Bath Twp. Civil War Record
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the 6th of December, 1864, the sum of $1,000 was voted for the purpose of securing volunteers to fill the quota assigned the town, and to prevent the necessity of a draft. Of this amount $600 was used. The town was somewhat embarrassed in this regard, as Capt. Mons Grinager had taken forty men from this locality, six of them being from this town, and enlisted them in Wisconsin, thus cheating the town and State out of able-bodied men who should have gone to the war under the banner of a Minnesota regiment. The names of the participants in the war from Bath are as follows, fourteen in all: F. Drake, Dwight E. Brooks. Edward D. Brooks, O. Iverson, Ingebret Erickson, Mr. Jacobson, Michael Sheehan, E. Johnson. John Peterson. C. Johnson. Capt. Grinager, Nels Nelson, Tim Keily. and Peter Nason. Of these, Nels Nelson, Ole Iverson, and Mr. Jacobson never returned, finding the graves of martyrs in southern soil.
|