Halvor Quie was an exception among the Minnesotans who answered the Union Army call in 1861, and not just because he was a Norwegian immigrant in a state then dominated by New England Yankees. The ...

The grave of a Minnesota soldier killed in the Civil War will be re-dedicated this weekend. Pvt. Edmund Sampare of St. Paul died in the Battle of Antietam on Sept. 17, 1862. A Minnesota soldier killed ...

In the annals of Minnesota’s participation in the Civil War, the First Minnesota Regiment gets most of the attention and accolades because of that unit’s heroic charge at Gettysburg. Plugging a gap in ...

The Twin Cities Civil War Round Table conducted its annual Civil War Symposium at the Litchfield Opera House on April 27, 2024. A large crowd took in several presentations on Civil War history as well ...

Brad Edgerton takes particular pride in one simple gesture amid his great-great-grandfather’s many accomplishments: After commanding a regiment of Black soldiers during the Civil War, Alonzo Edgerton ...

BENSON — Buried in the Benson Cemetery are 16 Civil War veterans, the weathered white marble tombstones standing out among the more modern monuments. Some served in units from Minnesota while others ...

John J. Casseday was the only member of his family's five men to return to SE Minnesota after the Civil War. John J. Casseday, photographed in his army uniform, was part of a family that sent five ...

The legacy of a Civil War veteran still lives on to this day in Belle Plaine. Ernst Boessling moved to Minnesota from Germany with his mother, Sophie, and father, Christian. At 15, Boessling enlisted ...

A Cannon Falls Boy Scout will receive a high honor this month. 16-year-old Liam Dewanz’s Eagle Scout project helped restore the city’s Civil War monument. For the last year, Dewanz helped clean up the ...