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Consequently the roll of honor contains its full complement of the names of citizens of foreign birth. It should be here recorded that the women of the county, in common with their sisters throughout the North, did what they could to en- courage enlistments, and after the men were in the field, contributed largely, through the Sanitary and Christian Commissions, to the care and com- fort of the men in camp and in hospital. At one time there was raised for the Sanitary Commis- sion $1,058, and sent on to purchase necessities and luxuries for the boys in blue.
At the time of the war the county had a total population of 13,542, according to the census of the previous year, which had not very materially increased. The Stato had but two representatives in Congress, and the several calls for troops by President Lincoln were apportioned between the two representative districts.
Fillmore was in the first district, and in this re- spect was associated with Houston, Mower, Free- born, Faribault, Martin, Winona, Olmsted, Brown, Steele, Waseca, Blue Earth, Rice, Le Sueur, Nicol- let, Scott, Sibley, and Dodge.
When, in 1862, the local recruiting had become dull, at a time when other localities had begun to pay bounties, the County Commissioners, on the
15th of August, passed a resolution to pay a bounty to every person who would enlist in the Union army. And to show the status of the bounty business at that time, and the restrictions under which the board acted, a full copy is pre- sented.
"Resolved, That we will pay a bounty of fifty dollars to all married men or men having fami- lies, and twenty-five dollars to unmarried men who have or may hereafter enlist as volunteers in the United States Service under the two calls of the President for six hundred thousand men; said volunteers being residents of the county; said bounty being payable in loan certificates, to be redeemed by issuing bonds of the county, payable in ten years, with interest at ten per cent. annually, as soon as the Legislature shall authorize the issuing of said bonds; and that the Auditor be and is hereby authorized to issue said certificates in accordance with the above, and that said cer- tificate be signed by the Auditor and Chairman of this board.
"Provided, that the whole quota of men appor- tioned to this county under the said calls be raised by volunteers.
"Provided, further, that said certificates shall be sold for cash at their par value.
"Resolved, That J. W. Crees and W. T. Wilkins be and they are hereby authorized to sell said cer- tificates, and J. B. Fraser is authorized to receive the money and pay the same to volunteers, when they shall be entitled to the same."
These resolutions were signed by the board as follows: J. W. Crees, G. A. Hayes, B. F. Hol- man, Lewis Peterson. B. F. Holman, Chairman; Niles Carpenter, County Auditor.
On the 9th of January, 1863, the resolutions were modified so as to pay each volunteer in county orders, bearing interest at six per cent. per annum from the date of issue until redeemed, which was fixed at one-third in two years, one third in three years and the last third in four years. A pro- vision to meet these obligations was made in the form of a special tax to be levied on the property of the county for three successive years. The Chairman and Auditor were made the committee on bounty claims, and were to be the disbursing agents for the money so appropriated. This, like the other, was made contingent upon the action of the legislature legalizing such a tax. A resolu- tion was also adopted to request the honorable Legislature of the State to pass an enabling act.
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The Legislature being in session at the time, the Auditor was enjoined to attend to having a certi- fied copy of the resolution sent to St. Paul with- out unnecessary delay.
No other action of the county board is discov- erable as to bounty matters. Each township, as their quota was ahead or behind the inexorable demands of the remorseless draft, would take measures to procure enlistmentst, which, with the $300 commutation, was the only means of averting the drawing, which, unlike an ordinary lottery, the holders of the tickets were anxious should not draw.
The first call for troops was by President Lin- coln on the 15th of April, 1861, for 75,000 men, and, as showing the assurance of the southern leaders, the next day the confederate government called for 32,000, taking it for granted that a southerner was a match for northerners more than two to one. On the 10th of July, Mr. Lincoln called for 500,000 more. It may be of interest here to state that the report of the Adjutant Gen- eral of the army gave the whole number enlisted under the various calls at 2,073,112 white men, and 178,885 colored men; Commissioned officers, 83,935; making a grand total of 2,335,842. As the regular army only had a few thousand men, all this vast military force had to be secured by volunteering, and they had to be armed and equipped, transported, fed, clothed, and educated in the school of the soldier; and those who have been born since these stirring times, are respect- fully invited to think that this war was no holiday affair. It is indeed difficult for one who was not in the struggle, or an eye witness of it, to compre- hend the magnitude of the contest, as it was developed in war's wrinkled front. And those who live in Fillmore county may contemplate with satisfaction the fact that their own county took an active part in the contest to preserve the herit- age which the revolutionary fathers pledged their lives and their sacred houor to establish.
THANKSGIVING DINNER .- On Thanksgiving day, the 24th of November, 1864, in the village of Chatfield, Mr. Isaac Day, of that place, displayed his loyalty by preparing a sumptnos thanksgiving dinner to the wives of soldiers. The feast was held at the residence of Mr. Isaac Day, and was attended by all the wives of soldiers in Chatfield, about twenty ladies being present whose husbands were absent in the army. The occasion was a fitting tribute and a just expression of feeling
toward the absent defenders of their country, and will long be remembered py participants as a most pleasant and profitable evening. The banquet was preceded by a most touching prayer, by one of the ladies, for the prosperity of the country, safety of the absent father, husband, and soldier, and that the happiness of home, and its comforts be once more re-instated and perpetuated.
SOLDIERS IN THE SIOUX MASSACRE .- At the time of the Sioux massacre, the last of August and first of September, 1862, two companies of mounted rangers were organized and equipped in Fillmore county. Capt. N. P. Colburn, being in St. Paul, secured some handbills, and under instructions from Governor Ramsey raised a company of 120 mounted men, and had them armed and equipped, and marched to the front.
The battle of Bunker Hill, as an incentive to action in the early days of the revolution, was as nothing compared with the news of the Indian massacre. Men dropped their work, sometimes leaving a threshing machine, and mounting the horses would secure rifles wherever they could be found. Those who had no horses took them wherever they could be obtained, and some, whose horses were thus confiscated, were seriously in- convenienced until their return.
The officers of one company were : N. P. Col- burn, Captain; William Marsh, 1st Lieutenant; and G. J. Onstine, 2d Lieutenant. They went by the way of Chatfield and Winnebago city. This company remained five weeks and were relieved by the 25th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers, when they returned home and disbanded.
From the Adjutant General's report we are enabled to obtain the following list of volunteers who enlisted during the rebellion, from Fillmore county. There is no doubt that many are ex- cluded from the list by incorrect registering, be- ing credited to other counties, and other causes.
SECOND REGIMENT INFANTRY -COMPANY A.
Judson W. Bishop, Captain. Charles Haven, First Lieutenant.
Charles H. Barnes, Second Lieutenant.
Levi Ober, Sergeant.
Charles Feruster, Sergeant. Edward L. Kenny, Corporal. William Haffman,
James F. Stewart, William A. Bennett, Andrew J. Balsinger,
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Baruch Denny, Musician. Major D. E. Runnals, Musician. John L. Kenny, Quartermaster. PRIVATES.
Robert Bateman. Samuel R. Barnes. Charles N. Corliss.
Henry C. Brown.
Norman E. Case.
Herman G. Case.
John L. Collison. Thomas E. Dalton.
George W. Edwards, Edward A. Everts. Samuel Foster. John Fettman. Benjamin Farrington. Ellick H. Gollings. John Luark. David N. Morse. Archibald McCorkle.
Charles A. Edwards. Newton Emberry. Thomas Finch. John W. Farrington. Samuel N. Farrell. Peter Langhlin. Augustus McNeely.
COMPANY F-PRIVATES.
Levi M. Shephard.
James Tabor.
George W. Ainsworth.
George Bandle.
Samuel Davis. Angevine B. Foster.
Thomas H. Garraitsee. Thaddeus O. Kilburn.
Richard N. Kivel.
COMPANY G-PRIVATES.
Bonifacius Hoffman.
Paul Peterson.
Otto Serfling.
COMPANY H-PRIVATES.
Peter Nelson.
Ole F. Nelson.
John Peterson.
Thomas N. Shipton.
COMPANY K-PRIVATES.
William R. Haskin.
Michael Kittleson.
THIRD REGIMENT INFANTRY -- COMPANY B-PRIVATES .
Robert E. Douglas.
Henry M. Morey.
Henry Ness. Joseph Palmer.
COMPANY C.
John R. Bennett, Captain.
Edwin Hillman, Sergeant.
William C. French, "
John F. Early, Corporal.
Lucian W. Allen, Musician.
Byron Pendall,
John Bottom,
PRIVATES.
Lawrence Barr. Orin Case.
Thomas Crowel.
David C. Craig.
Henry Oraig. Henry Coyl.
James P. Chapin. Franklin Chapin.
Milo Dodge. John G. Duff.
Hiram Essington. Jesse C. Fate.
Alvah Fay. Henry W. Farnsworth.
Harlem J. Farnsworth. Isaac Farnsworth.
Marion L. Freeman.
Henry Glass.
Martin Gaylord.
Francis B. Ide.
George D. Knox.
Walter Luce.
William McGowan.
Nathan Olds.
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Simeon A. Wellman. Daniel C. Wilson. Warren P. Andrews. John Ayers. Leonard Barrett. David J. Bungamer. Charles P, Barnes. Alexander Carmegil. Milton C. Fay. Wilson C. Garett. Levi Hamlin.
Giles A. Baker.
John C. Bateman. Hiram W. Clark. Gustus Frederick. George G. Farrell. Henry Gale. Samuel R. Henry.
Francis M. Knight. Abram Kalder.
Charles V. Knox. Cadwalader J. Lynch.
Samuel B. Moon.
Michael Passmore.
William R. Plonteaux.
Richard Rice.
Walter Withers.
William C. Wheeler. Peter Young.
COMPANY B-PRIVATES.
Sievert Larson.
James Utley.
COMPANY C-PRIVATES.
Hiram H. Allen.
James Casterton.
George W. Moor.
Stepben Trindall.
Charles Bloom. Samuel Chapman.
William Degrod. John Gurley.
COMPARY E-PRIVATES.
Albright Anfinson.
Charles French.
Gunder Gunderson.
John Johnson.
Ole Jacobson.
Daniel W. Mead. Adam Mann.
Lorenzo J. D. Place.
James McAdams. Spencer J. Pitcher. Fred. H. Russell. Jacob Rose. Charles B. Rouse. Robert Smalley. John W. Sawyer. John H. Shipton. George R. Shipton. Andrew J. Wheeler. Frank A. West.
George M. Pinneo. Dennis Rose. George W. Rockwell. William Sackett. Henry Smalley. Newton Scott. William R. Shipton. George S. Spaulding. Alonzo F. Worden. Joseph W. Marr. Ozias M. Work. Joseph Wall. Chester Andrews. Charles B. Allen.
Fred. Young.
Jonathan McEldry. Harvey Page. Charles H. Philips. Andrew Sall.
John W. Goodwin. William G. Hazelton. Arthur Jennings. Lewis Kimball.
John McDonald. James Nichols.
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Simeon Olds.
Josiah W. Parker.
Louis Parker.
Edmund Priest.
William G. Rundall.
James Root. James Stark.
Sanford Satterlee.
Alonzo Sherman,
Ezra Scovil.
Charles Wagoner.
George C. Weed.
Albert H. Wallace.
COMPANY E-PRIVATE.
Ole J. Peterson.
COMPANY I-PRIVATES.
John Hamblin.
Ira Henderson.
John P. Owens. John Owens.
FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY-COMPANY B- James H. Kerr. Wenzel Kusda.
PRIVATES.
Marion Blacker.
Joseph Lamb.
Luther Turner.
Theodore Anderson.
COMPANY C-PRIVATES.
Ole Joel.
Robert Gilbert.
James L. Wilford.
COMPANY E-PRIVATES.
John J. O'Brien.
John Patterson.
COMPANY H .- PRIVATES.
Engel E. Bougner.
Andrew O. Hougan.
Ole Neilson. Hans Samuelson.
Edward A. Hostver.
COMPANY I .- PRIVATE.
Moses T. MoGrew.
COMPANY K .-- PRIVATES.
Magnus Erickson.
James M. Haskins.
David Imhoff.
Ole Larson.
George W. Miller. Cassius Sherman.
John Akerson. Ole W. Gunnison.
FIFTH REGIMENT INFANTRY-COMPANY B.
John S. Marsh, Captain.
Norman K. Culver, First Lieutenant.
Thomas P. Gere, Second Lieutenant. Russel H. Findley, First Sergeant.
James G. McGraw, Sergeant. Arlington C. Ellis, Solon A. Trescott, 66
John F. Bishop, ".
Michael Pfremmer, Corporal.
David W. Atkins, Joseph S. Besse, =
William E. Winslow, "
Arthur Mc Alister,
Truman D. Huntley, Charles H. Hawley, "
William Good, Corporal. Gilbert W. Wall, Musician. Charles M. Culver, George M. Annis, Wagoner.
PRIVATES.
Charles H. Baker. William H. Blodget.
Christ Boyer.
Charles Beecher.
John Brennan. Levi Carr.
James Dunn. Caleb Elpel.
Andrew J. Fauver. Columbia French.
James W. Foster. Charles E. French. John Holmes. Elias Hoyt.
William B. Hutchinson. Levi W. Ives.
Christian Joeger, Darius Kanzig.
John W. Lester. Isaac Lindsey.
John McGowan.
James Murray.
Henry Martin. James C. McLean.
James M. Munday.
Wenzel Norton.
Edward F. Nehrhood. Moses P. Parks. John W. Parks.
Nathaniel Pitcher.
Henry F. Pray.
William J. Perrington.
Harrison Philips.
John Parsley. Hober Robinson.
Andrey Rufriedge.
Antoine Robenski. Ezekiel Rose.
Henry A. Shepard. Samuel Stewart.
William J. Sturgis.
Nathan Stewart.
Allen Smith.
Robert J. Spernitz.
Charles W. Smith.
John Serfling.
William A. Sutherland. Ole Sevendson.
Martin J. Tanner. Jonathan Taylor.
Joel A. Underwood. Stephen Van Buren.
Andrew W. Williamson. Eli Wait.
Martin H. Wilson. Oscar G. Wall.
COMPANY C .- PRIVATES.
Lyman C. Jones.
Curtis B. Keller.
COMPANY G .- PRIVATE.
Thomas Cramp.
COMPANY K .- PRIVATES.
George Steward.
Oliver Knudson.
Wilhelm Urban.
SIXTH REGIMENT INFANTRY-COMPANY C .- PRIVATE.
Thomas Shipton. COMPANY K.
John Bottom, Corporal. Alfred Drury,
PRIVATES.
William Andrew.
Luther Barrows.
Robert Crowell.
Charles P. Gould.
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James Workman.
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Daniel Gould.
William Logan.
Christian Pfremmer. Ara Plomteaux.
Charles H. Perry. David A. Pierce.
Edward H. Rensberger. Wesley Stevens.
John S. Ransdell.
William J. Stewart.
Frederick W. Shultz. Roland R. Sisson.
Calvin S. Straw. Ezra O. Wisel.
SEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY-COMPANY E.
Josiah F. Marsh, Captain.
Thomas G. Hall, First Lieutenant.
Alexander Wright, Second Lieutenant.
John C. Orr, Sergeant.
Jacob C. McCormick,
Halver Helgerson.
Lars B. Larson.
Madey Jacobson.
Andrew Johnson. Kittle Kittleson.
Jonathan Myers. Levi H. Monroe.
Oliver Nelson.
Amos Newell.
Erasmus Swenson.
M. M. Sherburne.
Daniel I. Sutherland. Herman Wilbur.
EIGHTH REGIMENT INFANTRY .- COMPANY D.
Samuel McLarty, Captain.
Dennis Jacobs, First Lieutenant.
John McGraw, First Sergeant.
Rufus A. Willis, Sergeant.
James D. Freeman, Sergeant.
B. Nichols Ohlhues, Corporal. Alfred B. Crittenden,
Alfred C. Ballard,
Hiram Winslow,
Roscoe G. Millett,
Gideon H. Hungerford, Musician.
Wallace Shipton, "
Alexander Hall, Wagoner.
C. H. Chase.
Joseph Daniels.
William Drummond.
PRIVATES.
Henry H. Arnold. Murray Bagely.
Andrew J. Best.
George D. Corp.
William H. Crowl. Squire A. Cox.
Henry H. Chapin. James Cramp.
James M. Dennick. John Dormedy.
James E. Ellis. Richard Eitman.
James H. Foster.
George Follensbee.
John Finn.
Edward W. Flanders.
Charles M. Foote.
Richard Fort.
Lewis Fort. William Greenle.
John B. Greenle.
William Harrison.
Samuel Garver. John Hargrave. John T. Hart.
George E. Haymaker.
William A. Herriman. Adams H. Hair.
Adam K. Hazelton.
Horatio H. Heyden.
Corwin Johnson.
Knudi Oleson. William Priest.
Peter Peterson.
Maxson L. Potter.
Emery D. Seelye. James Smallen.
Charles Shulz. Philander Sayles,
John Server. Edwin Stork.
Franklin M. Stebbins. Theodore Towsley.
Thomas Thompson.
Thomas B. Thompson. George L. Walker.
Spencer J. Wilber.
James M. Woodward.
Oliver H. Essington.
Enbric Engberitson.
Stephen E. Ford.
John Glass. Peter Hanson.
Gerrge W. Degroodt, John W. McNelly,
Truman D. Bonghton, Corporal.
John McGowan, Robert H. Miller,
Lorenzo D. Emmons,
Ransom Walter, 66
Jolın T. Drummond, 66
William E. Durand,
Ira Morey, Musician.
James F. Fitch,
Jacob A. Rose, Wagoner.
PRIVATES.
William B. Allen. Arne Arneson.
Ole O. Bagly.
Myron J. Butler.
Milton Burons.
Beriah Bliss.
Charles Barrett. Jerry S. Burdick.
Howard A. Boice. Henry W. Bullis.
Michael Bennett. John Blackburn.
Christ Christopherson. George W. Craig. Barnabas Dawson.
Aaron H. H. Dayton. Ole Erickson. Lucien B. Finch.
George Farquer. Peter Gibney. Jacob B. Gage.
George W. Graham. Charles Gorton. 1 Daniel Hall. Mons Hanson. Henry Hoffman.
Freeman E. Guptil. Rasmus Honsker. Calvin Hoag.
Mike T. Hazland. Alfred Hull. John W. Jones. John .H. Johnson. George B. Kaldar.
Jacob C. Larson.
Robert A. Morrison.
Washington McDowell. Olaus Oleson.
Henry Hall. James Keck.
Tobias Knudson.
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Lionel C. Long. John Lantzenhizer.
Abraham Long.
Samuel Riddle.
Martin Henderson. William S. Ingalls. Abraham Jaycox. John Jacobson. Albert Lloyd. James McGowan.
Notley D. Elless.
Charles S. Warr.
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Comfort B. Luddington. Philip Leibald.
Edward Lacy.
Samuel Merriman.
Michael Ohllanes. Richard K. Post.
Frank Panelka. Ray S. Potter.
Henry Ruthburn. Leonard Scott.
John W. Scott. John Thompson.
Christian Thompson. Isaac D. Thompson.
Richard Tuper.
Jonathan Williams.
George N. Williams.
Danforth C. Wright.
Charles O. Wood.
Sewal A. Wolcott.
Henry I. Young.
NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY .- COMPANY A. Josiah F. Marsh, Colonel. Refine W. Twitchell, Assistant Surgeon.
PRIVATES.
Warren D. Beebe.
Ellis Dyer.
Horace N. Gould.
TENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY. - COMPANY C. PRIVATES.
James W. Mallison.
George A. Nicholson.
Dennis Nicholson.
COMPANY E .- PRIVATES.
Ludwig Oleson.
Joel Rush.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY .- COMPANY I. PRI-
VATES.
Charles E. Thurber, Captain.
Alfred C. Hawley, First Lieutenant.
Robert C. McCord, Second Lieutenant.
FIRST REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY.
James A. Foote, First Lieutenant.
COMPANY A .- PRIVATES.
Ludwig Anderson.
Hiram J. Wilsie.
COMPANY B .- PRIVATES.
Martin S. Anderson. Peter Anderson.
Lyman E. Carpenter.
Peter Erickson.
Peter M. Franklin.
Harvey Franklin.
Campbell W. Graham. Christopher Hellnson.
- Peter Johnson. Olic Knudson.
James McDonald.
Lars Peterson.
Dyman G. Stevens.
Sylvester Tollifson.
Tolef Tollefson.
COMPANY C .- PRIVATES.
Layayette Chipman.
William Rice.
COMPANY D .-- PRIVATES.
Carl Bayers. James Early, Jr.
Isaac Finch. Abraham W. Finch.
Randall Fay. Andrew Gorgerson.
Joseph Gartner. John H. Ham.
John Johnson. Lafayette F. Means.
William Means. James R. Means. George MoMaster.
John Miles.
Jens Oleson. William Oleson. Ole Olesou.
John Oleson.
Truls Oleson. Torkel Oleson.
Samuel B. Olmsted.
Luzerne W. Palmer.
Knud Rasmussoy.
Francis Walrod.
FIRST REGIMENT MOUNTED RANGERS.
George W. Willis, First Lieutenant. Charles E. Thurber, Second Lieutenant.
COMPANY I .- PRIVATES.
Marvin R. Brown.
Isaac Grover.
John House.
Inman Harrington.
Louis La Taror. Paul J. Peterson.
Frank R. Patten. James A. Sample.
James R. Brownwell. William White.
BRACKETT'S BATTALION .- COMPANY A .- PRIVATES.
Alfred H. Foot.
Samuel Taylor.
Hiram A. Buck.
COMPANY C .- PRIVATE.
Samuel S. Belding. COMPANY D.
George W. Wilder, First Lieutenant.
George H. Smith, Corporal.
Levi Gates,
James S. Lea,
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PRIVATES.
Horatio N. Austin.
H. H. Bryant.
Hugh A. Hoy.
George Hoy.
James Louth.
Daniel Paul.
SECOND REGIMENT CAVALRY .- COMPANY A.
John R. Jones, Captain.
Albert R. Field, First Lieutenant.
William L. Briley, Second Lieutenant.
William T. Stevens, First Sergeant.
Francis E. Wheeler, Q. M. "
Josiah E. Vangordon, Com.
Francis B. Ide, Sergeant. Taylor Knight,
Henry B. Corey, Corporal.
William B. Blodget, " Alfred Dawson, Bugler. George A. McNair, Saddler.
PRIVATES.
Alfred Bowman.
William Benson.
Gottfried Busse.
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Amby S. Blowers.
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RAILROADS.
Francis H. Craig.
John L. Cross.
Benjamin Day.
Eugene Dexter.
Caleb Elphee, Jr.
Francis Eagle.
William H. Graham.
Jacob Glider.
William Goedert.
Homer R. Hills.
Edwin Harkness.
Anton Kleever.
Richard McConnell.
Robert A. Miller.
Ansel S. Merwin. William H. Merwin.
Spencer J. Pitcher.
Thomas B. Root.
Henry M. Seeley.
Charles Schintle.
Henry Snyder.
Soloman J. Shipton.
Frederick Schroeder.
George Turner.
Charles Taylor.
William T. Wickerman.
Henry Graham.
William Kilpatrick.
Fielder Dodge.
Barnabas Rucker.
COMPANY B .- PRIVATE.
Franklin H. Wells.
COMPANY I .- PRIVATES.
Jasper W. Barncard. John Hayworth.
Hugh Livingston.
INDEPENDENT BATTALION CAVALRY-COMPANY A-
PRIVATE.
Isaac C. Wait,
COMPANY B-PRIVATES.
Garrett Duryea. Thaddeus A. Wilkins.
COMPANY C-PRIVATE.
George W. Plummer.
COMPANY D-PRIVATE.
Wesley Baldwin.
FIRST BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Frederick Flohr, Artificer.
PRIVATES.
Daniel Meyers.
Isaac W. Rush.
John Ward.
SECOND BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY-PRIVATES.
Henry Anderson. Martin O. Fossom.
Tennis Hanson.
Ingebreth Johnson.
Christopher Johnson.
Henry R. Rouse.
Thomas Clark.
SOLDIERS' PENSIONS.
The whole number of pensioners in Fillmore county is 127, with an annual payment, including arrears, of $25,783. This number is exceeded ouly in Hennepin and Ramsey counties. The
subjoined table shows the number drawing pen- sions in the whole State, with the amount paid. it will be found of great interest:
COUNTY.
Number of Pen-
" Annual payment,
with arrears.
Number of Pen-
Annual payment,
with arrears.
Blue earth.
121
$26,501
Becker
81 $6,255
Cotton wood
38
7.653
Benton
17
3,473
Dodge ..
53
10,731 Big Stone.
39
6,042
Faribault.
85
17,843
Carlton
7
1,429
Fillmore.
127
25,787 Cass.
7
1,960
Freeborn .
97
19.783: Chisago.
27
5,609
Houston.
41
8,360'
Clay.
13
Jackson ..
20
8.990 Crow Wing ..
12
2.516
Martin.
50
10,184 Douglas
2g
13,946
Mower.
107
22.010 Grant
8
1,578
Murray 15 3,063 Hennepin.
439
89,299
Olmsted
114
23,203 Kanabec.
3
Pipestone ..
40
7,995
Kittson
1
Rock.
29
4,735 Lac qui Parle.
6
Steele.
79
15,793
Marshall
9
1.824
Waseca
79
15,945;
Meeker
53
10,876
Watonwan. Winona
28
5,670
Mille Lacs.
28
5,715
114
23,256 Morrison
41
8,289
Brown
42
8,626 Otter Tail.
90
18,270
Carver.
70
14,258 Pine.
4
882
Chippewa
17
3,511 Polk.
32
6,568
Dakota
41
8,398| Pope
18
3,260
Goodhue.
78
18,763 Ramsey
241
49,114
Kandiyohi.
17
3,428 St. Louis.
23
4,674
Le Sueur ..
93
18,932 Sherburne
105
21,440
Lyon.
46
9,257 Stevens
18
3,709
McLeod.
57
11,529 Todd.
21
4,256
Nicollet.
50
10,138 Traverse
9
1,847
Redwood
38
7,646 Wadena.
52 10,518
Renville
52
10,632 Washington ...
Rice.
122
Scott.
49
Sibley
23
4,727
Y. Medicine.
26 5,198
Wabasha.
85
17,358
Total
3,952 $802,979
Anoka.
88 17,814
CHAPTER XLVII.
RAILROADS-NEWSPAPERS-BAR ASSOCIATION-MED- ICAL SOCIETY-CHURCHES-SCHOOLS-STATISTICS AMBER CANE.
Fillmore county is supplied with railroad facili- ties by three lines. The Southern Minnesota rail- road enters the county near the northeastern cor- ner, and passing westward crosses the west line a little north of the center; the Caledonia, Missis- sippi & Western railroad crosses the eastern line near the southeast corner, and has its terminus at Preston, in the center of the county. Both are controlled by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Company; and the Plainview & Chatfield road, controlled by the Chicago & Northwestern Com- pany, has its southern terminus at Chatfield.
THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA RAILROAD.
This trunk line started as the Root River Valley road, finally assumed its present name, and is now
2
4,454
Lincoln
18
3,640 Stearns.
71 14,448
24,814, Wilkin
9 1,870
9,872 Wright
95 19,251
Swift
25
4.993
1
220
714
114
1.188
2.584
Nobles. 12,950 Isanti
sioners.
COUNTY.
sioners.
Digitized by
Lysander G. Harkness. William H. Morrell.
300
HISTORY OF FILLMORE COUNTY.
a division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway company's system of roads, which is said to have the largest number of miles of any road in America under one management.
It has its eastern terminus at La Crosse, and entering this county at Rushford, follows the Root River as far as Lanesboro. Here it extends toward the west with a southern deflection, and leaves the county near the center of the western boundary. It has stations at convenient distances along the route. The early history of this enter- prise is one crowded with vicissitudes.
Soon after Brownsville, in Houston county, was settled, a charter was obtained with the mouth- filling title of "Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company." That road was to start up the Wild Cat valley, and it proved to be a wild cat scheme, coming into the world in a still-born condition.
The Root River Valley Railroad Company was organized under territorial auspices. Clark W. Thompson, of Hokah; T. B. Twiford, of Chatfield; and T. B. Stoddard, of La Crosse, and their asso- ciates, whoever they were, kept the breath of life in this corporation for several years.
On the 3d of November, 1856, it having got to be the "Root River & Southern Minnesota Com- pany," the officers met at their usual headquar- ters at Chatfield, and the places of directors whose terms of office had expired were filled; the board then stood as follows: Clark W. Thompson, Pres- ident; C. A. Stevens, Vice-President; H. L. Ed- wards, Secretary; T. B. Twiford, Treasurer; H. W. Holley, Chief Engineer. The Executive Com- mittee were T. B. Twiford, Edward Thompson, T. B. Stoddard, William B. Gere, and T. J. Safford.
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