The Great Rebellion ~ The American Civil War
Accounts of Action and Rosters of the Men From
Wabasha County, Minnesota
THE 1ST BATTALION MINNESOTA VOLUNTEER LIGHT ARTILLERY
Was organized in October, 1861, and rendezvoused at Fort Snelling until ordered to St. Louis, Missouri, in December, 1861. From St. Souis it went to Pittsburgh Landing in February, 1862, and engaged in the following marches, battles, sieges and skirmishes: At Shiloh, April 5 and 6, 1862; siege of Corinth, April, 1862; at Corinth on October 3 and 4, 1862, and marched from Corinth to Oxford, Mississippi, and from Oxford to Memphis, Tennessee; was assigned in November, 1862, to the 17th Army Corps, and veteranized in January, 1864.
This battery was ordered to Cairo, Illinois, and from there to Huntsville, Alabama; from there to Altoona, Georgia, and from there to Ackworth, Georgia. Participated in the battle of Kennesaw Mount; was at Atlanta July 22 and 28; and was in Sherman's campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas.
Discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, June 30, 1865, having been in active service three years and eight months. The following is a list of the volunteers for this battery from Wabasha county:
FIRST BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY
Names in red are linked to their biographies which are from
"Biographies & Historical Sketches of Wabasha County, Minnesota"
| Name | Rank | Town | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert W Allen | Private | Elgin | dsch 6/3/1865 |
| James Boaz | Private | Lake City | dsch with battery |
| Alfred B Bruce | Private | Elgin | dsch with battery |
| Ozias (W) Burdick | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Douglas R (R D)Case | Private | Plainview | promo corp dsch with battery |
| John Casaden (Cassaden) | Private | Glasgow | dsch with battery |
| James (M) Cheatham | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Nelson Cheatham | Private | Plainview | died 2/27/1864 at Vicksburg Miss |
| Andrew (G) Crawford | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| John Cronkite (Conkite) | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| John Davison | Private | Lake City | dsch with battery |
| Chas (W) Donaldson | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Miles Dunning | Private | Wab Co | dsch 6/30/65 also served in 16th WI Inf Co A |
| David (H) Duryea (Duryee) | Private | Glasgow | dsch with battery |
| Absalom Elliott | Private | Elgin | died 6/17/1864 at St Louis MO |
| Reuben Farnum | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Brigham Foster | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Warner Freer | Private | Elgin | dsch with battery |
| Wm Furlong | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Thomas Gibson | Private | Plainview | died 5/6/1864 at Mound City IL |
| Levi (S) Goddard | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| David Grieve (Greeve) | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Dennison (J) Griffling (Griffing) | Private | Plainview | trans to Veteran Reserve Corp 7/29/64 |
| Joseph (D) Griffling (Griffing) | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Wm H Griffling (Griffing) | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| George R Hall | Private | Plainview | dsch in hospital |
| David Hart | Private | Elgin | dsch with battery |
| Henry Hart | Private | Elgin | dsch with battery |
| Henry Hilgidick | Private | Lake City | dsch with battery |
| Andrew (D) Howison | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Thomas Huddleston | Private | Glasgow | dsch 12/16/64 |
| Ira Humphrey | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Abiel E Kibbe | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Creniss LaRue (Lakne) | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Joseph Latherman | Private | Elgin | capt Bentonville NC 3/21/65 returned 6/22/65 |
| Alfred (W) Lathrop | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Elijah (D) Lathrop | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Joseph (W) Marcus (Marcyes) | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Charles (E) Murphy | Private | Plainview | dsch 6/30/65 |
| Charles Pierce | Private | Wabasha | dsch dsbl 7/21/1862 |
| John W Ploof | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| John W Pogson | Private | Elgin | dsch with battery |
| Albert Pomeroy | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Alfred Pomeroy | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Albert Rogers | Private | Oakwood | promo corp veteran dsch 6/30/1865 |
| John D Ross | Private | Plainview | promo 2nd Lt dsch with battery |
| Thomas Smith | Private | Pepin | dsch 6/30/65 |
| Robert H Smyth | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| John (W) Studaburken (Studaberkin) | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Charles Sutfine | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Eugene (T) Wilson | Private | Plainview | dsch with battery |
| Edward Welch | Private | Greenfield | dsch 6/30/1865 |
On June 29, 1836, the hearts of Samuel and Betsey (Wyman) Hall, farmers of Stansted county, Canada East, were made happy by the birth of their second child, the subject of this sketch. The family continued to reside in Canada until George had reached his fifteenth year, when they came to eastern Wisconsin and found a home in Racine county. Six years later, and four years after the death of the father, the family came to Wabasha county. Mr. Hall, in the spring of 1858, located a pre-emption claim on section 4 in Plainview township, on Greenwood prairie. For eight years he followed the life of a pioneer farmer on this place. Soon after disposing of this farm, he bought another of one hundred and forty acres on the same section. This place he sold in 1873, and the same year purchased eighty acres on section 37, in the adjoining township of Highland. This farm he enlarged by the purchase of one hundred and sixty acres adjacent thereto, and in the spring of 1883 sold to Mr. Burgess. Mr. Hall bought a house and lot in the village of Plainview, and moved to town in the spring of 1880. He is agent for the Laird-Norton Lumber Co., of Winona, which has a branch business in Plainview. Mr. Hall enlisted in the 1st bat. Minn. Light Art., December 31, 1863. Owing to ill health, saw but little active service, and was discharged on May 25, 1865. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the board of supervisors. In the winter of 1877 he represented the Plainview district in the state legislature. His politics are republican. Electa A. Austin, of Racine county, Wisconsin, became his wife October 17, 1858. They have four children: Ida L. (wife of the Rev. F. B. Cowgill, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman and member of the Minnesota conference), Ella Mary (a teacher in Winona county), Inez M. and Nellie Gertrude, living at home.