The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-03
VETS OF NOBLE FIRST
FOUGHT IN BIG BATTLE

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From Mondays Daily.
Minnesota will be represented by
more than 100 Civil war veterans
who participated in the battle OF
Gettysburg July 2, 8, and 4, 1868
next July, when the fiftieth anniver
sary of the battle will be celebrated
on the battle-ground by survivors
from the various states. twenty-five
twin city veterans have been locat'
ed by Major G. b. Heffelfinger,
First Minnesota volunteer infantry,
and Samuel Lilly, secretary of the
First Minnesota association, is en-
deavOring to secure additional names
of Gettysburg veterans. The names
secured by Major Heffelfinger were
taken from the roster of the First
Minnesota association.
Many Were Gettysburg Veterans.
OF the loo First Minnesota sur
vivors of the war, siXty-one are
Gettysburg veterans who were act
ually engaged in the battle. The
prior to the great battle because
OF wounds and disabilities received
in previous engagements. Major
Heffelfinger says his list does not
include survivors of the two sharp
shooters companies. The second
company, known as Company l., was
attached to the First regiment. The
first company was with Berden's
regiment of sharpshooters. Both
companies participated in the bat
tie of Gettysburg.
What Research Shows.
Major Heffelfinger's research shows
that of the sixty one he has found
fifty-three received wounds in bat
tie, thirty-SeVen on the first day
and fifteen on the second day.
Efforts are being made by other
Grand Army men to secure other
lists of Gettysburg veterans, regard
less of whether they served in a
Minnesota regiment or from an
other state. The names will be sent
to the governor and presented to
the state legislature. That body will
be asked to appropriate funds to
transport the Minnesota veterans
to and from Gettysburg. Other
states are working along this line
and report great success.
Any First Minnesota veteran
whose name is not in the following
list is requested to send his name
to Major Heffelfnger in the Nc
knight building, Minneapolis. The
list follows:
...,, ~,. List of Survivors.
c.. B. Heffelfinger, James Walsh,
Daniel Sullivan, Robert Plummer,
John Brown, Andrew P. Quist, Henry
Ellington, Daniel Waite. Henry
Burgetorf, Christopher Eastman, Ed
mond Baker, Michael Shay, James
s. Nichols, Charles feathers, George
Klien, Chester S. Durfee, all of
Minneapolis; Andrew Kreger, George
Mortimer, Charles Miller. c. F. Hans
dorf, Adam Marty of st. Paul, Will
liam Morgan. Soldiers Home. Min
Turner Prebble, Anoka;
John Able. South Haven; Matt Tay-
Tor, Anoka; Adm Latin, Archibald
Curtiss, C. Eddy. Osseo: Thomas
Presnen. Duluth; William May,
William Kellogg, Still
water; John Golf, Saltwater; Henry
Goodman, Withrow; Andrew Peter
son, saltwater; Joseph Oden, Immo-
gen; Daniel Perkin, ST. Cloud; JAS
per Searles. Saltwater; John O..
French, Detroit; Amos Berry, Bow
lus; Charles Berry, Rice, Benton
county.
Some in Southern Minnesota.
r. II. Jefferson, Bingham Lake;
Charles Borden, Ortonville; Jonas
P. David. Redwing: Ole Gilburn,
Glenwood; r. +. Grow, Redwing;
c. NJ. Merritt, Winona; Levi King,
Bemidji; C. NJ. Benson, Morristown;
Fred Bell. Owatonna; George Ma
ger, Faribault; Samuel Lilly, Nor
ristown; John Rohrer, Morristown:
George Thorne, Hudson; Joseph
Ridge, Anoka; Marcus L. Hendrick,
Wabasha; Lloyd Prendergast, Be-
midi: Omar Shutliff, New Rchland:
Joseph Chandler, Ronneby; Daniel
Drayne, Northorne; l.. H. Pickle,
Sleepy Eye; Samuel Smith, Norris
town. There are several veterans
who fought with the First Mime
sofa whose names are not on the
list
st. Paul. December 30--The SEN
ate combine is beaten. and Lieuten-
ant Governor Burnquist will organ
ize the upper house when it meets
on January T. This is the opinion
now prevalent in political circles,
and is expressed even by men
friendly to the combine and it's
leaders, Senators Sullivan and Works.
Estimates made are that the com
bine leaders today cannot muster
more than twenty-siX votes in sup
port of a resolution for a commit
tee to select committees in the SEN
ate. The slipping away of votes
they had counted as theirs began
early last week, and before the end
of this week the combine virtually
may be dissolved.
Democrats May Stick.
Certain of the democratic sena-
tors, perhaps even a majority of
them, may stick by the Sullivan.
Works ship to the last These are
the senators who have asserted
that they pledged themselves be-
cause they believed a committee on
committees to be good progressive
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