Tuesday, July 2, 2013

On this date in Minnesota history: July 2

July 2, 1863 – When Company E got the orders to charge at Gettysburg, Captain Louis Muller was in command. “During the ensuing [battle] he was killed when he received a gunshot wound to the head and fell headlong forward. Muller's body was returned to Minnesota and he was buried in the St. Michael Cemetery in Bayport near Stillwater.”

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Captain Louis Muller
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Captain Louis Muller's Gravesite
St. Michael Cemetery in Bayport near Stillwater

Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain July 2, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included.
 

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