The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-06

derers were exhumed by physicians Of
St. Paul and St. Anthony, and one of
them dissected in St. Paul, while the
| other was sent to DR.. Pancost of Phil
adelphia. -
The tombstones remaining furnish~
measure are a chronological record Of
the regiments stationed at the old post
The Fifth infantry, the builders Of the
fort, left no trace in the cemetery ex-
cept the two children s monuments al
ready referred to. The same is true of
the First infantry, which was com,
manded by Zachary Taylor, afterward
president of the United States. The
Sixth infantry is represented by two
or three stones and the Second artillery
by one.
The mortality in the Fifth was never
theless greater than in any other regi::
ment that garrisoned the fort, most Of
was there. The regiment arrived at the
confluence of the Mississippi and Min
nesota (at that time known as the st.
Peters river) in the summer Of 1919,
having been ordered from Detroit for
the purpose Of building fort at that
point as recommended by Major Ste
phGH H. Long MhG passed d. that ss 10
sippi river in 1917. The soldiers built
log cantonment on the Mendoza side
of the river as soon as they arrived,
and while so engaged about half their
number fell victims to scurvy. They
were probably buried on the south side
of the Minnesota, close to the canton
ment, but where is now simply a mat
ter Of conjecture. The valley has been
hunted over great many times in the
past twenty years by antiquarians, who
hoped to locate the first cemetery, but
; their efforts have been fruitless.
The Tenth, Twentieth, Seventh
: Twenty fifty and Third regular infantry
4 sounded taps several times there ovel
y their comrades graves.
8 When the civil war began the :volun
9 teer troops rendezvoused at the fort
i and almost every regiment paid it
e tribute to the cemetery on the hill
d The Second cavalry, Hatch 8 battalion
y the Tenth volunteers, Bracket bat
J. talon, the First, Second, Third, Fourth
e Fifth, Sixth and Seventh volunteer
e left several Of their comrades in tn
l. cemetery when they marched to tn
r front, and close beside them are tn
graves of members of the First Mime
y sofa artillery and Of the Third Illinoi
! cavalry. One grave, surrounded by. a
\ iron fence, tells a story, Of care-takine
j and is of local interest because it
the resting place Of Annie, secon
s, daughter Of Franklin and Annie +
j. Steele, who died at Fort Snellin
W (while her father was post trade
20 there) March 16, 184S, agedt3 years,
"a months and 23 days. The most prefer
IL tious tomb is that of Sarah D., wife {
g. Captain T. Hendrickson, U; S. A., WI
died Aug. 5, 1851, aged AZ. This ]:
similar to a large number in the mil
tary cemetery at Fort Crawford, nes
Prairie du CHEN, Wis, being an oil,
style vault closed by a large marb
slab.
One stone tells of a comparative
"a recent tragedy, when Emil and Will
D Luppy were drowned in the Mississippi
y, Aug. %, 1881.
IL The officer Of highest rank burie
od there is Lieutenant Colonel William
Dis Gentry Of the Twenty-ffth Unite
" States infantry, who died June 2
ID 1885. The handsome monument whic
~ marks his resting place was erected b
81 the officers Of the regiment.
Lieutenant Joseph S. Stafford, WI
died July 81, 1875, was evidently
popular officer, if one may take IL
testimony of his tombstone, upon whic
is the inscription, HThou Loved
Many HeartsLIdol of One''
The first enlargement of the milital
post and the partial abandonment
that time of the old fort, resulted
the laying out Of another cemetery {
the MINI esota river side of the pos
Nv some distance southwest of the ne
on buildings The new cemetery was la
% out coincidenta1ly with the arrival
:. the Third infantry, and consequent