View of tents of the First Minnesota Regimentin a field. The First Minnesota Regiment was the first voluntary infantry regiment to serve in the Union Army during the Civil War. The camp shown was located between Poolesville, Maryland and Edward's Ferry on the Potomac River near the site of the Battle of Ball's Bluff, which was on October 21, 1861.
Group of Civil War veterans at the home of H.R. Jefferson in Bingham Lake. House is in the background. Men include: D.A. Day, H.M. Clark, H.M. Graveley, Joe Bailey, Corlius Mead, A.M. Kogle, William Potter, Ruel V. Byron, John A. Brown, Watkins Jones, H.R. Jefferson, W.W. Barlow.
Collage of studio portraits from Minnesota Company A, Seventh Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, 1862, including 52 oval portraits of Civil War soldiers, some in uniform and some in later years. An eagle, flag, and banners appear at the top.
Eleven men seated next to tents, including Governor Alexander Ramsey and Col. Colville. The First Minnesota Regiment was the first voluntary infantry regiment to serve in the Union Army during the Civil War.This was taken at the country residence of Mr. George Brackett, Orono, Lake Minnetonka.
Albert Dahlem was a Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Officer, seen here wearing his uniform. After the war, he moved to Sauk Centre, becoming an avid businessman.
James George was born in 1819 in New York state. In 1942, he married Rhoda Pierce. He lived for a time in Ohio where he was elected to Register of Deeds for Butler County (Ohio). James George served in the military during the Mexican War. He moved to Minnesota in 1854 and settled in Oronoco township (Olmsted County) on land acquired with a government warrant issued for payment of his services during the Mexican War. In 1858 he moved to Dodge County and help found the village of Wasioja. He later became interested in recruiting soldiers for the Civil War. He served in the Second Minnesota Volunteers and raised many of the recruits for Company C of that unit. At the close of the Civil War, he returned to Oronoco. In 1870, he opened a law office in Rochester and practiced law for many years before he died in 1882.
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