"The Civil War ~ Wabasha Co. Minn. ~ Sixth Regiment"
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Accounts of Action and Rosters of the Men From
Wabasha County, Minnesota
SIXTH REGIMENT
The 6th regt. Minn. Inf. Was organized in
August, 1862, and was ordered immediately upon the Indian expedition on the frontier. A
detachment of two hundred men were engaged in the battle of Wood Lake, September 22, 1862.
The regiment garrisoned frontier posts from
November, 1862, until May, 1863, when ordered on the Indian expedition and engaged with
Indians, July 24, 26 and 28, 1863. Again stationed at frontier forts from September 18, 1863, to
June 5, 1864, when it was ordered to Helena, Arkansas. Ordered to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1864,
and then to New Orleans in January, 1865. Assigned to the 16th Army Corps, and participated in
engagements of Spanich Fort and Fort Blakely in April, 1865. This regiment was discharged at
Fort Snelling, Minnesota, August 19, 1865.
The volunteers from this county for this regiment
are as follows:
6th Regiment 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 |
John T Averill | Lt Colonel | - | Lake City | promo
Colonel brevet brigadier general |
Frank D Burdett | Private | A | Lake City | dsch dsbl
12/16/64 |
Daniel Chapman | Private | A | Lake City | dsch 8/19/65
|
James Crandall | Private | A | Lake City | dsch dsbl 2/24/65
|
David Gardner | Private | A | Lake City | dsch 8/19/65
|
James Harrison | Private | A | Lake City | dsch 8/19/65
|
Edwin McDonough | Private | A | Lake City | dsch with
regiment |
Henry Sumner | Private | A | W Albany | dsch dsbl
1/28/1865 |
Benjamin F Young | Private | A | Mazeppa | dsch with
regiment also served in 1st Cav |
William Flemming | Private | B | Plainview | died 12/23/64
at Adrian Michigan |
Wm Hawk | Private | B | Plainview | promo corp sgt reduced
to ranks dsch dsbl 3/1/65 |
Darius Keyes | Private | B | Plainview | dsch with regiment
|
Theo A Norris | Private | B | Plainview | dsch with regiment
|
John B Robinson | Private | B | Wabasha | died 8/30/1864
at Helen, AK |
James Shimin | Private | B | Elgin | dsch with regiment
|
John Smithson | Private | B | Mazeppa | dsch 8/19/65
|
Andrew Thompson | Private | B | Plainview | promo corp
dsch with regiment |
Ephraim Whitney | Private | B | Plainview | dsch dsbl
2/1/1863 reenlisted Bracketts Cav dsch 5/24/66 |
Edwin (C) Eaton | Private | C | Lake City | promo Wagoner
disch with regiment |
Russell (Rupel) A Johnson | Private | C | Lake City | promo
corp sgnt disch with regiment |
Gustaf Sandberg | Private | C | Lake City | dsch with
regiment |
Charles Wilson | Private | C | Lake City | promo corp dsch
with regiment |
James Allen | Private | D | Mazeppa | dsch 9/16/65
|
George Collins | Private | D | Lake City | died 5/14/65 at
New Orleans LA |
George Bell | Private | E | Pepin | dsch with regiment
|
Michael Boaz | Private | E | Wabasha | dsch with regiment
|
James Ardins | Private | F | Highland | dsch 6/30/64 per ord
|
Robert K Boyd | Private | F | Plainview | badly wnd in fight
with Indians at Birch Coolie led to dsch dsbl 3/20/63 |
David Geil | Private | F | Mazeppa | dsch dsbl 9/15/64
|
James Halloran | Private | F | Wabasha | dsch 8/19/65
|
Arnold Holman (Hollman) | Private | F | Wab Co | dsch
8/19/65 |
John S Huntley | Private | F | Chester | dsch dsbl 2/16/64
|
Nathan (W) Tupper | Private | F | Mt Pleasant | dsch with
regiment |
Joshua (A) Tupper | Private | F | Mt Pleasant | dsch with
regiment |
Franklin Sylvester (Sylvester
Franklin) | Corporal | H | Plainview | promo sgt died 10/31/64 at
Milton WI on furlough |
James H Adams | Private | H | Plainview | died
11/4/62 at Ft Ripley MN |
Andrew Simmons | Private | H | Highland | promo corp dsch 8/19/1865 |
Jonas Spaulsburg | Private | H | Chester | promo corp dsch dsbl 4/4/1863 |
Job Westover | Private | H | Plainview | dsch dsbl 7/9/63
|
Joseph N Woods | Private | H | Plainview | promo corp dsch
with regiment |
John Yetter | Private | H | Plainview | dsch dsbl
7/11/63 |
Ira Beldin
(Belden) | Private | I | Mazeppa | dsch 8/19/65 |
Alan Parsons | Private | I | Wab Co | dsch 8/19/65 |
The Sixth Minnesota Infantry Regiment
A tribute to the soldiers and families of Minnesota's 6th
This site concerns the members of the regiment from the entire state
Biography of Ira W. Belden
Mr. Belden, a blacksmith, is a grandson of
Emanuel Belden, of English descent. Erastus, son of Emanuel Belden, was born in New York,
and became a successful medical practitioner. He married Julia A. Lines, a native of the same
state. On June 11, 1837, they dwelt at Elyria, Ohio, at which time and place was ushered into
existence the subject of this sketch. They soon returned to Steuben county, New York, where Ira
Belden was reared, attending the common schools till sixteen years of age. He then began a three
years' apprenticeship at his trade, and after it was finished set off for the west. After a short time
spent in Iowa, he settled at Frankford, Fillmore county, this state, and brought his parents there.
His father died there in 1866, and his mother a year later, at Rochester. He was eight years
constable at Frankford, and one term deputy-sheriff. On the outbreak of the Sioux war in 1862,
he enlisted in the Minnesota Rangers, and served fourteen months on the frontier, taking part in
several encounters. He then joined the 6th Minn. Inf., at Lake Ponchatrain, and was with this
regiment till its discharge, in November, 1865. The only severe engagements were those required
in reducing the forts about Mobile harbor. Immediately after the close of the war he settled in
Wabasha county, and has been in this neighborhood ever since. For one year he tilled a farm in
Bear valley. He is now in the employ of A. J. Taft, at Mazeppa. He has always been a democrat,
but has not voted for ten years. In regard to theology, is a Universalist. He was married in 1857,
to Amanda Raymond, a native of Green county, Wisconsin, and is the father of seven children,
all of whom are at home. Their names are: Scott E., Ralph O., Otho, Iris and Ira (twins), Clyde
and Lois.
(The next sketch appears on a different page and appears to be the same person even
though some dates are different.)
Ira W. Belden, a son of Erastus Belden, a
physician of Fillmore county, Minnesota, was born in 1837. He received a common school
education, after which he learned his trade of blacksmithing. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in the
war against the Indians, and served fourteen months as farrier in his regiment. He then enlisted in
the war of the rebellion and served one year, when, his health failing, he returned to make his
home on the banks of the Zumbro. He is a resident of Zumbro Falls, living on the sourth side of
the river, but his shop is situated on the north side. Mr. Belden was married in 1860, to Amanda
Raymond. Their family consists of seven children. The eldest son, aged nineteen, holds a good
position on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.