1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

612 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
shore and the soldiers cheering lustily," all proud to enter upon personal
sacrifices for the nation, and thinking it "a glorious day" even
though tears came to the eyes of some at the same time.
Now to review briefly the records of the regiments in which men
of St. Louis County served. The review begins with :
First Minnesota Infantry.—The First Regiment of Minnesota
volunteers, which became an infantry unit, was organized in April,
1861, and originally commanded by Col. Willis A. Gorman, former
territorial governor of Minnesota. Ordered to Washington, District
of Columbia. June 14, 1861; embarked, June 21. Participated in the
following marches, battles, sieges and skirmishes : Bull Run and
Edward's Ferry, 1861 ; Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage
Station, Glendale and Nelson's Farm, Malvern Hill, Vienna, Antietam,
Charleston, first Fredericksburg, 1862 ; second Fredericksburg, Gettysburg,
and Bristow Station, 1863. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota,
May 5, 1864, At Gettysburg, out of 252 men engaged, the First
lost 205, "the greatest relative casualty list suffered by any command
during the war."
The following named men of St. Louis County were upon the
rosters of the First Regiment: E. A. Austin, W. H. Bassett, G. H.
Durphin, J. J. Egan, E. H. Foster, W. H. Johnson, E. R. Jefferson,
R. E. Jefferson, J. O. Milne, Thos. H. Pressnell, Franklin Paine, and
John Young.
Second Minnesota Infantry.—The organization of the Second
Regiment of Minnesota volunteers was entered upon even before the
first had left St. Paul. Officially, the .Second Regiment was recorded
as having been organized in July, 1861. It was originally commanded
by H. P. Van Cleve, a. West point graduate, a veteran of the Black
Hawk war. He became a brigadier-general in 1862. The Second
Regiment was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, in October, 1861, and
became part of the Army of the Ohio. Engaged in the following
campaigns, battles, and sieges: Mill Spring, siege of Corinth, Braggs
Raid, Perryville, 1862 ; skirmishes of the Tullahoma campaign, Chickamauga,
and Mission Ridge, 1863. The regiment was veteranized in
January, 1864, and joined Sherman's forces for the Atlanta campaign,
taking part in the following engagements : Resaca, Kenesaw Moun-
march through Georgia and the
Sherman's tain, 1864; Jonesboro ;
Carolinas ; Bentonville, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, July 11,
1865. The regiment "covered itself with laurels" in the battle of
Chickamauga, and "few Minnesota regiments, if any, performed more
long and laborious marches."
St. Louis County men of the Second Regiment were : J. N. Barncard,
A. C. Bentley, Thomas Bowen, J. W. Burbank, M. C. Russell,
and R. W. Sanburn.
Third Minnesota Infantry.—The Third Regiment was organized
in October, 1861, and originally commanded by Col. Henry C. Lester,
of Winona. Ordered to Nashville, Tennessee, in March, 1862 ; thence
to St. Louis, Missouri, and to Minnesota. Engaged in Indian expedition
of 1862. Participated in battle of Little Rock, Arkansas, November,
1863. Veteranized in January, 1864. Engaged at Fitzhugh's
Woods, March 30, 1864; ordered to^Pine Bluff, Arkansas, April, 1864;
mustered out Devall's Bluff, September 2, 1865; discharged Fort
Snelling. Regiment was conspicuous at Fitzhugh's Woods.
St. Louis County men in Third Regiment : Andrew
Brink, H. J.
Eaton, Hans Eustrom, E. L. Woodward, and E. S. Woodsworth.
Fourth Minnesota Infantry.—Organized December, 1861, Col.