MN AHGP Archives-Dakota Co. Civil War Record--6th MN
SIXTH INFANTRY OF MINNESOTA.

This regiment was organized in August, 1862, and originally commanded by Colonel William Crooks of St. Paul. Ordered upon the Indian expe�dition of 1862. A detachment of two hundred from this regiment was engaged in the battle of Birch Coolie, September 2d, 1862. The regiment participated in the battle of Wood Lake,September 22d, 1862. From November, 1862, until May, 1863, the regiment was engaged in garrisoning frontier posts. Ordered, then, to take part in the Indian expedition, and were engaged with the Indians, July 24th, 26th, 28th, 30th and 31st, 1863. Sta�tioned at frontier posts from September 18th, 1863, to June 5th, 1864, when they were ordered to Helena, Arkansas, and to St. Louis in Novem�ber, 1864; thence to New Orleans in January, 1865, and assigned to the Sixteenth Army Corps. Participated in the engagements of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely in April, 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, August 19th, 1865. Very few, in this regiment, were from Dakota county, and they mostly in company A.

COMPANY A, MUSTERED OCTOBER 1, 1862.
First Sergeant�William Irvine, died of w'ds rec'd at Birch Coolie, September 8, '62.
Second Sergeant�William Pratt, died Septem�ber 22, '64, at Memphis, Tennessee.
Musicians�Maurice Healy, dis. with regt Joseph Young, dis. with reg't.
Wagoner�Albert B. Shaddock, dis. per order, June 13, '65.
Privates�James Auge, pro. corp.; dis. with reg't. Benjamin F. Arbuckle, died September 8, '64, at Memphis, Tennessee. Edwin S. Beck, trans. to Inv'd Corps, November 18, '63. Basil de Bosie, dis. with reg't. Peter Felix, dis. with reg't. Dana Felix, dis. with regt. John Hays, dis. for disab'y, April 9, '64. Mader Johnson, dis. with reg't. Francis Jarvis, dis. with reg't. Alexander B. McLeod, died November 14, '64 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. William H. Bossman, dis. with regt. Francis F. Trepan, dis. with regt Henry Whetsler, killed September, 2, '62, at Birch Coolie, Minnesota.

COMPANY B.
Brevet�William Armstrong, trans. from Co. F, Seventh Minn. Infy; dis. with regt

COMPANY C, MUSTERED OCTOBER 3, 1862.
Second Sergeant�Edwin W. Dimick, dis. for disab'y, August 17, '63. Privates�Myron Bates, dis. with regt Wm. H. Burroughs, died August 14, '65, at Fort Snell�ing. Minn. Reuben B. Dean, dis. for disab'y August 22, '63.

COMPANY F, MUSTERED OCTOBER 1, 1862.
First Sergeant�John Clague, dis. for disab'y, August 10,'64. Private�Edward J. Hodson, dis. for disab'y, May 11,'63.

COMPANY I.
Recruit�John Austin must March 2, '64; dis. with regt

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