. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . shotgun in Alexandria. There were RhodeIslanders in pleated blue blouses—Burnsides boys; there werefar Westerners from Wisconsin, in fast-fading gray. Michi-gan and Minnesota each was represented by a strong Germans were there, a reserve division in gray fromhead to foot. There were a few troops of regular cavalry, theirjackets gaudy with yellow braid and brazen shoulder were the grim regular batteries of Carlisle, Ricketts,and Griffin, their blouses somber, but the cross cannon on theircaps gleaming
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . shotgun in Alexandria. There were RhodeIslanders in pleated blue blouses—Burnsides boys; there werefar Westerners from Wisconsin, in fast-fading gray. Michi-gan and Minnesota each was represented by a strong Germans were there, a reserve division in gray fromhead to foot. There were a few troops of regular cavalry, theirjackets gaudy with yellow braid and brazen shoulder were the grim regular batteries of Carlisle, Ricketts,and Griffin, their blouses somber, but the cross cannon on theircaps gleaming with polish, such being the way of the was even more marvelous, later, when McClellan had cometo organize the vast array into brigades and divisions, and tobring order out of chaos, for chaotic it was after Bull Run. The States were uniforming their soldiery as best theycould in that summer of 1861. New York, Massachusetts, andPennsylvania usually in blue, the Vermonters in gray, turned-up with emerald, as befitted the Green Mountain boys. The H. ?1 ^SsSh/T^ ■>M 1 Hi HHHj v #**&! :.: ■■..... ■ _ /IEW OF REVIEWS CO- FIRST MINNESOTA INFANTRY AT CAMP STONE, NEAR POOLES-YILLE, MARYLAND, IN JANUARY, 18C2 The First Minnesota Infantry was the first regiment tendered to the Govern-ment, April 14, 1861. It was mustered into the service April 29, 18G1, fourteendays after the Presidents proclamation. The regiment embarked June 22, 1801,for Prairie du Chien, whence it proceeded by rail to Washington. Its first uni-forms furnished by the State were black felt hats, black trousers, and red flannelshirts. It served throughout the war. The population of Minnesota in 1860 was172,023, including 2,369 Indians. It furnished 24,020 soldiers, of whom 2,584were lost. While the whole people of Minnesota were striving night and day tofill up new regiments to reenforce the national armies, they had to maintain gar-risons along the Indian frontiers. One garrison was at Fort Ripley
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