St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-14
GRAND ARMY NEWS.
The War Record Of Company of the Sixth
Minnesota.
The Mastering Officers Work-Council OF
Administration-Notes of the Order
ST. PAUL POSTS.


from the record of this company, in posses
sion of Capt. Stees, will therefore be of inter-
est:
Company G. Sixth Minnesota infantry, was
organized at Fort Smelling, Mimi, Aug. IS,
1862, and started on campaign against the
Sioux Indians Aug. 81 arrived at Fort
Ridgely Aug. %, and detail of 100 men
under Capt. Grant were sent out from this
place to bury the dead who were massacred
by the In dians. After being employed on
this work for two days and two nights, the
detachment went into camp at Birch Coolie
Sept. 1. Just before daylight next morning
the amp was attacked by 800 Sioux
warriors The firing was heard by the
pickets of the main command and reported
to Col. Sibley, who ordered three COM
panies of the regiment C B and E), one
section OF the battery and thirty men of the
cavalry to ascertain the cause of the firing.
They went out Birch Coolie road, when the
scouts reported Indians ahead and attacking
Grants camp, but the Indians in great
force attacking us, we were compelled to 90
into camp and send for reinforcements. The
whole command joined us during the night
and the next morning we marched to the re-
lief OF Capt. Grant In this action the reg-
ment lost thirteen killed and eighteen
wounded. From this place the whole COM
mand returned to Fort Rdgely and remained
there until the 10th of September, making
preparations to continue the campaign. We
proceeded up the Minnesota river without
molestation until we arrived at Wood Lake,
when on the morning of the 23d we were at
tackled by Little Crow and his whole force.
THE ENGAGEMENT
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were completely routed after losing a large
number OF their warriors. Our loss in killed
and wounded was twenty men. We con-
tinued our march on the 25th, and on the
Goth we arrived at Camp Release and rescued
sixty men, women and children who had
been captured by the Sioux Indians above
Fort Ridgely, capturing 400 warriors besides
non-com batants. We remained in camp at
this place thirty days. We were mustered
into the United States service here Oct 1,
'62, by Lieut.. E. Haight. Oct. IS, Company
u formed part of a small expedition towards
Dakota under Col. Marshall, and succeeded
in capturing $50 men, women and children
at Wild Goose lake, and returned to Camp
Release, having marched 220 miles in seven
and one-half days. Oct. 26, left Camp Re
lease and arrived at MaDkato Nov. Z, after
being stoned by the women of
New Ulm. Remaining in camp seven days,
on the 18th the regiment was divided
into attachments and went to different
points on the frontier of Minnesota to guard
the citizens from further Indian depreda-
lions. Company G went to Fort Smelling
and remained there until Feb. Is, 1868,
then took up the line of march to Glencoe,
arriving there Feb. 20 and remaining there
I'm May- a ,rba fa1
the Minnesota river, where Brig. Gen.
Sibley was organizing a force for second
campaign against the hostile Sioux. We ar
rived at Camp Pope May 10, 1868. Early in
June Companies G and X were ordered up
the Redwood river about thirty miles after
Indians, but finding none returned to Camp
Pope. On the 10th Of June they broke camp
and started for the Indian country, Dakota
territory. After marching within 1875 miles
of the Missouri river Companies G and G
with details from other regiments were left
at Camp Atchison guarding extra stores,
ammunition and sick men left behind, and
thus getting in light marching order. A
more rapid pursuit was commenced Aug.
II, 1868, when we took up the line of march
for Fort Smelling, arriving there Sept. II,
having marched 1,730 miles. The regiment
was again sent to the frontier, Company G
garrisoning at Madelia and the Big Cotton
wood river, remaining there during the win
ter Of 1864. June 9, 1864, the regiment
rendezvoused at Fort Smelling, and left on
the 14th for Dixie, arriving at Helena, Ark,
June 90, where it remained until Nov. 4.
While at Helena the regiment
LOST 100 MEN BY DISEASE.
It left Helena for st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 4,
arriving there on the 18th, and remaining
until Jan. 80, 1869, when it embarked for
New Orleans, where it arrived Feb. z, and
took up quarters in a cotton press on Annun-
citation square, doing provost duty and
building railroads. Feb. % it received orders
to report to Gen. A. J. Smith of the Sixteenth
army corps. The regiment embarked on
board the steamer George Cromwell for
Dauphn island in Mobile bay, and from here
the corps embarked on gunboats and trans
ports and proceeded up the bay, landing at
the mouth of Fish river, and then by land
towards Mobile. The advance was stub
bornly contested by the Rebels until the ar
rival at the head of the column at Sibley
creek, where a hot fight occurred,
the enemy disputing the passage of
the advance. Company G having the ex-
IRENE right of the skirmish line came in for
some pretty hot work. After arriving in front
of Blakely and Spanish forts intrenchments
were thrown up and advances made, when
knapsacks were unslung and piled up pre-
paratory to a charge. The forts were stormed
and carried, and being the keys to Mobile
that city capitulated as a consequence. This
was after Richmond had fallen and Lee had
surrendered. From here the Sixteenth army
corps moved to Montgomery, Ala, and was
broken up into divisions, then brigades and
regiments. About Aug. 1, 1865, the Sixth
regiment received orders to return to Fort
Smelling to be mustered out II proceeded
by boat, railroad and march to Vicksburg,
where it embarked on a steamer for St.
Paul and was mustered out at Fort Smelling
Ang. 10, 1865.
ST. PAUL NOTES.
The postofice address of Andrew P Carl
son. formerly private of Company G, Sixth
Minnesota Infantry, is desired by Capt. Stees
in regard to Carlson's pension claim.
Rev. II. Clay McCauley, David Swenk and
David Burdick were mustered into Acker
post Thursday night. There was an I'm
usually large attendance.
Xavier Mannhart, formerly of Company G
Sixth Minnesota Infantry, is Frustrated with
the old army disease and his death is simply
a question of days if not hours.
An entertainment BY Garfield post, No s,
IL announced for next week, in the hall on
jackson street.
Chief Mastering Officer Fl. B. Brooks will
organize post at Dassell next "Wednesday,
and one the following week at Granite
Falls
The council Of administration of the de-
partment met last Tuesday and transacted
routine business.
E. B. Gibbs post No. &c of White Bear will
give an entertainment for the benefit Of the
relief fund on Wednesday next Depart
ment Commander Becker and Inspector Sea-
port Of s.. Paul favored the post with visit