History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . these various positions with exceptionalability, fidelity and efficiency. His brilliantcareer has been singularly free from thoseerrors of judgment and mistakes whichsometimes mar the j)iiblic life of the bestmen. Judge Baxters army service was scarcelyless felicitous. He entered the war as cap-tain of Company A Fourth Minnesota Vol-unteer Infantry in September, 1861. He wasassigned with two companies to the com-mand of Fort
History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . these various positions with exceptionalability, fidelity and efficiency. His brilliantcareer has been singularly free from thoseerrors of judgment and mistakes whichsometimes mar the j)iiblic life of the bestmen. Judge Baxters army service was scarcelyless felicitous. He entered the war as cap-tain of Company A Fourth Minnesota Vol-unteer Infantry in September, 1861. He wasassigned with two companies to the com-mand of Fort Ridgeley. In March, 1862, herejoined his regiment, which was at FortSnelling, and was promoted to the rank ofmajor. The next month his regiment wasordered south. In October, Major Baxter,owing to sickness, was compelled to his health he again entered theservice, in November, 1861, as major of theFirst Minnesota Heavy Artillery. In Feb-ruary, 1865, he was promoted to the rank oflieutenant colonel of the regiment, and com-missioned colonel the same year. He waselected to the senate of the state of Minne-sota in the fall of 1864, while serving in the. LUTHER L. U.\XTKK. army, lie obtained a leave of absence toattend the session of the legislature. Onreturning to the army, in February, 1865. hewas assigned to duty as chief of artillfry atChattanooga, and remained there with hisregiment until mustered out of service inOctober, 1865. QUINN, Gliomas H.—Among the self-made men in the southern part of Minnesota,who have become conspicuous in their fieldof endeavor, Thomas H. Quinn, the city at-torney of Faribault, Rice county, Minn., isjustly entitled to a place in the front is a native son of the great Northwest,having been born at Berlin, Wis., November6, 1854. He came to Minnesota with his pa-rents and .eight brothers and sisters in 1865,and settled at Faribault. Thomas obtainedhis early education in the common schoolsof Wisconsin and ]\Iinnesota. His fathe
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