St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-14
S Amt PAUL.
HEADSTONES FOR HEROES.
Sixty-Five Graves to Be Marked on
Decoration Day.
CAPT. STEES' TASK COMPLETE
Marble Memorial Marks Collected by
Him al the Disposal Of Dead Sol
diers' Friends.


heroes of the late war. Capt. c. j.
Stees has at last completed arrange
ments so that every one of these graves
shall be marked on Decoration day.
Away back in 1885 he made the first
reQuisition for three headstones. The
appropriation was exhausted, but Hon.
Edmund Rice, by dint of much hard
work. secured its renewal, and for the
last three years Capt. Stees has been
making acquisitions and collecting the
memorial marks, unaided by auy
one. There are now SiXty-five head
stones in the army building which are
at the disposal of friends of
the late soldiers. Those desiring the
same should apply to Capt. Stees, at 321
Hartzell, chief clerk in the quartermas-
ter's department. If they prefer, they
can send the number of the lot and
block in the cemetery, and the stone will
be placed there on Decoration day. A
dying comrade Of Capt. Stees suggested
to him that he make these arrange
mentS, and the captain has been in the
business ever since, devoting much
time and attention to it, being
determined that every man who
fought for the, preservation OF
resting place marked. so that fut-
IRE generations, when the annual me-
mortal day comes around, could place
wreath over the spot in which one of
the nations preserverS was laid for his
eternal sleep. No grave within reach
of st. Paul shall be unmarked, and
much credit is due to Capt. Stees for
his diSintereSted labor in this direction.
The work has extended over a number
of years, and at last has been crowned
with success, so that headstoneS for
every grave are now stored in the
United States army building.
The following is the list of names and
the various cemeteries for which the
headstones are destined:
OAKLAND CEMETERY.
Albert Colgrave. private, Company Il,
Sixth Minnesota infantry.
A. c. Helmkamp. lieutenant, Com
pany &, Sixth Minnesota infantry.
Pomeroy P. Wilson, private. Company
q. Sixth Minnesota infantry.
William S. Wilson. corporal, Company
ID, Second Minnesota infantry.
Frank S. Brown, private, Company E,
First Minnesota infantry.
George c. Birge, private, Company E,
Thirteenth Connecticut cavalry.
Lewis r. Birge. private, Company l,
First Connecticut heavy artillery.
Charles Helberg, private, Company A,
Fourth Minnesota infantry.
LuZern IL. Campbell. private, Com
pany |, Ninth Minnesota infantry.
James Wiley, private. Company B,
One Hundred and SiXty-fifth New York
infantry.
Edward Schmidt. lieutenant, Com
pany K, Forty-siXth New York infantry.
Andrew Erickson. private. Company
K, Eighth Minnesota infantry.
Charles A. Cakes, first sergeant,
Company q, Fifteenth Massachusetts,
infantry.
Edward Fabel, private, Company A,
general recruiting service.
j. p. KuSS, musician, Company ID,
Fifth Minnesota infantry.
Frederick Jackson, private, Company
ID, Forty-foruth Massachusetts infantry.
Mark A. Ii. North, private. Company
c, Fifth Minnesota infantry.
Andrew DenZer. private, Company D.
Twenty-fOurth Wisconsin infantry.
James c. Manary, corporal, Company
c, Eleventh Ohio infantry.
Francis NJ. McFall, captain, Company
A, Eighth Tennessee cavalry.
William III. Mobiles, lieutenant colonel,
Seventy-ninth New York infantry.
George Scheldt. private, Company A,
Bradstreet'S battalion.
MathieS Reiter, corporal, Company A,
Bradstreets battalion.
Richard Postel, farrier, Company B.,
BradStreet'S battalion.
E. A. c. Hatch, major, Hatch's bat
talon.
John c. Hamil3on, major. One Hun
dred and Seventy-eighth Ohio infantry.
Ferdinand Propping, captain and
aide-de-camp, Twenty-ninth New York
infantry
joseph W. Collier, private, Company
B, Third Minnesota infantry.
Charles Letteau, private, Company G,
Second Minnesota infantry.
Ulrich Bircher, captain, Company K,
Second MinneOta infantry.
Louis Rose, captain, Company /, Fifth
veteran reserve corps.
A. Schauer, captain, Company E, Sixth
Minnesota infantry.
j. Schaefer, musician, Company K,
Eighth Minnesota infantry.
Robert n. McLaren, colonel and bre-
vet brigadier general, Second Mime
DeSOta cavalry.
John E. Cody, scout, Gen. Sibley's In
dian expedition.
John III. Frundt, sergeant, Company
c, Thirty-first Iowa infantry.
Jason w. Garner, quartermaster ser
geant, Eleventh Minnesota infantry.
Frank Keifer, private, Company G,
Second Minnesota infantry.
Peter Witwan, private, Company G,
Second Minnesota cavalry.
Edward VaDderwerker, private, Com,
pany d, Nineteenth New York infan,
try.
Charles F. Clark, private, Company NJ,
First United States frontier cavalry.
Thomas Grant, private, Company d,
First Louisiana cavalry.
Charles l.. Morris, corporal, First Ohio
battery.
E. b. Alexander, colonel, Tenth
United States infantry, and brevet brig
adler general United States army.
Charles E. Davis, captain, Company
E, First Minnesota infantry.
Richard L. Hand, hospital steward,
United States army.
William Seeger ST., sergeant, Com
pany d, Ninth Minnesota infantry.
c. j. Weaverson, private, Company
q, Fourth Minnesota infantry.
Thomas Tore, private, Company A
Eighth Wisconsin infantry.
CALVARY CEMETERY.
Joseph Vervais, surgeon. Fifth Min
nesota infantry.
Henry Siefen, private, First battery
Minnesota light artillery.
Benedict Hippler, captain, First com
pany Minnesota sharpshooters.
George Wells, private, Company 81
Eighth Minnesota infantry.
James Brennan, corporal. Company
+, Second Minnesota infantry.
Philip Gunnup, private, Company F
Fourth Minnesota infantry.
Jacob Mosbrugger, private, Company
D, Fifth Minnesota infantry.
Jacob Jansen, sergeant, Company d
Third Wisconsin cavalry.
Ambrose Twombly, private, Compan!
B, Seventh Vermont infantry.
Insenh III Nnlk nrivate CnmnanV C.