The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29

with an abundant supply OF the ce"cse'e'
which loaded the tables. .Gsss..
After the dinner was over, and the nssnneu'
again formed in line, Col Houston caieo .Os
three cheers tor the ladies and citzans " D.
Paul. which were given as only soldiers can
olive them. The Regiment then fled out OF
the ward and proceeded to the upper levee,
mere Il -e.embarked on the Northern Light
.rd vas soon in camp at Fort Smelling.
Thev will be paid of in day or two, and
most of them be safe at home oy the mSoaie
or latter part Of next week.
COL HOUSTON.
Va, P. Houston, commanding the Resi-
mont has won his position BY brave and gal.
liant conduct, as well as natural ability. He en-
tened the organization as First Lieutenant of
Company K, and was soon after promoted
CAPTAIN, on the death of Captain Curtis. He
went through all the marches and battles Of
the Regiment without injury, until last winter,
when calamity fighting the battle Of Nash
Vile. Tennessee, on the staff Of Gen. Near.
thur, he was very severely and dangerously
wounded in the right arm and shoulder, by
reason of which he had to have the bone cut
off close above the elbow, and dislocated at
the shoulder joint and taken ont. The arm
was thus saved, and will still be Of eonsidera.
BILE service. For his meritorious and gallant
fighting at Nashville, he was (while Major)
breyetted Lieutenant Colonel BY the President,
and Gov. Miller has since commissioned him
Colonel. Go. 49,. '.... ~. ..-c.-.,,..-.,
The Colonel has, during the summer, and
until his Regiment was ordered to be mustered
out, been acting a. Provost Marshal at Selma,
Alabama, which Office he has administered
with distinguished ability and to the general
satisfaction of all. "s' h-
Col. Houston is resident of Saltwater,
where he was practicing law at the time the
war broke out. He is originally from Ohio,
and graduate Of Jefferson College, Penn
LIEUT.. COL. 7. ]. sHK1HAN. @'
This gallant officer has also won his way
from aLieutenancy in the line to his present
rank. He is usually known az the Hero Of
Fort Ridgley," from his brilliant defence OF
that post-with few men Of his company and
some civilians-aga two or three thousand
Indians, in August, 1862, saving the inmates of
the Fort from o bloody massacre.
HISTORY OF THE FIFTH REGI.
WENT. DE avia .'2n'..
The Fifth Minnesota Volunteers was raised
in the fall and winter of 1861 and 81. It is
remarkable fact that at the time it was com.
menced the State was in excess Of all calls
some three or four hundred men, but as our
patriotic citizens were still crowding the re.
cruiting Offices, the War Department was in.
duced by Governor Ramsey to authorize .
Fifth Regiment. This Regiment was not filed,
however, until March, 1862. when it was or.
ganized as follows:
.. FIELD AND STAFF. ,a -.u.s
Colonel, Rudolph Borgersrode. .r,. -
Lieutenant Colonel, Lucius +. Hubbard.
Major, VIM. B. Gere. ''.-' ..'-, '''. ID.
Adjutant, Alpheus r. French. gs, F..
Quartermaster, VIM. B. McGrorty.
Surgeon, Francis Etheridge. --
Assistant, Surgeon Vincent P. Kennedy.
Chaplain, j. f. Chafee.
LINE OFFICERS.
Company A-Captain Josiah r. Dart; 1st
Lieutenant Andrew A. Teele; I'd Lieutenant
VIM. Atkins. ..- "a. ...,rs..-..--. -si -.,,
Company B-Captain John s. Marsh; list
Lieutenant Norman z. Culver I'd Lieutenant
Thomas P. Gere. re NJ .". j.
Company C-Captain Francis Hall ; LIST
Lieutenant 7. J. sheehau; I'd Lieutenant
Frank B. FObes. .'.-l-'' r
Company D.-Captain John vanderhorck,
LIST Lieutenant Francis A. Cariveau, I'd Lieut..
John Groetsch. .g.-
Company E-Captain John G. Becht, LIST
Lieutenant Charles Koch, I'd Lieutenant Kill.
Ian Six. ..- --
Company F-Captain E. A. Rice, LIST Lieut..
Ross wilkinson, I'd Lieutenant David o.
Cakes. >
Company G-Captain Orland Eddy, LIST
lieutenant Alexis P. Bailey, I'd Eeutehaut
Vim. A. Van Slyke.
Company H-Captain Otis 8. Clark, lei
Company Captain Luther E. Clark, LIST
Lieutenant Patrick Ryan, I'd Lieutenant Adam
8. Lybe. lfr
Company K-Captain Gold T. Curtis, LIST
Lieutenant John P. Houston, I'd Lieutenant
VIM. Organ.
The regiment remained u. Forl Smelling dur
ing the winter, and in the spring was ordered
to report to Gen. Halleck at Hamburg Land
ing, Tenn, leaving one company at each of the
three posts in the State, as follows:
Co. B-Capt. Marsh. Fort Ridgely.
Co. Capt. Hall, Fort Ripley.
Co. D-Capt. VanderhoOk, IT. Abercrombie.
THEIR DEPARTURE FOR THE SOUTH.
On May Is, 1862, the regiment embarked at
st. Paul, and proceeded by steamer to- Ham,
burg Landing, the trip occupying ten days.
They were at once placed in Gen. Plummer's
Brigade, Gen. Stanley's Division, and engaged
in the siege of Corinth. On May goth. in the
grand advance, the Fifth first met the enemy,
and behaved like veterans, suffering consider
able loss. After returning from the pursuit of
Beauregard, it remained in camp at Clear
Creek, until the 18th of August succeeding,
occasionally skirmishirg with the enemy.
Moving with Gen. Rosecrans' column into
Northern Alabama, it was for some months in
q continual warfare. Tuscumbia, Cherokee