6th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 6th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Flag of Minnesota |
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| Active | September 29, 1862 to August 19, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
The 6th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that fought in the Union army during the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 6th Minnesota was mustered into Federal service at Camp Release and Fort Snelling, Minnesota, between September 29 and November 20, 1862.
It was mustered out in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 19, 1865.
[edit] Casualties
The 6th Minnesota Infantry suffered 12 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officers and 161 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 177 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Colonels
- Colonel William Crooks - August 23, 1862, to October 28, 1864.
- Colonel John T. Averill - November 22, 1864, to September 30, 1865.
[edit] References
- Andrews, C. C., ed. (1891). Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-1865. St. Paul, Minn: Printed for the state by the Pioneer Press Co. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7088819M/Minnesota_in_the_civil_and_Indian_wars_1861-1865.
[edit] External links
- The Civil War Archive
- History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry at Project Gutenberg
[edit] Notes
[edit] See also
List of Minnesota Civil War Units
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