The Great Rebellion ~ The American Civil War
Accounts of Action and Rosters of the Men From
Wabasha County, Minnesota

SECOND REGIMENT

The 2d regt. Minn. Vols. was organized in July, 1861. It rendezvoused at Fort Snelling until October, 1861, and was then assigned to the army of the Ohio. It was engaged in many battles, skirmishes and sieges, and was noted for its patriotism and the bravery of its men and officers. It participated in the battle at Mill Spring, January 19, 1862; was at the siege of Corinth, in April, 1862, and then transferred to the army of the Tennessee. Was at Bragg's raid, Perryville, October 8, 1862; participated in the skirmishes of the Tullahoma campaign; was at Chickamauga, September 19-10, 1863; at Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863. This regiment was veteranized in January, 1864. Participated in the battles and skirmishes of the Atlanta campaign, namely, Resaca, June 14, 15 and a6, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864; Jonesboro; Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas; was at Bentonville, March 19, 1865, and discharged at Fort Snelling, July 11, 1865. The following is a list of the brave boys who participated in the fortunes of this gallant regiment from Wabasha county:

Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry

Pvt. Charles Edwards, Co. A
Photo contributed by his gggrandchild, Lee
List compiled by Jerry Anderson
Parentheses are around alternate spellings and initials found in the book.

Name	Rank	Co.	Town	Remarks
Mathias Theony (Shoeny)	Captain	C	Wabasha	Promo Corp, Sgt, Lt Capt, wounded at Chicamauga special mention dsch regmnt
Henry Simpson	1st Lieutenant	C	Lake City	died 12/1/1861 at Lebanon Junction
Daniel B Bailey	1st Lieutenant	C	Wabasha	promo Captain resigned 4/16/62
Jonathan Jackson	2nd Lieutenant	C	Reeds Lndg	dsch w regiment
Tenbroeck Stout	Captain	I	Lake City	wnd Mill Springs dsch with regiment
Edgar V Dickey	1st Lieutenant	I	Lake City	dsch with regiment
Henry H Hills	2nd Lieutenant	I	Lake City	dsch with regiment
Charles Edwards	Private	A	Reads Lnd	wnd Chicamauga dsch dsbl 2/22/1865
Henry P Holland (Henry H Harding)	Private	A	Highland	dsch for dsbl 8/9/62
William Baxter	Sergeant	B	Highland	promo 2nd Lt resigned 3/31/1862
John C Jones	Sergeant	B	Wabasha	promo 2nd Lt killed Kennesaw Mt 5/64
Wm H Brown	Private	B	Elgin	Died in Iowa date unk
Peter Dockendorf	Private	B	Glasgow	dsch 6/12/1865 substitute
Jacob Heald	Private	B	Wabasha	trans to 1st Engineers
Henry Kelsy	Private	B	Wabasha	dsch end of term 6/64
Frank Kelsy	Private	B	Wabasha	wnd Chicamauga promo corp sgt 2nd Lt dsch w regt
Wm H Lefever	Private	B	Zumbro	dsch dsbl 8/30/62
William Lymann	Private	B	Hyde Park	wnd Kennesaw Mt dsch with regiment
Henry Peck	Private	B	Zumbro	dsch dsbl 9/26/62 reenlisted in 1st Battalion Co I dsch 7/14/65
John A Smith	Private	B	Zumbro	wnd Chicamauga deserted 9/5/62 returned to service dsch 11/2/64
Martin Smith	Private	B	Zumbro	promo corp dsch 7/11/65
Wm C Smith	Private	B	Plainview	wnd Mill Springs dsch for dsbl 6/15/62 reenlisted Mounted Rangers dsch 12/1/63
Ashley Wood	Private	B	Zumbro	capt Chicamauga died while prisoner at Andersonville 5/10/64
Geo E Woodruff	Private	B	Zumbro	dsch dsbl
Geo W Marcune	Sergeant	C	Reeds Lndg	killed 8/12/62 while doing duty as fireman on the Railroad
Frank J Hyland	Corporal	C	Wabasha	deserted at Louisville Ky 9/3/62
Tilson Tibbets	Musician	C	Lake City	dsch 4/24/62
Wm A Bacon	Wagoner	C	Lake City	dsch exp of term 7/64
John Acker	Private	C	Wabasha	trans to Vets Resv Corps 11/63
Peter Auger	Private	C	Reeds Lnd	dsch exp of term 6/64
Joseph Baudette (Beaudetts)	Private	C	Reeds Lnd	dsch exp of term 6/64
John J Brown	Private	C	Reeds Lnd	dsch 6/28/65
Rudolph Brunner	Private	C	Reeds Lnd	promo Musician dsch with regiment
John Cancy (Caney)	Private	C	Wabasha	deserted in the face of the enemy Springfield Ky 10/6/62
John Casseday	Private	C	Lake City	promo corp, sgt wnd at Chicamauga dsch on exp of term
James Crocker	Private	C	Zumbro	no further record
Cesar Deregon (Derigon)	Private	C	Reeds Lnd	dsch for dsbl 6/63
Martin C Gassell	Private	C	Reads Lnd	dsch 7/11/65
Valentine Jacob	Private	C	Minneiska	dsch with regiment drafted
Michael Kane	Private	C	Plainview	dsch 7/11/65 drafted
James Kent	Private	C	Wabasha	deserted at Louisville KY 9/30/62
Joseph Laroque	Private	C	Reeds Lnd	dsch with regiment
Christian Mark	Private	C	Pepin	deserted in the face of the enemy 10/6/1862, joined 3rd MN and died at Little Rock AK 5/18/1864
John Marlett	Private	C	W Albany	capt paroled at time of dsch 7/19/65 drafted
John McAuliff	Private	C	Watopa	promo corp, sgt, killed Chicamauga special mention
John Potter	Private	C	Zumbro	dsch 6/11/1865 substitute
Asahel Putney	Private	C	Wabasha	dsch for dsbl 7/12/62
Christian Schilt	Private	C	Reeds Lnd	killed at Chicamauga 9/19/1863
John G Stoll	Private	C	Reeds Lnd	promo wagoner dsch exp of term 6/64
Charles Sweeny (Seny)	Private	C	Reeds Lnd	captured Chicamauga dsch exp of term 6/64
Stephen Trindall	Private	C	Wabasha	dsch 7/65 from hosp
Peter Walrich	Private	C	Reeds Lnd	captured Chicamauga dsch exp of term 6/64
John R (B)Baldwin	Private	D	Hyde Park	promo corp dsch with regiment drafted
Charles Bloom	Private	D	Zumbro	dsch 7/11/1865 drafted
Michael Casey	Private	D	Glasgow	dsch 7/11/65 substitute
John Collins	Private	D	Hyde Park	dsch 7/11/65 drafted
John Cummings	Private	D	Glasgow	dsch 7/11/65 drafted
Hurford Evans	Private	D	Highland	dsch 7/11/65 drafted
John Kennedy	Private	D	Highland	dsch 7/11/65 drafted
Owen Kennedy	Private	D	W Albany	dsch 7/11/65 drafted
Michael King	Private	D	Lake City	dsch 6/19/65
David Liddell (Siddel)	Private	D	Highland	dsch 6/23/65 drafted
Timothy Regan	Private	D	Lake City	dsch from hospital 7/65 drafted
John Stewart	Private	D	Glasgow	promo corp dsch with regiment drafted
John Wales	Private	D	Plainview	dsch with regiment drafted
(C)Flora Birch (Burch)	Private	E	Hyde Park	dsch 7/11/65 substitute Contact Grant & Marge Hayes
Michael J McGrath	Private	E	Oakwood	dsch with regiment drafted
John Salenting	Private	E	Minneiska	died Savannah GA 2/28/64
Benj Sylvester	Private	E	Elgin	promo sgt 1st sgt 2nd Lt 1st Lt wnd 9/63 at Chicamauga
John Ziegler	Private	E	Hyde Park	dsch with regiment drafted
Thomas Brown	Private	F	Highland	trans to co B dsch for dsbl 8/4/62
John Driscoll	Private	F	Greenfield	dsch 7/11/1865 substitute
John B Rieve (or John B Reeve)	Private	F (or A)	Lake City	deserted 9/61 arrested 10/16/63 sentenced to make his time good
Lewis P Stoups	Private	F	Wabasha	dsch with regiment substitute
Gilbert (H) Bowe (Bone)	Private	H	Wabasha	dsch dsbl 6/14/62
James Evans	Private	H	Plainview	dsch dsbl 1/6/63
Abram L Miles	Private	H	Elgin	deserted from Tuscumbia Al 9/62
Lewis N Smith	Private	H	Highland	died at Somerset KY 3/12/1862
Wm H Weagant	Private	H	Wabasha	killed 9/20/1863 at Chicamauga
Julius Williams	Private	H	Wabasha	dsch dsbl 3/11/63 also served in Bracketts Batt Cav Co I
Charles Latham	Sergeant	I	Lake City	dsch with regiment
Edward Nessell	Sergeant	I	Gillford	died at Nashville TN 12/9/1863
Henry H Hills	Corporal	I	Lake City	promo sgt 2nd Lt dsch 7/11/1865
Francis Adams	Private	I	Zumbro	died 11/13/1861 at Lebanon Junction KY
John Carrier	Private	I	Pepin	died 12/9/1861 at Louisville, KY
Rufus A Colby	Private	I	Lake City	promo corp dsch with regiment
James W Delong	Private	I	Lake City	dsch for deafness 2/62
Francis Harrison	Private	I	Lake City	dsch exp term 7/29/64
Joseph Harrison	Private	I	Lake City	wnd on skirmish line at Tullahoma dsch with regiment
George W Hart	Private	I	Mazeppa	dsch dsbl 3/31/62
Marlon (Marian) F Hills	Private	I	Lake City	dsch with regiment
Chas R McCourtie	Private	I	Pepin	dsch 7/11/1865
Edwin P Mosier	Private	I	Hyde Park	promo corp dsch with regiment veteran
George Perkins	Private	I	Lake City	deserted 10/8/1862 at Perryville KY
Claudius Pritchard	Private	I	Lake City	dsch 7/11/1865 veteran
Thadeus Berge	Private	K	W Albany	dsch with regiment drafted
Orrin Ellithorpe	Private	K	Oakwood	dsch 6/15/65 substitute
John Funk	Private	K	Hyde Park	dsch with regiment drafted
Charles Jenks	Private	K	Watopa	dsch with regiment drafted
Charles Kruger	Private	K	Zumbro	dsch 7/11/65 drafted
Morris Russell	Private	K	Lake City	dsch 5/10/62 for dsbl
William Ward	Private	K	Lake City	no further info

The following name appears in the book but not on Jerry's list:
Jules Capon (see 9th regt.)

My Internet friend and Civil War Buff, Dave Frederick, says:
"Men could be excused from volunteer service by having a substitute. I don't think draftees could. The Union apparently allowed it because it encouraged wealthy young men to volunteer, then pay a poor man to be his substitute, to avoid the possibility of being drafted."

The following information is provided by Kevin Frye. It can be found on his website "Andersonville Civil War Prison" and is taken from these records:

"List of Union Soldiers Buried at Andersonville" by Dorence Atwater, 1865 and
"Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-65" Board of Commissioners, Volume I; State of Minnesota, 1891.

Wood, Ashley W., Private, Company B, Regiment 2, Minnesota Infantry, captured at Chickamauga, GA on Sept. 19, 1863, died May 10, 1864 at Andersonville of diarrhea, no more information available, Code No. 10986, Grave No. 986.

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