Civil War Era Volunteers Project                        1861-1865 Brooklyn Township, Hennepin County, State of Minnesota; Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park

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Click here to read the Civil War Stories of Brooklyn Township volunteers (Sun Newspapers)

At the outset of the Civil War, Minnesota formed the First Minnesota regiment and their offices posed here at Fort Snelling before departing for their initial activities.  This image included Capt. William Colvill that led the regiment in their outstanding service at Gettysburg!

The map to the left shows the division of states between the North, the South and Border States at the outset of the war. Minnesota was a territory in 1849 and achieved statehood in 1858... a few years before the start of the Civil War conflict. Much of the western United States was still in a territory status with Texas and Kansas the only states further west.

At the start of the Civil War, there were an estimated 8,800 men and boys in Hennepin County.  During the course of the war on the order of 1,700 volunteered! That's 20% of all the men and boys in the County.  Minnesota was one of the first states to offer troops to serve!! The First Minnesota was the first regiment and more were formed over the ensuing years, creating the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth & Eleventh Regiments and more.

See our Meetings page for notes on our fall meeting and the presentation on the civil-war-era Dakota Uprising!

Do you have CIVIL WAR era pictures or informaton about  your ancestors we could include in our files and future publications?  We'd treasure your assistance!  Give us a call, e-mail or letter. We can return your original informaton or photograph after we've made suitable copies.  Volunteer your family history!

An index of names we're researching with highlighted names have some date in our files: Alpheus Angell     William Fletcher Atkinson    Horace Miles Avery    George Bartlett   Ransom Barlett Luther Bartlow   Charles Bickford    Henry Blackwell    Charles Blanchard    Horace Bohanon Samuel Bohanon   Alonzo Bragdon    Eben Bragdon    Thomas Breckons    Elias Brown    Henry Brown    John Brown    Reuell Byram    Zebina Caswell   Jacob Chaffee   Davis Champlin    Oscar Champlin    Enoch Chandler    Joseph Chandler    Henry Chase    Wesley Chase     Samuel Chipman   Aaron Clark    Benjamin Colbourne    Plinny Conkey    Leo Cook    Leroy Crandell   Henry Crown   Archibald Curtis    Henry Curtis   John A. Davis James Deremer   John Dutton    Henry Ellingson    David Ellis    Clark Ellsworth    Edwin Ellsworth    Thomas Ellsworth    Charles Estes   Livingston Estes    William Ewing Robert Fass    Felix _____    Ami Ferguson    Thomas Fisher    William Fisher Joseph Gagne    Alvah Getchell    Levi Getchell    Samuel Glemsdale    Henry Goodale George Grandy   Benjamin Gray    Clark Green    Thomas Green    Joseph Halleck J. Hamilton    James Harmon    Julius Harvey    Eli Haviland    Adley Hawkins    Albert Hawkins Hamilton Henderson    David Higgins    George Hill    Charles Hopper    Avery Hosacult Charles Hough    Andrew Howe    Archibald Howe    Asa Howe   David Howe    Eben Howe Joel Howe    Joshua Howe    Samuel Howe    Andrew Huff    Robert Idell    Edward Jaques Richard Jaques    Winter Jaques    David Jenkins    Erastus Jenkins    Henry Jentsch Charles Johnson    Balse Judah    Thomas Kelly    Thomas Kirkwood    Ansel Lane    Clement Lanely    Irving Lawerence    Charles Libbey   Cal Longfellow    Charles Longfellow    George Longfellow    Henry Longfellow     Levi Longfellow    Nathan Longfellow    Samuel Macomber    David Malbon    Andrew McCausland      Conrad McDonnell    James McDonnell    Joseph McDonnell    Justin McRae    Samuel Merrill Gilbert Merritt    Levi Merritt    Samuel W. Meritt   Johnathan Milholllin    William Milhollin    Saul Milhollin Howard Moses    John Myers    Peter Myers    James Nash    Oliver Newell    Wilber Nichols Chas. Norris    Edward Norris    Joseph Norris    William Palmer    Israel Parker    Truman Partridge     Edward Past    Marcus Past    Alonzo Plummer    Charles Plummer    George Plummer    John Plummer    Levine Plummer   Robert Plummer    Wilson Plummer    George Pomeroy    J. Pomeroy    Joseph Powers    Stephen Pratt    Seth Pribble    Turner Pribble    George Rache    Luke Rache    Eber Rathbun    Benjamin Rice    Samuel Rice    George Robinson    LaSalle Roth    Nathan Russ    Charles Savage    George W. Savage Hilarius Schmidt    Jacob Schwab   Jacob Schwartz     John Scully    Henry Shaw    Fred Shephard    Daniel Sherman   Anthony Shoop    John Shumway    Robert Smart    Andrew Smith    Charles Smith    Dewitt Smith    George Smith    Ralph Smith    William Smith    George Snow    Henry Snyder    William Stiles    Horatio Stillman    William Stinchfield    George Stout    Daniel Sullivan    Albert Thayer    Phil Thayer    Alvah Thomas    Charley Thomas    Henry Thompson   Anthony Trump    Daniel Turrell    John Wakefield    Samuel S. Wales    Samuel W. Wales    James Walsh    John Wattson    Elijah Weaver    Thomas Welch    George Wethern    Joseph Whitney    J. Wiley    Christian Wolter    Henry Yentsch    Abraham Zimmerman.

MORE Veterans added:  Nicholas Arn    Erastus Atkinson    William Breckon    Octave Caron        Charles Coburn    Bishop Jobes    David Malbon    Thomas Noyes    Alonzo Avery

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BHS, updated December 2008