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8th Minnesota Infantry
Company A
Gilbert Clough - Private
8th Minnesota volunteer infantry regiment. He was bother to David Marston Clough Governor of Minnesota 1885-1889. He was co-owner of Clough-Hartley Lumber Mill near Minneapolis, MN. He mustered in Aug 14, 1862, as a private, discharged July 11, 1865. He died Dec 28, 1888 at his home in Minneapolis, MN from injuries sustained in a logging accident. He is buried at Clough cemetery, Isanti county, MN.


I am looking for photos of my 3 great grandfather.
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Date Added: 4/23/2011

Company A
Clark J Stiles - Private
Clark J Stiles was my gg grandfather. The information about his unit and length of service were taken from records of the Sawtelle Veteran's Hospital in Los Angeles, CA.
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Date Added: 6/30/2012

Company A
James Warren Tibbetts - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 13 August 1862 at the age of 35.
Mustered out on 11 July 1865 at Fort Snelling, MN.
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Date Added: 5/28/2010

Company A
Joshua A Tibbetts - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 13 August 1862 at the age of 31.
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Date Added: 5/28/2010

Company A
Nathaniel Tibbetts - 1st Lieutenant
Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in Company A, 8th Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 16 August 1862 at the age of 37.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 11 June 1863.
Mustered out on 11 July 1865 at Fort Snelling, MN.
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Date Added: 5/28/2010

Company B
William Henry Davey - Private
Mustered in B Co, 11 Nov 1862 at Ft Snelling, age 18
Mustered out 11 Jul 1865
Married Susan Emaline Northup
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Date Added: 8/23/2013

Company B
John J Van Saun - Corporal
Promoted to Full Corporal
Enlisted as a Private on 18 August 1862 at the age of 21
Enlisted in Company B, 8th Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 11 November 1862.
Mustered out Company B, 8th Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 11 July 1865 in Fort Snelling, MN
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Date Added: 8/29/2005

Company B
William Wolleat - Private
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Date Added: 2/5/2011

Company C
Robertson J John - 1st Sergeant
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Date Added: 11/13/2005

Company D
Moses Reece Laird - Private
Moses Laird is buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery in Kingman, Kansas with Levi Smith. Moses is buried under a military style headstone. He died March 10, 1891.
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Date Added: 8/7/2010

Company D
John Lashmet - Private
John Lashmet enlisted in Company D, 8th Minnesota Infantry on February 29, 1864 and mustered out on July 11, 1865 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. John moved to Kingman County, Kansas in the 1880s with his brother in law Levi Smith.
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Date Added: 8/7/2010

Company D
John McGrew - 1st Sergeant
Enlisted as a Sergeant 1st Class on 20 August 1862 at the age of 41.
Enlisted in Company D, 8th Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 17 November 1862.
Received disability discharge 16 May 1865.
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Date Added: 2/1/2005

Company D
Samuel McLarty - Major
Samuel was postmaster at Chatfield, Minnesota and at the outbreak of hostilities raised a company and joined the 8th Minnesota Infantry as Captain of D company.
He was commander at Fort Pomme de Terre until 1864.
Samuel died on 20.11.1884 at Columbus, Columbia County, Wisconsin and is buried at the Hillside cemetery.
Promoted from Captain to Major for 'brave and meritorious service' and brevetted Lt Colonel.
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Date Added: 8/29/2015

Company D
Levi M Smith - Private
Burial in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Kingman, Kansas. Military headstone with no dates, just Co. D 8th Minn Inf. Levi was from Fillmore County.
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Date Added: 8/7/2010

Company D
Christian Thompson - Private
Christian, and his brother John were brothers to my GrGr Grandmother. They were just 18 & 16 years old when the enlisted and because of their age, they were kept in the same unit.
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Date Added: 8/4/2013

Company D
John Thompson - Private
John, and his brother Christian are brothers of my GrGr Grandmother. They were just 16 & 18 years old when they enlisted [17 Nov 1862]. Their older brother, Mons, served in the MN 2nd, Company I.
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Date Added: 8/4/2013

Company E
Henry Weld Fuller - Corporal
Enlisted as a Corporal on 14 August 1862 at the age of 31.
Mustered out on 11 July 1865 at Fort Snelling, MN.
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Date Added: 6/2/2010

Company E
William H Houlton - Corporal
Enlisted as a Corporal on 14 August 1862 at the age of 23
Enlisted in Company E, 8th Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 14 August 1862.
Mustered out Company E, 8th Infantry Regiment Minnesota on 11 July 1865 in Fort Snelling, MN.
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Date Added: 6/18/2006

Company F
August Boyn - Private
His full name was Friedrich August Boyn. He was in the MN 8th Infantry Co. F from about December 1863 until July 25, 1865. He was wounded in the Battle of Cedars (Murfreesborough).
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Date Added: 7/1/2012

Company F
Gustav Boyn - Private
He was from Princeton, MN. He died around March 15, 1864, very shortly after he volunteered. His birth name was Wilhelm Gustav Boyn.
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Date Added: 7/1/2012

Company F
Joseph Chambers - Corporal
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Date Added: 1/19/2011

Company F
John Calvin Davis - Private
John Calvin Davis is my great grandfather from my Mothers side
John died 1899 at Rolleg, Minnasota.
Contact Name: William J Connolly
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Date Added: 12/22/2011

Company F
LeRoy Dodge - Corporal
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Date Added: 11/10/2005

Company F
Leonard Dudley Noyes - Private
Served with brothers James & Thomas Sinclair (St. Clair) from August 1862 to July 1865. The 8th regiment was known as the Indian Regiment because of the involvement in the Indian Uprising of 1862. It was a mounted infantry unit. Deployed to south in 1864. Participated in battles in TN, part of Hooker's army in NC, and finished duty in Washington, DC. Unit was praised for toughness because of two years experience in Sioux Indian War on Minnesota frontier. There were 63 deaths in unit. (Much more info available on request).
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Date Added: 12/10/2007

Company F
thomas st. clair noyes - Private
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Date Added: 4/16/2008

Company H
Tallman Decker - Private
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Date Added: 12/10/2009

Company H
Patrick Igo - Private
Born 1841, Roscommon Ireland. Enlisted from Belle Creek, Goodhue Co MN. Was a bachelor farmer. Mustered out at Ft. Snelling MN July 1865. Received $17.50 per month disability pension. Buried at St. Columkills Cemetery, Goodhue MN
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Date Added: 11/28/2006

Company H
Albert Jonas Slattery - Private
This information was on a listing of civil war soldiers. He died in 1864 on a hospital ship possibly the Red Rover.
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Date Added: 9/29/2009

Company H
Sylvanus B WhiteRank Unknown
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Date Added: 11/10/2006

Company I
Arthur Fearing - Musician
Older brother of my great, great grandfather Albert Fearing
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Date Added: 11/25/2005

Company I
David Fearing - Private
2nd cousin of my great, great grandfather Albert Fearing
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Date Added: 11/25/2005

Company I
Dudley Fearing - Private
2nd cousin of my great, great grandfather Albert Fearing
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Date Added: 11/25/2005

Company I
Rudolphus Fearing - Private
Older brother of my great, great grandfather Albert Fearing
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Date Added: 11/25/2005

Company K
John BuschRank Unknown
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Date Added: 11/28/2007

Company K
isaac Cate - Private
My gt gt gt gt grandfather mustered in 3Feb1864. Stationed at Alexandria MN. Participated in the Northwestern Indian Expedition in Dakota Territory, battles of Killdeer Mountain and Badlands. Got sick upon the expedition's return to Fort Ridgely, MN. Died of typhoid fever 23Oct1864 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
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Date Added: 4/15/2011

Company K
Frederick Korfhage - Private
my great great great grandfather
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Date Added: 6/16/2008

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