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DAKOTA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
In the fall of 1857, the subject of an agricul- tural society began to be discussed by the farmers of the county. This discussion resulted in the calling of a preliminary meeting to consider the matter more fully, which meeting was held n February, 1858, at the house of Ignatius Don-
nelly in Nininger. The general sentiment of the meeting was entirely in favor of the project, and March 20th, 1858, the society was organized at Nininger, and the following officers elected : C. P. Collins, of Lewistown, president; D. B. Truax, Thomas Howes, Wm. Stratton, Jr., Leonard Aldrich, Moses Cole, and Albert Poor; vice-presidents; Wm. Hanna, treasurer; L. N. Countryman, recording secretary; A. W. McDon- ald and C. Stebbens, corresponding secretaries.
The first fair of the society was held at Ninin- ger, October 7th, 8th, and 9th, of 1858. Hon. H. H. Sibley delivered the address; the attendance was large, the display highly commendable of the farmers of the county, and the exhibition, in all its essential features, a decided success. The succeeding fair was held at Hastings, September 15th, and 16th, 1859. Other falrs were held there, with a continually decreasing attendance until in 1867, the society exhibitions ceased for want of patronage, and the society lost its organization. April 10th, 1869, however, a meeting was held at Donaldson's hall,in Farmington, to re-organize the county agricultural society, J. H. Donaldson being ing elected chairman, and K. N. Guiteau; secre- „tary of said meeting. It was decided to hold the fair for this year, 1869, at Farmington, on the 12th, 13th, and 14th, days of October. This was done, and the success of the society seemed as- sured. Annual fairs have been held on the so- ciety's rented or purchased grounds at Farming- ton ever since the above mentioned date.
At a meeting of the society, April 27th, 1872, N. Ezra Slack was appointed a committee to purchase grounds suitable for the society's per- manent use. These were obtained, during the following summer, from Major John Kennedy, of Hastings, and K. N. Guiteau, of Farmington. The lands situated about half a mile north-east of the village of Farmington, were surveyed by Daniel F. Akin, and comprised twenty-two and a half acres. A fine half mile track was also laid out, and the buildings belonging to the society were moved to the new grounds. The same year, 1872, several stables were built, and some have been added each year since, until at present they number about one hundred.
In 1875, the old floral hall becoming somewhat dilapidated, it was decided to build a new one ac- cording to a plan furnished by D. F. Akin. The
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building is an octagon with twenty feet sides. It contains a stand in the center, and is complete even to the cupola and flag staff. In 1879, a new judge's stand was completed, and a new secretary and treasurer's office erected at the entrance gate.
The present officers of the society are: A. S. Bradford, president; David Pitcher, S. C. Headley, C. I. Haines, D. F. Akin, and Fred. Balch, vice- presidents and executive committee; E. L. Brack- ett, treasurer; Wm. Harrington, secretary.
DAKOTA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
In the earliest days of the settlement of the county, the inhabitants of Mendota and vicinity were forced to rely, for medical assistance, on the surgeons of Fort Snelling. Dr. Thomas Foster, who came to Hastings in 1852, was doubt- less the first resident physician in the county. Dr. C. P. Adams came among the citizens in 1854, and other physicians followed in due time.
The Dakota County Medical Society, organized in 1870, according to its constitution, is to be composed "of physicians and surgeons, residing in the county and vicinity, who are graduates of any medical school, or licentiates of any state or county medical society recognized by the Ameri -. can Medical Association and of honorary members who may be admitted as hereinafter provided." The charter members of the society were J. S. Sprague, F. B. Etheridge, J. Dennis Smith, J. C. Fitch, J. E. Finch, C. P. Adams, D. J. Cum- mings, and L. P. Dodge. The first meeting of the society was held at Farmington, December 7th, 1870, and a larger attendance is reported for it than for any of the meetings held subsequently. It was held pursuant to a call issued by Drs. Dodge and Cummings. A committee, consisting of Drs. C. P. Adams, D. J. Cummings and J. E. Finch, was appointed to report a list of officers for the society, with the following result: Dr. J. S. Sprague, president; F. B. Etheridge, vice- president; J. Dennis Smith, corresponding secre- tary; L. P. Dodge, recording secretary; J. C. Fitch, treasurer; Drs. Finch, Cummings, and Etheridge, censors.
Considerable interesting and profitable discus- sion followed, concerning tetanus and its treat- ment; phthisis and its treatment, and concern- ing other medical and surgical subjects. It was decided to hold the meetings of the society semi-
annually, and this was done for some time. At length, however, they were held only once each year, the last one having been held at Hastings in 1878.
The officers holding over from that occasion are: Dr. L. P. Dodge, president; J. C. Fitch, vice-president; J. E. Finch, treasurer; R. J. Marvin, secretary.
The State Medical Association seems, for the last two years, to have largely absorbed the in- terest formerly felt in the County Medical So- ciety. But for the future better things may be expected. The physicians of the county are about to re-organize the latter, it is reported, and will bring it back to its old status, at least, en- deavoring meantime to increase its usefulness, and enlarge the field of its operations.
CHAPTER XL.
WAR RECORD.
When the great war of the rebellion burst upon the country, Minnesota was barely out of her ter- ritorial swaddling cloths. The machinery of state government had been in operation about three years. Yet she responded vigorously and promptly to the call of the general government for men and money. Just beginning her career and needing all her resources for development, the patriotic impulse of her citizens, led them to throw aside state affairs for the time, and rush to the defence of our common country, and the ca- reer of her soldiers was second to none. As though the rebellion of the South was not enough, the Indians within our borders, arose in rebel- lion and created a complication requiring all the energy at the command of the state to subdue, but it was done, and that quickly and thoroughly, thus commanding the admiration of all. Out of a population of 175,000 in 1860, the state furnished for the war about 12,500 troops, or about seven per cent. of the entire population, while Dakota county, with a population, in 1860, of 9,052, fur- nished nearly 1,350, or nearly fifteen per cent. of of her entire population, and nearly twenty-eight
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per cent. of her male population, which, at that time numbered 4,867. We doubt if another county of the state can furnish a better record. The general rendezvous of the state troops, was Fort Snelling. Many heart-rending incidents took place upon the departure of the troops for the seat of war. Especially was this the case with the drafted men. Many of these men would gladly have enlisted, had their families been so situated that they could be left. But they were not, and when the draft caught them in its cruel meshes, it was a terrible blow. Too poor to furnish substitutes, they could do naught, but go when called and leave their families in the care of those neighbors left behind, and to do the best they could until the return, if ever, of their natural protector. The separation of these families caused the tears to stream down the cheeks of stony-hearted veterans used to woe and misery in all its forms. But the Union must be preserved, cost what it would, and cost it did, a large proportion of the best blood of the country. Now, near a score of years have passed away. The old scars have healed, and we are again a united and prosperous people. In look- ing over the war record of the state and county, one can but be struck with surprise at the figures as they are presented to us. One would think from the accounts of battles given us at the time that half the troops in an engagement were killed, but the facts are far otherwise. Take, for example, the First Minnesota Infantry. That regiment served four years, and was in many engagements. It went into the service with about 1,000 men, and 225 more were added as recruits, yet with all these men, and the battles they were engaged in, the regiment lost less than one hundred men killed in battle: and yet this is the regiment that an enthusiastic correspondent writes of at the battle of Gettysburg: ".Charge!' cried Colonel Colville: and with a wild cheer we ran at them; we fired away three, four, five irregular volleys, and but little ammunition is wasted, when the muzzles of opposing guns almost meet. The enemy seemed to sink into the ground. They are checked and staggered; one division came up at this instant, and before we recovered from the shock, we scarcely know how, but the rebels are swept back over the plain. But, good God! where was the First Minnesota?
Our flag was carried back to the battery, and seventy men, scarce one of them unmarked by scratches and bullet-holes through their clothing, are all that formed around it." The Second Minnesota Infantry lost less than fifty killed in battle in four years' service: others similarly to these two. Yet, notwithstanding so few, com- paratively, were killed in battle, after the names, in the record, of but few will be seen the words, "Discharged with the regiment,"-about one in ten of those who entered the army. Allowing one-tenth to be killed in battle, and one-tenth to be discharged with the regiment, we still have eight-tenths to account for. The record here shows us that they "Died from wounds," "Died in hospital," were "Taken prisoner," and were "Discharged for disability" and so on. Those killed in battle are to be envied compared to those who lived but to die a lingering death in hospital or in rebel prisons. Their misery was short at most, whilst the others suffered a thousand deaths.
In giving the war record of Dakota county, we have been guided by the adjutant general's report, at the same time using all the means in our power to get a correct record, by personal interviews with the members of the different companies taking part in the great drama. There is a number of names of parties living In the county prior to the war, who took part in it, that do not appear in the report from the fact of their having gone out of the state to enlist. But so far as we can, we have gathered them in.
Chief among those not so appearing are the names Gens. H. H. Sibley and W. G. Le Duc. Upon the outbreak of the Indian war, Mr. Sibley was commissioned as colonel by Governor Ramsey and placed in command of the Indian expedition. For his services in that campaign he was com- missioned brigadier-general, and subsquently brevet major-general by President Lincoln. Under an act of congress, passed in 1862, Mr. Le Duc was appointed assistant quartermaster of United States Volunteers, with the rank of cap- tain, thus taking him from the regular state service. He was successively promoted as major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and came out of the service with the rank of brevet brigadier-general. Following appears the record of Dakota county troops by regiments and companies in their cr.
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FIRST INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in April, 1861, and originally commanded by Willis A. Gorman, of St. Paul; ordered to Washington, D. C., June 14, 1861. It was engaged in the following marches, battles, sieges and skirmishes, viz .: First Bull Run, July 21, 1861; Edwards' Ferry, October 22, 1861; Yorktown, May 7th, 1862; Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862; Peach Orchard and Savage Station, June 29, 1862; Glendale and Nelson's Farm, June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; Vienna, September 2, 1862; Antietam, September 17, 1862; Charlestown, Va., October 17, 1862; first Fredericksburg, December 11, 12, and 13, 1862; second Fredericksburg, May 3, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and 3, 1863, and Bristow Station, October 14, 1868. The regiment was discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn., May 5, 1864. It will be seen by this record that the First Minnesota participated in some of the most im- portant battles of the war, and was almost con- stantly active, on the march or in the field of battle, at all times reflecting credit upon the state that sent them forth to sustain the Union in its hour of peril.
The most of the men in this regiment from Dakota county were in Company H, under the command, originally, of Captain Chas. P. Adams, who was subsequently, for gallantry on the field of battle, promoted by grades to the rank of brevet brigadier-general. After the discharge of his regiment, he entered the Independent Batta- lion of Minnesota Volunteers (better known as Hatch's Battalion), as major, and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and commander of the bat- talion. Dakota county's representatives in the First Minnesota Infantry were as follows:
COMPANY A., MUSTERED APRIL 29, 1861.
Third corp .- John T. Morrison, trans. to U. S. cav. October 23, 1862.
Musician-Edward C. Agnew, dis. with regt. May 3, 1864.
Privates-Daniel H. Farquhar, dis. with regt .; John Farquhar, held over and trans. to First Minnesota Battalion, and pro. corp. Co. A. dis. per order, June 8, 1865; James Maloy, pro. corp. dis. with regt.
COMPANY C, MUSTERED APRIL 29, 1861.
First Sergeant-Wilbur F. Duffy, pro. 1st lieut. and capt. dis. with regt.
Prirates-James B. Gilfillan, pro. corp. dis. with regt .; Joseph H. Thompson, killed in battle of Bull Run; Francis Thompson, trans. April 8, 1862, to Co. C. Fourth Minnesota Infantry.
COMPANY D.
Recruits-William C. Smith, dis. for disab'y Oct. 18, '62; re-en. Jan., '65, and assigned to Grant's corps in Feb., '64, dis. at Fort Snelling, Minn.
COMPANY F.
Recruits-Charles Berdan, must. Oct. 29, '61. F. Smith, must. March 80, '64. These two men were trans. to Co. A, 1st Batt'n Inf'y, Minn., Vol's.
COMPANY G.
Privates-Edward Z. Needham, must. Apr. 29, '61, pro. corp., re-en. Dec. 19, '64, in Co. B, 11th Minn. Inf'y. James L. Nichols, must. Apr. 29, '61; absent, paroled pris'r at dis. of regt. James E. Russell, must. Apr. 29, '61, dis. for disab'y, Feb. 14, '63.
COMPANY H, MUSTERED APRIL 29, 1861.
Captain-Charles P. Adams, pro. maj. Sept. 20, '62, Lieut. Col., May 6, '63, brevet Col. and Brig. Gen. March 13, '65; 1st Lieut., Oren T. Hayes, resignd. Second Lieutenant, Wm. B. Leach, pro. 1st Lieut., then aid de camp to Gen. Dana, Feb. 23, '63; 1st Sergt., Henry Hoover, pro. 2d Lieut. res'd Jan. 8, '62; 2d Sergt., Alonzo J. Young, taken pris'r at Bull Run, dis. per order, for impris'nt; 3rd Sergt., William W. Cummings, killed Oct. 27, '61, by accid'al disch. of gun; 4th Sergt., Wm. H. Wikoffe, must. May 23, '61, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, '63; 5th Sergt., Jas. Ackers, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, '63; 1st Corp., Charles Shatto, pro. serg't trans. to U. S. Cav., Oct. 24, '64; 2d Corp., Chas. M. Tucker, pro. serg't. dis. for wound, Dec. 8, '62; 3rd Corp., Chas. M. Hoag, dis. for disab'y, Nov. 2, '62; 4th Corp., Frank J. Mead, must. May 24, '61; red'd. trans. to Co. B, May 17, '62, dis. for disab'y, Dec. '62; 5th Corp., John R. Mars, must. May 16, '62, pro. serg't. dis. with regt. 6th Corp., Israel H. Estes, trans. to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62; 7th Corp., George A. Erdman, dis. for wound in battle of
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Bull Run; Feb. 14, '63: 8th Corp., Henry A. Lowe, pro. serg't. dis. with reg't. Mus., Wesley Lawton, must. May 22, '61, no record; Noah Van Valkenburg, must. May 18, '61, dis. for disab'y, Dec. 9, '61; wagoner, Samuel Dayton, must. May 22, '61, dis. for disab'y, Aug. 22, '61.
Privates-Albert Amsden, dis. while absent sick; William Burkman, dis. for disab'y, Dec. 23, '62; Stephen F. Bunker, dis. for wound, Dec. 15, '61; George W. Bradbury, dis. with reg't .; Chris- tian Bitka, dis. with reg't .; David W. Brown, must. May 15, '61, trans. to Inv'd. Corps, Aug. '63; William Bates, dis. for disab'y, Dec. 21, '61; Allen Baker, must. May 22, '61, dis. for disab'y, Aug. 2, '61; Henry C. Cady, dis. for disab'y, Feb. 6, '63; Mortimer Canfield, dis. with reg't .; John Clausen, absent, sick on dis. of reg't .; Dennis Crandall, must. May 15, '61, dis. for disab'y Feb. 8, '63; Wm. Cager, killed Sept. 17, '62, in battle at Antietam; Samuel S. Cronkhite, must. May 22, '61, absent, sick on dis. of regt .; David F. Clutch, must. May 23, '61, dis. for disab'y, Nov. 2, '63; David C. Cross, must. May 23, '61, dis, for disab'y, Jan. 7, '62; Fred. Diehr, pro. corp. and sergt. killed July 2, '63, at battle of Gettysburg; Thomas Downs, must. May 23, '61, discharged for disability, September, '62; Kellian Drondt, dis. with regt. Wm. W. Evarts, trans. to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62. John H. Essency, killed July 2, '63, at battle of Gettysburg. Aaron G. Ellis, must. May 20, '61, dis. for disabl. Jan. 23, '62. William Eaton, must. May 22, '61, trans. to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62. John Flanagan, must. May 22, '61, des. at Fort Snelling, Minn., June 20, '61. Alvin Fritz, must. May 22, '61, des. Robert Geering, dis. for disabl. Nov. 2, '62. Thomas Galvin, dis. from hospital. Charles Gates, dis. for disabl. Thomas Hunnybun, dis. for disabl. Dec. 17, '61. John Harris, dis. for disab. Jan. 26, '62. Jeremiah Helmer, dis. for disabl. Feb. 20, '63. Greenhalt Hess, dis. with regt. George T. Harrown, trans. to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62. Alonzo R. Heard, must. May 15, '61, trans. to sig- nal corps Aug. 12, '63. Robert Keating, dis. by writ of habeas corpus, June 19, '61. Julien Ken- dall, pro. Corp., dis. for disabl. Lawrence Keat- ing, must. May 22, '61, dis. with regt. H. W. Lindergreen, must. May 23, '61, dis. for disabl. July 23, '62. Frederick Meyers, trans. to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62. Adolph Matthews, must. May
18, '61, dis. for disabl. Aug. 5, '61. Apollus E. Owen, dis. for disabl. Nov. 5, '62. Joseph F. Pusey, must. May 23, '61, dis. Dec. 1, '62, for pro. in war dep't. Frederick Raymond, dropped as destd. July 30, '63. James Roundtree, trans. to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62. William Ratch, ab- sent, sick on dis. of regt. Robert Ragey, died Sept. 18, -, at Alexandria, Va. Patrick Ryan, must. May 31, '61, dis. with regt. John C. Shafer, dis with regt. Edwin B. Simons, absent. sick on dis. of regt. Walter Sastros, dis. with regt. Jas- per N. Searles, must. May 20, '61, pro. 2d Lieut. in Company H, Jan. 10, '62; 1st Lieut. in Com- pany K, Jan. 3, '63; Capt. Company C, Oct. 7, '68; dis. with regt. Jabez Snitzinger, must. May 23, '61, killed at battle Bull Run, July 21, '61. Robert J. Truax, dis. by writ habeas corpus, June 17, '62. David Twiggs, must, May 20, '61, dis. for disabl. Aug. 5, '61. Newton H. Twitchell, must. May 20, '61, dis for disabl. July 25, '62. John White, ab- sent, sick on dis of regt. John W. Wixon, must. May 22, '61, dis. for disabl. Aug. 8, '62. Edward L. Wood, pro. Sergt.
Recruits-Earl P. Owen, must. Oct. 11, '61, dis. for wound March 21, '68. H. P. Vace, dis. for disabl. Feb. 11, '63. Allen C. Farnsworth, must. Nov. 5, '61, dis. for disabl. Jan. 9, '62. John Sholl, must. Nov. 5, '61, killed in battle of An- tietam, Sept. 17, '62. Jeremiah Clifford, must. Nov. 6, '61, trans. to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62. George E. Royce, trans. to invalid corps. Sept. 11, '63. John Meyer, must. May 23, 61, trans. to in- valid corps, Sept. 11, '63. M. C. Munson, must. Feb. 29, '64. W. S. Whalon, must. Feb. 25, '64. Peter Schultz, must. Feb. 19, '64. E. Johnson, must. March 10, '64. J. Cunniff, must. Feb. 27, '64. P'. Collins, must. March 24, '64. The last six persons mentioned on this list were trans- ferred to Companies "A" and "B" of the 1st Bat- tallion, Minnesota Infantry, in pursuance of special order No. 102, headquarters army of the Potomac, dated April 22d, 1865.
COMPANY I.
Recruit-H. Coleman, must. March 29, '64, trans. to Company B. 1st Battalion, Minnesota In- fantry.
SECOND INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in July, '61, and originally commanded by Horatio Van Cleve.
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Ordered to Louisville, Ky., in Oct., 61, and as- signed to the army of the Ohio. It was engaged in the following marches, battles, skirmishes and sieges, viz: Mill Spring, Jan. 19, '62; siege of Corinth, in April, '62, then transferred to the army of the Tennessee. Bragg's Raid, Perryville, Oct. 8, '62; skirmishes of the Tullahoma cam- paign, Chickamauga, Sept. 19 and 20, '63; Mis- sion Ridge, Nov. 28, '63. Veteranized in Jan. '64, and participated in the battles and skirmishes of the Atlanta campaign, viz: Resaca, June 14, 15 and 16, '64; Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, '64; Jonesboro; Sherman's March through Georgia and the Carolinas, and Bentonville, March 19, '65. The men were mustered out at Louisville, Ky., and discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn., July 11, '65. This regt. covered itself with laurels at the battle of Mission Ridge, where they were badly cut up in a charge they made on the enemy's works. Few Minnesota regiments, if any, performed more long and laborious marches then the "Bloody 2d." Comparatively few representatives of Dakota county were in this regt., and they belonged to seven different companies. The following is their record by companies in their order.
COMPANY C.
Recruits-Jeremiah Blerius, must. Feb. 23, '65, dis. with regt .; Peter LeBanc, must. Oct. 12, '61, re-en. Dec. 28, '63, dis. with regt .; Thomas Phane, must. May 27, '64, dis. with regt .; George Stiff, must. May 27, '64, dis. from hospital Aug. 10, '65.
Drafted-Sylvanus Stone, must. May 30, '64, dis. per order, July 6, '65.
COMPANY D.
Privates-David E. Haynes, must. June 30, '61, dis. for disabl. May 18, '62; Francis Thompson, must. June 28, '61, dis. for disabl. Oct. 23, 62.
Recruits-Levi Countryman, must. March 2, '65, pro. corp. April 1, '65, dis. with regt .; Peter F. Countryman, must. Mar. 2, '65, dis. per order June 19, '65. John H. Ferris, must. Mar. 2, '65, pro. corp., dis. with regt; Oliver Greenfield, must. March 2, '65, dis. per order Aug. 28, '65; Walter R. Hanna, must. March 2, '65, dis. per order Aug. 28, '65; Birney Jones, must. March 2, '65, dis. in hospital at Wilmington, N. C .; Thomas Cain, must. March 2, '65, dis. with regt .; Austin Knapp,
must. March 2, '65, dis. with regt .; Cassius M. Sprague, must. March 2, '65, pro corp., dis. per order; Robert Richmond, must. Feb. 6, '65, dis. per order June 16, '65.
Drafted-Theofeldt Odett, must. Sept. 28, '64, dis. per order June 11, '65.
Substitute-Michael Casey, must. May 26, '64, dis. with regt.
COMPANY F.
Privates-Smith Scott, must. September 30, 1861, died at Somerset, Ky., February 26, 1862; Lewis P. Scott, must. September 30, 1861, dis. on ex. of term September, 1864.
COMPANY G.
Recruits-Hans Haman, must. July 15, 1861, re-en. December 26, '63, dis. with reg't; Charles Wells, must. May 25, '65, dis. with reg't.
COMPANY H, MUSTERED JULY 15, 1861.
Privates-William H. Day, dis. for disab'y, October 21, '61; Ezra Felton, dis. for disab'y May 3, '63; Thomas McDonald, re-en. December 27, '63, pro. corp., dis. with reg't; Chas. Paul, re-en. December 15, '63, dis. with reg't.
Recruits-S. W. Crawford, must. September 26, '71, died at Evansville, Ind., January 31, '65. George J. Hetherington, must. February 26, '64, dis. with reg't. John Keating, must. February 18, '64, dis. with reg't. Nathaniel Severy, must. February 18, '64, veteran recruit, dis. with reg't. Elias II. Wasser, must. October 2, '61. pro. corp. and sergt. re-en. December 17, '63, pro. 1st lieut. dis. July 11, '65.
COMPANY I.
Corporal-Michael Allen, must. July 30, '61, re-en. December 19, '63, pro. col. sergt., dis. with reg't.
Private-Patrick Dempsey, must. September 28, '61, re-en. December 23, '63, pro. corp. dis. with reg't.
Recruit-Louis Le May, must. February 3, '64, dis. with reg't.
COMPANY K.
Privates -. Volney R. Barton, must. September 3, '61, died in September, '63, of wounds rec'd at Chickamauga. George W. Bemis, must. Sep- tember 4, '61, dis. for disab'y, April 19, '62. Patrick E. Fahy, must. September 5, '61, re-en. December, '63, dis. with reg't. Henry F. Roch,
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must. August, '61, killed at Mission Ridge, No- vember 25, '63. Thomas Hope, must. August 1, '61, dis. at ex. of term, August 1, '64.
Drafted-Beargoff Ashbjivenson, must. March 8, '65, dis. with reg't. Ole Iverson, dis. from hosp. in '65.
Substitute-August Brocky, must. May 27, '64. dis. per order, June 3, '65.
THIRD INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in October, 1861, and originally commanded by Colonel Henry C. Lester, of Winona. Ordered to Nashville, Tennessee, in March, 1862. Captured and paroled at Murfreesboro in July, 1862. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., thence to Minnesota. Engaged in the Indian expedition of 1862. Participated in the battle of Wood Lake in September, 1862. Ordered to Little Rock, Arkansas, in November, 1863. Veteranized in January, 1864. Engaged in battle of Fitzhugh's Woods March 30th, 1864. Ordered to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in April, 1864; thence to Duvall's Bluff in October, 1864. Mustered out at Duvall's Bluff September 2d, 1865. Dis- charged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
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