The Great Rebellion ~ The American Civil War
Accounts of Action and Rosters of the Men From
Wabasha County, Minnesota
FIRST COMPANY SHARP SHOOTERS
MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERS
List compiled by Jerry Anderson
| Name | Rank | Town | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Bailey | Private | Wabasha | dsch 8/28/62 lost leg at 2nd Bull Run |
| Albert W Corwin | Private | Lake City | wounded Antietam capt Chancellorsville returned trans to invalid corps |
| Asa Doughty | Private | Lake City | capt 2nd Bull Run returned 3/63 trans to 1st Battalion dsch 7/2/65 |
| James Doughty | 2nd Lt | Lake City | captured Bull Run returned to co promo 1st Lt Capt Major |
| Samuel Hancock | Private | Greenfield | promo sgt trans to A Battery 9/22/1864 |
| Alfred Hamlet | Private | Glasgow | captured 2nd Bull Run killed at battle of the Wilderness 5/6/1864 |
| Martin Herschberger | Private | Greenfield | killed in train accident White Plains NY |
| Benjamin Kelley | Private | Lake City | trans to invalid corps dsch 1/5/1865 |
| Henry O'Neal | Private | Wabasha | capt Fredericksburg 12/62 returned 5/63 trans to 1st Battalion 1/30/65 |
| James Powers | Private | Plainview | dsch dsbl 1/14/63 |
| Julian Rand | Private | Plainview | dsch 9/22/1864 |
from father Samuel's Biography
J. Edward was born July 2, 1841, became a leading Lake City attorney, and died July 14, 1884. He served through the Civil War as captain of the 2nd U. S. Sharpshooters (Co. L, 2nd Minn. Vol. Inf.) and was brevetted Major, a title which he afterward continued to bear.