
27
21
21
27
38

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Aug. 14, '62
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Aug 10 '62

Promoted Major 8th Minnesota Regiment Nov. 20, '63.
1st Lieutenant Aug. 18, '62; resigned Oct. 5, '63.
2d Lieutenant Oct. 2, '62; 1st Lieutenant Nov. 20, '62.

1st Sergeant Aug 14 '69< 2cl Lieutenant Nov 20 '62* Captain

Aug. 24, '65

Company H Dec. 13, '64.
Sergeant Aug. 28, '62; discharged per order May 15, '65.

Discharged for disability June 16, '65.

Pro. Quartermaster Serg.; trans, to Non-Com. Staff Nov. 12, '63.
Died Sept. 10, '64, at Andersonville, Ga.
Died Dec. 14 '62 at Fort Ridgley Minn

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen John C

Aug. 24, '65

Baldwin, Geo. P
Barnard, Hiram A
Bartlett Miron W

Barrows, Richmond H
Benson, Robert A
Beebe Warren D

Died Feb. 15, '65, at Memphis, Tenu.
Discharged for disability April 14, '64.
Discharged per order June 2, '65.
Sergeant; prisoner at Andersonville seven months.
Per order.
Discharged in hospital in '65.
Discharged for disability April 3, '64.
Discharged for wounds received at Brice's Cross-roads.
Died at Vicksburg.

Discharged for disability April 1, '63.
Died Oct. 14, '64, at Savannah, Ga.
Discharged for disability March 23, '64.

Died at Savannah, Ga.
Sergeant; discharged for disability Nov. 22, '64.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability June 2, '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Discharged for disability March 25, '64.
Died Oct. 3, '64, at Andersonville, Ga.

Deserted Nov. 7, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Discharged for disability April 3, '63.

Discharged for disability.
Died Nov. 4, '64, at Memphis.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads.

Discharged for disability June 28, '65.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 1, '63.

Corporal; killed June 10, '64, at Brice's Cross-roads, Miss.
Discharged for disability Oct. 9, '02.
Captured nt Brice's Cross-roads; prisoner seven months.
Died Sept. 8, '62, of wounds received at Birch Coolie, Minn.
Discharged Aug. 14, '65, at St. Paul, Minn.
Corporal; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 20, '63.
Per order.
Discharged for disability May 8, '63.
Per order.
Discharged for disability May 3, '63.
Died at Louisville, Ky.
Killed March 31, '65, at Spanish Fort.
Died Aug. 8, '64, at Andersonville, Ga.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; prisoner seven months.

Prisoner seven months; captured at Brice's Cross-roads.
Discharged for disability April 3, >63.
Died Aug. 28, '64, at Andersonville, Ga.
Died Jan. 22, '63, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability April 4, '64.
Musician.
Discharged per order May 31, '65.
Deserted March 10, '63, while on furlough.
Deserted March 10, '63, while on furlough.

Per order.
Prisoner seven months; captured at Brice's Cross-roads.
Discharged for disability May 24, '64.
Died in prison at Savannah, Ga.
Per order.
Killed at Nashville Dec. 16, '64.
Captri-ed at Brice's Cross-roads; prisoner seven months.
Died at Memphis Jan. 22, '65.

Bonhani, Beverly C
Bragdon, Alonzo
Burrell, Charles E

Aug. 24, '65
May 13, '65

Cameron Daniel

Campbell, Tamerlane
Chase John B

Cooley, Benj. F

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Cooley, Burton F

Cormack, John M

Day, Amos

Delvin, Charles A
Desmon, Jeremiah
Doman, George A

Aug. 24, '65
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Dodd.Wm. A

Dumas, Jerome.

Ellis, David B

Ellis, Dyer

Aug. 24, '65
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AugV24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Ester Charles

Farron, Charles . . .

Fullerton, Charles T

Gasper, Reuben

Gould, Horace N

Gormoch, Lewis

Goodwin, George
Goodwin, Ripley

Aug. 24, '65

Goodwin, Frank.

Goodwin Simon

Gould, Joseph R.

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Gray, Benjamin F

Grav, Joseph.. .

Griffin, Michael

Hartney, Simon . .

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Hall, George W

Haven Charles R

Heath, Tiliston.

"Aug.' 24/65

Hewitt, David L

Hutchins, Daniel

Humphrey Burdet

Kennedy, George A
Kelene, Joseph

Aug. 24, '65

liennon James A

Leighton, James H

July 10, '65

Lunt Wm A

July 13, '65

Mangdon, Wm. R
Macomber, Samuel M

McBride, Patrick

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

McCrimonon, John

Meads, Alonzo D
Merrill Samuel W

Morton, Carlastin
O'Brien, Wm. S

Aug. 18, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Feb. 15, '64
Feb. 25. '64

Aug. 24, '65

Peaver, Samuel
Peel, John W
Pomeroy, John T

'Aug.' 24/65
May 23, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Pomeroy, George W
Prescott, Joseph M

Ricker Chas H

May 19, '65

Rice, Alexander
Richmond, Andrew J

Aug. 24, '65

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

441

NAMES.

S3
<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Rogerson, Stephen
Schorrod, Charles
Sealye Henry E

26

27
24

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug 10 '62

Aug. 24, '65
May 29 '65

Promoted Corporal.
Corporal; died Oct. 29, '64, at Savannah, Ga.

Shoppe Geo. P

SS

Aug 14* '62

Died Aug. 5 '64 at Memphis, Tenn.

Shoppe Paul T

30

Aug 21 '69

Died at Annapolis Md.

Sinclair, James H

99

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 24, '65

Smith, Hugh
Snow Alfred G

34
22

Aug. 14, '62
Aug 14 '62

Died Oct. 10, '64, in prison at Savannah, Ga.
Corporal* promoted Sergeant" discharged in hospital in '65

Spencer Abner A

33

Aug 14 '62

Corporal; discharged for disability May 30, "65.

Spencer, Charles H
Stetson, Warren C

21
22

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14 '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; prisoner seven months.
Promoted Corporal.

Stockton Wm. J.

24

Aug 19 '62

Aug. 24 '65

25

Aug 14 '69

Aug 24 '65

Swingler, Mortimer M

21
18

Aug. 19, '62
Feb 25 '64

Aug. 24, '65

Died May 1 '64 at Rolla Mo

Thompson, Henry A. C
Timson Louis C

24
39

Aug. 14, '62
Aug 15 '62

Aug. 24, '65

Sergeant; prisoner at Andersonville seven months.

Todd, Wm. F

44

Aug. 14 '62

June 5, '65

Per order.

Todd Edmund

33

Feb. 29 '64

Aug. 24 '65

Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; prisoner seven months.

"Warren Edmond F

29

Aug 19 '62

Weeks, Sylvanus

24

Aug. 14 '62

Discharged for disability May 12, '63.

Wet hern George

21

Aug 14 '62

June 2 '65

Per order

White, George W

SO

Aug. 14, '62

Wagoner; died Sept. 14, '64, at Andersonville.

Woodcock, James A

'>!

Aug. 19 '6°

Corporal- died Dec. 6, '64, at Cairo, 111.

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Richard Strout

43

Aug. 92 '62

Dismissed March 9 '64

Wm A Clark

9«

Apl 17 '64

1st Lieut Aug 2'' 'G''* died Aug 21 '65 at Minneapolis Minn.

First Lieutenant —
J. Curtis McCain

44

ApL 16 '64

2d Lieut Au^ 22 '69- discharged per order May 15, '65.

ENLISTED MEN.

Sfi

Aug. 14 '62

Died Aug 22 '64 at -Andersonville Ga.

Alexander, David

43

Aug. 15, '62

Dis. per order Aug. 1, '65; pris. at Andersonville; died in '87.

Ames, James A

1fi

Aug. 21, '62

Musician' dis. per order July 27 '65; died since discharged.

Atwater C J

21

Aug 21 '62

Sergeant' dis for disability Feb 10 '64' living in Arkansas.

Atwater, Wm. B

19

Aug. 21, '62

Discharged Aug. 1, '65; absent from regiment.

Babcock L. A

">=>

Aug. 21 '62

Sergeant"' died'Sept 18 '64 at Andersonville.

Baldwin, Geo. W

30

Aug. 21, '62

Promoted Corporal Dec. 31, '64.

Bennett, Abner C

18

Aug. 15 '62

Died March 17 '63, at Hutchinson, Minn.; died from wounds.

Beadle, Frank J

33

Aug. 15, '62

Died Sept. 3, '62, from wounds in battle of Acton, Minn.

Bork, Peter

?8

Sept. 7, '64

Aug 24 '65

Borthwick Aleck J

31

Aug 13 '62

Discharged for disability Aug 93 '63.

Brayton, Francis M

18

Aug. 15, '62

Died at Andersonville Sept. 4, '64.

Bravton George

42

Aug 16 '69

Aug 24 '65

29

Aug 14 '6°

July 10 '65

Brooks, Benedict

31

Aug 15 '62

Carr Ezra T

25

Aug 12 '62

1st Sergeant' wounded by Indians at Acton Minn/ discharged

Chute Francis

^

Aug 13 '69

for disability Jan. 19, 'Go.

Crane Lewis L

35

Aug 13 '69

Aus1 24 '65

Discharged Aug 23 'GH

18

Aug 21 '62

Cyphers *Geo S

21

Aug' 2l' 'S'>

Aug' 26* '65

Day Geo E

18

Aug 14? '62

Deckrow, Erastus J
Douglas, Arthur

28
40

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16 '62

Died Nov. 1, '64, at Milan prison, Ga.
Died July 26 '65 at McDowel's Landing, Ala.

Doyle, \Villiam

29

Aug 13 '62

Killed Jan 10 '64 at Brice's Cross-roads.

Edgerly, Volney A

22

Aug. 12, '62

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Esterley, Chas. A

19

Au°- 16 '62

June 12 '65

Per order.

Fillmore, Seymour L

28

Aug. 21, '62

Wagoner; died Sept. 29, '64, at Memphis.

Frank, Enoch M

19

Aug. 21, '62

Died Oct 12 '64 in prison at Andersonville.

Garrison, Wm

19

Sept 4 '64

Aug 24 '65

Getchell, Alva

19

Aug 14 '69

Killed at Acton Minn September 3 '62

Gideon, George W

18

Aug 14* '62

Killed Sept 3 '6? at Acton Minn

Gowell, Samuel
Goodsell, George
Goodale, Henry

33
18

99

Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug 14 '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
May 18 '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Died since discharge.

Green, Levi M

49

\ug 15 '69

Died Dec 'll '63 at Jefferson City Mo

Hainlin, Ernest

18

Aug. 12 '62

Serg • dis' in'hos' Sept 12 '65- pris' at And'ville; died since dis.

Handy, Joel

39

Aug 21 '62

Handv,D. C

18

Aug 21 '69

Aug 16 '65

Commissioned Staff; died at Andersonville Aug. 22, '64.

Hawkins, Jasper S

38

Aug! is! '62

Discharged on detached service in '65.

Harrington, F. M

19

Nov. 5, '62

Promoted Corporal- wounded at Nashville; died Dec. 24, '64.

Halgren, Charles G
Herrick, George....

22
23

Aug. 18, '62
Aue. 20. '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aue. 24. '65

Appointed Wagoner May 1, '65.
Cornoral: oromoted Sereeant: died May. '87.

442

THE NINTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

Hills, Win. W .............

Hills, Byron
Hopkins, Albert H
Hopper, Andrew ..........

Jaques, Winter
Justus, Daniel
Kingsley, Chas. D
Kinna, Michael
Kirst, E. D
Klock, Michael
Knight, Austin
Lindley, Samuel A ......

Lovelle, Wm ...............

Mapes, Geo, E ..............

Martin, James L .........

McKeuney, Robert E...
McCormick, Alex .........

Merritt, Levi W ..........

Minton, Henry T .........

Miller, Andrew G ........

Middlestead, Peter ......

Midgely, Charles .........

Mogle, Wm ..................

Hunger, E. M
Murray, Wm
Murray, John W
Oilman, Wm
Parslow, John ............

Pounder, Thomas
Reems, William
Reetns, John V
Rickerson, James
Robertson, John
Robertson, James
Rogers, Isaac
Smith, Charles
Stone, Eli ........... .

Stubbs, Milton A
Sutton, Francis
Tarvin, Seneca M
Tilton, Nathan
Valentine, Hiram W...
Wakefield, John B
Wakefield,Kee
Welker, Judson
Weeks, N. E
Weaver, John K
Wilcut, Christopher
Woods, Uriah
Workman, Garnett

MUSTERED
IN.

Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Nov. 3 '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Sept. 4, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

July 19, '65
June 7, '65

May 31, '65
June 22, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Aug."24*"65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
May 29, '65

Aug. 24, '64

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

REMARKS.

Died Nov. 6, '64, at Memphis.

Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal,

Corporal; promoted Sergeant March 1, '65.

Discharged for disability Feb. 21, '64; died since discharge.

Corp.; pro. Serg.; dis. per order March 1, '65; pris. at And'vilk;.

Died July 9, '64, at Andersonville.

Wounded at Nashville; died Dec. 29, '64.

Corporal; discharged per order June 14, '65.

Died at Andersonville July 9, '64.

Per order; prisoner at Andersonville.

Drowned at St. Peter, Minn., May 9, '63.

Died Oct. 28, '64, at Milan Prison, Ga.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 1, '63.

Per order.

Wnd. at Acton, Minn., Sept. 3, '62; dis. for disab. April 23, '63.

Corporal; discharged for disability May 23, '64; died in '89.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Died May 21, '64, at Rolla, Mo.

Per order.

Per order.

Discharged for disability April 14, '64.

Discharged for disability April 23, '63.

Discharged for pro. Feb. 17, '64, as Hospital Steward in U. S. A.

Died Sept. 8, '64, at Andersonville.

Promoted Corporal.

Died in Andersonville.

Died after discharge in '66.

Died Oct. 2, '64, at Andersonville, Ga.

Died Dec. 14, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. l,'63;died since dis.

Died March 13, '63, at Watertown, Minn.

Promoted Corporal.
Per order; prisoner at Andersonville.
Corporal; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Died at Andersonville Sept. 28, '64.

Died Aug. 13, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Promoted Corporal; discharged per order July 12, '65.

Died Nov. 6, '62, at Hutchinson, Minn.

Died June 25, '65, at Rolla, Mo.

Promoted Corporal; discharged in hospital Sept. 12, '65.

Deserted Jan. 2, '63, at Hutchinson, Minn.

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

Aug 26 '62

Promoted Lieutenant Colonel 8th Regiment Nov. 14, '62.

Edwin W. Ford """""".
First Lieutenants —

31

97

Nov. 14, '62
NOT 14 '62

May 15, '65

Per order; 1st Lieutenant Aug. 18, '62.
2d Lieutenant Aug. 18 '62' discharged for disability Dec. 27,'64

Francis Merchant
Second Lieutenant —

21
82

Feb. 14, '65
Nov 14 '62

Aug. 24, '65

Sergeant Oct. 5, '62.
Sergeant Oct. 5, '62; resigned Feb. 6, '65.

ENLISTED MEN.

Aug 19 '62

Discharged for disability March 23, '63.

Ames Hartland S

18

Aug' 19* '62

Died Oct. 7, '64, at Milan Prison, Ga.

Andrews Lewis

18

Aug. 19 '62

Aug. 24, '65

45

Aug 19 '62

Discharged for disability April 25, '65.

Atkinson Wm. R

81

Aug. 19 '62

Aug. 24, '65

A us 19 '6?

Promoted Sergeant' discharged Aug. 16, '65.

38

Aug 19 '62

Died March '63 at Fort Ridgley, Minn.

Baldwin German C

Aug. 19 '62

Discharged for disability Jan. 22, '63.

19

Aug 19 '6^

June 10 '65

Per order.

Beauregard Ludovico

18

Aug. 19, '62

Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; discharged July, '65.

Bero Daniel E

37

Au<? 19 '62

Aug. 24 '65

Bisgrove, Isaac

38

Aug. 19, '62

Died at Andersonville Aug. 26, '64.

Bostwick, Charles N
Breckon.Wm. ..

18
23

Aug. 19, '62
Autc. 19. '62

Aug. 24, '65

Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; discharged July 31, '65.

COMPANY C.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

44:3

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Butler, Truinan !
Bullard, George H
Butter, John
Burk Michael

35
32
16
29

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21
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27

28"
36
32
39
38
38

25"
19
22

Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Feb. 22, '64
Feb. 9/65
Feb. 1,'64
Aug. 19, '62 ;
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 99, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
July 27, '63
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Feb. 22, '64
Feb. 22, '64
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 21, '64
Aug. 19, '62
May 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Feb. 26, '64
July 27, '63
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Feb. 22, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Mch. 15, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Feb. 22, 64
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 19, '6.2
Feb. 22, '64
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug 19 '6^

Aug. 24, '65
June 13, '65

Died July 15, '63, from injury received by accident.
Wounded at Spanish Fort; discharged in hospital in '65.
Promoted Corporal.
Per order.
Died July 15, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Corporal; discharged for disability March 23, '63.
Died Nov. 1, '63, at Jefferson City, Mo.
Musician; transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff Nov. 1, '64.
Died Oct. 23, '64, at Memphis.

Died Oct. 9, '64, at Milan Prison, Ga.

Corporal; died at Milledgeville, Ga., Dec. 20, '64.
Pro. Sergeant Major March 1, '64; trans, to Nou-Com. Staff.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads June 10, '64.
Promoted Corporal.
Died Oct. 9, '64, at Milan Prison, Ga.
Died Dec. 22, '64, at Keokuk, Iowa.
Per order.
Sergeant; discharged Dec. 15, '64, for pro. in U. S. Colored. Inf.
Discharged for disability March 23, '63.
Per order.
Promoted Corporal.
Sergeant; discharged April 25, '63, for promotion.
Died Oct. 1, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Died Aug. 20, '64, at Andersonville Prison.
Died March 7, '65, at Annapolis, Md.
Wagoner; discharged per order July 12, '65.

Promoted Corporal.
Transferred to Veteran Relief Corps March 15, '64.
Corporal.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads June 10, '64.
Discharged for disability Feb. 20, '65.
Discharged for disability March 8, '63.

Captured at Brice's Cross-roads June 10, '64.
Died Aug. 4, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; discharged May 10, '65.
Per order.

Deserted Nov. 8 '69.

Caswell, Zebiria M
Carver Janies H

Chaffin, Alden H

Chase Dudley

Aug. 24, '65

Chandler, Stephen N
Chapin Charles D

Aug. 24, '65

Clark, Joseph
Clapp, Edward L
Coukey Plinny S

Conrad, Theron
Conklin Alex

Aug. 24, '65

Cole, Charles O

Curry Carlton

June 2, '65

Davis, Jeff E
Dunton George W

June 2, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Epler, Joshua C

Everinghein Wm T . . .

Felch, David F. M

18
28
31

23
37
32

35"
27
38
27
18
18
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19
18
21
18
21
38
18
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39
18
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36
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36

Frysbie Zara . ..

Hammond, Joseph T
Hartley, John W

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Henderson, Geo. W
Holt Henry L

Johnson, Martin B -..
Knapp George H

Lagru, Joseph
Lake Thomas T

"Atig.24,';65

Lampring, Joseph
Leathers, Verlovious B
Lent, Win. N

Lyon, Wm. F

May 26, '65
Aug. 24, '65

McCumber, Robert

McCain Noah

McCaskell, Wm

Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; discharged July 31, '65.
Discharged in hospital in 'Go.

Discharged in hospital in '65.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; discharged July 31, '65.

Captured at Brice's Cross-roads.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads June 10, '64.
Per order.
Per order.

Per order.
Corporal; captured at Brice's Cross-roads; dis. May 30, '65.
Discharged in hospital in '65.
Discharged in hospital in "65.
Discharged for disability May 13, '63.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; discharged July 31, '65.

Died Oct. 20, '64, in Milan Prison, Ga.
Died May 6, '65, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Discharged for disability Sept. 13, '64.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads June 10, '64.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Discharged for disability June 22, '63.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Died Oct. 13, '64, in Milan Prison.

Corporal; discharged per order July 10, '65.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; discharged July, '65.
Killed at Brice's Cross-roads June 10, '65.
Corporal.
Killed April, '65, at Spanish Fort, Ala.
Discharged for disability April 2, '63.

Deserted Sept. 30, '62.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Deserted March 19, '63.
Corporal; captured at Brice's Cross-roads; dis. July 31, '65.
Corporal; captured at Brice's Cross-roads; died Aug. 26, '64, in
Andersonville.

Neller, John L

Padden Ira W

Aug. 24, '65

Parmenter James

Palnieter, Nathan

Aug.' 24,' '65
Aug. 24, '65

Pay, Adolph

Perrv Dudley

Philes, Duane

Philips, Robert H

May 22, '65
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 24, '65
July 18, '65

Peterman, Isaac

Pierson John S

Price, Rufus K

Pratt, Daniel O
Putnam, George W

Pye Joshua T

Quinn, John W

Revord,JohnB
Rhodes, Orsamus D
Rice, Edson M
Rice Samuel W

Aug. 24, '65

Rice, Wm. W

Sargent, Daniel D

Aug. 24, '65

Shook Robert W

Slocum, Erastus

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Spooner, Edgar P
Stewart, Charles C
Stewart, Latham D
Starmer, Robert
Sutherland, Henry C
Swanson, Christopher
Swab, Nickolas

Aug. 19, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 19. '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
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Aug. 19. '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

"A'ug."24,''65

Sylvester, John B

Tanner, Oscar L

18
18
23
33
30
19
27
23

W»

Tanner James M

|'Aug"24,"'65

Taylor, Archibald
Tavlor Lyman

Thompson, John A
Vaughan, Benj

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Vaughan, Daniel B
Vail, James C

Vandegrist, Thos. H. B
Van House, Byron A

Watkins, John....

Aue. 24. '60

444

THE NINTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

NAMES.

•y
e

•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

21

Aug 19 '62

Discharged for wounds Oct. 20 '64.

Whit ford Marcius

Aug. 19 '62

1st Sergeant; discharged Dec. 15, '64, for pro. in U.

S. Col'd Inf.

Whitney, Augustus

25

Aug. 19, '62

Killed June 10, '64, at Brice'a Cross-roads.

Wheeler Albert E

18

Feb. 16, '63

Died Aug. 1, '64, in Andersonville Prison.

Wilson. Franklin C ...

3ft

Feb. 22, '62

Died Aug. 13, "64, in Andersonville Prison.

Welch Arad

22

Aug 19 '62

Aug °4 '65

Wilcox Adial

^l

Aug. 19* '62

Killed Dec. 16 '64 at Nashville.

Williams, Siloam

29

Aug. 19, '62

June 26, '65

Per order.

Woodbury, James N

28

Aug 19 '69

Died Aug. 1, '64, at Andersonville Prison.

ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Asgrim K. Skaro....,

First Lieutenants —
George Paton ...........

John Sinclair ........... ,

Second Lieutenant —
Henry R. Walker...,

ENLISTED MEN.

Aiton, John.... .......... ,

Albee, Albert C ..........

Andrews, Alfred C .....

Baker, Nathan N .......

Bean, Pleasant M .......

Bedford, Patrick .........

Bergink, John ...........

Bigelow, Hiram .........

Boone, Daniel .............

Boryson, Andrew P...,
Bland, Robert ........ ..

Brown, Franklin N .....

Burgess, Harvey ........

Burk, JohnF ....... _____

Burt, Charles F ..........

Cantield, James E ......

Carlton, Wm. H .........

Chapel, John B ...........

Christensen, Elland...
Clark, Francis ............

Clabaugh, James .......

Clark, James ..............

Coffin, Fred F.B ........

Colton, Marvin E .......

Connell, Patrick .........

Cobb, Joseph .............

Crandall, Leroy M ...... ,

Cray, Lorin ...............

Davelin, Edward T...
Day, Simon H ............

Day, Wm. H ..............

Dolan.Thos

Ducate, Moses H ........

Dunham, John H ......

Ellis, Win. H .............

Evanson, Matthias G.
Fessenden, Chas. H...
Feldman, Henry ........

Forbes, Benjamin F..
Franklin, Harrison...,
Fuchs, Henry ..........

Gardner, Milton P .....

Goodfellow, Levi C....

Halverson, Peter S....

Hill, Ira C .................

Holtsclaw, Wrn. P .....

Holtsclaw, James W..
Johnson, John ...........

Johnson, Charles G...
Kaus, Francis ...........

Kerns, Wm. F ...........

Kent, Philo ...... .........

Knudsen, Nels ..........

Latimer, W. R ...........

Latimer, Pleasant H..
Lehnarts, Jacob T ......

Maxon, Wm. T ..........

McKee, John ............

MUSTERED
IN.

Sept. 23, '62

Sept. 25, '62
May 29, '65

Sept. 23, '62

Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Sept. 5, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Mch.21,'64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17 '62
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
July 23, '63
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62:
Aug. 17,'62i
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19 '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Mch. 2, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Mch. 2, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 23, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
May 31, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug.' 24/65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug.' 24/65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Enrolled Aug. 31, '62; killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Enrolled Aug. 25, '62; discharged per order March 1, '65.
Enlisted Aug. 17, '62; Corporal Sept. 23, '62; Sergeant.

Enlisted Aug. 17, '62.

Per order.

Pro. Corp., Serg.; died Nov. 13, '64, at Benton Barracks, Mo.

Died prisoner of war.

Wagoner; discharged per order May 27, '65.

Died July 15, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Died Jan. 14, '65, at Eastport, Miss.

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Discharged for disability July 25, '65.

Deserted Oct. 3, '63; charge removed Sept. 23, '86.

Died Oct. 1, '64, at Little Rock, Ark.

Died Jan. 13, '63, at St. Peter, Minn.

Died Jan. 4, '65, from wounds received at Nashville.

Corporal; died Feb. 4, '64.

Discharged for disability May 27, '64.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Died July 17, '64, at Andersonville, Ga.

Sergeant; discharged for promotion Dec. 29, '63.

Died Aug. 19, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Died.

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug, 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
June 28, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug'.'24,"'65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Promoted Corporal; wounded in battle of Nashville Dec. 15,'64.
Died Dec. 20, '64, at Winuebago City, Minn.
Promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged per order June 30,'65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; dis. June 16, '65, at St. Paul.

Promoted Sergeant.

Corporal; discharged for disability May 5, '65.

Died Dec. 9, '64, at Keokuk, Iowa.

Died in Andersonville Prison.

Discharged Dec. 21, '63, for promotion.

Died Oct. 6, '64, at Andersonville.

Died Oct. 27, '64, at Andersonville.

Discharged for disability March 26, '63.

Promoted Sergeant; killed June 10, '64, at Guntown, Miss.

Promoted Corporal; discharged in hospital in '65.

Killed June 10, '64, in the battle of Guntown, Miss.
Discharged May 1, '64, for promotion.

Discharged for disability Jan. 1, '64.
Died Jan. 23, '65, in Andersonville Prison.

Died Oct. 30, '64, in Andersonville Prison.

COMPANY E.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

445

NAMES.

McGill, Andrew R

McKinney, John

McGraw, Michael

Miller, Samuel S

Miller, Peter M

Millett, Samuel W

Monson, Ole

Morehouse, James

Mount, Humphrey

Naylor, Ulysses

Nightingale, John A..

Oleson, Errick

Oleson, Lars ,

Paulson, Thor

Pettijohn, Thomas

Peterson, Hans ,

Peterson, Ed

Pieschel, Anton

Powell, James

Propper, Carlos

Pratt, Albert

Richardson, Millford.
Robertson, James M...

Rogers, Benjamin

Schroeder, Wm ,

Seeger, Wm

Seeger, Ferdinand

Seeger, Paul ,

Shack, Frederick ...

Shotwell, James

Sommers, John

Stevens, Galloway

Stockholm, John

Summers, D. G

Swanson, Saunder

Swearengen, Wm. H...

Swearengen, A. T

Terhune, Daniel T ,

Towndrow, Wm. N....

Toot baker, Henry

Walbridge, Milton T..

Wait, .Reuben

Wallace, Horace E

Weichman, Ernst

Wench, Silas J

Williams, Thos. B

Williams, Martin

Wilson, Gustave

Wisbey, Thomas R

Young, Lewis

Youngman, Wm. H. ..

MUSTERED ' MUSTERED
Ix. OUT.

Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Mch.23, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Men. 11, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Mch. 2 ,'64
Mch. 14, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62

Aug. 24, '65

May 30, '65
May 26, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

June 13, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
May"2V63

Aug. 24, '65
Aug.' 24,' '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

REMARKS.

1st Sergeant; discharged for disability Aug. 18, '63.
Discharged for disability at Warrensburg, Mo.

Corporal; discharged per order May 21, '64.
Died Oct. 27, '64, at Andersouville.
Died Feb. 23, '65, at Jeffersonville, Ind.
Died Oct. 10, '64, in Andersonville Prison.
Died April 27, '63, at St. Peter, Minn.
Per order.
Per order.

Died Feb. 15, '63, at St. Peter, Minn.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; discharged per order June 5, '65.
Per order.

Musician; discharged for disability July 25, '64.
Died Dec. 10, '62, at St. Peter, Minn.
Discharged for disability Feb. 6, '64.
Discharged for disability March 26, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Died Dec. 10, '64, at Andersonville.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Feb. 28, '63.

Musician.

Died Aug. 14, '64, at Memphis.
Died at St. Louis, Mo.

Discharged for disability March 26, '63. .

Died June 4, '65, at St. Louis.

Per order.

Discharged July 7, '65, at Nashville, Tenn.

Discharged for disability Aug. 27, '64.

Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Aug. 17; '64.

Promoted; transferred to Non-Com. Staff February, '65.

Sergeant; discharged per order May 31, '65.

Discharged for disability May 10, '65.

Died Oct. 30, '64, at Andersonville.

Transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff Nov. 28, '62.
Discharged per order May 27, '65.
Discharged while absent, sick, in '65.

ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

ri

5

MUSTERED
Ix.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Jerome Dane

S4

Aug. 19 '62

Resigned Jan 14 '65.

First Lieutenant —
Clark Keyser

%

Aug 19 '62

Aug 24 '65

Second Lieutenant —
John R. Roberts

ENLISTED MEN.

Barrett, Luther G

37

Aug. 19, '62
Aug 19 '62

Died Jan. 4, '65, from wounds received at Nashville.

Beeslev David B

38

Aug 19 '62

Died March '64 at Rolla Mo

Becker Geo

29

4ug 19* '62

"

Cap at Brice's Cross-roads' died in And'ville Pris July 28 '64

Bell Luther G

19

Aug 19 '62

Aug 24 '65

Breese David . . .

29

Aug 19 '62

Died Sept 4 '64 at Andersonville Prison

Bruce, Wm

27

Aug 19' '62

Captured at Brice's Cross roads' dis. in St. Paul Aug. 15, '65.

Burgess Elan G

18

Aug 19 '62

Aug 24 '65

Burgess. Harrison M..
Buel, Edwin C

22
30

Aug. 19J '62
Aug 19 '62

Aug. 24, '65

Corporal; wounded at Brice's Cross-roads.
Pro Corporal Sergeant' discharged in hospital in '65

Buchanan John J

25

Aug 19 '6°

Aug 24 '65

Card.Dwight

Oct. ?' '63

Discharged Aug 16 '65

Carley, George W.

30

Aug 19 '62

Transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff July 1 '63.

Christopherson, George ...

41

Aug. 19 '62

Wagoner- transferred to V. R. C. Aug. 10, '64 dis. Nov. 14, '65,

Cleary, James F
Connor, Noah C

34

Mch. 2, '64
Aug 19 '6?

Aug 24 '65

Died Dec. 23, '64, from wounds received at Nashville.

Corp, Nelson H
Cramer, Francis C

29
31

May 19) '62
Aug. 16, '64

Aug. 24,' '65
June 8, '65

Per order for promotion in United States Colored Service.

446

THE NINTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

NAMES.

ri

o
«j

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Cummins Hiram

21
39
28
41
28
29
20
21
23
18
26

Aug. 19, '6
Aug. 19, '6
Aug. 19, '6
Aug. 19, '6
Aug. 19, '6'
Aug. 19, '6'
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Feb. 8, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug 19 '62

Discharged in hospital in '65.
Corporal; discharged per order May 27, '65.

Cap. at Brice's Cross-roads; died Oct. 15, '64, at Andersonville.
Discharged at St. Paul Aug. 3, '65.
Per order.
1st Sergeant; dis. Dec. 28, '63, for pro. in U. S. Colored Service.

Wounded and captured at Brice's Cross-roads.

Captured at Brice's Cross-roads.
Promoted Corporal.
Per order.
Discharged for disability April 23, '63.
Killed Sept. 3, '62, by Indians near New Ulm.
Discharged in hospital in '65.
Died Oct. 31, '63, at Jefferson City, Mo.

Discharged for disability May 28, '64.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged in '65.
Discharged in hospital in '65.
Sergeant, Orderly Sergeant; discharged July 14, '65.
Hospital Steward in United States Army May 21, '64.
Wounded at Brice's Cross-roads.
Per order.

Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; dis. in St. Paul Aug. 16, '65,

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; discharged Aug. 15, '65.
Discharged for disability April 12, '64.
Discharged for disability April 23, '63.
Corporal; captured at Brice's Cross-roads; dis. Aug. 15, '65.
Died March 26, '65, at Andersonville Prison.
Wounded at Nashville.

Wounded at Nashville.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; wounded at Brice's Cross-roads.
Sergeant; discharged per order May 31, '65.
Died Sept. 2, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Captured at Brice's Crossing; discharged Aug. 15, '65.
Wounded near Fish River, Ala.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Promoted Corporal; wounded at Spanish Fort.
Promoted Corporal; discharged May 31, '65.
Discharged in hospital in '65.
Discharged for disability March 3, '64.

Died Aug. 1, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Discharged Jan. 27, '64, for promotion in U. S. Col. Infantry.
Discharged for disability April 12, '64.

Captured at Brice's Crossing June 10, '64; reported dead.
Died Oct. 11, '64, at Andersonville Prison.
Corporal; discharged per order Aug. 3, '65.
Wnd. and cap. at Brice's Crossing June 10,'64; reported dead.
Wounded and captured at Brice's Crossing; died July 28, '64, at
Andersonville Prison.
Discharged for disability Dec. 7, '62.
Promoted Corporal; wounded at Brice's Cross-roads.
Cap. at Brice's Cross-roads; died Oct. 9,'64, Andersonville Prison.
Discharged Oct. 6, '64, for promotion in U. S. Colored Service.
Discharged per order May 24, '65.
Transferred to Non-Cornrnissioned Staff Nov. 27,'62; discharged
Feb. 15, '64, for promotion in U. S. Colored Service.
Promoted Corporal.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads June 10, '64; reported dead.
Appointed Wagoner.
Sergeant; discharged for promotion in TJ. S. Colored Service.
Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant and 1st Lieutenant.
Discharged for disability Jan. 20, '64.
Discharged July, '64, for promotion in U. S. Colored Service.
Died Oct. 28, '64, in Andersonville Prison.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; reported dead.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; died at Andersonville.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; died Sept. 11,'64, Andersonville.
Musician; captured at Brice's Cross-roads.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged at Davenport, Iowa, July 7, '65.
Corporal; discharged for disability April 17, '65.

Davis A P

"Aug.'24"'65

Davis ' David Y ...

Davis Evan J

Dackins David

Douglas Alex

June 2, '65

Durkee Wm C

Eaton Ansil

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
June 20, '65

Edgert'on, Thomas A

Evans Edward

2*4
19
31
26
23
24
30
33
21
26
21
22
38
26
20
21
21
31
28
19
29
26
33
21

Gilfillin, Joseph

Griffith PelegT

Griffith, Wm
Griffin John N

Aug. 24, '65

Hartsell, Joseph
Hatch Howards

Aug. 19,' '62
Aue 19 '62

Hensley, Samuel H
Hilton, Summer C

Aug. 19, '62
Aug 19 '69

Hills Wm H

Aug 19* '62

Hoos'er, James W

Aug! 19,' '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Oct. 7. '63
Aug. 19, '62
Oct. 7, '63
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Mch. 2, '64
Mch. 2, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug 19 '62

Aug. 24, '65
May 31, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Howe Edwin

Humphrey, Henry

Jenkins John W

Jones, John J

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Jones, Daniel
Jones, Lewis P

Johnson, Leonard C
Kerlinger, Thomas A
Kunselman, Wm
ILawson, Andrew A

Lee, Henry K
Lewis, Lewis

Aug'.'2V65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Nov. 10, '64

Love Wm. H

Lloya John

19

19

27
35
39
18
22
37
26
18
33
40
18

25
28
34
18
26
29
20
28
32
33

22
35
19
19
21
28

36
26
31
22
27
27
29
26
30
28
30
30
18
33
39

Maxfield, George
Maxfield, Kinzie

Maxfield, Wesley

Martin Wm. J

Marsh, Francis W

Matthews, Thadeus L
Matthews, Lyman

Aug. 24, '65

McClure, Gilbert

Aug. 24, '65

McNutt, Robert

Mead Geo W

Aug. 24, '65

Meservey, Alfred

Milner P. F

Miller, Frederick
Nickerson, David R
Palmer J W

Aug. 24, '65

Porter, James F

Rees John .

Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62

Aug. 19 '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62

Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Rew, Francis E

Rew Henry C

Reeder, Elijah
Reese William

Roberts, Robert

Roberts, Hugh R
Roberts, John G

Robinson Henry A.

Ross Walter S

Aug. 24, '65

Scherer Ferdinand

Seward Frederick D

Shaubut, Franklin

Smith IraS

Sower Geo. F

Aug. 24, '65

Stewart Manassa

Stark, Mathew H

Aug. 24, '65
Sept. 28, '63
Aug. 24, '65

Thayer, David H.H
Thompson, Geo. A

Thompson, Wm. H
Thompson, James G
Thomas, Wm. R

TJlven, Andrew

Webster, Freeman O
Westover, O. J

Webster, Martin L . .

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Williams, William E
Wirt, James M

Woleden, Joshua

COMPANY F.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

447

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Absalom M. Enoch

Milton J. Daniels

First Lieutenants —

0. P. Stearns

Alfred M. Hall

Second Lieutenant —

Alexander J. McMillan..

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, Edwin H

Annis, George

Atkinson, George

Barncard, George H

Battles, John

Belts, Peter B

Beecher, Gillet

Bird.Chas

Brockett, Geo. F

Brooks, Abial H

Brooks, Geo. W

Brooks, Win. B

Brooks, Hirani H.

Burton, Thos. L

Burns, John...

Carey, Michael

Cassidy, John

Chilson, Survetus W

Chilson, David

Chilson, Samuel

Christman, Adam S

Christman, Lawrence

Christerferson, Killet.

Cornell, Henry J

Coppinger, Thomas

Craig, Christopher

Craig, John L

Davis, Hiram H

Dewitt, George

Dieter, Jacob

Dodge, John

Ellefson, Syvert

Falls, James

Falls, Michael

Fertill, Lewis C..

Fitch, John N

Flugge, Edward

Friend, Chas.D

Geer, Orlando

Geer, Elisha

Gilbert, Samuel

Green, Martin

Halverson, Ole ...

Hall, Adison

Hadley, Varnum

Hart, Nelson

Heller, Francis

Hinman, Justice

Horton. Samuel H..,

Howard, John A

Howard, Henry H

Horton, Thos. E. D

Holt.Albert

Huston, John

Ingalls, Harrison

Irish, Galusha

Johnson, Richard M

Johnson, Andrew R

Liane.Eugen* F

Lane, Irving W

Loy,Oney

Losey, Richard

Maher, Michael

Mantel, Valentine

March, Joseph

Marlett, James H

McMaster, David

McMinds, Wm. W

McCoy, Andrew C

McArthur, Daniel

McMillan, Alexander

Meyett, Joseph C

Merritt, Alpheus

Mires, Wm

Minden, John

Mosher, Walker

Mott, Samuel

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

Aug. 28, '62
May 20, '64

Aug. 28, '62
Apl. 24, '62

May 20, '64

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21 '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 28, '65
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
July 2, '63
Jan. 14, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Jan. 25, '64
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62

Mch. 15, '65
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Feb. 28, '65
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Jan. 14, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62

REMARKS.

Resigned May 20, '64.

Aug. 24, '64! 2d Lieutenant Aug. 28, '62; 1st Lieutenant April 24, '64.

Colonel 39th United States Colored Infantry April 24, '64.
Sergeant Sept. 24, '62; promoted 2d Lieutenant.

Aug. 24, '64

Aug. 24, '64

Aug. 24 '64 [
Aug. 24 '64 j

Aug. 24
June 6

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
June 6, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
June 6, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Corporal Sept. 24, '62; promoted Sergeant.

Died Feb. 19, '65, in prison at Salisbury, S. C.
Discharged for disability April 29, '65.
Died Aug. 12, '64, in Andersonville Prison.
Discharged for disability Feb. 22, '64.

Died Nov. 15, '63, at Memphis, Tenn.

Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; discharged for disability Sept. 26, '64.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Per order.

Killed at Brice's Cross-roads June 10, '64.

Corporal; discharged for disability April 1, '65.

Discharged in hospital Aug. 18, '65.

Discharged Aug. 4, '64, at Vicksburg, Miss.

Corporal; died Oct. 12, '64, in Andersonville Prison.

Per order.

Per order.

Sergeant; discharged for disability April 22, '65.
Discharged for disability May 10, '64.
Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability May 18, '65.
Died Nov. 18, '62, in Salisbury Prison, S. C.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Wnd. and cap. June 10,'64,Brice's Cr.-roads; not heard fr. since.
Turned over to civil authorities and sentenced to two years
in penitentiary May 28, '64.

Aug. 24, '65,

Aug. 24, '65 Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Aug. 24, '65 1

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65 i
May 24, '65'
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '651

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Died July 12, '64, in Andersonville Prison.
Died Feb. 19, '65, in Salisbury Prison.

Died Oct. 27, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Per order.

Discharged per order June 6, '65.

Corporal; shot by rebel guard while prisoner of war.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Corporal; dis. June 12, '65, for wounds received at Nashville.

Wagoner.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Died Feb. 3, '65, at Eastport, Miss.

Died in Andersonville Prison.

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Discharged for disability May 12, '63.

Corporal; discharged for disability Dec. 16, '63.
Discharged for disability April 14, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Nov. 14, '64.

Died Sept. 24, '64, at Pocahontas.Ark.
Died Sept. 15, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Sergeant; discharged for disability Feb. 13, '63.

Died Jan. 17, '65, at Salisbury Prison, N.C.

Sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for murder.

Discharged for disability Feb. 4, '63.
Discharged in hospital June 30, '65.

448

THE NINTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

NAMES.

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REMARKS.

23

Aug 15 '62

Aug 24 '65

Promoted Corporal Sergeant.

Murray Warren J

18

Feb ' 23* '64

Aug 24* '65

18

Aug 15 '62

Aug 18 '65

Olden, Edward

19

Feb 24* '64

Aug 24* '65

Orcutt Charles L

30

Oct 17 '63

July 26 '65

At St Paul

Penharlow, Parks

19

Aug. 15 '62

Musician; died June 20, '64. at Jefferson City, Mo.

Prior, Benj. S

19

Aug 19 '62

Aug 24 '65

22

Aug 16 '62

Aug 24 '65

Pugh, Ezra L
Ratcliff Richard R.

29
18

Aug. 19J '62
Aug 21 '69

Musician; discharged per order May 15, '65.
Died Nov. 18 '64 at Wilson Prison.

Reynolds, James

18

Aug 15 '62

Aug 24 '65

Robson, Francis

28

Aug 21 '62

June 10 '65

Per order.

Robinson, Edward .».

33

Aug 16 '62

Discharged for promotion Feb. 14, '64.

Ruck, Eli

Aug 19 '62

Cap. at Brice's Cross-roads June 10, '64; not heard from since

Sayre, Horace B
Saville, George

32
99

Aug. 15, '62
Aug 15 '62

Serg.; dis. for promotion in 43d Missouri Inf. Dec. 18, '64.
Discharged while absent from regiment in '65.

Sawtelle, James R
Sherman, George C
Simonds, John P
Smith, Robert J

21
22
34

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Feb. 21, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug 16, '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Corporal; discharged for disability Feb. 1. '65.
1st Sergeant- discharged for disability Feb. 14, '63.

Small John F

1S

Feb 21 '64

Aug 24 '65

Spencer, Daniel L

•>3

Aug. 15, '62

Died May 6, '65, at Baton Rouge, La.

Stephens Philander

25

Aug 16 '62

Aug 24 '65

Stevenson, Charles

?1

Aug. 15, '62

Died Feb. 18, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Thomas, Villey

16

Feb 9 '65

Discharged for disability May 31, '65.

Tilburg Geo

38

Nov 9 '63

Aug 24 '65

Towle, John N

•>o

Aug. 15* '62

Died May 13, '63, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.

Vronian Barney D

21

Aug 16 '62

Discharged for disability Feb. 21 '64.

Walker, Peter M
Warner, Frank W

25
91

Aug. T\ '62
Aug lit '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug 24 '65

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Waterman, Geo. B. A

33

Aug. 15, '62

Discharged for disability Sept. 24, '64.

Wescott, Judah E
Whipple Oliver C

28
18

Feb. 29, '64
Aug 16 '62

Aug. 24, '65

Died Sept. 16 '64, in Andersonville Prison.

Williams, William
Williams., Taliesian

24

1fl

Aug. 16, '62
Aug 15 '62

Aug. 18, '65
Aug 24 '65

Absent.

Worden, Henry D

18

Jan. 4, '64

Aug. 24, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

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IN.

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REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Theodore H. Barrett

Charles H. Beaulieu
first Lieutenant —
Christian Becker
Second Lieutenant —
Clark Swingle

28
22
28
27

32
24
23
17
24
25
25
29

23
27
18
22
26
35
39
25

"32"
26
23
26

"2l"
18
25
37
30

Aug. 29, '62
Apl. 20, '64
Apl. 20, '64
May 2, '65

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Sept. 12, '62

Sept. 10, '62
Sept. 10, '62
Sept. 16, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Feb. 11, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Mch.21, '64
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Sept. 14. '62

Must.2d Lieut. Aug. 15, '62; Capt. Aug. 29, '62; Col. 62d U.S.C. Inf.
Dec. 29, '63; Bvt. Brig. Gen. Mch. 13, '65; hon. dis. Jan. 19, '66.
Discharged for disability May 10, '65; 1st Lieutenant Aug. 29,
'62; originally enlisted as Private Aug. 16, '62.
Enlisted as Private Aug. 16, '62; 2d Lieutenant Aug. 29, '62;
killed June 11, '64, near Ripley, Miss.
Originally enlisted as Private Aug. 16, '62; Sergeant Oct. 30, '62.

Discharged for disability Oct. 6, '63.
Discharged in hospital at Keokuk, la, May 18, '65.
Corporal.

Died Sept. 30, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.
Deserted Sept. 6, '62, at St. Cloud, Minn.
Captured on retreat from Brice's Cross-roads June 11, '64; died
Sept. 7, '64, in prison at Andersonville.
Killed Dec. 15, '64, at battle of Nashville.

Died April 8, '65, at New Orleans, of wnds. reed. Spanish Fort.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 15, '64.

Died at Devall's Bluff1, Ark., in '64.
Captured at Brice's Cross-roads; died at Andersonville Prison.
Corporal.

Shot, accidentally, at Abercrombie, D. T.; died Sept, 18, '63.
Discharged for disability June 26, '63.

Per order.

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Aitkin, Roger B

Aitkin, Salem

Aitkin, Robert...

Beaulieu, John
Bertrand, Desere

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Bennett, Warren H
Benois, Anton
Beckley, Frederick

Bertrand, Eli

Belland Edward

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

"Au'gV 24/65

Brown, John

Bruning, Barnard

Brestel, Jacob

Burman, Daniel

Boch, Michael

Buscher, John

Aug. 24, '65

Butts, Thomas
Caldwell, John
Charon, Henry
Chaboilley, Alexander
Charrett, Joseph

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Charrett, Louis
Comptois, Joseph

Curtis, Oscar E
Darby, Charles W ..

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
July 21. '65

Decker, Wm.

Deroche, John

COMPANY G.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

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NAMES.

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REMARKS.

Dufoe, Fraacoise
Ellis, John W

22

18

Aug. 16, '62
Sept. 12 '62

Aug. 24, '65

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Engles Peter .

19

Aug 16 '62

May 10 '65

Per order.

Fairbanks, Albert
Fairbanks, Wm

22
*>fi

Aug. 16, '62
Aug 16 '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24 '65

Corporal.

Ferraby Samuel.

*>«

Aug 16 '62

Discharged for disability Oct. 20 '63

Flesch, John A

94

Aug. 16, '62

Corporal; discharged per order June 2, '65.

Foster Henry

?1

Aug 16 '62

Discharged per order June 30, '65.

Fox Robert

Feb 11 '64

Aug 24 '65

Foster, Charles

Feb 11 '64

Aug 24 '65

Oabo Frank

?1

Aug 21 '62

Deserted from St. Cloud Sept. 7, '62.

Gasser, Nickolas

88

Aug. 19, '62

Discharged for disability Oct. 7, '64.

Gerard, Peter

94

Feb. 11 '64

Aug 24 '65

Gilbert, Martin P

22

Sept. 12, '62

Died July 11, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Grant, Noah

44

Sept. 13, '62

Captured at Brlce's Cross-roads, and for several months pris»

Grine, Henry •••

25

Aug. 18 '62

Aug. 24 '65

oner at Andersonville; dis. per order Aug. 2, '65.

Grady Edward

Aug 28 '64

Aug 24 '65

Hanks, John H
Hanson, Nicholas

22
27

Feb.' 11,' '64
Aug. 18 '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Harris Alfred

21

Aug 18 '62

Herzog, Anton

36

Aug. 19, '62

Higby Martin F

28

Aug 21 '62

Andersonville Prison.

Hubbard, Andrew J

33

Aug. 21, '62

1st Sergeant* promoted Captain 01 the 65th United States Col

Huther, Henry

18

Aug. 21, '62

Aug. 24, '65

ored Infantry Jan. 27/64; died July 17/64, at Morganzia, La.

«Jacobs, Ludwig

33

Aug. 21, '62

Aug. 24 '65

Jewell Ira B

28

Aug 21 '62

Died Sept 22 '64 at Little Rock Ark

Jourdain, Eustach

31

Aug. 21, '62

Aug. 24 '65

Kelly Peter

40

Aug 21 '62

Kolzer, Adam

33

Aug. 21, '62

months a pris. of war at Ander'ville; dis. in hosp. Aug. 18,'65.

Kost, John

22

Aug 21 '62

Aug 24 '65

Le Febvre, Fabian
Lanzer, Martin

27
25

Aug. 21, '62
Aug 21 '62

Aug. 24, '65

Lemm Jacob

24

Aug 21 '62

May 22 '65

Larch, Nickolas

37

Aug. 14, '62

Died Sept 4 '64 at Andersonville a prisoner of war

Mason, Charles

Mch.21,'64

Aug. 24, '65

McDonald, John

18

Aug. 19, '62

Deserted Sept. 7 '62 from St Cloud Minn.

McCarty, Timothy
McDole, Wm

18
27

Aug. 16, '62
Sept. 12, '62

Aug. 24, '65
May 31 '65

Per order.

McDonald, James C
Miller, Frederick

22
26

Sept. 12, '62
Aug. 20, '62

Aug. 24, '65

Sergeant; discharged in hospital Aug. 11, '65.

Monthy, John .. . .

37

Aug. 20, '62

Died Sept. 18, '64, a prisoner of war at Andersonvillet

Mullenbach John

44

Aug 20 '62

Deserted Oct. 24 '63.

Neihaus, John B

26

Aug. 20, '62

Died May 5, '65, in Alabama.

Niehof Joseph

30

Aug. 22, '62

Sergeant; discharged in hospital May 18 '65 at Keokuk la

Parker, John

99

Aug. 22, '62

Died at Little Rock, Ark.

Prentiss Samuel N

35

Aug. 22, '62

Died Jan. 3, '65, at Nashville, from wounds received at battle

Reed, George W

23

Aug 22 '62

of Nashville.
Died Oct 20 '64 at St Louis Mo

Remeley, Frank X

30

Aug. 22, '62

Wagoner; discharged per order May 16, '65.

Reese Edward

23

Feb 1 1 '64

Roy, Frank

17

Mch 21* '64

Aug 24 '65

Schieffer, Henri

37

Aug. 18 '62

Died in '64 a prisoner of war at Andersonville.

Schreifiels, Nickolas

26

Aug 16 '62

Discharged per order June 1 '65

Seifert, Christian

3?,

Sept. 1, '62

Died Aug. 20, '64, a prisoner of war at Andersonville.

Shotwell, Jamea A

?6

Sept. 14, '62

Transferred per order June 30, '64, to 62d U. S. Col. Infantry;

Small, John

*>1

Feb. 11 '64

promoted to 2d Lieutenant Dec. 1 , '65; Bvt. Capt. Mch. 1/66.
Died Sept. 28, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Sparber, Theodore
Spaulding, David F

18
25

Feb. 9, '65
Aug 16 '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug 24 '65

Strong, John

21

Aug. 22 '62

Killed, accidentally, Sept. 10 '62, at Sauk Centre, Minn.

Stagemann, John

28

Aug 20 '62

Died Feb 21 '65 at Memphis

Sutton, Almon
Swan, Thomas
Tanner John

42
19
25

Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug 18 '62

Aug'. 24/65
Aug 24 '65

Corporal.

Tebeau, Frank

26

Feb. 11, '64

Aug' 24* '65

Thien, Stephen

31

Aug. 19, '62

Died Sept. 28, '64, at Memphis.

Thompson, John

27

Aug 16 '62

May 16 '65

Per order

Vesseur, Andrew
Walke, Harmon

30
96

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 20, '62

Aug. 24, '65

Died May 19, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Wallace, Wm

32

Aug 21 '69

Killed Dec 16 '64 at battle of Nashville

Webber, Frank

*>1

Aug. 16 '62

Aug 22 '65

Sergeant; prisoner at Andersonville.

Westerman, Henry
Winter, Michael i

35
22

Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 19, '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

450

THE NINTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

William K.Baxter....

Beiij. P. Shuler

First Lieutenant —

Joseph Weinman

Second Lieutenants —

Ole Paulson

John W. Foreman....

EXLISTED MEN.

Allen, John E

Anderson, Austin

Anderson, Lewis

Anderson, Andrew G..

Armitage, Thomas

Arndt, August

Arndt, John

Arndt, Gotleib

Arndt, Christopher

Aslakson, Burn

Bangson, Lewis

Barber, Orson E

Bengtson, Andrew

Bengtson, Magnus

Beltz, Henry

Berfield, Montgomery..

Berry, Joseph

Blake, John

Brader, John ,

Braf, Andrew

Bryant, Orlando F

Carlson, Gtistaf.

Carlson, Peter

Carlson, John A

Dennin.Carl

Denin, John

Dingman, Peter

Dunn, Jacob

Eddy, Erastus A

Elliott, W. F

Erickson, Andrew S

Erickson, Johannes

Etzell, Henry

Freischle, Xavier

Framberg, Swan

Gobelhei, Henry

Gay, George C

Goodnoo, John R

Goetz, John

Groetsch, George

Groves, Thos. G

Green, Clark L

Guttridge, Benj

Gunderson, John

Hanson, John

Hammerberg, Godfrey.,

Hamen, Andrew

Hanson, Hans

Hebeisen, John

Hult, Peter

Ives.G.K

Johnson, John A

Johnson, Taylor

Johnson, John L

Johnson, Alfred

Johnson, Nills

Johnson, Andrew

Johnson, Jonas

Johnson, Hans

Kinney, Patrick

Kirsch, Jacob....

Klos, Ludwig...

Kahle, Henry

Larson, Errick

Larson, Andrew

Larson, John

Leach, Alonzo D

Linquist, Frederick

Livingston, Jasper

Lindert, Henry

Mattson, Andrew ,

Mayers, Theodore ,

Miller, A. H....

Oleson, Nels

Olson, Ole

Parks, David

is

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MUSTERED | MUSTERED
Ix. OUT.

Sept. 1, '62
Dec. 3, '64

Aug. 26, '62

Sept. 1,'62
Dec. 3, '64

Aug. 22, '62
Sept. 8, '64
Sept, 8 '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62,
Aug. 22 '62 1
Aug. 22, '6-'
Aug. 22, '6.
July 18, '63
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, -~-
Aug.22, ._
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22 '6 '
Aug. 22, '6.
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
July 9, '63
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Sept, 8, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Feb. 17, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Mch. 2, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 2, '65

REMARKS.

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Sept. 8, '64
Mch. 2, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
July 9, '63
Aug. 22. '62

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62

Mch. 2 '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62

Aug. 22, '62

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65]

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug.' 24,' '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug.' 24,' '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, »6£
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
May 26, '65

Enlisted Aug. 22, '62; killed June 10, '64, at Brice's Cross-roads.

Discharged per order Oct. 11, '64.

Discharged per order May 20, '64.

Corporal Oct. 27, '62; taken prisoner; supposed to have been
killed; never heard from.

Corp.; trans, to Non-Com. Staff Feb. 21, '65; 2d Lieut. Jan. 19, '65.

Died Oct. 14, '64, at Milan Prison.

Per order; captured June 10, '64, at Guntown.

Captured June 10, '64, at Guntown.

Died April 21, '65, at Grant Hospital, N. Y.

Discharged for disability May 26, '63.

Discharged per order July 14, '65; captured at Guntown.

Died Feb. 9, '65, at Cairo, 111.

Discharged per order July 10, '65.
Died Sept. 22, '64, at Andersonville Prison.
Corporal; discharged for disability May 23, '64.
Promoted Corporal; discharged per order May 15, '65.

Promoted Corporal.
Shot in his canteen.

Discharged per order May 27, '65.
Discharged for disability April 28, '64.

Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant; died Oct. 14, '64, in Milan Prison.

Discharged for disability April 11, '63.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant (orderly).
Sergeant; transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff Jan. 1, '63.

Died July 30/65, at Marion, Ala.

Captured June 10, '64; rejoined company Aug. 14, '65.

Died Sept. 27, '64, in Andersonville Prison.

Discharged for disability April 11, '63.

Died Jan. 12, '65, of wounds received at Nashville.

Sergeant; died Oct. 19, '64, at Milan Prison.
Died Nov. 25, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Discharged for disability Aug. 26, '63.

Captured June 10, '64; shot through head at Guntown, Miss.

Died Nov. 6, '64, at Memphis, Tenu.

Died Oct. 16, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Company H and Regimental Bugler.

Promoted Corporal.

Captured June 10, '64; rejoined Company Aug. 5, '65.

Corporal.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Died Sept. 4, '64, at Andersonville Prison.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Wnd. at Ripley, Miss.; died Sept. 18,'64, in Andersonville Prison.

Captured near Eastport, Tenn., about Jan. 6,'65; escaped.

Discharged for disability March 14, '64.

Discharged per order July 7, '65.

Died Oct. 8, '64, prisoner of war at Savannah.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Discharged for disability May 13, '64.

Died Oct. 8, '64, at Savannah, Ga.

Sergeant; captured June 10, '64, at Guntown, Miss.; died May 28,

'65, at Waconia, Minn.
Captured June 10,'64; in Andersonville Prison, very sick, when.

last heard from.
Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Per order.
Discharged for disability April 11, '64.

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

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REMARKS.

Paderson Pader

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
July 9, '63
July 9, '63
July 9, '63
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug.22 ,'62
Aug.22, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug.22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Mch. 2, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Mch. 2, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62

Aug. 24, '65

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged for promotion in U. S. Colored Infantry.
Discharged for disability May 13, '65.
Died Aug. 20, '64, in Andersonville.
Died Aug. 13, '64, in Andersonville.
Died Sept. 15, '64, in Andersonville.
Promoted Corporal.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Musician; capt'd June 10,'64; last heard from at Florence, S. C.

Died Oct. 27, '64, in Milan Prison.
Died June 27, '65, at Marion, Ala.
Wagoner; killed at Guntown; never heard from.
Died at Andersonville Prison.
Captured June 10, '64; rejoined Company May 8, '65.

Corporal; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Feb. 21, '65.
Per order.

1st Sergeant; pro. 2d Lieut.; captured before being mustered in.
Died July 8, '64, at Rolla, Mo.

Died July 24, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Discharged for disability May 27, '64.

Died Sept. 9, '64, in Andersonville Prison.
Musician; captured June 10, '64.
Died Aug. 16, '64, in Andersonville Prison.

Paulson, John
Peterson Augustus

45

18
18

Pettijoh'n Silas W

Plocker Gottleib

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

"Aug."24,"'65

Kaitz George H

20
24

Reese, Wm. Stanley
Rovle Charles

Roth, John
Schoener, Martin
Stack John

"26"

Souter, Charles
Souter, Frederick

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
June 19, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Stor Johanes J

Sundin, John
Swanson, Andrew M

Swenson, Hans

18

"34"
30
28

Thurstenson, Berger
Tiffany, Allen W

Trumbull, Israel

"Waller Alvin H

Sept. 8, '65
"Aug."24,"'65

Wahl, Melchior
Wallace Andrew

Weckerle, Wm

Wilson, James

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Mch. 2, '64

Aug. 24, '65
"Aug."24,"'65

Winter, George
Wilson, Ole

"is"

39

Wood, Joseph B

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

W
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Horace B. Strait
Thos. Van Ettan
First Lieutenants —

27
24

29

26

24
22
18
18
26
18
44
21
37
22
33
26
21
41
27
27
30
18
34
18
20
38
43
18
36
32
20
19
18
31
30
43
18
27
25
24

Aug. 20, '62
Jan. 16, '65

Aug. 25, '62
Jan. 16, '65

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug 16 '62

Promoted Major Oct. 1, '64.
2d Lieutenant Aug. 20, '62; 1st Lieutenant Sept. 26, '64; dis
charged per order May 12, '65.
Discharged for disability Dec. 27, '64.
Enlisted Aug. 15, '62; promoted Commissary Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Corporal; discharged Feb. 21, '65, for promotion.
Corporal; discharged for disability Feb. 26, '65.
Wagoner.
Discharged for disability Sept. 18, '62.
Died Nov. 5, '62, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability Nov 16, '62.

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.
Discharged per order June 12, '65.
Discharged for disability Sept. 8, '64.
Discharged per order June 10, '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability March 28, '63.
Discharged for disability Jan. 15, '64.

Died July 27, '64, at Andersonville Prison.

Died Aug. 29, '64, at Andersonville Prison.
Discharged for disability April 18, '64.
Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.
Died at Nashville Jan. 4, '65.
Deserted Feb. 10, '64, while on furlough.
Transferred to Navv May 13, '64.
Corporal; discharged for disability Feb. 20, '64.

Discharged for disability Feb. 7, '63

Moses Greenleaf.

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbett, James H
Allen Harrison

Apgar Milo B

Barclay George

Aug. 24, '65

Battin Eliska.

Battin', Win

Beis, Henrick

Brine Peter

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Browii, Peter

Brown, Joseph

Aug. 15, '62
Mch. 2, '64
Feb. 1, '64
Feb., 23, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 1,'64
Mch. 21, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62

Brown, Charles

Boardman, George A
Burrell, Henry J

Campbell, Sereno D
Chisholm, Robert

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Clark, Chas. H
Cooper, Josiah
Cogswell, Adoniram S
Cole Wm D

Cords, Frederick

Aug. 24, '65

Conklin, Sylvester

Crofoot Warren

Aug. 24, '65

Cummings, George
Davis, Homer S

Demers Joseph

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Dean, Wm. J

Demers, Stephen

Dillon? Loyd
Du Bois, Joseph S
Ferrier, James

Ferrier.Thomas

Aug. 24, '65

Finch, John

Field, Frederick F

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Fredericks, Frederick

452

THE NINTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

Gelhage, Charles.
Gelhage, Francis..
Gifford, Foster

Gross, Elijah.

Guller, John

Hatch, Wni.F

Hercher, Oliver

Henry, Win. T

Isenbour, Jarnes ,

Jay, Stephen H

Jost, Matthias

Jung, Ludwig

Kennedy, Pat. W

Kearney, Geo. W

Kerlinger, John M

Kennedy, Thomas

Kinghorn, Wm. A

Kinghorn,Geo

Kline, Nathaniel

Lawrence, Van Buren...

Lanan, Nicholas

Logan, Bernard

Lus, Peter

Luff, James

Lyons, Geo. F

Martin, Josiah

Mayfield, Lorin M

May, Fred T

McDonald, Cornelius F.,

Merrill, Frederick

Milam, John

Milan, John

Moulton, Major A

O'Conner, John

O'Laughlin, Dennis

Peirce, Israel B

Porter, George

Prammger, Jacob

Record, Benjamin M

Reiner, Felix

Record, John C

Ronan, Mathew

Rutledge, Jehu

Ryan, Thomas

Ryan, John

Savage, John B

Schulz, Lewis ,

Sherrer, Mattice

Skinner, James H

Smiley, Roberts

Stumpfieldt, Edward

Stubbs, Oscar A

Button, Geo. W

Swanwick, Wm. T

Sycks, David C

Sycks, Geo. W

Sycks, Lewis F

Syckes, John

"Weiser, Wm. F

Weiser, Joel S

Whips, Geo. W

Whips, Samuel

Whips, Solomon S

Wilder, John A

Zarn, Henry

MUSTERED
IN.

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Dec. 22, '63
Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
July 27, '63
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Apl. 13, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Jan. 4 '64
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Nov. 21, '64
Mch. 8, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 29, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

June 16, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug.' 247' 65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug.'24,"65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
June 16, '65

Aug 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65
"Aug.'2V65

REMARKS.

Died Feb. 26, '63, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.

Promoted Corporal.

Died Sept. 12, '64, at Andersonville Prison.

Per order.

Died Feb. 13, '65, of wounds received at Nashville.

Died Aug. 1, '64, in Andersonville Prison.

Promoted Corporal.

Died Aug. 18, '64, at Andersonville Prison.

Discharged for disability Jan. 20, '65.

Died April 19, '65, at Vicksburg.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Killed Dec. 15, '64, at Nashville.

Died Sept. 6, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability May 27, '64.

Corporal: discharged for disability Sept. 23, '64.

Captured at Brice's Cross- roads June 10, '64.

Discharged for disability Jan. 21, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged in hospital July 27, '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; dis. for disability April 1, '65.

Discharged for disability March 28, '63.

Promoted Corporal; discharged per order July 15, '65.

Left in hosp. Jefferson City November, '64; died on way home.

Died Dec. 29, '65, of wounds received at Nashville.
Corporal; died May 5, '65, at Montgomery, Ala.
Sergeant; discharged for disability May 25, '64.
Discharged for disability July 14, '64.
Sergeant; discharged for disability Dec. 1, '63.
Discharged for disability April 18, '64.
Discharged for disability Jan. 16, '63.

Per order.

Discharged for disability April 11, '65.

Captured June 10, '64.

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged per order Aug. 1, '65.
Discharged for disability May 12, '63.
Discharged for disability June 27, '65.
Discharged for disability June 27, '65.

Sergeant; discharged for disability May 12, '63.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant and Quartermaster.

Discharged for disability Feb. 3, '65.

1st Sergeant.

Discharged for disability June 27, '65.

Discharged for disability Aug. 30, '63.
Discharged for disability March 31, '64.
Discharged for disability June 16, '64.
Killed June 10, '64, at Brice's Cross-coads.

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

453

NAMES.

(1

o
•3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS

OFFICERS.
Captain —
D. W. Wellman
First Lieutenant —
Jules Capon

35
32
30

37
27
24
35
34
19
46
30
43

Sept. 11, '62
Sept. 11, '62
Sept. 11, '62

Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Mch.21,'62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62

Aug. 5, '65
Aug. 24, '65
May 30, '65

Per order.

Per order; captured June 10, '64.

Wnd. Dec. 15, '64, Nashville; died Jan. 3, '65, Nashville, Tenn.
Corporal; discharged for disability March 26, '65.
Promoted Wagoner.
Absent from regiment; captured June 10, '6*4.
Discharged for disability May 27, '64.
Captured June 10, '64; died July 4, '64, at Guntown, Miss.
Corporal; transferred to Invalid Corps June 20, '65.
Corporal; pro. Sergeant; died May 1, '65, at Montgomery, Ala.
Deserted Aug. 1, '63, at Watonwan. Minn.
Discharged for disability May 27, '64.
Captured June 10; died Sept. 9, '64, in Andersonville Prison.
Captured June 10; died Oct. 31, '64, at Savannah, Ga.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; captured June 10, '64; died July
17, '65, at Saratoga, Minn.

Discharged for disability July 9, '63.*

Musician; discharged in hospital in '65.
Discharged for disability May 27, '64.
Sergeant; transferred to Invalid Corps June 20, '63.
Captured June 10, '64; died Oct. 17, '64, at Savannah, Ga.
Deserted May 27, '64, at St. Louis.
Discharged Aug. 4, '65, at St. Paul.
Promoted Corporal.
Captured June 10, '64; died Sept. 8, '64, at Andersonville Prison.
Promoted Corporal; discharged per order May 15, '65.

Transferred to Invalid Corps June 20, '65.
Discharged for disability April 10, '64.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Wnd. and cap. June 10, '64; died May 12, '65, at St. Louis, Mo.
Captured June 10, '64; died Oct. 30, '64, at Savannah, Ga.

Captured June 10, '64.
Corporal; died Nov. 21, '64, at Benton Barracks.

1st Sergeant; com. 1st Lieut. June 25, '65; Captain Aug. 10, '65.

Captured June 10, '64; died Sept, 18,'64, at Andersonville Prison.
Dis.; absent from regiment; wounded at Nashville Dec. 15, '64.

Absent; captured June 10, '64.
Captured June 10, and died Aug. 18, '64, at Andersonville Pris.
Per order.
Musician; died June 25, '63, at St. Peter, Minn.

Absent; captured June 10, '64.

Discharged for disability Aug. 24, '64
Died Dec. 12, '62, at South Beud, Minn.
Captured June 10, '64.
Captured June 10, '64; died at Savannah, Ga,

Discharged for disability March 14, '63.

Discharged for disability Feb. 20, '63.
Sergeant.

Serg.; captured at Guntown; died Oct. 31, '64, at Savannah, Ga.

Died June 10, '64, of gunshot at Guntown,.Miss.
Captured June 10, '64: died Oct. 31, '64, at Savannah, Ga,
Killed July 14, '64, at Tupelo, Miss.
Corporal.
Captured June 10, '64; died Aug. 27, '64, in Andersonville Pris.
Died March 29, '65, at Paducah, Ky.
Died July 29, '64, at Memphis of wnds. recvd. at Tupelo, Miss.
Per order.
Captured June 10, '64; died Aug. 5,'64,in Andersonville Prison.

Discharged per order May 15, '65.
Discharged.

Second Lieutenant —
Chas. Neidenhoffen

ENLISTED MEX.

Abbott George

Abbott Charles

Bauman, John
Barker Octavo

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 18, '65

Baker, Joseph
Baden Jacob ..

Brown Sayles

Brunell, Edward

34
31

Aug. 22, '62

Burzell Alois

31

Buck, Hiram A
Chamberlain, Moses

Chesrown, Ezra
Cheevers, Johu

24
33

21
44
37
35
18
16
31
44
19
27
21
21
43
21
18
28
28
29
23
30
23
44
22
32
25
30
23
31
39
23
24
18
19
26
23
18

Aug. 22, '62
Sept. 11, '62

Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 28, '64
Sept. 11, '62
Feb. 8, '64
Sept. 11, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 2.', '62
Aug. 22, '62
Sept. 11, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Sept. 11 ,'62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug 21 '69

Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 24, '65

Chamberlain Joel D

Coniff George B

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Conture Joseph

Curtis, Woodleigh O
Day Edwin

Deirks, Dittef
Deitrich, Charles

Demars Pierre

Donald, Samuel
Downing, Albert T

Aug. 24, '65

Durham, Robert H
Ehmke, Henry

Fenstemacher, T

Aug. 24, '65

Felix Paul

"Aug."24,';65

Fletcher, Francis
Frahm George

Frederick, John G

:AugV24,';65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
June 26, '65

Germ Jacob

Gilbert John

Gordon Win

Gray George

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Guxthner, John L

Hayes, George
Hackett Samuel

Sept. 11, '62
Sept. 4, '65
Feb. 10, '64
Aug. 22, '62

Harvey,' Joseph E
Heilmann, Frederick
Higby Charles H

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 8, '63
Feb. 10, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Sept. 11 '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 18, '65

Hilton Allen

Hill, Chauncey J

Hoag Seth

July 19, '65

luinan, Jacob

Jansen, Henry :
Jenkins, George O
Kircher, Karl

29
21
38
27
29
39
31
26
36
36
30
27
43
31
27

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 8, '64
Aug 21 '62

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 18, '68
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Koelmel, Frank
Koiler, Christopher
Kunz, John

Iiacey Origen B

Oct. 8, '63
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 17 ,'62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Sept. 11, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Sept. 11, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Sept. 11 '62
Aug. 22, '62

Aug. 24, '65

Lawton Michael W

La Chapelle, Fred
Larivier Michell

Aug. 24, '65

Lehnert, Gerhart

Aug. 24, '65

L/essing Herman

Lohr Frank

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Aug. 2*4, '64
Aug. 24, '65

'Aug.'2V65

Luthey, Hans

McAlden, Hugh

Mickel, Samuel
Morton, Thomas S.

Momper, Dominick
Morrison, John
Morto, Alexander
Murray, Patrick

"24"

Newton, Charles

Nemirs, Peter
Olinger, Bertholomaus
Pike, Enoch

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 20, '62

May 257'65
Aug.' 24',' '65

Pratchett, Charles
Kaymond, Lyman
Reis, George

Rochester, Daniel

454

THE NINTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

NAMES.

£
q

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Rodier Pierre

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Jan. 20, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Jan. 25, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 18, '69

Aug. 24, '65
Aug'.'24,';65

Captured June 10, '64.
Discharged for disability April 9, '64.

Discharged per order May 31, '65.
Cap. June 10, '64; died Sept. 12, '64, at Andersonville Prison.

Died Nov. 7, '63, in Missouri.
Absent.
Captured June 10, '64; died Oct. 1, '64, at Salisbury, N. C.

Discharged per order May 22, '65.

Captured June 10, '64; died Sept. 12, '64, at Andersonville.
Captured June 10, '64; died Sept. 12, '64, at Audersouville.
Captured June 10, '64; discharged per order June 20, '65.
Wagoner; discharged for disability July 2, '63.

Captured June 10, '64.

Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal.

Rodes, Joseph R
Sackett, James H

"2!"
"41"

Schatt, Gustave

Slidell Charles

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 18, '65
"Aug. 24,' '65

Sprung, Carl
Spitzinesser, Alois
Spencer, Anson .

"so"

Stark, Wilhelin

Stout, Johnson A .

27

Tanner, Benjamin F

Aug. 24, '65

Taylor, Levi C

22

Thielen, Jacob

Tower Myron A .. .

43
45
25
18

28"

Feb. 27, '64
Sept. 11 '62
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Sept. 11, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22. '62
Sept. 11, '62

Trudel, Francis

Tuttle, Charles P
Walker Wru E

Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65
Aug. 24, '65

Wachter, George D
Wheelock Geo L

Wheelock, Alonzo F

Wiltse, Abram. . .

Wood Jerry G

25

NARRATIVE OF THE TENTH REGIMENT.

BY GEN. J. H. BAKER.

For the purpose of raising the quota of troops to be furnished by the State of
Minnesota, under the calls of the president of the United States, made July 2d, for
500,000, and Aug. 4, 1862, for 300,000, six additional regiments of infantry were
called for, from the Sixth to the Eleventh inclusive, five regiments being already
in the field. By order of the adjutant general of the state (General Order, No. 25,
Aug. 12, 1862), Fort Snelling was designated as the general rendezvous of the new
regiments. In the midst of the organization of companies for these new regi
ments the Sioux Indian War unexpectedly broke out (August 18th) on the west
ern frontier of the state, and threw regular organization into confusion. Some
companies, and even squads of men, unassigned and not yet mustered, were or
dered to the frontier, thus greatly retarding regimental organization, as was the
case with Company I of the Tenth. However, the adjutant general, Oct. 18,
1862, issued an order (General Order, No. 65) assigning and transferring ten
several volunteer companies "to compose and constitute the Tenth Regiment,
Minnesota Volunteers, and the said captains will take their rank in the order in
which they are named, and the said companies be designated as therein indi
cated, to- wit: Company A, Captain Eufus C. Ambler; Company B, Captain
Alonzo J. Edgerton; Company C, Captain Chas. W. Hackett; Company D, Cap
tain W. W. Phelps; Company E, Captain James A. Robson; Company F, Cap
tain George F. White; Company G, Captain Edwin C. Sanders; Company H,
Captain M. H. Sullivan; Company I, First Lieut. James H. Gorman; Company
K, Captain M. J. O'Connor." Subsequently, Dec. 1, 1862, this order was modi
fied, substituting John W. Heath as captain of Company E, vice James A. Rob-
son, deceased, he having been killed near Belle Plaine by the accidental
discharge of a pistol which Lieut. McCarty of Company H was in the act of hand
ing to Captain Robson at the latter' s request. The same order (General Order,
No. 73) also announced the field and staff officers of the regiment as follows:
James H. Baker, colonel, of Blue Earth county; S. P. Jennison, lieutenant colonel,
of Goodhue county; Michael Cook, major, of Rice county; J. C. Braden, adjutant,
of Houston county; George W. Green, quartermaster, of Steele county; S. B.
Sheardown, surgeon, of Winona county; W. W. Clark, first assistant, of Blue
Earth county; Alfred M. Burnham, second assistant, of Freeborn county. The
recruits, for the greater part, were enlisted from the counties of Freeborn, Dodge,
Dakota, Waseca, Steele, Sibley, Le Sueur, Olrnsted, Wabasha, Goodhue, Ram
sey and Hennepin, and were chiefly drawn from those engaged in agricultural
pursuits. The Rev. Ezra R. Lathrop, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, was appointed chaplain by the governor March 18, 1863. The rule of
promotion was early established, being strictly that of seniority, which was pro
motions among officers by date of muster into service, and among sergeants by
date of warrant.

The first order received for military service was one directed to Col. Baker
to prepare his regiment to go to New York, and thence, by steamer, to join Gen.
Banks at Turk's Island, near the mouth of the Mississippi, to take part in some
contemplated expedition along the Gulf. The Sioux outbreak was followed by
the immediate countermanding of this order, and the regiment was directed to
report to Gen. H. H. Sibley, commanding against the hostile Sioux. Among
the first portion of the Tenth Regiment to engage in the Indian War was a
squad of Company I, about eighteen men, under Lieut. M. R. Merrill of Hen-

456 THE TENTH REGIMENT.

derson, which voluntarily proceeded to New Ulm to join the company of Capt.
Cox August 26th, and reported to Col. Chas. E. Flandrau, commanding in the
defense of that place, where they rendered good service. Another squad of the
same company, about forty-five men, under Lieut. James H. Gorman, bore a gal
lant part in the defense of Fort Eidgley and in the battle of Wood Lake. These
men, at the time of the Indian outbreak, were on their way to Fort Snelling to en
list in the service of the United States, but patriotically returned with Agent
Galbraith to the defense of the imperiled frontier. They served as a body-guard
to Gen. Sibley in the campaign of 1862, and were highly complimented by that
officer for gallant conduct. They lost one killed and several wounded in the
stirring events of the fall of 1862.

A part of Company G of Le Sueur, known as "The Le Sueur Tigers," was
also at the defense of New Ulm, August 24th and 25th, under Capt. Sanders.
Capt. Sanders himself was wounded in that battle, and four of his men were
killed. Company C, Capt. Hackett, was also in the Indian campaign of 1862,
prior to regimental organization. By order of Gen. Pope, Company C was
mounted, armed with carbines, and ordered to join Gen. Sibley in the field.
The company proceeded to the Yellow Medicine Agency, and was employed in
guarding the Indian prisoners afterward court martialed. Subsequently Capt.
Hackett had charge of all the captured Indians and their families, taking them
to the lower agency. Here Company C was joined by Company F, Capt. White,
which had also been mounted, and the two companies were engaged in scouting
and burying the dead. After performing many important duties connected
with the captured Indians, Capt. Hackett was ordered to Fort Eidgley, and Capt.
White to the Winnebago Agency, for the winter.

Lieut. Michael Hoy, with a detachment of Company K, also bore a part in the
events of 1862. So, also, did Company B, doing duty at the Winnebago Eeser-
vation, over-awing that tribe. The Indian campaign for that fall was closed
before the complete organization of the regiment. When its organization, how
ever, was completed, in the winter of 1862-63, it was ordered to do guard duty
along the frontier. Headquarters for the field and staff were established at Le
Sueur, with Company G and part of Company I in garrison. The location of
the other companies was as follows: Company A, Captain Ambler, Garden City;
Company B, Captain Edgerton, Winnebago Agency; Company C, Captain Hack
ett, Fort Eidgley; Company D, Captain Phelps, Henderson; Company E, Captain
Heath, Henderson; Company F, Captain White, Winnebago Agency; Company
H, Captain Sullivan, Swan Lake and Yernon Centre; Company K, Captain
O'Connor, Norwegian Lake. Company I was still not mustered, by reason of the
confusion incident to the Indian campaign during the fall. A part, if not all,
of the Eenville Eangers held themselves to be state militia, and only enlisted
for three months. This difficulty pursued that company till after the arrival
of the regiment in St. Louis, when the company organization was completed
by the promotion of Private M. J. Severance to be captain, April 4, 1864.

The winter of 1862-63 was spent in doing guard duty along the frontier and
building stockades — notably those erected by Company H at Vernon Centre and
Company I at New Auburn. A school of instruction was formed at Le Sueur by
detail of one commissioned officer and two enlisted men from each company.
The detail was changed every thirty days, the first returning to their companies
to teach the school of the soldier, while the second was taught and drilled, in
the school of the company, a third following them for drill in the school of the
battalion. This instruction was in charge of Lieut. Col. Jennison, whose study
and experience in the Second Minnesota had qualified him for that service.
Thus officers and men were gradually and uniformly learning the duties of a sol
dier's life. The winter passed without a single event to stir the dullness of post
life till February, when Col. Baker received orders from Gen. Sibley to take
a portion of the regiment and proceed to Mankato .to participate in the great
Indian execution which was ordered for the 26th of February, 1863. The sev
eral companies were drawn in and marched by way of Kasota on the 24th, and
on the 25th of the month reported to Col. Miller, commanding at Mankato, and

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in charge of the execution. The force of the Tenth numbered four hundred and
forty-two men, being a greater number than was present from any other com
mand. In the arrangement for the execution, Col. Baker, in command of the
Tenth, took position in two lines on the north and east sides of the scaffold, a
part of the Seventh completing the square. Lieut. Col. Jennison, in command of
one company of the Seventh and one of the Tenth, was assigned position in the
yard of the prison pending the execution. Capt. White of Company F, having
his company temporarily mounted, acted as patrol guard. Surgeons Sheardown
and Clark of the Tenth examined the bodies to see that life was extinct. Com
panies A, B, F, G, H and K took part in this extraordinary event, while all the
field and staff of the regiment were present.

The campaign against the Sioux Indians for the summer of 1863 was under
the general direction of Maj. Gen. John Pope, with headquarters at Milwaukee,
while the immediate command of the expeditionary forces in the field was in
trusted to Gen. H. H. Sibley, in whose command the Tenth Regiment yet remained.
In June, 1863, orders were received to join the expeditionary forces at the general
rendezvous at Camp Pope, at the mouth of the Bed Wood Eiver, about twenty five
miles west of Fort Eidgley . The regiment was presently to participate in a regular
campaign. Early in June the several companies were withdrawn from their posts
and marched to Camp Pope, where the main body of the regiment arrived June 9th,
with the exception of Company I, which had been dispatched up the Missouri Eiver
with the Winnebago Indians. The company then returned and was stationed at
Mananah, Meeker county, and did scout duty on the frontier. The camp had already
been established, April 19th, by a detachment of the Sixth Minnesota, which had
brought large supplies up the Minnesota Eiver by the steamer Favorite. The
expedition left Camp Pope for the field June 16th. July 4th we arrived at the
first crossing of the" Sheyenne Eiver, near where Valley City now is, and there
awaited the arrival of Lieut. Col. Averill, who, with a cavalry detachment, brought
a train of supplies from Fort Abercrombie. Between the crossings of the Shey
enne we saw the first herd of buffalo. The march was exceedingly monotonous,
the heat intense, and many sun-strokes occurred in the regiment; grass was scarce
and the water in most of the lakes so alkaline as not to be used for drink, or, if
so used, was very generally followed with dysenteric results more or less aggra
vated. We dug many wells by the lakes and sloughs. Every camp was fortified
by sod thrown up with shovels. We breakfasted at 3 A. M. , and were on the march
by sunrise. No event broke the dull uniformity of the days until July 24th, at
about 4 p. M., when we struck a large body of Indians at what was called Big Mound,
near where Crystal Springs, N. D., now stands. The three infantry regi
ments alternating in the order of march, brought the Tenth to the front every
third day. At Big Mound the Tenth was in the rear. By special detail, Company
B, Capt. Edgerton, and later, Companies A, F, C and K, with Lieut. Col. Jennison,
participated in that engagement, the remainder of the regiment fortifying and
holding the camp upon the lake, which had been placed in command of Col. Baker.
The misdelivery of an important order prevented the pursuit by the whole col
umn, the advance all returning to camp so worn and exhausted as to prevent a
movement at once, and occasioning the loss of two days. In the action on Sun
day, the 26th, at Dead Buffalo Lake, the Tenth Eegiment, by its position, did not
participate. On Tuesday, July 2Sth, however, the Tenth being in advance, oc
curred by far the most important engagement of the expedition. The Indians
returned, with every man fit for battle, to resist our further advance. Their
purpose was, in one decisive engagement, to settle the contest. The Tenth Eegi
ment being in the front, and by being out and in line some half an hour earlier
than ordered, promptly met and repelled the united attack of the largest body of
Indians which ever confronted an American army. Nathaniel West, in his ' l Life
and Times of H. H. Sibley," gives a full account of this memorable action. He
says (page 312): "The brunt of the conflict was borne by the Tenth Eegiment,
Col. Baker in front, where the Indian assault was most gallantly met and broken."
The number of Indians was estimated at the time, by Joseph E. Brown, chief of
scouts, at from 4,000 to 5,000 warriors. The Indians advanced in the dawn

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of the early morning, in semicircular line, and formed a warlike picture as they
confronted the line of battle promptly formed by the Tenth. When, at last, we
advanced in battle line, they precipitately broke and fled. It was upon that ad
vance (on the 28th) that the young Teton so miraculously evaded a shower of
bullets, and was captured and brought into camp without a mark upon his per
son. Two days more brought the expedition to the Missouri Eiver. In an expe
dition into the wilderness and to the Missouri Eiver, under Col. Crooks, to
dislodge the Indians and destroy their property, Companies B, F and K of the
Tenth, under Lieut. Col. Jennison, participated. It is thought best, as a matter
of record, to insert here the official report of Col. Baker, as to the part borne by
the Tenth in this celebrated Indian campaign:

REPORT OF COLONEL JAMES H. BAKER.

" HEADQUARTERS TENTH EEGIMENT, MINNESOTA INFANTRY,

"Camp Williston, Aug. 5, 1863.
" Captain E. C. OLIN,

"Assistant Adjutant General:

"I have the honor herewith to submit a report of such part as was borne by
my regiment, or any portion of it, in the several actions from July 24th, at Big
Mound, to the Missouri Eiver.

"About half-past three o'clock on Friday, the 24th of July, while on the
march doing escort duty in the centre, I received information from the general
commanding that a large force of Indians was immediately in our front, accom
panied by an order, communicated by Lieut. Beever, to prepare my regiment
for action, which order was immediately executed. Meantime the train was
being corralled on the side of the lake, after which I received orders to form my
regiment on the color line indicated for it, immediately in front of the corral
and fronting outward from the lake, and to throw up intrenchments along this
line, which was speedily done. The action of this day began on my right, more
immediately in front of the Seventh (which regiment, being in advance during
the day's march, was entitled to the forward position), by the artillery under
Captain Jones, when, at 4:30 P. M., I received an order through Captain Olin to
deploy a company to support this battery. I immediately deployed Company
B, Captain Edgerton, and that company, though fatigued already with an ordi
nary day's march, continued with the battery (marching for many miles on the
double-quick) during the entire pursuit of the enemy for fifteen miles, and
throughout the night till sunrise next morning, when they returned from pur
suit to the camp, having made during the day and night the almost unparal
leled march of quite fifty miles.

"At about five o'clock I received an order through Captain Pope to send Lieut.
Col. Jennison with four companies, to be deployed and to follow in the direction
of the retreating enemy, as a support for the cavalry and artillery. Lieut. Col.
Jennison moved forward with Companies A, F, C and K five miles, more than
half of it on the double-quick, and reported his command to the general com
manding. Lieut. Col. Jennison was directed to return with his force to camp,
and arrived a little after 9 o'clock p. M. At the same time that the first order
above alluded to was given, I was directed to assume command of the camp and
make the proper dispositions for its defense, which I did by completing all the
intrenchments, and organizing and posting such forces as were yet left in camp,
not anticipating the return of our forces that night. The action of the 26th of
July took place on the side of the camp opposite from my regiment, and conse
quently we did not participate in it. We were, however, constantly under arms,
ready at any moment for orders or an opportunity.

"On Tuesday, the 28th of July, my regiment being in the advance for the day's
march, we started out of Camp Ambler at three o'clock in the morning. The
general commanding, some of the scouts and a few of the headquarters' wagons
had preceded my regiment out of camp, and were ascending the long, sloping
hill which gradually rose from Stone Lake. I had just received, directly from

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the general commanding, orders for the disposition of my regiment during the
day's march, when the scouts came from over the hill on a full run, shouting
4 They are coming! They are coming !> when immediately a large body of
mounted Indians began to make their appearance over the brow of the hill, and di
rectly in the front of my advancing column. I instantly gave the necessary orders
for the deployment of the regiment to the right and left, which, with the assist
ance of Lieut. Col. Jennison, and the great alacrity of commandants of companies,
were executed with the utmost rapidity, though a portion of my line was thrown
into momentary confus-ion by the hasty passage through it of the returning scouts
and advance ambulance. At this moment an Indian on the brow of the hill
shouted, 'We are too late; they are ready for us!' Another one replied, 'But
remember our children and families; we must not let them get them.7 Imme
diately the Indians, all well mounted, filed off to the right and left along the hill
in my front with the utmost rapidity. My whole regiment, except one company,
was deployed, but the Indians covered my entire front, and soon far outflanked
me on both sides, appearing in numbers which seemed almost incredible, and
most seriously threatening the train to the right and to the left of jny widely
extended line. The position of the train was at this moment imminently criti
cal. It had begun to pass out of the corral, around both ends of the small lake,
to mass itself in the rear of my regiment in the usual order of march. The other
regiments were not yet in position, as the time to take their respective places in
the order of march had not yet arrived. Fortunately, however, Captain Jones
had early moved out of camp with one section of artillery, and was in the centre
of my left wing, and Lieut. Whipple, with another, near the centre of my right,
which was acting under Lieut. Col. Jennison.

"Simultaneously with the deployment of the regiment we began a steady
advance of the whole line up the hill upon the foe, trusting to the speedy
deployment of the other infantry regiments and the cavalry for the protection
of the train so threatened on either flank at the ends of the lake. My whole
line was advancing splendidly up the hill, directly upon the enemy, the artillery
doing fine work, and the musketry beginning to do execution, when I received a
peremptory order to halt the entire line, as a further advance would imperil the
train. So ardent were both officers and men for the advance that it was with
some considerable difficulty that I could effect a halt. Believing fully that the
great engagement of the expedition was now begun, and seeing in my front, and
reaching far beyond either flank, more than double the number of Indians that
had hitherto made their appearance, I took advantage of the halt to make every
preparation for a prolonged and determined action. Meantime, long range firing
continued throughout the entire line, and frequently the balls of the enemy would
reach to and even pass over my men, though it was evident that the range of the
Indian guns bore no comparison to ours. About this time I twice received the
order to cause the firing to cease, which order I found difficult to execute, owing
to the large extent of my line and the intense eagerness of the men.

"I then received orders that, as the train was closed up, I should form my
regiment in order of battle, deployed as skirmishers, holding two companies in
reserve, and that, thus advancing, our order of march would be resumed in the
face of the enemy. In a few minutes, the disposition being made, all was ready,
and in the order of battle indicated we passed the hill and found that the enemy
had fled. We saw them but once again for a moment on a distant hill, in great
numbers, when they entirely disappeared. My regiment marched in deployed
order of battle, in echelon, at the head of the column, for eighteen miles, expect
ing and ready at any moment to meet the enemy. The number of Indians so
suddenly charging upon us was estimated at not less than 1,500 to 2,000. They
were well mounted, and moved about with the utmost rapidity, and with their
characteristic hideous yells. The artillery, under Captain Jones and Lieut.
Whipple, did great execution, as I could well observe, and the fire of my men
did effective service, and enabled us to hold the enemy at bay till the train
was closed up and the regular positions for its defense made. At least three of
the enemy were seen to fall by the fire from my line, three bodies being thrown

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on ponies and rapidly carried away. The artillery must have killed and wounded
a considerable number. Nothing could exceed the eagerness, firmness and gallant
bearing of all the officers and men of my command during this unexpected, and
by far, numerically, the greatest, effort the Indians had yet made upon the forces
of the expedition. In their courage and earnest desire to clear the enemy from
the hill by a double quick charge my officers and men were a unit. Nothing but
the imminent peril of the train could induce them to cease the advance they had
so gallantly begun.

"On the 30th of July, while at Camp Slaughter, on the Missouri, I received
an order to send three companies of my regiment, under Lieut. Col. Jennison, to
join an expedition under Col. Crooks, the object of which was to skirmish through
the timber and heavy underbrush to the river, and destroy the property of the
Indians known to be upon its banks. This most laborious task was assigned to
Companies B, F an'd K and a portion of Company C. A report of their opera
tions will, of course, be given you by the officer commanding the expedition. I
desire, captain, to avail myself of this opportunity to express my sincere grati
fication at the good order, faithful devotion to every duty, most determined per
severance in the long and weary marches, severe guard and trenching labors, and
unmurmuring submission to every fatigue which has characterized the officers
and men of my regiment during the tedious and arduous marches we have made
to the distant shores of the Missouri Eiver. It is with justifiable pride that I
here note how nobly they have performed all that has been required at their
hands.

UI have the honor to be, captain, very respectfully,

1 ' Your obedient servant,

UJ. H. BAKER,

11 Colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Minnesota Infantry."
"Capt. E. C. OLIN,

A. A. General, District Minnesota."

We reached the Missouri Eiver July 29th, at about 12 o'clock M., having
marched from Fort Snelling, a distance of five hundred and eighty-five miles.
The precise point on the river was latitude 40° 42', longitude 100° 35', near the
mouth of Apple Creek, about three miles below where the city of Bismarck
now stands. For many reasons we were unable to pursue the rapidly retreating
Sioux further than the banks of the Missouri. We had driven the last hostile
band out of Minnesota and beyond the Missouri. Long and rapid marches, want
of water, days of activity and nights of watching, the almost total absence of
forage, and the rapidly diminishing store of provisions, compelled the abandon
ment of further pursuit. The long and tedious countermarch began on the 20th
of August. But little occurred worthy of note on the return march. Sergeant
Charles D. Tu thill was shot by a cavalry picket on a dark and stormy night,
being mistaken for an Indian. At the crossing of the Sheyenne Eiver the bri
gade was inspected by Brig. Gen. E. B. Marcy, and the regiment much com
mended for drill and discipline. Two companies, B and K, were especially
complimented in his official report. As Gen. Marcy was inspecting Capt.
O'Connor's company, he said to him: "You have a very fine company here,
captain. Where were they raised?" " In Ireland, sir," said O'Connor. About
10 o'clock A. M. on the 21st of August we crossed the Wild Eice, and at noon
arrived at Fort Abercrombie, the first sign of civilization since the departure
early in June. After remaining in camp near the fort for several days we
started for home, and at Sauk Centre, September 4th, the Tenth Eegiment, with
a section of artillery and a battalion of cavalry, under Col. Baker, was detached
from the main column, and ordered to march through the Kandiyohi country to
Fort Eidgley, and thence to Fort Snelling. Here the regiment was furloughed
for a short time. At Camp Pope, June 16th, the day of starting, the expedi
tionary forces numbered 3,674. The Tenth Eegiment, the same day, numbered,
present and for duty, 676 men and officers, not counting Company H of the
Ninth Eegiment, which was attached to the Tenth during the entire campaign.

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On arriving at the Missouri Biver the regiment numbered 521 men and officers
and 9 of the field and staff. Maj. Cook had been left at Camp Atchison July
18th, near Lake Jessie, with about 300 serviceable men, together with all the
invalids and disabled men and animals. With him, also, Surgeon Burnham had
been left in charge of all the sick. Surgeon Burnham was subsequently dis
missed the service (by Special Order, 475, War Department, A. G. O., Oct. 23,
1863) on the recommendation of Gen. Sibley.

There is no purpose here of offering criticism upon the campaign. If the
success was not complete, the hostile Indians were, at least, all driven beyond the
Missouri River, and subsequent events showed that their power for mischief was
broken. The Tenth Eegiment received its wjiole quota of praise from the gen
eral commanding, both for gallantry and duty faithfully performed throughout
the campaign.

GOING SOUTH.

On the 18th of September orders came directing that the Seventh, Ninth and
Tenth regiments report, at the earliest practicable day, to the officer command
ing the Department of the Missouri, at St. Louis. The furlough having expired
October 5th, most of the companies rendezvoused at Fort Snelling, and on the
evening of Wednesday, October 7th, on the steamer Northern Light, they left
for Dunleith, opposite Dubuque. By the time the boat reached La Crosse all the
companies were on board. Disembarking at Dunleith they proceeded by rail to
East St. Louis, where they arrived on Monday morning. Crossing the river
they were ordered to Camp Jackson, where they remained but a few hours, when
the regiment was sent to Benton Barracks, built by Gen. Fremont, three miles
from the city. Here, for a fortnight, company and battalion drill consumed the
time.

On the 23d of October, 1863, the following order was received:

" HE ADQUARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI.
[Special Order, 290.]

"Col. J. H. Baker, Tenth Minnesota Volunteers, is hereby appointed com
manding officer of the post of St. Louis. He will at once relieve Col. Livingston,
First Nebraska Volunteers, and enter upon the discharge of his office forthwith.
"By command of Major General Schofield.

"O. D. GREEN,
"Assistant Adjutant General."

Also, the same date, Col. Baker was ordered to bring his regiment to the city
of St. Louis and place it upon garrison and provost duty, relieving the First
Nebraska Cavalry and the Tenth Kansas Infantry. Lieut. Col. Jennison assumed
command of the regiment, with headquarters at Schofield Barracks. Part of the
regiment found quarters at the old Missouri Hotel, where the regimental hospital
was also established. The regiment while remaining at the post of St. Louis was
engaged in provost duty, guarding military prisons and quartermaster and com
missary stores. St . Louis was at that period so large a military post — embracing
the prison at Alton, 111., Gratiot Street Prison, a straggler's camp, an extended
and important provost duty, the charge of five forts around the city, with a
multitude of lesser detail — that the work of the Tenth, for both men and officers,
was constant and exacting. These duties were largely shared by the officers and
men of the Seventh Minnesota. Maj . Cook was in charge of the straggler's camp;
Capt. Edgerton of the post guard; Capt. O'Connor was district inspecting officer;
Adjt. J. C. Braden became post adjutant; Lieut. McConnell became regimental
adjutant; Lieut. William McMicken became provost marshal of the city of St.
Louis. There was work for every man and officer of the Tenth, and so well did
they perform their military duties at St. Louis that they left behind them a good
name whieh is preserved among the old citizens to this day. Order, discipline,
good behavior were everywhere maintained, and Minnesota may well feel proud
of the record made by all her soldiers in the city of St. Louis. This good conduct
affected the military fortunes of the colonel of the regiment, as subsequent devel-

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opments proved, separating him finally from his command. A year afterward
the mayor of the city stated that so marked was the good order maintained by
the regiments from Minnesota, that a committee of the city council was specially
appointed to go to Washington and see Secretary Stanton, and procure an order
for the retention of the Tenth and Seventh Minnesota as a permanent garrison
for St. Louis. This request was denied. As the .committee were about to leave
the secretary's office, the mayor turned and said, "You might at least give us
the Minnesota colonel who is now in command." "Yes," said the secretary, "I
will do that for you," and then, calling his clerk, issued a War Department order
directing Col. Baker to remain in the Department of the Missouri, which order
was never revoked, nor was the manner in which it was secured known until
after the close of the war. As this terminates Col. Baker's identification with
his regiment, it is proper to note that, July 1, 1864, he was placed in command
of the sub-district of St. Louis, embracing the five counties, including and around
St. Louis; and that subsequently he was made provost marshal general of the
Department of the Missouri, in which position he remained till the close of the
war, when he was complimented in orders and made brigadier general by brevet.
Adjt. J. C. Braden was assigned to duty with Col. Baker, and so remained till the
close of the war. It will be well here to note, during the St. Louis sojourn, .some
changes and matters affecting the regimental history.

Capt. W. W. Phelps of Company D resigned Nov. 3, 1863. Capt. E. C. Am
bler of Company A was dismissed the service Nov. 10, 1863. Capt. A. J. Edger-
ton of Company B was discnarged to accept promotion Feb. — , 1864, and the
resignation of Capt. C. W. Hackett of Company C was accepted Feb. — , 1864.
In consequence of the foregoing, in Company A, First Lieut. L. F. Babcock be
came captain, Second Lieut. M. L. Strong became first lieutenant, and First
Sergt. S. H. Stowers became second lieutenant; in Company B, First Lieut. Wm.
McMicken became captain, Second Lieut. Samuel Burwell became first lieutenant,
and First Sergt. T. J. Hunt became second lieutenant; in Company C, First
Lieut. A. S. Hopson became captain, Second Lieut. John Lathrop became first
lieutenant, and First Sergt. W. W. Case became second lieutenant; in Company
D, First Lieut. C. L. Davis became captain, Second Lieut. Wm. B. Williams
became first lieutenant, and Commissary Sergt. L. S. Meeker became second
lieutenant. Second Lieut. O. B. Smith of Company G died at Hickory Street
Hospital of typhoid fever, Jan. 8, 1864. He was a most worthy man and an
efficient officer. He was succeeded by First Sergt. H. A. McConnell of Company
D. Louis Proebsting, hospital steward, was promoted assistant surgeon, April 12,
1864, vice Burnham. He subsequently died at Cairo, Oct. 31, 1864. Quarter
master G. W. Green resigned March 23, 1864, and was succeeded by appointment
from civil life, at the request of the regiment, of E. N. Leavens of Eice county,
a popular and efficient officer. Sergt. Major A. C. Flanders was promoted sec
ond lieutenant of Company H, April 21, 1864, in place of McCarthy, resigned.
Chas. Eichberg of Company B became sergeant major in place of Flanders, and
Warren P. Bissell of Company A succeeded Meeker as commissary sergeant.
The principal musicians were G. A. Todd of Company D and S. S. Goodrich of
Company F. A considerable number of recruits were received for the regiment
in March. A sufficient number of these were assigned to Company I by Lieut.
Col. Jennison to bring that company to the full minimum, and a commission as
captain was asked and received, in accordance with the original and continuing
wish of the company, for Private Martin J. Severance. On the request of Gen.
John B. Sanborn, commanding in southwestern Missouri, First Lieut. E. H.
Kennedy of Company F was detailed to duty as aid upon his staff. Lieut. Col.
Jennison was appointed provost marshal of north Missouri in March, 1864, at the
request of Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, commanding that district. He was relieved
within a few weeks to take command of the regiment on its departure from St.
Louis.

The winter of 1863-64 was very severe, and some suffering in the regiment
ensued. The river at St. Louis being frozen over, booths were erected on the ice.
In the month of April, 1864, the men and officers of the regiment took an active

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interest in the celebrated Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair, and were conspicu
ous for good and earnest work. It was at this time, and in this interest, that
some of the officers of the regiment ran, during two exhibitions, Bobinson's
circus, with great success, clearing several thousand dollars for this fair. During
the winter a number of officers and privates went before the examining board
for officers for colored regiments, and having passed the requisite examination
took commissions in that branch of the service. Notable was Captain Edger-
ton of Company B, who became colonel of a colored regiment and remained in
command of the same till some time after the close of the war. Owing to con
tinued ill health, Chaplain Lathrop resigned Oct. 27, 1864.

Early in April rumors came that the Minnesota regiments in Missouri were
speedily to be ordered South, and on the 22d of April, 1864, the Tenth Eegiment
received its orders and left for Columbus, Ky. There they went into camp,
occupying the time in company and battalion drill. This was almost the first
opportunity which the regiment had enjoyed for such exercises except those that
might be used while on the march. No regiment was ever called on for harder
drill service than this one, for thirty days, and no regiment, their commander
affirms, could have responded more willingly. The monotony was broken by a
raid to Maysville, Ky., five days, being an attempt to cut off Gen. Forrest on his
return from Paducah, but finding he had passed on the regiment returned to
Columbus. During this time, April 27th, Companies E and D were sent on de
tached duty to Island No. 10, remaining there till the regiment was about to
leave forr Memphis. June 19, 1864, orders came for the regiment to go to Mem
phis, Tenn. Arriving at that place on the 20th, the city of Memphis became
the headquarters of the regiment from June 20th to September 4th of that year.
The last of June the regiment was assigned to a place in the Sixteenth Army
Corps, left wing, Major General A. J. Smith commanding; in the First Division,
Major General Joseph A. Mower commanding; First Brigade, Col. W. L. McMil
lan of the Ninety-fifth Ohio commanding. In the brigade were the following
regiments: Seventy-second Ohio, Lieut. Col. Eaton; Ninety -fifth Ohio, Lieut. Col.
Brumbach; One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois, Capt. Johnson; Ninety-third
Indiana, Col. Thomas; Tenth Minnesota, Lieut. Col. Jennison. It remained as
here assigned till the close of the war.

BATTLE OF TUPELO.

During their stay in Memphis the regiment participated in several impor
tant expeditions, chief of which was the movement ordered by Gen. Sherman
for the purpose of attacking Gen. Forrest, then in Mississippi and on his way to
cut Sherman's line of communication. On the llth of July Gen. Smith's forces
reached Pontotoc, apparently aiming for Okalona. The cavalry skirmished so
heavily with the enemy that the infantry were in part' put in line of battle, ex
pecting to meet a considerable force. On the 13th the command changed its
course to the east to cut the railroad at Tupelo, and was attacked while on
the march, from right and rear, by Forrest, who had about 6,000 Confeder
ates. In a letter dated July 20th, Lieut. Col. Jennison said: "My regiment was
in line, placed by Gen. Mower, but did not fire a shot, — except Capt. White's
company (F), who were out as skirmishers, — but were shelled by rebel artillery,
though owing to their poor practice and uncertainty of my position, it was with
out effect." Forrest having withdrawn, Gen. Smith's command resumed its
march and arrived at Tupelo Hill, about three miles distant, about dark, after
a race with Forrest for the position. The regiment bivouacked in line of battle,
facing to the north, and confronting Forrest's opposing line of battle. In the
night six infantry regiments from Mobile, under command of Gen. D. F. Lee,
came and joined Forrest's forces, and Lee, as ranking officer, assumed com
mand. At two o'clock of the morning of the 14th, the Tenth, in obedience to
orders, stood at arms until about four o'clock, when they were permitted to
breakfast. While so engaged the enemy opened an engagement; the regiment,
taking their guns, were marched about ten rods to the front, taking position on.

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the right of the Second Iowa Battery, and through the remainder of that fight
they guarded that battery. At 4:30 P. M. the engagement ceased by the with
drawal of the rebel army. l

A letter of the regimental commander says: "The Tenth was in reserve, but
fired one volley. We were as much exposed as if we were firing. Balls, shells
and bullets whistled lively at times. We had one killed and about twelve
wounded, among them Maj. Cook; a painful, but not dangerous, flesh wound
through the left arm, half way from elbow to shoulder. * * * That night
Gen. Smith sent me, with my regiment, to hold a certain road in the rear where
an attack was expected, and where a rebel success would have been fatal to us."
The expected attack was not made on the position held by the Tenth, but to its
right, upon the colored troops. It occurred before daylight, and, though very
persistent, was unsuccessful. Soon after day Gen. Smith sent for the regiment,
and, without returning it to its brigade, himself placed it in position facing a
lively uproar of small arms then arising, where the enemy were evidently re
newing the attack. "There! " said the general, with the pleasant manner of one
doing a favor, "they may not get through; if they do you can give 'em hell."
The rebels were unsuccessful at that point, and the Tenth was soon returned to
Gen. Mower's command, while the train moved out for Old Town Creek under
the protection of the other division. The letter before quoted continues: "At
the same time the rebels renewed their attack and we repulsed them again, the
Tenth going in as a reserve again, and getting peppered without a chance to re
turn the fire. After fighting them in our position for an hour or two, until the
train was well under way, our forces charged them. They ran like cowards, and
we marched away some seven miles." The Tenth Eegiment was the last to leave
Tupelo Hill, and Gen. Mower remained with it. Just after it had crossed the
creek to where the train was already parked, some rebel troops who had rallied
began an attack. It recrossed the creek, deployed, and, with other detachments,
drove the troublesome enemy away. The next day the whole command began
their return to Memphis, where they arrived the last of July.

On the Tupelo raid Lieut. Col. Jennison received an order from the War
Department directing him to detail two officers of the rank of captain to report
to the commandant at Fort Snelling, Minn., for recruiting service. Capt. Davis
of Company D and Capt. Sullivan of Company H were at the time unfit for duty,
although present with the command. Without notifying anyone of the order,
except Surgeon Sheardown, in consultation, the commanding officer detailed the
captains named, who were thus separated from further service with their regi
ment. Capt. Sullivan was the ranking captain at the death of Major Cook, but
he could not get relieved from detached service and thus lost promotion. At
this time Capt. E. H. Kennedy, who, on the resignation of Capt. Heath, had been
promoted from Company F to the command of Company E, received from the
governor of Missouri authority to raise a regiment of cavalry there, for which
leave had been asked while Kennedy was serving in southwestern Missouri.
Leave of absence was now sought to enable him to go to his recruiting field, but
though urged strenuously by Lieut. Col. Jennison, and favored by Col. McMillan
and Gen. Mower, it was refused, and thus Kennedy lost promotion. Other
changes in officers were the promotion of Second Lieut. Merrill of Company I to
be first lieutenant of Company C, vice Lathrop, resigned, and of First Sergt.

1 Casualties at Tupelo: Killed — Company G, Private Thomas King. Wounded — Major M.
Cook, in arm, slight. Company A, Private Dexter Carlton, in shoulder, slight; Private Alpheus
Eustman, in arm, slight; Private Marcus Ward, in foot, slight. Company B, Private John Rut-
ledge, in forehead, slight; Sergeant C. F. Bruce, in eye, slight; Private Seth Scranton, in shoulder,
severe; Private Clinton Hurlbut, in shoulder, severe; Private Henry Keller, in head, slight.
Company C, Private Solomon Young, in arm, severe; Private James Locky, in shoulder, slight.
Company D, Private John Banks, in arm, slight. Company E, Private Fritz Maxner, in knee,
slight; Private James Smith, in thigh, severe. Company F, Private Joseph D. Cox, in breast, se
vere; Private Henry C. Ballow, in face and neck, slight; Private Mathew Tobias, in arm, severe.
Company G, Private Atwood Crosby, in leg, slight. Company I, Private James L. Williams, in
spine, severe. Company K, Corporal George Stewart, in cheek, slight; Private Elias Y. Pike, acci
dentally shot in thumb and thigh. Total, 1 killed, 21 wounded.

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Eli K. Pickett of Company E to succeed Merrill in Company I. In Company F,
Second Lieut. Isaac Hanilin became first lieutenant, vice Kennedy, promoted, and
was succeeded by First Sergt. James Flannegan of Company K. Chaplain La-
throp had been sent back to Memphis from the Tupelo raid because of ill health,
and it is not remembered that he was ever able to rejoin, although his resignation
was not immediately accepted.

About this time Gen. Grant ordered Smith to "hang to Forrest." Pursuant
to this order, Smith's force, the Tenth Minnesota included, again started in quest
of Forrest. At the Tallahatchie Eiver the movement of our command was op
posed by three regiments of Forrest's men under Gen. Chalmers. The rebels
were speedily driven away. Going into camp at this point, we had an attack
from Forrest's forces, which struck the Fifth Minnesota Eegiment, and the Tenth
was ordered out to their relief and pursued the rebel forces about two miles, to
Hurricane Creek, the rebels retreating. Resuming the forward inarch, we went
as far as Oxford, Miss. We found Oxford burning, and it was said to have been
done by some of our forces for the burning of Chambersburgh, Pa., by the rebels.
Hearing that Forrest was in the vicinity of Memphis, we immediately counter
marched to that city.

THE RAID AFTER PRICE.

After two days' rest and on the 2d day of September, the First Division
(Mower's) of the Sixteenth Army Corps embarked for DevalPs Bluff, where it
arrived on the evening of the 8th. The next day, passing Brownsville and going
into camp, the command there remained several days. After this rest the
forces marched directly north, the objective point being Pochahontas, where
Price and his command were supposed to be. Near that place, information was
received that Price had left that place and captured Pilot Knob and was on his
way to St. Louis. The command then turned east and struck the Mississippi
Eiver at Cape Girardea,u, there taking steamers for St. Louis. There a brief
stop was made to procure clothing, and then the regiment, with the brigade
battery, upon the steamer War Eagle, proceeded to Jefferson City, Mo., where it
arrived October 18th, twenty -four hours later than the rest of the brigade, the
overloaded boat having driven a snag through her bottom, and the men of the
command having had to disembark eight times to march around sand-bars.
From Jefferson City to La Mine Bridge by railroad and thence on foot, the regi
ment with its division marched in pursuit of Price through Sedalia, Lexington
and Independence. As the command came nearer the game its movement was
more and more of the nature of forced marches. One night, about eleven o' clock,
after a long and trying march, word came that Gen. Smith was advised that
Gen. Blunt had Price corralled at the Big Blue, and that Smith promised all who
would march at 1 o'clock A. M. a chance at Price before noon the next day.
Every one but those whom the surgeon excused set out and made the march,
but Gen. Blunt had not been able to hold the enemy until Smith's arrival. From
that time the rebels had no rest. An engagement of even half a day with the
Union cavalry would bring the pursuing infantry down upon them. Gen. Price
thus endeavoring to make his escape around Gen. Smith's infantry, while Smith
was hastening to intercept him, Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry were enabled to strike
the enemy in flank while in motion, and at one blow they crushed them so
completely that the infantry, camping the following night just across the Kansas
line, were allowed to set out on their return to St. Louis the next day. Thither
the regiment went on foot, through cold and snow, with a practicable railroad
upon one side and a navigable river on the other.

The Tenth Eegiment saw, on the whole, no harder service than in the raid
after Price, and more of the men trace their present disabilities to the exposures
of October and November, 1864, than to any other equal period of time. Asst.
Surg. Clarke had resigned for disability Sept. 26, 1864, and Asst. Surg. Proeb-
sting died Oct. 31, 1864. For many months Surgeon S. B. Sheardown had been
the only medical officer with the regiment. Surgeon Sheardown was eminently
skillful both in surgery and medicine; kind-hearted, but not often imposed upon,

466 THE TENTH REGIMENT.

he performed his duty both to the Government and to the men in his charge
thoroughly but unostentatiously. His professional superiors in rank esteemed
him highly, and his surviving comrades hold him in affectionate remembrance.
Second Lieut. H. A. McConnell, acting adjutant, returning from the Tallahatchie
raid unfit for duty, was left at Memphis, and First Lieut. D. Cavanaugh of Com
pany H was detailed as acting adjutant, and so served till his promotion to cap
tain. Lieut. McConnell, being then again fit for duty, and admirably qualified for
the position, was reappointed and served to the end of the war in that capacity,

BATTLE OF NASHVILLE.

After the Price pursuit the regiment proceeded directly to Nashville, Tenn.,
having stopped at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, for several days to refit. The
regiment arrived at Nashville the morning of November 30th, and marching
two and a half miles south went into camp, where they intrenched in line of
battle. Desultory firing kept up to the morning of the 15th of December, when
the whole line moved out to assault Hood in his works. The details of the
memorable fight are so fully set forth in the official report of the officer com
manding the regiment after the battle, Capt. Sanders, that his report is here
inserted:

"HEADQUARTERS TENTH MINNESOTA INFANTRY,

"Eastport, Miss., Jan. 15, 1865.
"Brig. Gen. O. MALMROS,

' 'Adjutant General State of Minnesota,

"GENERAL: I have the Jionor to report the part taken by the Tenth Minne
sota Infantry in the battles of the 15th and 16th before Nashville, Tenn.

"On the morning of the 15th, the regiment, commanded by Lieut. Col. S. P.
Jennison, moved from the earthworks near Nashville as centre of the First Bri
gade, First Division, Detachment of the Army of the Tennessee, commanded by
Col. W. L. McMillan. It maneuvered until about 2 o'clock p. M., when it took
position in front of the left centre of the enemy's lines, and remained in this
position a few minutes, when it participated in a successful charge against the
enemy, who was strongly intrenched on a commanding eminence, which resulted
to him in the loss of four cannon and many prisoners.

"After pausing a few minutes for rest, the regiment, in connection with other
regiments of the brigade, moved about a half mile to the right and again charged
the enemy, who was surrounded by heavy earthworks upon a high hill, and
after a severe struggle had the honor of first planting its colors upon the works
and capturing two cannon and over one hundred prisoners.

"It bivouacked for the night upon the ground which was held by the enemy
in the morning, On the morning of the 16th it moved about three-fourths of a
mile to the left and took position within easy musket range of the enemy's lines,
with its left resting on the right of the Second Brigade of Gen. Me Arthur's
division, and its right upon the left of the Ninety-third Indiana of the First
Brigade. It remained in this position until about two o'clock, when it moved
nearly one hundred rods to the right and formed a line parallel to and in front
of the left wing of a division of the Twenty-third Army Corps. It remained
here about forty-five minutes, when, in connection with the Ninety-third Indiana
and the One Hundred and Fourteenth Illinois, it charged the salient point in the
enemy's lines, and after a severe and bloody conflict forced him with bayonet
from his works, capturing sixteen cannon and 2,000 prisoners, and then joined
the pursuit of the scattered and demoralized foe. In all of these sanguinary
conflicts the regiment more than realized the expectation of its friends. Every
officer and man was at his post and nobly did his duty. Especially did its
commander, Lieut. Col. Jennison, display a high order of those qualities requi
site in an officer who wins battles over a brave and stubborn foe. His own
personal bravery did very much in enabling him to carry, repeatedly, his regi
ment over the enemy's defenses. In the charge which decided the fate of the
day, the last one made, he fell, severely wounded, in front of his command and

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within a yard of the enemy's works. I should hardly do my duty if I failed
to mention Sergeant O'Neil, the color-bearer of the regiment. In all of the
charges made he distinguished himself, and especially so in the last one, in
which case he was the first one over the works, and, with one foot upon an
enemy, prostrated by his own hands, raised the regimental banner.

"The loss to the regiment in killed and wounded was severe. In the last
charges the companies on the left suffered most, being subject to a cross-fire.
For the number disabled the loss in killed was unusually great, owing to the
near proximity of the combatants. For the same reason the loss of officers was
proportionately much larger than that of enlisted men. Many were slightly
injured, but not disabled, whose names do not appear among the wounded. In
the death of Major Cook and Capt. White the regiment has lost two of its
bravest and best officers, and the state two of its most honored and worthy
citizens. Nor could their names be associated with braver soldiers or more
disinterested patriots than their comrades in death, a catalogue of whom, to
gether with the names of the wounded, I herewith send you.

"I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

"E. C. SANDERS,
"Captain Commanding Tenth Regiment, Minnesota Infantry."

In further explanation of the distinguished part taken by the Tenth in this
memorable battle, the following is given: There was a steep hill, over the crown
of which the enemy's line extended, and which formed the "key point" to his
works in front. Gen. McArthur ordered Col. McMillan's brigade "to take this
hill." The brigade was then moved by the right flank to a position exactly
opposite this hill and formed in two lines. The front line consisted of the
following regiments, named in their order from right to left: One hundred and
Fourteenth Illinois Infantry, Capt. Johnson commanding; Ninety -third Indiana
Infantry, Capt. Hubbard commanding; Tenth Minnesota Infantry, Lieut. Col.
Jennison commanding. The assault began at 3:30 P. M. by Coggswell's Inde
pendent Battery, and under cover of this fire the brigade advanced. We now
quote from Col. McMillan's report: "Quietly and steadily the brigade moved
down one hill and up the other to within a few feet of the enemy's parapet,
when we received a volley, which, on our right, went over our heads, but on the
left, punished the Tenth Minnesota Infantry severely. Nothing daunted, this
gallant regiment, together with the others composing the front line, cleared
the enemy's works with a bound. My loss * * * mainly fell on the Tenth
Minnesota. Two field officers, six line officers, wounded, and some sixty en
listed men, attest the fiery ordeal through which this regiment passed; and the
fact that it reached the rebel works in its front as quickly as the regiments
on its right, which were less exposed, is ample evidence of the courage and
daring of both officers and men. Lieut. Col. Jennison, the commanding officer,
was conspicuous for his high daring, and set a noble example to his officers and
men. He fell, severely wounded, on the enemy's works."

Such is the testimony of the commanding officer of the brigade, bearing date
"In the field, Dec. 25, 1864," to the courage, efficiency and noble services of the
Tenth Minnesota in the battle of Nashville. Gen. Thomas himself said, Feb.
8, 1865, of the charge of this brigade, that " It was the handsomest feat of arms
I ever saw." The highest praise was awarded the Tenth for its gallant charge
and distinguished conduct throughout the battle. Here fell Major Cook and
Capt. White, two as brave and meritorious soldiers as ever served in the Union
army. Major Cook fell, shot through the lungs, and died in the hospital Dec.
27, 1864. Capt. White was shot through the bowels, and died, Dec. 17, 1864, in
the hospital. After Lieut. Col. Jennison fell, Capt. Sanders was the ranking
officer. He having been temporarily disabled from the effects of a shell, Capt.
Severance was in command for a short time, when Capt. Sanders resumed charge
till the arrival at Eastport, when Lieut. Col. Jennison, having been able to leave
the hospital, rejoined the regiment Feb. 5, 1865. The regiment mustered three
hundred and one muskets in this action.

468 THE TENTH REGIMENT.

A roster of the men is impracticable. The officers present were as follows:
Lieut. Col. Jennison, Maj. Cook, Acting Adjt. Cavanaugh, Surgeon Sheardown,
Asst. Surgeons Milligan and Brooks, and Quartermaster Leavens. Of the field
and staff: Capts. White, Sanders, Severance and Kennedy; First Lieuts. Bur-
well, Merrill, Williams, Kittelson, Ha-mlin, Stewart and Byrnes, and Second
Lieuts. Stowers, Hunt, Meeker, Case, Ash, Flannegan, McConnell, Flanders,
Pickett and Hoy.

The official returns do not distinguish the casualties of the first day, or the
second day before the charge. The rail fence behind which the regiment lay
until the movement to the right was within effective rifle range from the stone
wall in front of the rebel line, and some casualties occurred there. Lieuts. Hunt
and Hoy and several men were wounded on the skirmish line between the lines.
The horses of the acting adjutant and one of the orderlies were shot during this
time. When the regiment moved by the flank it was assailed by brisk musketry
fire, which struck a few men and killed the horse ridden by Lieut. Col. Jennison.
All the officers of the brigade dismounted to make the charge, for which the
signal was given by a single bugle in the midst of the battery firing. By Col.
McMillan's order no officer spoke word of command, no soldier uttered shout or
cheer, in order that some ground might be covered before the enemy knew that
the expected movement had begun. The troops had in fact begun the ascent
without loss, and the companies of skirmishers in front kept the enemy well
down until our men nearly reached a slight crest or ridge in front of the rebel
works, and distant therefrom, where nearest, perhaps eight yards, where the
left of the regiment received a withering oblique fire from the unassailed enemy
beyond their left, which doubly decimated the left division, Companies F and C.
On the ridge occurred some few seconds' pause of the more advanced, as the lieu
tenant colonel had commanded, until the line was closed up, and there a few shots
were fired by the assailants, when the men went to and over the works with a
rush. Savage fighting there was for a few moments, but the rebels soon chose
flight or surrender. As usual with volunteers in their first engagements, wounds
that did not disable the soldier or send him to a surgeon were not deemed worthy
of mention in the report. Thus, Capt. Kennedy, felled in the charge by the
concussion of a rifle-ball so spent that it lodged in his vest, having passed through
his coat and overcoat cape, recovered consciousness in a few seconds, started up
in a rather dazed way, cried, "Come on, boys !" to men who had already passed
him, and never thought of himself as a wounded man. So with Capt. Sanders
and numbers of the enlisted men.

Lieut. Col. Jennison wrote to his wife from hospital, December 19th, the fol
lowing: " We moved out to attack Hood about 9 or 10 A. M. Everything had
been in readiness since about six o'clock, but there was such a fog that we could
not start. We marched around till afternoon before we were in the right place;
then the brigade formed in column of attack, and we were raked with grape and
canister while waiting. One man only much injured in the Tenth; I saved my
left leg by having a horse that scared at the noise. Col. Thomas, just behind us,
was struck and carried off the field. Some cavalry on foot were going to charge
the battery. They started for it first, then we went. My colors were first on
the parapet. We took four cannon here. My losses were trifling. We had to
reform at once and storm a higher hill, which we did. Then we marched off and
bivouacked, and the next day commenced to make breastworks — but I have not
strength to write about the preliminaries. About 4 P. M. our brigade was ordered
to charge and carry a hill which the Twenty-third Corps ought to have carried,
but they declined. The Tenth was on the left of the first line, the Ninety-third
Indiana on my right; the Seventy-second and Ninety-fifth Ohio in the second
line did not extend so as to cover the Tenth Minnesota. The enemy fired at us
all the way up; my boys never returned a shot till we were near their works,
then they punished a few of them. Just before I reached the parapet I saw a
fellow's gun placed across it, and supposed he would look over to aim. I cocked
my pistol and leveled it for him. Presently a head appeared where I had ex
pected it, and I fired and I must have scared it. The men were around me,

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closing up, getting breath, some loading. I called to them to 'Go for them clear
up to the work, and shoot 'era across it.' 'Yes, Colonel,7 they said, and in a
second we were there. I fired but once more, and was knocked senseless. With
my first consciousness I recognized Col. McMillan's voice demanding a guard
detail for his prisoners. That let me know which way victory went. Col. Me.
was very kind; he sent four men who wanted to carry me to the ambulance, but
I only needed support in walking. * * * I am very fortunate. Poor Capt.
White was killed; shot through the bowels; died next day. The major was shot
through the body; I guess he may recover. Lieuts. Hoy, Hamlin and Case shot
in the arm; Lieut Hunt shot in the face. There were 20 to 25 killed of my brave
boys, and 60 to 80 wounded. It was a sad loss, but nothing I could do would
have lightened it. The men are all an officer could wish, and I thank God I
was permitted to command them in the charge and to live through it."

Lieut. Col. Jennison was " knocked senseless," not by an axe, as the news
papers reported, but by the rifle shot of a Confederate, five or six yards distant,
who took aim on seeing Jennison fire the "once more," and fired before the
revolver could possibly be used on him. He was so hurried, however, that his
ball, aimed at the head, lacked less than an inch of missing it altogether.

On December 10th was mustered as assistant surgeon Dr. F. H. Milligan of
Wabasha county, appointed from civil life, but who had formerly served in the
Third Minnesota Begirnent, in place of Proebsting, deceased, and on the 12th of
December Dr. C. A. Brooks of Eamsey county was mustered as assistant surgeon,
vice Clarke, resigned. A commission had been issued two months before to First
Lieut. D. Cavanaugh of Company H, as captain, but was missent, and though
evidence in abundance of the issue of such commission was presented, the mus
tering officer required the production of the document. So Cavanaugh served
as acting adjutant until Jan. 17, 1865, when he became captain of Company C,
vice Hopson, resigned. The regimental commander, who did not make the report
of the battle, speaks warmly of his ready efficiency as acting adjutant and his
cool bravery in action. Upon the death of Captain White, First Lieut. J. M.
Gorman of Company I was promoted captain of Company F. The death of
Major Cook promoted Captain Sanders to the majority, First Lieut. G. W.
Stewart of Company G to be its captain, and Second Lieut. Eli Ash of Company
E to be first lieutenant of Company G.

The casualties of the Tenth at Nashville are given below:1

1 List of killed and wounded in the Tenth Minnesota Infantry in action at Nashville, Tenn.,
Dec. 15 and 16, 1864: Field and Staff — Lieut. Col. S. P. Jennison, wounded in head, severe;
Major M. Cook, wounded in breast, mortally; Sergt. Maj. Chas. Eichler, wounded in arm (ampu
tated). Company A — Private Joseph R. Webster, killed; Private John Morris, wounded in head,
slight. Company B — Lieut. T. J. Hunt, wounded in face, severe; Sergt. C. S. Bruce, wounded in
shoulder; Sergt. J. G. Miracle, wounded in right arm, flesh wound; Corporal J. A. Cunodell,
wounded in left knee, severe; Private T. D. Prentice, wounded in right side, severe; Private Felix
Myers, wounded in left arm (amputated); Private James Stewart, wounded in right arm; Private
Wm. M. Brosley, wounded in scrotum, severe. Company C — Sergt. C. G. Dawley, killed; Corpo
ral A. D. Carroll, killed; Private J. W. Murphy, killed; Private D. D. Putnam, killed; Private
Christ Nelson, killed; Lieut. "W. W. Case, wounded in right arm, severe; Corporal F. W. Knapp,
wounded in head, severe; Private E. Case, wounded in right arm, severe; Private A. H. Doag,
wounded in chest and shoulder; Private Frank Halphan, wounded in foot; Private E. Mullins,
wounded in nipple, severe; Private E. H. Mauhews, wounded in knee (contusion); Company D —
Private G. L. Lunsden, killed; Private Frank Griffin, killed; Private James Ryan, killed; Sergt.
D. Wightman, wounded in leg; Corporal Isaac G. Hasbrook, wounded in face, slight; Private
George Reeves, wounded in chest, severe; Private Ole Nelson, wounded in body; Private W. S.
Barns, wounded in head, arm and hand. Company E — Private S. Benson, killed; Private F.
Chamberlain, killed; Sergt. Rufus Kelly, wounded, slight; Private F. M. Davis, wounded in
arm, slight; Private S. E. Bullock, wounded in arm; Private S. H. Pace, wounded in arm. Com
pany F — Captain George T. White, killed; Lieut. Isaac Hamlin, wounded in right arm; Private
Theodore Hacker, killed; Private Hanson Oleson, killed; Private Chandler Fleming, killed; Pri
vate J. D. Furguson, killed; Sergt. H. A. Mosier, wounded in left arm and side; Sergt. George
Woodbury, wounded in back; Corporal David Snider, wounded in left thigh; Private Alex. Harri
son, wounded in hand and thigh; Private William Wooden, wounded in head, slight; Private
Theodore Estch, wounded in groin; Private Edward Brossard, wounded in shoulder. Company G
— Private Hiram Vasterlung, killed; Private J. Capert, killed; Sergt. H. Kinsey, wounded in the
right shoulder, severe; Corporal William Smith, wounded in the right shoulder, severe. Company

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THE CAPTURE OF SPANISH FOET.

After the battle the regiment joined in the pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee
River. It then embarked on boats and ascended the river to Eastport, Miss.,
where they arrived Jan. 7. 1865. At this place the army went into winter quar
ters. The regiment built log cabins, and remained in camp without any special
incident, except short rations, until February 7th, when they embarked for New
Orleans, on the way to attack Mobile. They remained in camp, on Gen. Jack
son's old battlefield, about ten days, when they embarked for Dauphin Island,
where they awaited the concentration of the Thirteenth Corps and the reorgan
ized Sixteenth Army Corps, now consisting of three divisions under the com
mand of Maj. Gen. A. J. Smith, the division containing the Minnesota troops
being still the Firs't. After two weeks given to rest, camp duties and collecting
and eating the fine oysters of the island waters, the command was transported
across Mobile Bay to the mouth of Fish River, about thirty miles south of Span
ish Fort, one of the defensive works of Mobile, and about nine miles south of the
city. After landing the regiment marched thence in line of battle to the imme
diate neighborhood of Spanish Fort, where a regular siege was begun. The
regiment participated in throwing up the extensive earthworks which were
undertaken, pushing forward approaches and parallels, and in all the events of
the siege. Spanish Fort was a very heavy redoubt, and rested on the east shore of
the bay of Mobile. This whole work was generally called Spanish Fort, and the
main redoubt rested on the site of an old Spanish fort. On the night of the 7th
of April, about 5 o'clock p. M., a bombardment was directed against that part
consisting of the redoubt proper. The bombardment was heavy and furious, sev
eral hundred guns of all caliber taking part. The bombardment was resumed
late in the afternoon of the 8th, and was heavier than that of the preceding day,
continuing until long after dark. In that same night, after the bombardment,
the works were assaulted on that part of the line near Mobile Bay, including
the heavy redoubt, when it was found that the rebels had retreated from the
works. In the afternoon of the 9th a successful assault was made to the right, at
Blakely, and the works were carried, and several thousand rebel prisoners were
captured. l

The Sixteenth Army Corps, including the Tenth Regiment, then marched to
Montgomery, Ala. On the march, near Greenville, the regiment received news

1 Casualties at Spanish Fort: Company G — Flori Cori, wounded in leg and subsequently died
in hospital at New Orleans. Company G — John Host, wounded in left hand; A. Ayer, wounded in
right leg. Company H — Sergt. P. Keating, arm amputated and died; Corporal John Lee, wounded
in right thigh, seriously; Patrick Conden, flesh wound. Company K — D. Murphy, wounded in
right arm.

Some other casualties occurring at different times and places are here noted: Asa Hind, Com
pany E, was killed, April 25, 1865, by rebels, while on the march, near Montgomery, Ala. ; Joseph
Cox was wounded at Old Town Creek, Miss., July 15, 1865; Robert Baker and Peter Boyer, Com
pany I, were killed by Indians at Birch Coolie, Sept. 21, 1862; Patrick Burke, Company K, was
killed in a melee, by the provost guard, at St. Louis, Nov. 31, 1864. At the National Cemetery at
Chalmette, near New Orleans, there lies buried by the Tenth Regiment: Company K, Sergeant
Patrick Keating; Company G, E. H. Waterson, Flori Cori; Company H, H. Miles Henry; Company
C, Private E. H. Matteson.

H — Lieut. A. C. Flanders, wounded in left thigh, slight; Sergt. James O'Brien, wounded in side
of neck; Corporal Robert Hunt, wounded in groin, severe; Private Elzer La Clare, wounded in
right leg; Private Patrick J. Smith, wounded in left arm. Company I — Sergt. T. Walsh, wounded
in back; Private George Woodward, wounded in right arm (amputated); Private John D. Duff,
wounded in finger on right hand and died three days after, of lockjaw, in consequence of the wound.
Company K — Lieut. Michael Hoy, wounded in right arm; Private M. L. McMannon, killed; Corpo
ral Daniel Brucken, killed; Corporal M. C. Connolly, wounded in groin; Private E. Neary, wounded
in right hand; Private James McCoy, wounded in thigh; Private P. Ronan, wounded in finger;
Private P. Cannon, wounded in left shoulder; Private James Nash, wounded in right shoulder;
Private E. Seibert, wounded in right arm; Private Mathew Flood, wounded in hip, slight. Re
capitulation: Commissioned officers killed and mortally wounded, 2; commissioned officers
wounded, 6; killed and mortally wounded enlisted men, 19; wounded enlisted men, 50; total
killed and wounded, 77.

THE CAPTURE OF SPANISH FORT. 471

at the same time of the surrender of both Lee's and Johnston's armies. While at
Montgomery the regiment also learned of the assassination of President Lincoln.
In the month of May, the First Brigade, including the Tenth, marched from
Montgomery to Meridian, Miss., where the regiment remained inactive till late
in July, when the brigade devoted its attention mainly to blackberries and
chronic diarrhea.

Promotions in the regiment were now nearly at an end. The companies were
all below the minimum and could not have a third officer mustered. Commissions
as first lieutenants were obtained, however, for Quartermaster Sergt. Eichard
Fewer, for meritorious service, and for Color Sergt. Cornelius O'Neil of Company
K for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battles of Nashville, Dec. 15 and
16, 1864, and they were assigned to duty in their new grades, the former in
Company I, vice Gorman, promoted, and the latter in Company A, vice Strong,
discharged for disability. Corporal George H. Walsh of Company I, for con
spicuous good conduct at the last charge on December 16th, was promoted to
quartermaster sergeant, vice Fewer, promoted, and M. E. Prendergast of Com
pany H, who had been long acting commissary sergeant, was promoted to that
position on the discharge of Sergt. Bissell for disability. Lieut. Hoy of Company
K was discharged for the disability resulting from his wound, April 13, 1865.
Three officers of the line, Capt. Sullivan of Company H and Capt. O'Connor
and First Lieut. Byrnes of Company K, were mustered out in the same grade
which they held at the muster-in. First Lieut. Charles Kittelson was in com
mand of Company E from January, 1864, until muster-out. First Lieut. Wm.
B. Williams was in continuous command of Company D from July, 1864, until
the discharge of the regiment; and Second Lieut. Flanders commanded Com
pany K at the battle of Nashville, where he was wounded, and at the siege of
Spanish Fort, where his forage cap was knocked from his head by the fragment
of shell which next killed Sergt. Keating, and thereafter to the close of the war.
These three lieutenants, neither rash nor timid, neither seeking nor shunning
any service, but doing with prompt thoroughness the duty assigned them, were
not surpassed in general efficiency by any officers in the regiment. Orders
having been received to return to Minnesota for the purpose of being mustered
out, the regiment marched to Vicksburg and took steamers to St. Louis, where
they remained about three days awaiting transportation home; by steamer thence
to St. Paul, where they arrived Aug. 7, 1865. They marched to the capitol,
where they were banqueted by the city of St. Paul. The same evening they left for
Fort Snelling, where the muster rolls were made out, and finally were formally
mustered out Aug. 18, 1865.

472

THE TENTH REGIMENT.

ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE TENTH REGIMENT, MINNESOTA

VOLUNTEERS.

NAMES.

a
o
<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Colonel —
James H Baker

33

Nov. 17, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Brevet Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers March 13, '65.

Lieutenant Colonel —
Samuel P. Jeuuison
Majors —
Michael Cook

32
34

Sept. 10, '62
Sept 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Bvt. Colonel U. S. V. Feb. 23, '65; Bvt. Brig. Gen. Mch. 13, '65.
Died Dec 27 '64 of wounds received at Nashville.

Edwin C Sanders

37

Mch. 1, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Adjutant —
James C. Braden

Quartermasters —
George W Green

27
4*

Oct. 6, '62
Oct. 8 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Resigned March 23 '64.

Eden N. Leavens

88

Apl. 25, '64

Aug. 19, '65

Surgeon —
Samuel B. Sheardown...
Assistant Surgeons —
Win W Clark

36

37

Oct. 16, '62
Sept 10 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Resigned Sept. 26 '64.

Alfred H Burnham

38

Oct 11 '62

Dismissed Oct 23 '63

Francis H. Milligan
Louis Proebsting
Cyrus A. Brooks
Chaplain —
Ezra R. Lathrop
Sergeant Majors —
Abial C Flanders

34
32
23

•13

Dec. 10, '64
Apl. 12, '64
Dec. 12, '64

Mch. 10, '63

Nov 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Hospital Steward Oct. 13, '62; died Oct. 31, '64, at Cairo, 111,

Resigned Oct. 27, '64.
Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company H April 22, '64.

Charles Eichler

33

Feb. 29, '64

Aug. 19, '65

Quartermaster Sergeants —

40

Oct 31 '62

Promoted 1st Lieutenant Company I June 2 '65.

George H. Walsh

18

Nov. 12, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Commissary Sergeants —
Lorin S Meeker

38

Oct 13 '62

Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company D March 30 '64.

Michael R. Pendergast...
Warren P Bissell

20
94

Oct. 21 ,'62
Nov 14 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Discharged per order May 25 '65.

Hospital Steward —
Andrew Black
Principal Musicians —
Joseph Culver

29
36

Apl. 12, '64
Aug 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Geo. A. Todd

26

Oct. 9 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Stephen S. Goodrich

26

Sept. 26, '62

Aug. 19, '65

COMPANY A.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

473

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

Rufus C. Ambler

Alonzo J. Edgerton

L. F. Babcock

First Lieutenants —

M. L. Strong

Cornelius O'Neil

Second Lieutenant —

Smith H. Stowers

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, James H ,

Annis, Levi

Barney, John L ,

Barnes, James

Barnhard, James

Barnhard, Wm

Bartley, John H

Berg, Jacob

Bixby, Jacob S

Bissell, Warren P

Bliss, Calvin G

Borchard, Ferdinand

Burns, Alvin

Burns, Hugh

Burr, Murdock P ,

Carlton, Dexter

Carpenter, Joseph

Chambers, Frank

Curtis, George H

Curtis, Chas. C

Curtis, Samuel J

Curtis, Thos. J

Davis, John F

Davis, Thomas E

Dopping, Henry

Drake, Richard M

Eastman, Alpheus R

Elliott, Jeremiah

Enny, Geo. W

Farrel, John

Flake, Levi

Fowler, Loraiue

Fowler, Francis W

Freeman, Samuel M

Green, Wm

Guile, EbenM

Haynes, Asa S

Harty, Wm

Hays, Sanford E

Hammon, Charles

Hess, Jacob W

Heath, John A

Houston, Thomas

Howe, Samuel

House, Charles S

Jeffrey, Charles

Jones, Henry B ,

Jones, Anthony W

Johnson, Wm. J

Jones, Isaac ,

Kern, James W

Kendig, George

Kelly, Thomas

Kinney, Stilman M

Kinney, Newcomb

L.ane, John

Martin, Willard E

McNitt, Truman E

McKinny, Albert

McCrora, John

McNitt, James R

Melvin, Frank L

Minthorn, Thadeus C. S.

Miles, Ruhard

Morris, John

Moore, Orlando S

Naylor, James

Norman, John B

Pascoe, Wm

Pa?coe, Henry

Pettie, Geo. C

Pettie, C. B

Pike, EliasG

Pitchie, Henry

Pomeroy, Charles

Reed, Andrew W ,

Reece, Isaac

MUSTERED
IN.

Aug. 18, '62
Jan. 22, '62
Nov. 11, '63

Nov. 11, '63
Mch.31, '65

Nov. 11, '63

Aug. 14, '62
Sept. 6, '62
Sept. 6, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 11/62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 11, '64
Sept. 6, '64
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 15, '63
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Mch. 30, '64
Mch. 15, '64
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Mch. 31, '64
Feb. 15, '63
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 11, '62
Sept. 6, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Sept. 6, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Mch. 1,'63
Sept. 6, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Feb. 15, '63
Jan. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 22, '64
Aug 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 11, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

May 31, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

REMARKS.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, 65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 28, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
July 12, '65
May 17, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug."l9,''65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
June 2, '65
Aug. 19, '65

May 10, '65
May 9, '65

Aug."l9,"'65
Aug. 19, '65
May 9, '65

Aug. 19, '65

May 29, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

June 7, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Dismissed Nov. 10, '63.

Transf. from Co. B; Colonel 67th U. S. Colored Inf. Jan. 25, '64.

1st Lieutenant Aug. 18, '62.

2d Lieutenant Aug. 10,'62; discharged for disability April 4,'64.
Promoted from Sergeant Company K.

Promoted from Sergeant; discharged per order June, '65.

Absent.

Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Musician; discharged per order June 17, '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Sergeant; transferred to Non-Coin. Staff Aug. 1, '64.

Absent.

Promoted Corporal.

Died March 20, '65, at Chicago.

Discharged for disability Dec. 16, '62.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Per order.

Promoted Corporal.

Died Nov. 28, '62, at Garden City, Minn.

Died Jan. 30, '65, at Milwaukee, Wis.

Discharged July 7, '65, while absent.

Discharged for disability April, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 16, '65.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.

Discharged for disability Dec. 10, '63.

Died July 14, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Discharged for disability September, '64.

Promoted Corporal.

Corporal.

Musician.

Absent.

Died Feb. 19, '65, at Jeffersonville, Ind.

Discharged for disability Nov. 29, '64.

Died Feb. 10, '63, at Garden City, Minn.

Per order.

Absent.

Discharged in '65; absent.

Absent,

Died March 24, '63, at Garden City, Minn.

Discharged for disability Oct. 19, '64.

Corporal; discharged May, '64, for promotion.
Per order.

Sergeant; discharged per order July 5, '65.
Died Sept. 29, '62, at Clinton Falls, Minn.
Discharged for promotion.

Wagoner; discharged for disability April 9, '64.
Discharged in '65; absent.

Died Jan. 19, '65, at Jeffersonville, Ind.
Discharged for disability June 13, '65.
Per order.

Discharged for disability Aug. 5, '64.
Discharged for disability Nov. 10, '63.

474

THE TENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

NAMES.

H

4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

82
21
25
18
32
21
21
33
29
26
18

11

39
21
25
26
40
26
26
19
26
18

Sept. G, '62
Sept. 6, '62
Mch. 29, 'G4
Mch.26,'64
Aug. 11,;62
Sept. 6 '62
Feb. 15, '63
Aug. 12, '62
Sept. 6, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 11, '64
Sept, 6, '62
Sept. 6, '62
Feb. 25, '64
Feb. 15, '63
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Sept. 6, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug.H, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 15, '63

Sergeant; discharged per order May 22, '65.
Corporal.
Discharged per order May 10, '65.
Per order.
Per order.
Corporal; discharged in '65; absent.
Discharged for disability March, '64.
Died Jan. 31, '65, at Jeffersonville.
Sergeant.
Promoted Sergeant; discharged in '65; absent.

Sergeant; died Jan. '65, at Nashville.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Died Nov. 11, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Died Nov. 11, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Promoted Corporal.
Corporal; killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability Dec. 27, '63.
Died Dec. 8, '64, at Nashville, Tenii.

King Eugene P . .. .

June"7,''65
June 17, '65

Russell '\Vni H

Sanborn, Benjamin C
Scott Win

Shaw Jotham

Thurston, Hubbard N
Taylor, Eminons P

Teed John C

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19 ,''65

Thompson, Arza B
Thompson, Franklin A
Tuthill, John D
Vail Isaac

Aug. 19, '65

\Vare Marcus.

Warfield, John M

Aug. 19, '65

Webster Joseph R.

Welch, Melvin H

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Wheeler, Walter W _
Wilkins, Walter W
Winchell, Dempster L
Yearly Zeno S

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

K
•«S

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Alouzo J Edgerton

3s)

Aug 21 '6°

Transferred to Company A Jan 2° '64

Wm McMicken

34

Jan. 22 '64

Aug. 19 '65

1st Lieutenant Xov 15 '62

ffirst Lieutenant —

57

Jan 22 '64

Aug 19 '65

Second Lieutenant —
Thos J Hunt

33

Jan 23 '64

Aug 19 '65

1st Sergeant Nov 16 '62

ENLISTED MEN.

Andrus, PYeeman
Anderson, Peter

27
3?

Aug. 14, '62
Aug 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal.
Died Feb. 15, '65 at Vicksburg.

Barker Silas

41

Aug 21 '62

Aug 19 '65

Bauman Win

V8

Aug 15 '62

Aug 19 '65

Baxter Leander

91

Aug 15 '62

July 10 '65

Barber' John G

21

Feb 19* '64

Aug 19 '65

Bentley Edgar

34

Apl 21* '63

May 30* '65

Per order

Beymer, James W
Bosley, Wm. M
Bosworth S J

28
18
21

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug 14 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 5, '65
Aug 19 '65

Wounded at Nashville.

Brown Charles H

?R

Aug 16* '69

Aug. 19 '65

Bruce Chas S

?=>

Aug 14 '62

Aug. 19 '65

Corporal' promoted Sergeant

18

Feb 26 '64

Campbell Alexander

91

Aug 21 '62

Died Dec. 27, '64 at Memphis Tenn

25

Aug 14 '69

Died at Fort Abercrombie D T

Causdell, John A

25

Aug. 14 '62

Discharged May 29, '65, for wounds received at Nashville

Canfield Charles

18

Mch 11 '64

July 7 '65

Clark Peter

99

Aug 14 '62

May 24 '65

Per order

Cowan Samuel R

19

Aug 14* '62

Died Sept. 11, '64, at Devall's Bluff Ark.

Cook Eldon T.

•>0

Feb 29 '64

Aug 19 '65

Conklin, Philip
Crowe, James
Crane, Daniel F

18
23

99

Sept. 6', '64
Dec. 15, '63
Oct 1 63

May 18, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19 '65

Per order.

Crane Royal, Jr. . .

19

Feb 28 '64

Craw, John P

44

Aug 15 '69

Discharged for disability April '63.

Cutsiuger, James
Currier, James S

21

18

Aug. 14, '62
Feb 26 '64

Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Daily, Chas. N

24

Aug 14 '62

Aug. 19 65

Dresbach, Anthony L

31*

Feb. 19* '64

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Dudley, Oscar L.

19

Feb 29 '64

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Durrell Freman

33

Aug 14 '&*>

Discharged for disability Oct 30 '64

Edgerton Monson G

W

Aug 23* '62

Sergeant; 2d Lieutenant 67th U. S. Col. Infantry March 18, '64.

Eichler, Charles

W

Feb 29 '64

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant.

26

Feb 19 '64

Aug 19 '65

Farnsworth, Albert
Fay Geo. W

18
23

Aug. 15, '62
Aug 14 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Flanders A C

43

Aug 23 '62

Fellows, Freman W

97

Aug* 14* '62i

Corporal1 discharged for disability April 10 '65

Fleener, Christopher H
Fleener, Henry

29

OO

Aug. 14, '621
Aug 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19 '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal Sergeant.

Freeman, Anson
Fuller Benjamin

28
18

Mch. 31, '64
Aug 14 '621

Aug. 19, '65
Au<* 19 '65'

Garrison, Frederick
Garrett.Edward

19
?5

Aug. 15, '62
Aue. 14. '62

Aug! 19^ '65
Au£r. 19. '65

Promoted Corr>oral.

COMPANY B.

ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

475

NAMES.

Gere, Samuel A

Gefts, Josiah

Goodman, Stephen 0

Gleason, Clark

Grems, John

Groenslitt, James P

Gulson, Christopher

Barter, Phlegmon

Hannah, James

Hall, Eclos

Hadley, Amos

Hewitt, Joseph E

Heils, Thomas

Hoy. Daniel

Hurlbut, Clinton E

Johnson, Isaac

Johnson, Christian

Keith, James R

Keller, Isaac

Kendall, John V

Keller, Henry

Keller, George

Kimball, Duram

Kinney, James M

Klophenstine, Gilghen

Kutzler, Wrn.R

I-arson, Hans

Larson, Jacob

Larson, Ole

Lawrence, Albert

Lewis, Christopher

Leavitt, Homer B

Mason, Geo. W

Mastinbrook, John, Jr

Mastiubrook, Wm

Mclntyre, Albert P

Mclntyre, Wm. J

Merical, John G

Merzer, Wm

Mellinger, Erastus F

Miner, Amasa T

Michael, Jacob

Miller, Augustus

Miller, Abraham

Moulton, Oren

Montgomery, H. M

Moran, Cornelius

Morris, Edward

Moffit, Robert

Myers, Felix

Newman, Geo. H

Newman, John H

Neal. George W

Nettleton, John D

Nichols, Alfred

Nunn, Jesse

Nye, Reuben

Osborne, Wm. H

Palmer, Willis D. L

Pierce, Richard W

Prentiss, Thos. D

Prindle, Homer E

Rawlins, Joseph V

Reed, Moses

Rhinehart, Win

Rice, Win

Richardson, Emmett B

Ruthledge, John

Scranton, Seth B

Scott, Francis M

Scranton, S. B

Sherman, Daniel W

Sherwood, Ambrose

Stewart, James ,

Stephens, Frederick O

Stevens, M. H

Stevens, Edorn H

Staples, David H

Staelson, Berent

Thompson, Thomas H

Thompson, Lafayette F....

Tuthill, Charles D

Van Allen, Charles

Waldo, Nathan W

Walsh, Orman W

Wedman, Friend W

Wiley, Thos

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 16, '64 1
Aug. 23, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 18, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 24, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 23, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. J9, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21 ,'62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Men. 31, '64
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 15, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Sept. 2, '64
Feb. 11, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 24, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 15, '64
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 22, '65
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 23, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 24, '64

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug.

'65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
July 11, '65

Aug. 19, '65
May 27, '65

May 31, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug.'lV65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '55
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
May 'si ',"'65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug.'i'9,"'65
Aug. 19, '65

July 18, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

REMARKS.

Aug. 19, '65

Discharged in '65; absent.

Discharged for disability Jan. 26, '64.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Sergeant; 2d Lieutenant 68th U. S. Col. Infantry May 17, '64.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant; discharged per order June 7, '65.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Absent.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 30, '64.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Discharged for wounds received in battle of Nashville.

Transferred to Company I April 11, '64.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Dec. 16, '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Absent.

Wagoner; discharged per order July 21, '65.
Discharged for disability Jan. 21, '64.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.
Discharged in hospital in '65.

Absent.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Died Nov. 15, '65, at Jefferson Barracks.
Absent.

Corporal; died Dec. 22, '64, of wounds received at Nashville.

Corporal; discharged for disability March 30 '64.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.
Died Jan. 5, '65, at Nashville.

Discharged for disability Oct. 28, '64.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Corporal; died Feb. 22, '65, at Cairo, 111.

Discharged June 11, '65, for wounds received at Nashville

Corporal.

Died Jan. 23, '65, at Eastport, Miss.

Absent,

Per order.

Corporal; discharged for disability Dec. 17, '64.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Musician; discharged per order May 31, '65.
Discharged for disability Feb. 9, '65.

Discharged for disability Nov. 28, '64.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Died May 17, '64, at Columbus, Ky

Discharged Jan. 21, '65, of wounds received at Tupelo.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.
Discharged for disability April, '63.
Absent.

Discharged per order May 16, '65.
Discharged per order May 26, '65,
Discharged per order Jan. 21, '65.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Died Dec. 14, '64, at Memphis.

Musician; discharged Nov. 5, '63, for promotion.

Sergeant; dis. March 30,'64, for wnds reed, in Indian expedition.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 14, '64.

Discharged for disability Jan. 21, '64.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

476

THE TENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

w
o
•3

38
34
19
25
26
18

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Wilson, Stephen L
Willyard Henry

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 29, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Mch. 30, '63

Died Aug. 16, '64, at Memphis.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.
Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Williams James L

Woodward, Dorwin E
Young Peter, Jr

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Younglove, Charles D

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

Chas. W. Hackett

Albert S. Hopson

Dennis Cavanaugh

First Lieutenants —

John Lathrop

Micah R. Merrill

Second Lieutenant —

Wallace W. Case

ENLISTED MEN.

Ackley, David

Benschoter, Martin W....

Benthall, John M

Bemis, Hiram

Burnhaoi, John W

Burton, John

Burpee, Silas R

Buck, Clarence L

Buck, Franklin M

Buck, Deruyter

Broderick, John

Bvrnes, John

Canfield.Wm

Carroll, Austin D

Case, Elanson H

Chamberlain, Joseph H..

Clipperton, Thomas

Collier, James M

Conner, John

Collins, Win. F

Cross, Edwin

Cross, David E

Cross, Thomas J

Crawford, Oliver P

Dawley, Chas. G

Davis, Wm. R

Day, Edwin A

Davis, Daniel M

Doeg, Almon H

Drew, George W

Errickson, Peter

Fessenden, Eben

Fessenden, Lorenzo N....

Foster, Zelotus

Foster, Chas. D

Foster, James G

Foley, David

Fuller, IradM

Hancock, Gilbert F

Hayes, James W

Harpham, Francis H

Harpham, Henry

Hippie, Henry

Holcolm, Oliver H

Juelson, Hans

Johnson, Lewis

Jacobson, Benj

Jacobus, James

Johnson, Levi B

Keizer, John L

Knapp, Francis W

Knowlton, Geo. W

Lawrence, Merritt G

Leland, Octavus A

Linstram, Albert

Lockey, James W

Matthewson, George

Aug. 23, '62
Feb. 1,'64
Sept. 26, '64

Feb. 16, '64
May 30, '64

Feb. 16, '64

Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 2, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Sept. 2, '62

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Mch. 31, '64
Mch. 7, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 2, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 4, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 2, '62
Aug. 22, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Mch. 31, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Sept. 2, '62
Sept. 2, '62

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 19, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 28, '63
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 20, '64
Sept. 2, '62
Sept. 2, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 16, '64
Feb. 19, '64
Mch. 1,'64
Sept. 2, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Sept, 2, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Mch. 30, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '6J
Aug. 19, '6;

Aug. I ,'65
Aug.' 19,' '65

May 29, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Apl. 29, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug."l9,''65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 21, '65
Aug. 21, '65

Aug. 21, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 21, '65
Aug. 21, '65

Enrolled Aug. 14, '62; discharged for disability in '64.
Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; 1st Lt. Aug. 23,'62; dis. for dis. Sept. 26,'64.

Per order; enrolled Aug. 15, '62; 2d Lieutenant Aug. 23, '62.

Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; 1st Sergeant Sept, 2, '62.

Wagoner.

Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Sergeant; dis. for disability Dec. 3, '63.

Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability April 11, '62.
Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged

April 4, '65, for promotion in U. S. Colored Infantry.
Absent.
Straggled from ranks in Arkansas; never heard from since.

Absent,

Died April 9, '65, at Keokuk, lovra.

Deserted March 17, '64, at St. Louis.

Promoted Corporal.

Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Corporal; killed Dec. 16/64, at Nashville.

Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Corporal.
Deserted Nov. 23, '64, at St. Louis.

Per order.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Sergeant; dis. for disability Oct. 7, '62.
Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Corporal; promoted Sergeant; killed at

Nashville Dec. 16, '64.
Discharged for disability May 25, '63.
Discharged for disability May 25, '63.
Discharged for disability April 11, '63.
Died Dec. 19, '64, of wounds received at Nashville.
Promoted Corporal.

Died February, '65, on hospital steamer D. A. January.
Straggled from ranks Sept, '64, in Ark.; not heard from since.
Discharged for disability May 11, '65.

Died March 5, '65, at Memphis.
Discharged for disability.

Died Feb. 28, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant: dis. per order May 19, '65.

Discharged April 18, '65, of wounds received at Nashville.

Enrolled Aug. 21, '62; promoted Quartermaster.

Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Serg.; dis. for pro. U. S. Colored Infantry.

Deserted Dec. 1, '62, at Fort Ridgley.
Absent; sick.

Died Dec. 31, '64, at White Water, Minn., on furlough.
Corporal; pro. Serg.; dis. Jan. 1, '65, of wnds. reed, at Nashville.

Died March 26, '63, at Le Sueur, Minn.
Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Musician.

Discharged for disability Jan. 26, '64.

COMPANY D.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

477

NAMES.

Mallinson, James W...
Matterson, Edward H.

McKay, Arthur F

McRay, James H

Miles," Wm. A

Moodv, Robert

Murphy, John W

Mullins, Eusebius

Mullins, David

Nelson, Christ

Nelson, John

Nicholson, Demias

Nicholson, John

Nicholson, Geo. A

Olmsted, Royal W

Orton, Lemuel S

Osgood, Charles

Peck, Josiah A

Pomeroy, Otis

Pope, James R

Pratt, Collins

Purvis, William M

Putnam, Alonzo D

Putnam, Geo. C

Putnam, Nathan A

Robinson, John B

Rolph Roberts

Rounds, James M

Safford, John L

Shilson, Christian

Sleeper, Wrn.O

Smith, Frederick

Snyder, Henry

Southwick, Henry

Stewart, Henry

Starr, Ebenezer L

Tufft, James K

Tenney, Geo. W

Thompson, John

Tuft,John

Warner, Ogden D ,

Whiting, Horace B

Wilds, Francis H

Winter, John D

Winter, Daniel

Wright, Wm.W

Yeoman, Nathaniel....

Young, Daniel

Young, Salomon

MUSTERED

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 24, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 21, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 2, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Mch. 4, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 20, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 4/64
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 2, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 2, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Sept. 13, '64
Sept. 2, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Feb. 8, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 23, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug.21,'621
Aug. 15, '62
Aug.21,'62
Aug. 22, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

June 5, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
June 5, '65
May 15, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
May 12, '65

May 16, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
June 24, '65
May 12, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
July 17, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
June 5, '65

Aug. 19, '65

REMARKS.

Discharged for disability April 11, '63.
Discharged Aug. 19, '65; absent.
Per order.

Discharged for disability March 1, '64.

Discharged for disability Oct. 5, '64.

Corporal; killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Died Jan. 12, '65, at Louisville, Ky., of wnds. reed, at Nashville.

Died Feb. 20, '65, on hospital steamer D. A. January.

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability May 28, '65.

Discharged in hospital in '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Per order.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Absent.

Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Musician.

Per order.

Enrolled Aug. 21, '62; Corporal; dis. for disability Sept. 30, '63.

Per order.

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Enrolled Aug. 15, '62; Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Absent.

Promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Per order.

Absent.

Absent.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Sept. 3, '63.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Per order.

Absent; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability April 5, '65.

Died March 1, '63, at Le Sueur, Minn.

Discharged for disability June 30, '65.

Discharged for disability Oct. 14, '64.

Discharged Sept. 27, '64, for wounds received at Tupelo, Miss.

ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Wm.W.Phelps
Lewis F. Babcock
Charles L. Davis

36

30
29

27
38

26
23
21
21
18
37
27
19
23
43
29
21
26
28
18
26
20
21

Sept. 8 ,'62
Nov. 11, '63
Feb. 16, '64

Feb. 16, '64
Mch. 30, '64

Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug.21,'62
Aug.21,'62
Aug.21,'62

Resigned Nov. 3, '63; enlisted as Private Aug. 17, '62.
Transferred to Company A March 1, '64.
2d Lieutenant Aug. 16, '62; 1st Lieutenant Sept. 8, '62.

2d Lieutenant Sept. 8, '62; enlisted as Private Aug. 22, '62.
Promoted from Commissary Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Feb. 17, '64.

Discharged at Meridian, Miss.

Discharged for disability May 13, '63.
Corporal; discharged.
Promoted Corporal.
At Nashville.
Corporal; discharged in '65; absent.
Died Oct. 1/64, at Memphis.

Died Dec. 23, '62, at Henderson, Minn.
Corporal; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 14, '64.
Transferred to Company C.
Musician.

Transferred to Company C.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

First Lieutenant —
Wm. B.Williams

Second Lieutenant —
Loren S. Meeker

ENLISTED MEN.

Abel, Morgan

Ammon, Edward
Anderson Halver

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
July 14/65
Aug. 19/65

Anfinson, Bour

Axsell, Charles

Barnes, Wm. E
Banks John

Aug. 19, '65
May 16, '65

Barnes Walter S

Beers, Charles W
Berg.UlrickR

Aug. 2^, '62

Blaker, Wm. H
Bonney, Joseph .,

Feb. 27, '64
Aug.21,'62
Aug. 20, '62
Mch. 31, '64
Jan. 21, '63
Aug. 22, '62
Mch. 31 '64

Aug. 19/65

Brown, Henry H
Buck, Deruyter

Carpenter, Stephen W
Christopherson, Sever
Cross, Edwin

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

478

THE TENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Dayton, Asa H
Dolaker Anfind

28
27

Aug. 20, '62
Aug 22 '6°

Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged Sept 14 '63

22

Au^ 22 '62

Aug 19 '65

Eggleston,' Henry K

94

Aug! 19! '62

Discharged July 14, '65, at Meridian Miss

Erickson, Henry

21
26

Aug. 22, '62
Aug 22 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Falls Charles

28

Aug 19 '65

Fessenden.Edwin A

SO

Aug 22 '69

Died Dec. 23, '62 at Henderson Minn.

27

Frederick, Emery

18

Aug. 18 '69

Discharged at Fort Goodhue Minn Aug 7 *63

Gallagher Owen

45

Aug 21 '62

Absent

Gallen, John

22*

Feb ' 19* '64

Deserted Nov 23 '64 at St Louis

Griffin, Frank

24

Mch 21 '64

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Hahn Wm

26

Feb 27 '64

Aug 19 '65

Hart James R

18

Aug 22 '69

Aug 19 '65

Hasbrouck Isaac G

18

Aug 16 '62

A IICT 19' '65

18

Aug 22* '69

May 20 '65

Hill Francis D

32

Aug 21 '62

Hofer, Jacob.

39

Feb ' 25* '64

Deserted July 30, '64, at St Louis Mo

House, Thos. P

97

Feb. 17 '64

Absent.

Horton Chas C

19

Nov 12 '69

Aug 19 '65

Hus OleO

23

Aug' 22* '62

Died Oct 18, '64 at Memphis Tenn

Ives Geo W

18

Aug 18 '62

Died Nov 13 '62 at Fort Snelling Minn

Johnson, Nels

18

Mch' 29' '64

May 11 '65

At draft rendezvous Fort Snelling

Johnson, Julius

21

Feb. 27* '64

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Feb. 21 '65.

Johnson, John

18

Aug. 31, '64

Died March 13, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Johnson, Peter I

25

Aug 21 '62

Aug 19 '65

Corporal* promoted Sergeant

Johnson, George

24

Aug 22 '62

Aug' 19* '65

Killoe, Gunder

21

Aug 22 '6'-*

Deserted Oct. 8, '63, at Fort Snelling

King John

44

Aug 18* '62

Aug 19 '65

Knutson, Samuel

S5

Aug! 21, ''62

Sergeant; discharged.

Klingensmith, Cyrus

32

25

Aug. 18, '62
Aug 21 '69

July 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Absent; carried on roll as Smith, Cyrus K.

Larson, Ole

21

Aug' 22* '62

Aug 19* '65

29

Aug 21* '62

Died Jan 22 '65 at Jeffersonville Ind

Lewiston, Lewis

29

Aug! 22! '62

Corporal; absent.

Little, Thomas J

18

Aug 22 '62

Discharged for disability May 13 '63.

Lusk Henry

25

Feb 27 '64

Discharged per order May 22 '65

Lumsden, Geo. L
Lysing John K

43
24

Mch. 8, '64
Aug 22 '6?

Aug 19 '65

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

McConnell, Henry A

32

Aug. 17, '62

1st Sergeant; discharged March 31, '64, for promotion.

McCord, Theron B
McCord E Kimball

30

27

Aug. 18, '62
Feb 22 '64

Aug. 19, '65
May 24 '65

Sergeant; reduced to ranks by his consent.
Per order

McConnell, Washington J.
Merrill John A

45

28

Mch. 7,' '64

Aug 22 '62

Aug. 19*, '65
Aug 19 '65

Promoted Corporal Sergeant.

Miller, Charles P

18

Aug 22* '62

Aug 19* '65

Musician.

Miller John H

17

Aug 22 '62

Musician1 promoted Corporal.

Mooers, Leonard B

45

Aug 21, '62

Mch' 21, '65

At Keokuk, Iowa.

Morrison, John

22

Men 26 '64

Deserted April 18, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Nelson Charles

28

Aug 21 '62

May 22 '65

Per order

Nelson, Lars

26

Aug 18 '69

Discharged at Fort Goodhue, Minn., May 13, '63.

Nelson, Ole

30

Aug 22 '62

Died Dec. 17, '64 of wounds received at Nashville.

Nickels John

27

Aug 19 '62

Aug 19 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Noble, Charles B

18

Aug 21 '62

Absent.

Olson Edwin

19

Auff 22 '62

Aug 19 '65

Promoted Corporal.

21

Aug 29 '62

Aug 19* '65

32

Aug 22 '62

Aug' 19* '65

Olson, Petter

30

Aug 22 '62

Discharged at Fort Goodhue, Minn., April 11, '63,

Olson Nels

23

Aug 31 '64

Aug 19 '65

Opdahl, Thorston

21

Aug 22* '62

Aug. 19 '65

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Peterson John

22

Aug 29 '62

Deserted Oct. 8, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Quom, Knud

18

Aug. 31 ''64

Aug 19 '65

Reeves George

18

Aug 21 '62

Died Dec. 18, '64; wounded at Nashville.

Richards, John

21

Aug. 20 '62

Discharged at Fort Goodhue, Minn., April 11, '63.

Ryalan, Cornelius R

19

Aug 22 '62

Aug 19 '65

Ryan James

30

Feb 19 '64

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Satterley, Nathan

18

Aug. 16 '62

Aug. 19 '65

Satterley Simeon P

44

Aug 16 '62

Discharged at Fort Goodhue, Minn., Aug. 31, '63.

Scott, Andrew

18

Aug 31 '64

Died April 2, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Shakespeare, George .. ..

41

Aug 18 '62

Aug 19 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Sondreson Halver

30

Aug 22 '62

Aug 19* '65

Stanky, Martin

30

Aug. 18 '62

May 30* '65

Per order.

Steinerson,Holver

18

Feb. 28 '64

Died Jan. 13, '65, at Chicago, 111.

Svendson,Torkel
Thompson, Win. R

24

01

Aug. 21, '62
Aug 18 '69

Aug. 19, '65

Sergeant; discharged per order May 24, '65

Thoreson, Ingval

f)A

Aug 29 '62

Aug 19 '65

Topper, Joseph
Todd, Geo. A

25
24

Aug. 20^ '62
Aug 22 '62

Aug.' 19,' '65

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Corporal; transferred to Non-Conimissioned Staff June 20, '63

Vosburg, Barnet

26

Aug 18 '62

Discharged at Fort Snelling.

Wallower, David

26

Aug 19 '69

Absent.

Wallower Peter

AK

Aug 22 '62

Absent.

Watson, LeanderW
Winter John

27

28

Aug. 21, ''62
Aug 18 '62

May 29, '65

Per order.
Absent* Sergeant* reduced to ranks.

Wightman, David
Wright, Ivy E
Yates, Charles M

24
22
22

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 20, '62

June 12, '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Corporal; discharged at Monroe, Ind., per order April 6, '63.
Died Feb. 1, '65, at Paducah, Ky.

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ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

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OFFICERS.

Captains —
James A. Robson

36

Sept 8 '69

John W. Heath

40

Nov 9 '62

Feb 29 '64

Sept 8 '62' 1st Lieutenant

Ebenezer H. Kennedy...
First Lieutenant —
Charles Kittelson
Second Lieutenant —
Eli Ash

ENLISTED MEN.

Alspaugh, Christian

29
24
33

35

22

Feb.' 22*, '64
Nov. 9, '62
Nov. 9/62

Sept, 18, '62
Aug 13 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

1st Lieutenant Sept. 15, '62.
2d Lieutenant Sept. 8, '62.
1st Sergeant Oct. 13, '62; 1st Lieutenant Company G Mch. 12,'62.

Corporal.
Died Nov 3 '69 at Fort Snelling Minn

Anderson, Daniel

20
21

Aug. 21, '62
Aug 18 '69

May 20 '65

Promoted Corporal; discharged per order July 10, '65.
Absent

Barden, Gilbert G
Bartlett Henry C

35

19

Aug. 19, '62
Aug 14 '62

June 6 '65

Discharged for disability Jan. 26, '64.

Benton Elisha

20

Jan 12 '64

Died Feb 14 '64 at St Louis Mo

Benson Stengrew

31

Aug 21, '69

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

29

Aug 13 '69

Pro. Hospital Steward* trans toNon-Com Staff April 12 '64

Boweu James

28

Aug. 19* '62

Aug. 19, '65

Bo veil Robert H

28

Sept 1 '64

May 13 '65

Per order.

Brownsville, Edwin
Burlingame, Henry D
Bullock Samuel E

21
28
29

Aug. 19, '62
Sept. 18, '62
Aug 21 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 18, '65
June 23 '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Wounded at Nashville1 absent.

Bullock, Cyrus E
Campbell, Rodney M
Carpenter, W. G

36
24
?3

Aug. 13) '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 21 '62

June 23, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal; absent.
Promoted Corporal.

Chamberlain, Fred

98

Aug 13 '62

Died Dec 18. '64, of wounds received at Nashville.

Chandler Geo. H

38

Aug 23 '6°

Discharged for disability Dec. 12 '64.

Christiansen, Franz

81

Nov 20* '62

Died Feb. 16, '65, at Cairo, 111.

Clark Samuel .

•I9

Aug 13 '62

Discharged for disability Nov. 17, '63.

Cook, James L

30

Sept. 18* '62

Aug. 19, '65

Sergeant.

91

Aug 13 '62

Aug. 19 '65

Cozzen, Frank
Davis Russell B ....

19
94

Mch.22, '64
Aug 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Died Feb. 24, '64, at Le Sueur, Minn.

19

Aug 25 '62

Aug 19 '65

Devereaux, Jedediah W...
Dearman, Matthew L
Dunning, John D

24
21
42
93

Sept. 18' '62
Aug. 21, '62
Sept. 18, '62
Aug 14 '62

June 15, '65
'*Aug.*19/65

Corporal.
Died Aug. 22, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.
Corporal.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 13, '65.

V

Aug 14 '62

Aug 19 '65

Erickson Totif

35

Aug 30 '64

Aug. 19, '65

Everett Wm E

37

Aug 19 '62

Discharged for disability April 11, '65.

Forgleson Ashley

94

Aug. 21, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Forguson, Torgus
Gates Geo W

22
18

Aug. 22, '65
Aug 21 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Died June 26, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

18

Aug 13* '62

Aug. 19 '65

Godberg, Lorenzo Dow
Golden, Samuel D

32

22
30

Aug. 13, '62
Mch.14, '65
Aug 30 '64

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Died April 25, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Hodo, Edward
Holmes, John W
Hoover John W

33
36
91

Mch. 28, '64
Aug. 21, '62
Oct. 4, '62

Aug. 19, '65
May 31, ''65

Discharged for disability Dec. 29, '63.
Per order.

27

Sept 18 '62

Wagoner; killed April 25, '65, by rebels, near Montgomery , Ala.

Huber, Godfrey

18

Aug 15* '62

Aug. 19, '65

Iverson Thomas . ...

19

Aug 21 '6°

Aug. 19, '65

27

Aug 15 '62

Died Feb. 28, '65, at Prairie du Chien, Wis.

Johnson Henry

21

Aug 29 '62

July 21, '65

Absent.

19

Aug 13 '62

Aug. 19 '65

Judd Uriah

28

Aug 15 '62

June 13, '65

Per order.

Kaiser John C . . .

30

Aug 19 '69

Aug. 19, '65

Kelley, Rufus

95

Sept 18 '69

Aug. 19, '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

IJair James

97

Aug " '62

Discharged for disability April 11, '65.

30

Feb 28 '64

Died March 6, '65, at New Albany, Ind.

Lugg Edward

30

Aug. 30* '64

Aug. 19, '65

Lowe Wm H

29

Sept 18 '62

July 21, '65

Sergeant; absent.

Madson, Mads

30

Sept. 1, '64

Aug. 19, '65

Madson John

90

Sept 1 '64

Aug. 19, '65

Maixner, Fritz

33

Oct. 4, '62

July 21, '65

Absent.

McMeans David

21

Feb 8 '64

Absent- in confinement for desertion since March, '64.

38

Aug. 21 '62

Pro. Commissary Sergeant; transf. to Non-Com. Staff Dec. 2, '62.

44

Feb 98 '64

Died Feb 25 '65 at Memphis, Tenn.

39

Aug 16 '62

Discharged for disability Aug. 7, '63.

21

Aug 9l' '62

Promoted Corporal- died Aug 11 '65 at Fort Snelling, Minn.

Oleson Peter E

19

Aug' 13* '69

Musician- discharged for disability June 20, '65.

31

Aug. 18 '62

Deserted Oct. 20, '62.

Osborn'e, George
Owen Eliiah W

29
4°

Sept. 18, '62
\ug 13 '69

July 23, '65

Corporal; absent.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Dec. 21, "64.

31

Sept 18' '62

Sergeant; died Feb. 3, '65, in hospital at Louisville, Ky.

Pace Israel H

99

Aug. 21, '62

June 13, '65

Per order.

84

Aug. 15, '62

May 29, '65

Per order.

Parker Allen

?6

Apl. 5, '64

Deserted April 7, '64, at Carondelet, Mo.

Peterson Nels

40

Sept. 1, '64

Aug. 19, '65

99

Aug. 22, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Pickett, Eli R

34

Sept. 18, '62

Sergeant; promoted 2d Lieutenant Company I June 21, '64.

Post Joel M

27

Feb. 28. '63

Aug. 19, '65

Peterson John

28

Aug. 13, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Peterson. Charles

30

Aue. 21. '62

Discharged for disability Jan. 20, '65.

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Prescott Cyrus S

32
30
36
35
20
30
18
14
32
43
22
21
18
28
26
19
35
22
43
21
26
18
21
42
18
38
43
25
21
19

Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Mch. 14, '64
Dec. 10, '63
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Mch. 26, '64
Sept. 18, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Jan. 4, '64
Aug. 29, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Feb. 18, '64
Jan. 20, '63
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Mch. 14, '64
Sept. 18, '62
Aug. 32, '62
Mch. 14, '64
Dec. 20, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Pro. Hospital Steward; trans, to Non-Com. Staff Oct. 23, '62.
Absent.
While absent.
Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability April 11, '65.

Musician.
Died Oct. 28, '63, at Fort Abercrombie. D. T.
While absent.
Deserted Nov. 18, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Per order.
Died Aug. 31, '64, at Memphis of wounds received at Tupelo.
Died Jan. 27, '65, at Jeffersonville.Ind.
Deserted March 31, '64, at Carondelet, Mo.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Died April 2, '63, at Le Sueur, Minn.
Discharged per order June 29, '65.
Deserted Nov. 18, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Deserted Feb. 18, '64, at Carondelet, Mo.
Absent.
Absent.
Died Aug. 9, '63.

Absent.
Corporal.
Absent.

Per order.

Proebsting, Lewis

Aug. 24, '65

Reynolds, John L
Reynolds, Robert H
Rice, Hiram J ...
Rush Joel

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
June 29, '65

Seeley, James C
Shoyer Peter P

Shook, Ed ward

Sivlie Harrison . .. .

July 25, '65

Smith, James A *..

Smith Henry

Soper William

Stearns, Alva S

Aug. 19, '65

Stewart Jacob

Stamp, Daniel

Tansty Patrick

Thomas, Leander J

Aug. 19, '65

Thompson, William

Thornton, John H

July 27, '65
June 2, '65

Trigg, Joseph S
Wamemaker, Samuel
Ward, Asa
Wallace, John

Aug. 19, '65

Wicks, Lars
Wilsey, Reuben

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
June 23, '65

Winn, William

Williamson, Henry

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OFFICERS.
Captains —
George T. White

27
23

29
37

21

43

20
29
37
29
23
40
21
24
26
23
18
19
38

26
19
23
20
23
25
20
29
18
22
36
25
39
34
24
18
18
37

Sept. 15, '62
Feb. 17, '65

Sept. 15, '65
Feb. 22, '64

Feb. 22, '64

Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Apf. 1, '63
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 20, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 15. '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 10, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 20, '62

Died Dec. 27, '64, of wounds received at Nashville.
1st Lieutenant Company I Aug. 14, '62.

Promoted Captain Company E Feb. 22, '64.
2d Lieutenant Sept. 24, '62; wounded at Nashville.

Promoted from Sergeant Company K.

Discharged for disability May 16, '65.
Wounded at Tupelo.
Absent.

Sergeant; transferred from 46th Illinois.
Per order.
Discharged for disability April 20, '64.
Discharged for disability April 20, '63.
Sergeant; died Oct. 5, '64, at Fort Snelling.
Promoted Corporal; discharged in hospital in '65.

Discharged for disability April 20, '64.
Discharged May 18, '65; per order.
Promoted Corporal ; died at Fort Snelling August, '65.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.
Discharged for disability April 8, '64.
Wounded at Oldtown Creek, Miss.; dis. while absent in '65.
Discharged June 27, '65; sun-struck at Tupelo.
Discharged for disability April 20, '63.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.
Died at Meridian, Minn., while on furlough.
Sergeant.
Musician; discharged for disability Feb. 16, '65.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 20, '63.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.
Wounded at Nashville.
Absent.
Transferred to Company D Oct. 8, '62.

Killed Dec. 16. '64. at Nashville.

James Gorman

Aug. 19, '65

first Lieutenants —
Ebenezer H. Kennedy...
Isaac Hamlin .

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Second Lieutenant —
James Flannegan

ENLISTED MEN.

Ayers, Richard

Ballou Henry C

Aug. 19, '65
May 14, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Feb. 9, '64

Ballard John

Beith, Robert

Bergoseu Neils

Birdsel, John A

Bioens William

Blivins, Wm

Bru baker, George E
Brown, Francis S

Brossard, Edward

Brown Chauncey

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Brisbin, Wm
Burch Roswell

Buchan, Andrew

Canfield, Job A .

"Au'g'."iV65

Carrier, Silas D

Callander George

Chadwick, Charles

Cox, Joseph D

Cooper Henry

Cooper, Wm. E
Cook, Wm. C

Aug. 19, '65

Coddington, Arthur H
Corr, Francis H
Curry, Lorenzo .

Aug. 19, '62

Culver, Joseph

Dreever, George

Duff, John G

Esh, Theodore
Eldridge, Thomas

Aug. 19, '65

Emery, Frederick

Tangle, Michael
Ferguson. Jesse I

Aug. 19, '65

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ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

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Fish, Samuel J

Flemming, Charles K

Forrester, Charles H

Francis, Marshall A

Gallagher, James

Gleason, Samuel

Glendening, James

Glanville, Amos E

Goodrich, Stephen S

Grover, Charles

Grover, Silas M

Graves, George

Gregory, Alfred D

Green, Francis ,

Hanson, Hans

Harrison, Alexander

Haines, Caleb

Hanson, Knute

Hatsaul, Christian ,

Hacker, Theodore

Herring, Daniel

Healy, Franklin

Herring, Louis

Howe, John

Hill, James B

Ives,Geo. W

Johnson, Charles W

Johnson, James

Jones, Hiram A

Jones, Thomas

Johnson, Ole

Kaine, Rogers

Kennedy, John

King, John

Kreiger, August

Lafayette, Louis A

Larson, George

Leahman, Charles

Leonard, LeviO

Lee, George Washington.,

Lincoln, Willard H

Lincoln, Francis

Lyng, Isaac

Martin, Preston

Mack, Dauphine

McDaniels, David

McCabe, William

McCabe, John

Mosher, Hiram A

Morgan, Milton M

Miner, Charles

Nariconge, Andrew J

Newkirk, Jacob

Now, Andrew

Norcott, George W

Northrup, Geo. C

Northrup, John B

Nock, George

Oleson, Ole....

Olebaugh, Cnarles

Oleson, Hans

Pickett, John T

Preston, Samuel

Preston, George R

Quiggle, Robert

Reynolds, Charles B

Rice, John S

Higgles, Daniel

Roberts, Carlton W

Robbins, Myron A

Ruff, Henry ,

Satterly, Nathan

Satterly, Simeon P

Shaw, Andrew I

Sherwood, Dinald A

Simpson, Alexander

Smith, Alvin

Snider, Jacob

Snider, David

Soaper, Leonard ,

Shumway, Geo. T

Stanky, Martin

Storer, Martin V. B

Stewart, Jesse I

Swan, Benjamin

Taylor, Wm. W

Vosburg, Barney

31

Feb. 26, '64
Jan. 3, '64
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. U5, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Jan. 26, '64
Feb. 24, '04
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 24, '54
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 28, '63
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Feb. 10, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 8, '63
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 29, '63
Sept. 3, '63
Feb. 24, '63
Feb. 28, '63
Aug. 18, '62
Feb. 26, '63
Feb. 24, '63
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 29, '63
Feb. 28, '63
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Anig. 18, '62
Feb. 26. '63
Mch.31, '63
Feb. 10, '63
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 10, '63
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 10, '63
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 30, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 27, '62
Aug. 26, '62

May 18, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 29, '65
Aug. 19, '65

May 26, '65
Mayl8,V65

May 30, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
June 9, '65
Aug. 29, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

May 16, '65

Aug. 19, '65
May 22J"'65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
July 8, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
July 12, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
May 30, '65
Mch. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Transferred to Company I April 4, "'64.
Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.
Per order; Corporal; sun-struck at Tupelo.
Corporal; discharged for disability Jan. 6, '65.
Died Oct. 26, '64, at Jefferson City, Mo.

Absent.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Musician; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 20, '63.

Per order.

Died May 30, '64, at Columbus, Ky.

Per order.

Discharged for disability April 1, '65.

Per order.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Wounded at Nashville.

Promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Discharged per order June 13, '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Died May 9, '65, at Willett's Point, New York harbor.

Transferred to Company D Oct. 8, '62.

Per order.

Discharged for disability Dec. 30, '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 20, '63.

Discharged for disability July 22, '64; wnd. at Columbus, Ky.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Died Jan. 29, '65, at Louisville, Ky.

Transferred to Company D Oct. 8, '62.
Drowned in Mississippi River.
Discharged for disability Dec. 10, '63.

Absent.

Discharged for disability May 16, '63.
Died April 7, '65, at Mound City, 111.
Died March 10, '65, at Dauphin Island.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.
Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.
Corporal.

3d Orderly Serg.; dis. for disab. April 7, '65; wnd. at Nashville.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Dec. 14, '64.
Promoted Corporal.

Died April 26, '65, at Baton Rouge, La.

Served in Mexican War.

Transferred to Company I April 4, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 11, '65.

Killed Dec. 16, '64, at Nashville.

Died March 11, '65, at Memphis.

Per order.

Transferred to Company I April 19, '65.
Discharged for disability Oct. 19, '64.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 20, '63.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.
Died Aug. 7, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Transferred to Company D Oct. 8, '62.
Transferred to Company D Oct. 8, '62.
Corporal; discharged per order Jan. 9, '65.
Discharged for disability July 21, '61.
Discharged for disability Oct. 25, '63.
Died March 16, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Corporal; sun-struck at Tupelo; wounded at Nashville.

Absent.

Transferred to Company D Oct. 8, '62.

Discharged for disab. Sept. 3, '63; wnd. at Winnebago Agency.

1st Sergeant; discharged for disability Aug. 3, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 1, '65.
Transferred to Company D Oct. 3, '62.

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^^arner Lafayette

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Feb 24 '63

Discharged for disability March 1 '65

Wait Simeon

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Aug 15* '62

Discharged for disability Nov 3 '63

Wheeler John A

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Aug 14 '62

1st Lieutenant 66th U. S Colored Infantry Feb 21 '64.

Whitman, James R
Wilsey, Americus R

26

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Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 27 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19, '65

Wagoner.

Winkleman, Joseph
Wood, Parvenues J. D
Woodbury.Geo. H

24
28
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Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 28, '62
Aug 12 '62

Aug. 19, '65
May 10, '65
Aug 19, '65

Per order.
Promoted Corporal Sergeant' wounded at Nashville.

Wooden Wm

21

Aug 15 '62

Aug 19 '65

Yarigan, Henry

21

Aug. 16 '62

Aug. 19 '65

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Captains —
Edwin C Sanders

35

Sept 26 '62

George W.Stewart
First Lieutenant —
Eli Ash

39
33

Feb. 17, '65
Feb 17 '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 17 '65

1st Lieutenant Oct. 28, '62.
9d Lieutenant Nov 9 '62

Second Lieutenant —
Oliver B. Smith
Henry A. McConnell

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbott John D

34
32

33

Sept. 26, '62
Feb. 16, '64

Sept 16 '62

"AugVi'v65

Died Jan. 4, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Promoted from Sergeant Company D.

Almich' Frederick

33

Sept' 19' '62

Aug 19 '65

Discharged in 65, absent.

Assenmaker, Henry

Baker Criss

32

22

Sept! 28' '62
Sept 28 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Au". 19 '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Bateuian, Perry S

34

Sept 28 '62

Aug.iy, '62

Wagoner

28

Sept 28 '62

Musician- discharged for disability May 13 '63

Bigelow, William H

IS

Sept 16 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Brenlochr John

41

Sept 17 '62

Discharged Aug 29 '65- absent

38

Sept 15 '62

Canfield, Wellington
Canfield Levi A

21

28

Sept.' 15* '62
Sept 18 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Coffee John

18

Sept 15* '62

Aug. 19, '65

Cosby Eli . .

18

Sept 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65

21

Sept 15* '62

Killed Dec 16 '64 at Nashville

Cori Flo'ri

18

Sept 15 '62

Died at New Orleans L<* May 10 '65 of wds reed at Spanish Ft

Coggswell Norman

Jan 13 '63

Absent

Crosby, Atwood

25

Sept. 19 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Crosby, Lemuel
Davis Thomas R

18
15

Sept. 15, '62
Sept 28 '69

Aug. 19, '65

Davis John H

Mch l''63

Aug. 19, '65

De Laughter John H

Feb 29 '64

Absent

De Lavergne, Hiram
Dietz August

45
35

Sept. 16, '62
Sept 15 '62

May 16, '65
May 17, '65

Per order.

Dohl, Abraham

41

Sept. 28 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Corporal.

26

Sept 28 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Corporal' promoted Sergeant

24

Sept 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65

18

Sept 15 '62

21

Aug 20 '62

Doherty 'Patrick

Mch 31, '64

May 11, '65

Per order.

Feb 8 '64

June 5, '65

Per order

41

Sept 15 '62

Discharged for disability Aug 29 '63

Eames Charles E

18

Sept 18* '62

Aug. 19, '65

Erkle Frederick

23

Sept 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Promoted Corporal

Faddis.JohnM
Fowler Thomas . . .

35
19

Sept. 16, '62
Mch 1 '64

Aug. 19, '65

Died Feb. 22, '65 at Cairo, 111.

Fogler John

40

Oct. 28, '62

Aug. 19, '65

34

Sept 15 '62

1st Sergeant* discharged for disability April 30 '64

21

Sept 16* '62

Died Feb. 15 '65, at Louisville, Ky.

Frederick Frank

22

Sept 16 '62

Died Feb 19 '63 at Kelso Minn.

Gibbs Wm H

18

iSept!l5 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Giegerick, Ferdinand
Gibbs Charles M

41

18

Sept. 16, '62
Feb. 9, '64

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

19

Sept 28 '62

Corporal- killed Nov 12 '64- accidentally shot.

Harris, James

37

Sept! 16* '62

May 16, '65

Per order.

37

Sept 17 '62

Died Dec 2 '64 at Jefferson City Mo.

Hochstatter John

18

Feb. 22, '63

Aug. 19, '65

Hurd Michael

Aug 22 '62

Court martialed and drummed out of service Jan. 10, '63

Hynson, Mathew M
Iten Mike

38

9«7

Sept. 15, '62
Dec. 14, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Died Jan. 18, '65, at Jeffersonville, Ind.

«p

Dec 15 '62

Died Feb. 15, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Killer, Phillip K

27
Sf>

Sept. 28 '62
Aug. 13, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Corporal.
Drummed out of service Jan. 10, '63, by sentence of ct martial.

29

Sept 28 '62

Sergeant' discharged June 30, '65.

Kin e. Thomas..,.

18

Aug. 13, '62

Killed July 14, '64, at Tupelo, Miss.

COMPANY H.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

483

. NAMES.

18
23
18
29
41
31
42
23
38
17
18
21
27
39
32
28
18
18
24
26
18
20
28

Klinkhemraer Peter

Kroska Fernon

L.aabs William

Linnen James

Lipke John

Luinpp Henry A

Magdens, Louis

McConkey James A . .

Miles CamnielS

Murphy, Dennis

Nagle, Charles.

Nagle, Frederick

Nettleton, Edward F

Norton, George

Oleson, Ole
Peck, Alphonso R

Randall James

Randall, Boyd

Randall William.

Randolph, Stephen A
Reed, Joseph

Reider, Peter

Robbins, Henry

26
19
41
36
24
19
32
27
24
23
21
26
28
23
21
31
23
18
18
33
22
19
18
43
35

Ruegles John

Ryker, JaredS

Sauter, Peter

Sack, Charles

Sagle, Charles...

Schwartz, Frederick
Seal, John E

Smith, John .

Smith, George, Jr

Smith, Peter .. ..

Smith, William

Smith, James

Sparr, Louis

Stone, Simon

Storbeck, F. A

Stemple, Bernard

Sunderman, Harmon
Thomas, Andrew W
Tobias, Matthew.

Vasterling, Henry
"Wagner, George
Willwording, Nickolas
Wise, Samuel J

Zelt, Adam

MUSTERED

Sept. 15, '62
Sept. 15, '62
Feb. 8, '64
Sept. 15, '62
Sept. 16, '62
Sept. 15, '62
Sept. 15, '62
Sept. 15, '62
Sept. 15, '62
Feb. 12, '64
Sept. 14, '62
Sept. 16, '62
Sept. 15, '62
Sept, 15, '62
Sept. 16, '62
Apl. 15, '64
Sept. 14, '62
Sept. 16, '62
Sept, 15, '62
Sept. 15, '62
Sept. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 18, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 15 ,'62
Feb. 9, '64
Aug. 15, '65
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 28 '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 28, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 28, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 28, '62
Sept. 28, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

July 14, '65

July 14, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
May 29, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug.' '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

REMARKS.

Discharged for disability Aug. 6, '64.

Promoted Corporal; absent.

Discharged in hospital Aug. 15 '65.

Absent.

Discharged for disability Dec. 4, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability May 13, '63.
Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Per order.

Died July 23, '64, at Mound City, 111.

Died at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Discharged for disability May 13, '63.

Absent; discharged July 26, '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal; died June 28, '63, at Le Sueur, Minn.

Died Sept. 27, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Absent; discharged May 11, '65.

Absent.

Promoted Corporal.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps April 1, '65.

Sergeant; discharged July 21, '65.
Discharged for disability Sept. 28, '64.

Promoted Corporal; wnd. at Nashville; dis. June 30, '65; absent.

Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Deserted Oct. 23, '64, at Lexington, Mo.

Corporal; killed Dec. 16, '64, in battle of Nashville.

Deserted Feb. 18, '63, at Kelso, Minn.
Sergeant; discharged per order June 30, '65.
Sergeant; discharged for disability July 14, '65.

ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

a

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Michael H. Sullivan
First Lieutenant —

35
26

Sept. 13, '62
Sept 13 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Captain Company C Sept 26 '64

Second Lieutenants —
Dennis McCarthy

*>6

Sept 13 '62

Abiel C. Flanders

ENLISTED MEN.

Bowen, Charles C

43

29
17

Apl. 22] '62

Aug. 16, '62
Jan 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Bradley James

19

Feb 26* '64

Died April 8 '64 at St Louis' Mo.

Buckley, John
Byrne, Christopher
Byrne Patrick .. ..

19
28
25

Aug. 16, '62
Sept. 13, '62
Aug 20 '6?

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Sergeant.
Sergeant* died Dec 8 '63 at Louisville, Ky.

Caldwell, Alex. G

18

Jan. 5* '64

Deserted' March 15, '63, at New Orleans, La.

Callaghan John

29

Aug 21 '62

Aug. 19 '65

21

Aug 14 '62

Deserted June 21 '64 at Memphis Tenn.

Chase, Wesley .

18

Aug. 22J '62

Died Jan 14 '63 at St. Peter, Minn.

Christianson Fred

26

Aug 15 '62

Deserted Oct 29 '62 at Fort Snelling.

Consadine, James J

?1

Sept. 13, '62

Corporal; deserted April 21, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Conway James

•>0

Sept 13 '62

Corporal- deserted Oct. 7, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Collins, John

1S

Aug. 16, '62

Aug. 19, '65

Condon, Patrick
Conaghty, Thos. P

23
26

Aug. 24, '62
Aue. 22. '62

Aug. 19, '65

Discharged per order July 10, '65.

484

THE TENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

NAMES.

H
O
•4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Conlin, Patrick
Costello, Bartholomew
Conniff, Thomas
Conner, Lawrence

18

18
28
18
40
26
30
33
38
24
21
35

3?

45
18
21
18
18
21
19
29
30
28
19
18
29
22
40
19
32
18
24
23
32
19
18
22
21
22
28
22
27
35
21
22

Aug. 21, '6
Aug. 15, '6
Mch. 5, '6
Feb. 26, '6
Oct. 21, '6
Aug. 13, '6
Aug. 14, '6
Aug. 16, '6
Aug. 29, '6
Sept. 13, '6
Aug. 29, '6
Aug. 14, '6
Feb. 1,'64
Aug. 29, '60
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Feb. 8, '64
Mch. 19, '64
Jan. 15, '64
Feb. 8, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Sept 13 '62

Aug. 19, '6£
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Died April 7, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Discharged per order July 1, '65.

Deserted November, '63, at St. Louis, Mo.
Discharged May 16, '65.
In prison at Alton, 111., on discharge of regiment.
Sergeant.

Discharged per order June 26, '65.

Discharged per order Jan. 15, '64.
Deserted Oct. 30, '62, at Fort Snelling.
Discharged per order June 9, '65.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Jan. 4, '65.
Discharged per order May 11, '65.
Deserted Feb. 6, '64, at St. Louis.
Deserted March 15, '65, at New Orleans, La.
Discharged per order May 18, '65.

Musician; died May 25, '65, at New Orleans, La.

Corporal.
Discharged for disability Aug. 5, '64.
Musician; discharged July 10, '65.
1st Sergeant.

Serg.; mort. wnd. at Spanish Fort; died April 19, '65, at N. O., La.
Corporal; transf. to 15th Regt., Vet. Res. Corps, July 20, '64.

Discharged per order July 19, '65.
Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.
Died Jan. 26, '63, at Crystal Lake, Minn.
Deserted April 23, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Deserted Feb. 20, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Promoted Corporal.
Died March 12, '65, at New Albany, Ind.

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged per order May 11, '65.

Discharged for disability Oct. 26, '64.
Wagoner; deserted Oct. 7, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Discharged per order July 25, '65.

Sergeant; wounded at Nashville; discharged July 6, '65.

Corporal; deserted Feb. 6, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.
Promoted Corporal.

Died Jan. 21, '65, at Nashville.
Discharged for disability June 13, '64.
Transferred to 15th Regiment, Vet. Res. Corps, Dec. 21, '64.

Died Dec. 8, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff May 25, '65.
Deserted Oct. 7, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Never joined company; no record of discharge.

Discharged for disability March 9, '65.
Discharged per order July 19, '65.
Discharged for disability by wound April 19, '65.
Deserted Nov. 25, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Promoted Corporal.
Corporal and Sergeant.

Corporal.
Died Oct. 21, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

•Aug."l9,''6

Cramsie, Edward A
Crawford Hugh

Cudmore Patrick

Dreger, Sylvester
Devereaux, Andrew
Dardis, Christopher
Dibble Hiram J

Aug. 19, '6
Aug. 19, '6

Aug. 19, '6

Elliott Wm

ITinerty Michael

Aug. 19, '65

Fox Edward

Foy Michael

Fraybold, Joseph A
Gorman, Henry
Gregg, Dennis

Harper, Arthur A
Harris Patrick

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Hanley, Michael
Henry, Michael W
Henry, Miles

Hetherington, Thomas....
Hunt, Robert
Idoux, Nickolas
Irvine, Clover G
Jeffers, Michael
Jordan, Anthony

Mch. 5*, '64
Sept. 13, '62
Aug 15 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 20, '65

Sept. 13, '62
Sept. 13, '62
Feb. 26, '64
Sept. 13, '62
Sept. 13, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Oct. 3, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Sept. 13 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Keating, Patrick
Kennedy, Thomas

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Kelly John

Kilroy Martin

La Clare Elzero . ..

La Duke, Antoine
Leo, John

Aug. 19, '65

Lightcap, Geo. W

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Logue Hamilton

Aug. 21 ,'62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Sept. 18, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Feb. 8 ,'64
Mch. 19, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Jan. 20, '64
Sept. 13, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Mch.30,'64
Aug. 22, '62
Sept. 13, '62
Sept. 29, '62
Sept. 13, '62
Sept. 29, '62
Sept. 18, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 21 ,'62

McNulty, Patrick

McManus, Thomas
McLaughlin, James
McBride, James

Aug. 19, '65

McAndrew Patrick

Aug. 19, '65

McXeal, Hugh

McKenna Patrick

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

McNallan Walter

McGrath Patrick

35
18
43
25
23

32"

McCarthy Florence

McEntyre, Daniel

Mulgrew, John
Nagle Michael

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Noon, Martin

O'Brien James

18

O'Brien, John

Aug. 19, '65

O'Neal James

26

O'Brien, Daniel

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

O'Brien Patrick

O'Maley Thomas

Peat, Eneas S
Perkins, James

Aiig'.'i9"'65

Powers Thomas

Prendergast, Michael R....
Quenett, Prudent

Kadabaugh, Samuel
Roach, Michael

37

Feb. 20, '64
Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Sept. 23, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 1,'64
Jan. 15, '64
Aug. 21, '62
Sept. 13, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Sept. 13, '62
Aug. 21, '62

Aug. 19. '65
Aug. 19, '65

Robegea John

Robbeault, Peter.,
Ryan, Thomas.

Smith, Patrick J

25"
26

Stokes, John . .

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '651
Aug. 19, '65 !

Sullivan, Edward

Sullivan, Jeremiah. ...

21

Tierney, David

Tope, Jacob

Wall, John

22

Whalen, John

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

485

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain—

Martin J. Severance .
First Lieutenants —

James Gorman

Richard Fewer

Second Lieutenants —

Michael R. Merrill

EliK. Pickett

ENLISTED MEN.

Alexander, Phillips. ...

Allen, Geo. F

Bacon, Peter

Baker, Robert

Beatty,Wm.S

Beatty.Benj. B

Beardsley,Orsey

Beatty, Samuel B

Bergen, Christopher

Bergen, Andrew V

Blair, David P

Biasing, Ludwig H

Boomhover, David

Boyer, Peter

Brown, Nathaniel R

Bullis, David

Burnell, Samuel

Burton, Ephraim A.

Callender, George

Campbell, John

Campbell, Jeremiah

Clark, James

Coddington, Arthur H.

Conrad, John

Crane, Royal, Jr

Currier, James S ,

Delaney, James

Doolin, John

Doolin, Thomas

Downs, Francis

Dowd, Albah

Dresbach, Anthony L...

Dudley, Oscar L

Duff, John G

Fadden, Abram

Fadden, George

Fadden, James

Fadden, Charles

Fish, Samuel Jr

Frankenfield, Amos ,

Gorman, John

Gordon, Austin B

Goodman, Stephen O

Green, Benjamin

Hanson, Hans

Hall.Ecles

Hoy, Daniel

Hoxie, Nerie T ,

Hodley, Amos

Hy land, James F

Johnson, Ole

Johnson, Christian

Johnson, Isaac

Kutzler, Win. R ...........

Lewis, Christopher .......

Mack, Dauphin ............

Martin, Preston ............

Mandigo,Sylvester M...
Manuel, Ferdinand .......

McCuen, Wm. H ...........

McCuen.JohnA ...........

Mitchell, Charles ....... ...

Miller, Abraham ...........

Morris, Edward ............

Nye, Reuben
Oles

Oleson, Ole

Ott, Dominick ..............

Paul, Ernest .................

Peck, John W ...............

Pitner, Charles .............

Qu inn, Thomas F ........

Reynolds, Charles B .....

Reed, Moses .................

Reynolds, Wm. W ........

Reed, Geo. W ................

Reynolds, Geo. J ..........

Richardson, James .......

MUSTERED

Apl. 4, '64

Aug. 14, '62
June 2, '65

Aug. 14, '62
Mch. 4, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Aug. 19, 'G5 Private Company I Aug. 14, '62.

] Promoted Captain Company F March 12, '65.

Aug. 19, '65 Promoted from Non-Commissioned Staff.

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug., '65
Sept., '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 14 '62 Aug. 19, '65

Mch. 8, '64 Aug. ID, '65

Aug. 22, '62 Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 14, '62

Dec. 20, '62

Oct. 8, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Apl. 14, '64

Feb. 20, '64

Nov. 10, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 20, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 16, '62

Aug. 16, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Feb. 26, '64

Feb. 20, '64

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 15, '62

Feb. 24, '64

Mch. 3, '63

Feb. 29, '64

Feb. 29, '64

Aug. 14, '62

Nov. 5, '62

Oct. 22 ,'62

Feb. 29, '64

Mch. 8, '64

Feb. 19, '64

Feb. 29, '64

Feb. 22, '64

Aug. 20, '62

Aug. 16, '62, Aug. 19, '65

Aug.14 '621

Aug. 14. '62

Jan. 26, '64

Dec. 20, '62

Nov. 12, '62

Feb. 8, '64

Feb. 16, '64

Mch. 29 ,'64

Feb. 24, '64

Feb. 15, '64

Feb. 24, '64

Feb. 24, '64

Feb. 24, '64

Feb. 26, '64

Feb. 26, '64

Feb. 22, '64

Aug. 16, '62

Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 23, '64
Feb. 28, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Nov. 12, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 15, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 19, '64
Feb. 28, '64
Dec. 20, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Sept. 1,'62
Mch. 23, '64
Feb. 29, 'e^
Feb. 10, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Jan. 20, '63
Nov. 12, '62
Nov. 12, '62
Aug. 21, '62

Promoted 1st Lieutenant Company C March 30, "64.
Promoted from Sergeant Company E.

Killed Aug. 20, '62, in battle with Indians.
Sergeant.

Aug. 19, '65| Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '69
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Aug. 19, '65

Musician.

Discharged for disability Dec. 10, '62.

Died July 18, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Killed Sept. 2, '62, in battle of Birch Coolie, Minn.
Deserted Sept. 28, '63, at Henderson, Minn.
Deserted April 28, '62, at Le Sueur, Minn.
Discharged per order June 29, '65.

Died Feb. 19. '65 at Cairo, 111.
Discharged for disability Sept. 2, '64.
Died in Minnesota in '65.

Promoted Corporal.

Absent on detached service; discharged June 26, '65.

Died in Minnesota in '65.
Discharged for disability Feb. 23, '64.
Absent.
Absent.

Discharged per order May 26, '65.

Died Dec. 29, '65, at Nashville, Tenn., from wounds.

Deserted Aug. 6, '63, at Henderson, Minn.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.

Deserted Feb. 26, '65. at New Orleans, La.
Corporal; discharged July 10, '65; absent.
Discharged for disability May 13, '63.

Deserted April 24, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged July 20, '65; absent.

Died July 1, '65, at Chicago, 111.

Died March 20, '65, at Memphis, Tenn.

Transferred from Company B April 11, '64; missing Sept. 25, '64,

at Pocahontas, Ark.
Promoted Corporal; discharged July 27, '65; absent.

Absent; discharged August, '65.
Absent; discharged August, '65.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Absent.

Discharged for disability May 1, '64.

Absent; discharged July 16, '65.

Transferred from Co. B April 4, '64; dis. per order May 9, '64.

Corporal; discharged May 29, '65, at New Orleans.

1st Sergeant; 1st Lieutenant 68th TJ. S. Colored Inf. Feb. 28, 'G4.
Deserted April 24, '64, at St. Louis, Mo.

Discharged for disability Nov. 9, '64.

Sergeant.

Wagoner; died July 9, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.

Promoted Corporal; discharged July 18, "65; absent.

486

THE TENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

ri

o
•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Salisbury Russell

34

Auw 14 '62

Aug 19 '65

Scott Francis M

21

Feb 15 '64

Aug 19 '65

Spencer Washington

26

Aug 14* '62

Deserted June 28 '63 at Shakopee Minn

Stacy Marshall

18

Discharged Oct 22 '64 at Jefferson Barracks Mo.

Stolso'n Berent

44

Feb. 22* '64

Discharged per order May 31, '65.

Tennant JainesD

20

Aug 14 '6>:>

Died April 22 '63 at Le Sueur Minn

28

Aug 14 '62

Killed Aug 22 '62 at Fort Ridgley Minn.

Van Woert, Wm. I

*>•>

Mch 25* '64

Discharged for disability Feb. 14, '65.

Walo, Joseph A
Walsh, Orman W
Walsh Thomas

21
22

38

Mch. 7, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Aug 14 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Promoted Sergeant

Walsh, George H

18

Nov. 12, '62

Corp.; pro. Serg., Q. Serg.; transf. to Non-Com. Staff July 1,'65.

Wenige FredJ

34

Mch 8 '64

Discharged Nov. 9, '65; absent.

Whitford Wm . .

38

Aug 14 '62

Aug 19 '65

Wheatly, Harrison J
Williams James D

27
19

Aug. 14, '62
Feb 29 '64

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Wiley, Thomas

31

Aug. 16, '62

Aug 19 '65

Transferred from Company B April 4 '64

Willvard, Henry

S1

Aug 16 '62

Aug 10 '65

Woodward George

18

Jan 10 '63

Aug 18 '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Michael J. O'Connor
First Lieutenant —
Wm Burns

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37
30

23

26
21
27
37
33
35
30
27
40
22
40
27
28
20
23
27
19
25
27
27
23
25
40
27
34
35
39

91

Sept. 27, '62
Sept. 6, '62
Sept 6, '62

Sept. 4/62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 23, '63
Aug. 22, '62
Feb. 24, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Oct. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 22, '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Wounded at Nashville Dec. 16, '64; discharged April 13, '65.

Corporal; killed Dec. 16, '64, in battle of Nashville.
Discharged for disability July 26, '64.

Killed Nov. 21, '64, at St. Louis, by Provost Guard.
Promoted Corporal.
Musician.
Discharged per order May 1 8, '65.

Discharged for disability April 3, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 18, '63,
Deserted Sept. 8, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Discharged per order Aug. 31, '64.
Discharged Aug. 16, '65; absent.
Sergeant.

Deserted May 12, '63, at Le Sueur, Minn.
Transferred to Non-Commissioued Staff Dec. 27, '62.
1st Sergeant; promoted to Company F April 21, '64.
Sergeant; reduced to ranks Feb. 12, '63.

Discharged per order March 30, '65
Promoted Corporal.

Deserted April 25, '63, at Le Sueur, Minn.
Deserted May 10, '63, at Le Sueur, Minn.

Deserted Sept. 7, '63, at Fort Ridgley.
Deserted Sept. 7, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Deserted Nov. 10, '64; arrested; claimed to be a minor; case
tested by civil court and discharged.
Discharged in '65; absent.
Deserted Nov. 12, '62, at St. Peter, Minn.

Discharged for disability in '65.
Deserted Sept. 7, '63, at Fort Snelling; killed by Provost Guard
while being arrested.
Deserted: arr'st'dand imprs'd. Mch.20.'(>4: not heard from since.

Second Lieutenant —
Michael Hoy

ENLISTED MEN.

Bracken Daniel

Broderick Wni

Brezett, Alfred
Burke Patrick

Aug. 19, '65

Cannon, Patrick

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Candron, Andrew

Clifford, Thomas
Connelly, Christopher

Cobb, Joseph F

Connelly, James

Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 25, '62
Aug. 26, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Sept. 1'62
Aug. 22, '62
Sept. 4, '62
Nov. 1, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Oct. 16 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Coyle James

Connelly, Michael T
Cox Hugh A ...

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Costello John

Conlin, James

Daly, William

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Daly, Timothy

Desjarlugh David

Dixon, Michael

Dunn William

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Duffy, James

Eustis, Patrick
Fewer Richard

Flanigan James

Flood Mathew

Oct. 16, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Sept. 1,'62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 14 '61?

Aug. 19, 'Go
Aug. 19, '65

Gafney, Thomas

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Gleeson Patrick .. .

21
21
30
35
33
27
21
43
21

32

27
21
27
21

18

Gleeson John

Jan. 27, '64
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 23, '62
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 18, '62

Feb. 12. '64
Aug. 22, '62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 22, '62

Jan. 24, '64

Grace, William

Hay s, Cornelius
Hays, James
Hawkins, Thomas
Hannon Peter

Aug. 19, '65

Herrons, Benjamin

Aug. 19, '65

Hoy, William

Horan Thomas

Aug. 19, '65

Kennedy, Patrick
Kernan, Peter

Keating. Robert....

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Killila John

Keegan Owen

27

Spnt 4 'fi2

Aug 19 '65

a

Lilas, Patrick

35

Jan 28 '64

Deserted March 25 '64 at St Louis Mo

Lytle, Alexander

18

Feb 11 '64

Discharged for disability Nov 19 '64

Lysight John

19

Aiis1 1Q '65

Martin Edward

on

Antr 1Q 'fi5

Manning, James

30

Aug 13 '62

Discharged per order Feb 13 '65

Maloney, Patrick

18

Aug 19 '62

Died Aug 10 '65 at St Paul

McCarron, Thomas

30

Aug 19 '65

McGrann,Owen

25

Aug 19* '65

L po a ; promotea sergeant.

McCloud, Patrick
JVlcDonough, Thomas
McCue, Robert

18
21
35

Oct. 8, '62
Sept. 3, '62
Aug 19 '62

Aug.' 19,' '65

Musician.
Discharged Aug. 19, '65; absent.
Discharged for disability Jan 4 '64

McGran, John

21

Auff 22* 'fi9

Died Sept 27 '63 at Fort Ridgley

McKeon, James

21

Aug 19 '65

McCann, Hugh

26

Aug 15 '69

Deserted Feb 10 '63 at Le Sueur Minn

McCool, Wm

21

Aug 22 '62

Aug 19 '65

McCoy, James

21

Sept' 3' '62

McGruth, Michael
McMonnamon, Michael....

42
SO

Sept. 2,' '64
Aug. 16 '64

Aug. 19, '65

Killed Dec. 16, '64 at Nashville.

Molan, Daniel

18

Auff 22 '62

Aug 19 '65

Mohan, Michael

45

AIIP 22 '6°

Died March 6 '63 at St Anthony Minn

Moore, Michael

29

Aug 20 '62

Moran, Edward

42

Aug 25' '62

Deserted May 20 '63 at Le Su'eur Minn

3tonaham, James

21

Aug 22 '62

Deserted Nov 10 '6?'atSt Peter Minn

Murphy, Daniel

35

Aug' 22' '62

Discharged per order June 5 '65

Nash, James

21

Aug 16 '62

Wounded at Nashville' discharged in '65* absent

Nary, Edward

18

Aug 13* '62

Aug 19 '65

O'Brien, Francis B ..
O'Bryan, Wm

18
26

Mch.22*'64
Aug 22 '62

Aug'. 19J '65
Aug 19 '65

O'Conner, Patrick

22

Aug' 22* '62

Deserted June 21 '64 at Memphis

O'Hara, Thomas
O'Gorman, James Joseph..

23
19

Oct. 16,' '62
Aug 13 '62

Aug. 19, '65

Corporal.
Discharged July 10 '6.5 at St Paul

0'Gorman,Wm

18

Aug 14 '62

O'Gorman, Michael

18

Aug! 18J '62

Discharged per order March 14, '64.

0' Neil, Cornelius

99

Oct. 16, '62

Sergeant; discharged July 11, '65, for promotion.

Page, Daniel

32

Aug 20 '62

Aug 19 '65

Quinn, Patrick

00

Au? 22 '62

Deserted Sept 7 '63 at Fort Snelling

jQuinlin Patrick

AIIP- 31 'fi4

Reardon, Wm

20

Jan 26 '64

Aug 19 '65

Ready John

OK

Aug 15* '62

Aug* 19* '65

Riley, James

Aug 23 '62

Aug 1Q* '65

Roche, Luke

22

Aug* 14* '62

Died in Minnesota while on sick furlough

Ronan, Patrick

Aug 21 '62

Aug 19 '65

Promoted Corporal

Sauce, Alexander
Seberry John

21

Aug'. 22*, '62
Sept 3 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Seibert, Edward

Aug 11 '62

Aug 19 '65

Sexton Daniel

Oct * 16* '62

Sheehey, Dennis

28

Sept. 4* '62

Captured Jan. 10, '65; Corporal; discharged July 25, '65; absent.

Shaw, David. .

Sept 4 '62

Aug 19 '65

Sheehan, Patrick

Aug 21 '69

Aug 19* '65

Sheehan, Wm ...

Aug 21* '62

Aug 19 '65

Sheridan, John
Shea Daniel

26

Aug.' 15,' '62
Dec. 26 '63

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Promoted Sergeant.

Smith, Michael

25

Jan. 28, '64

Deserted Nov. 21, '64, at St. Louis.

Stewart, George
Summers, Michael
Sullivan, Patrick

32
26
91

Oct. 13, '62
Aug. 27, '62
Aug 14 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug 19 '65

Corporal.
Discharged per order March 10, '64.

Sullivan, John

21

Dec 4* '63

Captured Jan. 10, '65; discharged July 26, '65.

Swift Dion

Aug 20 '62

Ward, Peter

Aug 16* '62

Aug 19* '65

Welsh, Andrew

Aug 16* '62

Aug 19* '65

Corporal* promoted Sergeant

White, Patrick

IK

Aug 14 '62

Aug 19 '65

Wood, Timothy

Aug 16 '62

\ug 19 '65

NARRATIVE OF THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.

BY RUFUS DAVENPORT.

The Eleventh Eegiment of Minnesota Volunteers was formed under the last
call of President Lincoln for troops, and was organized and mustered into the
service during the months of August and September, 1864.

The men were collected and enlisted at various points in the state, and later
were brought to Fort Snelling, where the regimental organization was com
pleted, the companies being mustered into the service separately, as rapidly as
they reached the number required. As a regiment the stay at Fort Snelling
lasted about a month, during which time the men were exercised in the usual
preliminary drills, etc. During the early portion of the stay at Fort Snelling
the regiment was under command of Adjutant Brown; Martin Maginnis, after
ward commissioned major, being quartermaster. About the time the regimen
tal organization was completed Lieut. Col. John Ball, formerly a captain in the
First Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers, assumed command. The regimental field
and staff were as follows: Colonel, James Gilfillan; lieutenant colonel, John Ball;
major, Martin Maginnis; adjutant, Horatio D. Brown; quartermaster, Nathaniel
C. Gault; surgeon, Henry McMahon; assistant surgeons, Peter Gabrielson and
Eobert L. Morris; chaplain, Chas. G. Bowdish; quartermaster sergeant, Jason
W. Gardner; sergeant major, Thos. C. Chambers, and later Chas. H. Baker; hos
pital steward, Wilford C. Wilson. Owing to delay in finding the proper officer
to muster him out of his former regiment, the Seventh Minnesota, in which he
was a captain, and into the Eleventh Eegiment as its colonel, Colonel Gilfillan
did not join the Eleventh Eegiment until the 7th of November, some time after
it had been posted along the line of the Louisville & Nashville railroad.

November 25th, having been assigned to the command of sub-district No.
5, of district of middle Tennessee, — headquarters at Gallatin, — which sub-dis
trict comprised the territory along the line of the Louisville & Nashville rail
road, from Edgefield Junction to the Kentucky line, and along the Cumberland
Eiver as far east as Lebanon, from the Gallatin and Lebanon road to the Ken
tucky line, Col. Gilfillan transferred the command of the regiment to Lieut.
Col. John Ball, who remained in command until it was mustered out of the ser
vice. The company officers were elected, or rather nominated, by the men, and
later commissioned by the governor of the state.

In most all cases recruiting commissions had been obtained by men in differ
ent parts of the state who had seen some service, either in other Minnesota
regiments or elsewhere, and as few or none of them had been able to secure suf
ficient enlistments to form a complete company, the squads now combined, and
generally the grade they were elected to, from captain down to second lieutenant,
depended upon the number of men they brought to the company.

As the statement has been made in several publications that the Eleventh
Eegiment was largely composed of drafted men and substitutes, it is in place
here to state that there was not a single drafted man or substitute in the Eleventh
Eegiment. It was composed purely and simply of volunteers.

In but little more than a month after the assembly of the companies began at
Fort Snelling the regiment was full, over 1,000 strong, and on the 20th of Sep
tember the first march took place toward the front — from Fort Snelling to St.
Paul, to take the steamboat for the South.

Up to that time the regiment had not been supplied with guns, those used in
drill and on guard duty having been borrowed from the fort, so the only load
the men had to carry were their rather full knapsacks. On the arrival at St.
Paul, as the regiment was ranged along the lower levee waiting for the boat, the
guns and accouterments were distributed.

NARRATIVE OF THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT. 489

The river was very low that year, so transportation was supplied by one of
the very small steamboats then running on the river, with hardly room on board
for the officers, and two large barges (uncovered, by the way) were necessary to
carry the rank and file. There was the usual wait before the boat was ready to
start, which gave the few who had friends in St. Paul plenty of time to say good-
by; but at last the order was given for embarking, and with a band on shore
playing " The Girl I Left Behind Me," the Eleventh Minnesota started on its
way toward the front. At La Crosse a change was made from flatboats to box
cars, a more expeditious, if not more comfortable, means of transportation, and in
due course of time the regiment arrived at Chicago.

At Chicago the regiment was retained something over a week, as Price's raid
in Missouri was then in active operation, and it was thought that the regiment
might be required in that direction; but the raid not proving as formidable as it
was at first feared it might be, the route toward Nashville, which place appears
to have been the original point of destination, was resumed.

At Louisville the regiment was held two days. Arriving on a rainy Saturday
morning, the men were marched to a quiet residence street, and remained there
in a cold rain, with stone pavements and doorsteps to rest upon, until nine o'clock
that night. The men at that time were unaccustomed to exposure, and it was
feared if that sort of thing should continue all night a big sick call would be
the result. And it was afterward said that Lieut. Col. Ball, after making several
vain appeals for some kind of shelter for his men, informed the mayor that "if
shelter was not found he would take it." At any rate, at last came the order to
" Fall in!" and after a short march, one of the large public markets was taken
possession of, and the crowd, butchers, purchasers, etc., a big one, as it was Satur
day night, was forced out of one end of the long building as the regiment marched
in at the other.

From Louisville the route was direct to Nashville, where camp was formed
under the guns of Fort Negley. After the arrival at Nashville there appeared
to be some uncertainty as to what was to be the next move, and for some days,
with the exception of furnishing details of officers and men to guard supply
trains going from Nashville to Chattanooga, nothing was done; but one night,
or rather very early one morning, the long roll was sounded, the regiment formed
into line and marched to a railroad depot, and daylight found the companies dis
tributed at the different stations along the line of the Louisville & Nashville
railroad, from the Kentucky line to Nashville, some thirty miles of road, for the
purpose of protecting it from guerrillas.

This move proved to be the final one, as the entire term of service in the South
was passed in this locality. It appears that during the previous day or even
ing a guerrilla raid had been made on a portion of the line of this road, and the
negro troops then guarding it either killed or driven off. Some buildings were
burned and other damage done, and as this line of road was then of great impor
tance, as all troops and supplies for the Army of the Cumberland passed over its
rails, the Eleventh Eegiment, then about as large as an average brigade, was
selected as a preventive of future little guerrilla pleasantries of a like nature.
The first disposition of the companies along the line of the railroad cannot now
be recalled, for in a few days there were a number of changes, but the com
panies were finally placed as follows: Companies E, G and I, at Gallatin, where
regimental headquarters were established; Company A at Buck Lodge; B at
Edgefield Junction; C at Eichland; D at Sandersville, Alexander's Bridge, and
another small stockade, the name of which cannot now be recalled; F and K
at the tunnel; and H at Mitchelsville.

With the exception of Gallatin, which was a lively little city of probably
4,000 inhabitants, and the tunnel, which was a point of particular importance
on account of the injury that might there be done to the railroad, the posts were
at small villages where there were railroad and telegraph stations, or at stock
ades in the vicinity of bridges. At Gallatin, in addition to the three companies
of the Eleventh, there was a small earthwork occupied by an eight-gun battery.
The final disposition of the companies took place October 12th, and from

490 THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.

that time on things settled down into regular routine work— guard, picket and
patrol. At points on the main road, or pikes, picket stations were established,
well out from the main body of the troops, and the railroad was regularly
patrolled.

During the following winter the regular work was occasionally varied by a
chase after guerrillas, of which the most important was that after a guerrilla band
that had captured some 1,500 head of cattle from a squad of negro troops that were
guarding them a few miles out of Gallatin. The chase resulted in the recapture
of the cattle, but, unfortunately, the guerrillas were too well mounted and could
not be overhauled. A month or so later another chase was made, after what was
believed to be the same band, for maltreating a lot of government civil employes
who were en route from Cold Springs, a government supply station, twenty miles
out of Gallatin, to the railroad. This time the country was scoured for many
miles around, but without results, excepting the arrest of a few men who proba
bly had nothing to do with this particular business, but who seemed needlessly
curious in regard to the business of the " rough-riding" blue coats in the moun
tains. Raids of this kind could hardly be expected to result in anything except
the moral effect. They showed, however, that our men were willing, possibly
anxious, for an interview with these gentry, but the guerrillas were well mounted,
they had all the horses that were good for anything in that section of country,
and the mountains were a perfect net- work of roads, not a few of which were
creeks with rock bottoms, so that even the horses' hoofs left no impression; while
our men were mounted on such horses as could be impressed at the moment,
taken from the stables where their owners had left them when they came into town,
unharnessed from farmers' wagons, or, in fact, in any way that they could be
obtained at once — the best that could be had, but not, as a rule, up to the work
required of them at such times. Another impediment to effective dealing with
the guerrilla was the difficulty of distinguishing him from the ordinary inoffen
sive native, though it was generally believed by our men that the apparently
inoffensive native and the guerrilla were, under different conditions, one and
the same individual.

The only deaths from violence in the Eleventh Regiment occurred on Sunday
morning, March 12, 1865, when Geo. S. Hatch and Robert Bailey were killed at
a small church a few miles out from Gallatin by one of these guerrilla bands.
These men were part of a detail, with a sergeant in command, guarding a wood
chopper's camp, and were in the habit of straying over the surrounding country
contrary to orders. By those who witnessed the murder it was stated that the
men came to the church, apparently to attend service, but before they had en
tered a dozen mounted guerrillas rode up and demanded their surrender. The
two men at once laid down their guns, but one of them, Hatch, it is believed,
picked his up again, saying that "he would not give up his gun," when both
men were at once riddled by revolver bullets.

The only other event of any importance that occurred before the battle of
Nashville was a night ride of all the men that could be spared from the three
companies at Gallatin to reinforce the two companies at the tunnel. A report
came to Colonel Gilfillan, the district commander, that an attack was to be
made that night on the tunnel, and some two hundred men of Companies E, Gand
J were hurriedly put into box-cars — the material evidence of the previous
presence of a lot of sheep being painfully evident, in spite of the fact that a thin
layer of sawdust had been used — and the six miles between Gallatin and the tun
nel were passed over in a very short space of time. It was "as black as a stack
of black cats" when the train stopped, and as the line was formed along the side
of the railroad track there may have been some trembling in the boots, for
this looked more like business than anything the men had so far experienced;
but nothing turned up but the sun, which, by the way, appeared to be unusu
ally slow that morning, and at noon the command marched back to Gallatin.

For a month or more previous to the battle of Nashville the section of railroad
guarded by the Eleventh Regiment was worked to its full capacity, troop and
supply trains passing toward Nashville almost continuously, and all sorts of sto-

NARRATIVE OF THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT. 491

ries were Afloat. The pickets were cautioned to be particularly watchful, and
rumors of probable attacks by rebel cavalry trying to cut off the communications
in the rear of Nashville were very frequent; and there may have been some such
possibility, for a few days before the battle took place a regiment of Tennessee
mounted infantry was placed between the railroad and the Cumberland Eiver
to prevent the possibility of such an attack being made.

During this period there was more or less night-firing on the picket line, and
for a time the companies were turned out and stood at their arms from 3 A. M.
until daylight, but nothing came of it after all. During the days of the progress
of the battles of Franklin and Nashville the sound of the cannonade was very
distinct at Gallatin, and some few of the men managed to visit the latter place
during the progress of the fight, but none took any active part. After the battle
of Nashville the men of the Eleventh were treated to their first sight of regular
rebel troops, as train load after train load of prisoners were sent North for safe
keeping.

From the date of the battle of Nashville until the news was received of Lee's
surrender, nothing of particular importance occurred. Shortly after the sur
render was announced, the national salute was fired by the battery at Gallatin,
and there was general rejoicing in the regiment that the war was practically
ended, followed a few days later by the feeling of uncertainty as to what would
be the outcome, when the news of the murder of President Lincoln swept like a
great wave of sorrow over the country.

During all this period the regular routine duty of guard, picket and patrol
was kept up, and with the exception of the expectation of the order for the
homeward march, which made the duty somewhat less irksome, matters went on
very much as before.

It was during this period that the captain of the guerrilla band that had so
long infested this section sent word to headquarters that he and his men were
prepared to surrender, and later the surrender was made to Lieut. Albert E.
Hall, post provost marshal, the conditions being similar to those granted to regu
lar rebel soldiers when they laid down their arms.

In the latter part of June, 1865, the Eleventh Regiment was relieved by a
regiment of negro troops, and on the 26th of June the start was made for home.
All along the route the Eleventh received the same welcome as did those who
had been the heroes of a hundred battles, the greeting growing warmer as Mason
and Dixon's line was left in the rear. The men were hilarious but orderly, and
the only incident on the route was when an attempt was made to stop the train
on Sunday, near the outskirts of a little town in Indiana.

The train was left without an engine, with the evident intention of letting it
remain there until Monday morning. The men stood it until nearly midday,
when, considering that further forebearance had no virtue in it, they, by main
force, pushed the entire train a mile or more, into the town, and kept up a cheer
ing and generally friendly row until an engine was produced and the train again
started on its way, That night the entire regiment, probably excepting the
officers, rolled themselves up in their blankets and slept in the side path, on
Michigan avenue near the Exposition building, to the great admiration of hun
dreds of people who came to have a look at the "war-worn veterans. " The
regiment reached St. Paul on the 5th of July, and was finally mustered out of
the service on the llth of that month.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the service of the Eleventh Kegiment
was probably less eventful than that of any other regiment or troop furnished
by the state, though Minnesota has no reason to regret her Eleventh offering to
the Union cause, for the regiment did the duty which, under the fortunes of war,
fell to its portion — and did it well. Though there was no loss in battle, lives
were sacrificed — the severity of the climate on men from the North, and the
hardships and exposure incidental to the life caused not a few to lay down their
arms to the grim destroyer, and there are many grass-grown mounds in Ten
nessee — mute witnesses that the Eleventh Kegiment of Minnesota Volunteers
contributed a portion of its life and strength for the Union.

492

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.

ROSTER OF THE FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT,
MINNESOTA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Colonel —
James B. Gilfillan
Lieutenant Colonel —
John Ball

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June26,»65
June 26, '65

Captain Company H, 7th Regiment, Aug. 6, '62; commissioned
Colonel llth Regiment Sept. 7, '64.

Major —
Martin Maginnis
Adjutant —
Horatio D. Brown

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Sept. 13, '64
Aug. 5, '62

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Quartermaster Aug. 13, '64.

Quartermaster —
Nathaniel C. Gault
Surgeon —
Henry McMahon.
Assistant Surgeons —
Peter Gabrielson

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Sept. 19, '64
Sept. 7, '64
Sept. 8, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Robt. L. Morris

Chaplain —
Charles G. Bowdish
Sergeant Major—
Thos C Chambers

22
30
9q

Nov. 22, '64
Sept. 11, '64
Aug. 15 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Discharged per order May 28, '65.

Charles H Baker

V>

Aug. 22, '64

June 26, '65

Quartermaster Sergeant —
Jason W. Gardner
Commissary Sergeant —
Wm H. Van Vleck
Hospital Steward —
Wilford C. Wilson
Principal Musicians —
Albert K Hewitt

21
35
18
25

Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 19, '64
Aug 20 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Albert De Lancy..

82

Aug" 19 '64

Discharged per order May 29 '65.

Calvin B. Fix

22

Aug 16 '64

June 26 '65

COMPANY A.
EOSTER OF COMPANY A.

493

NAMES.

w

C5

<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Adam Buck

34

Sept 4 '64

June 26 '65

first Lieutenant —

23

Sept 4 '64

June 26 '65

Second Lieutenants —
John 0. Brunius

40

Sept. 4, '64

Resigned Jan. 24 '65.

John H. Mitchell

ENLISTED MEN.

Anderson, Eric G

40

30

Jan, 20, '65
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Anderson, Frank

%

Au£ 24* '64

June 26 '65

Anderson John.

31

Aug 24 '64

Anderson, Niels

39

Aug 24* '64

June 26 '65

Anderson, Solomon

27

Aug. 24* '64

Arvidson Samuel

40

Aug 24 '64

June °6 '65

Bauer, Andreas

33

Aug 24* '64

Died April 21 '65 at Gallatin Tenn

Beureau Otto ..

25

Aug 24* '64

June 26 '65

Behmer, Wm

33

Aug' 24* '64

June 26 '65

Beck, George

41

Aug 24* '64

June 26 '65

Bott Peter

25

Bremer, Gerhard

38

Aug 24 '64

June 26* '65

Corporal' promoted Sergeant

Briest Gottfried

?0

Aug 24* '64

Butterfield, Lowell
Clasen, John... . •

38
?8

Aug! 24,' '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26/65
June 26 '65

Denzer Frederick

24

Aug 24* '64

June 26* '65

Denzer, Charles

31

Aug' 24* '64

June 26 '65

99

Aug 24* '64

June 26 '65

34

Aug 24* '64

Erickson, Jonas
Foster Frederick

40
??

Aug.' 24,' '64
Aug 24 '64

May 22,' '65
June 26 '65

Per order.
Sergeant.

Fortwengeler, Henry
Freese Otto

24
19

Aug. 24, '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Froruberg. Andrew

20
30

Aug. 24J '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26,' '65
June 26 '65

Goetke Christ

4?

Aug 24 '64

Discharged per order June 12 '65.

Gross Phillip

29

Aug 24* '64

June 26 '65

Hafner Jacob

39

Aug 24* '64

June 26, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Harrisb'erger Peter

?0

Aug 24 '64

Died May 22 '65 at Gallatin Tenn

Hary Michael

82

Aug 34* '64

June 26 '65

Hein' Nickolas

21

Aue 24* '64

Henton Robert ... .

30

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Hillesheim, Joseph
Hillesheim Peter

24
19

Aug. 24,' '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

24

Aug 24* '64

June 26 '65

Hoffman, Samuel ...
Hold Andrew

32
37

Aug.' 24* '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Holm, Johan

38

Aug 24* '64

June 26, '65

«Johauson August

28

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Jones, Benjamin L
Kohler Albert

24

3.1

Aug. 24,' '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65

Discharged per order May 29, '65.

Kirby Philipp

33

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Kleinknecht, Conrad
Knoedel Joseph

42
3">

Aug. 24J '64
Aue 04 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Corporal.

30

Sept 15 '64

June 26 '65

Kru<Ter Johan

97

Aug 24* '64

June 26, '65

Sergeant.

Kuhne August

30

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Kumm, Christian

31

Aug 24* '64

June 26, '65

Kusche Wm

27

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

26

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Lange Michael

3?

Aug 24* '64

June 26, '65

26

Aug 24 '64

June 12 '65

Per order

Lumburg, John
May Joseph

30
18

Aug'. 24*, '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June26 '65

34

Aug 24' '64

June 26 '65

Oleson, Bodel

27

Aug 24* '64

June26, '65

Osborg John

33

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Otting, Henrich

29

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Otto Wm

21

Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65

Pahl Franz

25

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Pahl Tobias

32

Aug 24 '64

June26, '65

Parker Alvin

24

Aug 24 '64

Died Feb 6 '65 at Gallatin Tenn.

Polzin, Wm

30

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Potter James M

30

Aug. 24 '64

1st Sergeant' promoted 2d Lieutenant Company B May 12 '65

Reich Gottleib

44

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Riebe, John

99

Sept. 15, '64

Discharged for disability March 22 '65.

Riebe Albert. .

24

Aug 24 '64

June26, '65

Corporal.

44

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Russell John

36

Aug 24, '64

June 26 ,'65

Scheuble, Theobald.
Scheuble John

25
31

Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Schneitnagle, Michael

32
41

Aug. 24, '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Schnackenberg, Benjamin
Schumacher, Henrich
Serr Conrad

30
25
26

Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Silcher, Philip

3i

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Simon, John

Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65

Skatt. Swante ....

19

Aue. 24. '64

June 26. '65

494

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

NAMES.

ri
o

<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Solem Henrick O

•>«

Aug. 20 '64

Discharged for disability March 22, '65.

37

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Spelluiaii Henry

''O

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Bteiiigraus Carl

32

Aug 24 '64

Died Feb. 26, '65, at Gallatin, Tenn.

Stubbe Gottlieb

19

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Sudheimer Ludwig

95

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Sudheimer, Philip

24
43

Aug. 24, '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June26 '65

Taster Martin

S7

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Thieling, Henrich
Thompson, Niels
\Valther Fritz

31
29
*>S

Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 24. '64
Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65
June 26 ,'65
June 26 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Weihe Henry .•

?6

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Weyl Wm

81

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Wilson, John

?f>

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Zoereb Casper

34

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES. '

ri

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Franklin Paine

*>1

Aug 19 '64

June 26 '65

first Lieutenant —
Joseph B Jones

84

Aug. 20, '64

June 26 '65

Second Lieutenants —
Geo W. Fertig

39

Aug. 20, '64

Resigned Feb 14 '65.

James M. Patter

ENLISTED MEN.

30

W

May 13, '65
Aug 12 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

28

Aug 15 '64

June 26* '65

34

Aug 16 '64

June 26 '65

Corporal.

Allen John E

30

Aug 16 '64

June 26 '65

Barrie Onesime

•>•>

Aug 15 '64

June 26* '65

23

Aug 10* '64

June 26 '65

Beyer Cha'rles

19

Aug. 5* '64

June 26* '65

Bevans RuhardM

28

Aug 12 '64

May 10 '65

Per order

37

Aue 8* '64

June 12 '65

Bird Samuel J

<>0

Aug 15 '64

June 26 '65

Blanquist, Charles
Bolduc Belanie

41
SO

Aug. 9| '64
Aug 10 '64

June 26, '65

Corporal.
Deserted Sept. 21, '64, at St. Paul.

20

Aug 17 '64

June26 '65

Caswell Chas M

21

Aug 17* '64

June 26 '65

Crapo Joseph

S1

Aug' 12* '64

June 26* '65

Chapron, Francis L
Covart George E,

36
?fi

Aug. 13, '64
July 28 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '55

Crocker, Erastus F
Crevier, Peter.

37
17

Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 13 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Demars, Charles

18
33

Aug. 10, '64
Aug 1 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Denney Wm J

18

Aug 16* '64

June 26 '65

Donahue, James E
Duford, Napoleon

Ellsworth Geo F

18
17
18

Aug. 7 ,'64
Aug. 9, '64
Aug 8 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Engren Erick

41

Aug. 9 '64

June 26, '65

99

Aug 6 '64

Deserted Aug. 17, '64, at St. Paul.

Feddemma Wm H

22

Aug 6 '64

June 26 '65

Fix Calvin R

?<>

Aug 12* '64

Transferred to Non-Corn. Staff June 1, '65, as Prin. Musician*

Foley John W

24

Aug 10 '64

June 24 '65

Gardner, George E

19
18

Aug. 17, '64
Aug 17 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

34

Aug 16 '64

June26 '65

Goodbreau, Ambrose
Gilkey, James F
Gray, Amos . .

44
34

R9

Aug. 8, '64
Aug. 17, '64
Aug. 8, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Grouse John

29

Aug 11 '64

June 26, '65

Gregory, George D

19

Aug. 12, '64

Discharged per order June 8, '65.

Griswold Charles E

18

Aug 8 '64

Promoted Sergeant Sept. 26, '64.

Greibler 'jacob

33

A tig' 16* '64

Discharged for disability June 11, '65.

Haycraft, Edmund F
Hageman, Frank

18
S7

Aug. 2, '64
Aug. 15, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Hellman, Matthias
Howard, Wm. F

27
18

Aug. 11, '64
Aug. 4, '64

June26, '65
June 26, '65

Horton, Harry

Inweiler Caspar .

29
V>

Aug. 8, '64
Aug 11 '64

June26, '65

Discharged per order June 7, '65.

Johnson, Robert M
Johnson, Henry T
Koch, Henry A...

32
27
22

Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 3, '64
Aug. 12, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

COMPANY C.

ROSTER OF COMPANY B— Continued.

495

NAMES.

Kohlstadt, Con rad

Lambert, Thomas

La Croix, Frederick...

Langlois, Carmille

Lavalle, Peter

Lamson, Chauncey

Larson, Andrew

Landgraf, Valentine...,
Leonard, Warren D....

Lillis, James

Lieders, Frederick

Liedluff, Henry

Loring, Frederick

Lyons, John

Madder, Martin M

Maier.John

Martin, Augustus

Malloy, John

McCoy, Francis

McGuire, Thomas

McAchrim, August

McGuire, Hugh

McNally, Geo. S

Miller, Gotthelf.

Modig, Eric

Molitor, Burnett

Needham Edward B....

Payette, Joseph

Patterson, Richard

Pelta, Anthony

Pierce, Carlisle

Plaisaner, Phillip

Pottle, Benjamin

Kamsden, Thomas P...

Reno, Sidner

Ro we, Patrick

Sampson, Zepherin

Sackerson, Samuel

Seifert, Gottleib

Seay.Wm

Shannon. James

Taylor, Joseph

Van Kfeeck, Wm. H...

Waldhoff, Ernst

Walsh, Wm

Whitney, Henry

Well, Henry

Whipps, Solomon

Wilson, Wilford C

Wilbur, Charles

Wiggins, John

MUSTERED
IN.

Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug. 10, '64
Aug. 6, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 16, '64
July 28, '64
Aug. 5, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 16, '64
Aug. 3, '64
Aug. 17, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 12, '64
July 25, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 13, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 3, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 3, T '
Aug. 15, '64
Dec. 19, '64
Aug. 11, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 6, V
Aug. 1,'64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 17, '64
Aug. 6, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 17, '64
Aug. 9, '64
Aug. 6, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 17, '64
Aug. 10 ,'64
Aug. 9, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 16, '64
Aug. 19, '64
July 28, '64
Aug. 6, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

June 26, '65
May 29, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26, '65

June 26, '65
June 7, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26 '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26,'65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

May 31, '65
June 26, '65

June 26, '65
June 26 '65
June 26 '65
June 26, '65
May 29, '65

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

REMARKS.

Per order.
Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Nov. 10, '64.

Corporal.

Per order.

Sergeant.
Corporal.

Substitute.

Deserted Aug. 17, '64, at St. Paul.
Per order.

Promoted Com. Sergeant; transf. to Non-Com. Staff Sept. 6, '64.

Corporal.
Corporal.

Per order.

Pro. Hospital Steward; transf. to Non-Com. Staff Sept. 13, '64.

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

rf

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Theodore E. Potter.
First Lieutenant —
Henry J.Neal

32
31

Sept. 4, '64
Sept. 4. '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

.

Second Lieutenant —

45

Sept 4 '64

June 26 '65

Discharged from 1st Regiment November, '62.

ENLISTED MEN.

TT

Aug 26 '64

June 26 '65

Annis, Richard S

18

Aug. 26, '64

June 26, '65

S5

Aug. 25 '64

June 26 '65

Bontrager, John

?3

Aug. 27, '64

June 26, '65

Bray ton Darling L

SO

Aug. 15, '64

June 26 '65

Corporal.

Burgess, Philip H
Bundy, Willis G

16
?0

Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 25, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Busser William

41

Aug. 26, '64

Died Jan. 28, '65, at Gallatin, Tenn.

Buckle, John W

?9

Aug. 17, '64

June 26, '65

Chapin, Morris B

9^

Aug. 15, '64

June 26, '65

Chase John

Sfi

Aug 23 '64

June 26 '65

Clapshaw, Wm

19

Aug 24, '64

June 26, '65

Corporal.

Cook, Am as a

18

Aug 18, '64

June 26, '65

Cooper Joseph

<n

Aug 16 '64

June 26 '65

Cornell, Benj. B

35

Aug. 29, '64

June 26, '65

Coulthart.Wm

30

Aug. 20. '64

June 26, '65

496

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

NAMES.

a

Q
«<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

95

Ail P. 99 ?j*4

Tiinpoc »cc

Cross Edward

16

Aug 26 '64

Died Nov

Cummiugs Wm

39

Aug 23* '64

June 26 '65

17

Des Revine, Chas. G
Detamore Samuel

43
21

Aug. 23, '64

Ailtr 94 Jfi4

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Elwood Benj F

S3

Ellis Henry C

Fedge, John 6
Fetterby Jas S

28
29

Aug. 17, '64

June 26, '65

Foss, Jay B

Aug 19 '64

June 26 '65

Frandle, George J

25

Aug. 20, '64

June 26 '65

Gale Wm Henry

2<j

Gillfillan, James
Goodnow, Julius C
Gulikson, Evan
Haslip Win B

26
20
20

Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 20, '64

June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65

Harding Wm H

23

23

Jacobus Philo

2 '7

A no- 9fi *fi4

Jordon Peter

34

Aug 21 '64

June 26 '65

Kaufman, Jacob

32

97

Aug! 25* >64

June26?, '65

*

29

June 26 '65

97

Lattemo're, Francis J
Leise Benjamin F

29
23

Aug. 29, '64

June 26, '65

Linsley Wm. W

27

Aug 27 '64

June 26 '65

26

Mftv 22* 'fiS

Lyons Patrick

29

Aug 29 '64

June 26 '65

Martin Alfred

17

June 26 '65

Mason, James K

16
16

Aug. 16, '64

June 26! '65
June 26 '65

McKibbin, Wallace

25

Aug 25* '64

June 26 '65

Mead, Geo. W

26

Aug' 96" '64

Died Nov.

Middeaugh, John
Miller Wm G

15
16

Aug. 15J '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Sergeant.

Miller' Fred C. E

24

Aug 24 '64

June 26* '65

24

Aug 24* '64

June 26* '65

26

Aug 26 '64

Nicholson, Andrew J
Olson Andrew

25
39

Aug.* 25* '64
Aug 26 '64

June 26,' '65

Otto Charles A

22

Aug 16 '64

June 26* '65

Park Franklin L

21

Aug 26* '64

June 26 '65

21

July 24* '64

June 26* '65

Corporal.

Peterson, Frederick
Philbrick Charles

40
25

Aug. 25, '64
Aug 25 '64

June26, '65
June 26 '65

Corporal.

36

June26* '65

24

Aue1 24* '64

Reed, George A
Rinehart Henrv

17
25

Aug. 26, '64
Aug 15 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Richardson, John L
Rice Tobias L

18
27

Aug. 15, '64
Aug 27 '64

June 26* '65
June 26 '65

Corporal.

Robertson Charles D .

28

Aug 25 '64

June 26 '65

Robertson Henry

38

Aug 29* '64

June 26* '65

Sergeant.

29

Aug 27 '64

June 26 '65

Rutledge Thomas

29

Aug' 23* '64

June 26 '65

Corporal.

Rutledge Patrick D

37

Aug 23 '64

June 26 '65

Sartwell Lorin

30

Aug 20 '64

June 26 '65

Shellenberger, John

20

Aug' 2l' '64

June 26* '65

20

Aug 25 '64

June 26 '65

Smith Patrick W

26

Aug 29* '64

June 26 '65

Smith Lawrence W

30

Aug 29 '64

June 26 '65

Smith, Thomas

25

Aug 28* '64

June 26, '65

Smith, Myron S
Smith, Andrew J

37
W

Aug. 29, '64
Aug-. 28 '64

June 26, '65
June26, '65

Corporal.

Smith Whitford . .

32

Aug 29 '64

June26 '65

Stoddard, Nathan
Thompson, David L
Tipton, Thomas N
Tweed, Andrew

38
18
24

^7

Aug. 19, '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 25, '64
Aug 27 '64

June 26 ,'65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Van Meter Joseph . .

38

Aug 29 '64

June 26, '65

Washburn, Lewis G
Westover, Alexander
Webber, Henry C. J
White John D

21
23
20
23

Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 20, '64
Aug 13 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 ,'65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Wilson, James

30

Aug 25, '64

June26, '65

Promoted

Wickwire, Michael S
Woolery, Reuben

25
93

Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 27, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

REMARKS.

COMPANY D.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

497

NAMES.

w
B

<5

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Loren Webb
First Lieutenant—
C. C. P. McAlexandor....
Second Lieutenant —
Pb.Ho Hawes

26
35
33

Sept. 1, '64
Sept. 1, '64
Sept 1 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Alberts Hiram

31

Auff 29 '64

June96 '65

36

Aug 29 '64

June 26 '65

28

Aug 12' '64

Applegatej Reuben G

24
17

Aug! 22] '64
Aug 22 '64

June 20, '65
June 26 '65

43

Aug 24* '64

34

Aug 17* '64

June 26* '65

Avery, Clarence
Kailey Birchard

17
?0

Aug. 13, '64
Aug 10 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Bailev Otis B

?7

Aug 21 '64

June 26 '65

37

Aug 24 '64

7,1

Aug 12' '64

June 26* '65

Bowdish,Chas. G
Bradway, Thomas

30
34
3f>

Aug. 17, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Aug 22 '64

June 26, '65
June26, '65
June96 '65

Promoted Chaplain Sept. 10, '64.
Sergeant.

?4

Aug 17 '64

June 26* '65

Case Simon P

39

Aug 22* '64

June 26 '65

Calquboun, Archibald......
Canfield Luther H

28
37

Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 21 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Carpenter Fred A

18

Aug 2° '64

June26 '65

Christ, Henry J

21

Aug. 21 '64

June 26 '65

Corporal

Clark Jefferson

?0

Aug 23 '64

June 26 '65

Coen Charles G

?9

Aug 22 '64

June 26 '65

Cotter, Edward
Davis Win H

18
?1

Aug. 30, '64
Aug 29 '64

June 26* '65
June 26 '65

Denny, David
Doland George E

31
?9

Aug. 21, '64
Aug 22 '64

June 26,' '65
June26 '65

Died Feb. 6, '65, at Gallatin, Tenn.

31

Aug 21 '64

Drought. Henry

3?

Aug. 24 '64

June 26* '65

Sergeant.

Drake Herbert

34

Sept 1 '64

June 26 '65

Emburg, Samuel B

20

Aug. 22, '64

June 26 '65

Emmerson, David W

20
18

Aug. 21, '64
Aug 21 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Gilhousen, Martin

16

Aug 22 '64

June 26* '65

41

Aug 23 '64

June 26 '65

<jross, Win

3o

Aug. 16, '64

June 26* '65

Hawley Wm.B

17

Aug 22 '64

June 26 '65

Hathaway, Orlando
Harding, Geo. W
Hart Melvin

21
32
?1

Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Aug 12 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Hawkins, James D
Hart Allen

27
18

Aug. 20, '64
Sept 3 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Hightchen, Isaac C
Henderson, James M
Heustiss Lott

38
20
35

Sept. 5, '64
Sept. 21, '64
Sept 21 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Heath, Roswell F

37

Sept. 20, '64

Juue26" '65

Horton Lucius D

16

Sept 15 '64

June26 '65

Holcomb, Rollin S

?0

Aug. 21, '64

June 26 '65

Hulse, Harrison .. ..

18

Aug 22 '64

June 26 '65

Humphrey, Louis L
Humphrey, Hubert H
Johnson Ole

29
20
?4

Aug. 21, '64
Aug. 21, '64
Aug 23 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Sergeant.

Kerr.Wm

17

Aug. 20, '64

June 26 '65

Kinf, Janies L

30

Aug 10 '64

June 26 '65

Konkle, George
Lautz, George

18
?9

Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 22, '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Maxfield. Lauren M

9^

Aug 17 '64

June 26 '65

Corporal.

Masters, Henry D

31

Aug. 21, '64

June 26, '65

McKillip, Charles D

?1

Aug. 22, '64

June 26, '65

McFall Wm

36

Aug 21 '64

June 26 '65

Mclntyre, Sanford H
Minthorn Henry T

21
19

Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 20, '64

June 26, '65
June26 '66

Morris, Levi

36

Aug. 22, '64

June 26, '65

Moore, John.

?5

Aug. 25, '64

June26, '65

V>

Aug. 22 '64

June 26 '65

Needham, Alfred L

?7

Aug. 21 '64

June 26, '65

Nutting, Maynard L
Partlow, Anaziah

17
?9

Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 22, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Partlow, Ephraim

44

Aug. 22, '64

June 26 '65

Partlow Wm L

44

Aug. 22 '64

June 26 '65

Philips, Christie
Poe, Hiram B...

27
33

Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 13, '64

June 26, '65
June26, '65

Corporal.

XSandall, Horace N

18

Aug. 15, '64

June 26, '65

Reinochl, Ezra E

17

Aug. 22, '64

June 26, '65

Record, James H

?1

Aug. 22, '64

June 26, '65

Revier Louis

28

Aug 22 '64

June 26 '65

Recor, Geo. D

99

Aug. 22, '64

June 26, '65

Sawyer, Philo .

36

Aug. 22, '64

June 26, '65

Sayers, Isaac V

23

Aug 30 '64

June26 '65

Scram, Wm. T

19

Aug. 24. '64

June 26. '65

32

498

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

NAMES.

H

O

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Slagle Peter L

29

Aug 90 '64

June96 '65

Promoted Corporal,

Smith' David B

17

Aug. 20* '64

June 26 '65

40

Aug 22 '64

June 26 '65

Sergeant.

Steele, Charles A
Sunde Asinund A

33
36

Aug. 22, '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June26 '65

Corporal.

Terryll, John C

16

Aug. 8, '64

June26, '65

Tilton Wasson S

19

Aug. 22 '64

June26, '65

Townsend, Peter B
Waite, Morris B

23
16

Aug. 16, '64
Aug. 15, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Warner Martin

27

Aug 16 '64

May 31 '65

Per order.

Ward, Charles D

19

Aug. 22, '64

June26, '65

Weston, Andrew A .».
Webb Harvey

28
33

Aug. 22, '64
Aug 22 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Sergeant.

Webster, Salmon
Webster, Ransom F
Williams, Charles O
Wood John

29
24
18
4°

Aug. 21, '64
Sept. 5, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 21, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65

Wood, Claudius D

35

Aug. 21, '64

June 26, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY

NAMES.

H

C

<!

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —

39

Sept 1 '64

June 26 '65

First Lieutenant —
John S. Moulton
Second Lieutenant —
John J. Beatty

27
44

Sept. 1, '64
Sept. 1 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Abrahamson Eric

39

Aug. 24 '62

June 26, '65

34

Aug 23 '64

June 26 '65

Allen' Wni. H

?4

Aug. 32, '64

June 26, '65

41

Aug 24 '64

May 29 '65

At Gallatin Tenn

Austin Chandler

43

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Batdorf George ....

•>•>

Aug. 26 '64

June 26, '65

Bailey Robert M

18

Aug 24 '64

Killed March 12 '65, by guerrillas near Gallatin, Tenn.

Bernick Casper

44

Aug. 23 '64

June 26, '65

Blesi Peter

W

Aug 27 '64

June26 '65

Bond, Franklin M

18

Aug. 27, '64

June 26, '65

Bond Preston K

19

Aug. 23 '64

June 26 '65

Bonn, Christian

37

Aug. 24, '64

May 29, '65

At Gallatin, Tenn.

Bowers, Nicholas
Brooks, Silas C

37
?fi

Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 22, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Bulle Isadore

34

Aug. 27, '64

June 26, '65

Carter, Walter

Aug. 26, '64

June 26, '65

Corporal.

Cheadle, Milton S

Aug. 26, '64

June 26 ,'65

Clark Egbert J

18

Aug. 25 '64

June 26, '65

Covey John H

33

Aug. 26, '64

June 26, '65

Sergeant.

Corwin Orrin A

17

Aug 12 '64

June 26, '65

Corwin, Warren M

17

Aug. 12 '64

June 26, '65

Cragan Enoch

46

Aug 8 '64

June 26 '65

Cunningham, Prior W
Culver Edwin G.

22
31

Aug. 23, '64
Aug 29 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Dahlberg, Oke S

Aug. 24* '64

June 26, '65

Degarlais Joel

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Disney, John C

Aug. 24 '64

June 26, '65

Disney, Wm.

Aug. 24 '64

June 26, '65

Dupay Wm H

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Edsell Charles K

Aug. 26 '64

June 26, '65

Elletson Albert .

"

Aug 26 '64

June 26 '65

Erickson John

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Everett.Redden H
ITlvnn Robert

"«>'«;"

Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 23, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Garrett Levi F

Aug 26 '64

June 26, '65

Promoted Sergeant.

Garmache, Peter

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Geradin August

Aug. 23 '64

June 26, '65

Gebson, Joseph

34

Aug. 25. '64

June 26, '65

Gleason, Jacob
Griffin, Henry T
Hammarlund, Peter

22
19

Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 22, '64

June26, '65
June 26, '65
May 29, '65

Corporal.
At Gallatin, Tenn.

Hatch, Geo.S
Houck Wm

Aug. 25, '64
Aug 23 '64

June 26 '65

Killed near Gallatin, Tenn., March 12, '65.
Promoted Corporal.

Houlton, Dwight

Aug. 27 '64

June 26, '65

Hunt Timothy

Aug. 25 '64

June 26 '65

Jewett, Freeman H
Jonason, Ole

Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Johnson, Henry

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Jones, Watklns H

Aug. 26, '64

June 26, '65

Kertson. Wm....

Aug. 24. '64

June 26 '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

COMPANY F.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

499

NAMES.

M

C5
<,

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

liamb, Erastus J . ...
Lawson, Alexander ....
Leoffler Michael

Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 23, '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65
May 29, '60
June 26, '65
Ju lie 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

At Gallatin, Tenn.
Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Died Nov. 20, '64, at Gallatin, Tenn.
At Gallatin, Tenn.
Discharged May 29, '65 at Gallatin, Tenn.

Sergeant; reduced for disability.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Discharged May 29, '65, at Gallatin, Tenn.

Died Jan. 2, '65, at Gallatin, Tenn.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.

Ancr 94' >r,4

Lindburg' Nils

Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 23, '64

Lundgren, Andrew J
Mabray, Win

Mabey Joseph E

McDougall, Janies
Mills, Joseph

Aug. 23, '64
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Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 13, '64
Aug. 24, '64

Mitchell, Albert M

Miller, Francis C
Mullen, Charles

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Nelson, Peter J

O'Brien, Timothy

Osman, Porter

24

Powers, James

Potwine, Rezo

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
May 29, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Prebe, Martin

"42"
35

22"
26
27
29
39
27
35
25
42
33
44
20
17
36
27
23

32
29
27
35
16
18
26

Kackliff Joseph

Reiling, James A
Robertson, Henry H
Bundle, Horace B
Ryden, John

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Smith, Alfred B
Smith, Anson C

Snyder, Christian
Snow, Lyman F

Soussley, Carl
Squire, Joseph R
Stahlberg, Christian
Stevenson, Thomas
Stoakes, Frederick

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Tarbell, Jason M
Vilas, Walter N
"Wagner, John

June 26, '65
June26,'65
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June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26, '65
June26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Warring, Vulkert
Warring, Cornelius V
Weiman, Christ
Weston, Wm. A
Weizel, Henry

Wilson, Israel N
Wilson, Geo.W
Wood, John D... .

Zwickey, Frederick M
Zirbey, William

ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

H
e

•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
John W. Plummer
first Lieutenant —
James Shaver
Second Lieutenant —
James N.Stacy

24
35
25

Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Aug 22 '64

June26, '65
June 26, '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Austin, James W
Alison William

18

25

Aug. 13, '64
Aug 20 '64

June26, '65
June26 '65

Bailey, John C

SO

Aug 1?' '64

June 26 '65

Bemis Clark S

31

Aug 15 '64

June 26 '65

Beumer, Frederick
Biske Martin

23
23

Aug. 16^ '64
Aug 15 '64

June 26', '65
June 26 '65

Biske, Frederick
Bickford, Charles M
Bohanon, Horace W
Brandon, Ebenezer
Brack, Benjamin

18
25
17
33

18

Aug. 17, '64
Aug. 13, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 17, '64
Aug 18 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26 '65

Butz Joseph

25

Aug 8 '64

June 26 '65

Chambers, Thomas. .

9q

Aug 15 '64

Pro. Sergeant* tran&f. to Non-Coinniissioned Staff Oct. 29 '64.

Cham bers, Robert
Chowen, Wm. S

25
?8

Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 13, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Sergeant.

Churchill, Solomon
De Lamater, James W
Doyle, Henry

41
34

44

Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 15, '64

June 26, '65
June 26 ,'65
June 26, '65

Corporal.

Drew, George

*>4

Au<* 15 '64

June 26 '65

Eastman. John W....,

41

Aue. 11. '64

June 26 '65

Sereeant.

500

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
EOSTEE OF COMPANY F — Continued.

NAMES.

Evans, Chester E

Fail-field. Edward...

Fisher, Wm. A

Finnegan, James.

Gasper, Bernard

Gerber, John

Gee, Lewellyn

Geiger, Gottleib

Glatz, Daniel

Gordon, Charles W

Green, Alonzo

Hall, Hollis

Haniisch, Carl A

Harrington, Ephraiin..

Harrington, Win. H

Hamilton, John M

Herrick, Nelson

Holloway, Frank L

Howe, Joshua

Howe, Jonas H

Horsington, George

Horsington, Earl

Hosmer, Allen B

Jacques, Johnson C

Jacques, Alfred ,

Jacobs, Matthias ,

Jones, David W

Kirkwood, Thomas

Larkin, Michael

Lamb, Morris H

Lewis, Wm. I

Longfellow, Nathan G..

Lucas, Asa W

Lyons, John

Matter, Philip

Matter, John

Malby, David R

McKinley.Wm

McGary, John H

Merritt, Gilbert J

Miller, Charles D

Midwood, Charles C

Murphy, Ichabod

Munch, Mason ,

Norris, Joseph W

Norton, Harvey S

Ohn, Thomas

Palmer, Daniel

Pelky, Mitchell

Phillips, Geo. C

Pinkerton, Ardell D

Plummer, Geo. A

Plummer, Alonzo

Pribble.Seth

Quinn, James

Redding, Danford

Richards, Amasa

Rifenberger, Nickolas.,

Rifenberger, John

Schumacher, Hilarius.,

Shaw, Timothy

Shum way, John P

Smith, Xenophon A

Smith, Burton

Spurzeum, John J

Stillman, Horatio R....

Steward, Calvin

Steward, Oliver

Stimpson, Charles R....

Stickey, Frank J

Tourman, Bluford

Turrell, Daniel

Warren, Lorenzo P....
Weidenbach, Adolph...

Wright, Clark A.

White, Lemuel

Willey, Warner E

Woolsey, Geo. S

MUSTERED I MUSTERED
IN. OCT.

Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 15, '64,
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Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 15 '64
Aug. 16, '64
Aug. 11, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 12, '64

June 26, '65

REMARKS.

June 26, '65
Mav 31, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
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June 26, '65
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June26, '65
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June 26, '65
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June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26,'65
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June 26, »6f
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Corporal.

Died Jan. 28, '65, at Gallatin, Teun.

Per order.

Corporal.

Sergeant.

Discharged per order May 31, '65.

Corporal.

5[ At Fort Stelling.

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65

Sergeant.

Sergeant.
Corporal.

Corporal.
Corporal.

Discharged April 12, '65, at Fort Snelling.
Corporal.

COMPANY G.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

501

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain —

Harrison N. Anger .....
First Lieutenant —

Albert R. Hall ............

Second Lieutenant —

Win. T. Bowen ...........

ENLISTED MEN.

Artig, John ..................

Arens, Franz ................

Baldorf, John ...............

Baker, Charles H ..........

Bartlett, Benjamin S ......

Bennett, Geo. W ...........

Bebensee, Christian .......

,

Bowen, Harvey
Borthwick, Robert C

Brown, Benjamin S
Brown, Jacob
Brandes, Henry
Burke. Richard
Castellan, John T
Carlton, Guy .................

Chase, Arthur B ............

Chase, Stephen W
Claussen, Henrick .........

Conniff, John
Cunningham, Thomas .
Davenport, Rufus
Devet, Patrick
Doe, Wm. E
Draper. Rufua E.
Dunn, Win ...................

Easter, James

Erick, John .................

Fadden, Aaron
Feshwiler, John
Fishbach, John
Firk, Max
Fogerty, Michael
Fuller, Stafford D
Gardner, Jason W ........

Gottendeck, Wm
Green, Henrich
Griffith, Franklin
Grons, David. ..............

Hart, Peter .................

Hawkins, Horatio ........

Henseler, Jacob A.
Helm, John .................

Hinds, James
Hinman, George ...........

Houser, Casper ............

Huntley, Benjamin F.._
Jhaquest, Gust .............

Johnson, John .............

Johnson, Charles .........

Kerr, Robert C
Keevey, Patrick ...........

Keesling, Benjamin
Kimball, Joseph
Kiggens.John .......... . ..

King, Amasa D ............

L,awson, John ..............

La Bonne, Amos

La Vague, John H ........

Land, George ...............

Lorius, Louis L

Lunt, James ................

Martineau, Gregorine..
McAlpin, John M ........

McLaughlin. Geo. W...
Mitchell, John H ........

Miller, John
Moore, John
Morrell, Albert A ........

Murphy, John
Murphy, Owen
Mund, John
Mund, Wm
Neafsey. Edward
Paul, Charles
Parents, Louis
Pendle, Joseph
Pfiffner, Charles
Plant, Calix
Reed, Joseph W
Reem, James

MUSTERED MUSTERED

IN.

OUT.

Aug. 26, '64
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June26, '65
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June 26, '65
June 26, '65

REMARKS.

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
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June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Discharged per order May 29, '65.

Promoted Sergeant; transferred to Non-Com. Staff June 1, '65.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal.
Corporal.

Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Sergeant.

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Pro. Quartermaster Serg.; transf. to Non-Com. Staff Sept. 6, '64.

June 26, '65

Corporal.

Corporal.

Discharged per order May 29, '65.

Sergeant,

Corporal.

Sergeant.

Discharged per order June 3, '65.

Discharged for promotion Feb. 19, '65.

Sergeant.

Deserted Sept. 11, '64, at Fort Snelling, Minn.

Discharged per order June 24, '65.

502

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

NAMES.

M

O

<!

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Eichardson, Daniel S

30

20
36
36
26

16
44
20
39
20
23
32
19
18
25
32
44
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Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 16, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 19, '64
Aug. 18, '64
Aug. 20, '64

Died Jan. 30, '65, at Gallatin, Tenn.

Deserted from Hatch's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry; turned
over to battalion.

Discharged per order May 6, '65.
Corporal.

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Sanders', Nathaniel H
Shepard, George

Sout John

June 26, '65

Sleeker, Albert

Sutherland M. V. B

June26, '65
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Tuttle Charles J

Turvey Nelson. »

Tucker John

Van Meter Nathan

"Webster, Alvin

Willie Charles C

Wiseman, John C
Yanker John

Yenny, Christopher

ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

K
O
<J

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Joseph S. Eaton
First Lieutenants —
Alexander Craig

22

33

19

26

24
26
20
20
22
31
28
24
18
24
20
24
22
31
18
27
41
44
17
22
24
18
18
32
20
18
18
24
25
20
20
36
19
22
20
43
34
18
25
24
33
24
23
27
21
30
21

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Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 16, 'C4
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 29, '(54
Aug. 24, »64
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Aug. 25, '64
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Aug. 13, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 10, '64

June 26, '65

Died Dec. 22, '64, at Gallatin, Tenn.
2d Lieutenant Sept. 5, '64; resigned June 3, '65.

Enrolled Aug. 24, '64; 1st Sergeant Sept. 5, '64.
Died April 14, '65, at Gallatin, Tenn.

Discharged per order June 12, '65.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Deserted Sept. 11, '64, at Fort Snelling.
Sergeant.

Discharged per order Juno 9, '65.
Corporal; reduced.

Promoted Corporal.
Sergeant.

Promoted Prin. Musician; transf. to Non-Com. Staff Sept. 6,

Died Feb. 10, '65, at Gallatin, Tenn.

Corporal.
Promoted Prin. Musician; transf. to Nou-Com. Staft Oct. 29,

Deserted Sept. 17, '64, at Fort Snelling, Minn.
Corporal; reduced by his own request.

Deserted Sept. 30, '64, at Chicago, 111.
Corporal.

Corporal; reduced.

'64,
'64,

Second Lieutenant —
Augustus R. Barrows

ENLISTED MEN.

Arneson, Knud
Baker Lewis

June 26, '65

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Bascom Orwin N

Bassett, Cassius M
Bassett, Cornelius F
Bell Hiram

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Blod"get Milo

Boyd Wni O

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Bolewine John.

Boyd 'Robert

Bradt Peter

Buck. Edward

June 26, '65
June 26, 'G5

Calkins JohnT

Chase, Andrew M

Chenny, Nathan C
Clemens, Jabez B

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65

Clark JohnP

Crandall, Marion

Curtis Olivers

De Laney Albert

Dickson Dallas

June26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Douglas, Andrew P
Dooley, Madison H

Douglas Allen G

Douglas, Harvey L
Downing JohnL.

Ellison 7ohnB

Flavel Jabez U

Forgarty Wm

Gibson George

Gould, Charles „

June26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Hart Albert

Hemilberge Wm

Henter, Geo. W

Hewitt Albert K

Hovda, Arnolda O

Hoyt Albert

June 26, '65

Johnson Elling

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Johnson, Lewis H

Kinney James H

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Kittleson, Lief

Kirkham, James P

COMPANY I.

503

ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

NAMES.

Kittleson, Malvor

Kirkham, Joshua H

Knapp, Jesse

Lange, Geo. E

Lawyer, Alfred G

Laws, Samuel

Lampert, George -...

~'ieonC

Lake, Gideon '
Lowrey, Geo. W.

Lesher, Garnett A

Mattocks, Geo. W

Marguett, George

McPhersou, Augustus....

Miller, Lorenzo J

Olson, Ever

Olson, Martin.

Owen, Hiram C

Palmer, George..

Perry, George

Prodger, Frederick

Rainwater, Ira H

Pace, Albert

Robinson, Wm. S

Rollins, James

Salley, Danville

Sheldon, Ezra

Sheldon, Fletcher A

Shelton, Leonard M

Simonson, Seaver

Smith, James

Smith, Wm. G

Smith, John J

Smith, William

Spaulding, Augustus W..

Spigley, Geo. W. L

Striker, George W

Stoddard, Edwin Q

Targerson, Targer

Thorn, Wm. M

True, Lewis F

Van Valkenberg, Jos

"Wagoner, Edward

Weltz, Ferdinand

Welsh, John

Wentworth, George

Whitcomb, Francis C

Whitcomb, Ira S

Wilson, Wm

Wilcox, Herman B

Young, Henry

MUSTERED
IN.

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Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 11, '64
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Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 11, '64
Aug. 20, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
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June 26, '63
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
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June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Died Dec. 19, '64, at Gallatin, Tenn.

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

June 26, '65

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Discharged per order May 29, '65.

Promoted Corporal
Corporal.

Discharged per order May 29, '65.
Corporal.

Died Jan. 11, '65, at Gallatin, Tenn.

Discharged per order May 16, '65.
Promoted Corporal.

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Charles E. Thurber
First Lieutenant —
Alfred C. Hawley

21
26

Sept. 1, '64
Sept 1 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Second Lieutenant —
Robert C. McCord

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, Charles E
Albert, Alver B

33

25
21

Sept. 1, '64

Aug. 20 '64
Aug 26 '64

June 26, '65

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Barr, George

20

Aug 20 '64

June 26 '65

Baker, Lyman J

?=»

Aug. 24, '64

June 26 "65

Barnes, Joseph

36

Aug 20 '64

June 26 '65

Bateman, Samuel H
Bisby, Leman W

22
W

Aug. 24, '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Brooks, Edwin

18

Aug 18 '64

Discharged per order May 29 '65.

Carnagie,John

'IS

Aug. 16, '64

June 26 '65

Canfield, Sylvester

29

Aug 15 '64

June 26 '65

Carson, Wm H

34

Aug 18 '64

Discharged for disability Feb. 18, '65.

Church, Wm

21

Aug. 20 '64

June 26 '65

Cram, Osias

18

Aug 24 '64

June 26 '65

Cummings, John W
Day, Franklin.. .

28
23

Aug. 15, '64
Aug 19 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Davis, Wm
Davis, Francis

19
25

Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 20. '64

June 26, '65
June26. '65

Corporal.

504

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

a
a
<5

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS,

Debod, Michael

19
20

Aug. 15, '64
Aug 13 '64

June 26, '65
June ^6 '65

Duncanson, Stephen

23

•Vug 20* '64

June96 '65

Duncanson, Joseph A

19
25

Aug. 20, '64
Aug 31 '64

June 26, '6f

Every, Howard
Farrington, Marble F
Fargo, Franklin A

34
35
18

Aug. 20* '64
Aug. 19, '64
Aug 26 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Died Nov. 26, '64, at Gallatin, Tenn.

Farrington, Eugene V
Fisher Geo C

26
20

Aug. 20, '64
Aug 20 '64

June 26, '65

Sergeant.

Gregor,John

33

Aue* 27* '64

rouio e i_ergean .

Grumshaw Benj J

36

Aug 20 '64

Grant, Ebenezer T
Haverson, Bennett
Hanson, Gilbert

*33
39
SS

Aug. 20, '6^
Aug. 18, '64
Aug 24 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Hall. Nathaniel B
Hitchcock, Columbus
Hilbert, Henry

28
24
86

Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug 29 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Homer, Joseph W

18

Aug 25 '64

Ingalls Philo H

22

Aug 20 '64

T O£ >£*%

Inglebert John. . .

28

Aug 20 '64

June 26* '65

Inglebertson, Inglebert
Johnson, Robert H
Joy Win J

28
18
30

Aug. 2o] '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug 25 '64

June 26] '65
June 26, '65

Johnson, Martin
Jones Aaron

42
19

Aug. 24,' '64
Aug 25 '64

June 26) '65

orpora .

Kidder, Chas. C
Kickleg, Baxter

34
%

Aug. 17, '64
Aug. 15 '64

June 26, '65
June26 '65

arge per

Little, Geo. H. J

18
21

Aug. 18, '64
Aug 25 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

London, Orin

99

Aug 20 '64

June 26* '65

Luce David

21

Aug 20 '64

Ludwig, Darius T

19

Aug 20 '64

June 26* '65

Martin, Henry
Mason Freeman R

18
36

Aug. 17, '64
Aug. 24 '64

June 26, '65

Discharged for disability Feb. 18, '64.

McGowen, George
McKenny, Sylvanus
McDurmot, James
McBea, Kenneth

26
18
23

18

Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 31, '64

June26, '65
June 26, '65
May 29, '65
June 26 '65

Per order.

McGowan Edward

*>0

Aug 19 '64

Discharged per order May 29 '65.

Michael.Geo. W
Millett, Frank
More, Fresburg

19
21
?8

Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 15, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Moon, Jonathan
Newel, Thomas

32
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Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 26, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Newel Wm

22

Aug. 20, '64

June 26 '65

Newel, General J
Outhouse, Willard
Overland Wm

28
25
<?1

Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 20 '64

June26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Passmore, Geo. C
Pecker, James M
Pettis, Darius J

37
25
•>6

Aug. 16, '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 16, '64

June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65

Sergeant.

Pike Delos

30

Aug 26 '64

June 26, '65

Rexibrd Forest

23

Aug 20 '64

June 26 '65

Richart Chas. F

99

Aug. 18, '64

June 26, '65

Rollins Joel S

37

Aug 27 '64

June 26 '65

Robinson, Joseph L
Sherwin Samuel

18

18

Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 24 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Sherwin, Freeman H
Sheldon, Geo. W
Smith Franklin

38
19
25

Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug 16 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Corporal.
Deserted Sept. 26, '64, at Janesville, Wis.

Smith' Roger M

?0

Aug. 20, '64

June 26, '65

Sergeant.

Spaulding, Geo
St. John, Libius
Stewart Francis.

22
42

20

Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug 22 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

St. John, Lorenzo S
Swartz, Wm
Sweet, Hiram F
Tabor Chas. W

23
27
23
24

Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 20, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 25, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Corporal.

Thayer Wm H

83

Aug. 16 '64

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Thorp, Thomas

?0

Aug. 16, '64

June 2*6, '65

Tosten, Thomas
Tyrrell, Preston C
Tyson John H

22
21
18

Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 26, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Ubrig' Henry

25

Aug. 20 '64

June 26, '65

TVeaver David

32

Aug 16 '64

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Wilford, Solomon M
Wilford David

39

48

Aug. 25, '64
Aug 25 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Winegar Daniel H

30

Aug 15 '64

Discharged at Nashville, Tenn., in '65.

Wolbert, Aquilla . .

20

Aug. 20 '64

June 26, '65

irate1* Hiram

29

Aug 25 '64

June 26 '65

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

505

NAMES.

ri

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
George F. Tyler

30

Sept. 6, '64

June 26, '65

First Lieutenant —
Benj. C. Prentiss
Second Lieutenant —
Rufus Thomas

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbev, Hiram

21
30
30

Sept. 6, '64
Sept. 6, '64
Aug. 30 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Abell Austin

S1

Aug. 27 '64

June 26 '65

Abell Otis

20

Aug 27 '64

June 26 '65

Adams, John Q
Anderson, James P

16
38
39

Aug. 31, ''64
Aug. 30, '64
Aug 31 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Ashcraft, Joseph

9S

Aug. 25 '64

June 26 '65

Baird Jonathan

23

Aug 29 '64

June 26 '65

Baird, Jacob W
Bachellor, Francis L
Bakke Ole

21

28
^\

Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug 31 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26 '65

Bailey, Wm

34

Aug. 31, '64

June 26, '65

Belding, Albert H
Benjamin, Joel W
Billings, Francis M
Browning, Harvey G
Christopherson, Lewis
Clark Charles

26
27
18
37
18
•M

Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug 29 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Corporal.
Sergeant.

Clark, Wm. H

18

Aug. 29, '64

June 26, '65

Clayton, Samuel
Colby Enos A

25
f>\

Aug. 31, '64
Aug 31 '64

June 26, '65

Died Dec. 12, '64, at Gallatin, Tenn.

Cape, Edward H
Delaney, Jeremiah
Dile Peter

20
35
35

Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug 29 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June96 '65

Dorsh John

35

Aug 30 '64

June 26' '65

Sergeant.

Dunn, Joseph
Eckhart, Ernst

18

?8

Sept, 1, '64
Aug. 30 '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Eddy, Henry C
Emery, Moses

20
17

Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 30, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Corporal.

Farmin, Lorenzo

17

40

Aug. 31, '64
Aug 31 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Fladeland, Halver

?3

Aug. 24, '64

June 26, '65

Ford, Daniel D
Frink, Harvey D

36
35

Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 25, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Freeman, Wm. C
Gates Charles H

30
18

Aug. 30, '64
Aug 31 '64

June 26, '65
June 26 '65

Gault, Nathaniel C
Gunderson, Michael
Hammond, Euburte
Hammond, Harry A
Hackett, John
Haney, Jackson
Herring, Wm
Herring, Joseph

42
21
18
20
23
28
26
39

Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 31, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Corporal.

Heddy Joseph . .

39

Aug 31 '64

June 26, '65

Hickman, Henry
Hooker, Jud son C
Huey, Geo. W
Hunter, Joshua
Jefferson, Ira A
Jeffrey, Josiah B
Jeffrey, Frederick A

22
39
25
38
17
44
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Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug 29 '64

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Sergeant.

Johnson, John G
Johnson, James A
Johnson, Even
Knudson, Steimer
Kune, John F
Lappier Peter

24

23
37
45
28
28

Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 31/64
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Aug. 27, '64
Aug 27 '64

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June 26, '65
June 26, '65
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*

Learey, Jeremiah
Lewis David

23
*>1

Aug. 29, '64
Aug 22, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Corporal,

Lundgren, Charles A
Mason, Geo. B
Maloney, James

34
17
IS

Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 29, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

McCaffrey, John
Murphy, Nicholas

20
?3

Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 30, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Murphy James

SO

Aug. 24, '64

Deserted Sept. 22, '64, at Camp Miller, Minn,

Nagle, Michael
Oaks Oscar

22

9^

Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 27, '64

June26, '65
June 26, '65

Olson, John

33
38

Aug. 29, '64
Aug 30 '64

June 26, '65

Discharged per order May 27, '65.

Palmby, Robert

97

Aug. 27, '64

June 26, '65

Parmely, Thomas H
Perkins, Eugene

34

17

Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 31, '64

June26, '65
June 26, '65

Quarly Odell

36

Aug. 29, '64

June 26, '65

Richards, Porter
Russell, Isaac N

33
31

Sept. 5, '64
Aug. 29, '64

June 26, '65
Mch.16, '65

At Gallatin, Tenn.

Sheriff, James

18

Aug. 27, '64

June 26, '65

Skinkle, Esbon
Stewart, Edward H
Snure, Simeon

30
21
33

Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 29, '64

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Corporal.
Corporal.

506

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
ROSTEK OF COMPANY K — Continued.

NAMES.

pj

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Swinson, Hogge

28
18
18
19
42
28
24
21
21
36
31
27
18
32
29
31
44
30

Aug. 31, '64
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Aug. 31 '64
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 31, '64
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Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 27, '62
Aug. 25, '64
Sept. 5, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 31, '64

June 26 ,'65
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June 26, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65

Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant.

Swinson Lewis

Swinson, Guyhard
Tennison, L. Andrew
Templeton, Thos. H
Thomas, Amos
Thompson, Ole
Tippery, Miles

Turmiqiiist, Charles L
Tyler, Isaac N

Westcott Gladsit P

Wilhelm John

Wilcox, Harvey
Williams, Henry
Wilber, Hiram C

Woods Moses .

Young, John

NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS.

BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANCIS PETELER.

The First Company of Sharpshooters from Minnesota was organized, under
permission direct from the secretary of war, by Captain Francis Peteler, who
had seen service in Mexico (Company A, Eighth United States Infantry). The
intention was to form an independent company of practical riflemen, who had
had experience with the rifle by hunting, and were inured to hardship by a life on
the frontier. Mustered into service by Captain A. D. Nelson, United States
Army, at Fort Snelling, Minn., Oct. 5, 1861. Company officers: Captain, Francis
Peteler; first lieutenant, Benedict Hippler; second lieutenant, Dudley P. Chase;
sergeants, A. Wright, J. Stewart, S. Eogers, S. H. Hancock, G. W. Cummings;
corporals, U. B. Penny, O. Evans, A. Howe, J. W. Walker, J. T. Veeder, D. P.
Craig, W. S. Collins and C. Eees.

The company left the state October 6th; arrived in Washington, D. C., Octo
ber 10th; reported to Colonel H. Berdan, at camp of instruction, near foot of
Seventh street. There were five companies of the First Eegiment of United States
Sharpshooters (Berdan's) in camp; we would have been Company F of that regi
ment, but owing to the fine appearance of the company it was made Company
A of a new regiment. Feb. 10, 1862 — The organization of the Second Eegiment,
United States Sharpshooters, was completed; one company from Minnesota, one
from Maine, one from Michigan, one from Pennsylvania, two from Vermont, two
from New Hampshire — eight companies. This organization was unfortunate;
coming from six different states, it was found impossible to keep the regiment
full. Eegi mental officers were: H. A. V. Post, colonel; Francis Peteler, lieuten
ant colonel; A. B. Jones, major; Lewis C. Parmelee, adjutant; Charles P. Hale,
surgeon; B. S. Calef, quartermaster; Lorenzo Barber, chaplain. B. Hippler was
promoted to captain of Company A, D. P. Chase to first lieutenant. James
Doughty joined the company April, 1862, as second lieutenant. Colt's repeating
rifles were issued, they being exchanged for Sharp's improved rifles, about June
6, 1862. March 18, 1862 — Crossed the Potomac, assigned to General C. C. Auger's
brigade, King's division, McDowell's corps. The history of the Minnesota com
pany must necessarily be part of the regiment, brigade, etc., to which it be
longed. Went into camp near Fort Ward for a short time, then marched to
Bristow Station, through Mauassas, where we encountered the formidable wooden
guns left by the rebels. April 18th — Auger's brigade, Sharpshooters in advance,
captured Falmouth and Fredericksburg, where the rebels burned all the bridges
and shipping, and were seen marching in retreat. From the rapid advance and
prompt action of Auger's brigade, it was called the "Iron Brigade," the first of
that name in the Army of the Potomac.

The latter part of May McDowell' s corps marched about fifteen miles south
of Fredericksburg, intending to join McClellan on the right; but the rebel gen
eral, Jackson, was reported to be advancing in four different directions. The corps
returned and made a forced march toward Front Eoyal, to the assistance of
General Banks. Jrine 1st — The Sharpshooters were in a railroad collision near
White Plains; forty-four men were injured several from the Minnesota com
pany; the command returned to Fredericksburg.

General Pope taking command of the Army of Virginia June 26th, General
Gibbons was ordered, July 24th, to make a reconnaissance toward Orange Court
House. Company A from Minnesota, and C from Pennsylvania, Colonel Pete-

508 NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS.

ler commanding, were with the command. The Sharpshooters, by their alert
ness and prompt action in breaking a charge, prevented a possible capture of
part of the forces. August 6th — Sharpshooters were part of the command that
made a reconnaissance to Guinea Station and Spottsylvania Court House.

August 10th — Left Falmouth for Cedar Mountain, arriving too late to take
part in the battle; army falls back. August 21st, 22d and 23d — Skirmishes near
Eappahannock Station. August 26th — Warrenton Springs. August 28th, 29th
and 30th — Second battle of Bull Run; losses heavy; Lieut. Doughty and six men
from Minnesota company captured; camped near Alexandria; first learn of the
Indian outbreak in Minnesota. September 14th — Battle of South Mountain;
Sharpshooters first to reach the top. September 16th and 17th — Battle of Antie-
tam; Capt. Chase and ten men of Minnesota company wounded; the regiment
lost about seventy men killed and wounded; Col. Post wounded and Adjutant
Par melee killed; regiment captured one stand of rebel colors. November 8th —
Gen. Burnside takes command; army moves to Fredericksburg; battle. De
cember 13th, 14th and 15th — Sharpshooters on the left under Franklin. January,
1863, during Burnside' s mud march, sent to the front to cover laying pontoon
bridges; pontoons never came up to be laid; Sharpshooters returned to camp,
after three nights, and two days' continuous rain. Jan. 26, 1863 — Gen. Hooker
takes command; battle of Chancellorsville. May 2d to 5th — Sharpshooters open
the ball on the left in an attempt to cut off Stonewall Jackson at or near an old
furnace; engaged in nearly every part of the field during the fight; recrossed
the Eappahannock Eiver night of May 5th; Capt. Chase wounded May 2d (died
May 8th); Lieut. Wright promoted to captain. June 5th — Started on the march
from Fredericksburg that ended with the great

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG,

July 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1863; Gen. Meade takes command. June 28th— The First
Division, Third Army Corps, to which the Sharpshooters belonged, reached
Emmetsburg, ten miles distant, at 4 p. M. July 1st; division took up the line of
march, occupying about four hours, going into bivouac to the east and south of
Little Eound Top ; the Sharpshooters went to the front. July 2d — Before daylight
had a light skirmish, when the rebel Gen. Longstreet made his famous charge on
our left; the Second Eegiment, United States Sharpshooters, was on the extreme
left, covered Devil's Den one-half mile in advance; when the enemy's troops left
cover, en masse, the Sharpshooters opened fire at six hundred yards and con
tinued firing until they were within fifty yards. Even a small regiment of prac
tical riflemen, armed with Sharp's breech- loading rifles, and supplied with one
hundred rounds of ammunition to each man, is a fearful engine of destruction in
such a position. Col. W. S. Oats, Fifteenth Alabama, wrote recently : " My regi
ment was the extreme right of the rebel line; I also had direction of the Forty-
seventh Alabama, and directed to Eound Top; twice did the Sharpshooters at
tack me in the flank and rear, and compel me to change front; had they not, I
think I would have captured Eound Top and won the battle for the Confeder
ates." July 3d — The Sharpshooters assisted in breaking Picket's great charge at
the bloody angle; later they were ordered to dislodge a rebel battery; passing
Gen. Stannard's headquarters, where surprise was expressed at the boldness of
the move, they succeeded by close shooting. July 4th — On picket before day
light; this was the sharpest picket work ever done by them, except later at
North Anna.

In the fall of 1863, while advancing toward Culpepper Court House, the regi
ment having the skirmish line moved too slowly. General Hancock stated to
the officers in command that the army was waiting on them. • The officer replied
that he doubted if any other regiment could do better. General Hancock ordered
Second Sharpshooters to the front. Eidiug to the side of the regiment, he said:
"Boys, I have promised that you would go through there; I think you will."
One hour later the general sent his compliments, requesting that they slacken
their speed, as the army was not keeping in supporting .distance. The rebels
never liked the long-range rifles.

CASUALTIES. 509

In December, 1863, nearly all the First Company, Minnesota Sharpshooters,
present for duty, re- enlisted and returned to the state to enjoy a furlough.
March, 1864, found them again at the front. In passing through Pittsburgh they
met General Grant, who was on his way to Washington to take command of all
the army.

In the reorganization of the Army of the Potomac by General Grant, the
First and Third Army Corps, having lost their commanders at Gettysburg, were
discontinued; divisions were made larger and transferred to other corps; First
Division, Third Corps, was made Third Division, Second Corps. To this division,
commanded by Gen. D. B. Birney, the Second Eegiment of Sharpshooters was
assigned, General Hancock commanding Second Corps.

May 3, 1864, at Brandy Station, Va., marching orders were received at about
7 P. M. ; about two hours later General Hancock's corps was in motion. The
night of May 4th it camped upon the old Chancellorsville battle ground; Sharp
shooters on picket that night; drew off 4 A. M., the Fifth Corps moving to the
front; enemy discovered at Brock's Cross-roads at about 4 P. M; Sharpshooters
deployed as skirmishers; more or less fighting until 9 P. M. of the 5th. About
11 P. M. orders came; there was some push to them: " The skirmish line will
advance promptly at 5 A. M. and press the enemy." We now understood General
Grant's policy. Skirmishing nearly all day on the 6th; on picket that night;
enemy within gun-shot, which required the vigilance of every man; opened the
fight again at 5 A. M. ; the fighting was very severe and destructive. Up to May
13th the Sharpshooters were engaged some part of every day; 14th and 15th,
Spottsylvania Court House; 18th and 19th, at Po Eiver; 23d, North Anna, cross
ing the Pamunky May 28th; 31st, near Hanover Court House, regiment took
fifty rebel prisoners; crossed James Eiver at Wilcox Landing June 14th; fight
ing all day on the 16th in front of Petersburg; Captain Wright wounded; Sharp
shooters used as skirmishers and for special service; constantly in service at
some point; no action engaged in by Second Army Corps that they did not take
part: Yellow House, Deep Bottom, Welden Eailroad, etc. The Second Eegiment,
United States Sharpshooters, was disbanded and transferred into other regi
ments. Feb. 20, 1865, the men remaining in First Minnesota Company were
transferred to First Minnesota Battalion and mustered out with that battalion.
All supernumerary officers were mustered out Feb. 23, 1865.

The company participated in the following battles and skirmishes, besides
many days of special service: Capture of Falmouth and Fredericksburg, Va.,
April 18, 1862; Orange Court House, July 27th; Guinea Station, August 6th;
Eappahannock Station, August 21st, 22d and 23d; Warrenton Springs, August
26th; Second Bull Eun, August 28th, 29th and 30th; South -Mountain, Septem
ber 14th; Antietam, September 16th and 17th; Fredericksburg, December 13th,
14th and 15th, all in 1862. Burnside's mud march, January, 1863; Chancellors
ville, May 2d, 3d and 4th; Gettysburg, July 2d, 3d and 4th; Wapping Heights,
July 23d; Kelly's Ford, November 7th; Brandy Station, November — ; Locust
Grove, November 27th; Mine Eun, November 30th, all in 1863. Wilderness,
May 5th to 7th; Spottsylvania, May 8th to 21st; North Anna, May 23d to 27th;
Totopatomoy, May 27th to 31st; Cold Harbor, May 30th to June 12th; Peters
burg, June 16th, 1864, to close of war, 1865.

The company organized with 3 commissioned officers and 93 men; 1 officer
and 11 recruits were added, making the total strength of the company 104 enlisted
men. The six captains were F. Peteler, promoted lieutenant colonel Feb. 10;
B. Hippler, resigned July 18, 1863; D. P. Chase, wounded, Chancellorsville, May
2, died May 8, 1863; A. Wright, mustered out Oct. 6, 1864, expiration term
of service; O. Evens, mustered out Feb. 22, 1865; James E. Doughty, promoted
to major December, 1864.

CASUALTIES.

The regiment having been employed habitually on the skirmish line and the
outpost, did not suffer the heavy losses in killed and wounded incident to fight-

510 NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS.

ing in heavy columns, and yet it is more than probable that they rendered more
of the enemy's best troops hors de combat than any other three regiments in the
field.

Four men died of disease; 33 men were discharged for disability on sur
geon's certificate, 8 of whom saw some service; 8 men were killed; Captain Chase
died of wounds; 23 were wounded in action; 3 injured in railroad collision at
White Plains, Ya., June 1, 1862.

FIRST COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS. 511

ROSTER OF THE FIRST COMPANY OF MINNESOTA SHARPSHOOTERS.

NAMES.

M

a

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Francis Peteler

M

Oct. 5 '61

June 23 '63

Pro Lieut Col Feb 10 '69' granted 30 days' furlough after

40

July 18 '69

second Bull Run on account of Indian outbreak in Minn.;
in command of Fort Abercrombie, D. T., winter '62 and '63;
resigned June 23, '63; Corp. Co. A, 8th U. S. Inf. in Mex. War.

Dudley P Chase

43

10, '62; resigned. (Served several years in'German army.)
Orig mustered Oct 5 '61 as 2d Lieut* pro l^t Lieut Feb 10

Abraham Wright
James E. Doughty

Owen Evans
First Lieutenant —
John T Walker

29
21
36

S9

Oct. 5, '61
Feb., '62

Dec., '64
Dec '64

Oct. 6, '64
Feb. 25, '65
Feb. 22, '65

'62; Capt. July 18, '62; wnd. at Antietam; died May 8, '62,
from wounds received at Chancellorsville.
Orig. mustered Oct. 5, '61; 1st Serg.; 1st Lieut. July 18, '62;
Capt. May 8, '63; wnd. at Gettysburg; at North Anna May
24, '64; also at Petersburg June 16, '64.
Orig. mustered Feb., '62, as 2d Lieut.; cap. 2d Bull Run; paroled;
served as Adjt. parol camp Annapolis, Md.; rejoined Co. May,
'63; pro. 1st Lieut. May 8, '63; Capt. Oct. '64; Maj. Dec. 12, '64.
Corp. Oct. 5, '61; Serg., 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut.; wnd. May, '64.

Private Oct 5 '61- wounded May 6 '64

ENLISTED MEN.

Aldritt Edwin

?1

Oct. 5 '61

July '65

Ackley Chas. R

?4

Oct. 5, '61

Aug. 20, '62

service; transf. to 1st Bat., Minn. Vols., Jan. 30, '65.
Discharged for disability

Bugbee, John G
Blockner John G

21

?6

Oct. 5, '61
Oct. 5, '61

Jan. 27, '65
Apr. 16, '62

Wounded in the Wilderness May, '64.
Discharged for disability.

Blake Geo

94

Oct. 5 '61

Killed in Wilderness May 6 '64

Babcock John W

*>\

Oct 5 '61

Died May 12 '6^ Washington D C

Bell Lucius

19

Oct. 6, '61

DiedinhospitalJan.il '62.

Baily, Wesley F
Bertram, James
Boan Dudley A

"?i"

Apr. 3, '62
Apr. 2, '62
Apr. 2 '64

July '65

Lost leg second Bull Run, Aug. 28, '62; discharged.
Transferred to Minnesota Battalion.
Transferred to Minnesota Battalion

Charles, Edward
Crippen, Robert
Caldwell.Asa B

22
30
22

Oct. 5, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Oct. 5, '61

June, '62
June, '62
Dec. 26, '62

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Wounded second Bull Run; taken prisoner; escaped same night.

Charltan, Richard

19

Oct. 5, '61

Sept. 22, '64

Wounded at Antietam.

Carpenter Rives

27

Oct. 5 '61

Mch. 26, '62

Discharged for disability

Collins, William T

38

Oct. 5, '61

May 2, '63

Corporal; lost leg at Rappahannock Station August, '62.

Cooper, Preston

94

Oct. 5, '61

Nov., '65

Pro to Serg. March, '62; wounded at Rappahannock Station;

Corwin Albert W

27

May 5 '62

transferred to Invalid Corps.

Craig David P

25

Oct 5 '61

turned; transferred to Invalid Corps.

Cuuimings, George W

29

Oct 5 '61

Dolson John O

19

Oct 5 '61

Received three wounds at Gettysburg* died Sept 3 *63

21

Oct o' '61

Donlon, Thos

21

Feb 20' '64

Dunsmore Irving A

18

Oct 5* '61

Nov 19 '62

Dickey, James C

Oct 5 '61

NOT. ' '62

Doughty, Asa B
Frederick, Sylvester

20
91

Apr. 3, '62
Oct 5 '61

July, '65

Cap. 2d Bull Run; ret. Mar. 6, '63; transf. to 1st Bat. Jan. 30, '65.

Horton. John W

?1

Oct. 5, '61

Captured second Bull Run; dis. from parol camp Columbus, 0.

Hartford Elder B f

23

Oct 5 "61

July '65

Pro Corp and Serg • wnd May 11 '64' transf to Minn Bat

Haynes, Albert V

SO

Oct 5 '61

Oct ' 6 '64

Wounded at Spottsylvania May 14 '64

Hershberger, Martin

25

Oct. 5, '61

Died from injuries received at r. r. collision at White Plains, Va.

Hamlet, Alfred W

9fi

Oct. 5 '61

Captured second Bull Run- killed in Wilderness May 6, '64.

Hamlet, Benjamin O

21

Oct. 5, '61

Killed at Gettysburg July 3, '63.

Hancock, Samuel H

31

Oct. 5 '61

Sergeant' transf to a battery Sept. 22, '64.

Hanks, Gilbert E

21

Oct 5 '61

Heald Daniel

38

Oct 5 '61

Died May 5 '63 at Alexandria Va

Hawes James C

Oct 5' '61

Howe, Abraham

24

Oct 5 '61

Feb 10 '62

Jacobs, Chas M

30

Oct 5 '61

Killed second Bull Run Aug 29 '62

James, Geo. E

2]

Oct. 5* '61

Captured at Fredericksburg and never returned.

Jones, Daniel W

19

Oct 5 '61

May '63

Jones, Oliver J

37

Oct. 5 '61

Promoted Sergeant' wounded at Antietam Sept. 17, '62.

Johnson, Richard M
Kerr, James A
Kerr Wm. S .

23
22
18

Mch. 1, '64
Oct. 5, '61
Oct 5 '61

July, '65
Nov. 6, '64
Sept 22 '64

Transferred to Minnesota Battalion.
Wounded in the Wilderness; also at Petersburg.
Wounded May 15 '64

Kerr, John
Kelley, Benjamin G

Nov. 5/62

Jan., '65

Captured at Spottsylvania May, '64; killed on steamer Sul-
tanna on return.
Transferred to Invalid Corps July 8, '64.

Lang, James

?4

Sept. 12, '64

Transferred to Minnesota Battalion Jan. 30, '65.

Livingston, Alex

?7

Oct. 5, '61

Died of wounds received at Antietam Sept. 17, '62.

Livingston, John
Little, Albert.

23

27

Oct. 5, '61
Oct 5 '61

May 25, '62
July '65

Discharged for disability.
Transferred 1st Battalion Jan 30 '65.

Little, Francis W
Mason, Wm. E

29
?1

Oct. 5, '61
Oct 5 '61

Nov. 30, '62

Injured by railway collision June, '62.
Wounded at Antietam' captured at Gettysburg* discharged.

Maricle, Abraham
Martell, Nelson

34
•}•>

Oct. 5, '61
Sept., '64

July, '65
July '65

Wounded at Antietam; transferred to Minn. Bat. Jan. 30, '65.
Transferred to Minnesota Battalion Jan. 30, '65.

McKellup, Geo. W..

26

Oct 5 '61

July 19 '64

McGaffy, Henry C

18

Oct 5 '61

July '65

Wounded at Antietam' transferred to 1st Minnesota Battalion.

Millet, James E

25

Oct. 5* '61

Killed June 10 '64 at Cold Harbor .

Mixter, Horace
Moriarty, Eugene
Mosier, Isaac H
Newman, Chas. L

21
18
38

Oct. 5, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Oct 5 '61

Sept 26, '64
July, '65
Aug., '63

Musician.
Transferred to 1st Minnesota Battalion.
Sent to hospital.

O'Neal. Henry

19

Oct. 5. '61

Julv. '65

Transf. to Minn.Bat.: can. at Fredricksb'e Dec..'62: ret.May,'63.

512 FIRST COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS.

ROSTER OF THE FIRST COMPANY OF MINNESOTA SHARPSHOOTERS — Continued.

NAMES.

Page, Henry C

Pierce, Joseph

Powers, John M

Pickard.Dan. 0

Pettijohn, D. B

Prescott, Lawrence T

Parmeter, Silas S

Palmer, Geo

Penny, Uriah R

Reese, Thos. M

Reese, Sain. B ,..,

Reese, Charles

Rand, Julian

Rogers, Levanson

Sarver, Wm. F

Sampson, Henry W

Sampare, Edmund

Scoville, Everett

Seward, Watson

Seamons.W.H

Sexton, Wm. S

Slocuni, Geo. F

Smith, Anson

Smith, Almon P

Storrs, Francis

Storrs, Orin D

Stacey,Wm. H

Stewart, Jackson

Swartout, Eugene

Thompson, Terrance

Veeder, John T

Wales, James D

Walker, Joseph W

Weaver, Simeon

Wheaton, Willard

White, Jacob

Whitmore, James A

Young, John M

MUSTERED
IN-

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61
Mch.29, '64

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. .5/61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Mch. 1,'64

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Apl. 2, '64

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61

Oct. 5, '61
Feb. 20, '64
Oct. 5, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Mch. 1,'64
Oct. 5, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

July, '65
May 9, '62
Jan. 14, '63

Oct., '62

Apl. 1, '63
Sept. 22, '64
Nov. 26, '62
Feb. 4, '62
Sept. 22, '64

Dec., '61
Mch. 3, '63

July, '65
Feb., '62
Sept. 22, '64
Aug. 20, '62
Jan. 21, '62
Mch. 11, '63
July, '65

June, '62
July, '65

July, '65
Sept., '61
Sept. 22, '64

Sept. 22, '64
July, '65
Sept. 22, '64
Oct. 5, '64
July, '65
Feb. 5, '63

REMARKS.

Transferred to Minnesota Battalion.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Promoted to Regimental Hospital Steward in '63.

Pro. Corp., Serg., 2d Lieut., but not mustered; cap. at Gettys<

burg; imprisoned at Charleston, S.C., until close of war.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Killed May 23, '64.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Discharged expiration of term.
Wounded at Antietam Sept. 17, '62.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Discharged expiration of term of service.
Sergeant; died at Philadelphia Dec. 1, '62.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Killed at Antietam Sept. 17, '62.
Transferred to Minnesota Battalion Jan. 30, '65.
Discharged by special order of War Department February, '62.
Discharged expiration term of service.
Discharged from injuries received in railroad collision.
Discharged for disability.

Re-enlisted March 1, '64; transf. to 1st Minn. Bat. Jan. 30, '65.
Transferred to 1st Minnesota Battalion Jan. 30, '65.
Killed at second Bull Run Aug. 29, '62.
Discharged for disability.

Wounded May 11, '64; transferred to 1st Minnesota Bat. in '65.
Sergeant; died in hospital Jrne 28, "62.
Transferred to 1st Minnesota Battalion in '65.
Discharged for disability September, '61.
Corporal, Sergeant; wounded at second Bull Run.
Discharged to enlist in Missouri regiment.
Corporal; transferred to Quartermaster's Department.
Transferred to Minnesota Battalion in '65.
Discharged expiration term of service.
Discharged expiration term of service.
Transferred to Minnesota Battalion Jan. 30, '65.
Wounded at Antietam Sept. 17, '62.

NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS.

BY J. B. CHANEY.

This company was an independent federal organization, raised for Berdan' s
corps of United States Sharpshooters. It was recruited at St. Paul, between
Nov. 23, 1861, and March 17, 1862, by Captain William F. Eussell, who had been
commissioned for that purpose by Colonel Hiram Berdan, under authority of the
secretary of war. The army register of the volunteer force makes no mention
of the company or its officers, in connection with either the First United States
Sharpshooters or the First Minnesota Infantry, or in any other way. In Wai-
Department orders it is designated as the ; ' Second Company of Minnesota Sharp
shooters.77

On the 20th of March, 1862, the company was accepted into the service of the
United States, "for three years, or during the war,'7 by Captain A. D. Kelson,
United States Army, mustering officer. There were on the company roll at that
date one hundred enlisted men and three commissioned officers, all except five
of whom were residents of Minnesota; four of these five were enlisted men from
Wisconsin, and the other from Iowa. The governor of this state, in common
with the governors of other loyal states, had claimed the right to appoint and
commission the officers of all bodies of troops raised within the state, whether
under state or federal authority. This claim was resisted by the War Depart
ment for a time, but was finally, though reluctantly, conceded, and an order to
that effect issued. Under this conceded right, the governor issued a state com
mission to Captain Eussell, and appointed and commissioned all the other offi
cers of the company. The foregoing statement will explain the apparent incon
gruity of state commissions being issued to officers of a federal organization.

April 21, 1862, the company left St. Paul for Washington, by order of the
War Department, and arrived there on the 26th with ninety-eight enlisted men
and three officers. One man had been left sick at St. Paul, and one had pre
viously deserted. May 3, 1862, the company left Washington for the peninsula,
with orders to report to Major General McClellan, and by his order it pro
ceeded to Yorktown to report for duty with the First United States Sharp
shooters, commanded by Colonel Hiram Berdan. Arrived there on the morning
of the 5th, and took possession of quarters occupied by the rebels about thirty-five
hours previously. The battle of Williamsburg was then being fought, only a
few miles away, with doubtful result, and this company was without weapons of
defense or offense. On the morning of the 7th the company reported to Colonel
Berdan, at his headquarters at Camp Winfield Scott, a few miles from the fort.
Here the company received a part only of their equipments, immediately after
which the regiment broke camp and marched to Yorktown, this company taking,
temporarily, the position of Company I, which was absent on detached service.
On this march the regiment passed close by the historical spot where Lord Corn-
wallis surrendered his sword and army to General George Washington, on the
19th of October, 1781.

On the afternoon of the 8th of May the company received its arms (Sharp's
breech-loading rifles), and on the evening of the same day embarked with the
regiment on a transport for West Point, arriving there early on the following
morning, and going into camp. May 12th the company received its first lessons
in company movements from its first lieutenant, and in skirmishing from Captain
Edward Drew of Company G (a Wisconsin company). While with the First
United States Sharpshooters the company was, for convenience (being the

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514 NAREATIVE OF THE SECOND COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS.

eleventh company), called Company L, and participated in all the marches, battles
and other movements that fell to the lot of that fine organization, among which
were the two engagements at Hanover Court House on the 27th of May. These
battles were pronounced by General McClellan to have been among the severest of
the war up to that time. This was the first time the company was under fire.
Two of its men were wounded, one severely, in the forenoon engagement. In the
afternoon fight, though under a sharp musketry fire while skirmishing in a piece
of woods, it suffered no loss. After the fighting was all over, one of the men,
who had gone into the woods to gather fuel for the camp-fire, ran onto two rebels,
unhurt, and they accompanied him back to camp as prisoners of war. The regi
ment remained on the field until the evening of the 28th, when it returned to its
camp near Games' Mill, arriving there about midnight. The First Regiment of
United States Sharpshooters was, until about May 18th, in Fitz John Porter's
division, at which time the Fifth Provisional Corps was created, Porter being
made corps commander and General Morell placed in command of Porter's old
division.

May 30th the captain received " Special Order, No. 153," dated on the
22d, directing him to report with his command to General Sedgwick, " to be
assigned to duty with the First Minnesota Volunteers," which was a part of the
First Brigade (Gorman's) of the Second Division (Sedgwick' s) of the Second
Army Corps (Sumner's). Pursuant to said order the company broke camp on
the afternoon of the 31st, and started to join the First Minnesota. This was the
first day of the battles of Seven Pines and Fair Oaks, and the booming of cannon,
and even the sound of the musketry, were distinctly heard at Berdan's camp.
After many delays on the road, caused by the hurrying of artillery and regiments
to the scene of conflict, the company, about dark, reached the camp of the First
Minnesota, only to find that it had gone to the battle ground that morning, and
as it was deemed impracticable to attempt to find its way through the swamp
and across th Chickahominy Eiver in the darkness of that night, it remained
there until morning, when it resumed its march, waded through the bottomless
mud of that swamp, crossed the river on Grapevine Bridge, and thence up to the
battlefield, where it met General Gorman, who refers to it in his official report
as follows: " Just at the close of the action on the 1st inst. (June, 1862"), Cap
tain Eussell's company of Minnesota Sharpshooters arrived on the field, and I
put them in before the enemy, where they used their weapons with effect and
rendered good service." The special service the company rendered in that
action was to drive a lot of rebel sharpshooters out of a piece of woods on the
left of the railroad, near Fair Oaks Station, taking four prisoners. Loss, one man,
wounded. It remained on the field that night, and early next morning (June
2d) joined the First Minnesota at Fair Oaks. From this date until Nov. 23,
1863, the general history of the company was practically the same as that of this
regiment, as it participated with it in all its hardships, battles, etc. While with
this regiment, also, it was called Company L. The space allotted for this sketch
will not admit of a detailed narration of the campaigns, marches, battles, etc.,
in which it participated in common with that organization, but a reference to
the history of that regiment will essentially cover the ground. This company,
however, had a personal history not covered by that of any other organization,,
and this sketch will be confined to those points.

While the army lay in front of Richmond, during the month of June, 1862,
this company was several times sent out on reconnaissances, to the support of
pickets, to protect working parties, etc., but no casualties occurred to it. Its
sanitary condition, however, like that of the entire army, was far from good.
June 29, 1862, when the Second Corps left Fair Oaks, this company was in a de
cidedly poor condition to start on such an enterprise as that celebrated " change
of base " proved to be; the captain was sick in quarters, the first lieutenant and a
majority of the non-commissioned officers, including the orderly sergeant, and a
large number of privates, were in various hospitals. The second lieutenant was
in command. Although under fire in all the battles of the " Seven Days' Ee-
treat," in which the Second Corps participated, none of the company were

, BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. 515

wounded, but there were seven enlisted men and one officer (First Lieutenant
Burger, sick in hospital) captured at the battle of Savage Station on June 29th.
After arrival at Harrison's Landing, July 2, 1862, there was but little to break the
monotony of camp life, until the reconnaissance to Malvern Hill on August 4th.
Two enlisted men were captured while absent from the ranks without leave on
that occasion. The first death in the company occurred July 6th, by disease.
The place thus left vacant was filled on the 15th by the muster-in of a man who
had come from St. Paul with the company in the capacity of captain's servant.
This was the only accession to the original one hundred enlisted men.

The army left the peninsula about the middle of August, 1862. In the affair
near Vienna, Va., Sept. 2, 1862. the company lost two enlisted men, wounded — -
one mortally, the other losing an eye. In the

Maryland, Sept. 17, 1862, the company went in with about forty-two men, twenty
of whom were wounded, one mortally. The casualties occurred at about 9 A. M.,
and all within a space of time not exceeding ten minutes. The company was on
the extreme left of the First Minnesota, with the Eighty-second New York upon
its left, in Gorman's brigade. The ground occupied was in a valley covered with
beautiful oaks, clear of underbrush. The right of the Minnesota regiment reached
beyond the grove into a cornfield, and was the right wing of the brigade. Craw
ford's brigade was at the left and a little in the rear of Gorman's, and between
them was a gap. This was soon discovered and occupied by a heavy body of the
enemy's infantry, which succeeded in crushing the right and left wings respec
tively of these brigades. This beautiful valley on that forenoon was turned into
a veritable " valley of death."

Dec. 31, 1862, there were present for duty 25 enlisted men; on extra duty, 4;
sick, 1; total enlisted men present, 30. Total number of enlisted men borne on
company roll, 70 — a loss of 31, 22 of whom had been discharged (5 to enlist in
the regular service), 7 had died (2 from wounds received in action) and 6 had de
serted. Twenty -five enlisted men had been wounded in action between the morn
ing of the 27th of May and evening of the 17th of September. Of the 40 absent,
32 were sick (by wounds and disease), 5 on detached service, 1 with leave, 2 with
out leave. At the

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

the company took an active part on the second and third days (July 2 and 3,
1863). In the afternoon of the 2d it was detailed to the support of Battery I,
First United States Artillery, and remained with it until the close of the battle.
On the 3d it was for several hours subjected to a terrific cannonade. This was
followed by a charge by a body of rebel infantry, which advanced to within forty
yards of the company's line; but they found a difference between breech and
muzzle loading rifles, and broke and ran back in confusion. In his official report
of the battle, Captain Coates of the First Minnesota says this company "did very
effective service." General Hancock, in a letter to the governor, spoke in high
praise of the excellent appearance and soldierly bearing of this company.

Sept. 22, 1863, the first lieutenant (Mahlon Black) and ten men were detailed
from the company as provost guard at the headquarters of the Second Division
of the Second Army Corps. Nov. 23, 1863, the entire company was detailed as
provost guard at the division headquarters, and remained on that duty until
mustered out. This detail practically ended the connection of the company with
the First Minnesota, for that regiment returned home in February, 1864, and
was, as an organization, mustered out at Fort Snelling on the 29th of the follow
ing April. January, 1864, there were but forty-two men left on the company
roll — thirty present. May 3, 1864, they broke camp near Stevensburg, Va., and
started on the spring campaign, and were engaged with the division in the battles
of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Hanover Church and Cold Har
bor, and in almost continuous marches, reconnaissances and skirmishes until the
crossing of the James Eiver, June 16, 1864, when the siege of Petersburg com-

516 NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS.

menced. Daring the time they lay at Cold Harbor three privates of this com
pany were wounded, one severely. June 20, 1864, the first lieutenant (Fitzsim-
rnons) and twenty men were detailed as sharpshooters at headquarters of First
Brigade. On the 22d, one of the men so detailed was killed in action near
Petersburg. The company was also engaged in the two affairs at Deep Bot
tom, July 27 to 30, and Aug. 12 to 21 ; at Ream's Station, Aug. 25, and
Boydton Eoads, Oct. 27, 1864. At the battle of Beam's Station the first lieu
tenant and nine enlisted men were captured. In the battle of Boydton Eoads the
company bore a conspicuous part, and brought in a large number of prisoners.
In addition to the actions mentioned during the siege of Petersburg, the company
participated in all the others in which the Second Division, Second Army Corps,
were engaged, until its formal muster-out as a company, March 19, 1865, near
Petersburg, Va. There was not much of a company left to muster out, for its
total strength Aug. 31, 1864, was but thirty men, with nearly six months more
of service ahead. Eighteen members re-enlisted, and those of them not pre
viously discharged were, after muster-out of the company, transferred to Com
panies A and C of the First Battalion.

During its term of service it had three different captains, four different first
lieutenants, and three different second lieutenants, all of them original members
of the company. The company participated in fifty-four battles, skirmishes, etc. ,
besides several minor actions not recorded. First Lieutenant Edward N. Schoff
of the Nineteenth Massachusetts was its last commanding officer (Captain Black
having been mustered out on expiration of his term of service, Jan. 3, 1865), with
Daniel H. Priest as second lieutenant. l

1 Enlisted men accounted for: Total number of enlisted men in company, 101. Discharged
for wounds and disease, 42; discharged to accept promotion, 5; discharged on expiration of term,
7; discharged to enlist in regular army, 6; transferred to other organizations, 20; missing in
action, 4; killed in action, 2; died of wounds received in action, 2; died of disease, 7; deserted,
6; total, 101. Number wounded, 35; had been prisoners of war, 21; died in rebel prison, 1. Six of
the seven deaths by disease occurred between July 6th and December 14th of 1862, which shows
that the sanitary condition of the company was good after the first year of service.

SECOND COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS. 517

ROSTER OF THE SECOND COMPANY OF MINNESOTA SHARPSHOOTERS.

NAMES.

w MUSTERED ! MUSTERED
^ IN. OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Win. F. Russell

Ernil A. Burger

Mahlon Black

First Lieutenants —

John A. W. Jones....

Louis Fitzsimmons..
Second Lieutenant —

Daniel H. Priest

ENLISTED MEN.

Archibald, David

Abbot, George

Baker, Charles B

Baker, Ozias B

Balsley, Sylvanus...
Bancroft, Geo. W....

Barnes, El bridge S..

Barnes, John C

Barnes, Percival S..

Beach, Samuel B

Beecroft, John.

Benton, James H

Biggs, Edward.

Billings, Myron E..
Borden, Daniel B...

Brown, Joseph T

Brown, Joseph L..
Brown, Sylvester..

Brown, Wesley

Bruce, Franklin

Buttolph, Morris

Chaney, J. B

Chamberlain, James..

Chandler, Wm. B

Cheney, Oscar F

Churchill, Salmon R...

Coates, John T

Coleman, Wilbur M...

Connor, Dennis

Cook, Wm. H

Cutler, Isaac J

Curry, Hugh

Dahle, Jens T ,

Day, Wm. B

Dennison, Alfred.
Donely, Upton

Dwelle, G. Merrill

Eldredge, Charles R..,

Eldred, John

Eldred, Morris

Elphee, Caleb

Fallon, Hammond

Fitzsimmons, Chas....
Fingalson, Fingor

Fisher, Jacob

Fingalson, Truls
Fisher, Wm

Flora, Arthur A

Gaskill, Fred

Goodrich, Evans

Hanson, Chas. W

Hanson, Christopher...

Hathaway, Charles E.
Heath, James L

Jan. 24, '62
Dec. 20, '61

Dec. 22, '61

Dec. 24, '61

Feb. 27, '62
Jan. 6, '62

Jan. 6, '62

Feb. 13, '62
Dec. 13, '61

Dec. 24, '61
Feb. 10, '62
Dec. 13, '61

Nov. 30, '61
Oct. 24, '61
Mch. 3, '62
Dec. 6, '61
Dec. 16, '61

Feb. 24, '62
Dec. 24, '61

Feb. 1, '62
Dec. 3, '61

Feb. 18, '62
Dec. 4, '61
Jan. 3 '62
Dec. 16, '61
Feb. 27, '62

Feb. 17, '62
Jan. 4, '62
Jan. 16, '62
Dec. 24, '61
Dec. 18, '61

Feb. 16, '62
Feb. 1,'62
Dec. 18, '61
Dec. 31, '61

Jan. 20, '62

Jan. 6, '62
Oct. 24, '61
Jan. 6, '62

Dec. 17, '61

Dec. 81, '61

NOT. 26, '61
Nov. 26, '61
Jan. 29, '62
Nov. 30, '61

Dec. 20, '61
Jan. 20, '62

Jan. 4, '62

Jan. 20, '62
Jan, 8, '62

Jan. 22, '62
Feb. 27, '62
Dec. 24 ,'61 !
Jan. 22, '62 :
Jan. 20, '62

Jan. 30, '62
Feb. 13, '62

Nov. I, '61 Resigned Feb. 20, '63.

Jan. 1, '62 ~ Resigned Nov. 23, '63; 1st Lieutenant.

Jan. 4, '62 Jan. 3, '65 1st Serg.. '62; 2d Lieut. Feb. 20, '63; 1st Lieut. July 14,

Mch. 3, '65

Feb. 20, '65

Resigned May 26, '63; 2d Lieutenant.

Corporal, lst« Sergeant; wounded at Antietam; captured at

Ream's Station Aug. 25, '64.
Veteran; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Mus.; wnd. severely in thigh at Cold Harbor, Va., June 4, '64.

Dis. per Gen. Order, No. 154, Oct. 24, '62, to enlist in U. S. Cav.

Captured at Savage Station June 29, '62; exchanged; wounded at
Bristoe Station Oct. 14, '63; captured at Ream's Station Aug.
25, '64; veteran.

Captured at Savage Station June 29, '62; exchanged; wounded
at Gettysburg July 3, '63.

Died at Harrison's Landing, Va., July 6, '62, of disease.

Wounded, badly, in shoulder at Antietam Sept. 17, '62; dis
charged for disability Dec. 7, '62.

Wounded in shoulder at Fredericksburg, Md.,Dec. 13, '62.

Died of fever in Regimental Hosp. at Harper's Ferry Oct. 9, '62.

Cap. at Savage Station June 29, '62; exch.; wnd. at Cold Harbor
June 3, '64; cap. again at Ream's Station Aug. 25, '64; died
in rebel prison.

Vet. Jan. 1, '64; disch. to enlist as Hospital Steward in U. S. A.

Deserted in '62.

Wnd. in hip at Antietam Sept. 17, '62; disch. for dis. Jan. 5, '63.

Dis. for dis. in '62 at St. Paul; did not go with company; left, sick.

Sergeant; wounded in foot at battle of Antietam Sept. 17, '62;
discharged for disability Jan. 7, '63.

Captured at Savage Station June 29, '62; exchanged; wounded
at Antietam Sept. 17, '62; discharged for dis. June 12, '63.

Captured at Savage Station June 29, '62; exchanged; died of
fever at Frederick, Md., Sept. 30, 62.

Vet. Feb. 1, '64; pro. Corp.; dis. to enlist in U. S. Cav. Feb. 6, '65.

Captured at Savage Station June 29, '62; exchanged; killed in
action July 3, '63, at Gettysburg.

No record.

Deserted; arrested and escaped from Pro. Marshal at Wash.,D.C.

Musician; died of disease Sept. 5, '62, at Newport News.

Corp.; dis. for dis. Oct. 22, '62, at Wash., D. C. (Finley Hospital).

Wounded in arm, badly, at Antietam, Sept. 17, '62; discharged
for disability March 8, '63.

Captured at SavageStation June 29, '62; dis. for dis. Nov. 20, '62.

No record.

Discharged for disability Sept. 20, '62; cause, sickness.

Wnd., badly, at Antietam Sept. 17, '62; dis. for dis. Feb. 18, '63.

Wounded in leg. badly, at Antietam Sept. 17, '62; wounded in
head at Gettysburg July 3, '63.

Near Petersburg, Va., at expiration of term.

Veteran Feb. 1, '64; transf. to Co. A, 1st Bat., Minn. Vol. Inf.

No record.

Corporal; reduced at his own request; captured at Ream's
Station, Va., Aug. 25, '64.

Wnd. at Antietam Sept. 17, '62; capt. at Ream's Station Aug. 25,
'64; mus. out at St. Paul June 29, to take effect April 22, '65.

Discharged for disability Dec. 4, '62.

Discharged for disability Nov. 15, '62.

Discharged per General Order, No. 154, Oct. 24, '62, to enlist in
6th U. S. Cavalry.

Corporal; wounded in thigh at Antietam Sept. 17, '62; dis
charged for promotion Feb. 4, '64.

Corporal; wounded at Antietam, Va., Sept. 17, '62.

Deserted.

Deserted.

Discharged for disability Oct. 4, '62, at St. Paul, Minn.

Wounded at battle of Hanover Court House, Va., May 27, '62;
discharged for disability Feb. 16, '63.

No record.

Wounded at Hanover Court House May 27, and again at An
tietam Sept. 17, '62; re-enlisted March 31, '64.

Wagoner; re-enlisted Jan. 5, '64; wounded at Cold Harbor, Va.,.
June 4, '64; captured at Ream's Station Aug. 25, '64; exch.;;
transferred to Co. A, 1st Battalion Infantry, Jan. 30, '65.

Discharged for disability Oct. 4, '63.

Veteran; killed in action near Petersburg, Va,, June 22, '64, by-
cannon ball.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted March 31, '64.

Vet.; dis. to enlist in U. S. Cav. Feb. 16, '64; re-enL Feb. 29, '64_

Sergeant; discharged for disability Feb. 18, '63.

Deserted at St. Paul, Minn., March 23, '62.

Wounded by accidental discharge of his own rifle; discharged
for disability Oct. 8, '62.

Discharged per General Order, No. 154, Oct. 22, '62; transferred
to Battery C, 4th U. S. Artillery.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 26, '63.

518 SECOND COMPANY OF SHARPSHOOTERS.

ROSTER OF THE SECOND COMPANY OF MINNESOTA SHARPSHOOTERS — Continued.

NAMES.

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21

23
18
29
23

25

18

20
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22
32
26
19
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19

32
32

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21

25

30
23
21

23

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28

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21

21
22
18

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Bowe, Thompson M
Hurly, James L

Kellogg, Theodore B
Lawson Mathew

Feb. 11, '62
Jan. 26, '62

Dec. 19, '61
Mch. 1,'62
Feb. 27, '62
Jan. 2, '62

Jan. 20, '62
Jan. 27, '62

Feb. 10, '62
Jan. 7, '62

Dec. 26, '61
Jan. 28, '62
Feb. 21 '62
Jan. 21, '62
Dec. 5, '61
Mch. 4, '62

Jan. 21, '62
Jan. 4, '62

Jan. 20, '62
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Jan. 6, '62

Nov.30, '61
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Feb. 16, '62
Jan. 21, '62
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Jan. 28, '62

Dec. 9, '61
Jan. 14, '62
Jan. 7, '62
Feb. 18/62

July 15, '62

Jan. 23, '62
Feb. 12, '62
Dec. 11, '61
Dec. 16, '61

Dec. 22, '61
Jan. 23, '62
Dec. 16, '61
Mch. 17, '62
Dec. 24, '61
Jan. 15, '62

Dec. 31, '61

Captured in hospital at Savage Station June 29, '62; exchanged;
discharged for disability Feb. 11, '63.
Discharged for disability Oct. 27, '62 (revolver wound in foot
by his own carelessness).
Promoted Sergeant.
Died at Washington Dec. 14, '62, of disease.
No record.
Wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., June 1, '62; lost a finger; dis
charged for disability Oct. 10, '62.
Wounded, badly, in thigh at Antietam Sept. 17, '62, and taken
prisoner; exchanged; discharged for disability Feb. 20, "63.
(Harrison C.); Veteran Feb. 29, '64; wounded at Cold Harbor,
Va., June 4, '64; pro. Corp.; captured at Ream's Station Aug.
25, '64;exch.; pro. Serg; transf. to Co. C, 1st Battalion Infantry.
Discharged per order Oct. 24, '62; transf. to 6th U. S. Cavalry.
Discharged for disability at camp near Fredericksburgh, Va.,
Nov. 28, '62, by order of Gen. Couch.
Corporal: promoted Sergeant.
Wounded in hand at battle of Antietam, Va., Sept. 17, '62.
Wnd., severely, in shoulder at battle of Antietam Sept. 17, '62.
Serg.; dis. for pro. March 19, '63 (Capt. Co. B, llth Minn. Infy).
No record.
Vet. March 23, '64; captured at Ream's Station, Va., Aug. 25,
'64; exchanged; transferred to Co. A, 1st Battalion Infantry.
Discharged for disability Dec. 28, '62.
Re-enl. Jan. 5, '64; captured at Ream's Station, Va., Aug. 25,' 64;
exchanged; transf. to Co. A, 1st Battalion Minn. Infantry.
Wnd. in heel, badly, at Antietam Sept.17, 62; dis.for dis.Jan.8,'63.
Corporal, Sergeant; discharged per order Oct. 24, '62; transferred
to Co. B, 1st U. S. Cavalry, Oct. 24, '62.
Discharged for disability Sept. 26, '64; lost left eye in the affair
near Vienna, Va., Sept. 2, '62.
Veteran Jan. 1, '64.
Died of disease July 30, '62, in hospital at Point Lookout, Md.
Died near Frederick, Md., December, '62, of wound in head
received at Antietam Sept. 17, '62.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Wnd., severely, in battle of Antietam Sept. 17, '62; dis. for dis.
Vet. Feb. 29, '64; cap. at Ream's Station, Va., Aug. 25, '64;
exch.; transf. to Co. A, 1st Batt., Minn. Inf.; dis. July 26, '65.
Veteran Feb. 1, '64; credited to quota 4th Ward, Boston, Mass.;
transferred to Co. A, 1st Battalion, Minnesota Infantry.
Promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Hospital Steward 1st Battalion, Minnesota Infantry.
Re-enlisted Feb. 29, '64.
Discharged near Stevensburg, Va., Dec. 16, '63, to enlist as Hos
pital Steward in U. S. A.
Wounded at Antietam Sept. 17, '62; discharged to enlist in U.
S. Cavalry Feb. 16, '63.
No record.
Discharged to enlist as Hospital Steward Feb. 16, '63.
Discharged for disability in '62.
Serg.; wounded in thigh at Antietam Sept. 17, '62; discharged
for disability Nov. 1, '62, at hospital in Harrisburg, Pa.
Discharged for disability Dec. 8, '62, at Alexandria, Va.
Died of wounds received in the affair near Vienna Sept. 2, '62.
Wounded, severely, in thigh at Antietam, Va., Sept 17, '62.
Deserted at Washington, D. C., April 28, '62.
Wnd. at Antietam Sept. 17. '62; transf. to V. R. C. July 1, '63.
Veteran Feb. 29, '64; discharged for promotion April 1, '65;
promoted 2d Lieut. Co. K, 1st Heavy Artillery, Minn. Vols.
Discharged for disability Sept. 18, '62, at Philadelphia, Pa.

Lake Sidney

Lind,' Christen J

Magoon Harry

McMahon William

Miller James C

Morrison, Wm. E

Ousten Siver

Paine Franklin

Perry Oscar

Ponieroy, Harlan P
Powers John

Putnam Clark

Ouie Halvor H

Richardson F C

Rinhart, Edward D
Roe John W

Ryan Edward

Salt John

Scott William

Sheopard Morris F

Smith Nelson B

Smith Wm H

Spear Charles H

Strong Robert J

Steffes Anthony

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Underwood A. J

Wheeler, Francis E
White Lawrence ....

Widstrand, Charles T
Wiley Edward L

Wilson Andrew J

Wilson Harry H

Woods, Alanson B

NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.

BY CAPTAIN EUGENE M. WILSON.1

This regiment was recruited in the fall of 1862, on account of the urgent
necessity of having cavalry for the purposes of the Indian War then being prose
cuted in Minnesota against the Sioux Indians. In the month of August previous
this merciless and savage foe had perpetrated a massacre all along the frontier
that, for extent of mortality and horrible details, was without a parallel in Ameri
can history. The Sioux were naturally a fierce and warlike race, as their name
"Cut Throat" implies. They undoubtedly were suffering some injustice from
the neglect of the general Government, which was then bending its every energy
to the suppression of the great Bebellion, and was excusable for failure to carry
out treaty obligations with the Indian tribes with the promptitude that had
characterized its action in times of peace. But this formed no adequate excuse
for an outbreak of war, and not the slightest apology for the fiendish outrages
that spared neither infancy, age nor sex, and that followed even death with
mutilations so diabolical and obscene that common decency forbids their pub
lication.

The outbreak commenced at Acton. On August 17th Capt. Strout's company
was defeated. On the 18th, Capt. Marsh's men, while crossing the river at the
Eedwood Agency, were surprised and butchered. The fiends spread themselves
like prairie fire all along the frontier, from Otter Tail Lake to the Iowa line, and
in the course of a few days more than 1,000 persons were slaughtered by the re
morseless savages. Some of the more attractive females alone were spared for a
fate worse than death.

The great majority of those subject to this terrible attack were foreigners.
Knowing nothing of the Indian character, incapable of defense, and without
suspicion of danger, they fell easy and unresisting victims to the whirlwind of
death that swept over them. Where there were settlements of native-born citi
zens, and particularly of those acquainted with frontier life, they generally
organized a successful defense. The Indians spread eastward with their attacks
as far as Forest City and Glencoe, and persons were killed within thirty miles of
Minneapolis. Stockades were erected all along the inner frontier line, and the
few who had not rushed as refugees to the river towns were in a continual state of
siege. The citizens immediately organized irregular relief corps, and went to
the aid of the beleaguered places. New Ulm and Fort Eidgley, in imminent dan
ger of capture and slaughter, were relieved. The Indians were defeated at Birch
Coolie, and afterward in a much more extensive engagement at Wood Lake.
General Sibley had been placed in command, and his knowledge of Indian char
acter, his prudence and ability, led to the victories and the release of hundreds
of white prisoners whose lives were in the greatest danger. A large number of
Indian prisoners were taken, but the great mass of the bands, and the worst of
them, scattered from Wood Lake westward to join with their cousins of the
plains, and prepare for a renewal of hostilities.

The experience of the campaign so far had shown that cavalry was absolutely
indispensable for the prosecution of offensive war. Infantry could only fight
Indians when* Indians chose to make the attack. When they chose to get out of

1 This narrative was written by Mr. "Wilson in January, 1890. His lamented death occurred
at Nassau, Island of New Providence (Bermudas), April 10, 1890.

520 THE FIEST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.

the way there was no difficulty in doing so. Infantry could not patrol the long-
line of frontier, and were necessarily confined to the various stockades and gar
risons. An order was therefore procured from the War Department for the or
ganization of a twelve company regiment of mounted men, who should not merely
be cavalry, but be armed with such long-range guns as would fit them for all
emergencies of Indian warfare. No sooner was the order published than recruits
began to pour into Fort Snelling, and but a short time elapsed until the regi
ment was organized. The roster of the regiment follows this narrative.

The privates were citizens of Minnesota, and many enlisted with hearts ach
ing for wives and children and other relatives who had been slaughtered by the
barbarous knife and tomahawk. It may well be supposed that they felt more
than ordinary interest in the campaign, and had no tender feeling for the Indian.
The majority had been out in the citizen organizations that went to the relief of
the settlements, and had participated in the battles of the August and September
previous. The First Battalion of the regiment was sent out to the frontier as soon
as organized, and remained there all winter, guarding and patrolling against
incursions of Indians. The remainder of the regiment was stationed later at
various places in the state.

INDIAN CAMPAIGN, 1863.

In the spring of 1863 General Sibley organized his expedition for following
and attacking the Sioux in Dakota, whither they had gone. Six companies went
out with the expedition from Fort Snelling, and the First Battalion marched down
across the state and joined the main body at Camp Pope, twenty-five miles be
yond Fort Eidgley. Nine companies of the regiment thus accompanied the ex
pedition under command of Col. MePhail; the other three companies remained
and did patrol duty on the frontier under command of Lieut. Col. Pfaender. The
expedition moved out of Camp Pope on the 16th of June, 1863. This was before
the day of railroads in Minnesota. There was really nothing but a thin line of
settlements along the river. The communities beyond were, before the massa
cre, few and far between, and by it were virtually obliterated. The west line
of Minnesota was further off than the Eocky Mountains of to-day. All provisions
and supplies had to be hauled from St. Paul and Minneapolis. Troops could not
move until the grass on the plains was strong enough to support the stock of the
quartermaster department and the horses of the cavalry. There had been a
draught in 1862, and it continued through 1863. The plains of Dakota were so
parched and dry that dust rose along the march as from a public highway. The
lakes and streams were so alkaline as to cause suffering and sickness to the
troops. The dogs that accompanied the expedition died from thirst, or were
shot to prevent their becoming mad. Horses and mules became poor and weak,
and many died. Prairie fires ran over the uplands late in June. The custom
was to have the reveill^ sounded at two o'clock in the morning, and a start was
made as soon as it was light enough to see, which came very early in that high
northern latitude. A march could not be extended beyond noon, as the rest of
the day was necessary to allow the stock to feed on the little grass that could be
found in the lowlands and around the lakes and marshes. Stock could not be
grazed at night, as the Indians would have stampeded it, but had to be tied to
the picket rope and fed on grass cut with scythes when any could be found to
cut. Often on coming into camp the water was found so bad that the troops had
to dig wells, and by sinking ten or twelve feet at the edge of a marsh generally
found water which, though far from pure, was not impregnated with alkali.
The principal fuel was buffalo chips.

The cavalry, although having the privilege of riding during the march, had
really a harder time than the infantry. The latter when in camp had little to
do but to rest. The work of the cavalryman had just commenced. He had to
graze his horse during the afternoon and cut grass for his provender at night.
When night came he was placed on picket guard on a circle far outside the com
mon camp guard. He was in danger from the wily Indian without and the ner
vous infantry guard within. Indeed, the habit of having the cavalry guard shot

BATTLE OF BIG MOUND. 521

at by the camp guard, under supposition of being an Indian, became so frequent
that private instructions were given to return the fire, and this reciprocity soon
cured the trouble from within.

BATTLE OF BIG MOUND.

The main body of the Indians was not reached until the 24th of July, when
the scouts reported them in large numbers. The train was soon brought into
corral by a shallow and alkaline lake, under the shadow of a high hill, which
was called Big Mound, and gave name to the battle fought that day. The Indians
appeared in large numbers on Big Mound, and in larger numbers still to the
west of it. Through the interchange of communications between the scouts the
Indians expressed a wish to have a conference with General Sibley. He, having
been warned of danger, declined. Dr. Weiser, the chaplain of the Mounted
Rangers, however, went among the Indians, many of whom he knew, and re
turned to the camp saying that they only wanted peace. He shortly returned
to the top of Big Mound with two or three other persons, and was almost imme
diately shot and killed. His companions escaped by hard riding and from the
bad marksmanship of the Indians. Lieutenant Freeman of Company D of the
Bangers had been killed several hours before while out hunting, but this was
not then known in camp. As soon as the killing of Dr. Weiser was known Gen
eral Sibley ordered the First Battalion of the Eangers to attack the Indians, which
they did, followed by some companies of the Sixth and Tenth Infantry regiments.
Part of the cavalry had to dismount on account of the steepness of the hill, and
they fought their way up on foot, driving the Indians before them. A fearful
thunder storm came on during this attack, and it seemed as if offended nature
was going to participate and destroy the other combatants. One cavalryman
only, however, was killed by the lightning, which was playing about with fear
ful recklessness. Two others, with their horses, were knocked down, but eventu
ally recovered. The Indians retreated soon after the first attack, and, the cavalry
following, a running fight was kept up for some fifteen miles, when darkness put
an end to the conflict. It was not till next morning that the cavalry returned
from the pursuit. It was difficult to tell how many Indians were killed. Several
Indian scalps were taken. The taking of these was not noticed by the officers in
the heat of the conflict. They were in every instance in the possession of those
some member of whose family had been murdered by the savages, or who had
been trappers and hunters, and acquainted with Indian habits and customs.
They knew how much the Indian felt the disgrace of having any members of his
tribe start scalpless to the happy hunting grounds, and the savage superstition
as to the improbability of a bald man's success in the next world. Many of them
had lost their families by Indian massacre, and it was not surprising that in
this instance they forgot the humanities of civilization. Part of the infantry
marched in this battle after the cavalry to a distance of some ten miles from camp.
The fighting after the first attack was necessarily done by the cavalry.

The mistake of the campaign occurred at the close of the battle that day.
Lieut. Beaver of Gen. Sibley 's staff brought an order to Col. McPhail to return
to camp during the night, which was unfortunately obeyed. And the more un
fortunately, since it turned out that Lieut. Beaver had mistaken the purport of
the order. The cavalry should have waited where they were until the Seventh
Regiment came up, and then bivouacked on the ground. The families of the
Indians were close by. They could not have escaped. The warriors would not
have deserted their families. An end to the conflict could have been made in
two days, and more Indian prisoners taken than ever before or since. But the
cavalry was marched back. Upon meeting the infantry, it too was turned back,
and the whole night was spent in reaching camp. The march of the day before
had commenced at three o'clock in the morning, and continued until noon. A
little after two the men were again in the saddle, and in the saddle they were
kept until the next morning. All they had to eat after leaving camp at Big
Mound was dried buffalo meat found in the Indian camp, about as palatable and
as tough as a leather saddle-skirt. The long march and fight had exhausted men

522 THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.

and horses. A day's rest was absolutely necessary. The Indians thus got two
or three days' start for their families, who traveled as only squaws can. The
warriors remained behind to fight and delay our troops, and give better chance
for the wives and children to reach and cross the Missouri Eiver.

BATTLE OF DEAD BUFFALO LAKE.

On the 26th of July the savages were again found at Dead Buffalo Lake.
After our troops had gone into camp, a large number of them made a dash for
some hay cutters and mules that were off some distance on the lake shore. One
company of cavalry was standing to horse, and immediately started for the rescue.
Another saddled at once, and reached the Indians about the same time as the
first. A charge was made upon them, and a fight at once developed, which was
soon participated in by other cavalry and Indians who came to join their com
rades. It was a smoky day, and as the horses of whites and Indians stirred up
the dust, and the contestants mingled with each other, it was often difficult to
distinguish friend from foe. The Indians were so excited, and their aim so
faulty, that they seemed unable to hit anyone twenty yards distant, and after a
half hour of this close work they made off as fast as their ponies would carry
them, leaving behind a number of dead. The first charge of the Indians in this
fight was led by Grey Eagle, a chief of considerable distinction. Although
naked, he was finely painted, and his head profusely decorated with feathers.
He was a splendid looking fellow, and fought bravely, but was soon killed.

BATTLE OF STONY LAKE.

Again, at Stony Lake, on the 28th of July, the Indians made an attack. As
the train was moving along in the morning they were discovered by the scouts,
and soon proved to be in great numbers. They were mostly mounted warriors,
and must have numbered some 2,500. It was afterward ascertained that they
had been reinforced by the Teton Sioux from across the Missouri. They at
tacked with great boldness, and showed an ability in the management of their
forces unusual in savage warfare. Signal men could be seen waving signal flags
on certain parts of the field, which was always followed by a rush of Indians to
that quarter. They made repeated charges, but were easily repulsed. The light
artillery discouraged them very much, and, finding success impossible, they
abandoned the field. They evidently intended this for their grand final effort.
They were painted for battle, and naked as at the day of their birth, with the
exception of shot pouches and knife belts.

This was the last battle, and the next day the Missouri Eiver was reached
near the mouth of Apple Creek and some five miles below the present site of
Bismarck. The Indians had, however, gotten across the river. As part of the
plan of the campaign, General Sully was to march up the Missouri from Sioux
City with 3,000 men, and be on the other side of the Missouri before General
Sibley and the Indians arrived. His transportation of rations and baggage was
to be sent by steamboat. The extreme low water in the river, however, so de
layed the steamers that he did not arrive in time, and the nicely laid plan to trap
the savages failed because one side of the trap was left open.

It was impossible to continue the campaign further. The transportation was
greatly exhausted. There was only left sufficient rations for a return to the sup
ply left at Camp Atchison. So, after waiting three days and hearing nothing of
General Sully, the return march was commenced. The campaign had not proven
the success desired, which was the complete destruction of the hostile Sioux.
But it was a complete success so far as relieving the State of Minnesota from
future attack. The bands that had been located in the western part of the state,
and all those east of the Missouri in Dakota, were driven west of that river, never
to return. From that day Minnesota was as safe from Indians as Massachusetts.
Successive defeats and the sufferings of their flight were not to be forgotten and
not to be risked again. They had taken the year before, from the massacred set
tlers, a large number of horses, wagons and other property, and had much of
this plunder in 1863. From Big Mound to the crossing of the Missouri their

BATTLE OF STONY LAKE. 523

track was strewed by abandoned property; wagons, horses and household goods
lined the way. Their tepees were left behind. At the Missouri was found a
large number of wagons and a great quantity of abandoned property which
in their flight they could not take across. These, with some of our own army
wagons that the weakened mules were unable to haul any longer, made a parting
bonfire.

During this campaign the Indians were tolerably well armed with the trade-
gun which they used in killing buffalo and the arms they had taken from troops
and settlers. Many still retained the bow and arrows in addition to their guns.
At close quarters this was a more dangerous weapon than a revolver. They shot
their arrows with great rapidity and precision. Although made of light arrow-
wood, they were tipped with iron, and given such velocity that they would go
clear through a man and show the barb on the other side from its entrance.

The return march was uneventful except for the suffering on account of bad
water, and at Lake Jessie the finding alive of George Brackett, whom we had sup
posed to have been killed along with Lieut. Freeman. "When Lake Jessie, where
the invalid corps, surplus supplies and transportation had been left on the way
to the Missouri, was reached on the return march, Col. McPhail, with several
companies of the regiment, was ordered to return to Fort Ridgley, via Snake
Kiver and the Lake Shetek country, and accordingly, August 12th, they parted
with the main command, taking up their march in a southeasterly direction, and
reaching Fort Eidgley September 1st; while the main column, under the imme
diate command of the general, resumed its march toward Abercrombie.

Before arriving at Fort Abercrombie the First Battalion of cavalry was sent
through the northern part of the state to Fort Eipley, and the remainder of the
command marched to Fort Snelling. The various companies of the regiment of
Hangers were mustered out of service during the late fall and early winter. A
large number of them re-enlisted in various regiments, and particularly in the
Second Cavalry Eegiment, which was engaged, under General Sully, in a further
Indian war beyond the Missouri.

The men who formed the First Mounted Eangers were as fine a class as ever
enlisted. The roster of the regiment shows names connected prominently with
the history of Minnesota from its earliest days to the present time. They have
been chosen to fill the various offices of the state from governor on down. They
have held high rank in the state senate and house of representatives. They have
represented Slinnesota in the federal Congress. They have graced the bench and
bar of the state, and in the various avocations of life been among the chief pro
moters of the great and rapid progress of the commonwealth. Many, ripe in
years and honors, have been gathered with the harvest, but their memory is still
green with their comrades and fellow citizens. The survivors cannot, in the
common course of human life, expect many more years of service. But those
years will still be years of usefulness. And as, one by one, the final order comes
for mustering out, it will be obeyed with the same calm courage that has char
acterized their lives.

NOTE. — The following account of the service of Company M in the battle of Dead Buffalo Lake
is taken from "A Journal of Sibley's Indian Expedition," by Arthur M. Daniels of Company H,
Sixth Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, and published at Winona in 1864 : "We left camp this morn
ing about five o'clock and came rapidly forward southwest. It was very cold; we had on our over
coats or blankets, and we could stand it to march fast. We came upon the Indian camp in about
an hour and a half, and halted a few minutes. Many relics were secured. Every conceivable article
of Indian apparel aud paraphernalia was strewn all along the track of their retreat for six or seven
miles, indeed as far as we have come. It was not long before Indians were reported in our advance,
and the train was put in a solid mass. Companies A and B of the Sixth Regiment, which was in
advance, deployed as skirmishers, others being the reserve. We advanced thus. The cavalry were
also in line behind us, and other regiments on either flank, and everything was in perfect order to
receive an attack from any direction. We moved on in this manner until we had made some ten
miles more and were probably fifteen miles from this morning's camp. We, the advance, had then
passed a lake called Dead Bufialo Lake, selected as the site for camp, and halted.

1 ' Indians were immediately in our front, on ponies, riding backward and forward and evidently
trying to feel us a little or draw us on. Guns were fired occasionally by them, and once in a while
a response was made by our skirmishers. Thus the farce went on for an hour and a half, — a sort of

524 THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.

a play fight. The reserve skirmishers were ordered back to camp. Just before we returned, a sec
tion of a battery came up, and when the Indians had huddled together a shell was dropped among
them; then, as soon as they saw the smoke — before the shell reached them, they made another
beautiful ' skedaddle. ' We had hardly reached camp and stacked arms on the color line, when
Indians were reported coming over the bluff to the northwest. The cattle and horses and some
men were out on the prairie away up to the bluff. All who were on the bluff presently came rush
ing in, and soon the Indians appeared within half a mile of camp. There seemed to be no one left
to guard camp, and there appeared to be danger, for a few minutes, that they would capture some
cattle and horses; one, in particular, rode clear down the hill and fired his gun; we were immedi~
ately ordered up as skirmishers, but Company Mof the cavalry (First Regiment, Mounted Rangers)
beat us, rushed np the hill, and finally, after a few minutes, made a charge, killing five of them.
Companies A and L were also in line, and charged over the hill after the savages. We laid down
just behind the brow of the hill, and then the cavalry retreated, hoping to draw them onto us, but
they kept a respectful distance from us. We laid thus for an hour or two and then came back to
camp. One man of the cavalry was wounded in the charge." Company M, during the Indian ex
pedition of 1863, was commanded by Lieutenant Daniel B. Johnson, Jr.

FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.

525

KOSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE FIRST REGIMENT, MOUNTED

RANGERS.

NAMES.

«
O
<j

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Colonel —
Samuel McPhail.

S4

Nov. 24 '62

Commissioned Oct. 10 '62; discharged with regiment, which

Lieutenant Colonel —
Wm. Pfaender

87

Jan. 15, '63

was mustered out by companies Oct. 1 to Dec. iJO, '63.
Discharged with regiment.

Majors —
John H. Parker

38

Nov. 25, '62

Discharged with regiment.

Salmon E Buell

3=5

Dec 17 '62

Discharged with regiment

Orrin T Hayes

^

Mch 10 '63

Adjutant —
Wm M Pierce

T>

Jan. 3 '63

Discharged with regiment

Quartermaster —
Duncan R. Kennedy

37

Sept. 11 '62

Discharged with regiment.

Commissary —
Edward D. Cobb

R?

Dec. 19, '62

Discharged with regiment.

Surgeon —
Josiah S Weiser

29

Oct. 21 '62

Killed July 24 '63 at Big Mound D T

Assistant Surgeons —
Reginald H Bingham

W

Nov 22 '62

Resigned for promotion May 7 '63.

James C. Rhodes

OQ

Nov. 22, '62

Discharged with regiment.

Chaplain —
Thos E Inman

48

Apl 30 '63

Discharged with regiment

Sergeant Major —
Joseph F Blodgett

44

Aug 31 '63

Discharged with regiment.

Quartermaster Sergeant —
Jamea G Green

«*•>

Dec 10 '62

Discharged with regiment.

Commissary Sergeant —
Newton Williams

?*>

Nov. 24 '62

Hospital Stewards —
Geo. Du Toit

18

Dec. 1, '62

Geo. W. Murdock.

19

Mch. 9, '63

Discharged with regiment

Veterinary Surgeon —
Frank D. Chapman
Saddler Sergeant —

35

T>

Dec. 30, '62
Oct. 9, '62

Discharged with regiment.

Chief Trumpeter —
Frederick Miele

39

Dec. 20, '62

526

THE FIEST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.

ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain—

Eugene M. Wilson

First Lieutenant —

Ebenezer A. Goodell

Second Lieutenant —

James M. Paine

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, John M

Angel, Alpheus

Bennett, Michael A

Belden, Theodore

Blakely, Robert

Blakely,JohnM

Bozeman, John B

Brown, John

Burt, John F

Cahill, Dennis

Campbell, Win

Campbell, Ed ward

Christlieb, David

Clayton, Richard

Colter, David

Cowan, Elisha

Dores, Jesse »

Duprey, Chas

Estes, Livingston

Farmin, Giles

Fitzsi mon , Richard

Flynn, Arthur

Foster, Uriah E..

Gilbertson, Gilbert

Gray, Wilson

Grober.Wm

Haycroft, Samuel N

Hayward, Martin

Haggerty, Patrick

Harris. Joshua

Hicks, John H

Hughes, Edward

Jefferson, Robert H

Johnson, Ole

Johnson, Ever M

Johnson, Jasper N

Jolly, Wrn.M.

Jones, Hugh

Kelley, Thomas

Knable, Gustave

tavelly, Immanuel

Larson, Ole

Learey, Jeremiah

Lyttle, George

Manney, Patrick

Marx, John

Maycraft, John M

McGill, Archibald

McDermott, John

McDonald, Abraham

McGonan.Geo. M

Miller, Nicholas

More, John E

Morse, Edward

Murphy, Nicholas

Oleson, Ole

O'Conner, Patrick

Otterman, Thomas

Parker, Benjamin

Parker, James

Page, Geo. R

Parks, Geo

Perath, George

Plummer, Chas. S

Pope, Charles

Prentiss, Benj. C

Pratt, Stephen

Raymond, Frederick

Reaton, Chas. R

Rhodes, Harrison

Rile, George

Rosendahl, Paul H

Roth, Wm.E

Robinson, Marshall

Russell, Isaac N , ...

Russell, Isaac N.,Jr

Sanborn, Robert W

Scott, James

Seewald.John

Simon, Albert

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Enrolled Oct. 8, '62.

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Enrolled Oct. 8, '62.

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Enrolled Oct. 8, '62.

Sept. 18, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Men. 16, '63

Oct. 20, '63

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Corporal.

May 9, '63

Oct. 20, '63

Mch. 2, '63

Oct. 20 '63

Apl. 28, '63

Oct. 20, '63

Oct. 1. '62

Oct. 20, '63

Apl. 23, '63

Oct. 20, '63

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sergeant; reduced.

Sept. 27 '62

Oct. 20, '63

Jan. 1,'63

Oct. 20, '63

Feb. 2, '63

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 20 '62

Oct. 20, '63

Oct. 4, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20 '63

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept 20, '62

Oct. 20 '63

Sept. 23, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27 '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 25, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27 ,'62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 20, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 22, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 20, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 20, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27, '62

Died at Fort Snelling Nov. 12, '62.

Sept.27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 20, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 22 ,'62
Sept.27 '62

Oct. 20, '63

Discharged for disability December, '62.

Sept.27 '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept.27, '62

Deserted March, '63.

Sept. 25, '62

Oct. 20 ,'63

Mch. 2, '63

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Feb. 1,'63

Oct. 20 ,'63

Sept. 20, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 21, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept.27 '62

Oct. 20, '63

Oct. 4, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sergeant.

Oct. 9, '62
Sept. 26, '62
Sept.27 '62

Oct. 20, '63
Oct. 20, '63

Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged by writ of habeas corpus Oct. 25. '62.

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 20, '62

Oct. 20/63

Oct. 9, '62
Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20 ,'63
Oct. 20, '63

Sergeant.
Corporal; reduced.

Sept.27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Promoted Corporal.

Sept 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 18, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 24, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Farrier.

Jan. 10, '63

Oct. 20 '63

Jan. 1 '63

Oct. 20, '63

Sept.27, '62

Promoted Regimental Saddler Feb. 2

a. 'fia.

Sept. 23, '62

Died at Fort Ripley, Minn., Sept. 20, '63.

Sept. 25, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept.27, '62
Oct. 9, '62

Died at Fort Ripley, Minn., Sept. 30,
1st Sergeant.

'63.

Oct. 20, '63

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Corporal.

Sept. 20, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Corporal.

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Corporal; reduced June 30, '63.

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Corporal; reduced June 30, '63.

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Corporal.

Sept. 29, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Oct. 9, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sergeant.

*

Sept.27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept.27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 26, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Sept. 20, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 30, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

527

NAMES.

H
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Smith Royal W

27

Sept 20 '62

Oct 20 '63

Promoted Cor oral

Stulev'ille, Henry
Stiren Peter

26
43

Septi29J'62
Jan 20 '63

Oct! 20/63
Oct 20 '63

Sullivan Mathew

18

Sept 23* '62

Oct 20 '63

Sweeny James

21

Oct 9 '62

Oct 20 '63

Tennison, Andrew L
Ticknor Geo D

18
18

Sept. 27] '62
Sept 27 '62

Oct. 20,' '63
Oct 20 '63

Vance Frederick E.

22

Oct ' 9* '62

Oct' 20* '63

Saddler

"Wallace, Benjamin
Watkins, Isaiah

18
18

Sept. 24,' '62
Sept 24 '62

Oct. 20/63
Oct 20 '63

White David G

39

Oct 9 '62

Oct 20 '63

White, James E
White, Michael
Whitney, Jabez M
Wheaton, Chas .

18
27
19
24

Sept. 27/62
Sept. 27, '62
Sept. 15, '62
Sept 27 '62

Oct. 20, '63
Oct. 20/63
Oct. 20/63
Oct 20 '63

Windship, Geo. D

44

Sept. 27, '62

Oct. 20, '63

Wiants.Geo. H

18

Sept. 20/62

Oct. 20 '63

Wiggle, John ..

03

Oct. 9 '62

Oct 20 '63

Wilson, James R
Wolf, Michael

25

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Oct. 9, '62
Sept. 20 '62

Oct. 20/63
Oct. 20 '63

Sergeant.

Younglove, Wni. H

44

Oct. 9 '62

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

W
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MUSTERED

IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Horace Austin

31
30
42

44
25
21
36
22
20
18
40
26
26
18
27
21
26
22
40
25
20
18
22
24
27
44
24
23
21
21
21
21
19
25
18
21
28
18
31
40
19
28
44
22
18
26
21
25

Oct. 29 '62

Nov. 9/6
Nov. 9/6
Nov. 9/6

Nov. 9/6
Nov. 9, '6
Nov. 9/6
Nov. 9/6
Nov. 9, '6
Nov. 9/65
Nov. 9/65
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9, '63

Enrolled Oct. 17th.
Enrolled Oct. 17th.
Enrolled Oct. 17th.

Blacksmith.
Wagoner.

Blacksmith.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability April 26
Sergeant.

Corporal.
Saddler.

Discharged for disability June 17,

Corporal.
Sergeant.

Discharged for disability April 26
Sergeant.

,'63.

'63.
,'63.

First Lieutenant —
Theodore E. Potter
Second Lieutenant —
Thos. F. West

Oct. 29/62
Oct. 29/62

Oct. 17/62
Oct. 17/62
Oct 11 '62

ENLISTED MEN.

Banta, Peter

Back Henry 8 ..

Bacon, Ezra

Blanchard.Albert

Mch. 26, '63
Oct. 17/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 14/62
Oct. 17/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 15/62
Oct. 21/62
Oct. 15/62
Oct. 17/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 14/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 14/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 17/62
Oct. 17/62
Oct. 13/62
Oct. 14/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 14/62
Oct. 17/62
Oct. 17/62
Oct. 10/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 14/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 13/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 17/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 11/62
Oct. 11/62
Mch. 26, '63
Oct. 14/62
Oct. 14/62

Boyer, Wm. H

Bringleson, Even
Burgess, Smith N

Callender, Hugh
Child Simeon P

Clapshaw, Wm

Cooper, Barney A
Cooper, Sylvester....

Cottingham, Niles

Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63

Crandall, Marion

Crandall, Harrison
Cunningham-John
Davis, Evan H

Detamore, Samuel

Dodd.Wm. A

Dudley, Henry H

Elliston, James H
Farrell.John

Fay, Wm. M

Fisher, Benj. F

Foster, Lawren

Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63

Goff, Henry

Hazard, Wm. H

Haslip Wm. B

Hatcher, Keaton E
Hess, John H

Herber, George

Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63
Nov. 9/63

Howland.Geo. H
Hughes, Thomas

Hungerford, Azel
Jones, Judson

Jones, Wm. H

Johnson, Hendrick
Johnson, Johan A
Johnson, Albert

Keenan, George M
Keper, Simon

Kennedy, Francis M
Knutson, Golleck

Krassiu, Lewis W

528

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ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

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REMARKS.

orr

OH- 1 1 '62

Nov 9 '63

Nov' 9* '63

24

Latowe'll John W

Nov 9 '63

Nnv* Q' 'fi3

Lindell Johan

44

Oct 11 '62

Discharged for disability Mirch 99 '63

Londiosh John B '.

28

Oct* 11* '62

Discharged for disability April 11 '63

Lucas T H

44

Oct 11* '62

Nov 9 '63

Marstin Wni S

42

Oct 17* '62

Nov 9* '63

Nov' 9* '63

McGarry John

31

Oct 17 '62

Nov 9 '63

McDowell D H

02

Oct" 11 ' '62

Nov 9? '63

McDonald', John

22

Oct 14* '62

Nov 9 '63

Moore, Andrew

22

Oct* 11 ''62

Died Aug 15 '63- wounded at Big Hill D T.

Moore H W

1Q

Nov 9 '63

Murphy, John

19

Oct 14 '62

Killed by lightning July 24 '63, at Big Hill, D. T.

23

Oct 14 '62

Nov 9 '63

Nelso'u Ole

Neal Henry j

28

Oct 17 '62

Nov 9 '63

Newton, Wm. E

•>«

Oct! 17* '62

Corporal; deserted at Camp Pope June 13, '63.

Nickerson D R

18

Oct 14 '62

Nov 9 '63

30

Oct* 11* '62

Nov 9* '63

Oleson Stein

30

Oct 17* '62

Nov 9' '63

Oleson Egle

21

Oct 14* '62

Nov 9* '63

Oleson Ole

18

Oct' 11* '62

Discharged for disability April 17 '63

Oleson Ole

18

Oct 11* '62

Nov 9 '63

O'Shea, John ,

34

Oct 15 '62

Nov' 9* '63

Parks Wilton P ... .

32

Oct 11 '62

Died Dec 5 '62 at St Peter Minn

18

Oct 11* '62

Nov 9 '63

Paff, Samuel R

24

Oct 11 '62

Nov' 9* '63

Patch Lewis J

24

Oct 17 '62

Nov 9* '63

Pedvin Daniel

42

Oct! 17 '62

Nov 9 '63

Plowman, Henry
§uane John R

25
18

Oct. 17, '62
Oct. 11 '62

Nov. 9, '63

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Died March 22, '63, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.

azey Norman D

21

Oct 11 '62

Discharged for disability March 29, '63.

Ray Wm

35

Oct. 11 '62

Nov 9 '63

Raney Thomas M

36

Oct 1?' '62

Corporal; discharged per order May 12, '63.

Rogers Geo W

20

Oct 11 '62

Nov 9 '63

28

Oct 11* '62

Nov 9* '63

Rose Jacob A

20

Oct' 11 ''62

Nov* 9* '63

Shave, Edwin

97

Oct. 17, '62

Nov. 9* '63

Corporal

Silliman, Wayne D
Smith Myron W

27
24

Oct. 21, '62
Oct 17 '62

Nov. 9 '63
Nov 9 '63

Smith, Henry W

42

Oct 11 '62

Nov* 9* '63

Smith Jordan

18

Oct 14 '62

Nov 9 '63

Schnell, Jacob

94

Oct. 11* '62

Nov 9' '63

Spencer, Francis L
Stark, Gustaf A

28

99

Oct. 11, '62
Oct. 11, '62

Nov. 9, '63

Killed July 24, '62, at Big Hills, D. T.

Stuts, Henry .. ..

18

Oct 11 '62

Nov 9 '63

Tolan, James

?5

Oct. 13, '62

Nov. 9, '63

Van Blaracom, P. E
"Waggener, O^car.

21
44

Oct. 11, '62
Oct 11 '62

Nov. 9, '63
Nov 9 '63

Washburn, Louis
Wilds, Mark L
Woolsey, Daniel
Woolsey, Allen S

19
33

22
18

Oct. 11 '62
Oct. 17, '62
Oct. 17 '62
Oct. 11, '62

Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9, '63
Nov. 9, '63

Sergeant.
Teamster.

Woolsey, Elijah

44

Oct 11 '62

Nov 9 '63

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

H
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Thos. G. Henderson
First Lieutenant —
Wm. L. Lamed
Second Lieutenant —
James H Cobath

44
45

27

Oct. 22, '62
Oct. 22, '62
Oct 18 '62

Oct. 31, '63
Oct. 31, '63
Oct 31 '63

ENLISTED MEN.

Ames, Ezra B

24

Sept 23 '62

Oct 31 '63

Angell Farley B

37

Sept 23 '62

Oct 31 '63

Barrett, Benj

31

Sept 23* '62

Oct 31 ' '63

Baker, Albert F

35

Oct 14 '62

Oct 31 '63

Blodgett, Joseph F

44

Oct. 17* '62

Sergeant; pro. Serg. Major; transf. to Non-Com. Staff May 24,'63.

Bowen, Wm. T

30

Oct 17 '62

Oct. 31 '63

Sergeant.

Bisbee, Albert J

37

Oct 17 '62

Oct 31 '63

Saddler.

Bowers Chas E

18

Sept 23* '62

Oct 31 '63

Bowen, Harvev

*>3

Mch' 14* '63

Oct 31 '63

Brumbourg, Martin
Burnett, Wm. P.

33
19

Oct. 14/62
Sept 19 '62

Oct. 31, '63
Oct 31 '63

Buffington, Wm. W....

29

Oct. 14.' '62

Oct. 3l'.'63

COMPANY C.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

529

NAMES.

Cameron, Franklin

Cates, Andrew J

Cochran, James Z

Countryman, Edward C..

Conklin, Lauson.

Colburn, Nathan

Crocker, George

Cunningham, Luther

Day, Elisha

Ditts, Jefferson

Douly.Chas. M

Douglas, Carlos

Donnelly, Jeremiah.;

Donnelly, John

Dorrnan, Hiram W

Droddy, John

Edwards, Joseph C

Ellis, John C

Ellsworth, Clark

Ellsworth, Thos. E

Ewing, Wm

Farrington, P. P

Fawcett.Thos

Goodell, Burdeth

Griffith, David

Harrington, Wm. J

Hayden,Chas. B

Harris, Newton E

Heath, Wm

Higgins, John M

Holbrook, Win. P

James, Henry

Jones, Samuel

Johnson, Wm

Jtelley, Henry

Larson, Andrew

Lamed, Horatio H

Lapham, Milton D

Lent, Wm. E

Leman, Mathew D

Lenneman, Ebohart

Libby.Wm

Libby, Chas. L

Longley, George

Lucas, Asa W

Ma-ldocks, Wm. E

Matter, Philip

McCormick, John

McKinney, Patrick. ,

Mekelson, Hoover

Moses, Franklin S

Murphy, Samuel

Murphey, Ichabod

Patton, James

Pitman, Chas ,

Power, Geo.O

Powell, Steven J

Quiun, James ,

Randolph, Frank

Reich, Royal D

Redding, Sanford

Remick, Joseph F ,

Roudels, Robert

Salisbury, Jonathan

Schenck, Adolphus

Schaar, Joseph

Silliman, Jervis W

Smith, Lyman B

Smith, Joseph

Streeter, Remain A

Stacy, Jame3 N

Sturman, Thos

Taylor, Reuben

Tilton, Wm. H

Trotter, James C

Weidenback, Adolph

White, Lemuel

Wheeler, Wm

Whitney, John

Williams, Thos

Wilson, Samuel

Wyman, John

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

Oct. 17, '62
Feb. 14, '63
Oct. 17, '62
Sept. 26, '62
Oct. 15, '62
Sept. 26 ,'62
Oct. 17, '62
Sept. 29, '62
Sept. 23, '62
Sept. 23, '62
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Sept. 15, '62
Sept. 23, '62!
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Sept. 23, '62
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Sept. 23, '62 !
May 16, '63
Oct. 17, '62
Oct. 17, '62,
Sept, 23, '62
Sept. 20, '62 1
Oct. 17, '62|
Oct. 14, '62
Sept. 22, '62
Mch. 13, '63
Jan. 30, '63
Sept. 23, '62
Oct. 17, '62
Sept. 23, '62
Oct. 14 '62
Sept. 23, '62
Oct. 17, '62
Mch. 13, '63
Oct. 8, '62
Oct. 15. '62
Sept. 26, '62
Sept. 25, '62
Sept. 19, '62
Oct. 14, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Sept. 23, '62
Oct. 17, '62
Sept. 29 ,'62
Sept. 29, '62
Oct. 17, '62
Oct. 17, '62
Oct. 8, '62
Sept. 25, '62
Oct. 17, '62
Oct. 17, '62
Sept. 23, '62
Oct. 17, '62
Sept. 23 ,'62
Oct. 17, '62
Sept. 23, '62
Sept. 23, '62

Oct. 31,'

Oct. 31,'

Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

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Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63
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Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

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OcU 31, '63

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Oct. 31, '63

Oct. 31, '63

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Oct. 31, '63
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Oct. 31, '63
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Oct. 31, '63
Oct. 31, '63
Oct. 31, '6f

REMARKS.

Corporal.

Blacksmith.

Promoted Corporal.
Sergeant.

Deserted Feb. 17, '63.

Corporal.

Blacksmifh.

Died Oct. 21, '62, at Fort Snelling.

Teamster.

Sergeant.

Deserted Oct. 19, '62.

Sergeant.

Corporal.
Wagoner.

Teamster.

Corporal.
Sergeant.

1st Sergeant.

Sergeant.
Corporal.

Corporal.
Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Quartermaster Sergeant.

530

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain —

Oscar Taylor

First Lieutenants —

Ambrose Freeman

John H. Raymond

Second Lieutenant —

Richard Potter

ENLISTED MEN.

Angel, James

Barton, Albert G

Behres, Peter

Berger, Henry

Biggerstaif, Hugh

Blain, Bartley

Bower, Jacob V

Briggs, Adoniram

Brent, Geo. E

Brown, Benj. S

Brower, Richard D

Bunte, Adam

Carlisle, James

Chamberlain, E. K

Corrigan, Wm

Clark, John R

Cook, Henry

Coates, John

Cossairt, John

Darling, Francis C

Dahl, Ole

Davenport, Paul D

Dicken, James F

Dunton, Geo. W

Eich, John

Ernich, Adam

Fadden, Aaron

Foster, Newton

Fritz, Andrew

Fuller, John

Garrison, Oscar E

Garlington, Jesse M

Getchel, Nathaniel

Glazier, Henry L

Grandelmeyer, John

Graham, Patrick

Hamilton, James

Hinen, George J

Heintz, Peter

Holes, Samuel

Husted, Wilson

Huhn, Rudolph

Johnson, Akey C

Johnson, Mosier...

Kerstein, Anthony

Knowlton, Wm. F

Konig, Clestein

Liavaque, Geo. W

Lavaque, John H

Larson, Peter

Lambert, Chas. W

Lauermann, Michael

Leiser, Gerhard

Lawton, Orin

Lyons, Wm. H

Marte, Frederick

Mattoon, Gilbert S

McAlpin, John

Meagher, Michael

Mickley, Matthias

Morgan, Samuel H

Morgan, John H

Morgan, Augustus A

Moore, John W

Murray, Samuel

Murray, Robert

Nugent, James G

Parker, Wm

Parks, Isaac

Peterson, Christ

Peterson, Peter

Peterson, John

Peterson, Nels

Ponsford, James

Rogers, Jerome

Schmidt, Nicholas

Schultz, August

Schroeder,Wm

Seymour, John H

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 28, '62

Oct. 28, '62
Sept. 27, '63

Sept. 26, '63

Oct. 25, '62

Oct. 16, '62

Oct. 17, '62

Oct. 28, '62

Oct. 16 '62

Oct. 16, '62

Oct. 16, '62

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Oct. 28, '62

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Oct. 16, '62

Oct. 23, '62

Oct. 23, '62

Oct. 13, '62

Oct. 16, '62

Oct. 16, '62

Oct. 16, '62

Oct. 16, '62

Oct. 16 ,'62

Oct. 16, '62

Oct. 16, '62

Oct. 16, '62

A pi. 14, '63

Oct. 16, '62

Oct. 24, '62

Oct. 23, '62

Oct. 20, '62

Oct. 20, '62

Oct. 16, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Nov. 4, '63

Nov.
Nov.

4, '63
4, '68

Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.

4 '63
4 '63
4, '63
4. '63
4, '63
4, '63

Nov. 4, '63

Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.

4, '63
4, '63
4 ,'63
4, '63
4, '63
4 '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63

Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
NOT.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.

4, '63
4. '63
4, '63
4, '63
4 '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63

Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.

4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4 ,'63
4, '63
4, '63
4 ,'63
4, '63
4 ,'63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4/63
4, '63
4. '63

Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.

Nov.'
Nov.
Nov.

4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4 ,'63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4, '63

V63

4, '63
4, '63

Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.

4, '63
4, '63
4, '63
4 '63
4, '63

REMARKS.

Enrolled Oct. 22, '62.

Enrolled Oct. 22, '62; killed July 24, '63, in action.
Second Lieutenant Oct. 22, '62.

First Sergeant Oct. 14, '62.

Farrier.

Promoted Corporal.

Saddler; discharged for disability July 9, '63.
Killed July 20, '63, by accident, at Camp Forbes.

Died Sept. 6, 63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.
Sergeant; reduced June 3, 'C3.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Quartermaster Sergeant.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability April 26, '63.

Promoted Corporal June 3, '63.

Teamster.

Discharged for disability March 26, 63.
Teamster.

Wagoner.
Corporal.

Blacksmith.

Sergeant.
Corporal.
Corporal; discharged for disability April 26, '63.

Sergeant.

Sergeant.
Sergeant.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Died Aug. 13, '63, on march from Camp Atkinson, D. T.

Died Aug. 15, '63, on march from Camp Atkinson, D. T.
Corporal; reduced Dec. 3, '62.

COMPANY E.

ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

531

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS,

Scherfenherg, Win. C
Shafer John

18
20
31
36
19
21
23
32
19
17
45
18
32
33

"24"
20
23
34
26
22
40
27

Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 25 ,'62
Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 16 '62
Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 15, '62
Oct. 14, '62
Oct. 16 '62
Oct. 28, '62
Oct. 15, '62
Oct. 14, '62
Oct. 20, '62
Mch.16, '63
Oct. 23, '62
Mch.31,'63
Oct. 16 '62
Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 16, '62

Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63

Discharged for disability April 26, '63.
Discharged for disability June 9, '63.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disabilitv April 15, '63.
Discharged for disability April 15, '63.

Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Feb. 5, '63.

Siscely Jacob

Simonton, John

Smith Chas. F

Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4/63

Spaulding, Thos. O

Sterner Win

Stebbins Joshua

Stanard Allen A

Thompson, John L
Thompson, Sylvester
Tracy Jamea E,

Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 4 '63
Nov. 4, '63

"NovY"4,';63

"Wade, Ira C

Wartenburg, Anton
Weaver Henry

Welch Martin

Whitefield, Wilfred J
Wilson James C .

Wilson, Joseph S
Wilson, James M...

Willis, Joseph A
Woll, Jonathan

ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
E. St.Julien Cox
First Lieutenant —
Patrick S.Gardner
Second Lieutenant —
Peter A. Lentz..

ENLISTED MEN.

Arner, Lewis F

28
34
30

26
30

Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62

Feb. 11, '63
Mch 8 '69

Nov. 11, '63
Nov. 11, '63
Nov. 11, '63

Nov. 11, '63
Nov 11 '63

Enrolled Nov. 11, '62.
Enrolled Nov. 11, '62.
Enrolled Nov. 11, '62.
Promoted Sergeant.

Brules Hobert

OQ

Nov 24* '6'?

Braatz* Wilhelni

21

Mch 3 '62

Nov 11 '63

Burghoff Wm

35

Mch 8* '62

Nov ll' '63

Carr Thomas

00

Dec 3* '69

Nov ll' '63

Carroll Daniel .

27

Nov 9* '62

Nov 11* '63

Clearey, James

28

Nov 24* '62

Nov 11 '6S

Sergeant* reduced.

Corcoran, James
Copp, Julius

28
18

Nov. 24, '62
Nov. 5 '62

Nov. 11, '63
Nov 11 '63

Corporal.

Cornell, Silas W
Conway, Orlof C

18
33

Nov. 21, '62
Oct. 29 '62

Nov. 11, '63
Nov 11 '63

Cosoff, Casper

18

Oct 24 '62

Died Sept. 16, '63, at Abercrombie, D. T.

Cronan John

21

Nov 29* '62

Nov 11 '63

Teamster* died at home Dec 8 "62

Cuniff, Jame.-*, Jr

18

Nov 6* '62

Nov 11 '63

Davis Evan P

18

Nov 6 '62

Nov 11 '63

Davis, Wm. E

34

Nov' 1*'62

Nov' ll' '63

Delaney, Andrew

18

Nov 3 '62

Nov 11 '63

Doran Charles

36

Nov 6* '62

Nov ll' '63

Downs, Michael
Doyle Patrick.

23
35

Nov! 7,' '62
Nov 6 '62

Nov! ll| '63
Nov 11 '63

Essler Henry

23

Nov' ?' '62

Nov 11 '63

Frienndle, Adam
Freitag, Albert

26

18

Dec. 5, '62

Nov. 8 '62

Nov!ll|'63
Nov 11 '63

Farrier.
Promoted Corporal.

35

Nov 9 '62

Nov 11 ' '63

25

Nov 24 '62

Nov 11 '63

Griffin Darius S

30

Nov' 24* '62

Nov'll' '63

1st Sergeant.

32

Nov 3 '62

Nov ll' '63

Hawerwas, John

19

Nov. 8* '62

Nov ll' '63

Heinze, Frederick
Hinds, James
Hubbel.Wm.T

21
29

97

Nov. 3, '62
Oct. 29, '62
Dec. 1, '62

Nov. ll| '63
Nov. 11, '63

Discharged by sentence of general court martial May 15, '63.

26

Oct 22 '69

Nov 11 '63

Jefferson, Adam

99

Nov. 29 '62

Nov ll' '63

Corporal- resigned Feb. 11, '63.

Kahler Philip

23

Nov 9 '62

Nov 11 '63

Kahla, Wm

37

Oct. 30, '62

Nov ll' "63

Kaka, Gotleib F

W

Nov. 9 '62

Nov 11 '63

Klafges Michael

24

Nov. 1 '62

Nov 11 '63

L.anson, Floyd

91

Nov. 7, '62

Nov 11 '63

Langhorst, Wm
Lehr, Wm.

30
32

Nov. 9, '64

Nov 24 '62"

Nov. 11, '63
Nov 11 '63

Leland, Anthony

?7

Nov. 24 '6?

Nov ll' '63

26

Dec. 5 '62

Nov. 11. '63

Wagoner.

532

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.
ROSTEK OF COMPANY E — Continued,

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Leifer Fritz, Jr

18

Nov 7 'fi'2

Nov 11 '63

Loyd.Thos. I)

31

Nov. 7 ,'62

Nov! ll| '63

Lyons Patrick C

OA

Corporal; piomoteo. oergeant.

Maher Martin L

26

Nov 11 '63

P ted C 1

x^ron lotea corporal.

Maher, Patrick L
McCoy Samuel C

36

OQ

Nov. 24, '62

Nov. 11 '63
Nov 11 '63

Sergeant; reduced.

McDonell, Allen

22

Nov 24 '69

Nov 11 '63

McCarty, Cornelius
McCarty, Jeremiah
McArth, John

37
24
35

Nov.' 9/62
Nov. 9, '62
Nov 5 '62

Nov. llj'63
Nov. 11 '63
Nov 11 '63

McArth, Owen

35

Nov 9 '62

Meische, Chas

34

Nov 5* '62

Nov 11 '63

Menten Adam

0(3

e ^11

90

'N'nv* f\ 'fi9

Murtaugh' Timothy

OC

Nov 5 '62

Mullen Patrick

OQ

T> A ri i

Northrup, Uriah E
Obele Xavier

28
92

Nov. 24, '62
Opt 2'> 'fi'2

Nov. 11, '63

Sergeant.

Oleson, Aslora.

25

Nov 9 '62

Nov 11 '63

O'Reilly James

49

Nov 29* '62

Saddler

Orr, Ricnai'd

25

Nov 3 '62

Nov'll' '63

Otto, Henry

26

Oct 31 '62

Died Sept 20 '63 at Fort Ridgley Minn

Pefferle Richard

22

N ov 4 '69

Nov 11 '63

Pitcherider, George
Pierath, Peter ,

38
21

Oct. 24, '62
Dec 17 '6°

Nov. 11, '63
Nov 11 '63

Prokash. Frank
Rembold, Joseph

18

90

Nov. 2 '62
Nov. 3, '62

Nov. ll! '63
Nov. 11, '63

Sabbath George

21

Oct 22 '62

Nov 11 '63

Schwikert, John

18

Nov 5* '62

Nov 11 '63

Schumacker, Matthias
Schuluuiberger, John.
Skelly James

32
18
18

Nov. 8, '62
Nov. 5, '62
Nov 6 '62

Nov. 11, '63
Nov. 11, '63
Nov 11 '63

Smith John

32

Nov 5* '62

Nov 11* '63

Smith Lawrence W

28

Nov 5 '62

Nov' ll' '63

34

Nov 6* '62

Nov 11 '63

Smith' Patrick

26

Nov" 9* '62

Nov* ll' '63

Smith Wm

21

Nov 5 '62

Nov 11 '63

Smith Whitford

30

Nov* l' '62

Nov 11 '63

Stumpfeld. Edward
Sullivan, John

29
28

Oct. 19 '62
Nov 5 '62

Nov. 11, '63

Died Aug 12 '63 at Fort Snelling Miun. *

Tauer Wenzel .

21

Nov 9 '6°

Nov 11 '63

Thomas John

18

Nov 3* '62

Nov'il' '63

Tramport, Matthias..
Trantfether, Henry
Trohnd Johan .

39
28
44

Oct. 27, '62
Nov. 9, '62
Dec 18 '69

Nov. 11, '63
Nov. 11, '63

Discharged for disability Sept. 1 '63.

Turbes, John

21

Nov. 5* '62

Nov. 11 '63

TJllman Peter

44

Nov 29 '62

Nov 11 '63

Farrier

Tiegle, Charles
"Vogel, Antoine ..

23

9S

Oct. 25, '62
Nov. 3 '62

Nov. 11, '63
Nov 11 '63

Vogtman, John
"Waters, Stephen

19
18

Nov. 3 '62
Nov. 7 '62

Nov. 11, '63
Nov. 11 '63

Weitig, Frederick

95

Nov 6 '62

Nov 11 '63

Wells, Finney

95

Dec. 27 '62

Nov. 11, '63

Wiersang Erick.

S3

Nov. 22 '62

Teamster* discharged for disability Sept. 1 '63.

Wieler John

30

Oct. 22 '62

Nov 11 '63

ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

ri

3

44
51

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Joseph Daniels

Nov. 24, '62

Nov. 22, '62
June 10, '63

Nov. 24, '62

Nov. 20, '62
Dec. 23, '62
Nov. 8 '62
Sept. 7, '62
Mch.23,'63
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 6 '62
Nov. 6., '62

Dec. 2, '63

Enrolled Nov. 20, '62.

Resigned May 12, '63.
Enlisted Nov. 1, '62; promoted Commissary Sergeant.

Corporal.
Discharged per order March 3, '63.

First Lieutenants —
Geo. W. Willis

Ara Barton

Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2, '63

Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2, '63

Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2 '63
Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2 '63

Second Lieutenant —
Chas. E.Thurber

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen Mason W

22

25
31
18
23
31
18
31
18

Alderman, Alex

Amsden, Galen

Augi, Joseph K.

Avery, Horace M

Ayer Wm

Battlerson.Wm. H....,
Beebe, G. W... ,

COMPANY F.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

533

NAMES.

Bonney, Henry W

Brightuian, Chas. H

Brown, Job

Bussell, Stephen

Carlson, Andrias

Cadwell, Eugene

Chilson, Frederick H

Clementson, John

Clemens, Henry M

Calby, Joseph

Crosby, C. H

Cunningham, Jeff. E

21
21
28
32
29
IS
18
21
21
27
21
21
42

19

86
21
27
21
37
21
21
25

Foster Wm \ 18

Foot, J. A ! 21

George, Evan j 29

21
27
22

2r,
28

21
43
18
44
24
19
28
22
19

Daniels, George

Daniels, Rinaldo G

Dournan, James ,

Doman, Alonzo A

Drew, Franklin A

Dunn, Geo. W ,

Duff, John G

Eddy, C.D

Errickson, John

Fisbfer, Geo.

Gore, M. H

Grimes.John T

Green, Ezra W

Gunderson, Bertel

Hanson, John M

Halverson, Ole

Halsted, Albert H

Harris, John A

Harris, Geo. P

Hale, Eliphod B

Hartzhorn, Caleb

Haveland, Levi

Healy, Wm

Hoople, Nelson

Hopper, Peter

Hoff, Abram N..

Hyde, Ira B

Hyde, Frederick

Jacobs, Fredom

Jackson, John R

Keeney, Harrison

King, James

Kohler, Zadock

Knox, Charles V

Latham, Henry

Le May, Matthias

Le May, Napoleon

Littlefield, Levi

Lilly, John R

Luce, David

Martin, John

Manchester, Nelson.

McVey, Beni. F

McNee,A.G

McCullum, Wm. L

McGowan, Geo

McManus, Edwin

McCole, John

Merritt, Horatio M

Milner, Isaac -

Milner.John

Monroe, Donald

Miller, Hiram

Moore, Simon

Neal.Orin

Olson, Olavis

Oleson,OleE

Olson, Knut

Owen, Apollo

Owen, Hiram

Palmer, Chas. W

Pelzer.Wm

Pearson, John T

Pease, Nehemiah P

Postel, Lyman E

Porter, Lorenzo D

Pulford, Wm., Jr

Happy, George

Ransom, Julius H

Read, Albert

Rexford, Almus

Robinson, John C

MUSTERED

Dec. 23, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Mch. 23, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Nov. 23, '62
Oct. 23, '62
Nov. 21, '62
Sept. 27, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Jan. 27, '63
Mch. 1, '63
Nov. 20, '62
Nov. 24, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Jan. 1, '63
Feb. 28, '63
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 6 '62
Nov. 6, '62
Jan. 31, '63
Nov. 20, '62 1
Nov. 6, '62j
Nov. 20, '62 1
Nov. 20, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 11, '62
Sept. 29, '62
Nov. 11, '62
Sept. 22, '62
Nov. 15, '62
Nov. 15, ?62
Nov. 20, '62
Dec. 24, '62
Mch. 23, '63
Nov. 20, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

2, '63
2, '63
2,'

Dec.
Dec.

2, '63
2,' -

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2 ,'63
2,'
2 ,'63
2, ' ~

Oct. 27, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Oct. 1, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 15, '62
Nov. 22, '62
Nov. 22, '62
Sept. 24, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Oct. 22, '62
Sept. 23, '62
Sept.,23, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 6 ,'62
Nov. 20, '62
Dec. 20, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Nov. 8, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 8, '62
Mch. 5 ,'63
Nov. 12, '62
Sept. 24, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Nov. 16, '62
Jan. 1,'63
Nov. 20, '63
Nov. 8, '63
Nov. 6, '63
Nov. 6, '63
Jan. 8 ,'62
Mch. 13, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Jan. 1, '63
Nov. 11, '62
Nov. 22, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Feb. 28, '63
Dec. 25, '62
Jan. 14, '63
Nov. 6, '62
June 1,'63
Nov. 6, '63
Nov. 6, '63

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

2, '63
2, '63
2, '"
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2,'
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2 '63
2, '63
2, '63
2 '63
2, '63
2, '63,
2, '63

REMARKS.

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

2, '63
2 '63
2, '63

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Mch.

2 ,'63
2, '63
2, '63
3, '63

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2 ,'63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2 ,'63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63
2, '63

Sergeant.

Discharged for disability April 21, '63.

Discharged for disability April 21, '63.
Corporal.

Discharged for disability April 21, '63.
Discharged for disability March 3, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant.

Sergeant.
1st Sergeant.

Corporal.

Died Oct. 17, '63, at Mankato, Minn.

Since Representative inOngress from Missouri.
Sergeant.

Discharged for disability April 21, '63.
Corporal.

Discharged for disability March 3, '63.
Discharged for disability March 3, '63.

Sergeant; reduced April 16, '63.
Discharged for disability April 21, '63.
Farrier.

Died Aug. 31, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Per order.

Deserted Feb. 8, '62, at Fort Snelling, Minn.

Corporal.

Saddler.

Corporal.
Sergeant.

534

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

30

Nov 6 '63

Dec. 2, '63

Scoville J A T

31

Nov 6 '69

Dec 2 '63

Schultz Win

21

Nov. 21 '62

Dec. 2, '63

Seely Mark . .

23

Nov 8 'e9

Dec. 2, '63

Promoted Sergeant

Shadwell Wm

18

Nov. 6, '62

Dec. 2, '63

28

Nov. 20 '62

Discharged for disability April 21, '63.

Smith Geo H

23

Nov 6 '62

Dec. 2 '63

Smith Wm H

27

Nov. 20 '62

Dec. 2, '63

Sergeant.

Smith David

25

Nov 20 '62

Dec. 2, '63

Corporal.

Stone *Ellery

44

Nov. 20, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Wagoner.

19

Dec. 23 '62

Dec. 2. '63

Steekl'e Joseph H

,27

Dec 31 '62

Dec 2 '63

Swift R A

32

Nov 21, '62

Discharged for disability April 21, '63.

Tyson Job R

24

Nov 20 '62

Corporal- discharged for disability March 21, '63.

Tyrrell Preston C

*?1

Nov. 6, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Van Wort T T

30

Nov 20 '62

Dec. 2, '63

Blacksmith.

"Veager Jacob

•10

Sept. 23, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Wall Garrett

21

Dec. 24, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Walden Lewis H

24

Nov 8 '62

Discharged for disability April 12, '63.

Wheeler Hiram

44

Nov. 6, '62

Dec. 2, '63

22

Nov 24 '62

Promoted Regimental Commissary Sergeant Jan. 1, '63.

Wood John E

18

Mch 12 '63

Died Aug 21 '63 at Wild Rice Crossing D. T

ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain —

Joseph Anderson

First Lieutenant —

Charles E. Leonard

Second Lieutenant —

Albert R. Field

ENLISTED MEN.

Akers, Gideon

Akers, Woodford

Baird, Jacob W

Beall, Frank

Bhemer, William

Brown, Wm

Bullis, Timothy R

Bulin, B. F

Bulger, Edward

Burnell, Alex

Burke, James R

Caddey, George

Caddy, George, Jr

Callitte, Samuel

Clouds, Robert

Connelly, Peter

Comstock, Abner

Collins David W

Colwell, John A

Davison, Thomas G

Doheny, Dennis

Dunken, Wm

Duan, Jeremiah

Dunham, M. F

Ead, Chalon A

Emeigh,Geo.W

Faily, C. J

Fessendon, L. N

Field, Stephen R

Ford, James

Freman, Isaac

Griswold, F. C

Griffin, Edwin

Grout, James L

Hackett, John E

Hardy, Wm

Harrison, J. S

Heitz, Michael

Holmes, Charles

Homan, Fred

Holleran, James

Hiner, James

Hutchins, Samuel

Jemson, Thomas

MUSTERED
IN.

Nov. 24, '62
Nov. 24, '62
Nov. 24, '62

Nov. 15, '62
Nov. 15, '62
Nov. 7, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Oct. 20, '62
Nov. 15, '62
Nov. 15, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Sept. 10, '62
Oct. 21, '62
Oct. 20, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Oct. 6, '62
May 22, '63
Dec. 1,'63
Oct. 6, '62
Sept. 28, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Sept. 16, '62
Sept. 16, '62
Nov. 22, '62
Nov. 4, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Oct. 22, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Nov. 16, '62
Sept. 25 ,'62
Nov. 4,'"
Oct. 6, '62
Sept. 28, '62
Sept. 24, '62
Nov. 8, '62
Nov. 19, '62
Nov. 17, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Oct. 24, '62
Nov. 23, '62
Nov. 8, '62
Nov. 12, '62
Nov. 6, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63

Nov. 28, '63

Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63

Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63

Nov. 28, '63

Nov. 28, '63
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Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
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Nov. 28, '63
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Nov. 28, '6"
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63

REMARKS.

Enrolled Nov. 20, '62.
Enrolled Nov. 20, '62.

Corporal; appointed Sergeant.
Appointed Corporal.

Discharged for disability March 1, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant.

Discharged for disability March 1, '63.

Discharged for disability March 1, '63.
Blacksmith.

Wagoner.

Sergeant.
Corporal.

Sergeant; reduced Jan. 19, '6"3.

Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.

Blacksmith.

Corporal.

COMPANY H.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

535

NAMES.

Johnson, J. R.

Johnson, Horace M

Kelly, Thomas

Kisky, Edward

Kilpatrick, Wm

King, Henry W

I«acy, A. B

Laman, Samuel

Lampman, W. H

Lampman, Geo

Lanan, Michael

Mahew, M

Marrien, Louis L

McCann, Chas. E

McDonald, Newell

McDonough, M

McCullum. Wm

Nafey, Gilbert B

Nesfey, Ed

Nicoll, Alexander

Nicoll, Thomas

Nelson, Franklin E

Patoilo.F

Patoilo, Peter

Paddock Bazil D

Palmer, George

Pious, Wm. C

Reddington, Michael..,

Eussell, John L

Ryan, James ,

Shennan, W. C

Smith, James

Smith, C. R

Smith, Thomas

Smith, Lorenzo

Sprague, Cassius M ,

Stout, Wm ,

St. Aubin, Fufley ,

Stewart, T. R

St in son, Chas. M

Swartout, M.R

Swartout, Eugene M...

Thompson, Joseph

Thomas, Henry

Thompson, James ,

Theniot, Edward

Thilmot, Steven

Truax, George W ,

Tucker, Adelbert C....
Van Alstine, Geo. G....

Walker, John

Weakey,R.M

Whiting, J.C

Whitmore, James

Wooden, Wm ,

Youngs, Benj. F

Young, Wm

MUSTERED

MUSTERED
OUT.

Nov. 7, '62
Oct. 16 '62
Nov. 1,'62
Nov. 15, '62
Nov. 3 ,'62
Nov. 1,'62
Nov. 4 ,'62
Nov. 22, '62
Oct. 28, '62
Nov. 22, '62
Oct. 15, '62
Oct, 6, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Nov. 5, '62
Nov. 22, '62
Nov. 23, '62
May 30, '63
Oct. 6, '62
Nov. 14, '62
Sept. 29 '62
Sept. 22, '62
May 16, '63
Oct. 6, '62;
Oct. 25, '62
Nov. 8, '62
Nov. 22, '62
Oct. 28 '62
Oct. 6, '62
Nov. 8, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Sept. 27, '62
Nov. 3, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Oct. 22, '62
Oct. 21, '62
Oct. 23, '62
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Nov. 8,'62|
Nov. 22, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Oct. 6, '62
Sept. 18, '62
Oct. 28 '62
Nov. 8, '62
Oct. 18, '62
May 21, '63
Sept. 25, '62
May 18, '63
Oct. 4, '62
Nov. 3, '62
Oct. 6, '62 1
Sept. 23, '62
Oct. 21,'62|
Oct. 22, '62
Nov. 5,'62i
Nov. 24, '62:

REMARKS.

Nov. 23, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63,
Nov. 28, '631
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63

'Nov.' 28" '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63

Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63

Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28 ,'63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 28, '63

Teamster.

Corporal.
Sergeant.

Discharged for disability May 7, '63.
Saddler.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability March 21, '63.

Corporal.

Corporal; reduced Jan. 21, '63.

1st Sergeant.

Deserted at Sauk Centre Oct. 18, '65.
Sergeant.

Sergeant.

Corporal; reduced Jan. 21, '63.

Teamster; discharged for disability Aug. 19, '63.

ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

w
o

<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
George S. Ruble

40

Dec 5, '62

Nov 24 '63

Enrolled Nov 2^ 'G9

first Lieutenant —
Charles W. Cromwell
Second Lieutenant —
Oren D. Brown

36
23

Dec. 5, '62
Dec. 5 '62

Nov. 24, '63
Nov 24 '63

Enrolled Sept 10 '62

ENLISTED MEN.

Andrews, Norman I
Andrews, Thos. K
Ames, John M

21
18
18

Dec. 5, '62
Oct. 27 ,'62
Oct 21 '62

Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov 24 '63

Corporal.

Bailey, Josiah

18

Sept 29 ''62

May 13 'G3.

Bannon, Pat

21

Oct 16 '62

Nov 24 '63

Beach. Wilson

26

Oct. 30, '62

Nov. 24, '63

Promoted Corporal.

53'6

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

NAMES.

Beckley.Wm

Byfield, Geo. H

Carr, Carson C

Carter, Vincent K

Christie, James L

Clemens, Samuel J

' Clemens, Leroy S

Cowan, Enoch C

Colvin, David T

Collins, Tim

Craig, Leonard

Craig, Ambrose

Field, Geo. M

Fisher, Antoine

Flanders, Leonard J

Frazer, John M

Hardy, Frank D

Hathway, Orlando G

Herd, James

Hetherington, Fr. B

Hetherington, James B..

Hulse, Harrison

Hill, Harvey

Holley, Chas. P

Hogan, Matthew

Hollenbeck, James N

Hoover, Joseph

Hults, Ira

Hussey, John H

Hussey, John R

Jacobs, Osman B....

Johnson, Ellef

Johnson, Peter

Johnson, Wm. F

Jones, David E

Kenney, Chas. H

Kenney, Ralph

L,oomis, Samuel

Loveland, Edelbert

Lyle. Ewing

Marlett, Chas. T. D

Mack, Dauphin

Manney, Chas. A

Manney.Wm. P

Martin, Charles H

Marx, Chas. W

Mason, C. L

McGregor, Frazier

McMillan, Arthur ,

Mills, J.M

Morrison, James

Moses, Chas. Y

Moses, James G. B

Moses, Wm.S

Mulliner, Chas. H..

Murtaugh, John W

Nadeau, James F

Oleson, John..

Oleson, Stener

Olmstead, Silas C

O'Shea, John ,

Page, Myron

Peace, Frank G

Perry, N. W

Preston, Levi F

Randall, Alvin R

Rickecker, Chas. R

Roberts, James W

Rutledge, Thos

Sabin, Lewis

Sargent, Wm. L

Shaw, Samuel B

Sheahan, Michael

Smith, Asa

Smith, Sidney I

Strickland, Benj....

Taylor, Ed. H

Terwilliger, F. M

Terwilliger, Elas S

Tuttle, John E

Tubbs, David

Tucker, Wm. D

Van Asdal, Abraham L...

Van Ant wort, John ,

Waller, Adolph

Wait, Amherst D ,

Walter, Samuel B

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 30, '62
Sept. 27 '62
Oct. 29, '62
Sept. 23, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Nov. 4, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Dec. 4, '62
Oct. 15, '62
Dec. 5 '62
Nov. 10, '62
Sept. 27 ."
Nov. 3, '62
Oct. 27, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Sept. 24, '62
Oct. 27, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Nov. 3, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Sept. 26, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 15, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Oct. 3, '62
Dec. 9, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Oct. 18, '62
Oct. 15 ,'62
Nov. 12,
Nov. 14, '62
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Dec. 17, '62
Nov. 12, '62
Dec. 5, '6:
Sept. 26, '6!
Oct. 16, '62
Oct. 31, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Oct. 18,
Sept. 24, '62
Sept. 26, '62
Nov. 3, '62
Sept. 27 '62
Nov. 2, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Nov. 19, '62
Oct. 23, '62
Nov. 4, '62
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Nov. 4, '62
Nov. 3, '62
Oct. 31, '62
Nov. 18, '62
Nov. 12, "
Oct. 24, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Dec. 5,
Oct. 8, '62
Sept. 24, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Nov. 30, '
Dec. 6, '62
Dec. 19, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Oct. 30, '62
Nov. 1, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Dec. 5 '62
Dec. 5, '62
Dec. 6, '62
Nov. 1, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Oct. 31, '62
Oct. 2, '62
Oct. 16, '62
Dec. 4, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Oct. 31 ,'62
Mch. 7, '63

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Nov. 24, '63

Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24. '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63

Nov. 24, '63
NOT. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63

Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63

Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63

NOT. 24, '63

"NovV2V63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24. '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24 '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '

Nov.' 24* ''63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63

Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63

Died December, '62, at St. Peter.

Discharged for disability March 31, '63.
Discharged for disability Aug. 19, '63.
Corporal; reduced.
Blacksmith.

1st Sergeant; reduced to ranks.
Wagoner.

Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.

Died March 12, '63, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.

Teamster.

Died Oct. 19, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Corporal; reduced.

Sergeant.
Corporal.

Discharged for disability March 23, '63.

Sergeant; reduced for disability Aug. 21, '63.
Discharged for disability Feb. 7, '63.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.

Teamster.
Sergeant.

Died Dec. 14, '62, at St. Peter, Minn.

2d Sergeant; reduced to ranks.

Corporal.

Corporal.

Sergeant.

Discharged for disability March 23, '63.

Blacksmith.
Sergeant.

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

537

NAMES.

ri

4

MUSTERED
IK.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Wheeler Jesse

18

Nov 10 '62

Nov 24 '63

Whitcomb, Jonas

41

Nov. 21 '62

Nov. 24 '63

Wilkins Win. J

18

Nov 17 '62

Nov 24 '63

Williams Albert J

25

Nov 10 '69

Nov 24 '63

Williams, Richard H
Woodruff, Le Roy B
Wright, Ed. A

21
21

94

Oct. 16, '62
Nov. 3, '62
Oct. 21, '62

Nov. 24,' '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 24, '63

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant.

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

rf

3

MUSTERED
Is.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Dwight W. Allen
First Lieutenant —
J. Franklin Van Dusen.
Second Lieutenant —
James D. Farmer

32

28

9^

Dec. 1, '62
Dec. 1, '62
Dec 1 '62

Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1 '63

Enrolled Nov. 29, '62.
Enrolled Nov. 29, '62.
Enrolled Nov 29 '69

ENLISTED MEN.

32

Nov 29 '62

Dec 1 '63

Agnew James

21

Teamster* discharged for disability May 7 "63

25

Jin 10* '63

Dec 1 '63

Bean Albert W

13

Jan 21 '63

Dec* l''63

Bennett, Chas. A

Oct. 28 '69

Dec. 1 '63

Belding Ira W

24

Nov 29 '62

Dec 1 '63

Blacksmith

Bissonett, Lewis N

21

Nov. 8* '69

Black, Thos
Boscombe, Orwin C
Bolewine, Henry

23
18
19

May 6, '63
Nov. 6, '63
Jan 19 '63

Dec. 1,'63
Dec. 1,'63

Deserted April 9 '63 at Fort Snelling

Brown Wm

21

A pi 27 '63

Dec 1 '63

Brown, John J

25

NOT. 8* '62

Dec. 1 '63

Promoted Corporal

Brown Marvin R

21

Nov 8 '62

Dec 1 '63

Brownell, James R
Buck James

23

18

Mch. 17, '63
Nov 8 '63

Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1 '63

40

May 7 '63

Dec 1 '63

Carley, Wm

32

Nov 29 '62

Dec. l' '63

Saddler.

Campbell Geo L

39

Oct 29 '62

Discharged for disability March 21 '63

Cadwell, Alex

98

Nov 7 '62

Died Dec. 18 '62 at Fort Snelling Minn.

Chase J B

21

Apl 27 '63

Dec 1 '63

Clow. John E

88

Nov 29* '6->

Dec 1 '63

Corporal.

Clark John B

88

Nov 29 '62

Dec 1 '63

Wagoner.

Clark, George

?f>

Apl. 6 '63

Dec. 1 '63

Corrison James

44

Nov 8 '69

Dec 1 '63

Crane, Wellsley
Cronkhite, Edgar

19
33

Jan. 20, '63
Nov 8 '62

Dec. 1, '63
Dec 1 '63

33

Dec 5 '62

Dec 1 '63

Cummings, John

28

Oct 21* '69

Dec. 1, '63

De Groodt, Horace
De Groodt Henry

21
24

Nov. 29, '62
Nov. 6 '6°

Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1, '63

Sergeant.

Dean Warren H

24

Nov 29 '69

Dec 1 '63

Duryea Garrett

99

Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 1, '63

Du Toil George

18

Dec 1 '62

Promoted Hospital Steward Jan °4 '63

Ellsworth, Ira

18

Oct. 20, '62

Discharged for disability March 21, '63.

Ellithorp, Archibald M....
Farnham, Albert
Farnham, James E
Fox, John C

25
22
21
21

Nov. 29, '62
Nov. 1, '62
Nov. 1,'62
Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1, '63

1st Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.

Gates, Levi

98

Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 1, '63

Gaffer Wm

18

Oct. 13 '62

Dec 1 '63

Gilson David

8=>

Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 1, '63

Green, Wm. W
Grant, Daniel

25

83

Nov. 29, '62
Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1, '63

Corporal.

Grover Alvin W

9^

Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 1, '63

Grover, Abram

40

Oct. 3, '62

Dec. 1, '63

Grover Isaac

18

Nov. 10, '62

Dec. 1, '63

Hattlested, James O
Harrington Inman

24
21

Nov. 19, '62
Nov. 8 ,'62

Dec. 1,'63
Dec. 1, '63

Hathaway, Milton

?S

Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 1, '63

Hanson, Gilbert

81

Nov. 6, '62

Dec. 1, '63

Hanson, Christian

38

Nov. 6, '62

Dec. 1,'63

Hewitt, Ira B

30

Oct. 28, '62

Dec. 1, '63

44

Oct 17 '62

Discharged for disability March 7 '63.

House John

21

Nov 8* '62

Deserted April 9, '63.

Hunter, J. L.

18

Oct. 18, '62

Discharged for disability May 7, '63.

Hugging Robert

•M

Jan. 21 '63

Dec. 1, '63

Johnson, Martin

40

Nov. 29, '62

Dec. 1,'63

Corporal.

Johnson, Andrew.

?4

Nov. 6 ,'62

Dec. 1, '63

Johnson, Jesse B

?1

Nov. 6 '62

Dec. 1 '63

Keifer. John....

29

Nov. 6 '62

Dec. 1 '63

538

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.
ROSTEE OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

Killy, James H

Killo, Thos. C....

Lafever, Louis

Lamb, Joseph B

Lambert, Zebony

Lee, Palmer

Marsh, Alex

Malloy, Alfred

Maginnis, Ambrose C

McGowan,Wm. W

McGuire, Hugh

Metcalf, Samuel P

Meyer, Chas .*.

Murdock, Geo. W

Oleson.Nels

O'Rourke, Henry

Patton, Frank R

Peterson, Paul J

Perry, Robert J

Plummer, George

Porter, Chas. E

Bead, Win

Rose, Edgar A

Ruch, Michael M

Sample, James

Schiver, Joseph

Seward, Alexis

Sherman, Gideon W

Sherwin, Truman H

Smith, Wm. C

Skeels, Warren E

Stebbins. Wm. A

Stoddard, Ed. Q

Stocking, Braddock

Stevans, Wm. A

Stoddard, Joseph O

Button, C.W

Torgison, Andrew

Truman, Herman O

Turner, Luther W

Tubbs, Franklin C

Upton, Chas. H

Walter, John F

Wait, Oliver

Wait, Isaac C

Wynkoop, Wm. C

Wilder, George G

White, Wm

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Nov. 8, '62

Dec.

1

•63

"

Apl. 7, '63

Dec.

1

'68

Oct. 17, '621 Dec.

1

'68

NOT. 6, '62 Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 8, '62 Dec.

1

'68

Nov. 8, '62

Dec.

1

'68

Oct. 23, '62

Dec.

1

'68

Nov. 6, '62

Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 1, '62

Dec.

1

'68

Oct. 11, '62

Dec.

j

'68

Nov. 25, '62
Nov. 29, '62

"Dec!*

"l

'63

Deserted Dec. 18, '62.
Sergeant.

Nov. 29, '62
Feb. 12, '63
Nov. 6, '62

Dec.

1

'63

Corporal; reduced September, '62.
Promoted Hospital Steward Feb. 25, '63.

Dec.

1

'68

Feb. 19, '63

Deserted April, '63, from Fort Snelling.

Nov. 8 '62

Dec.

1

'68

Nov. 6, '62

Dec.

1

»63

Nov. 8, '62

Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 6, '62

Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 8, '62

Dec.

1

'63

Apl. 28, '63

Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 6, '62

Dec.

1

'(53

Nov. 17, '62

Dec.

1

'68

Nov. 6, '62

Dec.

1

'68

Nov. 6, '62

Dec.

1

•68

Nov. 29, '62

Dec.

1

'(53

Teamster.

Nov. 29, '62

Dec.

1

Y>3

Sergeant.

Nov. 29, '62

Dec.

1

Y>3

Sergeant.

Mch. 4, '63

Dec.

]

'63

Feb. 20, '63 Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 29, '62
Oct. 29, '62

Dec.
Dec.

1
1

'63| Sergeant.
'63

Nov. 6 ,'62
Oct. 27, '62
Nov. 8 ,'62

Discharged for disabilitv April 18, '63.
Discharged for disability May 7, '63.

Dec.

1

'68

Nov. 1,'62

Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 8, '62

Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 29, '62

Dec.

1

'63 Corporal.

Nov. 6, '62

Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 8, '62

Dec.

j

'63

Nov. 29, '62

Dec.

1

'63! Corporal.

Nov. 8, '62

Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 8, '62

Dec.

1

'63

Nov. 8 '62

Dec.

1

'68

Nov. 29, '62
Nov. 26, '62

Corporal; discharged for disability May 7, '63.
Sergeant.

Dec.

1

'»;:;

Mch. 17, '63 Dec.

1

»63

ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

H

e

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
Norman B. Hyatt
Peter B. Davy
Second Lieutenant —
Orris G. Davis

26
32

33

23
36
36
26
19
21
23
24
23
22
28
27
44
43
35
18
24
22

Dec. 10, '62
Mch. 26, '63

Dec. 10, '62

Dec. 10, '62

Nov. 1,'62
Nov. 1, '62
Dec. 2, '62
Jan. 1 ,'63
Jan. 1, '63
Nov. 10 '62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Mch. 1,'63
Nov. 1, '62
Dec. 8, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Nov. 10, '6 2
Nov. 1,'62
Nov. 10. '62

Dishonorablv dismissed March 25, '63.
1st Lieutenant Dec. 10, '62.

Sergeant.

Discharged for disability May 21, '63.
Sergeant.

Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63

Dec. 10 '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63

ENLISTED MEN.

Andrus, George
Anderson Evan

Bakermau, Gerard
Banning Alpheus

Banks, James t

Bennett, Leonidas
Berger Rufus

Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63

Beithome, Roch

Bennett Hiram

Brown, John

Brassan, Mitchell

Cawer, Samuel

Chosey, Antoine
Conners Jerry

Connelly, Silas

Cook, George

Cusick.Wm....

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

539

NAMES.

Dane, Hartwell

Davis, George R

Dalpie, Hubert

Deoneue, Francois

Dolbec, Benjamin

Doggener, George

Dugan, Edward

Eberlein, Edward

Ellis, Ezra M

Ellis, Henry

Ellor, Joseph

Emerson, John

Ewald, Henry C

Fitzgerald, M

Fletcher, Chas

Foster, George

Fosset, Isaac J

Fosset, John J

Franklin, Benj

Frandall, John J

Fry, Abraham L

Frandall, George J

Frandall, Joseph

Grady, James

Grady, Edward

Griffin, Lucius..

Haley, Dennis

Haley, John

Hanrahan, Dennis ,

Hazleton, Daniel

Heighsy, Wm

Hobach, Richard

Hyland, James F

Ingals, Asahell C

Jameson, James

Johnson, Ole J

Johnson, Henry

Kameor, Henry

Knapp,James

Krenkil, Michael

!Landis, Samuel

La Crsix, Frederick —

La Bal, George

Larimie, Edward

Larson, Henry E

Leslie, Samuel

Longfellow, Nathaniel..

Lund, Lemuel K

Manthiet, Wm ,

Mason, James K

Manthey, Julius H

Magner, James

Mathews, Wilford

McElroy, Alexander

Mogner, John

Moore, Andrew, Jr

Mondloh, John

Nelson, Christian

Nelson, Ole

Oleson, Harvey L

Oshier, Joseph

Petill, Thomas W

Peterson, Reginald

Platt, John

Pomeroy, Simon

Ouinn, Thos. F

Roberts, Chas

Robinefcte, Joseph

Robinson, Magloire ,

Robats, Andrew ,

Rude, George

Sailor, Jacob

Sailor, Martin

Sailor, Abell

Sauer, Christian

Smith, Cyrus

Smith, Josiah

Soneonebe, Henry

Stowe, Lewis A

Wakefield, Edward

Walter, William

Warren, Asa S

Weaver, Henry C. J

Weger, John

Wilcox, James, Jr

Wiscawer, John

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

Nov. 10, '62
Dec. 11, '62
Mch. 1,'63
Dec. 2 '62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 2, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Nov. 1, '62
Dec. 2, '62
Nov. 1 ,'62
Nov. 1,'62
June 1,'63
Nov. 1, '62
Dec. 8, '62
Mch. 15, '63
Mch. 15, '63
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Nov. 1 '62
Nov. 1,'62
Dec. 10, '62
Nov. 4, '62
Dec. 10, '62
May 22, '63
May 22, '63
Nov. 12, '62
Nov.* 15, '62
Nov. 1 »62.
Jan. 1, '63
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Nov. 1,'62
Nov. 1, '62
Nov. 1,'62
Dec. 10, '62
May 1,'63
Nov. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 5, '62
Dec. 2, '62
Dec. 8, '62
Dec. 10, '62|
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 8, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Nov. 1,'62
Dec. 4, '62
Mch. 23, '63
Dec. 11, '62
Dec. 2, '62!
Oct. 21 '621
Nov. 26, '62
Nov. 1,'62
Nov. 20, '62
Oct. 25, '62
Dec. 2 ,'62
Dec. 10, '62
Nov. 1, '62
Mch. 6 '63
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 30, '62
Dec. 2, '62
Dec. 8, '62
Nov. 17 ,'62
Nov. 1,'62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Dec. 10, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Nov. 10, '62
Nov. 1,'62
Nov. 10, '62
Oct. 22, '62
Nov. 27, '62
Nov. 10, '62
May 15, '63

Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10. '63

Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63

Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63

HEMARKS.

Died March 20, '63, at St. Peter, Minn.

Corporal.
Sergeant.
Sergeant.

Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '

Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '
Dec. 10, '

Dec. 10, '
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 10, '63

Corporal.

Corporal; reduced Jan. 8, '63.

Blacksmith.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Wagoner.

Discharged for disability Aug. 12, '62.

Sergeant; reduced July 9, '63.

Died Feb. 27, '63, at St. Peter, Minn.

Blacksmith.
Teamster.

Sergeant; reduced Feb. 1 1 , '63.

Corporal; reduced Feb. 11, '63.

Deserted Dec. 11, '63, from St. Peter, Minn.

Died Sept. 29, '63, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Died March 23, '63, at St. Peter, Minn.

Teamster.

Died July 28, '63, of wounds received at Buffalo Lake.

Corporal.

1st Sergeant; discharged for promotion Nov. 4, '63.

Corporal.

Saddler.
Sergeant.

Sergeant; reduced July 9, '63.
Corporal; reduced July 9, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Commissary Sergeant.

540

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.
ROSTER OF COMPANY L.

NAMES.

s
e

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Jacob Nix

40

Dec 18 '62

First Lieutenant —

29

Dec 18 '6°

Dec 2 '63

Enrolled Dec 1 '62

Second Lieutenant —
JohnHauenstein..

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, John

27
?3

Dec. 18, '62
Dec. 28, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Enrolled Dec. 1, '62.
Died Dec. 31 '62, at St. Peter.

Baumgartner, Martin
Beeder, August

25
30

Nov. 24, '62
Nov 30 '62

Dec. 2, '63
Dec 2 '63

Wagoner.

Berscheid Peter

37

Nov 4* '62

Dec 2 '63

Bode Nicholas

W

Dec * 8* '62

Dec 2 '63

Bott Peter

22

Nov 8 '69

Dec 2* '63

Bott' Valentine

•>fi

Nov §' '62

Dec* 2* '63

Brand, George

21

Nov. 21 '62

Dec 2* '63

Betz Andreas

36

Nov. 8 '62

Dec 2 '63

Castor, John B

31?

Nov. 4, '62

Dec. 2 '63

Cramer Alex

?R

Dec. 4 '62

Dec 2 '63

Sergeant' reduced Sept 8 '62.

Dittbender, John

18

Nov. 4, '62

Dec 2, '63

Doehue, George

•>fi

Nov 4 '62

Dec 2 '63

Efflinger, Ferdinand

89

Nov. 9, '62

Dec 2, '63

Englehard Henrich

•>8

Nov 9 '62

Dec 2 '63

Fay Ludwig M

40

Nov 4 '62

Dec 2 '63

Flick, Edmond

t>\

Nov. 23, '62

Dec 2 '63

Forster, Frederick
Frass, John

19
94

Nov. 8 '62
Nov. 4 '62

Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2 '63

Farrier.

Frank Wilhelm

*>R

Nov 4 '62

Dec. 2 '63

Freton, German

?8

Nov. 4, '62

Dec. 2 '63

Freitag Herman

99

May 15 '63

Dec 2 '63

Gaetkel, Christian

?9

Nov. 30, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Gaetkel, Christian

90

Nov. 8 '62

Dec. 2 '63

21

Nov 9 '6°

Dec. 2 '63

Gulden, Leonard
Gulden, Robert

21
22

Nov. 8*, '62
Nov. 5, '62

Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2, '63

Sergeant.

Hamann, Henrich

45

Nov 30 '62

Dec. 2 '63

Hartman' Peter

18

Nov 8 '62

Dec. 2 '63

Heers, Wilhelm

80

Nov. 4 '62

Dec. 2 '63

Hein 'August ..

S9

Nov 19 '62

Dec 2 '68

Hillerscheirn, Nich
Hillerscheim Peter.

18
18

Nov. 5, '62
Nov 18 '62

Dec. 2, '63
Dec 2 '63

Hoenstein, Geo

88

Nov. 5, '62

Dec. 2, '63

•

Hanft Oscar

19

Nov 4 '62

Dec. 2 '63

Hosberg Carl

82

Nov 8 '62

Dec 2 '63

Hoag Franke

81

Nov. 8* '62

Dec. 2 '63

82

Nov 4 '62

Dec 2 '63

Julius, Fritz

?1

Nov. 8 '62

Dec. 2, '63

36

Nov 24 '62

Dec. 2 '63

Juan, Benedict

8H

May 13* '63

Dec. 2, '63

Kirschstein, Julius
Knoedel, Jas

22
38

Nov. 4, '62
Nov 24 '62

Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2 '63

Corporal.
Corporal.

Koester Heurich

18

Nov 18 '62

Dec 2 '63

Kruger, Johan

3f>

Nov. 22 '62

Dec. 2 '63

18

May 9 '63

Dec. 2 '63

25

Nov 5 '62

Dec 2 '63

Lentz' Wilhelm .. .

99

May 9* '63

Dec. 2, '63

30

Nov 9 '62

Dec 2 '63

Mayer Adam

4">

Nov. 4 '62

Dec. 2, '63

Promoted Corporal.

Mayer, John

37

Nov. 24, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Manderfeld, John

33

Dec. 3 '62

Dec. 2, '63

Magnes, Conrad

30

Nov. 23, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Teamster.

Meyer Edward

?4

Nov. 20, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Teamster.

Meile Frederick

89

Nov. 9 '62

Dec. 2 '63

Sergeant' reduced April 10, '63.

Meyer, John

40

Nov. 25, '62

Dec. 2 '63

Messmer, Anton ,...

19

NOT. 29, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Mickel, Nicholaus

??

Nov. 18, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Muther Lorenzo

18

Nov. 19 '62

Dec. 2, '63

Nun, John

25

Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Sergeant.

Paulsen John.

44

Nov. 18 '62

Dec. 2, '63

Peller, George

48

Nov. 5, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Peller John

30

Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Pelzel Charles

39

Nov. 8 '62

Dec. 2, '63

Quense, Aug

36

Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 2, '63

Saddler.

Retz Andress

?6

Nov. 8 '62

Dec. 2, '63

Corporal.

Schakekah,JohnH
Schaeuffier, Otto

23
22

Nov. 9, '62
Nov. 19, '62

Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2, '63

Schieddel,Athmas

39

Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 2 ,'63

Scheibel, Christian
Scheibel, John

28

S9

Dec. 12, '62
Nov. 9 '62

Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2, '63

Scheibel, Joseph

?5

Nov. 9, '62

Dec. 2 ,'63

Scheibel, Zeierin

18

Nov. 8, '62

Dec. 2 ,'63

Schneider, Joseph
Schlee, Frederick.

32
19

Nov. 24, '62
Nov. 5, '62

Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2, '63

Schumacher, Anton
Schlumberger,John
Schmidt, Franz W

40
44
«>fi

Nov. 4, '62
Nov. 17, '62
Nov. 9, '62

Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2, '63

Schmidt, John..

•>«

Nov 9 '62

Discharged for disability Sept. C, '63.

Schoubrich, Joseph....

44

Nov. 27, '62

Dec. 2, '63

COMPANY M.
ROSTER OF COMPANY L — Continued.

541

NAMES.

ri

o

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Schott Andreas .. ..

38
22
44
26
29
45
30
31
27

22

35

40
19
34

28
29

Mch. 17/63
Nov. 5/62
Nov. 9/62
Nov. 9, '62
Nov. 8/62
Nov. 8/62
Nov. 9/62
Nov. 4/62
Nov. 9, '62
Nov. 8/62
Nov. 5/62
Apl. 2/63
Nov. 28, '62
Nov. 30, '62
Nov. 4/62
Dec. 28, '63
Nov 94 '62

Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2, '63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63
Dec. 2/63

Sergeant.

Corporal.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.
Corporal.

Siebauer Peler

Simondel, Carl

Slalls, Fred
Steate, Frederick

Toberer, John C

Vogle, Joseph

Wall Meinrad

Waddet, Peter

Wernz Alois

Welke, Joseph

Whiton, Luther

Wharton,A.O

Wiedesnan, John

Wilcken, Carl

Dec. 28, '62
Nov. 9/62
Dec. 28, '62

Zueborg, August

Zolluer,Xavier

ROSTER OF COMPANY M.

NAMES.

K
O
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MUSTERED
IK.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
James Starkey
First Lieutenant —
Daniel B.Johnson, Jr....
Second Lieutenant —
JohnH.Hanley

43
31

W

Dec. 30, '62
Nov. 20, '62
Dec 30 '62

Dec. 7. '63
Dec. 7, '63
Dec 7 '63

2d Lieut., and assigned to duty as recruiting officer Oct. 9, '62,

ENLISTED MEN.

Bardwell, Fred A
Benton Ed G

19
19

Dec. 30, '62

Dec. 7, '63

Corporal; reduced.

Bellanger Joseph

18

Dec 15* '69

DPP 7 ?fi3

Bishop, Thornton

43

Dec* 30* '69

T

Bishop, Charles
Bonojur, John

18
25

Dec. 1/62
Dec 30 '62

Dec. 7 '63
Dec 7 '63

Bodine James.

44

Oct 27 '62

Dec 7* '63

Baggs, Frederick
Bonjour, John.

22
18

Dec. 11, '62
Mch 11 '63

Dec! 7| '63
Dec 7 '63

Boutsiett, Louis

3R

Mch 11* '63

Dec 7 '63

Bruth, John.

21

Dec 5* '69

Dec 7* '63

Britts, Samuel H
Britts, David A. S.

24
18

Nov. 20, '62
Nov 8 '62

Dec! 7J '63
Dec 7 '63

Promoted Corporal.

Capistrant, L

9^

Dec ' 25* '62

Chapman, Truman

4?

Nov. 21 ''69

Chapman, Frank D

35

Dec. 30, '62

Cowls, Alonzo W
Cowan, Robert W

20
20

Dec. 30, '62
Dec 30 '62

Dec. 7, '63
Dec 7 '63

Corporal.

Cornell, Henry C
Connor, Lewis
Culver, Hiram S
Darling, Alex

19
22
38
29

Nov. 8/62
Jan. 1, '63
Feb. 25, '63
Dec 3 '6?

Dec! 7/63
Dec. 7, '63
Dec. 7, '63

i

Disher Henry.

18

Dec 25* '62

Dowling, George

25

Dec 10 '69

Eldridge, Dwight
Elcott, Simon

32
21

Dec. 4! '62
May 2 '63

Dec. 7, '63
Dec 7 '63

Felton, Ezra V ,
Ferrin John

22
22

Nov. 19* '62
Nov 15 '62

T)pp ""7 >'(">

Deserted Jan. 1, '63.

Frost, Geo. S

27

Nov 21 '69

Dec 7 '63

_, ,

Frost Patrick

24

Nov l' '42

Dec ?' '63

Franklin, C. C

?,1

Dec.' 29 ,''62

Deserted Feb 1 '63

Gervais, Baptists

<>0

Dec. 10 '62

Dec 7 '63

Gervais, Pierre...

18

Dec 10 '6''

Dec 7 '63

Gifford, Simeon

35

Dec 30 '6°

Dec 7* '63

Gunderson, Martin O
Gunderson, Gunder
Hanson, Egbert

18
23
44

Nov. 1 ,'62
Nov. 1,'62
Nov. 1, '62

Dec! 7/63
Dec. 7/63

Discharged for disability May 18 '63.

Hallett, Mortimer

*>1

Nov 8 '69

Dec 7 '63

Hakes, Ira

?5

Dec. 30* '69

Dec' 7 '63

Harlington, Wm

?*>

Dec 30 '69

Blacksmith* deserted Nov 10 '62

Hallett, Solomon

21

Mch. 2, '63

Dec. 7 '63

Hill, Henry R. ...

1Q

Dec 30 '62

Dec 7 '63

Hinds^W. H

22

Dec 30 '62

Discharged for disability April 14 '65

Hoy, Daniel

18

Nov 2o' '69

Dec 7 '63

Huntley, Richard....

19

Oct. 25 '62

Dec! 7! '63

542

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RANGERS.
ROSTER OF COMPANY M — Continued.

NAMES.

Johns, Lewis

Johnson, John U

Kappan, Wni

Kellen, Joseph

L,auderdale, Edward.
Lauderdale, Robert...

Langelee, Peter

Lamort, Antoine

La Bat, Barnard

Lewis, Caleb

Leonard, Peter ,

Lovely, Clement

Manley, John A

Marks, Warren

McCarney, James

McCloud, Joseph

Nichols, Geo. E

Orcott, Sheldon R

Orcott, HallH

Orcott, John

Orcott, James ,

Paul,Xavier

Parker, George

Pettis, Asa

Phelps, Jay H

Reeves, J. P

Rice, August. M

Robinette, Varnos

Rudde, Chas. H

Slocum, Orville

Smith, Joseph F

Spencer, Wm. B

Starkey, Wm

Starkey, Ed. C

Starkey, James R

Starkweather, S. H....,

Shiner,John

Thomas, N

Vaughn, Daniel

Warren, John J ,

Warner, Calvin C

Wehmeyer, Wm

Wilcox, John D

Wilkes, Benjamin F..
Wilcox, Edmund D....
Wilkes, Leonard P....

Wilkes, Doctor J

Williams, Geo. V. B..

Widmeier, John

Williams, J.L

Wilcox, Oliver

Williams, Lewis

Wood, George

Woodworth, Lucius..
Wood worth, John H..

Wright, William

Young, Phil M

Young, David M

Young, Jerome E

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

Nov. 27, '62
Nov. 1 '62
Dec. 12, '62
Nov. 1 '62
Dec. 27, '62
Dec. 27, '62
Nov. 25. '62
June 12 ,'63
Mch. 6, '62
Oct. 25 ,'62
Nov. 20, '62
Dec. 12, '62
Dec. 19, '62
Oct. 26, '62
Dec. 24, '62
Dec. 2 '62
Jan. 27, '63
Dec. 30, '62
Nov. 1, '62
Nov. 1,'62
Mch. 4, '63
Nov. 26, '62
Dec. 30, '62
Nov. 8, '62
Nov. 1,'62
Nov. 8, '62
Dec. 30, '62
Nov. 6, '62
Nov. 15, '62
Oct. 28, '62
Oct. 28, '62
Dec. 30, '62
Dec. 30, '62
Nov. 21, '62
Dec. 30, '62
Nov. 21, '62
Dec. 3, '62
Dec. 8, '62
Dec. 21, '62
Jan. 16, '63
Dec. 30, '62
Dec. 30, '62
Dec. 30, '62
Dec. 30, '62
Dec. 30, '62
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REMARKS.

Discharged for disability Aug. 19, '63.

Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant; died Jan. 19, '63, at Fort Snelling.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability May 18, '63.

Promoted Sergeant.

1st Sergeant.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; reduced at own request.

Promoted Corporal.
Deserted Jan. 1, '63.

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Teamster.

Sergeant; discharged for disability May 18, '63.

Sergeant; discharged for disability April 26, '63.

Corporal; reduced.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Promoted Commissary Sergeant,
Died Sept. 19, '63, at Fort Ridgley.
Promoted Sergeant.

Discharged for disability May 18, '63.
Returned after he was reported deserted.

Discharged for disability Aug. 19, '63.

NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

BY FIRST LIEUTENANT MARTIN WILLIAMS.

In presenting the history of this organization it is proper to state that the
more important facts and dates have been obtained from Mrs. Anna McLaren,
St. Paul, widow of the late Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. N. McLaren; Lieutenant Colonel
William Pfaender of New Ulm; Captain James M. Paine, Minneapolis; Major
E. A. Bice; Dr. Jared W. Daniels, Faribault; and United States Marshal W.
M. Campbell of St. Paul. Before the expiration of the time of service of the
First Minnesota Mounted Bangers, the organization of another regiment of cav
alry was authorized by the War Department, and a call was issued by the adju
tant general of the state on the 12th of October, 1863. Becruiting commis
sions were immediately issued by Governor Henry A. Swift to those who could
be most influential and active in raising volunteers to fill such a regiment. At
this time the Minnesota troops in the South were seeing hard service, and with
the prospect, and almost certainty, that the new organization would be ordered
to the front, recruiting was for a time slow, as Minnesota had already placed a
relatively large number of men in the field, and the additional call was a severe
tax upon the younger portion of her then sparse population. Nevertheless, by
hard work the regiment was soon filled, the several companies being largely
composed of veteran soldiers and officered by those who had experienced hard
service in the field. Prior to the completion of the organization, however, a
cavalry rendezvous had been established at Fort Snelling, and among the first to
respond to the call were the volunteers enlisted at Minneapolis under Captain
Paine, who had rendered valuable service as an officer of the Mounted Bangers.
He was placed in command, and directed the drilling and organization of the re
cruits until the ranks of the regiment had been filled. In this work he was as
sisted by the regimental adjutant and quartermaster, who had received their ap
pointments soon after the issuance of the call. On the llth of January, 1864,
the organization was completed as the "Second Begiment, Minnesota Cavalry, II.
S. Volunteers,'7 with the following field officers: Colonel, Bobert N. McLaren,
Bed Wing; lieutenant colonel, William Pfaender, New Ulm; majors, E. A. Bice,
Waseca county, J. M. Thompson, Houston county, Bobert H. Bose, Scott county;
adjutant, John T. Morrison, Dakota county; surgeon, Jared W. Daniels, St. Peter;
quartermaster, Martin Williams, St. Peter. Immediately thereafter Colonel
McLaren assumed command of the regiment, but instead of being sent South as
expected, a number of the companies were ordered to garrison posts on the Min
nesota frontier, where the settlers were exposed to constant danger from bands of
hostile Indians, notwithstanding the fact that the Sioux tribes had been driven
across the Missouri Bi ver by General Henry H. Sibley and his troops. The winter
of 1863-64 was not eventful, the time being spent in the discharge of garrison duty,
with an occasional expedition by scouting parties in pursuit of the Indians.
Early in the spring of 1864, the secretary of war ordered the regiment to report
to General N. P. Banks at New Orleans, and to be transported down the Missis
sippi by steamers. A portion had started southward when the order was
countermanded, owing to the threatening attitude of the Indians, supposedly
under Sitting Bull, who was even then monarch of the plains, and contemplating
the depopulation of the country west of the Mississippi.

At the earnest solicitation of Gov. Swift, Senator Bamsey and General Sibley,
the secretary of war decided to send out a strong expedition to crush the hostile
chiefs and their allies west of the Missouri. General Alfred Sully, who had won
his title by bravely fought battles at the front, and who now rests in the ceme-

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tery at Philadelphia, was placed in command. The wisdom of the order was
fully demonstrated by the subsequent events. His bravery, thorough knowledge
of Indian character and admirable provision for the comfort and safety of the
men under him, became proverbial during the ensuing campaign.

INDIAN CAMPAIGN.

Late in May, 1864, the Second Cavalry left Fort Snelling for the rendezvous
agreed upon on the Missouri, accompanied by its excellent band mounted on white
ponies, and which subsequently cheered the command after weary marches
over deserts and under a blazing sun. The expedition was divided into two
brigades, the first composed of Iowa and Kansas cavalry and Thirtieth Wis
consin Infantry under Colonel Dill, coming up the Missouri with General Sully,
and the second, under command of Colonel M. T. Thomas, composed of the Eighth
Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry, eight companies of the Second Cavalry, Brack ett's
Battalion and Jones7 battery. The Minnesota troops were accompanied as far as
Fort Eidgley by General Sibley and staff. The Second Brigade left the latter
post on the 5th of June, and on the 9th camped at Wood Lake, on the site of the
battle of 1862. The Minnesota troops were joined by a company of miners and
their families, with a train of one hundred and sixty wagons, en route for Idaho.
They were escorted in safety as far as the second crossing of the Missouri at Fort
Union, near the present Fort Buford. The march to the rendezvous on this
stream was made through intense heat, the mercury ranging from ninety to one
hundred and five degrees in the shade, according to the record kept by Colonel
McLaren. But little rain had fallen since the melting of the snow, and conse
quently the lakes and streams were either dry or very low and the grass poor.
After leaving Fort Eidgley not a white man or occupied dwelling was found, and
the Minnesota contingent discovered its first buffalo near Lake Kampeska, where
the flourishing city of Watertown, S. D., is now located. At that time the shores
of the handsome lake were covered with dead fish, creating a sickening stench,
and defying too close inspection. On at least two occasions wagons were over
turned and tents leveled by violent storms, which, with the appropriation of
blankets by lizards from the adjacent lakes, formed the principal diversions dur
ing the first portion of the march. Toward its conclusion, however, the regiment
grew indifferent to the discomforts suffered by men and animals, owing to the
ever present dangers from small bodies of hostile Indians, who formed a most
skillful signal corps and alert enemy on either side of the marching column. In
the interest of safety, straggling was prohibited, and all were compelled to deny
themselves the pleasure of a hunt in a region where game was abundant.

The junction of the First and Second brigades was effected on the 1st of July,
when the Minnesota troops reached the Missouri opposite old Fort Sully, where
the general commanding had preceded their arrival by one day only. The Min
nesota regiments camped on the east side, and in a short time were joined by
the First Brigade. General Sully then assumed active command and moved up
the Missouri, crossing by steamers to the west bank, where Fort Eice was sub
sequently built. The Indians were reported to be encamped to the number of
1,800 lodges on the banks of the Cannon Ball Eiver, but they fled at the approach
of so large a force of pursuers, keeping close watch and ready to pick off any
who straggled from the command. Each night the Indians signaled the move
ments of the expedition by attaching burning wisps of grass to arrows and
shooting them upward from some high point of ground. Each day picturesque
'hieroglyphics were found along the line of march, which were worse than Greek
to the white men but perfectly intelligible to their savage foes, who managed to
keep themselves thoroughly concealed, except for these interesting evidences of
their presence in all directions.

BATTLE OF TA-HA-KOUTY MOUNTAIN.

The troops continued their chase until the last of July when they reached
the Little Heart Eiver. Here the Indian and half-breed scouts reported that
the hostile Sioux were encamped in very strong force at Ta-ha-kouty (on the

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eastern border of the Bad Lands), or, "the place where they kill the deer,77 about
fifty miles distant in a northerly direction. All teams and tents were strongly
corralled, and left in charge of a sufficient guard to protect them in case of a
sudden attack, the Second Cavalry Band being among its defenders. The re
mainder of the expedition was provided with light rations, and, after being
relieved of every impediment to a rapid march, started for the Indian camp,
with the intention of capturing or annihilating the formidable force concen
trated there. On the morning of July 28th, while the command was marching
toward a finely wooded range of hills directly in front, Laframboise, a scout,
reported to General Sully that the camp of which he was in search was only two
and a half or three miles distant. In the shortest possible time General Sully
was in his saddle, the small train and unused horses of the infantry were parked
in four lines, with the different portions of the command formed in the shape of
a square around the train, and the batteries stationed to render prompt service
whenever called upon. The command then moved rapidly forward in the midst
of the intense heat and clouds of dust, but instead of Laframboise' s three miles,
the distance to the camp was nearer nine. The intention was to attack the camp
at daybreak, but this was frustrated by the vigilance of the savages. Soon after
the command was placed in fighting order, squads of mounted Indians sprang
as if by magic from the ground itself, and every knoll in front, on either side
or in the rear, was dotted with them.

GENERAL SULLY' S OFFICIAL REPORT.

The following account of the battle is from the official report of General Sully,
dated Camp on Heart River, D. T., July 31, 1864: " I found the Indians strongly
posted on the side of a mountain called Ta-ha-kouty Mountain, which is a
small chain of very high hills, filled with ravines thickly timbered and well
watered, situated on a branch of the Little Missouri Gros Ventres — latitude 47°
15' — as laid down on the government map. The prairie in front of the camp is
very rolling, and on the left, as we approached, high hills. On the top and
sides of these hills, and on my right, at the base of the mountains, also on the
hillocks in front on the prairie, the Indians were posted. There were over 1,600
lodges, at least 5,000 or 6,000 warriors, composed of the Unk-pa-pahs, Sans Arcs,
Blackfeet, Minnecongues, Yanck-ton-ais, and Santee Sioux. My force consisted
as follows: Eleven companies of the Sixth Iowa Cavalry, Lieutenant Colonel Pol
lock commanding; three companies of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, Lieutenant
Colonel Pattee commanding; two companies of Dakota cavalry, Captain Miner
'commanding; four companies of Brackett's Minnesota Battalion, Major Brackett
commanding; about seventy scouts, and a prairie battery of two sections, com
manded by Captain !N". Pope. This formed the First Brigade. Ten companies
of the Eighth Minnesota Infantry, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Eodg-
ers; six companies of the Second Minnesota Cavalry, under Colonel McLaren;
and two sections of the Third Minnesota Battery, under Captain Jones, formed
the Second Brigade, under command of Colonel Thomas. The whole of my force
numbered on the field about 2, 200 men. Finding it was impossible to charge,
owing to the country being intersected by deep ravines filled with timber, I dis
mounted and deployed six companies of the Sixth Iowa on the right, with three
companies of the Seventh Iowa, and on the left six companies of the Eighth Min
nesota Infantry; placed Pope's battery in the centre, supported by two compa
nies of cavalry. The Second Cavalry on the left drawn up by squadrons, Brackett's
Minnesota Battalion on the right in the same order; Jones' battery and four
companies of cavalry as a reserve. The few wagons I had closed up, and the
rear guard, composed of three companies, followed. In this order we advanced,
driving in the Indians till we reached the plain between the hills and mountains.
Here large bodies of Indians flanked me; the Second Cavalry drove them from
the left. A very large body of Indians collected on my right for a charge. I
directed Brackett to charge them. This he did, gallantly driving them in a circle
of about three miles to the base of the mountains and beyond my line of skir
mishers, killing many of them. The Indians, seeing his position, collected in

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large numbers on him, but he repelled them, assisted by some well-directed shots
from Jones' battery. About this time a large body of Indians, who we ascer
tained afterward had been out hunting for me, came upon my rear. I brought
a piece of Jones' battery to the rear, and, with the rear guard, dispersed them.
"The Indians, seeing that the day would not be favorable for them, had com
menced taking down their lodges and sending back their families. I swung the
left of my line round to the right and closed on them, sending Pope with his
guns and the Dakota cavalry (two companies) forward. The artillery fire soon
drove them out of their strong position in the ravines, and Jones' battery with
Brackett' s Battalion moving upon the right soon put them to flight, the whole
of my line advancing at the same time. By sunset no Indians were on -the
ground; a body, however, appeared on top of the mountain over which they had
retreated. I sent-Major Camp, Eighth Minnesota, with four companies of Eighth
Minnesota forward; they ascended to the top of the hill, putting the Indians to
flight, and killing several. The total number of killed, judging from what we
saw, was from one hundred to one hundred and fifty. I saw them during the
fight carry off a great many dead or wounded. The very strong position they
held, and the advantages they had to retreat over a broken country, prevented
me from killing more. We slept on the battle ground that night."

ATTACK ON THE PICKETS.

Camping on the battlefield that night, General Sully next took up his line of
march south, and cavalry and artillery, horses and men, being much exhausted
for want of water, he determined to go into camp some six miles south of the
battle ground, where we found good water. Here occurred a serious affair,
where two brave men of Company D, Second Cavalry, gave up their lives, — David
La Plant and Anton Holzgen, privates. As usual, after going into camp, cav
alry pickets were posted on the highest ground, three to four miles out, to give
warning of the approach of the enemy, and, in case of an attack, prevent stam
pede of cavalry horses while grazing. Company D was on this detail with a
part of Company A, making in all some twelve to fifteen picket posts of three
men each. Most of these pickets were established in full view of the Indians,
now in their safe place of retreat in the mountain side. The officer of the day,,
who was Major G. A. Camp of the Eighth Regiment Infantry, Minnesota Volun
teers, commanded the outposts at the time, but a good share of these posts were
personally in charge of Sergeant William M. Campbell of Company D, Second
Cavalry, our late TJnited States marshal. Seeing and knowing well the position
of the pickets, the Indians, in the evening, just as the sun was going down be
hind the mountains, stole up and made an attack on them, killing two, as before
stated; and had it not been for the presence of mind of Sergeant Campbell, who
promptly rallied and consolidated his little force of pickets, and drew them out
of the foothills onto the open plain, where they could not be surprised and picked
off a post at a time, the slaughter would doubtless have been complete. By the
time these arrangements were effected, darkness had taken the place of daylight,
and owing to some oversight, the relief of the pickets, which should have taken
place before dark, was neglected. Under these circumstances, in the absence of
either the officer of the guard or officer of the day, it was deemed proper by the
sergeant in charge to make the camp. This was rendered extremely difficult by
the fact that it was then very dark and some four or five miles distant, and in
consequence of an attack by the hostiles on the camp, all lights had been extin
guished, so that this handful of men found themselves totally separated from any
assistance by a distance of four or five miles, without track or guide, surrounded
by darkness and a wily, savage foe. Fortunately, however, the camp was
reached between one and two o'clock in the morning. That we are not called
upon to record the loss of the balance of the pickets is, indeed, under the cir
cumstances, marvelous. Both of these brave soldiers fell after exhausting their
ammunition, and were found the next morning, facing the foe, and were buried
where they fell.

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The command then returned to its camp on the Little Heart, which had been
undisturbed except by the dismal howling of the wolves and coyotes at night,
and on August 3d General Sully resumed his line of march due west toward
the Yellowstone, where he expected to meet his supply boats at a place known
as "Brazeau's house," a trading post on the river, about eighty miles above old
Fort Union. This was the most difficult movement attempted by the expedition.
For a portion of the distance every particle of vegetation had been destroyed
by immense swarms of locusts, which proved a veritable plague by day, and com
pelled the men to feed their half-starved horses on the bare limbs of trees and
bushes. The only green thing visible for two days or more were the clusters of
cactus, then in beautiful bloom, and whose natural defenses defied the assaults
of the devastating myriads which had passed over them. After crossing this
desert waste left by the insects, the march was comparatively easy and pleasant,
lying through occasional stretches of buffalo grass and across small streams of
water, until the celebrated Bad Lands of the Little Missouri were reached. Upon
arriving at the edge of this curious freak of nature, General Sully, after survey
ing the wonderful scene presented, condensed his description into a few words:
"Hell, with the fire put out !" That night a council was held in the camp of the
scouts, and one, the oldest in the group, burdened with the name of Fool Dog,
predicted that we would "smell the blood of his enemies within two days.'7

PASSAGE OF THE BAD LANDS.

The following reference to the passage of the Bad Lands was prepared by
Mrs. McLaren from the diary of her husband: "The next day the command
moved west, crossing through most difficult passes where it seemed almost im
possible for men or horses to go. Only one of these guides, a young Blackfoot
Indian, was confident that the passage could be made, and remarked that he only
knew of one route through which a bird could fly. The rest shook their heads,
considering the undertaking too hazardous in view of the difficulties, as well as
the fact of the proximity of so many enemies. General Sully decided to make
the attempt in spite of the arduous nature of the undertaking, and early next
morning the train moved forward. All day they toiled up and down among the
clay peaks, barren as rocks and precipitous as mountain cliffs, through gorges
and gullies where the foot of the white man had probably never before trod, suf
fering for water, with only half- rations, and constantly expecting an attack from
their savage foe. Nor were their expectations groundless, for scarcely had they
emerged from the first labyrinth of the volcanic upheaval when picket firing
announced that their wily enemy was in the pursuit."

Upon reaching the valley of the Little Missouri the grass was found abun
dant, and General Sully ordered a halt for the next day, in order to give men and
animals needed rest. About noon, however, an attack was made on a foraging
party under Anson Northrup, who was in charge of the transportation. North-
rup brought his men and animals into camp without loss, and General Sully
ordered another advance, the command crossing the Little Missouri late in the
afternoon. Its subsequent experiences are recorded by Mrs. McLaren, as follows:
"They found themselves beset by a strong force of Indians, who evidently hoped,
by taking advantage of the embarrassed situation of our men, to fall upon and
destroy them, thus taking vengeance for their defeat. It was a sharp conflict,
lasting at intervals through two days and two nights, and was designated as the
battle of the Little Missouri. The principal engagement took place near two high
points, known to the Indians as 'the hills that look at each other, 'Colonel McLaren
leading the advance. On the second day, having lost many warriors without
gaining any advantage worthy of note, the Indians gave up the battle and disap
peared. No correct estimate could be made of the number of Indians killed in
this second battle." The Blackfoot Indian was shot through the shoulder in this
battle, and became delirious from the effects of the wound; as a result the com
mand veered from its prearranged course to the Yellowstone, and suffered much,
owing to the shortage of supplies for men and horses. Instead of reaching the
river at Brazeau's house, as intended, General Sully, on the 13th of August, found

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himself forty miles below; but, providentially, the supply boats had been grounded
on sand-bars near by, and proved a most welcome sight to the men, whose slen
der stock of hard bread was nearly exhausted. By means of these steamers, also,
most of the heavy luggage was transported across the Yellowstone, while the
horses and mules forded the stream with riders on their backs. Nine men of the
Idaho emigrant train, and perhaps twenty horses, were lost in the rapid and dan
gerous stream. It is permissible, in this connection, to remark that the trail of
the Sully expedition through the Bad Lands was closely followed by the first
engineers of the Northern Pacific road in mapping out their route over that re
markable formation, and the tracks of Bully's wagons are visible up to the pres
ent time in numerous localities. Under the circumstances the Blackfoot Indian
guide is entitled to the honor of being the pioneer of that gigantic enterprise,
through a region christened Mauvais Terres by the early French voyageurs and
traders.

The march was again resumed down the west bank of the Yellowstone, through
a country abounding in game, but which was unmolested by the soldiers on ac
count of positive orders against firing guns, which would inform the hostile In
dians of the exact location of the command. There were no events worthy of
special mention on this portion of the march except one. Just before the expe
dition had reached the Missouri again, opposite Fort Union, the Indians had
fired the woods in front of the column, but it passed through the burning timber
safely, unusual precautions being taken to prevent burning limbs from falling
on the ammunition wagons and causing a disastrous explosion. Most of the com
mand forded the Missouri on the 18th of August, with the loss of only one man,
the driver of General Sully 's transportation train. At that time the foundation
timbers of Fort Buford, five or six miles below Fort Union, were being laid.
The night before reaching Fort Union the Indians had stolen all the horses at the
fort except two. The Second Cavalry with a detachment of infantry were or
dered to pursue them up the Missouri, following the trail they had made. On
the approach of the troops the Indians divided up into small squads. The cav
alry and infantry did likewise, but the enemy scattered out among the hills and
valleys, leaving no trail, and the pursuit was necessarily abandoned. Here the
expedition parted company with the Idaho emigrant train, which continued its
journey toward its ultimate destination near Fort Benton, General Sully march
ing down the valley of the Missouri.

RANGE OF THE BUFFALO.

September 1st, the command, being three days' march from Fort Berthold,
came into the range of the buffalo, which when first seen were quietly feeding,
gathered in large herds, as far as the eye or field-glass could see. A desire for
a hunt was strong, so much so that General Sully at one o'clock ordered a
halt and gave permission for all who chose to engage in it, and hundreds ac
cepted the privilege. The buffalo soon saw the situation, and then commenced
the stampede and strife. A great number of the huge creatures were slaugh
tered, and the troops were well supplied with fine, juicy buffalo steak. The
following day, while on the march, the command was obliged to park to allow
the herds to pass in their wild flight. When near Fort Berthold we made a
short halt for rest, and here General Sully issued his famous and character
istic circular, which is familiar, and will long be remembered by the troops
in the northwest Indian expedition, creating much merriment and reminding
us all that we were again nearing civilization. On reaching the point where the
city of Bismarck now stands General Sully received information through his
scouts that he had sent out previously that Ink-pa-du-ta, with a large party
of warriors, were at or near what was called the Dog's Den, on the old Gov.
Stevens trail, some sixty or seventy miles north. He here left his trains, taking
a few rations and a part of his best troops, making a rapid march with the
intention of surprising and capturing old "Inky" if possible. But he was not
found asleep, discovering us in time to make good his escape, so all we found
were his camp-fires still burning. Knowing that he had considerable the start,

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and that he could get into the British territory, General Sully decided not to
pursue him further, but making a halt and taking a short time to rest, again re
turned to the Missouri Eiver and his supply trains. At this point occurred a
small engagement with some of Ink-pa-du-ta's rear guard, in which only two of
our men were engaged. Major Rose and Captain Paine of our regiment ob
tained permission of General Sully to remain in the rear of our troops for a little
sport, running buffalo, which were almost without numbers, and visible in every
direction. Waiting, according to orders, until the command was out of hearing
distance, they commenced their attack on the bulls, each taking a different di
rection, although keeping within sight of each other. Each had succeeded in
killing his bull and cutting out his tongue, when they in turn were attacked
by a party of Ink-pa-du-ta's warriors who had been watching their movements.
But, luckily, they were not surprised, and met them with shots from their car
bines, unhorsing one or two of them and holding them in check. At this time
our command was on the march, and distant some ten or twelve miles, but they
succeeded in gaining the smooth ground of the open plains, where they had a
fine race with some fifteen or twenty of the redskins. They were soon discovered
by Captain P. B. Davy of Company H of the Second Cavalry, who was i-n com
mand of the rear guard, composed of two companies of cavalry and a section of
artillery, and who, taking one company of his best mounted troops, rescued
these officers, who otherwise might have fallen into the hands of the Indians.

RESCUE OF CAPTAIN FISIv'S PARTY.

Gen. Sully arrived at Fort Eice September 8th, and his troops the next day.
He learned that Captain James L. Fisk, assistant quartermaster, had arrived
there about two weeks previously with an emigrant train of from eighty to a
hundred wagons destined for Idaho, and had obtained from Colonel Dill, Thir
tieth Wisconsin, an escort of a lieutenant and fifty cavalrymen to the Yellowstone
Eiver. The lieutenant had returned to Fort Eice with fourteen men on the 7th
of September, with a letter from Captain Fisk stating that he was surrounded by
Indians about two hundred miles west of that place and needed reinforcements.
In his official report General Sully says: "In questioning separately the soldiers
who returned I found that not over three hundred Indians were there; that they
(Fisk's party) were attacked three days before they made their corral by about
sixty Indians, while the train was stretched out on the road, and two wagons, one
of which had upset, were about two miles in the rear, with a guard of six soldiers.
One of these wagons, unfortunately, contained arms and ammunition. Six sol
diers and two citizens were killed, and the wagons captured; one citizen escaped.
They had skirmishes after that, and then they corralled. They were burning
parts of their wagons and feeding the cattle on bread and flour when the party
left, which they did in the middle of a stormy night."

Fearing that Captain Fisk's party would soon be overpowered, he sent the
following strong detachment to rescue and bring them back, namely: Colonel
Dill wi'th 300 of the Thirtieth Wisconsin, 200 of the Eighth Minnesota, 100 of
the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, all dismounted, and from the Second Minnesota Cav
alry, Brackett's Battalion and Sixth Iowa Cavalry, 100 men each, mounted on
the best of the horses. This detachment crossed to the west side of the Mis
souri September 10th, marched the next day and returned September 30th, hav
ing accomplished its object. The commissioned officers of the Second Cavalry
who accompanied it were Captain P. B. Davy, First Lieutenant Thompson and
Second Lieutenant Briley. Mr. D. I. Dodge, corporal of Company C, Second
Cavalry, who went with the detachment, says: "It followed our old trail for
about one hundred miles and then left it on our right, reaching Fisk's train near
the foothills in about ten days from date of leaving Fort Eice. Our arrival
was a great relief to the emigrants, especially to the women and children, who
were only too glad to be taken back to the fort. In due time we returned to Fort
Eice with the rescued party, where the detachments were sent to their respective
commands, the troop from the Second Cavalry returning over the trail made
by Colonel Thomas on his return from the Missouri Eiver to the state. The

550 THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

trip after Fisk was without particular interest. The command lost one man, who
fell in rear of the column and was not again seen. Whether he was killed by
the Indians or the wolves was never known. One other incident occurred which
had its interest for the members of the Second Cavalry. The Sixth Iowa Cavalry
had done considerable bragging over the Second during the campaign, claiming
they were older in service, especially in Indian warfare. i The Indians couldn't
pull the wool over their eyes. Oh, no!' But on the trip we convinced them
that our troops were not to be caught napping. One day on our outward trip
fresh Indian trails were crossed by the command. That night at roll call Cap
tain Davy requested the men of his company, that if any of them wished to graze
their horses in the morning to hold them by the halter while grazing, otherwise
to leave them on the picket line. Boots and saddles had just sounded the fol
lowing morning when about thirty Indians dashed over the bluffs surrounding
the flat where the Sixth Iowa Cavalry horses were grazing, and with a few shots
and whoops created a stampede, and in a few seconds the Sixth Iowa Cavalry
were short fourteen horses."

The main body of the regiment resumed the return march about the 15th of
September, and arrived at Fort Eidgley again on the 8th day of October. Com
pany H, however, went to Fort Wads worth, arriving October 12th. During
the winter of 1864-65 the regiment was divided amongst the several forts and
frontier posts of the state, with headquarters at Fort Snelling, and in the spring of
1865 a regular patrol service was established between the sundry smaller frontier
posts and the regular forts, — Wadsworth, Abercrombie, Eipley and Eidgley,
— in order to prevent prowling war parties of the hostile Sioux from making
raids on the frontier settlements. At the close of the War of the Eebellion the
companies of the regiment were mustered out as fast as they could be relieved
by regular troops, and it was expected that they would be discharged in the
order in which they enlisted; but, contrary to expectation, Company A, stationed
at Fort Eidgley, the company which had been longest in service, was ordered to
march to Fort Wadsworth, while other companies were ordered to Fort Snell
ing to be mustered out, and this apparent injustice to a company which had
always been noted for promptness and efficiency created a feeling of dissatis
faction among the men which bordered on mutiny. The appeals of the com
manding officer at Fort Eidgley in their behalf availed nothing at department
headquarters, and had it not been for the high esteem in which they held their
captain and commanding officer there would have been open mutiny. The
company marched to Fort Wadsworth, and being ordered back in the dead of
winter to be mustered out, was caught in a terrible blizzard between Forts
Wadsworth and Abercrombie, and Captain Field and three of his men perished
about Feb. 14, 1866, while the balance of the company suffered terribly. The
last company of the regiment (Company L) was mustered out May 4, 1866. The
casualties of the regiment were Privates David La Plant and Anton Holzgen of
Company D, killed by Indians July 29, 1864, and Private Jolly of Company F,
killed in a fight with marauding Indians May 7, 1865, besides a number wounded
in the two actions with Indians during the expedition under General Sully. 1

• 1The following observations on the health of the regiment are from the pen of its surgeon, Dr.
J. W. Daniels, M. D: "During the Indian campaign of 1864 the Second Cavalry endured the ex
tremes of temperature varying from one hundred and five degrees in the shade to six degrees
above, with snow and blizzard. The prevailing diseases were diarrhea, dysentery, rheumatism and
mountain fever. On the march between Fort Ridgley and Fort Rice we had good water and
scarcely any illness. At Fort Rice, where we arrived July llth and were in camp one week, there
was a large number of cases of sickness, the result of indiscretion in the use of the post trader's
supplies and not of bad water. When we left there the worst cases were ordered to the hospital;
others improved on the march. The June rains gave us good running water in all the streams
until we crossed the Little Missouri River, and we had very few on sick report. Three camps
were made between the Little Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, where the water was bad, and a
large number of men had to be reported unfit for duty. Here, as well as everywhere else on the
march where the water was found only in pools, it was strongly impregnated with a sulphate
magnesia, or an alkali. In many cases the vital organs of the person were so depressed by the
water that the disease assumed a typhoid condition within twenty-four hours after being reported.

RESCUE OF CAPTAIN FISK'S PARTY. 551

At the Yellowstone the sick were transferred to the hospital boats and taken down to Fort Rice.
Coming from Fort Union, the north side of the Missouri, we made four camps where the water was
the same, with same results; also between Long Lake and James River on our return from Fort
Rice. I believe that in most cases the primary cause of so much sickness on the marches was the
solar heat, which so debilitates the system that the bad water, or any indiscretion in eating or
drinking, acts as an exciting cause of disease. The health of the men was much better when
they could get the fruit of the country, which consisted of plums, service and buffalo berries,
with plenty of game, as the wild meat was an improvement on that furnished by the commissary
department. In the treatment of mountain fever and dysentery, sulphate of quinine was an
indispensable remedy. Given in doses of from fifteen to thirty grains in twenty-four hours, it acts
as a sedative, and its febrifuge virtues are very perceptible. This remedy, with beef tea, or the
extract of beef, as a diet, I have found most satisfactory. Brandy with quinine was given in some
cases, but with caution. The mortality of the regiment during the campaign was: Two killed
by the Indians while on picket duty, two died in camp, and three on hospital boats."

552

THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY,

MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERS.

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Colonel —
Robert N. McLaren
Lieutenant Colonel —
Wm Pfaender

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38

Jan. 13, '64
Jan 13 '64

Nov. 17, '65
Dec 7 '65

Brevetted Brigadier General; died July 30, '86.

Majors —
Ebenezer A. Rice
John M. Thompson

44

99

Jan. 12, '64
Jan. 13, '64

Dec. 5, '65

Resigned May 1,'65.

Robert H. Rose ... .

Jan. 12 '64

Apl 2 '66

John R Jones

37

May 1 '65

Nov 17 '65

Adjutant —
John T. Morrison
Quartermaster —
Martin Williams

25
W

Oct. 20/63
Oct. 15 '63

Nov. 17, '65
Nov. 17 '65

Regimental Commissary —
Andrew J. Whitney
Surgeon —
Jared W. Daniels

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36

Dec. 23, '63
Jan. 2, '64

Nov. 17, '65
Nov. 17, '65

Assistant Surgeons —
Joseph A. Vervais

4?

Jan. 12, '64

Dismissed Nov. 5, '64.

John A. McDonald ... .

RO

NOT. 29 '64

Dec. 4 '65

Chas J. Farley

28

Jan 13 '64

Apl 2 '66

Chaplain —
Samuel S. Paine . .

82

Feb 4 '64

Nov 17 '65

Sergeant Majors —
Waif H. Meyer

W

Nov. 9 '63

Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company G Dec. 18, '64.

Joseph S. Thompson
Wellington S. Porter
Quartermaster Sergeant —
Milton P. Gardner
Commissary Sergeants —
Wm. H. Lapham

27
26

26

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Mch. 24, '64
Dec. 31, '63

Dec. 28, '63
Jan. 6, '64

Nov.'iV65
Nov. 17, '65

Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company H Aug. 15, '65.
Discharged for promotion in Heavy Artillery Jan. 13, '65.

Richard W.Montgomery

99

Dec. 11, '63

Geo. McKinley
Hospital Stewards —
Horace W. Moore
Alfred H. Marston
Chief Trumpeter —
Huderic Meile.

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21

18

39

Jan. 15, '65

Feb. 18, '64
Dec. 5, '63

Feb 3 '64

Nov. 17, '65

Nov. 17, '65
Nov. 17, '65

Nov 17 '65

Veterinary Surgeon —
Wm. Atherton.

41

May 9, '64

Nov. 17 '65

Saddler Sergeant—
Torger Swinson

97

Jan. 4, '64

Nov. 17 '65

COMPANY A.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

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OFFICERS.

Captains —
John K.Jones

?5

Nov. 2, '63

Promoted Major May 1, '65.

Albert R. Field

?7

Nov. 30 '63

1st Lieutenant Dec 5, '63' died by freezing Feb 14 "66 en route

First Lieutenant —
Win L Briley

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Dec 5 '63

Aol 2 '66

from Fort Wadsworth to Fort Abercronibie, D. T.
2d Lieutenant Dec 5 '63* 1st Lieutenant May 19 '65

Second Lieutenant —
Wm. T.Stevens

ENLISTED MEN.

Akers John H

24
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Oct. 19, '63
Feb 13 '64

Apl. 2, '66
Feb. 13 '65

1st Sergeant Dec. 5, '63; 2d Lieutenant June 11, '65.

18

Dec 28* '63

Apl 2 '66

Anderson, John T
Bandy Miron

42
18

Oct. 29, '63
Dec 31 '63

Apl. 2, '66
Apl 2 '66

Benson Wm

19

Oct. 18 '63

Apl. 2, '66

18

Oct 19 '63

Apl. 2 '66

Blodgett Win H

99

Oct 20 '63

Bowman Alfred

18

Oct. 22* '63

Nov. 25, '65

Per order.

?6

Oct 20 '63

44

Dec 3 '63

Apl 2 '66

Bugler

Brewer IraC

80

Oct 29 '63

Apl. 2, '66

Brock, James

?,1

Nov. 2, '63

Apl. 2, '66

Brabic Frank

?3

Feb. 14 '64

Feb. 13, '65

Butterfield, Geo. A
Busse, Gottfried

18
19

Nov. 13, '63
Oct. 22 '63

Apl. 2, '66
Apl. 2, '66

Promoted Corporal.

Corey Henry B

?1

Oct 19 '63

Apl. 2, '66

Corporal.

Craig Francis H

91

Oct 17 '63

Apl 2 '66

Cross John L

?1

Oct. 30* '63

Apl. 2, '66

Cummings, Andrew L
Dawson, Alfred . ..

40
18

Oct. 21, '63
Oct. 24 '63

Apl. 2, '66
Apl. 2, '66

Bugler.

8S

Nov. 21 '63

May 16, '65

Per order.

Dame, Nathan F

??,

Feb. 28, '64

Apl. 2, '66

Dexter Eugene

91

Oct. 23 '63

Deserted from Fort Wadsworth Dec. 5, '65.

Dodge, Fielder

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Feb. 14, '64

Feb. 13, '65

Dugan, Thomas
Eagle, Francis

21
?1

Oct. 20, '63
Oct. 26, '63

Apl. 2, '66
Apl. 2, '66

Elphee, Caleb, Jr

19

Oct. 20, '63

Apl. 2, '66

Erwin Edwin A

21

Nov. 19 '63

Apl. 2, '66

Erwin, Eugene

?1

Oct. 26, '63

Apl. 2, '66

43

Feb 29 '64

Discharged for disability May 26 '65

Fertile Charles L

18

Nov. 5* '63

Fisk Andrew J

Oct 13 '63

Apl 2 '66

bie Feb. 14, '66.

French, George C

29

Oct 13* '63

Glider Jacob

Nov 11 '63

Goedert Wm

24

Oct ' 23* '63

Apl 2 '66

Graham Wm H

20

Oct 22* '63

Apl 2* '66

Graham, Henry

19

Dec 3* '63

Apl' 2* '66

27

Dec 31 ''63

Apl 2* '66

Hamlin, Leslie D

21

Oct' 31* '63

Died Sept 20 '64

Nov 16* '63

Apl 2 '66

Harkness, Edwin

21

Oct 23 '63

Apl' 2* '66

Harkness, Lysander
Haydon, Solomon W
Hanne, Michael

21
21
27

Oct. 23, '63
Nov. 29, '63
Oct 19 '63

"Apl.""2,"'66
Apl 2 '66

Pro. Corp.; frozen to death on march to Abercrombie Feb. 14/66.
Promoted Corporal.

Hills, Homer R
Holdship, Thomas A
Jde Francis B

22"
27

Nov. 20, '63
Nov. 5, '63
Oct 20 '63

Apl. 2 '66
Apl. 2, '66
Apl 2 '66

Promoted Corporal.
Sergeant; reduced.

Johnson, Joseph R...*
Johnson, Aven E
Kilpatrick, Wm

24
21
19

Oct! 29J'63
Oct. 29 ,'63
Dec. 21 '63

Apl. 2,' '66
Apl. 2, '66
Apl. 2 '66

Corporal; promoted Quartermaster Sergeant.

Kline, Benj. F

25

Oct 20 '63

Apl 2 '66

Kleever Anton

25

Oct 27 '63

Knight, Taylor

25

Oct 19* '63

Apl. 2 '66

Kopler Edward

44

Feb 16 '64

Feb 13 '65

Liapham, Wm

38

Dec. 19* '63

Leonard, Freeman
Lee, Woodworth
Leonard, Eli

26
21
33

Nov. 30, '63
Oct. 22 ,'63
Nov 30 '63

Apl. 2, '66
Apl. 2 '66

Promoted Corporal.
Not mustered; died at Fort Snelling, Minn., Nov. 24, '63.

Lyster, Isdell D. H
Marston, Alfred H

27
18

Oct. 30, '63
Oct. 28 '63

Apl. 2, '66

Corporal; promoted Quartermaster Sergeant.
Promoted Hospital Steward' transferred to Non-Com. Staff

Maxwell Austin

19

Oct. 19 '63

Apl. 2 '66

Mattison, Wm. L
McNeir, Geo. A

28
26

Feb. 14, '64
Oct. 20 '63

Feb. 13, '65
June 20 '65

Per order- Saddler

McConnell Richard

27

Nov 21 '63

Apl 2 '66

Merwin, Ansel S

21

Oct. 23, '63

Apl. 2, '66

Miller Robert A

21

Oct 21 '63

Died May 26 '64

Merwin, Wm. H

?3

Oct. 23, '63

Apl. 2, '66

Micka, Fritz ...

29

Dec. 26, '63

Apl. 2, '66

Morrell, Wm. H

?4

Nov. 21, '63

Apl. 2, '66

Promoted Corporal.

Muma, John T

^9

Dec. 22, '63

Apl. 2, '66

Nafey Gilbert B

20

Dec. 4, '64

Apl. 2, '66

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Nafey, Edwin R

?7

Feb. 10, '64

Feb. 13, '65

Oldham, Alex

S7

Feb. 14, '64

Feb. 13, '65

Olebaugh Henry

43

Dec 31 '63

Died at Fort Ridgley Ott. 14, '65.

Peterson, Peter

18

Oct. 24, '63

Apl. 2, '66

Pitcher, Spencer J
Pottle Isaac

28
37

Oct. 24, '63
Nov 2 '63

Apl. 2, '66
Apl 2 '66

Poison, Emric....

28

Nov. 5 '63

Apl. 2, '66

554

THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.

ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

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Koot Thomas B

21

Oct 24 '63

Died at Fort Rice Sept 14 '64

Rucker Darnarbus

32

Feb 14* '64

Feb 13 '65

Schintle, Charles '
Schroeder, Frederick
Schrader, Lewis W
Seaman, Charles C
Seeley, Henry M
Shepard, Amos W
Smith John R.

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23

Oct. 23, '63
Nov. 26, '63
Dec. 22, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Oct. 23, '63
Oct. 29, '63
Nov 18 '63

"Apl." "2," ''66
Apl. 2, '66
Apl. 2, '66
Apl. 2, '66
Apl. 2, '66
AD! 2 '66

Discharged for disability Feb. 13, '65.

Shipton Solomon J

21

Oct 21 '63

Died at Fort Rice D T Sept 9 '64

Smith Curtis

22

Oct 29 '63

Snvder, Henry
Spill in an Chas J ..

38
21

Oct. 22J '63
Nov 6 '63

Apl. 2, '66

Deserted from Fort Wentworth Dec 5 '65

Stein, Charles

23

Feb. 14 '64

Feb 13, '65

Stein Louis

29

Feb 14 '64

July 11 '65

Per order

Taylor, Charles

18

Oct. 23, '63

Apl. 2, '66

Tibbitts, Edgar F . ..

21

Nov. 5 '63

July 31 '65

Per order.

Tibbits,Levi
Turner, George

27
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Jan. 1, '64
Oct. 21 '63

Apl. 2, '65
Apl 2, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Underwood, Clandis
Tangordon, Josiah E
TValker, James Jr

21
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Oct. 21, '63
Nov. 21, '63
Oct. 19 '63

Apl. 2, '65
Apl. 2 '65
Apl 2 '66

Sergeant; reduced.
Commissary Sergeant.
Promoted Sergeant.

Walker, Philo j. C
Wheeler, Francis E

19
19

Oct. 27, '63
Oct. 22 '63

Died by freezing on march to Fort Abercrombie Feb. 14, '66.
Q. M. Sergeant; dis. to accept pro. in 1st Bat. Inf. April 2, '65.

Wilson Russell R

37

Nov 4 '63

Apl 2 '66

Wickerman, Wm. T

?1

Oct. 17, '63

Promoted Corporal June 12, '64.

Wilson Richard .

19

Oct 21 '63

Deserted March 5, '64.

Wilson, Orson A
Winship, Geo. B

18
18

Nov. 18, '63
Dec. 22 '63

Apl. 2, '66
Apl. 2 '66

Winship Geo. D .

45

Dec 22 '63

Apl 2 '66

Youngs, Jacob

25

Nov. 2, '63

Dec. 5, '65

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OFFICERS.

Captains —
Benj. F. Jones
Lewis J. Patch

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Nov. 9, '63
Dec. 24 '63

Dec 1 '65

Dismissed Oct. 3, '64.
1st Lieutenant Dec 24 '63* promoted Captain Nov 26 '64

First Lieutenant —
Richard O Hunt

32

Dec 24 '63

Dec 1 '65

2d Lieutenant Dec 24 '63* promoted 1st Lieutenant Nov 27 '64

Second Lieutenant —
Henry Plowman

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, Walter J
Andrews, Timothy B

26

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44
18

Nov. 16, '63

Dec. , '63
Nov. , '63
Nov '63

Dec. 1,'65

Dec. 1, '65

Aug. 16, '64

1st Sergeant Dec. 24, '63; promoted 2d Lieutenant November, '64.

Per order.
Drowned May 21 '65 at Fort Wadsworth

22

Nov 1 '63

Dec 1 '65

Balcom Edwin P

19

Nov 1 '63

Dec. l' '65

Bell, Christopher B
Blazer, Frederick
Blackeslee, Alvin C.

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21
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Nov. , '63
Dec. , '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec 1 '63

Dec. 1. '65
Dec. 1,'65
Dec. , '65
Dec '65

Corporal.

Bush Ardol H

18

Nov l''63

Dec. ' '65

18

Nov 16 '63

Dec '65

Butts Daniel J

99

Nov 1 '63

Dec ' '65

Catberwood, Wm. W
Carter, Lyman

37

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Nov. 1 '63
Nov 9 '63

Dec. , '65
Dec. '65

Commissary Sergeant.
Trumpeter

Carter Geo A

23

Nov 16 '63

Dec '65

Caril, Freeman A
Connelly. Thomas

21
23

Nov. 1 '63
Nov 25 '63

Dec. , '65
Dec '65

Promoted Corporal.

Colwell, Artemus H
Colwell, Harding A

26
43

Nov. 1'63
Jan 10 '64

Dec. , '65
Aug. '64

Per order.

Converse Russell E

31

Feb 22 '65

Died Oct 3 '65 at Fort Ripley.

Cronno, John.
Cropland, Romeo J

19

19

Feb. 27| '65
Nov 10 '63

Dec. , '65
Dec '65

Daniels, Mathew McDale..
Daniels, Samuel

21

24

Feb. 26, '64
Nov 1 '63

Dec. ' '65
Dec. '65

DeLaney, Andrew

19

Nov 24 '63

Dec. , '65

Quartermaster Sergeant.

Dickinson, Orson A
Doherty, John B..

28
23

Dec. 10, '63
Dec 8 '63

Dec. ,'65
Dec '65

Sergeant* promoted 1st Sergeant.

Dutcher, Silas, Jr
Earl, Wm. H

29

99

Nov. 9/63
Nov 1 '63

Dec. , '65
Dec '65

Promoted Saddler.

Ellison, Andrew

18

Dec. 16, '63

Dec. , '65

Ellis, Thomas
Emerson, Charles C.

38
SI

Nov. 1, '63
Dec 10 '63

Dec. 1, '65
Dec 1 '65

Eyles, Rochester J

36

Nov. 16. '63

Dec. 1. '65

Serceant.

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

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NAMES.

Fitch, Henry

Frost, John

Geyer, Gunther.....

Gifford, Simeon

Gulbranson, Peter

Guulock, John

Hale, Eliphalet B

Hanson, Hans P

Hanson, Lars

Hayden, Samuel, Jr.

Hartman, Chas. G

Hollingshead, Henry....

Hurst,JohnH

Jergeson, Hans

Johnson, Thos. L

Johnson, Hendrick

Johnson, Albrecht

Johnson, Albert

Jones, Edgar E

Johnson, John A

Johnson, Mark

Kastoo, August.

Keene, Robert S

Kenneison, Horace

Kirk, Edmond W.

Knowlton, Edwin H...

Liipsey, James H

Lyons, Hancour

McGonn, Jarnes

Merrill, Thos. B

Minor, Silas H

Nelson, G

Oleson, Alick

Oleson,01e

Oleson, Halver

Oliver, Win. K

Oleson, Ole

Oleson, Ole

Osborn, John

Osborn, Benjamin

Pattee, E. A ,

Palmerton. John

Parker, John

Pedvin, Daniel

Peterson, Lais

Perkins, Chas. M

Rhames, Thos

Rosenburg, John N

Roberts, Wm

Robinson, John E

Robb, Samuel C

Ruland, John C

Ryan, John

Sargeant, Chas. C

Schofield, Geo. F

Sheehan, Richard

Shaw, Darius W

Sherman, Cavolus B

Shafner, Clarence H

Shafner, Julius F

Sija.AlmaB

Sommers, Samuel

Spafford, James F

Strong, Charles

Taylor, John

Tifft, Joseph

Tyler, Mathew S

Uhllg, August W

Van house, Norman B...

Varco, Geo. W

Vanhouse, Lester

Wells, Edmund S

Wells, Franklin H

Whitney, Charles

Wilson, Daniel M

Zimeo, William

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Nov. 1,'63
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Dec. 11, '63
Nov. 1, '63
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Dec. 10, '63
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Feb. 28, '65
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Dec. 7, '63
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Feb. 28, '65
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Dec. 1, '63
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Jan. 1, '64
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Nov. 28, '63
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Nov. 1 ,'63
Feb. 28, '65
Dec. 28, '63
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Dec. 1, '65

ApT."2V65
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Dec. 1, '65

Dec. 1, '65

Dec. 1, '65

Dec. 18, '64

Dec. 1 '65

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Dec. 28, '65
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Dec. 1, '65
Dec. 1,'65
Dec. 1,'65
Dec. 1,'65

REMARKS.

Corporal.

Died Nov. 22, '64, at Fort Wadsworth.

Died Jan. 18, '65, at Fort Wadsworth.

Sergeant.
Per order.

Died Dec. 2, '64, at Fort Wadsworth.
Per order.

Per order.

Corporal.

Farrier; discharged July, '64.

Per order.

Blacksmith.

Sergeant.

Died May 7, '65, at St. Cloud. Minn.

Died April 20, '65, at Fort Rice.

Wagoner.

Per order.

Deserted Jan. 5, 64, at Fort Snelling.

Per order.

Deserted June 6, '64, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.

Corporal.

Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Corporal.
Saddler.

Promoted Farrier.

556

THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain —

Aaron S. Everest

First Lieutenant —

Thomas Thomas

Second Lieutenant —

Frederick L. Cutler

ENLISTED MEN.

Allee, Franklin

Anderson, Ole

Arnold, Edwin W

Bailey, Albert

Barnard, Warren

Baker, Samuel W

Barnhart, Ashbel H

Barber, Frank

Bellig, Samuel, Jr

Benedict, Harvey J

Benedict, Hiram S

Beebe, George E

Beardsley, Harvey

Bingham, Henry D

Boland, Martin

Bowman, Jacob

Brown, B. F. H

Breidenstien, Win. N

Bragg, Henry W

Breemer, Augustus

Burns, Wm. H

Buchner, Joseph

Buckley, Wm. H. H

Buckley, Orson

Clark, Wm

Courtier, David L

Coon, John D

Cony, Thomas

Cook, Albert S

Conrad, George P

Crooker, George W

Davis, Edward

Davis, Harrison M

Deity, David

Dodge, Daniel J

Dunn, John

Ellison, Chas

Elliott, Albert W

Epla, Samuel S

Fitzsimmons, Chas. E

Fling, George A

Ford, JamesE

Fredenburg, Alvin

Gardner, Chas

Gallid, William

Gibbons, James

Gifford, DanielS

Gould, Samuel F

Gross, Gilbert

Greely, James

Harmon, Daniel

Harsh, Hiram

Herrington, Wm. R

Howard, Lewis M

Howard, Chas. E

Hoyt.Moses

Holland, Alfred

Hulet,Elim

Holverson, Harris

Irgins, H. M. F

Jones, Thomas G

Johansen, Peder

Johnson, Michael

Kenyon, Thomas E

Larson, Jacob

Lansing, Wm

Levenick, John

Maxwell, Joseph P

Maynard, David L

McCaslin, John

McClure, Nelson

Mosher, Asa

Moran, Wm

Parcher, Joseph F

Parshall, Edwin W

Parker, George

Patchin, Joseph

Peggs, Joseph E. E

Pettingill, Adelbert E

Phenix, George W

MUSTERED
IN.

Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 28, '63
Dec. 1,'63

Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 20, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Dec. 1 ,'63
Dec. 1, '
Dec. 1,'63
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 1
Dec. 1,'63
Dec. 1,'63
Dec. 1, '63
Mch. 6, '65
Mch. 6, '65
Dec. 1 ,'63
Nov. 16, '63
Feb. 27, '65
Mch. 6, '65
Dec. 1 '63
Dec. 1 '63
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 1 '63
Dec. 1,'63
Nov. 16, '63
Nov. 16 ,'63
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 1,'68
Dec. 1,'
Dec. 1,'63
Dec. 1,'63
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1, '63
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Feb. 22, '65
Dec. 1,'63
Dec. 1 ,'63
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1,'63
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Feb. 18, '65
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Dec. 1,'63
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 1 '63
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 1 '63
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 1,'63
Feb. 20, '65
Feb. 20, '65
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Feb. 27, '65
Dec. 1 ,'63
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Feb. 29, '64
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Jan.
Dec.
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Dec.
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Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 1 '63
Nov. 16, '63
Nov. 16, '63
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Nov. 16, '63
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MUSTEREE
OUT.

Nov. 17, '65
Nov. 17, '65
Nov. 17, '65

Nov. 17, '65

Nov. 17, '65
Nov. 17, '65
Nov. 17, '65

Nov. 17, '65
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Nov. "l 7,' '65
Nov. 17, '65
Nov. 17, '65

REMARKS.

Died Oct. 27, '66, at Fort Wadsworth, D. T.

Discharged for disability Sept. 23, '65.
Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant.

Died in hospital at Camp 78, N. W. Indian Exp. September 25th.

Serg.; promoted Quartermaster Sergeant.

Died Aug. 28, '64, on hospital steamer.
Discharged for disability Jan. 31, 65.

Corporal.

Discharged for promotion March 27, '65.

Promoted Corporal.
Corporal.

Corporal; discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.

Sergeant.

Discharged for disability July 21, '64.

Died Oct. 30, '64, at Fort Wads worth, D. T.

Died at Fort Wadsworth, D. T., Oct. 18, '64.

Corporal.

Corporal.

Died Nov. 18, '64, at Fort Wadsworth.

1st Sergeant.
Corporal.
Promoted Farrier.

Discharged for disability March 8, '65.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability July 18, '65.

Discharged for disability July 18, '65.

Died Oct. 10, '64, at Fort Wadsworth, D. T.

Quartermaster Sergeant, reduced; appointed duty as Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Nov. 1, '64.

Commissary Sergeant, reduced; appointed to duty as Sergeant.

COMPANY D.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

557

NAMES.

a
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Phillips, Frederick A
Pitcher Henry P

26
43

Feb. 27, '65
Feb 22 '65

Nov. 17, '65
Nov 17 '65

Purfest, Hermon
Rich John H ...

34
27

Feb. 27^ '65
Nov 16 '63

Nov. 17, '65
Nov 17 '65

Wagoner.

27

Dec 1 '63

Nov 17 '65

Robinson, Hiram
Saikora Frantel

33
23

Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 1 '63

Nov. 17, '65

Discharged per order March 2^ '65.

Scott, Clarence G
Sjurson, Ole

19
26

Feb. 25, '64
Nov. 16 '63

Nov. 17, '65
Nov 17, '65

Slaven Henry L

21

Dec 1 '63

Nov 17 '65

Snyder, Win. J

91

Dec. 1,'63

Nov. 17, '65

Spear Eobert G

3?

Nov. 16 '63

Blacksmith* discharged per order Sept 23 '65

Stoddard, James S

30

Nov. 16, '63

Nov. 17, '65

Sergeant; promoted Commissary Sergeant.

Stocklale, Chas
Thompson George

18
26

Nov. 16, '63
Nov. 16 '63

Nov. 17, '65
Nov. 17 '65

Trow, Francis J

33

Dec. 1, '63

Discharged for disability July 17, '65.

Tracy John . .. . .

*>«

Nov. 16, '63

Nov. 17, '65

Vail, Allen S

?9

Dec. 1, '63

Nov. 17, '65

Promoted Corporal.

\Vebster, Aaron A

8-1

Nov. 16, '63

Corporal; discharged for disability Dec. 26, 64.

Weiser Frederick

18

Nov. 16 '63

Nov. 17 '65

Wheeler, Benjamin S
Wiseman, Henry

30
35

Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 1, '63

Nov. 17, '65
Nov. 17, '65

Sergeant.

Williams Chas H

18

Dec 1 '63

Nov 17 '65

Wilkins, Willard A

18

Dec. 1, '63

Nov. 17, '65

Wilber Amos E

35

Nov. 16 '63

Nov 17 '65

Wilson, Alfred

3?

Feb. 22, '65

Nov. 17, '65

Wilson, Chas

30

Feb. 22, '65

Nov. 17, '65

Williams Paul

44

Feb 27 '65

Nov 17 '65

41

Nov 16 '63

Nov 17 '65

Young, Joseph

9q

Dec 1, '63

Nov. 17 '65

Young James

33

Feb 22 '65

Nov. ] 7 '6-T

ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captains —
James M. Paine

29

Oct 23 '63

Dec 2 '65

First Lieutenant —
LymanB. Smith
Second Lieutenants —
Robert Wood

28
%

Dec. 1, '63
Oct 24 '63

Dec. 2, '65

Died Nov 5 '64 at Fort Wadsworth, D. T.

Archibald McGill
Robert W. Sanborn.

ENLISTED MEN.

Anderson, Martin
Armstrong Wm

22
29

22
21

Jan. 23, '65
June 2, '65

Jan. 4, '64
Nov 4 '63

"D'ec7"V65

Dec. 2, '65
Dec 2 '65

Serg.; pro. 2d Lieut. Jan. 23, '65; pro. 1st Lieut. Co. II May 9, '65.
Sergeant; promoted 2d Lieutenant June 2, '65.

Aspen, James

21

Dec 4 '63

Dec 2 '65

Atkinson, James B

41

Oct. 24* '63

Pro. Captain Company H, 1st Heavy Artillery, Februarv, '65.

Bardwell Chas S

21

Nov 7 '63

Dec 2 '65

Beman, Edward P
Beman, Horatio

35
34

Oct.' 26* '63
Feb 14 '65

Dec! 2/65

Promoted Wagoner.

Birdsell.Wm.H
Bigelow, Judge M
Binsjharn, James E
Bond, Thomas
Bridges Mark M

32
21
21
29

28

Dec* 18,' '63
Jan. 4, '64
Dec. 28, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Feb 14 '65

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec 2 '65

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant; dis. for disability Oct. 16, '65.

Farrier; reduced.
Corporal.

34

Dec 10* '63

Dec 2 '65

Bragg Lewis

18

Nov 13 '63

Dec 2 '65

21

Dec ?' '63

Brown, Stephen S
Brown John R

26
43

Oct. 20, '63
Oct 23 '63

Dec! 2/65
Dec 2 '65

Campbell, Wm. M
Campbell, Edward A
Cates, Andrew J
Cardman, Thomas

22
22
22
44

Dec. 28, '63
Dec. 28, '63
Nov. 2, '63
Nov 2 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65

Sergeant.
Sergeant; promoted 1st Lieutenant.
Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Sept. 1, '65.

Campbell Henry

41

Nov 24 '63

Dec 2 '65

Chute, Cornelius H

30

Nov. 2 '63

Dec. 2, '65

Corporal.

Clayton, Richard.

19

Dec 22 '63

Dec 2 '65

Conklin, Lanson
Combs, Edward
Deary, James .

37
20

28

Nov. 24, '63
Dec. 30, '63
Dec 1 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2 '65

Douglas, Carlos

18

Dec. 28, '63

Dec. 2, '65

Drummond,Wm. N.
Eddy, John M....

25
33

Dec. 28, '63
Dec. 22. '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2. '65

Appointed Blacksmith.

558

THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
ROSTEE OF COMPANY D — Continued.

NAMES.

Entwisle, Wm

Engbertson, Ole

Fellows, Milton

Femmons, Frank

Fisher, Jasper

Fitzer, James K. P

Fitzgerald, John

Flynn, Michael

Gould, Freeman G

Goodale, Lewellyn

Goodwin, Simeon

Harris, George P

Harris, John A

Haman, Jacob

Hawes, Samuel M

Heath, Wm. H

Hilton, Thomas

Henthiton, Henry

Hoit, Daniel

Holzgen, Anton

Iverson, Ole

Jenkins, David N

Judkins, Charles A

Knudson, Elling

Koch, Max

Koch, William

Liarington.John

La Plant, David

Leet, Chas

Loring, George D

Marshall, George C ,

March, Alexander

Mathews, Ezra M

McGrath, Robt. B

McCord.Evan B

McKinney, Patrick

McLennan, Roderick....

Merritt, Levi M

Morris, John

Moore, Aquilla

Naramore, Joseph S

Neilson, Ole

Nelson, Andrew

Oliver, Moses F

Paine, S.Samuel

Page, George R ,

Pettyjohn, Isaac

Phinney, Edmond

Randall, Robert

Riff, Jacob

Seewald, John

Schulz, Carl

Severson, Knud

Sharr, Joseph

Smiley, Alvah H

Soper, Philander W

Stoddard, Edward

Sturman, Samuel S ,

Stiren, Peter

Sturman, Thomas J

Sumner, Chas. H

Ticknor, George D

Ticknor, Ansel.

Ticknor, James P

Tannest, Madison

Wai lace, Benjamin

Ward, Chester C

Wallace, Edwin P

Weaver, Phillip P

Weidenbach, Matthias..

White, James E ,

Williams, Henry C

Wilkins, Wm. J

Winants, Geo. H

MUSTERED
IN.

Nov. 7 ,'e;

Dec. 24, '61
Dec. 18, '6;
Dec. 18, '61
Nov. 4, '63
Nov. 11, '61
Dec. 28, '6.'
Nov. 2, '61
Nov. 7, '61
Dec. 20, '6:
Nov. 12, '61
Dec. 3, '63
Dec. 3, '6!
Dec. 4, '6<
Feb. 14, '65
Dec. 30, '63
Dec. 30, '63
Oct. 21 ,'63
Nov. 20, '65
Oct. 28, '61
Dec. 18, '63
Oct. 28, '61
Nov. 22, '63
Dec. 18, '..
Dec. 3, '63
Dec. 3, '63
Dec. 2, '63
Nov. 13, '63
Feb. 15, '64
Nov. 2, '63
Dec. 7 ,'63
Dec. 3, '63
Oct. 27, '63
Nov. 7, '63
Oct. 21, '63
Nov. 10, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Dec. 12, '62
Dec. 28, '63
Dec. 30, '6S
Feb. 14, '65
Dec. 18, '63
Dec. 24, '63
Nov. 21, '63
Nov. 6, '63
Oct. 23, '63
Nov. 17, '63
Dec. 4, '63
Nov. 1, '63
Nov. 1, '63
Nov. 20, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 18, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Jan. 1, '64
Dec. 28, '63
Feb. 14, '65
Dec. 28, '63
Nov. 20, '63
Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 13, '63
Dec. 3, '63
Dec. 3, '63
Dec. 3, '63
Nov. 11, '63
Oct. 28, '63
Nov. 16, '63
Jan. 2, '64
Dec. 28, '63
Nov. 24, '63
Nov. 12, '63
Dec. 16, '63
Nov. 15, '63
Dec. 27, '63

MUSTERED
OUT.

Dec.
Dec.

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2, '6,

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
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Dec.
Dec.
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Dec.
Dec.
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2, '65
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Dec.
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2, '65
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Dec.
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2, '65
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REMARKS.

Discharged for disability May 10, '65.

Promoted Corporal.
Sergeant.

Commissary Sergeant.
Appointed Saddler.

Discharged (no record).

Killed by Indians July 29, '64.
Corporal;, reduced.

Fort Wadsworth, D.

Promoted Trumpeter.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Wagoner; reduced.
Saddler; reduced.

Quartermaster Sergeant.
Discharged for disability July 25, '65.
Corporal; discharged for disability June, '65.

Discharged (no record).

Appointed Trumpeter.
Promoted Chaplain February, '64.

Died Sept. 19, '64, at Fort Rice, D. T.
Discharged for disability Sept. 1, '65.

Discharged (no record).

Corporal; reduced.

Corporal.

Wagoner- reduced.
Promoted Corporal.

Trumpeter; reduced.

Died March 17, '65, at Fort Wadsworth.

Promoted Corporal.

COMPANY E.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

559

NAMES.

H
3

MUSTERKD
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Robert F. Slaughter
First Lieutenant —
Henry Rengg
Second Lieutenant —
John R. Howard

ENLISTED MEN.

Atwell Clinton

38
46
23
24

Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec 1 '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov 22 '65

Bennett, Chas

24

Nov 20* '63

Nov. 22 '65

Quartermaster Sergeant

Bently, Oscar F

^1

Feb. 23, '64

Discharged for disability Dec. 18, '64.

Bosse Frederick

35

Feb 10 '65

Nov 22 '65

Brooks, Wm. W
Brown, James W
Briggs, Willis G

29
43
18

Mch. ?!'65
Feb. 16, '65
Dec 22 '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65

Britton, Thomas D

18
18

Dec. 1,'63
Nov 8 '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov 22 '65

Burke, Anton

21

Jan 9* '64

Nov. 22, '65

Chapman Darius

41

Dec 22 '63

Died May 15 '64 at St Peter

33

Feb 23* '64

Discharged lor disability Oct 10 '64

Clark Justus W

17

Feb* 16* '65

Nov. 22"'65

Cornell, Silas W
Coon Wm L

18
42

Jan. 25, '64
Nov 22 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec 2 '65

Comstock, Francis A
Cummings, Alonzo
Cunimings, Isaac

18
29

Dec. 18, '63
Nov. 20, '63
Dec 1 '63

Dec. 2| '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2 '65

Wagoner.

Curtis Geo. S 4.

18

Dec 14 '63

Discharged per order June 22 '65.

Davis, David I

?4

Dec. 1 '63

Dec. 2, '65

Davis John P

99

Dec 15 '63

Dec 2 '65

Davis Eben P

25

Dec 23 '63

Dec 2 '65

Deniuan, Abner

?0

Dec 24* '63

Dec. 2 '65

Dittman Frederick

26

Nov 1 '63

Dec 2 '65

Corporal

Doak, Fleming

?S

Nov 14 '63

Dec. 2, '65

Corporal.

Edwards, Hugh H
Edwards Wm

21
25

Dec. 22, '63
Dec 23 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec 2 '65

Evans, Wm. H
Federick George.

18
43

Dec. 19, '63
Feb 10 '65

Dec. 2, '65
Dec 2 '65

Fitch, Elisha J

33

Jan. 12 '65

Dec. 2, '65

Fowler, Frederick H
Foyles, Aaron L
Gessel Jacob . ...-.

21
32
?8

Dec. 24, '63
Dec. 25, '63
Dec 1 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2 '65

Goodell Wm P.

SI

Dec 17 '63

Dec 2 '65

37

Dec 23* '63

Dec 2 '65

Gray, Nelson
Gunn, Wm. D. L. F
Guptill, Albert
Hamlin Chas

30
18
30

Dec! lo! '63
Dec. 23, '63
Feb. 16, '65
Dec 11 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec 2 '65

Reduced May 2, '64.
Saddler

Heinze, Frederick
Heinze, Robert
Hughes, Richard H
Hughes Wm. R

21
26
23
•>6

Dec. I, '63
Dec. 1,'63
Dec. 19, '63
Dec. 1 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65

Dec. 2 '65

Sergeant.
Discharged per order.

Hughe« Wm H

91

Dec 19 '63

Dec 2 '65

Hussey, Wm
Jackson Chester K

21
93

Dec. 21, '63
Jan 25 '64

Deserted at Fort Snelling.
Discharged for disability Feb. 1, '65.

Jones, Wm
Jones Robert E

24
18

Dec. 21, '63
Dec. 1 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2 '65

Sergeant; promoted First Sergeant.

Jones, John C
Kibby, Benj. I
Kimpton, John I
Kramer, Alexander
Kremer John

26
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28
26
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Dec. 22, '63
Dec. 23, '63
Nov. 18, '63
Feb. 3, '65

Feb 28 '65

Dec. 2, '65
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Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec 2 '65

21

Dec 1 '63

Dec 2 '65

liawson Elisha

Dec. 24* '63

Dec. 2, '65

Blacksmith.

Lamberton George

S3

Dec 21 '63

Discharged for disability Oct. 8, '64.

21

Jan 2 '65

Dec 2 '65

Lawson Floyd

21

Feb. 23* '65

Dec. 2 '65

Lewis, Rowland
Lewis, Wm. R
Lyons, Elmore C
Mader Peter

44

28
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36

Dec. 21, '63
Dec. 23, '63
Dec. 11, '63
Dec 4 '63

Dec. 2 '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec 2 '65

Marvin, Wm. R

26
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Dec. 10,''63
Dec. 11 '63

Dec 2 '65

Corporal; discharged per order July 11, '65.

McGivny, Peter
McKibben John

"9*1"

Dec. 12, '63
Dec. 19 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65

Farrier.

S9

Jan 4 '64

Pro Reg Coin Sergeant- transferred to N. C. S. Sept. 22, '65»

Morgan, James

?,9

Dec. 23, '63

Dec. 2, '65

Corporal; reduced May 2, '64.

S3

Jan 5 '64

Dec. 2 '65

Paff, Samuel R
Parrett, George N
Payer, George

24
21
?4

Dec. 15, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 2, '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65

Sergeant; reduced May 2, '64.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Peterson, Harvey.

31

Dec. 25, '63

Dec. 2, '65

Price Edward

21

Dec. 19, '63

Dec. 2 '65

Corporal- reduced May 2, '64.

Pritchard, Robt. S

96

Dec. 1, '63

Dec. 2, '65

Purdy, Marion N

18

Nov. 21, '63

Discharged per order.

Raymond, Wallace
Rembold, Joseph

21
21

Dec. 28, '63
Dec. 21, '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65

Roland, Simon .

99

Dec. 19 '63

Dec. 2, '65

Sargeant, John H

24

Dec. 15, '63

Dec. 2, '65

Sergeant.

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ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

21

Dec 12 '63

Dec 2 '65

Schuiitzer, Ferdinand
Semmer, Phillip
Shields Wm

44
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18

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Dec 24 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec 2 '65

•

Stutz Henry

21

Dec. 1 '63

Dec. 2* '65

gt Cyr John M

22

Dec 2 '63

Dec 2 '65

Promoted Corporal

St Cyr'Edward

16

Dec. 21, '63

Dec. 2 '65

Steel Isaac A

28

Mch 7 '65

Dec 2 '65

21

Jan 23 '64

Dec 2 '65

Thompson, Stephen
Thielbar Albert F

34
29

Jan. 5, '64
Jan 12 '64

Dec. 2, '65

Discharged for disability Dec. 4 '64.

Thomas Rice

18

Dec. 23 '63

Dec. 2, '65

Thomas Edward »

24

Dec 15 '63

Discharged per order.

Tidland, Chas

91

Dec. 11, '63

Dec. 2, '65

Tidland John A

30

Dec. 24 '63

Dec. 2 '65

First Sergeant; reduced March 31, '65.

Underwood. John K
Walker, Benj. F
Wagoner, John C

24
25
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Dec. 12, '63
Dec. 24, '63
Dec. 20, '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2, '65

Walters, Stephen

19

Dec. 24 '63

Dec. 2 '65

Walters David

18

Dec 1 '63

Dec. 2 '65

Wigley, Joshua
Williams Emory .

28
46

Dec. 28, '63
Dec. 23 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Wise, Peter F
Wood Josiah.

25
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Jan. 4, '64
Dec. 23 '63

Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 2 '65

Promoted Corporal.

Wood Delos C

22

Dec 24 '63

Dec 2 '65

Sergeant

York Joseph

18

Dec. 15, '63

Dec. 2, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

Thomas M. Smith....

Edwin Parliman

first Lieutenant —

Isaac W. Van Doran.
Second Lieutenant —

Albert H. Trua'x

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, Leander V

Anderson, Swain

Barker, Edward D

Battin, Solomon

Belka, Frederick

Bean, Benjamin

Bean, Joseph F

Biggerstaff, William

Brown, Wm

Brockman, Edward

Brunell, Antoine

Brown, Thomas J.

Buswell, Martin V

Burton, David

Bush, Anthony

Bunker, Stephen F ....

Buck, George G

Ceskey, Alexander L...

Champlin, Oscar R

Christopherson, Ole

Clift, Walter

Cowle, John H

Colby, Fred J

Coburn, William

Coburn, Isaac

Connolly, Thomas

Coburn, James

Currier, Wm. A

Dilley, E. V. R

Drury, William

Ellsworth, Sewell

Emmons, Chas. S

Fahey, Thomas

Foster, Chas. E

Gates, Chas

Griswold, Benson

MUSTERED
IN.

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May 25, '65

June 22, '65
Nov. 20, '63

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MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Dec. 2, '65

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Dec. 2, '65

Resigned May 15, '65.

1st Lieutenant Dec. 31, 63; promoted Captain May 25, '65.

2d Lieutenant Dec. 31, '63; promoted 1st Lieut. June 22, '65.
1st Sergeant Dec. 31, '63; promoted 2d Lieutenant June 22, '65.

Quartermaster Sergeant; reduced to ranks.

Per order.

Corporal; reduced.

Promoted Sergeant.

Promoted Saddler.

Promoted Wagoner.

Promoted Sergeant.

Dec. 2, '65

Dec. 2, '65J Detached Musician.

Dec. 2, '651 Detached Musician.

COMPANY F.

ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

561

NAMES.

Groff,Wm. J

Harris, Seth

Haycraft, Isaac

Haycraft, Joel M

Haycraft, Calvin

Hanna, Jerome

Hayes, James

Heatherington, Henry

Heatherington, James

Hodson, Win

Hoople, J

Ireland. JohnS

Ives, Adelbert

Jackson, Andy F

Jenkins, Isaac F

.Jennison, Williston

Jolley, James W

tlones, Henry

Kelly, Dennis

Kennedy, George

Knapp, Leonard M

L.atto, Augustus

Lawton, John M

Levy, Nathan

Loper, James

Lowe, Ole

Lloyd, James

Lumsden, David J

Mather, Wm. R

McDonald, John

McNiff,John

McDooough, James

Melchoir, Joseph

Merrill, Alexander

Montgomery, Richard D...

Murray, John A

bourse, William C

Odell, Marquis L

Oleson, Albert

Panchot, George

Phillips, Edmond

Pitcher, John

Porter, Wellington S

Porter, Charles

Pool, Johnson

Pool, Asbury

Reynolds, Oliver P

Record, George A

Record, Leonard S

Reslar, John H

Rhodes, Isaac C

Roach, Joseph

Russell, Sylvester

Sanger, Anthony

Scott, James

Scofield, Thomas N

Searles, Joseph A

Shadinger, Howard

Shadinger, Clymer

Shadinger, Adnah

Skinner, Wm. E

Slocum, George F

Smith, Thomas C

Speck, Adolphus B

Stout, Robert B

Sullivan, Cornelius O

Thompson, Samuel A

Van Inwegen, Henry

"Wallace, James W

Welch, James S

Whitney, Benjamin F

White, Samuel !

White, William O i

Whiddin, George B

Wilkinson, John P

MUSTERED j MUSTERED
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REMARKS.

Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 9, '65, at FortSnelling.

Corporal; reduced.

Farrier; discharged for disability Mar. 10, '65.

Discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.
Discharged for disability Nov. 26, '64.

Promoted Corporal.
Sergeant.

Blacksmith.

Discharged per order June 25, '65.

Killed May 7, '65, by Indians, on Blue Earth River.

Discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.

Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; reduced.

Promoted Corporal.

Wagoner; promoted Quartermaster Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Commissary Sergeant; pro. Regimental Commissary Sergeant.

Corp.; killed Sept. 1, "64, by accidental discharge of pistol.

Discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.

Discharged for disability Nov. 9, '64.

Serg.; pro. Serg. Maj.; transf. to Non-Com. Staff Aug. 15, '65.

Saddler; reduced.

Discharged for disability Aug. 15, '64.
Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability June 23, '64.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; discharged per order June 20, '65.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal; reduced.

Discharged for disability Oct. 11, '65.

Sergeant.

Corporal; discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.

Discharged per order June 20, '65.

Sergeant; reduced.

Corporal; promoted Commissary Sergeant.

86

562

THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Jacob Nix

Henry W. Bingham

First Lieutenant —

George B. Tomlinson

Second Lieutenant, —

Walt H. Meyer

ENLISTED MEN.

Akin, Thomas F

Akin, Henry N

Anderson, Charles .*.

Austin, JacobH

Bauer, Joseph

Bengston, John A

Becker, John

Bischoff, William

Bland, John

Bland, Henry

Blande, Halver

Brandt, Frederick A

Carr, Theron F

Carr, Carson C

Carr, Byron F

Cary, Elias G

Carney. Willard

Carl, Alfred

Chase, Seth P

Chittleson, Chittle

Christopherson, Ole

Christopherson, Thor

Conley, John

Cunningham, Luther

Dellbennar, John

Dubay, Peter

Dunn, George

Duffy, John S

Dwyer, William

Ellis, John C

Engleinan, Christian

Fareman, Adolph

Fritz, John

Frass, John

Garrish, George L

Gazett, Joseph

Geotzrnan, George

Gefeller, Jacob E

Gieseke, George

Green, John G

Gulden, Leonard

Hanft, Oscar

Haines, David E

Haynes, Wm. W

Heintz, Peter

Hertz, Ferdinand

Hemmenway, John R

Hillberg, William B

Hoover, William L

Horton, Daniel B

Hoag, Frank

Ives, Luther C

Janes, Thomas

Jahnsan, Hans

Kegpohl, Louis

King, James J

Kleschutte.Melchior

Koping, William

Kraus, Lewis

Kuntz, Henry

Latson, Charles

Larson, Owen

Lease, Wm. T.

Lease, Nathan A

Martendall, Leander

Maillaux, Alfred

Marcy, William

Martin, George

Maers, Egidans

Meile, Frederick

Meyer, Clemens

Miles, Samuel P

Morrison, Isaac N

Munter, John

Oehrline, Andrew

Olson, Gul

Olson, Ole

Olson, Knud

MUSTERED
IN.

Jan. 4, '64
Nov. 6, '64
Dec. 12, '64
Dec. 19, '64

Dec. 12, '63
Dec. 12, '63
Dec. 14, '63
Nov. 7, '63
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Dec. 28. '63
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MUSTERED
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Dec. 29, '65

REMARKS.

Dec. 29, '65
Dec. 29, '65

Dec. 29, '65
Dec. 29, '65
Dec. 29, '65
Dec. 29, '65
Dec. 29, '65
Dec. 29, '65

Dec. 29, '65

Resignation accepted, and honorably discharged, to date from
Oct. 19, '64, by Special Order War Dept. No. 109, March 18, '71,
1st Lieutenant Jan. 4, '64; promoted Captain Nov. 6, '64.

2d Lieut. Jan. 4, '64; promoted 1st Lieutenant Dec. 12, '64.
Private Nov. 9, '63; Sergeant Major.

Promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Feb. 5, '65.

1st Sergeant.

Sergeant.

Corporal.

Dis. Aug. 4, '64, for wounds received at Mauvaise Terre, D. T.

Discharged for disability Sept. 28, '64.

Saddler; deserted Jan. 5, '64, at Fort Ridgley.

Discharged for disability Jan. 29, '65.

Promoted Wagoner.

Sergeant.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability Nov. 29, '64.

Blacksmith; reduced.

Wagoner; reduced by his own request.

Discharged for disability June 20, '65.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Quartermaster Sergeant.
Corporal.
Promoted Farrier.

Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Saddler; wounded at Mauvaise Terre, D. T.

Wounded at Mauvaise Terre, D. T., Aug. 8, '64.

Musician.

Dis. for dis. June29,'65, for wnds.rec'd at Mauvaise Terre, D. TV

Commissary Sergeant.

Discharged September, '64, at Fort Snellirig.

Pro. Principal Musician; transf. to Non-Com. Staff Feb. 5, '64,,

Corporal; reduced.
Corporal.

Discharged for disability June 20, '65.

COMPANY H.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

563

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

O'Neil, John
Palster, John M

18
37
24

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Feb. 15, '65
Dec 23 '63

Dec. 29, '65
Dec. 29, '65
Dec 29 '65

Peterson, John
Price Daniel . . ..

25
42

Dec! 21,' '63
Dec 14 '63

Dec'. 29,' '65

Discharged for disability Jan 9 '65

Price Adelman

28

Dec' 9* '63

Discharged for disability March 16 '65

Ragan James O

23

Dec 15 '63

Dec 29 '65

Redfield OrinS

*>0

Nov. 2* '63

Dec. 29, '65

Reibel John

39

Feb 17 '65

Dec 29 '65

Richardson, James

18

Dec. 22 '63

Dec. 29, '65

Ryan Michael P

20

Dec 11 '63

Dec 29 '65

24

Nov 16 '63

Dec 29 '65

Schott, Andreas

39
44

Dec. 10, '63
Dec 5 '63

Dec. 29, '65
Dec 28 '65

Musician; reduced.

Sekinger, Joseph

80

Dec. 5 '63

Dec. 29, '65

Shepard, George
Shora, John B

19
39

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Feb. 15, '65

Dec. 29, '65
Dec. 29, '65

Promoted Corporal.

Simondet, Carl
Soland Ole E

45

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Dec 7 '63

Dec. 29, '65
Dec 29 '65

Soirlien, Johannes H
Sperry Elijah B

20

99

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Nov. 12 '63

Dec. 29 '65

Died Nov. 4, '64, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.

Springer, Wenzel

3?

Dec. 16, '63

Dec. 29, '65

Spain Patrick

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Jan. 5, '64

Discharged for disability Jan. 29, '64.

Spencer, William J
Tomlinson, James

01

Feb. 9, '64
Dec. 21, '63

Dec. 29, '65

Deserted April 30, '64; returned March 17, '65.

Wallace William

18

Dec. 21 '63

Died March 18, '64, at Fort Ripley, Minn.

Warrant, John

18

Dec. 3, '63

Discharged for disability Nov. 9, '64.

Watson, A.W

38

Dec. 22, '63

Dec. 29, '65

Colored; deserted Jan. 6, '65.

Wenkel, Karl
Welker Atwood

21

99

Dec. 8, '63
Aug. 8, '64

Dec. 29, '65
Aug. 11, '65

Williamson Eli S

•>6

Nov 16 '63

Dec 29 '65

Sergeant.

Wilson, Swand

30

Dec. 11, '63

Discharged for disability Nov. 29, '64.

Wuetterwa Peter

34

Dec. 24 '63

Dec. 29 '65

Yeomans, Hewit M

21

Dec. 11, '63

Dec. 29, '65

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NAMES.

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REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Peter B. Daw

33

Dec 3 '63

Apl 28 '66

First Lieutenants —
Samuel B. Miller

33

Jan 4 '64

George Andrus
Archibald McGill
Second Lieutenants —
John Ledden

24
23

97

June, 13 '64
May 9, '65

June 1 '64

"AP'L" 28/66

Pro. 2d Lieut. Jan. 4, '64; 1st Lieut. June 13, '64; res. May 1, '65.

Joseph S. Thompson

ENLISTED MEN.

Ackerman, David I

27
3?

Aug. 15, '65
Dec. 10 '63

Apl. 28, '66

Corporal- died Dec. 31 '64, at Ft. Snelling.

Avery, George W

36

Feb 16 '65

Discharged for disability Nov 15 '65.

fSaltnat, Jerome

19

Dec 1 4 '63

Died April 27 '64 at St Peter

Bartholomew, Rufus R
Bartholomew, Arthur
Bakerinan, Gerard
Baker, Walter

22
18
27
<14

Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 15, '63
Dec. 7, '63
Dec. 14, '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28 '66

Promoted Corporal.

Barlow, Stanley
Bertheaume, Rock
Bebo, Edward

29
24

99

Feb. 16, '65
Dec. 5, '63
Dec 6 '63

Feb. 14, '66
Apl. 28, '66
Apl 28 '66

Corporal.

Benoit- Odillon

32

Feb 14 '65

Boutsette, Edwin
Boutsette Louis

18
18

Feb. 22, '65
Feb 22 '65

Apl. 28, '66

Brown, William
Bradv, Peter .

38
82

Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 6 '63

Apl. 28, '66

Deserted Dec 26 '65 at St Paul

Burgen, Rufus

?5

Dec. 5, '63

Veteran- Sergeant- died at Cedar Rapids, la., March 5, '65.

Burke, William

31

Feb. 15 '65

Mch. 1, '66

Caddy, George
Caddy, George, Jr

44

18

Dec. 5, '63
Dec. 5, '63

Apl. 28, '66

Veteran; Blacksmith.
Veteran- promoted Farrier.

Campbell, Charles

94

Dec. 5 '63

Deserted at Fort Ridgley June 6 '64.

Chupan, Baptiste
Chestnut, John

20
37

Dec. 5, '63
Dec. 14, '63

Apl. 28, '66

Veteran- discharged for disability Feb. 13, '65.

Clow. Francis A....

''O

Dec 14 '63

Apl. 28 '66

Clark, William....

23

Feb. 15. '65

Apl. 28. '66

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Clover Daniel S

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Mch 1 '66

Mch* l' '66

Comstock, Charles A

36

Men. 31, '64

Apl. 28, '66

Veteran.

Conklin, William H
Cook, Charles E

27
30

Dec. 5, '63
Dec. 14, '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28, '66

Wagoner; reduced. '

Crandall, Minor M

28

Dec 14 '63

Corporal1 discharged per order July 11 '65.

Crippen, Samuel S
Crandall James F

24
24

Dec. 24, '63

Mch 10 '64

Apl. 28, '66

Discharged for disability 64

2fi

Apl 28 '66

Daby Lemuel

18

Dec 22 '63

Apl 28 '66

Apl 28 '66

Ducat'e Mitchell

18

Dec 14 '63

Apl 28* '66

Earle Chalon

01

Apl 28* '66

_, , p ,

Ellor, Joseph
Finley William A

22

18

Dec. 5, '63
Feb 23 '64

Apl! 28* '66
Apl 28 '66

an, orpor,

Flecker, Adam
Ford James

23
28

Feb. 22, '64
Feb 17 '65

Apl. 28, '66
Mch 1 '66

Veteran

Foster, George

18

Dec 7 '63

Apl *28" '66

Foley William

27

Dec 5 '63

Deserted June 5 '64 at Fort Snelling

21

T)PP* 1 *>' '(V^

Apl 28 '66

Franklin, Benjamin
Gardner Milton P .

26
26

Dec. 15 '63
Dec 15 '63

Apl! 28* '66

Garmin, Augustus „

18

Feb 22* '64

Discharged per order May 16, 65.

Harding, Hiram J
Heath Lionel

24
36

Dec. 14, '63
Feb 18 '64

Apl. 28, '66

Saddler.
Discharged for disability October '64

Hickman, Jeremiah

23
30

Feb. 18, '64
Dec 14 '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl 28 '66

Promoted Corporal.

Hoback, Richard
Holmes Charles

28
27

Dec. 5, '63
Dec 5 '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl 28 '66

Veteran; Sergeant.

Hockenhall, Joseph
Hunter, Otis M
Hudson, Nathaniel M
•Johns Lewis

20
38
44

20

Dec. 2l) '63
Dec. 24, '63
Feb. 14, '65
Dec 8 '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Mch. 1, '66

Promoted Wagoner.
Died April 1 '64 at St. Peter.

Johnson, Heman B
Kennedy, Charles
Kimball Charles H

33
18
20

Dec! 14' '63
Dec. 5, '63
Dec 4 '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28, '66
Apl 28 '66

Promoted Corporal.
Musician; reduced.

Kortt, Charles
Iiamphear, Maxon H
i<a Bree, Francis

29
18
37

Dec! 6*, '63
Dec. 21, '63

Feb 10 '64

"Api."29,"'66

Dishonorably discharged for desertion in '64.
Deserted Feb. 20, '64; returned May 7, '65.
Discharged per order May 16, '65.

La Faire, Joseph
X/ebat, George
iittle, Robert W
Martin, Joseph
Mathews, George
McDowell, Jonathan

18
23
23
28
44
42

Feb. 23,' '64
Dec. 5, '63
Dec. 19, '63
Dec. 5, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 14 '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28, '66

"ApT'2V66
Apl. 28, '66

Deserted May 27, '64.
Died April 23, '64.

McGowan, William N
McCalley, James
Merry, James E
Miles George S.

22
32
21
30

Feb. 22, '64
Feb. 14, '64
Dec. 14, '63
Dec 14 '63

Apl. 28, '66
Feb. 14, '66
Apl. 28, '66

Veteran.
Promoted Commissary Sergeant Feb. 18, '65.

21

Feb 12* '64

Veteran- promoted Hospital Steward Feb. 13, '64.

Murray John A

19

Feb 10 '64

Apl 28 '66

Mullen James

21

Dec 15 '63

Apl 28 '66

INelson, Abner E
Nelson, Alexander G
Olds John

21
20

28

Dec. 14, '6.3
Dec. 14, '63
Dec 14 '63

Apl. 28J '66
Apl. 28, '66
Apl 28 '66

Olin,AlvahM

21
37

Feb. 14, '64
Dec 5 '63

Feb. 14, '66

Deserted Jan. 5 '64 at Fort Snelling.

Fast Aaron S

28

Dec 19 '63

Apl 28 '66

Perrisien, Theophilus
Pine, John

36

38

Feb. 14, '65
May 18 '64

Feb! 13, '66
Apl. 28, '66

Promoted Corporal.

Post William H

25

Dec 5 '63

Apl 28 '66

Musician; reduced.

23

Dec 22 '63

Corporal; discharged for disability Dec. 31, '64.

IRobinson, John

19

Dec 14 '63

Apl. 28 '66

Rolph, George W

18

Dec. 19, '63

Apl. 28, '66

Xlude, George

18

Dec. 6 '63

Apl. 28 '66

Saunders George W

19

Dec 15 '63

Discharged for disability July, '64.

Seaton, Leonard
Shroeder, Peter. ...

32

20

Dec. 10, '63
Dec 19 '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28 '66

Veteran; Corporal.

Shufelt Henry C

32

Dec 14 '63

Corporal; discharged for disability Nov. 20, '65.

Shufelt, Sheldon
Snell, Isaiah W.

24
18

Dec. 14, '63
Dec 22 '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28 '66

Straight, Orville

*>1

Dec. 14, '63

Discharged per order May 16, '65.

Straight, Merritt
Straight, Forrester
Straight, James M...

18
22
?1

Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 14, '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28, '66

Starkey, William

22

Feb 22 '64

Apl 29 '66

Veteran.

Stowe, Louis A

19

Jan. 6, '64

Apl. 28, '66

St. Martin, Emanuel
Tallon, Stephen

35
23

Feb. 14, '65
Dec 5 '63

Feb. 13, '66
Apl. 28 '66

Tankard, Robert
Thurston, William L
Trowbridge David

27
19
44

Dec. 5, '63
Dec. 14, '63
Dec 19 '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28, '66

Sergeant.
Discharged per order May 16, '65.

"Walter, Edwin
Waterbury, Samuel B

23
19

Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 14, '63

"Api."28,';66

Discharged for disability Oct. 24, '65.
Promoted Corporal.

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

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Webster, Sanford
Weger, John

18
41

Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 5, '63

Apl. 28, '66
Apl. 28, '66

Veteran; Quartermaster Sergeant.

Williams, William
WhitemaD Joseph.

35
18

Dec. 14, '63
Dec 16 '63

Apl. 28, '66

Corporal.
Died July, '65, at Winnebago City.

Whitney, Jacob C

19

Dec. 5 '63

Apl. 28, '66

Veteran.

Wilks, Doctor J
Wrightson, Levi

30
18

Feb. 18, '65
Dec 14 '63

Feb. 13, '66
Apl 28 '66

Veteran.

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain —

Isaac Bonham

First Lieutenant —

William L. Sherman...
Second Lieutenant —

Henry F. Phillips

ENLISTED MEN.

Adamson, John

Andrews, Charles W

Andrews, Obed

Anderson, Abraham

Artz, Anton

Balch, Daniel W

Barncard, Jasper W

Barnes, Horace

Barker, N

Bandy, Charles

Bartholomew, Harvey...

Berkers, John

Bisbee, Albert

Binghain, George W

Bingham, Lewis L

Boardman, Columbus S.

Born, Peter

Breed, Nelson

Brown, Thomas

Bristol, Nathan

Burkitt, VanB

Call, Charles

Cassiday, Samuel A

Cassiday, George W

Carey, John

Cater, John

Churchill, Charles E

Christoferson, Hagen

Clark, Albert E

Cox, Ferdinand

Cook, Lewis A

Cole, George ,

Crow, George H

Crow, John W

Downs, Mark

Donald, George W

Dohney, Dennis

Dunning, Austin S

Dunn, Jacob

Eaton, Frank

Eaton, Albert

Emmerson, Joseph W...

Evanson, Evan

Felton, EzraV

Ferris, George

Field, Frank P

French, John E

Galvin, Andrew

Gage, Chas.M

Garvay, John

Gage, Rufus

Geisreiter, Sebastian

Gerard, John B

Gowdy, Lewis

Goss, Moses S

Green, Edward R

Green, Charles

Green, Nathan

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21

Dec. 7, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Nov. 20, '63

Nov. 30, '63
Dec 31 '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65

23
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23
20
17
19

Oct. 26, '63
Nov. 25, '63
Feb. 22, '64
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Dec 1 '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov 22 '65

Wagoner; reduced Dec, 3, '64.
Promoted Saddler.

41

Nov 30* '63

Deserted April 10 '64 at Kasota Minn

34

18
22
36
23

Nov. 30 '63
Nov. 14, '63
Feb. 22, '64
Feb. 21, '65
Nov 26 '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65

Died April 5 '64 at St Peter Minn

18
21

Nov. 13, '63
Nov 30 '63

Nov. 22, '65

Discharged for disability Feb 4 '65

22
17
27

Feb. 18, '64
Feb. 17, '65
Nov 25 '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65

Corporal' reduced April 14 '64* deserted April 12 "65 at Ka-

18
23

Dec. 17, '63
Nov. 23, '63

Nov. 22, '65

sota, Minn.
Corporal* deserted Aug. 26 '65, at Heron Lake, Minn.

21
18
19
18
18

Jan. 4, '64
Feb. 21, '65
Feb. 21, '65
Dec. 30, '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov 29 '65

27
21
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32
25
24
19
18

Nov. 20, '63
Nov. 26, '63
Nov. 8, '63
Dec. 28, '63
Feb. 15, '65
Mch. 6, '65
Nov. 23, '63
Dec. 31 '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65

Quartermaster Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.

18
18
36

Dec. 29, '63
Nov. 21, '63
Dec 24 '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65

Nov 22 '65

32
20
24

34

Dec. 31, '63
Feb. 17, '64
Nov. 14, '63
Oct. 31, '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Dec. 3, '64

Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Corporal.
At Fort Ridgley.
Died April 17 '64 at St Peter.

36
21
23
26
26

Oct. 31, '63
Dec. 8, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Nov. 23 '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65

Deserted April 10 '64 at Kasota, Minn.

21

28
34

Dec. 1,'63
Dec. 11, '63
Nov. 21, '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 8 '65

40

Dec 28 '63

Nov 29 '65

•

26
?3

Dec. 1,'63

Nov. 30, '63

Nov. 22, '65

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Serg.; dis. Feb. 24, '65, for pro. 1st Lieut, in 124th U. S. Col. Inf.

31

Dec 31 '63

Nov 22 '65

Blacksmith

32

Feb. 15, '65

Nov. 22* '65

32

Nov. 20 '63

Nov 2? '65

22
24
44

Dec. 1, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Dec. 9 .'63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 9 '64

Sergeant.
Corporal.

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21
27
28
17
18
35
20
28
29
44
27
21
21
39
20
19
27
21
19
40
17
40
22
38
19
30
21
21
21
28
19
27
25
19
26
36
20
24
22
17
23
21
24
19
32

Dec. 26, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Mch.29, '64
Mch.29, '64
Feb. 21, '65
May 5, '64
Dec. 15, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Nov. 18, '63
Feb. 16, '65
Nov. 14, '63
Dec. 1,'63
Jan. 2, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Nov. 27, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 21, '65
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 15, '63
Nov. 23, '63
Nov. 18, '63
Nov. 21 '63
Dec. 26, '63
Nov. 26, '63
May 9, '64
Mch. 29, '64
Nov. 20 '63
Dec. 1,'63
Mch.29 ,'64
Oct. 31, '63
Nov. 23, '63
Feb. 14, '65
Mch. 6 ,'65
Feb. 21 ,'65
Nov. 20, '63
Dec. 17, '63
Oct. 27, '63
Dec. 1,'63
Nov. 7, '63
Nov. 20, '63
Apl. 6, '64
Mch. 8, '65
Dec. 31, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Nov. 25, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Nov. 16, '63
Nov. 10, '63
Oct. 30, '63
Dec. 12, '63
Nov. 7, '63
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 21, '65
Dec. 31, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Nov. 6, '63
Nov. 6, '63
Nov. 6, '63

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65

Corporal; reduced.

Corporal.
Died April 5, '65, at St. Peter, Minn.
Promoted Corporal.

Commissary Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Sept. 23, '65.
Deserted April 9, '64; arrested April 18, '65.
Corporal.
At Fort Ridgley.

Promoted Wagoner.

At Fort Ridgley.

At Fort Snelling.
Sergeant.
1st Sergeant.
Corporal.

At Fort Ridgley.
Saddler; promoted Regimental Saddler.
Farrier.

Died March 29, '64, at St. Peter.
At Fort Snelling.
Sergeant.

At Fort Snelling.
Deserted Feb. 8, '64.
Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Sept. 23, '65.

Hathaway, Scott
Hathaway, Byron F

Hayworth John

Hewit Arthur

Jones David L

Kelley, Phillip

Knettle, Robert H

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nor. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65

Lee Joseph

Little, George

Livingston, Hugh
Low J Q Adams

Mack, William
McCoy John F

Mongers, John F

Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Dec. 3, '64
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Dec. 3, '64
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 23s '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Dec. 3, '64
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 9, '64
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Dec. 3, '64
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65

Masher, Jonathan

Nelson, Ole

O'Hara, Michael

Oleson, John

Ourcus, Price B
Paine Pike

Palmer, Heber C
Pears Tomlinson

Putney Elijah W

Kadabaugh, George

Ray William A

Rowley, James D
Roland Joseph V

Robash, John

Ryckman, Tobias N
Ryan, Edward

Sherman, Nathan E
Smith, David G

Small, Morris M

Smith, Daniel

Smith, A. H

Strawbridge Wm I.

Streeter, William

Swendson, Torger
Todd, Simeon

Traver, David

Traver Peter, Jr
Van Alstine, David
Warren, Harry W

July 20, '64
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
Nov. 22, '65
June 22, '65

Welch, Brad ford

Whittier, George H

Whitehouse, La Fayette...
Williams, Henry S
Williams John

Williams, Julius E
Wright, John H

Nov. 22, '65

Nov 22, '65

Zander Fritz

ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

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OFFICERS.

Captain —
Henry S. Howe.

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24
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37
34

Dec. 7, '63
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 4, '63

Dec. 19, '63
Dec. 15, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 28, '63
Dec. 12, '63

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
Mch. 21, '66

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66

•

Per order.
Promoted Saddler.

Killed Nov. 8, '64, at Rosemount, by Irishmen.
Blacksmith.

First Lieutenant —
Jonathan Darrow
Second Lieutenant —
Thomas Larke

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, Wm. I. S

Albert Jonas

Alcorn, James..,

Anderson, George R
Arnold George

Barrett, Nathan E

May 4, '66

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

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Barbour, Harris S

98

Nov. 28, '63

Saddler; discharged per order Mav 24, '65.

Bartholomew, John S
Benham. Elias C
Booth, Freeman H
Bosjvorth, Digh-ton
Bodle Solomon

22
35
29
24
33

Dec. 11, '63
Dec. 30, '63
Nov. 16, '63
Oct. 28 ,'63
Nov 7 '63

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 24, '65
May 4 '66

Corporal.
Per order.
Promoted Corporal

Boyer John H

39

Dec 23 '63

May 4 '66

Brilts, Joseph A

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Nov. 9 '63

May 4* '66

Sergeant.

'Brown Joel G

39

Nov 16 '63

Discharged per order June 18 '65

Brunnel, Alexander

24

Dec. 26, '63

Discharged for disability June 16, '65.

Brelsford, Daniel T.

18

Dec. 17 '63

May 4 '66

Britts, Samuel H

94

Feb. 21, '65

Mch. 1 '66

Britts, David A. S
Carlton, Nelson W

21
?3

Mch. 6, '65
Dec. 14, '63

Mch. 1, '66

Sergeant; discharged for disability Jan. 31, '65.

Cart wright, Fred
Carlton, James S..

25
18

Oct. 28, '63
Dec. 14 '63

Mch. 1, '66
Mch 1 '66

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Clark James C

18

Dec. 19 '63

Mch 1 '66

Coles W M

21

Dec. 14, '63

Mch. I, '66

30

Feb. 27 '65

Discharged for disabilitv Dec. 18, '65.

Crammoud, Simon A
Crandall, Henry W

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21

18

Nov. 16, '63
Oct. 28, '63
Dec. 20 '63

Mch. 1'66
Mch. 1, '66
Mch 1 '66

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Demo, Anthony

28
40

Feb. 27, '64
Jan. 4, "64

Mch 1 '66

Discharged per order April 30, '66.

Dolson, Samuel
Dunbar, Charles S

18
32
?1

Oct. 28, '63
Dec. 30, '63
Dec. 9 '63

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Wagoner.

Edmons, James S

23
•?3

Nov. 11, '63
Nov. 25, '63

May 4, '66

Corporal.
Discharged per order May 24, '65.

Ely, Andrew L

98

Feb. 27, '64

May 4, '66

Far-r, Chandler

9,7

Dec. 20, '63

May 4 '66

Farr Frederick W

18

Dec. 20 '63

May 4 '66

Fessenden, Edward D
Fessenden, Charles M
Franklin, Benjamin

18
23
3?

Dec. 11, '63
Dec. 8, '63
Feb. 29, '64

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66

.

Fuller, Albert L
Gibbs George E. ..

21
27

Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 14, '63

May 4, '66

May 4 '66

Gilmore, Perry

18

Feb. 24, '64

May 4, '66

<3reen Clark T

34

Jan. 4, '64

Corporal; discharged for disability Oct. 13, '64.

18

Dec. 21 '63

May 4 '66

Havford, Edward

?1

Dec, 14, '63

May 4* '66

Hawley, Charles P
llickiuaii, Henry

19
33

Feb. 17, '64
Dec. 15, '63

May 4, '66
May 4, '66

Howard, Lorenzo
Huntley, Martin N
Huntley, Jonathan
Hubbard Charles E

21
19
26
%

Nov. 8, '63
Feb. 17, '64
Dec. 18, '63
Dec. 23, '63

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66

Died Feb. 29, '64.

Ketch am, Alley

31

Oct. 24, '63

May 4, '66

Kinney.Kirk J

28
22

Nov. 19, '63
Dec. 20, '63

May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Corporal.

Iiatteniore, Thomas H

21

Dec. 23, '63

Died May 7, '64, at La Crosse, Wis.

Larson Lewis B.

27

Nov. 21, '63

May 4 '66

Lefler, Charles

21

Nov. 9, '63

May 4, '66

Lewis James H

34

Oct. 28, '63

Corporal; drowned June 25, '64, at Fort Snelling.

Lovett James

^

Nov. 24, '63

May 4 '66

Mayhew, George W
McCann, Charles E
McMillen, John H

30
21
97

Feb. 25, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 27, '64

May 4,.'66
May 4, '66

Discharged per order May 10, '65.

McColley, Nathaniel
McDaniels, Robert C
McColley, Alonzo

23
21

?8

Dec. 7, '63
Nov. 3, '63
Dec. 7, '63

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Sergeant.

McLeod, James T
Miller William C. .

18
31

Dec. 26, '63

Nov 16 '63

May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Quartermaster Sergeant.

Morehouse, Aaron
Madge, Aaron T

18
35

•>8

Feb. 10, '64
Nov. 20, '63
Nov 9 '63

May 4*, '66
May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Neff, Truman B
Norton William K .. .

30
33

Feb. 29, '64
Dec 26 '63

May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Norton, Isaac

36

Nov. 4, '63

May 4, '66

Preston Calvin

?f>

Oct. 23 '63

May 4 '66

?0

Nov. 9 '63

May 4 '66

Ratlidge, Moses
Razey Silas

18
43

Dec. 28, '63
Dec. 16 '63

May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Rives, Edward

?3

Dec. 30, '63

Discharged per order May 24, '65.

Rice, Daniel D.

36
20

Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 21 '65

Dec. 3, '65
Mch 1 '66

Rogers, Daniel F
Russell James H

22
41

Dec. 21, '63
Dec. 14, '63

May 4, '66

Sergeant; died Jan. 24, '65.

Scofield, Charles A
Severns, Samuel F
Smith William

24
25
?•>

Dec. 20, '63
Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 23 '63

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Farrier.
Promoted Corporal.

Stager, Harmon D
Stebbins, Merrick H
Stone James H.

31
21
93

Nov. 16, '63
Dec. 12, '63
Oct. 27 '63

May 4,' '66
May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Commissary Sergeant.

Stivers, Henry C
Swinson, John

18
33

Nov. 23, '63
Dee. 31. '63

May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Swenson, Swen

18

Nov. 28. '63

May 4 '66

568

THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY K — Continued.

NAMES.

X

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Thacker George W

??

Nov 16 '63

May 4 '66

Theabold David

37

Dec 15 '63

May 4 '66

Thimsen, Nis P

•>s

Oct. 23* '63

True, Jacob F
Vaughan, Newton B. W. .
Walker, Jacob O
Wentworth, Robert N
Webster, Amos C

35
21
27
24
3?

Feb. 27, '64
Nov. 23, '63
Nov. 7, '63
Dec. 24, '63
Dec. 15 '63

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66

Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Oct. 13, '64.

White. James

91

Nov. 6 '63

Mch 5 '64

Willis Joseph S

18

Nov 3 '63

May 4 '66

Woodward, Alba S
Wood, Harvey
Zibble Lewis D

21
27
25

Nov. 11 ,'63
Mch.31,'64
Nov 23 '63

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Corporal.

ROSTER OF COMPANY L.

NAMES.

w
o
«4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Horatio S. Bingham
First Lieutenant —
Frank McGrade

Jan. 4, '64
Jan 4 '64

Apl. 19, '6

May 4 '6

Per order.

Second Lieutenants —
Charles E. Lincoln
Edgar Cronkhite

ENLISTED MEN.

Adamson Wesley.

"34

22

Jan. 4, '64
Oct. 11, '64

Dec 5 '63

"May "V6

May 4 '66

Died Sept. 9, '64, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.
Private Dec. 18, '63; promoted 2d Lieutenant Oct. 11, '64.

Allen David

21

Dec 19* '63

May 4* '66

Ames Adolphus

30

Dec 24* '63

Ashley, Jackson H
Atherton, Austin

28
27

Nov. 22* '63
Dec 22 '63

May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Austin, William H
Barrows, EH B

28
4?

Dec. 22) '63
Dec. 4, '63

May 4/66

Corporal.
Discharged per order June 27, '65,

Ball Conrad H .

26

Dec 8 '63

May 4 '66

Bishoff, Albert

91

Dec' 23* '63

May 4* '66

Brittendall, Taylor

18

Dec ?' '63

May 4 '66

Brown, George W

30

Dec 2* '63

May 4 '6b

Burgess, Samuel W
Burgess Osinun

23
21

Nov. 28, '63
Dec 12 '63

May 4, '66
May 4 '66

1st Sergeant.

Burton, S

28

Mch 15* '65

Feb 23* '66

Callanaer, Hugh
Clements, Henry M
Clark Joseph us.

18
21
25

Dec. 2' '63
Dec. 30, '63
Dec 10 '63

May 4,' '66
May 4, '66

Veteran; Corporal; pro. Sergeant; reduced to ranks; reinstated.

Clark, Plinny F

31

Dec 25* '63

May 4 '66

Clark, WilliamS
Clark JohnM

21
38

Dec. 25, '63
Feb 29 '64

May 4, '66

Coon, Samuel H
Croukit e, James

39
91

Feb. 24, '65

May 8 '65

Feb. 23, '66
Feb 7 '66

Collander, Archibald
Cutler, Orson B

27
99

Nov. 5', '63
Feb 27 '64

May 4,' '66

Commissary Sergeant.

Died rick Paul

30

Jan 4 '64

May 4 '66

Diveilbip, James W

V4

Feb. 24 '65

Feb 23 '66

Dority Frank C

23

Dec 21 '63

May 4 '66

Dougherty, James J
Dunn James

25
21

Dec. 2l) '63
Dec 23 '63

May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Promoted Corporal.

Duffy Timothy

19

Dec 23 '63

Dugan, John . . .

28

Jan 4* '64

May 4 '66

Duncanson, Leander J
Duncan, John A
Duncan, Samuel S

24
18
33

Dec. 30, '63
Feb. 10, '64
Feb. 24, '65

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
Feb. 13, '66

Elmer, LeviS
Elliott Robert M

21
21

Dec. 14, '63

Nov 25 '63

May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Everling, Paul

*>1

Dec. 15 '63

May 4 '66

Everts, Edward

18

Dec 7 '63

May 4 '66

Faltes, Charles
Fais, Jacob

30

97

Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 23 '63

May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Farrell, RinaldoS
Fielding, Armsted
Fredericks, Francis W

27
21
39

Dec. 21, '63
Dec. 30, '63
Dec 30 '63

May" 4 j' '66

Discharged for disability Nov. 1, '64.
Discharged for disability Nov 18 '65

Franklin John

28

Dec 8 '63

May 4 '66

Saddler

Goas, Joseph M

91

Feb. 28* '64

May 4 '66

Grashup, William

20

Dec 23 '63

May 4 '66

Graham, William J
Hawkins, Henry H
Hawkins. George W
Hawkins, J. F. M
Hankee, William

24

18
24
18

•>o

Dec. 16, '63
Dec. 30, '63
Dec. 21, '63
Dec. 21, '63
Dec 22 '63

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4 '66

Promoted Blacksmith.

Hall, Francis G

26

Feb 29 '64

May 4 '66

Hall. John S....,

21

Feb. 29. '64

Mav 4. '66

Promoted Cornoral.

COMPANY M.
ROSTER OF COMPANY L — Continued.

569

NAMES.

Hall. Frank

Hinds, William

House, George M

House, Merritt

Hay, Hugh

Jacoby, William Henry..

Jenkins, Charles E

Kelley, Emraon

Ketchum, Arthur D

Ketchell, James L

Kimber, Anson V

Lambert, Henry R

Lawrence, Stephen

Loy, DavidS

Luce, William

Marshall, Abner S

McDonald, Joseph

McMurdie, John

McNelly, Patrick

Milfprd, Montgomery ,

Moriarty, John

Morgan, Eleazer A ,

Moran, Michael

Morgan, John

Morgan, Joseph W

Moyer, William

Munson, Nelson D

Myers, Johnson E

Nehisel, Peter H

Orcutt, Edward H

Parker, Christopher

Petrie, Addison G

Peas, John

Pieman, Zeline D G

Pottsmith, Frederick

Reed, Samuel P

Rigdon, James T

Richardson, John

Sanies, Jehiel

Shen, John

Setzer, Christian J

Skidmore, Lewis

Smith, Peter

Smith, Adam

Smith, James T

Steele, William

Stunts, George E

Streeter, Romain A

Stone, Nathan

Swartwood, Jacob

Thompson, Benjamin F..

Thomas, William

Torgeson, Ole

Unze, Joachim

"Wheeler, Mark D

Williamson, Luther G

Wood, James

Wright, John C...

MUSTERED
IN.

Feb. 24, '65
Dec. 11, '63
Dec. 13, '63
Mch. 8, '65
Feb. 24, '65
Dec. 19, '63
Dec. 16, '63
Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 19, '63
Dec. 2, '63
Nov. 28, '63
Dec. 24, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 21, '63
Dec. 15, '63
Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 5, '63
Dec. 7, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 23, '63
Feb. 29, '64
May 25, '64
Feb. 24, '65
Dec. 21, '63
Dec. 30, '63
Dec. 30, '63
Dec. 9, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Dec. 21, '63
Nov. 26, '63
Dec. 30, '63
Dec. 21, '63
Dec. 10, '63
Dec. 23, '63
Nov. 26, '63
Dec. 2, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Nov. 25, '63
Dec. 15, '63
Dec. 29, '63
Dec. 1, '63
Dec. 23, '63
Dec. 28, '63
Dec. 15, '63
Dec. 24, '63
Nov. 26, '63
Feb. 16, '64
Mch. 6, '65
Dec. 14, '63
Dec. 21, '63
Dec. 30, '63
Nov. 30, '63
Dec. 23, '63
Dec, 15, '63
Dec. 14, '63

Dec. 8, '63
Dec. 21, '63

MUSTERED
OUT.

Feb. 23, '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66
Mch. 7, '66
Feb. 23, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

REMARKS.

May 4 '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66

May 4, '66
May 4, '66
May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4 '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4 ,'66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66

May 4, '66
May 4, '66

Wagoner; reduced March 16, '64.

Discharged for disability Nov. 1, '64.
Promoted Corporal.
Corporal; reduced April 15, '65.
Blacksmith; reduced for inability.

Discharged per order June 27, '65.

Promoted Corporal; discharged per order Dec. 30, '65.

Discharged per order May 11, '65.
Died Oct. 23, '64, at Fort Ridgley, Minn.
Discharged for disability Feb. 12, '65.

Promoted Wagoner.

Dropped from roll as deserter July 21, '65.
Sergeant; discharged for disability Nov. 19, '64.
Discharged for disability Nov. 1, '64.
Farrier.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability Oct. 14, '64.
Sergeant; discharged per order Sept. 22, '65.
Discharged for disability Aug. 9, '64.
Discharged for disability Sept. 27, '64.

Promoted Corporal.

Sergeant.

Perished in a storm on prairie Dec. 27, '65.

Sergeant.

Discharged per order June 2.7, '65.
Died March 1, '64, at Fort Snelling.

Sergeant.

Corporal; reduced March 4, '64; drummed out of service Aug,

5, '65, by sentence of court martial.
Quartermaster Sergeant.

ROSTER OF COMPANY M.

NAMES.

•
<s

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
John C Hanlev

Jan 5 '64

Dismissed May 19 '65

Patrick S. Gorder
First Lieutenant —
Frank C. Griswold
Second Lieutenant —
William B. Haines

ENLISTED MEN.

Adrian George W

35
25
24
23

July 3/65
July 3, '65
Aug. 8, '65
Dec. 28 '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65

1st Lieutenant Jan. 5, '64; promoted Captain July 3, '65.
2d Lieutenant Jan. 5, '64; promoted 1st Lieutenant July 3, '65.
Private Jan. 20, '64.
Deserted Oct 4 '65 at Fort Snelling.

Anderson, Henry
Austin, Almond L
Banks James

21
25
21

Dec. 15, '63
Dec. 25, '63
Dec 19 '63

Dec. 4 '65
Dec. 4, '65

Wagoner; reduced.
Veteran- deserted at Fort Wadsworth Oct. 4, '64. -

Belcore, Estash

19

Dec. 24, '63

Dec. 4, '65

Bishop, Charles. .

18

Dec 7 '63

Deserted Oct. 4 '65.

Botsett, John

44

Dec. 21, '63

Dec. 4, '65

Brooks, John

?,]

Dec. 21 .'63

Dec. 4. '65

570

THE SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY M — Continued.

NAMES.

H
O

•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Brockman, Lewis
Braatz Wilheliu

35

22

Dec. 22, '63
Dec. 20, '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65

1st Sergeant.

21

Dec. 26 '63

Deserted Oct 4 '65 at Fort Snelling

Carr, Mathew

43

Jan. 4, '64

Discharged for disability June 27 '65

Gates Jefferson. ..

SO

Jan. 1 '64

Dec. 4, '65

18

Dec 24 '63

Dec. 4 '65

Chrispan, Joseph

30

Dec. 24, '63

Veteran- discharged for disability March 10 '65

Chosee Antoine

43

Jan 4 '64

Dec. 4 '65

Connelly, Peter
Crow William H .

25
27

Dec. 16, '63
Dec. 26 '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65

Veteran.
Corporal

Daley Patrick

40

Dec 2 '63

Dec 4 '65

Celling, David, Jr
Dougal Lewis

19
18

Dec. 31, '63
Dec 30 '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4 '65

Doyle, Michael

18

Dec. 7, '63

Dec. 4, '65

Eldridge, Dwight . .

33

Dec. 13 '63

Veteran1 discharged Oct 19 '65 by sentence of court martial

Fadden, Oscar
Ferrin, John

18
?3

Dec. 29.' '63
Feb. 22 '64

Dec. 4, '65

Deserted Oct. 4, '65.
Veteran; promoted Corporal.

Ferrin Uriah

?fl

Feb 22 '64

Dec. 4 '65

Flick, Edmond
Fitzgerald, Morris

22
91

Dec. 15, '63
Dec 19 '63

Dec. 4, '65

Veteran.
Veteran' Corporal' reduced' deserted Oct. 5 '65 at Rice Creek

Fowler, John C
Freeman, Theodore

19
?*

Dec. 25, '63
Dec. 24 '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4 '65

Corporal.
Corporal.

Furborg August

31

Apl 2 '64

Gaetke, Christian

?1

Dec. 18 '63

Dec. 4, '65

Veteran.

Green Erastus T W

18

Dec 25 '63

Discharged per order Oct 25 '65

Graff, Henry

38

Dec. 20, '63

Dec. 4, '65

Harrison, John S
Hakes, Ira
Hauspurg, Carl

33
26
33

Jan. 2 '64
Dec. 7, '63
Dec. 15, '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65

Blacksmith.
Veteran; Sergeant.
Veteran.

Hamm Conrad

•>*>

Dec 21 '63

Discharged for disability April 20 '65.

Heimann, August
Hillesheim. Nickolas
Heit/, Michael

33
21
44

Dec. 16, '88
Dec. 16, '63
Dec. 22, '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65

Veteran.
Veteran; Corporal.
Veteran; Farrier.

Hohne,Carl .

18

Dec. 17 '63

Discharged for disability Oct. 13, '64.

Hone, Emmett M
Hoffman, Andrew

18
27

Dec. 28, '63
Dec 17 '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65

Hoyt, Henry S
Hone, John H

29
?o

Dec. 25, '63
Feb. 18, '65

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65

Huntz, Charles
Hummel, William
Huntley Alson

27
31
?4

Dec. 19, '63
Dec. 22, '63
Jan. 4 '64

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65

Commissary Sergeant.
Sergeant.

Ingham, Jonathan A
Johnson, George S
Johanni, Johannes
Kappan, William
Kelley Franklin

43
32
34
21
49

Dec. 22, '63
Dec. 25, '63
Dec. 21, '63
Dec. 7, '63
Dec. 22 '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4. '65
Dec. 4, '65

Quartermaster Sergeant.
Veteran.

Xellesson, Magnus

36

Nov. 8, '63

Deserted Feb. 18, '64, at Fort Snelling.

Kelly, John

18

Jan. 7 '65

Dec. 4, '65

Knudson, Niels P
Kohle, Christopher
Koeberle Joseph

32
36
•>5

Oct. 26, '63
Jan. 6, '64
Dec. 22 '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65

Died by freezing Feb 15 '64

Larkin Edward

•>fi

Dec 1 '63

Lantes, Peter

19

Dec. 11 '63

Died by freezing Feb. 15 '64.

Leonard, Peter

19

Dec. 7, '63

Dec. 4, '65

Veteran.

Lockwood, John B

17

Jan. 2, '64

Deserted Oct. 24, '65, at Fort Ripley.

Martin, Terreuce
Martin Edward

22
?4

Jan. 4, '64
Jan. 4 '64

Dec. 4, '65

Mann, Horace F
Magner James

19
18

Dec. 25, '63
Dec. 20, '63

Dec. 4, '65

Died March 2 '64 at Fort Snelling

Magner, James B
Magner, John

19
35

Dec. 20, '63
Dec. 20, '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4 '65

Veteran.
Veteran.

Manderfeld, John

?,1

Dec. 17, '63

Dec. 4, '65

Veteran.

McGrath, John
McNeal, Luther
Merrill, Truman D
Meyert, Ferdinand

37
22
18
39

Dec. 19, '63
Dec. 28, '63
Jan. 2, '65
Jan. 4 '64

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec 4 '65

Veteran; Corporal.

Mills, Charles E
Moler, Oseas P

18
18

Jan. 3, '65
Nov. 5 '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4 '65

Morehouse, James B
Montgomery, William A

18
?1

Dec. 24, '63
Jan. 2, '64

Dec. 4, '65

Deserted Oct 4 '64 at Fort Snelling

Morehouse, Albert

21
28

Dec. 31, '63
Dec 1 '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec 4 '65

O'Reilly, James
Osier, Joseph

44

94

Nov. 26, '63
Dec. 20, '63

Dec. 4, '65

Veteran; Saddler.
Veteran- deserted Oct. 4, '65.

I*erley, George R ..

19

Jan. 7, '65

Deserted Oct 18 '65 at Fort Ripley

Plummer, Benj. A
Powers, Lemuel

25
?3

Dec. 23, '63
Dec. 10, '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65

Prokasch, Frank

19

Nov. 30 '63

Dec. 4 '65

Kobinette, Joseph
Robinette, Vanoss
Ruddy, Charles H
Schnobrick, Joseph
Schwickert; John
Schneider, Jacob
Shebonda, Joseph M
Silk John

30
25
22
23
19
22
25
°2

Jan. 4, '64
Dec. 25, '63
Dec. 7, '63
Dec. 15, '63
Nov. 26, '63
Dec. 18, '63
Jan. 2 '65
Dec 25 '63

Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec, 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec. 4, '65
Dec 4 '65

Veteran; discharged for disability April 15, '64.
Veteran.
Veteran.
Veteran; Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Veteran; Trumpeter.

Stoltz. Frederick

3?

Dec! 12.' '63

Dec! 4! '65

Veteran.

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Veteran; deserted Oct. 5, '65, at Rice Creek.
Veteran; promoted 2d Lieutenant Comnany H Aug. 15, '65.
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Discharged for disability Oct. 24, '65.
Veteran.

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Discharged for disability Oct. 13, '65.

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NARRATIVE OF BRACKETT'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY.

BY SERGEANT ISAAC BOTSFORD.

In preparing the history of Brackett's Battalion the writer desires gratefully
to acknowledge the help received from a diary kept during the entire war, with
scarcely a day omitted, by Mr. Eugene Marshall of Caledonia. Without those
records the history would have been a failure. Correspondence to the Pioneer
Press, by Geo. Northrup, published tit the time, and some letters which Mr. Bots-
ford wrote during the war to his best girl, have also been of great service.

A complete history of Brackett's Battalion cannot be written without recount
ing a continuous succession of day and night rides, scouting by daylight, scouting
by moonlight, scouting in the sunshine, in the rain, in the snow; duties per
formed under the burning skies of Mississippi and in the chilling blasts of Mon
tana and Dakota.

LENGTH OF SERVICE.

A truthful history must record the fact that Brackett's Battalion served
during the Rebellion longer than any other troops from the State of Minnesota,
and, it is believed, for a longer period than any other volunteer organization in
the entire army. Let the fact be recorded — enlisted September, 1861 ; mustered
out June, 1866. Can any other volunteer organization equal it?

The devastation caused by disease is shown in a clear light by the record of
Company B. Starting out with 89 men, and afterward receiving 80 recruits,
making 169 men in the company first and last, there were only 54 present to
answer to the final roll-call, June 1, 1866. One hundred and fifteen once strong and
healthy men had dropped out of the ranks. Over against the names, in almost
every case, was written "Died of disease,77 or " Discharged for disability.77 The
record of the other companies is equally suggestive. The dead of Brackett's
Battalion are laid away in Montana, in Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Our cemetery is nearly
2,000 miles in length.

In September, October and November, 1861, the First, Second and Third
companies, Minnesota Light Cavalry, enlisted at Fort Snelling. The First Com
pany consisted of H. Yon Minden, captain; A. Mathias, first lieutenant; J. J.
Buck, second lieutenant, and 93 non-commissioned officers and privates, and was
afterward increased by the enlistment of 93 recruits. The Second Company con
sisted of D. M. West, captain; Win. Smith, first lieutenant; Nathan Bass, sec
ond lieutenant, and 86 non-commissioned officers and privates, with 80 recruits
added thereto at a later date. The Third Company, of A. B. Brackett, captain;
E. Y. Shelly, first lieutenant; Mortimer Neeley, second lieutenant, and 89 non
commissioned officers and privates, and was subsequently increased by the addi
tion of 55 recruits.

In October, November and December, 1863, Ara Barton of Eice county, who
had served one term of enlistment as a lieutenant in the Minnesota Mounted
Eangers, and a number of men who had served with him, enlisted again, and in
January, 1864, were assigned to Brackett's Battalion. The company consisted
of Ara Barton, captain; Geo. W. Wilder, first lieutenant; Jas. H. Preston, sec
ond lieutenant, and eighty-four non-commissioned officers and privates. Twenty
recruits were afterward added to the company.

The three companies first mentioned were at once ordered to Benton Bar
racks, Mo., thfe last of them arriving there Dec. 28, 1861, and assigned to a regi-

THE FIRST SERVICE — FORT DONELSON. 573

ment known as Curtis' Horse, named in honor of Maj. Gen. Curtis, then in com
mand of that department, and made up of four companies from Iowa, three from
Minnesota, three from Nebraska and two from Missouri, the whole under com
mand of Col. W. W. Lowe of the regular army.

In the early part of the summer of 1862 there came an order from the secre
tary of war that the regiment must bear the name of some state, and as more
companies hailed from Iowa than from any other state, the name of the regiment
was changed to the Fifth Iowa Cavalry. This action on the part of the secretary
of war was very distasteful to both men and officers. Indignation ran high.
Petitions to Gov. Eamsey were circulated and generally signed, reciting that,
" From causes beyond our control, we have been placed in a position dishonor
able to us as an organization and as individuals, and doubly dishonorable to the
State of Minnesota, whose honor we are anxious to uphold and sustain, and ask
that steps may be taken to place us in an organization where we shall be accred
ited to our own state," but no relief came until the command re-enlisted, and in
January, 1864, the three Minnesota companies were detached, and, with Capt.
Barton's company, organized into what was known as Brackett's Battalion of
Minnesota Cavalry, and sent to the Northwestern frontier.

In the organization of the Curtis Horse Eeginient, officers were taken from
the Minnesota companies as follows: Capt. A. B. Brackett was made major;
Lieut. Bass and Private McGeorge, adjutants; Stiles M. West, commissary; Owen
E. Gillen, commissary sergeant; David Musser, quartermaster sergeant; J. E.
"West, saddler sergeant.

Horses were furnished Jan. 15, 1862, saddles and sabers January 24th, and at
about the same date a portion of the men were supplied with practically worth
less revolvers, and others with almost useless carbines. It was designed to
furnish every man with something in the nature of a weapon.

THE FIRST SERVICE — FORT DONELSON.

On the 8th day of February, 1862, the next day after the surrender of Fort
Henry, the regiment was ordered to that point, reaching there on the llth, just
in time to get our tents fairly pitched, and be prepared to take an important part
in the great battle of Fort Donelson. The first actual service of the regiment
commenced on Feb. 13, 1862, the day before Commodore Foote opened fire on
Fort Donelson from his gunboats on the Cumberland Eiver. On the 13th
Major Brackett goes to the army before Fort Donelson with dispatches. On the
same day Lieut. Col. Patrick, with a detail of one hundred and twenty-five men,
goes on a scout, patrolling the country for miles in the same direction, and from
that time to the surrender of Fort Donelson our horses were continually
saddled, men slept on their arms (only they didn't sleep much), and at all times
were ready to march at a moment's notice. The records show that everyday
they were carrying dispatches, guarding wagon trains, patrolling the country,
and doing such work as was at that time especially assigned to the cavalry.

On the night of February 14th the three Minnesota companies, under Major
Brackett, were sent thirty miles up the Tennessee Eiver, to destroy a bridge
across the Tennessee Eiver on the railroad running from Memphis, passing near
Fort Donelson, to Bowling Green. Arriving at the bridge at daylight, on the
15th, a small force of rebels was found on guard. These were dispersed without
loss on either side, and the bridge completely destroyed, the command returning
to Fort Henry at noon, having traveled the entire sixty miles, most of the dis
tance in the enemy's country, with but one halt for rest. The result of this
expedition was that all hopes of help for the Confederates by rail from Bowling
Green, Memphis, Corinth, Jackson, and other points in a southwesterly direc
tion were cut off. The rebel generals, Pillow and Floyd, realized the hope
lessness of their cause without reinforcements, and all chance for reinforcements
being thus destroyed, on the night}, of February 15th they escaped from the fort,
leaving Gen. Buckner in command, who, on the morning of the 16th, "in con
sideration of all the circumstances governing affairs at this station," uncon
ditionally surrendered.

574 BRACKETT'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY.

Brackett's Battalion was the only Minnesota troop engaged in the battle of
Fort Donelson, and while they did none of the severe fighting and lost no men,
the work they performed was tremendous and exhaustive. Horses saddled for
four consecutive days and nights; not a moment of the time when more or less of
the men were not on duty, during the most inclement weather known in that
latitude; unused to camp life, practically unarmed, and in that one act of burn
ing the railroad bridge hastening the flight of the Confederate commanders and
compelling the surrender of the fort. When the roll of the heroes at Fort Don
elson is called, Brackett's Battalion claims a place in the front rank.

After the surrender of Donelson the regiment was kept on a continual scout.
The country in every direction was being overrun by guerrilla bands, and the
rebels were greatly in the majority among the citizens. The main part of our
army had moved on further south, and the lines of communication must be kept
open. The loyal citizens must be protected, and the disunionists taught to re
spect the Government. The continuous riding by night and by day through
several counties in middle and western Tennessee and Kentucky during the bal
ance of the year 1862, and, indeed the next year, told fearfully on the health and
the lives of the men.

A diary of March 20, 1862, tells this story: " Around the fort (Henry) is now
a horrible place. The dead bodies of horses, the sediment left by the river, the
accumulated offal of a camp that appears to have had no police regulations at
all, make a conglomeration of smells which is terribly destructive to health and
life. The men now in camp are nearly worn out with labor." The diary, a lit
tle later in the same month, shows thirty men on the sick list in one company,
with twelve men ia the hospital. The record of one company for the last week
in March, written at the time, is a fair sample of the work of the regiment:
"Sunday forenoon we came out on regimental inspection, and at one o'clock
started with a battery to the river and guarded it until Tuesday noon, and re
turned to camp. At 7 P. M. same day, we started on a scouting expedition,
captured four rebel prisoners, and returned to camp at dark on Wednesday, hav
ing been in the saddle all the time except when feeding. Thursday, at 3 P. M.,
commenced packing up to go to Savannah, in the southern part of Tennessee;
reached that place on Saturday evening, and immediately started out as escort
to a telegraph corps. ' '

THE BATTLE OF PITTSBURGH LANDING.

The movement of three companies of the regiment to Savannah, under com
mand of Maj. Brackett, April 1, 1862, resulted in our performing a duty which
saved the battle of Pittsburgh Landing. Gen. Grant was concentrating immense
forces there. Gen. Beauregard was at Corinth with a still larger force. A de
cisive battle was sure to take place at no distant day. Gen. Buell, with 25,000
men, was marching from ^Nashville to reinforce Grant. Brackett's command was
sent out in the direction of Nashville with a force of men to put the roads and
bridges in condition and to erect a line of telegraph, meeting Gen. Buell forty
miles from Pittsburgh Landing about the 5th of April. This gave Buell and
Grant telegraphic communication with each other and insured a reasonably good
road for Buell's troops in their forced march April 6th, the first day of the great
battle of Pittsburgh Landing. How Gen. Buell arrived just in time to take part
in the fight on the 7th, and how, thereby, partial defeat was turned into a rous
ing victory, is already a matter of history. But who built the telegraph that
c&rried the dispatches which hurried Buell up, and who erected the bridges and
repaired the roads which enabled him to reach Pittsburgh Landing on that event
ful Sunday evening, is told now for the first time. The accurate historian of the
war must accord to Brackett's Battalion an honorable place among the heroes of
that great contest.

THE SIEGE OF CORINTH.

The siege of Corinth followed. Gen. Halleck took command in person. The
troops were arranged in a semicircle, with Halleck's headquarters in the centre.
Historians have already recorded the snail-like pace of that army, which moved

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but a fraction of a mile each day, reaching Corinth May 29th, only to find the
place evacuated; but no writer has yet told the part taken by Brackett's Battal
ion. Gen. Halleck had a line of telegraph established from his headquarters to
all parts of the army. It was the duty of Brackett's Battalion to act as escort
for the telegraph corps. Was it the intention that the right wing of the army
should advance, Brackett's Battalion and the telegraph corps were there. Did
the left wing move the next day, Brackett's Battalion was there. Not a forward
movement was made by any part of that army at any time during that thirty
days' siege, unless Brackett's Battalion and the telegraph corps had early notice
thereof, were on the extreme front, and had part in every skirmish and battle
that took place; were with the advance troops in Corinth on the day of the
evacuation, and pursued the rebels for a great distance beyond, some of the men
riding ninety miles before the next morning. If any glory attaches to any of
the troops in connection with that memorable siege, Brackett's Battalion claims
a generous share.

After the evacuation the battalion was ordered to proceed down the Memphis
& Charleston road and bring in any locomotives that could be found on the Cor
inth side of the burned bridges, and they succeeded in bringing into Corinth ten
locomotives, which subsequently proved of great service to the army.

During the ensuing three months Maj. Brackett, with his command, was sta
tioned at Humbolt, in western Tennessee. The time was occupied in thoroughly
scouring the country and protecting the long line of railroad running from Co
lumbus, Ky., to Corinth, Miss., and used to transport supplies to Grant's army
in Mississippi. At Humbolt we were the first Union troops, taking down a rebel
flag from the leading hotel and hoisting the stars and stripes. In several of the
surrounding counties we were the first to establish federal authority, and pro
tected the local courts while in session. The battalion rejoined the regiment in
August, 1862.

FIGHT AT LOCKRIDGE MILLS.

On the 5th of May, 1862, a portion of the regiment, Capt. Yon Minden's com
pany among the rest, were engaged in a fight at Lockridge Mills, Tenn., under
command of Maj. Scheffer. The result was disastrous to our forces. Maj. Schef-
fer was killed; Capt. Yon Minden and twenty -eight of his company were taken
prisoners. The captain was taken to a Southern prison, where he remained until
the early part of 1863. The men were paroled and sent through the lines to
Gen. Halleck, near Corinth, and at once ordered to duty in the hospitals. They
refused to perform any duty until released from their parole, and were there
upon sent to their regiment under arrest, and placed in the guard house. On
the 24th of June, while still in the guard house, they were officially notified that
unless they returned to their duty within twenty-four hours they would be dis
honorably discharged from the service. A memorandum, written June 25th,
reads as follows: "At reveil!6 this morning the men were ordered to turnout
with their side arms. Conjecture was rife as to what it meant, but in due time
we were marched out to the hill near the guard house, where was found the
whole regiment drawn up in line, with the colonel and other field officers. Some
twenty-two of the prisoners from the guard house were brought out in front of
us, and a general order was read discharging them from service, ordering them
to be turned out of camp, and forever forbidding them to come within the line
of this or any other military post; if caught lurking about the post, to be arrest
ed and put in irons, and it was pronounced disgraceful for any soldier thereafter
to recognize them; and in addition it was ordered that their names be published
in the local papers in the places from which they had enlisted. These are the
men taken prisoners at Lockridge Mills a few months ago, and said to have been
exchanged; but the men say they do not believe they have been exchanged, but
announce their willingness to return to duty if furnished with individual certifi
cates to that effect. They were turned outside the lines, and a detail sent to see
what direction they took. They say that while prisoners they saw some men
shot who were captured while on duty as paroled prisoners."

576 BRACKETT'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY.

The circumstance is given a prominent place in this narrative, for the reason
that justice ought to be done these men, even at this late day, and that cruel
stain wiped out. That they acted right was the opinion of the best informed
men in the regiment at that time, and that is still their opinion. It is known
that one, and perhaps more of them, afterward enlisted in other commands,
thus proving their patriotism, and the writer of this narrative hopes that steps
will be taken to place them where they belong — on the list of " honorably
discharged."

' The guide who conducted this unfortunate party resided near Paris, Tenn.,
and was tried by a rebel commission and condemned to be shot. His widow was
left destitute, and was greatly annoyed by the rebel citizens living in and around
Paris. Three hundred men in our regiment contributed one dollar each for her
support.

Before the war Paris was a fine town. Now it had a railroad, but no
cars; telegraph, but no telegrams; stores, but no business; court house, but no
court; school houses, but no schools; churches, but no preaching. The citizens
were called together, and given to understand that their safety depended on the
safety of the widow.

On the 3d of July, 1862, Gov. Eamsey made us a visit at Humbolt, Tenn., and
the major persuaded him to remain over and make a 4th of July address to the
people. Gen. McCleruand, in command at Jackson, was invited over and came
with a part of his command. Major Brackett sent squads of his men out into
the surrounding country to invite the people in, and the pickets were instructed
to admit them. They came, hundreds of them. Two army wagons were put
together as a platform; a robust-looking planter of about sixty years of age was
made chairman, and he opened the meeting by proposing three cheers for the
4th of July, which were given with a will. Gov. Ramsey was the first speaker;
he spoke for about an hour, and a splendid address it was. The writer of this
has heard the governor on many occasions, both before and since that date, and
is free to say that this was the crowning oratorical effort of his life. The citizens
cheered him repeatedly, and seemed to like it hugely, and the meeting, no
doubt, would have been productive of great good but for the fact that the last
speaker, Lieut. Colonel Anthony of the Seventh Kansas Regiment, opened by
saying, " We are going to take all your negroes, confiscate everything you have
got, and burn your buildings." When he had got thus far Gov. Eamsey said to
the major, "We will have to go to headquarters," which they did, and the
people dispersed. The major was kept busy during the rest of our stay there
in trying to convince the citizens that the Kansas colonel did not reflect the
general sentiment of the army.

SECOND BATTLE AT DONELSON.

Aug. 25, 1862 — Fort Donelson is attacked by the rebels, and the regiment
ordered to its relief. The enemy is repulsed with loss. Two men of Company
K (Charles Wenz and Joseph Semper) are sent on picket the following night
on the road by which the attack was made, with no arms except sabers. August
26th — Three C9mpanies under Lieut. Col. Patrick attack the enemy above
Donelson, charge across a long bridge, and capture a small field-piece, with
heavy loss on the side of the rebels, and three of our men killed. June 24th —
We find the following memorandum: "The boys had lots of fun to day. A
citizen was in camp hunting contrabands. Found two of his negroes, and had
permission to take them out. His pass to go outside the line by mistake did
not include the negroes, and the boys who were detailed to escort him out
declined to allow the negroes to pass the guard. The citizen threatened to
report to the colonel, but his pass was to go out of the line and not to come in,
and he couldn't get in again. The slaves ' caught on? very quick, were soon
back in camp, and the man never saw his chattels again." Scores of anecdotes
could be told showing how the soldiers were far in advance of the Government
in their realization of the importance of utilizing the help of the negro. June
26th — There are a good many of our men sick with the diarrhea. It is singu
lar that some of our strongest and healthiest men are down with it.

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THE CLAEKSVILLE FIGHT.

September 3d — Two companies under Capt. Shelly made a scout in the
direction of Clarksville, and captured the man who guided the rebels in the last
attack on Donelson. September 5th — Col. Lowe, with eight companies of our
regiment, six companies Eleventh Illinois, four companies Seventy-first Ohio
and four field-pieces, marched for Clarksville. September 6th — The advance
guard was fired into from ambush and stampeded. Company K was moved up
to the support of the advance guard and the enemy repulsed. September 7th —
Advanced on Clarksville and found the enemy, under Col. Woodward, in a strong
position. Our regiment was formed in front as skirmishers, with the infantry and
battery in line of battle. The battery went into action, shelling the woods in front
of the skirmish line. The fight lasted about an hour, the enemy holding their
ground stubbornly, leaving forty-six men killed and wounded on their retreat.
Our troops occupied Clarksville that night. During the fight two negroes came
through the lines from the enemy under a brisk fire from both sides. Septem
ber 9th the regiment was back in camp at Donelson, and September llth re
turned to Fort Heiman. October 29th — All the regiment out on a raid toward
Eddyville, to co-operate with a force from Paducah under Gen. Eansom. The
scout seems to have lasted until Nov. 10th, when Lieut. Gallager and one man
of Company K were shot and killed while in advance of the command. Novem
ber llth — Maj. Brackett and four men go out with a flag of truce. Return on
the 17th, having been five days in the enemy's line, visiting the rebel commands
under Col. Woodward and Col. Napier, and arranging for an exchange of prison
ers. The men report that they received the kindest of treatment during all the
time they were in the rebel camps. December 5th — To-day a part of the long-
looked-for arms arrived — two hundred and fifty Sharp's carbines for the whole
regiment. Some of the men still have no arms but sabers. Snow fell six inches
last night. December 23d — Called up and started before daylight this morn
ing. Half-cooked beans and a little meat for breakfast. This is the fifth day we
have been out on an expedition in force. December 24th — As soon as we
camped last night were ordered out with a foraging party. I think for all con
cerned it was the hardest night we ever experienced. We expected an attack
from Napier, but this did not prevent the. men from sleeping for miles in their
saddles. December 25th — Started at sunrise back to Fort Heiman. Men in
good spirits; plenty to eat, but very tired. Near our camp is a house owned by
one of the most active secessionists in the county, now absent with Napier's
command. It is occupied by another active secessionist, and there is a guard of
eighteen men detailed to-night to look after his property; but soldiers, in such
case, are not wont to keep very diligent guard. December 28th — We have just
reached Fort Heiman after our fatiguing march lasting nine days. Col. Lowe's
orders on this march were to move slowly and continuously, threaten the enemy,
but in no case to make an attack. While this tedious trip brought no particular
glory to our boys, and has apparently been barren of results, it is reported that
the object sought was accomplished — to attract the attention of the enemy while
our forces were operating below Nashville. Jan. 15, 1863 — Snow eighteen
inches deep. Several companies made a raid up the river and captured four
captains, one lieutenant and ten privates of Morgan's command. January
30th — As I write I hear the mournful sound of the muffled drum for the third
time to-day, and another soldier is gone. A rough winding sheet, a shallow
grave, three volleys, the band strikes up a lively tune, and the funeral is over
and soon forgotten. Such is the end of thousands. More die of disease than in
battle.

THE THIRD FIGHT OF DONELSON.

On the 5th of February, 1863, the combined rebel forces of Gen. Forrest,
Gen. Wheeler and Gen. Wharton, 6,000 strong, attacked Fort Donelson. Por
tions of our regiment were engaged in the conflict. So eager were the men that
the sick and lame turned out with such unanimity that every company had more
men than had reported for duty for several days. Capt. Von Minden's com-

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pany met a large force of the enemy dressed in federal uniform, and the
captain and most of the men were taken prisoners; but to compensate for it
the rebels were forced to retire, leaving 130 of their dead on the field to be
buried by us the next morning. It was estimated that 200 rebels were killed
and 300 or 400 wounded. Thirteen men on our side were killed and several
wounded, but fortunately none of the Minnesota boys were of that number. So
closely were the rebels crowded in their flight that it was found impracticable
for them to hold their prisoners, and they were accordingly paroled. This was
a violation of the cartel of exchange by Forrest, as prisoners of both sides should
be taken to Yicksburg for exchange, and the men were assigned to duty by Gen.
Eosecrans February 17th, to which they made no objection.

Feb. 6, 1863 — Snow fell six inches, and the weather for the last three days
has been bitter cold. March 15th — Out on a scout, our business being to cap
ture three or four notorious characters who had for some time been prowling
around, murdering peaceful citizens, and trying to get up a company of guerrillas.
We had searched several houses without success, and were about returning, when
a single man came out of the woods. He fired three shots in succession without
effect. Several shots were fired in return. One man started after him, and shots
flew thick and fast. He refused to surrender until Sergt. Northrup overtook
him with drawn saber. But he was past all hope — hip broken, leg wounded,
bullet through his body. He proved to be an officer in the new company, and
one of the leaders in marauding, horse-stealing and murdering in that part of
the country. April 22d — Went to the county seat of Trigg county, Kentucky,
seized some goods being smuggled to the enemy, and arrested the owner. April
26th — It is singular how public opinion has changed in regard to the enlistment
of the negro. The army is thoroughly abolitionized. The few who are opposed
to it are the loud-mouthed, blatant politicians.

From this time until June 5th we were at Fort Donelson, scouting and on
picket duty, and at one time brought in all the serviceable horses and mules to be
found in all that section of country for the use of Gen. Eosecrans' army near
Murfreesboro. June 5th — Marched for Murfreesboro, where we were put in
First Brigade of Gen. Turehin's Cavalry Division, Fourteenth Corps, Army of
the Cumberland. On that march from Fort Donelson to Murfreesboro citizens'
horses were impressed into the service until every soldier had a lead animal.
Loyal owners were given receipts. June 15th (1863) — The brigade makes a re
connaissance to Lebanon, returning on the 17th. Skirmished for six hours, driv
ing the enemy back steadily until night. At sunset the rebels brought up field-
pieces, a heavy body of infantry, also of cavalry under Dick Morgan, and as this
is designed to be a truthful history, let the cold fact be recorded that for once
Bracket^ s Battalion retreated, riding all night. I believe I have marched further
in the same number of days, but never with as little food, sleep and rest.

TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN.

June 22d — Each man ordered to carry sixty rounds of carbine cartridges
and forty of revolver cartridges. June 25th — The regiment is ordered out at
6 A. M. on the Shelby ville pike, near Guy's Gap, to find the whereabouts of the
enemy. An official report says: "Two miles out we came upon the enemy's
pickets. We drove them sharply for about three and a half miles, through a
dense cedar thicket, over ditches and stones almost impassable for horses (and
here let me say that one- third of our horses were ruined by that afternoon's
ride). We found the enemy strongly posted, and they contested every foot of
the ground. We skirmished with them for an hour, accomplished what we were
sent out for, and camped at nine in the evening." It seems that our duty was
to locate the enemy and attract their attention, while other parts of the brigade
were operating against them from another quarter, which resulted in capturing
four hundred and eighty-nine prisoners. Gen. Granger, who was with our
advance, said that everything had been accomplished that was expected or de
sired. June 26th — The whole regiment on picket to-night. One man and two
horses wounded on picket. A rainy, wet, miserable day. We are all afloat. In

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fact, during all the days since Eosecrans left Murfreesboro in his general move
ment against Bragg it has been a succession of pouring-down rainy days, render
ing the roads almost impassable, and piling up the discomforts on man and beast
to such an extent as to be unendurable. To add to the misfortunes, rations
and forage ran short. But the official report of Gen. Eosecrans showed that he
was pleased with the outcome. He says: "Thus ended a nine days' campaign,
in which we drove the enemy from two fortified positions, and gave us possession
of middle Tennessee. The results were far more successful than was antici
pated.'7

The severe marches, muddy roads and lack of forage during that advance
movement told fearfully on our horses. Besides those picked up in the country,
it required not less than 1,000 animals to be sent down from the North to prop
erly remount the brigade. On the 31st of July the late Gen. Geo. Crook was
assigned to the command of the division of cavalry in which our regiment was
placed. Capt. Yon Minden was detailed on his staff as topographical engineer,
a position he acceptably filled until the Minnesota companies were detached
from the regiment. Sergt. Geo. W. Northrup was placed in charge of about
fifty picked men, assigned to duty as independent scouts. They were frequently
many miles inside the enemy's lines, and had scores of lively escapades, and a
history of their career, if put in print, would be almost as romantic as the story
of "Stealing a Locomotive." published in the National Tribune.

A SABER CHARGE.

Scouting and escort duty, including an expedition from Murfreesboro to Mc-
Minnville in September, hard work, but no thrilling experiences until about
October 1st. At this time the rebel generals, Wheeler and Forrest, were inside
our lines in Tennessee with a large body of cavalry, burning railroad bridges
and creating sad havoc generally. In a biographical sketch of Gen. Crook, as
published in the Pioneer Press of March 22, 1890, occurs this sentence: "After
various actions, ending in the battle of Chickamauga, he pursued Wheeler's cav
alry from the 1st to the 10th of October, 1863, defeated it and drove it across the
Tennessee Eiver with great loss." The Fifth Iowa Cavalry, of which Brackett's
Battalion formed a part, took an active and prominent part in that ten days'
campaign, which, by the way, was continued for an additional ten days. On the
6th the regiment covered itself with glory by a saber charge on the Sixth Texas
Cavalry at Wartrace, completely routing them. On the 10th the Confederates
made a desperate attempt to cross the Tennessee Eiver in their retreat south
ward. Gen. Crook followed in hot pursuit, with the Fifth Iowa Cavalry in ad
vance. Forrest stationed 'the Fourth Alabama and Fifth Georgia to engage us
while he made the crossing. Maj. Brackett had orders to charge these two regi
ments, which he did, scattering them, killing and wounding many, besides cap
turing 2 guns and taking 200 prisoners. The next day Maj. Brackett was ordered
to Nashville with 40 ambulances of wounded and disabled Union and Confederate
soldiers and 800 prisoners. Eebel Gen. Ebddy was still within our lines with his
cavalry, and from the memoranda in possession of the writer of this narrative,
it seems our command was kept in the saddle continually until the 21st. A long
ride every day and almost every night, with seventy miles on the 20th. . On the
21st we drew a small amount of rations, the first since the 8th inst., the command
having lived on sweet potatoes and fresh meat.

After this campaign, and until the time of re-enlisting, about Jan. 1, 1864,
Gen. Crook kept the battalion on duty on the dividing line between the Union
and Confederate forces. While south of the Cumberland Mountains, in northern
Alabama, our pickets were on the north bank of the Tennessee Eiver and the
Confederates occupied the south bank. Without the knowledge of the officers
on either side, the men made an agreement that the pickets should not fire on
each other, and the result was that quite a number of stealthy visits were made
back and forth, and many consultations, friendly and otherwise, were had across
the river. We were most of this time beyond railroad transportation, and, of
course, subsisted on the country to a great extent. We gathered up great num-

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bers of horses and mules, large droves of cattle and hogs and hundreds of loads
of corn and fodder, which was turned over to the Union army, that would other
wise have gone to feed the Confederate forces. Thus our work during the last
two months of that year crippled the Confederate cause as much as that of any
other two months of our service. Loyal owners were given receipts for property
taken, and everything was done under military orders.

THE BATTALION KE-ENLISTS.

About Jan. 1, 1864, a great portion of the men re-enlisted, turned over horses,
arms and all other government property, and a furlough of thirty days was
granted. While on veteran furlough the battalion was formally organized as
stated in the first of this narrative, and assigned to duty on the Northwestern
frontier.

It was at this time that Major Brackett went to Washington, and, with Sena
tor Eamsey, waited upon Secretary Stanton, who, at first objecting to breaking
up an old regiment, finally consented, and issued the order for the detachment
of the three companies from the Iowa cavalry, the addition of Capt. Barton's
company, and their organization into Brackett' s Battalion of Minnesota Cavalry,
as mentioned in the early part of this narrative.

INDIAN CAMPAIGN.

March 15th — The battalion is at Fort Snelling, and after receiving about two
hundred and fifty recruits to make up for the casualties sustained in the South,
mounted with Canadian ponies, armed with Sharp's carbines, and supplied with
camp equipage, we march out of the fort May 2d, across the states of Minne
sota and Iowa, to Sioux City. May 21st — Report to Gen. Sully at Sioux City,
and on the 4th of June the general issues an order reciting that, "Our Govern
ment this year expects us to finish all trouble with the savages. I am sorry to
say that the season seems very unfavorable to carry out successfully what is ex
pected of us, but this calls for renewed energy on our part. The troops of this
district, destined to take the field, will be concentrated at Fort Sully. With our
columns united we will move to a point where, I am informed, the Indians await
me in large numbers to give me battle. If this is true, a few weeks' march will
bring us in front of our enemy, and so end the war. * * * There are many
of you, no doubt, who would prefer to be with our friends and comrades South;
but our Government has deemed it important, in spite of the great necessity for
troops in our army South, at a great expense, to send us to fight the Indians
North, and as good soldiers we must obey." June 15th — Camped at Fort Sully,
nearly opposite the present location of Pierre, the capital of South Dakota. We
have thus far marched about six hundred miles to reach the starting point of the
expedition. We are far beyond the white settlements; have seen great numbers
of elk and antelope, and passed through several villages of prairie dogs. Sev
eral weeks ago messages were sent to the Sioux bauds on both sides of the Mis
souri, summoning all whose intentions were friendly and desiring to live at
peace with the whites, to assemble here to make a treaty; that all bands not
represented in this council would be considered hostile. In accordance with
this proposition several bands of Indians, with unpronounceable names, came in
and a council was held and a treaty made. The general's determination to make
no presents until the return of the expedition nearly upset things the first day,
but the Indians eventually came to terms.

June 28th — Our expedition finally starts out, continuing the march up the
river. The First Brigade consists of the Sixth Iowa Cavalry, three companies
of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, Brackett' s Battalion, two companies Dakota
Scouts and Prairie Battery. The Second Brigade, under command of Col.
Thomas, is made up of the Second Minnesota Cavalry, Eighth Minnesota In
fantry, and Third Minnesota Battery. The troops were followed by an emigrant
train of over one hundred wagons, bound for Idaho. Beached a point on the

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Missouri, July 7th, where Fort Eice was finally located, a few miles south of
where stands Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota, and after landing supplies
from steamboats and doing some work looking toward erecting the fort, the
general issued an order cutting down baggage to the smallest possible limit;
officers to use the ordinary shelter tent, and officers and privates taking nothing
but what is absolutely necessary; one hundred mule teams will carry forty days
rations; corn will be taken on the horses for six days, during which time the
men will be obliged to march on foot. The march will be a long and rapid one,
and it is expected to find the first body of Indians one hundred and fifty miles
west of this place. Capt. Yon Minden is detailed on Gen. Sully 's staff as topo-
grapical engineer, being the same position he occupied under Gen. Crook in the
South. Everything being in readiness, the expedition left Fort Eice July 19th,
marching in a westerly direction.

BATTLE AVITH THE INDIANS.

On the 26th most of the wagons and mule teams, including the Idaho emi
grants, were corralled, the baggage cut down again, and with a few wagons lightly
loaded we started in dead earnest to find and fight the Indians. At noon on
the 28th of July we find the hostile Indians, 6,000 of them, in almost the very spot
anticipated, about 150 miles northwest of Fort Eice. There were 2,200 effective
men in our force. A correspondent of the St. Paul Press had this to say of the
fight that took place: " Their village was discovered at the foot of a high ridge,
full of thickets and ravines. Ko better ground could have been found for de
fensive purposes or retreat. The hill-tops in every direction were covered with
dusky forms. They were evidently bent on fight, and confident of success. Once
they approached the train with the evident intention of capturing the wagons.
At last Major Brackett, who had been wounded early in the day in the hand, but
who still kept the field at the head of his command, discovered a large body
trying to flank him on the right, and at once sent to the general for leave to
charge them, which was given. No more welcome order could have been given
to the tried veterans of his command. With a yell, they swept down the hillside,
across a ravine, and up the opposite slope, and in a moment were upon them.
The savages were in no mood for retreating. They contested every foot with
desperate valor. Every thicket bristled with arrows; every rock sheltered a sav
age. The charge was a succession of hand-to-hand encounters, which ended
only in the death of one or the other of the parties. A mile and a half of this
work brought them to the foot of a high butte, with sides as steep as the walls of a
house. Here the Indians seemed determined to make a stand, but there was
no halt. Dismounting, the men went at the work before them as if it were but
pastime. Sharpshooters cleared the sides with their carbines, and foot by foot
they won their way to'the top, and rushing down the opposite slope, drove the
last of the Indians to the hill beyond the river, and the battle of Ta-ha-kouty
was over. On the ground lay over one hundred dead Indians. Two of the
battalion were dead on the field, eight were wounded, and twenty-two horses
were killed. Of Major Brack ett's personal staff, one was wounded with two
arrows, and two had their horses shot dead under them." A correspondent of
the Pioneer of the same date gives some additional details: "The troops un
der Gen. Sully have marched 160 miles, fought a battle of 5 hours, completely
routing and driving 5,000 hostile Indians, destroying their camp — consisting of
an immense number of lodge poles, buffalo robes, and a large amount of dried
meat, besides other savage furniture, worth little to a white man, but prized
highly by the Indians. The loss on the side of the enemy is variously estimated
from 100 to 150." Gen. Sully, in his official report of the fight, has this to say
of Brackett' s Battalion: "A very large body of Indians collected on my right
for a charge. I directed Brackett to charge them. This he did gallantly, driving
them in a circle of about three miles to the base of the mountains, and beyond
my line of skirmishers, killing many of them. The Indians, seeing his position,
collected in large numbers on him, but he repelled them." Major Brackett' s
official report contains the following:

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"Receiving orders to support the line of skirmishers, I moved in that manner
some three miles, when, finding the enemy massing in considerable force and
attacking my right, I engaged them with Company B, dismounted, at the same
time asking and receiving permission of you to charge them with saber. The
charge resulted in the killing of thirteen Indians and entirely routing the balance.
Finding the enemy forming in large numbers on my left and front, I rallied my
whole command and found it necessary to dismount them, as I was being severe
ly annoyed from ravines and thickets, impracticable to horse. After severe
skirmishing drove the enemy to the base of a high hill, where I met with a strong
opposition, they being in strong force on its summit. I finally succeeded in tak
ing possession of the hill, which I held, driving the enemy far beyond. In the
charge Sergt. Geo. W. Northrup of Company C fell, pierced by ten arrows, one
through the heart. Horace Austin of Company D was also killed. My loss dur
ing the day was two killed and eight wounded. I also lost twenty-two horses.
Punishing the enemy by killing twenty-seven, found dead on the field, besides
quite a number that were seen to have been carried off by them. I take pleasure
in saying that my officers and men displayed an amount of courage, coolness and
skill worthy of veterans that they are."

Maj. Brackett also issued the following congratulatory order to the battalion,
Aug. 1, 1864: "The major commanding takes this opportunity to congratulate
his command upon their success in the late battle with the hostile Indians. The
gallantry and courage displayed, and their steady coolness amid the most ex
citing scenes, have filled for them a place in his memory which time can never
efface. The reputation which their bravery has gained for them and him will
ever be held by him as a mutual heritage of glory. Their success has been
his, and while we must ever mourn for fallen comrades, as they only can who
have known and admired their virtues, we may still be allowed to rejoice that
in dying no stain of dishonor has been allowed to cloud the brightness of their
former reputation. To each and every one, officers and soldiers, he tenders his
heartfelt thanks."

THROUGH THE BAD LANDS.

On the 6th of August we took up our line of march in a northwesterly direc
tion, and were the first white men that ever succeeded in making a passage
through the Bad Lands of Dakota. The wildness of that country has been so often
described that no space need be sacrificed to it here. The Indians fought us for
three successive days, but the nature of the country was such that we could not
follow them up. The surveyors of the Northern Pacific railroad must have very
closely followed our trail through the Bad Lands. We reached the Yellowstone
Eiver on the 14th, near where Glendive now is. We had been living on one-
third rations for several days; poor water, or none at all; «no corn for the horses,
and but little grass. A letter written at this time contains the following sen
tence: "There, with their horses staggering with weakness under them, I saw
veterans of three years' service, who had fought their way from Fort Donel-
son to the heights of Mission Eidge without a murmur, grow pale at the pros
pect before them. ' ' The first steamboat (the Chippewa Falls, Capt. Abe Hutchin-
son) that ever went up the Yellowstone Eiver met us there, loaded with rations
and forage. We filled up. We went down the river to its mouth at Fort Union,
where the Idaho emigrants left for their destination without military escort.
Crossed the Missouri; scouted northward to the British line; turned south to Fort
Berthold; held council with the friendly Indians there; reached Fort Eice Sep
tember 10th, remaining twenty days. Here a detail of 100 men from each command
was sent out to the relief of Capt. Fisk and a party of Idaho gold hunters who
were completely surrounded by a body of hostile Indians at a point 100 or 200
miles west. Eighteen days' rations; 60 rounds of ammunition for each man; no
extra baggage; picked horses; picked men, and in due time Fisk and his party
were released. Eeached Fort Sully October 8th, and the Northwestern Indian
expedition was broken up. The battalion went via Sioux City to Fort Eidgley,
and went into winter quarters Nov. 10, 1864, having marched over 3,000 miles
since leaving Fort Snelling.

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Extract from the order of Gen. Sully relieving the battalion from duty with
Iris command: "The general regrets that the exigencies of the service compel
Trim to part with the battalion. He did hope to retain them in his command,
and in parting he can give no stronger terms of praise than to say that he con
siders them in all respects soldiers. "

A letter to the St. Paul Press says: "We have to boast that no horse has
been stampeded or stolen by the Indians, and no man of our battalion has been
surprised while on picket duty, notwithstanding such things have occurred in
the brigade; one regiment having lost four men and forty horses from this cause
alone."

THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN OF 1865.

In the spring of 1865 the battalion was again ordered to Sioux City, and
with other troops, under command of Gen. Sully, patrolled the country east of
the Missouri Eiver in Dakota, visited Fort Eandall, Fort Union, Devil's Lake,
the Mouse Eiver country, reaching Fort Berthold August 8th, where Gen. Sully
had an interview with Medicine Bear, a chief of the Yanktonais Sioux. He
claimed to have been in both of our last year's fights, and was severely wounded.
He says that in two years' fighting the Yanktonais had lost eight hundred and
sixty warriors in killed and wounded who have died of their wounds. The
battalion spent a month at Fort Sully waiting the operations of some peace com
missioners, whose names and the result of whose work is not now at the com
mand of the writer of this record. On the 23d of October the headquarters
were moved to Sioux City, and Maj. Brackett assumed command of the post.
The battalion was scattered in detachments of a dozen or more men from Sioux
City to Fort Eandall, and from Sioux City to Spirit Lake, Company D being sta
tioned at Sioux Falls, thus guarding some two hundred or three hundred miles
of what was at that time the extreme frontier settlements, and remained in about
that position until mustered out in 1866.

Of course, for a long time, the command led a life of comparative inactivity,
^and, as appeared to us, a life of uselessness. But looking back at it now, the
writer of this narrative believes that the fact of a body of soldiers patrolling up
and down through Dakota during the summer of 1865, and scattered along in
small detachments during the winter of 1865-66 and spring of 1866, as has been
stated, had its influence in preventing any raid by small parties of Indians, and
tended to quiet any fear of hostile Indians that the frontier settlers might other
wise have had, and thus hastened the settlement of that country. If " an ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of cure," then that prevention which entirely
prevents is worth wagon-loads of cure; and from this standpoint our last eighteen
months' service was probably worth all it cost, and no doubt the boys are now
ready to forgive the Government for having kept them in the service fourteen
months after the close of the war, especially as it now gives the historian an op
portunity to record the fact that the organization served longer than any other
troops of the State of Minnesota.

THE CHARACTER OF THE MEN.

Did this four and a half years' service demoralize the character of the men?
IsTo. If young men were ever so little inclined to go astray, it would certainly
liave been developed by the last eighteen months of our service. Scattered out in
small detachments, most of them with no commissioned officers in attendance,
chafing at the injustice of being kept in the service more than a year after the
close of the war, it would not have been surprising if the battalion had earned
an unsavory reputation for ungentlemanly conduct and lack of discipline, but
the facts in the case are directly to the contrary. In May, 1866, when the bat
talion was ordered to Fort Snelling for muster-out, the editor of the Sioux City
Journal, who had an opportunity of seeing us daily for many months, and knew
what he was writing about, had this to say of us: "This well-known military
organization is under marching orders to Minnesota for muster-out. We part

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from them with a good deal of regret. Their soldier-like bearing and efficiency
has not only won the regard of our citizens, but accompanying the order for their
muster-out the general commanding took occasion to speak of their services in
the highest terms of commendation. And, indeed, their services have been of
no ordinary character. They have marched and fought over nearly the whole
length of the continent. Brevet Col. Brack ett, their commander, never forgets
to blend the amenities of a gentleman in the exercise of authority, and never
fails to win the esteem of those with whom he comes in contact. He is one of
the oldest majors in the volunteer service, but, judging from the well-set Eoman
profile of his face, we should select him to command brigades instead of a bat
talion. All the other officers of the command that we have met are gentlemen
in the best sense of the term. Both men and officers will be long and favorably
remembered by our citizens."

If the space allotted to Brackett's Battalion in this history was not already
exceeded, I should like to show how many of the men have occupied high posi
tions of honor and trust since the close of the war. The old major, as the boys
used to call him, has been deputy United States marshal under every adminis
tration since the war. Capt. Barton, two or three years in the legislature and a
dozen years sheriff of Bice county. Private Ira B. Hyde went to Congress.
Capt. J. A. Beed, who filled every position in his command from sixth sergeant
to captain, was twice elected to the legislature, and served as warden of the
state prison for twelve years. Eugene Marshall is cashier of the Houston
County Bank. M. M. Clark has had a seat in the legislature. John "W. Cram-
sie is Indian agent. F. A. Squires is one of the noted cattle breeders of the
state. W. B. Torrey has the title " judge" attached to his name. Cal. Silliman
has a position in one of the departments at Washington. The list might be
extended to fill pages of this book; but, to make a long story short, it is sufficient
to say that, with scarcely an exception of all the cases that have come to the
notice of the writer hereof, when the men of Brackett's Battalion laid down the
saber they took up the duties of the citizen, have built up and established
homes for themselves, and are an honor to the communities in which they reside.
Good soldiers ! Good citizens ! May we all meet in the great camp above.

FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.

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MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERS.

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Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel May 22 '66 to

Surgeon —
C. O.Johnson

Apl. 19. '64

rank from March 13, '65; discharged May 16, '66.
Eesigned '64.

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OFFICERS.

Captains —
Henning Von Minden..
Albert T. Phelps
First Lieutenants —
August Matheus
Alfred H. Foote
Second Lieutenants —
Joseph J Buck

Sept. 29, '61
Dec. 19, '64

Sept. 16, '61
Mch. 1, '65

Oct. 7, '61
Apl. 5, '65

Promoted Major in Hatch's Indpt. Batt. Cavalry Sept. 27, '04.
Discharged with company.

Discharged with company.

Resigned Nov. 20, '64.
Discharged with company.
Resigned and discharged" for disability May 20, '63.

Discharged April 16, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for disability Jan. 1, '66.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged with company.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 'G4; pro. Corporal, Sergeant; discharged.

Corporal; discharged for wounds Sept. 10, '62.
Discharged with company.
Per order.
Saddler; discharged for disability Aug. 5, '62.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged with company.
Musician.
Per order.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.

Sergeant; promoted 2d Lieutenant; resigned Nov. 2, '64.

Discharged for disability March 16, '66.
Per order.
Wagoner; discharged for disability Sept. 2, '62.
Hung for murder by citizens of Mankato May 3, '65.

Transferred to 1st Iowa Cavalry Dec. 17, '61.
Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Sergeant.
Transf. from Stewart's Cavalry Feb. 2, '62; re-enl. Jan. 1, '64.
Discharged for disability July 30, '65.

Discharged with company.
Died Aug. 23, '63, at Nashville Hospital.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1,'64, pro. Corporal, Com. Sergeant; discharged.
Per order.
Per order.
Deserted Dec. 20, '61, at Benton Barracks, Mo.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Discharged with company.
Discharged for disability Aug. 29, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Died April 12, '62, at Camp Lowe, Ky.
Deserted March, '65, while on furlough.
Re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; pro. Corp., Q. M. Serg., 2d Lt., 1st Lt.; dis.
Sergt.; Q. M. Sergeant; discharged for disability Jan. 28, '63.
Re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; pro, Serg., 1st Serg.; dis. with company.
Promoted Corporal; discharged with company.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; pro. Corporal, Sergeant; discharged.
Discharged with comoauv.

Dec. 5, '64

ENLISTED MEN.

Arnold Andrew

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Feb. 25, '61
Feb. 25, '61
Feb. 28, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Sept. 16, '61

Anderson Jacob

Feb. 10, '66

Barclay Wm H

Barclay, Hugh
Backraeir, Henry
Badtendorf John

Oct. 4, '64

Barrer, George

Barclay Robert C

Feb. 24, '64
Feb. 23, '64
Oct. 15 ,'61
Aug. 12, '64
Mch.31,'64
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Mch. 21, '64
Mch.31,'64
Oct. 16, »1
Sept. 16, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Mch.31,'64
Mch.28,'64
Sept. 16, '61
Sept.30 ,'61
Feb., '65
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Mch. 19, '64
Mch.14,'64
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 5/63
Mch. 14, '64
Mch. 4, '64
Mch.31,'64
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Sept. 16, '61
Mch. 23, '64
Mch.28,'64
Oct. 9, '61
Mch.31,'64
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 30, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 17, '65
Oct. 9, '61
Sept. 16, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Mch. 23, '64
Oct. 10, '61
Feb. 26. '64

Beck, Christopher

Mch. 25, '65

Beck Jacob

Bennett, Byron C

Apl. 29, '66

Blassing Julius...

Bode Nicholas

Biasing, Frederick

June 28, '62

Bowman Wm. H

Bohland, Adam

Brinkhaus Wm

Oct. 28, '64

June 28',' '62
Oct. 28, '64

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Buck, Joseph J

Busking Wm ...

Busse Henry W

Burgraff Albert

Cantini, Casper
Campbell John, L

Carlson, John

Feb. 10, '66
Oct. 4, '64

Cebert, August ...

Coopei, James

Constriger, Frank
Couch Eli M

Decurtins, Lewis.

Apl. 23, '66

Discher Henry

Donnelly, George
Doer William

Dolzin, Martin

Dow Wm. L

Drewicke, Lorenz
Dufiel Andrew

May 29, '65
Jan. 28, '63

Dyer, Spencer H

Eddy Hiram

Finch/Solomon B
Follsdorf, Charles

Fonty Frederick

Foot, Alfred H
Freudenreich, Geo. A
Fritz Anthony

Frazer, Francis
Geib, Jacob ..

Gessell. Gerard

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33
21
18
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22
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'is'

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22
33
18
18
18
18
21
22
21
18
24
22
28
44
35
21
19
24
22
25
23
18
82

June 5, '63
Aug. 8, '64
Feb. 28, '65
Oct. 15, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Feb. 5 '63
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 28, '65
Mch. 29, '65
Oct. 19, '61
Sept. 16, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Jan. 28, '62
Apl. 17, '63
Apl. 17, '63
Feb. 27, '65
Oct. 20 '61
Sept. 30, '61

Left in hospital at Nashville; not heard from.
Per order.
Discharged with company.
Discharged for disability March 10, '62.
Died Sept. 3, '62, at Dover, Tenn.

Discharged with company.
Per order.
Discharged with company.
Per order.
Farrier; reduced.

Discharged for disability May 8, '63.
Deserted February, '64, while on furlough.
Died June 22, '63, at Fort Donelson, Tenn.
Discharged with company.
Musician; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged with company.

Deserted Aug. 10, '63; reported drowned at St. Louis.
Deserted July 20, '62, at Cairo, 111.
Re-enlisted Jan 1, '64; promoted Farrier.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Sergeant, 1st Sergeant; died of wounds received at Dodson-
ville, Ala., Dec. 16, '63.

Killed Sept, 6, '64, by Indians, while on detached service with
Capt. Fisk.
Re enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged with company.

Died Feb. 16, '63, of wounds.
Veteran; promoted Corporal; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
1st Sergeant; discharged for disability Jan. 28, '63.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.

Per order.
Promoted Corporal; discharged with company.
Discharged for disability June 5, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Discharged March 17, '63, for wounds by accident.

Discharged for disability March 15, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged with company.
Deserted February '64.
Discharged with cofflpany.
Per order.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.

Discharged with company.
Promoted Commissary Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant.
Discharged with company.

Discharged for disability Aug. 30, '62.

Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Veteran; discharged for disability May 20, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged with company.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Sergeant; reduced.
Died May 19, '62, at Fort Heiman, Ky.
Discharged with company.
Deserted April, '64
Deserted April, '64, at Fort Snelling.

Promoted Corporal.

Re-enl. Jan. 1,'64; pro. Q. M. Serg.; red.; dis. for dis. Jan. 25, '66.
For wounds received May 5, '62.
Discharged with company.
Re-enlisted Jan 1, '61; discharged with company.
Transferred to 1st Iowa Cavalry Ded. 17, '61.
Per order.

Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Dis. for wounds in battle of Obion River, Tenn., May 5, '62.
Re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; pro. Q. M. Serg., 1st Serg. and Captain.
Sergeant.
Discharged for disability April 5, '63.

Apl. 29, '65

Grople Win

Green William

Feb. 5, '66

Graining, John G

Apl. 12, '66

Grimmer, Henry
Guinz John

June 38, '62
Oct. 4, '64
Oct. 28, '04

Hanber, Joseph N
Hansen, Peter.

Harris' Thomas E

Hecht Henry

June 28, '62

Herman, Chas T

Sept. 23, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 14, '61
Mch. 12, '65
Mch. 31, '65
Oct. 9, '61

Oct. 14, '61
Feb. 17, '65
Mch. 31 ,'65

Oct. 9, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Mch. 6, '65
Feb. 28, '65
Sept. 16, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 24, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Sept. 16, '61
Feb. 28, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Sept. 16, '61
Feb. 3, '62
Nov. 30, '64
Feb. 26, '65
Sept. 21, '61
Feb. 17, '65
June 6, '63
June 4, '63
Feb. 28, '65
Sept. 30, '61
Mch. 7, '65
Mch. 31, '65
Mch. 7, '65
Feb. 27, '65
Oct. 14/61
Feb. 28, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Feb. 26, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 29, '61
Mch. 31, '65
Mch. 19, '65

Hestorfor, Gotfried

Henriegle Richard

Hedrick, Theodore
Hickborn, Isaac

Oct. 28, '64
Feb. 13, '66

Higler, Joseph

Hoblett Isaac N.

Hoffinaster, Ernest

Hutchings George

Oct. 28; '64

Hutchins Marion

Hutchings, Charles A

Jauick'e, John G

James DavidM

Jenks Eleaser W D

Feb. 10, '66
June 28, '62

John, Christoff
Jones, Augustus
Justus, John

Kaiser Andrew .. ..

Kamas, Wni

Kalt Albert

Nov. 29, '65

Kemper, Herman L

Kerpen, Nicholas

Feb. 11, '66

Knight, Geo. W

Knight, Jackson
Krecht, Nicholas

Kruger, Claus H

Jan. 28, '62

Kuskee, Gustave
Kuskee John . .

Nov.' 29',' '65

I,ake. Alvah

Lindig Adam

Losch, August

Longfellow, Chas. F

Feb. 14, '66

Marsh, John

Marsh Anthony

Sept. 27, '64

Mann, Peter

Mango Gustave

Me Nelly, James R
McEwen, Daniel

Meyer William

Meyer, Anton
Miller Charles W

Miller, Charles

Morse Joseph

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20
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25
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28

Feb. 28, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Jan. 11, '63
Jan. 11, '68
Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 19, '61
Mch.28, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 9, '65
Aug. 8, '64
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Mch. 31 ,'64
Feb. 28, '65
Oct. 9, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 2, '61
Sept. 25, '61
Oct. 11, '61

June 6, '65
Jan. 11, '66
Jan. 11, '66

Moore, Wm.C

Moore John

Moshresh, George
Moore Henry

Aug. 27, '62

Moore, W.J.S

Naurth, John

Nelson. George
Ober, Luther M
Otto Herman

"Apl. 29"'65
Oct. 28, '64
Oct. 28, '64

Otto, Gustave

Pebbles, Elijah D
Phelps George

Phelps, George

Sept. 17, '62
"6ct'." "4',' '64

Phelps, Albert T... .

Piercy David A

Poplan, William
Pratt, Martin V

Oct. 28, '64

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

587

NAMES.

a

4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Rasko Matthias

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31
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31
18
19
19
22
20
35
44
22
18
17
23
24
36
22
45
22
22
21

Oct. 5, '61
Sept. 16, '65
Sept. 16, '61
Sept. 25 '61
Feb. 25, '65
Feb. 18, '61
Oct. 11, '61

Feb. 28, '65
Mch.30,'65
Mch.30,'65
Sept. 18 '61
Mch.27 '65
Mch.31,'64
Sept. 18, '61
Sept. 25 '61
Oct. 5, '61
Apl. 14, '64
Sept. 8, '61
Mch.31,'65
Oct. 9, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Feb. 17, '65
Sept. 30, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Mch.24, '65
Oct. 2, '61
Oct. 9, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Oct. 15, '61
Apl. 9, '64
Oct. 9, '61
Nov. 28, '62
Oct. 9, '61
Mch.ll ,'64
Sept. 16, '61
Mch.28, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Sept. 16, '61
Oct. 7, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Apl. 9, '64
Sept.16 ,'61
Feb. 22, '64
Oct. 9, '61
Mch.29,'64

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged with company.
Corporal; discharged for wounds July 16, '62.
For wounds, by accident, Feb. 12, '62.

Discharged with company.
Sergeant; died April 24; '63, at Fort Donelson, Tenn.
Deserted June 5, '63, with horse, arms and equipments, at Fort
Donelson, Tenn.
Discharged with company.
Died April 23, '65, in hospital at Fort Snelling.
Died April 21, '65, in hospital at Fort Snelling.
Deserted Sept. 30, '62, at Paducah, Ky.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Corporal; discharged for disability July 16, '62.
Blacksmith; transf.to Co. I, 5th Iowa Cavalry, March, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; pro. Corp., Ser^.; dis. with company.
Discharged with company.
Transferred to Company H, 5th Iowa Cavalry.
Died Feb. T3, '63, at Fort Donelson, Tenn.

Transferred to Company H, 5th Iowa Cavalry, June 1, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Corporal; deserted Dec. la, '63, at Dodsonville, Ala.
Discharged for disability May 29, '65.
Transferred to Company H, 5th Iowa Cavalry, Dec. 17, '61.
Transferred to Company H, 5th Iowa Cavalry, Dec. 17, '61.
Per order.

Deserted Dec. 1, "63, at Nashville, with horse and equipments.
Corporal; transferred to Company H, 5th Iowa Cavalry. *
Per order.
Per order.
Died Aug. 24, '65, at Fort Rice, D. T.
Per order.

Corporal; discharged for disability at Nashville.
Per order.
Discharged with company.
Corporal; discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability May 10, '65.
Deserted July 10, '62, at Fort Heiman, Ky.
Discharged with company.

Reuther Matthias

Reuther Peter

July 16, '62
Sept. 24, '64

Riesgraf, Simon

Robeck Wm

Rogue Baptiste

Rogers, Eugene

Rogers John

Russell Paul

Ryan James L

Sanders INred

Schnell, August
Schmidt Peter

Scheldt George

Schleng'e Carl

Simon, Albert
Sloan Elisha W

Smith, Geo. W

Smith, John F

Feb. 11, '66

Spring, Thomas
Sperry, Burdette M
Sparks Wm

Sterner, Charles
Sturgess Isaac A .

Stocking, John B

Stocking, Duncan B

Sturgeon, Robt., Jr

Apl. 29, 'Co
Oct. 28, '64

Taylor, Samuel

Thompson James.

Tilbury, George

Ulman, Peter. .

Apl. 26, '66
June 28, '62

Vaseur, Louis
Yermilya, Solomon A
Violl, Julius B

Apl. 29, '65
Oct. 4, '64

Yonder, Hyde H

"Walroth, Sanford

Waggoner, Matthias
Webber, Michael W
Wede, Kenper
White, Charles O

Williams, John

Young, Matthias

ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

W
O
•4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS'.

Captains —
D. Mortimer West
William Smith

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Nov. V61
July 17, '63
Sept. 9. '64.

July 17, '63
Sept. 9, '64

Nov. 6, '61

Sept. 9, '64

Apl. 28, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Apl. 15, '64
Nov. 23, '61
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1 '61
Apl. 17, '64
Apl. 17, '64
Apl. 22, '64
Nov. 1 ,'61
Apl. 28, '64
Apl. 30, '64
Apl. 28, '64
Apl. 27, '64

Enrolled Oct. 23, '61; resigned July, '63.
1st Lieutenant Nov. 6> '61; resigned Jan. 30, '64.
Sergeant Nov. 1, '61; 2d Lieutenant July 17, '63; 1st Lieutenant
March 16, '64.
1st Sgt. Nov. 1,'61; 2d Lt. Jan. 9,'62; Maj. 2d Minn. Cv. Jan. 23,'64.
Corporal Nov. 1, '61; 1st Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; 2d
Lieutenant March 16, '64.

Corporal Nov. 1, '61; Sergeant, 1st Sergean-tj re-enl. Jan. 1, '64.

Per order.
Discharged for disability May 10, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; discharged for disability March 12, '65.
Discharged for disability April 24, '62.
Re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; pro. Corporal; dis. for disability Jan. 5, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Discharged for disability May 10, '63.
Discharged for disability May 10, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Veteran.

John A Reed.

June 1, '66

ttrst Lieutenants
Robert H. Rose....".

Marshall F. Fall

Second Lieutenants —
Nathan Bass
George S. Converse

ENLISTED MEN.

Andrews John

June X,'66

"June" V66

June 1/66
June 2, '65

Ayre, William M
Barbour, Geo. A

Barnard, John

Bancroft, James E

Baker, George

Barker, Joseph H

June 1, '66

Bamis, MiloW

Bamis, James H

Beaupre, Wm. J

June 1, '66
June 1, '66
June 1, '66
June 1, '66
June 1,'66
June 1, '66

Betts, Norman C...

Biggs, Edward

Borden, Daniel B
Bowers, George S
Bottleson, Andrew M

588

BRACKETT'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY.
ROSTEK OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

i 3

<

MUSTERED
Iw.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

19

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Apl. 24, '64
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1 '61
Sept. 4, '63
Apl. 28, '64
Oct. 23, '61
Apl. 12, '64
Apl. 12, '64
Nov. 1, '61
Sept. 4, '63
Apl. 29, '64
Apl. 15, '64
Nov. 1 '61
Nov. 1 '61
Apl. 30, '64
Mch.17,'64
Mch.23 '64
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 1,'61
Dec. 17, '61
Mch.26, '64
Oct. 23, '61
Nov. 1, '61

June 1,'66
June 1, '66

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; pro. Corporal; dis. for disability April 4, '65.
Discharged for disability March 12, '65.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Discharged for disability Sept. 4, '62.
Re-eulisted Jan. 1, '64.
Discharged fur disability April 12, '66.

Discharged for disability Jan. 12, '63.
Discharged for disability June 10, '62.
Discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.
Discharged for disability May 16, '65.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability March 10, '65.
Promoted Corporal, Quartermaster Sergeant; re-enl. Jan. 1, '64.
Transferred to Marine Service March 8, '63.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability Nov. 15, '65.
Discharged for disability May 19, '63.
Discharged for disability Oct. 20, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1. '64; promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Discharged for disability Oct. 4, '62.
Deserted July 1, '62.
Discharged for disability July 30, '65.

Died Feb. 1, '62, in hospital at St. Louis.
Discharged for disability Oct. 10, '65.
Died Oct. 2, '64, in hospital at Fort Rice, D. T.
Corporal; transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff Jan. 1, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Saddler.

Transferred to Company I, 5th Iowa Cavalry; re-enl. Jan. 1, '64.
Transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff.
Re-enlisted Jan 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Veteran; Volunteer.
Deserted April 8, '64, at Fort Snelling, Minn.

Per order.
Promoted Wagoner.
Discharged for disability April 4, '63.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Corporal, Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Died May 28, '62, in hospital at St. Louis, Mo.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Promoted Corporal; transferred to 2d Minnesota Cavalry.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 17, '64.

Discharged for disability March 31, '62.
Musician; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Sergeant; reduced; discharged for disability Nov. 8, '62.
Corporal; discharged for disability Aug. 11, '62.
Died Nov. 14, '62, in hospital at Mound City, 111.

Died Jan. 7, '64, at Nashville, Tenn.
Discharged for disabilitv July 21, '62.
Serg; transf. to Non-Coni. Staff Jan. 1, '62; re-enl. Jan. 1, '64.

Wagoner; discharged for disability Sept. 19, '62.

Bray Harmon

Brown Geo S

June 1, '66
June 1, '66
June 1,'66

Burnett, Eugene R
Burnett Wni II

Carlton Edward

Cahorn Wm B

June 1, '6b

Carter' Charles

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99

June 1,'66

Cham S W

Chappin, Henry A *.

Chandler Charles . . .

Chase, John B

Chase Henrv S

June 1, '66
June 1, '66
June 1,'66

Clark, Merrill M
Comstock, Byron W
Curry Robert

Cummings, David II, Jr....
Davis, Edward

Doings, George
Doolittle, Solomon M
Dorisdale, Richard

Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1 '61

June 1, '66
Nov. 1,'64

Doble, John F

Mch.22, '64
Oct. 23, '61
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 5, '61
Oct. 18 '61
Mch.15, '64
Mch.31,'64
Nov. 1 ,'61
Nov. 1, '61
Mch.25 '64
Nov. 2, '61
Nov. 1,'61
Apl. 2, '62
Mch.17,'64
Mch.17 '64
Mch.27,'64
Nov. 1 '61
Mch.12,'64
Apl 1 '64

Donaldson, Joseph R
Drake, Levi N
Edwards James

June 1,'66

Eddleman, Thomas J
IFahey Thomas

June 1, '66
June 1,'66
June 1,'6C
June 1, '66
June 1, '66
June 1, '66

Farrel, Charles F
Farnham, Solomon
Ferden, Wm. H

Finley, William
Finch Charles D

Friend, John R

Frasier Wm.

France, Jacob R
France, Stephen D
Furgeson, John II
Gardner, Joseph

June 1,'6(
June 1, '66

George, Thomas

Giles, Amos H
Gillen, Owen E

Nov. 1 '61
Nov. 1,'61
Mch 11 '64

Goldsmith, Leonard
Granger Chas H.

June 1, '66
June 1, '66
Feb. 28, '66
June 1, '66
Nov. 27, '64

Grutch, Dominick
Haughley, John H
Hendricks, Wm
Hill, John H

Feb. 17, '65
Mch.28,'64
Nov. 1, '61
Oct. 1,'61
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 19, '61
Mch.12,'64
Mch.28,'64
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Mch.23, '64
Aug. 15, '62
Apl. 1, '64
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1 '61
Mch.30, '64
Oct. 23, '61
Dec. 17, '61
Nov. 1,'G1
Mch. 30, '64
Apl. 1,'64
Sept. 21, '63
Nov 1 '61

Hopkins, Volney I
Howland, Frederick L
Howland George H..

June 1, '66
June 1,'66

Holman, Allen J

Howe, Archibald E
Howe Peter C.

Feb. 27, '66
June 2, '65
June 1, '66

'juueT,'66
Nov. 4, '64
Nov. 4, '64
June 1, '66

Hurley, Amos B
Hust,Nickolas. .. .

Jelley, John E

Joseph, Noah

Johnson, Hans :

Kelly, Eugene J

Keith, Henry C

Keough, Walter

June 1,'66
June 1, '66

Larson, Ole..

Lamp, Leni

Lewis, Griffith J

June 1 '66
June 1,'66

Maiston, Cyris C
McFarlan, Mahlon
McConnell, Robert
McCrary Robert R

June 1, '66

McCartney, Bartholomew .
Mead, Wm. W

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32
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19
29
44
41
18
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41

Oct. 23, '61
Nov. 1,'61
Mch.30, '64
Apl. 1, '64
Feb. 17, '65
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1 '61
Mch.26, '64
Nov. 1,'61
Oct. 22, '61
Nov. 1, '61
Mch. 30, '64
Apl. 14, '64
Nov. 1 '61

Nov. 27, '64
June 1, '66
June 1,'66
June 1 '66
Feb. 28, '66

Merritt, Leonidas
Miller, Christopher
Miller, Peter

Miller, Wm. H ..

Miller, John N

Moore, John

Moore, Andrew

June 1, '66

Munford, James
Munson, Andrew.

Musser, David

Myers, Columbus
Newhall Eugene

June 1, '66
June 1, '66

Norcutt, Winslow C

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

589

NAME3.

Oleson, Andrew

Oleson, Audrew

Oleson, Tolaff.

Oleson, Peter

Oleson, Simon

Oleson, Ole E

Oleson, Torry

Oswald, JohnB

Patten, Philip

Pease, Wm.H

Peshel, Joseph

Pettis. Edwin L

Peel, Samuel J

Pottle, Jamea H

Pierce, Alvin A

Plymatt, Wm. N

Preckle, Fred

Priest, Henry A

Putnam, Pliny

Richardson, Henry

Eoss, Clark B

Rust, John

Sargent, John H

Schaak, Jacob

Schmager, Charles

Seiler, John

Seiger, Wm

Silket, Jacob

Shiel, Lewis

Skillrnan, Milan

Smidt, Peter

Smith, Christopher C

Squires, Freeman A

Stermer, Stephen

Steiner, Joshua

Steins, Thomas

Stillman, Calvin

Thomas, PJ

Thiel, George

Thillean, Nicholas

Torry, Wm. B

Tompkins, Hiram

Trowbridge, Henry R

Underwood, John

Van Rice, Robert R

Wait, Eli

Ward, Charles

Wagger, Edwin B

Waters, Charles H

West, James R

Wells, Willoughby

West.S.M

West, M. F.

West, H. F

Weaver, Charles W

Wirt, George

Wilson, Samuel A

Wilson, Alonzo

Wolf, John

Wooley.Chas. W

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 22, '61
Feb. 21, '65
Aug. 12, '62
Sept. 21. '62
Oct. 22, '61
Aug. 19, '62
Mch.13,'64
Mch. 26, '64
Mch.30,'64
Apl. 8, '64
Mch. 12, '64
Nov. 24, '61
Aug. 12, '64
Mch. 4, '64
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 1,'Gl
Feb. 17, '65
Nov. 1, '61
Apl. 12, '62
Apl. 26, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1, '61
May 31, '64
Mch.30,'64
Sept. 25, '61

Mch. 12, '64
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 1 ,'61
Nov. 2, '61
Nov. 1, '61
Mch. 14, '61
Nov. 25, '61
Aug. 7, '62
Feb. 17, '65
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1 '61
Oct. 23/61
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1, '61
Oct. 18, '61
Nov. 1, '61
Aug. 12, '64
Mch. 28, '64
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1,'61
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Oct. 23/61
Mch. 12/64
Nov. 1/61
Apl. 1/64
Nov. 1/61
Aug. 19, '62
Apl. 1/64

June 1/66
Oct.' '20/65

Oct. 20/65
June 1, '66
June 1, '66
June 1, '66
June 1/66
June 1, '66
Nov. 24, '64
June 2, '65

Feb. 28, '66

Aug.'25/65
Aug. 25, '65
Oct. 20/65
June 1/66

June 1/66

Nov. 27, '64

June 1, '66
Feb".' 28/66

Nov. 27, '64
June 1, '66

June 1, '66
June 2, '65
June 1/66

June 1, '66

June 1,
June 1/66
June 1/66
Nov. 27, '64
Apl. 25, '65
June 1/66

REMARKS.

Blacksmith; discharged for disability Nov. 3, '62.
Died July 2, '62, in hospital at St. Louis.
Discharged for disability May 14, '62.
Died July 5, '62, in hospital at St. Louis.
Discharged for disability July 21, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability July 30, '65.

Promoted Corporal; discharged on expiration of term.
Discharged for disability May 4, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Per order.

Discharged for disability Oct. 10, '65.

Discharged for disability April 28, '63.

Died March 20, '62, in hospital, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Discharged for disability April 23, '63.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Discharged for disability April 16, '63.

Veteran; discharged for disability May 29, '65.

Transferred from Company A; appointed Blacksmith; re-enlist
ed Jan. 23, '64.

Discharged for disability Oct. 10, '65.
Sergeant; reduced; discharged for disability Aug. 4, '63.
Blacksmith.

Died Jan. 27, '62 in hospital at St. Louis.
Discharged for disability Nov. 8, '62.

Discharged for disability June 10, '62.
Discharged for disability Aug. 20, '65.

Serg.; pro. 1st Serg.; red. to 3d Serg.; dis. for dis. Sept. 22, '62.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; dis. for disability Feb. 6, '62.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability Oct. 6, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1/64.

Per order.

Saddler; transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff Jan. 9, '62.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Transferred to Non-Commissioned Staff.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability April 30, '62.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Veteran.

Transferred from Company C.

590

BRACKETT'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captains —

Alfred B. Brackett

E. Y. Shelley

Mortimer Neeley

First Lieutenant —

Robert W. Peckham

Second Lieutenants —

Andrew J. Church

Chas. H. Osgood

ENLISTED MEN.

Addleman, James F

Alden, Robert S

Allen, Horace

Allen, Josephus

Allen, Geo. B

Bain, Wm. T

Banning, Alpheus

Belding, Samuel S

Bedal, Isaac

Bedal. Elias

Bourdon, John

Brown, Jasper

Bradford, John F

Brown, Lauren E

Butchers, Robert

Carlton, Francis W

Caffrey.Wm

Calvin, Robert C

Carr, Bazilla

Carpenter, Loren N

Capistrant, Leander

Cheney, Christopher C

Cloutier, Bernard

Clary, Edward

Coates, Daniel H

Conies, David E

Constantino, James H

Corell, George

Cramsie, John W

Cragan,Nephi

Curry, Robert

Davis, Robert H

Durward.Wm. W

Day, Frederick T

Dilley, George

Dilley, John F

Duncanson, Stephen

Ellis, Wm

Emeigh, George W

Felton, Daniel, Jr

Finnegan, John

Foss, Edwin C

Franklin, Jesse

Gates, Charles

Garen, Florence

Green, James W

Green, Sam'l D

Harten, John H

Hatch, Ivory P

Hanson, Nelson

Hawley, Alfred C

Higley, Isaac M

Higley, Francis M

Hoffman, Francis.

Hobert, Joseph C. F

Holland, Jonathan

Hollister, Asahel D

Hutchinson, John R

Hunt, Edward W

Huff Gabriel B

Jay, William

Jamison, Horace

Jeffers, John

Johnson, Sam'l A

Johnson, Geo. H

Karnes, John

Kain, John

Kelley, Chas. E

Kinyon, Oliver L

Kingsley, Danforth A

Kidder, Lyman S

Knowlton, John W

L.ake, George

Laudon, John C

Lashell, Wallace R

MUSTERED
IN,

Nov. 4, '61
Feb. 1, '62
Apl. 12, '65

Apl. 21, '65

Apl. 13, '65
Jan. 2, '66

Mch. 28, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Nov. 1, '61
Feb. 17, '65
Mch. 1 '64
Mch. 1, '64
Nov. 21, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Nov. 1,'61
Oct. 10, '61
Mch. 9, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 8, '61
Nov. 1,'61
Feb. 24, '64
Mch. 24, '64
Mch. 4, '64
Feb. 17, '65
Apl. 1,'64
Mch. 31 '64
Mch. 31, '64
Oct. 25 '61
Oct. 21 ,'61
Nov. 2, '61
Mch. 1,'64
Dec. 17, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 6, '61
Nov. 19, '61
Nov. 21, '61
Nov. 4, '61
Nov. 1,'61
Feb. 24, '64
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 20, '61
Feb. 27, '64
Nov. 2, '61

Oct. 23, '61
Nov. 1,'61
Aug. 19, '63
Aug. 19, '63
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 24, '61
Feb. 27, '64
Nov. l,'6l
Nov. 21, '61
Nov. 5, '61
Nov. 28, '61
Nov. 21, '61
Feb. 24, '64
Mch. 1, '64
Nov. 12, '61
Feb. 26, '64
Feb. 29, '64
Mch. 1, '64
Dec. 3, '61

Nov. 12, '61
Feb. 24, '64
Feb. 24, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Nov. 4, '61
Nov. 14, '61
Feb. 10, '65
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1, '61
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 1,'61
Nov. 14, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

Mch. 24, '65
May 24, '66

May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
Feb. 17, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66
Dec. 19, '64
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66

May 24, '66
June 15, '65
Feb. 17, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66

May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66
Nov. 13, '65
May 24, '66
Oct.. 31, '64
Dec. 19, '64
May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
Mch. 29, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66

May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66,
May 24, '66 1

REMARKS.

Promoted Major Feb. 1, '62.

1st Lieutenant Nov. 4, '61.

2d Lieutenant Nov. 4, '61; 1st Lieutenant Feb. 1, '62.

1st Serg. Nov. 1/61; 2d Lieut. Feb. 1, '62; dis. per order '66.

Quartermaster Sergeant Nov. 1 '61; died Nov. 29, '65.
Corporal Nov. 1, '61; re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Transferred to Invalid Corps in '63.

Corporal; discharged June 6, '62, at Fort Heiman, Ky.
Discharged for disability March, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Ke-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; Saddler.
Discharged for disability Dec. 26, '64.

Per order.

rged per
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31 '63.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Transferred to Company I, Curtis' Horse, Jan. 1, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Discharged for disability Nov. 1, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; discharged per order May 29, '66.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, "63; promoted Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Nov. 1, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; Wagoner.

Term of service expired Nov. 2, '64; left at Murfreesboro under

court martial.

Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Corporal.

Corporal; transferred to Company 1, 5th Iowa Cav., July 14, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Musician; discharged Aug. 21, '62, at Fort Snelling.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Per order.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; killed Aug. 27, '65, by Indians at Fort

Rice, D. T.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Feb. 6, '63.

Discharged for disability Oct. 27, '65.

Discharged for disability Nov. 1, '62.

Corporal; dis. May 18, '63, for pro. 1st Lieut. Mounted Rangers.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Sergeant.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

COMPANY C.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

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MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

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Dec 17 '61

18

Nov 1 '61

Lynian Cornelius

19

Apl l' '64

May 24 '66

Maines Samuel T

24

Apl 4 '64

Marshall Eugene

99

Apl 20, '64

Discharged for disability; re-enl'isted Dec 31 '63

McDuffee Chas

39

Mch 1 '64

Discharged for disability Nov 18 '65

McConnell, John

Mch. 9, '64

May 24, '66

Mclntire Duncan

26

Mch. 31, '64

May 24, '66

McComber, Geo. W

?5

Nov. 1 '61

May 24, '66

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal.

McCarty, Frederick

97

Nov. 4, '61

May 24, '66

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Sergeant.

McKean Daniel .

Nov. 1, '61

Corporal; discharged June 21, '62 at fort Heiman Ky

McGeorge Wm B

27

Nov 1 '61

Sergeant* promoted 2d Lieutenant and Adjutant

McKay John M

44

Nov 1 '61

Morris Sidney A

Nov. 9 '61

Died M arch 1 '62 at quarantine hospital St Louis

Niskern Nelson

17

Mch. 1,'64

May 16, '65

Per order.

Northrup Geo W

Nov. 2, '61

Sergeant, 1st Sergeant; killed in Indian battle July 23 '64

Norton, Wm

23

Nov. 4, '61

May 24, '66

Re-enlisted Dec. 81. '63.

Norton, George W
O'Brien Edward

25

?8

Nov. 2, '61
Nov. 1 '61

Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 23, '64.
Died Oct. 14, '62, in hospital at Fort Heiman Ky.

Oliver Chas R

78

Nov 1 '61

Discharged for disability July 1 '63

Oleson' Ole

18

Nov. 7, '61

Discharged for disability May 8, '62.

Patten, Edward
Perkins E Henry H

35

Oct. 21, '61
Aug. 13, '63

Dec. 10, '64

Died Oct. 6, '63, at Tullahoma, Tenn., of wounds.

Plummer, Chas. B

22

Dec. 2, '63

Dec. 19, '64

n«

Apl 1 '64

Died May 19 '64 on march from Fort Snelling to Sioux City

Poland Almon D

31

Nov. 7, '61

Discharged for disability Feb. 10, '63.

Potter, Richard

Mch. 30, '64

May 24, '66

Promoted Corporal.

Pastel! Richard

34

Nov. 4, '61

May 24, '66

Blacksmith; re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Kamage, Josiah

Aug. 19, '63

May 24, '66

Richards, Alanson.

4?

Feb. 29, '64

Discharged for disability March 11, '65.

Rutherford, Chas. A
Scott, Jonas H

20

Feb. 17, '65
Mch. 11, '64

Feb., '65

Discharged for disability Oct. 10, '65.

Schaffer, Wm. W

27

Nov. 1 ,'61

Dec. 19, '64

Sempare, Joseph

18

Nov. 1 '61

May 24, '66

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Sephton, Edward

30

Nov. 4, '61

Dec. 19, '64

Senecal Julien

?7

Nov. 24 '61

Discharged for disability April 30, '63.

Siernon, Charles . .

74

Nov. 11, '61

Dec. 19, '64

Slaymaker, Henry

29

Mch. 1 '64

May 24, '66

Slaymaker, Reuben
Slack, John W

44
21

Mch. 1,'64
Nov. 13, '61

May 24, '66
May 24, '66

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.

Slayton. Lorenzo T
Smith John F

25

Nov. 20, '61
Sept 24 '62

Dec. 19, '64

Alias Corporal McGuire; turned over as deserter from Com

Smith John

32

Dec 20 '61

pany K, 8th Wisconsin Infantry. July 5, '65.

Soper, Allen

Nov 7* '61

Re-enlisted Dec. 31 '63; discharged for disability

Soper Jerome ..

29

Nov 7 '61

May 24 '66

Re-enlisted Dec 31 '63

Soule Ara J

23

Nov 24 '61

May 24* '66

Re~enlisted Dec 31 "63

Spencer, John M
Stuart David

25
26

Dec.' 2J '61
Nov 1 '61

Dec. 19/64

Corporal* re-enl Dec 31 '63* dis for disability April 28 '65

Strait, George

Nov l' '61

Corporal; died April 8, '63, in hospital at Paducah, Ky.

Stevenson, John

23

Nov. 21, '61

May 24 '66

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal.

Strach an, James
Stevenson Robert .

21

?7

Nov. 4, '61
Apl 1 '64

May'24"'66

Transferred to Company L, 5th Iowa Cavalry, Oct. 2, '62.

Stram, John C

18

Feb. 23, '64

May 24* '66

Straight, Henry D
Swan, OrenJ

19

?8

Feb. 18, '64
Nov. 1, '61

May 24, '66
Dec. 19 '64

Taylor, Chas. H

Feb. 24 '64

May 24 '66

Thompson, James
Thompson, John B
Van Eman, Wm. L
Wasson, Robt. E
Washburn, Wm. W
Walter, Edward H

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19
28
21

Nov. 7, '61
Nov. 18, '61
Mch. 1, '64
Nov. 13, '61
Nov. 13, '61
Dec. 12, '61

May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66
May 24, '66

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal.

Re-enlisted Dec. 13, '63; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Dec. 13, '63; promoted Corporal.
Re-enlisted Dec. 13, '63; discharged for disability.

Wenz, Chas

17

Nov. 1 '61

Re-enlisted Dec. 13 '63* dis. for pro. in U. S. Colored Regiment.

Woodruff, Wm M .

Nov 20 '61

May 24 '66

Re-enlisted Dec 13 '63' promoted Corporal.

Woodruff, Frank J

22

Nov. 20 '61

May 24* '66

Re-enlisted Dec 13 '63* promoted Corporal.

Whitney, Ephraim
Wilson, Alonzo

21
?8

Mch. 1,'64
Nov. 1, '61

May 24, '66

Transferred to Company B, April 29, '64.

592

BRACKETT'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY
ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

NAMES.

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21
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21
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain—

Jan. 5, '64

Jan. 5, '64
Dec. 28, '64

Dec. 30, '64

Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Feb. 16, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Apl. 14, '64
Feb. 10, '64
Feb. 13, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 10, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64

Enrolled Dec. 4, '63; discharged with company.

Dismissed in '64.
2d Lieutenant Jan. 5, '64; discharged with company.

IstSerg. Jan. 5, '64; discharged with company.

Promoted Corporal; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Killed July 28, '64, in battle of Ta-ha-kouty, D. T.
Discharged with company.
Corporal; discharged with company.
Corporal; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Deserted Oct. 10, '65.
Discharged with company.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged with company.
Deserted Oct. 10, '65.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Sergeant; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Killed Sept. 2, '64, at battle of Little Missouri, D. T.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Deserted June 11, '65.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged with company.
Sergeant; discharged for disability.

Discharged with company.
Sergeant; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Corporal- discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.

Discharged for disability.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Commissary Sergeant; discharged per order March 25, '66.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Farrier; discharged with companv.
Corporal; died March 27, '64, at Fort Snelling.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Deserted Feb. 6, '66.
Discharged with company.
Corporal; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.

Discharged with company.
Promoted Corporal; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Died Sept. 20, '64, at Fort Rice, D. T.
Promoted Corporal; discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged with company.
Discharged for disability.

First Lieutenants —
George G. Wilder

Second Lieutenant —

ENLISTED MEN.

Beebe 'George W

Benne'tt, Charles A
Bell, Charles
Bluett Edward

Bostwick, John D
Bolewine Henry

Brooks Josiah R

Brooks Ephraim P

Brown, Wm

Bryant H H

Brain Charles

Campbell S S

Chase Win H

Chase, Harley B
Chase E. F

Chase, Francis
Child, Henry D

Cleniertson, John
Conner, John

Corrison, James
Cowles Daniel B

Cole, George H

Daniels, Chase E

Feb., '66
Feb., '66

Daniels, George

De Groodt Oscar C

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Farquar, John W

Foster, George

Gates, Levi

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33

Jan. 5, '64
Apl. 14, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Feb. 13, '64
Feb. 20, '64
Feb. 20, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Feb. 10, '64
Feb. 13, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Feb. 10, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Feb. 17, '65
Apl. 2, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5. '64

Hayson John M

Heath, Kimball E

Headfint, Robert

Hillyer, Jacob C

Feb., '66
Feb., '66

Houghton, Geo. F

Hoyt William

21
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31
21
18
21

"43"
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27
26
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42

"is"

22
30
19

"22"
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25
21
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24
24
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26
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30
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29

Hoy, Hugh A. .

Hoy, George

Hunter, Harry

Huggins, Robert
Huntley Calvin E

Hyde, Frederick
Jenkins James E

Kelley Henry.

Keifer, John

Kennedy, Bartholomew....
Kinney, Thomas
Kinney, George V

Lambert, Zebina

Latham, Henry
La Favor, Louis
La Favor, Wm. H
Leonard, John A

Lea, James S

Lloyd, Loammi

Louth, James

Magee, Robert
McCollum, Wm. L
McCole John

Feb., '66

Mills, Silas

Morrill Richard B

Mulann, James

Paul Daniel

Parker Robert

Phelps, Sylvester A
Porter Charles E

Porter John

Pye William Jr

Radabaugh Pete

Radabaugh, Geo. W

Riddle, Wm

Ridgewav. Francis J....

COMPANY D.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

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NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Robinson, Henry TV

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Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 5, '64
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Discharged with company.
Quartermaster Sergeant; discharged with company.
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Discharged for disability.
Sergeant; discharged with company.
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Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged with company.
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Saddler; discharged with company.
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Promoted Corporal; discharged with company.
Blacksmith; discharged for disability.
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Wagoner; discharged with company.

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Scryon Joseph

Shepard, Ira S

Smith Charles

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NARRATIVE OF HATCH'S INDEPENDENT BATTALION OF CAVALRY,

BY MAJOR C. W. NASH.

•

At the time the narrative of Hatch's Independent Battalion was being first
considered it was expected that members of the organization, especially officers
who were active in the organization and had continuous service with it until
final discharge, would be pleased and able to furnish data as to important facts
and reminiscences from records or personal recollection which would be of aid
in its preparation, and make the same as complete as possible. Having this in
view, at an early day many members were written to and earnestly solicited to
furnish the desired information. This request, however, did not meet with as
ready response as was anticipated. The result is, that no doubt many impor
tant facts and incidents connected with the history of this battalion will from
necessity be omitted.

The writer was the quartermaster and commissary of subsistence of the
command, and kept a daily memorandum of matters deemed important as they
occurred. In the preparation of this narrative he has mainly to rely on his
personal diary and recollection as to facts, events and incidents that transpired
during the time of his connection with this organization, being about eighteen
months of its first service, and information from two or three other members
who have rendered valuable aid and greatly facilitated its preparation and
lessened the labor, and for this kindness and co-operation due thanks are cour
teously tendered.

It is deemed unnecessary at this remote period to go into detail as to the
causes and history of the Sioux Indian massacre on the frontier of Minnesota
in the summer of 1862, and the almost'unparalleled butchery of hundreds of her
defenseless citizens — the plundering, pillaging and destruction of their property.
This is a sad history, and is well known.

The effect on the different bands of Sioux Indians within the borders of Min
nesota, after the several engagements had with them by the troops under com
mand of General H. H. Sibley, in the autumn of 1862, and his expedition
across the plains to the Missouri River in the summer of 1863, was demoraliz
ing, and scattered many of their bands into remnants, and forced a large number,
as was believed, to seek refuge from danger and distress across the border in the
vicinity of St. Joe, then Territory of Dakota (now North Dakota), thirty-five
to forty miles west and northwest of Pembina. The number of Indians that thu&
escaped was variously estimated, but supposed to be several hundred, among
whom were at least three Sioux chiefs — Little Six (Shakopee), Little Leaf and
Medicine Bottle — who had been active leaders and participants in many murders
of our white citizens in 1862. The United States Government deemed it impor
tant, for the protection of the people who were residing on the frontier in Minne
sota and in Dakota Territory, to restore confidence to those who had fled from
their homes during the Indian outbreak, and, to insure their return at an early
day, to capture or in some way secure these Indians who were fugitives from
justice. It had in view, no doubt, two important objects, namely, to punish the
guilty and to prevent in the future these wandering outlaws from further acts of
crime, producing terror to the scattered settlements, and to prevent the half-
breeds and other persons in the vicinity of Pembina and across the line (who had
manifested, to a greater or less extent, sympathy and kindly feeling for the escaped
felons) from furnishing these Indians with firearms and ammunition to further
carry on their warfare.

THE MARCH TO PEMBINA. 595

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To accomplish these objects it was earnestly urged upon the secretary of war
by many of the prominent men of Minnesota who were among the early adven
turers and settlers in the territory and state, to authorize, without unnecessary
delay, the raising of a regiment of cavalry, equipped especially with reference
to this particular service; that the command be given to one possessing qualifica
tions and peculiar characteristics to make the required campaign a brief and
decisive one. Action in the matter was delayed much longer than appeared
necessary. It was the idea of the parties originating the expedition that it
should be undertaken and accomplished during the summer and early fall of
1863, when the weather would be favorable, grazing abundant, and no long and
cumbersome forage train would be required. In July, 1863, the secretary of
war authorized Major E. A. C. Hatch of St. Paul, Minn., to recruit a battalion
of cavalry, which he proceeded to do without unnecessary delay. It is proper
to observe that the selection of Major Hatch was determined upon on account of
his eminent and peculiar fitness for the position. He had been for many years-
since his early manhood in what was termed the "far West," and was intimately
acquainted with Indian characteristics, their customs and usages.

During the month of August and early days of September, 1863, the follow
ing companies were mustered into service: A, Captain A. T. Chamblin; B, Cap
tain George C. Whitcomb; C, Captain Abel Grovenor, and more than half the
members of Company D. Captain Hugh S. Donaldson, Company D, was mus
tered after the arrival of the troops at Pembiua in November following. In
due time the command was ordered to Pembina, accompanied by one section of
Third Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery, under Lieutenant Don A. Daniels. The
force was to be augmented by Major Joseph B. Brown, with his friendly Sioux
Indian scouts, who were to join the main body at some designated point on the
march.

The quartermaster and commissary of subsistence was directed to make esti
mate and requisition for a sufficient supply of stores, clothing, camp and garrison
equipage for 1,000 men for nine months, the forage to be supplied by contract, and
delivered at designated points as might be required. It was understood and
expressly promised that on the arrival of the command at Pembina, the place
of rendezvous for winter quarters, there would be found an abundant supply of
hay and grain; but this was not the case, as will be observed from facts hereafter
stated. There was no delay in making the requisition for the supplies, but for
reasons unknown a greater length of time than was anticipated was consumed in.
getting the same in readiness and providing the transportation. These delays,
no doubt, were unavoidable.

THE MARCH TO PEMBINA.

On the 5th of October, 1863, the command struck tents and commenced its
march. On reaching St. Cloud, the long transportation train was loading the
stores, but not being ready to proceed there was a halt for two or three days;
after which time the inarch was resumed, and from St. Cloud to Georgetown in
Clay county, Minnesota, on the Eed Eiver of the North, the troops discharged
the duty of escort to the train. The distance traveled daily varied, but aver
aged ten to twenty miles. The train was heavily loaded, and the motive power
being very largely oxen and mules, the progress was necessarily slow and tedious
in the extreme. On or about the 15th of October it arrived at Sauk Centre,
where was met the first snow of the season; and from that time to the close of
the march, which was Nov. 13, 1863, it is within bounds to say that it was con
tinuously stormy, with rain and snow alternating, accompanied with severe winds.
Day after day, night after night, it was cold, bleak and desolate. This march
will long be remembered by those who were participants, trudging along weary
and monotonous miles, through rain, snow and mud, exposed to high winds and
biting cold, sleeping in tents, enduring hardships and fatigue that tested to the
fullest extent the physical, mental and moral forces of all, and taxed to the
utmost the energy, determination, or will power of officers and men. On or about
the 24th of October it reached Pomme de Terre, some fifty miles east of Fort

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Abercrombie, where was a small *stockade within which were one or two fami
lies, and which was also a station of the Minnesota Stage Company. At this
point it was deemed advisable to divide the command, the major part proceeding
to Fort Abercrombie for the purpose of obtaining additional ordnance supplies;
the residue, under the command of Lieutenant Charles H. Mix, as an escort to
the transportation train, was sent across the country to Georgetown, some fifteen
miles below the present city of Moorhead, which route it was believed would
shorten the distance thirty to fifty miles or more, and with the expectation of
making a junction with the main body by the time it would reach Georgetown,
or, at the furthest, within one day thereafter. No doubt was entertained that
Lieutenant Mix would, without any serious difficulty, reach his place of desti
nation at the time expected in safety. Among other matters enumerated in
his orders, in the* event that he found it was impossible or impracticable to get
through, was to stop at some point where would be found a good supply of water
and timber, and to commence building winter quarters; also, at the earliest day
practicable, to communicate with Major Hatch.

The following day the respective commands took their departure. That sec
tion of the country to be traversed by Lieutenant Mix's detachment and trans
portation train, for a portion of the distance at least, had been settled to a con
siderable extent prior to the Indian outbreak in 1862. This was more especially
the case at Fergus Falls and vicinity; however, where there had been settlements,
these had become depopulated from fear, which pervaded the entire country.
There were well-known traveled roads, the half-breed trails in particular. There
were several employes of the transportation company who were experienced
frontiersmen, who had traversed the country frequently and claimed to be famil
iar with its general topography, which insured greater confidence in the ultimate
success of the object desired. It was accomplished, but not without much suf
fering and the loss of a number of mules and oxen. Snow fell to the depth of
twelve inches or more, high and violent winds prevailed, drifting the snow to a,
greater depth, and the weather was bitter cold.

Lieutenant Mix in his statement says: " For the first day or two we got along
nicely; after that the weather through the day became warmer, and softened the
snow so that it became impossible to make any progress during the daytime.
We were compelled to do our traveling in the night, when the weather was
colder and the snow frozen. We had no road to guide us, went further north
than we should, and found ourselves in the Leaf Mountains. Lost several horses
and oxen. After several days' delay arrived at Georgetown.7'

On the 30th day of October, Major Hatch, as he expected, reached George
town, Lieutenant Mix failing to arrive. Another day passed with no news, and
affairs assumed a serious aspect. Several parties, in which were half-breeds liv
ing at Georgetown, were sent in search of the supposed lost detachment and train.
After several days of great anxiety for their whereabouts and safety the return
of some members of the searching party brought the glad tidings that the lost
had been found. In a very short time Lieutenant Mix with his command and
train arrived, much to the gratification and rejoicing of all. Great credit is due
to Lieutenant Mix, the soldiers of his command, and to the citizen employes con
nected with the transportation train, for important, valuable and meritorious
services on that occasion.

^Expecting beyond a doubt that Lieutenant Mix's command would join the
main body and supply it with rations about the same day that it would reach
Georgetown, and failing so to do, the troops with Major Hatch for several days
were without subsistence of any kind, except the meat of two or three elk
killed by the soldiers. It will not require any great stretch of the imagination
to understand that with this condition of affairs confronting all, matters at that
time in camp, for days, were serious in the extreme. It was the express under
standing that the contractors for furnishing forage would have an ample supply
delivered at Georgetown for the animals of the command, including those of the
transportation train, and grain sufficient for forage from this point to Pembina,
but not hay, as it was not obtainable between these places. The facts were en-

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tirely to the contrary. There was not any .grain provided, none to be had.
There were a very few tons of hay in the surrounding country, and the few tons
obtained were taken from the poor half-breed settlers by order, it being deemed
a military necessity. By this action the entire product of hay for miles about
was seized and the settlers were impoverished during that winter. A very large
majority of their stock died. In every instance very liberal compensation for the
hay taken was made by the quartermaster and paid for by the United States.
Having no forage, at once resort was made to browsing the animals from the
trees of the forest, which were abundant. On the arrival of the transportation
train it was evident that a majority of the animals were in a disabled condition,
being foot-sore, with blood oozing from the feet of the oxen, very greatly re
duced in flesh and strength, occasioned by exposure in the late storm, which
seemed to indicate very clearly that it would be impossible to proceed further.
In addition to this, as before noted, we were without forage, snow twelve inches
or more in depth, weather extremely cold, the remaining distance to be traveled,
some two hundred miles, being through an uninhabitable waste with not a house
on the route. This was the deplorable outlook and condition of affairs. What
was to be done, was the question. Some of the officers and inen became dis
heartened and despondent. Major Hatch was earnestly urged to abandon the
idea of going further; to go into winter quarters where they were, and wait till
spring, when they would be better able to accomplish the object of the expedi
tion. To all this the major gave cautious and careful attention and, no doubt, due
consideration, but made little or no reply. The writer is personally knowing to
the fact that he did give it careful thought and consideration. The disastrous
condition of affairs that he fully realized caused him great anxiety. After care
ful investigation he was prompt in his decision, which was to make the effort to
reach Pembina. Orders were issued to select the best and most available teams
belonging to the transportation train, sufficient to transport such supplies as
would be required for the residue of the march and at Pembina until the re
mainder of the stores could be forwarded. The public property that could not
then be transported being a large amount, was left at Georgetown in charge of
Lieutenant Stephen H. Miner and a detachment of soldiers.

On the 5th of November march was resumed, following the half-breed trail,
or road, when it could be ascertained. The roads were unbroken; snow eight to
twelve inches in depth; in many places huge drifts; weather extremely cold;
continuous storms of snow and high winds; at times howling blizzards; the men
in tents. The only feed for the animals was browse. This portion of the
march was attended with increased suffering, and was very disastrous in the loss
of animals. The daily march for the entire distance was marked by the bodies
of horses, mules and oxen, unable to go further from exhaustion, and which were
shot, aggregating in number some two hundred and fifty. We reached Pembina
Nov. 13, 1863. The camp was established on the north side of Pembina Eiver,
at its confluence with the Bed Eiver of the North, where the present prosperous
and flourishing village of Pembina is situated. At that time there were only
four or five log buildings. Here, again, was another great disappointment in
waiting. The long-promised and expected grain, to be furnished in abundance
for the starved and famished animals that were alive, was not at hand, and, from
the most authentic information, was not in the country; but we did find an
ample quantity of hay three to five miles distant. Immediate steps were taken
for the comfort of the troops and citizen employes, and for the protection of the
public property, by the erection of log quarters for officers and men — headquar
ters, hospital, commissary and quartermaster's warehouse, guard house, barns,
stockade, and other buildings, from time to time as required.

WINTER QUARTERS ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER.

The severity of the weather greatly increased, ranging from twenty to forty
degrees below zero for many continuous days. The cheerful readiness, tenacity
and indomitable perseverance manifested by all in pushing forward to comple
tion the several buildings merited praise. This was so far accomplished that

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a majority of the troops were in comfortable quarters on or before Jan. 1, 1864;
the remainder in a short time thereafter. In order to indicate the severity of
the weather during the time of the construction of the several buildings, the
record shows that for many consecutive days it was thirty to forty degrees below
zero, and Jan. 1, 1864, at 7 o'clock A. M., sixty degrees below. On arrival,
finding there was no grain for forage as expected, the quartermaster, without
delay, entered upon an investigation to ascertain whether or not grain of any
kind could be procured. He was greatly aided by the very kind and efficient
efforts of A. G. B. Bannatyne, Esq., an old resident and highly respected and
influential citizen of Fort Garry (now Winnipeg). These efforts resulted in as
certaining that a limited amount of wheat, barley and oats could be gathered up,
but at prices that seemed extremely high. There was no grain of any or all
kinds sufficient 4:o forage the animals on an allowance of one-fourth rations to
exceed forty to fifty days. There was one small mill for grinding feed at Fort
Garry. To secure this grain at the earliest day possible, a contract was entered
into with Mr. Bannatyne for all the grain obtainable, delivered at Pembina in
form of ground feed. It was deemed advisable under the circumstances to issue
the grain forage to only the working force of animals employed in hauling timber
for quarters, stockade and other buildings, and to a small number of horses to
be brought into service in an emergency. The sequel showed that the course
adopted was a wise one, as it accomplished that which otherwise would not have
been obtained.

At and prior to this time but little attention had been given to agricultural
pursuits by any of the people in that portion of the country. A very large majority
lived by trapping and hunting. The ordinary products of the garden and fields,
as potatoes, cabbage, onions and other vegetables, were produced in very limited
quantities; in fact the greater portion of the people did not raise vegetables of
any kind. One fact will be mentioned. A number of the soldiers were in hos
pital afflicted with scurvy. Dr. J. L. Armington, the surgeon, urgently recom
mended the use of vegetables, especially onions, potatoes and cabbage. There
were none in the commissary department. An order was issued directing the
commissary to purchase two hundred bushels of potatoes, fifty or more bushels
of onions, a large quantity of cabbage. Diligent efforts were made to make the
purchase. The entire country was canvassed with the result of eighteen bushels of
potatoes at $6 per bushel and seven bushels of onions at $8 per bushel, which con
stituted the entire stock of onions and potatoes to be found. Not a single head of
cabbage.

The Indians referred to in the early part of this narrative, and supposed to be
located some forty miles west of Pembina, in the vicinity of St. Joe and on either
side of the boundary line, hearing of the approach of troops, removed further
down into the settlements near Fort Garry in British America. In the early
part of December, 1863, information was received by Major Hatch that some of
these Indians occasionally returned to the American side, at or near St. Joe.
No doubt the Indians were promptly and thoroughly advised, by half-breeds
and other sympathizers, of the movements of the military force at Pembina, and
that they well knew of the disabled condition of the horses. They readily con
cluded that it would be impossible for the troops to make an attack or to surprise
them, as any such movement of the forces would be communicated, giving them
time to pass over into British America unharmed.

NIGHT ATTACK ON THE INDIANS.

Major Hatch was very solicitous to capture these Indians, and thus to accom
plish, in part at least, the purposes of the campaign. He entertained the idea that
if he could strike a decisive blow at some point there would be but little trouble
in the future, or delay before he would have them, or a great majority of them,
within his control and his mission fully consummated. With the available
means at his disposal, several efforts were made with this purpose in view, but
without success, yet he did not relax his plans. Again, on or about the middle
of December, a detachment not to exceed eighteen or twenty men, who were

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Carefully selected, were experienced frontiersmen, and had followed trapping and
hunting and possessed considerable knowledge of Indian characteristics and
habits, comprised a party that were sent out to the supposed rendezvous of some
Indians. This detachment left in a very quiet manner; in fact their departure
and business were known to but few. The Indian camp was surrounded on or
about three o'clock in the morning; a short though decisive engagement ensued,
and all was over. Several Indians were killed — passed to their "happy hunt
ing ground" — none escaped. Two or three soldiers were wounded, but not
seriously. The detachment returned in safety, as quietly and unobserved as it
departed. Memory at this remote day cannot call to mind the names of all who
participated in this successful adventure. There are two of the number of whom
honorable mention should be made, namely, James "W. Haukinson, a corporal
in Company B, subsequently first lieutenant Company G, First Begirnent Heavy
Artillery, Minnesota Volunteers, now a resident of Minneapolis, this state, and
who for many years has filled official positions in that city; also, Hugh Craig,
sergeant in Company B, who is now and has been a resident for many years of
Big Lake, county of Sherburne, Minnesota, and for several terms has been treas
urer of said county, to whom great credit is due for the skill, courage and bravery
displayed at that time.

The news of this raid and successful blow spread rapidly, and was communi
cated to the Indians who were in camp at or near Lake Manitoba, not far distant
from Fort Garry. They knew personally, or from information, the well-known
reputation of Major Hatch for prompt and determined action. This late affair
had a potent influence, and the ultimate result had the desired and anticipated
effect, as the sequence will show. These Indian outlaws were causing much
trouble and great annoyance to the people across the border. Many leading citi
zens from that section had visited Pembina and had frequent interviews with
Major Hatch respecting these wandering and worthless vagabonds, with a view
to devise some means for their removal and place them within the control of the
military force at Pembina, as prisoners, where they justly belonged. The gover
nor of the province and the local governor of the Hudson Bay Company had also
written urgent and earnest letters on this subject. It was intimated, in fact sug
gested, from and by high authority, to Major Hatch, that in the event that the
troops should, by mistake or otherwise, cross the boundary line and secure the
Indians, no objection would be interposed and the act would not be questioned
by their government. On every occasion they were assured by Major Hatch of
his earnest desire to secure the outlaws, and that he would co-operate with them
in any way compatible with his instructions, but that he could not invade for
eign territory with his troops.

"Within a very few days after the occurrence of the important and decisive
incident near St. Joe, a message was received by Major Hatch from the governor
of the province, at Fort Garry, stating that the Indians, or a majority, had ex
pressed a willingness to surrender on certain conditions, and desired a council
to have an understanding. It was intimated, if not expressed in positive lan
guage, that the Indians desired to be assured that none would be punished.
Major Hatch deemed it well to have an interview with them, and sent one or
more of his officers to visit their camp with the following instructions: "That
their surrender must be unconditional." Little Six, Little Leaf and Medicine
Bottle, the chiefs, fearing punishment which they greatly deserved, exercised a
controlling influence over them. They declined to surrender on said terms.
However, very shortly afterward, some two hundred or more that formerly be
longed to Little Crow's band in Minnesota surrendered and were delivered as
prisoners at Pembina. The three Sioux chiefs before noted, with one to two hun
dred others, remained. Not long after the reception of the first prisoners this
number was increased by many more, and from time to time others surrendered
— the prisoners aggregating nearly four hundred. In the early part of January,
1864? Little Six and Medicine Bottle were captured and delivered at Pembina.
The act was sagaciously and successfully accomplished. The leading spirits in
the enterprise were A. G. B. Bannatyne, Esq., John McKinzie and George Gi-

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guire (Gear), citizens of Fort Garry, who are entitled to high commendation for
their valuable services. No doubt can be entertained of the excessive guilt of
these notorious villains, particularly of Little Six. On the very day of his ar
rival at Pembina as a prisoner, guarded by soldiers, this arch fiend confessed
that he had killed not less than fifty white men, women and children during the
Sioux Indian War in Minnesota. They (the two Sioux chiefs) were closely
guarded during their stay at Pembina; in May following were sent to Fort Snell-
ing, were tried by a military commission, found guilty of many murders of white
settlers, and sentenced to death by hanging, which order was duly executed at
Fort Snellingin October, 1865. It was estimated that there were 10,000 to 15,000
spectators present at the execution. Little Leaf and a few others, not to exceed
twelve, mostly women and children, remained in the neighborhood of Fort Garry.
In the spring of 1864 it was reported that from starvation and disease they per
ished. The Indians, including the two chiefs, having been secured, the object
of the expedition was fully consummated. The troops were occupied in guarding
the prisoners and performing the necessary routine duty incident to garrison life.

The following extract from a letter written by Major Hatch to his wife, the
latter part of January, 1864, will indicate the class of Indians that were secured:
1 ' We have now in our possession some of the Indians who were leaders in the
outbreak of 1862, particularly two chiefs, Little Six, who was chief of the murderers,
and Medicine Bottle, a son of Gray Iron, deceased; Little Crow's wife and six
children, his two half-brothers, his sister and her husband. One of the Indians
we have is the one who called across the Missouri Eiver to General Sibley's
scouts that they were still ready for a fight, and they would never make peace
with the whites whilst there was a Mde-wah-kon-ton alive. I have succeeded
in getting into my possession many of the worst of the men. who will, I hope,,
not be able to do much more harm."

About the middle of February, 1864, Major Joseph E. Brown, chief of scouts,
with from forty to fifty friendly Sioux, who were enlisted into the service as
scouts, reported. Their failure to join the command during the march was occa
sioned by severity of weather and continued storms.

During the latter part of February of said year, Major Brown, in charge of the
Indian prisoners, except Little Six and Medicine Bottle, departed for Fort Snell-
ing. The supply of forage being greatly reduced, and an additional amount
not being obtainable to feed the animals beyond the month of April, the quarter
master recommended that they be sent to Fort Abercrombie, where forage was
in abundance. This recommendation was approved by the commanding officer,
and on the 10th of April Lieutenant Mix, with a detachment of soldiers, and
citizen employes (teamsters), left with them for Fort Abercrombie, reaching
there on or about April 20th, having a rough trip.

On May 1, 1864, the steamboat International, the only steamer on the Eed
Eiver of the North at that time, arrived from Georgetown, bringing a mail, being
the first received for three weeks. This mail brought orders from General H.
H. Sibley to Major Hatch to remove the troops and public property capable of
being transported, without unnecessary delay, to Fort Abercrombie, where fur
ther orders would await him. When this order was promulgated it was received
with heartfelt rejoicing by all. Preparations for removal were entered upon at
once, and all were in readiness to depart within a few hours. The steamboat
that was to transport the troops and property did not return from Fort Garry,
as expected, May 3d, nor till the evening of May 4th. "Early in the morning of
May 5th the troops embarked, said adieu to Pembina, and reached Goose Eap-
ids, about one hundred miles below Abercrombie, May 12th. On account of
low water the boat was unable to proceed further, and from this point the com
mand marched to place of destination, arriving May 16th.

In obedience to orders which Major Hatch found awaiting him, he made the
following disposition of the troops: Companies A and B, to garrison Fort Aber
crombie; Company C, to garrison the stations or stockades at Alexandria and
Pomme de Terre, the headquarters (Captain Grovenor) to be at the former place j
Company D, Captain Donaldson, to patrol the country on either side of the river
from Fort Abercrombie to Pembina.

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On May 18th a detachment of thirty men, Lieutenant Mix in command, left
for Fort Snelling in charge of Little Six and Medicine Bottle, where they arrived
May 27th, delivering the prisoners to military authority.

At this point it is deemed proper to make a brief resume of some of the promi
nent results of the expedition. The facts will warrant the statement that it was
made under the most unfavorable, discouraging and adverse circumstances, but
the outcome was more complete and satisfactory than the most sanguine could,
with reason, anticipate: Twenty-eight Indians killed, about four hundred pris
oners, including the Sioux chiefs. The battalion lost three-fourths or more of its
animals, which perished from hunger and cold. This fatality the officers and
men were not chargeable for in any degree. The fault, in fact, was criminal neg
lect somewhere. This neglect and failure to provide the forage of grain was rep
rehensible in the highest degree.

The health of Major Hatch was greatly impaired from exposure and anxiety,
requiring skillful medical treatment and rest; and feeling that the chief object
of the campaign had been successfully accomplished, he obtained a leave of ab
sence, returned to his home at St. Paul, and, as his suffering increased, resigned
in June, 1864.

His successor was Lieutenant Colonel 0. Powell Adams, appointed Sept. 5,
1864, He was among the first to respond to the country's call for troops in the
War of the Bebellion; was captain of Company H of the First Begiment Infantry,
Minnesota Volunteers; was in continued service till this regiment was mustered
out, participated in many engagements, and was made brevet brigadier general
for gallant and meritorious services. His appointment was a valuable acquisi
tion to the battalion; he was a true soldier in every respect, and brought the
knowledge gained by his experience on many battlefields and general observa
tions of military affairs into requisition for its benefit.

On or about January, 1865, the writer ceased to have further connection with
this organization. Whatever transpired after this was obtained from general
information.

The battalion was increased by two companies, as follows: Company E, Captain
George Boyd, Jr., mustered Aug. 31, 1864; Company F, Captain Edward Oak-
ford, mustered Sept. 1, 1864. The respective companies were on duty at different
frontier posts, in various and important ways, and were mustered out by companies
in April, May and June, 1866. So far as informed there were two promotions
of former members of the battalion in the regular army. Henry S. Howe, first
sergeant, second and first lieutenant of Company B, shortly after his discharge,
in 1866, was appointed lieutenant in the Seventeenth United States Infantry,
and is now captain of Company A of said regiment. Lyman S. Kidder, first
sergeant of Company E, was a son of the late Hon. Jefferson S. Kidder, formerly
of St. Paul. Lieutenant Kidder was appointed in the Seventh United States
Cavalry in 1866 or 1867. He was killed in Kansas, in an engagement with In
dians, and his body was mutilated in the most shocking and brutal manner.

The writer is admonished by the prescribed limits for this narrative to close.
It has been my sincere endeavor to present the facts, events and incidents, as
fairly and clearly as could be with the information and data at my command.
I am conscious of its many imperfections, but entertain the hope that it will
meet the approval of my comrades.

602

HATCH'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY.

ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF HATCH'S INDEPENDENT BATTALION
OF CAVALRY, MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERS.

NAMES.

H

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Lieutenant Colonel —
C. Powell Adams
Majors —
E. A. C. Hatch

Sept. 5, '64
Sept. 30, '63

Major July 15, '64; previously Lieut. Col. 1st Minnesota Infan
try; Bvt. Brig. General; discharged with battalion.
Resigned June, '64.

Henning Von Minden...
Assistant Surgeons —
John L. Armington

Nov. 2, '64
Sept 30 '63

Mch '64

Discharged with battalion.

Clinton G. Stees

Oct. 3, '64

Promoted Surgeon 1st Regiment Minnesota Heavy Artillery.

Hippolite J. Seigneuret

June 22, '65

Discharged with battalion.

ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captain —

Allen T. Champlin

Charles H. Mix

First Lieutenant —

William F. Cross

Second Lieutenant —

George A. Freudenreich

ENLISTED MEN.

Ackers, John

Adams, Allen

Arn.Nickolal

Baker, William

Bedal, Sylvester

Bowers, Frederick

Bradbury, George B

Brans, Cornelius

Breyer, Nickolas

Brewster, Edwin

Brown, George

Bushard.John B

Buska, Joseph

Burgan. John M

Burns, Luke

Carroll, Martin

Cannon, James

Chantler, Nathaniel

Coleman, John A

Cook, Charles H

Collins, Alfred

Cooney, Patrick

Cruickshanks, Andrew
Cruickshanks, Ronald.

Davis, Henry T

Dissette, George T

Dorrington, William....

Dudley, James N

Duffee, Joseph A. E

Druey, John

.Ecker, Byron A

Ecker, Reuben

Ellis, Andrew J

Encke, John

Farnsworth, Harlo J

Flannigan, Thomas

Fullerton, Wm

Fussier, Michael

Gates, Wm

Gaynon, Marcel

Gervais, Alfred

Green, George E

Green, Francis

Griggs, Wrn

Graham, James N

Hall, Samuel P

Hankerson, Joseph

Hardy, Albert H

24

32
21
86
37
19
29
28
86
37
SO
21
20
18
26
27
19
19
35
20
22
2G
27
22
22
30
18
44
24
41
22
18
27
44
44
215
18
20
89
18
89
24
18
18
18
20
27
19
! 18

Hayer, Miles J 43

Harris, Edson 24

Harris, Wilson 22

Harris, Emerson 27

Hagler, Andrew A 18

Hagler, Fletcher 89

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

July 25 '63

Resigned June 4 '64.

June 16, '64
July 16, '64
Aug. 29, '64

July 81, '63
July 20, '63
June27, '63
July 23, '63
June 25 '63

June 5, '66
June 5, '66

June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 6, '66

1st Lieutenant July 25, '63.
2d Lieutenant July 25, '63.
1st Sergeant; pro. 2d Lieut.; discharged per order Ms

Corporal; reduced.
Trumpeter.

Sergeant.

Feb. 23, '64
Auw 3 '63

June 5, '66

Discharged per order Nov. 15, '65.

July* 24* '63

Discharged per order March 29, '66.

July 1 '63

Discharged per order March 29, '66.

July is! '63
July 15, '63
July 25, '63
July 14, '63
July 15, '63
Aug. 5 ,'63
Feb. 27, '64
July 10 '63
July 15, '63
June 30 '63

June 5, '66
June 5, '66

June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 6, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66

Promoted 1st Sergeant.
Discharged per order March 29, '66.

Corporal; reduced.

July 15\ '63
Mch. 26, '64
June 27 '63

June 5, '66
June 5, '66

Discharged for disabilitv.

June 30, '63
June 30, '63
July 2, '63
Aug 4 '64

June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66

Discharged per order Mav 11, '65.

June26* '63

Deserted July 12, '64.

June 30, '63
July 25, '63
July 28, '63
July 20, '65
July 20, '65
Feb. 23, '64
July 18 '63

June 5, '66
July 8, '65

"June"V66
June 5, '66
July 8, '65

Sergeant; reduced.
Died Oct. 3, '64, at Georgetown, Minn.

Per order.
Discharged for disability Aug. 1, '64.

Aug. 5*, '63
July 16, '63
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 29, '64
July 20, '63
July 22, '63
July 27 '63

June 5, '65
June 5, '65
June 5, '65
June 5, '65
June 5, '65
June 5, '65

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Discharged for disability March 14, '65.

June 27, '63
July 20, '63
June 26, '63
June26, '63
June 30 '63

June 5, '65
June 5, '65
June 5, '65
June 5, '65

Quartermaster Sergeant; reduced.
Died Oct. 15, '63, at Minnetonka, Minn.

July 6 '63

Died Sept. 19, '63, at Minneapolis, Minn.

July 20J '63
July 17 '63

June 5, '66

Discharged for disability.

Mch 81 '64

Deserted Jan. 10, '66,

Mch 31 '64

Deserted Jan. 10, '66.

Mch. 31, '64
Mch. 31, '64
Mch. 31 '64

June 5, '66
June 5, '66

Discharged Nov. 19, '64, for promotion in Heavy Art

COMPANY A.
EOSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

603

NAMES.

Hicks Wm

Ives, Edward L

Jenne, Henry C.'.

Jenne, Chillis W

Johnson, John P

Kane, John

Kelley.SethC

Kelley, John

Jjeeson, Thomas J

Le Claire, LeemanP

Le Claire, John

Leyde, Samuel

Ledwidge, John ...

Lee, Horace

Libby, Edward G

Little, Thomas J

Lord, James K

Lynch, Henry H

Mathews, Wm

McDonald, John....,

McCauley, Hugh B

Meyer, Gustave

Meacham, John B

Moore, Geo.W

Morse, George

M unger, John

Muller, Louis

Norwack, Charles

O'Flannigan, James H

Ogburn, Charles

Palmer, St. Don

Parrish, Chas. H

Perkins, Harmon A

Peterson, John

Perkins, Wm

Philleo, Eugene

Pitt, Chester R

Poison, John W. W

Popland, Wm

Quady, Michael

Reed, Egbert Wm

Reiner, Henry

Richards, John

Rounce, Joseph S

Roberts, John

Roleau, Chas

Sampson, John A

Schultz, Chas

Schleif, Theodore

Shiels.Wm

Shorelin, Dennis

Steel, Wm

Stowe, Charles M

Snow, Asa R

Snow, Edwin M

St. Cyr, Joseph D

St. Germain, Napoleon

St. Arnand, Geo

St. Arnand, Wilfred

St. Aubin, Tefley

Tacke, Hugo

Todd, Samuel

Tripp, Wm

Tucker, Melville A

Turner, John ,

Tan Kuster, Emanuel

"Wait, Isaac C

.Walton, Henry

Wanner, Christian

Wakefield, Thos. C

Walter, Christian

Watrous, David B

Ward, Wm. F

Ward, Lyman T

Wilson, Wm.W

Williams, John

Woodbury, Benj

Wickham, James S

Zimmerman, Abraham....

MUSTERED
IN.

June 29, '63
Mch.31, '64
Feb. 25, '64
Mch. 18, '64
July 20, '63
July 21, '63
July 21 '63
Feb. 29, '64
July 20, '63
July 27, '63
July 27, '63
Sept. 16, '63
Sept. 16, '63
Aug. 1,'64
July 15, '63
July 20, '63
June24, '63
July 20, '63
July 7, '63
July 13, '63
Oct. 9, '63
July 16, '63
July 20, '63
July 1, '63
Feb. 29, '64
July 17, '63
July 22, '63
June 29, '63
Oct. 5, '63
July 6, '63
June 30, '63
Feb. 23, '64
July 20, '63
July 20, '63
July 20, '63
Sept. 2 '63
Aug. 2, '64
July 15, '63
Sept. 16, '"
July 20, '63
July 20, '63
July 13, '63
July 20, '63
July 21, '63
Mch. 31, '64
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 5, '64
July 14, »6.~
July 8, '63
Mch. 26, '64
July 6, '63
June27, '63
July 10, '63
Aug. 6, '63
Feb. 23, '64
July 25, '63
July 25 '63
Sept. 20, '63
Sept. 20 '63
Aug. 4, '64
July 10, '63
June 26 ,'63
July 20, '63
July 20, '63
July 20, '63
Aug. 1 ,'63
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 5, '63'
June 28, '63
June 30, '63
July 6, '63
July 15, '63
July 20, '63
July 20, '63
July 6 ,'63i
July 20, '63
July 23, '63
Mch.31 '64
Feb. 23, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

June 5, '66

June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 10, '64

June 5, '66
June 5, '66
May 11, '65
June 5, '66
June 5, '66

Jan. 9, '65
Junel2,'65
June 6, '66
May 5, '66
July 8, '65
June 8, '66
June 5, '66
Apl. 8, '65

June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '60
June 5, '66
June 5, '66

June 5, '66
June 5, '66

June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66
Mch. 29, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66

June 5, '6
May 11, '65
May 11, '65
June 6, '66

June 5, '66
June 5, V

June 6, '66
Apl. 6, '66

June 5, '66

June 5, '66
June 5, '

June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5, '66
June 5,
June 5, '66J

REMARKS.

Discharged for disability Oct. 9, '61.
Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.
Blacksmith.

Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Oct. 29, '64.

Promoted Corporal; discharged per order May 2, '64.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Per order.
Sergeant; reduced.

Discharged for disability Jan. 10, '65.
Per order.
Per order.

Per order.
Per order.

Per order.

Died March 8, '64, at Pembina, D. T.

Trumpeter.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability.
Corporal.

Deserted Sept. 26, '63.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant; reduced.
Per order.
Promoted Corporal.

Deserted Sept, 30, '63.
Discharged for disability.

Per order.
Per order.

Discharged for disability.

Saddler.

Commissary Sergeant; deserted Sept. 26, '63.

Died July 22, '64, at Fort Abercrombie, D. T.

Per order.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged on writ of habeas corpus.

Deserted Aug. 13, '64.

Deserted Aug. 13, '64.

Discharged per order.

Discharged per order March 29, '66.

Farrier; deserted April 18, '65.

Corporal; discharged per order May 3, '63.

Corporal; reduced.

Died Sept, 2, '63, at Fort Snelling.

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant,

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

JJeserted Sept. 27, '63.

Deserted Sept. 26, '63.

Wagoner; deserted Sept. 26, '63.

Sergeant; discharged for disability.

Discharged per order.

Discharged per order.

Deserted May, '64.

Discharged per order March 29, '66.

604

HATCH'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captain —

George C. Whitcomb

First Lieutenants —

Wm. H. Ensign

Stephen H. Minor j 30

Henry S.Howe j 32

Second Lieutenant —

Adalbert Bryant ! 23

ENLISTED MEN.

Archibald, Robert

Barton, Albert G

Barse, Albert j 21

Barnes, John D | 18

23
22
21
18
18

Beall, Charles R"

Bouldice, Joseph

Boucher, Octave

Bohamna, Chas

Brunell, Joseph, Jr

Briggs, Thos. R

Butterworth, Herbert

Burnell, Joseph

Burnell, Beleana

Cartlege, Wm. B

Caswell, Wm. R

Clark, Charles F

Cook, David

Cook, Joseph

Copp.LeviW

Cook, Henry J

Cooley, Jerome

Craine, Franklin

Craig, Hugh

Dayton, Justin A

Desjardens, Joseph

Demo, Luke

Doble, Elijah

Doolon, John ,

Dixon.Wm

Dougherty, Isaiah

Duryea, Garrete

Dyer.Sawin H

Earley, Michael

Eldred,Wm. O

Fletcher, Albert C

Foot, Solomon R

Fountain, Frederick

Gayson, Thomas

Gelderman, Frederick

Gelderman, Wm

Govgins, Chas. H

Grove, John S

Hankinson, James W

Hazen, Geo. B

Helthy, Samuel

Hill, Horace J

Holtsman, Frank A

Holtsman, Wm

Hoyt.Elias

Huntosh, Chas. G

Hutchins, Chas

Jellison, Jesse L.

Kemp, Albert

Knight, Edmund G

La Vogue, Geo. A

Lee, Palmer

Maybee, Chas. D

McGraw, Daniel

McKenzie, Wm

McDonald, Edmund

McGraw, Cornelius

McKusic, Michael

McCullom, Madison.

McDonald, Wm. B

McQuillan, George W

McCullan, Jasper

Metzgar, Hyppolite

Midwood, Charles

Miller, Alfred

Movers, Calvin

Monroe, Neal

Netzbone, Ludwig

Newton, Leroy B

Nott, Edgar

Owen, Earl P

Parker, Chas. H

Patneaud, Michael

Patneaud, Moses

MUSTERED

IN.

Aug. 10, '63

Aug. 10, '6c
July 29, '6
July 6, '65

July 6, '65

Aug. 19, '63
Mch.29, '64
Aug. 7, '03
July 2, '63
July 23, '63
July 14, '63
July 21, '63
Aug. 7, '63
Sept. 21, '63
July 4, '63
June 29, '63
Aug. 3 '63
Aug. 3, '63
Mch.29, '64
June27, '63
Aug. 3, '63
Aug. 17, '63
July 28, '63
July 15, '63
July 31, '63
July 15, '63
July 4, '63
July 2, '63
July 2, '63
July 29, '63
July 27, '63
July 4, '63
Aug. 13, '63
Mch.24,'64
Mch.28, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 7, '63
July 4,'-~
Aug. 3, '63
Men. 25, '64
Mch.28, '64
July 27, '63
June28, '63
July 20, '63
July 15, '63
July 28, '63
Aug. 3, '63
Aug. 9, '63
June 27, '63
Aug. 8, '63
July 4, '63
Aug. 3, '63
Aug. 1,'63
Feb. 25, '64
July 1,'63
July 28, '63
Aug. 11. '63
July Id!" '63
July 1 '63
Mch.30, '64
Feb. 27, '64
July 15, '63
July 1 ,'63
July 1,'63
July 1,'63
Aug. 5, '63
Oct. 4, '63
Mch. 8, '64
Men. 8, '64
Mch. 14, '64
Mch. 31, '64
Aug. 4, '63
July 8, '63
Aug. 3, '63
Aug. 3, '63
Aug. 4, '63
July 16, '63
Aug. 7, '63
July 18, '63
Aug. 17, '63
Mch. 23, '64
Aug. 3 ,'63
Aug. 3, '63

MUSTERED
_ OUT.

June 9, '66

June 9, -'66
June 9, '66

June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66

REMARKS.

June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '6C
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
May 7, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66

June" V66
June 9, '66
Mch. 11, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66

June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '
June 9, '66

jne

66

June 9, '66

June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66

June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66

June 9, '66
Juna 9, '66

June 9, '66

June 9, '66
June 9, '66

June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66

Nov. 22, '65
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, »6fi
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66

Resigned Feb. 5, '64.

Promoted from 2d Lieutenant; resigned May 19, '65.

1st Sergeant; pro. 2d Lieut. June 29, '64; 1st Lieut. July 6, '65,

Sergeant;. promoted 1st Sergeant; 2d Lieutenant July 6, '65.

Promoted Corporal; reduced.

Veteran.

Sergeant; reduced; discharged for disability July 19, '65.

Quartermaster Sergeant; promoted 1st Sergeant.

Musician.

Promoted Corporal.
Per order.

Corporal; reduced.

Promoted Corporal.
Sergeant.

Deserted Aug. 11, '63.

Per order.

Corporal; reduced.

Discharged for disability May 5, '65.

Corporal; reduced; reappointed.

Promoted Corporal.

Promoted Corporal.
Deserted Oct. 19, '65.

Corporal; reduced; discharged for promotion Feb. 25, '65.

Musician.

Deserted Sept. 15, '65.

Deserted Aug. 11, '63.

Corporal.

Wagoner; discharged for disability July 8, '65.

Deserted Sept. 25, '65, at Camp Sibley.
Promoted Corporal.

Died March 30, '64, at Pembina, D. T.

Corporal; reduced; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Sept. 15, '65.

Not mustered; deserted Oct. 18, '63, at Sank Centre.

Deserted August, '63.

Per order.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Promoted Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

COMPANY C.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

605

NAMES.

P4
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

BEMARKS.

Patterson Wm. H

21
22
24
19
36
18
23
18
18
27
46
18
21
24
18
22
40
18
21
22
23
18
19
18
30
36
22
25
22
35
32
45
37

21
35

July 28, '63
July 16, '63
Feb. 27, '64
July 10, '63
July 1, '63
Aug. 4, '63
Aug. 4, '63
July 11, '63
July 27, '63
Aug. 7 '63
Aug. 3, '63
July 15, '63
Mch. 26, '64
Mch. 26, '64
Aug. 3, '63
July 1 '63
Feb. 27, '64
Sept. 17, '63
Aug. I, '63
June 27, '63
July 25, '63
June27, '63
July 30, '63
July 1, '63
Aug. 1 '63
Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 6, '63
July 4 ,'63
July 1 '63
July 28, '63
July 16, '63
July 1, '63
June 29, '63

Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 1, '63

June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66

Died Oct. 3, '63, at Minneapolis, Minn.
Deserted Aug. 21, '63.
Blacksmith; discharged per order Jan. 27, '66.

Promoted Corporal.
Per order.

Discharged for disability July 8, '65.
Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company D July 5, '65.

Commissary Sergeant.
Sergeant; promoted Commissary Sergeant.

Discharged per civil authorities.

Per order.
Per order.
Per order.
Discharged for disability May 19, '64.

Sergeant; reduced; deserted Oct. 19, '65.
Corporal; reduced; reappointed; dis. for disability Feb. 14, '65.
Farrier; discharged for disability July 8, '65.
Deserted June 16, '64; apprehended and returned to duty; dis
charged for disability July 8, '65.

Saddler.

Pickle John E

Putnam, Jachry

Ripley Moses H.

Biley, Lewis

June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
Mav 7, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66

Bickerson, Chas. W

Roberts Adolph

Both Albert

Both, Wm. E

Both Lasalle

Bussell Galon J

Saddler John C

Salisbury, Jonathan B
Scully, James

June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
June 9, '66
Sept. 9, '63
June 9, '66
Aug. 15, '64
May 7, '66
Mch. 1, '66

Scott Joseph . .

Sperry, Albert H

Sprague, Thos. W

Sherburne, Peter

Sterritt, Simon P
Steen, Conrad
Sturtevant Alfred

Tucker, Gilbert B
Tan Buren, Henry D. B...
Van Bunker, Oliver

June 9, '66

Van Alstine, Newel P
"Walters Volney B

White Wm

White, John

Wilkins, Thaddeus A
Wood Wm. A

June 9, '66
June 9, '66

ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

NAMES.

w
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

BEMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Abel Grovenor

31

Sept. 11, '63

Besigned Dec 9 '65

First Lieutenants —
Chas W Nash

35

Sept 11 '63

Pro Capt and Asst Q M May 30 '65* Bvt Mai March 13 '65

James E. Cochrane
Second Lieutenant —
Frank M. Langley

ENLISTED MEN.

Alderman, Albert S
Allen Chas. D

34
25

22
20

Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '63

Sept. 1,'63
Sept. 1, '63

June 22, '66
June 22, '66

June 22, '66
June 22, '66

2d Lieutenant Sept. 11, '63; 1st Lieutenant Feb. 14, '65.
1st Sergeant Sept. 11, '63; 2d Lieutenant Feb. 14, '65.
Musician; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

?6

Aug. 21, '63

18

Sept 1 '63

June 22 '66

41

Aug. 28, '63

June 22* '66

Beers, Emerson P

18

Aug. 10, '63

June 22, '66

Brown Newton

21

Aug. 18, '63

June 22 '66

?1

Aug. 27, '63

June 22 '66

Brown Collins M

21

Aug. 22, '63

June 22, '66

18

Sept. 2, '63

June 22 '66

Brake, Wm. A.J
Bushnell Wm

18
21

Sept. 3, '63
Mch. 24, '64

June 22, '66
Mch. 22 '65

Carling, Edward

21

Mch. 24, '64

June 22, '66

'

Case Clark

18

Aug. 22, '63

June 22 '66

Carter, John

23

Aug. 29, '63

June 22, '66

Gary Marvin

21

Aug. 29 ,'63

Died Oct 8 '63 at Fort Snelling

Case Wm H

?,?,

Aug. 22 '63

June22 '66

Chilson, Fred H
Cosgrove Michael

18
31

Aug. 21, '63
Sept. 1 '63

June 22, '66
June 22 '66

Corpora , proi Sergeai

Curry, John

18

Sept. 8, '63

Deserted Oct 15 '63

Davis Spencer L ....

19

July 23 '63

Mch 10 '66

Davis Wm W

19

July 23 '63

Mch 10 '66

er or er.

Demo, Abraham

21

Sept. 11, '63

June 22* '66

Dickerson Wm. C

Aug 24 '63

June 22 '66

Doyle John J

21

Aug 8 '63

June29 '66

Dustin, Dallas

•>o

Aug 25 '63

June 22 '66

Drum, Theodoric

21

Feb. 25. '64

June 22 .'66

606

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EOSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Eggert Charles

23

Mch 30 '64

June29 '6

20

Fogerty John

31

Mch 19 '64

Foster Mat hews S

19

,.,... T 1 o tr~

Foster, Thomas
Gahring, John

19
19

Mch'. 5/64
Aug 18 '63

June22| '6

Corporal; reduced.

18

, .

Getche'll Daniel W

19

Ails' 22 '6^

Iune22' '6

Geer Orin S

21

Feb 28 '64

June 22* '6

—

Gibbs Isaac

32

Mch 31* '64

Juce29 '6

18

Aug 10* '63

June22* '66

Harding, Price B

a9

Aug. 26* '63

Harding Cyrus B

21

Sept 1 '63

June 22 '6

C . ,. , A f 1* K'Vf T f)A >PP

Hare Chas C

21

Hardwick, Joseph A

21

Sept 3 '63

Hatch. Samuel W

18

Aug 28 '63

Hatch Chas. M. B

18

Feb 27* '64

June22 '6

19

Feb 16* '64

June 22 '6

Hidden, Geo. W

29

Feb 26* '64

18

Sept l''6S

June 22* '66

Hollander, John

33

Sept 8* '63

Hoyt Amos

37

Mch °6* '64

Mch 10* '66

P ,

Huart, Michael

18

Sept 1 1 ' '63

June 2°' '66

.rer order.

Hutchinson, Columbus....

34

Aug.' 22! '63

Discharged for disability July 3, '65.

Hyatt, Alexander
Johnson Ole

27
39

Mch. 24 '64
Apl 14 '64

May 12, '66
June 22 '66

Per order.

Kirbv, James T

97

Aug 17 '63

Kemp, Stephen C.

33

Men 24* '64

June 22 '66

Kopp, Louis
Krapps John

22
21

Aug. 24, '63
Feb 29 '64

June 22* »6f

Lahrson, Andrew

21

Aug* °2* '63

June2</ '66

Liddle John T

R1

Mch 31* '64

Discharged for disability July 3 '65

99

Aug 20* '63

June29 '66

Mack, John

r>\

Aug' 17* '63

June22 '66

Matheny, Simon

18

Feb. 29* '61

June 22 '66

McKernan, Peter
McCrary, Henry D

32
85

Feb. 26, '64
Sept. 7 '63

Mch. 22, '66

Musician- deserted July 12, '64.

McGrath, Edward M
Mead.AldenC

21
85

Sept. 7, '03
Aug. 21 '63

June 22, '66

Discharged for disability Jan. 4, '65.

Miller, Frederick

37

Mch 31 '64

Died Nov 5 '65.

Morse, Edward.

24

Mch 31 '64

June 22 '66

Molloy, Lawrence W
Morrison, John C.

26
21

Aug. 26,' '63
Aug 18 '63

June 22, '66
June 22 '66

Promoted Corporal.

Mullinger, Antoine
Nelson, John

18
21

Aug! 26J '63
Mch 7 '64

June 22, '66
June 22 '66

Nichols, Lewis

21

Sept 7* '63

June 22* '66

Noble Frederick

97

Aug 10 '63

June 22 '66

O'Neil, James
O'Brien, John

21
81

Aug. 19/68

Aug 19 '63

June 22, '66
June22 '66

Panchot, Augustus F
Plumnier, Geo. W

18
•>!

Aug. 24, '63
Feb 29 '64

June 22, '66
June 22 '66

Pugh.Evan E

SO

July 25 '63

Deserted Feb 11 '64

Reardon, Win

18

Aug 21 '63

June22 '66

Reynolds, James

43

Feb '29' '64

Discharged for disability July 3 '65

Richmond, Seneca
Richardson, Win

18
?1

Sept. 6, '63
Sept. 7 '63

June22, '66
June 22 '66

Rosenfield, Joseph ..

17

Julv 28 '63

June 22 '66

Roshen, Peter

44

Sept 9 '63

June 22 '66

Rollandf,Wm. C
Ryan, James.

21
24

Sept! l!'63
Sept 7 '63

June 22, '66

Promoted Corporal.

Sanford, Henry F
Sawbridge, John C

18
33

Sept. 4 '63
Feb. 29 '64

June 22, '66
June 22, '66

Scott, Henry A

?5

Aug 21 '63

June 22 '66

Sharp, Edward L

?5

Aug 7 '63

June 22 '66

Shird Charles

18

Aug 30* '63

June22 '66

Slater, George

44

Mch' 31* '64

Discharged for disability July 3 '65.

Smith, Ernest
Smith, Noel B... .

34

18

Aug. 10, '63
Aug 31 '63

June 22, '66
June22 '66

Strange, James

35

Aug 31 '63

Discharged for disability March 14 '65.

Struthers, Tacitus...

?1

Sept 11, '63

Deserted April 25, '64

Thayer, Philo S

30

Mch 24 '61

June 22 '66

Thurstou, Joseph B.

30

Aug. 21, '63

Discharged for disability March 14, '65.

Tibbetts, John

91

Sept 7 '63

Died Dec. 16 '65, at Pomme de Terre.

Torbinson, John
Tuttle Morris

29

9.f

Apl. 14, '64
Sept 11 '63

June 22, '66

Sergeant; discharged per order March 16, '66.

Van Valkenburg, N. C
Van Valkenburg, Job
Van Vliet, Harlow
"Wander, Ferdinand
Wilkinson, Richard

21
27
30
20
44

Aug. 22, '63
Aug. 22, '63
Sept. 11, '63
Aug. 24, '63
Aug 31 '63

June 22, '66
June 22, '66
June 22, '66

Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Dec. 14, '65.
Corporal; discharged for disability Jan. 14, '65.

Williams John.

94

Aug 15 '63

Deserted Sept 24 '63.

1

COMPANY D.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

607

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captains —
Hugh G. Donaldson
Wiu R Ross

33

40

Nov. 19, '63
Feb 14 '65

Nov. 19, '64
May 1 '66

Dismissed.

first Lieutenant —
Anson R Gerrald.

74

July 5 '65

May 1 '66

^d Lieutenant Nov 19 '63

Second Lieutenant —
Jonathan B. Salisbury...

ENLISTED MEN.

Anderson, Peter

40
10

Jaly 5, '65
July 25 '63

Mch. 10, '66

Per order.
Deserted Nov 21 '63

Anderson Robert H

24

Sept 30 '60

May 1 '66

Andrews 'Edwin

27

Feb 25 '64

May 1 '66

Arnold, John

97

Mch 29 '64

May 1 '66

Armstrong Joseph

23

Aug 19 '63

Corporal* deserted Sept 17 '63

18

Sept '•' '63

Barrett, Chauncey G
Baldwin Joseph

30
24

8ept.2,,'G3
July 21 '63

May 1, '66

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Deserted Dec 22 63

Baldwin Wesley

22

Feb 15 '64

May 1 '66

Bain Winfield S

18

May 31 '63

Mav l''66

27

Oct 13 ;63

May 1 '66

Beck 'John

18

Sept 7 '63

May 1 ,'66

Bennett, Lewis J
Benton Henry

28
*>8

July 21 ,'G3
Aug. 3 '63

Mch.2G,'65

Per order.
Deserted Nov 24 '63

Bellinger, Joseph, Jr
Biers Frederick

19
22

Feb. 29, '64
Mch 30 '61

May 1, '66
May 1 '66

Blair, Chas. D

37

Aug 2*' '63

Sergeant* discharged per order April 28 '65

Boland Michael

18

Sept 7 '63

May I '66

Borbeau, Antoine

?1

July 2l' '63

Discharged for disability May 2 '65.

Bray Jerome

18

Sept 19 '6?

Deserted Nov 22 "64

18

Sept 20 '63

May 1 '66

Brumard, Wm. D

?7

Feb 22* '64

Discharged per order March 29 '66.

Brooks Wm

25

Feb 27 '64

May 1, '66

Busha, Paul

19

Feb. 4* '64

Deserted June 5 '64.

Bushnell Byron E

25

Sept 30 '63

Discharged for disability March 29 64

Burnett, Cortland

18

July 21 ''63

May 1, '66

Musician.

Burt Owen

25

July 27 '63

Deserted May 2 "65

Busha James

37

Feb 6 '64

Deserted May 2 65

Byrne, James

18

Feb. 22 '64

May 1, '66

Case Alvin

19

Sept 28 '63

May 1, '66

Cady Daniel

18

Sept 24 '63

May 1 '66

Carland. Michael

4*>

Sept. 19* '63

Died May 18 '64 at Fort Abercrombie D. T.

Cardinal, Baptiste
Card, Sherman

20
?1

Feb. 15, '64
Feb. 23 '64

May 1, '66
May 1, '66

Chamberlain John

22

Sept. 3 '63

Deserted Oct 20 64

Churbontan, Peter O
Clement, Joseph

18
30

Sept. 2, '63
Feb 11 '63

May 1,'66

Discharged per order Feb 10 '66.

Cooper Malon

18

Apl 12 '63

May 1 '66

Cox, Joshua

43

July 21* '63

May 1, '66

Cushaway Benj N

23

Sept 13 '63

Discharged per order Feb 18 '65.

Currie Theodore

26

Feb 16 '64

Deserted Jan 18 '64

22

Oct 31 ' '63

24

Oct 31 '63

Deserted July 18 '64

Dechan, Francis

18

Aug. 17 '63

Deserted July 18 '64

Devitt Orrin

18

Feb. 20, '64

May 1, '66

Di;ley Tohn S

19

Aug 19 '63

Deserted Nov 21 '63

Duncan, Chas. A
Evans Edward E

18
19

Feb.* 2"' '64
Sept. 16 '63

May 1, '66
May 1, '66

Corporal.

21

Sept 16 '63

Deserted Dec 5 '63

Estlick, Edward F

">0

Sept. 16, '63

Deserted Nov. 20, '63.

Esch Mathias

ST

Feb. 27 '64

May 1 '66

Fisher, Lafayette
Flinn James

18

18

Sept. 12, '63
Sept. 7 '63

May 1, '66
May 1, '66

Promoted Corporal.

Foive Manuel

19

Nov. 10 '63

May 3 '65

Per order.

Gates, Phineas
Gates Frank W

44

IS

Oct. 2, '63
Oct. 2, '63

May 1,'66
May 1, '66

Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.

21

Feb 18 '64

May 1 '66

Garvaise Pierre

19

Feb 18, '64

May 1, '66

Gognon Joseph

30

Oct 11 '63

May 1 '66

Goltz, Charles
Godfrey George ..

18
21

Feb. 25, '64
Feb 26 '64

May 1, '66
May 1, '66

Gore Marshall

21

Feb 29 '64

Mch 29 '66

Hanson, Frederick

99

July 21, '63

May 1,'66

H^nry ^Tohn

26

Sept 12 <i3

May 1, '66

Hoffetkr, John W

99

Aug. 5, '63

Deserted Nov. 23, '63.

H:. bard, Henry A
Jones, Geo.W
Johnson Francis .

23
16
26

July 23, '03
Sept. 29, '63
July 21, '63

Apl. 28, \ ')
May 1,'(5
July 3, '65

Per order.
Per order.

Kelley Chas. E

38

Sept 30 '63

May 1 '66

Corporal' promoted Sergeant.

Keeny, Denton

?1

Mch. 21, '64

May 1, '66

Kdler, Christian
Kenniston, Hiram P
Kimball, Albert

21
33
91

Mch.26,'G4
Feb. 11, '63
Feb. 29, '64

May 1, '66
Feb. 10, '66
Nov. 25 'G5

Per order.

Hi& Pierre Louis . .

26

Oct 3 '63

Deserted July 20 '64

Laine, Elisha

1°

Oct. :ll, '63

May 1,'66

La Roquj, John B

">6

Jet. 11 '63

Deserted July 18 '64.

L'tmbert Frank

29

Feb 27 '64

May 1 '66

La Mires, Theodore
La Claire, Frank

21

18

June 30, '63
Aug. 4 '63

Apl. 28, '65
Apl. 28, '65

Per order.
Per order.

608

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ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

NAMES.

H

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Lewis, John
Le Blanc, Thos

42

i 44

Feb. 11, '64
Aug 14 '63

Feb. 10, '66

Per order.

Le Claire, Joseph

19

Oct 31 '63

Deserted July 18 '64.

21

Mch 7 '64

May 1 '66

31

A nl *19* '63

May 1 '66

Massan, Joseph

22

Feb 12 '64

Deserted July 19 '64

McDonald, John A
AIcLond Wm

33
21

Sept. 30, '63
Feb 4 '64

July 3, '65

Per order.
Deserted Feb 18 '64

28

Mch 28* '64

Mch 14 '66

irer order.

Meisenall \Vm

18

Mch 25 '64

Alay 1 '66

Melvin John N

Meetmesser Jacob

18

Aug 15 '63

May 1 '66

Minnie Chas

41

Aug 11 '63

Deserted June 5 "65

Miller Edward E

21

Sept 19 '63

May 1 '66

Miller, Joseph V

18

July 19, '63

Deserted Nov. 20, "63.

23

Feb 25 '64

May 1 '66

Morrin, Joseph

19

Nov 10 '63

Deserted July 18 '64.

Moyres John

29

Aug 19 '63

Deserted Nov 20 '63

28

May 1 '66

Morrison Thomas

18

Feb ' 4* '64

Deserted Feb 18 '64

Morris, Theodore

*>fi

July 23* '63

Apl 28 '65

Per order

Mulligan, James F..

•>o

Oct. 11, '63

Deserted April 1, '65.

Mulligan, James G

18

Oct 12 '63

May 1 '66

Mulligan Geo P.

18

Feb 4 '64

May 1 '66

Murphy, Samuel
Newton, Sylvester L
Nick, Chas. H. P
Owen Anson E

22
30
21
21

Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 28 '63
Feb. 25, '64
Feb 24 '64

May 1,'66
May 1, '66
May 1, '66
May 1 '66

Promoted Corporal.
Wagoner.

Parks, Joshua

^

July 2l' '63

May l' '66

Parrent Felix

21

Apl 12 '63

May 1 '66

Peltier, Moses

18

Aug 5 '63

Apl 28* '65

Per order

Primeau Francis. .

22

'Oct 24 '63

Deserted Sept 15 '64

Kamoile, Lewis
Ramoile Edward .

34
28

July 21,' '63
July 21 '63

May 1, '66
May 1 '66

1st Sergeant; reduced.

Riley Wm

18

Aug 21 '63

Died June 3 '64

Rogers, Jarvis A...

18

Feb '29 ''64

May 1 '66

Ross, John D

19

Sept 21 '63

May 1 '66

Schultz Chas

18

Sept 24 '63

Deserted Nov, 21 '63

Scharer, Henry

21

Feb 25 '64

May 1 '66

Sharpe, Wm r

20

Aug 19 '63

Deserted Nov. 21 '63.

Skein, James

39

Aug. 19 '63

May 1 '66

Shepard, George

<>6

Sept. 5. '63

Corporal; deserted July 11, '64.

St. Dennis, Michael

18

Oct. 25 '63

Deserted Nov. 21, '63.

Stierman, Riley

3?

Feb. 23, '64

May 1,'66

Struthers, James B

23

Feb 28 '64

Deserted Aug. 1, '65.

Steffers, John

?8

Mch. 7, '64

May 1,'66

Tallion, Joseph L ....

98

Sept 22 '63

May 1 '66

Thomas, Louis

?3

Aug. 21 '63

May 1, '66

Thariot, Edward .

19

Mch 28 '64

May 1 '66

Tibault, Francis
Upie, Joseph

36
04

Aug. 1,'63
Oct. 22 '63

Deserted Sept. 17, '64.
Deserted July 18, '64.

Uptargrafft, Andrew J

25

Feb. 27, '64

Deserted Nov. 10,'65. (Charges of des. removed by department.)

Upee, Isadore

18

Mch. 9 '64

Deserted July 18, '64.

Van Dall, Joseph

19

Nov 20 '63

Deserted Jan 4 '64.

Vermett, Alexis
Vilneauve, Francis
Vilneauve, Francis, Jr
Vilneauve, David ...

19
43
23
18

Nov. 14, '63
Jan. 18, '64
Oct. 10, '63
Jan 18 '64

May "i',' '66
May 1, '66

Deserted Dec. 20, '63.
Deserted July 4, '64.

Walker, Leonard
Warner, Frank

23
23

Sept. 21, '63
Sept. 30 '63

May 1 '66

Deserted Nov. 22, '63.
Sergeant; reduced.

Wheelock, Abraham W
Wines, John

35
">!

Oct. 6, '63
Feb 25 '64

June 23, '65

Per order.
Discharged for disability Dec. 8, '65.

Wood worth, Jason L
Wyler, Hayden D

22
91

Sept. 25, '63
Sept. 25 '63

May 1 '66

Deserted Nov. 22, '63.
Corporal.

Zeuke, Chas. W

18

Feb. 15 '64

May 1 '66

COMPANY E.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

609

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain —

George Boyd, Jr

First Lieutenant —

Mark T. Berry

Second Lieutenant —

AldenM. Kimball....

ENLISTED MEN.

Allison, John

Armstrong, Thomas....

Benner, Jefferson ,

Benton, Edward J

Bean, John R

Bertham, Francis ,

Benze, Henry

Braiuan, Cyrus J

Bren, Francis

Bohanon, Sylvester L...

Bohanon, Samuel H

Carlton, Charles R

€arlton, Daniel L

Casteck,John

Campbell, Wm. B

Carpenter, Lewis

Carville, Jefferson

Chamberlain, James

Christian, John B

Conorer, John A

Connelly, Daniel

Crate, John H

Crevier, Peter ,

Day. Francis ,

Droddy, John ,

Dodge, Leonard H

Eastman, Enoch M

Farwell, George G

Flanders, Smith

Darlington, James W...

Gleeson, John

Gould, Asa

Goodale, Harrison

Haule, Mitchell

Hammond, Silas N

Hall, George A

Henderson, Justice H..

Hildreth, George F

Hustet, Theodore

Jewett, Horace

Kidder, Lyrnan S

Kidder, Lyman L

I^arkin, Patrick B

Lee, Samuel

Le Fevre, Peter

Leesey, Paul

Leighton, Nathaniel G..

Loyd, Isaac

Lobdel, Cassius H

Maxon, Benj

Maly, Winslow

McKeen, John M

McKenney, Andrew J..
McCausland, Andrew...
McNamara, Timothy....

McCaffrey, James

McCarty. James

Miner, Nelson H

Miller, Peter

Miller, Onesime

Moore, Commodore P...
Murphy, Christopher...

Parker, Israel S

Palmer, David T

Plummer, Chas. S

Potter, Chas. W

Porter, Richard B

Raymond, Peter

Riley, James

Riley, Lawrence

Rochette, Oliver

Root, Isaac

Rusch, Peter

Seaman, Barney

Sherman, Firman R

Shields, Dennis.~

Smith, Frank

Smitana, Joseph

Stetson, George H

Stetson, Gideon B

34

MUSTERED
IN.

Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 31, '64

Aug. 2, '64
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 16, '64
Aug. 2, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Feb. 14, '65
Aug. 10, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 2, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 16, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 18, '64
Feb. 8, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Aug. 2, '64
Feb. 10, '65
Aug. 3, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 9, '64
Aug. 23, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 9, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 23, '64
Feb. 10, '65
Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 9, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug. 9, '64
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 8. '64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 10, '64
Aug. 12, '64
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Feb. 14, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug.27,'641
Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 29, '64
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 24, '64
Aug. 18, '64
Aug. 14, '65
Aug. 27, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 4, '64
Aug. 4, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

May 1,'66
May 1,'66
Mch.10,'66

May 1,'66
May 1 '66
May 1,'66
May 1,'66
May 1, '66
Feb. 17, '66
Oct. 26, '65
May 1,'66
Feb. 17, '66
Feb. 17, '66
Feb. 17, '66
Feb. 17, '66
May 1,'66

May 1, '66
May 1,'66
May 1,'66

May 1,'66
May 1 ,'66
May 1,'66

May 1,'66
May 1 ,'66
May 1,'66
Feb. 17, '66
Feb. 17, '66
May 1,'66
Feb. 17, '66
May 1,'66
May 1, '66
May 1,'66
May 1,'66
May 1 '66
May 1, '66
May 1,'66
May 1,'66
May 1,'66
Feb. 17, '66
May 1,'66
May 1,'66
May 1,'66
May i, '66
May 1,

Mav 1,

May 1,'66

May 1,'66

May 1,'66

May 1,'66

May 1,'66

May 1,'

May 1, '

May 1,'66

May 1,

May 1,'66

May 1, '66

May 1,'66

May 1, '66

May 1, '66

May 1,'66

May 1,'66

Feb. 17, '66

May 1,'66

May 1,'66

May 1,'66

May 1,'66

May 1,'66

May 1, '66
May I, '66
May 1,'66,
May 1,'66
Feb. 17, '66
May 9, '65

REMARKS.

May 9, '65
May 9, '65

Per order.

Discharged for disability Feb. 14, '65.

Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.
Farrier.

Per order.

Discharged for disability Feb. 6, '65.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability May 9, '65.

Saddler.

Discharged for disability March 13, '66.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.

Corporal.

Corporal.
Wagoner.

1st Sergeant.

Discharged for disability Oct. 28, '65.

Quartermaster Sergeant.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Corporal.

Deserted Aug. 30, '64.
Commissary Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.

Corpotal.
Farrier.

Deserted Nov. 2, '65.

Per order.

Sent to insane asylum Jan. 23, '66.

Sergeant; reduced.

Musician.

610

HATCH'S BATTALION OF CAVALRY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

NAMES.

H
O
<fj

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Stetson Israel G

22

Aug 4 '64

Discharged for disability March 13 '66

Starkey, James R

9I

Aug. 16 '64

May 9 '65

Sergeant.

Sturruan Win

35

Aug 23 '64

Discharged for disability Nov. 8, '65.

Stanchfield, Wm
Tennison, Wm
Thompson Daniel T

44
38
44

Feb. 11, '65
Aug. 8, '64
Aug 25 '64

Feb. 17, '66
May 1,'66
May 1 '66

Turner, Seth W

?4

Aug. 23, '64

Sergeant' discharged for disability Dec.

22, '65.

Tuttle Geo D

19

Aug 4 '64

May 1 '66

Tuttle, Henry

18

Aug. 24, '64

May 1, '66

Varney, Isaac C

S7

Aug 0 '64

Sergeant* discharged per order April 28

, '65.

Walsfeld Chas

28

Aug 9 '64

May 1 '66

Whitney, Winfield S
Wilson, Sawdon . .

18

S7

Feb. 8, '65
Aug 2 '64

Feb. 17, '66
May 1 '66

Workman, John

38

Aug. 29, '64

May 1, '66

Wylie, Justice H

•>o

Feb. 11 '65

Feb 17 '66

Yost Yost

35

Aug 26 '64

May 1 '66

Young, Timothy

3?

Aug. 26, '64

May 1 '66

Young, George

°fi

Aug 29 '64

May 1 '66

ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

W
O
<1

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Edward Oakford

23

Sept 1 '64

Apl 26 '66

First Lieutenant —
Edward Danipier
Second Lieutenant —
Frank J. Mead

ENLISTED MEN.

Akers Gideon

35

25
22

Sept. 1,'64
Sept. 1,'64
Aug 18 '64

Apl. 26, '66
Mch. 5, '66
Apl 26 '66

Per order.

Akers, Alfred H
Arnold, Mathew H

29

?,?,

July s!'64
Aug. 20, '64

Apl. 26, '6G

Corporal; discharged per order July 13, '65.

Asehka, Rudolph
Ayd Leonard

29

28

July 15, '64
July 29 '64

July 13, '65
Apl 26 '66

Per order.

Bacon, Abel

21

July 13* '64

Apl' 26* '66

Baker Delos. ..

26

Aug 8* '64

Bain, John

44

Feb 16* '65

Feb 14 '66

Bennett, Coleman

28

Feb 13 '65

Feb 12* '66

Bell, Alonzo

?0

July 12* '64

Apl 26* '66

Bennett, Jerome E

4?

July 13, '64

Discharged for disability Dec. 10, '64.

Biasell, Francis M
Bowker, Walter K
Buckman, Charles K
Cadwell, George W
Case, Francis

26
21
16
23

97

Aug. 16, '64
Aug. 18, '64
July 17, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Aug 10 '64

Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66

1st Sergeant.
Sergeant.
Promoted Corporal.
Quartermaster Sergeant.

Caine, James

33

Aug 26 '64

Apl 26 '66

Cox Wm H

38

Aug 17* '64

Apl 26* '66

Cole, Ambrose D

•>8

Aug' 22* '64

Apl' 26* '66

Musician, promo e bergeant.

Cook, George

?1

Aug 18* '64

Apl 26* '66

Connelly, John

18

Aug 22 '64

Apl 26 '66

Cook, Alexander H.

32

Feb 13 '65

Feb 12* '66

Cook, Rudolph
Comayer, Felix

30
25

Feb! is! '65
Feb 11 '65

Feb'. 12' '66
Feb 10 '66

Comayer, Joseph
Davis, Gorham F

29
27

Feb. 11, '66
Feb 13 '65

Feb! 12! '66
Feb 12 '66

Donahue, Michael
Dowd, Michael

31

W

Feb. 14, '65
Feb 9 '65

Feb. 13,' '66
Feb 8 '66

Downie, Wm

21

July 16 '64

Dec 10 '64

P rl

Dilley.Samuel
Dresser, Horace

39
44

July 18', '64
July 16 '64

Apl! 26,' '66

Promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability May 29 '65

Drebble Chas J

22

Aug 19 '64

Apl 26 '66

Eaton, Warren L
Edwards, John

21
?3

July 5) '64
Aug. 19 '64

Apl! 26,' '66

Deserted Dec 28 '65

Freeman, Reuben

38

July 22, '64

Discharged for disability April 1, '65. '

Gallenger, Henry . ..

S*>

Feb 13 '65

Feb 12 '66

Getchel, Frederick W
Gee, Thomas
Gillam, Patrick.. .

39
36
•>"»

Feb. 13| '65
July 8, '64
July 18 '64

Feb. 12J '66
Apl. 26, '66.
Apl 26 '66

Wagoner.

Gordon, John

?f>

Feb. ll' '65

Feb 10* '66

Hartig,John

31

July 22 '64

Apl 26 '66

Hazlett, John

28

July 19 '64

Apl 26* '66

Harrington, Inman....

??

Feb. ll' '65

Feb! 10* '66

Hardick.Wm.S

S9

Feb 14 '65

Feb 13 '66

Henry, Lewis...

99

Aug 15 '64

Apl 26 '6fi

Hollet, Samuel....

31

Julv 18. '64

Aol.' 26.' '66

COMPANY F.
ROSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

611

NAMES.

Hollet,Wm ................

Hopper, Albert ..........

Jacobs, James W ......

Jackson, John A ........

Jones, Charles ............

Johnson, John ...........

Judge, Barney
Kelley, Alfred D ........

Kelley, Geo. W ..........

Kelley, James T .........

Kennerson, James M.
Knight, Freeman ....... ,

Knight, Byron M .......

Knapp, Henry C .........

La Borce, Aaron .........

Lavocat, Edward ........

Leonard, James E ......

Lester, John N ...........

Leesch, Anton ............

Lindenfelson, John....

Lowater, Henry P ......

Lytle, Isaac ................

Mattin, John ............

McMillan, Mathew .....

Mehan, John ..............

Miner, Ephraim .........

Morse, Alansou S ........

O'Brien, James ..........

Pantel, Antoine .......

Penney, Stephen A .....

Phelps.Griffin ............

Plummer, Wilson ........

Pool, James W ............

Rhodes, Jacob ............

Riley, John ................ ,

Senescall, Wm .............

Scott, John B ..............

Shoepp, Geo. B ...........

Shatto, David .............

Shavour, David ...........

Shaddinger, Hiram .....

Sherman, Daniel K .....

Sjolee, Hulver ............

Smith, John ...............

Smith, Absalom ......... ,

Sperry, James ............

Stoerer, Gardner .........

Stam, Edward .............

Straswell, John ...........

Stanley, George ..........

Truax, Geo. W ...........

Truax, Richard A .......

Valentine, David ........

Van Doran, Thomas...
Warren, Charles .........

Walton, Wm ...............

Weston, James ............

Young, William .........

Zahn, Christian ..........

MUSTERED MUSTERED
IN. OUT.

July 18, '64
Feb. 10, '65
July 13, '64
July 8, '64
Aug. 18, '64
July 15, '64
July 12, '64
July 25, '64
Aug. 13, '64;
July 22, '64
July 13, '64'
July 13, '64j
July 15, '64
Aug. 8, '64
July 24, '64
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 14, '65 1
July 16, '64'
July 30, '64
Nov. 16, '64
Aug. 8, '64
July 13, '64
Feb. 9, '65,
Aug. 19, '64 1
Aug. 13, '64
Aug. 20. '64j
Aug, 19, '64
Aug. 8, '64;
Aug. 13, '64
Aug. 30, '64;
Aug. 13, '64
Aug. 13, '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug, 10, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 19, '64
Aug. 19, '64
Aug. 13, '64
Feb. 10, :65
Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 17, '64!
Aug. 8, '64!
Aug. 9/64;
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 13, '64
Aug. 13, '64
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Aug, 18, '64
Aug. 18, '64
Aug.29,;64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug. 8, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 17, '64

Apl. 26, '66
Feb. 9, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66

Apl. 26, '66

Apl. 26, '66
Feb. 10, '66
Feb. 12, '66
Feb. 13, '66

Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Feb. 8, '66
Apl. 26, '66

'ApL'%'66

Apl, 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66

Api."26/66J
Apl. 26, '66j

Apl"'26',''66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66

REMARKS.

Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66

Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Feb. 12, '66
Feb. 12, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66
Apl. 26, '66

Sergeant.

Promoted Corporal.

Blacksmith.

Discharged for disability Dec. 10, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 10, '64.

Commissary Sergeant; died July 30, '65, at Fort Snelling.

Discharged for disability March 8, '65.
Corporal, promoted Sergeant.

Discharged for disability May 22, '65.
Promoted Corporal.

Corporal; promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Dec. 28, '64.

Farrier.

Died March 3, '65, at Hastings, Minn.

Discharged for disability Jan. 14, '65.
Discharged for disability May 10, '65.
Died Oct. 19, '65, at Fort Snelling.

Corporal.

Discharged for disability May 10, '65.
Died Sept. 18, '65, at Fort Snelling.

Promoted Corporal.
Corporal.

NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.

BY. LIEUTENANT AND ADJUTANT JAMES J. EGAN.

This regiment commenced its organization in the summer of 1864, and as
fast as each company was organized was ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn. Sher
man had begun his march to the sea, Hood was preparing to march northerly,
and Chattanooga thus became a strategic point. General Thomas was in Nash
ville, overlooking the entire situation, and maintaining a large force of artillery at
Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga.

The state at this time had an estimated population of 250,000 persons; 25,000
men had enlisted in the Union cause from Minnesota; the frontier had been de
populated by the Sioux outbreak; agriculture was the chief source of livelihood;
and it will therefore be readily seen how great the strain upon our young com
monwealth to take almost 1,700 men, its very bone and sinew, from families de
pendent for support upon their industry and labor. An extraordinary cause
justified the demand, and to the last bugle call of their country's cause these men
cheerfully responded. Children, families, homes, were left behind, and the South
faced — that terrible South where so many had already met death. The cities
had been depleted, and the gallant men composing the First Minnesota Heavy
Artillery came mainly from the country districts. Intelligent and stalwart,
healthy and rugged and inured to toil, they formed splendid material for soldiers.
The regiment was composed of twelve companies, each company containing one
hundred and forty men, officered by one captain, four lieutenants, and the usual
non-commissioned officers. Great care was used by the governor in selecting
such officers, old veteran soldiers being usually selected, sergeants from the vet
eran First Minnesota and corporals from the Third, Fourth and Fifth being made
captains and lieutenants.

' When one of the great heroes of Gettysburg, Colonel William Colvill, con
sented to take charge of the new organization, and the veteran major of the
Fourth, L. L. Baxter, his next in rank, was made lieutenant colonel, and Misner
of the Third and Eddy of the Fifth, and that other gallant veteran from the First
Minnesota, who had encountered Longstreet's charge at Gettysburg, C. P. Hef-
felfinger — when these follow as majors, who couldn't say that "Duty well per
formed, if not success and honor, must follow their regimental banner."

The command is ordered to Chattanooga to take charge of the heavy guns
and forts of that place. Under the brow of Missionary Ridge, at the base of
Lookout Mountain, and with the battlefields of Chickamauga and Atlanta be
yond, what inspiring memories to lofty thoughts and patriotism! Rumor comes
from time to time that Hood is about to march to Chattanooga and thence to
Knoxville. The men are placed on half-rations, and the utmost vigilance ex
erted and anxiety prevails. There was reason for this anxiety. General Hood
had reorganized the rebel forces of the South and Southwest, and it was a serious
question as to what route he would take north. By attacking and capturing
Chattanooga, thence on to Knoxville, he could have joined General Lee and de
layed the final result.

The confidence displayed by Generals Thomas and Stedman, in placing the
regiment in so responsible a post, was extremely complimentary. General
Thomas Francis Meagher, fresh from the battlefields of Virginia, was given com-

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY. 613

mand of the district of Etawah, embracing our post, until the danger was over.
The battle of Nashville has been fought and won; Sherman has reached the Caro-
linas; Lee has surrendered at Appomattox. The war practically over, the
regiment in the summer and fall of 1865 is finally mustered out. Captain Har
vey Officer of St. Paul was honored by being made acting assistant adjutant gen
eral of the district. Lieutenant Colonel Baxter became our colonel, and was, by
order of General Thomas, chief of garrison artillery of Chattanooga from March,.
1865, until the regiment left for home. Others, by reason of their activity
and intelligence, were placed in places of trust and peril, and the regiment,
with its career and duty well done and sacrifice endured, merits a name high on
the monument that the record of Minnesota soldiers deserves.

614

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.

ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY
ARTILLERY, MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERS.

NAMES.

H
o
•^

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Colonel —
Win. Colvill

36

Apl 26 '65

May 6 '65

Per order* Brevet Brigadier General.

Lieutenant Colonel —

32

Feb 25 '65

Sept 27 '65

With, the regiment* Major Nov 21 '64

Majors —
Orlando Eddy

45

Apl 21 '65

Sept 27 '65

With regiment

Christ. P. Hefflefinger....
David Misner
Chaplain —
Chas. Griswold .. . .

30
41

T>

May 27,' '65
Apl. 19, '65

Apl 20 '65

Sept. 2?) '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept 27 '65

With regiment.
With regiment.

Surgeons —
Milo H. Mead

3S

July 29 '65

Asst Surgeon Feb 27 '65* mus out with regiment Sept 27, '65.

Clinton G. Stees....

88

May 15, '65

Resigned June 24, '65.

Assistant Surqeon —
J C. Rhodes

40

Feb 27 '65

Sergeant Majors —
M. N Ross

•>fi

Feb 15 '65

•

Promoted 2d Lieutenant Battery B Aug 14 '65.

Hugh H. B. McMaster....

•>1

Feb. 11, '65

Discharged with regiment Se'pt. 27, '65.

Commissary Sergeants —
Chas W Smith.

•>?

Mch 2 '65

Promoted 2d Lieutenant Battery D Aug. 14 '65.

Chas. B. Jackson

9S

Feb. 21, '65

Discharged with regiment Sept. 27, '65.

Quartermaster Sergeant —
W. H. Mathews

?1

Feb. 9, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Hospital Steward —
Geo Powers ...

•>«

Feb 7 '65

Sept 27 '65

Principal Musician —
John H Lewis

39

Feb. 11 '65

Sept 27 '65

COMPANY A.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A.

615

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captain—

Clinton N. Sterry

Senior First Lieutenant —

E. B. K. Randall

•Junior First Lieutenant —

E.J. VanSlyke

•Senior Second Lieutenant-

William Colter

Junior Second Lieutenant-

Marcus W. Ingraham...

ENLISTED MEN.

Abbott, James-
Allen, Harlin P

Anderson, Lud wig N

Anderson, Malcoin

Bartlett, Wm. H ,

Bartlett, George T

Batson, Joseph

Barnett, Stephen

Barnes, Granville

Bernick, Thomas

Berndgen, Gerhard

Birain, Andrew

Bristler, Conrad

Blew, Joseph A

Brick, Peter

Bluine, Frederick

Brinkman, George H

Bliven, Josephus

Burk, Michael

Case, Chauncey J

Church, Charles F

Clark, Edward J

Calby, George W

Conway, John L

Cooley, Hiram M

Connery, Patrick

Colton, Wm

Cunrath, John

Dayton, Samuel G

Decker, Aaron

Dickson, Charles

Dunn, Lucas C.

Dunham, John D

Ellingson, John

Elzea,Philo

Elzea, Joseph

Elliott, William

Elliott, John

Engel.Adolph

Epperson, Benjamin

Fahey, James

Finch, James

Fitzsimonds, Rich

Foss, James W ,

Fulton, William

Furguson, Victor E

Gaylord, Orlando.

<wj AVF.I v*,j VTA MMHMRt • ...

Gillott. Franklin H

Gotwold, John

Gilroy, Harvey

Hauser, Jacob

Hartman, Peter

Hatton, Joseph

Hamilton, John

Harrington, James

Hayes, Eugene E

Hilor, Harry

Hill, John W

Hooper, Richard

Hoppe, Peter

•Jackins, Gordon

Jagers, David

Jones, Cyrus

Judd, John B

Kain, James

Kersht, Henry

Kersh, Nickolas

Kitson, James

Kimball, Edward W

Kramer, Frank

Kunkle, Louis

learners, Henry

Lanigan, John

Lewis, James

Long, George F

Logring, John H ,

3:3

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 5, '6
Oct. 5, '6
Mch. 19, '6
Men. 5, '6
Mch. 5, '6

Sept. 16, '6

Sept. 16, '6

Sept. 22, '6

Sept. 19, '6

Sept. 19, '6

Sept. 17 '6

Sept. 23, '

Sept. 20, '64

Sept. 17, '6

Sept. 19, '6

Sept. 21, '6

Sept. 20, '6

Sept. 20, '6

Sept. 17, '6

Sept. 27, '64

Sept. 20, '64

Sept. 5, '64

Sept. 17,

Sept. 20, '64

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 12, '64

Sept. 16, '64

Sept. 16, '64

Oct. 3, '64

Oct. 3, '64

Sept. 1,'64

Sept. 13, '6

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 28, '64

Sept. 23, '64

Sept. 22, '64

Sept. 18, '6

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 12, '64

Sept. 20, '64

Sept. 12, '64

Sept. 19,

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 20 ,'64

Oct. 1 ,'64

Sept. 17, '64

Sept. 24, '64

Oct. 3, '64

Oct. 3, '6

Sept. 16, '64

Sept. 20, '64

Sept. 16, '64

Sept. 16, '64

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 13, '64

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 20, '64

Sept. 15, '64

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 20, '64

Sept. 13, '64

Sept. 30, '64

Sept. 19 '64

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 23, '64

Sept. 16 ,'64

Sept. 23, '64

Sept. 17, '64

Oct. 1, '64

Sept. 20, '64

Sept. 20, '64

Sept. 12, '64

Sept. 19r '64

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 17, '64

Sept. 19, '64

Sept. 23, '64

Sept. 16, '64

Sept. 12, '64

Sept. 21, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

July 7, '6

July 7, '6,
July 1,'6
July 7, '6

June 20, '6
June 20, '6
June 20, '6

June 20, '6

June 20, '6
June 20, '6
June 20, '6
June 20, '6
June 20, '6
June 20, '6

June 20, '6
June 20,, '6
June 20," '6v
June20j'6t
June 20, '6
June 20, '6

June 20, '6
June 20, '6
June 20, '6

June 20, '6£

June 20,
June 20,
June 20, '65

June 20, '65

June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65

June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 26, '65

June 26, '65

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

June 26, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June20, '65
June20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65

June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65

June 20, '65
' ne20,'65

June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65

Resignation accepted June 22, '65.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 16, '64; Sergeant April 1, '65.
Discharged while absent from company.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 6, '64.
Promoted Corporal Dec. 10, '64.
Died at Chattanooga May 20, '65.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 6, '64.
Discharged June, "65, by order.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 6, '64.
Discharged at Chattanooga May 16, '65.
Transferred to Company L July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company L July 7, '65.
Promoted Sergeant Oct. 6, '64.

Promoted Sergeant Sept. 21, '64; dis. at St. Paul June 26, '65.
Died at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, March 10, '65.

Discharged while absent from company Aug. 5, '65.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 6, '64.
Transferred to Company L July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company F July 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal Dec. 16, '64; discharged per order Oct.17,
Discharged at St. Paul June 12, '65.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 6, '64.

Discharged at Fort Snelling May 29, '65.
Discharged per order June 19, '65.

616

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY A — Continued.

NAMES.

Lum, Jonathan

McKnight.E.V

McKean, Charles ,

Meeks,JohnW ,

McCloud, John

McCall, Neal

Marlett, Samuel P

Matter, Lewis

Matter. Joseph

Marshall, Atlas

Mattin. Thomas

Macatel, Theodore

Meluish, William F

Mislem, Andrew

Murray, James C

Moulton, Edward W

Nazey, Thomas

Nelson, Abram

Olds, Oliyer M

Paul, Jacob

Peck, Thomas

Peterson, John

Pierson, Abner

Pierson, Samuel

Plattner, John

Plummer, Henry C

Powers, Maurice

Preston, John H

Randolph, Frank

Ealey, James

Rose, William P

Rodell, Charles

Silover, Alexander ,

Sibley, Charles H

Southern, John

Spooncr, Albert F

Smith, Royal

Smith, Michael

Sullivan, William

Strang, John

Stone, Charles T

Stokes, Nelson

Stranch, Theodore.

Swendenken, John

Taylor, Albert

Taech, Ferdinand

Theis, Peter

Thomas, Leander.

Thomas, Stephen

Townsend, Milo

Torbetson, Thomas

Trowbridge, Edward R..

Turner, Isaac

Umbrit, Christian

Van Antwerp, John

Wales, John S

Walsh, Edward

Wilton, Barnabas

Wier, Marshall

Wilsie, Hiram J

Williamson, Robt

Williams, Orson

White, William

Whitaker, Robert

Wood, Dennis

Zillekoe, Theodore E

MUSTER K
IK.

Sept. 21, '6
Sept. 16, '6
Sept. 5, '6
Jan. 11, '6
Sept. 20, '6
Sept. 23, '6
Sept. 28, '6
Sept. 17, '6
Sept. 19, '64
Sept. 13, '64
Sept. 23, '64
Sept. 20, '64
Sept. 20, '64
Sept. 20, '64
Sept. 13, '64
Oct. 3, '6
Sept. 30, '6
Sept. 20, '64
Sept, 20, '64
Sept. 10, '64
Sept. 29, '64
Sept. 17, '64
Sept. 19, '64
Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 15, '64
Oct. 3, '64
Oct. 1, '6
Oct. 1,'64

Sept. 30, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 13, '64
Oct. 3, '64
Sept. 16, '64
Aug. 15, '64
Sept. 20, '64
Sept. 20, '64
Oct. 4, '64
Sept. 29, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 20, '64
Oct. 3, '64
Sept. 13, '64
Sept. 17 ,'64
Oct. 4, '64
Sept. 24, '64
Oct. 1, '64
Sept. 20, '64
Sept. 17, '64
Sept. 17, '64
Oct. 1, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Sept.21,»64

Sept. 12, '64
Oct. 3, '64
Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 21, '64
Sept. 17, '64
Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 21, '64
Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 27, '64
Sept. 13, '64

Oct. 1,'64
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 15, '64
Sept. 28, '64

MUSTERE

OUT.

June 20, '6
June 20, '6

June 20, '6
June 20, '6

June 20, '6

June 20,

June20,
June 20,

June 20, '6
June 20, '6
June 20, '6

June 20,

June 20 ,
Ju«e20, '65
June 20, '6

June 20, '65

June 20, '6f
June 20, '65
June 20, '65

June 20, '65
June 24, '65
June26'65
June 26, '65

June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June26, '65

June 26, '65
June 26, '65

June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 26, '65
June 20, '65
June 20 '65
June 26, '65
June 20, '65

June 20, '65

June 20, '65

June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65

July 3, '65
June 20, '65
June20, '65

REMARKS.

Promoted Sergeant Oct. 6, '64.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 6, '64; Sergeant Dec. 10, '64.

Transferred to Company L July 7, '65.

Discharged while absent from company March 20, '65.
Discharged at Louisville June 11, '65.
Discharged at St. Paul Oct. 9, '65, per order.
Appointed Bugler Dec. 1, '64.
Died at Chattanooga May 21, '65.

Died at Chattanooga April 14, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Sept. 21, '64.
Transferred to Company L July 7, '65.

Appointed Wagoner Jan. 1, '65.
Promoted Sergeant Oct. 6, '64.

Transferred to Company M July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company M July 7, '65.

Absent without leave at muster-out of company; discharged
per order June 26, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Nov. 19, '64.
Transferred to Company F July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company M July 7, '65.

Transferred te Company M July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company M July 7, '65.

Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant Sept. 21, '64; reduced Nov.
19, '64; discharged while absent from company in '65.

Transferred to Company M July 7, '65.

Appointed Artificer Oct. 5, '64.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Promoted Corporal April 1, '65.
Promoted Oct. 6, '64.

Rejected by examining board, and left at draft rendezvous at
Fort Snelling.

COMPANY B.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B.

617

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain—

William M. Leyde

Senior First Lieutenant —

Levi J. Aldrich

Junior First Lieutenant —

James J. Egan

Senior Second Lieutenant —

Daniel C. Harkness

Jun, Second Lieutenants —

Alexander M. Portman.

Cullen E.CHne

ENLISTED MEN.

Anderson, Martin S

Anderson, Peter

Baysye, Oscar

Baker, Myron

Barton, Portugal

Barber, Henry W ,

Bitzer, Balthus

Blum, Jacob ,

Blythe, John

Borgeson, Johannes ,

Bongards, Jacob

lin. Joseph ,

Bonin, Joseph

Breit.JohnM

Brenkhaus, Herman

Brennan, Thomas L

Burnett, George

Burlingame, Henry W

Burlingame, Rufus

Bye. Andreas

Casler, Smith

Carpenter, Lyman E

Chooten, Clement ,

Church, John ,

Clark, George K

Cowley, Charles

Corcoran, Michael

Cooler, Patrick

Cox, Jared

Cox, George W „

Cowen, Charles

Conniff, Patrick

Cooper, August

Cronom, Daniel

De Marra, Xavier

De Noyeau, Xayier

Dictzel. Charles

Dicks, William

Doheny, Walter

Doheny, Patrick

Erbas, Albert

Erickson, Peter

Foster, Ira

Franklin, Peter M

Franklin, Harvey

Fry, William

Gabell, Charles

Gillaspie, James M

Glenn, Alexander

Glass, Robert

Gordon, James

Gordon, Michael

Graham, Campbell W

Hamson, Thomas

Hall,Gustus P

Haskin, Russell

Hancock, Charles E

Henrie, James

Hellikson, Christopher

Hope, George R

Hogue, Henry

Hunt, Alonzo S

Huter.Fidell ,

Hubbell, Albert

Ingrahm, Charles H

Ittel, George

Jacobson, Jacob

Jago, Patrick

Johnson, Knud

Johnson, Peter

Kesler, Michael

Knudson, Click

Kossack, Gustave

Kraus, Christian

L«eeson, John

Link, William

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 13, '64

Oct. 13, '64

Oct. 13, '64

Oct. 15, '64

Oct. 13 '64
Mar. 8,'«

Sept. 12, '6
Sept. 21, '64
Sept. 8, '64
Sept. 12, '64
Sept. 23, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 30, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 22 '64
Sept. 30, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Sept. 7, '64
Oct. 1, '64
Oct. 3, '64
Sept. 20, '64
Sept. 27, '64
Oct. 1,'64
Sept. 14, '64
Sept. 23, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Oct. 6, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 4, '64
Oct. 4, '64
Sept. 13 ,'64
Oct. 7, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Oct. 1, '64
Sept. 29, '64
Sept. 30, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Oct. 1,'64
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Oct. 1, '64
Oct. 1, '64
Oct. 4, '64
Oct. 1, '64
Sept. 23, '64
Sept. 23, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Sept. 29, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Sept. 15, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Oct. 6, '64
Sept. 29 ,'64
Sept. 22, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 30, '64
Sept. 13, '64
Sept. 13, '64
Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 28 '64
Sept. 26, '64
Oct. 4, '64
Sept. 27 '64
Sept. 27, '64
Oct. 8, '62
Sept. 30, '64
Oct. 3, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 23, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

July 3, '65
July 1,'65
July 1,'65

July 1,'65
July 1,'65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65
Junel7,'65
June 17, '65
June 17, "

June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June"l7,''65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65
Junel7, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17 '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65

REMARKS.

June 17, «65

June 17, '65
Junel7,'65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65
Junel7,'65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 26, '65

June 17, '65
Junel7, '65
June 17, '65

Junel7,''65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65

June 17, '65

Resignation accepted Feb. 12, '65.
Promoted Captain March 8, '65.

Promoted 1st Lieutenant April 10, '65.
Promoted from the ranks April 16, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 20, '65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Promoted Corporal Oct. 14, '64.

Promoted Corporal March 23, '65.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 14, '64.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Died at Chattanooga April 20, '65.
Transferred to Company K July 11, '65.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal April 15, '65.
Discharged from hospital May 18, '65.

Discharged for disability March 20, '65.
Died at Chattanooga May 25, '65.

Promoted Corporal Dec. 1, '64.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 20, '65; Sergeant March 21, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Oct. 14, '64; reduced to ranks Jan. 31, '65.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., June 29, '65.

Discharged while absent from company June 26, '65.
Transferred to Company E July 7, '65.

Transferred to Co. E July 7, '65; dis. at St. Paul Aug. 1. '65.
Transferred to Company E July 7, '65.
Promoted Sergeant March 21, '65.
Discharged from hospital May 29, '65.

618

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY B — Continued.

NAMES.

A

o
•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

29

Sept 19 '64

June 17 '65

40

Sept 22* '64

June 17 '65

Luke'n, Henry
Manning, Michael D

40
19

Sept! 30J '64
Sept. 24 '64

June 17,' '65

Transferred to Company M July 7, '65.

Mabee Benj F

I Q

Sept 23 '64

June 17 '65

Promoted Corporal Oct 14 '64

Mason', John W
Maxfield Judson

18
18

Sept*. 14*, '64
Sept 30 '64

June 17, '65
June 17 '65

Madden, John F

?•>

Oct.* 3*. '64

Transferred to Company M July 7, "65.

Miller Henry

43

Sept 19 '64

June 17 '65

Miller Henry C

30

Sept 23 '64

Transferred to Company E July 7, '65.

Morrison, Martin

32

Oct. 8, '64

Discharged from hospital May 29, '65.

Murray, Richard A
McMahon, Michael :.
McEwen, Bowman C

28
19
18

Sept. 23, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Oct. 8 '64

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

Promoted Sergeant Oct. 14, '64; 1st Sergeant March 1, '65.
Discharged from hospital May 25, '65.

McMillan, Duncan
McDonald, James
McKinstry, John

22
28
37

Oct. 8, '64
Sept. 29, '64
Sept 24 '64

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

Promoted Sergeant Oct. 14, '64.

Orcutt James K

21

Sept 22 '64

June 17 '65

Promoted Corporal April 12, "65.

Orcutt John H

19

Sept 22* '64

June 17 '65

Orcutt, Sheldon B,

79

Oct. 3, '6t

Transferred to Company M June 7, '65.

Osborne Francis

31

Sept 14 '64

June 17 '65

Promoted Corporal Oct. 14, '64.

Parker, Samuel A

28

Sept* 29* '64

Died at Chattanooga May 25, '65.

Patterson James

22

Sept 22 '64

June 17 '65

Paulson Ole

40

Sept 20* '64

June 17 '65

Peterson, Blake

20

Sept 15 '64

June 17 '65

24

Oct " 7 '64

June 17 '65

Piper, James A

33

Oct* 6 '64

June 1?" '65

Promoted Sergeant Oct. 14, '64.

Pithey William . ..

30

Oct 6 '64

Discharged at St. Paul July 27, '65.

Phelps Orrin A

21

Sept 29* '64

Phelps, Alvin

19

Sept* 23* '64

June 17 '65

Pritz Frank

25

Sept 30* '64

June 17 '65

Reaish John

18

Sept* 22* '64

June 17 '65

Robinson, Joseph M
Runcker, Jacob

16
32

Sept. 8, '64
Sept 20 '64

June 17, '65
Junel7 '65

Saffell, William B

25

Sept 23 '64

June 17 '65

25

Sept 15 '64

Schafer, George R . ...

34

Sept* 14* '64

June 17 '65

Schneider, Engelbert
Sewers, Mallard M

34
18

Sept. 27, '64
Sept 22 '64

June 17, '65

Shaaf Joseph ..

27

Sept 27 '64

June 17 '65

Shields, William

18

Sept* 24* '64

June 17 '65

Sleeper, Charles H
Smith, Henry

19
18

Sept. 28, '64
Sept 14 '64

June 17, '65
June 17 '65

Smith, Henry C

22

Sept 27 '64

June 17 '65

Smith, James L

81

Sept 28, '64

June 17, '65

Souter, Ernst

32

Sept 28 '64

June 17 '65

Spittslaser, August..
Stevens, Geo. W
Stephens, Lyman G

37
19
?7

Sept. 30, '64
Sept. 15, '64
Oct. 7, '64

Junel7, '65
June 17, '65

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Stearns, Orange W

*>?>

Sept 29 '64

June 17, '65

Promoted Sergeant Oct. 14, '64.

Standaley, Rooert J

36

Oct. 8 '64

Transferred to Company E July 7, "65.

Stoltz, Peter

?«

Sept. 21. '64

June 17, '65

Stebbins, Joshua .....

20

Oct 3 '64

Transferred to Company E July 7, '65.

Stannard, Allen A

18

Oct. 8, '64

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Thayer, Solon C

•>1

Sept. 29, '64

Discharged at St. Paul June 26, '65.

Tomlinson, Samuel C
Tolliffson, Sylvester
Tolliffson, Tolif.

28
44
41

Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 21 ,'64
Oct. 7 '64

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

Absent without leave since June 8, '65.

Torgeson, Andrew

?4

Oct. 11 '64

Transferred to Company K July 7, '65.

Van Koklay, John
"Ward, Norman

21

R7

Sept. 28, '64
Sept. 14, '64

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

Promoted Corporal Feb. 20, '65; Sergeant April 13, '65.

Weagant, Roderick

9q

Sept. 24, '64

June 17 '65

White, Jonas V

Sfi

Sept. 15 '64

Willard, Perry D

36

Sept. 14, '64

June 17, '65

Wixon, Philander

41

Sept. 15, '64

June 17, '65

COMPANY C.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C.

619

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain —

George L. Porter

Senior First Lieutenant —

GeorgeS. Rubbles

Junior First Lieutenant —

Rinaldo G. Daniels

Senior Second Lieutenant —

John H. Hart.
Junior Second Lieutenant—

Fred E. Du Toit

ENLISTED MEN.

Anderson, Cornelius

Bard, Daniel F

Barre, Jonas C

Babcock, Edward

Bell, John

Bickford, Hannibal

Bingham, Cornelius W....

Bird, Charles

Birdsell, James

Bliss, John L

Booth, Jonathan

Bradley, Isaac M

Breese, William L

Buckley, John

Carpenter, Horace

Campbell, Nehemiah W...

Cal liber, Jeremiah

Cannon, Nelson

Carpenter, Eleazer W

Christman, Charles

Christman, Hiram A

Chadwick, John

Chase, John C

Christopherson, Christian

Chipman, La Fayette

Clute, Stephen

Coe, Samuel B

Connoly, Michael

Crundon, Sylvester

Culp, Cornelius ...

Curtis, John W

€ulp. David M

Curtis, Henry L

Dahl berg, Hans Peter

Demers, Walter

Devine, Thomas

Dudley, Joseph D

Dunsmore, Irvine A

Dubbe, Henry

Eastman, Herman

Fisher, William F

Fisher, John L

France, Joseph

Freeman, Giles W

Fronzer, John W

Gardner, William

Gilsoul, Joseph

Goodman. John

Gould, John W

Gaetze, Carl

Hanlon, Timothy

Haney, William

Hanson, Nicholas

Hayes, Washington

Hardy, John

Heffelson, Daniel

Higgins, Holmes B

Hilger,Jobn

Hilger, Jacob

Hofer, Charles

Hope, Thomas

Irish, Francis

Isenhour, Leonard v.

Jeffers, Thomas

Johnson, James M

Keller, William

Kinyon, George W

Kirchner, Henry

Knight, James H

Krinke, Gotlieb A

Lawrence, Henry

Larson, Arbyron

Learey, John

Lynch, Martin

Mahoney, Cornelius ,

Maynard, Grayson

21

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Oct. 19, '64
Oct. 19, '6
Oct. 19, '6
Oct. 24, '6
Oct. 21, '6

Oct. 15, '6
Sept. 14, '6
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Oct. 11, '6
Oct. 11, '6
Oct. 15, '6
Sept. 16, 'G
Oct. 4, '64
Oct. 11, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Oct. 13/64
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 18, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Sept 29, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 18, '64
Oct. 13/64
Oct. 11/6
Sept. 27/64
Sept. 23, '64
Sept. 29/64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 7/64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 15/64
Sept. 14,
Oct. 6, '64
Oct. 11/64
Oct. 15/64
Oct. 11/64
Sept. 2 1/64
Oct. 12/64
Oct. 1, '64
Oct. 11/64
Oct. 10/64
Oct. 11/64
Oct. 8, '64
Sept. 14/64
Sept. 14, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 1, '64
Oct. 11/64
Oct. 13/64
Oct. 1, '64
Sept, 24/64
Oct. 9, '64
Oct. 6, '64
Oct. 15, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Oct. 14/64
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Aug. 27/64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 11/64
Sept. 14, '64
Sept. 14/64
Oct. 12/64
Oct. 11/64
Oct. 11/64
Oct. 18/64
Oct. 18/64
Oct. 13/64
Sept. 14, '64
Oct. 7, '64

July 7/65
July 5/65
July 1/65
June 28/65
July 1/65

June 17/65
June 17, '65

June 17/65
Ju'nei7/65

Junel7/65
June 17/65

June 17/65
June 17/65

June 17/65
Junel7/65
June 17/65
June 17/65

June 17/65
June 17/65

June 17, '65

June 17/65
June 17/65
Junel7/6f
June 17/65
June 17/65
June 17/65

June 17/65
Junel7/6f
June 17 '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17/65

June 17/6?
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17/65

June 17, '65
June 17/65
June 17/65
June 17, '65
June 17/65
June 17/65

June 17/65

June 17, '65

June 17/65
June 17/65

June 17/65

June 17, '65
June 17/65
June 17/65

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 19, '64.

Promoted Sergeant Oct. 19, '64.

Discharged on order from War Department June 23, '65.

Discharged June 20, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Oct. 19, '65.

Transferred to Company I July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company K July 7, '65.
Discharged at St. Paul July 6, '65.
Promoted Corporal Oct. 19, '64.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 19, '64.
Died at Chattanooga May 18, '65.

Pro. Corp. Oct. 19/64; dis. while absent from company June 15,'65.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 19, '64.

Appointed Artificer Oct. 19, '64.

Transferred to Company M July 7, '65; discharged July 15, '65.

Discharged at Chattanooga May 15, '65.
Hospital Steward Nov. 27, '64,

Promoted Corporal Oct. 19, '64.
Promoted Corporal Oct. 19, '64.

Discharged July 27, '65, at St. Paul.

Promoted Corporal Oct. 19, '64.
Promoted Sergeant Oct. 19, '64.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Discharged Aug. 10, '65, at St. Paul.
Appointed Artificer Oct. 19, '64.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal Dec. 12, '64.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Transf. to Company F July 7, '65; dis. Aug. 7, '65, at St. Paul.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Discharged at Davenport May 8, '65.
Transferred to Company F July 7, '65.
Promoted Corporal Oct. 19, '64.
Transferred to Company E July 7, '65.

Discharged July 10, '65, while absent from company.
Transferred to Company T) July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company F July 7, "65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Promoted 1st Sergeant Oct. 19, '64.

620

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY C — Continued.

NAMES.

Mayze,John

Mawpe, Louis

Manly, George

Marty, John

Manning, John

Mason, Alonzo

Meier, Christopher

Meehan, Andrew

Miller, Lambert

Miller, James H

Mitchell, John

Moore, William T.

Murray, David A

McCullough, William

McMahan, Michael

McQueen, Thomas

Nichols, Sylvester

Nulin, Andrew

Oleson, Halga

Osburn,R.H

O'Tool, Terrence

Palmer, Robert

Paul, Joseph

Pettie, Andrew J

Pfalsgraft, Jachachim

Ralph, Patrick

Redel, Michael

Rice, William

Ricker, Monroe

Rose, Henry H

Roberts, AmosM

Rosenan, Ferdinand

Rogers, Andrew

Rourke, Thomas

Sargent, Winfield S

Shook, Jeremiah

Smith, William

Smith, Michael

Smith, John W

Snell, Russell E

Stanley, Edward

Suiter, Abraham

Thompson, Knud

Thompson, John

Thompson, Halver

Thorpe, William H

Tinker, Justice

Trask, Daniel

Valkin, August

Watkins, James

Warburton, Joseph

Ward, James N

Walson, Albert

Wassem, Jacob

Walker, Theodore E

Weber, Peter

Whitten, Oliver F

White, Frederick H

White, Joseph

Whips, Joshua M

Williams, Wellman S

Wilson, Ole

Wood, Stephen

Young, Edward N

Youlka, William

MUSTERED
IN.

Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 18, .'64
Sept. 27, '64
Sept. 1,'64
Sept. 17 ,'64
Oct. 15, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Sept. 22, '64
Sept. 23, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Oct. 12, '64
Sept. 24, '64
Sept. 24, '64
Oct. 11, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Oct. 18, '64
Sept. 29, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Oct. 12, '64
Sept. 26, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 14, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 12 '64
Sept. 26, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Sept. 29, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Sept. 24, '64
Oct. 10 '64
Sept. 27, '64
Oct. 12, '64
Sept. 14, '64
Oct. 12, '64
Sept. 23, '64
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 11/64
Sept. 29, '64
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 18, '64
Sept. 29, '64
Oct. 5, '64
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Oct. 19, '64
Sept. 23, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 14, '64
Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 12, '64
Sept. 29, '64
Oct. 12, '64!
Oct. 11, '64 1
Oct. 10, '64

MUSTERED
OUT.

June 26, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65

Junel7,''65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June I?',' '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '66

June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 17, '65
June 17, '65

June 20, '65

June 19, '65

REMARKS.

Transferred to Company D July 17, '65.
Transferred to Company K July 7, '65.
Promoted Corporal Oct. 19, '64.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Promoted Sergeant Oct. 19, '64.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Promoted Sergeant Oct. 19, '64.
Transferred to Company F July 7, '65.
Discharged at Nashville, Tenn., June 20, '65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65,
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company I July 7, '65.
Died at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 14, '65.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company E July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company F July 7, '65.

Transferred to Company F July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company K July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Discharged at Chattanooga, Tenn., July 5, '65.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company F July 7, '66.

Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.
Transferred to Company D July 7, '65.

COMPANY D.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D.

621

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4

MUSTERE

IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Calvin Reeves

32

Nov. 21, '6
Nov. 21, '&
Aug. 14, '6

Nov. 19, '6
Aug. 14, '6

Oct. 13, '6
Oct. 20, '6
Oct. 20, '6
Oct. 19, '6
Oct. 15, '64

Sept. 27, '6,
Sept. 27, '6i
Aug. 24, '6J

"Sept.2V6»

June 20, '6
Sept. 27, '6
Sept. 27, '6
June 20, '6

5
>
> Senior 2d Lieutenant Nov. 18, '64.

Resigned July 15, '65.
Promoted from Sergeant Aug. 22, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Jan. 1, '65.
Discharged by order from War Department May 12, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.

Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.
Promoted Corporal Nov. 18, '64; Sergeant Aug. 22, '65.

Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department June 13, '65.
Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal Nov. 18, '64.
Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.

Discharged May 15, '65, on order from War Department.
Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Appointed Musician Nov. 18, '64.

Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.
Promoted Corporal Nov. 18, '64.
Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Cook.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.
Promoted Corporal Nov. 18, '64; Sergeant Jan. 1, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department Aug. 28, '65.
Transf. from Co. B July 7, '65; dis. while absent from company
in '65.

Promoted Corporal Jan. 1, '65.

Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Died at Chattanooga Aug. 7, '65.

Died at Chattanooga April 11, '65.

Pro. 1st Sergeant Nov. 18, '64; reduced to ranks Feb. 28, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.

Deserted at Fort Snelling Nov. 18, '64.

•Senior First Jjieutenant —
Arthur McAllister.

Junior First Lieutenant —
Fletcher Hagler
Second Lieutenants —
Edward G. Hawley
Cyrus Kennedy

ENLISTED MEN.

Ammunson John

39

42
25

38
34
24
32
21

Anderson, John

Anfinson Ole

Andrews, Oliver
Andrews, Norman B
Anderson Cornelius

Sept. 27, '6
Oct. 23, '6
Sept. 27, '6
Sept. 27, '6
June 20, '6
Sept. 27, '6
Sept. 27, '6
June 20, '6
Sept. 27, '6
Sept. 27, '6
Aug. 5, '6
Sept. 27, '6

Arthur, Thomas

39
18
37

Nov. 10, '6
Nov. 2 '64
Oct. 19, '6

Battes, Joseph

Bayer, Carl

Barton, Portugal

Bemis, Lucius
Bentley, Marquis L.
Bohler, Joseph

42
22
35

Oct. 19, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Nov. 5, '64

Bruse, William C

Breukhaus, Herman

Burnham Rufus

Carey, James....

36

Oct. 20, '64

Carpenter, Lyman D

Sept. 27, '6
June 20, '6
Sept. 27, '6
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '6.
Sept. 7, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Christianson, Andrew
Chapman, Orange H
Cox.JaredR

28
33

Oct. 15, '64
Oct. 12, '64

Cox, George W

Daugherty, John F..

29
32
30
42
30
37
42
21

Oct. 19, '64
Oct. 20, '64
Nov. 9, '64
Oct. 18, '64
Nov. 1,'64
No v.l 8, '64
Nov. 10, '64
Oct. 21, '64

Davidson, Joseph
Devine, Charles

Dinsniore, William
Dickenson, Christopher-
Dodge, William H

Aug. 17, '65

Drake, Joseph R.

Sept. 27, '65

Dudley, Alfred

Sept. 27, '65
June 20, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept, 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Early, James, Jr

26
18
24

Oct. 10, '64
Nov. 3, '64
Oct. 18, '64

Eichler, C. M

Eldridge. Albert L.

Erbas, Albert

Farnham, James E
Fay, Randall

22
42
30
35
44
24

Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Nov. 14, '64
Oct. 20, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 10, '64

Fay, Moses.

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
June 20, '65
June20, '65
Sept. 27, '65
June 20, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Fenske, Frederick

Finch, Isaac

Finch, Abraham W....
Fisher, William. .

Foster, Joseph H

43

Oct. 10, '64

Frazer, John W....

Fry, William...

Fuller, John

30
25

Nov. 9, '64
Nov. 10, '64

Gates, Byron
Glass, Robert.

Goodhue James R

18
26
37
28
24
18
21
20
22
26
35

Oct. 24, '64
Oct. 9, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 18, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Oct. 19, '64
Oct. 29 ,'64
Oct. 6, '64
Oct. 24, '64
Oct. 12, '64
Oct. 13, '64

Sept. 27, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
Sept. 26, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
June 26, '65
June 26, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Gorgenson, Andrew

Gortner Joseph

Gray, William H

Grendy Thomas.

Gripman, William H
Hart Ezra

Hawkins, John

Ham, John

Hanlon, Timothy..

Haney William

Hardy John

Heasilton, Daniel
Hinckley, Cornelius C
Hutcblnson, Joseph
Hudson, Charles

20
28
37
42
23

Nov. 18, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Nov. 1, '64
Oct. 22, '64
Oct. 20, '64

June 26, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
June 26, '65

Humphrey, Charles H

Haffer, Charles

Hunt Alonzo S.

Ike, Ole O

32
28
32
30
24

Oct. 13, '64
Nov. 9, '64
Oct. 12, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Oct. 18 '64

<Tay, John J

Johnson John

June 26, '65
June 26, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Johnson, Tosten
Johnson, Ellis

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ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS,

43

34
36
31
34

Oct. 11, '64
Oct. 19, '64
Oct. 20, '64
Nov. 18, '64
Oct. 20, '64

Sept. 27, '65

"Sept.'27,''65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Cook.
Died at Chattanooga March 10, '65.

Promoted Corporal July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 1, '65.
Deserted at Fort Snelling Nov. 18, '64.
Died at Chattanooga June 18, '65.

Deserted July 31, '65.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., June 18, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal Nov. 18, '64.
Promoted Corporal Sept. 5, '65.

Died at Nashville, Tenn., April 13, '65.

Promoted Corporal Jan. 1, '65.

Discharged June 3, '65, on order from War Department.
Discharged July 12, '65, on order from War Department..

Discharged while absent from company in '65.
Promoted Corporal Nov. 18, '64.

Discharged May 26, '65, while absent from company.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 5, '65.

Promoted Corporal Jan. 1 , '65.
Discharged May 16, '65, on order from War Department.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.

Discharged at Springfield, 111.
Promoted Corporal May 11, '65.

Promoted Corporal Aug. 22, '65.
Promoted Corporal Nov. 1, '64; Sergeant July 7, '65.

Pro. Com. Serg. Nov. 18, '64: dis. while absent from company-
in '65.
Promoted Corporal April 1, '65; Sergeant May 11, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal July 7, 65.
Promoted Corporal Aug. 21, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Nov. 18. '64.

Johnson George W

Keenan, Fenton
Knight, James H

Krink, Gotlieb A

Larson, Martin

20
27
24
32
35
24
22
26

Oct. 9, '64
Nov. 1 '64
Oct. 19, '64
Oct. 18, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Oct. 12, '64
Nov. 15, '64
Oct. 15, '64

Sept. 27, '65

Lent, Edward
Lewis, Ole

Lapham, Lincoln L r
Lotty Peter J

June 20, '65
Aug. 3, '65

Louton, George

Luce, William

Leary, John

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65
Sept. 27, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65

Mier, Christopher

Mayree, John

j

Martin, George A
Melady. Richard
Means, Lafayette F
Means William

18
32
23
31
25
38
17
22
33
33
45
26
36
36
28
19
29
25
21
27
34
22
24
28
37
29
42
38
25
23
30
27
33

Nov. 15, '64
Nov. 18, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Nov. 9, '64
Nov. 13, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Nov. 13 '64
Nov. 13, '64
Nov. 9, '64
Nov. 12, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 21 '64
Nov. 3, '64
Nov. 10, '64
Nov. 17, '64
Nov.l7,'G4
Oct. 18, '64
Oct. 3, '64
Nov. 12, '64
Oct. 12, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 8, '64
Oct. 9, '64
Oct. 9, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Nov. 18, '64
Oct. 22 ,'64
Nov. 17, '64

Means, James R
Miles John

Mitchell, Alanson M
Monroe James . .

Morse, Win. C

Myers George W

McCabe.John

McDill, John H
McGraw Daniel

Sept. 27, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

McMaster, George
McMartin Peter.

McGrady, Charles
Nation, Edward
Nash James H

Nash Thomas W

Nelson, Ellna
North, Darwin F
Oleson Ole

Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65
June 20, '65

Oleson 'oieE

Oleson Tobias C

Oleson Jens

Oleson William

Oleson John

Oleson Ole

Oleson, Kuls

Oleson Torkel

June 20, '64
Sept. 26, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Oleson, Samuel

Oliver, Edmund G
Olmstead, Samuel B
Oleson, Halga

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
June20, '65
Sept. 27, '65
June 20, '65
Sept. 26, '65
Sept. 26, '65
Sept. 19, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
June 20, '65
Sept. 26, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

O'Tool Terence

Pfalgraft, Joachim

Palmerson Helga

35
32
26
25
38
23
19
29
27
34
31
27
27
21
38
44
25

21

Oct. 22 '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 19 '64
Sept. 23, '64
Oct. 18, '64
Oct. 18, '64
Oct. 12, '64
Oct. 19 ,'64
Oct. 20, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Oct. 5, '64
Oct. 13, '64
Oct. 10, '64
Nov. 21, '64
Nov. 18, '64
Nov. 17, '64
Oct. 15, '64

Nov. 10, '64

Palmer, Luzerue W
Patzholtz, William
Peck Jason

Peterson, Regnald
Phillips Xavier

Powell David

Powers By rum H

Porter, Josiah W
Kasmusson, Knud

Reishors Ole S

Reed, Orson

Richards Wm. F

Ring, Joseph

Rice, Stephen O

Roberts, James L.
Robinson, Clark

Rodgers, William
Ralph, Patrick

Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Ridel Michael.

Rourke, Thomas

Sanderson, Christian
Scott, George M

27
23
22
44
24
28
26
43
27
22
24

Oct. 5, '64
Nov. 18, '64
Oct. 22 '64
Oct. 20, '64
Nov. 18, '64
Nov. 9, '64
Oct. 9, '64
Oct. 22, '64
Oct. 22 '64
Nov. 5, '64
Oct. 2 '64

Schmidt, William F
Schauer, William
Shepard, Jerome
Simons, Andrew

Sims, John

Smith, William F
Smith, John A

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27. '65

Stennart Charles

Stevend, Knud....

COMPANY E.
ROSTER OF COMPANY D — Continued.

623

NAMES.

A

9

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Starmard Allen A

Sept 27 '65

Transferred from Company B July 7 '65

Sept 27 '64

Sept 27 '64

Tarringson Albert ,...

SO

Oct. 20 '64

Terhune John H.

34

Nov 12 '64

Sept 27 '64

Truroe, Jacob

29

Nov. 5 '64

Sept 27 '64

Townsend George

36

Oct 9 '64

June 3 '65

Discharged at Louisville Ky

Tuohy, Laurence

18

Oct. 21, '64

Sept. 27, '65

"Wagner, John

27

Oct. 15 '64

24

Oct 10 '64

June 20 '65

Weston, Charles B
West John F

29
36

Nov. 12, '64
Nov 14 '64

Sept. 27, '65

Whitcomb, John

41

Oct. 18, '64

Sept. 27 '65

Winslow, Wm E.

*>«

Oct. 12 '64

Promoted Sergeant Nov 18 '64* 1st Sergeant \ug 23 '65

Williams, John
Walker, Theodore A... .

37

Oct. 9, '64

July 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Transferred from Company C July 7 '65

Whips Joshua M

Sept 27 '65

White, Joseph

Sept 27' '65

Transferred from Company C July l' '65

Wood, Stephen

Sept 27 '65

Woolson, Albert

Sept. 27 '65

Transferred from Company C July 7 '65

Youlka, William

Sept. 27 '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY E.

NAMES.

W

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain—
Harvey Officer.

31

Feb 1 1 '65

Oct 31 '65

Senior First Lieutenant —
John N Hess

29

Feb 11 '65

Sept 27 '65

Junior First Lieutenants —
Benjamin N. Cushway....

94

Feb. 20 '65

Resignation accepted June 29 '65

John West

24

July 19 '65

Sept 27 '65

2d Lieutenant Feb 10 '65

Senior Second Lieutenant —
Columbus Thillips
Junior Second Lieutenant —
Francis M. Jenks

21
?f>

Feb. 25, '65
July 19 '65

Sept. 27, '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Abernethy Robert

26

Feb 8 '65

May 13 '65

Alker,Samuel T

Amy, Orrin H .

23
31

Feb! ?! '65
Feb 2 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Promoted Corporal Aug. 1, '65.

Anderson, Benj. C
Arkins, Thomas

20
18

Feb. lo! '65
Jan 28 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 11/65; Quartermaster Serg. July29,'65.

Atherton Velos

19

Jan 27* '65

Sept 27 '65

Barrows, Wm. W
Barney Theodore

17
23

Jan. 14, '65

Jan 25 '65

Sept, 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Barrett, Isaac S

18

Feb' 2* '65

Sept '27' '65

rromoted sergeant March , bo.

Bennett, George D
Borden, James C
Boyd Walter B ....

28
23
18

Feb. 6, '65
Jan. 24, '65
Feb 3 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Bond, Edward J
Brack, William A

19
24

Feb! 6* '65

Sept. 27 j '65

Discharged for disabilitv June 5 "65

Brooks, George W
Brisbane, Alex an der
Brock, Andrew

18
20
91

Feb. 2. '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb 4 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Burdick, Henry
Cams, Edward C.

18
21

Nov.30*, '64
Feb 8 '65

Sept. 27, '65

Cadwell, Eugene
Canfield, Henry O

20

18

Jan. 2l|'65
Feb. 4 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

.orpor, , , .ergeai

Chafer, Almarin W
Clark, William H

21
?fi

Feb. 6, '65
Jan. 31 '65

Oct. 11/65
June27 '65

Cline' Jacob

19

Feb 7 '65

TV h 1 Vi'l h <• f ' T~

Colborn, Nathan
Coffman James

18
18

Jan. 20, '65
Jan. 24 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Conklin, Lewis E

<>o

Jan. 25, '65

Aug. 9* '65

Copley, Michael

•>o

Jan. 30 '65

Aug 9 '65

Coulter, John E

IP

Feb. 2, '65

Promoted Corporal Alarch 1 '65* Sergeant July 29 '65.

Crawford, Asher W
Day Westel W

16
42

Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 4 '65

Sept. 27, '65
July 26 '65

Depue, John A

21

Jan. 20, '65

Sept. 9* '65

Denne, Wm

19

Feb. 1, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Eastman, Amos A
Block, Simon

26

1H

Feb. 1,'65
Jan. 21, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65

Evans, Benjamin

?6

Jan. 6, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Colored Cook,

Fah, William.

19

Jan. 24, '65

Sept. 27 '65

Farquahar, William S
Falone, Thomas
Fletcher, William D

18
18
21

Jan. 27, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 7, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept, 27, '65
Aug. 26, '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

624

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ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Forgeson, Albert D

18

Feb. 8, '65

"FVh 7 'fi5

Sept. 27, '65

Frederic, Charles D
Frederick, John W

18
28

Feb. 7, '65
Feb 8 '65

Sept. 27, '65

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Gardner Stephen

24

Jan 25 '65

Autr 12 '65

Giles Charles

37

Feb' 2* '65

Gilbert Benj H

18

Feb 3* '65

Sept 27 '65

Gordon David K ...

1Q

"DPP* 11* 'fi4

Ront* 27* '65

Gooduer David

20

Feb 3 '65

Sept 27 '65

1ft

Jan 20* '65

Aug* 23* '65

Goodfellow, George H

18

Jan. 21* '65

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

,29

Nov 15 '64

Sept 27 '65

18

Tan " 25* 'fi5

P>r»t* 98* 'fi5

Harris, George T
Hayden, Charles
Hayden.Wentworth
Hatch, Charles F
Halgren, John E

26
18
20
32
18

Jan. 31, '65
Jan. 20, '65
Jan. 20, '65
Jan. 20, '65
Feb 8 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Hardy, William H
Henderson, Hamilton H...
Hoffman Peter

20
21
17

Feb. ?', '65
Jan. 25, '65
Jan 6 '65

Sept. 27, '65
July 15, '65
Sept 27 '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Hoover, William H
Hutchins, Thomas J
Hutchins William

20
22
18

Feb! 7* '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb 6 '65

Sept! 27) '65
Sept. 27, '65
Cpnf 27 '65

Humphrey, Steward P
Higgins, H B

25

Jan. 5, '65

Sept. 27, '65
July 27 '65

Huter, Fidel

Transferred from Company B; died June 27, '65, at Nashville.

Ingalls Hiram . .

19

Jan 5 '65

Sept 27 '65

Ingalls, James

21

Jan' 5* '65

Sept* 2?' '65

17

Jan 31* '65

Sept 27 '65

39

Fph* 2* '65

A Iltr'oq' ICK

19

Feb 4 '6*5

June 27 '65

19

Tan* 11* '65

Spnt 27* '65

26

Feb 4 '65

Sept 27 '65

Johnson, James M

July 7 '65

Transferred from Company C.

Johnson, Knud ,

Sept 27 '65

Transferred from Company B.

June 26 '65

Transferred from Company B* dis. on order from War Dept.

Kelley Bernard

16

Feb 4 '65

Sept 27 '65

Killeen Patrick

35

Jan" 24* '65

Auff 8 '65

Knapp Harrison

28

Dec 6* '64

Aug 6 '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Knudson, Olick

Transferred from Co. B; dis. while absent from company in '65.

JLamson Barney

20

Feb 6 '65

Sept 27 '65

Laryson, Abraham

31

Feb! 3* '65

Died at Chattanooga April 3, '65.

Little Calvin

18

Jan 20 '65

Sept 27 '65

Lyons, William B
Lumley John

25
33

Feb. 2, '65
Feb 6 '65

Sept! 27*, '65
Sept 27 '65

McDonald Allen

37

Jan 28 '65

Sept 27* '65

36

Jan 30 '65

Died at Chattanooga Tenn., March 20, '65.

McMillen Albert C

20

Jan 21* '65

Sept 27 '65

Marshall David P

30

Feb' 2* '65

Sept 27 '65

Mitchell, James S
Miller, Abraham K
Moores Josiah

17
33
18

Jan. 81, '65
Jan. 31, '65
Feb 7 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Myers William F

18

Feb* 8* '65

Sept 27* '65

Mulligan James

22

Jan' 25* '65

Sept 27 '65

Miller, Henry C

Aug 28 '65

Transferred from Company B; dis. on order from War Dept.

Nauf, Paul

29

Nov 15 '64

Sept 27 '65

27

Feb 4 '65

Sept 27 '65

Nixon, Themas

18

Jan 24 '65

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Norman, John W

97

Feb. 4 '65

Sept. 27 '65

Norman, James R

26

Feb 4 '65

Sept 27 '65

Ostram, Hiram M
Over, Henry <.. .

18
44

Dec. 13, '64
Jan 20 '64

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Pettybridge, Joshua
Phelps Luther

29
32

Jan. 21, '65
Nov 17 '64

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Promoted Corporal, Sergeant Feb. 11, '65; Quartermaster Ser
geant June 5, '65; 1st Sergeant July 29, '65.

Pierce, Joseph H

30

Jan, 10 '65

Sept. 27 '65

Promoted Sergeant March 1, '65.

Pitcher Henry A

17

Jan 31 '65

Sept 27 '65

Powers, Wesley

18

Feb. 7, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Promoted Corporal Aug. 11, '65.

Radante, Christian

27

Dec. 3 '64

Died at Chattanooga March 5, '65.

Ramey, Sylvester

18

Feb. 6 '65

Sept. 27, '65

Ricker, Charles S

39

Jan. 28 '65

Sept. 27 '65

Promoted Sergeant March 1, '65.

Rice Ira

29

Jan 10 '63

Sept 27 '65

Robins, SC

30

Feb. 6 '65

Sept. 27 '65

Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.

Rock, John H

23

Feb 2 '65

Aug 21 '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Rostron, Elijah

39

Feb. 2, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Ruaning, Henry

18

Feb 7 '65

Sept. 27 '65

Stanley, George
Sanford, Joseph
Scidmore, Thomas J
Scheer, George

32
18
26

18

Jan. 31, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 4 ,'65
Feb. 7 '65

Oct. 8, '65
Sept.. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Promoted Corporal Aug. 13, '65.
Died at Chattanooga, Tenn., April 21, '65.

Sheldon, Charles H

19

Jan 28 '65

Deserted while on furlough June 21, '65.

Sherman, Cassius M
Smith, Thomas...

18
19

Feb. 4, '65
Jan. 24 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Spendley, Charles S
Stenson, John R
Steele, James ....

37
22
30

Feb. 3, '65
Jan. 30, '65
Jan. 25. '65

Sept. 27 '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 .'65

Promoted Corporal Aug. 13, '65.
Promoted Corporal July 1, '65.

COMPANY F.
ROSTER OF COMPANY E — Continued.

625

NAMES.

w

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Sweatt Methia

S7

Feb. 2 '65

Sept. 27 '65

Stebbins Joshua .. .

Sept 27 '65

Transferred from Company B

Sept 4 '65

Standaly Robert J

Sept. 27 '60

Transferred from Company B.

Tierney, Patrick
Tilton, William H
Thomas AlvahC

38
20
24

Jan. 21 '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb 7 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Promoted Sergeant March 1 '65.

Thorn Andrew

18

Nov 30 '65

Sept 27 '65

Tyler, Alfred B
Tinker Justus

30

Feb. 3, '65

Sept. 27, '65
July 7 '65

Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.
Transferred from Company C.

Wakeman, Gilbert
Watson, Judson W
Walrod, Jacob W

42
30
RS

Feb. 7, '65
Jan. 25, '65
Feb. 24, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.

Walrod Michael

•>R

Feb. 3, '65

Aug. 10 '65

Promoted Corporal March 1, '65; dis. on order from War Dept

Whitney, Jabes M
Whitney Alverton

21
19

Jan. 21, '65
Feb. 3, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Died at Chattanooga, Tenn., April 23, '65.

28

Jan. 80 '65

Sept. 27 '65

Wickstrom, John A
WinJet Ira

18
30

Feb. 8, '65
Feb. 6, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65

31

Dec 13 '65

Sept. 27 '65

Williams, Eusebeus J
Wickham John C

18
•>fi

Jan. 25, '65
Feb. 2, '65

Sept. 27,' '65
Aug. 3 '65

Discharged on order from War Department

Wilson, William A
Wilie, John
Young, John
Zeigler, Nicholas

22
24
25
24

Feb. 1, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 2, '65
Feb. 6, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 5, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

ROSTER OF COMPANY F.

NAMES.

W

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<!

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Hugh J Owens. . .

23

Feb 15 '65

Sept 27 '65

Senior First Lieutenant —
Alvin M. Collins
Junior First Lieutenants —
Freeman A. Squires
Peter A. Lentz
Second Lieutenants —
George J. Stannard
John O. Witherell

ENLISTED MEN.

Alden, Samuel

32

35
33

21
33

9fi

Feb. 15, '65

Feb. 15, '65
Aug. 14, '65

Feb. 15, '65
Aug. 14, '65

Feb. 4 '65

Sept. 27, '65

June 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

June 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept 27 '65

th

Resignation accepted June 27, '65.
2d Lieutenant Feb. 14, '65.

Resigned.
Promoted from ranks July 15, '65.

Alden Lafayette

18

Feb. 4 '65

Sept 27 '65

24

Feb 6* '65

Sept 27 '65

Promoted Sergeant Feb 16 '65

Arnold, Kaspar

18
18

Feb. 10, '65
Feb 10 '65

Sept. 27* '65
Sept 27 '65

Ashley, Lewis M
Axtell Hubbard

17
25

Feb. 8, '65
Feb 13 '65

Aug. 28J '65

Discharged on order from War Department.
Died at Chattanooga Tenn April 6 '65

Barstow Alfred

30

Feb 11 ''65

Aug 23 '65

Baldwin, Frank
Blake Albert A

18
17

Feb.' 8/65
Feb 4 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Bottomley, William
Brown Mathias

23

42

Feb. 13J '65
Feb 13 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Chesron, J. M

28

Feb. 1 1 ' '65

Sept 27* '65

Church Lafayette

25

Feb. 11 '65

Sept 27 '65

Connoly Silas W

18

Feb 6 '65

Sept 27 '65

Cook M. L

39

Feb 13* '65

Cornell Luke A

30

Feb 13 '65

Oct 10 '66

Cody John

23

Feb. 14* '65

May 16* '65

Dalzell James

22

Feb 6 *65

May 16 '65

Dayton, John D

31

Feb. 5' '65

Sept. 27* '65

Day Eugene R

19

Feb 11 '65

Aug 1 '65

Danielson, Rasmus
Doolittle, Edward
Eberline Edward

37
32
25

Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb 6 '65

Sept. 20, '65
Sept. 20, '65
Sept '65

Ellis, John E

44

Feb. 6 '65

Mav 16 '65

Erwin, Charles L
Foss, James W

18

Feb. 4, '65

Sept. 20 '65
July 7 '65

Transferred from Company D July 7 '65

Fassett, John.

24

Feb 13 '65

July 27 '65

Fenske, Albert

8?

Feb. 7, '65

Sept 27 »65

Promoted Sergeant Feb 15 '65.

Ford, William A

91

Feb 11 '65

Sept 27 '65

Promoted Corporal Feb 16 '65

Franklin, Germain B
Freitag, Herman
Freitag, Albert
Fuller, Myron L
Gardner, Orlando N

20
18
20
22
37

Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 3, '65

Sept.27'65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65.

Pro. Corp. Feb. 16, '65; dis. while absent from company in '65.

40

626

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
ROSTEE OF COMPANY F — Continued.

NAMES.

Gano, MarialE

Gates, Merritt C

Getchell, Charles O

Getchell, Theodore W

Goff, Edward

Gibson, John C

Gleason, William

Grannis, Samuel H

Grannis, H. S

Hanley, Michael

Hall, George H v

Haw ley, Jesse B

Hartman, Peter

Hepp, Edward ,

Hepp, Joseph

Henson, Halvor

Hoffman, Charles

Hoffman, Leonard

Hoffman, Peter P

Hudson, Joshua

Hilger, Jacob

Hope, Thomas

Isenhour, Leonard

Ingalls, Edward C

Jones, Chauncey W

Johnson, John F

Johnson, Bennett

Judd, Henry W

Katzmg.Katzlong

Kutthoff Franz

Kutthoff, 'Joseph

Kimpton, Charles F

Knapp, Theodore A

Knapp, Edward A

Larson, Asbyson

Laird, Dallas J

Lelond, Anthony

Lindsey, Charles H

Lloyd, John J

Loomer, Joseph H

Lovell, George W

McGorwin, Thomas

McCurdy, Patrick

McGriggan, John

Markel, Michael

Mandigo, Daniel L

Meneg, Charles A

Mead, OrrinF

Mead, Charles J

Miller, Herman

Millard, Riley

Mogan, William

Morehouse, Francis

Morehouse, Richard T

More, Robert

Netzell, John A

Nelson, Peter

Newell, EbenP

Oatney, Joseph

Ogilvie, James

Oleson, Stener

Otto, Fred L

Paul, Joseph

Payer, Simon

Pease, Frank L

Pettit, Thomas H

Pehling, Phillip

Pepper, James

Pierce, Parker J

Pirath, Peter

Plumb, Charles N

Forger, Phillip

Pugsley, Gardner A

Preston, William K

Preston, Elias M

Rasdell, Melvin B

Rathstock, August

Ray nartson, Otto A

Read, Albert

Riley, Peter

Richards, James

Rollins, John

Rogers, Robert F

Roberta, Hiram S

Ryan, Joseph

Rodell, Charles

St. Cryr, Moses

22

MUSTERED
IN.

Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 8, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 8/65
Feb. 8, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 8, '65

Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 11/65
Feb. 8, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 8, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65

Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 11/65
Feb. 4,'6i
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 4/65
Feb. 4/65
Feb. 11/65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 4/65
Feb. 8/65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 4/65
Feb. 6/65
Feb. 6/65
Feb. 6/65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 6/65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 11/65
Feb. 6/65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 7/65

Feb. 4/65
Feb. 4/65
Feb. 6/65
Feb. 7/65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 4/65
Feb. 8/65
Feb. 11/65
Feb. 7/65
Feb., '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 4/65
Feb. 7/65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65

Feb. 4/65

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27 ,'65
Sept. 27/65

Sept. 27 ,'65

Sept. 27,' 65
Aug. 28, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65

Nov. 10, '65
Sept. 27, '65
July 29, '65
Oct. 10/65
Aug. 4/65

May 18, '65
July 15, '65
Sept. 27/65
Sept.27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27/65
Aug. 19, '65
Sept. 27/65

Sept. 27/65
Aug. 19, '65
Sept. 27 ,'65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27/65
Aug. 19, '65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 7/65
Sept, 27/65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27/65
June 24/65

Sept. 27/65
May 29, '65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27, '65
July 29, '65
Sept. 27/65

Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 ,'65

Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept. 9/65
Aug. 23, '65
Sept. 27/65
Aug. 25, '65
Sept. 27, '65
July 7/65
Sept. 27/65

REMARKS.

Promoted Corporal May 30, '65.

Pro. Corp. Feb. 16, '65; dis. while absent from company in '65.
Discharged while absent from company in '65.
Died at Chattanooga, Tenn., June 1, '65.

Died at Chattanooga April 12, '65.
Discharged by order from War Department.

Died at Chattanooga Aug. 8, '65.

Transferred from Company C; discharged while absent.

Transferred from Company C.

Transferred from Company C.

Discharged while absent from regiment in '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Transf. from Co. C; dis. while absent from company in '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 16 '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Died at Chattanooga July 25, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged while absent from company.

Transferred from Company C; dis. while absent from company.
Promoted Corporal Sept 1, '65.

Died at Chattanooga April 27, '65.

Discharged while absent from company.
Discharged on order from War Department.
Promoted Sergeant Sept. 1, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Transferred from Company D.

COMPANY G.
KOSTER OF COMPANY F — Continued.

627

NAMES.

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38
31
35
18
30
20
35
26
26
17
25
43
35
19
38
32

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 7/65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 4/65
Feb. 8/65
Feb. 8/65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27 ,'65
Sept. 27/65

Pro. Serg. Feb. 16, '65; dis. while absent from company in '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged when absent from company.

Transf. from Co. C July 7, '65; dis. while absent from company
in '65.
Transf. from Co. C July 7, '65; dis. while absent from company
in '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 16, '65.
Died at Chattanooga May 22, '65.
Discharged while absent from company in '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Schwang, Julius

Schemele, Caspar
Schwett, Frederick
Silliman, Wayne B
Sinn Wilhelm

Sept. 27 ,'65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 ,'65
Sept. 27/65
Sept, 27, '65
Sept, 27/65
Sept. 27/65
July 24, '65
July 29, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 ,'65

Shirk Jacob

Strong Moses A

Stolt August

Stannard, Charles J
Stuley Jacob

Thorn, Carl
Thomas Jesse P

Titus Ernst

Truesdell, Hill
Vogel Anthony

\Vard James.

Williams, W. S

Sept. 27/65
Aug. 17, '65
Sept. 27 ,'65
Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27/65

Winn William B

31
30
33
18
31
19
18
18
34

Feb. 6/65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 4/65
Feb. 4/65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 7/65
Feb. 6/65

Wilcox, William R
Whitford, Lovias

Western, William j
Western, Charles A.

Western George

West, Jed

Wood, Josiah.

Sept. 24/65
Aug. 9/65

Tetter, Samuel

ROSTER OF COMPANY G.

NAMES.

w
o
<J

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
Andrew Clark

Feb 16 '65

Sept 27 '65

Senior First Lieutenant —
Orville D Ford

Fpb 1 fi 'fi^

Junior First Lieutenant —
James Hankinson

Feb 16 '65

Sept 27 '65

Senior Second Lieutenant —
Lament Gilbert

Feb. 16, '65

Resigned Aug 10 '65

Second Lieutenants —
Charles Needham

Feb. 16, '65

Promoted Regimental Adjutant Sept. 6, '65.

Henry H. Hamilton

ENLISTED MEN.

Ackerman, George

26
26

Aug. 24, '65
Feb. 6, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Promoted from ranks Aug. 16, 65.
Died at Chattanooga March 25, '65.

Allen, Chauncey L
Andrews, Robert P
Andrews, William T
Anderson, Henrv
Austin, Charles S
Kallard William

27
38
29
17
26
26

Feb. 11/65
Feb. 3/65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 6/65
Feb 11 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Barneman, Charles
Buke Ulric

28
34

Feb.' 15,' '65
Feb 11 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Bean, Albert W

19

Feb 14* '65

Sept 27 '65

Bedwell, Charles C
Boyce, David

36
43

Feb. 14*, '65
Feb 11 '65

Sept.' 27/65
Aug 9 '65

Brown, Edwin
Brown, Walter

30
34

Feb. 11, '65
Feb 15 '65

Sept. 2?' '65
July 24 '65

Burkhardt, Rudolph
Burkhardt, Gotlieb

25
21

Feb. 11/65
Feb. 11 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Burns, James C

30

Feb 11 '65

Sept 27 '65

Burdeck.E.C
Burton, John

27
31

Feb. 15, '65
Feb 14 '65

Sept. 27,' '65
Sept 27 '65

Carpenter, Wm. C
Carpenter, Clifford A
Carey, C. H

22
33

27

Feb. 11/65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb 14 '65

July 24, '65
Aug. 8/65
Sept 27 '65

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Clarkson, Joshua
Colby, George H

28
39

Feb. 3/65
Feb. 11 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Collier, Dewitt C

25

Feb 14 '65

Sept 27* '65

Darrow, Alonzo

27

Feb. 14 '65

Sept 27* '65

Daily, Thomas H ... .

34

Feb 15 '65

Sept 27 '65

Dieterlee, Herman ,
Dibble, Daniel F

32

18

Feb. 3/65
Feb 14 '65

Sept. 27 J '65
Sept 27 '65

Dibb, William H

18

Feb. 14, '65

Sept. 27, '65

G28

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

NAMES.

Dolren, Ole A

Doyle, Benj. F

Drescher, Theodore H

Eperson, Ira J

Farnsworth, Ebenezer F.,

Fenton, Peter H

Fisk, Wilbur F

Fiffield.IraA

Fiffield, Lorenzo J

Flowers, Win. A

Forsythe, George

Ford, John

Ford, Orton D

Franklin, George B

Gusley, John

Gilden, John

Gilbertson, George N

Gillick, Lawrence

Grainmels, Frederick

Grainer, Hermann

Green, Isaac N

Gribben, Patrick

Gulthner, Joseph

Hays, William

Hewett, Warren

Hitt, Samuel

Horton, Henry

Humes, Elijah

Hutchins, Wallace

Ilett, Charles L

•Jani, Benedict

Jacobson, Neils

Johnson, Edward

Johnson, Christian

Kennedy, James

Kestner, Oscar

Kirchner, August

Kysar, Simon

!Lawson, Herman

Lawson, William ,

Lepel, Christian

Lewis, John H

Leach, Dwight

Leach, George S

Lindt, Charles

Little, Newton C

Lont, Stephen 0

McMasters H. H. B

McGrath, James

McKee, James R

McRoberts, W. E

Mathews, Wm. H

Montgomery, John

Myers, Charles

Nelson, Wm. P

Paul, Arnold ,

Perkins, Wm.M

Park, Minor R ,

Peters, Leonard

Pettijohn, Daniel J ,

Piers, Charles

Finer, Robert M

Paulson, Henrie

Porter, Wm.M

Porter, George ,

Prebel, Turner, Jr

Reynolds, Caleb

Ritter, John

Robertson, Henry C ,

Ross, Albert R

Ross.M. N

Ross, John N

Rouse, Amandah H

Rose, James H

Ryan, Martin

St. Clare, Frank

Sattory, John

Sargent, Charles W

Schutzler, Anton

Scott, Lester L

Sereton, John

Shellenberyn, Clark

Shields, Conrad

Slocum, Oscar

Smith, Hiram C

Small, Hiram

Smith, Sidney H

MUSTERED
IN.

Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb 11, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 1, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 1, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 1, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Jan. 31, '65
Feb. 1 '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 1,'65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 11, '6£
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 1 ,'65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 1,'65
Feb. 1,'65
Feb. 6 ,'65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 3, '6f
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 11 ,'6.r
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 15, »6f
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, »6F
Feb. 11, '6?
Feb. 15, '65

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
July 15. '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Aug. 5, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 ,'65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 8, '65
June 14, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 26, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
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Sept. 27, '65
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Sept. 27, '65

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Oct. 4, '65
July 24, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
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Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
July 24, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

"Sept.'2V65

Sept, 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept, 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept, 27, '65

REMARKS.

Promoted Corporal Sept. 1, '65.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 16, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged while absent from company.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65; reduced Aug. 20, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.
Pro. Corp. Feb. 16, '65; dis. while absent from company in '65.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.
Promoted Corporal May 15, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 16, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65; Sergeant May 15, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65.

Appointed Chief Mus. and trans, to Non-Corn. Staff Aug. 1, '65.
Promoted Sergeant Feb. 16, '65; disch'd while on sick furlough.
Died at Chattanooga March 22, '65.

Promoted Corporal Sept. 1, '65.

Discharged while absent from company.

Pro. Sergeant Major and transf. to Non-Com. Staff Aug. 2, '65.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65.

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant May 15, '65.

Discharged at St. Paul, Minn.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65; Sergeant Sept. 1, '65.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Promoted Corporal Sept. 11, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Major May 4,'65,and trans, to Non-Com. Staff.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 16, '65; disch'd while on sick lea vein '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '65.

Discharged while in hospital in '65.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Pro. Corp. Feb. 16, '65; dis. while absent from company in '65.

COMPANY H.
ROSTER OF COMPANY G — Continued.

629

NAMES.

ri

0

-4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Steck Martin

41

Feb 14 '65

Sept 27 '65

Steimerg, H. F
Stone, Jerome J

18
37

Feb. 15, '65
Feb 15 '65

Sept! 27) '65
Sept 1 '65

Stow/man, Augustus W

34

Feb H* '65

Stowell, Francis A

44

Feb. 11, '65

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 16, '65* reduced Aug 26 '65

Stone Ira ..

22

Feb 1 '65

Sept 27 '65

Summers, Sylvester
Taft, Andrew J

18
33

Feb.' ll! '65
Feb 13 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Tenney, William P.,Sr
Tenney, William P., Jr
Thorp Thomas

44
17
39

Feb. 1,'65
Feb. 1, '65
Feb 6 '65

Sept. 27,' '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Tuey, Jabez

41

Feb 11. '65

Sept 27 '65

Tyson, George W

18

Feb 15 '65

Sept 97 '65

Vistmann, George
Warren, Elon .

38
37

Feb. 15,' '65
Feb 13 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Washburn, Henry B
White, Charles

40

37

Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 11 '65

Aug. 3, '65

Discharged on order from War Department.
Dis. from hos'l in '65; pro. Corp. Feb. 16, '65; Serg. Sept. 1 '65

Whaley, James H
Wherenberg, Henry
York, Isaac

18
29
44

Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Youke William

39

Feb 15 '65

Sept 27 '65

Zimmermann, Henry

33

Feb. 15, '65

Sept. 27, '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY H.

NAMES.

W
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain —
James B. Atkinson
Senior First Lieutenant —
James A. Foote
Junior First Lieutenant —
James L. Christie
Senior Second Lieutenant —
James K. Wilson
Junior Second Lieutenants —
John E. Hussey

42
21
22

Feb. 20, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 17, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Resigned June 26 '65

William Enierick.

26

Aug 22 '65

Sept 27 '65

ENLISTED MEN.

Akers, Peter

1H

Feb. 11 '65

Sept 27 '65

Aug.-, 6,

Alackson Sivert

31

Feb 10 '65

Sept 27* '65

Anderson, Samuel R
Anderson John L

33
32

Feb. 9.' '65
Feb 9 '65

Sept.' 27! '65
Sept 27 '65

Arnold, James M

27

Feb. 13 '65

Sept 27* '65

Promoted 1st Sergeant Feb 20 '65

Austin John B.

29

Feb 11 '65

Sept 27 '65

Ayers, Peter

18

Feb. 1 1 ' '65

Sept 27 '65

Babdige, George F

18

Feb 15 '65

Sept 27 '65

Bandelin, Martin
Belden, George F

26
04

Feb. 9, '65
Feb 14 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant Feb 20 '65

Bertrand, John

18

Feb. 3, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Brainerd, Henry C

?1

Feb 9 '65

Sept. 27 '65

Buckholz, Wm

39

Feb 13 '65

Sept 27 '65

k

Canfield M F

19

Feb 6 '65

Sept 27 '65

Carel, Patrick

•>3

Feb 15* '65

Sept 27* '65

Chase Charles A

21

Feb 13 '65

Sept 27 '65

Chandler, Joseph L
Clarkson, John . .

36
W

Feb. 13J '65
Feb. 3 '65

Sept. 27,' '65
Sept 27 '65

Collins, Henry C

?1

Feb. 16, '65

Promoted 2d Lieutenant Company I Feb. 22, '65.

Connor, Elza

14

Feb. 13 '65

July 26 '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Costello Thomas

36

Feb 15 '65

Sept 27 '65

Cornell, Henry C
Conant Thomas H

21
18

Feb. 14, '65
Jan. 27 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65

Promoted Sergeant Aug. 22, '65.

40

Feb 11 '65

Died at Chattanooga Tenn Aug 1 '65

Dimmick, William
Dibble Jerome P

21
23

Feb. 11, '65
Feb 15 '65

Aug. 2, '65
Sept 27 '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Dibble, Jonathan
Doner Abram

27
34

Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65

25

Feb 15 '65

Deserted at Chattanooga July °9 '65

Eby, Phiram

18

Feb. 4, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Ellis H

2]

Feb 13 '65

May 15 '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Emery, C. C

31

Feb. 10, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Promoted Corporal Feb. 20 -.'65.

Emerson, John.

35

Feb. 8, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Engle Charles L

18

Feb 3 '65

Sept 27 '65

Ey gab road, John

?0

Feb. 9, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Faucett Thomas

">0

Feb. 15, '65

Sept, 27 '65

Promoted Corporal Feb ^0 '65

Fielden. Henry....

18

Feb. 7 .'65'

Discharsred while in hospital Oct. 23. '65.

630

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

NAMES.

Frank, John A

•Getter, Mathias

Gilbert, Charles H

Gleason, George \V

Gordon, Samuel

Greig, John

Grulk, Edward

Grimes, James

Hamilton, Charles

Hallet, Solomon

Hallet, Mortimer

Hoffman, John D *.

Hodgman, A. J

Holverson, Thomas

Hoag, James

Hooford, J. C

Hogtatt, Andrews

Holverson, Knudson

Hopkins, George N

Hull, Augustus

Huntington, Loyal

Jewell, Franklin G

Johnson, Davis

Johnson, Wm. F. C

Johnson, David

Johnson, Peter A

Johnson, Orsamus

Judd, Richard

Keefer, Scott

Kelluni, Louis

Koak, Lewis

iLarkins, William

Lambert, Elijah

Leainy, Dennis

Lockwood, James

Lowry, Melvin

Lukkart, Henry

McRay, James

McGuire, Washington

McKinley, Alexander

Martin, Benjamin

Mars, Rufus E

Mallery, Joseph H

Mallery, Garrick

Maust, John

Mills, Joseph

Moore, Lindsley B

Moulton, H

Nickerson, Francis L

Nix, William

Oleson, Navi

Orton, Wm. M

Palmer, John N

Perry, John

Peterson, John

Peterson, Augustus W

Phillips, Enoch

Phillips, Ralph

Plank, Josephus

Powers, George

Pouliotte, Romain

Pool, John S

Rappe, William

Ready, Lewis S

Reynolds, E. L

Redican, Thomas

Ream, Martin

Rose, Christopher

Roberts, Andrew

Samson, Leroy S

Shellenberger, Herman

Soper, Palmer

Sackett, Lyman

Sanderson, William M

Salley, Joel

Scheibel, Joseph

Smith, Gordon

Smith, Harry

Smith, Harrison

Smith, Frederick

Smith, Alphonso L

Stark, William E

Strachan, Robert M

Stultz, August

Sutlif, DeJaney L

Taylor, Wm. H

Teeter, Elias

MUSTERED
IN.

Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 11 ,'65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 8, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 7 '65
Feb. 8, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 8, '65
Feb. 1,'65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 7, '65l

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
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Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
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Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
May 15, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 9, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
May 15, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept, 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
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Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
May 15, '65
Autr. 5 ,'65
Sept 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Nov. 10, '65
May 15, '65
May 26, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 25, '65
Sept. 27, '651
Sept. 27, '651

REMARKS.

Discharged while absent from company.
Promoted Sergeant Feb. 20, '65.
Promoted Corporal Aug. 2, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 20, '65.

Died at Chattanooga May 13, '65.

Promoted Corporal Sept. 10, '65.
Died at Chattanooga May 15, '65.
Discharged while absent from company in '65.
Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Appointed Artificer Feb. 20, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 20, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 20, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 20, '65.
Promoted Sergeant Feb. 20, '65.

Appointed Artificer Feb. 20, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 20, '65; reduced Sept. 10, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Hospital Steward Sept. 1, '65.
Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Promoted Corporal Sept. 10, '65.
Promoted Corporal Aug. 22, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 20, '65.
Promoted Musician Feb. 20, '65.
Promoted Sergeant Feb. 20, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Deserted from Mill Prison at Chattanooga August, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged on order from War Department.

COMPANY I.
ROSTER OF COMPANY H — Continued.

631

NAMES.

H

e

<5

19
36
35
33
29
25
23
31
22
22
21
20
17
29
30
28

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Thomas, Daniel S..

Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 3/65
Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 14, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 3, '65
Oct. 10, '65
Aug. 17, '65

"Sept."27,';65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged -while absent from company.

Promoted Musician Feb. 20, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 20, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 20, '65; reduced Sept. 10, '65.
Promoted Sergeant Feb. 20, '65.

Van Gilder Stephen

Walter Win J

Wait, Alfred

Ward, Chandler

Wendell, John C
Weach, James

Williamson, William
Winter, Austin W

Wilson Ole.

Wilbright, Franklin
Woodworth, Thaddeus J ..
Woodruff, Wallace A
Wood, Hiram M

Ziegler, John Y

Zahn, Ernst

ROSTER OF COMPANY I.

NAMES.

ri

o

•<

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
Thomas Carney
Senior First Lieutenant —
Eben B Higgins

33
49

Feb. 20, '65
Feb 20 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Junior First Lieutenant —
James Wescott

41

Feb. 20 '65

Sept. 27 '65

Senior Second Lieutenant —
James H. Carney

?3

Feb. 20, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Junior Second Lieutenant —
Henry C Collins

91

Feb 22 '65

ENLISTED MBN.

Abbott, Tillman A

9!3

Feb. 18, '65

Sept. 27, '65

leave at muster-out of company.

Amniundson, John C
Ammundson,AmundC
Ball George

22
35
19

Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 9, '65
Feb 4 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Baulig Jacob

40

Feb. 11, '65

Oct. 10 '65

Discharged at St Paul

Baker, Andrew

37

Feb. 11, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Bailor, John
Beaufiend Carl

44
37

Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Beyteen, John
Bennett A C

21

?8

Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 15 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65

Belm, Chas. P
Bevans Benjamin

19
?1

Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 10 '65

Sept. 27, '65
June 2, '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Beckmark, August

31

Feb. 18, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Blankenburg, Albert
Blaker Charles

30
18

Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 11 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65

Bond, Charles H
Bodger John W

25
37

Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65

Bohinbach, John —
Bingham C M

38

Feb. 16, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Brockman George.

3?

Feb. 13 '65

Sept. 27* '65

Brown, Alvah
Brown Horace . .

33
Rfl

Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Died at Nashville June 24, '65.

Britton, Richard
Breslin, Patrick
Bullock Chester H

19

28
31

Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 13, '65

May 18, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65

Discharged on order from War Department.
Promoted Sergeant March 6 '65.

Burgess, Benjamin
Bugbee Chauncv

44
17

Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 14, '65

July 24, '65
Sept. 27 '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Canright, John E
Carpenter, James.

32
43

Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 13, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Cahill Andrew

?1

Feb. 18, '65

Sept. 27 '65

Promoted 1st Sergeant March 6, '65.

Carr, Thomas

18

Feb. 11, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Casey, James

23

Feb. 18, '65

Aug. 5, '65

Discharged by order of War Department.

Chase, Benjamin
Clifford, Arthur F
Cook, William

34

28
18

Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Cole John

36

Feb. 16, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Cowle, Francis
Crocker, Simon F.

25
33

Feb. 1, '65
Feb. 13, '65

Sept, 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Cross, George H

31

Feb. 13, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Daniels, Norman
Denning, Sidney

36
4?

Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Promoted Corporal March 6, '65.

Dixon, George A
Doblow, John.

37
33

Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 16, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27 '65

Fellows, Oliver

96

Feb. 3, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Flynn, Michael
Fuller, Charles E

40
18

Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27. '65

632

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

NAMES.

Gains, William II

Gaylord, Nelson P

Galloway, Archibald

Gaylord, George H

Giles, S.F .

Glidden, Daniel E

Glynn, Martin

Green, William E

Griffen, Joseph

Gould, George W

Harris, Augustus J

Hart, William F

Hart, George

Hanson, George E

Hanigson, Swan

Harlan, Wilson P

Hanigson, Henry

Haines, David

Heffernan, Patrick

Hetherington, Charles....

Hibbard, Culver

Hickman, Charles

Hilden, J. Peter

Howard, John

Hoff.Benj. S

Holstein, Siles

Hope, Thomas

Hoffman, John

Hussell, Jacob J

Johnson, Christian W

Johnson, John

Johnson, Christian

Johnson, George

King, Dexter D

King, John

Kolbe.JohnW

Kolbe, Henry

Kynyan, Wm. L

Lieeson, James A

Leavitt, Lafayette

Lequatte, Mathew

Lockerby, B. B

Lyon, Wm. H

Mahoney, William

Mattson, Mats

Maloney, John

Madden, William

Martin, Alexander

McDonald, Thomas

Mikel, Nicholas

Mills, James R

More, William

Motts, John

Munson, Andrew

Nichols, Albert H

Ockerson,John A

Oleson, Ole

Oleson, Charles

Oleson, Swan

Olson,Hans H

Persig, Gottlieb

Peterson, Juan

Pixley, Melville G

Plumb, William

Polford, James ,

Potter, Orlando L ,...,

Ridley, George C

Roath, James W

Rodgers, Orville

Snell, Russell E

Savage, Albert

Salley, John

Scarborough, Charles D....

Severson, Ole

Shrimp, John

Sedwell.Samtiel P

Smith, Charles A

Smith, James E

Stanton, John....

Sullivan, Daniel

Teachout, John

Thayer, A. J. D

Thompson, Thomas J

Thompson, Lewis M.

Van Voorhes, A. H

Waldron, Luman

Walpus, Frederick

MUSTERED
IN.

Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 1,'65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 13, '65

Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '6i
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 4, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 9, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Jan. 20, '65
Feb. 1,'65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 9 ,'65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 15, '6f
Feb. 13,
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '6;
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 1, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 10,
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '6,:
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 18, '65

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 27, '65
July 26, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

REMARKS.

July 18, '65

Sept. 27, '6
Sept. 27, '6;
Sept. 27, '6;
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 17, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27/65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Feb. 4, '65

Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65

Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. l,'6o
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65

Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept, 6, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 6, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 9, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Oct. 10, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Aug. 10, '65
Aug. 2, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept, 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
July 24, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept, 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 17, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged on order from War Department,
Promoted Corporal April 6, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Died at Chattanooga July 3, '65.
Promoted Corporal March 6, '65.

Died at Chattanooga March 31, '65.
Promoted Sergeant March 6, '65.

Promoted Corporal March 6, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged at St. Paul.
Promoted Corporal March 6, '65.
Promoted Sergeant March 6, '65.
Died at Chattanooga Aug. 13, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department,
Discharged on order from War Department.

Died at Nashville June 14, '65.
Promoted Corporal March 6, '65.

Died at Chattanooga April 13, '65.

Discharged from hospital in '65.
Died at Chattanooga March 28, '65.

Promoted Corporal March 6, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Died at Chattanooga March 18, '65.

Promoted Sergeant March 6, '65.
Died at Chattanooga May 25, '65.
Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.

Died at Chattanooga April 27, '65.

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant March 6, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Died at Chattanooga April 30, '65.

COMPANY K.
ROSTER OF COMPANY I — Continued.

633

NAMES.

ri

o

4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Welch Augustus A

39

Feb 13 '65

Sept 27 '65

Whittaker Myron

18

Feb 13 '65

Sept 27* '65

Wells, George

22

Feb 1 3* '65

Sept 27 '65

Wiltse Olin

42

Feb 18 '65

Sept 2?' '65

Williams, John

29

Feb 1 '65

Sept 27* '65

Promoted Corporal March 6 '65

Wilson James R

18

Feb 9 '65

July 13 '65

Wilson, James A
Wyman, Francis

30
18

Feb. 9, '65
Feb 15 '65

July 15,' '65

Discharged on order from War Department.

Wynne, James

•>R

Feb. 13, '65

Sept. 27 '65

Yager, Frank

43

Feb. 16 '65

Sept 27 '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY K.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captain —

John Hammond

Senior First Lieutenant —

Richard M. Johnson

Junior First Lieutenant —

Eli L. Htiggins

Senior Second Lieutenant —

Wm. A. Lapham
Junior Second Lieutenants—

H. H. Wilson

Orrin G. Davis

ENLISTED MEN.

Albro, William H

Allen, Lafayette

Anderson, Anderson P....

Andrews, William

Audrest, Samuel

Anius, James ,

Bagley, Henry

Barnum, Chester C

Bashford, Wilfred

Bandy, John C

Baxter, Francis W

Barnard, Andrew ...

Barnard, David F

Beardman, Robert D

Blair, Ezra R

Bossard, Henry...
Bowman, Thomas
Bonetell, John H..
Birdsall, James....
Borgus, Harvey....

Brown, John

Brainerd, L. F

Bussell, Greenville M

Burnham, Alex

Butts, Robert J

Burtch, Wm. H

Burgess, Jacob L

Carroll, Peter

Carpenter, Mathias

Carver, Samuel H

Chamberlain, Joseph R....

Chase, George

Clark, Joseph S

Corey, George S

Cole, Lafayette

Coffin, Miller T

Collins, Warren J

Cook, Homer

Crowell, Alfred

Cochran, Robert S

Cromwell, Byron

Corcoran, Michael

Davis, James J

Davis. Morrill J

Davis, Wilber F

Dickens, Alvin

Donaldson, Robert A

Drisbach, Simeon

Emery, James

Ersley, Cyrus

MUSTERED

Mch. 2, '6;
Mch. 21,
Mch. 21, '65
Feb. 22, '65

July 10, '65

Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Jan. 20, '65
Jan. 27, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Jan. 27, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65

Feb. 16, 'G;
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 14, '6
Mch. 8 ,'65
Jan. 27, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 6, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Apl. 6, '65
Feb. 13, '65

Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Sept. 27, '6c
Sept. 27, '&i
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

"Sept.*2V65

Sept. 27,
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '6£
Sept. 27, '65
May 4, '65
May 15, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 25, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept, 27, '65
Aug. 25,
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
July 7, '65

May 29, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27, '65
Sept. 27. '65
Sept. 27,' '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
May 15, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 30, '65

Resignation accepted June 22, '65.
Promoted from ranks July 10, '65.

Promoted Sergeant March 1, '65.

Deserted and name dropped from rolls May 1, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Corporal March 1, 'G5.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.
Discharged while in hospital.
Discharged on order from War Department.
Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.

Died at Chattanooga March 26, '65.

Died at Chattanooga May 13, '65.

Transferred from Company B July 7, '66.
Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.
Discharged from hospital in '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant July 10, '65.

Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

634

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
ROSTEK OF COMPANY K — Continued.

NAMES.

Espensheid, John

Eulotto, James M

FargusoD, Anson A

Felt, Henry

Fitcn, Peter!!.'.'."!."'."!!"."!!!!!."

Foss, Lewis

Frederick, Jacob

Gleason, Eminett A 33

Graling, John N I 28

Hansen, Peter 18

Harrison, Willard

Hall, Samuel :.

Hame, Andrew J

Hann, Lewis P

Hatch, James T

Hagman, Ulrick

Hanley, Patrick

Haines, Hiram H

Henley, James

Horton Wm. F

Hurd, Charles E

Kurd. Charles R

Ingalls, Bela K

Ingalls, Edgar J

Jennings, William

Johnson, Evan

Johnson, James

L.indley, Samuel L

Loomis, Horton E

Loomis, George ,

Lombard, Newton E ,

Manley, George

Matusrek, Andrew

Mallory, Marquis S

Martin, James

ManfUl, John

Martin, Darius

Martin, H. M

McKuen, John

Menrink, Garnet J

Morrill, Wm. H

Morgan, David

Morgan, Jackson

Moriarty, James

Moriset, Nelson

Mutchler, Lemuel L

Murray, Daniel P

Murray, George

Niles, Horace S

Ogden, Harmon

Oleson, Engelbret

Olden, Edmund

Olin, James

Parker, John H

Penfield, Vernon

Pehle, Anton

Pfefferle, Ernst

Porter, George L

Prettyman, George W

Pricej Andrew J

Presler, Solomon W

Rew, Ray G

Richardson, Copeland

Rogers, Josiah

Roberts, Charles

Rucker, Thaddeus

Russell, William

Ruxford, Vincent

Ruxford, Almos

Sanborn, Elias

Sanford, Enos E

Schabert, Mathias

Schafer, Conrad

Sinclair, Amasa T

Siverson, Nels

Smith, Henry

Spencer, Martin E

Stowell, Sylvester E

Stenard, Carey

LCIJO.I \AJ \ja,iuy

Sukan, Frederick W

Spaulding, Alonzo

Spaulding, Charles F

Throm, Valentine

Thompson, Peter M

Todd, Haville

Thorp, Henry C

Thayer, Solon C

MUSTERED
IN.

Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 17, '65
Mch.31, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 15. '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Mch. 8, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '6?
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Jan. 27, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 14, '65

MUSTERED
OUT.

Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 15/65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 10, '65
Feb. 13, '61
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Jan. 27, '65
Jan. 27, '65
Jan. 27, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 14, 'fi
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 3, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 14. '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 7, '65
Mch. 11, '65
Mch. 11, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 13, '65

July 15,
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, 'Si-
May 15, '65
Sept. 27, '
Sept.27, '

July 3, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '6J
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27,
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '61
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept.' 27'," '65
Sept. 27, '60
Sept. 20, '65
July 7,
Sept.27, '65
Sept. 27, '
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 8, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept.27 ,'65
Sept, 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept.27, '65
May 15, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, »6£
Sept. 27, '6,c

Sept. 27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
July 18, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept, 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept.27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept.27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Sept.27, '65

Sept. 18, '65
Sept. 18, '65
Sept.27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

REMARKS.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged from hospital in "65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.

Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.
Promoted Corporal March 1 , '65.
Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.

Appd. Musician March 1, '65; died at Chattanooga May 24, '65.
Promoted Sergeant March 1, '65.

Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Transferred from Company C July 7, '65.

Discharged in hospital.
Prompted Corporal March 1, '65.
Appointed Wagoner March 1, '65.

Died at Nashville, Tenn., March 30, '65.
Promoted 1st Sergeant March 1, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Sergeant March 1, '65.
Died at Chattanooga April 1, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Appointed Musician March 1, '65.

Died at Chattanooga June 21, '65.

Promoted Corporal March 1, '65.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., March 21, '65.

Discharged while absent from company in '65.
Discharged from hospital.
Discharged from hospital.

Died at Chattanooga March 25, '65.

Transf. by order from Company B; dis.from War Department.

COMPANY L.
EOSTER OP COMPANY K — Continued.

635

NAMES.

H

4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Torgerson, Andrew

Sept 27 '65

Tollifson Tollif. ..

Sept 6 '65

Waldref Joel

41

Jan 28 '65

Sept 27* '65

Warn, Asa S

82

Feb 16* '65

Walcott, Albert O
Walcott, Edward L

24

99

Feb. 18, '65
Feb 18 '65

Sept. 27, '65

Died at Chattanooga Tenn. March 26 "65

Warner, Calvin C

25

Feb 16 '65

Sept 27 '65

Walther, Henry

81

Feb. 14, '65

Sept. 27 '65

Wakefield, Harvey B
Wattles, Jesse

18
28

Feb. 13, '65
Feb 13 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Warren, Sheldon
Weik, John H. J
Willoughby, Joseph

41
24
35

Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 14, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Willbright, Daniel
Wraught, Sylvester
Wood, Rodney

25
28
17

Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 13, '65
Men. 11, '65

Sept. 27, '65
June 15, '65
July 12, '65

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged from hospital.

Weller, Reuben A

Sept 27 '65

Transferred from Company B July 7 '65

Wassen, Jacob

July 7 '65

Transferred from Company C July 7 '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY L.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captain —
James P.Allen

Senior First Lieutenant —
Ezra A. Tyler

Junior First Lieutenant —
John C. Turner

Senior Second Lieutenant —
Harrison Allen

Junior Second Lieutenant-
John G.Parker

ENLISTED MEN.

Adams, William

Akins, Jonas P

Amalong, Christopher

Amundson, Jul.

Anderson, Henry

Anderson, Andrew

Bailey, John

Baker, Ozias B

Baker, Charles

Bailey, Josiah

Bassett, Edward H

Bourk, Peter

Brand, Charles

Bragg, Shepard ,

Broffee, James

Bronson, Sherman W ,

Brown, Alfred A. C

Brown, Alfred J

Burnam, Wm. B

Canfield, G. C

Chase, Russell

Conlin, Thomas J

Crosby, Jacob E

Crandall, Jared ,

Cooly, Herman M

Cunrath, John ,

Davis, Homer S

Davis, David P

Deman, Augustus

Dove, William

Drake, Francis W

Dungay, Henry

Dwinell, Bowman

Eddy, Amaziah

Engbretson, Ole

Erickson, Knud

Fitzsimonds, Richard D...

Freeman, George W

Gard, Leonard B

Gilbertson, Gilbert

Gilbertson, T. Fritgof

Griffith, G. Hulburt

MUSTERED
IN.

Feb. 22, '65
Mch. 4,
Feb. 22, '65
Feb. 28, '65
Mch. 3, '65

Feb,
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mch.

21, '65
16, '65
21, '65

15, '65
15, '65

16, '65
18, '65

16^ '65
21, '65
16, '65
16, '65
16, '65
21, '65
21, '65

15, '65

16, '65
16, '65
11, '65

9, '65
21, '65
21, '65

7, '65

Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.

18, '65
18, '65
16, '65
21, '65
18, '65
21, '65
15, '65
21, '65
11, '65
11, '65

Feb. 13, '65
Feb. 14, '65
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 16, '65

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '6,

Aug. 5, '65
Sept. 27, '65

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July 15, '65
Sept, 27, '65
Aug. 81, '65)
Aug. 26, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

REMARKS.

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 9, '65

Died at Nashville March 15, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged from hospital in '65.

Died at Chattanooga July 26, '65.
Transferred to Company I July 3, '65.
Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant Sept. 9, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 25, '65; Sergeant Sept. 9, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 25, '65.

Died at Chattanooga April 29, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 25, '65; resigned Sept. 9,

Promoted Corporal Sept. 8, '65.

Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant Feb. 25, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 25, '65.
Discharged from hospital in '65.
Transferred from Company A July 5, '65.
Transferred from Company A July 5, '65.
Transferred from Company A July 5, '65.
Promoted Sergeant Feb. 25, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Aug. 19, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Transferred from Company A July 5, '65.
Died at Chattanooga June 9, '65.
Promoted Corporal Sept. 9, '65.

Died at Chattanooga June 9, '65.
Discharged from hospital.

'68.

636

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
ROSTEK OF COMPANY L — Continued.

NAMES.

Hammond, Eralson L ..

Hanson, Hans J

Harrulson, Ole

Hendricks. John P

Hewitt, Eli D

Healey, Michael ,

Howe, Page F

Houser, Walter M

Jacobson, Ole, Jr

Jackson, Caleb B

Jegler, Theodore

Jones, John

Johnson, William

Johnson, Phillip O

Johnson, Christopher...

Johnson, Albert

Johnson, Peter M

Johnson, Peter

Kasper, John

Kinzel, Casper .

Kidney, Wm. H

King, Albert

Klopflash, Fred

Kline, John P

Langworthy, Henry M..

Larson, Wilhelm

Langley, D. A

Lindquist, John

Lovell, James K

Ludwig, Nicholas ,

Me Andrews, Michael

Matson, Nela

Mayer, Michael

Middaugh, Solomon

Middaugh, Valentine T.

Miller, John P

Morrill, George W

Martin, Joseph

Meeks.John W. _

Moulton, Edwin W

Nayler, Edward

Nash, Edwin

Noble, Jeremiah

Noble, Daniel

Nye,Elisha

Oberg, John

Oleson, John

Oleson, Gilbert..

Oleson, Christian

Osgood, Abel W

Parshall, James W

Peter, Phillip

Plumer, George C

Pope, John S

Prescott, Henry C

Quiggle. Phillip

Redfielcf, Warren A

Keibeling, George H

Kosendahl, Paul H

Robertson, Thomas A

Robertson, Guston A

Roseman, Henry

Rogers, David ,

Roske, William

Rohenbach, Sebastian

Russell, William

Ryalan, Olin K

Sanderson, Henry H

Schultz, Carl '.".

Schmidt, Frederick

Sears, Calebs

Sherpy, James M

Shaleen, Peter

Smith, Charles

Snell, George R "...

Snell, Jacob

Stephens, Frank W

Stitch, Lewis

Sterley, Peter

Stappel, Joseph M

Sorenson, Carl

Soule,Wm.R

Thompson, Joseph

Thurston, Frank H

Tan Osterhout, John

Van Blericom, Samuel ....
Voss, Henrick

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 27, '65

Jan. 27, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 18, '65
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Feb. 8/65
Feb. 15/65 Sept. 27, '65

Feb. 21/65

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Sept. I
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Jan. 27, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 21/65

Sept. 27, '65

July 15/6
Sept. 27, '6
Sept. 27, '6
Sept. 27, '6

REMARKS.

Feb. 21, '65! Sept. 27, '6

Feb. 16/65| Sept. 27, '6

Feb. 14, '65 Sept. 27, '6

Feb. 9. '65 Sept. 27, '6

Feb. 9, '65
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Feb.

'65

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Sept. 27, '6
Sept. 27, '6

"Sept.'2?7/£
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July 20, '6,
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May 18, '65

Appointed Musician.

Discharged at St. Paul.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 25, '65.

Pro. Sergeant Feb. 25, '65; died at Chattanooga Aug. 16, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 25, '65; Reg. Com. Serg. Sept. 7, '65.

Promoted Corporal Aug. 19, '65.
Died at Chattanooga July 18, '65.
Died at Chattanooga April 27, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 25, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 25, '65; dis. from hospital in '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Transferred from Company A July 5, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 25, '65.

Promoted Corporal; died at Chattanooga April 9, '65.

Transferred from Company A July 5, '65.

Transferred from Company A July 5, '65.

Transf. from Co. A July 5, '65; dis. on order fr. Gen. Stoneman.

Discharged at St. Paul.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Appointed Musician.

Died at Nashville, Tenn., March 17, '65.

Promoted Corporal June 12, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 25, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 25, '65; Sergeant Sept. 8, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 15, '65; dis. while on detached service.

Died at Chattanogoa March 26, '65.

Discharged while on sick leave in '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

COMPANY M.
ROSTER OF COMPANY L — Continued.

63'

NAMES.

w
o
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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Wattles, Alanson L
Ward Curtis D

33

22

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Feb 21 '65

Sept. 27, '65
May 24 '65

Warrell, Peter

32

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Sept 27 '65

Disc argea on or er rom var Department.

Wagner Simon

37

Feb 16* '65

Sept 27 ' '65

Walder Jacob

32

Feb 18* '65

Sept 27* '65

Weaver, P. M

43

Feb 16 '65

Sept' 2?' '65

Promoted Corporal Feb 25 '65

West, Henry F
West, Rollin A

21
18

Feb. 16', '65
Feb 16 '65

Sept! 27. '65
Sept 27 '65

Promoted Corporal Feb. 25, '65; reduced June 5, '65.

Wernz A. .

37

Feb 18* '65

Sept 27 '65

Weldon, Charles
Whitney, Mortimer C
White.John
Williams, Parshall

43
34
44
16

Feb! 13,' '65
Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 21, '65
Feb 18 '65

May 18/65
Oct. 11, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged at St. Paul.

Died at Nashville April 26 '65

Winter Lewis

18

Feb 9 '65

Sept 27 '65

Wiggins, Jesse

91

Feb. 18* '65

Discharged from hospital in '65

Winslow, Albert.

44

Feb 18 '65

Wilhelm, Frederick
Wood, Luman S

40
27

Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 8 '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept 27 '65

Promoted 1st Sergeant Feb 25 '65

Wollis, Orin . .

21

Feb 8 '65

May 26 '65

Yager, Charles

43

Feb. 21, '65

Sept. 2?' '65

ROSTER OF COMPANY M.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.

Captain—

Charles Johnson

Senior First Lieutenant —

Christian Didra

Junior First Lieutenants —

William West

Zeno B. Page..
Senior Second Lieutenant—

Robert V. Hesselgrave...
Junior Second Lieutenants—

H. M. Bay less...

James B. Sly

ENLISTED MEN.

Adair, John R

Altoper, Henry

Anderson, Eric

Anderson, Johannes

Baker, Hiram

Bardon, Phillip...
Bach, Christian...

Berg, Henry .......

Bean, Eliphalet ................

Blakely, John M ...............

Blake, George ..................

Bossout, George ..............

Bochrenbach, Bablirte ......

Boreot, Frederick .............

Bongerson, Gustaf. ...........

Bowdeen, Floyd ...............

Brannan, Wm. T ............

Brungelson, Andrew P .....

Bliss, John L ....................

Briard, Frederick ............

Brukmeier, Albert ............

Brown, Augustus L ..........

Burg, Nicholas .................

Carlson, Jonas ..................

Carlson, Gustaf .................

Carpenter, O. H ...............

Chrysler, James 8 ............

Christenson, Hogan .........

Chase, Perry L .................

Chase, Francis T

Champley, Elisha
Clark, Joh

n R
Clark, Alfred ...................

Grossman, Charles A .........

Crapeau, Francis H ..........

Cass, Joseph W ................

Christopherson, Christian..
Daphorn, Clement ...........

Dappen, Casper ................

MUSTERED
IN.

Feb. 24, '65
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Feb. 24, '65
July 23, '65

Feb. 24, '65

July 23, '65
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Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 18, '65
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Feb. 16, '65

Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 16, '65

MUSTERED
OUT.

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

May 18, '65
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Sept. 16, '65

Sept. 27 ,'65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65

REMARKS.

Resigned June 22, '65.

Promoted from 2d Lieutenant July 23, '65.

Promoted from 1st Sergeant July 23, '65; resigned Aug. 14, '65.
Promoted from Sergeant Sept. 7, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 27, '65.
Died at Chattanooga May 27, >65.
Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.
Promoted Corporal Sept. 5, '65.

Discharged while in hospital in '65.

Died at Chattanooga March 17, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Transf. from Co. C July 7, '65; dis. by order of War Departm't.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 27, '65.

Died at Kingston, Tenn., March 26, '65.

Discharged from hospital in '65.
Discharged from hospital in '65.

Discharged from hospital Sept. 16, '65.
Died at Chattanooga April 14, '65.

Transf. from Co C; dis. by order from War Dept. July 13, '65.
Discharged from hospital in '65.

638

THE FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF COMPANY M — Continued.

NAMES.

Dingier, John

Dressell, Peter

Duewell, Franz

Ellis. John

Ellis, Mathew M

Ellis, Wm. F

Ellet, Perry

Erickson, Arne

Ernst, William

Failing, Wm. M

Frick, Samuel

Franklin, W. R

Fuller, Don F

Gabbert, Samuel

Geiser, Samuel

Gibbons, John F

Glaive, Robert

Griffith, Patrick

Gullickson, Thomas O

Henderson, George W

Henton, Henry

Henderson, Henry G.

Hilleman, Charles

Houghtaling, Andrew J...

Hallenbreen, Hendrick...

Hunt ley, Permanes F

Hutchinson, La Forest

Iverson, Nels

Jensen, Tokel

Johnson, Magnus

Johnson, Henry J

Johnson, Lars.

Johnson, Martin

Judson, Hosea T

Klever, Peter

Knight, Emery S

Kutzler, Daniel L

Lafeber, Adolph

Lang worthy, Edward A...

La Plant, Luther

Lendt, John

Livingstone, Eri

Lynch, Michael

Luhring, Henry

Marshall, John

Mallam, Richard

Matterson, Mathias

Meyer, Hubert B

Miller, Hiram

Mills, Albert W....

Mills, Wm. H

Miller, Ly man W

Millgren, Swan

Moore, Charles W

Moore, Michael

Moreland.W. H

Moore, Manley O

Madden, John

Manning, Michael D

Magle, George

Nelson, Ole

Nelson, William

Nealches, John

Nierenberg, Charles

Nichols, David D

Nord, Solomon

Norton, G. S

Oleson, John

Oleson, Sivert

Oleson, Swante

Orcutt, Sheldon P

Orcutt, Henry M

Orcutt, Nelson

Palmerlee, Stephen

Patten, Ozro T

Peterson, Charles

Peterson, John

Peterson, Peter..

Phillips, William

Pigeon, Louis

Pierce, James

Pfaff, Alexander

Plummer, Henry C

Quense, August

Kepert, Frederick

Rolph, J.Osborne

Sebuelle, August

MUSTERED
IN.

Feb. 18, '6
Feb. 18, '6
Feb. 18, '6
Feb. 16, '6
Feb. 16, '6
Feb. 6, '6
Feb. 14, '6,
Feb. 18, '6.
Feb. 16, '6<
Feb. 11, '6.
Feb. 21, '61
Feb. 16, '6i
Feb. 18, '6^
Feb. 16, '6,'
Feb. 16, '61
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Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 18 '65
Feb. 11, '65
Feb. 18, '65

Feb. 18, '65
Feb. 16, '65
Feb. 20, '65
Feb. 18, '65

MUSTERED
OUT.

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Sept. 27, '6i
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Sept. 27,
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July 29, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 1,'65

REMARKS.

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 9, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
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Sept. 27, '65
July 7, '65
July 7, '65
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Sept. 27, '65
May 18, '65
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Sept. 27, '65
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Sept. 27, '65

July" 7/65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
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Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Sept. 27, '65
Aug. 2, '65
Sept. 27, '65
Sept. 27, '65

Prompted Sergeant Feb. 27, '65.
Appointed Artificer.

Deserter from another organization and returned to regiment.

Discharged from hospital in '65.
Appointed Musician.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 27, '65; Q. M. Sergeant Sept. 8, '65.
Appointed Musician.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 27, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 27. '65; 1st Sergeant July 23, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 27, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged while absent on sick leave.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged while absent on sick leave.
Died at Chattanooga May 27, '65.

Promoted Sergeant Feb. 27, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 27, '65.

Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company A July 7, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 27, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 27, '65.
Promoted Sergeant July 23, '65.

Died at Chattanooga May 15, '65.
Transferred from Company B July 7, '65.

Discharged while on sick leave.
Died at Chattanooga May 22, '65.
Died at Chattanooga May 3, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 27, -'65.

Transf. from Co. A July 7, '65; dis. from hospital in
Discharged by order of War Department.

COMPANY M.
ROSTER OF COMPANY M — Continued.

639

NAMES.

w

4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Schweer, Christopher
Scone, Andrew
Sherwood, Charles H
Sherwood, Charles

28
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42
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Feb. 11, '65
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Sept. 27, '65

Promoted Corporal Feb. 27, '65; discharged from hospital in '65.

Appointed Artificer.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Transferred from Company A July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company A July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company A July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company A July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company A July 7, '65.
Transferred from Company A July 7, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 27, '65.

Transferred from Company A July 7, '65.
Promoted Corporal Feb. 18, '65.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 27, '65.

Sept, 27, '65
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Skog, Lars

Smith \Vm A

Swanson, Andrew

Smith, Gilbert P

Smith, Royal

Swendiman, John

Stone, Charles S

Thompson, Wm. A

Thorison, John H

Thompson, Sylvester N
Thompson, Barnt

18
44
38

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Feb. 20, '65
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Tisdale, William
Umbreit, Christian

Vroman, A. G

27
27
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20
35
18
30
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32

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Walter, Peter E

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NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

BY LIEUTENANT HENRY S. HURTER.

The First Battery. Minnesota Light Artillery, was organized at Fort Snelling,
Minn., in the fall of 1861, and mustered in the United States service by Capt. A.
D. Nelson, United States Army, Nov. 21, 1861. Shortly after it was sent to
St. Louis, Mo., taking quarters first at Benton Barracks, whence it was transferred,
early in January, 1862, to the arsenal, where it received its armament, consisting
of two twelve-pounder howitzers and four brass rifled guns. After obtaining the
necessary outfit of horses, it was put on board of the transport Himalaya, and
proceeding down the Mississippi to Cairo, and thence up the Ohio and the Ten
nessee rivers, was landed at Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., in the latter part of Feb
ruary, 1862, and assigned to Buckland's brigade of Sherman's division, lying
some one hundred yards east of Shiloh Church. The time intervening between its
arrival at this point and the memorable Sunday, April 6, 1862, was used in drill
ing its men and horses. April 1st, one section — two twelve-pounder howitzers —
formed part of the expedition under General William T. Sherman to Chickasaw
and Eastport to dislodge the enemy from recently erected batteries, but which
were found abandoned.

BATTLE OF PITTSBUKGH LANDING.

The evening of April 4th, orders were received transferring us to Prentiss'
division, about two miles to the left. On Saturday we moved camp, and struck
our tents in full sight of Prentiss' headquarters and alongside the Fifth (Hick-
enlooper's) Ohio Battery. Being bent on putting camp in as good shape as possi
ble for Sunday inspection, we were out and at it bright and early. It must have
been soon after five o'clock in the morning when we heard the first firing in what
we then supposed was the front, but little attention was paid to it, everyone sup
posing that the pickets were firing off their guns on being relieved.

About seven o'clock we noticed a commotion at the headquarters; the general
and his staff mounting and riding off in the direction whence the firing came.
The Eighteenth Wisconsin, which arrived the day before, fresh from Madison,
Wis., and were camped a little to the left and front of us, left their camp and
marched in the same direction, while we had orders to be ready to move at a
moment's warning. For about ten or fifteen minutes all was hurry and bustle in
camp, then we stood ready waiting for the order. Without rations, without bag
gage of any kind, leaving our knapsacks packed in our tents, under charge of the
quartermaster sergeant and the wagonmaster (who, by the way, had six baggage
wagons under him), we finally left the camp under orders to proceed to the front,
following the four guns of the Fifth Ohio. We had not proceeded over three-
quarters of a mile when the latter pulled out to the left of the road and com
menced to get into battery. We formed on the right of the road, but before we
had unlimbered, the rebels, whom we saw skulking through the woods, opened
on us, and one man (Stinson) fell shot through the neck, while three others
(Lammers, Davis and Blood) were wounded. The two first named subsequently
died of their wounds, although it is the writer's opinion that either of the two,
with proper care, would have recovered. Our captain soon perceived that the
rebels had discovered two batteries firing on them with not a solitary infantry
man to cover them, and determined on taking them in, gave the order to limber to
the rear, and owing to his sound judgment shown in the manner in which we
had formed into battery, we retired without leaving any of our guns, although
the left piece of the centre section had become disabled, the trail breaking in

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two at the elevation screw. Capt. Munch' s horse received a bullet in his head
and fell, and in attempting to remove his saddle the captain himself received a
ball in his thigh, disabling him for further service on that field. When our bat
tery, retreating, passed our camp, the writer made a flying visit to it. While
directing a couple of sick comrades, who were still in the tents unaware of the
condition of things, what direction to take, the rebel bullets commenced to fly
about, indicating that they were closing up pretty fast. When I rejoined the
battery it had just taken a new position on a small elevation with an open field
to our left, and was awaiting the enemy.

The writer's gun, the remaining one of the centre section, under Lieut. Fisher,
was soon placed in position within a few yards of an open field, on the other
side of which a large log house and barricades built by the rebels were taken for
our aim. We were firing percussion shells at them. The guns had become
dirty, the water in the sponge bucket had been spilled and no other water could
be obtained. The consequence was that one of the shells, the lining of which
had been loosened in some way, stuck about half-way down the piece. We were
in a dilemma what to do. Eamming was of no use, but even dangerous to our
selves. We did not dare to fire it, for fear of exploding the piece and injuring
some of the men surrounding us. Finally it was decided to go back to the land
ing, where we would find the gun with the broken trail, dismount the piece, and
mount it on our carriage.

When we arrived on the edge of the hill forming the landing we found it
covered with soldiers, who had taken refuge there from the rebel shot and bul
lets, who had given up all hope and turned a deaf ear to entreaties of officers,
asking them, for God's sake, to rise and go out to assist their brethren, who, within
a mile of them, tried to stem the onslaught of the victorious foe. This crowd
was so panic-stricken, so discouraged and disheartened, that nothing but a mira
cle seemed to be able to revive them. The most blood-curdling stories of South
ern cruelty, murder and vengeance passed around, and had the Tennessee Eiver
not formed such an effectual barrier to their retreat many of them would never
have stopped until they reached their Northern homes. Fortunately the steam
boats lying at the landing had been ordered to move out into the stream, other
wise no power on earth could have prevented those desperate fellows from
crowding onto them, overloading and sinking them. It took us more than an
hour to reach our broken gun, down at the foot of the landing, as we had to use
all kinds of means to move the men out of our road. When at last we had a ser
viceable gun again, and wanted to return to our position with the rest of the
battery, all trace of the same had been lost, and we were compelled to remain
where we stood.

It was about 5 o'clock p. M. when, to our great joy, the other four guns made
their appearance, but in what plight! They had been with Gen. Prentiss and
W. H. L. Wallace in that hotly contested fight at the so-called "hornets' nest."
Jt was the First Minnesota Battery, one section under Lieut. Pfaender, the other
under Lieut. Peebles, which, together with a Missouri battery, stood there for
hours, repelling charge after charge, and receiving, after all, but little praise for
their action. Why? Gen. Wallace, the man who had supported our guns with
his regiments, who had stood almost among them, watching the execution of
their shots, laid down his life upon the altar of his country a few minutes after
he had given Lieut. Pfaender orders to try and get his guns out, seeing that it
would be useless to hold on longer. Gen. Prentiss, who had scarcely any knowl
edge of the existence of such an organization as the First Minnesota Battery,
whose division had been about the first surprised by the unexpected attack that
morning, and who, after almost superhuman efforts, had at last to surrender to
the victorious enemy, had no time to observe much of the doings of a few guns,
and hence it is that no reports of the battle have ever mentioned the battery.
One thing is sure, and I defy anyone to deny the truth, that had the forces under
the two above mentioned leaders not stood up so heroically and valiantly to their
task, nothing would have prevented Beauregard and his hosts from the execution
of his threat to drive us into the Tennessee.

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[At the request of the commission, Lieutenant Colonel William Pfaender, who
as first lieutenant had command of the battery after Captain Munch was disabled,
has made a statement of his recollections of the battle, which is here inserted:]

' l Early Sunday, April 6th, the camp was put in order, and the officers and
men arranged their tents to be ready for inspection, little dreaming that the stray
shots which were heard in front indicated more than the firing of the reliefs com
ing from picket duty. But soon the firing became more lively, and noting a sudden
motion in the camp of the Fifth Ohio Battery, which was not very far off, its mean
ing was soon explained by an orderly dashing up and bringing the verbal order to
move to the front immediately. In a very short time the battery was ready and
quickly advanced in the direction which had been taken by the Fifth Ohio Bat
tery, meeting numbers of men running to the rear; but the battery moved briskly
on and shortly reached a position in a somewhat open timber patch where the
Fifth Ohio Battery had formed, but without firing a shot, on our arrival had just
commenced retreating. Being hard pressed by the rebels, some of their pieces
were left behind, and as we formed the rebels had already taken possession of
them and were trying to turn them upon us; but before they could do so our fir
ing commenced and drove them back. A heavy skirmish line of the enemy was
at this moment within a hundred yards of the battery. In forming for action one,
of the drivers of the first (right) section of the battery had been killed and sev
eral men wounded, but our rapid firing soon cleared our immediate front and
checked the further advance of the enemy, as our formation happened to be in
the shape of the convex of a light crescent, and our fire, therefore, covered a wider
range than in regular formation. Up to the time of our coming into action no*
artillery firing had been heard, and it is a fact, which will not be disputed, that
the First Minnesota Battery fired the first guns on that memorable day. The
rebels finding that it was absolutely necessary to dislodge or capture the bat
tery before they could advance, took shelter from our canister behind trees, and
tried hard to pick off officers and gunners, and succeeded in wounding Captain
Munch and several men, and killing and wounding a number of horses. The
battery having had no support whatever, and being left entirely alone, the cap
tain, just before being wounded, gave the order to retreat, and while he was
brought to the rear the movement was carried out in good order, beginning from
the left; and as the last piece on the right turned to follow, the head driver,
stunned by a glancing bullet, got in between two trees with his span, causing a-
delay which nearly resulted in the capture of the gun, as a rebel column had
turned to the right to flank the battery, and the detachment slipped out just in
front of the head of their column without a man or a horse being hurt. About
a mile back of the first position the battery again formed in charge of Lieutenant
Pfaender, who had assumed command, but being still without any support, under
the personal direction of General Prentiss, fell back a quarter of a mile further
and behind the new line which had in the meantime been formed by General
Hurlbut.

" Shortly after the battery had commenced firing in the first position the trail of*
one of the six-pounders of the second section broke, and being rendered entirely un
serviceable, was ordered to the rear. The remaining piece of the second section
was also rendered unserviceable, one of the percussion balls getting stuck when
rammed about half down; and when the battery arrived within Hurlbut' s lines
this piece was also ordered to Pittsburgh Landing, with instructions to mount one
complete gun out of the two disabled ones, and to rejoin the battery if possible.
At the same time the remaining four guns were again fully equipped, the vacancies
filled and horses replaced from the second section, and in a short time the bat
tery was ready for further service.

THE HORNETS' NEST.

11 Trying now to find some superior officer to whom to report the battery ready
for action, Lieutenant Pfaender, riding out a short distance, fortunately noticed
General Prentiss rallying some remnants of his division, and was by him, in per
son, ordered to advance to a position which was then being formed by Generals,

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Prentissand W. H. L. Wallace, and which proved to be the noted 'hornets' nest*
against which the rebels time and again hurled their most determined attacks
without being able to break it. It must have been about eleven o'clock when
the battery took this new position on an elevated piece of ground, from which
an open field on the other side of a ravine in front could be commanded, and
whenever a charge was attempted across that field the artillery fire raked the
enemy down fearfully. Some of General Prentiss' infantry were in the ravine
in front of the battery. Welker's Missouri battery was engaged on our immedi
ate left. l Between two fields, a quarter of a mile apart, on a slight ridge of land
covered by good sized oaks, and in places patches of dense brush, lies this his
torical spot that was made rich by the blood of many hundred human beings.'
The space occupied by the i hornets' nest' was not very large, and could, from the
position which I occupied, and on horseback, be at times surveyed tolerably well.
I have always been of the opinion that Welker 's six and our four pieces were
the only artillery there. Twice rebel batteries were placed in the timber at the
further edge of the field to dislodge us, but before they were able to get the
range of our positron our guns had silenced them. For hours they vainly tried
to break our line, and the left section of the battery, under Lieutenant Peebles,
having been ordered further to the left, had to repel several determined charges
and was badly cut up, but inflicted terrible losses on the enemy by mowing them
down with canister at close range.

"Toward five o'clock there was a short lull in the fighting, but soon the firing
was renewed, and noticing that the bullets were coming from our left rear, Gen
eral Wallace, who was at that time giving directions to the lieutenant command
ing, hastened toward the left and within a few minutes returned and gave the
command to retreat, as he ascertained that the position had finally been flanked
and General Prentiss with part of his forces taken prisoners. Immediately after
we had commenced to withdraw, the adjutant of General Wallace passed us with
the report that the general had just been mortally wounded or killed. Reaching
the ravine running across the Corinth road, we noticed the enemy in large num
bers flocking down the sides of it to cross over to the road and to cut off our
retreat, and on ascending to the top of the elevation, to prevent our being cap
tured, quickly the guns were once more brought into position, from which we
poured our canister amongst them as fast as possible, thus giving them the last
and parting artillery fire of the afternoon, then retreating at slow trot toward
the river, and being the last body of Union soldiers reaching the bluffs at the
landing before the rebels closed in on the road. The battery keeping together
in the mass of remnants of regiments, teams and stragglers assembled on such a
limited area, soon the detachments sent to remount their piece were found at the
landing, and as Colonel Webster, General Grant's chief of artillery had com
menced to form his line of defense, consisting of siege guns and all the available
artillery, the battery was reported to him with five pieces complete, and was
directed to take a position on the left of the bluff and commanding the ravine
which runs in from the Tennessee River. The Twelfth Missouri Regiment was
detailed as our support and consisted of about one hundred men under command
of a captain, and it was not very long before the firing commenced, which was
kept up for about half an hour. The ground was fairly shaking from the con
tinuous firing, and it would have been impossible for any army to undertake to
penetrate that line of fire and iron, and in all probability, at the cessation of the
firing, the rebels had withdrawn to a safe distance from the landing. Tired out
and hungry, we laid down without any camp equipage of any kind, as our camp
was in possession of the enemy, and when about midnight a heavy shower poured
down, all sought shelter under the guns and caissons covered with tarpaulins,
but received a good soaking. On the morning of the 7th, when the hostilities
were to be renewed with the aid of the reinforcements from Buell's army, the
lieutenant commanding reported to General Grant in person, who was just com
ing up the road from the landing with his staff, and was by him directed to remain
at the position pointed out until he would send orders, which, however, did not
come, and so we remained in the reserve during the second day's fight. As Pren-

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tiss' division was nearly broken up by his disaster, no account of the part taken
by the battery was given in the reports of the several commanders, and therefore
we may be pardoned for referring to the statement of General Prentiss, made in
his lecture on "Shiloh" at White Bear Lake in 1888, when he said that the First
Minnesota Battery had never received the credit it deserved for its gallantry;
that it was mainly due to the excellent work done by them, and particularly by
the left section under Lieutenant Peebles, that the 'hornets' nest' with its com
paratively small force of men held out so long against the overwhelming numbers
of the rebels. The casualties of the day were, Privates Stinson, Taxdahl and
Tilson killed; Corporals Davis and Lammers died of wounds; Captain Munch,
Lieutenant Peebles, Sergeants Clayton and Conner, severely, and several more
lightly wounded. Both Captain Munch and Lieutenant Pfaender's horses were
killed from under them, and sixteen horses of the battery killed."

The fight at the u hornets' nest" was the straw that broke the camel's back.
The third section of our battery, however, bore the brunt of the battle then and
there. Its commander, Lieut. Peebles, was severely wounded; also the two ser
geants, Clayton and Conner; Privates Taxdahl and Tilson had been killed, be
sides a number of the horses had been shot dead or disabled. The same evening
we took our position on the hill overlooking the slough through which the enemy
was expected to make his last charge. We had five guns in position a short dis
tance to the left of where Col. Webster had formed an immense battery of some
thirty or more guns, among them some siege guns. To our left was another bat
tery that had arrived but a day or two before the battle, and had not been as
signed yet to any command. At the mouth of the slough stood the two gunboats
— Tyler and Lexington — and when the enemy finally made the attempt he
found the reception too hot, and gave it up.

Thus ended the first day at Shiloh. Tired, hungry, and somewhat gloomy,
we laid our weary bones down to rest that night, and we got more than rest —
we received a drenching that no one ever forgot. The writer had found a com
fortable sleeping apartment under one of the tarpaulin covered caissons, and
when he awoke in the morning found the water running between his chest and
knees, having been obliged to sit in that position in order to give room to another
comrade on the opposite side of the bedroom. The battery did not participate
on the second day of the battle.

SIEGE OF CORINTH.

And now followed the grand strategic advance of the great strategist, Hal-
leck, on the whipped enemy's supposed stronghold — Corinth. From about the
middle of April to the 1st of June was consumed by the army in passing a dis
tance of about twenty-six miles. But we got there and remained there with lit
tle to do but drill and camp routine, varied occasionally with a scare about a
large force of rebels coming. Sergt. Clayton had returned to the battery and was
promoted to second lieutenant. Lieutenants Peebles and Fisher were absent
from the command, the former on account of his wounds, the latter on sick leave;
and when, in August, the news of the Sioux outbreak reached our camp, Lieut.
Pfaender obtained permission from Gen. Grant to go home, in company with six
of the married men from New Ulm, to look after their families. All returned to
the battery in due time except L. Naegele and Lieut. Pfaender, who was pro
moted to lieutenant colonel Second Minnesota Cavalry, stationed at Fort Eidgley.
When Eosecrans fought the battle of luka, Miss., we were ordered out, came
within easy distance, but not in sight of the fight, and returned to Corinth.
Gladness filled the hearts of the men when Capt. Munch rejoined the battery just
in time to put it in good shape again.

BATTLE OF COEINTH.

On October 1st the two howitzers under Lieut. Clayton were ordered to re
port to Col. Oliver, Fifteenth Michigan Volunteers, commanding a small brigade.
They went out on the Chewalla road, feeling for the reported advancing rebels
under Price and Van Dorn. At the Alexander house, about three miles from

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Corinth, this brigade was attacked by overwhelming numbers of graycoats, and,
in spite of their heroic resistance, compelled to fall back upon the main works of
Corinth. The section lost one of the howitzers on the retreat, but left it in a
condition that made it useless to the enemy, and recovered it a few days after.
The evening of October 3d found our forces concentrated in and around the ham
let of Corinth. Early on the next morning the rebel hordes came out of the
sheltering woods, where they had passed the night, intending to take us in out
of the wet, but found the morsel bigger than anticipated, and bofore sunset
rushed back to the same woods to get out of the reach of harm. The battle of
Corinth was won, and the next morning found our army in full pursuit. l We
went to Grand Junction, Tenn., thence to Holly Springs, Abbey ville and Oxford,
Miss., having occasionally the chance to send our greetings to the rebs in the
form of shrapnels and shells, but never came into close range. From Oxford
we retraced our steps, reaching Holly Springs on December 24th. The next day,
Christmas, 1862, Capt. Munch handed in his resignation, had it accepted, and in
company with his brother Paul, whose resignation as second lieutenant had been
accepted some time previous, started for Minnesota via Memphis, Tenn. Lieut.
Clayton had been commissioned as captain, Joseph Allen and the writer as
second lieutenants.

SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.

The 1st of January, 1863, found the battery at Moscow, Tenn., whence ft pro
ceeded to Memphis; there went aboard of a transport and down the Mississippi,
landing at Lake Providence, La., February 10th. On the 3d of March Lieut.
Joseph Allen died at the hospital at Lake Providence and was buried there. On
April 22d we were at Milliken's Bend, whence the army marched down through
the country to Hard Times Landing, crossing the Father of Waters May 12th and
taking up the march for the rebel stronghold — Yicksburg. The battery had no
chance to use its guns until the morning of May 18th, when a section under the
writer's command opened the ball that lasted from that day until the glorious
4th of July brought us in possession of the coveted prize. During the long and
trying siege of Vicksburg the battery stood up to its work nobly, always being
in the front, but luckily without loss, only one of its members (Charles South-
wick) being slightly wounded. After the surrender of Pemberton and his forces
the battery camped for a time near a cemetery north of the town, but soon moved
to more comfortable quarters, about two miles south of the city, on the Warren-
ton road, where it remained until ordered up the river in the spring of 1864.
In November Captain Clayton went to the North Star State for recruits, return
ing in February, 1864, with seventy-two new men, and on the 20th of that month
the writer left camp in charge of the veterans of the battery for their veteran
furlough. While at Vicksburg the brass guns of the battery were exchanged
for three-inch Eodman rifled guns, the best arm yet furnished to the artillery.
On April 4th that part of the battery at or near Yicksburg was embarked on
board a transport, and, steaming up river, reached Cairo, 111., on the 17th, and
there was joined by the returning veterans, minus the writer, who remained in

1 Official reports published in volume 17, part 1, "Rebellion Record," mention the battery at
Corinth as follows: Captain Andrew Hickenlooper, Fifth Ohio Battery, chief of artillery, Sixth
Division, in his report dated Oct. 13, 1862, says: "About 3 P. M., October 2d, the First Minnesota
Battery was ordered to accompany Colonel Oliver (Second Brigade) to dispute the enemy's ad
vance from Chewalla; proceeded up the Chewalla road as far as Alexander's house, when we sent
one section — two twelve-pound howitzers — forward undercharge of Sergeant (Acting Lieutenant)
Clayton, and ordered Lieutenant Cook, with the remaining section, to return to his former position
at Battery F. Lieutenant Clayton's section proceeded with Colonel Oliver's brigade to Chewalla,
encamping about oce mile this side of the town. About ten o'clock the following morning, the
enemy moving forward through Chewalla in force, they fell back about two and a half miles and
took position. No opportunity for the artillery to take advantage occurring, they again fell back
and took position on a hill in rear of Alexander's house, where they remained during the night.
Early the next morning, the enemy pressing us, we opened upon them, and the fight became gen
eral. * * * The section of the Third Ohio previously under command of Lieutenant Mitchell
was placed under charge of Captain Munch of the First ^Minnesota Battery (who, being wounded

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Minnesota on account of an attack of chills and fever, but soon followed and met
the battery at Huntsville, Ala., where it had marched from Clifton, Tenn. This
was on May 24, 1864. Gen. Frank P. Blair here assumed command of the Sev
enteenth Army Corps and the writer command of the battery.

CAMPAIGN OF ATLANTA.

After thoroughly reorganizing the company, — a thing badly needed, — it joined
in the forward movement of the army corps on Decatur, Ala. ; thence, through a
mountainous, rough and poorly supplied country, reached Borne, Ga. ; thence
passed Kingston, Cassville, Altoona and Ackworth, falling in with Sherman's
army at Big Shanty, Ga., June 9th. The next morning the advance of Sherman
on Atlanta began, .our corps forming the extreme left until July 2d, when, dur
ing the night and the next day, it was thrown on the extreme right. During all
of this time the battery had been under fire more or less every day, and had on
several occasions given proof of its efficacy in its fire upon the enemy. On July
4th the first section of the battery, under the writer's command, reported to Col.
Belknap, Fifteenth Iowa, and with the Sixteenth Iowa they moved southward
to take possession of a bridge across Nickajack Creek. Before we had proceeded
a mile we found the enemy, whose strength developed in such a degree that be
fore 4 P. M. the whole division was engaged, and at 5 p. M. the whole army corps
was in line. The next day the rebels were gradually forced back, and by even
ing we were in sight of that bridge, but never crossed it until the 9th, when the
rebels were forced to evacuate their heavy works on account of Schofield's corps
having forced a crossing over the Chattahootchie Eiver on their right. On the
15th our corps marched again in rear of Sherman's lines to the extreme left,
reaching the road leading from Atlanta to Decatur, Ga., about midday of the
20th. We then followed that road toward Atlanta, and soon came in sight of the
rebel lines. The battery took position in a road crossing from north to south,
and opened fire upon a rebel battery posted in an earthwork in front of us. The
rebs replied in a lively manner, killing four of our best horses out of one team,
Lieut. Koetko's horse, and almost destroying one of the guns and its crew. But
it did not last very long; their guns were dismounted and silenced, and their
works taken by our advancing infantry. It was in this charge that the gallant
Gresham, commanding the Fourth Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, was so
seriously wounded that he had to leave the service. He was leading his division
in the assault at the time.

BATTLE OF ATLANTA, JULY 22, 1864.

The next day our army corps occupied a line of breastworks adjoining the
left of the Fifteenth Corps, and forming the extreme left of Sherman's forces;
the Iowa Brigade, commanded by Col. Belknap, consisting of the Eleventh,
Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa, being the left wing of our corps. The
battery was also put in line, but during the afternoon withdrawn and sent to a

at Shiloh and absent from the muster of August 18th, was not on duty), who cheerfully and
anxiously volunteered his services and placed his command in position in Battery F. Observing
the enemy passing a cut over the hill on the Chewalla road near the railroad, ordered Lieutenant
Clayton forward to a position in front and opened upon them with shell. They brought a battery
forward and placed it in position on a hill on the Chewalla road west of railroad and opened with
shell. I then opened upon them from Fort F (Captain Munch's section) and silenced it in about
eight rounds, the division having previously changed front to the north. * * * I would re
spectfully and particularly call attention to Acting Lieutenant Clayton of First Minnesota Battery.
He has not yet received his commission." Brigadier General John Me Arthur, commanding Sixth
Division, Army of the Tennessee, in his report dated Oct. 15, 1862, says: "I would also mention
Captain Hickenlooper, Fifth Ohio Battery, chief of artillery of this division, for his very able man
agement and direction of his batteries, conspicuous among which were the Tenth Ohio, Captain
H. B. White, and one section First Minnesota, under Sergeant Clayton, who ought to be promoted."
Colonel John M. Oliver, Fifteenth Michigan Infantry, commanding Second Brigade of Sixth Divis
ion, in his report dated Oct. 13, 1862, says: "The section of First Minnesota Battery, under com
mand of Second Lieutenant Clayton, was well served, and did great apparent execution. The
manner in which he handled his pieces elicited the commendation of all who saw him."

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little fort on a knoll in rear of the left wing of the Fifteenth Army Corps, while
a regular battery, belonging to the Sixteenth Army Corps, with twelve Napoleon
guns, was put in its position (Battery F, Second United States Artillery). The
night passed without unhitching, ready for any emergency. The next morning
the rebels, having marched out of Atlanta during the night and around our left
flank, commenced an attack upon our rear. Fortunately the Sixteenth Army
Corps, under Gen. Dodge, was on or near the Decatur road, and rushing in on the
double-quick, formed their line of battle facing south and resting their right
against the timber near the position held by our battery, stopped the oncoming
rebels. The writer here had the first and only opportunity of the war to witness
a battle fought under his eyes and unable to contribute, at the time, to the suc
cess of our forces. Three times the rebel lines advanced to the charge, but the
canister of three batteries and the terrific volleys of Dodge's infantry finally
rolled them back in disorder and with fearful loss of life and limb. While this
was going on Gen. McPherson, the idol of the Army of the Tennessee, hearing
the heavy fire in the rear, hastened through the strip of timber dividing the
right of the Sixteenth Army Corps from the line occupied by the Fifteenth and
Seventeenth Corps, and only a quarter of a mile wide, to see what it meant. Some
of the rebel skirmishers had advanced through these woods, and McPherson, ac
companied only by his orderly, rode into them, and by them was killed. His
horse came running out of the woods and was captured by two men of the bat
tery — Chas. Horton and Bill Wiltse.

While the enemy had been repulsed and severely punished on this part of the
field, the left of the Seventeenth Army Corps and the centre of the Fifteenth Army
€orps near the Atlanta & Augusta railroad were attacked by Hood and his
minions, but in vain. Here the indomitable Logan and there the lion-hearted
Belknap and their men not only held them at bay but finally drove them from
the hotly contested field. Up to this time the battery had stood silently by its
guns, but before night closed in had the opportunity of showing a rebel battery
that it was not healthy to come within range of its Rodmans. Thus closed one
of the most eventful days in the history of the army under Sherman, but it had
suffered an irreparable loss in the death of that young, brave and deeply beloved
commander — James B. McPherson.

BATTLE OF EZRA CHURCH.

On July 26th our corps moved again to the right flank, followed by the Fif
teenth Army Corps, reaching the neighborhood of Ezra Church about 7 A. M.
July 28th, while the artillery was parked in a field near the road, on which the
infantry moved to the front, one section of the battery was ordered upon a rocky
narrow knoll in the woods, from whence it was to draw the fire of three rebel
batteries shelling our forming lines, and it succeeded admirably in so doing.
Shortly after the rebels came out across the valley dividing them from our lines,
charging with their usual impetus, but in vain. Our troops reserved their fire
until they came into close quarters, when a most terrible musketry fire soon
brought them to realize that they were in the wrong place. Their first line of
battle was almost annihilated, while the two other lines, following at short inter
vals, first staggered and then turned and ran for safety. It was the death -knell of
Hood's army at Atlanta. On August 1st Major General O. O. Howard assumed
command of the Army of the Tennessee. The siege of Atlanta went on, the
battery being split up, each section occupying a position in line from one-half to
a mile apart from each other. While so located, our lieutenant, Wm. Koethe, in
command of one of those sections, was killed by the bullet of a rebel sharpshooter
passing through his heart, causing instant death. This occurred about 6 p. M. on
August 14th, and that night we consigned his body to mother earth. This officer
liad enlisted as a private in the battery at the age of twenty-one. On the 25th
we broke camp, marching in the direction of Jonesboro, where the long campaign
was ended, whereupon he evacuated Atlanta and we took possession of it. Ar
riving at the city we were startled to hear of the death of two of our comrades,

648 THE FIRST BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

Sergt. Vincent and Private Andr£, both of New Ulm, they having been left in
hospital near Marietta, and would have been discharged soon on expiration of
their three years' service.

MARCH TO THE SEA.

Hearing that Hood's forces had marched northward and were trying to inter
rupt our communications with the North, Sherman at once moved to drive him
away. Four guns of the battery took part in that march, the remaining section
and sick men, with camp and garrison equipage, being left near Atlanta, under
Lieut. Boss. Capt. Clayton being on detached service on the staff of the chief
of artillery, the battery was commanded by the writer, with First Lieut. Hay-
wood and Second Lieut. Fall to assist. Our army followed Hood up along the
railroad to Kingston, then turned to the left, passed Eesaca and finally reached
Galesville, Ala., where we stopped, stripped ourselves of all unnecessary and sur
plus baggage, which was sent to Chattanooga, Tenn., there to be stored away for
some future time, which, however, failed to come. The battery sent two six-
mule teams loaded with government and private property, of which nothing has
been seen again to this day. Here Gen. Sherman detached the Fourth and the
Twentieth Army Corps to report to Gen. Thomas, and the balance of his army
retraced its steps, reaching our camps near Atlanta November 7th. The next
day Uncle Sam gladdened our hearts by paying us for eight months' service.
After destroying the railroad leading north, all property either unserviceable or
superfluous, we broke camp on November 13th, commencing our march to the
sea. With, a good deal of relish and excitement and little opposition from the
enemy, we marched through the heart of Georgia, coming in sight of rebel works
around Savannah on the 10th day of December. It looked as if Hardee, com
manding the rebels there, would make it hot for us, and we prepared for another
siege. On the 13th Hazen's division of the Fifteenth Army Corps captured Fort
McAllister, which prevented our communication with our fleet, and during the
night from the 20th to the 21st the rebel garrison quietly left their works and
escaped across the river. On the 21st we entered the city and remained there
in camp, celebrating Christmas of 1864 and New Year of 1865. The backbone of
the Bebellion was broken.

BATTLE OF CHERAW.

On January 13th we embarked on an old ferryboat which took us to Hilton
Head, and thence to Beaufort, S. C., arriving there in the night and going into
camp outside of town. The following morning, Sunday, the Sanitary Commission
for the first time found our battery and furnished us with plenty of good things.
We reached Pocotaligo Bridge on the 17th, and on Sunday, the 22d, our corps was
reviewed by Gen. Sherman. Beturning to camp, the writer found an order direct
ing him to at once proceed to Minnesota, to obtain about forty recruits needed in
the battery, and left that night. The battery continued its march with our troops
through the Carolinas, sharing in all their hardships and fightings, steadily driv
ing Johnston's forces before them. They entered Columbia, and the battery won
its last laurels at Cheraw, S. C., where it silenced a rebel battery so effectually
that Gen. Frank P. Blair, commanding the Seventeenth Army Corps, presented
it with one of the English Blakely guns belonging to that rebel battery; said
gun was sent to the state arsenal at St. Paul and is yet in existence somewhere
in our state, though badly neglected and used up.

IN THE GRAND REVIEW.

April 26th, Joseph E. Johnston, the rebel commander, surrendered to Gen.
Sherman, as his superior Bobert E. Lee had done to U. S. Grant, and the War of
the Bebellion was over. But before this happy event, on the 16th, Abraham
Lincoln, the noble and good, had been murdered by the bullet of a cowardly
assassin, and although the country was to be congratulated upon the final results
of that bloody struggle, it was plunged in deep sorrow by the infamous action of
a traitorous wretch. On May 19th the writer met the battery coming from Bich-

IN THE GRAND REVIEW. 649

mond, Va., a few miles south of Alexandria, Ya. We camped on the west end
of Long Bridge until the 23d, when we crossed the Potomac, and the next day took
part in the grandest review ever seen in America. Camping at Fort Stevens,
near Brightwood, D. C., until June 12th, turning over all our horses, arms, ammu
nition, camp and garrison equipage, we were ordered home for muster-out. We
boarded a train on the B. & O. Eailroad, going by way of Pittsburgh, Cleveland,
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee to Prairie du Chien, Wis., where we em
barked on a steamer. At all the points named the citizens turned out en masse
and gave us the great ovations their grateful hearts considered due those men
who for almost four years had stood in the front, fighting for the preservation of
the Union and our flag. At Winona, Minn., the home of many of our comrades,
the citizens, under the leadership of one of God's noble women, Mrs. Thomas
Simpson, now gone to her Father's rest, also gave us a warm and hearty reception.
Finally we reached St. Paul. Sunday morning, July 1, 1865, the mustering officer,
Major Russell, United States Army, made us free citizens again, and Col. Phinney,
the United States paymaster, delivered to iis the balance of our dues, and the
First Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery, was out of existence.

In conclusion, allow me to state that our battery was the first (whole) battery
going into action at Shiloh on Sunday, April 6, 1862. Its howitzers were the first
guns that greeted the rebel hordes Oct. 3, 1862, on the Chewalla road near Corinth,
Miss. On May 18, 1863, it was a section of that battery that threw its first shells
on the rebel works around Vicksburg. Its Eodman guns spoke almost every day
during Sherman's campaign around Atlanta, Ga., from June 10 to Aug. 31, 1864;
they were heard at Savannah, Ga., and wound up business at Cheraw, S. C.,
March, 1865.

650

THE FIRST BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF THE FIRST BATTERY.

NAMES.

OFFICERS.
Captains —

Eniil Munch

Wm. Z. Clayton ,

Senior First Lieutenant —

Wm. Pfaender

Junior First Lieutenants -

Ferd. E. Peebles ,

Wm. Koethe

Henry S. Hurter

Second Lieutenants—

Richard Fisher

G. Fred Coake

Paul Munch

Joseph M. Allen

James Fall

John D.Ross

F. L. Haywood

ENLISTED MEN.

Allen, Albert W

Andre, Gustavus

Andrew, Anderson

Applebee, George

Armstrong, Charles

Ayde, Alois

Barrows, Eli B

Bayless, Charles M

Bayless, James

Berg, Bernhard

Bixler, Moses

Blair, John L

Blanchard, Noah

Blood, J. Harrison

Blackburn, John

Boaz, James

Bruce, Alfred B

Brandes, Christopher

Brown C. D

Bufferding, John ,

Butz, Adolph ,

Bueche, John ,

Burrall, James C

Burdick, Ozias W

Campbell, Hiram

Case.R. C

Casaden, John

Churchill, Charles H

Christie, Thomas D

Christie, William G

Cheatham, Robert

Cheatham, James M

Cheatham, Nelson

Church, Heiiry L

Church, John W

Cilley, Martin

Cilley.Isaac

Coggswell, C. C

Conner, Jesse

Coleman, Joseph

Conklin, William

Crandall, Silas E

Cronkite, John

Crawford, A. G

Davison, John

Decker, Alonzo A

Davis, C. S

Doty, Henry

Donaldson, Charles W

Dorman, Homer W

Dunning, Miles

Duryee, David H

Duffrane, Oliver

Eagles, Robert C

Eddy, George D

Elliott, Absalom

Emery, Charles D

Emery, Stephen

Eppel, William

Everts, Rezin

Farner, Jacob

Farnum, Reuben

Fabrick, Lewis N

Fenkner, William

Fleming, Francis B

Flohr, Frederick

Fisher, James C

Polke, Charles John

MUSTERED
IN.

Nov. 7/6
Jan. 1/6C

Oct. 16/6

Oct. 16/6
Nov. 15, '6

Oct. 16/6

Nov. 7/6
Nov. 7/61
Oct. 16/61
Oct. 23/61
Oct. 28/6
Jan. 4/6
Oct. 28, '61

Jan. 4/64
Oct. 4, '61
Mch. 4/65
Jan. 16, '64
Oct. 24/61
Oct. 11/61
Nov. 2/61
Jan. 4, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Feb., '62
Mch. 15/65
Feb. 17, '64
Mch. 16, '65
Oct. 16/61
Nov. 11, '61
Mch. 15/65
Jan. 5, '64
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 28/61
Oct. 25/61
Oct. 10/61
Oct. 29/61
Jan. 21, '64
Dec. 31, '64
Nov. 21/61
Dec. 31, '63
Mch. 7/65
Nov. 7/61
Nov. 4/61
Nov. 4/61
Jan. 4, '64
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 31/63
Mch. 30/64
Mch. 30/64
Oct. 11. '61
Oct. 11/61
Oct. 28/61
Oct. 30/61
Nov. 15, '61
Jan. 2/64
Jan. 4, '64
Dec. 31, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Feb. 27, '65
Feb. 24, '65
Nov. 11, '61
Oct. 24/61
Feb. 27, '65
Feb. 22, '65
Dec. 1/63
Dec. 31, '63
Oct. 28/61
Apl. 3/64
Dec. 12, '63
Jan. 5, '64
Oct. 16/61
Oct. 5, '61
Oct. 16/61
Nov. 6/61
Oct. 12/61
Dec. 31/63
Mch. 27, '65
Oct. 16/61
Oct. 11/61
Oct. 24/61
Dec. 1/63
Dec. 31, '63

MUSTERED
OUT.

June 30/65

June 30/65

June 30, '65
June 30/65
June 30/65

June 3, '65

REMARKS.

June 30, '65
JuneSO, '65
June 30, '65
Dec. 17, '64
Aug. 5/62
June 30, '65
June 30/65
Apl. 10, '64
June 30, '65
JuneSO, '65
June 30/65
June 30, '65

June 30/65
June 30/65
June 30, '65
July 7/62
Mch. 1/62
June 30/65
Sept. 23, '6r
June 30/65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30/65
June 30, '65
Feb. 5/62
June 30, '65
June 30/65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65

June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June30, '65
June 30, '65
July 10, '62
June 30/65
June 30, '65

June's'b, '65
June 30/65
June 30, '65
June30, '65
June 30/65

June 30, '65
June 2, '65
June 30, '65
June 30/65

June 30, '65
June 30/65

June 30, '65

June 30/65
June 30, '65
Dec. 17, '64

June 30, '65
June 30/65

Resigned Dec. 25, '62.

Promoted Sergeant. 1st Lieutenant Aug. 26, '62; wounded at

Battle of Shiloh April, '62.
Enrolled Oct. 4, '61; resigned to accept commission in Minnne-

sota Mounted Rangers.
Resigned Aug. 18, '62.
Promoted 2d Lieutenant Sept. 11/63; 1st Lieutenant July 18, '64;

killed near Atlanta Aug. 14, '64.
Promoted Sergeant, 2d Lieut. Dec. 26, '62; 1st Lieut. Sept. 1, '63.

Resigned Aug. 18, '62.

Resigned Oct. 18, '62.

Promoted Corporal, 2d Lieutenant; resigned September, '62.

Promoted 2d Lieutenant Aug. 18, '63; died March 2, '63.

Promoted 2d Lieutenant July 19, '64.

Promoted 2d Lieutenant Sept. 11, '64.

Promoted Serg.; re-enl. Dec. 1, '63; pro. 2d Lieut. Sept. 11, '64.

By order from War Department.

Died Sept. 4, '64, near Vining Station, Ga.

Re-enlisted Dec. 11, '63.
Discharged for disability.

On expiration of term.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, "63.

Pro. Serg ; dis. for disability Deo. 30, '62, at Holly Springs, Miss.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Artificer; discharged for disability.

Artificer; discharged; mustered wrong.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1/63.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.
Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Died at Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 27, '64.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '03.

Promoted 1st Sergeant; discharged for disability.

Promoted Serg.; wounded at battle of Shiloh; re-enl. Dec. 1, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Died at Cairo, 111., April 29, '64.

Promoted Corporal; died of wounds rec'd in action April 27, '63.
Deserted at Corinth Sept. 17, '62.

Discharged on order from War Department.

Veteran Vol.; served in Company A, 16th Regt., Wis. Infantry.

Died at Louisville, Ky., April 22, '62.

Died at St. Louis, Mo., June 17, '64.

Transferred Nov. 24, '63.

Died at St. Louis Jan. 17, '62.

Died at Jefferson Barracks June 20, '62.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Died at Corinth July 27, '62.

Promoted Corporal; deserted at Corinth July 3, '62.

Artificer; died May 13, '62.

Veteran; served in 16th Wisconsin Infantry.

THE FIRST BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF THE FIRST BATTERY — Continued.

651

NAMES.

Foster, Brigham

Frye, Sylvester

Frothingham, Samuel

Freer, Warner

Frink, Adelbert S

Furlong, William

Fuehrer, Casper

Gaeng, Christian...

Gates, Darwin

Gates, Win. F

Gagstetter, Martin

Gates, Phineas,Jr

Gerstenhauer, Eugene

Germain, Peter

Gillermann, Hermann

Gerboth, Frederick

Gibson, Thomas B

Glessing, George

Goddard, Levi S

Gordon, Thomas

Grethem, Anthany

Gray, Joseph

Greenfield, George A

Grant, Albert C

<*ross, A. O

Grieve, David

Griffing, Joseph D

Griffing.Wm. H

Griffing, Dennison J

Griffith, Thomas R

Gressmau, August

Hanks, Henry

Haydon, Solomon

Hasselniann, Charles

Hall, George R

Hall, Michael

Haviland, John W

Hart, Henry

Hart, David

Heers, Charles.

Hicklin, John

Hilgidick, Henry

Howison, Andrew D

Hoppin, Henry C

Huddleston, Thomas

Humphrey, Ira

Hunt, David W

Hungerford, Asel

Hysell, Elmore

Johnson, Joseph

Johnson, Charles A

Jumper, Sebe F

Kajume, John

Kastner, I. F

Kelly, Murry

Kevey, Martin

Kelley, Francis

King, George

King, Davis

Kingsley, Orrin R. T

Kibbe.Abiel E

Koshneck, John

Krech, Ambrose

Kreig, George E

Lafont, David

Larnrners, George C

Lathrop, Alfred W

Lathrop, Elijah D

La Rue, Creniss

Le Go, Benjamin

Le Prairie, Scott.

Lieber, Peter

Lewis, Zebulon

Lovejoy, Leander D

Loud, Granville

Ledstrand, John A

Lee, Peter M

Leat herman , Joseph

McGuinness, William

McPheeters, James H

Martin, John R

Marcyes, Joseph W

Mallison, John W

Macumber, Benj. W

Marth, John

Martin, Harvey

Meyers, Daniel I

MUSTERED
IN.

Dec. 31, '63
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 12, '61
Jan. 4, '63
Jan. 2, '64
Dec. 81, '63
Mch. 6, '65
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 28, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Mch. 3, '65
Oct. 24, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 21, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Jan. 5, '64
Mch. 13, '65
Dec. 31, '63
Oct. 12, '61
Nov. 11, '61
Oct. 16, '6J
Oct. 16, '61
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Mch. 9, '65
Mch. 13, '65
Oct. 28, '61

Oct. 29, '61
Dec. 31, '63
Jan. 15, '64
Dec. 31, '63
Jan. 4, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Oct. 4, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Mch. 4, '65
Dec. 31, '63
Oct. 12, '61
Oct. 5, '61
Dec. 81. '63
Mch. 4, '65
Mch. 18, '65
Jan. 22, '64
Oct. 15, '61
NOT. 17, '61
Oct. 25, '61
Oct. 16 '61
Oct. 4, '61
Nov. 21, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Mch. 6, '65
Nov. 15 '61
Nov. 15, '61
Jan. 16, '64
Dec. 31, '63
Oct. 25, '61
Mch. 3 ,'65
Mch. 10, '65
Oct. 7, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 81, '63
Nov. 8, '61
Nov. 7, '61
Oct. 4, '61
Nov. 7, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Nor. 15, '61
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Jan. 4, '64
Oct. 20, '61
Dec. 1, '63
Ang. 16, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Mch. 10, '65
Nov. 4, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 24, '61

MUSTERED
OUT.

June 30, '65
Oct. 14, '62
Dec. 17, '64
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June30, '65
Aug. 5, '62
May 1,'62
Oct. 15, '62
June 30, '65
Aug. 5, '62
Dec. 17, '64
Mch. 1,'62

Dec. 17, '64
May 6, '64

June 30, '65
June 30, '65
Aug. 6, '62
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65

June 30, '65
June 30, '65

June 30, '65

June 30, '65
June 30, '65
Dec. 17, '64
June 20, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65

Dec. 17, '64
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
Oct. 15, '62
June 30, '65
May 8, '62
June 30, '65
Dec. 17, '64
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30 '65
June 30, '65

June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
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June30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65
JuneSO, '65
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Dec. 17, '64
June 30, '65
May 22, '65
June 30, '65
Dec. 17 '64
June 30, '65
JuneSO, '65
June 30, '65
June 30, '65

June 30, '65
Dec. 17, '64

REMARKS.

Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged; mustered wrong.
Drowned at St. Louis March 10, '62.

Died at Mound City, 111.

Discharged while in hospital on order from War Department.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Pro. Q. M. Sergeant; discharged for disability at Corinth.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July 29, '64.

Promoted Corporal; died at Corinth June 19, '62.

Died at St. Louis July 8, '62.

Discharged while in hospital on order from War Department,

Died at Rome, Ga., Oct. 6, 64.

Bugler; re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Promoted Corporal; died at St. Louis Jan. 30, 62.

Discharged for disability.
Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.
Discharged for disability.
Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Re-enlist ed Dec. 1, '63.
Died in the field Nov. 16, '64.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Re-en listed Jan. 1, '64.

Died May 21, '62, from wnds.rec'd in battle of Pittsburgh Lndg.

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Discharged for disability.
Died at St. Louis Feb. 3, '63.
Wagoner; died at St. Louis May 25, '63.

Discharged for disability.

Veteran; served in 16th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry.

Died at Washington, D. C., June 2, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Died at St. Louis Feb. 3, '62.

652

THE FIRST BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF THE FIRST BATTERY — Continued.

NAMES.

P*

4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Merkle, John George
Means, Daniel E
Miller, Martin

31

44
36

Oct. 30, '6
Men. 7, '6.
Oct 25 '6

June 30, '65

Discharged for disability December, '62.

15 '64

Moore James R

35

Oct 16* '6

Murray, Richard A

91

Nov. 21 ''6

Murphey, Charles E
Naegele, Lambert
Nevers, Rensalear
Nesburg OleO

18
27
24
25

Dec. 31 '63
Oct. 30, '6
Oct. 28, '6
Nov 21 '6

June 30, '65
Dec. 7, '64
June30, '65
Nov 17 '62

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Nelson Andrew O

39

Nov 21* '6

lie-unlisted Jan 1 '64

Noyes, Joseph

,29
21

Oct. 5, '6
Dec 1 '63

June 30, '65

Re-enlisted Jau. 1, '64.

O'Hara, Joseph
O'Neal George

25

28

Oct.' 12) '61
Aug 16 '63

June 30/65
June 30 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Parker, William

*>6

Oct. 7* '61

May 8 ''63

Page G'eorge H.

Jan 1 '64

Patchin, Alonzo L

28

Mch 10 '65

June3o' '65

Pease Russell

2T

Oct 8 '61

June 30 '65

Petersen, Albreit
Pentler David H

23
27

Sept. 25, '62
Dec 31 '63

June 30, '65
June 30 '65

make up lost time April 21, '64.

Pfeifer Mathaus

19

Oct* 7* '61

Discharged for disability in '69

Pierce Charles

26

Oct 11 '61

Discharged for disability July 21 *6^

26

Oct 30* '61

Ploof Joh'nW

30

Dec 31 ''63

June 30 '65

Powell John

22

Jan 10* '64

Pomeroy, Albert

33
37

Dec! 31 ,''63
Jan 15 '64

Jane SOJ '65

June 30 '65

Pogson, John W

31

Dec. 31 ', '63

June 30, '65

34

Mch 13 '65

Reimers Roemer

42

Oct 30* '61

June 30 '65

Re-enlisted Dec 1 '64

25

Oct 9 '61

Rogers, Albert T
Robinson Howard

21
24

Oct. 15, '61
Oct 26 '61

June 30, '65
July 19 '62

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Dec.'l, '63.

Rowley, Edward A
Robinson, Charles E

21
39

Jan. 2/64
Mch. 30, '64

June 30/65

Died at Fort Snelling; date not given.

Rogers Charles F

32

Mch. 10 '65

June 30 '65

Rush Isaac W

24

Oct 24 '61

June 30 '65

Re-enlisted Dec 1 '63

Sausen, Nicholas

28

Nov. 4 '61

June 30* '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 1 '63.

Salisbury Rossell .. .

29

Mch 25 '64

June 30 '65

Schiel, Louis

29

Oct. 31 ' '61

Aug. 6* '62

Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability.

Schammel, Nicholas
Schuler Henry

32
34

Oct. 24, '61
Oct 16 '65

Dec. 17, '64

Died at Vicksburg Aug 18 '63

Schoch Jacob

26

Nov. 11 ' '61

Dec. 17 '64

21

Oct 4 '61

Dec 17 '64

Schilling, August
Scherer Albert

24
21

Oct.' 4, '61
Nov 15 '61

Dec. 17/64
June 30 '65

Re-enlisted Dec 1 '63

Schott, George

35

Feb. 21* '62

Apl 10 '65

Scott William T

30

Dec 31 '63

Jan 30 '65

Seifen, Henry

36

Oct. 16 '61

June 30 '65

Re-enlisted Dec 1 '63

Shepard, Harvey C

•>*>

Oct. 14, '61

Mch. 23, '63

Discharged for disability.

Sheeks, Elijah H.. .

34

Feb. 22, '64

June 30, '65

Shindeldecker, Henry
Single, Christian
Siegle, Joseph

18
40
24

Mch. 7, '65
Mch. 7, '65
Oct. 12, '61

June 30, '65
June 30/65
Aug. 2, '62

Small, John ..

22

Nov. 2 '61

Dec. 17 '64

Smith, Cyrus

29

Nov. 21, '61

June 30, '65

Re-enlisted Dec 1 '63.

Smith, Robert H

9T

Dec. 31, '63

June 30, '65

Smith, Thomas

07

Jan. 4, '64

June 30, '65

Smith, Gilbert

38

Mch. 27, '65

June 30 '65

Southwick, Charles W
Sparks, Joseph .

22
27

Nov. 17, '61
Oct. 28, '61

June 30, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.
Discharged for disability in '6'7.

Sproul Willard

28

Oct. 21 '61

June 30 '65

Re-enlisted Dec 1 '63

Stinson, Colby...

22

Nov. 18, '61

Killed at battle of'shiloh April 6 '62.

Stots Francis

43

Nov. 1 '61

Died in 1862' place not known

Studabarker, John W
Sutfin, Charles 1

34
40

Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 31, '63

June 30/65
June 30/65

Thiele William

33

Oct. 25, '6ll

Dec. 17/64

Tilson Richard O

18

Oct. 30, '61

Killed in battle of Shiloh April 6, '62.

Torrey, John W

21

Oct. 12, '61

June 30, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.

Treeka Joseph

19

Mch. 4, '65

June 30, '65

True, Pressley

25

Dec. 31, '63

June 30/65

Trost Takob.

40

Mch. 13, '65

June30, '65

Taxdahl Ole I

33

Nov. 21, '61

Killed in battle of Shiloh April 6 '62

Tschabald, Theophilus......
Tapper, Peter

30
39

Dec. 31, '63
Jan. 16, '64

June 30/65
June 30/65

Van Goden, Josiah E
Van Horn, Stephen H

33

37

Nov. 21, '61
Dec. 31, '63

May 29, '63

Discharged for disability.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Aug. 25

'64.

Vincens William

35

Oct. 4, '61

7 '64.

TVade Charles F

^

Washburn, Harrison
Ward John

27
94

Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 24, '61

June 30/65
Dec. 17/64

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 1, '6a

Wagner, Phillip
Watson, Marquis W
Walker, Edward
Welch Edward

29
18
21
18

Oct. 31, '61
Nov. 21, '61
Oct. 16, '61
Oct. 16 '61

June 30, '65
June 30/65

June 3*6 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Re-enlisted Dec. 1, '63.
Discharged for disability Nov. 12, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 1 '63.

Wechsler. Mathew ...

44

Nov. 7 '61

Died at St. Louis Jan. 17. '62.

THE FIRST BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF THE FIRST BATTERY — Continued.

653

NAMES.

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3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Weiss Mathew

44

June 29 '64

May 11 '65

Whitehouse, Germain E..
Whitlock, George W
Wiltse William H

21
34
21

Feb. 1,''64
Men. 10, '65
Oct 12 '61

Juue3o' '65
June 30, '65
June 30 '65

Wilson. Philip H

26

Oct* 30* '61

Winkler, Charles A
Wieland Frederic

27
31

Oct. 4! '61
Oct 4 '61

Dec. 17, '64
Dec 17 '64

oug

Windelschaefer, Adam...
Winges William

22
22

Oct.* 4^ '61
Oct 24 '61

JuueSOJ '65
June 30 '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Wilson, Charles

22

Mch ' '62

Wilson, Tracy
Willoughby, Bethel
Winans, Geo. W

30
35

27

Aug. 16, '63
Dec. 23, '63
Dec 26 '63

June 30, '65
June 30, '65
June 30 '65

Wilson, Eugene T
Winans, George W

16
97

Jan. 2,' '64
Dec. 31, '63

June 30/65

Deserted at Cairo 111 April °9 '65

Wilson, George W

22

Jan 16 '63

June 30 '65

Wier.Adolph

^n

Mch. 7 '65

June 30 '65

Woodward, Samuel

?i

Oct. 30, '61

Wolbert Wm R

23

NOT 9 '61

June30 '65

Woodle, Leonidas

21

Oct 24* '61

June 30 ''65

Wooley Samuel

18

Nov 21 '61

Dec 17* '64

Wooley, Marcus A

19

Nov. 21, '61

Discharged for disability Nov 5 '62

Wolf, William

21

Oct 16 '61

June 30 '65

Re-enlisted Dec 1 '63

Woodcock, William P
Wostle, John

30
37

Oct. 16, '61
Mch 7 '65

Died at St. Louis Jan. 25, '62.

Wood, Henry S

32

Mch 10 '65

June 30* '65

Wright, Daniel W

19

Nov 18* '61

Wright, Daniel W

21

Dec 31 '63

June 30 '65

Yewings, Newman

99

Nov. 7 '61

Discharged for disability Aug 5 '69

Young, Alphonzo W

34

Mch 10 '65

June 30 '65

Zengle, Joseph

S7

Oct. 16* '61

Died in hospital in '69

Zweck, John

30

Oct. 16 '61

NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

COMPILED, UNDER DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION, FROM OFFICIAL REPORTS IN
THE "REBELLION RECORD" AND INFORMATION FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN WIL
LIAM A. HOTCHKISS AND OTHERS.

The members of the Second Battery were mustered into service during the
winter of 1861-62, as will be seen by reference to its roster, and March 21,
1862, the battery was accepted into the service of the United States for three
years, or during the war, by Captain A. D. Nelson, mustering officer. Its
commanding officer was Captain William A. Hotchkiss, who had served in the
Mexican War as a member of the Third United States Artillery. The other
commissioned officers were: Gustave Eosenk, senior first lieutenant; Albert
Woodbury, junior first lieutenant; Jackson Taylor, senior second lieutenant;
Eichard L. Dawley, junior second lieutenant. April 21, 1862, the battery em
barked for St. Louis, where it arrived the 25th and went into quarters at Benton
Barracks. Before leaving Fort Snelling, Lieutenant Taylor tendered his resigna
tion on account of ill health, and its acceptance reached him at St. Louis. First
Sergeant Henry W. Harder was promoted to the vacancy, and Alexander Kinkead
to be first sergeant.

Through the energetic efforts of Captain Hotchkiss, the battery was supplied
with horses, guns and other necessary equipments by May 1st. Each day after
the equipment every available hour was devoted to mounted and gun drill, and
the evenings to the school of instruction in the science of gunnery for commis
sioned and non-commissioned officers, until the 18th, when the captain was ordered
to have the battery ready to embark for Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., as soon as
a steamboat could be in readiness. It left St. Louis on the steamer Warsaw May
21st, and arrived at Pittsburgh Landing May 25th. From there it marched over
the ground where six weeks before the great two days' battle had been fought,
and was assigned to General Pope's army on the left, as a part of the forces under
Major General Halleck, then engaged in the investment of Corinth. Three days
afterward General Eosecrans, having been assigned to the command of Pope's
left wing, inspected the battery in the afternoon and complimented its commander
on its excellent equipment.

" Bet ween June 3, 1862, and August 14th," says Captain Hotchkiss, "the
battery participated in sundry campaigns. August 14th it broke camp at Ja-
cinto, Miss., under orders to proceed with Davis' division to Nashville, Tenn.,
via Eastport, where it crossed the Tennessee Eiver, Florence, Ala., Lawrence-
burg, Mount Pleasant, Columbia and Murfreesboro. Sept. 8, 1862, it crossed the
Cumberland Eiver at Nashville and went into camp with Buell's army, having
marched two hundred and forty-eight miles since August 14th, for the most part
within the lines of the enemy, and being compelled to subsist largely upon the
country, to do which a forage detail was sent to the front each morning from each
command. * * * September llth Buell's army broke camp and commenced
its campaign against Bragg in Kentucky, the Second Minnesota Battery partici
pating. Though several times ordered into position, not a shot was fired on that
long race of two hundred and fifty -nine miles to Louisville, where it arrived
the 26th of September, and where Lieutenant Woodbury reported from his
recruiting service in Minnesota with twenty-six needed recruits. Oct. 1,
1862, Bragg having commenced his retreat into Tennessee, General Buell put
his army in motion, the Second Minnesota Battery marching out with Davis'
division. The orders did not require celerity of movement, and the division

THE BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE. 655

bivouacked near the Bardstown pike road, within less than eight miles of Louis
ville. The next morning McCook' s old Twentieth Corps took the advance, and
moved out briskly with Davis' 'long-legged7 invincibles in advance. At night
they were close to the heels of Bragg' s rear guard."

THE BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE.

The Second Battery was engaged in the battle of Perry ville, October 8th, and
its service is favorably mentioned by different superior officers in their reports
as published in the "Rebellion Record." This battle will always remain one of
the remarkable battles of the war, from the fact that it was fought by about
10,000 men on the part of the Union forces, while 30,000 of their comrades were
standing in supporting distance unemployed and 10,000 more were coming up.
The commander, General Buell, was present all the while, two and a half miles
in rear of the centre of the line of battle, but was not informed that severe fight
ing was taking place till it was too late.

General Bragg' s campaign from east Tennessee into Kentucky, the summer of
1862. was, as he states, to promote an uprising, but in respect to which he was
disappointed. General Buell, starting from north Alabama with the Army of
the Ohio to operate against him, reached Louisville first, and having there been
reinforced, turned and followed him southward. October 4th General Bragg
assisted in the installation of the provisional governor of Kentucky at its capital
—Frankfort — and on the 7th his forces concentrated at Perry ville with the pur
pose, as he says, of striking Buell "in detail." The battle of Perry ville was
fought a mile or two northwest of the town, on hills which border Chaplin River,
and the ground over which General Buell' s army approached and had to operate
was rough. The country was suffering from drought, and it was difficult for the
troops to obtain sufficient water. The columns which General Buell directed
toward Perry ville numbered 58,000 effective men, which probably exceeded
General Bragg' s forces. The Third Corps, under General C. C. Gilbert, and ac
companied by General Buell, started the morning of October 7th (day before the
battle) from Springfield along the turnpike to Perry ville. This corps comprised
the three divisions of Generals Albin Schoepf, P. H. Sheridan and R. B. Mitchell.
The latter's division, to which (in Carlin's brigade) the Second Battery was at
tached, had the lead, and arrived about two o'clock in the afternoon at a point
three or four miles from Perry ville, and formed, under the personal direction of
General Buell, on the right and left of the road, with batteries in position. Sheri
dan's division arriving shortly afterward, passed a little further to the front,
and took position on some heights to the right of the road and not far from Doc
tor's Creek. By the time SchoepFs division had arrived and formed in reserve
it was dark. That same night the First Corps, under General Alexander McD.
McCook (except General Sill's division, which was near Frankfort), was at Mack-
ville, about seven miles north, and the Second Corps, under General Thomas L.
Crittenden, was near Haysville, ten miles west. Between two and three o'clock
the morning of the 8th McCook and Crittenden each received orders from Buell
to march their commands that morning for Perry ville "at three o'clock precise
ly." McCook started at 5 A. M., with General Rousseau's division in advance
and General J. S. Jackson's in the rear, and arrived abreast and on the left of
Gilbert's corps at 10:30 A. M. The corps of General Crittenden, accompanying
which was Major General George H. Thomas, second to Buell in command of the
army, arrived and formed by divisions; the First, General William Sooy Smith's,
about eleven o'clock; the Second, General H. P. Van Cleve's, two hours later;
and the Third, General Thomas J. Wood's, between three and four o'clock.
Crittenden' s corps formed the right wing, and his extreme right was about three
miles southwest of Perry ville, the troops facing eastward. McCook' s corps, as
has been seen, occupied the left, and the line of battle was six or seven miles in
length. When McCook' s corps was taking position, between ten and eleven
o' clock, a reconnaissance in front with cavalry and artillery was in progress un
der Captain E. Gay of the regular army, and sharp firing with artillery, includ
ing two pieces of the Second Battery under Captain Hotchkiss, was going on.

656 THE SECOND BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

General Buell states in his report that he had somewhat expected an attack early
in the morning on Gilbert's corps while it was isolated, but, as it did not take
place, no formidable attack was apprehended after the arrival of the left (Mc-
Cook's) corps; and as there was unexpected delay in all the troops getting into
position he thought it would probably be too late to attack the enemy's position
that day, but intended doing so at daylight the following morning. Although
cannonading became brisker as the day advanced, it was not supposed to proceed
from any serious engagement, as no report to that effect was received.

Captain George S. Roper testifies before the Buell Commission that he was
at General Buell' s headquarters about two hours on the 8th, or from twelve
o'clock till about two. "It was while we were there at that time," he says,
i ' that we heard a heavy and furious cannonading commenced in front. General
Buell and General' Gilbert, when that heavy cannonading commenced, came from
the tents, and General Buell remarked to General Gilbert that there was a great
waste of powder there, and directed him to send an order to the front to stop
that useless waste of powder. 'Stop that firing,' that was his expression. Gen
eral Gilbert called his adjutant general, Captain Stacy, who wrote a pencil order,
which was sent to the front, I supposed in accordance with General Buell' s
orders to him. It was sent to the front by an orderly while we were there. I
think at that time General Gilbert expressed a wish to go forward, and General
Buell asked him to remain to dinner, which was nearly ready. He did remain
and dined with General Buell, but left almost immediately for his command."

General Buell states in his report: "At four o'clock Major General McCook's
aid-de-camp arrived and reported to me that the general was sustaining a severe
attack, which he would not be able to withstand unless reinforced; that his flanks
were already giving way. He added, to my astonishment, that the left (Mc-
Cook's) corps had actually been engaged in a severe battle for several hours, per
haps since twelve o'clock. It was so difficult to credit the latter that I thought
there must even be some misapprehension in regard to the former. I sent word
to him that I should rely on his being able to hold his ground, though I should
probably send him reinforcements. I at once sent orders for two brigades
(Schoepf's division) from the centre (Gilbert's) corps, to move promptly to re
inforce the left. Orders were also sent to General Crittenden to move a division
in to strengthen the centre, and to move with the rest of his corps energetically
against the enemy's left flank. The distance from one flank of the army to the
other was not perhaps less than six miles, and before the orders could be deliv
ered and the right corps make the attack, night came on and terminated the
engagement. " In his observation on the testimony before the Buell Commission,
he says: "It has been a matter of surprise that so severe an engagement could
have taken place within two and a half miles of my headquarters without my
knowledge. The commander of an army covering a line six or seven miles long,
interspersed with woods and hills, must, of necessity, depend on the reports of his
generals for information of what is transpiring on different parts of the field.
After the failure to get into position as soon as I had expected, I no longer
anticipated a battle that day; but a good deal of artillery firing had been going
on between the advance guards of the two armies since our arrival the evening
before, excepting at night. The cause of this was well understood, and the
greater or less rapidity of the firing at intervals was not a matter to attract par
ticular attention, especially as it was to be expected that information of any
thing of serious import would be promptly conveyed to me. For that reason I
received with astonishment the intelligence of the severe fighting that commenced
at two o' clock. Not a musket shot had been heard, nor did the sound of artill
ery indicate anything like a battle. This was probably caused by the configur
ation of the ground, which broke the sound, and by the heavy wind, which it
appears blew from the right to the left during the day."

General Mitchell in his official report states: "At daylight on the morning
of the 8th I sent forward a section of Captain Hotchkiss' Second Minnesota Bat
tery to relieve a section of Captain Pinney's battery." This section, though
commanded by Captain Hotchkiss, was under the immediate charge of Lieutenant

THE BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE. 657

Albert Woodbury. It reported to Captain Gay, operating on the left and front
with a brigade of cavalry, and who, in his report, says with reference to it that,
4 l After having advanced the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry dismounted about a
quarter of a mile, in open ground, on the left of the Springfield road, and the ene
my having opened upon them from two batteries, I placed two pieces of artillery,
under Captain Hotchkiss, in position opposite these batteries, and opened fire
upon them. In twenty minutes they were silenced, and the enemy was driven
from the wooded hill. Observing that the enemy were showing themselves further
to my left and front I moved forward to a more advanced position, near a fork of
Chaplin Creek, placing my battery (the two guns — howitzers — of the Second
Battery) in position on a knoll near it, and throwing out portions of the Ninth
Pennsylvania and Second Michigan as skirmishers in advance. The enemy's
batteries were again silenced here, and his cavalry, broken and disordered, were
driven toward Harrodsburg." When, at about eleven o'clock, General Rousseau
had come up, he, at Gay's request, sent forward two Parrott guns of longer range
than the Second Battery howitzers, and from which a few shells were thrown into
the woods far in advance without meeting any response. Gay's cavalry brigade
was then dismounted and rested for about an hour and a half, at the end of which
time clouds of dust were seen rising in the direction of Harrodsburg, and it be
came evident that the enemy was being strongly reinforced. " In a few minutes,"
says Captain Gay, a firing opened from a heavy battery in front, to which my
howitzers replied without effect, the distance being too great. The two Parrott
guns before mentioned, belonging to Loomis' battery, opened with apparent effect,
.and were soon joined by the rest of the battery. Another battery of the enemy
now opened further to the left, and soon another to the right, and his infantry
was seen advancing in line, and it became evident that the engagement would
become general. * * * In an hour the engagement had become general, the
enemy attacking the extreme left of General McCook and General Gilbert's left
(on my right). I sent a regiment to operate on the extreme left of General
McCook, and opened fire with my howitzers on the advancing line of the enemy.
These howitzers (Second Battery) were in position on the right of General McCook,
and remained there until nearly dark, effectively checking the enemy. * * *
Too much praise cannot be awarded Captain Hotchkiss and his men for their
brave and effective services."

General Rousseau makes the following reference to these two howitzers in his
testimony before the Buell Commission, as reported on page 343, volume 16, part
I, of the "Rebellion Record:" " Hotchkiss' pieces were of short range, and I sent
back for others to shell where we thought the enemy were. They finally disap
peared, and I concluded, and so I supposed did McCook, that they would not
fight at or near that point. He then rode off to see General Buell. I' did not
see him as he left. The enemy disappeared, and after waiting, perhaps ^n hour,
— I do not remember the exact time — and my men having had no water for a
long time, and being near the Chaplin Creek, and as we were halted by the enemy,
— I supposed I would be substantially obeying orders by moving on toward the
water. I put the column in motion. As the head of the column was approach
ing to where Hotchkiss' pieces were, my attention»was called — I do not know
by whom — to the fact that the enemy were in view again. I rode up to where
these pieces were and got Hotchkiss' glass, and just as I was putting it to my eye
they opened some two or three batteries, and there was a very rapid and accu
rate firing of shells."

Captain Colter, chief of artillery on General McCook' s staff, states that these
two guns of the Second Battery at four o'clock were posted near Russell's house,
situated on the right of the Mackville road and a little in front of a crossing road.
The other two sections of the battery were operating under Lieutenant Dawley,
with Carlin's brigade, further on the right. General Mitchell says in his official
report, that at 2 p. M. he formed Carlin's brigade, including these four guns, on
the right of the Springfield road, on a wooded eminence; the brigade being in
rear and within supporting distance of General Sheridan's division; which was
then engaging the enemy in front. Carlin's brigade very soon moved forward

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658 THE SECOND BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

to reinforce the right of Sheridan's division. He charged and drove the enemjr
some distance, but finding his ardor had outstripped all support, and having the
enemy's artillery and infantry on both flanks, u he fell back, says General Mitchell,
"to a position immediately adjoining the town, the rebel batteries and our own
firing directly over the town till darkness made further action impossible. " The
losses on the Union side were: Killed, 854; wounded, 2,851; missing or captured,
515; total, 4,211. Four men of the Second Battery were wounded; namely, Ser
geant Fry, James Hunter, George W. Tilton and Charles Noggle. With refer
ence to the detachment with the two howitzers, operating under his own direc
tion, Captain Hotchkiss says: " Though they had never been under fire until
this day, Lieutenant Woodbury and his section could not have behaved better.
They obeyed every order with the steadiness of veterans."

"On the morning of the 9th,'7 says General Mitchell, " a force of rebel cavalry
was seen winding from the enemy's left, and evidently proceeding toward the
Harrodsburg turnpike. I directed," he says, " Hotchkiss' battery to fire upon
them, which was done with good effect, the enemy rapidly retreating." Bragg' s
army retired on the llth upon Bryantsville, passed Cumberland Gap, at the
southern boundary of Kentucky, from the 19th to 24th, and a month later was
in front of the Union army at Nashville. Buell's army followed him a consider
able distance, the advance having repeated minor engagements with his rear
guard. On the 15th the Second Battery was engaged near Lancaster. The corps
of McCook and Gilbert halted at Crab Orchard, while that of Crittenden contin
ued the pursuit as far as London. General Buell then retired to the line from
Louisville to Nashville, and at Bowling Green, Ky., on the 30th of October, was,
by the president's order, superseded in command by Major General Eosecrans.

MR. JAMES HUNTER'S STATEMENT.

At the request of the commission, Mr. James Hunter (now register of deeds
for Eice county) has given a statement of some of his experience in the battle of
Perry vi lie, which is as follows:

" While on the march from Louisville to Perry ville, Oct. 7, 1862, we could
hear skirmishing in front during the whole afternoon with Bragg' s rear guard,
and the members of the Second Minnesota Battery, together with BuelFs entire
army, were in high spirits at the prospect of a battle after our long and tedious
forced march after Bragg, commencing from Jacinto, Miss., Aug. 14, 1862. At
gray daylight, Oct. 8, 1862, we were aroused by the bugle, and howitzers Nos. 1
and 2 of our battery were ordered to the left of the line, about half a mile dis
tant, to support General McCook, and became immediately engaged on the skir
mish line in dislodging some rebel sharpshooters who were secreted in an old
barn about 1,000 yards to our left front, which we soon succeeded in doing,
and then- advanced down near the creek, near the old barn, and shelled the
rebel position in a point of woods on our right front until our spherical case was
exhausted and another battery relieved us (I think Loomis' Michigan Battery).
We were then ordered to retreat to a point of timber on our left rear and left of
our first position, to await the time when we could use our grape and canister,
which soon came, bub during the hour or so that we stood there we had a good
opportunity to witness the commencement of the terrible battle that raged all the
afternoon over the ground we had lately traversed. At about half -past twelve,
from the point of woods on our right front, the enemy began to pour, at double-
quick, in great numbers, and formed line of battle about half-way down to the
creek, and the battle then commenced, as the boys said, red-hot; but our force
was largely outnumbered, and was slowly driven back, although every foot of
the ground was stubbornly contested. The rebels, flushed with success, were
coming on, yelling, when an orderly rode to where we were and ordered our
guns to the right, across a double lane worm fence in front of a white house near
our position in the morning, to check the enemy's advance, and the rails of those
fences flew as if struck by a cyclone to let our guns through and into position,
each gun squad being anxious that its gun should have the honor of speaking
to the enemy first. We flew into position, and for two or three hours sifted the

BATTLE OF STONE RIVER. 6591

canister into their ranks and held them in check in front; but they were slowly
driving the infantry back on both sides of us, until we were nearly surroundedr
when an orderly from General Eousseau rode in and shouted: 'Get out of therel
Your battery is lost ! ' We had a load in No. 1 at this time, but having held up
for a few seconds during this order, the * powder monkey,7 as we used to call
No. 5, who carried the ammunition, had got there with another, and we-
cut the powder from it, and as a parting gave them a double-header, when we
sprang for the trail ropes and lost no time in getting to the rear. This was about
5 P. M., and although five of us were wounded they got the other four on the guns
and took them off, while I, who was at the front of the gun and nearer the enemyr
had my leg broken by a gunshot, and they could not get me. One noble fellow,
John Kimball, ran back to help me. I begged him to leave me and save him
self, which he finally did, shaking hands within ten feet of the rebel bayonets
and promising to meet in Minnesota, which we have not yet done. The rebel
line swept over me while I lay resting upon my elbow to see if my comrade got
safe to the rear, which he did, and shortly afterward the rebels came back over
me again, pell-mell, and made a stand, and I lay between two fires, when a sec
ond ball passed through my body, and I turned to take a last look at the setting
sun and bid good-by to this world, thinking I was mortally wounded. Again
the rebels swept over me and I was far into the rebel lines, and darkness ended
the strife. The moon came up in great splendor, and men could be distinguished
for half a mile, and presented a real panorama of a battlefield, which, once wit
nessed, could never be forgotten. The cries for help, for water, the curses and
prayers of the wounded as they sat up or reclined upon their arms in the beauti
ful moonlight, when all nature seemed hushed again to rest after the strife and
carnage of the day, presented a picture that no painter's brush could reproduce,
and for the time I forgot my own terrible extremity while gazing upon the scene.
But my reverie was soon broken by the approach of a squad of the enemy who
were picking the pockets of friend and foe alike. I called to them and asked
them to send me a surgeon, which they promised to do, and treated me very
kindly, although they took my hat, jacket and boots, with the encouraging in
formation that they did not think I would need them. They then brought a
surgeon, who did what he could for me, and offered to take me to their hospital
at Harrodsburg, which I declined with thanks, and at my request they carried
me into the white house mentioned, where I found seventeen other wounded in
the same room, where we lay and rolled in each other's blood for forty-eight
hours, when but seven of us were still alive, and when our lamented Lieutenant)
Albert Woodbury of Anoka (who was afterward killed at Chickamauga), rode
back some twenty miles in search of me, and had me taken to hospital, where I
remained until discharged the following February. Shortly after being carried
into the house before mentioned, a general (who, from pictures I have since seen
of him, I am satisfied was General Bragg) and staff came in and had a fire built
in an open fireplace in the room, and they discussed the battle, the tenor of which
was that they had* a pretty hot afternoon's work, but thy had better not risk an
engagement next day, but get as far away as possible before daylight, rejoin their
train, and get out of the state without any more fighting if possible."

BATTLE OF STONE RIYER.

In the great battle of Stone Eiver, sometimes called the battle of Murfrees-
boro, the Second Battery was attached to the Second (Oarlin's) Brigade of Gen
eral Jefferson C. Davis' division (Fourteenth), General A. McD. McCook's corps.
In the same corps were the divisions of Generals E. W. Johnson and Philip EL
Sheridan. On the morning of Dec. 26, 1862, the Second Battery, Captain Hotch-
kiss commanding, with the rest of the corps, broke camp at St. James' chapel, on
Mill Creek, and advanced upon Nolens ville, via the Edmundson pike, as far as
Preim's blacksmith shop; from thence marched over a rugged country road,
rendered almost impassable by the incessant rain, which had been falling in tor
rents during the entire morning.

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"The Second Brigade," says General Davis in his official report, " consisting
of the Twenty-first and Thirty-eighth Illinois, Fifteenth Wisconsin and One
Hundred and First Ohio regiments, and the Second Minnesota Battery, com
manded by Colonel Carlin, had by this time (the afternoon of December 26th)
formed a line of battle on Post's right, and, moving rapidly forward, soon engaged
the enemy's dismounted cavalry in a sharp skirmish. * * * Carlin advanced
in excellent order, driving everything before him, until ordered to halt, having
dislodged the enemy from his position entirely. By this time," General Davis
continues, "I ascertained that the enemy would probably make another effort to
resist our advance about two miles further on; and, notwithstanding it was late
in the afternoon and the men were much fatigued from a hard day's march through
rain and mud, I could not forego the opportunity thus offered in giving them
another chance to signalize their courage and endurance. Ascertaining the
enemy's exact position as well as I could, I ordered the advance. Their lines
were soon discovered, occupying a range of high, rocky hills, through which the
Nolens ville and Triune pike passes, known as Knob Gap. This was a favorable
position to the enemy, and well guarded by artillery, which opened fire at long
range upon Carlin' s lines. Hotchkiss' and Pinney's batteries were rapidly
brought into action and opened fire, while Carlin' s brigade charged the battery,
carried the heights in his front and captured two guns."

The troops then bivouacked, and General Eosecrans arrived and spent the
night at corps headquarters. The next day (Saturday, December 27th) the bat
tery, with the division, took position at the junction of the Boler Jack road with
the Nolensville pike, a mile from Triune; there remained in bivouac over Sun
day; moved forward Monday morning on the Boler Jack road, and at night
bivouacked on Blackman's farm, about four miles west of Murfreesboro. Tues
day morning, December 30th, the battery, with the rest of the command, crossed
Overall's Creek, on the right of the Wilkinson pike, and took position in a
heavy wood south of Asa Griscom's house. About two o'clock in the afternoon
there was a general advance of the whole line. Gradually both sides strength
ened their lines of skirmishers, and the contest increased in animation.

"Our main lines," says General Davis, " steadily advanced, occupying and
holding the ground gained by the skirmishers, until about half an hour before sun
set, when the enemy's position was plainly discerned, running diagonally across
the old Murfreesboro and Franklin road. The enemy's batteries now announced
our close proximity to their lines. Carpenter's and Hotchkiss' batteries were
soon brought into position and opened fire."

Colonel Carlin, describing the earlier part of the advance, says: "The Second
Minnesota Battery (Captain Hotchkiss) opened on the enemy with canister and
spherical case, inflicting serious damage." When his line brigade had advanced
still further, he says: "The fight was now fairly opened and continued vigor
ously until night by the front line of my infantry and the battery (Second Minne
sota) which had been placed between the two regiments. The batteries in our
front were soon silenced, but another was then opened on my right flank, distant
about five hundred yards, which completely enfiladed my lines, and considerably
injured us; but this, too, was driven out of sight by Captain Hotchkiss, after a
vigorous and well-directed fire."

Deep interest will always attach to the scenes which transpired the following
day on that part of the battlefield where the Second Battery was posted. Colonel
Carliu states that before daylight that morning, December 31st. he perceived
indications of a forward movement by the enemy, and retired the Second Bat
tery about two hundred yards. At daybreak the enemy advanced. Seeing, he
says, that the troops on the right and left of his brigade would not come up, he
moved his infantry back on a line with the battery and made a stand. The Fif
teenth Wisconsin Begiment was posted on the rocks in front of the battery. Car
lin' s brigade here suffered severe loss, and finally, learning that the forces on his
right had left the ground, and being, as he states, nearly surrounded, he re
treated. He reformed what remained of his brigade in some woods some two
hundred yards east of Griscom's house, where the battery and infantry fired with

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effect on the enemy. Three times again he retreated; twice about half a mile at
a time, and finally through the reserves to the railroad.

General Davis, referring apparently to the action in the earlier part of the
day, says: "Hotchkiss' battery had also by this time taken an excellent position
near the Wilkinson pike, so as to command the enemy's approach across a large
cotton field in his front, over which he was now advancing. The infantry, how
ever, contrary to expectations, failed to support this battery, and after firing a
few rounds, it was forced to retire."

Colonel Carlin says in his report: "Captain W. A. Hotchkiss, commanding
Second Minnesota Battery, and all his officers and men deserve credit for their
gallantry in the fight and energy in preventing the loss of the battery." He
compliments Lieutenant Albert Woodbury of this battery, with others of his
staff, for zeal, fidelity and courage.

On January 2d the battery accompanied the brigade to the left, crossing Stone
River at the ford, relieving Colonel Hazen, where it remained until January 4th,
the day General Eosecrans first learned that the enemy had retreated from Mur-
freesboro. The loss sustained by the battery in this battle, according to Colonel
Carlin' s report, was 3 men killed, 1 officer and 5 men wounded, and 1 man miss
ing; total, 10.

January 25th, having obtained permission from General Eosecrans to ex
change his six-pounders for ten-pounder Parrotts, Captain Hotchkiss proceeded
to Nashville with a detachment of his battery to make the exchange, and re
turned to Murfreesboro the 26th.

On the 6th and 7th of March, 1863, the battery accompanied a brigade, under
command of Colonel Heg of the Fifteenth Wisconsin, in a movement eight miles
out from Murfreesboro on the Shelbyville pike, and which is reported by that
officer as follows: "At the house of Captain Newman, near the brick church,
the enemy's cavalry dismounted and endeavored to hold us in check, but the
steady advance of our skirmishers drove them from their hiding places. Falling
back upon their reserve, they again made a stand along the crest of a high, rocky
bluff, well covered with timber, at a point where the pike runs through a gap of
this bluff. It was evident the enemy were trying to post their artillery, it being
for them a very strong position. I doubled the strength of the skirmish line by
details from the Fifteenth Wisconsin and Twenty -first Illinois Volunteers, and
gave orders to take and occupy the bluff. In the meantime, Lieutenant Wood-
bury, commanding Second Minnesota Battery, brought up a section of hisParrott
guns, and got them in position on the crest of the hill. The enemy, failing to
obtain for his artillery the position he sought, planted two guns three-quarters of
a mile further back on the pike, and opened a lively fire on our lines. Woodbury
replied with his Parrotts, and soon forced the enemy's artillery to retire."

CAMPAIGN OF TULLAHOMA.

On the 23d of June Bragg was covering his position north of Duck Eiver
with a front extending from McMinnville, where his cavalry rested, through
Wartrace and Shelbyville to Columbia, his depot being at Tullahoma. Shelby
ville is protected by a spur of hills from the Cumberland range, and Eosecrans,
with a view to turn that place, directed his army on the enemy's right flank
about Manchester. June 26th, the Twentieth Corps, under McCook, and includ
ing Davis' division, advanced toward Liberty. By the 30th the army was con
centrated, and Tullahoma was evacuated July 1st. Davis' division marched in
pursuit, and was across Elk Eiver about July 2d. The enemy crossed the Ten
nessee Eiver, and the campaign was practically closed.

Describing this campaign, Captain Hotchkiss says: "The enemy resisted
the advance stubbornly every day, and progress was slow. The battery was
frequently under fire. With General Davis' division in advance, McCook' s corps
approached Winchester July 3d. With the Minnesota Battery on his line of bat
tle, the general charged upon the town, and drove the enemy out and took posses
sion. Here the army rested until August 17th. Heavy rains had made the roads
almost impassable, and retarded the transportation of supplies. The 4th of July,

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the battery, in obedience to general orders, fired a national salute at sunrise.
Among the abandoned property found in Winchester was a very well-equipped
newspaper printing office, of which Captain Hotchkiss took possession, and is
sued The Army Bulletin regularly each week until August 17th, when the army
resumed the campaign."

BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA.

"After leaving Cowan Station," Captain Hotchkiss continues, "there was
almost continuous fighting to Caperton's Ferry, where Stanley's cavalry and
McCook's corps crossed the Tennessee Eiver, with orders to halt at Valley Head,
at the base of Lookout Mountain. McCook's corps was ordered to ascend the
mountain, cross it obliquely to the right, and pursue the enemy in the direction
of Rome. Captain Hotchkiss was ordered to move his artillery up the mountain.
This task was completed about sunrise the following morning. In the evening
the Second Battery was in position on the opposite side of the mountain. The
cavalry had descended and advanced to the road leading to Rome, and in the
morning reported a heavy force marching in the direction of Chattanooga. In
the afternoon McCook began to reascend the mountain, under orders to join
Thomas at Bird Gap in McLemore's Cove. The ascent required the whole of
another night, and at sunrise the Second Battery was on the march for the scene
of carnage indicated by heavy cannonading at Bird Gap, at which place it arrived
September 17th. The day following, marched by the flank in the direction of
Chickamauga Creek, and at meridian of the 19th arrived at Rosecrans' head
quarters; thence marched by the right flank with Davis' division, and went into
position on the extreme right of the line of battle." At this time Captain
Hotchkiss was serving, as he had been for some time, as chief of artillery on the
staff of General Davis, commanding First Division, Twentieth Corps, and the
following extracts are taken from his official report dated Chattanooga, Sept. 26,
1863, as published on pages 503-505, chapter 42, "Rebellion Record:"

"The Second Minnesota and Eighth Wisconsin batteries accompanied the
division on all its movements after crossing the Tennessee River, and arrived
with it at Widow Glenn's house, near the right of our line of battle, a little after
meridian the 19th inst., when, by order of General Davis, I put the Eighth Wis
consin Battery, Lieutenant McLean commanding, in position, a little to the right
of Mrs. Glenn's house, and followed the division into the field with the Second
Minnesota Battery, Lieutenant Woodbury commanding. General Davis led his
troops by the right flank, through a dense woods, under a heavy fire, and, regard
ing the movement and use of artillery at any point where the line of the division
was being established impracticable, I reported to the general for further orders,
when he directed me to move the battery, with as much speed as possible, to the
right, and establish it on the first eligible ground that could be found. At the
extreme right of the line of the division a small field in front of the enemy's left
was found. The battery was promptly brought into position, under a brisk fire
from the enemy's skirmishers, and soon drove in, not only his skirmishers, but
his main line. The service the Second Minnesota Battery did at this point was
of great importance. Three successive times it prevented the enemy from form
ing and extending his left with the evident purpose of flanking General Davis'
right. Between 4 and 5 P. M., after holding its ground for nearly three hours
against superior force, the division began to fall back, according to my observa
tion, in very good order. I immediately determined to retire the Second Min
nesota Battery and a section of an Indiana battery, then on the left of the Min
nesota battery, slowly and in line with the troops, about two hundred and fifty
yards across the only open ground in our rear. An unforeseen and very unnec
essary circumstance prevented the accomplishment of my purpose. The drivers
and men of the section of the Indiana battery above alluded to became panic-
stricken and stampeded with their caissons and gun limbers through the Second
Minnesota Battery, endangering the safety of its guns, very nearly causing the
loss of the left section. I am indebted to the courage and coolness of Lieutenant
Harder for its safety. * * * Early in the morning of the 20th, General Davis

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was ordered to occupy a position as a reserve, and the Second Minnesota and
Eighth Wisconsin batteries were assigned positions covering the Chattanooga
road, and did not fire over half a dozen shots during the day. The number of
casualties were: Wounded, First Lieutenant A. Woodbury, severely; Private
Ford is Averill, slightly. The men of the battery, without exception, behaved
well. Lieutenant Woodbury' s conduct was particularly commendable."

General Jeff. C. Davis, in his official report of the battle of the 19th makes the
following references, among others, to the Second Battery: " Carlin's right rested
in a small open field, which presented an admirable position for a light battery,
and the Second Minnesota was rapidly brought into position a little in the rear
of our line of infantry, which was soon drawn back so as to give as free range
as possible to the guns. * * * My lines thus arranged, with the admira
ble position taken and efficient working of the Second Minnesota Battery on
my right, I was enabled to repel the repeated assaults of ^he enemy, and to pre
vent him from flanking our position, until about 4 p. M. , when reinforcements
arrived." General Davis also compliments Captain Hotchkiss and other mem
bers of his staff for efficiency and gallantry.

With reference to that excellent officer, Lieutenant Albert Woodbury, Cap
tain Hotchkiss states: " Just after the battery was got into position on the new
line, a rebel sharpshooter sent a musket ball into Lieutenant Woodbury 's left
arm, just above the elbow, and broke the bone. From this wound he died in
private hospital in Chattanooga, Oct. 29, 1863. Thus terminated the life of an
accomplished young officer, much beloved by his commander and the men of the
battery.'7

THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA.

It was the fortune of the First and Second batteries to have been in most of
the great battles of the West. The First was at Shiloh and Vicksburg, and the
Second, as we have seen, was engaged at Perryville, Stone Eiver and Chicka-
mauga. It was also in the great battle of Chattanooga, sometimes called the
battle of Missionary Eidge. The last was fought, under the generalship of Grant,
November 23d, 24th and 25th, resulting in victory, and it was a striking fact that
his troops, fighting side by side, were of three armies. The Army of the Cumber
land, under General George H. Thomas, occupied the centre. The Fifteenth
•Corps of the Army of the Tennessee, under Sherman, having left Memphis Octo
ber llth, began to arrive November 20th, and, after some maneuvering to mis
lead the Confederate commander, General Bragg, it took position on the extreme
left, near the mouth of North Chickamauga Eiver, opposite the Confederate right
wing under Hardee. Howard's corps, from the Army of the Potomac, supported
Sherman on the left, while Geary's division of the Twelfth Corps of the Army of
the Potomac, with two other divisions, operated under General Hooker on the
right. The Confederates had an intrenched line which commenced on the north
end of Missionary Eidge, and extended along the crest some distance south;
thence across Chattanooga Valley to Lookout Mountain, which was also fortified.
General Grant, in his "Personal Memoirs," thus describes his plan of battle:
"The plan of battle was for Sherman to attack the enemy's right flank, form a
line across it, extend our left over South Chickamauga Eiver so as to threaten or
hold the railroad in Bragg' s rear, and thus force him either to weaken his lines
elsewhere or lose his connection with his base at Chickamauga Station. Hooker
was to perform like service on our right. His problem was to get from Lookout
Yalley in the most expeditious way possible, cross the latter valley rapidly to
Eossville, south of Bragg' s line on Missionary Eidge, form line there across the
ridge facing north, with his flank extended to Chickamauga Yalley east of the
ridge, thus threatening the enemy's rear on that flank and compelling him to
reinforce this also. Thomas, with the Army of the Cumberland, occupied the
centre, and was to assault while the enemy was engaged with most of his forces on
his two flanks." On the afternoon of the 23d the Army of the Cumberland
emerged from its strongly fortified line, drove the Confederate pickets back upon
the main guards, which occupied minor and detached heights between the main

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ridge and our lines, carried these also before halting, thus securing a line fully a
mile in advance of the one it occupied in the morning. On the 24th important
movements took place on the flanks, including the crossing of the Tennessee by
Sherman's corps. The great battle took place on the 25th, and was commenced
on the left by Sherman's forces at sunrise. They finally accomplished their task,
though against the most strenuous resistance. Likewise, the Army of the Cum
berland assaulted and carried the fortified lines in its own front on Missionary
Eidge. Nor was Hooker inactive on the right. The weather was clear, and
Grant readily surveyed the whole field of battle from, the top of Orchard Knob.
The division to which the Second Battery belonged (that of General Jeff. C.
Davis) had been sent to the North Chickamauga to guard the pontoons as they
were deposited in the river and to prevent any ingress or egress of citizens. It-
appears from General Grant's memoirs that this division occupied the honorable
position in this battle of reserve to Sherman's command. He says: "As soon as
Sherman discovered that the enemy had left his front he directed his reserves,
Davis' division of the Army of the Cumberland, to push over the pontoon bridge
at the mouth of the Chickamauga Creek."

Eespecting this movement Captain Hotchkiss states as follows: " General
Davis was ordered to march his division at midnight out through the valley of
North Chickamauga Creek in pursuit of Bragg' s retreating army. Just before
sunrise the enemy's mounted pickets were driven in and the reserve pressed back
upon Cowan Station, where army supplies were being loaded upon railroad cars.
The Second Minnesota Battery drove the rebels from the work and dismounted
a gun belonging to a rebel battery; meanwhile the division charged upon the
station and captured it without loss. An hour later General Davis joined the
division and pursued the retreating enemy, with whom sharp skirmishing, in
which the Second Minnesota Battery participated, was kept up during the re
mainder of the day. The next morning the pursuit was continued until the
enemy was driven through the gaps in Eocky Pace Eidge beyond Einggold,
Here the division was ordered to Knoxville with Sherman's corps, to raise the
siege of that post, invested by Longstreet's forces. When this was accomplished
the division commenced the return march, camping for a few days at the gap in
the Highawassa Mountains, through which flows the Tennessee Eiver. Here
Captain Hotchkiss mounted his artillerymen as scouts, and drove a large band
of rebel mounted outlaws out of the country, for which he received the thanks of
most of the citizens. The men of his battery were often on such expeditions with-
their commander, and always behaved splendidly."

TUNNEL HILL AND BUZZARD BOOST.

From Dec. 26, 1863, till about March 21, 1864, when it veteranized, the bat
tery was stationed at Eossville, four miles from Chattanooga. During that period
it was engaged in the actions at Tunnel Hill and Buzzard Eoost. When General
Johnston, then at Dalton, heard of Sherman's advance on Meridian, he sent Gen
erals Stewart's and Anderson's divisions to assist Polk in impeding him. As a
diversion in Sherman's favor, General Grant, then at Chattanooga, sent the Four
teenth Corps to Dalton. Jeff. C. Davis', Johnson's and Baird's divisions marched
directly to that place (a section of the Second Battery marching with Davis' di
vision February 23d), passing to the left of the Chickamauga battle ground and
over Taylor's Eidge. Stanley's division, under General Cruft, moved down from
Cleveland and joined the other three between Einggold and Tunnel Hill.
"Then," asLossing states in the third volume of his excellent "Pictorial History
of the Civil War," "the whole column pressed forward, driving the Confederate
cavalry under Wheeler before them, who made a stand at Tunnel Hill Eidge, a
short distance from the village. There a line of log breastworks stretched along
the crest of the ridge, and a battery of four pieces was planted in a commanding
position. These were opened upon the advancing column, but were soon silenced
by the Second Minnesota and Nineteenth Indiana batteries, when Wheeler, find
ing his position flanked by troops under General Morgan and Colonel Hambright,
fell back." The Union forces pursued and engaged Wheeler again where he had

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taken a strong position at Bocky Face Ridge, a range of hills, one of which, near
Dalton, is called Buzzard's Boost. The Confederates retreated in the morning,
but made a stand, as if to resist to the last, at a hill commanding the descent into
the Dalton Valley. Captain Hotchkiss, who was present as chief of artillery,
Davis' division, states: "At Tunnel Hill the Second Battery boys had a duel
with a well-served rebel battery, and drove it from the field. The next morning
the enemy was driven through Buzzard Boost, where the Second Battery elicited
praise for its effective work." The Union loss in this short expedition was about
two hundred. The detachment of the battery returned to its camp February
27th.

VETERAN FURLOUGH AND RETURN.

At daylight, Monday, April llth, forty-six men of the battery, who had re-en
listed as veterans, left camp with the captain for Chattanooga, en route for Min
nesota, on their veteran furlough. The non-veterans were assigned to duty with
Captain Barnett's Second Illinois Battery, where they remained till the return
of the veterans. Lieutenants Dawley and Earl having resigned, and Lieutenant
Kinkead being in the hospital at Nashville, the captain was the only commis
sioned officer accompanying the men on the furlough. On their return from
furlough, the first part of June, 1864, they were not again equipped as a field bat
tery, but at Nashville Captain Hotchkiss met orders to mount his men as cavalry
and assume command of the escort to a large drove of beef cattle for the army in
the field beyond Chattanooga. This duty was completed June 20th, after which
he was ordered to the front with horses for batteries on duty in the Atlanta
campaign. Near Altoona he reported to Gen. Thomas, who received him gladly
and said: " You are most needed just now at Chattanooga. Beturn to that post;
I will send you definite orders later." They then turned in their horses and
equipments and went back to Chattanooga by railway, arriving July 18th, where
they went into their old camp at Stringer's farm, on the north side of the river.
August 25th, Captain Hotchkiss, with his men mounted as cavalry, made a rapid
and successful reconnaissance into Bhea county, to ascertain the location and
destination of a mounted body of the enemy, and returned on the 27th. Septem
ber 18th fifty-six recruits from Fort Snelling reported for duty, increasing the
number in the battery to one hundred and sixty. October 7th, armed with
muskets, it went into the redan or fort (Irwin), a part of the Chattanooga fortifi
cations, fronting toward Bossville Gap. Captain Hotchkiss was placed in com
mand, and under his direction the men repaired the fort.

Dec. 1, 1864, obeying a telegraphic order from General Thomas, Captain
Hotchkiss organized a brigade of light batteries, and reported to General Sted-
man. Hood's army had flanked Chattanooga and was marching upon Nashville
via Columbia and Franklin. At midnight the artillery brigade reached Bridge
port. By the middle of the forenoon of the next day it overtook General Sted-
man at Cowan Station. The battle of Franklin was being fought. In the even
ing of the next day it arrived at Nashville, and was posted by Captain Hotchkiss
on Stedman's line between the river and the Murfreesboro turnpike road.
When the famous battle of Nashville began, these guns commenced the conflict.
At its conclusion Captain Hotchkiss returned to his command at Chattanooga,
where he remained until March 30, 1865. At that date the battery, under com
mand of its captain, proceeded to Philadelphia, Tenn., a beautiful spot, thirteen
miles from Loudon, and there served as the garrison of the fort till the last week
in July, when, pursuant to orders from the War Department, it started by rail
way for Fort Snelling, where it arrived without accident, and on the 16th of
August was mustered out of the service.

"Since the war," says Captain Hotchkiss, "most of the brave Second Min
nesota Battery comrades have acquitted themselves honorably as citizens of the
Union they helped to preserve — some of them have acquired fame in the pro
fessions and in business, others have proved worthy in various other callings.
If any of those who received an honorable discharge have proved unworthy it
is not known to the writer hereof.'7

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Originally mustered as private Oct. 10, '61; commissioned Cap
tain January, '62; and commanded the battery to the close of
the war.
Dismissed by order of War Department.
Died Oct. 29, '63, of wds. received at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.
Originally mustered as private Jan. 28, '62- resignation accepted
April 10, "64; promoted 2d Lieutenant Feb. 28, '62: promoted
1st Lieutenant Oct. 17, '62; died Feb. 13, '87.
Promoted from 1st Serg. to 2d Lieut. July 17, '62; 1st Lieut.
Jan. 2, '64; resigned June 3, '65; died at Chattanooga in '65.
Pro. from Serg. to 2d Lieut. Oct. 17, '62; to 1st Lieut. Sept. 18.
'64; appointed A. A. Q. M. per Spec. Order, No. 166,Oct. 17,'64.
Real name G. W. Gaylord; wounded in battle of Chaplin Hills
Oct. 8, '62; re-enlisted March 21, "64; promoted from Sergeant
to 1st Lieutenant June 15, '65.
Mustd. as Private Jan 7, '62; resignation accepted April 24, '62.
Pro. from ranks Jan. 2, '64; resigned April 4, '64, S. F. O.,No. 95.
Promoted from Sergeant Sept. 18, '64; detailed as Ordnance Of-
cer at Chattanooga.
Promoted from Sergeant Oct. '31, 64.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.
Expiration term of service, per S. F. O., No. 77, Major General
Thomas.

Died in hospital Aug. 9, '64.
Discharged for disability March 18, '63.
Discharged for disability Oct. 31, '62.
Artificer; re-enlisted March 22, '64; discharged for disability.
Re-enlisted March 22, '64; taken prisoner Feb 6, '63; exchanged
in May, '63; wounded at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.
Discharged for disability Oct. 3, '62; died in '86.

Discharged for disability Oct. 16, '62.
Discharged for disability Oct. 26, '62.
Discharged for disability Oct. 3, '62.
Died at Chattanooga Feb. 16, '65.

Died at Nashville Dec. 1, '62.
Discharged for disability.
Discharged for disability.

Wounded through left lung at Stone River Dec 31 '6°' trans

Richard L. Dawley

Henry W. Harder
Alexander Kinkead......
George W Tilton

Jan. 2, '64
Sept. 18, '64
June 15, '65

Feb. 14, '62
Jan. 2, '64
Sept. 18, '64

Oct. 31, '64

Feb. 21, '62
Feb. 20, '62

Sept. 2, '64
Feb 27 '64

Jan. 3, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Second Lieutenants —
Jackson Taylor

Charles N Earl

"Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Mch. 28, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Lyman W. Ayer. .

Joel T. Davis

ENLISTED MEN.

Adley, Moses W

Anderson, Henry

Anderson, Christopher
Allexson Scander

Apitz, Adolph

Jan. 20, '62

Arnold John N

Feb. 21, '62
Feb. 6, '62
Mch. 6, '62
Feb. 24, '62

Feb. 20, '62
Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 3, '64
Jan. 28, '62
Jan. 4, '62
Feb. 22, '62
Sept. 2, '64
Aug. 15 '64
Aug. 30, '64
Jan. 6, '62
Jan. 28, '62
Feb. 12, '62
Feb. 16, '64
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 13, '62

Aug. 19, '62
Jan. 14, '62
Jan. 14, '62

Am Nicholas

Arnell, John H

Feb 16 '65

Averill Fordis

Aug. 16, '65

Bartholomew, Lament

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Bates Almarin F

Bartholomew, Geo. L
Bernard, Joseph

Bergman, Andrew
Beers, L. M

Beebe Frederick

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Beede, Charles I

Blesi, Melchor

Blake, William

Oct. 10 ,'62
Oct. 3, '62
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Blake Christopher

Blair, James

Bloomfield, Richard D
Bloomfield, Edward G

Brown, Miles A

ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps in '64.
Deserted at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 18, '63.
Exp. term of service, per S. F. O., No. 77, Maj.Gen. Thomas.
Died at Jackson, Tenn., Sept. 13, '62.
Discharged for disability.
Re-enlisted March 21, '64.
Promoted Corporal and Sergeant.
Discharged for disability.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to 5th Minnesota Infantry by Captain Nelson.
Artificer.
Promoted Corporal April 11, '63.
Sentenced to mil. prison at Nashville by genl. court martial.

t
Promoted Corporal Jan. 17, '65.
Re-enlisted March 22, '64; promoted Corporal Oct. 12, '64.
Discharged for disability.
Expiration term of service.
Died in the field Jan. 31, '63.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Oct. 29, '63.

Expiration term of service.
Discharged for disability.
Promoted Corporal; taken prisoner Feb. 6, '63; exchanged; on
detached service at Annapolis, Md.
Expiration term of service.
Re-enlisted March 21, '64.
Discharged for disability.
Promoted Corporal Aug. 14, '64; died Nov. 2, '64.

Veteran Volunteer; enlisted in 1st Minn. Inf., Co. B, Apl. 29,'61.

Briggs, Newbry

Mch. 28, '65

Briggs, Evander

Byam Jesse F

Jan. 7, '62
Jan. 28, '62
Jan. 7, '62
Jan. 11, '62
Aug. 26, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Feb. 27, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Feb. 14, .'62
Sept. 2, '64
Mch.21,'62
Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 11, '62
May 25, '63
Aug. 18, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Sept. 1, '64
Feb. 14, '62
Feb. 20, '62
Mch.20, '62
Jan. 20, '62
Feb. 21, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Jan. 23, '62
Jan. 28, '62
Feb. 14, '62

Feb. 14, '62
Mch. 4, '62
Jan. 23, '62
Mch.31,'64
Sept- 3, '64
Sept. 3 '64
Feb. 26, '64
Sept. 3 '64

Aug. 25, '63
Aug. 16, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Sept.20, '62
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Sept. 21, '62
Aug. 16, '65

Boardman, James W
Burnham, Ferdinand I
Campbell, Peter
Carpenter, David
Caswell AsahelV

Church, John II

Christopher, Nels
Clark James W

Clan sson, Tobias.

Clark, Thomas

Coulthard, David W...

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug.' 16,' '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
June 1 ,'62
Mch. 28, '65

Cole, Abner B

Colernan, John

Cowan, Calvin C
Colburn Alfred

Compton, Win. H

Costello Wm

Craven, John . ..

Darcauchy, Gustave
Davis, George E
Derby Alfred P

Aug. 16, '65
Mch. 28, '65
June 7, '62
Mch. 28, '65

Mch. 28, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Feb. 1,'64
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aue. 16 '65

Dedrick.John H

Decondres, Jacob..

Denlinger, Christian
Dimiek, Carlos

Dinsmore James M

Dudley, Orestes L
Dunn Hugh

Duxberrv, Richard

Ellsworth, Ira

Eppinberger, Adam
Erickson. Ole....,

THE SECOND BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

ROSTEK OF THE SECOND BATTEEY — Continued.

667

NAMES.

w
3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Erickson Andrew

?4

Sept. 3, '64

Au<*. 16, '65

26

Sept 2 '64

Aug 16 '65

Evenson Alver H

31

Aug. 26, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Faille Leon

99

Jan. 16, '62

Mch. 28 '65

Expiration term of service; died Feb. 10, '85.

18

Feb 4 '62

Feb 15 '63

Discharged for disability.

21

Sept 2 '64

Aug 16 '65

Fall Henry I

19

Sept. 2 '64

Aug. 16, '65

Fairbanks, Daniel A
Fenstermacher, Elias
Fisher Perry

42
18
45

Sept. 2, '64
Aug. 10, '64
Jan. 28 '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Feb. 19, '63

Discharged for disability; died Aug. 22, '86.

Flint, Francis S

18

•>o

Jan. 14, '62
Jan. 23, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Taken pris. Feb. 6,'63; re-eul. March 22,'64; pro. Corp. Apl. 1,'65.
Killed in battle at Stone River Dec. 31, '62.

Fossum, Martin O
Ford Charles

21
19

Feb. 21, '62
Aug. 7, '62

Oct. 13, '63
Mch. 7, '63

Transferred to Invalid Corps July 1, '63; dis. for disability.
Wnd. in left arm in battle Stone River Dec. 31, '62. disc, for dis.

Foss Sears B

''O

Sept. 3, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Frye Daniel

39

Aug. 11, '62

Aug. 16, '63

Wounded in battle at Chaplin Hills Oct. 8, '62; promoted Cor

40

Jan 7 '62

poral March 30, '63; Sergeant June 16, '64.

Fulton Nelson H

?3

July 10J '61

Aug. 16, '65

Trans, from Co. I, 22d Independent Veteran Reserve Infantry,

Fuller Carter

43

Feb 20 '6°

Mch 28 '65

by Special Order, No. 20, Brig. Genl. J. C. Davis, Dec. 19, '62;
pro. Corp. and niu&t. out with battery; re-enl. March 22,' 64.
Died June 16 '85

Furguson. James

36

Feb' 2L '62

Aug 16* '65

Re-enlisted March 29 '64

<Jaslin Gilbert

22

Mch 17 '62

Died at Nishville Tenn Feb 27 '63

30

Feb 20* '62

Aug 16 '65

Gates Noah

44

Sept 2 '64

Aug 16* '65

Gallespie, Wm. W
Gibson John

42
27

Aug. 30, '64
Jan 28 '69

Aug. 16, '65
Mch 28 '65

Gil patrick Wm F

25

Mch 10 '69

Goodell, Licester B

29

Aug. 16 '65

Transferred from 34th Illinois Infantry re-enlisted March 29

Gordon Warren S ....

28

Dec 21 '61

Mch 28 '65

'64; mustered out with battery.

Gowdy, Albert C

23

Aug 13 '69

Served as Hospital Stewird for the battery died Feb 8 '89

Green James

24

Jan 28* '69

Nov 6* '69

May 17 '64

Aug 16* '65

s argea aisau itj .

Hammond, Daniel

40
30

Jan. 17^ '62
Jan 28 '62

Aug 16 '65

Dropped from rolls March 1, '64.
Re-enl March 29 '64' pro Serg April 29 '64* 1st Serg Nov 6 '64

Hagadorn, James A
Hale Win S

24
27

Jan! 20) '62
Feb 20 '62

Mch. 28, '65
Mch 28 '65

Pro. Corp.; mustered out at expiration of term of service.

Harrison, Harris
Hanson, Tennis .. ..

26
33

Mch. 13?, '62
Feb 20 '62

Aug. 16*, '65
Mch 28 '65

Bugler; re-enlisted March 22, '64.
Wounded in battle at Chaplin Hills Oct 8 '69

Harvey, John C
Handy, John A

29
27
33

Mch. 2, '62
Sept. 2, '64
Sept 2 '64

Feb. 15, '63
Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Discharged for disability.

Hitchcock, George
Hill Henry S.

25
23

Feb. 20, '62
Mch 21 '62

Mch'. 28 j '65
Mch 9 '63

Expiration term of service.

Hosli, Martin

27

Jan *21* '62

Aug 16 '65

Re-enlisted March 22 '64

Howard, Silas

37

Jan 28 '69

Hovey, John W

21

Jan. 28* '62

Aug 16 '65

Re-enlisted March 22 '64.

Hovey, Jerry A

31

Jan 28 '69

Aug 16 '65

Re-enlisted March 29 '64

Hopkins, John I

25

Feb. 20 '69

Died of wounds received in battle Dec. 29, '63.

Hyrnes, Phillip.. .

18

Aug 8 '62

Aug 16 '65

Hunter, Otis M
Hunter, James ...

37
21

Jan. 28, '62
Feb 16 '62

Mch. 28', '65
Feb 15 '63

Expiration term of service.
Wnd in battle of Chapliu Hills Oct. 8, '62; dis. for disability.

«Jackins,Wm H H

21

Jan 14 '62

Mch 17 '64

Jarvis, David

22

Mch. 10 '62

Mch 28 '65

On detached service on U S. gunboat Silver Lake, Julv 20, '63;

James, Freeman D

44

Aug 26 '64

Aug 16 '65

expiration term of service.

Jackson, James P

38

Sept 2 '64

Aug 16 '65

Jewell Ezra

21

Aug 16 '65

Johnson, Ingebreth
Johnson, James W .

26
29

Feb.' 20| '62
Mch 10 '69

Mch. 28, '65

Expiration term of service.

Johnson, Christopher
Joy, Benj. P

21
25

Mch. 13, '62
Sept 2 '64

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Re-enlisted March 2l| '6i.'

Johnson, Ever M

21

Sept. 2, '64

Aug 16 '65

Johnson, Richard M
Joy, Horatio N.

33
26

Sept. 3, '64
Jan. 28 '69

Aug. 16, '65
Mch 28 '65

Kohlstadt, Frederick
Keene Alonzo T

28
21

Dec. 21, '61

Aug 26 '69

Mch. 28, '65

gunboat Newsboy, Aug. 7, '63; expiration term of service.
Expiration term of service.

Kelly, John A

24

Sept. 2 '64

Aug 16 '65

Kennedy, John.

44

Jan 4 '62

Apl 2 '63

Discharged for disability

Kimball, John L
Kimber, Wm. H

21
21

Jan. 25, '62
Feb. 20 '62

May 2| '63
Aug 16 '65

Discharged for disability.
Re-enlisted March 22 '64

Kinkead, William

9r>

Aug. 13, '62

Taken prisoner Feb 6 '63* exchanged May, '63; transferred to

Iiane, James W

40

Jan 11 '62

Auf 27 '63

Adjutant General's Office, Washington, April 4, '64.
Taken prisoner Feb 6 '63* exch in Mav "63* dis for disability.

Lane Charles

18

Feb 10 '62

Aug 16 '65

Re-enlisted March 92 ''64'' died

Latta, Hugh J . .

24

Aug 30' '64

Aug 16* '65

Leathers, Frederick A
Lent, Seneca W

22
°0

Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 26 '62

Aug. 16, '65

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Aug. 27, '63.

Lemay, Louis P

93

Aug. 30, '64

Aug. 16, '65

Lemay, Ferdinand
Lewis, Frank

27
18

Aug. 30, '64
Feb 21 '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Re-enlisted March 2° '64

Longvorth, James H
London, Samuel
Markham, Samuel H

26
35
30

Jan. 16, '62
Feb. 20, '62
Jan. 11. '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.
Re-enlisted March 22, '64.
Died at Keokuk Julv 30. '62.

668

THE SECOND BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF THE SECOND BATTERY — Continued.

NAMES.

Main, Andrew

Mann, John W

Martin, Charles

Mattocks, Ephraim

Mark, Henry

Martin, Isaac

Mason, Charles L

Merrell, Nehemiah D

Meed,AldenC

Mixter, Alonzo

Miles, John D

Montour, Sylvester :.

McKenny, Ferris

McKenny, James S

McCausland, John

McLeod, Angus

McCrory, Elias C

Mclnerny, Thomas M

Murphie, George F

Munsey, David C

Munson, Ira C

Noggle, Charles L

Tidd. Tristram 29

Norris, Sidney G

Nichols, Wilbur

O'Brien,John

Obert, Miles C

Olsen, Ingbreth

Olsen, Lauritz

Olsen, Carl M

Oleson, Ole, No. 1

Oleson, Olaus

Oleson, Knud

Oleson, Bard

Oleson, Andrew

Oleson, Ole, No. 2

Peck, Austin T

Peterson, Henry

Phelps, John C

Pickett, Philo F

Pratt, Lemuel S

Preston, William M

Pratt, Lucius H

Pratt, Edward E

Price, Bryant R

Pressy, William W

Pulk, William E

Rouse, Henry R

Russell, George H

Russell, Charles P

Russell, William „

Rule, George L

Robb, Thomas

Rogers, Edward D

Robinson, Daniel H

Sargent, Joseph L

Sargent, Lewis Y

Savage, John H

Schmidt, Hillarius

Shaw, William H

Sheldon, William A

Sisler.JohnM

Siamonds, Henry A

Silsbee, Win. F

Solner, Emil

Soper, John

Spaulding, Wm. A

Spaulding, Alonzo....

Spencer, John F

Smith, Jesse B

Smith, John T

St. Cyre, Henry

Staples, Wm. H

Staples, Jacob

Stevens, Francis A

Stockton, John C

Streicher, Peter.

Sykes, Henry C

Talcott, John B

Taisey, Mathew..

Taylor, Jonathan

Thompson, Peter

Thew, Bethuel

Tillotson, Edward T

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Nov. 15, '62
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Mch.28, '65
June 27, '63

Feb. 16, '63

Mch.28, '65
Mch. 8, '64
Aug. 16, '65
Sept. 30, '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
May 29, '65
Dec. 15, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Mch. 28, '65

Feb. 16, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Apl. 12, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 18, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Jan. 7, '62
Dec. 9, '61
Feb. 15, '64
Aug. 25, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Aug. 12 '62
Aug. 11, '62
Dec. 4, '61

Aug. 9 ,'62
Aug. 30, '64
Feb. 14, '62
Jan. 16, '62
Jan. 2, '62
Feb. 10, '62
Feb. 14, '62

Aug. 11, '62
Oct. 30, '61
Feb. 17, '62
Jan. 16, '62
Feb. 14, '62
Feb. 21, '62
Dec. 10, '61
Feb. 27, '64
Feb. 18, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 3 ,'64
Aug. 25, '64
Feb. 24, '62
Aug. 26, '62
Feb. 20, '62
Sept. 2, '64
Jan. 28, '62
Mch. 12 '62
Jan. 28, '62
Mch. 14, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Sept. 2, '64
Dec. 30, '61
Feb. 20, '62
Feb. 19, '62
Dec. 22, '63
Aug. 18, '64
Aug. 19, '64
Mch. 31, '64
Feb. 14, '62
Aug. 31, '64
Feb. 14, '62
Mch. 20, '62
Sept. 3, '64
Feb. 4 '62
Aug. 27, '62
Aug. 18, '64
Feb. 20, '62
Feb. 14, '62
Feb. 17,
Feb. 21, '62
Dec. 12, '61
Jan. 16, '62
Mch. 10, '62
May 6, '64
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 31, '64
July 21, '62
Sept. 1,'64
Sept. 3, '64
Jan. 25, '62
Jan. 28, '62
Sept. 4, '64
Dec. 12, '61
Jan. 4, '62
Mch. 21,
Aug. 26 ,'64
Feb. 12, '62
Feb. 21, '62

Aug. 11, '62 Mch. 9, '63

Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Mch.28, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Apl. 2, '63
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Jan. 3, '63
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Mch.28, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Apl. 2, '63
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Oct. 29, '63

Aug. 16, '65

REMARKS.

Deserted at Chicago May 30, '64.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.
Discharged for disability.

Died at Jeffersonville, Ind., Nov. 28, '64.

Died at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 4, '63.

Pro. Serg.; transf. to Pioneer Brigade, per S. F.O., No. 41, Maj,

Genl. Thomas, Feb. 10, '64; died at Chattanooga Jan. 25, '65.
Died April 16, '89.

Re-enlisted March 21, '64.

Died June 27. '62, in camp at Clear Creek, Miss.

Promoted Q. M. Ser.; re-enl. March 22, '64; died April 20, '87.

Promoted Corporal; expiration term of service.

Wounded by musket ball through back at battle of Stone River

Dec. 31. '62; discharged for disability.
Died at Chattanooga July 25, '65.

Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability; died Nov. 8, '89.
Killed in battle at Stone River Dec. 31, '62.
Promoted Corporal; expiration term of service.
Discharged for disability.
Artificer; re-enlisted March 22, '64.
Promoted Sergeant; discharged for disability.
Died Aug. 12, '64, from wounds received in battle Aug. 11, '64,

Died Feb. 22, '72.

Discharged for disability.
Artificer; discharged for disability.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps in '63.

Promoted Corporal and Sergeant; re-enlisted March 22, '64,

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64; promoted Corporal April 22, '64.

Deserted Oct. 25,'62; surrend. himself April 6,'65; not must.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Expiration term of service.

Dropped from rolls as a deserter March 31, '64.

Artificer; promoted Corporal; discharged for disability.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64; promoted Corporal June 15, '65.
Died; place and date not recorded.

Discharged for disability.
Promoted Corporal April 1, '65.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Pro. Corp; taken pris. Feb. 6, '63; expiration term of service.

Mustered out with battery.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64; deserted April 20, '64.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Pro. Corp. April 5, '63; re-enl. March 22, '64; Serg. June 13, '65,

Dropped from rolls March 1, '64.

Discharged for disability.

Died at luka, Miss., in '63.

Killed in battle near Atlanta Aug. 12, '64.

Re-enlisted March 21, '64; promoted Corporal Jan. 11, '65.

Discharged for disability.

Transferred to Invalid Corps Aug. 27, '63.

Died at Keokuk, Iowa, July 31, '62.

Re-enl. March 21, '64; disch. in '65 to accept promotion in U. S.
Colored Troops, per Special Order War Department, No. 469.
Promoted Sergeant; discharged for disability.

THE SECOND BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.
ROSTER OF THE SECOND BATTERY — Continued.

669

NAMES.

Tirroux, John B

Tiffany, Flavel B

Toftner, Gulbrand

Townson, Alfred

Towle, Henry W

Townsend, George E

Torkelson, Jacob

Torgerson, Ole

Torgerson, Tolleff. ...

Torgerson, Kittle

Torgerson, Knud

Toreson, Stephen

Twiggs, David

Varney, Joseph C

Van Deren, David

Van Waters, George

Vaughn, Edward W

Vanfleet, John C

Van Ness, Robert H

Wardwell, Wm. S

Washburn, Charles S

Waltz, William

Walke, William

Waldron.CharlesS

White, James B

White, John S

Whitmar, Charles M

Whitney, Benj.F

Whitlock, James M

Whitfield, Edwin A.....

>n, 1

Wilbur, Wrn.H

Wiley, James G

Wiltse, Giles C

Wolfgang, Prisinger

Woods, Samuel F

Young, Samuel N

Young, Ambrose

Zahler, Franz

MUSTERED

Aug. 31, '64
Sept. 2, '62
Feb. 21, '62
Mch.21,'62
Dec. 7, '61
Aug. 11, '62
Sept. 2, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 22, '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 26, '64
Aug. 31, '64
Sept. 8, '62
Oct. 28, '62
Sept. 1,
Mch. 13, '64
Feb. 10, '62
Mch. 6, '62
Jan. 16, '62
Dec. 21, '61
Sept. 2, '64
Aug. 31 '64
Jan. 11, '62
Jan. 7, '62
Feb. 20, '62
Feb. 15, '64
Sept. 3, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Feb. 21, '62

Aug. 25, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Aug. 30, '64
Aug. 22, '62

Feb. 7, '62
Aug. 8, '62
Sept. 2, '64
Sept. 2, '64
Aug. 11, '62

MUSTERED
OUT.

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

'No'v'."7,"'62'
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Mch. 28, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Mch. 21. '65
Sept. 20, '62

Aag.l«,'6B

Dec. 19, '62
Aug. 16, '65
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REMARKS.

Dis. to accept commission in 60th IT. S. Colored Infantry.

Di&charged for disability.

Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Bugler.

Died Sept. 22, '82.

Promoted Corporal Feb. 16, '63.

Expiration term of service; died Oct. 28, '84.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability.
Died at Fort Snelling April 11, '62.
Re-enlisted March 22, '64.
Discharged for disability.

Re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Re-enl. March 22, '64; pro. Corp. April 22, '64; Serg. Feb. 20, '65.

Promoted Sergeant; re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Promoted Corporal; •wounded in left leg at battle of Stone River
Dec. 31, '62; re-enlisted March 22, '64.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Aug. 27, '63, by Special

Order, No. 104, Major General McCook.
Deserted Oct. 1, '62, at Louisville, Ky.

Two Sergeants, three Corporals and thirty-five men, non-Veterans, detailed with Battery 1, Second Illinois, April 11,
1864, during absence of Veterans on furlough.

NARRATIVE OF THE THIRD BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

BY LIEUTENANT G. MERRILL DWELLE.

Sometime during the first of February, 1863, while confined in the hospital
from wounds received at the battle of Antietam, the writer, then first corporal
Second Minnesota Company, United States Sharpshooters, was handed a letter
which read as follows: "Reposing special trust and confidence in your valor,

patriotism and fidelity, I have appointed you, the said , second lieutenant

in the Third Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery. " I made application for my
discharge from the hospital, but the surgeon did not deem it prudent for me to
leave until the last of the month. Eeporting to the company, which was assigned
for duty with the First Minnesota Regiment, Colonel Colvill obtained my dis
charge and I arrived in Minnesota about the 15th of March and found the battery-
had been partially organized in February. The officers were as follows: Captain,
John Jones of St. Paul; senior first lieutenant, John C. Whipple of Faribaultf
junior first lieutenant, Horace H. Western of St. Paul; senior second lieutenant,
Don A. Daniels of Rochester; junior second lieutenant, G. Merrill Dwelle of Lake
City. Captain Jones had served several years in the regular army, was in the
Mexican War, in the siege of Fort Ridgley, and was a skilled artillerist. Lieu
tenant Whipple had served in the Florida War. The officers went to work enlist
ing, and drilling such men as had reported for duty, to get the battery on as good
a war footing as possible; but we found it much harder to take men from the plow
and shop and fit them for the artillery than for the infantry service. Our artill
ery horses were the worst of all. It was a common saying, if any person owned
a horse he could not manage he would sell him to an army contractor. Finding
it impossible to enlist the requisite number of men by the time the expedition
was to start out under General Sibley, it was filled by detailing a certain number
from each company of the infantry regiments then in the state. In May, Lieu
tenant Dwelle was detailed to take charge of a detachment of infantry, to act as
guard on board of a steamer transporting supplies up the Minnesota River to the
rendezvous at Camp Pope.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE INDIANS.

The battery was ordered from Fort Snelling in the month of June, 1863, to
the rendezvous at Camp Pope, which gave them their first experience in march
ing. The Indian expedition started the same month. The expedition across the
prairie of Dakota was a long and dreary one, with nothing to break the monotony
except an occasional herd of deer, elk or buffalo, or the nightly howl of the wolves
or coyote, or it might be varied by a race of the dogs with a jack rabbit or
antelope, or, what was a little more exciting, an occasional alarm at night by picket
firing, fereneral Sibley took every precaution to prevent a surprise, as the camp'
was usually formed in a square with the quartermaster's trains in the centre, the
whole protected by sod breastworks and a section of the battery, or one gun of a
section at least, on each corner. The command would break camp at an early
hour in the morning, that the stock might have ample time to graze in the even
ing before picketing for the night. On the morning of July 23d the camp was
broken at three o' clock in the morning and we marched without event more than
any other day, until about two o'clock in the afternoon, when the scouts came in
and reported an Indian camp just in our front. The command was marched out
by the side of a lake, the quartermaster's train parked, aud preparation made
for defense by throwing up earthworks. While this was going on parties rode

AT RED LAKE RIVER CROSSING. 671

out to the rise of ground overlooking the Indian camp, among the number Bri
gade Surgeon Dr. Wiser. Some of the Indians came out to meet them, and while
talking one of the Indians stepped behind and shot the doctor from his horse.
The camp was soon informed by the doctor's colored servant riding in, leading
the doctor's horse and shouting, "Da shot Dr. Wiser! Da shot Dr. Wiser!'7

The troops were soon under arms, cavalry, infantry and artillery. Detach
ments of each were speedily in pursuit. Lieutenant Whipple with one field gun
and Lieutenant Dwelle with the fourth section were ordered out. A few case
shots from the hill overlooking their camp cleared it, then as often as we came
in range of their rear we would unlimber a gun and give them a few case shots.
As each shell would explode among them, they would whip out a knife and cut
loose their baggage and mount the beast and ride off out of range. The pursuit
was kept up for twelve or fifteen miles, and the whole distance was literally
strewn with their baggage, sandwiched with a number of dead Indians. At dark
we were ordered by the officer in command to bivouac on the trail, and follow
up the pursuit in the morning; but while our horses were grazing, preparatory
to picketing, Lieutenant Beaver, volunteer aid on General Sibley's staff, rode up
and stated that he had orders from General Sibley for us to return to the train.
With our worn-out animals, we did not arrive until daylight the next morning.
After a day's rest the command followed up the pursuit, and fought them again
July 26, 1863, only Lieutenant Whipple with the first section of the battery be
ing engaged. On the 28th we drove them across the Missouri Eiver. At night
we went into camp at Apple Creek, a point most available for wood and water,
the front covered by a dense growth of brush. Lieutenant Beaver, one of Gen
eral Sibley's staff, failed to report. It was an anxious night for all concerned,
as the Indians had safely taken their women and children across the river, and
were in good condition to fight. The camp was well guarded, the gun detach
ments of the battery sleeping at their posts with shotted guns. The next morn
ing skirmishers were sent out in search of Lieutenant Beaver, who, it was found,
had taken the wrong trail after delivering an order, and been ambushed and
shot by the Indians. Our return march from Apple Creek was across north Da
kota, skirting along the Sheyenne Eiver, thence to Georgetown, crossing the Bed
Eiver at that place and marching up to Fort Abercrombie. We took the old
Pembina road from that place for Fort Snelling. The fall rains had set in, and
for a few days we were virtually stuck in the mud, for we were scarcely out of
one slough before we were stuck fast in another.

AT RED LAKE RIVER CROSSING.

When the expedition arrived at Sauk Centre, Lieutenant Dwelle with the
fourth section was ordered to return with Gov. Eamsey to Fort Abercrombie, to
go on under command of Major Camp, to escort the governor as commissioner to
treat with the Chippewa Indians at the Eed Lake Eiver crossing. Our line of
march was down the right bank of the Eed Eiver of the North. The afternoon
we arrived near Georgetown a heavy snow set in, and it snowed as it only will
to make camp life unbearable. A detail was made to cut grass for the horses
and mules, which finally ran onto a stack of hay that furnished forage for a
number of days without a quartermaster's requisition. The next morning we ran
into the brush and wood along Buffalo Eiver, and halted for several hours. Be
coming somewhat uneasy on account of the lateness of the season, I went to the
front to see what was the matter. I found that a detail of men had been made
to build a bridge who were not accustomed to that kind of work. Judging from
the way they were working, it would take us at least three days to cross, when
we ought to cross in as many hours. I went to the commanding officer and so.
represented the matter, and stated that I had a detachment of lumbermen and
some axes in my command, and if he would give me charge of the work I would
cross the train before night. The job was completed, with several hours to spare,
and after that the batterymen were solid with the major for the rest of the trip,
if we are to judge from the wreathes of smiles with which he came into our camp
one day after we arrived at Eed Lake Eiver crossing, bringing a brown jug, and

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remarking, as he affectionately patted it, "I ani under obligations to you and
your men for assisting me, and I would like to show my appreciation of it by
giving them a pull at this." I looked at the jug, and then thought of the ca
pacity of the men, and replied, "That is all right major, but if that is all you
have you will have to partake of a weaker beverage on your return trip." He
took his chances by leaving the jug.

We were in camp at the Bed Lake Eiver crossing about three weeks, and
listened to Indian orators through an interpreter. Each point scored was ap
plauded with the usual Indian grunt; — in fact oratory flowed freely as long as
the herd of beef cattle lasted. Then Governor Eamsey's advice began to take
effect. The governor would usually close his argument with "You might just
as well sign the treaty; you cannot stay the tide of emigration." Finally the
chiefs began slyly to enter the tent, one at a time, and sign the treaty, where we
as witnesses had sat shivering with cold for three long weeks.

After the treaty was concluded the different detachments of troops took the
shortest route to their assigned posts for the winter; the fourth section of the
battery taking the old stage route from Pembina to St. Cloud. On arriving at
that place I received the following order : < ' Special Order, No. 325 — Extract. The
section of the battery commanded by Lieutenant Dwelle will, on the return from
escort duty with Hon. Alexander Eamsey, United States commissioner, report
to the commanding officer at Fort Eipley." We remained at the latter place
during the winter. Lieutenant Daniels' second section with Hatch's battalion of
cavalry was ordered to Pembina in the month of October. Lieutenant Daniels
states that he lost nearly all his horses by exposure and lack of forage. Lieuten
ant Western, third section, was stationed at Fort Eidgley; Captain Jones and
Lieutenant Whipple were stationed at Fort Snelling.

GENERAL SULLY' S EXPEDITION.

In the spring of 1864 an expedition was fitted out under command of Colonel
Thomas. Lieutenant Dwelle with the fourth section was ordered from Fort Eip-
ley to join Captain Jones and Lieutenant Whipple at Fort Snelling and then
march to Fort Eidgley to join the rest of the troops. Lieutenant Daniels not
having yet arrived from Pembina, his section was left at Fort Eidgley for the
summer. In the month of June, 1864, we left Fort Eidgley and marched up the
Minnesota Eiver to the Yellow Medicine Eiver, up that stream, over the Coteau
range, and joined General Sully a few days' march before striking the Missouri
Eiver at Fort Eice. Here we were met by a train of about fifty wagons of emi
grants for Idaho (not the Captain Fisk party), which we safely escorted through
the Bad Lands and across the Yellowstone Eiver out of the hostile Indian country.
Leaving troops and men to build and defend supplies at Fort Eice, the expedition
marched up the Cannon Ball Eiver, then across to the Heart Eiver, where the
emigrant and quartermaster trains were parked and the troops in light marching
order made a trip to the Bad Lands, a distance of seventy or eighty miles. While
marching, a section of the battery was detailed to march in advance, rear and
flanks, each day.

BATTLE OF KILLDEER MOUNTAIN.

About ten o'clock in the morning of July 28th, at Ta-ha-kouty, or the
" place where they kill the deer," the scouts came in and reported a large body
of Indians at the foothills of the Bad Lands. I will state here that our gun de
tachments on the howitzers were mounted on horses, and during the excitement
of making a disposition of the troop for the advance, one Eastwood, who had
shown some nervousness (as we all did on such occasions), left his detachment
and rode up to Captain Jones, and in his broad Welch accent said, " Cap tain!
captain! I think I ought to have a pair of spurs," he having lost his a few days
before. The captain, a little nettled by the interference, asked, "What do you
want with spurs'?" "Well, sir," he said, as he respectfully saluted, "I might
want to run." Probably many of us felt that way but did not like to express it.

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General Sully made a disposition of his troops. The battery sections were
disposed as follows: Lieutenant Whipple, first section, in advance; Lieutenant
Dwelle, fourth section, on right flank; Captain Pope, four pieces, rear and left
flank. Lieutenant Whipple did good service in front, which drove the Indians
around to the right to their camp, where it was difficult to go with the artill
ery, as the ground was too rough. The skirmishers and cavalry kept them from
annoying the right flank. Captain Jones stood on a hill and saw the Indians
running out of a thicket of brush and wood and drop down in the grass behind
a steep hill to ambush the advancing line of cavalry. Captain Jones asked me
if I thought I could reach a position within range and drive them out. I had
been watching the same maneuver through a field glass, and found that by follow
ing up a ravine I could reach a position within at least two hundred yards with
out being observed. The position was gained, the gun unlimbered below the
brow of the hill and run into position by hand, and before the Indians knew of
our presence we had a twelve-pound case shot among them. When the shell
exploded they took to the woods, nor did they wait on the order of their going;
every Indian for himself, and by what parties have represented since, there was
more fun at our end than where the shells exploded, as we dropped thirteen in
the wood, and it was reported that there were from forty to fifty dead Indians left
on the ground. Mr. John A. Leonard, a member of Brackett's Battalion, states
that the shells did great execution. Besides Indians they killed and cut to pieces
several ponies, and when he rode past, one Indian, in the last throes of death,
made every effort to carry his hand to his quiver for an arrow for the last shot.
Our advance was along the outskirts of their deserted village. It was beautifully
located in a small valley with a brook running through it, and surrounded by a
grove. I ordered the men to burn the camp, but before they were fairly under
way an officer who ranked me came along ana ordered them to put out the fires.
The troops camped near by for the night and the next morning advanced and tried
to penetrate the hills further along, to pursue the Indians still further. We
had climbed a steep hill as high as we could drag the artillery, when General
Sully dismounted and walked to the top overlooking the country beyond. He
soon returned and stated that it would be impossible to go further. He said,
" We have given them a pretty good drubbing anyhow." I replied that we had
done well, but thought we ought to have destroyed the camp. General Sully
said, "By all means, I would rather destroy their supplies than to kill fifty of
their warriors," and reprimanded me for not reporting the matter to him. I had
sent a message to Major Camp, also to Colonel Thomas, and had commenced the
work of destruction and was ordered to stop, and I so informed him. General
Sully then called the guide and asked him why he had not reported the camp,
and he disclaimed any knowledge of its location. The general feared they had
carried it off during the night. He asked me how much I thought was there,
and I hesitatingly said, " Eight or ten tons," fearing I would get it too high; but
it was estimated at over two hundred tons, consisting of their tents, utensils,
dried berries stuffed in skins, and other supplies. It required the labor of two
or three companies from ten o'clock until three o'clock in the afternoon to accom
plish the work of destruction.

The command then returned to the Heart Eiver, where the trains were
parked. We found they had been badly frightened, fearing an attack, so much
so that they had made a " Quaker " gun from a large log and bound it with bands
of iron. Major Kimball, quartermaster, was credited with the invention — at
least we chaffed him about it. Prom the Heart Eiver our march was in a west
erly course. The day before we entered the Bad Lands our camp was on a high
promontory, overlooking that singular country. It looked as though it was im
possible to march our train through such a desolate region, but by meandering
along the foot of the clay buttes, from the size of a sugar bowl to one hundred
and fifty feet high, the march was accomplished. Our first night's camp was not
a cheerful one. While making preparations for the night, in a deep ravine, sur
rounded by clay hills on every side, broken into every conceivable shape, and
our horses and mules were peacefully partaking of their palatable ration of choke-

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cherry, oak brush and alkali rushes, the Indians rushed to the edge of the hills
and fired a volley into camp. Fortunately no one was hurt. Lieutenant Whipple
saluted them with a few six -pound shells, which quieted them for the night.

FIGHTING IN THE BAD LANDS.

The next day they lurked along our flanks and rear, and when we went into
camp at night, General Sully ordered me, with the fourth section, to select a
commanding position overlooking the surrounding country — the gunners to be
in position with loaded guns, ready for a surprise. I was supported by a detail
of Dakota cavalry, of twenty-five men and a sergeant. At dusk they were placed
on picket, according to instructions for posting men for night picket duty.
I had just returned from the picket line, when I was visited by a commissioned
officer from their command, and asked what I had done with his men. My reply
was that I had placed them on picket duty by instruction of General Sully.
"Why," said he, "I hope you have not left them where they will get hurt.'7
"That depends entirely on whether the Indians attack us or not," I replied.
That did not seem to be the consolation he was after, but he left me. In the evening
Captain Jones and Lieutenant Whipple visited my position, and cautioned me
to be vigilant, as everything indicated an attack in the morning at daylight. We
received no shots from the Indians during the night, but the Idaho emigrants,
whom General Sully placed on guard on our right, kept a constant alarm through
the night, but instead of firing at the imaginary Indians, would fire at the battery-
men when they were changing posts while on guard. I went among them several
times and entreated them to be cautious, as they were periling the lives of our
own men, but as often as they would wake up they would bang away. We had
to finally threaten to shell their line before we had peace.

The next morning early we began to scan the surrounding country for signs of
Indians and discovered behind some clay buttes, a few hundred yards in our front,
some reeds and grasses that had mysteriously grown there since the evening
before. It looked suspicious at least, but a twelve-pound case shot solved the
mystery, as it drove out ten or a dozen riderless horses, and the second twice as
many mounted Indians. From that time until the trains were started they kept
up a straggling firing at the camp, but did no damage except to break the leg of
one horse, as we kept them too far away for the range of their guns and arrows.

The command was soon on the march with a line of skirmishers to clear the
way, supported by Lieutenant Whipple with the first section, Captain Jones
taking charge of one of the guns. Before starting that morning, General Sully
placed with the fourth section two guns of Captain Pope's battery to guard the
rear and rear flanks of the command. The advance was soon routing the Indians
from among the buttes; we could hear the boom of Lieutenant Whipple's guns,
so we knew they had work to do; but our time was to come, for the last of the train
had scarcely left the ground when there poured from every ravine and hillside a
horde of naked, mounted Indians with whoops and yells. It looked a little serious
for a time, as we had only the two twelve-pound howitzers and about twenty
soldiers with small arms for support and two howitzers and as many soldiers on
the rear flanks; all the rest were in advance. I marched the guns over the hill
out of sight and let them advance as close as I dared, with the gun detachment
in place, with guns ready shotted, and, with lanyard in hand, waited for the
onset. We did not have long to wait, for they were soon within range. We ran
the guns up by hand and let the shells among them. Two volleys were sufficient.
Before we could fire the third round they were in flight in the opposite direction.
They hung around the flanks out of range, until about noon, and then disappeared.
Lieutenant Whipple, who had gained the top of the hill, gave us an account of
a shell from one of our flanking guns. The Indians were annoying us from the
top of a hill. We had made several attempts to get a shell among them, but the
hill was so steep that we could not give the pieces sufficient elevation. The
unsuccessful shots had given them courage to congregate in mass. I saw my
chance. By running the gun down the hill a short distance and placing it on a

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knoll would drop the trail which gave us the elevation. Lieutenant Whipple
states that it slaughtered Indians and horses. We could not see the effect of the
shot, but one thing we did know, there were no more shots from that hill. One
other little incident I will relate. An Indian within range would show about
one-half the upper portion of his body and when the men fired at him he would
dodge down. One of the men said, il Lieutenant, you have been a sharpshooter,-
can't you hit that fellow1?'7 I 'replied that I could not the way they were shoot
ing. So I took a gun and concealed myself in the grass, and when the soldier
shot and the Indian bobbed up, had a ball ready to meet him. He did not come
up again; he thought the balls were coming too thick. Our march that after
noon continued until after nine o'clock before we could find water, and then there
was no grass for our famished animals.

AT YELLOWSTONE RIVER.

After leaving the Bad Lands we marched over a very rough country to the
Yellowstone Eiver, where we met a steamer with a supply of forage for our horses.
And well they needed it, for their diet of leaves and brush and alkali water was
reducing them to leanness. The crossing was made about sixty or seventy miles
up the river from the Missouri; the guns of the battery and the infantry crossing
by steamer and the quartermaster and emigrant train fording. After crossing
the river the Idaho emigrants left for the west and the command marched down
the left bank to the Missouri Eiver, there ferrying the quartermaster train and
battery and fording with horses and mules. The expedition then marched down
the river to Fort Berthold, then left the Missouri and made a trip to the big bend
of the Mouse Eiver, thence back down the Missouri Eiver.

On the march down the Missouri Eiver the plains on either side were black
with immense herds of buffalo. One rainy day they charged through our train.
Even Springfield rifles did not stop them.

The two brigades of the expedition separated opposite Fort Eice, General
Sully going south, and Colonel Thomas marched across the coteaus by way of
Fort Wadsworth (now Fort Sisseton). The battery was distributed at the dif
ferent garrisons on the frontier for the winter of 1864-65 — Lieutenant Whipple,
with the first section, at Fort Eipley; Lieutenant Western, third section, at Fort
Sisseton; Lieutenants Daniels and Dwelle, with second and fourth sections, and
Captain Jones, at Fort Eidgley. The winter was passed with the usual drills,
guard duty, etc.

EXPEDITION IN 1865.

In the month of May, 1865, it was reported that a band of Indians had
approached the frontier and were camped at Wood Lake near the old battle
ground of 1862, and an expedition was fitted out under command of Captain
Musgrove, who commanded a company of Southern refugees and ex-rebel sol
diers. The expedition consisted of cavalry, infantry and the fourth section of
the Third Battery. The morning we started (as usual) it commenced to rain
and the sloughs were full. The infantry, cavalry and battery passed through
the first slough all right, but when the six-mule teams came along they stuck
in the inud as fast as they could drive in, and had to be got out by the help of
the men. Our orders were to march as near the Indian camp as possible and
surround them at night. We marched within a short distance of Wood Lake
and camped in a valley, built no fires, and after dark marched to the supposed
Indian camp, but found none. It was a false alarm such as has moved larger
bodies of men.

In June, 1865, an expedition was fitted out to make a third march across
Dakota after the hostile Indians, under the command of .Colonel Calahan of a
Wisconsin regiment that had been assigned for duty in this department; the
first, second and fourth sections of the Third Battery, accompaned with Lieuten
ants Whipple, Daniels and Dwelle, with Captain Jones in command. We
marched up the bank of the Minnesota Eiver, across the old battle ground of

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Birch Coolie, through Brown's Valley, across the country to Devil's Lake, where
we were to meet General Sully, who had marched up the Missouri Eiver.
After camping on the lake several days and sending out scouts, we found General
Sully had preceded us some weeks before, but had struck the lake a considerable
distance to the west and had marched with his command in that direction. Our
command then marched back to the head waters of the Sheyenne, where there
was good grazing for the stock, and made a detail of cavalry, mounted infantry
and Lieutenant Dwelle's section of the battery, and marched across the country
to Fort Berthold to communicate with General Sully. We saw many signs of
Indians, but did not meet any nor did they disturb our camp; but knowing of
their presence kept us vigilant. We found before arriving at our destination
General Sully 's command had passed down on the return some days before.

WINTER MARCHES.

While at Fort Berthold we learned that there was a small camp of Indians at
Twin Dog Buttes, but when we reached that place we found only the ashes of
their fires. They had " folded their tents and departed;" so we returned to the
train. Our return march to the settlement was wholly without event. One
day's march was the very counterpart of the next, with no variation of scenery —
one broad level prairie at every point of the compass. We arrived at Fort Snell-
ing the 1st of October, 1865; the last of the month the battery was ordered into
winter quarters — Lieutenant Whipple, with the first section, at Fort Aber-
crombie; Captain Jones, Lieutenants Daniels and Dwelle at Fort Wadsworth.
This march was an unusually severe one. It stormed nearly every day and we
waded through snow and faced north and northwesterly winds most of the way.
At the foot of the coteaus, our last camp, we shoveled away at least two feet of
snow before camping. When we arrived at the fort the quarters were not ready
for the men, nor were there stables for our horses. The men moved into their
quarters in November, but the officers were in tents in December. Lieutenant
Dwelle was detailed with a squad of men to go to the woods to cut logs for saw
ing to build stables. As we had no sleighs the logs had to be loaded on army
wagons, which was done by dropping the wheels on one side. The unloading
was more difficult, so we conceived the idea of turning the wagon over; — a little
hard on the wagon, but it unloaded the log*.

During the Indian hostilities many had advocated a midwinter expedition
against them as the most effective. In January, 1866, one started from Fort
Abercrombie. Lieutenant Whipple, with the first section, accompanied it. The
perils, hardships and suffering of such a march across the plains of northern
Dakota in midwinter are terrible.

In February, 1866, the different sections of the battery were ordered to Fort
Snelling to be mustered out of the service. The first day's march was clear and
<?old and we made the station at Twin Lakes without difficulty. The next morn
ing, by the time we were ready to march, a genuine Dakota blizzard set in; but
go we must, as we had to vacate for the company that was to follow the next day.
Captain Jones ordered me to go forward with one man to prepare the quarters
for the men at Fort Abercrombie. The trail was almost obliterated; a few chunks
of snow about the size of a man's fist were about all the landmarks we had to guide
us. The air was so full of snow that if we separated a distance of thirty feet we were
out of each other's sight. It is a wonder we ever accomplished the journey.
If there was ever a welcome sight, it was the stockade of the fort to two half-
congealed soldiers. The train arrived about two hours after; the mules scenting
our trail, so they had no trouble. The same day, between Fort Wadsworth and
Twin Lakes, Captain Field and his company were caught and he and several of
his men perished. The march from Abercrombie to Fort Snelling was cold but
less hazardous, as we had landmarks to follow, and, for a consideration, we dis
tributed ourselves among the settlers, spreading our blankets on the floors. We
arrived at Fort Snelling the last of February, and on the 27th were mustered
out of service.

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CONCLUSION.

And now, in conclusion, I will say for the Third Battery of Minnesota Light
Artillery, although it did not cross steel or exchange shot and shell with an
enemy of its own blood, yet it marched during its three years' service over
3,000 miles, penetrated the enemy's country far from its base of supplies, and
in connection with the troops with which it served under its able and cau
tious captains, Generals Sibley and Sully, met, gave battle and defeated a
wily and savage foe, who, had the scales of battle been in their favor, would
have given no quarter, — marched through the heat of summer with the mercury
up to one hundred degrees, faced the deadly blizzard of winter with the tempera
ture down to forty below, and scraped the snow from the frozen earth to make
their beds. When we consider their hardships and dangers, and that the fate of
General Custer and his command might have been their fate, and the condition
of Reno and his command might have been their condition, we can but think
that they were entitled to at least the gratitude of the nation for their services.

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Captain —
John Jones

39

Feb. 25 '63

Feb. 27 '66

Senior First Lieutenant —
John C. Whipple

39

Feb. 19 '63

Feb. 27, '66

Junior First Lieutenant —
Horace H. Western
Sen ior Second Lieutenant —
Don A. Daniels

39

97

Jan. 12, '64
Feb. 2, '63

Feb. 27, '66

Resigned Dec. 29 '65.

•Junior Second Lieutenant —
Gad Merrill Dwelle

ENLISTED MEN.

Abel John . ..

28
97

Feb. 28, '63
Feb 17 '65

Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27 '66

Alworth Robert

*35

Feb. 18, '65

Feb. 27, '66

Aitenburgh, George

"w'

Aug. 10, '64
Feb 24 '65

June 2, '65
Feb 27 '66

Discharged on order from War Department June 2, '65.

Ballarii, Amos
Barber, Orange L
Bender James.

93

Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 24 '65

Feb"'27,''66

Discharged on order from War Department July 24, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department July 24, "65.

44

Mch 31 '64

Feb 27 '66

Berwise, Charles

9,9,

Aug. 10 '64

Feb. 27, '66

Beers Charles W

Aug 21 '62

Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct 28 '63

Billington, Wm. H

95

Feb. 21, '65

Feb. 27, '66

Bloxhara, Daniel
Bothwell Samuel W

Aug. 15, '62
Aug 15 '64

Discharged on order from War Department July 24, '65.

Brawley John E

?1

Feb. 27* '64

Feb. 27 '66

Brackett, George F
Bromley, Melvin M
Burchedine, Richard
Bunch, Baker

"is"

Aug. 31, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 10, '64
Aug. 13 '62

'*Feh!*2V66

Promoted Q. M. Serg; discharged for disability Sept. 20, '63.
Pro. Corp., Serg.; dis. on order from War Dep. July 24, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department July 24, '65.

Carr David X

?1

Mch 30 '64

Feb 27 '66

Casey, Michael...
Cheatham, Henry
Cleary, James

"23"

95

Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 21 ,'65
Jan. 5, '64

"peb'."27'.*'66

Feb. 27, '66

Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.

Clark. Samuel H.

44

Mch. 31 '64

Feb. 27 '66

Promoted" Corporal

Colwell John J

•M

Jan. 2 '64

Feb 27 '66

Collar, Jared A

43

Feb. 23 '65

Feb. 27 '66

Cook, Danforth W

27

Jan. 4, '64

Feb. 27, '66

Coady, Patrick

99

Jan. 5, '64-

Feb 27, '66

Cooley, Edwin.

Aug 13 '62

Crocker, Reuben

Aug. 18, '64

Cusick, Thomas

Mch 31 '64

Feb. 27 '66

Dames, William

Aug. 7, '62

Discharged for disability March 28, '64.

Dague John .

33

Jan. 5 '64

Feb 27 '66

Ding, Thomas H

95

Mav 1, '63

Discharged at Fort Hudson for disability in '64.

Dien, Martin
Downing, Joshua

38
25

Men. 14, '65
Feb. 27, '65

Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27. '66

Eastwood, Thomas

32

Dec. 29 '63

Feb 27 '66

Eastman, Seth W
Easton, Erasmus D

32

95

Mch. 31, '64
May 1,'63

Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66

Promoted Corporal.
Promoted Sergeant.

Eckhaldt, Walftin A..

18

May 1,'63

Feb. 27, '66

Promoted Sergeant

Elder Samuel B

Feb. 15 '65

T"eely, James

95

Jan. 4 '64

Feb. 27, '66

Finhart, Ole O.

41

Feb 17 '65

Feb 27 '66

Finhart, Amriand
Finlayson William.

27

99

Feb. 17 ,'65
Mch. 31 »64

Feb. 27. '66
Feb. 27 '66

Fish, Irwin G

June 16, '62

Discharged on order from War Department July 24 '65

Forbes. George
Fry, Charles
Fulton, Franklin W

18

Aug. 8, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 23, '65

"Feb" 27 "'66

Died, while on furlough, at Enfield, Me., May 14, '64.
Discharged for disability Aug. 4, '63.

Garry, William H
Gordon, Jonathan

23
43

Feb. 29, '64
Feb 24 '65

Feb. 27, '66
Feb 27 '66

Formerly a Private in Company D, 1st Minnesota Infantry,
mustered out as Sergeant in battery.

Goodrich, Frederick

18

May 1 '63

Feb' 27* '66

Grover, Isaac W

19

Feb 24* '65

Feb 27* '66

Grover Alvin W

25

Feb 24* '65

Feb 27* '66

Green, WilberB

Aug 14 '69

Haggard, Thomas B

44

Jan 2* '64

Feb 27 '66

Haggard, James

30

Jan 2 '64

Feb 27 '66

Haggard Henry

18

May 2* '64

Feb 97 '66

Hall, Edwin T
Hamish, Henry

29
27

Jan. l) '64
Feb 18 '65

Feb! 27,' '66
Feb 27 '66

Hanks, Theron N

20

Feb 21 '65

Feb 27 '66

Happer, James B

24

Feb 23* '65

Feb 27 '66

Harrfeldt, August

July 25* '62

PS • d' h d d f WD T 1 24 V5

Hawkins, John

Mch 15 '64

Henyon, George L
Hem ing, George...

21
26

Feb. 27, '63
Feb 21 '65

Feb. 27, '66
Feb 27 '66

Hill, William A

July 29 '64

TV v, A A f -nr T> T i o* >CK

Howard, Isaac M

38

Feb 23* '65

Feb 27 '66

Hobbs, William A
Hobart, John S
Hutzenbuhler, John .

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '64
Jan 5 '64

Pro. Q. M. Serg.; dis. on order from War Dep. July 20, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.

Hutton, Wm I. .

19

May 1 '63

Feb 27 '66

Ince, John C

25

Men 31* '65

Feb 27 '66

James, Thomas P
Johnson, Isaac W
Johnson, John

"39"

Aug. 4, '62
Feb. 24, '65
July 29. '62

Feb'." 27/66

Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.
Discharged on order from War Denartment Julv 24. '65.

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"21

July 29, '62
Mch.31,'64
Jan. 1, '62
Aug. 29, '62
July 21, '62
May 1, '63
Feb. 23, '65
May 1, '63
Feb. 17, '65
Jan. 4, '64
Feb. 24, '65
May 1, '63
Dec. 31, '63
Dec. 5, '63
Dec. 5, '63
Mch. 30, '63
Mch. 31, '63
Feb. 24, '65
Feb. 24, '65
Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 17, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Feb. 23, '65
Feb. 23, '65
Aug. 15, '62
May 1,'63
May 1,'63
Mch.31,'64
Jan. 5, '64
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 15, '64
Aug. 21, '62
Aug.13, '62
Aug. 15, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Feb. 22, '64
July 19, '62
July 28, '62
Mch.31,'64
Mch. 16, '64
Aug 10 '62

Discharged for disability Nov. 10, '64.

Discharged for disability March 8, '63.
Discharged for disability Jan. 1, '64.
Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.
Discharged for disability.

Feb. 27, '66

Kelley, John

Knutson, Niels

Kirkpatrick, Andrew

It a Flesh Henry

21
35
19
32
39
30
31
23
19
23
21
25
39
36

Apl. 17, '65
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66

Langford Isaac C

Lebert, Lewis
Lee, Peter

IUNIV.EI ITT))

\^r °*~ €\&$

Promoted Sergeant; discharged per order July 24, '65.
Promoted Corporal; discharged per order July 24, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department July 24, '64.

Discharged for disability Dec. 1, '63.
Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 28, '63.
Died at Fort Snelling Sept. 13, '64.
Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department.
Found dead near Fort Ridgley March 25, "64.

Discharged for promotion Feb. 25, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department Julv 24, '65.
Deserted at Fort Snelling May 20, '63.
Discharged on order from War Department July 24, '65.

Discharged for disability.
Discharged on order from War Department April 1 , '65.

Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Oct. 28, '63.
Died at Fort Wadsworth Nov. 1, '64.
Transferred to Invalid Corps Dec. 22, '63.
Promoted Corporal; discharged on order from War Dep.
Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.
Promoted Corporal.
Discharged on order from War Department.
Discharged on order from War Department.

Discharged for disability Oct. 2, '64.
Deserted at Fort Snelling May 20, "63.

Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department July 24, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department May 24, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.
Deserted at Fort Snelling May 28, '63.

Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department July 13, '65.

Lewis, Charles

Lowell, Silas P

Mclntire, Harlow
McNally, John
McCaully James

McCaully, Thomas
McCallum, William

McCargar, Arthur
McAllister, Archibald
McCradv, William

McDonald John.

Maynard, Solomon

29

Feb. 27, '66

Meyer, John H

Miller, Edward R
Miles, Jasper

28
29

"21
20
26
32

28
18

Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66

Feb." 27/66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66

"Feb." 27, ' '66
Feb. 27, '6b
July 24, '65

"Feb!"2V66

Mixter, Henry M
Montgomery, Henry M
Morrow, Andrew J

Monroe Henry C

Moore, John

Moore, Michael
Moore, Samuel
Morrison, Robert A
Morrell, William
Mullen, John Owen
Neil Richard

Norton John A

Nordeen Peter G

Olson Hans

40

Parker, John G
Pett Robert

Pever, Samuel
Pond, Orient
Pratt, Charles

26
28
32

Aug. 14,' '62
Nov. 11, '62
Mch.31,'64
Feb. 15, '65
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 22, '62
Jan. 5, '64
Dec. 31, '63
Feb. 17, '65
Aug. 10, '64
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 5, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug.13 ,'62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
May 1, '63
Aug. 13, '62
Jan. 5, '64
May 1,'63
Mch.31,'64
May 1, '63
Feb. 24, '65
Aug. 12, '62
Feb. 24, '65
Aug. 20, '62
Aug. 14, '62
Feb. 17, '65
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 10, '64
Aug. 11, '62
Feb. 23, '65
Mch.31,'64
Feb. 24, '65
Aug. 17, '64
May 1,'63
Feb. 24, '65
Mch.31,'64
Aug. 14, '62
Jan. 5, '64
Jan. 4, '64
Mch.31,'64
Mch. 15, '64
Feb. 21, '65
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 21, '62

"Feb." 27*,' '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
July 19, '64

Feb72V66
Feb. 27, '66

Kathburn, Denmark
Rew Richard

Rhodes, Joseph B

Richardson, David
Rodney, Thomas

si"

37

Rosier Lyman D ... .

Rouleau, William
Rogers, Isaac
Russ Reuben W

Samley, Charles
Schwingler, Jacob
Schurmeier, Franz

JuTy24"'65
July 24, '65
July 24, '65
Feb. 27, '66
July 24, '65
May 24, '65
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66

Shoultz Frederic

Sherman, Albert C
Staats, Michael H

21

Sullivan, Florence
Steel Mathew

2l"
21
25
17

35"
33"

Swanton, Anton

Taunt Alvin B.

Thompson, Wm. W
Thompson, Terence
Tilford, Robert
Tompkins, John
Tourtellotte, George 1
Trueman, Clinton
Tromley, Phillip

Feb. 27, '66
Feb""27,';66

Feb."27',''66

Tullion Gullien

Van Valkenberg, Willard
Vake Isaac

"s's"

33
24

Feb"'27,"'66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66

Wade, Robert H

Ward, Marquis D
Wasson John E

White, Samuel W

24
16

33"

24
40
33
26

Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66

Whitlock, Josiah B
White, Herbert D
Wilev Thomas

Wilson, Addison G
Wilson, George W
Wing Jarvis

Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '66
Feb. 27, '661
Feb. 27, '66!
Feb. 27, '66
1 Discharged on order from War Department July 20, '65.
1 Discharged on order from War Department July 24, '65.

Wilder Hiram K

Wilson, John Q
Williams, Wm. H
Wiggins, DavidW

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Wood, Charles C

June 4, '64

Discharged for disability Oct. 4, '65.

Wood, Alexander.
Wooldridge, Francis
Wright, George M
Wright, John..

"28"

Aug. 5, '62
Feb. 24, '65
Mch.31,'64
Aug 15 '62

"F'e'b" 27,''66

Discharged on order from War Department July 24, '65.
Discharged on order from War Department June 22, '65.

Discharged on order from War Department July 24 '65

Wren, Thomas

Mch. 2. '64

Discharged on order from War Department May 26, '65.

ZiDn,John

Aug. 15, '62

Discharged on order from War Department July 24 '65.

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Drysdall James

•>o

Apl 29 '61

July 29 '61

Corporal.

Haller, John

30

Apl. 29, '61

July 29, '61

Sergeant.

Van Etten, Thos., Jr

22

Apl. 29, '61

July 29, '61

Sergeant.

COMPANY G.

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Joy, William A

21

Mch 15 '62

Transferred to 1st Battalion

Squires, Paul J

Sept. 21* '61

COMPANY H.

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Bursch Louis . ..

22

Mch 31 '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion

Dec. 18, '61

Apl. 1 '63

Discharged for disability

Disboi, Frederick

37

June 2 '61

Dingle Christian

39

May 1 '61

Hannigan, John

18

May 22 '61

June 20 '61

Howard, Geo. W

0^

June21,'61

Lawson, John

21

Mch. 24 '64

Nebel, Charles

35

June 21 '61

Transferred to 1st Battalion

Smith, J. Benjamin

*>1

Mch.31,'64

Transferred to 1st Battalion

Wingett, Charles W.. .

23

Mch. 24 '64

Transferred to 1st Battalion

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Green J. W

Sept 17 '61

June20 '63

Discharged for disability

Kirkuian James

37

Apl 29 '61

Hospital Steward

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37
26
21
18
22
26
29
18
18
38
24
19
24
32
35
19
42
26

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Aug. 26, '62
May 31, '64
June26, '61
Sept. 28, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Feb. 29, '64
June 26, '61
Feb. 29, '64
June 26, '61
Feb. 29, '64
June26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June 26, '61
June26, '61
June 26, '61
Sept. 5, '64
June26,'61

Killed at Chickamauga Sept. 19, '63.
Drafted; discharged from hospital Sept. 4, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 14, '63; Corporal, Sergeant.
Discharged for disability May 21, '62.

Wagoner; Quartermaster Sergt., 1st Lieut, and Quartermaster.
Died at Savannah, Ga., Jan. 12, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63.

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63.
Corporal, Sergeant; discharged for disability June 1, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; Corporal, Sergeant.
Discharged for disability in '62.
Discharged on expiration of service.
Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; wounded at Chickamauga.
Wounded in battle of Chickamauga.

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.

Carnagie, Alexander

July 11, '65

Dobbin Thos L

Farrell Daniel D .,

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Kellum Justin E

Knight. Francis W

•Laughlin, Peter
Xuark, W. H

July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Luark John .

Marsh Zebediah

McNeeley, Augustus

July 11, '65

Meade Daniel W

Morse,' David N

July 11, '65
June 25, '64
July 11, '65

Russell, Fred H

Sail, Andrew

Wahl, Jacob

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23
19
19
28
22

"20

Oct. 5, '61
June 26, '61
June26, '61
June26,'61
Sept. 30, '61
June26,'61
Aug. 26, '62
Sept. 30, '61
Aug. 26, '62
June 26, '61
Aug. 26, '62

Died at Tuscumbia July 4, '62.
Discharged for disability Dec. 29, '62.
Wounded at Chickamauga.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Discharged for disability; re-enlisted in 3d Regiment.
Corporal Jan. 18, '62; died at Lebanon, Ky., March 21, '62.
Died at Chattanooga from wounds at Chickamauga.
Discharged for disability Feb. 18, '63.

Died at Concord Church, Tenn., March 5, '63.

Brain Charles

June 25, '64
July 11, '65

Cooley Henry D

Crumb, Samuel

Devery Stephen

Doty, Americus V
Keeler Osias D

Rutledge, John

July 11, '65
June 25, '64

Shawbold, John

29
37

Shenton Henry W

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Cole, Benj. F

Sfi

June 12 '65

By Surgeon General's circular of June 12 '65.

Derese John

No record.

Dockendorf, Peter

22

Jan. 16, '65

Substitute; discharged per order June 12, '65.

Edgar Eugene

18

Jan. 11 '65

Substitute; discharged per order June 12 '65

Dangerously wounded and captured

Van Saint, John

S1

June 26 '61

Nov. 21 '64

Wilson George

19

June 20 '65

Substitute1 discharged from hospital

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First Lieutenant —
William T. Mills

ENLISTED MEN.

Blevins Jeremiah

27
39

Nov. 10, '64
Feb 23 '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Corporal June 29, '61; sergeant; wounded at Chickamauga.

19

June 29 '61

July 11 '65

Wounded at Missionary Ridge; re-enlisted Dec. 14, '63.

Brelsford, Isaac W
Burrell Samuel

21
43

June 29, '61
June 29 '61

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Jan. 25, '64; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.
Sergeant; discharged for disability May 13, '62.

Hutchinson, Robert S
MattI Christian

19
25

June 29, '61
Oct. 12 '61

July 11, '65

Musician; promoted Corporal, Sergeant; special mention.
Corporal; wounded at Chickamauga; dis. on expir. of term.

Mar cum George W

31*

June 29 '61

Sergeant* killed while doing duty as fireman on Mobile &

Neuss, Severe

25

Nov 1 '61

Charleston Railroad Aug. 12, '62.
Transf. from Company D; killed at Chickamauga Sept. 20, '63.

Olin, Charles

?5

June 29, '61

Died at Lebanon, Ky., Feb. 22, '62.

Potter, John

94

June 11 '65

Drafted.

Phare, Thomas

40

May 27, '64

Junell, '65

Drafted.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

McDonald

Peter

May 26 '64

June

9 '65

By order of Adjutant General United States Army.

Rossiter, D

B

Discharged for disability May 16, '62.

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Fowler, J. W

Gibson, Edwin

Died at Lebanon Ky Jan 7 '6^

Sangoman

;

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OFFICERS.

Captains —
Jeremiah C. Donahower
Thomas G Scott
First Lieutenants —
Augustus E. Alden
Benjamin F. Sylvester...
Second Lieutenant —
Thomas D. Fowble

ENLISTED MEN.

24
30

24

23

k

Mch.20, '62
Sept. 14, '64

Mch.20, '62
Sept., '64

Sept., '64

2d Lieut. July 5,'61; resigned July 12,'64; on duty till Aug. 1,'64.
Sergeant July 5, '61; 2d Lieutenant March 20, '62; wounded at
Missionary Ridge; special mention.
Sergeant July 5, '61.
Sergeant July 5,'61; 1st Sergeant May, '62; wounded Sept.20,'63.

Enlisted July 5, '61; Corporal; wounded Nov. 25, '63.

Enlisted July 5, '61.
Drafted; died at Washington, D. C., June 27, '65.
Musician; transf. to Battery 1, 4th U. S. Artillery, October, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 25, '64; pro. Com. Serg.; wnd. at Chickamauga.
Discharged for disability in '62.
Deserted from Fort Ridgley July 24, '61.
Charles Canning O'Neil; discharged for disability in '63.
Corp.; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; wnd. at Chickamauga; Sergeant.
Corporal; discharged Jan. 25, '63.
Corporal, Sergeant; transf. to Battery I, 4th U. S. Art., Dec., '62.
Re-enl. Dec. 26,'63; wnd. at Chickamauga; dis.fordis. May4,'64.
Wounded at Chickamauga.
Wounded Nov. 25, '63; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 26,'63; 1st Sergeant; wounded at Mis
sionary Ridge; special mention.
Corporal in '63; wnd. at Chickamauga; dis on exp. term service.
Wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.
Wounded at Chickamauga.
Teamster; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Per order.
Sick in hospital on discharge of regiment.
Erroneously printed Renter in roster; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Wounded Sept. 19, '63; Corporal; re-enlisted.
Drafted.
Omitted in roster.
On expiration term of service.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Feb. 12, '63.
Omitted from roster; re-enlisted Dec. 24, '63.
Omitted from roster.
Omitted from roster; re-enlisted Dec. 26, ''63.
Corporal; re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63.
Corp., Serg.; died at New Albany (Ind.) Hospital NOT. 18, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 26, '63; Corporal, Sergeant; wnd. Jan. 19, '62.
Corporal; wounded Nov. 25, '63.

Wounded at Chickamauga.
Transferred to Battery I, 4th U. S. Artillery, December, '62.

July 16, '65

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Bechlin, Adolph
Borer Frank . ..

21
20
24
23
35
28
19
22
24
30
18

"25"

18
21
25
29
30

"s?"
19
40

Oct.. '64
July 5, '61
Aug. 18, '61
July 5, '61
July 6, '61
July 5, '61
July 6, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Oct. 1, '61
Sept. 26, '61
July 5, '61

July 5, '61
Feb '64
Oct. 1, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Sept. 26, '61
July 5 '61
July 5, '61
Oct. 3, '64
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
July 5 '61
Sept. 26, '61
July 5, '61
Sept. 26, '61
July 5 '61
July 5, '61
July 5, '61
Feb. 24, '64
July 5, '61
July 5, '61

Bowler, Samuel

July 11, '65

Bradburn, Alexander

Canning Charles O

Cheadle, Solon K
Devannah Daniel

July 11, '65

Diehl, Joseph

Fritjoff Peter M

French, Jay W

Oct. 9, '64
Juiy'lij'65

Henningson, John L
Harney, Thomas

Huggins Eli L

July 11, '65
Sept. 30 '64
July 11, '65
June 9,»65

JuiylV65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 11, '65
July 4, '64

Jones, William L
Jensen Hans

Johnson John

Johnson, Nels
Renter, Azel C

Knudtson Even

Knudson.Evin

Renter, Azel C

Lu Pier, William
Legendre, Joseph A
Olson Frederic

31
32

July 11 '65
May, '62
July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Olson, Ole, No. 2

Olson Ole No 3

Olmanson, Bernt .

35
28

Pasco, Edward
Renne, Ole P

July 11, '65
July 4, '64
July 11, '65
July 4, '64

Rukke.NelsC

21
18
23
19

Thompson, Hilen P
Warrant, Benjamin
Wendelschaefer, Henry....

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

Shiplon Wallace

July 5, '61
July 5, '61

Mch.28,'62

At Nashville for disability; Musician.
Wounded at Chickamauga; discharged with regiment.
Transferred to U. S. Service Dec. 1, '61.
Deserted July 11, '61.
No record.
Died at Paducah, Ky., July 2, '62.
No record.

Asbian, Hans

Clark, Wallace.

Ellis, Andrew J

July 5, '61

Hemmingson, John L .. ..

Sept. 26, '61

Kirn, James

COMPANY F.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY MAJOR JOHN B. DAVIS.

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20

July 8 '61

Tiernan, Thomas A

18

July 8 '61

19, '62; was living after the war, and is supposed to have
been properly discharged.
Name erroneously printed in body of roster as Tieman* wounded

at Chickamauga; discharged on expiration of term.

THE SECOND REGIMENT — ADDENDUM.
COMPANY G.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

685

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REMARKS.

Brayley, Thomas

July 16, '64

July 11, '65

COMPANY H.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN JOHN R. BEATTY.

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18

July 15 '61

Re-enlisted Dec, 18, '63; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain; special

Conklin William H

•>«»

July 15, '61

mention; discharged for disability June 17, '65.
Discharged for disability March 13, '62.

22

Sept 30 '61

Re-enlisted; died at Chattanooga Jan. 15, '64; special mention.

Karmany Uriah S

82

July 15, '61

Captured at Chickamauga; dis. on exp. of term, July 13, '65.

Hanna, Milton

19
29

July 15, '61
Aug 1 '61

July 11, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 15, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant;
wounded at Chickamauga; special mention.
Mortally waunded at the battle of Chickamauga

Sontag Mathias

July 15,' '61

July 15, '64

On expiration of term of service.

35

July 18 '61

Corpl • transf to Company H Aug 1, '61; wd. at Chickamauga.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

Crandall Wm .. . .

Discharged for disability May 27, '62.
Substitute; dis. by order of the War Department July
Wounded and captured at Chickamauga.

2, '65.

Keene Chas

Steward Hiram

July 15, '64

COMPANY I.

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Was wounded on skirmish line in front of Tullahoma.

Wickert Adam

20

Aug. 8 '61

Name erroneously printed Wickett iu body of roster. Pro.

Corp.; wnd. and cap. Chattanooga; died at Andersonville, Ga.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY M. A. DYER, EXCELSIOR, MINN.

Terwall,

George W

18

Feb.

8, '65

July 11,

'65

At Louisville,

Ky.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

Beard Edwin

July 15 '64

Expiration of service.

Priggle John

No record.

Schneider William

No record.

686

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COMPANY K.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY FIRST LIEUT. A. H. REED.

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40
22
27
28
21
23
32
21
20
22
19
26

Sept. 10, '61
Sept. 16, '61
Sept. 11, '61
Aug. 5, '61
July 31, '61
Aug. 12, '61
Aug. 18, '61
Aug. 16, '61
Sept.22 ,'61
Sept. 13, '61
Aug. 26, '61
Aug. 26, '61

Wounded at Mill Springs; dis. for disability April 19, '62.
Discharged at expiration of term, Sept. 15, '64.
Discharged on expiration of term, Sept 10, '64.
Corporal, Sergeant; wounded at Mill Springs; re-enlisted.
Promoted Corporal; re-enlisted December, '63.
Musician; died at Chattanooga November, '63.
Died of wounds at Missionary Ridge December, '63.
Discharged on expiration of term, Aug. 29, '64.
Re-enlisted December, '63.
Discharged for disability May 10, '62.
Died of wounds received at Chickaniauga Oct. 25, '63.
Wounded at Mill Springs; leg amputated.

Clyde/William J
Grant, Alexander

July 11, '65
July 11, '65

Gruell John H . .

Jackson, Gilbert v
Kersemeir, Christian
McCurdy, Jacob B. K
Neally Charles B

July 11, '65

Russell Morris C

Shontz, John W

Willson William

THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

COMPANY A.
CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN J. F. FULLER, ORIGINALLY A PRIVATE IN THE COMPANY.

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Biske William

19

Oct. 15, '61

Died at Devall's Bluff Sept. 11, '63.
Enlisted as private; promoted Corporal November, '61; 2d Lieu
tenant January, '63; 1st Lieutenant Aug. 12, '64; Captain of
Company B June 1, '65.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23, '63.
Promoted Corp.; discharged on expiration of term, Nov. 14, '64.

Fuller, J. F

Golden Orvel

28
24

Nov. 15, '61
Oct. 25, '61

Sept. 2, '65

Moore George W

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

21

26

Rader Geo

07

Mch.30 '64

Died at Pine Bluff Ark., Aug 5, '64- in roster of

'66 Kader

Shaver J

23

Discharged for disability March 10 '62

COMPANY B.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY LIEUT. COL. JAMES B. HOIT, FORMERLY CAPTAIN COMPANY B.

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OFFICERS.

Captains —
James B Hoit

May 1, '62

Sept. 2, '65

1st Lieutenant Company B Sept. 26, '61; Major Nov. 13, '64;
Lieutenant Colonel May 25, '65.
Enrolled Sept. 30, '61; 2d Sergeant; 2d Lieutenant May 11, '63;
1st Lieutenant, July, '65; commissioned Captain and died at
Devall's Bluff, Ark., on his way to Little Rock to be mustered.
Re-enl. Feb. 2, 64; corp.; wnd. at battle of Wood Lake Sept. 23, '62.
Sergeant; wounded at battle of Fitzhugh's Woods April 1, '64;
died at Pine Bluff, Ark.. November, '64.
Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; fell from boat and drowned September,
'65, while on the way home.
Re-enlisted Feb. 2, '64; wounded at battle of Murfreesboro July
13, '62; discharged per order May 30, '65.
Re-enl. Feb. 2, '64; wnd. at battle of Wood Lake Sept. 23, '62.
Died at Nashville, Tenn., July 15, '62, on his way home.
On expiration of term; served several months as Hospital Nurse
and Acting Hospital Steward.

Ephraim Pierce

ENLISTED MEN.

Cartwright F. M

24

28

21

18

26
27
36

Sept. 26, '61
Nov. 7, '61

Oct. 26, '61
Oct. 12, '61

Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 26, '61
Oct. 4, '61

Sept. 2, '65

Hunt, Albert G

Ingham Nathan

Johnson, Charles

Leith, Thomas

Sept. 2, '65

Schofield, J. W
Taylor, Elias T

Nov. 15, '64

THE THIRD REGIMENT— ADDENDUM.
COMPANY B — Continued.

CORRECTION FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

687

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REMARKS.

Zimmerman, John

Apl. 26, '64

Died Oct. 24, '64, of typhoid fever.

COMPANY C.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY FIRST LIEUTENANT EBEN NORTH, FORMERLY CORPORAL AND

SERGEANT IN THE COMPANY.

NAMES.

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REMARKS.

Chapin Frank W . ...

Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61

Discharged at Nashville, Tenn., in May, '62.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; wounded in battle of Fitzhugh's Woods
April 1, '64. (The only men of that name in the company.)
Discharged at Nashville, Tenn., in July, '62. Not on roster.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63; killed in tho battle of Fitzhugh's
Woods April 1, '64.
1 st Sergeant. Did not desert.
Deserted at Fort Heiman, Ky., in March, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63. Not on roster.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21, '63.
Re-enlisted Dec. 21 .'63.

Sept. 2, '65

Conklin William H

Farnsworth, Henry W
Parker Louis

18

22
18

Oct. 11, '61

Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61

Sept. 2, '65

Priest, Edmund W
Priest James N

Rue, William H ..

Rundall. William G....

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

Miller Cecil

Died May 10 '65

Granville, Jack

Jan. 26, '65

Deserted May 17, '65.

COMPANY D.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY COLONEL H. MATTSON, FORMERLY CAPTAIN OF THE COMPANY.

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OFFICERS.

Second Lieutenant —
Hans Johnson

Enrolled Oct. 8, '61; Sergeant; commissioned and served
Lieutenant; died at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 5, '62.
Re-enlisted Feb. 3, '64; Corporal.
Died at Red Wing, Minn., Jan. 2, '62.
Discharged for disability March 15, '62.
Died at Little Rock Oct. 20, '64.
Drafted.
On expiration of term.
Wagoner; died at home in Minnesota in '62.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; Corporal, Sergeant.
Discharged per order July 28, '65.
Died at Mound City, 111., Aug. 1, '63.

Corporal; re-enl. Feb. 3, '64; died at Devall's Bluff Dec. 34,
Corp., Serg.; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; 1st Lieut. Co. K Oct. 1,
Discharged for disability Dec. 2, '63.
Died at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Oct. 26, '64.
On expiration of term.

as 2d

'64.
'64.

ENLISTED MEN.

Anderson Olof.

23
29
44
19
32
28
37
27
31
30
30
36
38
24
44
21
22

Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 3, '63
Oct. 9, '63
Jan. 22, '63
June 20 ,'64
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Feb. 29, '64
Oct. 16, '61
Sept. 3, '64
Oct. 9, '61
Sept. 5 ,'64
Oct. 10, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Oct. 3, '61
Jan. 22, '64
Oct. 22, '61

Sept, 2, '65

Ecklund, Halfvor

Frojd Peter

Frimon, Victor

Hanson Torey .

Sept. 2, '65
Nov. 14, '64

Halfverson, Ole

Holstad, Herman A
Jorgenson, Ole

Linderoot Nels L

Sept. 2, '65

Melander John

Nord, John

Sept. 2, '65

Ofelt, JohnP

Olson Bonde .

Roos, Carl

Salomonson,Swan
Wiberg, Charles

Nov. 14, '64

688

THE THIRD REGIMENT — ADDENDUM.
COMPANY E.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

NAMES.

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REMARKS.

Anderson,H. W Nov. 7, '61 Died at Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 5, '65.

Hartman, Geo. D. No record.

Mercer, Peter Died at Little Rock Oct. 17, '64.

Shearan, Jhos Died at Little Rock Oct. 14, '64.

Spaulding, Warren Died at Keokuk, Iowa, Sept. 6, '62.

!

COMPANY F.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.
NAMHS. J MUSTERED MUSTERED REMARKS.

Cowan, Willis Mch.21,'63 Deserted Feb. 13, '64.

Russell, Hiram Sept. 2, '65 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; promoted Corporal and Sergeant.

COMPANY H.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

«... r. MUSTERED MUSTERED

NAMES. o IN> OuT

Bennett, Wm. W July 27, '64 Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 4, '64.

Fane.Henry 38 Aug.31 ,'64 Discharged per order July 25, '63.

Hardy, Gustave K Nov. 16, '61 Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 19, '64.

Morrisey, Peter Feb. 18, '64 Died at Pine Bluff, Ark., Oct. 16, '64.

Starbeck, Robt. F. H 18 Feb. 27, '64 Sept. 2, '65

COMPANY I.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.
NAMES. g MUSTERED MUSTERED REMARKS.

Efonding, Wm Died at Little Roek Oct. 26, '64.

Ewinning, Arthur Died at Little Rock May 7, '64.

Glass, John Died at Little Rock May 9, '64.

Green, S. R 34 Aug. 26, '64 Discharged per order July 28, '65.

Moreland, Josiah Died at Little Rock Aug. 14, '64.

COMPANY K.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.

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Cornell, Cyrus .. 19 Feb. 9, '64

Montgomery, W. B Died at Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 17, '64.

Whiten, John ! Drowned in White River, Ark. Aug. 22, '65.

THE FOURTH REGIMENT — ADDENDUM.

FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

COMPANY A.

ALL THE CORRECTIONS IN THIS REGIMENT FURNISHED BY CAPT. A. L. BROWN.

689

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Anderson, Peter D

?6

Aug 30 '64

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Covington Benj. F

21

Sept 26 '61

Oct. 11 '64

De Mers, Frank S

?n

Sept. 26, '61

July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; Corporal, Sergeant Major.

Du Toit, Frederick E

18

Oct. 4 '61

Corp., Serg.; re-enl. Jan. 1, '64; dis. for pro. in 1st H'y Art'y.

Flodeen, Chas. E

?n

Sept. 30, '61

July 19, '65

Re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63; promoted Corporal, Sergeant.

Jaquith, Oscar O
Klingensmith, Lebbeus B.
Osmundson, Osmund

22
30
98

Sept. 26, '61
Sept. 30, '61
Sept. 27, '61

July 19, '65
July 27, '65

Corporal, Sergeant; re-enlisted Dec. 31, '63.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Discharged for disability from wounds Jan. 19, '63.

Russell Edward U

SO

Sept 26 '61

1st Serg., 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut, and Capt.; resigned Dec. 20, '64.

Russell Isaac S

18

Aug 22 '64

Discharged per order June 12, '65.

Sauber, John
Smith Calvin P .

25
1S

June 6, '64
Sept. 26 '61

July 19, '65

Drafted; promoted Corporal.
Discharged for disability April 19, 64.

COMPANY B.

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REMARKS.

William T. Kittredge

99

Nov. 20 '62

Adjutant Nov 20 '62

Braley Arthur

19

Aug 16 '64

June 12 '65

30

Mch 30 '64

July 19 '65

Drafted

28

Sept 26* '61

Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept 15 '63.

Everson Holver

36

June 6 '64

Drafted- died May 19 '65

Hartshorn, Asbury

18

Aug. 16, '64

June 12 '65

Koopman Herman .

24

Dec 12 '61

July 19 '65

McClairy, James A

95

Oct. 2, '61

Transferred to Invalid Corps Feb. 15, '64.

Olson, Peter

99

Mch. 3 '64

July 19 '65

Olson, Frank

18

Dec. 22, '64

July 19, '65

Substitute.

Olson, Alf

99

June 6 '64

July 19 '65

Substitute.

Olson Nels

21

June 20 '64

July 19 '65

Substitute

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Bailey Otis B

25

Oct 4 '61

Discharged for disability Oct 2 '62

Bandy, Wm. B

39

Oct. 5, '61

Discharged for disability Nov 17 '63

Hackett, Charles M

9?

Sept. 25, '61

Discharged for disability July 28,' '64.

Nolze, Frederick H

18

Aug. 17, '64

June 12, '65

Substitute.

COMPANY D.

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REMARKS.

Gates Wellington S

99

Oct. 8 '61

Killed at Vicksburg May 22 '63

De Coster, Francesco V

99

Oct. 8, '61

Corporal Sergeant' dis to enlist in Marine Brigade Jan. 1, '63.

Leisch, Anton

17

Oct. 8, '61

Discharged for disability Nov 8 '62

Neal Charles

30

Oct 8 '61

Oct 11 '64

O'Neil, Thos. J

30

June 4, '64

July 19 '65

Drafted

Paige, Geo. W., Jr

26

A pi 12 '62

Apl 12 '65

Robinson, Thos. V
Robinson, Thaddeus I

18
99

Aug. 27, '64
Oct. 8, '61

June 12, '65

Substitute.
Wagoner- died at Vicksburg July 24 '63.

44

690 THE FOURTH REGIMENT — ADDENDUM.

COMPANY E.

ALL THE COEEECTIONS IN THIS REGIMENT FURNISHED BY CAPT. A. L. BROWN.

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REMARKS.

Affolter William

18
38
18
22
29
40
38
42
18
20
26
23

Oct. 22, '61
Oct. 1, '61
Mch. 4 '62
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
Nov. 27, '61
June 2, '65
Nov. 27, '61
Mch. 30, '64
Oct. 1, '61
Oct. 1, '61
Oct. 1, '61

Died at Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 26, '63.
Discharged for disability Aug. 8, '62.
Discharged for disability Dec. 24, '62.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64; Corporal May 1, '65.
1st Sergeant, 2d Lieutenant, 1st Lieut.; resigned June 2, '63.
Discharged for disability March 2, '62.
Drafted.

Deserted at Louisville, Ky., June 25, '65.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.
Discharged for disability July 30, '63.
Transferred to Company K March 14, '62.

Barney, Michael

Baker John W

Bradlev Win

July 19, '65

Crawford, James W
De La Vergne, Aurelius F.
Frazer, Henry

July 19, '65
Dec. 3, '64

' July' 19,' '65

Grear, John

Grear, Wm. B

Niebels, Jacob

Parsons Frederick

Thomas, James 3

COMPANY F.

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31

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REMARKS.

OFFICERS.
Captain—
William F. Wheeler

ENLISTED MEN.

Beebe, Robert W

Aug. 9. '63

Oct. 11, '61
Oct. 11, '61
Nov. 16, '61
Aug. 15, '64
Dec. 24, '61
Aug. 31, '64
Feb. 17, '62

Enrolled Oct. 14, '61; 1st Lieutenant Nov. 15, '61; res. Jan. 25, '64-

Discharged for disability Dec. 16, '62.
Corporal; 1st Sergeant.
Re-enlisted Feb. 24, '64; promoted corporal.
Per order.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

Blackuier, Loren
Carroll Henry

Dec. 22, '64
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
July 19, '65
June 12, '65
Apl. 4, '65

Erickson, Andrew
Lanquest Andrew

Morrell, John N

Swain Charles B .

COMPANY G.

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REMARKS.

Anderson Sven

42
23

Sept. 2, '64
Oct. 23, '61

June 12, '65

Drowned May 13, '62, at Brown's Landing, Tenn.

Died July 2, '62, at Clear Springs, Miss.
Re-en listed Jan. 2, '64.
Drafted.
Discharged for disability July 29, '62.

Dawley, Lauson

Eich Henry .

22
24
35
31

Oct. 14, '61
Oct. 23, '61
Mch. 18 '65
Oct. 30, '61

Eich, John

Liebald Peter

Moser, George

COMPANY H.

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MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Broughton, Ebenezer M...
Clark, Omar D

33

27

Dec. 3, '61
Sept. 27, '61

"July 19,' '65

1st Sergeant; July 24, '63, Captain 50th U.
Corporal, Sergeant; re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64.

S. Colored Infantry.

THE FOURTH REGIMENT— ADDENDUM.
COMPANY I.

ALL THE CORRECTIONS IN THIS REGIMENT FURNISHED BY CAPT. A. L. BROWN,

691

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

First Lieutenant —
Samuel T Isaac

Aug 11 '63

Corporal; Dec. 23, '61, Sergeant; Captain Company D July 1 '6i

ENLISTED MEN.

Pintler Augustus T

31

Oct 14 '61

Sergeant- May 19 '63 1st Lieutenant 49th U S Colored Infantry

COMPANY K.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Gay James

in

Oct. 18 '61

Discharged for disability Dec. 18 '62.

Larson, Ole

18

Oct. 15, '64

July 19, '65

Substitute.

Milhollin Saul M.

94

Oct. 23, '61

Corporal; died Dec. 16, 62, at Quincy, 111.

Van Valkenburg, H. W....

18

Aug. 30, '64

June 12, '65

SIXTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.

COMPANY D.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN J. C. WHITNEY.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

First Lieutenant—
Daniel W Albaugh

27

Oct. 7 '64

Enrolled Aug 5 '62- 2d Lieutenant Sept 29 '62' discharged

ENLISTED MEN.

Bell John F

W

July 31 '62

order Dec. 24, ''64.
Wagoner' died at Cairo 111 on his way home in '64

Coiustock, Edgar B
Selden, Henry E.

26

?7

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 8, '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Name erroneously printed Canstock in roster.'
Name erroneously printed Selder in roster

COMPANY F.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN II. B. WILSON.

NAMES.

H

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Akers Robert N

20
19
22
20

31
21

29
21
19
21
19
40
18
34

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 12, '62

Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 11, '62
May 25, '62
Aug. 10, '62
Feb. 27, '64
Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 27 '64
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 10, '62

Dec. 15, '64
Aug. 19, 65
Aug. 19, '65

Erroneously printed Robert M.; per order.
Erroneously printed Brannan.
Erroneously printed Cattin.
Erroneously printed Cattin; deserted Sept. 5, '62; apprehended
Nov. 26, '63, and sentenced to make his time good.
Middle name omitted in roster; per order.
Discharged for disability May 11, '63.
Erroneously printed Luchan.
Wd. by Indians at Lake Hanska, Minn.; dis. for dis. Nov. 9 ,'64,
Erroneously printed Nesson; promoted Corporal.
Erroneously printed Burt.
Erroneously printed Climar; promoted Corporal.
Erroneously printed Strouf; per order.
Erroneously printed Tubesing.
Erroneously printed Van Ankers; dis. for disability Oct. 17, '64.

Catlin Reiel

Catlin, William, Jr
Cook George W

May 27, '65

Hodgson, Edward J
Lachan, William
Morse Henry N

Aug. 19, '65

Nelson, John
Olin Bent E

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65
May 25, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Sherwood, Clinear

Srouf, Osborne

Tubbesing Peter

Van Ankeu, Harvey

692

THE SIXTH REGIMENT— ADDENDUM.
COMPANY G.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN CHARLES J. STEES.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Archambeau, Zephrine
Germain, George
Goodman, Ole

28
23

S9

Aug. 12, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 12 '62

Aug. 19, '65
Aug. 19, '65

Erroneously printed Zephriin.
Erroneously printed Germin.
Erroneously printed Gordman* died Mch 1 '64 at St Louis Mo

Haus Morgan

20

Feb 24 '64

Aug 4 '65

Erroneously printed Hans' per order

Home, William Y
Home John E

18
18

Aug. 15, '62
Feb. 9 '64

Aug. 19, '65

Erroneously printed Horn; promoted Corporal.
Erroneously printed Horn* died Oct 14 '64 at Jefferson Bar

Johnson, Andrew G

OR

Aug. 12 '62

racks, Mo.
Discharged for disability May 8 '63

McCloud, David Hance....

?3

Aug. 12, '62

Promoted Sergeant Major May 30, '64.

Middlebrooks, Lewis W...

19

Aug. 12 '62

Discharged Oct 24 '64 atSt Louis* died before reaching home

Molitor Peter

20

Aug 15 '62

Erroneously printed Mollitor* died Oct 11 '64 at St Louis Mo

Terry, Benjamin S

80

Aug. 12, '62

Erroneously printed Teuny Serg • killed at Birch Coolie Minn

Terry Henry D

24

Aug 12 '62

Sept. 2, '62.

COMPANY I.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY LIEUT. WM. G. GRESHAM.

NAMES.

X

o

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Bean John St T

•>fi

Aug. 11 '62

Transf. to Inv. Corps Oct. 1,'63, from wds. reed, at

Birch Coolie.

McKusick Gilman K

24

Aug 11 '62

Corporal; discharged per order June 20, '65.

•?«

Aug 18, '62

Aug 19, '65

Erroneously printed Shalin.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY HON. JOHN W. PETERSON, FORMERLY SERGEANT IN SAID COMPANY.

Charlson John

19

Aug 18 '62

Transferred to Invalid Corps at Fort Snelling in spring of '63.

Clapshaw, Samuel
Lungren, Peter A
Mouran, Nickolas

22
24
?1

Aug. 12, '62
June 14, '62
Aug. 18, '62

May 10, '65
Aug.'l9J*'65

Erroneously printed Clopshaw.
Corporal; promoted Sergeant; discharged per order May 18,'65.
Erroneously printed Moran; promoted Corporal.

Trulson Tuve

37

Aug. 18, '62

Erroneously printed Trulson, Tufue; dis. for dis. Nov. 6, '63.

Van Valkenburg W

*>6

Aug 18 '62

Corporal; deserted May, '63.

COMPANY K.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN W. W. BRADEN.

NAMES.

w

09

-4

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Dauchy, Alexander
Halverson, Halver
Hageustein, Carl

21
26
21

34

Aug. 16, '62
Aug. 16, '62
Feb. 1,'64

Feb. 26, '64

Erroneously printed Danchy; transf. to Invalid Corps Oct. 1, '63.
Erroneously printed Holmer.
Erroneously printed Hagenstein; died Oct. 9, '64, at Jefferson
Barracks, Mo.
Erroneously printed Hantwell.

Aug. 19, '65

Hartwell, Norman

Aug. 19, '65

SEVENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS.

REMARK FURNISHED BY GEN. WILLIAM R. MARSHALL, FORMERLY COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT.

The dates of muster-in are dates of commissions. The ages are given at the date of earliest commission or time of
entering the service. In case of 0. S. Richardson, sergeant major, and others, " reduced " does not imply discredit.
Richardson went to hospital from wounds, and never returned to the regiment. He was reduced so that the one filling
his place as sergeant major could have his proper rank and pay while Richardson could remain in hospital.

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT— ADDENDUM.
COMPANY A.

CORRECTION FURNISHED BY FIRST LIEUTENANT DANIEL GOODHUE.

693

NAMES.

a

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Madison, Ransom R

24

Aug. 9, '62

Corporal; discharged for disability Nov.
printed as Ransom, Madison R,

6, '63; erroneously

COMPANY B.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY SERGEANT J. T. RAMER.

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

First Lieutenant —
Archibald A. Rice

ENLISTED MEN.

Billings, Charles

23
18

21
29

21
28
41

18

22
22
26
28

June 4, '63
Aug. 17, '62

Feb. 26, '64
Aug. 17, '62

Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62

Mch.28,'64
Aug. 17, '62
Feb. 22, '64
Aug. 17, '62
Aug. 17, '62

2d Lieutenant Aug. 18, '62; wounded at battle of Nashville Dec.
15, '64; resigned Feb. 28, '65.
Wounded at battle of Wood Lake Sept. 23, '62; died Oct. 25, '64,
on way from Memphis to Cairo.

Sergeant; slightly wounded at battle of Wood Lake Sept. 23,
'62; discharged May 11, '65, at St. Louis.
Promoted Corporal; died June 25, '89, at Los Angeles, Cal.
Died Nov. 9, '64, at Memphis, Tenn.
Erroneously printed Lamey; Corporal; died April 9, '65, at
Memphis, Tenn.

Died July 19, '74, at Winona, Minn.

Promoted Sergeant.
Discharged for disability Nov. 30, '63.

Bradt Charles E

Aug. 16, '65

Chapman, Christ. C

Clears John N

Aug. 16, '65

Howe Barzillia B . . .

Le May Joseph

Le May, Peter E
Lefler, Richard D

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Miller, John N

Norton, Robert F
Watson, Amos B

COMPANY C.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN W. H. THOMAS.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Caneday, David A

?0

Dec 4 '63

Aug 16 '65

COMPANY E.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY LIEUTENANT OMAR H. CASE.

NAMES.

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Boice Howard V . .

18
27
20

21

26

20
22
19
21

22
33
25

Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 11, '62
Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 15, '62

Aug. 13, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 22. '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 11, '62

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 18, '62

Mch.27, '65

Per order.
Promoted Corporal; died Aug. 8, '65.
Erroneously printed Omar, Chas. H.; promoted Sergeant Dec.
1, '63; 2d Lieutenant May 13, '65.
Erroneously printed Ellers, Natley D.; died Oct. 27, '64, at
Memphis, Tenn.
Discharged for disability Jan. 20, '64.
Musician; promoted Corporal.
Erroneously printed Honsker.
Erroneously printed Honsker.
Erroneously printed McGowen; Corporal; promoted Sergeant;
died August 3d, at Memphis.
Erroneously printed McGowan.
Discharged July, '65, from hospital.

Discharged for disability March 25, '63.
Discharged per order June 8, '65.
Discharged per order May 20, '65.
Transferred to Corps d' Afrique, Aug. 30, '64.

Burdick, Gerry S

Case OmarH

Aug. 16, '65

Ellis, Notley D

Farquer, George S

Fitch, James H

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Housker Rasmus

Housker, Angel

McGown, John
McGown, James

Aug. 16, '65

Oleson Olaus

Oleson,Knudt

Aug. 16, 'Go

Perry Charles H

21
27
22
26

Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62
Aug. 15, '62

Priest, William D
Stork, Edwin

Tousley, Theodore
Wood, Edward H

694 THE SEVENTH REGIMENT— ADDENDUM.

COMPANY F.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY JUDGE L. W. COLLINS, FORMERLY FIRST LIEUTENANT OF COMPANY.

NAMES.

H

3

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

32

Aug 2 '69

Aug 16 '65

Erroneously printed Heazey.

Stowel

, Albert

24

Mch. 2, '64

Erroneously printed Stowen; transf. to V.

R. Corps Jan. 28, '65.

COMPANY G.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY LIEUT. COL. DANIEL DENSMORE, FORMERLY FIRST LIEUTENANT

IN THE COMPANY.

NAMES.

W

CD

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

25

Aug 15 '62

Aug 16 '65

Betcher, John

Feb. 26 '64

Aug. 16, '65

Erroneously printed Belcher John.

Beers Freeman T. ...

19

Aug 13 '62

Aug. 16 '65

Erroneously printed Beers Truman

Bergh, Nelson

18

Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Erroneously printed Birg, Nelson.

Carson Henry K

18

Aug 13 '62

Erroneously printed Carson Henry R* dis for dis Mch 20 '65

Danielson, Hans Henry....

?0

Aug. 15, '62

Erroneously printed Danielson Henry A; dis. in hospital in '65.

Doberenz Charles G

Feb 26 '64

Erroneously printed Dobereng Charles G' deserted on or about

Edwards, Martin

25

Aug. 16 '62

Aug. 16 '65

Aug. 30, '64.
Erroneously printed Edward, Martin.

Fladland, Peter E

21

Aug 15 '62

Erroneously printed Fadland Peter E* died Aug 6 '64 at Pine

Fury, Patrick

•>8

Aug. 16 '62

Aug 16 '65

Island, Minn.
Erroneously printed Ferry Patrick

Johnson Toller.

21

Aug 16 '62

Aug 16 '65

Malloy, Daniel W

Aug. 15 '62

Erroneously printed Maloy David W' Corporal* deserted May

Mageras, Nicholas

Aug 16 '62

Aug 16 '65

30, '63; arrested, sentenced to be dishonorably discharged and
to three years' hard labor.

Mclntire, Henry P
Peterson, Tosten

18

Aug. 13, '62
Feb. 17 '64

Aug. 16, '65
Aug 16 '65

Erroneously printed Mclntyre, Henry P., Corp.; pro. Serg.

Remshardt, Frederick
Scidmore, Matthew

27

Aug. 14, '62
Aug. 16, '62

Aug. 16, '65

Erroneously printed Runshardt, Frederick, Corp.; pro. Sergt.
Erroneously printed Sidmore Mathew deserted May 80 '63 at

Thiergen, Frederick

33

Aug. 14, '62

May 19, '65

Mankato.
Erroneously printed Thurgen, Frederick; per order.

COMPANY H.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY LIEUTENANT CHARLES BORNARTH, FORMERLY A SERGEANT IN

THE COMPANY.

REMARK.— The company was mustered in at Camp Release, October, 1862, by Captain A. D. Nelson, U. S. A. The
date given in roster is date of enlistment.

NAMES.

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IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Camirand Edward

38

Aug 14 '62

De Lany, Arthur W

36

Aug. 12, '62

Reserve Corps April 1, '65.
Erroneously printed De Lany Arthur H • discharged for

Geib, John

*>8

Aug 14 '62

Aug 16 '65

promotion in 47th Wisconsin Infantry.

Scantleberry, Thomas

27

Aug. 14, '62

Jan. 25, '64

Corp.; pro. Serg.; disc, to accept promotion in 65th United States
Colored Infantry; died on board hospital boat Laurel Hill.

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT — ADDENDUM.
COMPANY I.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN J. E. WEST.

695

NAMES.

M

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

Brower Abraham D

21

Aug 14 '62

Erroneously printed Brown, Abraham D.; died Aug.

2, '64, of

Hurley, Timothy
Johnston, Samuel C

21
36

Aug. 18, '62
Aug. 14, '62

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

wounds received at Tupelo, Miss.
Erroneously printed Harley, Timothy.
Erroneously printed Johnson, Samuel C.; Sergeant.

COMPANY K.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN T. G. CARTER.

NAMES.

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30

21
36
18
29

19
19
38

35
18

37
34

47
27

23

MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS.

OFFICERS.

•Captain —
Theodore G. Carter

ENLISTED MEN.

Birdsall Seth

Feb. 24, '63

Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 19, '62

Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 21, '62
Aug. 19, '62

Dec. 19, '63
Aug. 21, '62

Dec. 21, '63
Aug. 19, '62

Aug. 19, '62
Aug. 19, '62

Aug. 19, '62

Aug. 16, '65

May 31, '65
Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

2d Lieutenant Aug. 16, '62; 1st Lieutenant Sept. 2, '62.

Erroneously printed Birdsell, Seth; per order.
Erroneously priuted Conner, Timothy M.
Erroneously printed Conner, Samuel H.
Erroneously printed Damrin, Benjamin R.; Corporal; dis
charged for disability Nov. 28, '63.
Erroneously printed Halleck, Horace F.; promoted Corporal.
Bugler.
Erroneously printed Hoag, Patrick; promoted Corporal; dis
charged per order May 31, '65.
Erroneously printed McConkey, Peter; per order.
Erroneously printed Mitchell, Joseph T.; died Feb. 7, '63, at
Mankato, Minn.
Erroneously printed Standenmaier, John.
Erroneously printed Virtue, George I.; discharged for disabil
ity March 25, '63.
Erroneously printed Weissewritter, Martin; dis. from hos'l in '65.
Erroneously printed Wilfort, Andrew; discharged July 1, '65,
at Memphis, Tenn.
Erroneously printed Wilds, Frank A.; Corporal; discharged for
disability Nov. 28, '63.

Connor, Timothy M

Connor, Samuel H
Damren, Benjamin R

Halleck Homer F.

Aug. 16, '65
Aug. 16, '65

Herman, Joseph
Hoey Patrick

McConkey, William
Mitchell Joseph I

May 31, '65

Staudenmaier, John
Virtue George J

Aug. 16, '65

Weissenriether, Martin....
Wilfert Andrew

Wildes Frank A

NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
COMPANY K.

'CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN GEORGE HAYS.

NAMES.

W"

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MUSTERED
IN.

MUSTERED
OUT.

REMARKS, .

Caniff George B

35

Feb. 22, '64

Aug. 24, '65

Erroneouslv printed Coniff.

18

Sept. 11 '62

Aug. 24 '65

Erroneously printed Conture.

Ginthner John L

?3

Aug. 21, '62

Aug. 24, '65

Erroneously printed Guxtliner.

Schott Gu stave

Aug. 17, '62

Erroneously printed Schatt; discharged per order May 31, '65.

CORRECTIONS FURNISHED BY CAPTAIN C. H. BEAULIEU.

Chaboillez, Alexander
JDerocher, John

30

Aug. 16, '62
Sept. 14, '62

Aug. 24, '65
July 21, '65

Erroneously printed Chabilley.
Erroneously printed Deroche; captd

at Guntown; never retrnd.

OBSERVATIONS.

As the commissioners closed their work of collecting, examining and editing the
foregoing narratives, it seemed proper to add some practical observations that>
have occurred to them from time to time in the progress of the work. And with
the author's permission, they have adopted, as containing and expressing con
cisely some of the lessons to be drawn from the history and experience of our
volunteer organizations generally, the concluding (following) chapter of "The
Story of a Eegiment," recently written and printed by General J. W. Bishop,
for distribution to the survivors of the Second Eegiment. The commissioners
think this chapter will be read with interest by the survivors of all the regiments,
recalling experiences common to all, and that its suggestions will be recognized
as just and appropriate by the general reader who may have perused the pre
ceding pages:

The war through which this narrative has taken us ended nearly twenty-
five years ago.

A generation of young men born since our muster-out are now voters and of
full age for military service. Many of them are enrolled as members of the na
tional guard in the several states, and doubtless would be as prompt and ready as
their fathers were to take the field for the national defense if the country required
their services. And probably in any future war of like duration the deplorable
waste and sacrifice of soldiers7 lives and health, through ignorance and incompe
tence of officers and men under unaccustomed circumstances would be repeated.
Some things in war have to be personally learned by experience, and a brief rela
tion of some of these things will interest old comrades as a reminiscence, if it does
not meet the notice of any who might derive instruction from it.

At the president's call our companies were assembled and recruited at
their several local stations, and when ready were ordered to the general rendez
vous at Fort Snelling to be mustered into the United States service and to be
organized into regiments. The men and officers of each company were mutual
acquaintances and friends, while they were strangers to those of other companies,
and this, with other obvious causes, begot and promoted a spirit of company pride,
which, if they had been brought together for a few days* encampment and
exercise, or for a short period of service within the state, would not be objec
tionable, perhaps, indeed, would be desirable, as a stimulus for each to do its
best. The rules of promotion were established on this line at the beginning,
under which all vacant commissions occurring in any company were to be filled
by promotion from its own ranks.

When, however, the regiment left the state and took its place among the
hundreds of other regiments in the grand army of the United States, this
company feeling gave place in great degree to the larger one of pride and com
radeship in the regiment, and the propriety of the regimental rule of promotion,
which was adopted and announced by the governor in 1863, became manifest.
Under this rule the vacant commission in any company was to be filled by the
senior of the next lower grade in the regiment j promotions to the grade of second
lieutenant being made within the company.

Details of entire companies for guard and picket and fatigue duty, which
were at first the rule, gradually were superseded by details of officers and men
from all the companies, which promoted better acquaintance and better disci
pline, and better distributed the duty with its casualties and hardships through
out the regiment.

OBSERVATIONS. 697

So the regiment came to be, in large degree, the unit of command and ad
ministration and maneuver, in which all the officers and men were personally
known to and interested as comrades in each other, while the company was the
family of more intimate and brotherly relations among the men and more
immediate and personal care and command by the officers; and the regiment
and the company were thus better and more efficiently handled.

At the beginning it was a favorite scheme to brigade together regiments from
the same state, to be called the Vermont brigade or the Wisconsin brigade, etc.;
but this was soon discontinued as unwise and the better plan of mingling the
regiments from the various states together was adopted, thus, in organizing a
national army, ignoring state lines. Certain influences effected and maintained
the isolation of the regular troops in separate brigades and, when practicable, in
separate divisions, but this practice was even more objectionable than the
separate brigading of state regiments. If a regular regiment was in any way
superior to the volunteers, why should not the latter have the advantage of
association with it. If it be suggested that the regulars might learn of volun
teers, why should they not have the opportunity?

One of the first things the new soldier had to learn was how intelligently
and properly to take care of himself. Many of them were mere children in this
respect. Accustomed to the comforts and conveniences of life under different
conditions, he lacked the provident forethought, and the knack of getting the
best out of present circumstances, which became a habit with the veteran, and
was therefore continually suffering for want of something which he might have
had. Ordered out suddenly on a hard march, his already worn-out shoes gave
out the first day. When night came on cold or stormy, his overcoat or blanket
had been thrown away to lighten his load on the inarch. If the trains were
mired several miles back in the road, our recruit had no food or cooking utensils,
though he had received three days7 rations that very morning. If he got over
heated on the march or at drill he would drink a pint of cold spring water at a
gulp and become a candidate for hospital treatment directly. If he could sneak
out of the column on the road, he laid down in the fence corner and took a nap;
then if he were not picked up by the enemy he had to march, alone and weary,
far into the night to rejoin his company. If he got sick, he got homesick also,
and lost his heart and hope, and died.

Then the officers, from general to captain, were often as inexperienced as the
men, and indifferent to the comfort and care of their troops. Few of them knew
the weight of a knapsack, haversack, canteen, gun and " forty rounds," and the
marches were conducted without any intelligent judgment as to economizing the
strength of the troops, and the camps were not selected with due regard to con
venience and rest. All these things were greatly improved with experience.
Within the first year of service in the South one regiment lost from deaths and
discharges resulting from, wounds in action less than two per cent, but in the
same time lost from deaths and discharges for disability, resulting from diseases
and hardships, over twenty per cent.

Yet the same regiment made the "Campaign of the Carolinas" three years later,
in midwinter, marching four hundred and eighty miles, foraging on the country
chiefly for its rations, with no tents except those carried on the men's backs, and
with one-half of its men recruits of only a few months' service (well mingled with
and instructed by the veterans, however), and arrived at Goldsboro with a total
temporary loss from its effective present force of only three per cent. Such a
record was not, in this campaign, reached by many regiments; but anything ap
proaching it in the first year of the war would have been quite impossible for
any, in the then inexperience of officers and men.

As the war went on, officers learned to require and men to coriform to
many things in the ways of regulation and discipline that could not be applied
and enforced with new troops. It came to be understood that somewhere in all
the months of weary marching, maneuvering and campaigning there was to come
an hour of actual battle, when the victory must be won by the army that could
outfight the other. Failing in this emergency, all else was failure.

698 OBSERVATIONS.

To bring a regiment properly and effectively into battle it must have sev
eral qualities, only to be developed by long and persistent attention to details,
which at times grow tiresome and seem to be arbitrary and unnecessary.

At the crucial hour the regiment must be present in full strength, and must
have its cartridge boxes full — it must be coherent, not to be broken up and scat
tered by something or anything that may happen to it — and it must be managea
ble under all circumstances. Wanting any of these qualities, it is simply a crowd
of men of which nothing can be predicted with certainty except confusion and
defeat.

As these things came to be realized, certain rules were adopted and persist
ently enforced in some regiments, through a season of reluctance and grumbling,
until they came, to be habitually and cheerfully observed. One of these was that
there should be no straggling on the march, and no wandering from camp with
out permission. To this end, while in camp, the men must be accounted for by
the company commanders at the several roll calls, and, if the camp was for more
than a day or two, exercises were had, both to require the presence of officers
and men, and to promote the efficiency, steadiness and manageability of the regi
ment. While on the march men were forbidden to leave the column except with
permission in case of necessity. At every halt for rest arms were stacked and
absentees, if any, were noted and accounted for, or reported. Believed of his
musket, the tired soldier got his rest with his comrades, and the march was al
ways resumed with music by the band, whose members were also required to
keep their places at the head of the regiment. When we encamped for the night
the men were always on hand for supper and a full night's rest, or for any duty
required.

The cartridge boxes were frequently inspected and kept full. Forty rounds
of .58-caliber is no light load, but those regiments whose men were allowed to
waste or throw them away at their pleasure often got into disgrace when sud
denly called on for duty with empty boxes.

The men themselves came to take pride in being always present and ready,
and the records made by the veteran regiments in the later years of the war
abundantly justifies the preparation and discipline through which they were
achieved.

At the beginning, thirteen six-mule wagons were allowed for the transporta
tion of each regiment, one for headquarters tents, office and baggage, one for
quartermaster stores, one for the hospital outfit, and one for the tents and bag
gage of each company. At this rate the wagons occupied as much space in the
road as the regiment did, and when an army corps marched with its brigade,
division and corps supply and ammunition trains in addition to the regimental
wagons, the trains quite overwhelmed the troops.

So in the spring of 1863, when the "pup tents" were issued, the regimental
trains were reduced to three wagons, and the other trains were also reduced,
though in a less proportion.

This, in anticipation, seemed to be a great hardship, but it proved a posi
tive advantage to the troops. The men now carried what they needed, and, ar
riving at camp, their comfort did not depend on the wagons coming in (as they
often did not), and the roads being less incumbered with trains, the troops made
their marches easier and quicker.

Most of the regimental bands that went out with the troops disappeared dur
ing the first year; they were usually good musicians but poor soldiers, and, dis
couraged by the rough ways of war, neglected by the officers who should have
looked after them, and despised by the men generally, they were mustered out
as expensive supernumeraries.

Later on, in our regiment, the company musicians were organized into a
band, of which we were justly very proud, and similar action was perhaps taken
in other regiments. A good band, always present for duty, even in battle, where
they should care for the wounded, is a very important part of a regiment, worth
all it costs the Government in money or the commander in care for its discipline
and instruction.

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Early in the war, issues were made to the regiments of axes and shovels for
repairing roads, constructing rifle-pits and other works of fortification, etc.
They were habitually carried in the trains until the company wagons were taken
away, but as the trains were usually in the rear and the tools in the bottoms of
the wagons, they were seldom available when most needed, and seldom in order
for use when within reach. Later, the orders were that the men should carry
these tools in addition to their regular loads. Under these orders the tools were
invariably "lost" within the first two or three days, and when, suddenly, they
were wanted in some emergency, the temper of the general officer was also lost,
to the great discomfort of subordinates.

In our regiment, after some experience of this kind, a lieutenant, sergeant
and corporal and two privates from each company were selected and called the
"pioneers." They were all strong, active and skillful men, were armed only
with army revolvers in the belt, and each of the twenty men carried an axe and
two shovels. They camped and messed with their companies, but marched at
the head of the regiment, always ready for any job in their line. They were in
spected as carefully as were their comrades, and their axes were as keen and
their shovels as bright as good care could keep them. On the march or in camp
the "pioneer call'7 by the bugler brought this corps promptly to headquarters,
duly equipped, and at a second call four more men from each company, leaving
their guns with their comrades, joined the pioneers, and it was a tough job that
was not soon disposed of by the sixty men.

This corps and their effective work attracted considerable attention, and
the commander of the Fourteenth Corps, in more than one important emergency,
witnessed and warmly commended their skill and prompt readiness.

The matter of recruiting and keeping full the regiments in the field has been
already alluded to in the narrative, but it deserves perhaps further notice.

The continued call for men in the later years of the war no doubt fully
taxed the governors of the several states. To fill the existing regiments required
only individual enlistments, but they had ceased to be spontaneous, as they had
faeen in the beginning, and it was much easier to raise a new regiment, with the
active assistance of men who expected to be commissioned in it, than to enlist
the same number of men for the regiments already at the front.

Experienced officers could not usually be called home from the field to recruit
new companies or regiments, and so it often happened that a new regiment of
1,000 men, with officers of little or no experience, arrived at the front. The
War Department had decreed that, when an old regiment had less than the
standard strength, a vacant colonelcy should not be filled, and so in some of the
brigades there were no colonels in any of the regiments, and the brigade itself
was commanded by a lieutenant colonel, fully competent, after three years' ex
perience, to command it.

To assign the new regiment to such a brigade would not only weaken it by
the large addition of raw and unwieldy material, but would place the new colonel
at once in command of it, which might, in the presence of the enemy, result in
disaster.

So the new regiment was detached to some post or other duty, where, as in
several instances happened, John Morgan, or some other enterprising Confederate
commander, would capture the post, regiment, new guns and all.

In Minnesota the practice was to appoint officers from the older regiments
to command the later ones, and more effort was made to recruit the old ones than
in some other states.

It is a common mistake to think and speak of the old soldiers as a pitiable
lot of physical wrecks whose disability originated in the military service. This
is far from the truth. A good many men undoubtedly suffer from such disabili
ties so incurred, but many of the survavors of the war are indebted to their
military service not only for improved physical condition, but for such regulation,
education and development of mind and character as have largely contributed
to their success in civil life, and no class of men have in the past twenty-five
years been more generally successful than the old soldiers. The four years' train-

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ing in habits of patience, courage, self-reliance and persistence have given them
qualities which count in their whole after life as no small recompense for the
hardships and exposure of their army service.

The veterans who survived the war are now old men, yet they are generally,
I think, in better physical condition than the average of other men of equal age.
A soldier's life is, or should be, temperate and restrained in respect to many
vicious practices; and with due care of himself, in later years, as in the service,
the old soldier should be entitled to a comfortable passage down the evening tide
of his life as he approaches and enters the Great Beyond.

GENERAL OFFICERS.

LIST AND SHORT RECORD OF GENERAL OFFICERS APPOINTED FROM MINNESOTA,

AND OF OTHER MINNESOTA OFFICERS WHO WERE BRE-

VETTED AS GENERAL OFFICERS.1

C. P. ADAMS,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Mustered into the United States military service April 29, 1861, and commis
sioned captain of Company H, First Begiinent, Minnesota Infantry, United States
Volunteers, April 30, 1861. Served as captain until Sept. 6, 1862, when he was
commissioned as major of the same regiment. Was commissioned as lieutenant
colonel of his regiment May 6, 1863, in which rank he served until the regiment
was mustered out, May 6, 1864. As lieutenant colonel he was in command of his
regiment a larger portion of the time up to its final muster at Fort Snelling,
Minn., May 6, 1864.

Re-entered the service July 8, 1864, as major commanding the Independent-
Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, United States Volunteers, with headquarters at
Fort Abercrombie, D. T., and was placed in command of the third sub-district
of the district of Minnesota. Promoted to the lieutenant colonelcy of this bat
talion Sept. 5, 1864; made brevet colonel March 13, 1865, and commissioned
brevet brigadier general May 22, 1866. Mustered out of service June 16, 1866.

While lieutenant colonel he made the campaign against the hostile Sioux in
the winter of 1866, and captured one hundred and seventy-eight Cutheads, the
last of the warlike Sioux this side the Missouri Eiver, thus finishing the war
commenced in 1862.

CHRISTOPHER C. ANDREWS,

BRIGADIER GENERAL AND BREVET MAJOR GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Mustered as a private in Company I, Third Regiment, Minnesota Infantry?
United States Volunteers, Oct. 11, 1861, and November 4th appointed captain
of said company. Winter of 1861-62, served with regiment guarding Louisville
& Nashville railroad; in expedition across the Cumberland Mountains, June
llth-18th, to Pikeville, Tenn. In action at Murfreesboro, Tenn., July 13, 1862,
and after the surrender of the regiment, which he strongly opposed, was held
as a prisoner of war about three months at Madison, Ga. ; paroled at Libby
Prison, Richmond, exchanged in November, and, on reorganization of his regi
ment, was, Dec. 1, 1862, appointed lieutenant colonel. March 2 to June 4, 1863,
president of military commission at Columbus, Ky. March 11 to 16, 1863, ex
pedition from Columbus, Ky., to Fort Heimaii. In operations at Vicksburg and
Jackson, Miss., June 8th to July 24th. Assumed command of Third Regiment
July 16th. Colonel of Third Regiment, to date from July 16, 1863, and com
manded regiment in General Frederick Steele's expedition from Helena to Little
Rock, Ark. , August and September. In action- resulting in defeat of Confederate
forces under General Price, near Little Rock, September 10th. Commanded post
of Little Rock, with brigade, from Sept. 12, 1863, to April 27, 1864, March 24,
1864, General Steele, with the main part of his army, having marched south to
join General Banks, all the forces at Little Rock were by General Nathan Kim-
ball placed under his direct command. April 1st, with detachment of Third

1 The records of those who were appointed full brigadier generals, except those of Generals
Gorman and Miller, have been revised by the officers themselves.

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Minnesota and Eighth Missouri Cavalry, defeated a brigade under Brigadier Gen
eral Dandridge McEae in the battle of Fitzhugh's Woods, near Augusta, Ark,
Commanded a second expedition up White River April 19th.

April 26, 1864, accepted appointment of brigadier general United States
Volunteers, to rank from Jan. 5, 1864, at which date his nomination was sent to
the senate. April 26th, assigned to command of column of 3,000 men and supply
train destined for Major General Steele' s army at Camden, and proceeded to Pine
Bluff. May 19th, assigned to and assumed, command of the Second Brigade, Sec
ond Division, Seventh Army Corps, headquarters at Little Eock. June 16th,
succeeded to the command of Second Division, Seventh Corps, which he retained
the following six months. July 7th, placed in command of Devall's Bluff, on
White Eiver, the base of supplies for the army and Department of Arkansas,
There were 7, 000* troops there at that time, with much sickness and no fortifica
tions. August 25th, with cavalry force under immediate command of Colonel
Geiger, Eighth Missouri Cavalry, defeated the forces under the Confederate Gen
eral Shelby in the battle of the Prairies.

Having served seventeen months continuously in Arkansas, he was, Decem
ber 27th, relieved at DevalFs Bluff, and Jan. 3, 1865, at Morganzia, La., by
assignment, took command of the Third Brigade, comprising nine regiments,,
of the Eeserve Corps (military division west Mississippi), then undergoing con
solidation at different places down the Mississippi Eiver. Moved headquarters
to Kenner, ten miles above 'New Orleans, January 9th; reached Barrancas, Fla.,
near Pensacola, January 27th, where the regiments and batteries were arriving
to compose the Second and Third brigades of the Second Division, Thirteenth
Corps, designed for his command in the field. March 4th, by assignment, assumed
command of the Second Division, Thirteenth Corps. March 9th, appointed ma
jor general of Volunteers by brevet. With two brigades, comprising over
5, 000 effective men, marched from Pensacola, March 20th, as part of General Fred
Steele' s column of Canby ' s army, destined to occupy southern Alabama. Entered
Pollard with one brigade of his division March 26th. After circuitous and diffi
cult march, arrived with division before Fort Blakely April 2d; continued in
the investment and siege, with front of three-fourths of a mile, till about sun
down, April 9th, when his division assaulted and carried the Confederate works-
in its front, sustaining a loss of 30 killed and 200 wounded, also capturing a num
ber of flags, 12 guns and between 1,300 and 1,400 prisoners, including a division
general and 71 other commissioned officers. April llth, marched to Stark's
Landing with one brigade, as a reserve to the force that landed at Mobile April
12th. Proceeded with one brigade of his division to Selma, Ala., April 27thr
and occupied that city till May 12th. May 27th (day after the great explosion),
by assignment, assumed command of city and district of Mobile. By his order
dated June 6, 1865, the legal disabilities of freedmen as witnesses in courts of
justice were removed in that district. July 4th, embarked for Texas, and July
8th assumed command of the district of Houston, including Galveston, Colum
bus, Millican and Beaumont. By order, accompanied Provisional Governor
Andrew J. Hamilton to the state capitol at Austin, and assisted in his reinstate
ment in authority. August 14th, was relieved at Houston by Major General
Mower. August 17th, received orders from General Sheridan, headquarters mili
tary division of the Southwest, to report to General Steele on the Eio Grande, but
by general order from War Department was relieved from further duty. Mus
tered out of the service Jan. 15, 1866.

JOHN" T. AVEEILL,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Lieutenant colonel Sixth Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry, United States Vol
unteers, Aug. 22, 1862. Was in the expedition of that year against the hostile
Sioux Indians. Commanded his regiment in the decisive battle of Wood Lake,
Sept. 23, 1862, and was favorably mentioned in General Sibley's report of that
action. In command of Glencoe during part of winter 1862-63. With the Sixth

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Begiment in the campaign against the Indians in the summer of 1863, and was
in the battles of Big Mound, Dead Buffalo Lake and Stony Lake. Colonel of
the Sixth Begiment Oct. 28, 1864. By Special Order, Xo. 57, adjutant general's
office, Washington, Feb. 5, 1864, he was detailed as acting assistant provost
marshal general to succeed Captain T. M. Saunders of the regular army. His
office was at St. Paul, and his duties were to supervise the enrollment of persons
in the State of Minnesota liable to be drafted for military service. Was re
lieved therefrom Aug. 17, 1865. Brevet brigadier general United States Vol
unteers Oct. 18, 1865. Died at St. Paul, Minn., Oct 3, 1889.

JAMES H. BAKEB,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Colonel of Tenth Begiment, Minnesota Infantry, United States Volunteers,
Sept. 15, 1862. In command of post of Le Sueur, Minn., winter of 1862-63, till
Feb. 24, 1863, when he proceeded with detachment of Tenth Begiment to Man-
kato, reporting there to Colonel Miller on the 24th, and was present at the exe
cution of the thirty-eight Indian convicts. Commanded the Tenth Begiment in
the expedition against the hostile Sioux Indians summer of 1863, and in battle of
Big Mound. Arrived at St. Louis, Mo., with his regiment October, 1863, and on
the 23d of that month was assigned to the command of the post of St. Louis, in
which capacity he served till July 1, 1864, when his command was increased to
include the sub-district of St. Louis, embracing that and the four surrounding
counties. Subsequently he was appointed acting assistant provost marshal gen
eral of the Department of Missouri, in which position he continued until the
close of the war. Mustered out with his regiment Aug. 19, 1865. Brevet briga
dier general, to date from March 13, 1865.

THEODOBE H. BABBETT,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Mustered into service as second lieutenant Aug. 15, 1862. Aug. 29, 1862,
made captain of Company G, Ninth Minnesota Infantry. In September, 1862,
marched to the relief of Abercrombie. Served on the Korthwest frontier until
October, 1863, then went with his company to Missouri. Dec. 29, 1863, at
Bentou Barracks, mustered in as colonel of the Sixty-second United States Col
ored Infantry, to rank from Nov. 24, 1863. In January, 1864, proceeded with
his regiment by rail and river to the Gulf Department. By order of March 21,
1864, headquarters First Division Corps d7 Afrique, assigned to command of a
black brigade made up of the Sixty-second, Sixty-fifth and Sixty-seventh United
States Colored Infantry, to which the Eighty-third United States Colored In
fantry was afterward added; continued in that command at Port Hudson, Mor-
ganzia and vicinity until prostrated by the malaria of Louisiana swamps, Aug.
31, 1864. President of general court martial at Cincinnati, Ohio, from Oct. 17,
1864, to Dec. 29, 1864; then returned to his regiment, which, during his absence,
had been sent to Texas. Commanded United States forces at Brazos, Santiago,
near the mouth of the Bio Grande Biver, from April 27 to May 21, 1865. In
command of Union troops at the battle of Palmetto Banche, Texas, the last
actual conflict of the war, May 13, 1865. On the reoccupation of Brownsville,
Texas, May 30, 1865, assigned to command of that post, in which he continued
until July 13th, when he was relieved by General Giles A. Smith. Assigned to
the command of the Third Brigade, First Division, Twenty-fifth Army Corps,
July 25, 1865, and on the reorganization of the Twenty-fifth Corps in October
following, transferred to the command of the Second Brigade, Second Division,
then posted along the Bio Grande, with headquarters at Binggold Barracks.
Beoccupied Fort Mclntosh Oct. 23, 1865, being the extreme right of General
Sheridan's army of observation. Commanded the Second Division, Twenty-
fifth Army Corps, from Nov. 4, 1865, until mustered out of service, Jan. 19,
1866. On the recommendation of Major General Weitzel at muster-out, brevetted
brigadier general United States Volunteers, to date from March 13, 1865.

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JUDSON W. BISHOP,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Mustered into United States service June 26, 1861, as captain of Company A,
Second Regiment, Minnesota Infantry Volunteers. Served continuously in that
regiment, or with it as part of his larger command, until mustered out as colonel
with it, July 20, 1865. Promoted major March 21, 1862; lieutenant colonel Aug.
26, 1862; commissioned colonel July 14, 1864, and on recruiting the regiment to
standard strength was mustered as colonel from March 5, 1865. Appointed
brevet brigadier general United States Volunteers by commission dated April 9,
1865, and assigned to command First Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army
Corps. For details of military service see narrative of the Second Regiment,
Minnesota Infantry Volunteers, in this volume.

WILLIAM COLVILL,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Captain Company F, First Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, United States Vol
unteers, April 29, 1861; major of same regiment Sept. 17, 1862; lieutenant col
onel November, 1862; colonel May 4, 1863. Discharged with regiment May 4,
1864. Colonel First Regiment, Minnesota Heavy Artillery, United States Vol
unteers, Feb. 25, 1865. Discharged by special order, on reduction of regiment,
July, 1865. Brevet brigadier general United States Volunteers March 13, 1865.
Commanded the First Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, at the first and second bat
tles of Fredericksburg. Was engaged in the following battles and actions,
namely: Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, Berry ville, Yorktown, Williamsburg (in support),
West Point, Hanover Court House (in support), Chickahominy (the First Min
nesota built Sumner's upper bridge, the only one that was not carried away, and
he personally located the road through the overflowed bottom), Fair Oaks (first
and second days), Peach Orchard Station, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp
(both crossings), Glendale (severely wounded), Malvern Hill during formations
of line, Centreville, Fairfax, Flint Hill, Vienna, South Mountain, Antietam,
Charlestown, Ashby's Gap, first Fredericksburg, second Fredericksburg, Salem
Church, Manassas Gap, Haymarket (his horse killed) and Gettysburg, where
he was twice wounded.

NAPOLEON J. T. DANA.

MAJOR GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Cadet at the United States Military Academy (appointed at large) from July
1, 1838, to July 1, 1842, when he was graduated and promoted in the army to
second lieutenant Seventh Infantry July'l, 1842. Served in garrison at Fort
Pike, La., 1842-43; Pass Christian, Miss., 1843, and Fort Pike, La., 1843-45; in
military occupation of Texas, 1845; in the war with Mexico, 1846-47, being en
gaged in the defense of Fort Brown (first lieutenant Seventh Infantry Feb. 16,
1847, to Aug 24, 1851), May 3-9, 1846; battle of Monterey, Sept. 21-23, 1846;
siege of Vera Cruz, March 9-29, 1847; and battle of Cerro Gordo, April 17-18,
where he was (brevetted captain April 18, 1847, for gallant and meritorious con
duct in the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico) severely wounded in storming the in-
trenchinents on Telegraph Hill; on recruiting service 1847-48, and on quarter
master duty at Boston, Mass., 1848 (captain staff assistant quartermaster,
March 3, 1848); Fort Snelling, Minn., 1848-49; FortGaines (near Fort Ripley),
Minn., 1850-51; settling accounts in Washington, D. C., 1851-52; at Fort Snell
ing, Minn., 1853, and Fort Ridgley, Minn., 1855-61. Resigned March 1, 1855.
Banker, St. Paul, Minn. , 1855-61. Brigadier general Minnesota Militia, 1857-61.
Served during the rebellion of the seceding states, 1861-65; in command of bri
gade guarding Potomac ferries between (colonel First Minnesota Volunteers,
Oct. 2, 1861) Washington, D. C., and Harper's Ferry, Va., October, 1861, and
in the Shenandoah Valley, November, 1861, to April, 1862; in the Virginia pen-

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Insular campaign (Army [brigadier general United States Volunteers, Feb. 3,
1862] of the Potomac), April to August, 1862, being engaged in the siege of
York town, April 5 to May 4, 1862; combat of West Point, May 8, 1862; battle
of Fair Oaks, May 31 to June 1, 1862; advanced line before Eichmond, June
1-29, 1862; action at Peach Orchard and battle of Savage Station, June 29,
1862; action of White Oak Swamp and battle of Glendale, June 30, 1862; battle
of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; and skirmish at Harrison's Landing, July 2,
1862; in the Maryland campaign (Army of the Potomac), September, 1862, being
engaged in the battle of South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862, and battle of Antietam,
Sept. 17, 1862, where he was severely wounded; on sick leave of absence, dis
abled by wound, 1862-63; in command of the defenses (major general United
States Volunteers, Nov. 29, 1862) of Philadelphia, Pa., July and August, 1863;
in operations in the Department of the Gulf, being engaged in the action of For-
doche Bayou, September, 1863; in command of expedition by sea to the Eio
Grande, October, 1863, landing at Brazos, Santiago, October 27th, and driving
the enemy as high as Laredo, Texas, and in occupation of Matagorda Bay and
Indianola, and command of Thirteenth Army Corps, December, 1863, to Janu
ary, 1864; and in command of the district of Vicksburg, Aug. 17 to Oct. 30,
1864; of Sixteenth Army Corps, and districts of west Tennessee and Vicksburg,
^November, 1864; and of the Department of Mississippi, December, 1864, to May
27, 1865. Eesigned May 27, 1865.

ALONZO J. EDGEETON,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

In the early summer of 1862 he recruited Company B, Tenth Eegiment, Min
nesota Infantry, United States Volunteers, of which he was appointed captain
Aug. 21, 1862, and served with his company as captain through the Indian
campaigns of 1862 and 1863. In February, 1864, while in command of the pro
vost guard of St. Louis, he was commissioned as colonel of the Sixty-seventh
United States Colored Infantry, and went with his regiment to Louisiana. Dur
ing 1865 he was president of a court martial in New Orleans. In 1865 the Sixty-
seventh and the Sixty -fifth United States Colored regiments were consolidated
and he was colonel of the consolidated regiment (the Sixty-fifth). He was then
commissioned brigadier general by brevet and placed in command of a brigade;
and was in command of Baton Eouge, La., during the riots at New Orleans, in
May, 1866, and remained in command of that important district till his muster
out in the winter of 1867.

WILLIS A. GOEMAN,

BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Commissioned colonel of First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry April 29, 1861.
^Commanded the First Minnesota in the first battle of Bull Eun, July 21, 1861,
occupying the extreme right of the Union forces at the close of the engagement.
Immediately after the first Bull Eun battle he was placed in command of all
the forces on the Potomac Eiver, from Chain Bridge to Point of Eocks, near
Harper's Ferry, until succeeded by General C. P. Stone in the early fall. Ap
pointed brigadier general Oct. 1, 1861. Commanded the forces which crossed
the Potomac Eiver at Edwards7 Ferry, Oct. 21, 1861, in General Stone's move
ment against Leesburg, Va. Commanded brigade in General Banks' operations
in the Shenandoah Valley and at Winchester, Va., in March, 1862. Commanded
First Brigade, Second Division, Second Army Corps, and went with Army of
the Potomac, in April, 1862, on the peninsular campaign. Was in the actions at
the siege of Yorktown in April and May, and led the advance and stood the brunt
of the first day's battle, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va., and was also engaged
in the second day's battle, June 1, 1862. Was with the Second Corps, which was
sent, in August, 1862, to the relief of General Pope's army at second Bull Eun

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battle, and arrived on that field on the 31st. In command of brigade (of Second
Army Corps) covering the retreat from that battlefield to Washington which
commenced on the night of September 1st. Went with General McClellan's army
to resist General Lee's advance into Maryland, September, 1862, and was engaged
in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, Md. , holding the position (after
the repulse of Gen. Hooker) on the extreme right of the Union forces at the close
of the last named battle, September 17th, with heavy losses in killed and wounded.
Was with General McClelland army until that commander was superseded by
General Burnside, in November, 1862, when he (Gorman) was ordered to report
to General Curtis, at St. Louis, Mo., who assigned him to the command of the
district of Arkansas, with headquarters at Helena, Ark. Went in command of
forces to the rear of Arkansas Post, January, 1863, holding the Confederate forces
in check, and preventing reinforcements while General McClernand attacked and
captured that post, January 9th. Having accomplished this object, he (Gorman)
turned his forces against Des Arc and Devall's Bluff, Ark., and, supported by
the gunboats under Lieut. Commander Walker of the navy, captured these
places. After serving more than three years he resigned on account of ill health.
Died at St. Paul, Minn., May 20, 1876.

LUCIUS F. HUBBAED,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL. UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Enlisted as a private of Company A, Fifth Eegiment, Minnesota Volunteer
Infantry, Dec. 19, 1861. Promoted captain Feb. 5, 1862; lieutenant colonel
March 24, 1862; colonel Aug. 31, 1862. Mustered as a veteran Feb. 12, 1864.
Brevet brigadier general for u conspicuous gallantry in the battles of Nashville^
Tenn., Dec. 15 and 16, 1864." Commanded the Second Brigade, Third Division,
Fifteenth Army Corps, at intervals during 1862 and 1863, and the Second Bri
gade, First Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, from March 7, 1864, to Sept. 6, 1865.
Service: On duty at Fort Snelling, Minn., until May, 1862. Eeported to Gen.
Pope before Corinth, Miss., May 24, 1862. Participated in the following cam
paigns, battles, sieges and actions: Siege of Corinth, May 24 to 30, 1862; battle
of Farmington, May 28, 1862; campaign through northern Mississippi and Ala
bama, June, July, August, 1862; battle of luk a, Sept. 19, 1862; battle of Corinth,
Oct. 3 and 4, 1862; campaign through central Mississippi, November and De
cember, 1862; campaign through west Tennessee, January and February, 1863;
campaign against Yicksburg, March, April, May, 1863; action at Mississippi
Springs, Miss., May 13, 1863; assault on Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863; assault
on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863; siege of Vicksburg; actions at Satartia, Miss., June 4;
Mechanicsburg, Miss., June 7; Eichmond, La., June 14, 1863; campaign through
Mississippi, July, August, 1863; actions at Canton, Miss., Oct. 16; Brownsville,
Miss., Oct. 18; Barton Station, Oct. 20, 1863; campaign through northern Mis
sissippi, December, 1863, and January, February, 1864; re-enlisted as a veteran
March 6, 1864; Eed Eiver expedition, La., March, April, May, 1864; assault on
Fort de Eussy, La., March 14, 1864; actions at Henderson Hill, La., March 21;
Grand Ecore, La., April 2; Compti, La., April 3, 1864; battle of Pleasant Hill,
La., April 9, 1864; actions at Cane Eiver, La., April 23; Cloutierville, La., April
24; Moore's Plantation, La., May 3; Bayou La Moure, La., May 6; Bayou Eob-
erts, La., May 7; Mansura, La., May 16; Bayou de Glaise, La., May 18, 19; Lake
Chicot, Ark., June 6, 1864; campaign through northern Mississippi, August,
1864; actions at Oxford, Miss., Aug. 21; Abbey ville, Miss., Aug. 25, 1864; cam
paign through Arkansas and Missouri, September, October, 1864; battles of Nash
ville, Tenn., Dec. 15-16, 1864; campaign through Tennessee and Mississippi,
December, 1864, and January, 1865; campaign against Mobile, Ala., March, April,
1865; action at Fish Eiver, Ala., March 23, 1865; siege of Spanish Fort; capture
of Spanish Fort, Ala., April 9; Fort Blakely, Ala., April 9, 1865; duty at Dem-
opolis, Ala., until September, 1865. Was wounded at Farmington May 28, 1862,
and at Nashville Dec. 16, 1864. Mustered out of service Sept. 6, 1865.

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SAMUEL P. JENNISON,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Second lieutenant Company D, Second Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry, United
States Volunteers, July 5, 1861. Promoted first lieutenant and adjutant Jan.
18, 1862. In the battle of Mill Springs, Jan. 19, 1862, and the campaigns of the
regiment until September, 1862. Discharged for promotion by order of War
Department, dated Aug. 24, 1862. Lieutenant colonel Tenth Eegiment, Minne-
sotalnfantry, United States Volunteers, Sept. 10, 1862, and on duty the following
winter at regimental headquarters, Le Sueur, Minn. In the campaign against
the Sioux Indians, summer of 1863. Assumed command of the Tenth Eegiment
at St. Louis, Mo., September, 1863. Commanded the regiment in the battle of
Tupelo, July 13 and 14, 1864; in General Smith's movement against Forrest to
Oxford, Miss., August, 1864; in General Mower's pursuit of Price through Ar
kansas and Missouri the autumn of 1864; in the battle of Nashville, Dec. 15 and
16, 1864, in which he was severely wounded; also, in the operations against
Mobile and siege and capture of Spanish Fort, March and April, 1865. Dis
charged with regiment Aug. 19, 1865. Brevet colonel United States Volunteers
Feb. 23, 1865. Brevet brigadier general United States Volunteers, to date from
March 13, 1865.

WILLIAM G. LE DUC,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Captain, assistant quartermaster, April 18, 1862; assigned to Third Brigade,
Second Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, and joined command, May,
1862, at White House, Va. Served in the Second Corps till after the battle of
Antietam; then promoted lieutenant colonel, and served with Eleventh Corps
as chief quartermaster, and as chief quartermaster of the reserve grand division
of the Army of the Potomac in the Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettys
burg campaigns. Accompanied Major General Hooker to Army of the Cumber
land. Organized depot of supplies at Bridgeport, Ala. Served with General
Hooker as chief quartermaster Twentieth Corps to Atlanta. Served with Major
General George H. Thomas, in the Hood campaign in Tennessee, as chief quar
termaster in the field. Brevet colonel and brevet brigadier general March 13,
1865. Eesigned Aug. 1, 1865.

WILLLIAM E. MAESHALL,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Aug. 28, 1862, commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Seventh Eegiment,
Minnesota Volunteers. Sept. 1, 1862, reported to Gen. Sibley, at Fort Eidg-
ley, with the companies of the Seventh then organized, and commanded the
battalion in the Indian campaign of that year at relief of Birch Coolie, battle of
Wood Lake, etc. [The colonel of the regiment, Stephen Miller, was serving with
the First Minnesota in Army of the Potomac, and did not join the Seventh until
after close of campaign of 1862.] In 1863 Lieut. Colonel Marshall commanded
the regiment in Gen. Sibley- s expedition to the upper Missouri, and in the
battles of Big Mound, etc., Colonel Miller being in command of the district of
Minnesota. Oct. 10, 1863, went in command of regiment South. Commissioned
colonel Nov. 6, 1863. On duty with regiment at St. Louis, Mo., till April, 1864;
May and June, 1864, at Paducah, Ky. ; June, 1864, joined right wing of Sixteenth
Army Corps at Memphis, Tenn. Assigned to Third Brigade of First Division,
Gen. J. A. Mower, division commander; Gen. A. J. Smith, corps commander.
Took part in battles of July 13, 14 and 15, 1864, near Tupelo, Miss. Was in
expedition to Oxford, Miss., in August, 1864; in skirmish at Tallahatchie Elver,
etc. ; September, October and November, 1864, under Gen. Mower, in Arkansas
and Missouri, in pursuit of Gen. Price; under Gen. Thomas at the battle of Nash-

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ville, Dec. 15 and 16, 1864. Succeeded to command of Third Brigade on the death
of Col. Hill, December 15th; under Gen. Canby in siege of Mobile, March and
April, 1865. Wounded in the advance to Spanish Fort, March 25, 1865. In
command of post of Selma, Ala., May, June and July, 1865. Commissioned brevet
brigadier general, March 13, 1865, for services at Nashville, on recommendation
of Generals McArthur, Smith and Thomas. Mustered out with Seventh Eegi-
ment at Fort Snelling Aug. 16, 1865.

EOBEET N. McLAEEN,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Major of the Sixth Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry, United States Volunteers,
Aug. 22, 1862. Participated in the campaign of that year against the hostile
Sioux Indians, and was in the battle of Wood Lake, September 23d. On duty at
Fort Snelling during winter of 1862-63. In General Sibley's expedition against
the Sioux Indians in the summer of 1863, and was in the battles of Big Mound,
Dead Buffalo Lake and Stony Lake. Colonel of the Second Eegiment, Minnesota
Cavalry, United States Volunteers, Jan. 12, 1864, and commanded that regiment
in General Sully's expedition against the Sioux Indians west of the Missouri
Eiver, and to the Yellowstone Eiver in the summer of 1864, and was in the bat
tles of Killdeer Mountain (Ta-ha-kouty) and Bad Lands. From the return of
this expedition, October, 1864, till the date of his muster-out, Nov. 17, 1865, he
was in command of garrison troops in Minnesota. Brevet brigadier general
United States Volunteers Dec. 14, 1865. Died at St. Paul, Minn., July 30, 1886.

STEPHEN MILLEE,

BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Lieutenant colonel First Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry, United States Volun
teers, April 29, 1861. In the battle of Bull Eun, July 21, 1861, and in several
other succeeding engagements of the Army of the Potomac, as appears more fully
in the narrative of the First Eegiment. Colonel of the Seventh Eegiment, Min
nesota Infantry, United States Volunteers, Aug. 24, 1862. Succeeded Gen. Sibley
in command at Mankato, Minn., Nov. 17, 1862, and had charge of the execution
of the thirty-eight Indians, Dec. 26, 1862. June, 1863, assigned to the command
of the district of Minnesota during General Sibley's absence on Indian expedi
tion. Brigadier general United States Volunteers Oct. 26, 1863. By Special
Order, No. 506, War Department, Nov. 14, 1863, assigned to the command of
Fort Snelling, Minn. Eesigned Jan. 18, 1864, to enter upon the office of gov
ernor of the State of Minnesota. Died at Worthington, Minn., Aug. 18, 1881.

JOHN B. SANBOEN,

BRIGADIER GENERAL AND BREVET MAJOR GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Adjutant general and acting quartermaster general State of Minnesota, with
the rank of brigadier general, April 22, 1861, to Jan. 1, 1862. Colonel Fourth
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Nov. 5, 1861, to Aug. 4, 1863. Brigadier general
United States Volunteers, Dec. 15, 1862, for conspicuous gallantry and efficiency
at the battle of luka; expired by limitation March 4, 1863. Eeappointed briga
dier general of Volunteers, Aug. 4, 1863, for conspicuous gallantry and efficiency
in the campaign against Vicksburg. Brevet major general United States Vol
unteers, Feb. 10, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in campaign in Mis
souri, October and November, 1864, against General Price and his army. Mus
tered out of military service May 31, 1866.

Organized and equipped first five regiments of Minnesota Infantry Volunteers,
four squadrons of cavalry, and two batteries of artillery, and commanded district
of Minnesota, May 22, 1861, to April 17, 1862. Moved Fourth Minnesota Infan-

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try Volunteers from Fort Snelling, Minn., to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April
17, 1862, to May 15, 1862, disembarking with his command at Fort Heiman,
Tenn., and marching out to Paris, Tenn., to attack and drive away the cavalry
command of the rebel General Forrest. June 3, 1862, assigned to command of
the First Demi-Brigade of the First Brigade of the Seventh Division, Army
of the Mississippi. Engaged in the siege of Corinth and pursuit of the rebel
army after the evacuation of Corinth till June 25, 1862. Assigned to command,
and commanding, First Brigade, Seventh Division, Army of the Mississippi, June
25, 1862, to Sept. 20, 1862. On court martial at Camp Clear Creek June 10 to
July 15, 1862. President of general court martial at Camp Clear Creek, Miss.,
July 20 to Aug. 10, 1862. Campaign against the rebel army at luka, Miss., and
battle of luka, Sept. 19, 1862. This battle was fought principally by General
Sanborn's brigade, which, under his personal command and direction, success
fully resisted an attack of six hours' duration by General Maury's division of
General Price's army. The entire federal loss was 790, and the loss of General
Sanborn's command in killed and wounded, with but few missing, was 588 out
of an aggregate force of a little more than 2,000 present for duty.

Sept. 19, 1862, to Oct. 14, 1862, campaign in defense of Corinth; battle of
Corinth, Oct. 3 and 4, and pursuit of rebel army to Eipley, Miss., Oct. 5
to 14, 1862. Oct. 14 to Dec. 25, 1862, commanding First Brigade, Seventh Divis
ion, Army of the Tennessee, in General Grant's central Mississippi campaign,
reaching the Yokanapotaffa River. Commanding First Brigade, Seventh Divis
ion, Seventeenth Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, Jan. 1, 1863, to April 1,
1863; engaged in the Yazoo Pass expedition and attack on Fort Pemberton,
March 13 to April 15, 1863, and counter march to Mississippi Eiver. Command
ing First Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, April 15
to May 2; movement from Helena to Milliken's Bend, Milliken's Bend to
Bruinsburg, La., and from Bruinsburg to Port Gibson, La., taking the division
across the Mississippi Eiver during the battle of Port Gibson in less than two
hours, and moving out to the field; commanding First Brigade, Seventh Divis
ion, in attack at Bayou Pierre, May 2, 1863; at Forty Hills, May 3, 1863. Com
manding said brigade at the battle of Eaymond, May 12, 1863, and at the battle
of Jackson, May 14, 1863, where the brigade in line successfully charged the
rebel right and centre, carrying the entire position, and by the aid of the other
troops engaged capturing fourteen pieces of artillery and a large amount of am
munition.

May 16, 1863, commanding said brigade at the battle of Champion Hills, Miss.,
capturing the colors of a Mississippi regiment and many prisoners of war. May
17th to 20th, building and guarding pontoon bridge across the Big Black Eiver,
over which a portion of the Army of the Tennessee passed toward Vicksburg.
May 20th, by order of General Grant, crossed over the bridge, destroyed the
same, and moved forward into the line of investment in rear of Vicksburg.

May 22, 1863, during forenoon, commanded First Brigade, Seventh Division,
Seventeenth Army Corps, in the assault upon the enemy's works, and in the
afternoon, during the temporary retirement of General Quinby, he commanded
the Seventh Division, during which time he made the assault from the right of
the position of General McClernand, whose corps (the Thirteenth) the Seventh
Division had been ordered to support. Upon reaching the ditch of the enemy's
lunette his command fought from the ditch for nearly an hour, waiting for a com
munication from Colonel Boomer, commanding the Second Brigade of said divis
ion, informing him — as had been arranged between them, when they separated
near Gen. A. J. Smith's headquarters — that he was ready to assault and go over
the works, when General Sanborn's brigade was also to advance, and both go over
the works together. In reaching the ditch and position taken by General San
born's command, it was exposed to a terrible fire from the front and right flank,
and when Major Welch and other mounted officers were carried down by the fire,
all field officers were ordered to dismount and go forward on foot, and in this
way the position was reached. The first news from Colonel Boomer, who was
over the crest of an intervening ridge, was from his adjutant, announcing to Gen-

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eral Sanborn that Boomer was dead, and that it was impossible for that brigade
to advance, All staff officers were at once sent for orders to General McClernand,
or some superior officer; none could be found, and after waiting fifteen minutes
(which was the limit that General Sanborn had given his colonels as the period
he would retain them under that fire without advancing or retreating), and night
coming on, — it being then quite after dark, — he withdrew his command about
one-third of a mile to the rear, and reformed on the crest of a ridge, the enemy
remaining inside of his works, and showing no sort of disposition to pursue.
General Sanborn had held his position directly in front of the enemy for more
than two hours, under a terrible fire, and the loss of his brigade (with which he
was present) was two hundred and fourteen killed and wounded.

May 23 to Atfg. 4, 1863, engaged in the siege of Vicksburg, and occupation
of Yicksburg, having been designated by Generals Grant and McPherson, on ac
count of conspicuous services during the campaign, to lead the advance into
Vicksburg with his brigade, and with General Logan's division to occupy the
place and parole the prisoners of war.

Aug. 4, 1863, to Sept. 20, 1863, on leave of absence in the North. Ordered to
report by General Grant for temporary duty to General Schofield, commanding
the Department of Missouri. Oct. 15, 1863, assigned to the command of the dis
trict of southwest Missouri, extending from the Osage to the Arkansas Biver,
and from Kansas and the Indian Territory eastward about two hundred miles,
with headquarters at Springfield, Mo.

Sept. 4 to Oct. 30, 1864, commanding brigade and division of cavalry in the
field against the Confederate army, then invading Missouri under Gen. Sterling
Price. Marching rapidly from Springfield to Jefferson City, via Eolla, Mo., with
a brigade of cavalry and reinforcements received en route, General Sanborn re
pulsed the rebel attack on Jefferson City, Oct. 7, 1864. With a division of cavalry
attacked and drove the rebel forces under Gen. Sterling Price at Vincennes and
California Station, Oct. 9 and 10, 1864, and at Tipton and Booneville, Oct. 10 and
11, 1864. After an advance against the rebel position at Booneville, on the llth,
he successfully extricated his command from a very perilous position, two full
divisions of Confederate cavalry, under Generals Shelby and Fagan, being in the
movement against his command to envelop and overwhelm it.

October llth to 21st, maneuvering with his division of cavalry, composed of
4,000 men and upward, against the rebel army, composed of about 22,000 men
and seven general officers, viz. , General Price, General Cabell. General Shelby,
General Marmaduke, General Fagan, General Thompson and General Clark, to
prevent the escape of said army south without a battle with A. J. Smith's corps,
now moving up the Missouri to attack and destroy this force, or west without a
battle with his division and the Kansas forces combined, or north of the Missouri
under any circumstances.

It was decided at noon of the 21st of October, in a consultation between General
Sanborn and General Pleasonton, who came onto the field and took command of
the division, — General Sanborn now taking his brigade, October 19th, — that the
attempt to get an engagement between the corps of infantry and the rebel army
was hopeless, and that the cavalry should be thrown forward at a gallop, with
orders to the colonels commanding brigades and regiments to force the rebel
army to form in line of battle, and to bring on an engagement at once. General
Sanborn, with his brigade, had the advance, and, moving, brought on the battle
of Independence, the 22d of October, wherein the cavalry made a saber charge,
and captured some four hundred prisoners and a section of artillery. This en
gagement was renewed early next morning at the Big Blue and Westport, where
our losses were heavy for a cavalry engagement, and our victory complete as to
occupying the rebel position.

General Sanborn' s command had now been maneuvering and fighting con
stantly from October 5th to October 25th, a period of twenty days, and both
horses and men were exhausted. The troops from Kansas under General Curtis,
with Generals Blunt and Lane, had come upon the field. General Curtis took
the advance on the morning of the 25th, affording all the relief he could to the

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Missouri division, and marched down the Missouri border to within about six
miles of the Marais des Cygnes Eiver. The men had neither rations nor water
during the entire day, and it was after dark when General Sanborn, who had
the rear, came up. General Curtis' command had gone into camp for the night
at the old trading post. The day's march had been without any fruit, and upon
reporting to General Pleasonton, General Sanborn stated that he desired to go
on till he either struck the rebel army or the Marais des Cygnes River, reported
to be six miles in advance. General Pleasonton, who was sick and exhausted,
assented to this, and ordered the whole division to go forward under Sanborn.
The march was continued until the fire of the rebel pickets, for nearly one mile
in length, was drawn, near midnight. General Sanborn moved forward early
the next morning with the whole division, immediately driving the rebels from
their camp, in which they left their entire breakfast, some cooked and some half-
cooked, with several hundred cattle and sheep, and pressed on through the woods
on the south side of the Marais des Cygnes Eiver, emerging from which he
came upon a very formidable line of the enemy.

The battle had aroused the entire command. General Pleasonton came upon
the field soon after the first assault was made and the position carried. Upon
being advised of the situation he directed General Sanborn to take command of
the advance and push the enemy vigorously with the aid of the First and Fourth
brigades of cavalry, — Benteen's and Phillips'. These, General Pleasonton said,
were in the saddle and would come forward at once on "the trot" and pass to
the front of Sanborn' s brigade. Colonel Phillips' brigade came up first, and
scarcely without halting was sent to the front by General Sanborn, with orders
to close up with the enemy and charge him if the opportunity was presented.
Colonel Benteen followed soon after with his brigade of veteran cavalry from
Mississippi. Colonel Phillips formed his line on the right of the road in front of
the enemy; Benteen formed on the left, and in the deployment of his line dis
covered the enemy at close quarters, with cavalry and artillery in position, hav
ing been forced to halt and fight by the pursuit of General Sanborn' s brigade.
Colonel Benteen was very near the enemy, and after sending word to Colonel
Phillips to support him, charged vigorously upon the Confederate left. Colonel
Phillips, who had been firing at long range upon the Confederates for some time,
followed in a charge on the right flank, and in a short time these brigades had
captured seven guns and eight hundred prisoners, with Generals Marmaduke
and Cabell. This was the battle of Mine Creek, and resulted from the persistency
of General Sanborn' s command during the night and early morning, thus pre
venting the enemy from escaping, with valuable stores, unpunished, into Ar
kansas.

From this time on the destruction of the wagons and property by the rebel
army and the surrender of prisoners was incessant, and their rout was complete,
although at the crossing of the Litle Osage another apparent stand was made.
General Curtis and the Kansas troops had again demanded and taken the front.
The brigade of General Sanborn, which had been on duty all the night previous,
and made the attacks in the morning, was much jaded and quite a distance in
the rear. Aids de- camp at once brought orders to him to come forward with
his command and attack the rebel position. The rebels were apparently formed
in a dense thicket, from which a rapid fire was poured into our ranks. Immedi
ately upon coming up with his command, General Sanborn formed it in line of
battle behind a low crest, and as soon as formed ordered a charge upon the gallop
into and through the woods, and led his brigade, the enemy giving way. The
Kansas troops again took the lead and retained it until they brought on the
engagement at IN ewtonia, two days afterward.

General Sanborn' s brigade was compelled to stop one day at Fort Scott and
shoe the horses and obtain shoes and clothing for the men. This accomplished,
he moved at four o'clock on the morning of the following day, and with the
exception of a rest of two hours on the following night, marched constantly till
five o'clock the following afternoon, when he came upon the battlefield of
^ewtonia, where the Kansas forces were engaged by the whole rebel army, and

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had suffered severely. Although the horses of his command were so jaded that
they could not be made to move out of a walk, General Sanborn immediately
got his brigade into position on foot, although under a heavy fire, attacked the
rebel right and compelled it to give way. Several hundred prisoners were cap
tured on that and a few succeeding days.

Assigned to the command of the district of the upper Arkansas, head
quarters at Fort Riley, July 12, 1865, to Nov. 8, 1865. Made a campaign in the
field against the Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Arrapahoe, and Apache Indians
of the upper Arkansas. Opened mail communication by the Smoky Hill route
to Denver, and by the Arkansas and Oiinmaron routes to Sante Fe, August and
September, 1865. Campaign terminated with the treaty of peace made at the
mouth of the Little Arkansas, Oct. 20, 1865. Assigned to the duty of adjusting
the relations between the slave-holding tribes of Indians and their former slaves,
Nov. 1, 1865, to May 1, 1866. Adjusted all these relations without loss to the
Government, and to the satisfaction of the Indians, the slaves and the Government.

Mustered out by reason of close of the war, May 31, 1866, having been ten
dered the position of lieutenant colonel in the regular army.

HENEY H. SIBLEY,

BRIGADIER GENERAL AND BREVET MAJOR GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS..

Appointed by Governor Alexander Ramsey of Minnesota colonel commanding
forces in the field, to suppress the outbreak of the Dakota or Sioux bands of
savages, on the frontiers of Minnesota and Dakota. Commission dated Aug. 20,
1862. Marched to the beleaguered camp at Birch Coolie, drove off the hostile
savages, after a brisk action, September 2d. Defeated the combined warriors of
the several bands at Wood Lake, September 23d, after a long and well-contested
battle, and on the 26th of the same month captured their main camp, composed
of nearly 2,500 men, women and children, released 150 young white female pris
oners, who had been spared to minister to the brutal lust of the savages, and 250
mixed bloods, who had been kept in durance by Little Crow, the leader in the
massacres. Appointed a military commission to try such of the warriors as
were charged with complicity in the murders of nearly 1,000 white settlers, and
in other outrages. Three hundred and three were found guilty, and sentenced
to be hung, and a number condemned to various terms of imprisonment, from
one to ten years, being convicted of robbery and pillage. The execution was
stayed by President Lincoln until the 26th of December of the same year, when,
by his order, thirty-eight were suspended from the same scaffold at Mankato.
The remainder were kept in close custody until spring, when they were transferred
to the military prison at Davenport, Iowa, from which, after many months of
confinement, the survivors, with their families, were placed on a reservation on
the upper Missouri. Appointed brigadier .general United States Volunteers,
for distinguished services in defeating the hostiles at Wood Lake, to take rank
from Sept. 29, 1862, and placed in command of the military district of Minnesota.
Ordered by Major General Pope to organize an expedition against the refugee
Sioux, who had taken shelter with their powerful kindred bands on the distant
upper prairies. Left Camp Pope June 16, 1863, and after a long and fatiguing
march, formed an intrenched camp on the Sheyenne Eiver, garrisoned by the
foot-sore men and three companies of effectives, made a rapid movement with
the elite of the force, overtook the hostiles July 24th, routed them in three sepa
rate engagements, July 24th, 26th and 28th, in the last of which the whole con
centrated force of warriors, reinforced by 500 Teton Sioux from the west side of
the Missouri, in all from 2,200 to 2,500 mounted men, made a final desperate
effort to crush the command, but were signally defeated, with a heavy loss of war
riors and of their winter supply of buffalo robes, dried meat and other indis
pensable articles, including vehicles of every kind. Many of the enemy were
drowned in their haste to cross the turbulent Missouri, and the demoralization
was so complete that no raids of any consequence have since been made upon

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the border settlements. The column, consisting of three regiments and two or
three detached companies of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, two sections of a
battery and a force of scouts, in all nearly 4,000 men of all arms, returned to Fort
Snelling September 13th, having marched a distance of nearly 1,200 miles, through
a region where the foot of no white man, save that of a hunter or trapper, had
ever trod. Believed of the command of the military district of Minnesota in
August, 1865, and detailed, by order of the president, as a member of the mixed
civil and military commission to negotiate treaties with the hostile bands of Sioux
and other tribes. Joined the commission at Sioux City, Iowa, and proceeded to
Fort Sully, where treaties were concluded with six different bands of Sioux,
which were ratified by the senate at the succeeding session. Mustered out of the
service with many other general officers by General Order, Ko. 85, having been,
previously promoted to the rank of brevet major general for meritorious services.

MINOE T. THOMAS,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Second lieutenant Company B, First Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry, United
States Volunteers, April 29, 1861. Promoted first lieutenant; wounded in the
battle of Bull Run. Lieutenant colonel Fourth Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry,
United States Volunteers, Oct. 18, 1861. In command of the Fourth Eegiment
during part of the siege of Corinth. Colonel Eighth Eegiment Infantry, United
States Volunteers, Aug. 24, 1862. In command of Fort Eipley, Minn., during
winter of 1862-63; afterward at St. Cloud. Commanded a brigade in the Sully
expedition against the hostile Sioux Indians in the summer of 1864. In command
of a brigade in the action near Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 7, 1864, and from that
time till the close of the war was in command of the Third Brigade, First Divis
ion, Twenty-third Army Corps, and was engaged in the battle of Kinston. Mus
tered out of the service July 11, 1865. Brevet brigadier general, to date from
March 13, 1865.

JOHN E. TOUETELLOTTE,

BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Private Company H, Fourth Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry, United States
Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1861. Captain of said company Dec. 20, 1861. Lieutenant
colonel Aug. 14,1862; colonel Oct. 5,1864. Eesigned June 21, 1865. Brevet briga
dier general United States Volunteers March 13, 1865. Captain Twenty- eighth
Infantry, United States Army, July 28, 1866. Major Seventh Cavalry, United
States Army, Sept. 22, 1883. Eetired as major United States Army, March,
1885. Engaged in the battles of luka and Corinth. Commanded the Fourth
Minnesota in the batttle of Champion Hills, in the assault on Vicksburg, battle
of Chattanooga, battle of Altoona and battle of Bentonville, and afterward was
in command of a brigade.

HOEATIO P. VAN CLEVE,

BRIGADIER GENERAL AND BREVET MAJOR GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS.

Eegular Army Eecord: Born in New Jersey (appointed from New Jersey).
Cadet at the United States Military Academy from July 1, 1827, to July 1, 1831,
when he was graduated and promoted in the army to brevet second lieutenant,
Fifth Infantry, July 1, 1831. Served on frontier duty at Fort Howard, Wis.,
1831, and Fort Winnebago, Wis. (Second lieutenant Fifth Infantry, Dec. 31,
1834), 1831, 1835, 1835-36. Eesigned Sept. 11, 1836. Eecord in United States
Volunteers, War of the Eebellion, 1861-65: Commissioned colonel of Second
Eegiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, July 22, 1861. On duty at Fort Snell
ing till Oct. 14, 1861; reported with regiment to General W. T. Sherman, at Louis
ville, Ky. , in October, and ordered to Lebanon Junction, Ky. ; assigned to Eobert

714 GENERAL OFFICERS.

L. McCook's brigade of George H. Thomas' division, Army of the Ohio, and or
dered to Lebanon, Ky., December 10th. In General Thomas' expedition against
Zollicoffer, January, 1862. At battle of Mill Springs, January 19th. Eeturned
to Louisville and went with division to Nashville in March, then with BuelPs
'army to Pittsburgh Landing in April (brigadier United States Volunteers, March
21, 1862), and assigned to command of the Fourteenth Brigade, Fifth Division,
Army of the Ohio. At siege of Corinth, April 16th to May 30th. Movement to
Huntsville, Ala., June llth to July 1st. Camp at Battle Creek, Tenn., till August
23d. Marched back to Nashville, in BuelPs expedition to head off Bragg from
Louisville, September 7th to 26th. Assigned to command of the Fifth Division,
Second Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, September 29th. In pursuit of Bragg to
Wildcat, Ky., October. Battle of Perry ville, October 8th. Eeturned from Wild
cat to Nashville. Title of division changed to Third Division, Fourteenth Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, November, 1862. At battle of Stone Elver, December
29th to 31st. On duty at Murfreesboro till July, 1863. Occupied McMinnville,
Tenn., July and August. Advanced to Chattanooga, September. At Einggold,
Ga., September llth. Gordon's Mills, September 12th and 13th. Made a recon
naissance with one brigade toward La Fayette, Ga., and had a sharp skirmish
with the enemy, September 13th. At the battle of Chickarnauga, September 19th
and 20th. Assigned to and commanding post and forces, district of Murfrees
boro, Tenn., Department of Cumberland, Nov. 27, 1863, to Aug. 21, 1865. Mus
tered out of service Aug. 24, 1865. (Promoted to brigadier general United States
Volunteers, March 21, 1862, for conspicuous gallantry and efficient services at
the battle of Mill Springs, Ky. Brevet major general United States Volunteers,
March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war.) June 19,
1890, appointed second lieutenant United States Army retired, under special act
of Congress. For official reports, see "Official Eecords, War of the Eebellion,"
vol. 7, and "Chickamauga Volume," not yet issued.

THE VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS.

LIST AND SHORT RECORD OF OFFICERS APPOINTED FROM MINNESOTA IN THE

VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS.

ABBOTT, ASA T. — Private Company E, First Minnesota Infantry, and Signal
Corps, April 29, 1861, to Sept. 4, 1863. Second lieutenant Signal Corps Sept. 5,
1863. Was with the armies of Generals Banks, McDowell, Pope, McClellan, Burn
side, Meade and Hooker. Present at the battles of Winchester (first and second),
Cedar Mountain, second Bull Run, Antietarn, Fred,ericksburg, Chancellorsville,
and several skirmishes. Captured by Mosby's men in October, 1863. Received
slight scalp wound from pistol stroke while being captured; escaped. From April,
1865, until mustered out, Aug. 29, 1865, was on the staff of Gen. Thomas as sig
nal officer. Second lieutenant Twenty -eighth Infantry March 7, 1867. First lieu
tenant artillery June 30, 1876. Retired April 23, 1879. Brevetted first lieutenant,
March 7, 1867, for " faithful and meritorious services in the Signal Corps during
the war."

ADAMS, SAMUEL E. — Major and paymaster Nov. 26, 1862. Assigned to duty
under Colonel N. W. Brown, deputy paymaster general, at St. Louis, Mo. Field
of duty mostly in Missouri and Arkansas. Brevetted lieutenant colonel, Oct. 21,
1865, for faithful and meritorious services. Mustered out Jan. 15, 1866.

BANNING, WILLIAM L.— Captain, commissary of subsistence, Aug. 24, 1861.
Served in Missouri, under Gen. Curtis, to November, 1862, and as post commissary
of subsistence at Pilot Knob, Mo., to June, 1863. Resigned July 16, 1863.

SEVENS, HENRY L. — Major and paymaster July 17, 1862. Served in New
Mexico. Resigned Jan. 20, 1864.

BLAKELY, CYRENE H. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, May 18, 1863
{promoted from first lieutenant Company K, Third Regiment, Minnesota Infan
try, United States Volunteers, and acting assistant adjutant general). Served as
acting ordnance officer at Fort Snelling June 1, 1863, to Aug. 1, 1864; commis
sary of subsistence at Pine Bluff, Ark., Aug. 25, 1864, to March 19, 1865. Mus
tered out Oct. 9, 1865. Brevet major commissary of subsistence, March 19, 1865,
for meritorious services in his department during the war.

BOND, JOHN W. — Captain commissary of subsistence Nov. 26, 1862. Served
at St. Cloud, Glencoe, and Fort Abercrombie, and afterward in the South. Mus
tered out June 15, 1866.

BROWN, JOHN H. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, May 24, 1864. From
September 14th till April, 1865, in charge of depot of clothing, camp and gar
rison equipage, and manufacture of army trousers, Madison, Wis., then relieved
Captain Van Slyke in duties pertaining to the department, continuing till mus
ter-out, Jan. 27, 1866. Died December, 1889.

BUTTERFIELD, GEORGE W. — Captain, assistant adjutant general, March 18,
1865 (promoted from first lieutenant and adjutant of Eighth Minnesota Infantry
March 18, 1865). Resigned July 3, 1865. Served with Third Brigade, First Divis
ion, Twenty-third Corps, May to July, 1865.

716 THE VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS.

CARVER, HENRY L. — Captain, assistant quartermaster (originally private,
promoted from first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster Sixth Regiment,
Minnesota Infantry), Feb. 29, 1864. Served as chief quartermaster of the district
of Minnesota, on the staffs of Generals Sibley and Corse, until the close of the
war. Fort Wadsworth, Dak., built under his supervision. For faithful and meri
torious services bre vetted major, also lieutenant colonel. Mustered out March
13, 1866.

CILLEY, CLINTON A.— Captain, assistant adjutant general, July 15, 1864 (pro
moted from captain Company C, Second Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry). Same
date entered on duty as assistant adjutant general at headquarters, Army of the
Ohio. Served with Major General John M. Schofield through the Hood campaign.
Afterward with Second Division, Twenty-third Army Corps. Present at occupa
tion of Cape Fear and Wilmington; at Kinston, and until Johnston's surrender.
July, 1865, assigned to duty at headquarters, Department of North Carolina,
Major and assistant adjutant general March 21,1865. Brevetted lieutenant colonel,
March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Franklin,
Tenn.," and colonel same date "for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle
of Nashville, Tenn.'7 From November, 1865, till muster-out, Sept. 1, 1866, in
charge of Freedmen's Bureau, western North Carolina, and at headquarters of
bureau, Ealeigh.

CLEVELAND, GUY K. — Major and paymaster Feb. 19, 1863. Served at St.
Louis, Mo. In spring of 1865 transferred to Davenport, Iowa. Brevetted lieuten
ant colonel, Dec. 1, 1865, "for faithful service in the pay department." Mustered
out Dec. 1, 1865. Died Feb. 19, 1878.

COLBURN, NATHAN P.— Major and paymaster Feb. 27, 1863. Served in the
Department of Missouri and Arkansas. Eesigned Jan. 16, 1864.

COTTRELL, CHARLES A. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, March 3, 1865^
accepted May 17, 1865. Was never assigned to duty. Mustered out July 28,
1865.

CRAWFORD, CHARLES. — Major, additional paymaster, Feb. 23, 1864; accepted
April 13, 1864. Brevetted lieutenant colonel, Nov. 27, 1865, for faithful and meri
torious services. On duty in pay district of Kansas and Colorado, June, 1864r
to muster-out. Mustered out Nov. 1, 1866.

CROSWELL, MICAH S. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, March 27, 1863
(promoted from first lieutenant Company E, Eighth Minnesota Infantry). Chief
commissary of subsistence in expedition against the Sioux Indians, May to No
vember, 1863; at battle of White Stone Hills, Sept. 3, 1863. Post commissary
at Milwaukee, Wis., December, 1865, to May, 1864, and at Fayetteville, Ark.,.
July, 1864, to April, 1866. Chief commissary of subsistence, Third Division,
Seventh Corps, Fort Smith, Ark., April, 1865. In charge of depot and post
there till Aug. 15, 1866. Brevet major and brevet lieutenant colonel March,,
1866. Mustered out August, 1866.

CRUTTENDEN, JOEL D.— Captain and assistant quartermaster Feb. 19, 1862.
Reported to General Banks at Woodstock, Shenandoah Valley, Va., and served
as assistant to Colonel Holabird, then chief quartermaster, now quartermaster
general retired. Taken prisoner May 23, 1862, and confined in Salisbury, N. C.>
andLibby Prison, Eichmond; exchanged September, 1862, and ordered to the ar
tillery brigade of First Army Corps. Served with the brigade of the First and
afterward Third Army Corps until promoted, Aug. 6, 1864, to the rank of colonel
and inspector of the quartermaster's department. Inspections made in the states
of Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and the territories of Colo
rado and Utah. Mustered out Nov. 3, 1866.

THE VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS. 717

CUTTER, AMMI. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, March 16, 1864; accepted
May 12, 1864. On duty as assistant quartermaster at Davenport, Iowa, August to
October, 1864; at Prarie du Chien, Wis., to February, 1866, and awaiting orders
to muster out. Mustered out March 30, 1866.

DAILEY, MARVIN A. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, Feb. 19, 1863.
Assigned to duty at Mankato April, 1863; at Madison, Wis., from Feb. 1, 1864.
Major, by brevet, March, 1866. Mustered out April, 1866.

DANIELS, MILTON J. — Captain, commissary of subsistence (promoted from
captain Ninth Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry), Feb. 23, 1865. Served at Baton
Rouge, La., from March to Dec. 13, 1865, when he was mustered out. Brevet
major December, 1865.

EVANS, GRIFFITH O.— Captain, assistant quartermaster, Feb. 28, 1865; ac
cepted May 9, 1865. Was never assigned to duty. Mustered out July 28, 1865.

FISK, JAMES L. — Captain, assistant quartermaster (promoted from Third Min
nesota Eegiment), May 29, 1862, and assigned to command of emigrant train
from Minnesota to the Eocky Mountains. Conducted similar expeditions in
1863 and 1864. August, 1864, repulsed the attack of Sioux Indians at edge of
Bad Lands of Little Missouri. Mustered out June 12, 1865.

FORBES, WILLIAM H. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, Nov. 9, 1862.
Served in the district of Minnesota part of 1862 and 1863, and afterward in the
Department of the Missouri. Mustered out July 13, 1865.

FOSTER, THOMAS, JR. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, Oct. 28, 1861.
Served at Indianapolis, Ind. ; also, on examining boards for Kentucky, Tennessee
and Georgia. Mustered out March 15, 1865.

GILFILLAN, CHARLES D. — Major and paymaster Nov. 26, 1862. The appoint
ment was without his application or knowledge, and was declined by him on
receiving notice of it.

GOODRICH, EARL S. — Captain, additional aid-de-camp, April 1, 1862. As
signed to duty with General Shields, and served in the Shenandoah Valley, Ya.,
during summer of 1862, participating in the affair of the 8th and the battle of
the 9th of June at Port Eepublic, and the other skirmishes and engagements of
Shield's division. After call made by the president, July 2, 1862, for half a mill
ion of men, ordered to " proceed to Minnesota and co-operate with the governor
of that state in forwarding enlistments." On occurrence of the Sioux outbreak,
went with first body of troops to the relief of Fort Eidgley. Disabled by the
tick of a horse and resigned Nov. 1, 1862.

GORMAN, JAMES W. — Captain, assistant adjutant general, Aug. 26, 1862.
Served on the staff of his father, Brigadier General W. A. Gorman, in the Army
of the Potomac (brigade in Sedgwick's division of Sumner's corps), and after
ward at Helena, Ark. Died Feb. 19, 1863.

HAND, DANIEL WHILLDIN. — Assistant surgeon First Minnesota Infantry
July 23, 1861. Present at battle of Ball's Bluff, before Yorktown, and battles of
Fair Oaks (in which he was wounded), Seven Pines, Frazier's Farm and Malvern
Hill. May 18, 1863, captured and a prisoner at Libby about one month. August,
1863, detailed on the staff of Major General Peck, whom he accompanied to New-
berne, N. C. , and for over two years thereafter had charge of the medical depart
ment of North Carolina. Nov. 1. 1864, lieutenant colonel, by brevet, "for meri-

718 THE VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS.

torious services rendered during the war, and particularly for the skill, energy-
and fidelity displayed by him as medical director of the military district of North
Carolina during the prevalence of a fatal epidemic of yellow fever at Newberne,
N. C., in the autumn of 1864." Colonel, by brevet, March 13, 1865, "for faithful
and meritorious services during the war." Mustered out December, 1865. Died
at St. Paul, Minn., June 1, 1889.

HARTLEY, JOHN. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, Jan. 27, 1865 (private
Company E; sergeant major Eighth Minnesota Infantry Aug. 14, 1862, to April 7,
1865). Brevet major, July llth, for* u efficient and meritorious services." Cap
tain Twenty-second Infantry July 28, 1866. Eesigned Sept. 7, 1882. Was never
assigned to staff duty.

HEANEY, DANIEL. — Captain, assistant quartermaster (promoted from Second
Minnesota Infantry), June 11, 1862. Served in the Department of the Cumber
land and Ohio. Mustered out July 28, 1865.

HUNT, THOMAS B. — Captain, assistant quartermaster (promoted from first lieu
tenant Fourth Minnesota), Nov. 26, 1862. Present at siege of Corinth. Chief
quartermaster district of Iowa, at Davenport, July 4, 1863, to August, 1864.
Military harbor master, and in charge of steamboat claims at St. Louis, Mo., Sep
tember, 1864, to February, 1865. Depot quartermaster at Cincinnati Feb. 25,.
1865, to August, 1867. Captain, assistant quartermaster, United States Army,,
Jan. 16, 1867. Brevet major and lieutenant colonel United States Volunteers,
July 28, 1865, "for meritorious services in his department." Brevet major and
lieutenant colonel United States Army, March 2, 1867, for t i faithful and meritori
ous services in the quartermaster's department during the war." Retired Feb.
20, 1885, for " disability in the line of duty."

JONES, EDWIN S. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, Feb. 19, 1863; ac
cepted April 16, 1863. Served in the Department of the Gulf to October, 1865,
and awaiting orders to muster out. Brevet major Volunteers, Jan. 28, 1866, for
faithful services in the subsistence^ department. Mustered out Feb. 2, 1866. Died
at Minneapolis winter of 1889-90.

KERNS, WILLIAM F. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, Feb. 29, 1864; ac
cepted May 13, 1864. On duty at Vicksburg, Miss., August, 1864, to November,
1865, and awaiting orders to muster out. Mustered out Dec. 13, 1865.

KIMBALL, WILLIAM M. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, March 27, 1863 j
accepted May 7, 1863. Quartermaster of General Sully 's Indian expedition in
Dakota, May to September, 1863. Quartermaster district of Minnesota to May,
1864. With General Sully 's Indian expedition to October, 1864. On duty at St.
Paul, Minn., to January, 1865. On duty at Fort Eipley, Minn., to muster-out.
Brevet major Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services
during the war. Brevet lieutenant colonel, Jan. 18, 1866, for faithful services.
Mustered out Feb. 18, 1866.

KITTHEDGE, WILLIAM TILDEN.—* Cap tain, assistant adjutant general (pro-
moted from first lieutenant Fourth Minnesota), June 30, 1864. Served on staff
of Brevet Major General John B. Sanborn, district of southwest Missouri. In ac
tions at Jefferson City, California, Little Blue, Independence, Marais des Cygnes
and Newtonia. Afterward on duty at Fort Eiley, Kan.; also, in expedition
against Sioux Indians. Brevet major for "faithful and meritorious services du^
ring the war." Mustered out Dec.' 20, 1865.

THE VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS. 719

LEACH, WILLIAM B. — First lieutenant and adjutant First Minnesota Infan
try. In battle of Bull Eun July 21, 1861; Edwards' Ferry Oct. 21, 1861. Served
as aid-de-camp on staff of Brigadier General N. J. T. Dana, in campaign of Har
per's Ferry, siege of Yorktown and battle of West Point. Captain assistant ad
jutant general May 16, 1862. Served with General Dana, commanding Third
Brigade, Second Division, Second Corps, and as such, in battles of Fair Oaks,
Peach Orchard, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Second Malvern Hill, Chantilly, An-
tietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. July, 1863, assigned to duty with Major
General Devens, Conscript Camp, Boston Harbor. Inspector Thirteenth Corps,
Brownsville, Texas, from November, 1863, to March 7, 1864, when he resigned.

LEONARD, JOHN A. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, March 2, 1864; ac
cepted April 16, 1864. Commissary of subsistence First Division, Sixteenth
Corps, April, 1864, to August, 1865, and awaiting orders to muster out. Brevet
major, Aug. 27, 1865, for " faithful and meritorious services." Mustered out Oct.
9, 1865.

MAYALL, SAMUEL. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, June 11, 1862; accepted
July 15, 1862. Post quartermaster at Bowling Green, Ky., 1862, until he re
signed. Resigned July 29, 1864.

MCCRACKEN, MARCUS W. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, May 20,
1863; accepted May 23, 1863. Post commissary of subsistence at Cape Girar-
deau, Mo., June, 1863, to date of death. Died Aug. 11, 1864, at Cape Girar-
deau, Mo.

MCGREGOR, JOHN G. — An appointment of major and paymaster, made Nov.
26, 1862, and which expired March 4, 1863, was made in the name of John P.
McGregor, but was probably intended for John G. McGregor, then first lieuten
ant and afterward captain Company I, Eighth Minnesota, but who never re
ceived official notice of it.

McKiNNEY, ALBERT. — Major, additional paymaster, May 28, 1864; accepted
July 2, 1864. On duty in St. Louis, Mo., July, 1864, to May, 1865, and at Da
venport, Iowa, to muster-out. Mustered out Dec. 1, 1865.

McKusicK, JONATHAN E. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, Feb. 19, 1863;
accepted March 30, 1863. On duty at Mankato, Minn., July 1, 1863, to July,
1864; at Fort Wadsworth, Dak., to July, 1865; and at Fort Abercrombie, Dak.,
to muster-out. Mustered out June 27, 1866.

MILLER, STEPHEN C. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, March 2, 1864.
Served in the Department of Arkansas. Mustered out Oct. 9, 1865.

MILLS, ARTHUR H. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, Nov. 9, 1862; ac
cepted Nov. 17, 1862. Quartermaster district of Minnesota, November, 1862, to
May, 1863; of General Sully 7s Indian expedition, to October, 1863; at Sioux City,
Iowa, to March, 1864; at St. Paul, Minn., to June, 1864; at Fort Abercrombie,
Dak., to July, 1865, and at Fort Wadsworth, Dak., to muster-out. Died at St.
Louis March 18, 1872. Mustered out July 10, 1866.

MORRIS, ARTHUR B. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, Nov. 26, 1862; ac
cepted Jan. 19, 1863. Commission expired March 4, 1863. Was never assigned
to duty.

720 THE VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS.

NASH, CHARLES W. — Captain, assistant quartermaster (promoted from first
lieutenant Company C, Hatch's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry, United States
Volunteers), April 5, 1865. Served as chief quartermaster district of Minne
sota, headquarters St. Paul, from March 14, 1866, to muster-out, June 27, 1866.
Brevet major March 13, 1865, for "faithful and efficient service."

NEWSON, THOMAS MCLEAN. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, Nov. 26,
1862. Served on staff of Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley in Indian expedi
tion and at Camp Pope. Afterward at St. Cloud, Fort Eipley and Fort Snell-
iug. Brevet major for meritorious services. Mustered out Oct. 9, 1865.

NININGER, ALEXANDER EAMSEY. — Captain, assistant adjutant general, June
7, 1864 (having previously served as second and first lieutenant Eighty -fourth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, from February, 1862, till 1863, in the Army of the Po
tomac); assigned to duty at Philadelphia. Served at headquarters First Divis
ion Cavalry Corps (military division west Mississippi), April, 1865. After
ward served in Alabama and Department of the South. Brevet major and
lieutenant colonel March, 1865. Captain Twenty-eighth Eegiment, United States
Infantry, March 7, 1867. Mustered out Sept. 1, 1866.

OLIN, EOLLIN C. — Captain, assistant adjutant general (promoted from first
lieutenant Third Minnesota), March 11, 1863. Served on the staff of General
Sibley in the expeditioa against the Sioux Indians, and at headquarters district
of Minnesota, St. Paul. Mustered out Jan. 20, 1866.

OTIS, EPHRAIM A. — Captain, assistant adjutant general (promoted from
second lieutenant Second Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry, in which capacity as
staff officer he was present at the battle of Shiloh), June 11, 1862, and afterward
served on the staff of Brigadier General H. P. Van Cleve. Was in the Ken
tucky campaign, battles of Stone Eiver, Chickamauga and Nashville, serving in
latter campaign on staff of General L. H. Eosseau. At Murfreesboro when it
was besieged by a part of Hood's army, until Dec. 20 1864, when notice of the
acceptance of his resignation was received.

OVEBTON, GEORGE A. J. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, March 2,
1864; accepted May 3, 1864. Commissary of subsistence at Fort Wadsworth,
Dak., May 1864, to muster-out. Brevet major of Volunteers, July 14, 1865, for
" efficient and meritorious services." Mustered out July 15, 1865.

OWENS JOHN P. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, Jan. 30, 1865; accepted
June 14, 1865 (promoted from quartermaster, Ninth Minnesota Volunteers).
Mustered out Sept. 20, 1865. Was never assigned to duty.

PAULDING, EDMUND E. — Major, additional paymaster, Junel, 1861; accepted
June 10, 1861. On duty in Washington, D. C., June, 1861, to January, 1862; in
the Department of the South to August, 1862; in New York to November, 1862,
and in Washington, D. C., until cashiered. Brevet lieutenant colonel Volunteers.
March 13, 1865, for the faithful and energetic performance of duty as chief pay
master of the district of Washington. Cashiered July 9, 1866.

PELL, JOHN H. — Captain, assistant adjutant general, May 25, 1863 (promoted
from captain Company I, First Eegiment, Minnesota Infantry, United States
Volunteers), in which capacity he was in the actions of Bull Eun, Ball's Bluff,
Berryville, siege of Yorktown, West Point, Fair Oaks, Fair Oaks Station, Peach
Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Nelson's Farm, Malvern
Hill, second Malvern Hill, second Bull Eun, Flint Hill, South Mountain and
Charlestown. Served as captain, assistant adjutant general, Department of the

THE VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS. 721

Northwest, from May 25, 1863, and present at battles with the Indians at White
Stone Hills, Sept. 3, 1863, and Ta-ha-kouty, Little Missouri and Mauvais Terres
in the summer of 1864. Eesigned March 28, 1865.

POMEROY, GEORGE. — Major and paymaster United States Army. Second
lieutenant First Minnesota Infantry April 29, 1861. Captain Oct. 22, 1861. In
battles of Bull Bun, Edwards' Ferry, West Point, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard,
Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill and Antietam, and was
wounded in the latter battle. Lieutenant colonel One Hundred and Fourteenth
New York Infantry, September, 1862. Afterward major and paymaster United
States Volunteers, and served at Boston and New York. Major and paymaster
in United States Army, 1866. Bre vetted colonel for gallantry in the field. Died
Jan. 1, 1869, at Omaha.

EOBERTSON, WALTER S. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, March 18, 1864;
accepted April 5, 1864. On duty in the Department of Virginia and North
Carolina from May, 1864, until dismissed. Dismissed July 30, 1864.

SARGENT, M. WHEELER. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, Nov. 26, 1862,
by letter of appointment, but it does not appear that he ever accepted the appoint
ment, or that tie was ever nominated to the senate for it. Never performed duty
under appointment as commissary of subsistence. Major, additional paymaster
of Volunteers, March, 13, 1863; accepted April 8, 1863. Served in the pay dis
trict of Missouri, May to September, 1863. Eesigned Nov. 12, 1863.

SEVERANCE, MARTIN J. — (Captain Tenth Minnesota Infantry) Captain, assist
ant quartermaster, Nov. 26, 1862, by letter of appointment, but he never ac
cepted the appointment. He did not wish the appointment, and never had
official notice of it.

SMITH, DE WITT C.— Major, additional paymaster, Feb. 23, 1864 (promoted
from captain First Minnesota Infantry ); accepted April 30, 1864. Served in the
pay district of Missouri and Tennessee from July, 1864, until mortally wounded.
Died Oct. 28, 1864, of wounds received in an attack by guerrillas on steamboat
Belle of St. Louis, at Eandolph, Tenn.

SMITH, TIMOTHY D. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, June 21, 1862. Served
principally at Fort Abercrombie, D. T., and was there while it was besieged by
Sioux Indians. Eesigned March 27, 1865. Died, as sutler, at Fort Abercrombie,

1882.

SNYDER, WILLIAM E. — Major, additional paymaster, April 21, 1864; accept
ed April 29, 1864. Served at Washington, D. C., April to July, 1864; at St.
Paul, Minn., to April, 1865, and in the pay district of Louisiana and Texas
until mustered out. Mustered out April 30, 1866.

SPENCER, JOSEPH H. — Captain Signal Corps March 3, 1863; accepted May
30, 1863 (promoted from second lieutenant First Minnesota Infantry). Major
and inspector Signal Corps Oct. 7, 1865; accepted Oct. 10, 1865. Brevet major
Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for faithful and continuous services. Served in the
Shenandoah Valley, the Department of Washington and the Department of the
Cumberland. Mustered out Oct. 12, 1865.

SWIFT, HENRY A. — Captain, assistant quartermaster Volunteers, Nov. 26,
1862, by letter of appointment, but it does not appear that he ever accepted the
appointment or that he was ever nominated to the senate for it.

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722 THE VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS.

THORNTON, JAMES J. — Captain, assistant quartermaster Volunteers, Feb. 19r
1863; accepted March 30, 1863. In charge of captured and abandoned property
in Mississippi, May to November, 1863; quartermaster Third Division, Fifteenth
Corps, to December, 1863; First Division, Sixteenth Corps, to April 16, 1864,
and on sick leave until he resigned, Sept. 12, 1864.

VAN VORHES, ANDREW J. — Captain, assistant quartermaster Volunteers,
Feb. 19, 1863; accepted April 9, 1863. Post quartermaster at Fort Snelling\
Minn., June, 1863, to February, 1864, and at Fort Ridgley, Minn., until he re
signed, March 25, 1865.

WALLACE, WILLIAM. — Second lieutenant Signal Corps Feb. 14, 1865; ac
cepted May 11, 1865. Served in the Department of Washington until mustered
out, Aug. 12, 1865.

WEBBER, ALFRED B. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, Feb. 19, 1863 j
accepted March 30, 1863. Commissary of subsistence Fifteenth Corps, Decem
ber, 1863, to November, 1864; on leave to December, 1864; with Gen. Sherman's
army in the Carolinas to June, 1865. Brevet major Volunteers, June 30, 1865,,
for efficient and meritorious services. Resigned June 30, 1865.

WHIPPLE, JOHN. — Captain, assistant quartermaster, Sept. 30, 1862. Served
principally at Trenton, N. J., purchasing supplies, mostly horses, to be forward
ed to the front. Mustered out May 19, 1866. Died at New York March 1, 1879.

WHITNEY, JOSEPH C. — Captain, assistant quartermaster (promoted from
captain Company D, Sixth Minnesota), Feb. 23, 1865. Not assigned to duty*
Mustered out Oct. 12, 1865.

WILKINSON, Ross. — Major, aid-de-camp Volunteers, March 15, 1865 (pro
moted from captain Fifth Minnesota Volunteers); accepted April 20, 1865. Aid-
de-camp to Gen. A. J. Smith, April, 1865, to muster-out, Oct. 12, 1865.

WILSON, THOMAS PERRY. — Captain, assistant quartermaster. Private Fourth
Minnesota Infantry Oct. 25, 1861. Commissary sergeant Dec. 4, 1861. First
lieutenant and regimental quartermaster Forty-ninth United States Infantry
(colored), April 23, 1863. In siege of Corinth (with Fourth Minnesota), battles,
of luka and Corinth, Yazoo Pass expedition, and siege of Vicksburg. In battle
of Milliken's Bend (with Forty -ninth United States Colored Infantry). Pro
moted captain, assistant quartermaster, April 7, 1864, and in summer of 1864
placed in charge of field hospital for Army of the Tennessee at Marietta, Ga.
During siege of Atlanta, autumn of 1864, appointed chief quartermaster Fourth
Division, Seventeenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee, this continuing during
Sherman's march through Georgia, and from Savannah through the Carolinas.
Detailed on special service while the army was in North Carolina. June, 1865,
placed in charge of army trains to take them to Fort Leavenworth. September,
1865, post quartermaster at Camp Wardell, Col., afterward Fort Morgan. Spring
of 1866, chief quartermaster for Colorado at Denver. Aug. 21, 1866, at his re
quest, mustered out of service. Major by brevet, May 25, 1866, for meritorious
conduct during the W;ar.

WOODS, GEORGE H. — Captain, commissary of subsistence, Nov. 16, 1861
(promoted from first lieutenant, regimental quartermaster, First Minnesota In
fantry); accepted Nov. 19, 1861. Lieutenant colonel, commissary of subsistence,
Aug. 20, 1862, to Sept. 27, 1862. Commissary of subsistence, Corps of Obser
vation, Army of the Potomac, October, 1861, to February, 1862, and of Richard-

THE VOLUNTEER STAFF CORPS. 723

son's division, Army of the Potomac, to April 20, 1862. Chief commissary of
subsistence Second Army Corps to June 1, 1862; on sick leave to October, 1862
Commissary of subsistence First Brigade, First Division, Third Army Corps, to
Nov. 17, 1862. Chief commissary of subsistence Third Corps, Army of the
Potomac, to March 28, 1864. Chief commissary of subsistence Cavalry Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to August. 1864, and chief commissary of subsistence (on
Gen/ Sheridan's staff) of the middle military division to November, 1864, and
member of the board for examination of officers of the Subsistence Department
until mustered out. Brevetted major of Volunteers, July 10, 1865, for efficient
and meritorious services. Mustered out July 11, 1865.

724

APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR ARMY.

LIST, FURNISHED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT, OF APPOINTMENTS IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMY FROM MINNESOTA, 1861 TO 1870, INCLUSIVE.

NAME.

VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION IN WHICH
APPOINTEE SERVED.

APPOINTMENTS IN
U. S. ARMY.

DATE.

William H Acker

Captain 1st Minnesota Infantry .. .

Captain 16th In

May 14 '61

*George E Albee

U S Sharpsh'trs Wis Arty U S C T

2d Lieut 14th In

July 28 '66

*Asa T Abbott

Private Company E 1st Minn Infantry

2d Lieut 28th In

Mch 7 '67

Horatio S Bingham. .

Captain 2d Minnesota Cavalry

2d Lieut. 2d Cav

Feb 23 '66

*John J Clague . ...

Setg Company F 6th Minn Infantry

2d Lieut. 40th In

Mch. 7, '67

* William F Drum

Ohio and New York Volunteers

2d Lieut. 2dln..

Aug. 5, '61

George M. Fillmore

2d Lieut. 3d Art

Nov. 30, '61

Indiana Volunteers, U. S. Col. Troops

1st Lieut. 39th In

June 12, '67

John K. Hezlep

2d Lieut. 7th In

June 23, '65

Seth L Harmon

1st Lieutenant 1st Minnesota Infantry

2d Lieut 12th In

Mch 26 '66

William Harmon .

1st Lieutenant 1st Minnesota Infantry

2d Lieut 18th In

July 21 '66

John Hartley

Serg Maior 8th Minnesota Infantry

Captain 22d In

July 28 '66

*Henry S Howe . .

] st Lieut Battalion Minn Cavalry

2d Lieut 17th In

Feb 23 '66

*Eli L Hug^ins

1 st Lieutenant 1st Minnesota Artillery

2d Lieut 2d Art

Feb 23 '66

*Javan B Irvine

Private Company A 1st Minn Infantry

1st Lieut. 13th In

Oct. 26 '61

Josias R. King

Captain 1st Minnesota Infantry

2d Lieut. 2d In

May 26 '66

Lyman S. Kidder

Hatch's Battalion Minnesota Cavalry

2d Lieut. 2d Cav

June 22, '66

Wesley F Miller

2d Lieut. 7th In

Aug. 5, '61

Samuel B. Mclntyref

2d Lieut. 5th Art

June 17, '62

*John McClellanf

2d Lieut. 5th Art.

June 17, '67

1st Lieutenant 2d Minnesota Cavalry..

2d Lt. 10th Cav..

Mch. 7, '67

Alex. R. Nininger

Captain Asst Quartermaster of Vols..

Captain 28th In...

Mch. 7, '67

Edward R. Parry

1st Lieut, llth In.

May 14, '61

Henry R Putnam

Captain 1st Minnesota Infantry

Captain 12th In

Aug. 5 '61

Howard E. Stansbury

1st Lieut. 19th In.

May 14, '61

*Johu E Tourtellotte

Colonel 4th Minnesota Infantry

Captain 28th In

July 28 '66

Alexander Wilkin

Captain 17th In

Aug. 5, '61

Joab Wilkinson

Captain 12th In..

Aug. 5, '61

*Edgar W. Bass

Quartermaster Serg 8th Minn Infantry

2d Lt. Engineers.

June 15, '68

Ezekiel G. Gear

Post Chaplain

Apl. 3, '67

"*Tbomas B. Hunt

1st Lieutenant 4th Minnesota Infantry

Capt.and A.Q.M.

Jan. 18, '67

Simeon Smith

Maior 2d Minnesota Infantry

Mai Paymaster

Aug 29 '61

* William Smith

Maj., Paymaster.

Jan. 17, '67

1

"SHU in service; see " Army Register." fMilitary Academy.

PROMOTIONS TO UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.

725

LIST, FURNISHED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT, OF OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN
PROMOTED FROM MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERS, TO BE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
IN UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS, SHOWING NAMES, RANK AND ORGANI
ZATION FROM AND TO WHICH TRANSFERRED.

NAME.

APPOINTED FROM.

APPOINTED To.

Rank.

3 ~

at

2d
A
A
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
E
E
E

"E"

E
F
F
G
G
G
H
H
I
I
I
I
I
I
I

"A"

B
C
D

F
G
I
G
B
C

B

G"
I
I
I

A"
A

A"
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
C
C
D
D
D
E
F
F
G
H
H
K
H
H
I
I

0^

O'g

fc«

Arm of Ser
vice.

Rank.

o^-
6$
fc«

65
57
113
57
112
112
113
112
57
112
112
49
4
4
112
112
57
113
113
113
113
4
57
112
112
112
57
57
113
113
49
58
50
50
49
49
50
49
42
71
71
71
f72
113
68
122
24
72
18
8
65
65
8
69
68
65
68
68
8
8
68
68
62
62
88
67
18
67
67
68
65
68
62
67
92
67
65

Arm of Ser
vice.

Date.

Edward T Tillotson

Private
Sergeant
Musician
Private
Private

B'y
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4

5
5
5

6

6
6
6
6

6

7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7

Light Art'y
Volunteers-
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1st Lieut
Captain
2d Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
Captain
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
Lieut. Col
1st Lieut
2d Lieut
Captain
Major
1st Lieut
2d Lieut
1st Lieut
Major
Captain
1st Lieut
2d Lieut
Captain
2d Lieut
Captain
Captain
2d Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
Captain
1st Lieut
Captain
Captain
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
2d Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
2d Lieut
N C Officer

Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infan'y (new
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry... .
Heavy Art'
Heavy Art'
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infan'y (new
Infan'y (new
Infan'y mew
Infan'y (new
Heavy Art'y
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infan'y (new
Infan'y (new
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
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Infantry
Infantry
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Heavy Art'y
Infantry
Infantry
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Heavy Art'y
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Heavy Art'y
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Infantry
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Heavy Art'y
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Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry

Nov. 26, '64
Aug. 13, '64
May 8, '65
Aug. 13, '64
May 27, '64
Oct. 21, '64
Apl. 1, '65
Apl. 18, '64
Nov. 29, '65
Oct. 21, '64
Oct. 21, '64
Nov. 28, '63
July 1, '64
Sept. 5, '64
Apl. 18, '64
Oct. 21, '64
Mch.10,'64
Apl. 1,'65
Oct. 21 '64
May 8, '65
May 8, '65
July 1,'64
July 11, '64
Oct. 21, '64
Oct. 21, '64
Oct. 21, '64
Dec. 14, '64
Dec. 14, '64
May 8, '65
May 8 '65
Apl. 23, '63
Sept. 7, '63
Oct. 21 '64
Oct. 21, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Nov. 26, '64
May 8 '63
May 19, '63
Nov. 1,'64
Mch. 19, '64
Apl. 17, '64
Mch.29,'64
Dec. 14, '64
Oct. 21, '65
Apl. 28, '64
July 25, '64
Mch. 9, '65
Apl. 28, '64
Aug. 9, '64
July 14, '64
May 17, '65
Feb. 18, '65
May 25, '64
Oct. 21, '64
July 22, '65
Dec. 14, '64
Feb. 28, '64
Oct. 14, '64
June 4, '64
June 4, '64
Sept. 19, '65
Mch. 17, '65
Mch. 30, '64
Jan. 30, '65
Jan. 23, '65
Mch. 18, '64
Mch. 2, '65
Jan. 25, '64
Jan. 25, '64
Feb. 6, '65
Dec. 22, '63
Jan. 23, '65
May 1, '64
July 7 '64
July 3, '64
May 30, '64
Feb. 18, '65

Cyrus F. Redlon

Benj F Simmons

Sergeant
Corporal
Private
Private
1st Lieut
Private

James H Ward

Leroy L. Rundell
Charles F Wagoner

William D. Bryant

Henry C Collins

Private
Private
Serg. Major.
Private

Benjamin Densmore

William D. Hale
Horatio M. McGaughey
James D. Merrill

Private

Barnard McKenna
James M. Bowler

Private
Captain
1st Sergeant.
Corporal
Private
Sergeant
Private
Sergeant
Sergeant
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Q. M. Sergt..
Sergeant
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
1st Sergeant..
Private
Sergeant
Private
Serg. Major...

Sergeant
Serg. Major...
Private

Richard C. Custard

Franklin Skillman....

Philander Skillman

JohnSeibel

Jesse Barrick

John J Cantwell

Samuel M. Bruce... .

Frank Becker
Orren E. Boughton

James C. Cantwell.

Frederick Schilplin

Francis E. Collins

Din a B. Chatfield.

Alonzo L. Brown

John A. Davis. ..

William H. Hall

Thomas F. Sturtevant

Joseph Meyer

Augustus T. Pentler.
Julius F. Putnam

Andrew W. Williamson

Edward Roth

Abner N. Lee
Levinne P. Plummer

Captain
Captain

Captain
1st Lieut
Captain
2d Lieut
Captain
Asst.Surgeon
1st Lieut
2d Lieut
1st Lieut
Captain
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
2d Lieut
1st Lieut
Captain
1st Lieut
Chaplain
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
N. C. Officer..
1st Lieut
2d Lieut
2d Lieut
Lieut. Col
1st Lieut
Captain
2d Lieut
2d Lieut
1st Lieut
Captain
Captain .

Frederick W. Norwood
Gordon S Haseltine

Edward A O'Brien

1st Lieut
Corporal
Sergeant
Hos. Steward
Private
Private
Q. M. Sergt...
2d Lieut
1st Sergeant-
Corporal
Corporal
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
Private
1st Sergeant..
Private
Private
Private

Francis E. Daggett

Frank M Thornton

Richard D. Traver

Duvan F Kelly

Martin N Slocum

Christopher C. Guderian

Wm W Willis

John W Willson

Samuel H Harrison

Henry G Bilbie

George W. Buswell
George L Colburn

George E. Morrell

James H McFarland

Nolan M. Chase

Enos Munger

Martin Robinson

George M. French.

Henry C. Hitchcock.
Edward H. Wood.

Sergeant
Sergeant
1st Lieut
Corporal
Private

John More

Daniel Densmore

Thomas Scantleberry

Charles A. Wackerhagen

Wm. J. Worden

Sergeant
Corporal
Private
1st Sergeant..
Corporal

William Whitehill

Charles Bornarth.

William Darnell....,

726 PROMOTIONS TO UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.

PROMOTIONS TO UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS — Continued.

NAME.

APPOINTED FROM.

APPOINTED To.

Rank.

a£

aa

*i

C c

'&&

Arm of Ser
vice.

Rank.

es-

0 g1

5tf

65
68
123
45
122
122
62
4
123
118
123
121

192

122
72
67
67
65
39
117
67
67
68
68
125
66
68
124
4

Arm of Ser
vice.

Date.

Thomas Montgomery
Edward R R Talbot

Corporal

K
K
B
B
D
D
E
F
F
F
F
H
H
11

c"

E
F
II
A
B
B
C
C
F
I
I

c

7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
2

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Brack. Batt...

Captain
1st Lieut
Captain
Captain
2d Lieut
Captain
Captaiu
2d Lieut... ...
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
2d Lieut
2d Lieut
1st Lieut
Captain
Surgeon
1st Lieut
Captain
Captain
Colonel
Captain
Colonel
2d Lieut
2d Lieut
Major ...
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut
1st Lieut

Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Heavy Art'y
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infautrv
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Cavalry

May 17, '64
Feb. 28, '64
May 5, '65
July 18. '64
July 25 '64
Apl. 29, '65
Dec. 21, '63
Feb. 21, '64
Dec. 14, '64
Apl. 29, '65
Dec. 14, '64
July 25, '64
July 25, '64
June 9, '65
June 1,'64
Mch. 18, '64
Jan. 25, '64
Jan. 12, '64
Apl. 9, '64
Oct. 7, '64
Jan. 25, '64
Mch 18, '64
May 17, '64
Dec. 2, '65
Dec. 11 '65
Feb. 21, '64
Feb. 28, '64
Dec. 14, '64
May 14, '64

Miles Holester
Edward H. Cults
B "Nicholas Ohlhues

1st Lieut
Private
Corporal
Corporal
Corporal
1st Sergeant-
Sergeant
Corporal
Private
Sergeant
Private
Private
Asst.Surgeon
Sergt. Major.
1st Sergeant..
Private
1st Lieut
Corporal
Captain
Sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant
Corporal
1st Sergeant-
Sergeant
Private

Gehiel L. Case
Emerson J Woodward

George L. Baker ».

Elijah L Clark

James G Whittemore

Adam Stark
Jesse E Smith

William B. Dickey
Olive1* C Ludlow

R. W. Twitchell
Ira S. Smith .. . .

Marcus Whitford
Jesse W. Palmer

Ozora P. Stearns

John Paulson ...

Alonzo J Edgerton

A. G. Edgerton

Clark Gleason

Oliver H. Holcomb

John W. Burnham

John A Wheeler

John W. Peck

Sebastian Geisreiter

Charles Wenz

THE INDIAN WAR OF 1862-1864, AND FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS IN

MINNESOTA.

BY HON. CHAS. E. FLANDRAU.

In attempting to write a history of the Indian War of 1862, under the appoint
ment of the last legislature, I encounter at the outset more difficulties than I had
anticipated when I accepted the commission. The law authorizing the work was
originally designed to cover only the services of Minnesota troops in the Civil
War of 1861-65. The addition of the Indian War of 1862 was an afterthought.
The main object of the work, as appears in the act directing its publication, is to
preserve "a complete roster of all the Minnesota soldiers and sailors engaged in
said war," for the benefit of posterity. So far as the soldiers of the state who
were engaged in the Civil War is concerned, such roster is attainable, but it is
very difficult at this late date to obtain very satisfactory data upon which to build
such a roster of the men composing some of the many organizations of citizens
who fought the battles of the Indian War. None of them were ever mustered
into the service of the United States, and where an original roll of any company
is to be found it is a mere accident. I have expended much time and labor in
my endeavor to comply with this part of the requirement of the act, but from
the very nature of the case my success has been limited.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION.

In the division of space among the various organizations in which to narrate
the history of their military operations, there has been set apart to me forty-five
pages in which to write the history of the most important Indian war that ever
occurred since the first settlement of the continent, and which extended over
iive years of active operations. I shall be confined, therefore, to a mere state
ment of the various military movements embraced in the campaigns of 1862,
1863 and 1864, without any opportunity for comment or discussion, and trust
that all apparent omissions to do justice to individual prowess will be attrib
uted not to any desire on my part to withhold well-merited praise from brave
men, but to the necessity of close condensation in the presentation of the mere
facts. Having personally participated in only a limited part of the war, I am
compelled to resort to such records as exist, and the memory of living men, for
the facts and movements outside of my own command, which, I regret to say,
are far from complete. All the reports of the adjutant of Colonel Sibley's first
command of 1862, together with the order book of that expedition, have been
lost, and with them the rosters of all the citizen organizations embraced in that
command, which were quite numerous. Very few of the other citizen com
panies kept any record of their men, and where I have succeeded in finding a
roster of any company it has been from some newspaper publication of the time,
or the memory of some member of the body, aided by some records in the ad
jutant general's office. I am especially indebted to "The Sioux War and Mas
sacres of 1862 and 1863," by I. V. D. Heard, published in 1864. The " Minne
sota Indian Massacre," by Charles S. Bryant, A. M., also published in 1864, and
the official report of the adjutant general of Minnesota, Hon. Oscar Malmros,
for 1862, found in the executive documents of the state that year, and the
" Memoirs of Gen. Henry H. Sibley," recently published by the Rev. Dr. West,
for much information; and I refer any reader who may desire more extended
and detailed knowledge of the war to those works. Many of the participants

728 THE INDIAN WAR IN MINNESOTA.

in the struggle, in various parts of the state, have also supplied me with facts
and dates, which, though constituting a poor foundation for history, have been
serviceable. With these materials and the space allotted me I enter upon my
narration.

SITUATION OF THE INDIANS PREVIOUS TO THE OUTBREAK.

The Territory of Minnesota was organized by act of Congress passed on the
3d of March, 1849. Its boundaries extended to the Missouri Eiver on the west.
Within the portion of the territory which is now embraced in the State of Min
nesota were, at the time of its organization, in 1849, the following Indians: Four
bands of Sioux, known as the M? day- wa-kan- tons and Wak-pay-ku-tays, the
Si-si-tons and Wak-pay-tons, together with a considerable band known as the
upper Si-si-tons,'Who occupied the extreme upper waters of the Minnesota Eiver.
The first mentioned four bands possessed all the lands now in Minnesota lying
west of the Mississippi Eiver and south of Big Stone Lake, including some por
tion of the northern part of Iowa. The Sioux numbered, exclusive of the upper
Si-si-tons, about 8,000 men, women and children. There were also in the territory
Chippewas about as follows: At Lake Superior, whose agency was at La Pointe,
Wis., about 1,650; on the upper Mississippi, about 3,450; Pillagers, 1,550; at Eed
Lake, 1,130; making a total of 7,834. There were also at Long Prairie, west of
the Mississippi, now in Todd county, about 1,500 Winnebagoes. TheWinne-
bagoes were removed from Long Prairie in 1854 or 1855 to Blue Earth county,
and at the time of the outbreak were on their reservation about ten miles from
Mankato. On the Missouri, both east and west of that river, were many wild and
warlike bands of Sioux — the Tetons, the Yanktons, the Cutheads, the Yank-
tonais and others. Uo actual census of these Missouri Indians had ever been
taken, but the writer has known from 8,000 to 10,000 of them to attend a pay
ment of the Minnesota Sioux in 1855 and 1856. The Sioux and Chippewas
were deadly enemies. The Winnebagoes were at peace with all the other tribes.

In 1851 a treaty was negotiated with the M'day-wa-kan-tons and Wak-pay-
ku-tays (which bands we will hereafter call the Lower Sioux), for the purchase
of their lands in Minnesota and Iowa. This treaty was made at Mendota, —
Alexander Eamsey and Luke Lea representing the United States, — and in the
same year another treaty was negotiated by the same commissioners with the
Si-si-tons and Wah-pay-tons (which bands we will hereafter call the Upper
Sioux), at Traverse des Sioux, on the Minnesota Eiver, for the purchase of their
lands in Minnesota and Iowa.

These treaties set apart a reservation for these Indians composed of a strip
of land ten miles wide on each side of the Minnesota Eiver, extending from a
short distance south of Fort Eidgley to the source of that river. The Lower
Sioux to occupy it as far up as the Yellow Medicine Eiver, and the Upper Sioux
the northern part of the reservation. The senate made amendments to these
treaties, and this postponed their final proclamation by the president until Feb.
24, 1853, and the Indians did not take possession of their reservations until
1854-55, and many not until some years later. The Lower Sioux Agency
was located on the Minnesota Eiver, about five miles below the Eedwood Eiver,
and the Upper Agency on the Yellow Medicine Eiver, about three miles from,
its mouth.

CAUSES OF DISSATISFACTION.

Much dissatisfaction was engendered among the Indians by occurrences taking
place at the time of the negotiation of these treaties. Whether there was any
good ground for it or not, is of very little consequence now; the fact that a hos
tile feeling existed is all that is material here. This dissatisfaction was increased
rather than diminished by the subsequent administration of the treaties under
the general Government. The Indians had sold an empire, and taken in ex
change a limited area of country illy adapted to their wants. The provisions of
the treaties for periodical payments of money and goods and other benefits,
although carried out with substantial honesty, failed to fulfill the exaggerated

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expectations of the Indians. All these matters of irritation added fuel to the
fire of hostility which always has and always will exist between a civilized and
a savage nation when brought into immediate contact; and especially was this
the case where the savages were proud, brave and lordly warriors, who looked
with supreme contempt upon all civilized methods of obtaining a living, and
who felt amply able to defend their rights and revenge their wrongs. Nothing
special has been discovered to have taken place to which the outbreak can be
immediately attributed. It was charged to emissaries from the Confederates in
the South, but there was no foundation for these surmises. The rebellion of the
Southern states was at its height; large bodies of troops were being sent out of
Minnesota; the payment due in June or July, 1862, was much delayed. The
Indians were hungry and angry; threats were made of attacking the government
warehouses at the agency, to which concessions were made, and provisions dis
tributed to the Indians. Some of the chiefs were ambitious, and thought it a good
opportunity to regain their lost country, and exalt themselves in the eyes of their
people. This combination of circumstances operating upon a deep-seated hatred
of the whites, in my opinion precipitated the outbreak at the time it occurred.

THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE.

The first Indian trouble that occurred in Minnesota was at Spirit Lake, in
the southwestern corner of the state, and is known as the Ink-pa-du-ta war. In
March, 1857, Ink-pa- du-ta's band had a quarrel with some settlers on the Eock
Eiver, in the northwestern part of Iowa. In consequence of this they came
north into Minnesota and killed a good many people at Spirit Lake and Spring
field, on the head waters of the Des Moines, — about forty-two in all, — and car
ried into captivity four women — Mrs. Marble, Mrs. Noble, Mrs, Thatcher and
Miss Gardner.

The news reached my agency on the 18th of March. Colonel Alexander of
the Tenth United States Infantry, commanding at Fort Eidgley, sent over to
Spirit Lake Company A of that regiment, commanded by Captain Barnard B.
Bee and Lieutenant Murray. They buried the dead but did not catch the In
dians. In May following I succeeded in recovering Mrs. Marble, and in June
Miss Gardner. Mrs. Thatcher and Mrs. Noble were both killed. And in July
I succeeded, with a squad of regular soldiers under the same Lieutenant Murray,
and a party of citizens under my command, in killing on the Yellow Medicine
Eiver one of Ink-pa-du-ta's sons who had been engaged in the massacres. A
very full account of this whole affair will be found in "Collections of the Min
nesota Historical Society," vol. 3, part 3, of 1880, pages 386 to 407, which
was prepared by myself; and also in a book published in 1885 by Miss Gardner,
entitled " History of the Spirit Lake Massacre, and Captivity of Miss Abbie
Gardner,'7 which was revised by myself, and is accurate.

THE OUTBREAK OF 1862.

Everything about the agencies, up to the 18th day of August, 1862, presented
the usual appearance of quiet and security. On the 17th of August a small
party of Indians appeared at Acton and murdered several settlers. Whether
these Indians had previously left the agencies with this intention is doubtful,
but on the news of these murders reaching the Indians at the Upper Agency on
the 18th, open hostilities were at once commenced, and the traders and whites
were indiscriminately massacred. The missionaries residing a short distance
above the Yellow Medicine Agency, and their people, with a few others, were
notified in time by friendly disposed Indians, and, to the number of about
forty, made their escape to Hutchinson. Similar events occurred at the Lower
Agency on the same day, where nearly all the traders and whites were butch
ered, and several who got away before the general massacre commenced were
killed before reaching Fort Eidgley, thirteen miles below, or other places of
safety to which points, they were fleeing. Nearly all the buildings at both
agencies were destroyed, and such property as was valuable to the Indians was
carried off and appropriated by them. The news of the outbreak reached Fort

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Bidgley about 8 o'clock A. M. of the 18th of August, through the arrival of a
team from the Lower Agency, which brought a citizen badly wounded, but no
details could be obtained. The fort was in command of Capt. John F. Marsh of
Company B, Fifth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. He had eighty-five men in
his company, from which he selected forty -five, leaving the balance, under Lieut.
T. P. Gere, to defend the fort. This little squad, under the command of Captain
Marsh, with a full supply of ammunition, provisions, blankets, etc., accompanied
by a six-mule team, left the fort at 9 A. M. on the 18th of August for the Lower
Agency, which was distant about thirteen miles up the Minnesota Eiver, and
situated on the other side of the river from the fort, being reached by a ferry
at the agency. On the march up the command passed nine or ten dead bodies
lying in the road, bearing evidence of having been murdered that morning by
the Indians, one of whom was Dr. Humphrey, surgeon at the agency. On reach
ing the vicinity of the ferry no Indians were in sight, except one on the other
side of the river, who endeavored to induce them to cross. A dense chapparal
bordered the river on the agency side, and tall grass covered the bottom on the
side where were the troops. Suspicion of the presence of Indians was aroused by
the disturbed condition of the water of the river, which was muddy and contained
floating grass. Then a group of ponies was seen. At this point, and without a
moment's notice, Indians in great numbers sprang up on all sides of the troops
and opened upon them a deadly fire. About half of the men were killed in
stantly. Finding themselves surrounded, it then became with the survivors a
question of sauve qui pent. Several desperate hand to-hand encounters occurred,
with varying results, and the remnant of the command made a point down the
river about two miles from the ferry, Captain Marsh being of the number. They
attempted to cross, but the captain was drowned in the effort. Only from thirteen
to fifteen of the command reached the fort alive.

Much criticism has been indulged in as to whether Capt. Marsh, when he
became convinced of the general outbreak, should not have returned to the fort.
Of course 45 men could do nothing against the 500 or 600 warriors that were
known to .be at and about the agencies. The Duke of Wellington when asked
what was the best test of a general, said, " To know when to retreat, and to dare
to do it." Capt. Marsh cannot justly be judged by any such criterion. He was
not an experienced general. He was a young, brave and enthusiastic soldier;
he knew little of Indians. The country knows that he thought he was doing
his duty in advancing. I am confident, whether the judgment is intelligent or
not, posterity will hold in warmer esteem the memory of Capt. Marsh and his
gallant band, than if he had adopted the more prudent course of retracing his
steps. General Custer was led into an ambush of almost the exact character,
which was prepared for him by many of the same Indians who attacked Marsh,
and he lost five companies of the Seventh United States Cavalry, not a man
escaping. The facts about the expedition and ambuscade of Capt. Marsh's com
pany I have from John F. Bishop, who was one of the escaped members of the
company, and was its fifth sergeant, who took command and brought the rem
nant of the company into the fort.

Having massacred the people at the agencies, the Indians at once sent out
marauding parties in all directions. They covered the country to the northeast
as far as Glencoe and Hutchinson; to the southeast nearly to St. Peter; to the
south as far as Spirit Lake, which is partly in Dickinson county, Iowa, and
they carried death and devastation wherever they went, murdering of men,
women and children quite 1,000. The settlers, being accustomed to their friendly
visits, were taken entirely unawares, and were shot down in detail without an
opportunity of defense.

The agent for the Sioux at this time was Maj. Thomas Galbraith. He had
raised a company of men for service in the Civil War, called the Benville Bangers,
and was on his way down to Fort Snelling to muster them in. He arrived at St.
Peter on the evening of the 18th of August, and there received news of the out
break at the agencies. Taking the muskets of a militia company of St. Peter, he
immediately started to return to Fort Eidgley, where he arrived on the 19th.

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On the same day, Lieut. T. J. Sheehan of Company C, Fifth Minnesota Volunteer
Infantry, with fifty men, also arrived. Lieut. Sheehan had previously been at
the Yellow Medicine Agency with his company, to aid in preserving order among
the Indians, and was there when the threats were made to attack the govern
ment warehouse. He had returned to Ridgley, and was on his way to Fort Rip-
ley, and on the 18th he had reached a point near Glencoe, about forty two miles
from Fort Eidgley. On the evening of the 18th he received this dispatch:

" HE ADQUARTERS FORT RlDGLEY,

Aug. 18, 1862.
" Lieut. SHEEHAN:

"It is absolutely necessary that you should return with your command im
mediately to this post. The Indians are raising hell at the Lower Agency. Re
turn as soon as possible.

"JOHN S. MARSH,

i ' Captain, Commanding Post.

Lieutenant Sheehan was then a young Irishman of twenty -five years of age,
with immense physical vigor and corresponding enthusiasm. He immediately
broke camp, and arrived at the fort on the 19th of August, having made a forced
march of forty-two miles in nine and one-half hours. He did not arrive a mo
ment too soon. He had with him fifty men, and being the ranking officer after
the death of Capt. Marsh, he took command of the post. The garrison consisted
of the remnant of Company B, Fifth Regiment, 51 effective men; Company C,
Fifth Regiment, 50 men; Ren ville Rangers, 50 men; with several men of other
organizations, including Sergeant Jones of the regular artillery, and quite a
number of citizen refugees, together with C. G. Wyckoff, secretary of the super
intendent of Indian affairs, A. J. Van Vorhes, J. C. Ramsey and Major E. A. C.
Hatch, a man of much experience with Indians, having long been a trader among
them, and once agent for the Blackfoot tribe. This party brought up the money
to pay the Indians, and remained at the fort. I will here leave the fort with its
new commander preparing for the coming storm, and relate hereafter how well
he met and treated it.

MOVEMENTS FOR THE RELIEF OF NEW ULM.

On the night of the 18th, the day of the outbreak, the news reached St.
Peter, as I have before stated, and turned the Renville Rangers back to the fort.
About 4 o'clock A. M. of the 19th the news reached me at my house, about one
mile from St. Peter, through Mr. Henry Behnke of New Ulm, who had been
dispatched from that town to notify the settlers in the valley. Having disposed
of my impedimenta in the way of women and children, I repaired to St. Peter,
where the situation was fully comprehended. Volunteers were called for, and
in a very short time about one hundred and sixteen men were enlisted for any
duty that might present itself. An organization was formed by the selection of
myself as captain, William B. Dodd as first lieutenant and Wolf H. Meyer as
second lieutenant. I don't think we had time or inclination to complete the or
ganization by sergeants and corporals. Immense labor was performed in the
next few hours in the way of outfit. Suffice it to say, that before noon two men,
Henry A. Swift, afterward governor of the state, and William G. Hayden, in a
buggy, and by noon sixteen mounted men, under the sheriff of the county, L.
M. Boardman, had started to the front, and by one o'clock in the afternoon the
main body of the company was on its way toward the enemy, wherever he might
be found. Each man had a gun of some kind, a bottle of powder, a box of caps,
and a pocketful of bullets. The advance parties had been sent out to deter
mine whether we should go to Fort Ridgley or New Ulm, which was thirteen
miles nearer than the fort, but on the other side of the river. We did not see our
advance guards on the march, and instinct or judgment, it is difficult to say
which, aided by a note from Gov. Swift, guided us to New Ulm. I should say
here, that a large squad from Le Sueur, under Captain Tousley, sheriff of Le

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Sueur county, accompanied us from St. Peter, and that at an earlier hour in the
day a squad from Swan Lake, some fifteen miles nearer to New Ulm than St.
Peter, under Samuel Coffin, had gone to New Ulm to find out what was the
matter.

Our advance guard reached New Ulm about 4 or 5 o'clock p. M. — just in.
time to aid the inhabitants in repelling an attack of about one hundred Indians
upon the town. They succeeded in driving the enemy off, several citizens being
killed, and about five or six houses in the upper part of the town being fired
and destroyed. The main body of my company reached the ferry, about two
miles below the settled part of the town, about 8 P. M., having made thirty- two
miles in seven hours in a drenching rainstorm. The blazing houses in the dis
tance gave a very threatening aspect to the situation, but we crossed the ferry
successfully and made the town without accident. The next day we were rein
forced by a full company from Mankato, under Captain William Bierbauer, of
whose company I am happy to say I have a complete roster. Several companies
were formed of the citizens of New Ulm. A full company, on the 20th or 21st,
arrived from South Bend, and various other squads greater or less in number
came in during the week before Saturday, the 23d, swelling our effective force to-
about three hundred men, but nearly all very poorly armed. We threw up barri
cades, and sent out daily scouting parties through the surrounding country, who
succeeded in bringing in many people who were in hiding and would undoubtedly
have been lost without this aid. It soon became apparent that to maintain any
discipline or order some one man must be in command of all the forces. The
officers of the various organizations assembled and chose a commander; the se
lection fell to me. A provost guard was at once established and order inaugu
rated. The defenses were strengthened and we awaited results. Captain William
B. Dodd, my first lieutenant, was made second in command, and S. A. Buell,
provost marshal, chief of staff and general manager. He had been a naval of
ficer and was a good organizer. Captain S. A. George, a young man who had
been for a short time in some Eastern regiment, who joined us at St. Peter, was
made an aid, and proved very efficient in reducing matters to a manageable con
dition.

BATTLE OF NEW ULM.

Nothing of serious consequence occurred until Saturday morning, when afc
about 9:30 o'clock the Indians came down from Fort Ridgley, thirteen miles above
us, which post they had been vigorously but ineffectually besieging since the 20th.
As I have learned since, from educated half-breeds who were among the attacking
party, the enemy comprised about six hundred and fifty fighting men, all well
armed and many mounted. The assault was well executed, and resulted in driv
ing in our lines temporarily. We soon rallied, however, and steadily held the
enemy off. The Indians soon surrounded the whole town, and commenced firing
the buildings on the windward side. I wish I could describe the fight from
the beginning up to about 3 o'clock P. M., but my allotted space forbids. It was
a lively and interesting one. I cannot, however, omit the critical event of the
day. At about 2 p. M. a great conflagration was raging on both sides of the main
street in the lower part of the town, and destruction seemed inevitable. A squad
of about fifty men was collected, a charge made down the burning street, and
the Indians driven out beyond the houses. We then burned everything behind
us, and the day was won. The desperate character of the fighting is well told
when I say we lost 60 men in about an -hour and a half, 10 killed and 50 woundedj
and these out of a much depleted force, Lieutenant Wm. Huey having gone with
about 75 men to guard the approach by the ferry, and crossing to the other
side of the river was cut off and forced to retreat toward St. Peter. It was
simply a mistake in judgment to put the river between himself and the main
force, but in his retreat he met Capt. E. St. Julien Cox with reinforcements,
joined them, and returned the next day. He was a brave and willing officer.
The company from South Bend, having heard that the Winnebagoes had joined
in the outbreak, returned to their homes before the attack on Saturday to pro-

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tect their families, and on the morning of the attack a wagon load left us and went
down the river. I doubt if we could have mustered over two hundred guns at any
time during the fight. About one hundred and ninety houses were burned by
the enemy and ourselves during the encounter, leaving nothing of the town but
the small portion embraced within the barricades. The fighting continued all
Saturday night, and with desultory firing up to Sunday forenoon. The Indians
then drew off to the northward, in the direction of the fort, and disappeared.
About noon on Sunday Capt. E. St. Julien Cox arrived with about fifty men, sent
by Col. H. H. Sibley from St. Peter to reinforce New Ulm. Lieut. Huey, with
part of his detachment, which had been cut off on Saturday, was with them.
That they were welcome guests can well be imagined.

There were in the town, at the time of the attack on the 23d, as near as can
be learned, about 1,200 to 1,500 non-combatants, consisting of women, children,
refugees and unarmed citizens, every individual of whom would have been massa
cred to a certainty had our little force been overcome. Such a stake was well worth
fighting for. We were fortunate in having a fine corps of physicians, who estab
lished hospitals and assiduously attended to the sick and wounded. There were
Dr. Daniels of St. Peter, McMahon of Mankato, Ayers and Mayo of Le Sueur,
besides Dr. Weschke of New Ulm.

MARCH TO MANKATO.

On Monday, the 25th, provisions and ammunition becoming scarce, and pes
tilence being feared from stench and exposure, we decided to evacuate the town
and try to reach Mankato. This destination was chosen to avoid crossing the Min
nesota Eiver, which we deemed impracticable, the only obstacle between us
and Mankato being the Big Cottonwood River, and that was fordable. We made
up a train of one hundred and fifty-three wagons, loaded them with women,
children and about eighty wounded men, and started. A more heart-rending
procession was never witnessed in America. The disposition of the guard was
confided to Capt. Cox. The march was successful; no Indians were encountered.
We reached Crisp's farm toward evening, which was about half-way between
New Ulm and Mankato. I pushed the main column on, fearing danger from
various sources, but camped at this point with about one hundred and fifty men,
intending to return to New Ulm, or hold this point as a defensive measure for
the exposed settlements. On the morning of the 26th we broke camp, and I en
deavored to make the command return to New Ulm or remain where they were;
my object, of course, being to keep a force between the Indians and the settle
ments. The men had not heard a word from their families for more than a week,
and declined to return or remain. I did not blame them. They had demon
strated their willingness to fight when necessary, but held the protection of their
families as paramount to mere military possibilities. I would not do justice to
history did I not record that when I called for volunteers to return, Capt. Cox
and his whole squad of forty or fifty men stepped to the front, ready to go where
commanded. Although I had not heard of Capt. Marsh's disaster, I declined to
allow so small a command to attempt the reoccupation of New Ulm. My staff
stood by me in this effort, and a gentleman from Le Sueur county (Mr. Freeman
Talbott) made an eloquent and impressive speech to the men to induce them to
return. The train arrived safely at Mankato on the 25th, and the balance of the
command on the following day, whence the men generally sought their homes.
For a detailed account of the fight at New Ulm, the reader is referred to "The
Sioux War and Massacre of 1862-63," by I. V. D. Heard, from pages 86 to 95
inclusive, where long extracts from my official report to Gov. Ramsey will be
found.

ATTACK ON FORT RIDGLEY.

We left Fort Eidgley on the arrival of Lieut. Sheehan with his command
on the 19th of August. Eidgley was in no sense a fort. It was simply a
collection of frame buildings forming a square and facing inwards. It con-

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tained one large stone barrack, which was about the only defensible part of
it. On the 20th of August, at about 3 p. M., an attack was made upon the fort
by quite a large body of Indians. The first intimation the garrison had of the
assault was a volley poured through one of the openings between the buildings.
Considerable confusion ensued, but order was soon restored. Sergeant Jones
attempted to use his cannon, and to his utter dismay found them disabled. They
were found to have been spiked by ramming old rags into them. This was
discovered to have been the work of several half-breeds belonging to the Eenville
Bangers, who had deserted to the enemy. The sergeant soon rectified this diffi
culty and brought his pieces into action. This attack lasted for about three hours,
when it ceased, with a loss to the garrison of three killed and eight wounded.

On Thursday x the 21st, two further attacks were made on the fort, one in the
morning and one in the afternoon, lasting about half an hour on each occasion,
but apparently with a much reduced force and with less earnestness, and with
little damage. On Friday, the 22d, the savages seemed determined to carry the
post at all hazards. About four hundred and fifty, under the leadership of Little
Crow, came down from the agency, and concealing themselves in the ravines
which lay on several sides of the fort, they made a feint by sending about twenty
warriors on the prairie for the purpose of drawing the garrison out of the fort
and cutting them off. Such a movement would have been fatal to the defenders
of the fort, and fortunately there were men among them of much experience in
Indian warfare, which prevented the success of the maneuver. Then followed a
shower of bullets upon the fort from all directions. The attack continued for
nearly five hours, or until about 7 P. M. It was bitterly fought and courageously
and intelligently resisted. Sergeant Jones handled his guns with great skill,
exploding shells in the outlying buildings and burning them over the heads of
the Indians, while the latter endeavored to fire the wooden buildings composing
the fort by shooting fire arrows on their roofs. One white was killed and seven
wounded in this engagement. Lieut. Sheehan, who commanded the post through
all these trying occurrences, Lieut. Gorman of the Eenville Rangers, Lieut.
Whipple and Sergeants Jones and McGrew, all did their duty in a manner be
coming veterans, and the men seconded their efforts handsomely. There was
$72,000 in gold and silver in the fort with which to make the payment, besides
many refugees of all kinds and sexes, some badly wounded and some exhausted
by exposure and suffering. The Indians, finding their efforts baffled, drew off,
and concentrating all their available forces descended upon New Ulm the next
morning, August 23d, for a final effort, and with the result heretofore nar
rated.

IMPORTANCE OF THE RESISTANCE AT FORT RIDGLEY AND NEW ULM.

For a very interesting account of the siege of Fort Eidgley, see the history
of the Fifth Eegiment, by General Lucius F. Hubbard, in this volume, parts of
several companies of which regiment having participated in that fight. I look
upon the success of the whites in these several attacks on the fort and New
Ulm as the most important events of the war, not, perhaps, when viewed in the
light of mere military encounters, but in their effect upon the future course of
the savages. Finding such stubborn resistance at the very outset of the rebel
lion, they could not advance, but were compelled to withdraw to their own
country. Had they carried the fort and New Ulm, they would undoubtedly
have pushed their success through the length of the Minnesota Valley and have
carried the Winnebagoes into the war. The advantage gained to the whites by
this check enabled them to organize and advance, and although the Indians, as
will appear hereafter, gave us some hard fighting after Eidgley and New Ulm,
their opportunity had passed from them and they were on the defensive. The
battle of Oriscany, which was fought in the Eevolutionary "War in the valley of
the Mohawk, was not much more of a fight than those we have been describing,
yet it has been characterized as one of the decisive battles of the world, because
it prevented a junction of the British forces under St. Ledger in the West, and
Burgoyne in the East, and made American independence possible. The im-

H. H. SIBLEY SELECTED AS COMMANDER. 735

portance of the battle of New Ulm has been recognized by the state in the
appropriation of $3,000, to erect a monument on the ground to commemorate
the event, and in honor of the brave men who died in defense of its inhabi
tants.

EX-GOV. HENRY H. SIBLEY SELECTED AS COMMANDER.

The news of the outbreak reached Gov. Alexander Eamsey, at St. Paul,
on Tuesday, the 19th of August. He at once hastened to Mendota, at the mouth
of the Minnesota Eiver, and requested Gov. Henry H. Sibley to accept the com
mand of such forces as could be put into the field to punish the Indians. Gov.
Sibley was the most experienced man in the state with the Sioux, having lived
and traded among them since 1834, and, besides that, was a distinguished citizen
of the state, having been its first governor. He immediately accepted the posi
tion, with the rank of colonel in the state militia. Fort Snelling, an old military
post at the junction of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, had been utilized
as a rendezvous for troops being recruited for the Civil War, and fortunately men
were rapidly being mustered in. Col. Sibley started up the valley of the Min
nesota on the 20th with four companies of the Sixth Kegiment, and arrived at
St. Peter on Friday, the 22d. Capt. A. D. Nelson of the regular army had been
appointed colonel of the Sixth, and Wm. Crooks had been appointed lieutenant
colonel of the Seventh. Col. Crooks conveyed the orders of the governor to Col.
Nelson, overtaking him at Bloomington Ferry. On receipt of his orders, finding
he was to report to Col. Sibley, he made the point of military etiquette that an
officer of the regular army could not report to an officer of militia of the same
rank, and turning over his command to Col. Crooks, he returned to St. Paul
and handed in his resignation. It was accepted, and Col. Crooks appointed col
onel of the Sixth.

On Sunday, the 24th, Col. Sibley 7s force at St. Peter was augmented by the
arrival of some two hundred mounted men under command of William J. Cullen,
formerly superintendent of Indian affairs, called the Cullen Guard. On the
same day six more companies of the Sixth arrived, making up the full regiment;
also, about one hundred more mounted men and several squads of volunteer
militia. The mounted men were placed under the command of Colonel Samuel
McPhail. By these accessions Col. Sibley 's command numbered about 1,400
men. Although the numerical strength of this force was considerable, it was
actually almost useless, — the ammunition did not fit the guns of the Sixth Regi
ment, and had to be made over. The horses of the mounted men, and the men
themselves, were utterly inexperienced, undisciplined and practically unarmed.
It was the best that the country afforded, but was probably about as poorly an
equipped army as ever entered the field to face what I regard as the best warriors
that ever fought on the North American continent; but, fortunately, the officers
and men were all that could be desired. Col. Sibley I have spoken of. Col.
Crooks was educated at West Point, and is a natural soldier and commander of
men. These leaders were seconded by intelligent subordinates and enthusiastic
men, and soon overcame their physical difficulties, but they were in utter igno
rance of the strength, position or previous movements of the enemy; no news
having reached them from either Eidgley or New Ulm. A mistake resulting in
defeat would have been fatal. The mistake was not made.

On Saturday, the 23d, a detachment under Capt. E. St. Julien Cox was sent to
the relief of New Ulm, and, as has been related, reached there on Sunday fol
lowing. On Monday, the 25th, another squad under Capt. Anderson, consisting
of forty mounted men and twenty soldiers conveyed in wagons, was also sent to
New Ulm. They started about noon and made twenty miles. The next day they
crossed the ferry and entered the town, to find it utterly deserted, all the inhabi
tants having been carried to Mankato the previous day, as before stated. Capt.
Anderson's company immediately returned to St. Peter, reaching there about
midnight. In this company were some of the leading men of St. Paul. Isaac
V. D. Heard, who wrote the ''History of the Sioux War;" Col. Girart Hewitt,
one of the oldest settlers and most respected real estate dealers, and many others

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who deserve mention. Col. Sibley left St. Peter on Tuesday, the 26th of August,
and Capt. Anderson followed him on Wednesday, the 27th. The mounted men
of the command, under Col. McPhail, with whom was a company from Minne
apolis under Anson Northrup, an old frontiersman, arrived at the fort on the 27th
and were the first relief that garrison received. Accompanying this advance
guard was Capt. B. H. Chittenden of the First "Wisconsin Cavalry. The main
command, under Col. Sibley, reached the fort on the 28th, in the morning. In-
trenchments were thrown up around the fort, cannon were properly placed, and
a strong guard maintained. All the men of the Cullen Guard but ninety under
Capt. Anderson returned home as soon as they found that the fort was safe. They
were soon increased by the arrival of forty-seven men under Capt. Sterritt, and
on the 1st of September Lieut. Col. Wni. E. Marshall of the Seventh Regiment
arrived with a portion of his command. The force could have made a forward
movement but for lack of ammunition and provisions which were long delayed.

BATTLE OF BIRCH COULIE. l

On the 31st of August a detail of Capt. Grant's company of infantry, 70 men
of the Cullen Guard, under Capt. Anderson, and some citizens and other soldiers,
in all about 150 men, under command of Major Joseph E. Brown, with 17 teams
and teamsters, were sent to the Lower Agency to feel the enemy, bury the dead,
and perform any other service that might arise. They met no signs of Indians,
and Monday evening, September 1st, they encamped at the head of Birch Coulie, 2

1 There is some difference of opinion as to the correct spelling of this word, but it is found in
this work spelled ' ' coolie. " It is well known that nearly all the names on our frontier are of
French origin. The French verb "couler," to run, indicates a slow, trickling stream in a ravine,
and wherever such rivulets were found, the voyageurs called the ravine a '"coulie," probably a
"coulee," as pronounced by them. There is no authority that I can find that justifies the spell
ing of the word "coolie." I therefore take the liberty of using what I regard as the true spelling
— "coulie."

2 As I regard the battle of Birch Coulie to be one of the most desperate Indian encounters that
ever occurred on the American continent, I desire that all that is known of it should be recounted
in this narrative. Judge James J. Egan of St. Paul was in the fight, and gave a very graphic his
tory of it before the Ramsey County Veteran Association on March 6, 1880. I append his story as
a note hereto, feeling that my readers will be pleased to know from one of the brave men who un
derwent the horrors of that siege, the full particulars which I am unable to give them. His
description is as follows:

Battle of Birch Coulie, September, 1862. Extract from an Address delivered by Lieutenant James J.
Egan, describing the Battle of Birch Coulie, delivered before the Ramsey County Veteran Association
March 6, 1880. — At Fort Ridgley the difficulty of restraining and keeping men under discipline
was made manifest. The company to which I belonged disbanded and turned homeward; Anson
Northrup'-s black horse cavalry did likewise, and all of the "irregular hoss" except Jo Anderson's
company abandoned the glories of war for the pleasanter paths of peace. I joined Captain Ander
son's company, and the next day after doing so we were ordered, together with Captain Grant's
Company A, Sixth Regiment of Infantry, to proceed to the agency at Redwood and beyond as an
escort to a fatigue party and for observation. The whole force, including teamsters and fatigue
party, consisted of one hundred and fifty men under command of Major Joe Brown, one of the
oldest and most experienced Indian traders in the state. The men had confidence in old Joe
Brown. It was supposed he could smell Indians afar off. He knew the country thoroughly, and
we felt no special alarm. But on. the way to Redwood Agency we encountered so many scenes of
horror and desolation that we began to feel some inward fear. Here along the roadside were burnt
houses and the bones of human beings. Among the grasses lay men in eternal sleep, mutilated
and marred; to the limb of a tree hung a fair young boy; and when one of the men jumped from
his horse and embracing the lifeless form of a man, cried out in the wild agony of grief, " My God,
my God! My brother! " we sickened at heart.

A fatality seemed to hangover us from the moment we started. It was a slow march, neces
sarily sad, and grief and sadness settled over us all. Men were among us going out to look for
their relatives and friends; Nathan My rick for his brother, and others eager to obtain information
concerning loved ones. We camped the first night opposite the Redwood Agency, under a huge
bluff, a handful of Indians from the top of which could have slaughtered us all. It came my
turn to go on guard at three o'clock in the morning, and from that to five being the fatal hours in
which Indians were supposed to attack, I considered my scalp as good as gone. In fear and trem
bling I took my place near a haystack, with musket cocked, ready to fire — and then die. My life
was, it seems, not fated to go out by mere fright, and I survived the night. We crossed the river
at Redwood and beheld the initial battlefield of the Indian War. This was at Redwood Agency,

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about thirteen miles above the fort. Lulled into a sense of security by not hav
ing seen any signs of Indians, the camp was chosen for its convenience to wood
and water regardless of the question of defense. The result demonstrated the
danger of ever feeling safe or of ever omitting any precautions while in a hostile
Indian country. As I have learned since, from reliable Indian sources, the hos-
tiles had gone toward the Upper Agency, after leaving New Ulm and the fort,
where they concentrated all their forces and matured a plan to proceed down
the valley of the Minnesota, to divide the command and attack Mankato and St.
Peter simultaneously, taking the risk of evading the troops behind them. Had
this program been carried out St. Peter would certainly have fallen, as it was
entirely incapable of defense, and Mankato might have shared the same fate,
although it had quite an efficient home guard, and I had a small force at South
Bend and other outlying points placed there for its defense. In starting down
the valley the attention of the Indians was attracted by Major Brown's detach
ment going into Birch Coulie. They stopped, and during the night surrounded
the camp and in the gray of the morning opened a murderous fire upon it, keep-
where Little Crow gave the signal, and upon Lynde, Myrick, Quinn, Belland, Taylor and others,
twenty-four in all, "suddenly as from the woods and the fields, suddenly as from the ground,
yawning at their feet, leaped upon them with the flashing of cataracts, Death, the crowned phan
tom, with all the equipage of his terrors and the tragic war of his voice."

We found the agency buildings were all destroyed. Mr. Nathan Myrick discovered his broth
er's body and returned to the fort, as did also Mr. A. F. Knight and Frank Pulle, who had hitherto
been with us of their own volition. The command here divided, Capt. Grant's company of infan
try, with the fatigue party, taking the easterly bank of the river, and we, the cavalry, the westerly
side. With a clear sky overhead, beautiful scenery all around, we forgot or became familiar with
the scenes of slaughter, and cantered slowly and merrily along until we reached Little Crow's vil
lage. Here a number of the men dismounted, entered Little Crow's deserted house and many of
the tepees, and began searching for mementoes to bring home as trophies of prowess. One man
had an Indian drum, another a flag, others feathers, and a small molasses keg was proudly tied to
the pommel of a saddle, to tell the story in after years that Little Crow had been bearded in his
lair. Merrily marching along, crushing the wild flowers in our path, dismounting to gather plums
on the wayside, and drink of the brooks that laughed as they glided along, we reveled in the sen
suous wealth of nature, and resembled a picnic party more than soldiers in an enemy's country.
About five o'clock in the afternoon we found Capt. Grant's party encamped within two hundred
yards of Birch Coulie, and, dismounting, we all entered into the duties usually appertaining to
camping for the night. The camp was in the shape of a circle on one side; the wagons constituted
one-half the circle, with the horses picketed on the outside. The tents in the centre could not
accommodate all, and the greater share of the mounted men laid down under the wagons and other
convenient places. Maj. Galbraith was with us, David Redfield of St. Anthony, Wm. H. Grant of
St. Paul, and other well-known persons. Folding our blankets about us, in the silent night, on
the broad prairie, with the stars overhead, we laid down to pleasant dreams. At about four o'clock
in the morning I heard a shot, and the next thing I remember of was the cry of Indians and Capt.
Anderson yelling to his men, u Lay on your bellies and shoot, God d — nyou!" Ten thousand
muskets seemed to be going off. The men were stunned, horses frightened, and terror and fear
seized hold of us all. We blazed away in return, without aim or other object than to give evi
dence that there were survivors of their murderous fire, and to prevent a charge on the camp.
At this moment fifty Indians could have killed the entire force if they had charged upon us. It
was a perfect surprise. The day preceding gave no sign of Indians. Joe Brown, half-breed scouts
and the most experienced frontiersmen were as much astounded as if hell itself had unloaded
10,000 fiends upon our heads. But now the scene is changed, and as the red early dawn, cover
ing everything with a halo of gold, revealed to our gaze what we supposed to be 2,000 Indians sur
rounding us on all sides, with leaders mounted on horses caparisoned with gay colors, and them
selves radiant in feathers, war paint, and all the bright and brilliant habiliments of Indian chiefs,
the scene seemed unreal, as if a page from the history of the crusades had been torn from the leaves
of history and the Saracen chiefs of the plains of Asia transplanted to the new world. The fiercest
yells and war-whoops, the shaking of blankets, the waving of flags to indicate new plans of move
ments of attack, the riding of horsemen here and there, were right before us, within about five
hundred yards. Large bodies of Indians running continually, seeking new points of vantage, and
taking orders from a chief, and all yelling and beating drums, made the scene unearthly. A shower
of bullets continually fell upon us from all sides. The nature of the ground was such that with
the coulie or ravine on one side, where was a heavy growth of timber, and the rest an open prairie
with little hillocks here and there, just beyond our camp, the Indians could pour in a fire on us
from every direction aud themselves be protected. Men were dead and dying in the small circle
of our encampment; the horses were nearly all killed in the first half hour, and it looked as if our
last hour had come on earth. To be scalped and quartered, our hearts cut out, gave us no com
forting reflections. Several of the men went crazy, and jumping out to give a full view instantly

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ing cover in some brush and timber, behind rolls in the prairie and in ravines.
The slaughter was immense. Twenty-three were killed outright or mortally
wounded and forty-five were severely wounded, while many received slight in
juries; all the horses but one were killed, amounting to about ninety. The tents
were made to resemble lace- work, so completely were they perforated with bul-
lits, one hundred and four holes having been counted in one tent. The men
fought like tigers; they used the dead horses for barricades, fighting behind their
carcasses. They also dug pits with their knives, bayonets and any available
implement. The fight continued uninterruptedly all Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 2d and 3d of September, the men suffering dreadfully from want of water
among their other miseries,- but they held the enemy off gallantly all this time.
On Wednesday morning sentinels at the fort reported firing in the direction of
the agency. Col. Sibley dispatched Col. McPhail with fifty mounted men, Ma
jor McLaren with one hundred and five infantry, and Capt. Mark Hendricks
with a mountain howitzer to their relief. They reached that afternoon a point
supposed to be about three miles from where Major Brown's party were engaged.
Here they were attacked by a large party of Indians and sent back for reinforce-

met death. We then began to dig, each man for himself, his grave as he expected. Three spades-
and one shovel were all the implements that could be found for use, but sabers and pocket knives-
were utilized, and about noon we had dug holes in the ground that afforded some protection. Never
for an instant did the firing on us cease. Suddenly someone would drop his musket and roll over
to die. Individual instances of bravery were many and some few of cowardice. A fine look
ing man near me was unnerved; he did not shoot once, but kept crying out "O my God, my
God! " George Turnbull, first lieutenant, pulled a revolver on him, cocked it, and said if he did
not stop he would blow his brains out. He stopped. Bill Hart of St. Paul was there, and would
be called brave among 10,000 brave men. He was the first to discover the Indians when on
guard, and manifested courage and nerve. Capt. Anderson and George Turnbull had lots of
"sand" in them, and never lost their presence of mind. About one o'clock in the afternoon we
heard a loud report like that of a cannon. We were all startled, not knowing from whence the
sound came. Could the Indians have captured a howitzer? And did they have artillerists among
them to turn it upon us? A terrible fear seized us. Again it boomed. Could it be possible that
we were saved ? We were sixteen miles from Fort Ridgley, and how could knowledge of our situ
ation have reached the fort ? The silence of death prevailed in the camp. The movements of the
Indians began to indicate something new, and after awhile again the boom of the cannon sounded
in our ears, and simultaneously every man jumped to his feet and gave a God-felt hurrah. The
spirit of audacity we exhibited led to a renewed fire upon us, and we speedily sought our respec
tive places of safety. That afternoon we did not hear the cannon again, and night coming on all
hope of relief left our breasts, and each man sullenly and silently pursued his own meditations.
It was a night of black despair. There seemed no hope. The cup of salvation had been snatched
from our lips, and there was nothing to do but die. We expected to be starved to death, as any
one bold enough to raise up to put an arm into any wagon containing supplies was instantly shot.
Our ammunition was almost exhausted, and each man laid his drawn saber near him and examined
his musket, resolved not to fire again until the final moment came, when a fire would do some
execution. It happened to be quite dark also, which added to the uncertainties of the night. The
agony we suffered, expecting every moment we would be rushed upon, through that long, long
night is indescribable. Each moment seemed hours, and hours eternity. A solitary camp-fire at
Gray Bird's headquarters partly relieved the gloom, and the blanketed spectres stalking ever and
anon in front of that fire seemed "ghosts or spirits of goblin damned." Gladly again we hail the
morn gilding the horizon. We saw unusual movements and stir among our enemy. Their war-
whoops were fiercer and their cries and gestures more frequent and emphatic. We expected the
final hour had come when they would charge, and were prepared. The agony had been so intense
that we felt a relief at the anticipated blow — no dread of death now lingered in the heart of any.
Suddenly the boom of the cannon is again heard, and again and nearer and clearer, until its roar,
usually terrible, sounded as the sweetest harmony of heaven. Confusion seems to pervade our
enemies, and they are in full flight. But we did not move from our holes until Gen. Sibley, with.
a few officers, came right up to us, and then, and not till then, did we feel we were saved. The
scene presented in our camp was a sickening one. Twenty-three men, black and discolored by the
sun's rays, lay stark and dead in the small space; forty-five others seriously wounded and groaning
and crying for water; the carcasses of ninety dead horses lying about, and a stench intolerable
emanating from the whole ground. For thirty hours we had been under fire, and tasted neither
food nor water.

The story of our relief is soon told. Gen. Sibley's scout had from the high ground near Fort
Ridgley, on the morning of Sept. 2, 1862, heard the firing. A party under charge of Col. McPhail
was sent in our direction and to our relief. It was Col. McPhail's artillery we heard the first day,
the Indians dividing their forces, one-half surrounding us and the other half compelling McPhail
to send back for reinforcements. Then Gen. Sibley came with his entire command. The number

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ments. Here Capt. Sheehan's bravery again made itself apparent. He carried
the dispatch and ran the gantlet of many Indians, his noble horse being twice
wounded, and dying at the moment he delivered his rider at the fort. The en
tire command of Col. Sibley at once moved forward, and met the second detach
ment after dark. At daylight the combined forces marched to Birch Coulie, and
the Indians drew off. The scene that presented itself was heartrending. Thir
teen were buried on the field and the wounded carried back to the fort. Dr.
J. W. Daniels was fortunately with Major Brown's squad and remained unin
jured, and with him and Dr. Alfred Muller, surgeon of the fort, the wounded
fared well. Birch Coulie forms a most interesting event in the Sioux War.
A detailed account of it may be found in both Mr. Heard's book and the report
of the adjutant general of the state for 1862. Its occurrence, horrible as it proved
to be, probably saved awful massacres at St. Peter and Mankato.

OCCURRENCES IN MEEKER COUNTY AND VICINITY.

While these events were passing, other portions of the state were being pre
pared for defense. In the region of Forest City, in Meeker county, and also in
Hutchinson and at Glencoe, the excitement was intense. Capt. George C. Whit-
comb obtained at St. Paul seventy-five stand of arms and some ammunition. He
left some of these arms at Hutchinson, and with the rest armed a company at
Forest City of fifty-three men, twenty-five of whom were mounted. Captain Eich-
ard Strout of Company B, Ninth Eegiment, was ordered to Forest City, and went
there with his company. Gen. John H. Stevens of Glencoe was commander of
the state militia for the counties of McLeod, Carver, Sibley and Eenville, and
as soon as he learned of the outbreak, erected a very substantial fortification of
sawlogs at Glencoe, and that place was not disturbed by the savages. A company
of volunteers was formed at Glencoe under Capt. A. H. Bouse; Company F of the
Ninth Eegiment, under Lieut. O. P. Stearns, and Company H of the same regi
ment (Captain W. E. Baxter); also, an independent company from Excelsior, and
the Goodhue County Eangers (Capt. David L. Davis), all did duty at and about
Glencoe during the continuance of the trouble, Captains Whitcomb and Strout
with their companies making extensive reconnaissances into the surrounding
counties, rescuing many refugees, and having several brisk and sharp encoun
ters with the Indians, in which they lost several in killed and wounded. The
presence of these troops in this region of country, and their active operations,
prevented its depopulation, and saved the towns and much property from de
struction. Many prominent citizens o.f this region were energetic in the work of
defense. One in particular, Mr. J. E. Wheelock, then residing at Glencoe, was
made a temporary aid of Gen. Stevens, and did good work. I wish I had space
to record the many individual acts of bravery of these gentlemen. All I can say
is, that they all did their duty, and saved that portion of our state from destruction.

PROTECTION OF SOUTHERN FRONTIER.

On the 29th of August I received a commission from the governor of the state,
authorizing me to take command of the Blue Earth country, extending from New
Ulm to the Iowa line, embracing the then western and southwestern frontier of

of Indians who attacked us was about four hundred. They were on their way to attack St. Peter
or Mankato when their scouts encountered us in the afternoon of September 1st. They followed our
trail and made the attack as related.

No engagement with Indians that I am aware of compares with the battle of Birch Coulie in
its duration, in the disparity of numbers between the respective combatants and severity of loss
sustained by the whites, in the desperate resistance of the besieged, in the tragic elements of death-
dealing terror, save that on the Arickee fork of the Eepublican River on the 17th day of September,
1868, when the little band of Gen. Forsyth held at bay for days, with superhuman valor, the Chey
enne warriors of Roman Nose.

Time will magnify the significance of this Birch Coulie battle, and it will be remembered that
it was fought by men without experience in war, those who had just enlisted in the service and
those who had never enlisted, but who, on the first signal of danger, left their stores and other
places of occupation, taking their lives in their hands for the protection of their people and the
state.

740 THE INDIAN WAR IN MINNESOTA.

the state. My powers were general — to raise troops, commission officers, subsist
upon the country, and generally to do what, in my judgment, was best for the
protection of this frontier. Under these powers, I located my headquarters at
South Bend, being the extreme southern point of the Minnesota Eiver, 30 miles
below New Ulm, 4 from Mankato and about 50 from the Iowa line. Here I
maintained a guard of about 80 men, principally of Capt. Bierbauer's Mankato
company, which was in my command at New Ulm, and reorganized, together with
some citizens of St. Peter. We threw up some small intrenchments, but nothing
worthy of mention. Troops began pouring in upon me from all quarters. Enough
citizens of New Ulm had returned home to compose two good companies at that
point. Company E of the Ninth Eegiment, under Captain E. Jerome Dane, was
stationed at Crisp'sfarm, about half-way between New Ulm and South Bend. Col.
John E. Jones of Chatfield, then colonel of the Third Eegiment, Minnesota Militia,
collected about three hundred men, and reported to me at Garden City. They were
organized into companies under Captains N. P. Colburn and Post, and many of
them stationed at Garden City, where they erected a very complete fortification
of sawlogs and other similar material. Others of this command were stationed
at points along the Blue Earth Eiver. Capt. Cornelius F. Buck of Winona
raised a company of fifty-three men, all mounted, and started west. They reached
Winnebago City, in the county of Faribault, on the 7th of September, where they
reported to me, and were stationed at Chain Lakes, about twenty miles west of
Winnebago City, and twenty of this company were afterward sent to Madelia.
A stockade was erected by this company at Martin Lake. In the latter part of
August Capt. A. J. Edgerton of Company B, Tenth Eegiment, arrived at South
Bend, and having made his report, was stationed at the Winnebago Agency, to
keep watch on- the Winnebagoes and cover Mankato from that direction. About
the same time, Company F of the Eighth Eegiment, under Capt. L. Aldrich,
reported, and was stationed at New Ulrn. E. St. Julien Cox, who had previously
reinforced me at New Ulm, was commissioned a captain, and put in command of a
force stationed at Madelia, in Watonwan county, composed of part of Capt. Bier-
bauer's and Capt. C. F. Buck's companies and some citizens, where they erected
quite an artistic fortification of logs, with bastions. While there, an attack was
made upon some citizens by the Indians, and several whites were killed.

BEHAVIOR OF THE PEOPLE.

It will be seen from this statement, that almost immediately after the evacu
ation of New Ulm, on the 25th of August, the most exposed part of the southern
frontier was occupied by quite a strong force. It was not expected by me that
any serious incursions would be made along this line, but the state of alarm and
panic that prevailed among the people rendered it necessary to establish this
cordon of military posts, to prevent an exodus of the inhabitants. No one who
has not gone through the ordeal of an Indian insurrection can form any idea of
the terrible apprehension that takes possession of a defenseless and non-com
batant population under such circumstances. There is an element of mystery
and uncertainty about the magnitude and movements of this enemy, and a cer
tainty of his brutality, that inspires terror. The first notice of his approach is
the crack of his rifle, and no one with experience in such struggles ever blames
the timidity of citizens in exposed positions when assailed by these savages. I
think, all things being considered, the people generally behaved very well. If
the map of the state 'is consulted, taking New Ulm as the most northern point on
the Minnesota Eiver, it will be seen that the line of posts covered the frontier
from that point down the river to South Bend, up the Blue Earth, southerly to
Winnebago City, and nearly to the Iowa line. These stations were about six
teen miles apart, with two advanced points at Madelia and Chain Lakes, to the
westward. No serious attack was made except at Madelia, while this line was
held, but the country was scouted thoroughly in all directions, and a system of
dispatch couriers established, by which headquarters was informed daily of every
thing that happened at each post.

COL. SIBLEY MOVES UPON THE ENEMY. 741

Maj. General John Pope of the United States Army was ordered into Min
nesota to conduct the Indian War in September. He made his headquarters at
St. Paul, and, by his high rank, took command of .#11 operations, though not exert
ing any visible influence on them; the fact being that all imminent danger to the
frontier had been overcome by the state and its citizens before his arrival.
In the latter part of September the citizen troops in my command were anxious
to return to their homes, and on presentation of the case to General Pope, he
ordered into the state a new regiment just mustered in in Wisconsin, — the Twenty-
fifth, — commanded by Colonel M. Montgomery, who was instructed to relieve my
force. He appeared at South Bend about the 1st of October, and after having
fully informed him of all that had transpired, and given him my views as to the
future, I turned my command over to him in the following order. I give it be
cause it succinctly presents the situation of affairs at the time:
"[Order No. 203.]

" HEADQUARTERS INDIAN EXPEDITION, SOUTHERN FRONTIER,

"South Bend, Oct. 5, 1862.

"To the Soldiers and Citizens who have been, and are now, engaged in the Defense of
the Southern Frontier:

"On the 18th of August last your frontier was invaded by the Indians. You
promptly rallied for its defense. You checked the advance of the enemy, and
defeated him in two severe battles at New Ulm. You have held a line of fron
tier posts extending over a distance of one hundred miles. You have erected
six substantial fortifications, and other defensive works of less magnitude. You
have dispersed marauding bands of savages that have hung upon your lines.
You have been uniformly brave, vigilant and obedient to orders. By your
efforts the war has been confined to the border; without them it would have
penetrated into the heart of the state.

"Major General Pope has assumed the command of the Northwest, and will
control future operations. He promises a vigorous prosecution of the war. Five
companies of the Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Eegiment and five hundred cavalry
from Iowa are ordered into the region now held by you, and will supply the
places of those whose terms of enlistment shortly expire. The Department of
the Southern Frontier, which I have had the honor to command, will, from the
date of this order, be under the command of Colonel M.' Montgomery of the
Twenty-fifth Wisconsin, whom I take pleasure in introducing to the troops and
citizens of that department as a soldier and a man to whom they may confide
their interests and the safety of their country with every assurance that they will
be protected and defended.

"Pressing public duties of a civil nature demand my absence temporarily
from the border. The intimate and agreeable relations we have sustained toward
each other, our union in danger and adventure, cause me regret in leaving you,
but will hasten my return. * ' CHARLES E. FLANDRAU,

"Colonel, Commanding Southern Frontier."

This practically ended my connection with the war; all matters yet to be re
lated took place in other parts of the state, under the command of Colonel Sibley
and others.

COL. SIBLEY MOVES UPON THE ENEMY.

We left Colonel Sibley on the 4th of September at Fort Eidgley, having
just relieved the unfortunate command of Major Joseph E. Brown, after their fight
at Birch Coulie. Knowing that the Indians had in their possession many white
captives, and having their rescue alive uppermost in his mind, the colonel left
on the battlefield at Birch Coulie the following communication attached to a
stake, driven in the ground, feeling assured that it would fall into the hands of
Little Crow, the leader of the Indians:

" If Little Crow has any proposition to make, let him send a half-breed to me,
and he shall be protected in and out of camp.

"H. H. SIBLEY,
"Colonel, Commanding Military Expedition."

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The note was found and answered by Little Crow in a letter rather irrelevant
to the question most desired by Col. Sibley, dated at Yellow Medicine, September
7th, and delivered by two half-breeds.

Col. Sibley returned the following answer by the bearers:

"LITTLE CROW: You have murdered many of our people without any suf
ficient cause. Eeturn me the prisoners under a flag of truce, and I will talk
with you then like a man.

"H. H. SIBLEY,
" Colonel, Commanding Military Expedition."

No response was received to this letter until September 12th, when Little Crow
sent another, saying he had one hundred and fifty-five prisoners not including
those held by the Si-si-ton and Wak-pay-ton, who were at Lac qui Parle, and were
coming down. He also gave assurances that the prisoners were faring well.
Col. Sibley, on the 12th of September, sent a reply by Little Crow's messengers,
saying no peace could be made without a surrender of the prisoners, but not
promising peace on any terms, and charging the commission of nine murders
since the receipt of Little Crow's last letter. The same messenger that brought
this letter from Little Crow also delivered quite a long one from Wabasha and
Taopee, two lower chiefs who claimed to be friendly, and desired a meeting with
Col. Sibley, suggesting two places where it could be held. The colonel cautiously
replied that he would march in three days; that he was powerful enough to
crush all the Indians; that they might approach his column in open day with
a flag of truce, and place themselves under his protection. On the receipt of
this letter, a large council was held at which nearly all the annuity Indians were
present. Several speeches were made by Upper and Lower Sioux. Some in
favor of a continuance of the war, and "dying in the last ditch," and some in
favor of a surrender of the prisoners and seeking peace. I will give one of the
harangues on each side in order that the reader may know the feeling that
existed.

COUNCIL IN THE INDIAN CAMP.

Mazza-wam-nu-na, a Lower Indian, spoke as follows: "You men who talk
of leaving us and delivering up the captives, talk like children. You believe if
you do so the whites will think you have acted as their friends and will spare
your lives. They will not, and you ought to know it. You say that the whites
are too strong for us, and that we will all have to perish. Well, by sticking
together and fighting the whites, we will live at all events for a few days, when
by the course you propose we would die at once. Let us keep the prisoners with
us and let them share our fate. That is all the advice I have to give."

Paul Maza-ku-ta-ma-ne, on the other hand, spoke as follows: "I am going to
tell you what I think and what I am ready to do, now and hereafter. You
M'Dewakonton and Wakpekute Indians have been with the white men a great
deal longer than the Upper Indians. Yet I, who am an Upper Indian, have put
on white men's clothes, and consider myself now a white man. I was very much
surprised to hear that you had been killing the settlers, for you have had the
advice of the preachers for so many years. Why did you not tell us you were
going to kill them? I ask you the question again, Why did you not tell us? You
make no answer. The reason was, if you had done so, and we had counseled
together you would not have been able to have involved our young men with
you. When we older men heard of it we were so surprised that we knew not
what to do. By your involving our young men without consulting us you have
done us a great injustice. I am now going to tell you something you don't like.
You have gotten our people into this difficulty through your incitements to its
rash young soldiers without a council being called and our consent being ob
tained, and I shall use all the means I can to get them out of it without reference
to you. I am opposed to their continuing this war, or of committing further
outrages, and I warn you not to do it. I have heard a great many of you say
that you were brave men and could whip the whites. This is a lie. Persons
who will cut women and children's throats are squaws and cowards. You say

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the whites are not brave. You will see. They will not, it is true, kill women
and children, as you have done, but they will fight you who have arms in your
hands. I am ashamed of the way you have acted toward the captives. Fight
the whites if you desire to, but do it like brave men. Give me the captives and
I will carry them to Fort Eidgley. I hear one of you say that if I take them
there the soldiers will shoot me. I will take the risk. I am not afraid of death,
but I am opposed to the way you act toward the prisoners. If any of you have
the feelings of men, you will give them up. You may look as fierce at me as
you please, but I shall ask you once, twice and ten times to deliver these women
and children to their friends. That is all I have to say."

Maza-ku-ta-ma-ne, or "The man who shoots metal as he walks," the last
speaker, it will be remembered was one of the Indians who volunteered to go
and ransom Miss Gardner in 1857 from captivity in Ink-pa-du-ta's band. He
was a very sensible man, and before this outbreak the president of the Hazel-
wood Eepublic, an organization perfected by Messrs. Eiggs and "Williamson,
missionaries at the Yellow Medicine Eiver. To fully appreciate the courage
necessary to stand before this infuriated crowd of savages and talk to them as he
did, the reader must know that every man of them had a gun in his hand, with
no restraint upon his using it at any moment, and had some young fellow shot
him down he would undoubtedly have received the plaudits of the assembly.
These speeches were taken down by Mr. I. V. D. Heard, from the lips of the
men who made them, shortly after the surrender at Camp Eelease.

Ta-tan-ka-na-ji, Standing Buffalo, arrived shortly afterward and another
great council was held at which Paul made another strong speech in favor of
peace and the surrender of the prisoners. Among other things he said: "In
fighting the whites you are fighting the thunder and lightning." In reference
to a remark someone had made about getting aid from the British, he said:
"You say you can make a treaty with the British Government. That is impos
sible. Have you not yet come to your senses? They are also white men, and
neighbors and friends to the soldiers. They are ruled by a petticoat, and she
has the tender heart of a squaw. What will she do for men who have committed
the murders you have?"

This correspondence was kept up for several days, quite a number of letters
coming from the Indians to Col. Sibley, but with no satisfactory results. On
the 18th of September Col. Sibley determined to move on the enemy; and on
that day camp was broken at the fort, a boat was constructed, and the crossing
of the Minnesota Eiver effected near the fort to prevent the possibility of an am
buscade. The expedition safely crossed the river, and the first camp was made
two miles above the crossing point. Col. Sibley 's forces consisted of the Sixth
Eegiment under Col. Crooks, about three hundred men of the Third Eegiment
under Major Welch, several companies of the Seventh Eegiment under Col. Wm.
E. Marshall, a small number of mounted men under Col. McPhail, and a battery
under the command of Capt. Mark Hendricks. The Third Eegiment had been
mustered into the service of the United States, but had been surrendered to the
Confederates at Murfreesboro in Tennessee; the officers were nearly all made
prisoners and held for exchange, and the privates paroled. They were sent to
Jefferson Barracks in Missouri, and on the breaking out of the Indian War were
called home to aid in its suppression. Major Welch and Lieutenant Olin were
the only commissioned officers in the regiment when it was with Col. Sibley.
The expedition moved up the river without encountering any opposition until
the morning after the 23d of September. Indians had been in sight during all
the march, carefully watching the movements of the troops, and several messages
of defiance were found attached to fences and houses.

BATTLE OF WOOD LAKE.

On the evening of the 22d the expedition camped at Lone Tree Lake, about
two miles from the Yellow Medicine Eiver, and about three miles east from
"Wood Lake. Early next morning several foraging teams belonging to the Third
Eegiment were fired upon. They returned the fire and retreated toward the

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camp. At this juncture the Third Regiment, without orders, sallied out, crossed
a deep ravine, and soon engaged the enemy. They were ordered back by the
commander, and had not reached camp before Indians appeared on all sides in
great numbers, many of them in the ravine between the Third Eegiment and the
camp. Thus began the battle of Wood Lake. Capt. Hend ricks opened with his
cannon, and the howitzer, under the direct conduct of Col. Sibley, poured in
shells. It has since been learned that Little Crow had appointed ten of his best
men to kill Col. Sibley at all hazards, and that the colonel's shells, directed by
his own hand, fell into this special band and dispersed them. Capt. Hendricks
pushed his cannon to the head of the ravine and raked it with great effect, and
Col. Marshall, with three companies of the Seventh and Capt. Grant's company
of the Sixth, charged down the ravine on a double-quick and routed the Indians.
About eight hundred of the command were engaged in the fight, and met about
an equal number of Indians. Our loss was four killed and between forty and
fifty wounded. Maj. Welch was shot in the leg, but, fortunately, not fatally.
The Third, and the Eenville Eangers, under Capt. James Gorman, bore the brunt
of the fight, which lasted an hour and a half, and sustained the most of the losses.
Col. Sibley, in his official report of the engagement, gives great credit to his
staif and all his command. An-pay-tu-tok-a-cha, or Other Day, was with the
whites, and took a conspicuous part in the fray. It was he, with Paul Maza-ku-
ta-ma ne, who rescued Miss Gardner from the Ink-pa-du-ta band, acted as my
guide on the expedition in which we killed Ink-pa-du-ta' s son, and was the means
of saving the forty odd whites at the Yellow Medicine Agency by giving them
timely notice of the coming storm.

Thus ended the battle of Wood Lake. It was an important factor in the war,
as it was about the first time the Indians engaged large forces of well-organized
troops in the open country, and their utter discomfiture put them on the run.
It will be noticed that I have not in any of my narratives of battles fought used
the stereotyped expression, "Our losses were so many, but the losses of the
enemy were much greater, but as they always carry off their dead and wounded,
it is impossible to give exact figures." The reason why I have not made use of
this statement is because I don't believe it. The philosophy of Indian war is
to kill your enemy and not get killed yourself, and they take cover, when they
can, better and more effectually than any other people. In all our Indian wars,
South and North, East and West, with regulars or militia, I believe it would not
be an exaggeration to say that the whites have lost ten to one in killed and
wounded. But the battle of Wood Lake was quite an open fight, and so rapidly
conducted and concluded, that we have a very accurate account of the loss of the
enemy; he had no time or opportunity to withdraw his dead. Fifteen dead were
found upon the field, and one prisoner was taken alive and wounded. No doubt
many others were wounded who were able to escape. For full particulars of the
battle of Wood Lake, see narratives of the Sixth and Seventh regiments in this
volume. After this fight Col. Sibley retired to the neighborhood of an Indian
camp located nearly opposite the mouth of the Chippewa Eiver where it empties
into the Minnesota, and there encamped. This point was afterward named Camp
Eelease, from the fact that the prisoners held by the enemy were here delivered
to Col. Sibley' s command. We will leave Col. Sibley and his troops at Camp
Eelease, and narrate the important events that transpired on the Eed Eiver of
the North at and about Fort Abercrombie, returning to Camp Eelease, where
the most interesting occurrences of the war, outside of actual hostilities, subse
quently occurred.

FORT ABERCROMBIE.

The United States Government, about the year 1858, erected a military post on
the west side of the Eed Eiver of the North, at a place then known as Graham's
Point, between what are now known as the cities of Breckenridge and Fargo. Like
most of the frontier posts of that day, it was not constructed with reference to de
fense, but more as a depot for troops and military stores. It was then in the midst
of the Indian country, and is now in Eichland county, North Dakota. The troops

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that had garrisoned the fort had been sent South to aid in suppressing the
Southern Rebellion, and their place had been supplied by one company of the
Fifth Eegiment of Minnesota Volunteers, which was commanded by Captain
John Van der Horck. There was a place called Georgetown about fifty miles
down the river, and north of the fort, at which were some settlers, and a depot
of stores for the company engaged in the navigation of the river. At the com
mencement of the Indian outbreak, Capt. Yan der Horck had detailed about half
of his company to Georgetown to protect the interests centered at that point.

About the 20th of August news reached the fort from the Yellow Medicine
Agency that trouble was expected from the Indians. An expedition was on the
way to Eed Lake to make a treaty with the Chippewa Indians, which consisted
of the commissioners and party, accompanied by a train of thirty loaded wagons
and a herd of two hundred cattle. On the 23d of August news reached the fort
that a large body of Indians, estimated at five hundred, were on the way to cap
ture this party. A courier was immediately dispatched to the train, and it at
once sought refuge in the fort. Runners were also sent to all the settlements in
the vicinity, and the warning spread of the approaching danger. Happily, nearly
all the surrounding people gained the fort before the enemy arrived. The de
tachment stationed at Georgetown was also called in. A mail coach that left
the fort on the 22d fell into the hands of the Indians, who killed the driver and
destroyed the mail.

The garrison had been strengthened by about fifty men capable of duty from
the refugees, but they were unarmed. Capt. Yan der Horck at once strength
ened his post by all means in his power and endeavored to obtain reinforcements.
Captain Freeman, with about sixty men, started from St. Cloud to relieve the gar
rison at Abercrornbie, but on reaching Sauk Centre the situation appeared so
alarming that it was deemed impossible to proceed with so small a force, and no
addition could be made to it at Sauk Centre. Attempts were made to reinforce
the fort from other points. Two companies were sent from Snelling, and got as
far as Sauk Centre, but the force was even then deemed inadequate to proceed
to Abercrombie. Part of the Third Regiment was also dispatched from Snelling
to its relief on September 6th. Another expedition, consisting of the companies
under command of Captains George Atkinson and Rollo Banks, with a squad of
about sixty men of the Third Regiment under command of Sergeant Dearborn,
together with a field-piece under Lieutenant Robert J. McHenry, was formed
and placed under the command ot Captain Einil A. Burger. This command
started on September 10th, and after a long and arduous march reached the fort
on the 23d of September, finding the wearied and anxious garrison still in pos
session. Captain Burger had been reinforced at Wy man's Station, on the Al
exandria road, on the 19th of September, by the companies of Captains Freeman
and Barrett, who had united their men on the 14th and started for the fort. The
relief party amounted to quite four hundred men by the time it reached its des
tination.

While this long-delayed relief was on its way, the little garrison at the fort
had its hands full to hold its position. On the 30th of August a large body of
Indians made a bold raid on the post, and succeeded in stampeding and running
off nearly two hundred head of cattle and one hundred head of horses and mules,
which were grazing on the prairie. Some fifty of the cattle afterward escaped
and were restored to the post by a scouting party. This band of marauders did
not, however, attack the fort. No one who has not experienced it can appreci
ate the mortification of seeing an enemy despoil you of your property when you
are powerless to resist. An attack was made on the fort on the 3d of September
and some stacks burned and a few horses captured. Several men were killed on
Both sides, and Capt. Yan der Horck was wounded in the right arm by an acci
dental shot from one of his own men. On September 6th a second attack was
made by a large force of Indians, which lasted nearly all day, in which we lost
two men killed and several wounded. No further attack was made until the 26th
of September, when Captain Freeman's company was fired upon while watering
their horses in the river. The Indians were routed and pursued by Capt Free-

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man's company, and a squad of the Third Eegiment men with a howitzer.
Their camp was captured, which contained quite an amount of plunder. A light
skirmish took place on the 29th of September, in which the enemy was routed,
and this affair ended the siege of Fort Abercrombie. For a full and detailed
account of the siege of Abercrombie, see history of the Fifth Eegiment in this
volume.

CAMP RELEASE.

Col. Sifrley's command made Camp Eelease on the 26th day of September.
This camp was located in the near vicinity of a large Indian camp of about one hun
dred and fifty tepees. These Indians were composed of Upper and Lower Sioux,
and had generally been engaged in all the massacres that had taken place since
the outbreak. They had with them some two hundred and fifty prisoners,
women and children, whites and half-breeds. Only one white man was found in
the camp, George Spencer, who had been desperately wounded at the Lower
Agency and saved from death by an Indian friend of his.

The desire on the part of the troops to attack and punish these savages was
intense, but Col. Sibley kept steadily in mind that the rescue of the prisoners
was his first duty, and he well knew that any demonstration of violence would
immediately result in the destruction of all the captives. He therefore wisely
overruled all hostile inclinations. The result was a general surrender of the
whole camp, together with all the prisoners. As soon as the safety of the cap
tives was assured, inquiry was instituted as to the participation of these Indians
in the massacres and outrages which had so recently been perpetrated. Many
cases were soon developed of particular Indians who had been guilty of the
grossest atrocities, and the commander decided to form a military tribunal to
try the offenders.

TRIAL OF INDIANS.

The state has occasion to congratulate itself on two things in this connection.
First, that it had so just and wise a man as Col. Sibley to select this important
tribunal; and, second, that he had at his command such admirable material
from which to make his selection. It must be remembered that this court en
tered upon its duties with the lives of hundreds of men at its absolute disposal.
Whether they were Indians or any other kind of people, the fact must not be
overlooked that they were human beings, and the responsibility of the tribunal
was correspondingly great. Col. Sibley at this date sent me a dispatch, show
ing his intentions in the matter of the result of the trials. It is as follows:

"CAMP EELEASE, NINE MILES BELOW LAC QUI PARLE,

"Sept. 25, 1862.
" COLONEL:

[After speaking of a variety of matters concerning the disposition of troops
who were in my command, the battle of Wood Lake, — which he characterizes as
a "smart conflict we had with the Indians," — the rescue of the prisoners, and
other matters which are irrelevant to the question in hand, he adds:]

"N. B. — I am encamped near a camp of one hundred and fifty lodges of
friendly Indians and half-breeds, but have had to purge it of suspected charac
ters. I have apprehended sixteen supposed to have been connected with the
late outrages, and have appointed a military commission of five officers to try
them. If found guilty., they will be forthwith executed, although perhajps it will
be a stretch of my authority. If so, necessity must be my justification.

"Yours,

"H. H. SIBLEY." %

On the 28th day of September an order was issued convening this court mar
tial. It was composed of William Crooks, colonel of the Sixth Eegiment, presi
dent, William E. Marshall, lieutenant colonel of the Seventh Eegiment; Captains
Grant and Bailey of the Sixth, and Lieutenant Olin of the Third. Others were
subsequently added as necessity required. All these men were of mature years,

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prominent in their social and general standing as citizens, and as well equipped
as any persons could be to engage in such serious work. What I regard as the
most important feature in the composition of this extraordinary court is the fact
that the Hon. Isaac Y. D. Heard, an experienced lawyer of St. Paul, who had
been for many years the prosecuting attorney of Eamsey county and was thor
oughly versed in criminal law, was on the staff of Col. Sibley, and was by him
appointed recorder of the court. Mr. Heard, in the performance of a duty, was
above prejudice and passion, and could treat a case of this nature as dispassion
ately as if it was a mere misdemeanor. Lieut. Olin was judge advocate of the
court, but as the trials progressed the evidence was all put in and the records
kept by Mr. Heard. Some changes were made in the personnel of the court from
time to time, as the officers were needed elsewhere, but no changes lessened the
dignity or character of the tribunal. I make these comments because the^trials
took place at a period of intense excitement, and persons unacquainted with the
exact facts may be led to believe that the court was "organized to convict," and
was unfair in its decisions. The names of Col. Win. Crooks and Gov. Wm. R.
Marshall are a sufficient refutation of any charge of such nature, if any was or
ever may be made.

The court sat some time at Camp Eelease, and disposed of quite a number of
cases. It then adjourned to the Lower Agency, and again heard many cases.
From there it proceeded to Mankato, and examined into the question of partici
pation in the outbreak by the Winnebagoes, but convicted none of that tribe,
which proves that they acted judicially and not upon unreliable evidence. There
was no lack of rumor and positive charges that many of the Winuebagoes were
inculpated. The court wound up its sittings at Fort Snelling, after a series of
sessions lasting from Sept. 30 to Nov. 5, 1862, during which time 425 Indians
and half-breeds, including the mulatto, Godfrey, were arraigned and tried. Of
these 321 were found guilty of the offenses charged, of whom 303 were sentenced
to death, and the rest condemned to various terms of imprisonment, according
to the nature of their crimes. The condemned prisoners were removed to Man
kato, where they were confined in a large jail, constructed for the purpose, of
logs, and guarded by a strong command of troops. On the way down, as the party
having charge of the prisoners passed through New Ulm, they found the people
engaged in disinterring their dead, who had been hastily buried in the streets
where they fell during the fights at that place. The sight of the Indians so en
raged the people that a general attack was made on the wagons in which they
were chained together. The attacking force was principally composed of women
armed with clubs, stones, knives, hot water, and similar weapons. Of course the
guard could not shoot or bayonet a woman, but they got the prisoners through
the town, with the loss of one killed and many battered and bruised'.

While this court martial was in session, the news of its proceedings reached
the Eastern cities, and a great outcry was raised that Minnesota was contemplat
ing a dreadful massacre of Indians. Many influential bodies of well-intentioned
but ill-informed people besieged President Lincoln to put a stop to the proposed
executions. The president sent for the records of the trials, and turned them
over to his legal and military advisers, to decide which were the more flagrant
eases. On the 6th day of December, 1862, President Lincoln made the following
order:

1 i EXECUTIVE MANSION,

" Washington, Dec. 6, 1862.
"Brigadier General H. H. SIBLEY,
•"St. Paul, Minn.:

" Ordered, that of the Indians and half-breeds sentenced to be hanged by the
military commission composed of Colonel Crooks, Lieutenant Colonel Marshall,
Captain Grant, Captain Bailey and Lieutenant Olin, and lately sitting in Minne
sota, you cause to be executed on Friday, the 19th day of December, instant, the
following named, to- wit:

[Here follows the names of thirty-nine Indians and their numbers on the
record of conviction.]

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"The other condemned prisoners you will hold subject to further orders, tak
ing care that they neither escape nor are subjected to any unlawful violence.

"ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

"President of the United States."

Colonel Sibley had been appointed by President Lincoln a brigadier general
on the 29th of September, 1862, on account of his success at the battle of Wood
Lake, the announcement of his promotion being in a telegram, as follows:

" Washington, D. C., Sept. 29, 1862.
"Major General POPE,

"St. Paul, Minn.:

" Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley is made brigadier general for his judicious
fight at Yellow Medicine. He should be kept in command of that column and
every possible assistance sent to him.

"H. W. HALLECK,

"General in- Chief."

His commission as brigadier general was not issued until March 26, 1864,
but, of course, this telegram amounted to an appointment to the position, and if
accepted, as it was, made him subject to the orders of the president. So, not
withstanding his dispatch to me, stating that the Indians, if convicted, would be
forthwith executed, he could not very well carry out such an important duty
without first submitting it to the federal authorities, of which he had become a
part.

My view of the question has always been, that when the court martial was
organized Colonel Sibley had no idea that more than 20 or 25 of the Indians
would be convicted, which is fairly inferable from his dispatch to me, in which
he says he had "apprehended 16 supposed to have been connected with the late
outrages." But when the matter assumed the proportions it did, and he found
some 300 men to kill, he was very glad to shift the responsibility to higher
authority. Any humane man would have been of the same mind. I have
my own views also of the reasons for the action of the general Government in
eliminating from the list of the condemned all but thirty-nine. It was not be
cause these thirty-nine were more guilty than the rest, but because we were en
gaged in a great civil war, and the eyes of the world were upon us. Had these
three hundred men been executed, the charge would undoubtedly have been
made by the South that the North was murdering prisoners of war, and the
authorities at Washington knew full well that the other nations of the earth were
not capable of making the proper discrimination, and deemed it safer not to in
cur the odium which might follow from such an accusation.

EXECUTION OF THIRTY-EIGHT CONDEMNED INDIANS.

The result of the matter was that the order of the president was obeyed, and
on the 26th of December, 1862, thirty- eight of the condemned Indians were exe
cuted by hanging at Mankato, one having been pardoned by the president. Co-
temporaneous history, or rather general public knowledge of what actually took
place, says that the pardoned Indian was hanged and one of the others liberated
by mistake. As an historian I do not assert this to be a fact, but as a citizen,
thoroughly well informed of current events at the time of this execution, I believe
it to be true. The hanging of the thirty-eight was done on one gallows, con
structed in a square form, capable of sustaining ten men on each side. They
were placed upon a platform facing inwards, and dropped by the cutting of a
rope, all at one time. The execution was successful in all its details, and reflects
credit on the ingenuity and engineering skill of Capt. Burt of Stillwater, who
was intrusted with the construction of the deadly machine. The remnant of the
condemned Indians was, after some time, taken down to Davenport, in Iowa, and
held in confinement until the excitement had generally subsided, when they
were sent west of the Missouri and set free. An Indian never forgets what he
regards an injury, and never forgives an enemy. It is my opinion that all the
troubles that have transpired since the liberation of these Indians, with the

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tribes inhabiting the Western plains and mountains, have grown out of the evil
counsels of these savages. The only proper course to have pursued with them,
when it was decided not to hang them, was to have exiled them to some remote
post, — say, the Dry Tortugas, — where communication with their people would
have been impossible, set them to work on fortifications or other public works,
and have allowed them to pass out by life limitation.

The execution of the Indians practically terminated the Indian campaign for
the year 1862; no other event worthy of detailed record having occurred. But
the Indian War was far from being over, and it was deemed prudent to keep
within the state a sufficient force of troops to resist further attacks, and to inau
gurate an aggressive campaign in the coming year. The whole of the Sixth,
Seventh and Tenth regiments, the Mounted Eangers, and squads of artillery,
scouts and other organizations were wintered in the state at various points along
the more exposed frontier, and in 1863 a formidable expedition, under command
of General Sibley, was sent out from Minnesota to crush the enemy, which was
to be aided and co-operated with by another expedition of equal proportions
under General Alfred Sully, which was to start from Sioux City, on the Missouri.
After the Indians came down the river and attacked our men at Birch Coulie,
Little Crow and a large part of his followers branched off and went to the vi
cinity of Acton, and there attacked the command under Capt. Eichard Strout,
where a severe battle ensued, in which several of Capt. Strout's men were killed.
On the 3d of July, 1863, Crow ventured down to the neighborhood of Hutchin-
son with his young son, probably to get something which he had hidden, or to
steal horses. While picking berries, a farmer named Lampson, who was in search
of his cows, saw him and shot him dead. His scalp now decorates the walls of
the Historical Society.

CAMPAIGN OF 1863.

The remnant of Little Crow's followers were supposed to be rendezvoused
at DeviFs Lake, in Dakota Territory, and reinforced by large bodies of the Upper
Sioux. An expedition against them was devised by Gen. Pope, to be com
manded by Gen. Sibley. It was to assemble at a point near the mouth of the
Eed Wood Eiver, some twenty or twenty-five miles above Fort Eidgley. On the
7th day of June, 1863, General Sibley arrived at the point of departure, which
was named Camp Pope in honor of the commanding general. The force compos
ing the expedition under General Sibley was as follows: One company of Pio
neers under Capt. Chase, 10 companies of the Sixth Eegiment under Col. Crooks;
8 companies of the Tenth Eegiment under Col. Baker, 9 companies of the Sev
enth Eegiment under Lieutenant Col. Marshall, 8 pieces of artillery under Capt.
Jones, 9 companies of Minnesota Mounted Eangers under Col. McPhail, 75 In
dian scouts under Major Brown, George McLeod and Major Dooley; in all, 3,052
infantry, 800 cavalry, 148 artillerymen. This command, from the nature of the
country it was compelled to traverse, had to depend upon its own supply train,
and was accompanied by 225 six-mule wagons. The staff was complete, consist
ing of Adjutant Gen. Olin, Brigade Commissary Forbes, Assistant Commissary
and Ordnance Officer Atchinson, Commissary Clerk Spencer, Quartermaster Corn
ing, Assistant Quartermaster Kimball, Aids-de-camp, Lieutenants Pope, Beever,
A. St. Clair, Flandrau and Hawthorne; Chaplain, Eev. S. E. Eiggs.

The column moved from Camp Pope June 16, 1863. The weather was in
tensely hot, and the country over which the army had to march was entirely
wild and uninhabited. At first the Indian retreat was in the direction of the
British line, but for some reason it was discovered that the movement of the In
dians was changed in the direction of the Missouri Eiver. They had probably
heard that General Sully was delayed by low water, and hoped to cross to the
west bank of that stream before his arrival to intercept them; and with the
further hope, no doubt, that they would be reinforced by the Sioux inhabiting
the country west of the Missouri. On the 4th of July the expedition reached the
Big Bend of the Sheyenne Eiver. On the 17th of July General Sibley received
reliable information that the main body of the Indians were moving toward the

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Missouri, which was confirmed at Camp Atchison on the 20th of July, by a visit-
to the camp of some three hundred Chippewa half-breeds, led by a Catholic priest,
named Father Andre. On becoming satisfied that the best fruits of the march
could be obtained by bending toward the Missouri, the general decided to relieve
his command of as much impedimenta as was consistent with comfort and safety,
and would facilitate and increase the rapidity of its movements. He therefore
formed a permanent post at Camp Atchison, which is located about fifty miles
southeasterly from Devil's Lake, where he left all the sick and broken- down men,
and a large portion of his ponderous train, with a sufficient guard to defend them
if attacked. He then immediately started for the Missouri with 1,436 infantry,
520 cavalry, 100 pioneers and artillery, and 25 days' rations. On July 22d he
crossed the James Eiver, forty-eight miles west of Camp Atchison, and on the
24th had reached* the vicinity of Big Mound, beyond the second ridge of the Mis
souri Coteau. Here the scouts reported large bodies of Indians, with Bed Plume
and Standing Buffalo among them.

BATTLE OF BIG MOUND.

On the 24th of July, in anticipation of an attack from the large force sup
posed to be in the neighborhood, the general corralled his train and threw up
earthworks for its protection, so as to enable it to be defended by a smaller force
than would be necessary if it was uncovered. The Indians soon appeared in con
siderable numbers. Dr. Weiser, surgeon of the First Minnesota Eangers, who
had resided at Shakopee many years, and supposed he recognized some old ac
quaintances among the Indians, incautiously approached them, and was imme
diately shot dead. Lieutenant Freeman, who was at some distance from the
camp, was also killed. At 3 p. M., in the midst of a terrific thunderstorm, the
battle opened. The First Battalion of Cavalry, under Col. McPhail, supported
by two companies of the Seventh Infantry, advanced to divide the Indians. The
Sixth Kegirnent, under Col. Crooks, and part of the Seventh deployed on the
right of the camp, while Lieut. Col. Averill, with two companies, deployed on
the left. Col. Marshall, with five companies of the Seventh, advanced up a ra
vine. Col. Baker, with part of the Tenth, was retained to guard the camp.
Gen. Sibley, supported by one company of the Tenth under Captain Edgerton,
took a six-pounder onto an eminence and opened fire on the enemy, who were
occupying the head of the ravine. A general advance was ordered. The Indians,
about 1,500 strong, retreated before the troops in the direction of their camp,
situate some five miles to the southward, and a general panic ensued, the Indian
camp was abandoned, and the whole throng, men, women and children, fled be
fore the advancing forces. They were closely pursued by Col. McPhail, sup
ported by the Seventh, part of the Tenth, and Whipple's section of a battery.
Numerous charges were made on the fleeing enemy amid the roaring of the thun
der and the flashing of the lightning. One private was killed by lightning and
Col. McPhail' s saber was knocked out of his hand by the same force.

The Indians are reported to have lost in this fight eighty killed and wounded,
and they also lost nearly all their camp equipment, which was strewn along their
trail in reckless profusion, as it was abandoned in their flight. The cavalry pur
sued them about fifteen, and the infantry about ten, miles beyond the original
point of the engagement. An order sent by Lieutenant Beever to the pursuers
to bivouac where night caught them was misdelivered or misunderstood, and the
pursuing column returned and was met the next morning by the advancing force
just about the time of starting. This misfortune gave the Indians at least two
days' advantage, and they did not fail to make the most of it, putting as wide a
gap between themselves and their pursuers as possible. The part of the com
mand which had joined in the pursuit was worn-out with fatigue and want of
water, and the whole force was compelled to rest for a day. The battle of Big
Mound, as this engagement was called, was a decided victory, and counted heavi
ly in the scale of advantage, as it put the savages on the run for a place of safety
and materially disabled them from prosecuting further hostilities.

THE BATTLE OF STONY LAKE. 751

BATTLE OF DEAD BUFFALO LAKE.

On the 26th the command again moved forward in the direction of the fleeing
Indians. Their abandoned camp was passed on that day early in the morning.
About noon the scouts reported Indians, and large bodies of them became visi
ble. A skirmish line under Col. Crooks was thrown out, supported by Capt.
Chase and his Pioneers and Whipple's section of six-pounders. The savages
attempted a flank movement on the left, which was checked by Capt. Taylor and
his Mounted Kangers. Another attack was made, which was repulsed by Lieut.
Col. Averill with two companies of the Sixth, aided by Capt. Taylor's Bangers,
who came to his assistance. A running fight was kept up until about three
o'clock in the afternoon, when a bold dash was made to stampede the animals,
which were herded on the bank of a lake, but this attempt was promptly met
and defeated by Wilson's and Davy's companies of cavalry and six companies of
the Sixth under Major McLaren, who were thrown out in an extended line to the
left, effectually protecting that flank from the enemy. The Indians, foiled at all
points, and having suffered serious losses in killed and wounded, retired from
the field. At night earthworks were thrown up to secure the camp from night
surprise. Thus ended the battle known as the Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake.

The general was now convinced that the Indians were going toward the Mis
souri with the purpose of putting that river between themselves and his com
mand, and expecting General Sully >s force to be there to intercept them, he was
determined to push them on as rapidly as possible, inflicting all the damage he
could in their flight. The campaign was well conceived, and had Sully arrived
in time the result would undoubtedly have been the complete destruction or
capture of the Indians. But low water delayed Sully to such an extent that he
failed to arrive in time, and, as the sequel will show, they succeeded in crossing
the river before Sibley could overtake them.

THE BATTLE OF STONY LAKE.

On the 28th of July, 1863, Indians were again seen, and in immense numbers
they endeavored to encircle the troops. They certainly presented a force of
2,000 fighting men, and had undoubtedly been reinforced by friends from the
west side of the Missouri. Col. Baker was directed to deploy two companies as
skirmishers, and the rest of the command was immediately placed in line, with
Col. Crooks and the Sixth on the right, and Col. Marshall with the Seventh and
McPhail's cavalry on the left. A tremendous effort was made to break our lines,
but the enemy was repulsed at all points. Col. Baker, with the Tenth, bore the
brunt of the fight, being in advance, where the assault was most furious and de
termined. The artillery did good work, but the Indians finally retreated and
fled in a panic and rout toward the Missouri. They were hotly pursued, and on
the 29th the troops crossed Apple Creek, a small stream a few miles from the
present site of Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota, and pushing on, struck
the Missouri at a point about four miles above Burnt Boat Island. The Indians
had succeeded in crossing the river with their families, but in a very demoralized
condition as to supplies and camp equipage. They were plainly visible on the
bluffs on the opposite side. It was here that Lieut. Beever lost his life while
carrying an order; he missed the trail, and was ambushed and killed. Lieut.
Beever was a young Englishman, who had volunteered to accompany the expedi
tion, and whom Gen. Sibley had placed upon his staff as an aid.

Large quantities of wagons and other materials, abandoned by the Indians in
their haste to cross the river, were destroyed. The bodies of Lieut. Beever and
a private of the Sixth Eegiment, who was killed in the same way, were recovered
and buried. It is very clear that the Indians, on learning of the magnitude of
the expedition which was moving against them, never contemplated overcoming
it in battle, and made their movements with reference to delaying its progress,
while they pushed their women and children with all expedition toward and
across the river, knowing there was no resting place for them on this side. They
succeeded admirably, but their success was solely attributed to the failure of Gen.

752 THE INDIAN WAR IN MINNESOTA.

Sully to arrive in time. Gen. Sibley 's part of the campaign was carried out to
the letter, and every man in it, from commander to private, is entitled to the
highest praise.

On the 31st of July the order was given to prepare for the march homeward,
and on August 1st the command moved from camp at 5:30 A. M. As was after
ward learned, Gen. Sully was then distant down the river one hundred and sixty
miles. His delay was no fault of his, but was occasioned by insurmountable ob
stacles. The march home was a weary but uneventful one. The campaign of
1863 may be summed up as follows: The troops marched nearly 1,200 miles.
They fought three well-contested battles. They drove from 8,000 to 10,000 In
dians out of the state and across the Missouri River. They lost only 7 killed and
3 wounded, and inflicted upon the enemy so serious a loss that he never again re
turned to his old haunts. For his meritorious services, Gen. Sibley was ap
pointed a major general by brevet on Nov. 29, 1865, which appointment was
duly confirmed by the senate, and he was commissioned on April 7, 1866.

In July, 1863, a regiment of cavalry was authorized by the secretary of war
to be raised by Maj. E. A. C. Hatch, for duty on the northern frontier. Several
companies were recruited and marched to Pembina, on the extreme northern
border, where they performed valuable services and suffered incredible hardships.
The regiment was called Hatch's Battalion. A full account of its service will be
found in this volume under the head of " Hatch's Battalion."

CAMPAIGN OF 1864.

The Government wisely concluded not to let the Indian question rest on the
results of the campaign of 1863, which left the Indians in possession of the coun
try west of the Missouri — rightly supposing they might construe their escape
from General Sibley into a victory. It therefore sent out another expedition in
1864, to pursue and attack them beyond the Missouri. The plan and outfit was
very similar to that of the year previous. General Sully was again to proceed
up the Missouri with a large command and meet a force sent out from Minne
sota, which forces, when combined, were to march westward and find and pun
ish the savages if possible. The expedition as a whole was under the command
of General Sully. It consisted of two brigades. The first composed of Iowa and
Kansas infantry and cavalry and Brackett's Battalion to the number of several
thousand, which was to start from Sioux City and proceed up the Missouri in
steamboats. The second embraced the Eighth Eegiment of Minnesota Volunteer
Infantry, under Col. Thomas, mounted on ponies; the Second Minnesota Cav
alry, under Col. McLaren; and the Third Minnesota Battery, under Capt. Jones.
The Second or Minnesota Brigade commanded by Col. Thomas. This brigade
left Fort Snelling on June 1st and proceeded westward. General Sibley and
staff accompanied it as far as Fort Ridgley, which point it reached on the 5th of
June. On the 9th it passed Wood Lake, the scene of the fight in 1862. About this
point it overtook a large train of emigrants, on their way to Idaho, who had with
them one hundred and sixty wagon-loads of supplies. This train was escorted to
the Missouri River safely. The march was wearisome in the extreme, — intensely
hot weather and very bad water, only enlivened by the appearance of an occa
sional herd of buffalo, a band of antelope, or a straggling elk. The James River
was reached June 21st. The movements of the command were carefully watched
by flying parties of Indians during its whole march. On July 1st the Missouri
was reached at the point where now stands Fort Rice. General Sully and the
First Brigade had arrived the day before. The crossing was made by the boats
that had brought up the First Brigade. The column was immediately directed
toward the Cannon Ball River, where 1,800 lodges of Indians were reported to be
encamped. All bands of the enemy in the line of march fled before approaching
troops. On the last of July the Heart River was reached, where a camp was
formed and the teams and tents left behind. The command, thus relieved,
pressed forward for an Indian camp eighty miles to the northward. On the 2d
day of August the Indians were found in large numbers on the Big Knife River,
in the Bad Lands. These were the Unca-Papah Sioux who had murdered a party

CAMPAIGN OF 1864. 753

of Idaho miners the year before, and had given aid and comfort to the Minnesota
refugee Indians. They were immediately attacked and a very spirited engage
ment ensued, in which the enemy was badly beaten and suffered severe losses.
The place where this battle was fought was called Ta-ka-ho-ku-tay, or "The bluff
where the man shot the deer."

On the next day, August 3d, the command moved west through the Bad
Lands, and just as they emerged from this terribly rugged country they were
sharply attacked by a very large body of savages. The fight lasted through two
days and nights, when the enemy retired in haste. They were very roughly
handled in this engagement. For a fuller account of this campaign of 1864,
reference is made to the chapters in this volume devoted to the history of the
Eighth Minnesota Eegiment, Brackett's Battalion and the Second Cavalry, which
gives full and interesting details.

General Sully then crossed to the west side of the Yellowstone Eiver, where
the weary soldiers found two government steamers awaiting them with ample
supplies. In crossing this rapid river the command lost three men and about
twenty horses. From this point they proceeded homeward by the way of Forts
Union, Berthold and Stevenson, reaching Fort Eice on the 9th of September.

On this trip General Sully located Forts Eice, Stevenson and Berthold.

On reaching Eice considerable anxiety was felt for the fate of Capt. Fisk,
who with a squad of 50 troops had left the fort as an escort to a train of Idaho
emigrants and had been attacked 180 miles west of the fort, and been compelled
to intrench. He had sent for reinforcements. General Sully sent him 300 men,
who extricated him from his dangerous position.

The Minnesota brigade returned home by the way of Fort Wadsworth, where
they arrived on September 27th. Here Major Eose with six companies of the
Second Cavalry was left to garrison the post; the balance of the command
reaching Fort Snelling on the 12th of October.

In June, 1865, another expedition left Minnesota for the west under Col. Cala-
han of Wisconsin, which went as far as Devil's Lake. Gen. Sully again took
part in this movement. The first, second and fourth sections of the Third Min
nesota Battery also accompanied it. And again, in January, 1866, an expedition
started from Fort Abercrombie, which included the first section of the Third
Battery, under Lieut. Whipple. For a more detailed account of these two last
movements, see in this volume the chapters devoted to the Third Minnesota
Battery and Brackettfs Battalion.

These expeditions completed the Indian War of Minnesota, so far as our
troops were distinctively engaged in it. In the numbers of Indians engaged,
together with their superior fighting qualities, their armament and the country
occupied by them, it ranks among the most important of the Indian wars fought
since the first settlement of the country on the Atlantic coast; but when viewed
in the light of the numbers of settlers and others massacred, the amount of
property destroyed, and the horrible atrocities committed by the savages, it far
surpasses them all.

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS ENGAGED IN THE SIOUX INDIAN

WAR OF 1862.

In preparing this roster, I have confined it to such organizations as were in
service in the year 1862, as actual hostilities within the state ceased with that
year. Quite a number of companies were formed in 1863-64, and even as late as
1865; but as none of them performed more than home guard service, not involv
ing actual collision with the enemy, and as the space in this volume is very
limited, I have felt justified in omitting them. I am largely indebted to the
records of the adjutant general7 s office for such rosters as I have been able to
present, which are compiled from pay vouchers and other papers found in that
office. For the courtesy of Adjutant General Mullen and his assistants, so
cheerfully extended to me in this work, I feel under great obligations. If any
person or organization serving in the war has been omitted in this roster, it is
from the paucity of the materials at my command in preparing it, and no one
will regret any such omission more than myself.

CHARLES E. FLANDKAU.

ROSTER OF THE ST. PETER FRONTIER GUARDS (CAPTAIN CHARLES E. FLANDRAU'S
COMPANY), ON DUTY AT NEW ULM DURING THE INDIAN WAR, FROM THE
19TH UNTIL THE 26TH OF AUGUST, 1862. PART OF THIS COMPANY WAS IN
THE FIRST, AND ALL OF IT IN THE SECOND, BATTLE OF NEW ULM.

NAMES.

BANK.

REMARKS.

Chas E Flandrau

Captain

Elected Commander-in-Chief on the 20th or
August of all the forces at New Ulm.
Provost Marshal Aug. 20th; declined and then
appointed 2d Commander; killed Aug. 23d.
Appointed Captain August 20th.

Wounded August 23d; went back to St. Peter.

Afterward Governor.
Prov. Marshal Aug. 20th, with rank of Captain..

With team.
Horseman.

William B Dodd

Wolf H Meyer

2d Lieutenant

G A Stark

Orderly Sergeant
2d Orderly Sergeant
3d Orderly Sergeant
4th Orderly Sergeant
5th Orderly Sergeant
1st Corporal

Miron Woodward

Chas. Staake.

P. S Gardner

Lawler Williams

Fr. Gegler

2d Corporal

John Dohren

3d Corporal

Wm. Lehr

4th Corporal

Anderson O

Private

Auderle, L

Private

Andrews Edw

Private

Anderegg, C

Private

Austin, H

Private

Buell S A

Private

Burons, M

Private

Bergnik John .

Private

Bond, R

Private..

Bensen

Private

Bensen,P

Private

Bornemann

Private

Boutder, A

Private

Briggs,St

Private

Briggs, A. S

Private

Bratz Wm

Private

Bittner A

Private

Batter Jacob

Private

Billingsby, T. D

Private

Bester H

private

Brady O

Private

Birdsal.I

Private

Bordmann

private . . .

Callahan T. F

Private....

THE ST. PETER FRONTIER GUARDS.

ROSTEE OF THE ST. PETER FRONTIER GUAEDS — Continued.

755

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Private

Caisen P ...

Private

Cora Edward

Private

Private

Cronen John

Private

Private

Crossen, Henry

Private

Clerk John . .

Private •

Private

Conoers, T

Private

Dickert Geo .

Private

Drill Fr

Private

Delaney, A

Private

Davison M

Private

Private

Private

Private

Horseman.

Dingier Dan

Private

Daniels A W

Private . . .

Physician.

Estlar W C

Private

Wounded.

Ellis, O. R . .

Private . .. .

Friske Chr

Private

Frey

Private

Flory, I. H

Private

Filler And

Private

Fritz, Wm.

Private

Gegham Wm .

Private

Green, James J

Private

Glas G

Private

Gieske G

Private

Ganske M

Private...

Huey Wm

Private

1st Lieutenant Aug 20th

Heton

Private. ...

Harff Peter

Private

Habrich, John

Private

Hoberg C

Private

Physician.

Private

Huggins, R

Private

Henson N C

Private

Hevemeier, I

private .. .

Horst John H . . . . .

Private

Herkelrath, Chr

Private

Hughes, Thomas

Private

Himbaught A G

Private

Hatcher, F. H

Private

•

Hatcher K E

Private

Hatcher L

Private

Hayden'Wm. G .

Private

Haach.Max

Private

Killed August 23d.

Harm H

Private

Got sick.

Private

Johnson 'H

Private

Private

Jackson, C. A

Private

Kapine Fr

Private

Xunsel

Koeke, Gottlieb
Kanby D. S

Private

KnifF, James

Private

Horseman.

Krosinsky, A

Private

Lachapel A

Private

Horseman.

Larkin, E

Private

Lindel John .

Private

Langhurst, Wm

Private

Wounded August 23d.

Lund, I. E. .. .

Private

Leifer F . ...

Private

Ludke, A

Private

Went to St. Peter.

Ludeke H

Private

Lord, I

Private

Lundholm...

Private

With team.

Linder, Frank

Private

Lux, John

Private

Went back to St. Peter.

McCollum, Isaac

Private

McGraw, Nelson

Private

Metzen G

Private

Morrill.H

Private

Maas Christian

Private

Private

Martindale.L

Private

Horseman.

Morrison P.

Private

Miller John

Private

McCee, John

Private

Mathias T. A

Private

Michael Math

Private

Private

Wounded 23d of August.

756

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
ROSTER OF THE ST. PETER FRONTIER GUARDS — Continued.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Many R ..

Private

McCoy Samuel C

Private

Private

Miner L B .....

Private

With team.

Miller' E .

Private

Private

Private

Nelson John

Private

Nielson Nels

Private

Nagler F. A

Private

Private

Private

Olson Nels ..

Private

•

Olson, Ed

Private

Olson Even

Private ..

Patow Louis.

Private

Peterson Andrew . . .

Private

Private

Pfefferle R

Private

Private

Private

Perseon N

Private

Pratt, Geo.

Private

Patch L O ...

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Killed Aug. 23, 1862.

Roher A

Private ..

Rinkel G

Private

Rendel Ole

Private

Rice H N

Private

With team.

Redneld Orren

Private

Ros . ....

Private

Rounseville D. T

Private

Rounseville W H H

Private

Rounseville, E. A

Private

Private

Ray, Wm

Private

Private

With team.

Private

Shaefer Peter .

Private

Went to St. Peter.

Stultz Fr

Private

Stelzer Phil

Private

Horseman; went to St. Peter.

Private

Horseman.

Shave E.

Prfvate

Private

With team.

Stadmaker, Stephen. . .

Private

Simons M .

Private

Simons, H. B

Private

Schulz, Michael

Private

Springel Niels

Private

Stark, C. P

Private

Smith Hiram C

Private

Smith, John

Private

Smith, M. W

Private . ...

Private

Snyder John T

Private

Private

Swift H. A

Private

Afterward Governor.

Private

Private

Private

Private

Thies Frank

Private

Tyler John

Private

Thomas R, ....

Private

Trogden,T. B

Private

Horseman.

Tolan James .

Private

Tolan Edward

Private

Tomlinson R N ..

Private

Veith F A

Private

Vielz, Nicholas

Private

.

"Wilson John

Private

Woods Charles

Private

Wuetig Fr

Private

Windhorn Wm

Private

Private

Woolsey Daniel . ....

Private

Warner H L

Private

Zeutmeyer Chas

Private

THE MANKATO COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS.

757

ROSTER OF THE MANKATO COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS (CAPTAIN WILLIAM BIER-
BAUER'S COMPANY). ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, UNDER GENERAL COMMAND OF
COLONEL CHARLES E. FLANDRAU. IN SERVICE DURING THE SECOND ATTACK
OF THE INDIANS ON THE TOWN OF NEW ULM.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

William Bierbauer

Captain

1st Lieutenant

2d Lieutenant

James Shoemaker

Commissary Sergeant

J C Haupt

Orderly Sergeant

Henry Vahle

2d Orderly Sergeant

Samuel D Shaw

3d Orderly Sergeant

4th Orderly Sergeant

Charles Heilborn •

1st Corporal

Peter Krost

3d Corporal

4th Corporal

Private

Wounded in battle at New Ulm.

Private

Ash J R

Private

Andrews F M

Private

Wounded in battle at New Ulm

Private

Bennett Chas

Private

Burns Patrick

Private .

Wounded in battle at New Ulm

Bigler Jacob

Private

Private

Blatt Phiiip .

Private

Bandy T B . ••

Private

Clough M

Private

Cheny W H

Private

Chenv'B F

Private

Cheny John W . .... •

Private

Camfield Dave A

Private

Comerl Cl mons

Private

Collins, A. M

Private

Coffin, B.Y

Private

Chilos John C .

Private

Dole, Benedict

Private

Davis Thos .

Private

Fassat, John

Private

Wounded in battle at New Ulm.

Freundler, Adam . ....

Private

Wounded in battle at New Ulm

Fetterer, Theodore

Private

Godfreid Chester

Private

Gerlinger Michael *

Private

HadeELL

Private

Private

Heinze Charles

Private

Houghton N E

Private

Killed in battle at New Ulm

Jefferson Adam

Private

Kock EG

Private

ILauer, Wm

Private

Liong Wm . . ...

Private

Michael, Hanlin

Private

McMurtrie Hugh

Private

Morris, Wm

Private

Moser, Frank

Private

Nicolson John

Private

Nicolson, Wm

Private

Killed in battle at New Ulm.

Oberly, Xavier

Private

Power, John

Private

Plaff, Peter

Private

Phillipps Anton

Private

Porter G W

Porter, C. L

Private

Porter Dan W

Private

'• , :^

Plusky, John

Private

Roberts Geo A

Private

Batches, David

Private

Reif, Emanuel

Private

Roos, Geo

Private

Roos Christ

Private

Rieger.Thos

Private...

Rockey W H

Private

Sabbath, Geo

Private

Smith A. G

Private

Shaw C B

Private

Tyler, Aaron

Private

Tonner Servis .

Private

Taylor S B

Private

Tvner, D. H

Private

Ullmann Peter

Private

Vigel, Chas

Private

Wagener, Oscar F .. .

Private

Wiscover John

Private

Wood, Alexander
White, Asa

Private
Private

.

758

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
THE MANKATO COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS — Continued.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Andrews W T

Private

Bowles James .

Private

Hunt C N

Private

Jones J C

Private

Gray Wm

Private . . .

These names, furnished by Capt. Bierbauer

Gillen Geo

Private

do not appear on roster in Adjutant Gen

Private

eral's office.

Van Flatten A S .. ..

Private

Trask J W

Private ..

Osterwald H

Private

Wigley Joshua

Private

ROSTER OF COMPANY A OF THE FIRST BATTALION OF BROWN COUNTY MILITIA
(CAPTAIN CHARLES ROOS). ORGANIZED AT NEW ULM ON AUG. 18, 1862, AND
SERVED ABOUT ONE MONTH. THIS COMPANY PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST
AND SECOND BATTLES OF NEW ULM.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Charles Roos .

Captain

«

John Hanenstein

1st Lieutenant

John Belm

2d Lieutenant

John Spencer

2d Sergeant. ..

Adolph Seiter

5th Sergeant

William Hummel. . ....

1st Corporal

Peter Gropper

2d Corporal

Frederick Immel

3d Corporal

Frank Bildstein

William Petermann... 4

5th Corporal

Charles C. Brandt

John Nun

7th Corporal

Hermann Herrendorger

8th Corporal

August Nagel

Albrecht, Hermann .

Private

Adams. John

Private

Alwin, William..

Private

Appel, Heinrich

Private

Bableter, John

Private

Barbier, Jacob

Private .

Bebser, Wilhelm

Private

Private

Brust, Jacob

Private

Claussen August

Private

Daeberiner, John

Private

Dueval, Franz

Private

Private

Flick, Edmund

Private

Franck, Wm

Private

Frieton German

Private

Graff John

Private

Gamuel Frederic

Private

Private

Graf, Henry

Private

Gassmann John

Private

Heldt, Albert

Hammer, Henry . .

Private ••• •

Hoffman Wm

Private

Haeberle, David . ...

Private

Hansburg, Chas

Private

Heule, Athanazius
Haag, Franck

Private
Private

Hein, August

Private

Ips, John

Private ....

Jacobs Chas

Private

Joos, Adam

Private

Krueger, John

Private

Kirchstein, Julius

Private

Kiesling, Hermann

Private .

L,eibold, Peter F

Private

Lauterback, Michel ,.

Private

Private

COMPANY A, FIRST BATTALION, BROWN COUNTY MILITIA. 759

ROSTEB OF COMPANY A OF THE FIRST BATTALION OF BROWN COUNTY MILITIA— Continued.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

May'er John

Private

Mueller Louis

Private .

Metzer Geo

Private

Magnus, Conrad

Private

Meyer Henry

Private

Muthe'r Lorenz

Private

Prignitz Christian

Private

Pfenninger Jacob

Private

Pfeiffer Jost

Private

Pfeiffer George

Private

Peller George.

Private

Private

Petersen Albrecht

Private

Palmer Alois ..

Private

Penser Wilhelm

Private

Peller 'John . ... .

Private

Wnd. Aug. 19,'62, in battle with Ind's New Ulm

Pless, Wilhelm

Private

Private

.Ring Frederic

Private

Ryan Mathew ... . ..

Private

Scheible Christian

Private

Private

Private

Schenfler, Otto

Private

Private

Scheible John

Private

Schmitz Nicolaus

Private

Schmelz, Louis

Private

Wnd. in battle with Ind's, New Ulm, Aug. 23/62.

Soehler Charles . .

Private

Private . .

Vill Otto

Private

Private . .

Winkelman 'Wm

Private

760

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN LOUIS BUGGERT'S COMPANY OF BROWN COUNTY MILITIA.
ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED TILL AUG. 25, 1862. THIS COMPANY
PARTICIPATED IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF NEW ULM, AUG. 23, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Louis Buggert

Captain

Hermann Plath

Bernard Baumgartn,er

Ernst Brandt

1st Sergeant

Wm. Roehl

Ch. Krambeer

Bangartner B€H . . .

Baumgartner, Wm

Baurngartner, M. .

Brandt, C. Ch

Private

Buggert Wm

Buggert, Ch

Private

Frank, Fr

Frank, Ch

Private

Guggesberg, G

Private

Gross, Philip

Private

Private

Private .... . .

Hillesheim Nic

Private

Heimer, Stephen

Private .

Hanser' Joseph

Private

Private

Hillesheim Math

Private

Private

Hillesheim Hubert

Private

Hillesheim Joseph .

Private

Henton, Robert

Private

Hellen Peter

Private

Krischne, Fred

Private

Kretsch Joseph . .

Private

Liesenfeld, T

Private

Lendt, T

Private

Liesenfeld, Peter M

Private

Leitschen, Thomas ..

Private

Lange Carl

Private

Manderfield, H

Private

Manderfield, Peter

Private

Martin, Samuel

Private

Martin, John

Private

Meissner, Wm

Private

Manderfield, Hub

Private

Nidecker, Ch

Private

Ohman, Fr., Sr...

Private

Ohman, Fr., Jr....

Private...

Oswald, H

Private

Porepp, A

Private.. .

Porepp, Fred

Private

Reinatz, Ignatz

Private

Schroder, Fr

Private

Sahle, N

Private

Seibenbrunner Math

Private

Schultz.Ch

Private

Schuman M.

Private

Tastner, Alois

Private

Zeng, Fr

Private

COMPANY OF CITIZENS MUSTEEED IN AT FORT ABERCROMBIE.

761

ROSTER OF A COMPANY OF CITIZENS MUSTERED IN AT FORT ABERCROMBIE BY
ORDER OF CAPTAIN J. VAN DER HORCK, COMMANDANT OF THE POST, ON AUG. 25,
1862. THIS COMPANY PARTICIPATED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE FORT IN ALL
THE ATTACKS MADE UPON IT, AND WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN T. D. SMITH.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

T D Smith

Killed in service by Indians Sept. 23, '62.

Killed in service by Indians, with party sent
to Breckenridge.

Killed in action Sept. 6, '62.

Severely wounded Sept. 23, '62.

Killed in service by Indians.
Severely wounded Sept. 3, '62.

Benjamin Thompson

1st Lieutenant

H J Dunton

2d Lieutenant

George Ay res.

Edward Wright . . .

Sergeant

L R Bently

Sergeant

P Lamb

Corporal

Corporal

Geo W Newell .

Corporal

Charles W. Snell
H. H Mayo

Ostler
Ostler

Gaiah Gervais

Ostler

R. Burgett

Herder

Wm Coldwell

Herder

C McBeth

Herder

Bean John . ..

Private

Brigham, John T

Private

Bingham, J E

Private

Benschler, F. P

Private

Bridges, Mark

Private.. .

Boyington,O

Private

Clark, Jesse E

Private .. .

Clark, Burnham.

Private

Covey, W.S

Private .

Campbell, John

Private

Carver, O F

Private

Dierks, Henry

Private

Faben, Wm

Private

Few, John W

Private

Goff, L. S

Private

Gillon, Th

Private

Glazier, Henry F

Private

Haley, P

Private

Herberger, Carl....

Private

Hill.J.!.....

Private

Hoffman, W

Private

Kelly, jk

Private

Kerr, William L

Private

Kerr, James I

Private

Kent, Frank

Private

L,aduc, Julien

Private

Lewiston. Lewis

Private '

Lull,C.P.V

Private

McCauley, D

Private

McLeman, John

Private

Mclntyre, Malcolm

Private

McGregor, James

Private

Marvin, George B

Private .

Moore, John

Private

Muslade, John

Private

Oldfield, David

Private

Owens, James

Private

Probert, E. L

Private

Probstfield, Paul

Private

Parks, Isaac

Private

Potts, Howard

Private

Quigg, James

Private

Quigg, Hugh

Ramsdell, Joel

Rogers, Gillman

Private

Ruchenell, Augustus
Stiles, E. A ',

Private

Private

Stokes, J. W „..

Private

Sterner, William
Sandborne

Private

Private

Stone, Hiram

Private

Spencer, Elisha S

Private

Summer, Charles

Private

Seely, Charles

Private

Tate, John

Private

Tate, H

Private

Thompson, W. O

Private

Thompson, Benjamin

Private

Woltt, John

Wright, Edwin M

Wright, Mathew

Private

Wright, John

Private

Wright, Albert

Private

Zenzius, Peter

Private

762

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN AMBROSE FREEMAN'S COMPANY OF MOUNTED MEN, THE
NORTHERN RANGERS. ORGANIZED AT ST. CLOUD AUG. 24, 1862, FOR THE
RELIEF OF FORT ABERCROMBIE. TOOK PART IN SOME OF THE FIGHTS AT
ABERCROMBIE. DISBANDED OCT. 14, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Ambrose Freeman

Captain

Oscar Taylor .

1st Lieutenant

2d Lieutenant

G S Malton

Quartermaster

Q. M. and Com. Clerk

James C Shepley ».

Orderly Sergeant

Richard Polter

2d Sergeant

3d Sergeant

4th Sergeant

John Kerr

1st Corporal

Benj F Davenport

2d Corporal

3d Corporal

J. R Tracy

4th Corporal

John Bingham .

Wagonmaster

Blacksmith ... .

Henry Baldwin .

Teamster

Teamster

Joseph Martin

Teamster

Teamster

Barton Albert G

Private

Blair Bartly

Private

Buck, Theodore

Private

Carter Wesley

Private

Clark, C. W

Private

Clark John R..

Private

Private

Coissart, John

Private . . . .

Coil Wm

Private

Cook, Henry

Private

Dahl Ole

Private

Demerar, Nelson

Private

Dibs, Thomas

Private

Donald, Hugh O

Private

Evans, L. A

Private

Filmore, H. G

Private

Follnisbee, H

Private

Foster, Newton

Private

Oarlington Jesse

Private

Garrison O E

Private

Private .

Gervais A.

Private

Griggs, Adonirane

Private

Henna J F

Private

Heinzen Heinrich

Private

Holes, Samuel

Private

Johnson George

Private

Private

Larson, Peter

Private

Lunkenheimer, Henry
McAlpen, John

Private
Private

Morina, George

Private

Mills, James

Private

Morgan, John

Private

Morgan Samuel.

Private

Noel, M. P

Private

Oleson Ole.

Private

Peterson, Christ

Private

Peterson Peter

Private

Peterson, John

Private

Raymond John H

Private

Ridgley D H

Prival e

Sawyer, R. B

Private

Sinionton John

Private

Smith, Charles

Private

Stebbins, Joshua

Private

Sims, L. G

Private

Smith, Peter

Private

Tanner, Elijah J

Private

Tanner, James

Private

Taylor, Charles

Private

Tokka Win

Private

"Wade, Ira

Wilson, J. C

Private

Wilson Wm W

Private

Wyman, Fred

Private

THE WINNEBAGO CITY GUARDS.

763

KOSTER OF THE WINNEBAGO CITY GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN H. W.
HOLLEY. ORGANIZED AUG. 23, 1862. DISBANDED SEPT. 7, 1862. SERVED IN
COL. CHARLES E. FLANDRAU'S COMMAND ON THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

H W Holley

Captain

Jesse Dunham

1st Lieutenant

John Allen

B C Hinkle

D. S. Law

2d Sergeant

Geo F Cleveland

3d Sergeant

W. W. Seely

4th Sergeant.. .

B. E. Drake

P. Latimer

2d Corporal

F. E Shephard

3d Corporal

Daniel Wier

4th Corporal

Anderson, J.W

Private

Austin P F

Private

Bartlett, L

Private

Budd Win. H

Private

Burt, G. C

Private

Bennett, F R ...

Private

Cady, A. W

Private

Denden Frank .

Private

Cleveland, G. K

Private

Christy Luther

Private

Clark, W

Private

Dudley Loyal

Private

Edely F J

Private

Fobes, C B

Private

Private. . . .

Goodnow, G. C

/s''* '*~

Goodnow G H

Private

ff^*,' Oi* '. H r.

Private

fff~r «-, .» -«. «- *•-. _f yk*

Havnes M B

Private

j i M

Private

V, *"* "~ • •* ** •• X '/

Private

V >'V oy w! It

Private

N: <S* 7* T**«

Lucas, Thomas

Mason AD

Private
Private

^^'~

Mason B M

Private

— — - ..;.^,-^J.-— • — "^

McCalley James . ..

Private

McCalley, Nathaniel

Private

Private

Morse D H

Private

Moulton G. K

Private

Private. .

Nelson, George

Private

.

Nelson

Private

Kadoo,W

Private

Rhodes E ....

Private

Ro^s F E

Private

Richardson J

Private

Private

Sherwin, Geo. C

Private

Shoefelt H C

Private

Shoefelt S H

Private

Stevens, E

Private

Taplin A

Private

Thayer. J . .

Private

"Waller S

Private

Washburn J

Private

Woodruff J. C

Private

Welch J H

Private

764

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

EOSTER OF THE NICOLLET COUNTY GUAEDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN A. M. BEAN.
ORGANIZED IN NICOLLET COUNTY, AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED AT NEW ULM
IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF AUG. 23, 1862.

NAMES.

E.ANK.

REMARKS.

A. M Bean . . .

Captain

C. A. Stines

1st Lieutenant

Samuel Coffin

2d Lieutenant

Bean, P. N

Private

Coro E G

Private

Coywood, Hiram

Private

Dickenson Merrick.

Private

Friend, Andrew

Private

Hays, James • .

Private

Kennedy, Frank

Private

Otto, Henry

Private

Otto, Ferdinand

Private.. ..

Parker, James

Private

Thompson, T. B

Private

Thurston, A. H

Private

Wethrel, Charles

Private

Williams, Thomas

Private

Williams, Griffith

Private

CAPT. POST'S COMPANY OF MOUNTED INFANTRY.

765

EOSTER OF CAPTAIN C. L. POST'S COMPANY OF FILLMORE COUNTY VOLUNTEER
. MOUNTED INFANTRY. ORGANIZED SEPT. 1, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL OCT. 6,
1862. THIS COMPANY WAS IN COL. CHAS. E. FLANDRAU'S EXPEDITION FOR
THE DEFENSE OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

C I Post

Captain

•

Fred Atchison

Peter McCracken

2d Lieutenant..

1st Sergeant

T C Robinson

S Russell

Assistant Quartermaster.
2d Sergeant

J R Malone

Arey Duey ,

3d Sergeant

N V Baker

4th Sergeant

E. V. Farrington

5th Sergeant

L Postle

D Hamil

2d Corporal ..

Samuel Ilamlin

3d Corporal

E Thurber

4th Corporal

W. H. Carsen

5th Corporal

B F McVey

Isaac E. Grout

Teamster

King Richard .. . .

Teamster

Abbott C. C

Private

Abbro, M. H

Private

Adams, \. S

Private

Alten, Fr. P

Private

Atchison, Smith

Private

Bryant, A. E

Private

Private

Butrick Thos

Private

Private

Blacker I. S

Private

Private

Carduff, James

Private

Cowley N

Private

Christie, I. S

Private

Davis W F

Private

Egcjleston, S

Private

Edwards M.C

Private

Fischer, G. C

Private

Finch, A. W

Private

Green S. R

Private

Gore, Chas

Private

Glasgow L J

Private

Private

Hand Wm

Private

Hathaway, E. H

Private

Ingalls, Philo

Private

King, Michael

Private

King, John

Private

Iiea, James . .

Private

Lester, Willard

Private

Luse. David

Private

Lumbard, A. G

Private

Malone, T. R

Private

McDermott James

Private

Oleson, Ole

Private

Pulley Mark.

Private

Ketford, A

Private

Stage, Henry

Private

Smith, R. M

Private .

Simmons, John .'

Private

Shipton S. G

Private

TTtley, T. C

Private

Walker Hiram

Private

Wall,F. P

Private

White, Siras J

Private

Waller, Adolph

Private

766

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF COMPANY A, FILLMORE COUNTY VOLUNTEER MILITIA, COMMANDED
BY CAPTAIN N. P. COLBURN. ORGANIZED SEPT. 1, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL
OCT. 4, 1862. THIS COMPANY SERVED WITH COL. CHARLES E. FLANDRAU IN
HIS EXPEDITION FOR THE PROTECTION AND DEFENSE OF THE SOUTHERN
FRONTIER.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMAKKS.

N P Colburn

Harvey C. Marsh

1st Lieutenant

George Onstine

2d Lieutenant

Wni W.Fife '

Assistant Quartermaster

Alvin B Tillotson

1st Sergeant

Justin Seelye

2d Sergeant

Stephen Carpenter

3d Sergeant

Jos. P. Howe

4th Sergeant

A. Millford

Sam. M. Hunt

Corporal

H. M Onstine

Corporal

Robert Richardson

Corporal

Thomas Tuft

Corporal ....

Andrews O A

Private

Private

Bliss *L. O

Private

Private

Billmat, T. B . .

Private

Baker G A

Private...

Burnhaim, Edward

Private

Buckmister R. S

Private

Brown T N

Private...

Brown James C.

Private

Cathcart I

Private

Comstock, L. E

Private

Cleghorn John.

Private

Chase, T. P

Private

Carnegia, John

Private

Chandlier, John

Private

Dickey, Andrew

Private

Day, F H

Private

Donaldson, Gilbert

Private

Donald Henry

Private

Eddy, George

Private

Elliott, Williams.

Private

Franklin, H

Private

Fay, N. E

Private

Fay, M C

Private . ...

Franklin, I. D .

Private

Foot, James

Private

Frazier Frank

Private

Flemming, Robert

Private

Graham C M

Private .. ....

Gale, Henry

Private

Gore, M. H

Private

Galbraith John

Private

Higley, David .

Private

Hutchins W L

Private

Ham,I.M

Private

Ham A. A

Private

Hashness, L. S

Private

Hashness Lewis. ..

Private

Hicks B G

Private

Ives, Stephen

Private ,

Jones, D

Private

Johnson, John

Private

Knox. C. V

Private

Kem pie, John

Private

Kingbury, E. S

Private .

Ijashmet, A

Private

Lashmet, John

Private

.

Lint, Elias .

Private

Lindeman, I

Private

Larkin, Wm

Private

Means, James

Private

McGowan, George

Private.. .

Morrow, H. A .

Private

McMurphy,C. N . ..

Private

Means, L. F

Private

Merion, Aason

Private

Mowry, Henry

Private ..

Newell, Joseph

Private....

Newton, A. A

Private

Newcommes, S. B

Private .

Ober, Luther

Private

Osen, Moses

Private

Prosser, H. C

Private

Pulver, I. B

Private....,

THE LE SUEUR TIGERS, NO. 1. 767

ROSTEE OF COMPANY A, FILLMOEE COUNTY VOLUNTEER MILITIA— Continued.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Private

Perry, Stephen

Private

Potter G L

Private

Priest John

Private . .

Plumtaux, John, Sr

Plumtaux John Jr

Private

Kose, Howard

Private

Root F. B

Private

Risen T D

Private

Streeter,E. S

Private

Sturgeon Robert

Private .

Starr Joseph T

Private

Seelige D W

Private

Sims. John

Private

Serfling E A

Private

Private

Sherburne'H.N.

Private

Stroud Win

Private

Stroud, James R

Private

Stephens William

Private . ...

Taylor Win

Private

Tillotson Henry.

Private

Vought I

Private

Warner Geo. B

Private

Wilkinson William

Private

Williams Watts

Private

Wheeler Chas E

Private

Walker, S. F

Private

Workman R

Private

Woster Q A

Private

Ward. Henry....

Private

ROSTER OF THE LE SUEUR TIGERS, NO. 1, UNDER COMMAND OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM
DELLAUGHTER. ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL AUG. 27, 1862.
WERE IN THE BATTLE OF NEW ULM, AUG. 23, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

William Dellaughter

Captain

A. M. Edwards

1st Lieutenant

Killed; bullet through head.

Jacob Frank

2d Lieutenant

Charles Scheffler

Orderly

Isaac Allen

1st Sergeant

Hollman Morrill

2d Sergeant

Benjamin Birdsall... .

3d Sergeant

Stowbeck

4th Sergeant

James Poland .

George Hunt...

2d Corporal

Judson Cogswell

3d Corporal

Benj. Cosby

4th Corporal

Henry Birdenthal

5th Corporal

"

Henry Cramour

6th Corporal

C. P. Nason

7th Corporal

Sebastian Groshaus

8th Corporal

"But man L G

Private

Birdsall Jesse

Private

Bacon Ezra . ....

Private

Private

Bangs, A.W

Private

Butteauz Ferdinand

Burgers, N. S

Private

Cottingham Niles.

Private.

Private

Carpenter, S. B

Private

Crary O M

Private

Cosly, Benj

Private

Cook Geo

Private

Case, Warren
Dane C. A . . ..

Private..
Private

Davis S W

Private

Davis, E. A

Private

Davis Henrv.

Private

Dunnin William

Private

Diescher, T

Private

768

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
ROSTEE OF THE LE SuEUB TIGERS, No. 1 — Continued.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Private

Private

Private .

Fischer' B F

Private

Farrar Charles W

Private.

Private

Gazzel A J

Private

Gershaw D

Private

Hannie Christian

Private -

Private

Hughes, C. A

Private

Heinker John

Private . .

Private

Private

Private

Heschelrath, Nicholas

Private

Harris James .

Herslay, Benj

Private

Hanrahan S*

Private •

Ilett, John, Jr

Private

Ilett, John, Sr^.

Private

Kligel, Chas

Private

Lieiber, John L»

Private

Lelone Anthony

Private

Losky, William

Private

TCillpd

Miles Samuel

Private

Miles, John

Private

Miles, Pharaoh

Private

Merrill, Clark

Private

McKey, Thomas H . .

Private

Munron H

Myrick, C. G

Private

Oehler Joseph

Peck A R.

Pettes Alexander ... ... .

Private

Paul J. C

Private

Pinney C N

Private

Patten, William.

Private

Redfield Orrin

Rany, J. M

Private

Sherwood Joseph . ..

Private •

Smith, E. R

Private

Stowbeck A

Private

Smith, John

Private

Wounded in the arm.

Smith, Geo. R

Private

Shamle,Ncholas „

Private

Smithson, Luke

Private

Wounded and died.

Smith, JonnR

Private

Tappe John

Private •• ••

Tourley, Ross

Private

Thurston John

Private

Travis Wm R

Private

Tourley Geo. M

Private

Weyl William

Private

Williams, J. N

Private

Watermann, William

Private

Zimmermann, Jacob

Private

THE ST. PETER GUARDS.

769

KOSTER OF THE ST. PETER (NICOLLET COUNTY) GUARDS, COMMANDED BY LIEUT.
WILLIAM HUEY. ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED EIGHT DAYS. THIS
COMPANY WAS AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF NEW ULM, AUG. 23, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Wm. Huey

1st Lieutenant

Bringesall Evan.

Private

•Cronen, Daniel

Private

Delaney Andrew

Private

Floro J H

Private

Fry, Lawrence . .

Private

Hanson H.

Private

Private

Nayler, Flavius . . ..

Private

Private

Oleson, Even ....

Private . ..

Olesou Halva

Oleson, Nels

Private

Petersen John

Private

guinn, John

Private

indall, Oley
Rounseville, W. H. H

Private
Private

Rounseville, E A ..

Private

Simons H. B

Private

Simons, M

Private

Smith, Henry

Private. ..

Smith John

Private

Torgason, K

Private

Tylor, John

Private

I

49

770

EOSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

EOSTER OF LE SUEUR TIGERS, NO. 2, UNDER COMMAND OF CAPTAIN E. C. SAUN-
DERS. ORGANIZED AUG. 20, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL AUG. 27, 1862. WERE IN
THE BATTLE OF NEW ULM, AUG. 23, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

E C Saunders

Captain

Severely wounded.

Geo W Stewart

Geo. Plowman.

2d Lieutenant

J B Swan

1st Sergeant

O. B. Smith

2d Sergeant

3d Sergeant

H. W Mendinhall

4th Sergeant

Wm Maloney

5th Sergeant

Killed

Henry Kinsey ... ...

2d Corporal

J Reed

3d Corporal

Thomas Hazzard

4th Corporal

Slight wound in hip.

E T Jones

5th Corporal

M M Hvnson

7th Corporal

W H Hazzard

8th Corporal

Aherin M

Private

Killed.

Andrews, W

Private

Bergen C

Private

Burns D

Private

Crosby, L .. ......

Private

Coffee J

Private

Dougherty, S

Private

Fowler, Thomas
Gordon, A

Private
Private

Herrick, Seth

Private

Hetherstone, M

Private

Harrisberger, P .. .

Private. .

Iten J

Private

Imhoff, D

Private

Kulp W

Private

Killed.

Kleak, R

Private.

Iiindermann F. W

Private

Lienhart, C

Private..

Lamm, George

Private

Murrey, Wm

Private

McKee, J

Private

Mayderoz .

Private

Noys, J

Private

Pfeiffer, A

Private

Paul C A

Private

Reagan, H
Roman, C

Private
Private....

Sundermann, H
Saunders AJ

Private
Private

.

Smith, C

Private

Stauff Pete

Private

Schuell, W

Private

Thomas A

Private

Wise,S. J

Private

Wilson, S

Private

Wise, J. A

Private

COMPANY ATTACHED TO COMPANY B, NINTH REGIMENT.

771

ROSTER OF COMPANY OF CITIZENS ORGANIZED AND ATTACHED TO COMPANY B,
NINTH REGIMENT, CAPTAIN RICHARD STROUT. SERVED WITH HIM DURING
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1862, PERFORMING ACTIVE SERVICE IN AND ABOUT
GLENCOE, FOREST CITY AND HUTCHINSON. THEY WERE ENGAGED IN SEV
ERAL SHARP SKIRMISHES WITH THE INDIANS.

NAMES.

RAKK.

REMARKS.

Adkies, F....

Private

Allen Wm C.

Private

Blondo, Jim

Private

Bothimick, R. C

Private

Private

Wounded

Corrett, O

Private

Cushln T. M

Private

Cushin, M

Private

Dougherty, A. J

Private.

Douglas C H

Private

Day, J. W

Private

Frederick A . .

Private

Florida Joel

Private

Wounded.

Private

Green John ....

Private

Hale J P .

Private

Ham C D

Private

Hawkins D. C.

Private..

Hucking, J. C

Private

Hart, J

Private....

Higgins, J. C

Private
Private

Hanscom A. B.

Private.

Johnson O

Private

faraway, A

Private...

Wounded in the head.

Little G W

Private

McNeil, Neil

Private

Wounded; shot through arm.

McConnell, J. C.

Private

Morrison, Q. H....

Private

Wounded in the side.

Mirch.J. P

Private

Mayer Robert.

Private

Morrison, T. C

Private

Marshall, James

Private

Marshall, Thos

Private

Perkins, T. R

Private

Wounded.

Roer, A

Private

Wounded in the hip.

Rise, A. H

Private

Stone, Edwin..

Private

Killed.

Sweeney, James

Private

Smith, A. A

Private

Private

Snell, S. D

Private

Tippin F

Private

Thompson, N. R

Private

TVolverton J. A

Private

Wounded in the cheek.

772

EOSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE ST. PAUL CULLEN GUARDS, MOUNTED MEN, UNDER COMMAND
OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. CULLEN. ORGANIZED ON THE BREAKING OUT OF
THE INDIAN WAR, AND ACCOMPANIED COL. HENRY H. SIBLEY ON HIS EXPE
DITION IN 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Hvram Stilwell

Sergeant

J F Morrison . .

Sergeant

Ash Thomas

Private

Atchley Albert

Private

Private

•Carpenter F C

Private

Private

Clayton, Richard

Cullen Orlan O

Private

Daniels, Rinaldo G

Private

Fasquer James

Private

Private

Gress John M

Private

Hurly William

Private

Knight, A. F
liunkenhpimer John

Private
Private

IVIaher, James F

Private

Manley, Albert

Private

Petersen P N

Private

Pillert, Charles

Private

Pulle, Frank .

Private

Rischmiller, Augustus

Private

THE SIBLEY GUARDS.

773

KOSTER OF THE SIBLEY GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN GEORGE C. WHIT-
COMB. THEY WERE RAISED AT FOREST CITY, AT THE OPENING OF THE INDIAN
WAR, AND SERVED ACTIVELY IN AND ABOUT GLENCOE, FOREST CITY AND
HUTCHINSON FOR NEARLY TWO MONTHS, PARTICIPATING IN SEVERAL SHARP
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE INDIANS.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Geo. C. Whitcomb

Captain

Bullet wnd. in shoulder in battle at Forest City.

Shot through thigh in battle at Inver Grove
September 1st.

Bullet through left lung in battle at Acton
Sept. 3, '62.

Wounded in hand and hip at Peterson's Held
Sept. 2, '62.

Wounded in hand in battle of Acton.
Wnd. in shoulder at Forest City Sept. 4, '62.

Wounded in thigh in battle at Peterson's field
Sept. 2, '62.

James B. Atkinson

1st Lieutenant

Hamlet Stevens .

Wm. Branham

1st Sergeant

Henry S. How

2d Sergeant

Daniel McGraw

F. G. Gould

4th Sergeant

A. F. Heath

H. T. Hill

2d Corporal

T. C. Jewett

3d Corpo-al

Samuel Hutcbins .

I. M. Harvey

5th Corporal

R. B. Robston..

6th Corporal

N. W. White

7th Corporal . . .

A. B. Hovt

8th Corporal

Bradshaw, John H
Branham, J. V., Jr

Private
Private

Boarman, Henry

Private

Chapin, E. A

Private

Condon, Patrick

Private

Cobb, Jesse F

Private

Caswell, William

Private

Chapin, Debonson... .

Private

Grapson, Thomas

Private

Gorton, Milton

Private

Gibbins, Oliver

Private

Garrison, James B

Private

Gibbins, Eby

Private

Heath, John

Private

Hamilton, Andrew

Private . .

Holmes, Th. J

Private

Holbrook, Wm. P

Private

Johnson, Wm

Private

Johnson, Henry

Private

Kenegar, Herman

Private

Kenegar, Charles

Private

!Lutons, Henry

Private

Laney, James

Private

McGrow, Cornelius

Private

McGrow, Michael
Maybee, C. D
Mousley, Alfred

Private
Private
Private

Mickebson, Halver

Private .

Nelson, Andrew ;
Oleson, Asbry

Private
Private

Oleson, Abege

Private

Page, Geo. R

Private

Payson, C. E

Private. .

Rogers, Jerome

Private

Regan, Thomas

Private

Sholes, Geo. S., Sr

Private

Stevens, Svlvester

Private

Smith, A. C
Smith, Henry L.

Private
Private

Sporry, Abbot

Private..

Smith, Toroy

Private
Private

Swartout, Eugene

Thomas, Joseph

Private

Todd, O. B.

Private

Tromburn, Nels

Private

"White S W

Private

Wilcox, Wm

Private

Waggoner, Geo. W

Private..

774

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE LAFAYETTE COMPANY. ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED
UNTIL AUG. 26, 1862. COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN SIDEL DEPOLDER. SERVED
IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF NEW ULM, AUG. 23, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Sidel Depolder

2d Lieutenant

Mathias Lump

Orderly Sergeant

Friederich Frische

2d Sergeant

Charles Frank

Altman Marzel

Private

I5rand, George

Private ... .

Ellenstorfer, Wolfgang

Private

Private

Hartman, Peter

Private

Hinderman, Jacob...

Private

Julius, Frederick, Jr

Private

Julius, Frederick, Sr

Private

Junker, Johan

Private

Jess Michael

Private

Kniell, Friedrich
Klinger . .

Private
Private

Private

Kuschnek, Jacob
Katzenberger Geo

Private
Private

Maesch, Bernhard

Private

Michelsky, Joseph

Private

Mickel, George

Private

Plesa, William..

Private

Rasch, Andreas

Private

Rudolph, Martin..

Private

Simmet, Johan

Private

Siramet, Peter.

Private

Private

Strade Friedrich

Private

Schidel, Adematz

Private

Spieker, John

Private

Private

Vetter Jacob

Private

,

AVager Gottlieb

Private

Wall Meinrad

Private

Wendinger Joseph.

Private

•

Zollner Hayer

Private

THE GOODHUE COUNTY RANGERS.

775

ROSTER OF THE GOODHUE COUNTY RANGERS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN D. L.
DAVIS. ORGANIZED AUG. 24, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

D. L. Davis

Captain

Charles Parks

1st Lieutenant .

Wm P. Scofield

C. W. Crosby

1st Sergeant

James McGuinness

2d Sergeant

William Stone

3d Sergeant

A. M. Knox

4th Sergeant

Ulysses Tanner

Harlow Van Vleit

2d Corporal

A. J. Bryant

3d Corporal

Eugene Stone

Anderson Swan

Private

Anges, James R

Private

Card, Sherman

Private

Eichlberger Peter

Private

Emme, Julius

Private

Fotherby Robert

Private

Hoffstatder, John

Private

Kennison, H P

Private

Lemay, Napoleon....

Private

Maneval, John

Private

McGuire Frank

Private

McGinnis, William
O'Toole, Peter

Private
Private

Pettijohn, Daniel

Private

Reese, Janips

Private

Riddle, William

Private

Stewart, Geo. B .. .

Private

Smith, Sidney

Private

Stanton, Stiles

Private

Stranahan.C. H

Private

Sanborn, H. M

Private

Torbenson, John ... .

Private

Tan Vleit, C. E

Private

Weed, Warren H

Private

Williamson, William

Private

776

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN JOHN BELM'S COMPANY OF THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT,
THIRD BRIGADE, MINNESOTA MILITIA. ORGANIZED AT NEW ULM ON AUG. 18,
1862, AND SERVED UNTIL AUG. 25, 1862. TOOK PART IN FIRST AND SECOND
BATTLES OF NEW ULM3 ON AUG. 19 AND 23, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Captain

1st Lieutenant

2d Lieutenant

1st Sergeant

2d Sergeant

3d Sergeant

4th Sergeant

August Schell

1st Corporal

Carl Wagner

3d Corporal

.

Pfitzer

5th Corporal

7th Corporal

John Toberer

8th Corporal

Adams John

Private

Private

Albrecht Carl

Private

Private

Barth G W Otto

Private

Private

Baer

Private

Private

Private ... -

Private

Bosche Henry

Private

Biller

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Killed in battle.

Private

Cirkler H

Private

Private

Private .

England

Private

Killed in battle.

Prick

Private

Fay L

Private

Wounded in battle.

Fischer R

Private

Wounded in battle.

Foster Fred

Private

Private

Flick Edmund

Private

Private

Graf Heinrich

Private

Private

Gallis '

Private

Private

Private

Wounded in battle.

Guetling' Wilhelin

Private .

Wounded in bat tie.

Guetlich George

Wounded in battle.

Gebser.Wra

Private
Private

Private

Hess

Private

Wounded.

Hammer Henry

Private

Private ••••

Wounded.

Private

Private

Wounded.

Heers F

Private

Hin A

Private

Hiniz T

Private

Hauenstein, W
Held C F

Private
Private

Held, A

Private

Hiller D

Private

Hoffmann, W
Hitz John

Private
Private

Tunnel Frederick

Private

Ips John

Private

Private

Private

Kiesling W

Private

Kirchstein Julius

Private

Killed in battle.

Kaiser

Private

Kahlfeld Wrn

Private

Kiesling' H

Private

*

Kiesline. A....

Private.. ..

CAPTAIN JOHN BELM'S COMPANY.
ROSTER OF CAPTAIN JOHN BELM'S COMPANY — Continued.

Ill

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Private

Killed in battle.
Killed in battle.

Killed in battle.

Killed in battle.
Died at St. Paul from wounds.
Wounded in battle.

Wounded in battle.

Kummel Joseph Sr

Private

Private

Private

Krahmer Edward . .

Private

Kuhl

Private . .

Kirch N

Private

Krech.

Private

Private

lieonhard, L

Private

Lehrer Michael

Private

Lauterback, Michael

Private

Meyer, Malhaens .. ..

Private

Michaels John C

Private . . .

Meyer, A

Private

Magnus Conrad

Private

Milius Charles

Private

Numbs, John

Private

Nolle

Private

Nine, John

private

Pfan, Charles

Private

Penser, F.

Private

Pauli, Charles

Private
Private

Phenninger, Jacob

Pause, Julius

Private

Popp

Private

Pensser, Wm

Private

Pfaff.Sam

Private

Quense, A...

Private

Rehfeld

Private

Ropke, Atig

Private

Rockstroh

Private

Rudolph, John C

Private

Raessel

Private

Schramm

Private ...

Spierhaare

Private

Seller, August

Private

Schlighting, Berthold ....

Private
Private

Stamm,John

Schwertfeger, August

Private

Senzke, Leopold

Private .

Stumle, Adolph

Private

Schillock, Daniel G..

Private

Scheuffler, Otto

Private

Springer, W

Private

Steinhauser, Henry....,

Private

Schmidt, Carl

Private

Strecker, Adolph

Private

Sonnen, Anton

Private

Sonnen, I

Private

Soehler

Private

Schmelz, Alois.

Private

Seiter, Adolph
Stolte, Jacob

Private
Private

Schlumberger.John.

Private

Treiberg

Private
Private

Vogel...

Vill.Otto

Private

Victor, John...

Private

Wild, John

Private

Wesn Alois

Westphal, August

Private

Wens,N.

Private

Winkler, H

Private

Wiedemann, John

Private

Wehrs Theodore

Private

778

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH ANDERSON'S COMPANY OF MOUNTED MEN (THE
CULLEN GUARDS). IN SERVICE DURING THE INDIAN OUTBREAK, FROM AUG.
22, 1862, TO SEPT. 28, 1862. UNDER COMMAND OF COLONEL SIBLEY IN HIS EX
PEDITION OF 1862. PART OF THIS COMPANY WENT FROM ST. PETER TO THE
RELIEF OF NEW ULM, AND NEARLY ALL OF IT WAS IN THE BATTLE OF
BIRCH COOLIE.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Joseph Anderson

Captain

Jasper Brown

1st Lieutenant

Geo. Turnbuil ...

2d Lieutenant

H. L. Atchley.

1st Sergeant

Furloughed by Col Sibley August 29th and

Robert Baxter

2d Sergeant

never reported again for duty.
Killed September 2d battle of Birch Coolie

I L Elliot.

3d Sergeant.

L. B. Gregg

4th Sergeant

Promoted to captaincy on Col. Sibley 's staff

Wm D Rogers

5th Sergeant

August 28th.

Geo W Thompson

6th Sergeant

reported again for duty.
Detailed August 25th as Regimental Q M Sgt

William Pope

1st Corporal*

J. C Hooper

2d Corporal .

Promoted 3d Sergeant September 4th

I T Farley

3d Corporal

Richard Freeman

4th Corporal

W. D. Rogers, absent.

A. B. Durain

5th Corporal

Joseph Cursole

6th Corporal

F. C. Griswold

7th Corporal

J. P. Kratka

8th Corporal

D M Smith

Bugler

Samuel Snow

Blacksmith..

Farrier ..

Martin Nelson .

Saddler

Birch Coolie.

Geo Mitchel

Wagoner.

Abel,C. L

Private

Allen, L. D

Private

Brown, Geo. W

Private

Bunker, A. H

Private

A A C -U 01*1, 1, V. *V,

Boyer, Peter

Private

battle of Birch Coolie.

Burkman, Peter

Private

.

Cunningham, James

Private

, '62; wounded in battle of Birch Coolie Sept. 2,
'62, through both thighs, and also ruptured
during said engagement.

Connelly, Edward

Private

left shoulder, at Birch Coolie.

Cable, E. D

Private

Cardwell, C

Private

Cody, J. S

Private

_.., .,._ -Tk * A

Dries, Nicholas

Private

Drean, Jerry

Private

Dashney, Geo

Private

•\\T A A 4V. V. • T,* +1,' 1, 0 0

JEarle, E. N

Private

Earle C. A

Private

Eldridge, J. H

Private

Egan, James J
Freeman, Jacob

Private
Private

KillpH ^pntpmhpr M

Fandle, Henry

Private

Galleraith, John

Private

Goodman, John

Private

Gibbins, Richard.. ..

Private

T) 1 i\ /!• ' A' rt

Hart, W. L

Private

angerousiy wounaea, since aiea.

Hewitt, Girard
Holmes, Charles

Private
Private

Hardy, Thomas....

Private

fully discharged his duties until October 7th.

Heard, I. V. D

Private

Hansing, Charles

Private

regiment Aug. 28, '62; afterward made re
corder of commission which tried the Indi
ans, and Adjutant of all the mounted troops.

Harta, John

Private

Imhoff, Peter

Private

Kerslake, Geo. F

Private

Kearney, James
Kingborn. John

Private
Private

Martin, John

Private.

Marvin, D. C

Private

Mapopat, Wilson

Private

Mills, George-

Private

Osier, Joseph
Saulsbury, Chas. C

Private
Private

Stoltz, Frederick

Private

Thiel, Lewis

Private

THE FRONTIER AVENGERS.
ROSTER OF THE CULLEN GUARDS — Continued.

779

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Townseur Nils

Private

Troxel, C. P

Private

Valient Alfred

Private .

Weaver Geo A

Private

Winterinute, Chs

Private

of Gregg, promoted.

ROSTER OF THE FRONTIER AVENGERS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN E. ST. JULIEN
COX. ORGANIZED AT ST. PETER ON AUG. 23, 1862, AND MARCHED TO THE RE
LIEF OF NEW ULM, ARRIVING AUG. 24, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

E St Julien Cox

Captain

John Holbert

James McCleary

9d Lieutenant

W E Cullen

Orderly Sergeant
1st Sergeant

Geo. Edwards _

2d Sergeant

Dennis Maher

3d Sergeant

Patrick Lyons

4th Sergeant ..

C. Dressel

Corporal

John Hicks

Corporal . . ...

Ed. Hartey

G.G. Miller

Corporal... . •

Corporal

I. Lawrie

Corporal

Corporal .

Anthony C

Private .

Bucker, Henry

Private

Burke Hobart. .

Private

Callihan P

Private

Carr James

Private

Carr, Thomas...
Carrol, Daniel

Private
Private

Frass G G

Private

Foster, Lawrence.

Private

Hosteter Christ

Private

Harty, John

Private

Hennesey. M

Private

Iten Jacoo

Private

Iten, Michael

Private

Kouse Anton

Private

iLarkin, E

Private

Lany P

Private

Murtaugh, Timothy

Private

Pelzell, Chs .. ..

Private

Paulson, John

Private

Peker, John

Private

guane, Patrick

Private

itz, Andrew.

Private

Randall Boyd

Private

Randall, James

Private

Rolfson Peter

Private

Smith, P. W

Private

Studmire, John

Private
Private

Sullivan John

Schibley, Q

Private

"Wilgin, Wm

Private

Wilson, James

Private

TYhiton, L

Private

780

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE RENVILLE RANGERS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JAMES GORMAN.
ORGANIZED AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL NOV. 28, 1862. WERE IN BAT
TLES OF FORT RIDGLEY AND WOOD LAKE.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

1st Lieutenant
1st Sergeant

Killed at battle of Wood Lake.

Theophyle Richer

John McCoke

2d Sergeant

3d Sergeant.

Louis Arner

1st Corporal

yd Corporal
3d Corporal

Roufer Beurger.

Private

Auge, Joseph.

Private

Private

Berthieiison, Rock...

Private

Bibeau Edward

Private

Bourcier, John

Private

Breuell Samuel . .

Private

Carpenter, David
Campbell, John.

Private
Private . .

Campbell, Jaire

Private

Chose, Antoine..

Private
} rivate

Dagenais Geo

Dauzer, Frederic

Private

Danzer Henry

Private

Demer, Algis

Private

Demers Francois

Private

Dickinson, Carlton

Private

Delariey, James . . ...

Private

Fortier, Joseph
Hoback, Richard L

Private
Private

Labate George

Private
Private

Lacroitz, Frederick
Leclaire, Suprien

Private

Lucier, Medore

Private

Milard, Joseph ....

Private

Mireau, Moses

Private...
Private

Morin, Thobule

Mitchel, Charles ..

Private

Murk, A. B

Private
Private

Pflainer, Henry

Pole, Ernest

Private

Pierce, Henry
Paro, Jospph

Private
Private
Private

Quinn, Thomas
Kabidous, Magloire

Private

Robert, Charles

Private

Robinet, Joseph .

Private

Shet, Francois

Private

Wagner,John

Private

THE EUREKA SQUAD.

781

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH F. BEAN'S COMPANY (THE EUREKA SQUAD). ORGAN
IZED AUG. 26, 1862, AT FORT SNELLING. SERVED IN COL. SIBLEY'S FIRST EX
PEDITION. DISCHARGED ON THE STH OF SEPTEMBER, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Joseph F Bean.

Captain

Bean, Alfred C

Private

Caskey A L.

Private

Corless, G. H

Private.

Coughlan, James

Private

Christ, Henry J

Private .

Dixon, J. A

Private

Grant, J. L

Private

Hammond, H

Private

Jelley, John E

Private

Kennerson, Jaa ,
Lewis Ira N

Private
Private

Porter, Ch as. E

Private

Foot, Jeremiah

Private

Poole, Johnson

Private

Shadinger, Adnah

Private

Sayers, Isaac

Private

Stanley, H

Private

Thompson, J. B

Private

Thompson, Peter

Private

Truax, R. J .

Private

Van Doren, Isaac N
Van Doren, Thomas

Private
Private

782

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE WINONA RANGERS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN C. F. BUCK. ORGAN
IZED AUG. 27, 1862, AT WINONA, AND SERVED UNTIL OCT. 14, 1862, IN COL.
CHAS. E. FLANDRAU'S EXPEDITION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE SOUTHERN
FRONTIER.

NAMES.

BANK.

REMARKS.

C. F. Buck

Captain

J Z Grouse

1st Lieutenant

W. K. T. Vila

2d Lieutenant

B, H Bingham

R. Z. Johnson
A L Evans

1st Sergeant

Geo. P Wilson

Sergeant

F R Sherman

H Grey

Corporal

H B Upman

H. J. Cook ....

Corporal

F A lioltsLtian

Alderson John.

Private

•

Private

Bristol W. H.

Private

Bedal Elias

Private

Brown, Henry

Private

Berden G A

Private

Barker W B

Private

Bennett C

Private

Boynton J A

Private

Browning H G

Private

Currey J M

Private

Castler J H . . ..

Private

Corey, H. A

Private

Coopev Eli

Private

Dale L

Private

Ehle, J

Private

Everhart W

Private

Forsyth, C. H

Private

Gouch R

Private

Holyland, S

Private

Hill, Lem

Private

Private

Lewis McK

Private

La t son Chas

Private

Leffler ' L

Private

Lewis C H

Private

Miner, S. H

Private

Morrison, J. C.

Private . ...

Mallory, P. L

Private

Nichols Frank

Private

Norton, John B

Private

Pfund, W

Private

Page O. H ...

Private

Parks, John

Private

Pelzer Wm

Private

Porter, A. L

Private

Painton W W

Private

Ross, W. R

Private

Rodman John P .

Private

Sinclair Wm

Private

Shecks, Wells

Private

Sortwell T

Private

Simpson Thos

Private

Shum.V

Private

Sabin, Geo.W

Private

Toms, J. F

Private

Tillotson, A. J

Private

Wilson, Thomas

Private

Watson, E. P

Private

Harrison, W

Private

DAVID D. LLOYD'S COMPANY.

783

ROSTER OF DAVID D. LLOYD'S COMPANY. ORGANIZED IN RICE COUNTY AUG. 20,
1862, AND SERVED IN COLONEL SIBLEY'S EXPEDITION OF 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Oscar F Perkins

1st Lieutenant. . .

John P. Nagle

2d Lieutenant

Thomas Mee

1st Sergeant

James A Winters

2d Sergeant

Aldrich G W. ...

Private

Archibald, Geo. N

Private . . ...

Alexander, I .

Private

Auderly John

Bennis, Martin

Private

Beebe Asa

Private

Benson J D

Private

Berry John M

Private

Bingham H W

Private

Bidwell, W. D

Private

Blakeslee H. M

Private

Blakeslee, E

Private

Braty, H. B

Private

Brown, P. E

Private

Brown, I. L

Private

Buckham, Thos. L .

Private

Bullis A H

Private

Brown, O

Private

Clary, N. G

Private

Cleveland, J. P

Private

Cole, M

Private

Cowan, E. C

Private

Davis, H

Private

Decker, Chas

Private

Dickinson, Win....

Private

Eldred, C. J. C

Private

Everett, E

Private

Faribault, Alex.

Private

Farlbault, Daniel

Private

Faribault, Richard

Private

Farwell, Geo

Private

Faskins, James

Private

Flack, Daniel

Private

Gibbs.C. E

Private

Guilbault, E

Private

Hall, Frank

Private

Hopper, Peter

Private

Hastings, Hector M

Private

Hobbsi, Albert

Private

Hobbs, E

Private . .

Humphrey, L. S

Private

I ves, Calvin

Private

Jenkins, H., Jr

Private

Jenkins, M. R

Private

Jewett, Chas., Jr

Private

Johnson, G. P

Private

Kirk Thos . ..

Private

:Lee,Orrin

Private

Longee, Chas. D

Private

Leasnee, Thos

Private

Manny, Chas. A

Private

Mee.Wm

Private

Mills, James M

Private

Miseuer, A

Private

Morris, Levi

Private

Muller, John

Private

Needham, A. L

Private

Newell, H....

Private

Nicholls, J

Private

Noggle, I. W

Private

Olmstead, Silas C..
Palmer, D ...

Private
Private

Pierce, A. H....

Private

Poe, H.P

Private

Roberts I W

Private

Rogers, A. B

Private

Ruby, A. G

Private

Shaw, W. A

Private

Shouts, James

Private

Simmers R. M

Private

Smith, Asa

Private

Smith, Dayton

Private

Smith G. W

Private

Smith, T. A

Private

Stevens, W. F

Private

Simpson, James

Private

St. Clair, W. H

Private

Sheridan. Andrew

Private....

784

EOSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
ROSTER OF DAVID D. LLOYD'S COMPANY — Continued.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Tew H W

Private

Tuttle Lyman

Van Horn B L

Private

Wacklin Wm

Private

Waite Asa

Private

Waters D ...

Private

Webster. Ransom

Private

Wells Mark

Private

Wood I E

Private

Wood, R. G

Private

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN CALVIN POTTER'S COMPANY OF MOUNTED MEN. ORGANIZED
AUG. 22, 1862, AND SERVED WITH COLONEL SIBLEY'S FIRST EXPEDITION IN
1862. THIS COMPANY CONTAINED FORTY-FOUR MEN, BUT THE MUSTER ROLL
AND RECORDS WERE LOST NEAR BIRCH COOLIE ON THE 2o DAY OF SEPTEM
BER, 1862, WHILE IN THE HANDS OF THE CLERK OF THE COMPANY, A. V. BEN
NETT, WHOSE HORSE WAS SHOT UNDER HIM. THE NAMES NOT ON THIS ROS
TER CANNOT BE SUPPLIED.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Calvin Potter

Captain

Bennett, N. N

Private

Bennett Cortland

Private

Bowdish, E. S

Private

Caldicutt, George

Private

Carroll Win

Private

Downing, R. H

Private

Day, John

Private

Day, James

Private

Doheng, Dennis

Private

Orady James

Private

Hill A

Private

Huller J C

Private

Harden, Joseph

Private

Kelley, Chas

Private

Me Very, Michael

Private

Mallory, Geo

Private

Morrison S

Private

McClure.J. C

Private

Nolan, John..

Private

Post, A. W

Private

Rose, H

Private

Rushmuller, August

Private. .

Smithing, R. B

Private

Shafer, T. G

Private

Vance, James R

Private

Wall, Edward

Private

CAPT. MARK HENDRICKS' BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY.

785

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN MARK HENDRICKS' BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY. THIS
COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED ON THE BREAKING OUT OF THE INDIAN WAR,
ABOUT AUG. 19, 1862, AND SERVED WITH GENERAL SIBLEY'S FIRST EXPEDI
TION, AND PARTICIPATED IN ALL THE ENGAGEMENTS OF THAT COMMAND.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Mark Hendricks

Captain

Thomas C Kille .

1st Lieutenant

Wni. M. Leyde

2d Lieutenant.

Orderly Sergeant

M. W Slocum

2d Sergeant..

Dennis O'Shay

3d Sergeant

Samuel W. Castellon

Corporal

'

Barbeau, Peter . .. . .

Private

Brown E G

Private .

Colburn, Benj. F

Private

Ecke Anton . .

Private....

Gautnier Frank N

Private

Gibbs George R . . .

Private

Hill, W. A

Private

Jones, Samuel

Private

Kelley John

Private

Private

Logan John

Private

Madison, R. J

Private

McConnell Joseph

Private

McLane, Samuel

Private

McConnell David

Private

Shepard, Wm

Private

Stoops JohnS

Private . . .

Tillotson, Dwight
"Weed, Chas. L

Private
Private

Yell N

Private

50

786

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ADDITIONAL ROSTER OF THE GOODHUE COUNTY RANGERS. ORGANIZED AUG.
24, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL SEPT. 22, 1862. COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN D. L.
DAVIS. SERVED IN DEFENSE OF SOUTHERN FRONTIER.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

D. L. Davis

Captain

Charles Parks

1st Lieutenant

Win P Scofield

R M Poe

Quartermaster

C. W. Crosby

Orderly Sergeant

Anderson Swan

Private

Private

Bryant J M

Private ,

Bryant *A J

Private

Collins Thos.

Private

Private

Davis H P

Private

Fotherly Robt

Private

Hoffelalder John ...

Private

Knox AM

Private

Private

Private

Private

McGaughey H C

Private

Private

Private

Philips James

Private

Riddle'Wm

Private

Stewart Geo B

Private

Stone Eugene

Private

Private

Stanton Stiles

Private . . ..

Stafforse' E

Private

Stranahan Charles H

Private

Sanborn H. M

Private

Private

Van Vliet C. E

Private

Van Vliet Horton

Private

TVoodward J G

Private

Stone William . ..

Private

Weed Warren H

Private

COMPANY B, FIEST BATTALION, BROWN COUNTY MILITIA.

78T

ROSTER OF COMPANY B OF THE FIRST BATTALION OF BROWN COUNTY MILITIA.
ORGANIZED SEPT. 15, 1862, AND SERVED IN NEW ULM UNTIL OCT. 15, 1862.
COMMANDED BY CAPT. IGNATZ REINARTZ. , .

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Captain

•

Bernhard Bauingartner

1st Lieutenant

William Roehl

2d Lieutenant .

1st Sergeant

Anton Manderfeld

2d Sergeant

John Manderfeld

3d Sergeant

Christian Schulz

4th Sergeant

Mathias Hillesheim

John Schwertzler

John Kretsch

Peter Manderfeld

Gottlieb Guggesberg

Joseph Hauser .

John Mohr

George Beck . .

Amruann, Lorenz

Private ...

Butt Valentine . ...

Private

Private

Butt Peter

Private

Private

Buggert, William

Private

Dietz Henry . .

Private

Dietz, Joseph

Private

Dietz, George

Private

Dietz August

Private

Eckstein, Henry

Private

Fisherbauer John

Private

Forstner, Alois

Private

Fordwingler, Friedrich .

Private

Frank, Fredein

Private

Fritsche, Ernst

Private

Gag, Peter

Private

Gantener, Bernhard

Private

Goethe, Christian

Private

Graefe, Carl

Private

Gross, Philip . .

Private

Harker, Frederic

Private

Hillesheim Nicolaus

Private

Private

Hochhaus Anton

Private

Holl Franz .

Private
Private

Holm, John, Jr

Hohenstein George

Private

Hoffmann, Andrew „

Private .

Hillesheim, Peter

Private

Kalb, Ferdinand

Private
Private

Kleinknecht, Conrad

Klinkhammer Nicolaus

Private

Knoedel, Joseph

Private

Kuhme, Fritz

Private

Krambeer, Christian

Private
Private

Kretsch, Joseph

Lange, Carl .

Private

Lenho, John

Private

Leitschuh, Thomas

Private

Lapp Michael

Private

Lipp, Ulrich

Private

Luger Isidore

Private

Martin, John

Private. ..

Martin, Samuel .

Private

Manderfeld John H

Private

Manderfeld-Peter

Private

Massapust Frank

Private ,
Private. .

Metzer, John

Meyer, Edward

Private

Muhs, John

Private

Neidecker, Christian

Private

Rein, Theodor

Private

Ring, Frederick

Private

Serr, Conrad . ...

Private

Schumacher, Henry

Private

Sale, Nicolaus

Private

Seifert, John

Private

Springer, Peter

Private

Schneider, Jacob

Private

Schneider Joseph

Private

Schmidt, Carl...:.

Private

Schmidt, John

Private ... .

Sturm Bernhard

Private

Scheible, Theobald, Sr

Private

Scheible, Theobald, Jr

Private

Scheible. Joseph....

Private

788 ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTEE OF COMPANY B, FIRST BATTALION, BROWN COUNTY MILITIA — Continued.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Scheible Leopold 2d

Private

Schaeffer Bern bard .. .

Private

Private

Private

TVinterroll Felix

Private

Private

ROSTER OF COMPANY C, IRREGULAR STATE MILITIA. ORGANIZED AT NEW ULM
ON SEPT. 15, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL OCT. 10, 1862, IN NEW ULM. COMMANDED
BY LIEUTENANT CHARLES WAGNER.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Charles Wagner

1st Lieutenant

August Westphal

2d Lieutenant

Ludwig Fay

1st Sergeant

Paul Magnus

2d Sergeant

John C Toberer

3d Sergeant

August Quense.

4th Sergeant

5th Sergeant

Gottfried Kuehnel

Jacob Flick

2d Corporal..

Alois Wernz

3d Corporal

IBerthold Schlichting

4th Corporal

Christoph Spellbrink

5th Corporal

Armstrong John

Private

Killed by the Indians

Armstrong, A

Private..

Baumler Edward .

Private

•Cirke, Christian

Private

•Christopherson, Andrew

Private

Dittenner John.

Private

Duevel, August

Private

Eleffson Elef

Private

Friton, Max

Private

Forster Frederick . .

Private

Held Friedrich

Private

Heinen Nicolaus

Private

Helling Hans

Private

Helling, Knud H

Private

Hinebach Benjamin

Private

i

Harb.J. P

Private

Iverson Iver

Private

Johannis, John.

Private

Johannes Hans

Private

Riesling Rudolph

Private

Knudson, A. F

Private

Knudson Ole

Private

JJehrer. Michael

Private

Lewig J. O

Private

Lewig, Andrew....
Larson, Nils

Private
Private

Nagel Robert

Private

Nelson Ever

Private

Nelson Chr ....

Private

Olsen, Andrew

Private

Olsen Ole

Private

Olsen, Thore

Private

Oinrud Thore O

Private

!Pauli Charles

Private

Paulsen, Gunder

Private .

Rudolph John C

Private

Scheible, Querin

Private

Sommer Carl

Private

Springer Wenzel

Private

Spaeth, Christian

Private

Sarbel Ole O

Private

Schwertfeger, August

Private

Thorman.Gootfried
Tremeyer, John

Private
Private

Thormadsen, Peter

Private

Turgrinson Turgrin

Private

Thordson T

Private

Thordson, Ole

private

Wessel, Charles

Private

Wild John

Private

Wehrs, Theodore

Private

Zeller, Conrad

Private

A SQUAD OF CITIZENS, COMMANDED BY HON. WM. P. DOLE.

789

ROSTER OF A SQUAD OF CITIZENS, COMMANDED BY HON. WM. P. DOLE, UNITED
STATES COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, WHO WAS IN MINNESOTA NEGO
TIATING A TREATY WITH THE CHIPPEWAS. THEY WERE IN SERVICE ABOUT
TWENTY DAYS.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Isaac W. Weble....

Lieutenant

Robert C. Wiley

Orderly Sergeant.

Brawley, D. F

Private

Private

Private

Halstea'd EH .

Private.

Private

Lewis, Robert P

Private

Monfort, Charles J
Mott, George C

Private
Private

Shoff' D. E.

Private

Youngboret A. C

Private

790

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF COMPANY OF MOUNTED MEN, RAISED AT LAKE CITY AND COMMANDED
BY CAPTAIN J. R. STERRETT. ORGANIZED AUG. 24, 1862, AND SERVED ALL
THROUGH COL. SIBLEY'S FIRST EXPEDITION.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

J R Sterrett

Captain

Robert L. Terill ..

1st Lieutenant

1st Sergeant

Newton Williams. ..

2d Sergeant

W T Hauen

1st Corporal..

R. H. Mathews

2d Corporal

R C. Hardy

3d Corporal

H. L. Tupper

4th Corporal

Robert Disney.

5th Corporal ...

Wm Mathews

6th Corporal

Private

Chapman Justis

Private

Collins L

Private

Disney, J. C

Private

Doughty CM...

Private

ITinney Geo

Private

Goodelf B. H

Private

Haines Wm B

Private

Montgo'mery John

Private

Newton, Geo
Oliver. Wm. F

Private
Private

Rutlidge Wm

Private

Ready, W. W
Reed, Wm. C

Private
Private

Sanford E E

Private

Terbell, T

Private

Wilkins Wm

Private

THE MALMROS GUARDS.

791

ROSTER OF THE MALMROS GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN F. A. OLDS. OR
GANIZED AUG. 29, 1862, AND SERVED ABOUT ONE MONTH IN THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE STATE.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

F. A. Olds

Captain

Win H Mitchell

1st Lieutenant

J F Van Dooser

G. W Plumly

Orderly Sergeant

Edward C Dorr

R J Perry ...

Commissary Sergeant

J Phelan

Sergeant •

R. T. D. Harmau

Sergeant../.

G W. Waldson

Sergeant

G A Boardman

Geo. C. Grav

1st Corporal

Abram Grover

2d Corporal

Annis O. M

Private

Abram Grover

Private

Alden Albert

Private

Bassett G D

Private

Bardwell Delos

Private

Bucklin, L. W

Private

Barrows E B

Private

Private

Clark Zeb ..

Private

Campbell Geo. H

Private

Private

Private

Private

Cad well J ....

Private

Cummings Geo

Private

Clark Delos

Private

Crooks

Private

Dodd Thomas

Private

Private

Eaton Warren L

Private . . .

Private

Private

Private

Private

Harrington Innaan

Private

Higgins Hugh

Private

Private

Johnson Thomas

Private

ltd Ferye L

Private

Little John

Private

Private

Lowry, Thos. G
Lyons

Private
Private

McGowan, W. W

Private

Metcalf, S. S
McPeak Wm

Private
Private

McPeak, John

Private

Mountain Patrick

Private

Murphy Patrick

Private

Orcutt, Shelon B

Private .

Palmer G N ....

Private

Private

Postier, Chas ...

Private

Pierce P P

Private

Rice, W.W

Private

Rowland Mathew

Private

Salley, Joel

Private

Sherman, G W.

Private

Sargent G

Private

Taylor, G. N

Private

Thomas, Bridgeman....

Private

"Wells P

Private

Webb, Jos. G

Private

Wynkoop Wm

Private

792

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE WABASHA COUNTY RANGERS, UNDER COMMAND OF CAPTAIN
WILLIAM RUMMELL. ORGANIZED AUG. 22, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL SEPT. 8,
1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Wm. Rummell

Captain

Job ii Quieley. .

2d Lieutenant

Orderly Sergeant

T."R. Bullis „

Quartermaster Sergeant...

George Mather . .. .

Corporal ."

Allen A W """.

Private

Allen John

Private

Barker Henry .

Private .

Bixby, L

Private

Cochran Wm. L

Private

Donaldson C W

Private

Douglas Fernando

Private

Duty Wm. J . .

private

Francis W P

Private

Griffin Darius S»

Private , . .

S

Grimes H

Private

McLaughlin, 8

Private

Quigly Wm M

Private

Roscoe' Eli

Private

Richardson C S.

Private

Rollins, O. V

Private

Standish W.

Private

Stoddard J S

Private

Private

Truax R J

Private

TVilliams John ..

Private

Wegeant, R..

Private

Wilkins W

Private

Private

THE INDEPENDENT RANGERS OF CARVER COUNTY.

793

ROSTER OF THE INDEPENDENT RANGERS OF CARVER COUNTY, UNDER COMMAND
OF CAPTAIN CHARLES REES. ORGANIZED AUG. 23, 1862, AND SERVED IN AND
ABOUT CARVER COUNTY ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE DAYS.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Charles Rees

Captain ....

Frank Hassenstal

David Connor

2d Lieutenant

Wm. Maxwell

1st Sergeant

John Kreinbring

2d Sergeant

John Polster

1st Corporal

Corporal

Angerhoffer, Frank

Private

Berren Otto

Private

Berreau, Edward

Private...

Horseman.

Beeman Henry L

Private

Bardwell, Charles S

Private

Broadbent, John.

Private

Copeman, Herman

Private

Einseidler, Sebastian

Private

filling, Henry

Private

Fester^ Martin

Private

Fischer, Adam ..

Private .

Fischer, Louis

Private

Grotensick, William.

Private

Goodrich, S. E

Private

Goldsmith, Frederic

Private

Houter, Fred

Private

Hartman, Sebastian

Private

Helton, Thomas

Private

Heyd, Ernst .

Private

Horseman.

Hutter, Paul

Private

Krouser Louis

Livingston, David

Private

Livingston, John
Lodge, Martin

Private

Private

Moy, Frederic

Private

Moy Samuel

Private

Narramore Joseph .. .

Private

Peits, Frank

Private

Reese, Frederick

Private

Schaefer, Edward
Schlitz, Thomas

Private
Private

Scheitnagle, Michael
Schaible, John

Private
Private

Slek, Jacob

Private

Smith, John ;

Private

Swanberg, Andrew

Private . .

Private

Shilling, Christian

Private

Swalley, Henry

Private .

Trumble, Joel

Private

Wood, Joseph

Private

Wells, Henry

Private

794

ROSTEK OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN S. RAMSDELL'S COMPANY OF THE SAUK CENTRE (STEARNS
COUNTY) VOLUNTEER STATE MILITIA. ORGANIZED AT SAUK CENTRE AUG. 25,
1862, AND SERVED UNTIL OCT. 25, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

S. Ramsdell

Captain

J. C. Hoffmann

1st Lieutenant...

D. Stabler

2d Lieut & A Q M & Com

E A Harmon

G. E. Farefield

Sergeant .

E A Boober

Sergeant

H. McLaughlin

Sergeant ...

J. F. Densniore . ...

Sergeant

J Pettijohn

Died Sept 29 '62

W. W. McLeod.. .

2d Corporal

A. J Jedkins

3d Corporal

A. Slattery

4th Corporal

M. J. Thomason

5th Corporal

J. C. Hutchins

6th Corporal.

D. Barns

7th Corporal

M. Pelka

8th Corporal

Brower, R. D.

Private

Brower, Q. N

Private

Barnard. F. W

Private

Barnard, W. F

Private

Bradley, N. T

Private

Bartlett, P

Private

Chapman, H

Private

Caswell, J. A

Private

Davis, A. C

Private

Dennis, J. H

Private

Frisley.P

Private

Fish, G.H

Private

Green, A

Private

Green, G

Private

Jacques, A. G

Private

Jones, P. M

Private

Longfellow, M

Private

Merry, C. L

Private .

Merry, J

Private

Moulten, W

Private

Owens, B

Private

Perkins, G

Private

Perkins, A. C

Private

Died Oct. 2, '62.

Richardson, H. W
Ramsdell, J. C

Private
Private...

Stewart, G

Private

Salmond.G. W

Private

Smith, G

Private

Stabler, G. L

Private

Smith, M. H

Private

Tubs, L. C

Private

Taylor, M. A

Private

J

Taylor,S.M

Private

Vanblaircan, P

Private

Vanblaircan, S. M....

Private

Vessey, W

Private

Whitefield, W. J

Private

Wonell, P

Private

THE RED WING CAVALRY.

795

ROSTER OF THE RED WING CAVALRY, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN P. VANDERBERG.
ORGANIZED AT RED WING AUG. 27, 1862, AND SERVED ONE MONTH. THIS
COMPANY ORIGINALLY HAD FORTY-ONE MEN ON ITS MUSTER ROLL, BUT
MANY OF THEM FAILED TO DO DUTY FOR WANT OF HORSES, AND OTHER
REASONS.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

P. Vanderberg

Captain

Allyn, Joshua

Private

Allyn J S

Private

Bevans Benj C

Private

Carlson Frank A....

Private

Day T C

Private . ..

Enz, J. F

Private

• f

Jones Simon

Private

Kellogg, M. S

Private

Kelton C. WM...*. ......

Private

Metcalf, Joshua

Private

Morris, A. P

Private

Perkins, H. J

Private

Richardson, L. L .'
Sexton, Wm. L

Private
Private

Smith, C. J. F

Private

Stoddard, James G

Private

Schultz,Michael

Private

Tripp, Wm

Private

Tucker, A. C

Private

Twiggs, David

Private

796

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE ROSCOE MOUNTED MILITIA, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN FLETCHER
HEGLER. ORGANIZED AT ROSCOE ON THE 28TH OF AUGUST, 1862, AND SERVED
THIRTY-THREE DAYS.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Fletcher Hegler

Captain

Lyman T. Ward

George Hart

2d Lieutenant

Edward L. Ives

Sergeant

B. C Cressy

.

C. B. Philips

Sergeant

Francis A. Crabb

Corporal

William Oleson

Corporal

R. W. Cressy

Corporal

Thomas B Haggart

Akers, William D

Private

Butt, N. A

Private

Cain, Robert

Private

Collins, Aretus

Private

Finsom, George

Private

Granted leave of absence and did not report

Hart, Isaac F

Private

Harrias, Edson

Private

Harrias, Wilson
Holliday, Belden W

Private
Private

Holden, Frank D
Jacobs, A. H

Private
Private

Jones, Alfred

Private

Johnson, Ole

Private

Lautz, George
Lattermore, Thomas H

Private
Private

More, Benjamin

Private

Mann, Edwin '.. .

Private

Mayhugh, George

Private

Nelson, Erik..

Private

Oleson, Martin
Stevens, D. Fletcher

Private
Private

Stevens, David B

Private

Sacket, William

Private

Thompson, John

Private

Tompson, Knute

Private

THE MARINE GUARDS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.

797

ROSTER OF THE MARINE GUARDS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, COMMANDED BY
CAPTAIN ROBERT RICH. ORGANIZED AT MARINE SEPT. 4, 1862, AND SERVED
UNTIL SEPT. 20, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Robert Rich

Captain

• P E Walker

Asa S Parker

2d Lieutenant

Orderly Sergeant

J C Withain

Sergeant

Sergeant

H. F Book

Sergeant

Edward S Pitman

Sergeant

John G Ward

Corporal

Charles Andrews

Corporal

James K Meredith

Corporal

Mathias Welshous

Quartermaster

Barnes Henry W

Private

Berkey Hiram

Private ... ....

Ballard' A P

Private

Private

Boyd Philip

Private

Private '.

Carlson Gustav

Private

Clark Wm

Private

Careful Charles

Private

Carlton Carl

Private

De Wolff, Joseph
Freeman John . ..

Private
Private

Gaskill Jas R M

Private

Gaskill R D

Private

Hokerson, Nels

Private
Private.

Private

Private

Private

Private

Kinsella, Michael

Private
Private

McRea Alex

Private

Private

Mitchell Alex

Private

Myron Wm ... .

Private

Private

Peterson Christian

Private

Russell Jas H

Private

Rud Charles

Private

Stewart John

Private .

Swainson, John
Tallman, Sylvester

Private....
Private

"Wickman John F

Private

Westergren, Ole

Private

798

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE BLUE EARTH CITY CAVALRY, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN J. B.
WAKEFIELD. ORGANIZED AT BLUE EARTH CITY SEPT. 5, 1862, AND SERVED
TILL OCT. 5, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

J B Wakefield

Captain

P. B. Davy

1st Lieutenant

O G Davis .

2d Lieutenant.

Waym B Silliman

Heury P Constans

2d Sergeant

3d Sergeant

R R McCrary

4th Sergeant

1st Corporal

E C Butler

2d Corporal

C S Smith

3d Corporal

Henry Sellen

4th Corporal

Ezra M Ellis . .

Quartermaster .

Billings, Levi

Private

Baldwin William

Private

Private

Dustin William

Private

Dane, Ira

Private

Dane Hartwell

Private

Foster R R

Private

Foster R. W

Private

Gillett Wm C

Private

Howland G. H

Private

Hill Wesley

Private

Ingall A C

Private

Private

Leslie Samuel '

Private

Private

McKnight, S. T

Private

Mead I S

Private

Moore, Robert

Private

Maynard W. C

Private

Neal H. J

Private

Newton T W . . ..

Private .. .

Private

Ream R A .

Private

Private

Rose A*J

Private

Sailor, Martin
Sailor, Jacob M

Private
Private

Sailor Able

Private

Sailor, Jacob
Seely P. C

Private
Private

Smith C S

Private..

THE LAKE PRAIRIE RANGERS.

799

ROSTER OF CAPT. STONE OLESON'S COMPANY OF LAKE PRAIRIE RANGERS OF THE
FIRST SUB-DISTRICT, FIRST BATTALION SPECIAL VOLUNTEERS, STATE MILI
TIA. ORGANIZED IN NICOLLET COUNTY DURING THE INDIAN WAR OF 1862.
THE EXACT DATE IS NOT ATTAINABLE, NOR IS THE TIME OF ITS SERVICE.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Stone Oleson

Captain

John Johnson .

1st Sergeant

Evan Oleson . .

2d Sergeant

Ole Rindale

T. F. Tollefson

2d Corporal

Engualdem, Ole

Private

Halemburg, G. L .

Private

Hanson, Hans

Private

Hoberg, John

Private

Hannanson Nels

Private

Hanson, Hans, 2d

Private

John Ander .

Private

Johnson, Annus

Private

Johnson, David

Private

Johnson, Matt is

Private

Johnson, Salman
Landan, Charles M

Private
Private.

Larson, Martin

Private

Larson John

Private

Monson, Swen...

Private

Nelsen,Nels.

Private

Nelsen, Elias

Private .

Nelsen.Ole . .

Private

Oleson, Ole

Private

Oleson, John .

Private

Peterson, Lars

Private

Peterson, Peter

Private

Solferson, Ever

Private

Swenson, Lewis

Private

Sanderson, T. F . ....

Private

Schmullin, Joseph

Private

Yost, Hubert

Private

Zvwanyege, Huibert

Private

800

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN GEORGE W. FEW'S COMPANY, THE RAMSEY PICKET GUARDS.
ORGANIZED SEPT. 1, 1862, AND SERVED UNTIL SEPT. 18, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

George W. Few

Captain

Henry A. Lambert

L. C. Dunn .

2d Lieutenant

W.I.Austin

Orderly Sergeant «...

E. A. Boyd .

Quartermaster

Austin, J. B

Private

.

Boyd, Walter.

Private

Bebeau, David „

Private

Bagge, F

Private

Baula James

Private

Barnuru, N. P

Private . ....

Cardinal John

Private

Coleman, I. C

Private

Demas, Candy. .

Private

Duford, Simon

Private

Freeman, William

Private

Garnais, Alfred

Private

Houle, William
Jarvais, Bagible

Private
Private

Kohler, Joseph

Private

Koln, Jacob

Private

I&nglais Peter ..

Private

La Bonne, Joseph

Private

Langlois Camille

Private

Lamlin, Pierre

Private

Labord Paul .

Private

Private

Martin, James .

Private

Milner Thomas

Private

Milette, Paul

Private

Nadeau, Sylvester . .

Private

Porter, D

Private

Pepin, Alexander

Private

Paul Xavier

Private

Semper, James

Private

THE FAXON RANGERS.

801

ROSTER OP CAPTAIN JOSEPH WALKER'S COMPANY, THE FAXON RANGERS. THIS
COMPANY WAS MUSTERED IN IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, 1862, AND SERVED
A SHORT TIME.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Joseph Walker

Captain

1st Lieutenant

j j Egan

2d Lieutenant

1st Sergeant

2d Sergeant

Private

Bowland Patrick

Private

Private

Private

Clark James . ...

Private

Private

Connell John *

Private

Private

Dohany W

Private

Private

Flinn Patrick

Private

Private

Private

Grimes Michael

Private

Hoffmaster, August
Keaton M

Private
Private

Keef P'

Private

Keough Patrick

Private

Miller Christ

Private

McCalley Anthony

Private

McVary M

Private

Maher Edward .

Private

Private

Private

Private

Philipps R R

Private

Private

Riley Conrad

Private

Private

Smith Wm

Private

Smith Peter .

Private

Private

Walker Levi

Private

Private

802

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE BUTTERNUT VALLEY GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN G. W.
PORTER. ORGANIZED SEPT. 20, 1862, AND SERVED THIRTY DAYS IN AND ABOUT
BUTTERNUT VALLEY.

NAMES. ,

RANK.

REMARKS.

G. W. Porter

Captain

Davis, David A....

Private

Davis T A.

Private

Thomas, Thos

Private

Jones W. P

Private

Jenkins, Wra. C

Private

Jenkins Jennie. .

Private

Iiewis, Morris .•

Private

her o-f this company is now unknown, hut-she
drew $13 for her services, as appears by her
voucher in the office of the adjutant general..
C E F

Loyd, Thos. D

Private

Morgan James

Private

Morris David

Private

Owen George

Private

Prive, David..

Private

Shields John

Private

Shields, Win...

Private

Thomas David .

Private

Thomas, Rice

Private

Walters David

Private

Walters, Stephen

Private

Williams, D. J

Private

Williams H R

Private

Williams, Wm. J

Private

THE HUTCHINSON GUARDS.

803

ROSTER OF THE HUTCHINSON GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN LEWIS HAR
RINGTON. ORGANIZED AT HUTCHINSON AUG. 23, 1862, AND SERVED SEVENTY
DAYS IN AND ABOUT HUTCHINSON.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Captain

Oliver Pierce

1st Lieutenant
2d Lieutenant

Wm M Pendergast

1st Sergeant
2d Sergeant

Benj G Lee

Silas J Green

3d Sergeant

Prentiss Chubb
Chas H. Mohr . ...

4th Sergeant
5th Sergeant

James E. Chesley

1st Corporal
2d Corporal

Chas McAlruond

3d Corporal

Wm H Harrington

4th Corporal

Enoch E. Wright

5th Corporal

Charles Redplaff

6th Corporal....-

Charles Stahl.
John Hartwig

7th Corporal

8th Corporal
Drummer

Geo Belden

Albrecht Wm

Private

Belden, Geo. T

Private '

Benjamin, John

Private

Bilke William

Private

Campbell, Norman

Private .

Coombs Vincent

Private

Belong, Albert H.

Private. . . .

Dennis Thomas A . .

Private

Dewing, ('has. C

Private

Dewing C. William

Private

Private

Dewing Samuel

Private ..

Ells David H

Private

Ehler, Frederic

Private
Private

Estes John G

Faller.John

Private

Faller, William /.

Private

Fal lor James

Private

Fal lor, Michael

Private

Freming William

Private

Ganger, Chas

Private

Gosnell, Wm .. ..

Private

Green Allen

Private

Green, Wm.G

Private

Halm, John

Private

Happer, Andrew A

Private

Harmouning, Herirfan

Private

Harrington, Frank

Private

Harrington, Wm. B

Private

Hartwig, Frederic

Private

Heller, Wm.

Private

Higgins, B. Holmes

Private

Higgins, E. J

Private

Horton, Chas. M

Private

Hunter, Actor

Private

Jewitt, Frank G

Private

Jones, David

Private

Private

Laiuait re, Joseph.

Private

Lamson.Birney

Private

Lamson, Chauncey.. ,

Private

Lawson, Nathan

Private

Leistico Chas

Private

Leistico, Frank
Leistico, Wm

Private
Private

McKenzie.Wm
Nass, Wm

Private
Private

Nisse, Chas

Private |

Pitman, Joshua M

Private

Retz, John

Private

Rusch, Edward
Sharp, James

Private
Private

Sholtz, John

Private

Smeltzer, Frederic

Private

Spaude, Ferdinand

Private

Southworth, Louis

Private

Stahl, Jacob

Private. .

Stocking, Eli W

Private

Tillman. Wm

Private

Yews, Chas

804

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE STILLWATER FRONTIER GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN D.
BRONSON, JR. ORGANIZED AT STILLWATER ABOUT AUG. 30, 1862, AND SERVED
IN THE CHENGWATANA EXPEDITION UNTIL SEPT. 20, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Captain

C. J. Butler

1st Lieutenant

S J R McMillan

2d Lieutenant. . .

T H Sawyer

M. Moffatt

2d Sergeant

3d Sergeant

H. B. Murdock

4th Sergeant

H B Knight

5th Sergeant

Klam Greeley

1st Corporal

D. Chisholm

2d Corporal . .

F Schultze

3d Corporal

C. Fandretzkey .

4th Corporal

Barrow Richard

Private

Bowman, A. B .. . ...

Private

Bowman Alfred B

Private

Bergin.John

Private

Bardow John K

Private

Dall, Richard T

Private

Doe, W. A

Private

Donnell, John O

Private

Donnell, M. O

Private

Elliott William

Private

Eagan, Thomas

Private

Elmar, John...

Private

Forau, Michael

Private

Forinua, Louis

Private

Field Edward

Private

Hills, George W

Private..

Johnson Alfred

Private

Johnson, Abraham

Private

Johnson, Samuel

Private

Kel ley. Michael

Private

liillis, John

Private

Long William

Private

Lane, James . . .

Private.

Millett T A

Private '

McKenzie, Duncan

Private

Mathews, Samuel. .

Private..

McDonald John

Private

McCormac, R

Private

McLane, Albertus
McLean, Hugh

Private
Private

Organ Thomas

Private

Rooney, James

Private :

Smith Nelson .

Private

Stoddard, Ichabod

Private

Sawyer, F.M

Private

Button Thomas

Private

Sutton, John ...

Private

Shearman W O

Private

Tactm an, James M

Private

Tuttle, Moses

Private .

Underwood, Alex
Ward, Thomas

Private
Private

Wallace, Charles. .

Private . . .

Welch John

Private

Webster, William

Private

THE HASTINGS RANGERS.

805

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN G. W. TAYLOR'S MOUNTED COMPANY, THE HASTINGS RAN
GERS. THE EXACT DATE OF ITS ORGANIZATION IS NOT ASCERTAINABLE,
BUT IT WAS EARLY IN THE WAR. IT WAS IN SERVICE ABOUT TWELVE DAYS.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

G. W. Taylor

Charles E. Leonard.

Zacheus Lewis

H. B. Martin....

Arnold, M. H

Archer, Richard

Ainsworth, Win

Avery, Geo. W

Basset t, John

Bissell, Win. A

Cortiss, Geo. H

Coughlan, James

Crow, W. H

Dexter, L. D

Dixon, G. A

Frank, Norman

Grant, James L

Hetherington, Geo

Hammon, Ammonale

Hammon, Samuel B

Hawkins, John

Hanna, Jerome

Irwin, R. C

Kamery, P. J

Lie wis, John ,

Lewis, Ira

Morse, Geo. W

Phillipps, Wm. B

Ray, F. G

Smith, Thomas M ...

Straight, Kenyon Z

Sprague, Cassius M

Stanley, W. P

Truax, John R

Truax, George W

Van Hoesen, Franklin B

"Walton, Gustavus

Woods, John

Captain

1st Lieutenant.
2d Lieutenant...
1st Sergeant

Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.

Private..
Private..
Private..
Private..
Private..
Private .
Private..
Private .
Private..
Private-
Private..
Private..

Private
Private
Private.

Private.
Private.
Private.

Private.
Private.
Private.

Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private

Private
Private.
Private.
Private.

806

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE MARYSBURGH HOME GUARD (CAPTAIN JAMES CLEARY). ORGAN
IZED AT MARYSBURGH, IN LE SUEUR COUNTY, SEPT. 21, 1862, FOR THIRTY
DAYS, AND SERVED IN MARYSBURGH ABOUT THAT TIME.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

James Cleary

*

Patrick C Lyons

1st Lieutenant
2d Lieutenant

John L. Maher

Orderly

"John Schickling

1st Sergeant

John Smith

2d Sergeant

Edward Harty

3d Sergeant.

John Stoudenmaier

Lawrence Gegan „

1st Corporal ..

Lawrence Smith.

2d Corporal

3d Corporal

Charles Bluhm

4th Corporal

Baynes Patrick

Private

Private

Private

Private

Carroll Daniel

Private

Cleary 'Patrick

Private

Private

Connor William

Private

Cusack 'Michael

Private

Doran Chas

Private

Doyle Michael

Private

Doyle Patrick

Private

Farrell Michael

Private

Fasmacht Paul

Private

Private

Private

Private

Kelchar Patrick

Private

Kelchar Philip

Private

Iiiifat John

Private

Private

Private

Mahe*, Patrick L
Maher Martin

Private .,
Private

FKvate .

McCarty, Cornelius
McGrath, John
McGrath Owen

Private
Private
Private

Mulle*. Patrick
Murtaugh Timothy

Private
Private

Murtaugh, Michael .*
O'Reilley James

Private
Private

Private

Private

Smith Patrick W

Private. .

Smith) Henry
Smith Wm

Private
Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Stewbins Frederick

Private

Private

Sullivan, John
Wallace Daniel

Private ,
Private

White, George-
Wilzin. Peter....

Private

Private

THE SCANDINAVIAN GUARDS.

807

KOSTER OF THE SCANDINAVIAN GUARDS (CAPTAIN GUSTAF A. STARK). ORGANIZED
IN NICOLLET COUNTY, ON THE 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1862, AND SERVED IN
THAT COUNTY TWENTY-ONE DAYS.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Gustaf A Stark .

Captain

Nels P Chilgren

1st Lieutenant

Andrew Larsen

2d Lieutenant

Andrew Thorson .. ....

Quartermaster Sergeant-

Orderly Sergeant

N.H.Anderson

2d Sergeant

Martin Peterson .

3d Sergeant

4th Sergeant

John Nelson

C P Slack

1st Corporal

2d Corporal

George Jeroson

3d Corporal

4th Corporal

5th Corporal

Irven Larson

6th Corporal

Peter Pherson

7th Corporal

Nels Roseuquist

8th Corporal

Private

Benson Peter

Private

Private

Bryngelson, Evan

Private

Carlson Ther

Private

Carlson Peter

Private

Engvald A C

Private

Evensen Irven

Private

Private . . .

Erickson, John

Private

Esterson Forstin

Private

Esterson Ole

Private

Evanson Ole

Private

Farbrake John

Private

Gunnerson Nin . . ...

Private

Private

Hanson Lars

Private

Private

Private

Hogstrom Nels 2d

Private

Hogen Ole

Private

Hofviland Jfver C

Private

Johnson John 1st

Private

Private

Johnson John 3d

Private

Johnson Ole

Private

Johnson, Erick

Private

Johnson Irven

Private

Private

Knutson,Ole

Private

Private

Knutson, H ....

Private

Knutson Torbar

Private

Larson Ole 1st

Private

Larson Ole £d.

Private

Liglerson Peter

Private . .

Lindell, John

Private

Lilliquist, Nels...

Private

.

Larson Elias

Private

Larson, John, 1st

Private

Larson John 2d.

Private

Private

Lyferson, S . ...

Private

Lofterson Ole

Private

Lofte, Ole

Private

Linguiet, Peter

Private

Monson, Andrew
Monson Ole .

Private
Private

Nelson Chas

Private

Nereson Gunner

Private

Private

Nelson, Ole

Private

Nelson, Hermann

Private

Nelson Nels

Private

Nelson, Andrew

Private

Oleson Stone

Private

Oleson, Ole, 1st

Private

Oleson, Ole 2d

Private

Oleson Ole 3d

Private

Oleson, Lars, 1st

Private

Oleson, Lars, 2d

Private

Orson Ole

Private .

Olson, Hoffner
Olson, Asbon

Private
Private

Oleson. Swen....

Private

808

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.
ROSTER OF THE SCANDINAVIAN GUARDS — Continued.

NAMES.

HANK.

REMARKS.

Olson, Nels

Olson, Louis

Olson, Engbut

Pherson, Pher

Peterson, Hans .

Petersen, Peter

Pherson, Andrew

Rice, Andrew

Rindale, Peter

Rickelson, John

Solomonson, Lars ,

Swenson, Louis

Swenson, Mathew

Swenson, Sever

Torguson, H

Torguson, Swenk

Thompson, Stone..

Thorson, Nels

Torguson, Asbon

"Webster, Andrew

Private.
Private.
Private.

Private.
Private.

Private.

Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.

Private..
Private..
Private..
Private..
Private..

COMPANY A, THIRTEENTH BATTALION, BROWN COUNTY MILITIA. 809

ROSTER OF CAPTAIN CHARLES ROOS' COMPANY A, THIRTEENTH BATTALION, OF
BROWN COUNTY MILITIA. ORGANIZED AT NEW ULM ON NOV. 10, 1862, AND
SERVED AT NEW ULM UNTIL JAN. 10, 1863.

NAMES. ,

RANK.

REMARKS.

Captain

August Westphal

1st Lieutenant

Gottfried Kuchnel. .

2d Lieutenant

George Jacobs

1st Sergeant...

John Poster . ..

2d Sergeant

Adolph Seiter

3d Sergeant

William Heinmel

4th Sergeant

Peter Gropper

5th Sergeant

Friedrich Iinmel

1st Corporal

William Peterman

2d Corporal

Charles C Brandt

3d Corporal

Herman Herendoerfer . ...

4th Corporal

Anton Sonnen

6th Corporal.. ..

7th Corporal

8th Corporal

Robert Nagel

Musician

August Duval.

Wagoner

Albrecht Hermann

Private

Alvin, William .. .. ... .

Private

Appel Heinrich

Private

Amman, Lorenz

Private

Bobleter, John ....

Private

Barbier, Jacob

Private

Busche, Heinrich.

Private

Brust Jacob

Private

Beinhorn, Friedrich

Private

Claussen August.

Private

Cucke, Charles

Private

Doebereimer, John
Duval Franz „

Private
Private

Dietz, Adolph
Dehn John.

Private
Private

Eckstein, Heinrich

Private

Flick, Jacob...

Private

Private

Foster, Friedrich Sr .. .

Private

Fritsche, Carl

Private

Fostner, Alois

Private

Fritan T. P

Private

Graf, Henry

Private

Graf, John

Private

Gammel, Friedrich

Private

Gutshaw, Joachim.

Gassman John

Private

Gebser, Wm

Private

Held, Albert

Private

Held, C. Friedrich

Private

Private

't

Henle, Athanazius

Private

Heinebach Benjamin

Private

Hansing, Charles

Private

Hauenstein, Wiegand
Henle, Anton

Private
Private

Hellman, August... .

Private

Heinz John .. .

Private

Jps, John

Private

Jacobs, Charles .

Private

Private

Kiesling, Rudolph

Private

Kahlfield Wilhelm

Private

L,eibold, Peter T

Private

Lauterbach Michael

Private

Lehrer, Michael

Private

Locher, John..

Private

Private

Mueller Leans

Private

Private

Massapust, Joseph

Private

Massapust John

Private

Private

Maier Heinrich

Private

Oswald, Leonhard
Pfenninger Jacob

Private
Private

Pfeiffer Tost

Private .

Pfeiffer George

Private

Piiengel, Ferdinand

Private

Palmer Alois

Private

Penser, Wilhelm

Private

Prermantzen Nicolaus

Private

Pelzel, Joseph

Private

810 EOSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF COMPANY A, FIRST BATTALION, BROWN COUNTY MILITIA — Continued.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Rudolph John C

Private

-

Schmitz Nicolaus

Private . .

Private

Spelbrink Christopher, Jr

Private

Schumacher Chas

Private

Soehler, Chas

Private

Stocker Joseph

Private

Schmitz, Peter

Private

Schram, Carl

Private

Sterlein Andreas

Private

Serr, Gabriel *. i

Private >

Thorman Gottfried

Private

Vill, Otto

Victor, John

Private

Winkelmann, William

Private

Wiessel, Carl

Private

Wehrs Theodore

Private

Winkler, Herman

Private

Wiedemann John

Private

Zeller, Conrad

Private

Zagwlzky, Victor

Private

i

THE MANKATO HOME GUARDS.

811

ROSTER OF THE MANKATO HOME GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN F.
MEAGHER. ORGANIZED SEPT. 14, 1862, AND SERVED IN COLONEL FLANDRAU'S
EXPEDITION FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

John F Meagher

Captain

1st Lieutenant
2d Lieutenant

Benjamin Hotaling

S F Barney

Orderly Sergeant

Adam Jefferson

2d Sergeant

George Matfield

3d Sergeant. .

Y Paddock

4th Sergeant
5th Sergeant....

M T C. Flower

J F Williams

1st Corporal

G. S. Meagham ,

2d Corporal....!*.
3d Corporal

M Ullinan

J. C. Haupt

4th Corporal

Ambroze Lorenz

5th Corporal

Gth Corporal

William McGuinness

7th Corporal

John Froiset . .

8th Corporal

Ames, Charles

Private
Private

Androski Rudolph

liallard Columbus

Private

Branson, Lewis

Private

Brown Samuel D

Private

Burrill, J

Private ..

Brink Samuel . .

Private

Berghoff Wm

Private

Burrill N

Private

Britten J N

Private

Burgess, J. L.

Private

Bunker F

Private

Bigler, Jacob

Private

Boeger, Henry.

Private

Copp, Julius

Private

Chapman C. A

Private

Durkee, Benjamin

Private

Dunscomb C. S.. ...

Private

Draher,John

Private

Draher, John, Jr

Private.

Fowler Henry

Private

Frenzel, Peter

Private

Funck Wm. F .

Private

Garlinger, Mike

Private

Goodwin John

Private

Private

Hodgson Wm. A.

Private

Hoerely Peter

Private

Hoffman, George

Private

Hoffel Peter

Private

Hartman J H

Private

Private ..

Private

Jones John D •.

Private

Private .

Kauffer, H. B..

Private

Kohler B

Private .. ..

Kello^e L T

Private

Kraus Joseph ....

Private

Private.

Private

Private

Laflin Martin

Private

Private

Leutz Peter

Private

Lerlroch, Jacob

Private
Private

Leader Charles

Private
Private

More J H

Private

McDowall Allen

Private

Marland Bazil

Private

Moser Frank.

Private

Private

Masfield George, Jr

Private

Mills Minard

Private

Oberly Frank

Private

Parsons L . ...

Private

Pierce T T

Private

Peart Thos

Private

Prael'F

Private

Private

Pease F L

Private

Parratt Wm A

Private

Roberts Geo A

Private

Boos, George

Private

812 ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE MANKATO HOME GUARDS — Continued.

NAMES.

Rausch, C

Russell, Francis

Silver, Gottlieb

Shaus, Joseph

Shigley, A. P

Schlafley. Chas

Smith, A. J

Seward, V

Sheban, James

Shehan, Michael

Thayer, D. A

Thomas, H. G '.

Troing, Wm

Trout, Conrad

Torey, F. O

Ullman, Peter

Ullman, John

Tosteck,C

Willard, John A

Whitrock.H

Werner, John

Woleben, Nathaniel

RANK.

Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.

Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.

Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.

REMARKS.

Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.
Private.

THE CHISAGO COUNTY RANGERS.

813

EOSTER OF THE CHISAGO COUNTY RANGERS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JAMES
STARKEY. ORGANIZED IN CHISAGO COUNTY ON THE 17TH DAY OF AUGUST,
1862, AND SERVED TILL THE TTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

James Starkey

Captain

John C. Hanley

1st Lieutenant

Geo. V B. Williams

2d Lieutenant

Truman O. Chapman

1st Sergeant
2d Sergeant

Norton P. Crosby

B. F. Wilks

3d Sergeant

Lorenzo O. Landan

4th Sergeant

John D. Wilcox

Quartermaster

Lafloyd S Bates

1st Corporal

Ira Hakes

2d Corporal...

Russell B Bingsey

3d Corporal

Chandler Farr

4th Corporal

Benton, Edwin Geo

Private

Bishop, Chas

Private

Brown, Frederick S

Private

Cavan, Robt. W

Private

Chapman, Frank O.

Private

Claver, Daniel S

Private

Claver,JohnW . .

Private

Darling Alex

Private

Deane John

Private

Debbie, Aaron

Private

Denning, Mandeville

Private

!"arr, Henry

Private

Farr, Egbert

Private

Folson, W. H

Private

Frost, Geo. S

Private

Hathaway, Geo. F . ...

Private

Ingalls, Ephraim C

Private.

Jackson, Edward.

Private

Knight, Albert S

Private ..

Kohl, Christopher

Private
Private

LiOer, Chas. F

Mold, John G

Private

Martin, Isaac

Private

Martin, Patrick H

Private

Matheson, Henry B
Meevay, Michael E

Private
Private

Mold, John G

Private

Poor, James M

Private

Buddy, Carl C

Private

Ryder, Joel G

Private

Starkey, Ed. C

Private....

Starkey, Wm

Private
Private

Starkweather, Sam. H

Vaughn, Daniel

Private

Warner, Isaac H.

Private

Wight, Joel E

Private

Wilkes, Leonard P...

Private

Wilkes, Proctor P

Private

Wilcox, Chas., Jr
Wilcox, Edmund
Wilcox, Oliver

Private
Private
Private

814

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF THE ST. PETER HOME GUARDS, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN WOLF H.
MEYER. ORGANIZED AT ST. PETER ON THE GTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1862, FOR
SIXTY DAYS, AND SERVED ABOUT ONE MONTH AND THIRTEEN DAYS IN AND
ABOUT ST. PETER.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Wolf H Meyer

Captain

Chas H Staacke

1st Lieutenant

P S Gardner

2d Lieutenant

Samuel C AlcCoy

Orderly Sergeant

Wm Lawler

2d Sergeant

F. Lange

3d Sergeant

L Hatcher

4th Sergeant

C. Anderegg

5th Sergeant

F Leifer Sr

1st Corporal

Wm.Lehr

2d Corporal

George Dickert

3d Corporal

John Miller

4th Corporal

Private

Private

Bruhns O F

Private

Private

Brown David

Private

Bass Plazi

Private

Callahan John F

Private

Private

Delany Michael

Private

Dodd Win A

Private

Dauer Wenzel

Private

Private

Estlar H

Private

ITricke' Christ

Private

Geghan William

Private... .

Harff Peter

Private

Hatcher, F. H

Private

Hatcher K E ...

Private

Private

Hooland Ive'r

Private

Private

Private

Jacobs Win

Private

Kocke, Gottlieb

Private

Kroslnsky A

Private

Private

Larkin E '

Private

Leifer *F Jr

Private

Maas, Christ

Private

Moser George

Private

Private.. . . .

Pfefferfe, Rich
Punt H

Private
Private

'

Paton Louis

Private

Simonet S

Private

Scherer Geo

Private

Schaefer Peter

Private

Private

Private

Viels Nicolas

Private .

Veith' F. A

Private

"Wiietig Friedrich

Private

Woods Chas R

Private

Wiedemann J B ...

Private

Wiedemann Edw

Private

BIERBAUER'S COMPANY OF RIFLEMEN.

815

ROSTER OF WILLIAM BIERBAUER'S COMPANY OF RIFLEMEN. ORGANIZED AUG.
31, 1862, AND DID SERVICE IN AND ABOUT MANKATO UNTIL OCT. 12, 1862.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

William Bierbauer

Captain

J. E. Potter.

1st Lieutenant

James Shoemaker

2d Lieutenant

Samuel D Shaw

1st Sergeant

H S. Lytle

2d Sergeant

L C Ives

3d Sergeant

Hubert Brules
H D Orvis

1st Corporal
2d Corporal . ..

Andrus W. P

Private

Bruner Andrew

Private

Private

Britton F.*D. .

Private

.

Curtiss B I

Private

Chamberlain J. H . .. .

Private

Carr J G

Private

Douglass, Fred

Private

Davies Daniel P

Private

Fowler, F. H

Private

Foster, Lawrence

Private

Geasel, Jacob
Griffin, D. S

Private
Private

Hassel Frederic

Private

Hansley.C. B
Haas Joseph

Private
Private

Private

Keenan' Geo. M

Private

Private

Leich Theodore

Private

Mattox Geo W

Private

Molloy, L. W

Private

Marston W. S

Private

Nicholson, John

Private

Oberley, Xavier

Private

Porter E D B

Private

Pichesrowce, George

Private

Pierce Parker

Private

Pierce Geo

Private

Seward,A. D

Private

Sabbath George

Private

Tate, Samuel

Private

Vogle Charles.

Private

"White, S. D

Private

Whiten, Luther

Private

Waite, Sydney L

Private

816

ROSTER OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS.

ROSTER OF MEN MUSTERED IN THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MINNESOTA MOUNTED
VOLUNTEERS. ENLISTED BY LIEUTENANT CHARLES R. READ AT SOUTH BEND
DURING THE LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER AND THE EARLY PART OF OCTO
BER, 1862, TO SERVE THREE MONTHS, OR DURING THE INDIAN WAR.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

Andrus W P .

Private

Andrus Chas H

Private

Arledge Alexander

Private

Private

Bagley Alvah *.

Private

Barott C G ....

Private

Bero'tnann Henry

Private

Boyer Wm .

Private .

Burns, John

Private

Bullis T. R.

Private

Crandall Harrison

Private

Crandall, Marion

Private.

Clapshaw Win

Private

Daak, Fleming

Private

Delamore Samuel ...

Private

Dudley, Henry H

Private

Daak, Thomas J

Private

Eaton, Lewis „

Private

Goff, Henry

Private

Private

Harris John A

Private

Hawkins Wm

Private

Howland, G. H

Private

Hungerford Asel

Private...

Private

Hanson, Elett

Private...

Jackson John F

Private

Johnson, Lewis

Private

Johnson John

Private

Jones, Thomas

Private

Jones Wm. H

Private

Kysar Limean

Private

Knapp* James H

Private. .

Private

Lord A.E

Private...

Private

Landroch John B

Private

Marvin Wm R

Private

McCauley James

Private

Private. .

Marston Wm S

Private

Mullen ME ....

Private .

Private

McDowell' David H

Private

Private

McCauley Nathaniel

Private

Private..

Newton Wm I

Private

Nash James H

Private...

Nickerson David

Private

Nicholson John

Private

Omsrud G T

Private

Oleson Ole

Private

Payer Simon

Private ..

Parks Milton P

Private

Peterson Ole . ...

Private ...

*

Potter, T.E
Pratt Geo C

Private
Private

Poff, Samuel R
Roland Simon

Private
Private

Reenan Geo M

Private

Razy N D

Private

Private

Randal'l, Wm

Private

Private

Rogers Geo W

Private-

Rutledge Thos

Private

Stultz Henry

Private

Private

Snell Jacob

Private

Taylor Wm H

Private

Thomas Knudt

Private

Private

White Lorenzo D

Private

Wagner Oscar F .

Private

COMPANY ORGANIZED BY MAJOR CHARLES R. READ.

817

EOSTER OF A COMPANY ORGANIZED BY MAJOR CHARLES R. READ, AND COM
MANDED BY CAPT. WM. RUMMELL. ENLISTED ABOUT AUG. 26, 1862, AND
SERVED UNTIL SEPT. 8, 1862. MAJOR READ SERVED WITH COL. FLANDRAU'S
EXPEDITION IN DEFENSE OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER, AND WAS IN COM
MAND WHEN THE COLONEL WAS TEMPORARILY ABSENT.

NAMES.

RANK.

REMARKS.

"Win. Rummell Captain

John.Quengly 2d Lieutenant

John Taylor Orderly Sergeant

T. R. Bullis Quartermaster Sergeant...

J. Redforth Corporal

<3r. Mathews j Corporal

Allen, A. W | Pi-irate

Allen, John I Private

Barker, H Private

Bixby, L.

Cochran,Wm

Douglas, Ferdinand

Donaldson, C. W

Duby, W. J

Francis, W. P

Orimes, H

Griffin, D. S

McLaughlin, S

Oingly, Wm. H

Kollins,0

Roscoe, E -...

Richardson, Chas

Standish, W

Swerz, D. R

Stoddard, J. S

Truax, R. J

"Wegant, R

Williams, J — .~^

Wilkins, W Private

Young, J Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private

Private....

NOTE.— There is an old saying among soldiers, that "Fame consists of being wounded in battle and having your
name spelled wrong in the ' Gazette.' " I fear that the foregoing roster of citizen soldiers which I have prepared will be
found obnoxious to the charge of misspelling in many of the names embraced in it. My explanation and apology is,
that many of the names are foreign, being German, French, Swede and other nationalities, which Americans always
find it difficult to spell or pronounce correctly, and that all of them had been copied several times by a variety of clerks
before they came into my hands, since which they have passed through a typewriting machine and the hands of the
compositors. I know of no way to correct any mistakes that may be found in them. Many of the persons are long
since dead, and many more of them are scattered over an inaccessible territory. Even supposing it possible to communi
cate with the parties whose names are apparently spelled wrong, the time in which the book must appear forbids the under
taking, and each recipient of the work who finds a mistake in his name must make the correction for himself. I found
my own name, in the records of the adjutant general's office, given as " W. Flandrau," and this fact has aroused my sus
picions as to the balance. Assuring the brave men whose record I am making that I have done the best I could with the
material at my command, I ask their indulgence for the errors that may have crept in.

CHARLES E. FLANDBAU.

INDEX.

INDEX.

PAGE.

Abbeyville, Miss., engagement of Fifth Regiment at 273

Abercrombie, Fort —

Detachment of Third Regiment marches to 161

Part of Fifth Regiment at 255

Its situation 744

Adams, Chas. P., lieutenant colonel of First Regiment —

Wounded at Gettysburg 42

Address and notice of. 43

Appointed lieutenant colonel of battalion of cavalry 601

Record of. 701

Acker, Capt. William H., killed at battle of Shiloh 14

Act, of the legislature of Minnesota, of April 16, 1889, providing for the publication of a
history of Minnesota troops in the Civil and Indian wars. (See Introduction. )

Addendum to roster 681-695

Agencies, Indian, situation at previous to outbreak 729

Aldrich, Hon. Cyrus, member of congress, attentions to First Regiment 7-12

Allen's Farm, First Regiment engaged at 22

Altoona, Fourth Regiment in battle of. 215

Anderson, Captain Joseph, roster of his company of citizen soldiers 778

Andersonville, observations on treatment of prisoners at 424

Andrews, Gen. C. C. —

His narrative of the Third Regiment 147-177

As captain, opposes surrender of regiment 155

Appointed lieutenant colonel 162

Colonel : 166

Assigned to command of post of Little Rock, Ark 168

In battle of Fitzhugh's Woods 170-172

At Pine and Devall's Bluff. 174-175

Record of. 701-702

Anecdote —

Location of the sutler's liquors 7

Meeting of McClellan and Sully 18

"That other sheep is enough for us" 28

Courage of a lady at Fredericksburg 30

The white clubs 40

Confederate curiosity 41

Only "the top rail" to be taken 82

Col. Kammerling in pursuit of the enemy 98

Repeal of ordinance of secession 114

A discontinued review.... 117

822 INDEX.

PAGE.
Anecdote —

Of target firing in Third Regiment , 150

Of the colored volunteer 173

The beef contractor 20D

Of Gen. A. J. Smith 326-361

"Were the cattle hart?" ." 395

Of Sibley tent chimney 419

Robbery from a chaplain 437

Of soldiers in advance of the Government on the negro question 576

Requisition for spurs 672

Posting of the pickets 674

Antietam —

First Regiment in the battle of. 26

Sharpshooters in the battle of. 508-515

Appomattox, First Battalion in operations up to 47

Armsby, Chaplain, notice of. 398

Army life, general observations on 696-700

Army, regular, appointments in from Minnesota 724

Artillery « 612, 640, 654, 670

(See First Battery, Second Battery, Third Battery and First Regiment of Heavy.)

Asboth, General, notice of. 163

Ashby'sGap, First Regiment inaction at , 28

Assassination of Lincoln, effect of news of on the troops 398

Assistant adjutant generals; list of those appointed from Minnesota 715-723

Atlanta campaign —

Second Regiment in 108-112

First Battery engaged in 646

Augusta, Ark., Third Regiment in action near 170

Averill, Lieut. Colonel (afterward Brevet Brig. General) JohnT. —

Commands Sixth Regiment in battle of Wood Lake 312

Appointed colonel of Sixth Regiment 325

Escorts supply train to Gen. Sibley's column 457

Record of. , 702,703

B.

Bad Lands, engagement with Indians in 391, 547, 582, 674

Baker, Gen. James H. —

His narrative of the Tenth Regiment 455-471

Appointed colonel Tenth Regiment 455

His official report of Indian campaign 458-460

Assigned to command of post of St. Louis 461

Assigned to command of sub-district of St. Louis 462

Record of. 703

Bakery, organized in Third Regiment 149

Ball , Captain John, appointed lieutenant colonel of Eleventh Regiment 488

Ball's Bluff, First Regiment in battle of. 15

Band, bugle, in Third Regiment 149

Baltimore, passage of First Regiment through 6

Banks, Gen. N. P., his Red River expedition 269

Banquet to First Regiment in Washington 42

Barlow, Gen., his remark to First Battalion 45

Barrett, Gen. T. H.—

Letter of, on expedition to Fort Abercrombie 161

Record of. 703

Batesville, Ark., detachment of Third Regiment at 176

INDEX, 823

PAGE.

Baton Rouge, district of mentioned 705

Battalion, First, of Infantry —

Takes place of First Regiment 44

In the assault on Petersburg 44

At Jerusalem Plank Road, Deep Bottom, Reams' Station, Hatcher's Run and Appo-

mattox 46

Baxter, Lieut. Col. L. L., mentioned . 612

Baxter, Capt. W. R., killed in battle of Guntown 422

Bayonet —

Used b^y First Regiment at Gettysburg 37

Used by Third Regiment at Fitzhugh's Woods 172

Bayou de Glaise, Fifth Regiment in battle of 272

Bean, Captain A. M., roster of his company of citizen soldiers 764

Bean, Captain Joseph F, roster of his company 781

Beaver, Lieut., killed by Indians 354

Becker, Lieut. Christian, killed in battle of Guntown 423

Beech Grove, ZollicofFer's camp at , 82

Belden, Surgeon W. P., his report on sickness in Sixth Regiment 323

Belm, Captain John, roster of his company of citizen soldiers 776

Belmont, Ky., headquarters of Third Regiment 149

Bentonville —

Second Regiment in battle of. 117

Fourth Regiment in battle of 217

Berdan, Hiram, colonel of Sharpshooters 513

Berryville, First Regiment in battle of. , 17

Bierbauer, Captain William, roster of his company of citizen soldiers 757,815

Big Blue, Mo., battle of. .' 710

Big Mound —

Sixth Regiment in battle of. 316

Tenth Regiment in battle of 457

First Regiment of Mounted Rangers in battle of 521

Description of. 750

Birch Coolie, battle of. 305-310, 736-739

Bishop, John F., in battle of Redwood 249

Bishop, Gen. J. W.—

His narrative of the Second Regiment 79-122

Promoted major of that regiment 88

Report, as lieutenant colonel, of part taken by Second Regiment in battles of Chatta
nooga and Missionary Ridge 103-105

Mustered as colonel of Second Regiment 118

His observations quoted 696-700

Record of 704

Blizzard, detachment of Second Cavalry caught in 550

Bonarth, Charles, his account of enlistment of Company H, Seventh Regiment 349

Botsford, Isaac, his narrative of Brackett's Battalion 572-584

Bounty for veteran volunteers 169

Bowling Green, Confederate forces at 149

Brackett, Major A. B. —

Commands battalion of cavalry 580

In battle of Ta-ha-kouty 581

Brackett's Battalion of Cavalry —

Narrative of, by Sergeant Isaac Botsford 572-584

In the battle of Fort Donelson 573

At the battle of Pittsburgh Landing and siege of Corinth 574

In the fight at Lockridge Mills 575

Visited by Gov. Ramsey 576

824 INDEX.

PAGE,
Brackett's Battalion of Cavalry —

In actions at Clarksville and Donelson 577

In the Tullahoma campaign 578

Makes a saber charge at Wartrace 579

In Indian campaigns 580-585

In battle of Ta-ha-kouty 581

In battle of Bad Lands 582

Character of its men 583

Rosterof. .' 585-593

Braden, Lieut. J. C., detailed as post adjutant at St. Louis v. 461

Bragg, General, his campaign into Kentucky 655

Brevet brigadier generals, list and short record of those appointed from Minnesota 701

Brice's Cross-roads, battle of (see Guntown) 420

Brigadier generals, list and short record of those appointed from Minnesota 701-714

Bristow Station, First Regiment in action at 39"

Bronson, Captain D., Jr., roster of his company 804

Brown, Hon. Joseph R. —

At Birch Coolie 310

His estimate of Indians in battle of Stony Lake 457

Reports with scouts at Pembina 600

Bryant, Charles S., his "Minnesota Indian Massacre" quoted 727

Buck, Captain C. F., roster of his company of citizen soldiers^ 782

Buck, Captain Norman, his account of enlistment of Company D, Seventh Regiment 347

Buell, Gen. D. C.—

Assumes command at Louisville 81

His appearance : 149

His purposed movement into east Tennessee 151

Denounces the Murfreesboro surrender 15fr

His account of the battle of Perryville 656

Buggert, Captain Louis, roster of his company of citizen sold iers 760-

Bull Run-
First Regiment in battle of. 8-13

Sharpshooters in second battle of. 508

Bummers, forage details,so called 115

C.

Calahan, Colonel, of Wisconsin, his Indian expedition of 1865 675

Camp, Major, anecdote of. 671, 672

Camp guard, of Third Regiment, its gallant conduct at Murfreesboro 156

Camp Release, surrender of Indians and captives at 312

Canby, Maj. Gen. E. R. S., commands army in the Gulf 278

Cane Creek Crossing, Fifth Regiment in action of. 27

Carlin, Colonel —

Second Battery with his brigade at battle of Perryville 655-

Second Battery with his brigade at battle of Stone River 659

His reference to the Second Battery 660, 661

Carolinas, campaign of, Second Regiment in 115-118

Carter, Captain T. G., his account of enlistment of Company K, Seventh Regiment 349

Case, Lieut. Omer H., his account of the enlistment of Company E, Seventh Regiment 348

Cavalry —

Indispensable in the Indian War 519

Organizations of. 519, 543, 572, 594

Centreville, First Regiment at 24

"Century Magazine," Gen. Howard's paper in quoted 110-

Champlin, Lieut. E. T., gallant conduct of in battle of Fitzhugh's Woods 172

INDEX. 825

PAGE,

Champion Hills, Fourth Regiment in battle of. 212

Chancellorsville, battle of. 31

Chaney, J. B., his narrative of Second Company Sharpshooters 513-516

Chase, Capt. N. M. , account of raising Company C, Seventh Regiment 348

Chattanooga —

Second Regiment in battle of. 102-105

Fourth Regiment in battle of. 213

Second Battery in battle of. 663

Chickamauga —

Second Regiment in battle of. 95-101

Second Battery in battle of. .- 662

ChicotLake, Fifth Regiment in battle of. 273

Chippewa Indians, their situation in respect to the Sioux hostilities 257

Citizen soldiers, roster of various companies which served in Indian "War 754-817

Clarksville, Tenn., Brackett's Battalion in the fight at 577

Clary, Captain James, roster of his company 806

Clayton, Lieut, of First Battery in battle of Corinth (Note) 645

Clear Creek, Fifth Regiment's unhealthy camp at , 261

Clothing, allowance of for soldiers 146

Cloutiersville, Fifth Regiment in action of. 271

Commissaries of subsistence, list of those appointed from Minnesota . 715-723

Commissioners —

Act of the legislature of Minnesota appointing board of, to prepare and publish his
tory of Minnesota troops in the Civil and Indian wars. (See Introduction.)

Cobb, Chaplain D., notice of. , 325

Colburn, Captain N. P. , roster of his company of citizen soldiers 766

Cold Harbor, Sharpshooters in battle of. 509, 515

Collins, Hon. L. W., his account of the enlistment of Company F, Seventh Regiment 350

Colvill, Gen. William—

His description of battle of Bull Run 9-11

Promoted to be lieutenant colonel of First Regiment 27

His horse killed 33

Wounds at battle of Gettysburg 42

Record of. 704

Colored regiments —

Their organization and service 173

Promotions in from the Third Regiment (Note) 173

Promotions in from the Fourth Regiment (Note) 219

Promotions in from the Seventh Regiment (Note) 368

Promotions in from, the Ninth Regiment (Note) » 437

List of promotions into from various regiments 725, 726

Columbus, Ky. —

Third Regiment at 163

Tenth Regiment at 463

Cook, Hon. Michael —

Appointed major of the Tenth Regiment 455

Wounded at Tupelo 464

Killed in battle of Nashville 467

Company, number of men in infantry 147

Conciliation policy in Arkansas 169

Connolly, Adjutant A. P., report of expedition by Sixth Regiment , 325

Cooking utensils carried by soldiers 369

Corinth —

Fourth Regiment in battle of. 204

Fifth Regiment in battle of. 261-264

First Battery in battle of. 644

826 INDEX.

PAGE.

Cornell, Mr. A. B., communicates with Ninth Michigan at Murfreesboro 153

Corse, Gen., at Altoona 213

Council in Indian camp 74-2

Cox, Captain E. St. Julien, mentioned 735

Roster of his company of citizen soldiers 779

Crooks, William —

Appointed colonel Sixth Eegiment 303

In expedition to relieve Birch Coolie 309

Instructs and drills his command 316

Crow, Little, killed by settlers 387

Cullen, Captain William J. , roster of his company of citizen soldiers 772

Cumberland Mountains crossed by Third Regiment 151

Cuthead Indians, capture of one hundred and seventy-eight 701

D.

Dana, Gen. Napoleon J. T.—

Appointed colonel First Regiment 14

Brigadier general 16

Record of. 704

Daniels, Arthur M., his narrative of Indian expedition quoted (Note) 523

Daniels, Surgeon J. W., his observations on health of Second Regiment of Cavalry (Note).. 550

Daniels, Lieut. Don A. , conducts section of Third Battery to Pembina 672

Davenport, Rufus, his narrative of the Eleventh Regiment 488-491

Davis, Gen. J. C.—

Makes feeling address to Second Regiment 121

Compliments Second Battery at battle of Stone River 660, 661

Deep Bottom, Sharpshooters in action at 516

Dellaughter, Captain William, roster of his company of citizen soldiers 767

Densmore, Daniel, his account of the enlistment of Company G, Seventh Regiment 348

Depolder, Captain Sidel, roster of his company of citizen soldiers 774

DevalPs Bluff, Ark., Third Regiment at 175

Discipline —

Of Third Regiment 150

Of the Sixth Regiment 316

Dismissal of officers who counseled the surrender of the Third Regiment 162

Dodge, D. I., his account of rescue of Captain Fisk's party 549

Dole, Hon. W. P., roster of his squad of citizen soldiers 789

Donnelly, Lieut. Gov. Ignatius, as governor ad interim, issues call for volunteers 2

Doughty, James E., major of Sharpshooters , 509

Downie, Mark W. , joins First Battalion as its lieutenant colonel 47

Doxology, sung at evening roll-call in a Swedish company 149

Drill, knapsack battalion 149

Duffield, Col. W. W., at Murfreesboro 151, 155

Dwelle, Lieut. G. M. —

His narrative of the Third Battery 670-677

Commands section at Red Lake River Crossing 671

In actions with the Indians 672-674

E.

Egan, Lieut. J. J. —

His narrative of First Regiment Heavy Artillery 612, 613

His sketch of battle of Birch Coolie (Note) 736-739

Edgerton, Gen. A. J., record of 705

Edson, Maj. J. C., in battle of Alteona 215

Eighth Regiment —

Narrative of, by Hon. William H. Houlton 386-400

INDEX. 827

PAGE.

Eighth Regiment —

Service of on the frontier 386-387

Its losses in frontier service 387

In Sully's Indian expedition of 1864 387

Engaged in battle of Killdeer Mountain 389

In the Bad Lands 391

At the Yellowstone Eiver 393

Departure for the South 394

In the battle of Murfreesboro 395

On the Atlantic Ocean 396

In the battle of Kinston -. 397

Its return home 399

Its roster. 401-415

Eleventh Regiment —

Narrative of, by Rufus Davenport 488-491

Organization of 488

Arrives at Gallatin, Tenn., its headquarters 489

On guard, picket and patrol duty 490

Incidents in its service 491

Emancipation, issue of proclamation of 92

Enlistments —

Dragged in 1862 300

What hastened 302

Execution of thirty-eight condemned Indians , 748

Ezra Church, First Battery in battle of. 647

F.

Fairfax Court House, First Regiment at 24

Fair Oaks, First Regiment in battle of. 20

Farmington, Miss., Fifth Regiment in battle of. 260

Few, Captain Geo. W., roster of his company of citizen soldiers 800

Field, Captain, of Second Cavalry, perishes in a snowstorm 550

Fifth Iowa Cavalry, Brackett's Batallion attached to 573

First Battalion Infantry —

Formation of. 44

Takes place of First Regiment 44

At Deep Bottom 45

At Reams' Station 46

At Hatcher's Run, Appomattox 46

Roster of. 66-78

First Battery of Light Artillery—-

Narrative of by Lieut. Henry S. Hurter 640-649

Its service in the battle of Pittsburgh Landing 640-644

Directed by Gen. Grant in person 643

In the siege of Corinth 644

In the battle of Corinth (see, also, note to page 645) 644

In the siege of Vicksburg 645

In campaign and battles of Atlanta 646, 647

In the March to the Sea 648

In the battle of Cheraw 648

In the grand review at Washington 649

Roster of „ 650-653

First Company of Sharpshooters —

Narrative of, by Lieut. Col. Francis Peteler 507-510

Joins Army of the Potomac 507

In the battle of Gettysburg 508

828 INDEX.

PAGE.

First Company of Sharpshooters —

List of the battles it was engaged in 509

Its roster 511,512

Fifth Regiment—

Narrative of, by Gen. L. F. Hubbard 243-281

Its service in the Indian War of 1862 244-256

In battle of Redwood 248

In battle of Fort Ridgley 250-254

Importance of its defense of Fort Ridgley 260

In battle o£ Farmington and siege of Corinth 260

In battles of luka and Second Corinth 260-263

In central Mississippi and west Tennessee 264

In the campaign of Yicksbnrg 265-267

Veteran re-enlistment 268

In Red River expdeition 269-273

In campaign through Arkansas and Missouri 273

In the battle of Nashville 274-277

In campaign against Mobile 278

At Demopolis, Ala 280

Summary of its engagements 281

Its roster 282-299

First Regiment, Heavy Artillery —

Narrative of, by Lieut. J. J. Egan 612, 613

Roster of. 614-639

First Regiment Infantry —

Judge Lochren's narrative of. 1-48

Organization of 2-4

Reaches Washington 7

In battle of Bull Run 8-13

In battle of Ball's Bluff 15

In the Valley campaign 17

The Peninsula, Yorktown, Fair Oaks 18-20

In the Seven Days' battles 21-23

In the Maryland campaign 25

In the battle of Antietam 26

Assist in burying the dead 27

In Loudon Valley 28

Its admiration for General McClellan 28

In the battle of Fredericksburg 29

Gen. Howard's compliment to 30

In the battle of Chancellorsville -. 31

Gettysburg, campaign and battle 32-38

At New York 38

In battle of Bristow Station 39

In battle of Mine Run 40

Banquet to, in Washington 42

Return to Minnesota 42

Officers deserving notice 47

Roster of. 49-66

First Regiment Mounted Rangers —

Narrative of, by Captain Eugene M. Wilson 519-524

In the Indian campaign of 1863 520

In the battle of Big Mound 521

In battles of Dead Buffalo Lake and Stony Lake 522

Men composing it 523

Roster of.... .. 525-542

INDEX. 829

PAGE.

Fisk, Captain James L., rescue of his emigrant train 549

Flandrau, Hon. Charles E. —

His narrative of the Indian War 727-753

Commands at battle of New Ulm 731-733

Commands southern frontier 741

Roster of his company 754

Fishing Creek mentioned 82

Fitzhugh's Woods, Third Regiment in battle of. 170-172

Forage, scarcity of at Pembina 598

Foraging —

On the March to the Sea 113

In Tennessee 361

Fox, Lieut. Col., remarks on First Minnesota's loss at Gettysburg, in his work on " Losses
in the Civil War. ' ' (See Introduction. )

Fredericksburg, First Regiment in battle of. 92

Freedmen, rescued at Otterville, Mo., by Ninth Regiment men 419

Forrest, Gen. —

Starts from Chattanooga to cut Gen. Buell's communications 151

His capture of the Third Regiment 151-156

His report on the battle of Guntown 425, 426

History of his campaigns quoted 427

Fort Abercrombie —

Operations at 255,744

Captain Barrett's company at 418

Fort Blakely, Sixth Regiment in assault on 326

Battle of mentioned 702

Fort Donelson, Brackett's Battalion in battles of. , 573, 576

Fort Ridgley, battle of. 250

Foster, Maj. E. W, in battle of Fitzhugh's Woods 172

Fourth of July, 1862, its celebration by Brackett's Battalion 576

Fourth Regiment —

Narrative of, by Captain Alonzo L. Brown 198-220

Organization of 198, 199

Service at frontier posts 200

Off for the South 201

In the siege of Corinth 202

In the battle of luka 203

In the battle of Corinth 204

In campaign of Mississippi Central railroad 206

In campaign of Vicksburg 210-213

Veteran re-enlistment and furlough 214

In the battle of Altoona 215

In the March to the Sea 216

In the battle of Bentonville 217

At Richmond and the tomb of Washington 218

Appointments from in colored regiments 219

Freeman, Lieut. Ambrose, notice of his death 521

Roster of his company of citizen soldiers 762

Freeman, Colonel Thomas, wounded at Fitzhugh's Woods 172

Frontier, troops posted on 386

a.

Galbraith, Thos. J., Sioux Indian agent 246, 247,730

Gallatin, Tenn. —

Second Regiment camps near

Eleventh Regiment stationed at 488

830 INDEX.

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Garrard, Gen. K., his division at Fort Blakely 327

Gay, Captain E., his reference to the Second Battery at battle of Perry ville 657

General officers appointed from Minnesota, list and short record of 701, 714

George, James —

Promoted colonel Second Regiment 88

Return from sick furlough 96

Resigns 110

George, Captain S. A., his service at New Ulm 732

Gere, Lieut. T. P.—

In the defense of Fort Ridgley 244-251, 730

In the battle of Nashville 277

Gettysburg —

First Regiment in battle of 32-37

Its loss in that battle 48

Sharpshooters in battle of 508, 515

Observations on the battle. (See Introduction.}

Gilfillan, Captain James —

Appointed colonel of the Eleventh Regiment 488

In command of a district 490

Glendale, First Regiment in action at 22

Gorman, Lieut James H. , in the battle of Wood Lake 456

Roster of his company of citizen soldiers 780

Gorman, Gen. Willis A.—

Appointed colonel First Regiment 3

Promoted brigadier general 14

Record of. 705, 706

Grand Ecore, Fith Regiment in battle of 271

Grant, Capt. H. P.—

Report of engagement at Birch Coolie 306-310

Appointed lieutenant colonel 325

Grant, General U. S.—

Comments on Gen. Buell's failure to relieve east Tennessee 157

His daring campaign of Vicksburg 164

Reviews the Seventh Regiment 355

Selects position for First Battery at Shiloh 643

His "Personal Memoirs" quoted 663

"Great Hanging," Captain Wellman's company on duty at 418

Greene, Corporal Charles H., gallant conduct of at Murfreesboro 156

Griggs, Lieut. Col. C. W.—

Opposes surrender of Third Regiment 155

Appointed colonel 162

Resigns July 16, 1863 166

Guerrillas, Smith's, so called • 427

Guntown, Ninth Regiment in battle of 420-426

H.

Hackett, Captain C. W., notice of his company 456

Haines' Bluff, Third Regiment at 165

Hale, W. E., his sketch of march to Fort Abercrombie quoted 161

Hall, Capt. Francis, in command of Fort Ripley 245

Halleck, Gen., his cautious movement on Corinth 150

Hamilton, Andrew J., reinstated as provisional governor of Texas 702

Hancock, Gen. —

Orders First Regiment to charge at Gettysburg 35

His praise of the regiment 36

His remarks to Minnesota Sharpshooters 508

INDEX. 831

PAGE.

Hanover Court House, Sharpshooters in battle of. 514

Harder, Lieutenant, mentioned 662

Harrington, Captain Lewis, roster of his company 803

Harrisburg, name applied by Forrest to Battle of Tupelo 427

Hatcher's Run, First Battalion at , 46

Haymarket, First Regiment at 33

Hatch, Major E. A. C.—

Commands battalion of cavalry 595

Extract from his letter 600

Resigns 601

Hatch's Battalion of Cavalry, narrative of, by Major C. W Nash 594-601

Cause of its organization 594

Its winter march to Pembina t 595

In winter quarters on northern frontier — 597

Detachment of attacks Indians 598

Makes an important capture 599

Summary of its service 601

Roster of. 602

Hays, George, first sergeant Company K, Ninth Regiment, communication of. 419

Heard, Hon. Isaac V. D.—

His " Sioux War and Massacres of 1862 and 1863" quoted 727

Recorder of court for trial of Indian prisoners 747

Hegler, Captain Fletcher, roster of his company 796

Heintzelman, Gen., First Regiment in his division at Bull Run 7

Helena, Ark. —

Third Regiment at 166

Fourth Regiment at 213

Sixth Regiment at 322-324

Hendricks, Captain Mark, roster of his battery 785

Hewitt, Girart, mentioned 735

History, military, act of legislature of Minnesota providing for publication of. (See

Introduction.}
Hoit, Captain (afterward Lieutenant Colonel) J. B. —

Opposes surrender of Third Regiment 155

His narrative referred to (Note] 175

Holley, Captain H. W., roster of his company of citizen soldiers 763

Hornets' Nest, First Battery's part in at Shiloh 642

Horseshoe Ridge, Second Regiment resists assaults at 100, 101

Hospital, scarcity of supplies for, at Pembina 598

Hotchkiss, Captain William A. —

Narrative of his battery 654-665

Extracts from his narrative 654, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665

In the battle of Perryville 657

Chief of artillery on staff of Gen. Jeff. C. Davis 662

His report on battle of Chickamauga quoted 662

In command of artillery in the battle of Nashville 665

Houlton, Hon. William H., his narrative of the Eighth Regiment 386-400

Howard, Gen. O. O. —

His remarks on the First Regiment 30

His remarks on the Second Regiment 110

Houston, Texas, district of mentioned 702

Hubbard, Gen. L. F.—

His narrative of the Fifth Regiment 243-281

In Red River expedition 270

In the battle of Nashville 276,277

Complimented for the charge of his brigade 433

832 INDEX.

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Hubbard, Gen. L. F.—

Record of. 706

Huey, Lieut. William, roster of his company of citizen soldiers 769

Humbolt, Tenn., Brackett's Battalion at 576

Hunter, James, statement of his experience as a prisoner on the field of Perrysville 658

Hurter, Lieut. Henry S., his narrative of the First Battery of Light Artillery 640-649

Hutchinson, skirmish at village of. 418

I.

Indian War 158, 244, 304, 386, 753

Difficulty of estimating number killed in battle (Note) 390

Captain Eugene M. Wilson's observations in regard to 519

Narrative of, by Hon. Charles E. Flandrau 727-753

Roster of citizen soldiers engaged in 754

Indians —

Execution of thirty-eight 353

Effect of Gen. Sibley's expedition on 594

Destruction of their camp 673

In Ninth Regiment as scouts 418

Imprisonment of Ninth Regiment men 419

Ireland, Archbishop, Gen. Rosecrans' letter to 263

Irvine, Sergt. W. N., mortally wounded at Petersburg 44

J.

Jackson, Miss. —

Fourth Regiment in battle of. 212

Fifth Regiment in battle of. 265

Jenkins, Camp, near Louisville 148

Jennison, Gen. Samuel P. —

Appointed lieutenant colonel Tenth Regiment 455

In the Indian battle of Big Mound 457

Assumes command of the Tenth Regiment 461

Report on the battle of Tupelo 464

Wounded in the battle of Nashville 466

Record of 707

Jerusalem Plank Road, First Battalion at 45

Johnson, Gov. (afterward President) Andrew —

Receives the Third Regiment at Nashville 150

Present at the battle of Nashville 433

Johnson, Hon. Chas. W., his narrative of the Sixth Regiment 300-328

Johnson, Gen. R. W., commands division in the battle of Stone River < „ 659

Johnston, Gen. Albert Sidney, at Bowling Green 149

Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., organizes army to relieve Yicksburg 165

Jones, Captain John, commands Third Battery of Light Artillery 670

Jonesboro, Second Regiment in battle of Ill

Jordan and Pryor, Generals, their history of Gen. Forrest's campaigns 156

.*

Keedysville, First Regiment in action at 26

Kennedy, Capt. E. H., receives authority to raise regiment of cavalry in Missouri 464

Kentucky, position of armies in December, 1861 149

Kerr, Rev. A. H.—

Chaplain of Ninth Regiment 416

His conduct at the battle of Nashville commended 433

INDEX. 833

PAGE.

Killdeer Mountain, battle of....... .............................................................................. 389

Kimball, John, of Second Battery, mentioned ............................................................ 659

Kinston, Eighth Regiment in battle of. ....................................................... . ............ 397

Knob Gap, Second Battery engaged at ....................................................................... 660

Koethe, Lieut. William, of First Battery, killed in siege of Atlanta .............................. 647

Lebanon Junction, Second Eegiment at ..................................................................... 80"

LeDuc, Gen. William G., record of. ..................................... . ................................... 707

Lester, Colonel Henry C. —

Notice of ................................................................................. : ....................... 149*

In expedition to Pikeville ................................................................................ 151

His surrender of the Third Regiment at Murfreesboro ............................................ 154, 155

Libby Prison, Third Regiment officers in ................................................................... 157

Lincoln, Abraham —

His policy toward Arkansas ............................................................................... 169

His dispatch to Gov. Ramsey on the draft ....................... : .................................... 310

Effect of news of his assassination on the soldiers .................................................. 398

Little Crow attacks Fort Ridgley .............................................................................. 251

Little Leaf, mention of ............................................................................................ 594

Little Rock, Ark., Third Regiment at ....................................................................... 168

Little Six (Indian chief)—

Mention of ...................................................................................................... 594

Capture of ............................................... . ...................................................... 599

Lloyd, Captain David D, roster of his company of citizen soldiers ................................. 783

Lochren, Lieutenant William, his narative of the First Regiment and First Batallion ...... 1-48

Lockridge Mills, Tenn., Brackett's Battalion in the fight at .......................................... 575

Logan's Cross-roads, action at ...................................................... •. ........................... 82

Lossing, B. J., his "History of the Civil War" quoted ................................................ 664

London Valley, First Regiment in ............................................................................ 28

Louisville, loyal ladies of—

Present banner to Second Regiment ................................................................... 86

Hospitalities of Union citizens to troops ............................................................... 148

M.

Malarial poison, sufferings from by —

Third Regiment (Note) ...................................................................................... 174,175

Fifth Regiment at Camp Clear Creek .................................................................. 261

Sixth Regiment at Helena, Ark ........................................ . ................................. 322

Malmros, Col Oscar, adjutant general of Minnesota, communication addressed to ............ 429

MalvernHill, First Regiment in battle of ...... .................. . ......................................... 23

Mankato, Minn., execution of thirty-eight Indians at .................................................. 353

Mansura, Fifth Regiment in battle of. ....................................................................... 272

Marais des Cygnes River, battle of. ........................................................................... 711

March to the Sea —

Second Regiment in ..... ..................................................................................... 112-115

Fourth Regiment in .......................................................................................... 216-217

Markham, William —

Major of the Ninth Regiment ............................. . ............................................... 416

Lieutenant colonel ................................................ . .......................................... 428

Marsh, Capt. JohnS., tragic death of at Redwood ...................................................... 249, 730

Marsh, Josiah F. —

Appointed lieutenant colonel Ninth Regiment ...................................................... 416

In the battle of Guntown .................................................................................. 420, 425

Promoted colonel .............................................................................................. 428

53

834 INDEX.

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Marshall, Gen. Wm. R.—

As lieutenant colonel in expedition to relieve Birch Coolie 309

His report of the battle of Wood Lake 351

His expedition to James River Valley 353

Appointed colonel of the Seventh Regiment 355

In the battle of Tupelo 357

In the battle of Nashville 360

His farewell address to the Seventh Regiment 367

Record of. 707

Maryland campaign, First Regiment in 25

Massacre, Indian, of 1862 , „. 248

Mattson, Hans, colonel of Third Regiment —

Commands brigadeat Devall's Bluff. , 175

His paper on the Third Regiment quoted 176

Marcy, Gen. R. B., inspects the Tenth Regiment 460

Marietta, Ga., Second Regiment at Ill

Mary^s Heights, carried by assault 31

Meagher, Captain John F, roster of his company (Mankato Home Guards) 811

Medicine Bottle (Indian chief ), mention of. 594

Capture of. 599

Merrill, Lieut. M. R. , at the battle of New Ulm 455

Meyer, Captain Wolf H, roster of his company 814

Michigan, Ninth Regiment, at Murfreesboro 152

Military experience, observations on , 696-700

Military organizations, remarks on 697

Mill Springs, Second Regiment in battle of. 82-85

Losses in the battle 86

Miller, Colonel (afterward Brig. Gen.) Stephen —

Leaves the First Regiment on being appointed colonel of the Seventh 26

As governor, addresses First Regiment on its return home 43

Aids Second Regiment in procuring new arms 108

Drills the Seventh Regiment. 353

Placed in command of district of Minnesota- 353

Record of. 708

Mine Creek, Mo., battle of, mentioned.... 711

Mine Run, First Regiment in action at 40

Minnesota. (See names by number of military organizations.)

Minnesota, situation of its western frontier at time of Indian massacre. 304-386

Minnesota River, Capt. Marsh's company ambushed on banks of. „ 249

Minnesota troops, act for publishing history of. (See Introduction.^

Mission Ridge, Second Regiment in battle of...... 102-105

Mobile, campaign against, Fifth Regiment in 278

Morgan, Lieut. Col. George N., succeeds Alfred Sully as colonel of First Regiment 27

Missouri, Ninth Regiment on duty in 419

Mitchell, Gen. R. R., his reference to Hotchkiss' battery 655, 658

Mix, Lieut. Charles H., conducts detachment of Hatch's Battalion to Georgetown 576

Montgomery, Col. M., succeeds Col. Flandrau in command of southern frontier 741

Munch, Captain —

Wounded at battle of Pittsburgh Landing 641

Resigns command of First Battery 645

Murfreesboro, Tenn. —

Description of 150

Surrender of Third Regiment at 151-157

Gen. Forrest's force at 154-156

Consequences of Third Regiment's surrender at 157

Confederate account of the action at 156

INDEX. 835

PAGE.
Murfreesboro, Term. —

Eighth Regiment in battle of, December, 1864 (see Stone River} ............................... 395

Murphy, Governor Isaac, his tribute to the Third Regiment .......................................... 177

Murphy, Surgeon J. H., mentioned .......... , ............................................................... 205

Muskets, Belgian, supplied to Third Regiment ........................................................... 148

McArthur, General, his prompt response .................................................................... 275

McClellan, Gen.—

Personally greets First Regiment with words of praise ........................................... 20

His presence infuses enthusiasm at Malvern Hill ................................................... 23

Soldiers shed tears at hisremoval ........................................................................ 28

McCook, General, commands forces on Nolin Creek .................................................... 149

McDonald, Hon. C. F., his narrative of the Ninth Regiment ......................................... 416-438

McDowell, Gen., his appearance at Bull Run .............................................................. 11

McGrew, James G., service at Fort Ridgley ............................................................... 251

McGill, Gov. A. R., mentioned ................................................................................. 417

McLaren, Gen. Robert N. —

Colonel Second Regiment of Cavalry ....................... . .......................................... 543

Record of ........................................................................................................ 708

McLaren, Mrs., contributions by, to the narrative ...................................................... 543-547

McMillan, Colonel W. L., compliments Tenth Regiment at Nashville ............................. 467

McPhail, Colonel Samuel —

Attempts to relieve Birch Coolie ........................................................................ 308-309

Commands Mounted Rangers ..... . ....................................................................... 520

McPherson, General, his death near Atlanta ............................................................ ... 646

McRae, Gen. Dandridge, commands Confederate forces in battle of Fitzhugh's Woods ...... 170

Nash, Major C. W., his narrative of Hatch's Battalion ................................................. 594-601

Nashville —

Fifth Regiment in battle of ................................................................................ 274

Seventh Regiment in battle of .......................................................................... 358

Ninth Regiment in battle of. ............................................................................. 430

Tenth Regiment in battle of. ............................................................................. 466

Neill, Rev. Edward D.—

Commissioned chaplain First Regiment ............................................................... 6

Takes leave of the regiment .............................................................................. 23

Nelson, Captain A. D., mustering officer United States Army; declines colonelcy of Sixth

Regiment ........................................................................................................... 302

Nelson, General, his bearing toward Third Regiment ................................................... 157

New York, First Regiment on duty in ...................................................................... 38

Newtonia, battle of. ............................................................................................... 711? 712

NewUlm —

Detachment of Tenth Regiment in battle of ......................................................... 456

Battle of. ............................................................................................ . .......... 731, 732

Nickajack Creek, First Battery in action at ................................................................. 646

Ninth Regiment —

Narrative of, by Hon. C. F. McDonald ................................................................. 416-438

Its organization and service in the Indian War ................................................... ... 416-418

Arrives at St. Louis ........................................................................................... 418

Guards railroads in Missouri .............................................................................. 419

Forty -one men of imprisoned two months for rescuing freedmen .............................. 419

Engaged in the battle of Guntown, Miss., June 10, 1864 ......................................... 420-426

In the battle of Tupelo ...................................................................................... 426,427

In the campaign of Missouri after Price ............................................................... 428, 429

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Ninth Regiment —

In the battle of Nashville .................................................... . ............................. 430-433

In the campaign of Mobile and siege of Spanish Fort ............................................ 434

At Montgomery and Selma, Ala ........................................................................ 435

Its return to Minnesota .................................................................................... 436

Summary of losses, promotions, etc ..................................................................... 437

Roster of. .............................................................................. .......................... 439-454

Nolensville, Tenn., Second Battery at ........................................................................ 659

o.

Oak Ridge, Third Regiment takes post at .................................................................. 166

Oats, Col. W. S. of Alabama, his reference to the Minnesota Sharpshooters ..................... 508

O'Brien, Henry D.—

Furnishes memoranda ...................................................................................... 1

Bravery at Gettysburg ....................................................................................... 37

Wounded at Deep Bottom ............... ......................................... . ....................... 46

Observations of a general character on experience in the war ......................................... 696-700

O'Conner, Captain M. J., his company complimented ................................................... 460

Olds, Captain F. A., roster of his company ................................................................ 791

Olin, Lieut. R. C., second in command of Third Regiment in battle of Wood Lake ........... 158

Oleson, Captain Stone, roster of his company .............................................................. 799

O'Neil, Sergeant, color bearer Tenth Regiment, notice of ............................................. 467

Owens, J. P., his account of battle of Nashville .......... . ............................................... 276

Oxford, Miss.—

Fourth Regiment at .......................................................................................... 206

Raid, Ninth Regiment in .................................................................................. 427

Tenth Regiment at ............................................... ........................................... 465

Palmetto Ranche, battle of (last of the war) ............................................................... 703

Pay of soldiers ....................................................................... ................................ 147

Peach Orchard Station, First Regiment in action at .................................................... 22

Pembina, Hatch's Battalion in winter quarters at ...................................... ................. 597

Peninsular campaign, First Regiment in ................................................................... 18-24

Pensacola, Fla., march of Gen. Steele's column from. .................................................. 702

Perry vi lie —

Second Regiment in battle of. ............................................................................. 91, 92

Second Battery in battle of. ...................................................... . ........................ 655-658

Peteler, Lieut. Col. Francis, his narrative of First Company of Sharpshooters ................. 507-510

Petersburg —

First Battalion in final assault on ........................................................................ 47

Sharpshooters in battle of. ........................................................................ : ....... 509

Pickets of opposing armies on the Rappahannock ........................................................ 32

Pine Bluff, Ark., sickness of Third Regiment at ......................................................... 174

Pikeville, Tenn., expedition of Third Regiment to ...................................................... 151

Pfaender, Lieut. Wm. —

In battle of Pittsburgh Landing ......................................................................... 642

Lieutenant colonel of Mounted Rangers ............................................................... 520

Lieutenant colonel Second Regiment Cavalry ................. ....................... ............... 543

Pittsburgh Landing —

First Battery in battle of. .................................................................................. 640-644

Brackett's Battalion in battle of. ........................................................................ 574

Pleasant Hill, Fifth Regiment in battle of. ................................................................. 270

Porter, Captain G. W., roster of his company ............................................................ 802

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Port Gibson, Fourth Eegiment at 211

Post, Captain C. L., roster of his company of citizen soldiers 765

Post, H. A. V., colonel of Sharpshooters 507

Potter, Assistant Surgeon, dies at Helena 325

Potter, Captain Calvin S. , roster of his company of citizen soldiers 784

Prentiss, Gen. B. M., First Battery in his division at Shiloh 641

Price, General Sterling —

Minnesota troops in raid after 273, 358, 428, 465

Actions with his forces 710-712

Prince, Hon. John S., mayor of St. Paul, welcomes Second Regiment on its return home.. 121

Prim, the Spainsh general, visits Army of Potomac ~ 21

Prison at Madison, Ga., Third Regiment officers in 157

Prisoners of war —

Attack by citizens on Indian 353

Observations on their treatment 424

Taken at Lockridge Mills 575

Privations of soldiers at Chattanooga 102

Proclamation of Emancipation takes effect Jan. 1, 1863 92

Putnam, Chaplain, memorial services by at Little Rock 172

Q.

Quartermasters, assistant, list of those appointed from Minnesota 715-723

R.

Railroads —

Manner of destroying 112

Guarded in Kentucky by Third Regiment , 149

Ramer, Sergeant James T., narrative of Seventh Regiment 350-369

Ramsdell, Captain S., roster of his company 794

Ramsey, Gov. Alexander —

Tenders regiment April 14, 1861 2

Visits the First Regiment 31

His correspondence with the president 310

Visits Brackett's Battalion , 576

His advice to the Indians 672

Ramsey, Mrs. Anna E., presents flag to First Regiment 4

Rangers, Mounted (see First Eegiment of) 519

Read, Lieutenant Charles R., roster of his company 816

Reams' Station, First Battalion at 46

Rebellion, observations on its causes 2

Reconstruction of Arkansas 169

Recruiting, incidents of 147

Red River expedition, Fifth Regiment in 269-273

Redwood, Fifth Regiment in battle of. 248

Rees, Captain Charles, roster of his company 793

Release, Camp, mentioned 160, 746

Regiment, composition of an infantry 147

Reinartz, Captain Ignatz, roster of his company 787

Reveill6, roll-call reported at headquarters Third Regiment 149

Rich, Captain Robert, roster of his company 797

Richmond, La., Fifth Regiment in action at 267

Ridgley, Fort, attacked by Sioux Indians 250

Ringgold, Ga., Second Regiment arrives at 108

Rogers, Lieut. Col. Henry C. —

Severely wounded at Murfreesboro 396

His company in battle of Wood Lake 417

838 INDEX.

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Roos, Captain Charles, roster of his company of citizen soldiers 758, 759, 809, 810

Roper, Captain George S. , his testimony on the battle of Perry ville quoted 656 .

Rosecrans, Major General —

Vacates command of Army of the Cumberland 102

At the battle of Corinth 204, 205

Observations as to the Fifth Regiment at Corinth 263

Roster (see title of the several organizations; aZso, names of commanders of companies of citizen
soldiers serving during the Indian outbreak) —

Addendum to, containing corrections *. 681-695

Of citizen soldiers in Indian War 754-817

Round Top defended by Sharpshooters 508

Rousseau, General, his mention of Hotcnkiss' battery 657

Rummell, Captain William, roster of his company 792, 817

Russell, William F., captain of Second Company of Sharpshooters 513

s.

St. Peter, excitement at during Indian massacre 304

Sanborn, Gen. John B. —

As adjutant general, procures issue of clothing to First Regiment 13

Appointed colonel of the Fourth Regiment 200

His brigade in battle of luka 204

His report of battle of Corinth 205

Report of the Pass expedition 209

Report of running the Vicksburg batteries 210-212

In command of division at Port Gibson 211

Appointed brigadier general 213

Record of. 708-712

Sanders, Captain E. C., his report of Tenth Regiment in battle of Nashville 466

Sanitary Fair at St. Louis, officers and men of Tenth Regiment active in 463

Sanford, Hon. H. S., presents rifled cannon to First Regiment 19

Saunders, Captain E. C. , roster of his company of citizen soldiers 770

Savage Station, First Regiment in battle of. 22

School of tactics, organized by Col. Lester 149

Second Battery of Light Artillery —

Narrative of. 654-665

Arrives at Pittsburgh Landing and engages in siege of Corinth 654

In the battle of Perryville (or Chaplin Hills) 655-658

In the battle of Stone River 659, 660

In the campaign of Tullahoma ,. 661

In battle of Chickamauga 662

At Tunnel Hill and Buzzard Roost 664

Its veteran furlough and return to the front 665

Second Company of Sharpshooters —

Narrative of, by J. B. Chancy 513-516

Joins Army of the Potomac at Yorktown 513

In battle of Hanover Court House 514

In battles of Antietam and Gettysburg 515

Sanitary record of. 516

Roster of. 517,518

Second Regiment of Cavalry —

Narrative of, by First Lieutenant Martin Williams 543-551

In Indian campaign of 1864 544

In battle of Ta-ha-kouty Mountain 545

Attack on its pickets 546

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PAGE.
Second Regiment of Cavalry —

Its march through the Bad Lands 547

At the Yellowstone River 548

On garrison duty 550

Its roster 552-571

Second Regiment, Veteran Infantry —

Gen. J. W. Bishop's narrative of 79-122

Organization and departure for the war 79-80

Its camp at Lebanon, Ky 81

In the Mill Springs campaign and battle 82-85

On the battlefield of Shiloh ? 87

From Corinth to Louisville 88-91

In the battle of Perryville : 91-92

Complimented by inspecting officer 93

Brave conduct of a foraging party 93

In Gen. J. M. Schofield's division 94

Triune and Tullahoma 92-94

In the battle of Chickamauga 95-101

In battle of Chattanooga and Mission Ridge 102-105

Complimented by Col. Van Derveer 106

Re-enlist as veterans 106

Its veteran furlough 107, 108

In the Atlanta campaign 108-112

Gen. O. O. Howard's observations 110

In battle of Jonesboro Ill

Receives recruits 112

In the March to the Sea 112-115

In campaign of the Carolinas 115-118

In battle of Bentonville 117

Approaches Richmond, Va 119

In the grand review at Washington 120

Return to Minnesota 121

Summary of the regiment's numbers, losses, etc 122

Roster of the regiment 123-146

Seven Days' Battle, First Regiment in 21-24

Seventh Regiment —

Narrative of 347-369

Marches for Fort Ridgley 350

In the battle of Wood Lake 351, 352

At frontier posts 353

In the battle of Big Mound 354

Arrives at St. Louis 355

In the battle of Tupelo 356

In the Oxford raid 357

In campaign of Arkansas and Missouri 358

In the battle of Nashville 358-362

Engaged in siege and capture of Spanish Fort 363, 364

On duty at Montgomery and Selma 365

Incidents on returning home at close of war 366

Gen. Marshall's farewell address to 367

Summary 368, 369

Severance, Captain M. J. , commands Tenth Regiment a short time 467

Sharpshooters (see First Company of and Second Company of] 507, 513

Sharp's improved rifles furnished to Sharpshooters 507

Sheardown, S. B., surgeon of Tenth Regiment, notice of 465

Sheehan, Lieut. T. J., service at Fort Ridgley 245-251, 734

840 INDEX/

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Sherman, Gen. W. T.—

Second Regiment reports to 80

His operations at the battle of Chattanooga 103

At Milledgeville, Ga 114

Reviews the Fourteenth Corps 114

At Vicksburg 165

Congratulates Gen. Steele on progress of reconstruction of Arkansas 169

His signal to Corse at Altoona 216

Reviews the Twenty-third Corps 397

First Battery joins his army at Big Shanty * 646

Shiloh, First Battery in battle of 640

Shoes, kind supplied at beginning of war 147

Sibley, Gen. Henry H.—

His Indian campaign of 1862 158-162, 302-304

His report of battle of Wood Lake 311

Reviews Col. Thomas' column 389

Record of. 712

Mention of in Judge Flandrau's narrative 741, 748

Sickness —

In Gen. Steele's army on the march to Little Rock 167

Of Third Regiment at Pine Bluff 174

Of Fourth Regiment at Corinth 203

Of Fifth Regiment at Camp Clear Creek 261

Of Sixth Regiment at Helena, Ark 322-324

Sixteenth Corps in Red River expedition 269-273

Skillman, Lieut. Phil., describes camp of Third Regiment at Pine Bluff 175

Sixth Regiment —

Naarativeof, by Hon. Charles W. Johnson 300-328

Service in Indian War 302-320

In battle of Birch Coolie 305-310

In the battle of Wood Lake 311, 312

Garrisons the frontier 314

In the Indian campaign of 1863 315-316

Spends another winter in garrison duty 317

In a severe winter march 318-319

Agitation to go South 320

Brigaded in Army of the Potomac 321

Arrives at Helena, Ark., June, 1864 322

Its sickness and mortality at Helena 322-324

Engaged in reconnaissance , 324

On provost guard duty in St. Louis 326

In Gen. Canby's army, in the Gulf Department 326

In the battle at Fort Blakely 326, 327

At Montgomery, Ala 328

Its return to Minnesota 328

Roster of its commissioned officers and enlisted men 329-346

Slaves, emancipated Jan. 1, 1863 92

Spirit Lake Massacre -•••• ?29

Spottsylvania Court House, Sharpshooters in battle of. 509, 515

Smith, Lieut. Col. B. F., resignation of. 151

Smith, Gen. A. J.—

In Red River expedition 270-272

At the battle of Nashville 361

At the battle of Tupelo 426

Places the Tenth Regiment in position 464

INDEX. 841

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Soldiers —

In the ranks, tribute to 218

Effect of the war on 696-700

South Mountain, First Regiment at 26

Spanish Fort —

Fifth Regiment at 278

Seventh Regiment at 363

Ninth Regiment at 434

Tenth Regiment at 470

Staff, volunteer, list and short record of officers appointed in from the State of Minnesota 715-723
Stanton, Hon. Edwin M., secretary of war —

Dread for safety of Washington 33

Attends banquet to First Regiment 42

Stark, Captain Gustaf, roster of his company 807

Starkey, Captain James, roster of his company 813

Steele, Gen. Fred, his expedition in Arkansas 166

Sterrett, Captain J. R., roster of his company 790

Stewart, Surgeon J. H., his services at battle of Bull Run 13

Stone, Gen. Charles P., observations on his imprisonment 16

Stone River —

Camp of Third Regiment on 154

Second Battery in the battle of. 659-661

Stony Lake —

Sixth Regiment in battle of. 316

Tenth Regiment in battle of 457

Strait, Capt. H. B.—

Conduct in battle of Guntown commended 422

Promoted major 428

Street firing, Third Regiment drilled in 150

Strout, Captain Richard, roster of his company of citizen soldiers 771

Sturgis, Gen. S. D. , commands Union forces in the battle of Guntown 420

Sullivan, Captain M. H., loses promotion while on detached duty 464

Sully, Alfred—

Appointed colonel of First Regiment 17

Promoted to be brigadier general 27

Sketch of. 32

Narrative of his Indian expedition 388-394

His instructions to Col. Thomas 392

His official report quoted 545

His reference to Brackett's Battalion 581

His directions to Third Battery 673

Sumner, Gen. —

Words to the First Regiment 23

Compliments the First as a model regiment 25

Surrender of Third Regiment 151-157

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Ta-ha-kouty —

Battle of. 389

Second Regiment Cavalry in 544

Brackett's Battalion in 581

Eighth Regiment in.... 389

Third Battery in 672

Tallahatchie River, Fifth and Tenth regiments at 465

Taylor, Captain G. W., roster of his company 805

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Taylor, Lieutenant Isaac, in skirmish at Pine Bluff. 175

Tennessee, east, plan to redeem 151

Tenth Regiment—

Narrative of, by Gen. J. H. Baker 455-471

Company officers 455

Its service in the Sioux Indian War 456-460

In the battles of Big Mound and Stony Lake 457

On provost guard duty at St. Louis 461,462

In the battle of Tupelo 463

Posted by Gen. A. J. Smith 464

Marches in pursuit of Price's army 465

In the battle of Nashville -. 466-469

In the siege and capture of Spanish Fort 470

At Montgomery, Ala 471

Third Battery of Light Artillery —

In battle of Stony Lake 459

Narrative of, by Lieut. G. M. Dwelle 670-677

In campaign of 1863 against the Sioux Indians 670

Fourth section of marches to Red Lake River crossing 671

In Gen. Sully's expedition of 1864 672

In Indian battles 673, 674

Its winter marches 676

Summary of its services 677

Its roster 678-680

Third Regiment —

Narrative of, by Gen. C. C. Andrews 147-177

Organization and departure for the South 147-148

Its duties and responsibility in Kentucky 149

Discipline of 150

Engagement and surrender of at Murfreesboro 151-157

In the Indian campaign 158-162

Non-commissioned officers of, value of their service in Indian expedition 158

Reorganization and second departure to the South 162

Its " Guerrilla hunts " from Fort Heiman 162

In the operations at Vicksburg 164-165

In the campaign of Arkansas 166-168

Veteranizes 169

In battleof Fitzhugh's Woods 170-172

Its mortality at Pine Bluff. 174

At Devall's Bluff, Ark 175

At Jacksonport and Batesville 176

Gov. Isaac Murphy's tribute to 177

Roster of. 178-197

Thomas, Gen. Geo. H. —

Notice of. _ , 81

Gains the victory of Mill Springs 83

Greets the Second Regiment at Chickamauga 100

Succeeds Gen. Rosecrans in command of Army of the Cumberland 102

Desires the Second Regiment to be rilled Ill

Visits the Second Regiment at Washington 120

At Peach Orchard, Ky 149

Remarks on a charge at Nashville 467

Thomas, Gen. M. T.—

His narrative of Sully's expedition 388-394

Commands the column marching to join Gen. Sully 388

Record of.... 713

INDEX. 843

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Thoroughfare Gap, First Regiment engaged at 33

Tishomingo Creek, name applied by Gen. Forrest to battle of Guntown 421

Transportation, allowance of to a regiment 148

Triune, Second Regiment at , 93

Tullahoma, campaign of Second Regiment in 94

Tupelo, non-veterans of Fifth Regiment in battle of 273

Seventh Regiment in battle of. 356

Ninth Regiment in battle of. 426

Tenth Regiment in battle of. 463

Tourtellotte, Lieut. Col.—

In battle of Champion Hills : 212

Record of. 713

Tuthill, Serg. Charles D., shot on picket line 460

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Union element in Arkansas* 169

V.

Valley campaign, First Regiment in 17

Valley of Death at Antietam 515

Van Cleve, Gen. Horatio P.—

Appointed colonel of Second Regiment 79

Promoted brigadier general 87

Commands division at the battle of Perryville 655

Record of. 713, 714

Vanderberg, Captain P., roster of his company 795

VanderHorck, Capt. John, commands Fort Abercrombie 255, 474

Roster of his company of citizen soldiers ~ 761

Veteranizing of Second Regiment 106-108

Of Third Regiment 169, 170

Of Fourth Regiment 214

Of Fifth Regiment 268

Veterans, bounties for 169

Vicksburg —

Third Regiment at 164, 165

Fourth Regiment at .'. 210-213

Fifth Regiment at 265-267

First Battery at 645

Volunteer staff, list and short record of officers appointed in from Minnesota 715-723

Volunteers. (See title by number of the various organizations. )

Von Minden, Captain, captured at Lockbridge Mills, Tenn 575

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Wagner, Lieut. Charles, roster of his company 788

Wakefield, Captain J. B., roster of his company of citizen soldiers 798

Walker, Gen. Francis A. , his observations on the First Regiment 41

Walker, Captain Joseph, roster of his company 801

Walker, L. C., agent of Chippewa Indians 258, 259

War of the Rebellion—

Progress of in 1862 300

Meetings to stimulate enlistments 301

Experience, general observations on 696-700

Wartrace, Brackett's Battalion at 579

844 INDEX.

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Washburn, Gen. C. C.—

In command at Haines' Bluff. 165

Sixth Kegiment reports to at Memphis 321

Washington City, its condition in 1861 7

Webster, Colonel, forms artillery at Pittsburgh Landing 644

Wedge, Surgeon A. C., describes sufferings of Third Regiment at Pine Bluff (Note) 174

Welch, Major A. E., commands Third Regiment in battle of Wood Lake 159

West, Captain J. E., his account of enlistment of Company I, Seventh Regiment 349

West, Nathaniel, his life of Gen. Sibley quoted 457

Western, Lieut. Horace H., in command of third section, Third Battery, at Fort Sisseton.. 675

Wharton, Surgeon, A., notice of 325

Wheeler, P. G., sergeant major Second Regiment, killed just at end of term of service 110

Whipple, Bishop N. B., visits First Regiment at Antietam 27

Whipple, J. C.—

At Fort Ridgley 251

In Indian battles 673,674

Whitcomb, Captain George C. , roster of his company of citizen soldiers 773

White, Captain George T., killed in the battle of Nashville 467

White Dog (Indian chief) 249

White Oak Swamp, First Regiment engaged at 22

Whitney, Capt. J. C.—

Guards Indian prisoners at Yellow Medicine 313

His winter march into Dakota 318-320

Wilkin, Alexander—

Promoted lieutenant colonel of Second Regiment 88

Colonel of the Ninth Regiment 416

Commands a brigade in the battle of Guntown 420

Killed in the battle of Tupelo, July 14, 1864 427

Wilderness, Sharpshooters in battle of. 509, 515

Wilkinson, Morton S., U. S. senator, his resolution relative to imprisonment of Ninth

Regiment men 419

Williams, Lieutenant Martin, his narrative of Second Regiment of Cavalry 543-551

Wilson, Captain Eugene M. —

His narrative of First Regiment Mounted Rangers 519-524

His death noticed (Note) 519

Windom, Hon. William, presides at banquet to the First Regiment 42

Winona, citizens of, present uniforms to Company K, First Regiment 4

Witnesses, disabilities of freedmen as, removed 702

Woodbury, Lieut. Albert —

In the battle of Perryville 658

In the battle of Stone River 661

Wounded in the battle of Chickamauga 663

Wood Lake —

Third Regiment in battle of. 158-160

Sixth Regiment in battle of. 311

Seventh Regiment in battle of. • 351

Detachment of Tenth Regiment in battle of. 456

Battle of, mentioned 712, 743

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Yazoo Valley, Third Regiment in 165

Yorktown, First Regiment at -8

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Zollicoffer, Gen., killed at Mill Springs 84

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