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

614 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
Blakely, Alabama, April, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota,
August 16, 1865.
Lt.-Col. Wm. R. Marshall, later governor of state, may be
claimed as St. Louis County man, being one of pioneer townsite
owners on the North Shore in the '50s ; but the men of the Seventh
Regimer^t shown on St. Louis County rosters are Frank Burke, John
Hagadon, McNeil, and Thos. Stokes.
Eighth Minnesota Infantry.—Organized August, 1863, Col. Minor
T. Thomas, of Stillwater, commanding. At frontier posts until May,
1864, when regiment took field against Indians. Distinguished itself
at Tah-cha-o-ku-tu, July 28, 1864, Little Missouri River, that engagement
being only one against Indians commemorated in oils, the
famous picture now hanging in the Minnesota State Capitol.
Other engagements of Eighth Infantry include battles against Confederate
troops, the record including Battle of the Cedars, Wilkinson's
Pike, Tenn., December, 1864, and near Murfreesboro same
month. Regiment took part in battles of Kingston, March, 1865, and
was mustered out at Charlotte, North Carolina, July 11, 1865.
H. C. Helm and J. F. Russell, of St. Louis County, were of the
Eighth Regiment.
Ninth Minnesota Infantry.—Organized August, 1862, Col. Alex.
Wilkins, of St. Paul, commanding. At frontier posts until September,
1863, then ordered to St. Louis, Mo.; Garrison duty, Missouri,
until May, 1864, then going to Memphis. Later engagements: Guntown
expedition, June, 1864; Oxford expedition, August, 1864; Tallahatchie,
August, 1864; pursuit of Price, Arkansas to Missouri; battles
of Nashville, Tennessee, December, 1864; Spanish Fort and Fort
Blakely, April, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, August 24, 1865.
G. K. Barncard was the only known man of St. Louis County
who served with the Ninth Regiment.
Tenth Minnesota Infantry.—Organized August, 1862, Col. James
H. Baker, of Mankato, commanding. Frontier duty until June. 1863.
In field against Indians during summer; engaged July 24, 26 and 28th.
At St. Louis, Missouri, October, 1863 ; Columbus, Kentucky. April,
1864; Memphis, Tennessee, June, 1864. With Sixteenth Army Corps
at Battle of Tupelo. July; Oxford expedition in August; Price pursuit;
battles in Nashville, December, and in April of next year, 1865, at
Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, Alabama. Discharged Fort Snelling,
August 19, 1865.
There were at least four St. Louis County men in the Tenth
Regiment; they were: James J. Barns, Hugh A. Cox, Amos Frankenfield
and Henry W^ellgarde.
Eleventh Minnesota Infantry.—The Eleventh Regiment was not
organized until August, 1864, under command of Col. James Gilfillan.
It left for field of bitterest warfare, Tennessee, but was not destined
to take part in actual fighting, being detailed to guard railroad
between Nashville and St. Louis. It was mustered out in June, 1865.
H. F. Johnson, of St. Louis County, was in that unit.
First Regiment Heavy Artillery,— It was not until April, 1865,
that the first Minnesota regiment of heavy artillery was organized.
The first battery of light artillery had been organized in October, 1861,
and the second and third batteries in December, 1861, and February,
1863, respectively, but there seemed to be no call for heavy artillery
until 1865, when Col. Wm. Colville, of Red Wing, organized the First
Regiment. It was ordered to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and there
remained until September, 1865, when it was mustered out.