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The First Regiment was hurried on to Washington, and took part in the first Battle of Bull Run. It was here that Mr. Molli- son first showed that daring which made him the idol of his com- pany. In the retreat of the regiment, Captain MeCune was shot
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down. The regiment reformed later and the battle was resumed. Between the firing lines lay the wounded captain. Volunteers were called to go out amid the hail of bullets and bring back the captain. At once, Allan Mollison, the sturdy blacksmith, responded. He ran out across the shot-torn field, raised the wounded captain, and brought him safely to his company. The wound received by Captain McCune was a fatal one, however.
Mr. Mollison saw as much real war as any man in the army. The battles of the First Minnesota are a part of the history of the nation, and in them all he took his share. He was at Balls Bluff, where General Baker was killed, went through the penin- sular campaign with MeClellan, and fought at South Mountain, Antietam, the Wilderness and Gettysburg. After Gettysburg he was transferred to the First United States Cavalry, was in Gen- eral Grant's campaign as far as Cold Harbor, and accompanied General Sheridan in his raid through the Shenandoah valley. He was wounded five times and was a prisoner at the rebel prison of Belle Island for three weeks. He served three years and four months. He was born in Airdrie, Scotland, April 29, 1836, and died at Austin, Minnesota, July 6, 1906. His brother Thomas was killed in the Union service and his brother Edwin served and was killed as a colonel in the Rebel cavalry.
SECOND INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in July, 1861, and originally commanded by Horatio Van Cleve. Ordered to Louisville, Ken- tueky, in October, 1861, and assigned to the Army of the Ohio. It was engaged in the following marches, battles, skirmishes and sieges, viz .: Mill Spring, January 19, 1862; siege of Corinth, in April, 1862, then transferred to the Army of the Tennessee; Bragg's Raid, Perryville, October 8, 1862; skirmishes of the Tullahoma campaign, Chickamauga, September 19 and 20, 1863; Mission Ridge, November 28, 1863. Veteranized in January, 1864, and participated in the battles and skirmishes of the Atlanta campaign, viz. : Resaca, June 14, 15 and 16, 1864; Kenesaw Moun- tain, June 27, 1864; Jonesboro; Sherman's March through Geor- gia and the Carolinas, and Bentonville, March 19, 1865. The men were mustered out at Louisville, Ky., and discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, July 11, 1865. This regiment 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 than the "Bloody Second."
Company A-Sergeant II. G. Case.
Company B-Originally commanded by Captain William
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Markham; mustered into the service of the United States, for three years, on June 26, 1861, by Capt. A. D. Nelson, mustering officer. Privates-Daniel Ames, Henry Peck.
Company C-Originally commanded by Capt. Peter Mantor, mustered into the United States' service June 26, 1861, by Capt. A. D. Nelson, mustering officer. First lieutenant-William T. Mills. Privates-Headly B. Kimball, George H. Ames, Robert A. Dermin, William J. Johnson, Frederick McCormick, Edwin R. Morrill, Asaph Mayo, Edwin Frazier, Nelson C. Frazier, Philan- der Scheffield.
Company H-Francis Neller.
THIRD INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in October, 1861, and originally commanded by Col. Henry C. Lester, of Winona. Ordered to Nashville, Tennessee, in March, 1862. Captured and paroled at Murfreesboro in July, 1862. Ordered to St. Louis, Missouri, thence to Minnesota. Engaged in the Indian expedition in 1862. Participated in the battle of Wood Lake in September, 1862. Ordered to Little Rock, Arkansas, in November, 1863. Veteran- ized in January, 1864. Engaged in battle of Fitzhugh's Woods, March 30, 1864. Ordered to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in April, 1864; thence to Duvall's Bluff September 2, 1865. Mustered out at Duvall's Bluff September 2, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
On account of the ill-advised surrender of the regiment at Murfreesboro, a number of the officers were dismissed from the service, which partially demoralized portions of it, and they were sent north to guard the frontier. Their lack of experience in the arts of war had more to do with the surrender than lack of courage, as the regiment subsequently proved by their behavior on the field of battle.
Company C-Originally commanded by Capt. John R. Ben- nett, was mustered in service October 25, 1861, A. D. Nelson, mustering officer. First lieutenant-Lewis Hardy. Sergeant- William F. Grummons. Corporal-George MeKay.
Company F-J. H. DeReamer.
Company I-Private-Andrew J. Clark.
Company K-Private-Oscar Haws.
FOURTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment was originally commanded by Col. J. B. San- born, of St. Paul, organized December 23, 1861; ordered to Benton Barraeks, Missouri, 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,
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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, Octo- ber, 1864; Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas; Bentonville, March 20, 1865, and Raleigh, April 14, 1865; mus- tered out at Louisville, Kentucky, July 19, 1865; discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
Company A-Originally commanded by Capt. Luther B. Baxter, was mustered into service October 4, 1861, by A. D. Nelson, mustering officer. Captains-Charles W. Douglass, Charles C. Hunt (Company G). First lieutenants-Ira N. Mor- rill, George Baird. Second lieutenants - A. E. Wood, W. B. Spencer.
Company E-Originally commanded by Capt. Ebenezer LeGro, was mustered into service November 27, 1861. Corporal- Flijah F. Armstrong. Privates-Austin Rosenburgh, Harrison H. Hartley.
Company F-Originally commanded by Capt. Asa W. White, was mustered into service October 11, 1861. Privates-Nathan M. Thomas, John MeCaskel.
Company I-Private-Ashley Cameron.
Company K - Originally commanded by Capt. Robert P. Mooers, was mustered into the United States service for three years, December 23, 1861, by Capt. A. D. Nelson, mustering officer. Captain-Robert P. Mooers. Second lieutenant-W. B. Spencer. First Sergeants-Ira N. Morrill, Charles C. Hunt, George Carrier, Marion Lyle, George W. Bishop. Corporals- John E. Hussey, Samuel B. Rolfe, George Mail, Alonzo C. Hongh- ton, Samuel Surface, John Frank, Vincent B. Lincoln. Musi- cians-William B. Whitford, James Davis. Wagoner-Ambrose C. Smith. Privates-Thomas I. Bishop, W. H. H. Bullock, George Baird, William H. Bogart, Asa B. Carlton, Nathaniel Trost, James Guy, Thomas Greene, George S. Hutchinson, Horace Barber, Henry Bugor, Israel Baker, Samuel M. Clayton, Ethan R. Earl, Ilarvey B. Earl, William H. Gifford, Virgil W. Hughton, Plymp- ton E. Jenks, Wilbur S. Kimball, Asa C. Lawrence, James Morri- son, Stephen Maxon, Samuel E. Morse, William M. Pace, Caleb Powers, Robert S. Perkins, Samuel Shutz, Robert T. Tifft, Syl- vans Woodworth, Miles M. Trowbridge, E. A. Whitcomb, Stephen Tifft, Henry Loomis, Samuel Loomis, Samuel J. Mathews, John Mullin, Joseph F. Owen, Samuel Parks, Eugene E. Par- menter, Joseph II. Reed, Charles Shuler, Solomon Tollman, Peter G. Mills, W. C. Sommers, Ole S. Oleson, Edwin A. Parker, Sher- win Clow, Jacob H. Epler, Abram O. Hollister.
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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, Minnesota, August 18, 1862, and siege of Fort Ridgely, August 20, 21 and 22, 1862; Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory, in Angust, 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, Arkansas, to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, thence by boat to Jefferson City; thence to Kansas state line; thence to St. Louis, Missouri; 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- bama, September 6, 1865, and discharged at Fort Snelling, Minne- sota. It will be seen by the above record this regiment was in active service, yet comparatively very few were killed in battle.
Company B. Originally commanded by John S. Marsh, was mustered into service March 24, 1862. for three years. Private- Webster G. Andrews.
Company F. E. L. Merry.
Company H. Originally commanded by Capt. Otis S. Clark, was mustered into the service of the United States for three years on the 29th day of April, 1862, by Capt. A. D. Nelson, mustering officer. Privates-William F. Smith, Newton Anderson, Hans. Christianson, John P. Clark, Orlo F. White.
Company I. Originally commanded by Capt. Luther E. Clark, was mustered into service April 30, 1862, for three years, by Capt. A. D. Nelson, mustering officer. Second Lieutenant-Milton II. Pember. Privates-Calvin II. Patchin, Charles E. White.
SEVENTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was originally commanded by Col. Stephen Miller of St. Paul, afterwards governor of the state. It was or- ganized in August, 1862, and ordered upon the Indian expedition
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that year, and engaged in the battle of Wood Lake, Minnesota. The regiment was stationed at frontier posts until May, 1863, when it was ordered upon the Indian expedition in the West under General Sibley, and was engaged in battle with the Indians July 24, 26, 28, 30 and 31 of that year. They returned from this expedition and were ordered to St. Louis, Missouri, October 7, 1863; thence to Paducah, Kentucky, in April, 1864; thence to Memphis, Tennessee, and assigned to the sixteenth army corps, in June, 1864. The regiment participated in the following marches, battles, sieges and skirmishes: Tupelo, in July, 1864; Tallahatchie, August 7 and 8, 1864; the march in pursuit of Price from Brownsville, Arkansas, to Cape Girardeau; thence to St. Louis, Missouri; in the battles of Nashville, Tennessee, December 15 and 16, 1864; Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, in April, 1865. The discharge of the regiment took place at Fort Snelling, Minne- sota, August 16, 1865.
Company D. Originally commanded by Capt. Rolla Banks, was mustered into the United States service for three years on the 30th day of October, 1862, by Lieut. E. Haight, mustering of- ficer. First Lieutenant-Hardy Lewis. Corporal-Ferdinand Elder.
EIGHTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized August 1, 1862, and originally commanded by Col. Minor T. Thomas, of Stillwater, Minn. It was stationed at frontier posts until May, 1864, when it was ordered upon the Indian expedition. It was engaged in the fol- lowing battles, sieges, skirmishes and marches: Tah-cha-o-ku-tu, July 28, 1864; Little Missouri, battle of the Cedars, Wilkinson's Pike, December 7, 1864; near Murfreesboro, December 8, 1864, and Overall's creek. Ordered to Clifton, Tenn., thence to Cincin- nati, thence to Washington, thence to Newbern, N. C .; at the battle of Kingston, March 8, 9 and 10, 1865. The men were mus- tered out at Charlotte, N. C., July 11, 1865, and discharged at Fort Snelling, Minn.
Lieutenant-Colonel-Henry C. Rogers. Musician-Azariah H. Chapin.
NINTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized in August, 1862, and stationed at frontier posts until September, 1863, when they were ordered to St. Louis, Mo., and from there to Jefferson City, Mo., and dis- tributed among several posts in the interior of the state. In May, 1864, they were ordered to St. Louis, and from there to Memphis, Tenn. They were engaged in the following battles, marches, sieges and skirmishes : Guntown expedition, Angust, 1864; Talla- hatchie, August, 1864; marched in pursuit of Price from Browns-
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ville, Ark., to Cape Girardeau, thence by boat to Jefferson City ; thence to Kansas line; thence to St. Louis. They fought heroic- ally in the battle of Nashville, December 15 and 16, 1864; also at Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely in April, 1865. They were dis- charged at Fort Snelling, Minn., August 24, 1865.
Company C-Originally commanded by Capt. Henry C. Rogers, was mustered into service for three years, October 5, 1862, by Lieut. E. Haight, mustering officer. Captains-Henry C. Rogers, Edwin W. Ford. First Lieutenants-Lyman A. Sherwood, Francis Merchant, Edwin W. Ford. Second Lieutenants-Lyman A. Sher- wood, Benjamin I. Lindsey. First Sergeant-Marcius Whitford. Sergeants-Jeff. E. Davis, Benj. F. Lindsey, William T. Evering- heim, Francis Merchant. Corporals-Henry C. Sutherland, David O. Pratt, Thomas H. Vandergrift, John B. Sylvester, Byron A. Van House, Martin B. Johnson. Musician-Azariah C. Chapin. Wagoner-Joseph T. Hammond. Privates-John Arnold, Lewis E. Andrews, Alonzo Avery, Hartland S. Ames, Charles B. Adams, Benj. F. Bartholomew, Ludovico Beauregard, German C. Baldwin, Truman Butler, John Barnett, Charles N. Bostwick, George H. Bullard, Isaac Bisgrove, Daniel E. Bero,* James H. Carver, Edwin L. Clapp, Stephen N. Chandler, George W. Dunton, Samuel Emerson,* Joshua C. Epler, David F. M. Felch, Zara Frysbie, Carl- ton A. Geer, George W. Henderson, Henry L. Holt, John W. Hart- ley, V. B. Leathers, William N. Lent, Thomas J. Lake, Joseph Lamping, Noah MeCain, William McCaskell, John L. Neller,* Duane Philes, Robert H. Phillip, Ira W. Padden, James Parmenter, Joshua T. Pye, Nathan Parmenter," Isaac Peterman, John W. Quinn, Edson M. Rice, William W. Rice, John B. Revord, O. D. Rhodes, Francis Rafferty, Charles C. Stewart, Christopher Swan- son, Edgar P. Spooner,* Robert W. Shook, Daniel D. Sargeant,* L. D. Stewart, Erastus Slocum, Oscar L. Tanner, John A. Thomp- son,* James M. Tanner, Archibald Taylor, Benjamin Vaughan,* Daniel B. Vaughan," James C. Vail, John Watkins, Jr.,* Arad Welch, Adial Wilcox, Siloam Williams, Evans Watkins,* James N. Woodbury, Augustus Whitney, William Brecken, S. W. Rice .* Company E-Private-Hiram Cummings.
*The star following name indicates that the soldier is still living.
BRACKETT'S BATTALION CAVALRY.
Companies 1, 2 and 3 were organized in October and Novem- ber, 1861. They were ordered to Benton Barracks, Mo., December. 1864, and assigned to a regiment called Curtis' Horse. They were ordered to Fort Henry, Tenn., in February, 1862. The name of the regiment was finally changed to the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, the
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Minnesota companies being Companies G, D and K. They engaged in the siege before Corinth, in April, 1862. In 1864 they were ordered to the Department of the Northwest, and there engaged in an Indian expedition. They were mustered out by companies between May and June, 1866.
Company C-Private-George Corell.
Company D-Sergeant-John W. Farquar (still living). Sad- dler-Joseph H. Sticke. Privates-Samuel J. Bacon, Charles Bell, Daniel B. Cowles, Robert Headfint, Harry Hunter, Calvin Hunt- ley, B. Kenneday, James Mulann, William Pye, Jr., Charles Smith, William Saddler, Simon Vargarson.
SECOND MINNESOTA CAVALRY.
This regiment was organized in January, 1864, and ordered out on an Indian expedition in the month of May. They had sev- eral engagements with the Indians in July and August of that year. They were stationed at frontier posts until they were mus- tered out by companies, between November, 1865, and June, 1866.
Company A-Originally commanded by Capt. John R. Jones. Privates-Eli Leonard, Freeman Leonard. Corporal-Henry B. Corey.
Company B-Originally commanded by Capt. B. F. Jones. Cap- tain-Lewis J. Patch. First Lieutenant-Richard O. Hunt .* Com- missary Sergeant-Wm. W. Catherwood. Sergeants-Thomas B. Merrill, Rochester J. Eyles, Herman L. Burgess, Ezra Bacon. Cor- porals-John N. Rosenburg, Lester Van House, Samuel Sommers, Herman L. Burgess, C. P. Bell, Freeman A. Carll,* John E. Robin- son. Farrier-Mark Johnson. Saddler-Edmond S. Wells. Trum- peters-Luman Carter# and Daniel J. Butts. Privates-Timothy B. Andrews, Roy Anderson, Ardol H. Bush, Alvin C. Blackeslee, Goerge A. Carter, R. J. Cropland, Artemus H. Colwell, Harding A. Colwell, Silas Dutcher, Jr.,* Samuel Daniels, Orson A. Diekin- son, Thomas Ellis, William H. Earl, Charles C. Emerson, Henry Fiteh, Simeon Gifford, Henry Hollingshead, T. L. Johnson, Hans Jergeson, Edgar L. Jones, Edmund W. Kirk, Horace Kennison, John Parker, Charles M. Perkins, John Ryan, Samuel C. Robb, Thomas Rhomes, John C. Ruland, Charles C. Sargent, Charles Whitney, John Osborn, George W. Varco, Harcor Lyons.
*Star indieates soldier is still living.
Company C-Captain-Aaron S. Everest. Privates-Martin Boland, William Moran, Ole Sjurson, II. M. F. Irgens, Peder Johansen, George Parker, George Thompson.
Company D-Originally commanded by Capt. James N. Payne. Saddler-Alexander Marsh.
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FIRST HEAVY ARTILLERY.
This regiment was organized in April, 1865, and originally commanded by Col. William Colville, of Red Wing; ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., and stationed at that point until mustered out of regiment in September, 1865.
Battery B - Privates - Johannas Boryeson, Jacob Jacobson, Charles E. Hancock, George W. Stevens.
SHARPSHOOTERS.
First Company-Private-Robert Crippen.
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, be- tween October 1, 1863, and December 30, 1863.
On July 28, 1863, while the main army were battling with over 4,000 Indians, two miles west from the eamp, thirty-two members of Company M, commanded by Lieuts. D. B. Johnson, Jr., and John Hanley, were detailed to guard teams one and one-half miles west from the camp, they suddenly discovered a band of Indians swooping down upon them. The little band resolved to sell their lives dearly. Between them and the Indians there were two knolls a few rods apart. In the second ravine the little band gathered, but had hardly formed in line, partly covered by one of the small hills or knolls, when the Indians came in sight over the other hill. The Indians, not seeing the thirty-two men, fired at the teamsters and their teams. Company M immediately opened fire and con- tinued firing until Black Bear, the Indian chief who was leading the Indians, received two bullets in his body, whereupon he wheeled his horse around and started on a wild retreat. The little band was then ordered to charge. Black Bear received two more bullets in his head and fell from his horse, to which his body was attached by a lasso. His horse and all his accoutrements of war were captured. When the chief wheeled his horse for a retreat all his warriors followed his example. The engagement lasted but a few minutes, and was so hotly contested that the Indians could not carry away their dead, which they always do if possible. They left the body of the dead chief and three others on the field. The fortunate circumstance of killing the Indian chief saved this heroic little band from utter annihilation. Not
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one of them was killed and some are alive to-day to tell the tale. The locality of this battle is known as Dead Buffalo Lake.
Company H-Originally commanded by Capt. George S. Ruble. Sergeant-Ewing Lyle. Quartermaster Sergeant-Richard Will- iams. Corporal-Wilson Beach. Private-Samuel Loomis.
Company M-Originally commanded by Capt. James Starkey. First Lieutenant-Daniel B. Johnson, Jr. First Sergeant-W. B. Spencer. Corporal-Alonzo W. Cowles. Teamster-Simeon Gif- ford. Privates-James Bodine, Richard Huntly, Caleb Lewis, Lu- cius Woodworth, W. M. Wright, Orville Slocum, John H. Wood- worth, Patrick Frost, Joseph Kellen, Warren Macke, George Wood, J. F. Smith.
THIRD BATTERY ARTILLERY.
Private-James Feely.
FALLEN HEROES.
The following comprises a list of those gallant soldiers who left their homes and took up their muskets for the defense of their country, never to return, who laid down their lives for the Union :
Edwin Frazier died at Chattanooga, Tenn., November 14, 1864; John D. Ripley died at Nashville, Tenn., November 20, 1862; Capt. Robert P. Mooers, killed in action at Corinth, October 3, 1862; James A. McCabe was killed at the battle of Lake Shicott, June, 1864; Samuel B. Rolfe died July 15, 1862, near Farmington, Miss .; Ambrose C. Smith died at Quincy, Ill., November 24, 1862; Israel Baker died May 22, 1863, at Vicksburg, Miss .; William H. Bogart died at St. Louis, August, 1863; George S. Hutchinson died at Iuka, Miss., of wounds, September 27, 1862; Henry Loomis died June 9, 1863, at Memphis, Tenn .; James Morrison died near Farmington, Miss., July 23, 1862; Samuel Parks died October 29, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo .; Eugene E. Parmenter died February 3, 1864, at St. Louis, Mo .; Robert T. Tifft died of a gunshot wound, May 22, 1864; Calvin II. Patchen died September 5, 1862, at Iuka, Miss .; Hardy Lewis. was killed at Tupelo, Miss., July 15, 1864; Benjamin Bartholomew died at Fort Ridgley, Minn., March 22, 1863; Truman Butler died July 15, 1863, by premature discharge of a cannon, at Fort Ridgely, on July 4, 1863; Alden H. Chaffin died October 23, 1864, at Memphis, Tenn .; James H. Carver died at Jefferson City, Mo., November 1, 1863; David F. M. Felch died at Memphis, Tenn., October 1, 1864; William N. Lent died August 4, 1864, at Memphis, Tenn .; Oscar L. Tanner was killed April 8, 1865, at Spanish Fort, Ala .; Adial Wilcox was killed in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 16, 1864; Augustus Whitney was killed June 10, 1864, at battle of Price's Cross Roads; Simeon
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Gifford died November 22, 1864, at Fort Wadsworth; Henry Hol- lingshead died December 2, 1864, at Fort Wadsworth; Pliney Conkey, it is supposed, died in Milan prison, in the State of Georgia. Samuel Surface was killed, place unknown; W. C. Som- mers, killed in front of Vicksburg; Roy Anderson, drowned at Big Stone Lake, on an Indian expedition.
The following died in Andersonville prison : Ilartland Ames, Stephen N. Chandler, Henry Rolfe, Isaac Bisgrow, Byran A. Vanhouse, Albert E. Wheeler, Franklin C. Wilson, James N. Woodbury.
COLONEL ROGERS' CAREER.
Col. Henry C. Rogers was born in Vermont in 1834. He re- moved to Minnesota in 1856 and settled in Mower county, where he engaged in farming and mercantile business. In 1862 he was a member of the house of representatives in this state and in the fall of that year was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Eighth Minnesota, and held that position until mustered out at the close of the war. In the fall of 1865 he was elected secretary of state and was re-elected in 1867, when his health precluded his longer holding that position. In the winter of 1869-70 he was appointed pension agent of Minnesota, and held that position until his death. At the battle of Murfreesboro, in December, 1864, Lieutenant-Colonel Rogers was in command of his regiment, Colonel Thomas having command of the brigade, and his troops were ordered to hold a position in an open field against the enemy located in the woods adjacent. The fire became so hot that Colonel Rogers ordered his men to lie down, while he, with that courage which knew no fear, rode up and down the line, a conspicuous target for the enemy. He faced the bullets in safety until just as the victory was won, when a bullet struck his right arm, passed through it, and would have gone through his body but for the fortunate interposition of a belt buckle. From this wound he never recovered, and his health until his death remained in a precarious condition. He died May 8, 1871, at Brownsdale. The Grand Army of the Republic post, formed at Brownsdale in 1882, took his name. The monument fund was started in the spring of 1883, through the energetic exertions of Albert Swift, post com- mander. He was materially aided in his efforts by A. C. Hawley, of St. Paul. Henry C. Rogers Post contributed $25. The remain- der came from prominent men in St. Paul, among whom are the Hon. Alex. Ramsey, Gen. J. B. Sanborn, Gen. J. T. Averill, Gen. J. H. Baker, the Hon. William R. Marshall, Col. William Crooks. Gen. A. C. Hawley, the Hon. W. W. Braden, the Hon. Charles Kittleson, the Hon. S. P. Jennison, the Hon. David Day, the Hon. Albert Scheffer, the Hon. M. D. Flower, the Hon. A. R. McGill and
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