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2nd Minnesota Infantry
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Michael Esch - Musician
Principal Musician
Contact Name: Paul Zemke
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Date Added: 10/7/2007

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Charles Erik Sandin - Private
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Contact Name: Scott Bradley
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Date Added: 11/19/2015

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john trnkaRank Unknown
john trnka was my great grand father.he was from st paul minn. gary kurtz
Contact Name: gary h kurtz
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Date Added: 9/14/2013

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Ira Gates WaldenRank Unknown
Born in New York in 1826. Enlisted 26 June 1861. Discharged 22 May 1862 due to wounds received at Mill Springs, Kentucky. Died and buried in Jackson County, Minnesota in 1886
Contact Name: Mark Salisbury
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Date Added: 2/5/2013

Company A
Ebenezer Eaton Corliss - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 26 June 1861 at the age of 19.
Wounded at Chickamauga, GA.
Discharged on 25 June 1864.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 6/8/2010

Company A
William Miller Corliss - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 26 June 1861 at the age of 18.
Discharged on 25 June 1864.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 6/8/2010

Company A
Charles Adelbert Edwards - Private
Charles Edwards was my great-great grandfather (Charles Adelbert->Alma Laura Ellen->Hilda Caroline Bates->Roy Sherman Taylor->Me)
Contact Name: Lee A. Taylor
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Date Added: 6/27/2006

Company A
Daniel B. Edwards - Private
Daniel was the half-brother of Charles Adelbert Edwards, 2nd MN Co. A
Contact Name: Lee A. Taylor
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Date Added: 6/27/2006

Company A
George Washington Edwards - Private
George was the brother of my great-great grandfather, Charles Adelbert Edwards, also of Company A of the 2nd MN.
Contact Name: Lee A. Taylor
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Date Added: 6/28/2006

Company A
Benjamin Swan Farrington - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 26 June 1861 at the age of 18
Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 26 June 1861.
Reenlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 15 December 1863
Mustered out Company A, 2nd Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 11 July 1865 in Louisville, KY
Contact Name: Fred Rose
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Date Added: 9/23/2005

Company A
David N. Morse - Private
David was the husband of Phoebe Jane Edwards, sister of my great-great grandfather Charles Adelbert Edwards, also of Company A of the 2nd MN.
Contact Name: Lee A. Taylor
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Date Added: 6/28/2006

Company A
Levi Ober - Captain
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Contact Name: Mark Schneider
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Date Added: 8/30/2005

Company B
Andrew Driezke(Dretchko) - Private
Andrew died of wounds received in the battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky on Jan. 19-20,1862. He enlisted in June of 1861 to fight in the Indian War in southern Minnesota. He had come to the USA in 1859 with other family members. He is my 3rd Great Grand Uncle.
Contact Name: Bill Nieland
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Date Added: 11/15/2014

Company D
Hunter Brooke - Private
Enlisted St. Paul 17 June 1861, discharged for promotion 3 Apr 1862. Died 22 May 1885. From his obituary 23 May 1885 in New York Times: 'Col. Hunter Brooke, of Ohio, a clerk in the Adjutant-General's office in Washington, died yesterday of pneumonia after a brief illness. Col. Brooke served as a staff officer during the war with Gen. Robert L. McCook, Rosecrans and George H. Thomas. He entered the service as a private in the Second Minnesota Infantry and at the close of the war was Judge-Advocate-General of the Department of the South.'
Contact Name: Laurie Kirby
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Date Added: 1/3/2008

Company D
Felix Cariveau - Private
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Contact Name: John Cariveau
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Date Added: 12/31/2004

Company D
Andrew Peter Wallmark - Private
Born in Sweden, came to the US in 1854. Drafted on the 21st of April 1864 at the age of 39 and mustered out on the 11th of July 1865 at Louisville, KY. Was in receipt of a pension due to invalidity from 1898 until his death in 1912.
Contact Name: Laurie Kirby
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Date Added: 12/3/2007

Company E
John ThompsonRank Unknown
John Thompson, born in Norway in 1845, was living in Martell, Wisconsin when he mustered in 24 February 1864 at age 18. He mustered out with the rest of the 2d Minn on 11 July 1865. He died in Seeley, Wisconsin. He is my great-great-grandfather.
Contact Name: Heidi Solberg Viar
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Date Added: 5/26/2008

Company F
Lewis P Scott - Private
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Contact Name: Joe Harmon
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Date Added: 6/14/2013

Company H
Lovilo N. Holmes - Private
Started the war as a Pvt. and advanced to 1 Sgt. While a 1 Sgt. he was in command of an action the won him and his men the medal of honor. Latter he was made 1 Lt and still latter Capt.
Contact Name: Royal Magnell
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Contact Homepage: na
Date Added: 3/3/2009

Company I
Ira B Holliday - Private
Wounded 18 June 1864 during Atlanta Campaign. Information from Official files of the Adjuntant General's Office, State of Minnesota.
Contact Name: Terry Halladey
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Date Added: 6/20/2006

Company I
Mons ThompsonRank Unknown
Mons was one of the six sons of Truls Hermundson Mael to serve in the Civil War. Two half brothers in Wisconsin [Elling and Hermund] and three brothers, Lewis in WI and Christian and John in MN.
Contact Name: Sharon Buethner
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Date Added: 8/4/2013

Company K
Charles Gahagan - Private
Enlisted from Freeborn County on 18 JUL 1861. Discharged 12 NOV 1862.
Contact Name: Dan Gahagan
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Date Added: 1/17/2010

Company K
Axel Hayford Reed - 1st Lieutenant
Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 2d Minnesota Infantry. Place and date: At Chickamauga, Ga., 19 September 1863; At Missionary Ridge, Tenn., 25 November 1863. Entered service at: Glencoe, Minn. Birth: Maine. Date of issue: 2 April 1898. Citation: While in arrest at Chickamauga, Ga., left his place in the rear and voluntarily went to the line of battle, secured a rifle, and fought gallantly during the 2_day battle; was released from arrest in recognition of his bravery. At Missionary Ridge commanded his company and gallantly led it, being among the first to enter the enemy's works; was severely wounded, losing an arm, but declined a discharge and remained in active service to the end of the war.
Contact Name: Sam Reed
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Contact Homepage: npiconstruction.com
Date Added: 9/10/2007

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