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elected by the Legislature, on the fourteenth of Jan- uary, 1863, as the successor of Henry M. Rice. He served on Naval, Post Office, Pacific Railroad, and other important committees. The Legislature of 1869 re- elected Mr. Ramsey for a second term of six years, end- ing March, 1875.
Daniel S. Norton, on January tenth, 1865, was elected to the United States Senate, as the successor of Mr. Wilkinson. Mr. Norton, having offended the party by whom he was elected, its members manifested their displeasure, in the Legislature of 1867, by the passage of resolutions requesting him to resign, which were unnoticed by the Senator, who felt that he did not go to Washington to be a blind instrument. Mr. Norton, who had been in feeble health for years, died in June, 1870. On April twelfth, 1829, he was born in Mt. Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, and was educated at Kenyon College. He served with the second Ohio regiment in the Mexican war. In 1848 he became a law student, and in 1850 went to California, and from thence to Nicaragua. Re- turning to Ohio, he was admitted to the bar in 1852, and in 1855 removed to Minnesota. In 1857, 1860, 1863 and 1864, he was a member of the Minnesota Senate, and of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1862.
O. P. Stearns was elected on January 17, 1871, for the few weeks of the unexpired term of Mr. Norton. On January 15, 1832, he was born at De Kalb, St. Lawrence Co., New York. In 1S58 he graduated in literature at University of Michigan, and in 1860 finished his studies in the Law School of that institution. The same year he settled at Rochester, Minnesota. He entered as a private soldier of the 9th Minnesota regiment, and was appointed in April, 1864, Colonel of the 39th Regt., U.
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S. Colored Troops, and was present at the attacks on Fort Fisher, and Petersburg.
William Windom, so long a member of the U. S House of Representatives, was elected U. S. Senator for a term of six years, ending March 4, 1877, and was re-elected for a second term ending March, 1883.
S. J. R. McMillan, of St. Paul, on the 19th of Febru- ary, 1875, was elected U. S. Senator for the term expir- ing March, 1881, and re-elected for the term ending March, 1SS7. He was born at Brownsville, Pa., and in 1846 completed his academic education at Duquesne College, Pittsburg. He studied law in the office of Ed- win M. Stanton, late Secretary of War, and in 1849 was admitted to the bar. In 1852 he settled at Stillwater, and in 1857 was elected Judge of the 1st Judicial Dis- triet. From 1864 to 1874 he was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and at the time of his election to the U. S. Senate, was Chief Justice.
Dwight May Sabin was born April 25, 1843, at Man- lius, N. Y., was for a time a department clerk at Wash- ington, then engaged in the lumber business. He served three sessions in the Minnesota House of Representa- tives and two terms in the Senate of the State. He took his seat as United States Senator in March, 1883, as the successor of William Windom.
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APPENDIX A.
RECAPITULATION.
MINNESOTA IN WASHINGTON.
Alexander Ramsey, appointed Secretary of War by President Hayes, to fill a vacancy, and until March, 1SS1, remained in office, and for a time was also acting Secre- tary of the Navy.
William Windom appointed Secretary of the Treas- ury by President Garfield. In the fall of ISS1 resigned, having been again elected United States Senator.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
TERRITORIAL DELEGATES.
Henry Sibley . 1849 to December, 1853.
Henry M. Rice 1853 to December, 1857.
W. W. Kingsbury 1857 to May, 1858.
MEMBERS OF U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
W. W. Phelps. 1858 to 1859.
J. M. Cavanaugh 1858 to 1859.
William Windom 1859 to 1870.
Cyrus Aldrich. 1859 to 1863.
Ignatius Donnelly 1863 to 1869.
Morton S. Wilkinson
1869 to 1871.
Eugene M. Wilson 1869 to 1871. M. H. Dunnell. 1871 to 1883.
J. T. Averill
1871 to 1875. H. B. Strait
1875 to 1879. Wm. S. King
1875 to 1877.
Jacob H. Stewart
1877 to 1879.
Henry Poehler
1879 to 1881.
W. D. Washburn
1879 to 1885. Milo White. 1883 to 1887.
J B. Wakefield 1883 to 1887.
Knute Nelson 1883 in office.
J. B. Gilfillan . 1885 to 1887.
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UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Henry M. Rice
1857 to 1863.
six years.
James Shields.
1857 to 1859, two years.
Morton S. Wilkinson
1859 to 1865, six years.
Alexander Ramsey
1863 to 1875. twelve years.
Daniel S. Norton
1865 to 1870, died in June.
O. P. Stearns. 1871 to Mar. 4,eight weeks.
William Windom
1871 to 1853, twelve years.
S. J. R. McMillan
1875 to 1887, twelve years.
A. J. Edgerton .
1881, a few months.
Dwight H. Sabin
1883,
in office.
LIST OF GOVERNORS.
TERRITORIAL.
Alexander Ramsey
March, 1849 to May, 1853,
Willis A. Gorman May, 1853. to April, 1857.
Samuel Medary April, 1857, to May, 1858.
STATE.
Henry Sibley . May, 1858 to January, 1860.
Alexander Ramsey
January, 1860 to July, 1863.
Henry A. Swift. July, 1863 to Jamary, 1864.
Stephen Miller ..
January, 1864 to January, 1866.
William R. Marshall
January, 1856 to January, 1870.
Horace Anstin. January, 1870 to January, 1874.
Cushman K. Davis
Jannary, 1874 to January, 1876.
John S. Pillsbury . January, 1876 to January, 1882.
Lucius F. Hubbard
January, 1882 to January. 1887.
A. R. McGill
January, 1887 in office.
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APPENDIX B.
RECORD OF STAFF OFFICERS, AND BRIEF REGIMENTAL HISTORIES.
The following brief notices, based upon the reports of the Adjutant General of Minnesota, are appended for convenience of reference.
FIRST REGIMENT, INFANTRY.
Colonel. Willis A. Gorman, St. Paul; promoted Brigadier Gen- eral, Oct. 1, 1861.
Napoleon J. T. Dana, St. Paul; promoted Brigadier General, Feb. 3, 1862.
Alfred Sully, promoted Brigadier General, Sept. 26, 1863.
George N. Morgan, Minneapolis; resigned May 5, 1863. William Colville, Jr., Red Wing; discharged with reg- iment May 4, 1864.
Lieut. Col. Stephen Miller, St. Cloud; promoted Colonel 7th Minnesota Infantry, August, 1862.
George N. Morgan, Minneapolis; promoted Colonel, Sept. 26, 1862.
William Colville, Jr., Red Wing; promoted Colonel May 6. 1863.
Charles P. Adams, Hastings; discharged with regiment May 4. 1864.
Major.
William H. Dike, Faribault; resigned Oct. 2, 1861.
George N. Morgan. Minneapolis; promoted Lieut. Col., August 28, 1862.
William Colville. Jr., Red Wing; promoted Lieut. Col., Sept. 26, 1862.
Charles P. Adams, Hastings; promoted Lieut. Col .. May 6, 1863.
Mark W. Downie, Stillwater; discharged with regi- ment, May 4, 1864.
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FIRST AND SECOND REGIMENT OFFICERS.
Adjutant. William B. Leach, Hastings; promoted Captain and A. A. G .. Feb. 23, 1862.
John N. Chase St. Anthony; promoted Captain Co. G, Sept. 25, 1862. Josias R. King, St. Paul; promoted Captain Co. E, July 2. 1863.
John Peller, Hastings; discharged with regiment, May 4, 1864.
Q. Master. Mark W. Downie, Stillwater; promoted Captain Co. B, July 16, 1861.
George H. Woods, promoted Captain and A. Q. M., August 13, 1861.
Mark A. Hoyt, Red Wing; resigned, 1862.
Francis Baasen, New Ulm; discharged with regiment, May 4, 1864.
Surgeon. Jacob H. Stewart, St. Paul; transferred to skeleton regiment.
William H. Morton, St. Paul; resigned June 23. 1863. John B. LeBlond, discharged with regiment, May 4, 1864.
Asst. Surg. Charles W. LeBoutillier, St. Anthony; transferred to Minnesota skeleton regiment.
D. W. Hand, St. Paul: breveted Lieutenant Colonel. John B. LeBlond, promoted Surgeon, August 7. 1863. Edmund J. Pugsley, cashiered, August 15, 1874.
Peter Gabrielson, St. Paul; discharged with regiment, May 4, 1864.
Chaplain. Edw. D. Neill. St. Paul. June, 1861; appointed July 13, 1862, Hospital Chaplain, U. S. A. Resigned Janu- ary, 1864.
F. A. Conwell, Minneapolis.
Ordered to Washington. D. C., June 14, 1861. First Bull Run. July 21, 1861; Edward's Ferry, Oct., 1861: Yorktown. May 7, 1862; Fair Oaks. June 1, 1862; Peach Orchard. June 29, 1862: Savage Station, June 29. 1862: Glendale, June 30. 162: Nelson's Farm. June 30, 1862: Malvern Hill. July 1, 1862; Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862: first Fredericksburg, Dec. 11, 12 and 13: second Fredericksburg, May 3, 1863; Gettysburg. July 2 and 3, 1863, and Bristow Station. Dis- charged at Fort Snelling, Minn., May 4, 1864.
SECOND REGIMENT, INFANTRY.
Colonel. Horatio P. VanCleve. St. Anthony: promoted to Brig- adier General March 21, 1862. James George. Mantorville: resigned June 29. 1864. Judson W. Bishop, Chatfield; discharged with regi- Lieut. Col. ment July 13. 1865. James George. Mantorville; promoted Colonel. Alexander Wilkin, St. Paul: promoted Colonel 9th Regiment Minnesota Vols. August 26, 1862. Judson W. Bishop, Chatfield; promoted Colonel.
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Lieut. Col. Calvin S. Uline, St. Paul; discharged with regiment July 11. 1865.
Major. Simeon Smith, appointed Paymaster U. S. A., Sept. 17,1861.
Alexander Wilkin, St. Paul, promoted Lieut. Colonel. Judson W. Bishop. Chatfield: promoted Lieut. Colonel. John B. Davis, St. Paul: resigned April 15, 1864. Calvin S. Uline, St. Paul; promoted Lieut. Colonel. John Moulton, St. Paul; discharged with regiment July 12, 1865.
Surgeon. Reginal Bingham, Winona; dismissed May 27, 1864. Moody C. Tollman, Anoka.
William Brown.
Asst. Surg. Moody C. Tollman. Anoka, promoted to Surgeon. William L. Arm ngton, St. Paul: resigned Feb. 23. 1863. William Brown. Red Wing; promoted Surgeon.
Otis Ayer, Le Sueur: resigned Dec. 23, 1863.
Adjutant. Daniel P. Heaney. Rochester; promoted Captain Co. C. Samuel P. Jennison, St. Paul; promoted Lieutenant Colonel 10th Minn. Infantry. August. 1862. Charles F. Meyer, St Paul; promoted Captain Co. G. James W. Wood. St. Paul; promoted Captain Co. B. George W. Shuman, St. Paul; promoted Captain Co. D. Frank Y. Hoffstott, St. Paul; discharged with regi- ment July 11, 1865.
Q. Master. William S. Grow, Red Wing: resigned Jan.28, 1863. S. De Witt Parsons, resigned July 30, 1864.
John L. Kinney, Chatfield; discharged with regiment July 11. 1865.
Chaplain. Timothy Cressey, resigned Oct. 10, 1863.
Levi Gleason, discharged with regiment July 11, 1865.
Organized July, 1861. Ordered to Louisville. Ky., October, 1861, and assigned to the Army of the Ohio. Engaged in the following marches, battles, skirmishes and sieges: Mill Spring, January 19, 1862; Siege of Corinth. April. 1862: transferred to the Army of the Tennessee; Bragg's raid: Perryville. October 8. 1862: skirmishes of Tullahoma campaign: Chickamauga. September 19 and 20. 1863; Mission Ridge. November 25. 1863. Veteranized January, 1864. Battles and skirmishes of the Atlanta campaign. viz .: Resaca. June 14, 15 and 16. 1864; Jonesboro: Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas; Bentonville, March 29. 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, July 11, 1865.
THIRD REGIMENT, INFANTRY.
Colonel. Henry C. Lester. Winona; dismissed Dec. 1. 1862. Chauncey W. Griggs, Chaska: resigned July 15. 1863. Christopher C. Andrews; St. Cloud: promoted Briga- dier General April 27, 1864. Hans Mattson, Red Wing; discharged with regiment Sept. 2, 1865.
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THIRD REGIMENT OFFICERS.
Lieut. Col. Benjamin F. Smith, Mankato; resigned May 9, 1862.
Chauncey W. Griggs, Chaska; promoted Colonel De- cember 1, 1862.
Christopher C. Andrews, St. Cloud: promoted Colonel July 15, 1863.
Hans Mattson, Red Wing; promoted Colonel April 15, 1864,
Everett W. Foster, Wabashaw.
James B. Hoit, discharged with regiment Sept. 2, 1865.
Major.
John A. Hadley, resigned May 1, 1862.
Chauncey W. Griggs, Chaska; promoted Lieutenant Colonel May 29, 1862.
Hans Mattson, Red Wing; promoted Lieutenant Col- onel July 15, 1863.
Everett W. Foster, Wabasha; promoted Lieutenant Colonel April 15, 1864.
Benjamin F. Rice, resigned before being mustered.
William W. Webster. resigned November 12, 1864.
Adjutant.
James B. Hoit, promoted Lieut. Colonel May 25, 1865. Cyrene H. Blakely, promoted Captain of Subsistence June 13, 1864,
Ephraim Pierce, St. Panl; promoted Captain of Co. F, April 17, 1865.
Jed. F. Fuller, appointed 1st Lientenant of Co. A.
William F. Morse, promoted Captain of Co. F, July 19, 1865.
Philander E. Folsom, discharged with regiment Sep- tember 2, 1865.
Q. Master. Samuel H. Ingman. dismissed December 1, 1862. James P. Howlett, resigned March 2, 1864.
William G. J. Akers, promoted Captain Co. I. Jan., 1865.
George L. Jameson, promoted Captian Co. H. May 3, 1865.
Bonde Oleson, Red Wing, discharged with regiment, Sept. 2. 1865.
Surgeon. Levi Butler, resigned September 20. 1863.
Albert G. Wedge, discharged with regiment, Septem- ber 2, 1865.
Asst. Surg. Francis H. Milligan, resigned April 8, 1862.
Albert G. Wedge, promoted Surgeon September 22, 1863.
Moses R. Greeley, discharged with regiment. Septem- ber 2, 1865.
Nahana Bixby, discharged with regiment September 2, 1865.
Chaplain. Chauncey Hobart, resigned April 13, 1863.
B. F. Crary, resigned June 2, 1863.
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Chaplain. Simeon Putnam. died September 11, 1864, at Afton, Minnesota. Anthony Wilford, discharged with regiment, Septem- ber 2, 1865.
Organized October 1861. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., March, 1862. Captured and paroled at Murfreesboro, July. 1862. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo. Thence to Minnesota. Engaged in the Indian expedition of 1862. Participated in the battle of Wood Lake. Sep- tember, 1862. Ordered to Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 1863. Veteran- ized Jannary, 1864. Engaged in the battle of Fitzhugh's Woods. March 30, 1864. Ordered to Pine Bluff, Ark., April. 1864. thence to Du Vall's Bluff, October, 1864. Mustered out at Du Vall's Bluff, September 2, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling.
FOURTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.
Colonel. John B. Sanborn, St. Paul, resigned August 5, 1863. John E. Tourtellotte, Mankato; discharged by order, June 21, 1865.
Lieut. Col. Minor T. Thomas, Stillwater; promoted Col. 8th Minn. Inf., Aug. 24, 1862.
John E. Tourtellotte, Mankota: promoted Col. Sept. 16, 1864.
James C. Edson, Glencoe; discharged with regiment, July 19, 1865.
Major. A. Edward Welch, Red Wing; died Feb. 1, 1862, at Nashville. Tenu.
Luther L. Baxter, Shakopee: resigned October 11. 1862. James C. Edson, Glencoe; promoted Lieut. Colonel Sept. 16, 1864.
Leverett R. Wellman, discharged with regiment, July 19,1865.
Adjutant. John M. Thompson, promoted Captain Co. E, Nov. 20, 1862.
William F. Kittridge, promoted Captain and A. A. G., August 21, 1864.
Watson W. Rich, promoted Captain Co. D, June 21. 1865.
Frank S. DeMers, discharged with regiment. July 19, 1865.
Q. Master. Thomas B. Hunt. Shakopee. promoted Captain and A. Q. M., April 19, 1863.
D. M. G. Murphy, St. Paul; promoted Captain Co. B. May 3. 1864.
Samuel W. Russell, discharged with regiment, July 19. 1865.
. Surgeon. John H. Murphy. St. Paul; resigned July 6. 1863.
Elisha W. Cross, Rochester; resigned December 22, 1864.
Henry R. Wedel, Winona; resigned June 15, 1865.
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FIFTH REGIMENT OFFICERS.
Asst. Surg. Elisha W. Cross, Rochester; promoted Surgeon July 9, 1863.
Henry R. Wedel, Winona; promoted Surgeon January 9, 1865;
George M. B. Lambert, St. Paul; discharged with reg- iment. July 19, 1865.
Asa S. Fisk, resigned October 3, 1865.
Chaplain.
Organized December 23. 1861. Ordered to Benton Barracks, Mo., April 19, 1862. Assigned to the Army of the Mississippi, May 4, 1862. Siege of Corinth. April, 1862: Inka, Sept. 19, 1862; Corinth, Oct. 3 and 4, 1862; Vicksburg, July, 1863. Transferred from 17th to 15th Corps. Mission Ridge, Nov. 25. 1863. Veteranized Janu- ary, 1864. Altoona, July. 1864 With General Sherman, in march through Georgia and Carolinas, March, 1865. Mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 1S, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling.
FIFTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.
Colonel. Rudolph Borgesrode, Shakopee; resigned August 31, 1862. Lucius F. Hubbard. discharged by order, 1865.
Lieut. Col. Lucius F. Hubbard, promoted Colonel, August 31, 1862. William B. Gere, discharged by order, August 30, 1865. Major. William B. Gere, promoted Lient. Colonel, August 31, 1862. Francis Hall. resigned April 30, 1864. John C. Breeht, St. Paul; discharged by order, March 18, 1865.
John P. Huston, Stillwater; discharged with regiment, Sept. 6, 1865.
Adjutant. Adolpheus R. French, resigned March 19, 1863. Thomas P. Gere, discharged by order, April 15, 1865. Alfred Rhodes, discharged with regiment, September 6. 1865.
Q. Master. William B. MeGrorty. resigned September 15, 1864. Francis G. Brown, discharged with regiment, Septem- ber 6, 1865.
Surgeon. Francis B. Etheridge, resigned Sept. 3. 1862.
Vincent P. Kennedy, discharged by order, May 1. 1865. William H. Leonard, discharged with regiment. Sep- tember 6, 1865.
Asst. Surg. Vincent P. Kennedy, promoted Sergeon, September 3. 1862.
William H. Leonard, promoted Surgeon, May 1, 1865. J. A. Vervais, St. Paul; resigned April 3, 1863.
Chaplain. James H Chatfee, Minneapolis; resigned June 23, 1-62.
Organized May, 1862. Ordered to Pittsburg Landing, May 9, 1862. Detachment of three companies remained in Minnesota, gar-
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risoning frontier posts. Participated in the following marches, bat- tles, sieges and skirmishes: sieges of Corinth, April and May. 1862. Detachment in Minnesota engaged with Indians at Redwood. Min- nesota, August 16, 1862. Siege of Fort Ridgely, August 20, 21 and 22. 1862. Fort Abercrombie, D. T., August. 1862. Regiment as- signed to 16th Army Corps. Battle of Tuka, September 18, 1:62: Corinth, October 3 and 4. 1862; Jackson, May 14. 1863: Siege of Vicksburg: assault of Vicksburg, May 22, 1863; Mechanicsburg. June 3, 1863; Richmond, June 15, 1863; Fort De Russey, La .. March 14, 1864. Red River Expedition, March, April and May, 1861. Lake Chicot, June 6, 1864; Tupelo, June, 1864. Veteran- ized, July, 1864. Abbeyville. August 23. 1663. Marched in Sep- tember. 1864, from Brownsville. Ark .. to Cape Girardeau. Mo., thence by boat to Jefferson City. thence to Kansas line, thence to St. Louis, Missouri. Ordered to Nashville, November, 1864. Battles of Nashville, Dec. 15 and 16, 1864. Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. April, 1865. Mustered out at Demopolis, Ala., Sept. 1, 1865. Dis- charged at Fort Snelling. Minnesota.
SIXTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.
Colonel. William Crooks, St. Paul; resigned October 28. 1864. John T. Averill, Lake City; discharged by S. O. W. D. 518, Sept. 30. 1865.
Lieut. Col. John T. Averill, Lake City; promoted Colonel, Octo- ber 28, 1864.
Hiram T. Grant. St. Paul; discharged with regiment. August 10, 1865.
Major. Robert N. McLaren, Red Wing; promoted Colonel 2d Minn. Cavalry, Jan. 12, 1864.
Hiram P. Grant, St. Paul; promoted Lieut. Colonel, October 28, 1864.
Hiram S. Bailey, discharged with regiment, August 19, 1865.
Adujant. Florian E. Snow, St. Paul: resigned, December 18. 1864. Alonzo P. Connelly, St. Paul; discharged with regi- ment, August 19, 1865.
Q. Master. Henry L. Carver, St. Paul; promoted Captain A. Q. M., April, 1864.
Henry H. Gilbert, discharged with regiment, August 19, 1865.
Surgeon Alfred Wharton, St. Paul; resigned July 29. 1863.
Wallace P. Belden, discharged with regiment, Angust 19, 1865.
Asst. Surg. Jared W. Daniels, resigned December 28. 1863.
Augustus O. Potter, died at Helena, Ark., September 13, 1864.
James N. McMasters, St. Paul; discharged with regi- ment. August 19, 1865.
Henry Wilson, discharged with regiment, August 19, 1865.
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SEVENTH REGIMENT OFFICERS.
Chaplain. Richard B. Bull, resigned 1864. Daniel Cobb, St. Paul, discharged with regiment, Au- gust 19, 1865.
Organized August, 1862. Detachment of 200 in battle with Sionx Indians at Bireh Coolie. Sept. 2. 1862; Wood Lake, Sept. 22. 1862. At frontier posts from Nov., 1862, to May, 1863. Indian Expedi- tion, engaged in skirmishes, July, 1863. Ordered to Helena, Ark., June, 1864; to New Orleans. January 18. 1865. Assigned to 16th Army Corps. In action at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, near Mobile. Discharged at Fort Snelling, August 19, 1865.
SEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
*Colonel. Stephen Miller, St. Paul; promoted Brigadier General, Nov. 6, 1863.
William R. Marshall, St. Paul; discharged with regi- ment.
Lieut. Col. William R. Marshall, St. Paul; promoted Colonel Nov. 6, 1863.
Major.
George Bradley, St. Paul; discharged with regiment. George Bradley, St. Paul; promoted Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 6, 1868.
William H. Burt, Taylor's Falls; discharged with regi- ment.
Adjutant. John K. Arnold, Wabasha; promoted Captain Co. A, June 17, 1863.
Edward A. Trader, St. Louis; resigned February S. 1865.
A. J. Pateh, Dubuque; discharged with regiment.
Q. Master.
Ammi Cutter, Anoka; promoted Captain and A. Q. M. May 6, 1864.
Surgeon.
Henry C. Bolcom, Winona; discharged with regiment. Jeremiah E. Finch, Hastings; resigned May 28. 1863.
Lucius B Smith, killed July 13, 1864, at battle of Tu- pelo.
Albert A. Ames, Minneapolis; discharged with regi- ment.
Asst. Surg. Lucius B. Smith, promoted Surgeon, May 26, 1863.
Albert A. Ames, Minneapolis; promoted Surgeon, July 23, 1862.
Brewer Mattoeks, St. Paul; discharged with regi- ment.
Percival O. Barton, Pine Bend: discharged with regi- ment.
Chaplain. Oliver P. Light, resigned June Il, 1864.
E. E. Edwards, Taylors Falls, discharged with regi- ment.
Organized August, 1862. In battle with Sioux Indians at Wood Lake. Sept., 1862. Indian Expedition of 1863. Ordered to St. Louis, Oct. 7, 1863. Paducah, Ky., April, 1864. Assigned to 16th
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Army Corps. Battle of Tupelo, July, 1S64; Tallahatchie. August, 1864. In pursuit of General Price. Battle of Nashville. Decem- ber, 1864. Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, near Mobile, April, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, August 16, 1865.
EIGHTII REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Coloncl. Minor T. Thomas, Stillwater, discharged with regi- ment, July 11, 1865.
Lieut. Col. Henry C. Rogers, Austin; discharged by reason of wounds, May 15. '65. Major. George A Camp, St. Anthony; resigned May 2, 1865. Edwin A. Folsom. Stillwater; discharged with regi- ment.
Adjutant. George W. Butterfield promoted Capt. and A. A. G., March 15, 1865.
Lewis C. Paxon, discharged with regiment.
Q. Master. Geo. L. Fisk, Mazeppa; discharged per order May 15, 1865.
Surgeon. Francis Reiger, St. Paul: resigned April 10 1864.
John H. Murphy, St. Paul; resigned January 12, 1865. Irving H. Thurston, discharged with regiment.
Ast. Snrg Irving H. Thurston, promoted Surgeon, May 29, 1865. William H. Rouse, Eden Prairie; discharged July 11, 1865.
Chaplain. Lauren Armsby, Farbanlt; discharged with regiment.
Organized August 1, 1852. Stationed at frontier posts until May 1864, when ordered upon Indian Expedition. Engaged in the fol- lowing battles, sieges, skirmishes and marches: Tah-cha-o-ku-tu, July 28, 1864; battle of the Cedars, Overall's Creek. Ordered to Clifton, Tenn., thence to Cincinnati, thence to Washington, thence to Wilmington, thence to Newbern, N. C. Battles of Kingston, March 8,9, 10, 1865. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., July 11, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
Colonel. Alexander Wilkin. St. Paul; killed July 14, 1864, in bat- tle of Tupelo, Miss.
Josiah F. Marsh, Austin; discharged with regiment.
Lieut. Col. Josiah F. Marsh, Austin; promoted Colonel, July 27 1864. William Markham, Rochester; discharged with regi- ment. Major. William Markham, Rochester; promoted Lieut. Col., July 27, 1864. Horace B. Strait, Shakopee; discharged with regi- ment. Edward H. Cause, discharged with regiment.
Adjutant. Q. Master. John P. Owens, discharged per order, May 15, 1865,
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TENTH REGIMENT OFFICERS.
Surgeon. Chas. W. LeBoutillier, St. Anthony; died April 3, 1863, at St. Peter, Minn. Reginald H. Bingham, Winona: discharged with regi- ment.
Asst. Surg. Refine W. Twitchell, Chatfield; promoted Surg. 72d Col'd Inf. July 7, '64.
John Dewey, St. Paul: resigned September 11, 1863. John C. Dickson. discharged per order May 15, 1865. Edwin G. Pugsley, discharged with regiment.
Chaplain.
Aaron H. Kerr, St. Peter; discharged with regiment.
Organized August. 1862. At frontier posts until September, 1873. At Memphis, Tenn., May, 1864. Assigned to 16th Army Corps. Battle of Tupelo, July, 1864. Oxford Expedition, August Tallahatchie, Angust. Pursuit of General Price. Battles of Nash- ville, December. 1864. Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, April. 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, August 24, 1865.
TENTH REGIMENT, INFANTRY.
Colonel. James H. Baker, Mankato; discharged with regi- ment.
Lieut. Col. Samuel P. Jennison, St. Paul; discharged with regi- ment.
Major. Michael Cook, Faribault: died Dec. 27, 1864, of wounds received at the battle of Nashville.
Adjutant.
Edwin C. Sanders, Le Sueur; discharged with regi- ment. James C. Braden, Brownsville; discharged with regi- ment.
Q. Master.
George W. Greene, Clinton Falls; resigned March 23, 1864.
Eden N. Levens, Faribault; discharged with regi- ment.
Surgeon.
Samuel B. Sheardown, Stockton; discharged with regiment.
Asst. Surg. William W. Clark. Mankato; resigned September 26, 1864.
Alfred H. Burnham, dismissed October 23, 1863.
Francis Il. Mi ligan, Wabasha; discharged with regi- ment.
Louis Proebsting, died October 31, 1864, at . Cairo, Illinois.
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