Residence was not listed; 20 years old.
Enlisted on 8/22/1862 at Mt Pleasant, Wabashaw Co., MN as a Private.
On 10/30/1862 he mustered into "G" Co. MN 8th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 7/11/1865 at Fort Snelling, MN
Other Information:
born 2/27/1842 in Missouri
died 6/30/1923 in Spokane, Spokane County, WA
Buried: Wayside Cemetery, Half-Moon Prairie, WA
Federal Pension Information:
He applied for a pension on 9/22/1890 from the state of WA
application # 940,608
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65
- Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866
- National Archives: Index to Federal Pension Records
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8th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment: then join Sibley and assist in guarding Indian prisioners. Organized in ? City, St. Paul and Fort Snelling June 2 to September 1, 1862. On frontier duty at various points in Minnesota August, 1862, to May, 1864. At Anoka, Princeton, Monticello, Kingston, Manannah, Paynesville, Fort Ripley, Sauk Centre, Pomme de Terre, Alexandria and Fort Abercrombie guarding Sioux frontier. Concentrated at Paynesville May 24, 1864. Mounted and march to Fort Ridgly May 24-28. Sibley's Expedition against hostile Indians west of the Missouri River June 5-October 15, 1864. Battle of Tah kah a kuty or Killdeer Mountain July 28. Two Hills, Bad Lands, Little Missouri River, August 8. Moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., October 26-November 7, 1864. Attached to Defences of Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to July, 1865.
SERVICE--Siege of Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 5-12. Wilkinson's Pike, near Murfreesboro, December 7. Moved to Clifton, Tenn., and join 23rd Army Corps. Moved from Clifton, Tenn., to Washington, D.C., January 17-29, 1865, and duty there until February 21. Moved to Fort Fisher, N. C., then to Morehead City and New Berne, N. C., February 21-26. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 1-21. Battle of Wise's Forks March 6-9. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, N. C., until July. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 56 Enlisted men by disease. Total 83.
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Below is what the US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa hold in their unit bibliography
U.S. Army Military History Institute
Collections Division
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Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021
29 May 2009
8th Minnesota Infantry Regiment
Brunson, Benjamin W. "Reminiscences of Service with the Eighth Minn. Infantry." In Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle (MOLLUS, MN, Vol. 5). St. Paul, MN: Review Pub Co, 1903. pp. 365 81 (13 photocopied pages). E464M5.1991v30.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979. E491D992.
See p. 1299 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Jorgenson, Wayne. “Minnesota in the Civil War: A Photographic Legacy.” Military Images (May/Jun 2008): p. 27. Per.
Kingsbury, David L. "General Alfred Sully's Indian Campaign of 1864." In Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle (MOLLUS, MN, Vol. 4). St. Paul, MN: Collins, 1898. pp. 401 19 (9 photocopied pages). E464M5.1991v29.
Minnesota. Board of Commissioners on Publication of History of Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars. Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars. Vol. 1. St. Paul, MN: Pioneer Pr, 1890. E515.1M66v1. See pp. 386 415 (30 photocopied pages) for a unit history and roster.
See also:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=8th+Minnesota+Infantry&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8