Company E Sixth Minnesota Regiment Volunteer Infantry Indian And CIVIL War

  
HISTORY OF COMPANY E OF THE SIXTH MINNESOTA REGIMENT OF VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, BY ALFRED J. HILL, WITH AN APPENDIX BY CAPTAIN CHARLES J. FIRST EDITION, FINE CONDITION, Protected in a clear, acid-free, mylar dust jacket. Xceptionally Bright, Sharp, Clean, Solidly Bound, Antique Book; Illustrated with a Frontispiece of the Author PUBLISHED BY PROFESSOR T.

LEWIS, BY PRIONEER PRESS, St. PAUL, MINNESOTA, IN 1899 This is an original 1899, first edition History of Company E, 6th Regiment Minnesota Infantry. The 6th Minnesota spent much of the war in the Northwest fighting Dakota Indians rather than participating in the battles with the Confederacy. The 6th Minnesota was mustered into Federal service at Camp Release and Fort Snelling, Minnesota, between September 29 and November 20, 1862. The 6th Minnesota was part of second wave of enlistments following the early battles of the Civil War.

The regiment was not immediately sent South because the Army hoped for a quick victory. Because it had not yet mustered out for Federal service, members of the regiment participated in the U. Dakota War of 1862, which erupted in the late summer of 1862. Men from the 6th Minnesota fought the Battle of Birch Coulee, the worst defeat suffered by U. Survivors of Birch Coulee defeated Dakota soldiers in the decisive Battle of Wood Lake a few weeks later.

At the end of September, they also witnessed the surrender of the Dakota at Camp Release. After the Dakota War ended, the 6th Minnesota remained on the frontier and prepared for possible further fighting with American Indians, who had been forced to leave Minnesota following the U.

During the summer of 1863, under the command of Henry Sibley, the 6th Minnesota pursued and fought bands of American Indians in the Dakota Territory. They pushed them west across the Missouri River and north into Canada. By the spring of that year, the men of the 6th Minnesota successfully argued that they should be sent to the South.

They found garrison duty boring and wanted to fight in the war for which they enlisted. Finally, that summer, on June 14, 1864, they left Fort Snelling to go South. The regiment was sent to Helena, Arkansas, where disease began to take its toll. The regiment lost more men to disease than it did in battle. In Arkansas, the regiment observed guerrilla forces in the region but participated in no battles. After a few months, the men were sent to St. Louis and then to New Orleans and then Alabama.

In Alabama, the 6th Minnesota stormed Fort Blakely in one of the last battles of the War. They then guarded Montgomery and waited to be mustered out.

The regiment was mustered out in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 19, 1865. THIS BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION This first edition, antique book is in excellent condition. This is the original wrap booklet has been professionally rebound to preserve it. The exterior is clean, sharp and bright. It has no wear, bumping or rubbing. It is protected in a clear, acid-free, mylar dust jacket. The interior is clean and the pages are in excellent condition. There isn't a mark in the book. It has no writing, smudging, foxing, stamps or pasteboards. The binding is solid throughout and both hinges are fine. The book features a frontispiece illustration of the author. An excellent, first edition, history of this Indian War and Civil War unit. HISTORY OF COMPANY E OF THE SIXTH MINNESOTA REGIMENT OF VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. WITH AN APPENDIX BY CAPTAIN CHARLES J. FIRST EDITION FINE CONDITION Protected in a clear, acid-free, mylar dust jacket. Exceptionally Bright, Sharp, Clean, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Illustrated with a Frontispiece of the Author. This is an original 1899, first edition, out-of-print, History of Company E, 6th Regiment Minnesota Infantry. The book contains a roster of the unit. The unit was part of second wave of enlistments following the early battles of the Civil War. THIS BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION. This first edition, antique book is in excellent condition. The book is protected in a clear, acid-free, mylar dust jacket (see photo #3).

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