"The Civil War ~ Wabasha Co. Minn. ~ Third Regiment"

The Great Rebellion ~ The American Civil War
Accounts of Action and Rosters of the Men From
Wabasha County, Minnesota

THIRD REGIMENT

The 3d Minn. Inf. Was organized in October, 1861; ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, in November, 1861, and to Nashville, Tennessee, in March, 1862. This regiment participated in the engagement at Murfreesboro, in July, 1862; were captured and there paroled; afterward ordered to St. Luis and thence to Minnesota, where they engaged in the Indian expedition of 1862, participating in the Wood Lake battle of September, 1862. Ordered to Little Rock, Arkansas, in November, 1863, and was veteranized in January, 1864. Was engaged in the battle of Fitzhugh's Woods March 30, 1864. Ordered to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in April, 1864, and thence to Duvall's Bluff in October the same year. This regiment was mustered out of service at Duvall's Bluff, September 2, 1865, and discharged at Fort Snelling.

Following is a list of men enlisted and recruited from Wabasha county:

Third Minnesota Volunteer Infantry

List compiled by Jerry Anderson

Parentheses are around alternate spellings and initials found in the book.
Names in red are linked to their biographies which are from
"Biographies & Historical Sketches of Wabasha County, Minnesota"

Name	Rank	Co.	Town	Remarks
Everett W Foster	Captain	G	Wabasha	promo Major Lt Col resigned 5/22/65
Francis Milligan	Assistant Surgeon	-	Wabasha	resigned 4/8/62 reenlisted in 10th Mn Inf as asst surg
Anthony Wilford	Chaplain	-	Greenfield	dsch 9/2/65
Joseph J Mertz	Principal Musician	-	Wab Co	capt Murfreesboro paroled trans to vet reserve corps
Frank Adler	Private	A	Zumbro	drafted deserted 2/65 supposed to be dead
Wm Briske	Private	A	Greenfield	taken prisoner Murfreesboro paroled died at Duvalls Bluff Ark 9/11/63
James E Brown	Private	A	Plainview	promo sgt dsch for dsbl 10/62
C Christopherson	Private	A	Plainview	dsch 7/23/65
James Donan	Private	A	Plainview	dsch 6/20/65
Daniel L Foster	Private	A	Highland	dsch 7/23/65
James Howatt (Howat)	Private	A	Highland	dsch 7/23/65
Nels Nelson	Private	A	Plainview	dsch 7/23/65
Timothy Rodney	Private	A	Plainview	dsch 7/23/65
S D Smith	Private	A	Highland	dsch 7/23/65
John C Schade	Private	A	Highland	dsch 7/23/65
Alfred Parks	Private	B	Lake City	capt Murfreesboro parolled died 8/12/64 at Pine Bluff AK
Miles Standish	Private	B	Chester	dsch 9/2/65
John R Baldwin	Private	D	Hyde Park	promo corp dsch 4/1/1865 drafted
John Collins	Private	D	Lake City	dsch w regmnt drafted
James Carroll	Private	D	W Albany	promo corp drafted
Swan (Sven) Dahlberg	Private	D	Glasgow	dsch 7/28/65
Hueurd Evans	Private	D	Highland	dsch w rgmnt drafted
John Lindblom	Private	D	W Albany dsch	7/28/1865
S D Reynolds	Private	D	Lake City	capt Murfreeesboro parolled dsch 11/10/1864 exp term
Wm Adams	Private	E	Minneiska	dsch 9/2/65
James Barton	Private	E	Lake City	dsch 7/28/65
John Erickson	Private	E	Plainview	died 10/21/64 at Helena Arkansas
Daniel W Foss	Private	E	Lake City	died 10/15/64 at Pine Bluff AK
Michael Hartman	Private	E	Mazeppa	dsch 7/28/65
George N Pierce	Private	E	Oakwood	dsch dsbl 9/17/64
Peter Newberg	Private	E	Plainview	dsch 7/28/65
Joseph Benz	Private	F	W Albany	dsch 9/2/1865 drafted
John Draper	Private	F	Plainview	dsch 9/2/1865
William Foster	Private	F	Highland	wnd 9/3/63 while serving in 1st Cav dsch dsbl 12/20/64
William Keyes	Private	F	Plainview	dsch for disability 8/24/1865
Silas R Merrill	Private	F	Wab Co	promo corp dsch 9/2/63 reenlisted 12/20/63 dsch with regiment
Robert Poor	Private	F	Oakwood	died 8/24/64 at Pine Bluff AK
Ezra B Eddy	1st Lieutenant	G	Plainview	resigned 7/10/62
Lewis S (A) Hancock	1st Sergeant	G	Greenfield	promo 2nd Lt, 1st Lt, Capt, captured at Murfreesboro paroled dsch with regiment
Levi M Phillips	1st Sergeant	G	Lake City	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp of term 11/14/64
Richard (C) Custard	Sergeant	G	Wabasha	wnd Wood Lake capt Murfeesboro paroled promo capt 112th colored infantry
Abe (Abraham F) Dearborn	Sergeant	G	Plainview	dsch for promo
Devillo (Deville) Ford	Sergeant	G	Mazeppa	died of typhoid fever 5/1/62 at Nashville TN
Stephen Rhodes	Sergeant	G	Pepin	promo 2nd Lt 1st Lt dismissed in 1863
Frederick (A) Pell	Corporal	G	Elgin	promo sgt capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
James A Canfield	Corporal	G	Highland	wnd Wood Lake capt Murfreesboro paroled promo Sgt dsch with regiment
Evander (Philander) Skillman	Corporal	G	Mazeppa	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo corp sgt 1st Lt of 112th colored infantry
George L Fisk	Corporal	G	Mazeppa	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo 1st Lt and regimental Qmstr also served in 8th MN
Geo S (P) Harrison	Corporal	G	Wabasha	capt at Murfreesboro paroled dsch with regiment
Thomas B Kearney	Corporal	G	Greenfield	dsch 7/28/65
George Henderson	Corporal	G	Wabasha	dsch 9/2/65
Geo E (S) Krick	Corporal	G	Wabasha	prisoner Murfreesboro paroled dsch dsbl 1/13/65
Chauncey (D) Gibbs	Corporal	G	Plainview	prisoner Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 10/64
Chas F Wyman	Corporal	G	Wabasha	dsch dsbl 1862
Ezra (J) Sergeant	Musician	G	Plainview	prisoner Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
James J Sibley	Musician	G	Mazeppa	prisoner Murfreesboro paroled dsch with regiment
Wm Yawman	Wagoner	G	Wabasha	prisoner murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
Gould D Allen	Private	G	Plainview	dsch with regiment
Ezra B Andrews (Andrew)	Private	G	Highland	dsch with regiment
Elbridge (E) Andros	Private	G	Wabasha	dsch dsbl 1/18/62
Henry W Applegarth	Private	G	Pepin	dsch with regiment
John K Arnold	Private	G	Wabasha	promo 1st Lt Adj of 7th MN Inf
John B Ashton	Private	G	Wabasha	dsch per order 7/28/1965
Madison Barber	Private	G	Gillford	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo corp dsch with regiment
Wm G Barnard	Private	G	Plainview	wnd Murfreesboro prisoner paroled dsch with regiment
John W Barnes (Barns)	Private	G	Plainview	died 11/17/64 at Prairie Du Chien WI
Lewis H Barr	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch with regiment
Andrew Bigham (Bingham)	Private	G	Plainview	capt Murfreesboro paroled killed 4/1/64 at battle of Fitzhughs Woods AK
John K Boxwell (Boxwelt)	Private	G	Wabasha	trans to co B
Geo W Buckman	Private	G	Zumbro	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch with regiment
George Campbell	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch 11/14/1964
Thomas Canfield	Private	G	Gillford	promo Corp, Sgt, dsch 9/2/65
Dexter Chaddock	Private	G	Lake City	died 2/26/62 at Belmont Ky of typhoid fever
Ezra Y (T) Champlin	Private	G	Minnieska	promo Corp, Sgt, 2nd Lt (Co D) 1st Lt, Capt, captured Murfreesboro paroled dsch with regiment
Justus R (B) Clark	Private	G	Gillford	prisoner Murfreesboro paroled promo corporal dsch with regiment
James Clarkson	Private	G	Elgin	dsch dsbl 6/27/62
Isaac (B) Collier	Private	G	Greenfield	dsch 7/28/65
Edward (E) Collins	Private	G	Wab Co	dsch 9/2/65
Moody Cook	Private	G	Wabasha	no record
Thomas Cranshaw	Private	G	Mazeppa	died at Little Rock AK 5/8/64
Erastus (G) Cross	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
Melvin (Milvin) W Cross	Private	G	Plainview	prisoner Murfreesboro dsch with regiment
Robt H Cross	Private	G	Chester	dsch dsbl 1/1/65
Silas Cross	Private	G	Chester	died 12/30/64 at Prairie Du Chien WI
Evan Crum	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo Corp, Sgt, dsch with rgmnt
Wallace (W) DeLong	Private	G	Chester	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo Corp, Sgt, dsch for promo
Robt R Evans	Private	G	Mazeppa	dsch dsbl 4/62 reenlisted in 8th MN Corp dsch 7/11/65
Julius Fellows	Private	G	Wabasha	died 8/8/64 Pine Bluff Arkansas
A P Fetzer	Private	G	Glasgow	dsch with regiment drafted
William (T) Flora	Private	G	Wab Co	dsch 9/2/65
George Forbes	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch 11/14/1964
Joseph (Josephus S) Foren	Private	G	Pepin	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch 9/2/65
Wm Foster	Private	G	Highland	dsch dsbl 12/20/64
Wm C Fox	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch with regiment
Howard M Goss	Private	G	Highland	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo Corp dsch exp term 11/64
Ziba C Goss	Private	G	Highland	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
John (H) Graves	Private	G	Wabasha	died 11/20/64 at DuValls Bluff AK
Geo F Gregg	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
Chas A Grow	Private	G	Oakwood	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch with regiment
Lafayette Grow	Private	G	Plainview	dsch with regiment
Wm E Hale	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch 9/2/65
Loren P Hall	Private	G	Plainview	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch 11/14/1964
A V Hamlin	Private	G	Glasgow	no record
John O Hancock	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch 11/14/1964
Edward B Hawkins	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo corp dsch 11/14/64
James (M) Hendricks	Private	G	Wabasha	promo corp dsch with regiment
George Hendren	Private	G	Wabasha	dsch with regiment
Edgar (A) Holcomb	Private	G	Highland	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
John S Howe	Private	G	Elgin	dsch dsbl 6/62
Charles Hull	Private	G	Gillford	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch with regiment
Francis (M) Jerry (see father Francis Jerry)	Private	G	Chester	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
Joseph Jerry	Private	G	Chester	dsch 9/2/65
Avon E Johnson	Private	G	Oakwood	dsch dsbl 5/8/62 reenlisted 1st Cav dsch 4/2/1866
John M Jones	Private	G	Zumbro	died 9/2/1864 at Pine Bluff, AK
Thomas Keeny	Private	G	Wabasha	dsch 7/28/65
Degrove Kimball	Private	G	Chester	died of wounds 9/23/63 in Battle of Wood Lake against Indians
Albert D Knapp	Private	G	Highland	died 4/62 Nashville of typhoid fever
Isaac Knox	Private	G	Chester	wnd at battle of Wood Lake capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch with regiment
George S Krick	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch dsbl 1/1/64
Geo M D Lambert	Private	G	Wabasha	promo hosp steward 4th Mn asst surg 4th Mn
James Lawrence	Private	G	Glasgow	dsch 7/28/65
Alden C (G) Levitt	Private	G	Highland	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo corp dsch exp term 11/64
George W Mack	Private	G	Plainview	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo corp dsch exp term 11/64
Isreal (Israel M) Marsh	Private	G	Oakwood	capt Murfreesboro parolled, veteran dsch 9/2/65
Perry D Martin	Private	G	Lake City	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch dsbl 4/62
Leroy McCollum	Private	G	Pepin	dsch 9/2/65
George McDougall	Private	G	Greenfield	dsch 7/28/65
James McGee	Private	G	Plainview	dsch 9/2/65
William McGee	Private	G	Plainview	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo corp dsch with regiment
Frederick Messer	Private	G	Plainview	dsch dsbl 5/62
Abraham Miller	Private	G	Wabasha	dsch dsbl 2/62
Wm E Mosher	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch 9/65
Frederick Mooseman	Private	G	Highland	died 10/2/1864 at Pine Bluff, AK
Henry Murphy	Private	G	Highland	dsch 9/2/65
John Negus	Private	G	Reeds Lnding	dsch dsbl 4/62
Elihu J Oaks	Private	G	Elgin	dsch dsbl 4/62
Wm F Oliver	Private	G	Gillford	dsch dsbl 4/62
William Palmer	Private	G	Mazeppa	died 2/26/64 at Little Rock AK
William Pell	Private	G	Elgin	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch 11/14/1964
George Perry	Private	G	Glasgow	died 9/21/64 at Pine Bluff AK
Wm Perry	Private	G	Glasgow	dsch 9/2/65
Erick Peterson	Private	G	Highland	died at Murfreesboro TN 6/30/62
Albert D Pierce	Private	G	Plainview	capt Murfreesboro paroled wnd at battle of Fitzhughs Woods dsch with regiment
Norman Prior	Private	G	Mazeppa	dsch dsbl 6/7/62
Philip Quigley	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo Corp, Sgt, 2nd Lt, 1st Lt, dsch with regiment
Edward Quigley	Private	G	Greenfield	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
Adelbert Randall	Private	G	Glasgow	dsch 8/17/65
John L Rice	Private	G	Gillford	capt Murfreesboro paroled deserted 1/10/63 on furlough
Olivor Schutliff (Oliver Shurtiff)	Private	G	Wabasha	died at Belmont KY 2/18/62 of congestion
James Schrigley (James A Shrigler)	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
Edward (L) Sharpe	Private	G	Wabasha	dsch dsbl 5/16/62
Casper Shellenberg	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo corp dsch 11/14/64
William Simon	Private	G	Hyde Park	died 3/7/65 at DuVall's Bluff drafted
Frank (Franklin) Skillman	Private	G	Mazeppa	capt Murfreesboro paroled promo corp dsch for promo 7/10/64 to 1st Lt US 113th Colored Inf
Phillander (Evander) Skillman	Private	G	Mazeppa	promo 2nd Lt US 113th Colored Inf
George Skinner	Private	G	Lake City	deserted 5/21/64 at Little Rock AK
Horace N Smith	Private	G	Chester	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch 11/14/1964
John R (B) Smith	Private	G	Plainview	dsch dsbl 5/16/62
Michael Smith	Private	G	Highland	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch 9/2/65
Thomas Smith	Private	G	Pepin	dsch 9/2/65 drafted
Wm W Smith	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
James W Sterling	Private	G	Glasgow	dsch 9/28/65
David S Stewart	Private	G	Elgin	dsch dsbl 3/9/65
Aaron Sutton	Private	G	Pepin	dsch 9/2/65
Robt S Terrill	Private	G	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
Alexander Utler (should be Utter)	Private	G	Elgin	dsch 5/2/65
William Waller	Private	G	Wabasha	dsch 6/8/65
William Walters	Private	G	Glasgow	dsch 6/8/65
John M Walsh	Private	G	W Albany	dsch 9/2/65 drafted
Wm H Warring	Private	G	Chester	capt Murfreesboro paroled dsch exp term 11/64
Emmanuel Warthan	Private	G	Wabasha	died 10/8/64 at home in Iowa
James O Wilcox	Private	G	Chester	died at Pine Bluff AK 7/18/1964
George C Clark	Private	H	Elgin	dsch 7/28/65
F R Conn	Private	H	Elgin	dsch 7/28/65
Solomon Crosby	Private	H	Greenfield	dsch 7/28/65
Alvin Engle	Private	H	Plainview	dsch 7/28/65
Henry Libby	Private	H	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled died at Devalls Bluff AK 8/27/63
Wm P Lewton	Private	H	Elgin	capt Murfreesboro parolled dsch dsbl 7/28/1865
Michael Logne	Private	H	Wab Co	died 8/27/63 at Duvalls Bluff Ak
George Soule	Private	H	Mazeppa	dsch 9/2/1865
Isaac Thompson	Private	H	Greenfield	dsch 7/28/1865
Henry Wakefield	Private	H	Lake City	deserted from Belmount KY 12/61
John R Graham	Sergeant	I	Lake City	died 9/26/64 at Pine Bluff AK
Charles Adams	Private	I	Minneiska	dsch with regiment
Wm Bain	Private	I	Plainview	dsch with regiment
Orren Boughton	Private	I	Mazeppa	promo Corp, 2nd Lt of 112th colored inf
Joseph Cayon	Private	I	Plainview	dsch 7/28/65
John Cleveland	Private	I	Plainview	dsch 7/28/65
Abraham Cook	Private	I	Greenfield	dsch dsbl 7/28/65
John Cooley	Private	I	Greenfield	dsch 7/28/65
Ransom Goss	Private	I	Plainview	dsch 7/28/65
Edwin Hancock	Private	I	Greenfield	dsch 7/28/65
Geo W Herrick	Private	I	Plainview	dsch 7/28/65
Edwin L Martin	Private	I	Highland	dsch 7/28/65
John B Mullens	Private	I	Glasgow	dsch 6/24/65
Asa Myrtetus	Private	I	Greenfield	dsch 7/28/65
John Owens	Private	I	Glasgow	dsch 7/28/65
James M Peck	Private	I	Plainview	dsch 7/28/65
Thos G Schaffer	Private	I	Lake City	deserted 8/9/62 at Benton Barracks MO
John Stoll	Private	I	Lake City	trans to invalid corps 11/18/63
John H Thomas	Private	I	Lake City	dsch dsbl 4/11/62
Edward Watt	Private	I	Mt Pleasant	dsch dsbl 4/12/62
John H Bulen	Corporal	K	Plainview	dsch with regiment
Andrew Allen	Private	K	Zumbro	dsch 9/2/65
Wm Boret (William Borett)	Private	K	Wabasha	capt Murfreesboro paroled trans to co G died at DuValls Bluff AK 12/4/64
Douglas Cramer	Private	K	Plainview	capt Murfreesboro parolled dsch 9/2/1865
Peter Mclane	Private	K	Mazeppa	capt Murfreesboro parolled died 1/2/64 at Devalls Bluff AK
William Rice	Private	K	Lake City	dsch 9/2/1865
Warren Sears	Private	K	Zumbro	dsch 9/2/65
Benjamin Shaw	Private	K	Hyde Park	dsch dsbl 4/18/62
Roswell Stanton	Private	K	Elgin	died 12/26/1864 at Memphis TN
Benj C Stran	Private	K	Lake City	dsch 7/28/65
Daniel Webster	Private	K	Zumbro	dsch 9/2/65
John T. Bump	Per biography of father, Orson, "History of Goodhue County, MN," found at sites.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/ biosproject.htm

The name Abban Davis appears in the book but not on Jerry's list.
John T. Bump does not appear in the book or on Jerry's list.

Biography of James Howat
James, the subject of this sketch, was born in Banffshire, Scotland, March 24, 1824. His parents were John and Margaret (Bonnayman) Howat. His father being a farmer, James led the life of a Scotch country laddie until eighteen years of age, when he came to America, whither his parents had preceded him. He spent several years in the pineries of Canada, and also worked at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, Michigan. In 1859 he came to Highland, and homesteaded the quarter-section (section 14) where he now resides, and to which he has added forty acres in section 21. He was married in Canada April 5, 1851, to Agnes Scott, daughter of a County Down, North of Ireland, farmer, James Scott, and his wife, Elizabeth (Butcher) Scott. Two sons and two daughters have blessed their union, viz: John and Elizabeth, born in Canada, and Margaret and James, natives of Minnesota. Mr. Howat served one year in the 3d Minn. Inf., and was honorably discharged at the close of the rebellion. The republican party has called him to serve on the township board of supervisors four years in succession. The religious faith of the family is Presbyterian.

Biography of Francis Jerry
(This is the father, but the son's military career is also mentioned here.)

Francis Jerry, (deceased) settled in Chester August 18, 1855, taking a claim on section 28. He opened up three farms, and left his widow eighty acres on section 33, where he died July 24, 1874. Mr. Jerry was a native of New York, born July 6, 1814. He was reared on a farm in Canada by an uncle, his parents having died when he was an infant. He served in the United States forces during the Black Hawk war, and afterward settled near Galena, Illinois. He was married there May 2, 1838, to Elizabeth Grishaber, who was born in Hoffwehr, Baden, Germany, November 15, 1819. After farming on rented land in Illinois he came to Minnesota, as above related. He was deranged by a sunstroke in June, 1867, and was entirely helpless during the last three years of his life. Besides his widow, five children were left to mourn him, now located as follows: Francis M., Barron county, Wisconsin; Basil, Missouri; Mary (Mrs. William Evans), Plum City, Wisconsin; Joseph (rendered totally deaf by measles while serving in the 3d Minn. Inf.) with his mother; Augustus, Winfield, Montana; Isadore, Washington Territory. Basil served through the war of the rebellion, and Francis three years in the same struggle. Mr. Jerry was reared a Catholic, but did not adhere to that faith.

Biography of Alexander Utter

Alex M. Utter, educator, farmer and Civil War veteran, was born in Washington County, N. Y., and came to Wisconsin in 1857, and to Minnesota in 1861, locating in Elgin Township. He was a man of good education and broad reading, and became an early teacher. From this county he moved to Swift County, this state, where, after teaching a while, he became county superintendent, a position he retained for some 17 years. He was a man of highest ideals as to conduct and education, and the educational system of Swift County still bears the impress of his influence, personality and untiring work. In the nineties he returned to Wabasha County and here spent his declining years at Plainview, where he died in September, 1896. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in Company G, Third Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. He was also an early member of the Masonic order. Mr. Utter married Alida M. Putman, a native of Montgomery County, N. Y. She died in June, 1906.

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The Great Rebellion ~ The American Civil War Accounts of Action and Rosters of the Men From Wabasha County, Minnesota

THIRD REGIMENT

THIRD REGIMENT

Third Minnesota Volunteer Infantry

The Great Rebellion ~ The American Civil War
Accounts of Action and Rosters of the Men From
Wabasha County, Minnesota