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The Minnesota Monument at the Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.  Erected in 1922 by the State of Minnesota to the memory of 164 soldiers from our state who served the Union cause during the Civil War and whose remains are interred in the national cemetery.  The figure is that of a woman, cast in bronze and holding a wreath in her hands in a pose with an expression of remebering their stories.  During the war some 6,000 Minnesotans were on duty at one time or another in the lower Mississippi Valley, many passing through the city of St. Louis.

Reuel B. Byram was a soldier during the Civil War, enlisting before his 18th birthday.  Born in Maine in 1843, moved to the Brooklyn Township area in 1866.  He was said to proudly wear his G.A.R. button (Grand Army of the Republic) and eventualy moved to Bingham Lake, Minnesota.  On his passing in 1935 at age 92 he was burried in Weaver Lake Cemetery in Maple Grove.

Example of Civil War era Veteran marker, here for  J. C. Chandler of 1st Minnesota Infantry, Company "K" (right image).

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Minnesota was part of the Union in the Civil War, just a few years after becoming a State in 1858.

Civil War era envelope corner with our State Seal and "For the Union" note.

Civil War memorial in Osseo; Veterans of North Hennepin County & Wm. Grant Post G.A.R.

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BHS updated February 2008