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1. Portrait of Jacob Dieter, Olmsted County, Minnesota
- Date Created:
- 1862 - 1864
- Description:
- Jacob Dieter is photographed in his Civil War uniform. He enlisted in 1862 and served in company F of the Ninth Minnesota Regiment. His family accompanied him to Fort Ridgely, Minnesota and returned home when his unit was sent to another location. Jacob Dieter was reported missing after the battle of Guntown. He had been captured by the Confederate forces along with twenty-six other Olmsted County men. The group was transferred to Andersonville Prison. On June 22, 1864, he wrote his last letter from Andersonville Prison. He jumped off a train while being transferred to another prison, but was re-captured. He died in Salisbury Prison in 1864 at the age of thirty-eight.
- Contributing Institution:
- Olmsted County Historical Society
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- Black-and-white photographs
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