MN AHGP Archives-Dakota Co. Civil War Record--4th MN
FOURTH INFANTRY OF MINNESOTA.

Originally commanded by Col. J. B. Sanborn of St. Paul, organized December 23th, 1861, ordered to Benton Barracks, Missouri, April 19th, 1862; assigned to army of the Mississippi, May 4th, 1862; participated in the following marches, bat�tles, sieges and skirmishes: Siege of Corinth, April, 1862; Iuka, Sept. 19th, 1862; Corinth, Oct. 3d, and 4th, 1862; siege of Vicksburg, Forty Hills, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills, assault on Vicksburg, capture of Vicksburg, July 4th, 1863; Transferred from 17th corps to 15th corps; Mis�sion Ridge, November 25th, 1863; Veteranized, January, 1864; Altoona, October, 1864; Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas; Bentonville, March 20th, 1865, and Raleigh, April 14th, 1865; mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, July 19th, 1865, discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. The organizing members of company C, were nearly all from Dakota county, and mostly from the town of Lakeville, where the company was formed. It was the outgrowth of a home-guard militia that had been organized there during the summer of 1861. They bought their own uniforms for home-guard purposes and were furnished arms by the state. Under the call for six hundred thousand volunteers in 1861, they responded almost to a man, retaining nearly their official organization. During the winter of 1861 and 1862, they were located at Fort Ripley, and went south with their regiment in the spring. The company built up a record they are justly proud of and were appreciated by their com�manding officers. After the battle of Altoona, they were complimentarily mentioned by General Sherman.

The following names given by companies, rep�resent those entering the army from Dakota county. must. Aug. 30, '64, dis. by order of war depart�ment, June 12, '65. Freeland G. Stevens, must. Aug. 30, '64, dis. by order June 12, '65. Hiram W. Van Valkenburg, must. Aug. 30, '64, dis. by order June 12, '65. Drafted�Henry Anderson, must Dec. 15, '64, dis. with regt.



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