Monday, April 29, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 29

April 29, 1861 - The 1st Minnesota, the “state volunteer regiment formally tendered to the Federal government under Abraham Lincoln's call for 75,000 troops in 1861,” was organized at Fort Snelling, Minn., on this date.1 Company B was comprised “of 101 men from Washington County. This unit, captained by Mark Downie and [Louis] Muller, [included] three command officers, five sergeants, eight corporals, eighty-two privates, two musicians, and a wagon master. Of these 101, only twenty-seven safely return home following the war.“2

1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Minnesota_Volunteer_Infantry

2
http://projects.wchsmn.org/reference/events/company-b-first-minnesota-organized/



Captain Mark Downie

http://firstminnesota.net/1st.php?ID=0147

 



Captain Louis Muller

http://firstminnesota.net/1st.php?ID=0193


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