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Company B-Privates, Sievert Larson, J. Utley. Company C-Privates, Hiram H. Allen, James Casterton, George W. Moor, Stephen Trindall, Charles Bloom, Samuel Chapman, William Degrod, John Gurley. Company E-Privates, Albright An- finson, Charles French, Gunder Gunderson, John Johnson, Ole Jacobson. Company F-Privates, Levi M. Shepard, 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 INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in October, 1861, and originally commanded by Col. Henry C. Lester, of Winona. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., in March, 1862. Captured and paroled at Murfreesboro in July, 1862. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., thence to Minnesota. Engaged in the Indian expedition in 1862. Par- ticipated in the battle of Wood Lake in September, 1862. Ordered to Little Rock, Ark., in November, 1863. Veteranized in January, 1864. Engaged in battle of Fitzhugh's Woods, March 30, 1864. Ordered to Pine Bluff, Ark., in April, 1864;
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thence to Duvall's Bluff, September 2, 1865. Mustered out at Duvall's Bluff, September 2, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn.
Company B. Privates, Robert E. Douglas, Henry M. Morey, Henry Ness, Joseph Palmer.
Company C. John R. Bennett, captain; Edwin Hillman, Wil- liam C. French, sergeants; John F. Early, corporal; Lucian W. Allen, Byron Pendall, John Bottom, musicians. Privates, Lawrence Barr, Orin Case, Thomas Crowel, David C. Craig, Henry Craig, 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 Farns- worth, Marion L. Freeman, Henry Glass, John W. Goodwin, Mar- tin Gaylord, William G. Hazelton, Francis B. Ide, Arthur Jen- nings, George D. Knox, Lewis Kimball, Walter Luce, John McDonald, William McGowan, James Nichols, Nathan Olds, Simeon Olds, Josiah W. Parker, Louis Parker, Edmund Priest, Joseph Pulford, William G. Rundall, James Root, James Stark, Sanford Satterlee, Alonzo Sherman, Ezra Scovil, Charles Wag- oner, George C. Weed, Albert H. Wallace, James Workman.
Company E-Private, Ole J. Peterson. Company I-Privates, John Hamblin, Ira Henderson, John P. Owens, John Owens.
FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment was originally commanded by Col. J. B. San- born, of St. Paul, organized December 23, 1861; ordered to Benton Barracks, Mo., April 19, 1862; assigned to army of the Mississippi, May 4, 1862; participated in the following marches, battles, sieges and skirmishes: Siege of Corinth, April, 1862; Iuka, September 19, 1862; Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862; siege of Vicksburg, Forty Hills, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, assault on Vicksburg, capture of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863. Transferred from Seventeenth to Fifteenth corps; Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863; veteranized, January, 1864; Altoona, October, 1864; Sherman's march through Georgia and the Caro- linas; Bentonville, March 20, 1865, and Raleigh, April 14, 1865; mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 19, 1865; discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn.
Company B. 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, IIans Samuelson, Edward A. Hostver. Company I-Private, Moses T. McGrew. Company K-Privates, Magnus Erickson, James M. Haskins,
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David Imhoff, Ole Larson, George W. Miller, Cassius Sherman, John Akerson, Ole W. Gunnison.
FIFTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in May, 1862, and originally com- manded by Col. Rudolph Borgesrode, of Shakopee. Ordered to Pittsburg Landing, May 9, 1862, leaving a detachment of three companies in Minnesota, garrisoning frontier posts. Participated in the following marches, battles, sieges and skirmishes: Siege of Corinth, April and May, 1862. The detachment in Minnesota engaged with the Indians at Redwood, Minn., August 18, 1862, and siege of Fort Ridgely, August 20, 21 and 22, 1862; Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory, in August, 1862. The regiment was assigned to the Sixteenth Army Corps and engaged in the battle of Iuka, September 18, 1862, and at Corinth, October 3 and 4, 1862; Jackson, May 14, 1863; and the siege of Vicksburg; as- sault of Vicksburg, May 22, 1863; Mechanicsburg, June 3, 1863; Richmond, June 15, 1863; Fort De Rusrey, Louisiana, March 14, 1864; Red River expedition in March, April and May, 1864; Lake Chicot, June 6, 1864, and Tupelo in June, 1864. Veteranized in July, 1864; Abbeyville, August 23, 1864; marched in September, 1864, from Brownsville, Ark., to Cape Girardeau, Mo., thence by boat to Jefferson City; thence to Kansas state line; thence to St. Louis, Mo .; ordered to Nashville, November, 1864; battle of Nashville, December 15 and 16, 1864; Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely in April, 1865; mustered out at Demopolis, Ala., Sep- tember 6, 1865, and discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn. It will be seen by the above record this regiment was in active service, yet comparatively very few were killed in battle.
Company B. John S. Marsh, captain; Norman K. Culver, first lieutenant ; Thomas P. Gere, second lieutenant ; Russel H. Findley, first sergeant; James G. McGrew, Arlington C. Ellis, Solon A. Trescott, John F. Bishop, sergeants; Michael Pfremmer, David W. Atkins, Joseph S. Besse, William E. Winslow, Arthur Mc- Alister, Truman D. Huntley, Charles H. Hawley, William Good, corporals; Gilbert W. Wall, Charles M. Culver, musicians ; George M. Annis, wagoner. Privates, Charles H. Baker, William II. Blodget, Christ Boyer, Charles Beecher, John Brennan, Levi Carr, James Dunn, Caleb Elpha, 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, James H. Kerr, Wenzel Kusda, John W. Lester, Isaac Lindsey, John McGowan, James Murray, Henry Martin, James C. McLean, James M. Munday, Wenzel Norton, Edward F. Nehr- hood, Moses P. Parks, Nathaniel Pitcher, John W. Parks, Henry
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F. Pray, William J. Perrington, Harrison Philips, John Parsley, Andrey Rufriedge, Heber Robinson, 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-Private, Lyman C. Jones. Company G-Private, Thomas Cramp. Company K-Privates, George Steward, Oliver Knudson, Wilhelm Urban.
SIXTH INFANTRY.
The Sixth Infantry was organized in August, 1862, and ordered on the expedition against the Indians. Detachment of 200 engaged in battle at Birch Cooley, September 2, 1862. The regiment participated in the battle at Wood Lake, September 22, 1862, and garrisoned frontier posts from November, 1862, until May, 1863, when ordered upon Indian expedition; engaged with the Indians, July 24, 26 and 28, 1863. Stationed at frontier posts from September 18, 1863, to June 5, 1864, when ordered to Helena, Ark. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., November, 1864; to New Orleans, January, 1865. Assigned to the Sixteenth Army Corps. Participated in engagements of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, April, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, August 19, 1865.
Company C-Private, Thomas Shipton.
Company K. Captain, W. W. Braden; first lieutenant, Henry S. Bassett; privates, William Andrew, Peter Anderson, David Atkins, Luther Barrows, John Bottom, John H. Brown, James C. Braden, John G. Closson, Amos P. Closson, Charles D. Cooper, George Conklin, Robert Crowell, Alexander Danchy, Robert Douglas, William Drury, George Drury, Alfred Drury, John Fair, Robert Fairbanks, Daniel P. Gerry, Charles P. Gould, Ormel Gould, Alfred Haskins, Fabin Hastenson, Homer Halverson, Carl Hegenstein, Norman Hantwell, Daniel Hanson, Griffin Holmes, John Laughtenheiser, Andrew Lillie, Alonzo Laudon, William Logan, Lionel C. Long, Abraham Lang, Michael McDonnell, James McDonnell, David McKisson, Cyrus N. McMurphy, David C. Miller, Edwin Morey, James Neal, Henry Pennock, William Pulford, John S. Ransdell, Samuel Riddle, Frederick W. Shultz, Rolland R. Sisson, John C. Smith, W. J. Stewart, Calvin S. Straw, Sherburne W. Stevens, Albert Tinklepaugh, Jonathan C. Utley, John Wellington, Charles J. West, Ezra Wisel, William T. Wier.
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SEVENTH INFANTRY.
The Seventh Infantry was organized in August, 1862, and ordered on expedition against the Indians. Engaged in battle of Wood Lake, September 22, 1862. Stationed at frontier posts until May, 1863, when again ordered on an Indian expedition. Engaged with Indians July 24, 26 and 28, 1863. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., October 7, 1863, thence to Paducah, Ky., April, 1864, thence to Memphis, Tenn., and assigned to Sixteenth Army Corps, June, 1864. Participated in the following marches, battles, sieges and skirmishes : Tupelo, July, 1864; Tallahatchie, August 7 and 8, 1864. Marched in pursuit of Price from Brownsville, Ark., to Cape Girardeau, thence by boat to Jefferson City, thence to Kansas line, thence to St. Louis, Mo. Battles of Nashville, Tenn., December 15 and 16, 1864; Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, April, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, August 16, 1865.
Company E. J. F. Marsh, captain; Thomas G. Hall, first lieu- tenant; Alexander Wright, second lieutenant ; John C. Orr, Jacob C. McCormick, George W. Degroodt, John W. McNelly, sergeants ; Truman D. Boughton, John McGowan, Robert H. Miller, Lorenzo D. Emmons, Ransom Walter, John T. Drummond, William E. Durand, corporals; Ira Morey, James F. Fitch, musicians; 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, C. H. Chase, Barnabas Dawson, Joseph Daniels, William Drummond, Aaron II. H. Dayton, Notley D. Elless, Ole Erickson, George Farquer, Lucien B. Finch, Peter Gibney, George W. Graham, Jacob B. Gage, Charles Gorton, Freeman E. Guptil, Daniel Hall, Rasmus Honsker, Mons Hanson, Calvin Hoag, Henry Hoffman, Mike T. Hazland, Martin IIenderson, Alfred Hull, Wil- liam S. Ingalls, John W. Jones, Abraham Jaycox, John H. John- son, John Jacobson, George B. Kaldar, Albert Lloyd, Jacob C. Larson James McGowan, Robert A. Morrison, Washington Mc- Dowell, Olaus Oleson, Knud Oleson, Peter Peterson, William Priest, Maxson L. Potter, Christian Pfremmer, Ara Plomteaux, Charles H. Perry, David A. Pierce, Edward H. Rensberger, Wes- ley Stevens, Emery D. Seelye, James Smallen, Charles Shulz, Philander Sayles, John Server, Franklin M. Stebbins, Edwin Stork, Theodore Towsley, Thomas Thompson, Thomas B. Thomp- son, Charles S. Warr, George L. Walker, Spencer J. Wilber, James M. Woodward, Oliver H. Essington, Enbric Engberitson, Stephen E. Ford, John Glass, Halver Helgerson, Peter Hanson, Lars B. Larson, Madey Jacobson, Andrew Johnson, Kittle Kit- tleson, Jonathan Myers, Levi H. Monroe, Oliver Nelson, Amos
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Newell, Erasmus Swenson, M. M. Sherburne, Daniel I. Suther- land, Herman Wilbur.
EIGHTH INFANTRY.
The Eighth Infantry was organized August 1, 1862. Stationed at frontier posts until May, 1864, when ordered upon Indian expedition. Engaged in the following battles, sieges, skirmishes and marches: Tat-cha-o-ku-tu, July 28, 1864; Battle of the Cedars and Overall's Creek. Ordered to Clifton, Tenn., thence to Cincinnati, Ohio, thence to Washington, thence to Wilmington, thence to Newburn, N. C. Battles of Kingston, March 8, 9 and 10, 1865. Mustered out at Charlotte, N. C., July 11, 1865. Dis- charged at Fort Snelling.
Company D. Samuel McLarty, captain; Dennis Jacobs, first lieutenant; John McGraw, first sergeant; Rufus A. Willis, James D. Freeman, sergeants ; B. Nichols Ohlhues, Alfred B. Crittenden, Alfred C. Ballard, IIiram Winslow, Roscoe G. Millett, corporals; Gideon HI. Hungerford, Wallace Shipton, musicians; Alexander Hall, Wagoner. 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, Samuel Garver, William Harrison, John Hargrave, George E. Haymaker, John T. Hart, William A. Herriman, Adams H. Hair, Adam K. Hazelton, Horatio H. Heyden, Henry Hall, Cor- win Johnson, James Keck, Tobias Knudson, Comfort B. Ludding- ton, 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, Jona- than Williams, George N. Williams, Danforth C. Wright, Charles O. Wood, Sewal A. Wolcott, Henry I. Young.
NINTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in August, 1862, and stationed at frontier posts until September, 1863, when ordered to St. Louis, Mo., and from there to Jefferson City, Mo., and distributed among several posts in the interior of the state. In May, 1864, ordered to St. Louis and from there to Memphis, Tenn. Engaged in the following battles, marches, sieges and skirmishes: Gun- town Expedition, August, 1864; Tallahatchie, August, 1864; marched in pursuit of Price from Brownsville, Ark., to Cape Girardeau, thence by boat to Jefferson City; thence to Kansas
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line, thence to St. Louis. Fought with heroism in the battle of Nashville, December 15 and 16, 1864; also at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely in April, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn., August 24, 1865.
J. F. Marsh, colonel; Refine W. Twitchell, assistant surgeon. Company A. Privates, Warren D. Beebe, Ellis Dyer, Horace N. Gould.
TENTH INFANTRY.
The regiment was organized in August, 1862, and originally commanded by Col. James H. Baker, of Mankato. It was sta- tioned at frontier posts until June, 1863, when it was ordered upon the Indian expedition. Engaged with the Indians July 24, 26, 28, 30 and 31, 1863. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., in October, 1863; thence to Columbus, Ky., in April, 1864; thence to Mem- phis, Tenn., in June, 1864, and assigned to the Sixteenth Army Corps. Participated in the following marches, battles, sieges and skirmishes: Battle of Tupelo, July 13, 1864; Oxford expedition, August, 1864; march in pursuit of Price from Brownsville, Ark., to Cape Girardeau; thence by boat to Jefferson City; thence to Kansas line; thence to St. Louis, Mo .; battles of Nashville, Tenn., December 15 and 16, 1864; Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, April, 1865. The regiment was discharged at Fort Snelling, August 19, 1865.
Company C. Privates, James W. Mallison, George A. Nichol- son, Dennis Nicholson. Company E-Privates, Ludwig Oleson, Joel Rush.
ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in August, 1864. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., engaged in guarding railroad between Nash- ville and Louisville until mustered out, June 26, 1865.
Company I. Charles E. Thurber, captain; Alfred C. Hawley, first lieutenant; Robert C. McCord, second lieutenant.
FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY.
This regiment was organized in April, 1865. Ordered to Chat- tanooga, Tenn., and stationed at that post until mustered out, September, 1865.
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 Helleson, Peter Johnson, Olic Knudson, James McDonald, Lars Peterson, Dyman G. Stevens, Sylvester Tollifson, Tolef Tollefson. Company C- Privates, Lafayette Chipman, William Rice.
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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, John Miles, George McMaster, Jens Oleson, William Oleson, John Oleson, Ole Oleson, Truls Ole- son, Torkel Oleson, Samuel B. Olmsted, Luzerne W. Palmer, Knud Rasmussen, Francis Walrod.
Company H. James A. Foote, first lieutenant.
FIRST REGIMENT MOUNTED RANGERS.
Organized in March, 1863, and originally commanded by Col. Samuel McPhail, of Caledonia, Houston county. Stationed among frontier posts until May, 1863, when they were ordered upon the Indian expedition. Engaged with the Indians, July 24, 26, 28, 30 and 31, 1863. Stationed at frontier posts upon the return of the expedition until mustered out. Mustered out by companies, between October 1, 1863, and December 30, 1863.
Company F. 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.
SECOND CAVALRY.
This regiment was organized in January, 1864, and ordered on an Indian expedition in the month of May. Several engagements with the Indians in July and August of that year. Stationed at frontier posts until mustered out by companies between No- vember, 1865, and June, 1856.
Company A. John R. Jones, captain; Albert R. Field, first lieutenant ; William L. Briley, second lieutenant; William T. Stevens, first sergeant; Francis E. Wheeler, quartermaster sergeant ; Josiah E. Vangordon, commissary sergeant ; Francis B. Ide, Taylor Knight, sergeants; Henry B. Corey, William B. Blodget, corporals; Alfred Dawson, bugler; George A. McNair, saddler. Privates, Alfred Bowman, William Benson, Gottlieb Busse, Amby S. Blowers, Francis H. Craig, John L. Cross, Ben- jamin Day, Eugene Dexter, Caleb Elphee, Jr., Francis Eagle, William H. Graham, Jacob Glider, William Goedert, Homer R. Hills, Edwin Harkness, Lysander G. Harkness, Anton Kleever, William H. Morrell, 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,
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William T. Wickerman, Henry Graham, William Kilpatrick, Fielder Dodge, Barnabas Rucker.
Company B-Private, Franklin II. Wells. Company I-Pri- vates, Jasper W. Barncard, John Hayworth, Hugh Livingston.
HATCH'S BATTALION.
The Independent Cavalry was organized July 20, 1863. Ordered to Pembina, October, 1863. Ordered to Fort Aber- crombie, May, 1864. Stationed at above fort until mustered out in April and June, 1866.
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.
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, Levi Gates, James S. Lea, George W. Beebe, corporals; privates, Horatio N. Austin, II. H. Bryant, Hugh A. Hoy, George Hoy, James Louth, Daniel Paul.
OTHER REGIMENTS.
First Battery Light Artillery. Frederick Flohr, artificer ; privates, Daniel Meyers, Isaac W. Rush, John Ward, Leonidas Woodle.
Second Battery Light Artillery. Privates, Henry Anderson, Martin O. Fossom, Tennis Hanson, Ingebreth Johnson, Chris- topher Johnson, Henry R. Rouse, Thomas Clark.
PROTECTION OF SOUTHERN FRONTIER.
Following is the roster of Capt. C. L. Post's company of Fill- more County Volunteer Mounted Infantry, organized September 1, 1862, and served until October 6, 1862. This company was in Col. Charles E. Flandrau's expedition for the defense of the southern frontier.
Captain, C. I. Post ; first lieutenant, Fred Atchison; second lieutenant, Peter McCracken; first sergeant, George Hoy; quar- termaster, T. C. Robinson; assistant quartermaster, S. Russell; sergeants, J. R. Malone, Avery Duey, N. V. Baker, E. V. Far- rington ; corporals, L. Postle, D. IIamil, Samuel Hamil, E. Thur- ber, W. H. Carsen; baggage master, B. F. McVey; teamsters,
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Isaac E. Grout, Richard King; privates, C. C. Abbott, M. H. Albro, A. S. Adams, F. P. Alten, Smith Atchison, A. E. Bryant, John Balch, Thomas Butrick, L. M. Benson, I. S. Blacker, Isaac Carduff, James Carduff, N. Cowley, I. S. Christie, W. F. Davis, S. Eggleston, M. C. Edwards, G. C. Fischer, A. W. Finch, S. R. Green, Charles Gore, L. J. Glasgow, Ira Henderson, William HIand, E. H. Hathaway, Philo Ingalls, Michael King, John King, James Lea, Willard Lester, David Luse, A. G. Lumbard, T. R. Malone, James McDermott, Ole Oleson, Mark Pulley, A. Retford, Henry Stage, R. M. Smith, John Simmons, S. G. Shipton, T. C. Utley, Hiram Walker, E. P. Wall, Siras J. White, Adolph Waller.
Following is the roster of Company A, Fillmore County Vol- unteer Militia, commanded by Capt. N. P. Colburn, organized September 1, 1862, and served until October 4, 1862. This com- pany served with Col. Charles E. Flandrau in his expedition for the defense of the southern frontier.
Captain, N. P. Colburn; first lieutenant, Harvey C. Marsh ; second lieutenant, George Onstine; quartermaster, Ephram Mc- Murtre; assistant quartermaster, William W. Fife; first sergeant, Alvin V. Tillotson; sergeants, Justin Seelye, Stephen Carpenter, J. P. Howe, A. Millford; corporals, Samuel M. Hunt, H. M. Onstine, Robert Richardson, Thomas Tuft; privates, O. A. Andrews, Youngs Allen, L. O. Bliss, D. Bryon, T. B. Billmat, G. A. Baker, Edward Burnhaim, R. S. Buckmister, T. N. Brown, James C. Brown, I. Cathcart, L. E. Comstock, John Cleghorn, T. P. Chase, John Carnegia, John Chandlier, Andrew Dickey, F. H. Day, Gilbert Donaldson, Henry Donald, George Eddy, William Elliott, H. Franklin, N. E. Fay, M. C. Fay, I. D. Franklin, James Foot, Frank Frazier, Robert Flemming, C. M. Graham, Henry Gale, M. H. Gore, John Galbraith, David Higley, W. L. Hutchins, I. M. Ham, A. A. Ham, L. L. Hashness, Lewis Hashness, B. G. Hicks, Stephen Ives, D. Jones, John Johnson, C. V. Knox, John Kemple, E. S. Kingsbury, A. Lashmet, John Lashmet, Elias Lint, I. Lindeman, William Larkin, James Means, George McGowan, H. A. Morrow, C. N. McMurphy, L. F. Means, Aason Merion, Henry Mowry, Joseph Newell, A. A. Newton, S. B. Newcomes, Luther Ober, Moses Osen, H. C. Prosser, I. B. Pulver, A. Prost- man, Stephen Perry, G. L. Potter, John Priest, John Plumtaux, Sr., John Plumtaux, Jr., Howard Rose, F. B. Root, T. D. Risen, E. S. Streeter, Robert Sturgeon, Joseph T. Starr, D. W. Seelige, John Sims, E. A. Serfling, Jacob Schweitzer, H. N. Sherburne, William Stroud, James R. Stroud, Williams Stephens, William Taylor, Henry Tillotson, I. Vought, G. B. Warner, William Wilkinson, Watts Williams, Charles E. Wheeler, S. F. Walker, R. Workman, Q. A. Woster, Henry Ward.
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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war Fillmore county had one military company, known as Company F, Second Infantry, Minnesota National Guards. It was located at Spring Valley, but also had members from other towns in the county. The company, commanded by Capt. Roy Viall, was called into the service of the United States by the president, at Spring Valley, April 29, 1898, to serve for a period of two years unless sooner discharged. The company on that same day traveled to St. Paul and went into camp. At that time the commissioned officers were: Captain, Roy Viall; first lieutenant, Frank Rensberger ; second lieutenant, F. II. Viall. First sergeant was O. C. McCary. Captain Viall served until mustered out. Lieutenant Rens- berger resigned, and his place was taken by Louis Miller. Lieu- tenant Miller died and William Denny, of St. James, was assigned to Company F, as first lieutenant, October 6, 1898. Lieut. F. H. Viall resigned July 11, 1898, and his place was taken, July 20, 1898, by Burdett C. Thayer, who had been mustered in as bat- talion sergeant major.
The Second Infantry, which included Company F, was en- rolled on April 29, 1898, as the Twelfth Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and mustered into the service of the United States, at Camp Ramsey, St. Paul, May 6 and 7, 1898. The regi- ment left Camp Ramsey, May 15, 1898, for Camp Thomas, Georgia, arriving May 19, 1898, and was assigned to the First Brigade, Third Division, First Army Corps. The regiment left Camp Thomas, Georgia, August 23, 1898, and reached Camp Hamilton, Ky., August 24, 1898. Under orders to return home the regiment left Camp Hamilton, Ky., September 15, 1898, arriv- ing at New Ulm, Minn., Sept. 17, 1898, where it entered camp the following day. Pursuant to General Orders, No. 130, A. G. O., 1898, and General Orders, No. 17, Regimental Headquarters, the regiment was furloughed for thirty days from September 21, 1898, and was mustered out of the service, November 5, 1898.
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