St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-13
A DAY OF REUNIONS.
Fourth, Fifth and Seventh
Minnesota Infantry Regi-
mentS Of War Fame.
HEROIC FOURTH AT CORINTH.
Record Of the Fifth at Fort
Ridgely and Nash
vile.
HEROIC FOURTH AT CORINTH.
COL. MARSHALL'S SEVENTH.
Resolutions for Legislative
Removal Of the Birch
COulie Monument.

Gen. John B. Sanborn welcomed the
old veterans of the Fourth regiment,
Minnesota infantry volunteers, as they
came struggling INTO the chamber Of
commerce yesterday forenoon to hold
their twelfth annual reunion, but it took
quite little while after all had arrived
to get down TO business. as the old fell
lows in the main were fighting
over again the battles of Corinth,
Raymond, jackson, Champion Hills
and Vicksburg and were lOath
to leave off until they had the
enemy killed, captured or dispersed.
Finally, however, when all the rebs
were disposed OF, they got down to
business and passed the following set of
resolutions:
Minnesota infantry rendered the most
conspicuous and valuable services at
great sacrifice and suffering at the
Battle of COrinth. by a charge upon
batteries. then advancing upon Cor
inth; and rendered such conspicuous
services at the battles of Raymond.
Jackson. Champion Hills and the as
sault and siege Of Vicksburg. as drew
to it the special attention of the COM
handing officer of the Seventeenth
corps, Gen. J. b. McPhersJn, and the
commanding officer or the Army of the
Tennessee, Gen. U. s. Grant, who by
special orders designated it to lead the
column that marched into Vicksburg to
receive Inc surrender of the rebel army
and parole the PRISONERS OF war, and
for these and other DISTINGUISHED serv-
ices was given the extreme right of
the line and advance in the grand re-
view at Washington at the close of
the war, whereby the state of Minnesota
has received unwOnted hOnorS for the
great services rendered. but thus far has
taken no STEPS to distinguish this regi-
ment either by inscriptions OIL mOnu
ments erected or otherwise. therefore
Resolved. That a committee of five
of the surviving officers be appoi nted
by the president of the Society of the
Fourth Regiment to prepare Inscriptions
and secure such appropriations as shall
fifty and truthfulIy commemorate the
services of the Fourth Minnesota
infantry OH one or more of the fields
where its services were rendered.
The president then appointed the fol-
lowing gentlemen to act on the commit
tee:
Gen. John E. Sanborn, st. Paul; Mai.
W. W. Rich. Minneapolis; Capt. !. N.
Morrill,, Saltwater; Capt. George Baird,
Austin; Private j. Niebels, Fergus
Falls.
The association reelected the old
officers, adding Col. Nj. L. Thomas as
vice president.
Those Present
Among those in attendance we're:
Gen. John B. Sanborn, Capt. A. L..
Brown, Brownton, Mcleod county.
Company Al. S. Beatty, Anoka;
Thomas +. Kennedy, st. Paul; Baptist
Marx. Wright county; II. Neil. Slbley,
To-; o. o. JaQuith, WayZatta.
Company B-F. E. Ford, William
Churchill, Frank J. Withee. Glencoe;
Jacob Rooms, New Auburn; }. n. Brad
ford, Minneapolis.
Company Capt. W. W. Rich. Min
neapoliss; Albert Wells, Odessa; Her
mann Vogt. Thomas ii. Reeves, Albert
&. Morrison, Minneapolis; James f.
Dilley. st. Paul; Bailey Monticello; j.
Ii. Thurston, ST. Paul; T. IL. Reeves,
Minneapolis: r. A. Wheeler, Cedar.
Meeker County; John Linn, Jordan.
Company E-Octave COron. Wheat
land; John B. Boudin, Henderson;
Joseph c. Everett LIE Sueur county; j.
Niebels, Fergus Falls; M. Dolan, st.
Paul; h. Rolph, st. Paul.
Company F-Charles Brom wick,
Minneapolis: Isreal b. FELTON,, Granite
Falls; }. Nj. Douglas, Anokk; G. Brom-
witch, Minneapolis.
Company G-Ferdinand Gutzwiller.
Wright county; Sohn E. Scram, Carver
county.
Company He. Jemson, Brighton;
A. Anderson, CRANKY; Andrew JemsOn,
Brighton: August Neel. State of Wash
ington; Peter G. Peterson, CRANKY; j.
S. Bean. Harvey, ILL.,; Colin Buchanan.
| soldiers home; Andrew Anderson, Mic
| Ollet; A. Swanson. Lake Crystal.
Company John Smith. st. Paul;
Valentine ValerluS. Wright county; j.
! w. Davey, Minneapolis; John D. Hunt.
Waterville; Ii. Harper, st. Paul; j. ID.
Batson, Chaplin.
Company K-Capt. 1. N. Morrill,, Still
water; j. S. Boyd. j. E. NJ. McCarron.
The meeting adjourned and the bal
ance of the afternoon was spent In re-
newing old acquaintance formed on
the field of battle and In telling stories
such as only old soldiers can tell.