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Norland, Gail collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025.111

Scope and Contents

4 tubs of research files MN CW vets. To be boxed.

Approx 20 3-ring binders on Civil War veterans, MN counties, and units. To be foldered and boxed.

framed photo.

Box 1:

Newspaper and web page phtotcopies. Units and veterans.

Loose photos with info.

GAR books.

Further detail will be added.

Box 2:

Two "Vasa Illustrata" books. One in Swedish, one in English. Civil War vet portraits.

Civil War diary photocopies.

Booklet, Souvenir Program, US Government War Exposition, Chicago

Civil War letter copies. Lafayette Grow, 3rd MN Inf., Co G

Dodge, CDV

Civil War Archive presents, The First MN SHarpshooter Co, in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.

Pensioners on the Roll as of January 1, 1883 (living in Dakota Territory)

Pensioners on the Roll as of January 1, 1883 (living in Minnesota)with Every Name Index

Pen Pictures from the Second Minnesota. Park Genealogical Books.

47th Congress, Minnesota Civil War Pensioners, 1882-83.

Civil War Letters of Billings Sibley, Drummer Boy, 2nd Minnesota Infantry, 1861 thru 1865.

Daniel Bond, 1st Minnesota Infantry, Company F. Handwritten manuscript of prison escape. MNHS.

The First Minnesota Regiment at Gettysburg by Haliber.

Roster, George N Morgan Post No 4, GAR, 1903.

Wright County Minnesota Veterans Census 1890.

Unit History, 68th Armored Infantry Battalion from Port of Embarkation to VE Day.

1890 Veteran's Census, Wabasha County. Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Widows, etc.

1890 Veteran's Census, Mower County. Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Widows, etc.

Charles E. Flandrau. copies of newspaper articles, 1899.

The Kotsego, Wright County Cemetery. 1854 to 1996.

Over The Years, Dakota Co Historical Society newsletter. Sept 1997.

Joel E. Whitney, Catalog of Known Cartes De Visite, Native American and Landscape Views.





Filed in Collections Dept: Artillery shell jacket, 11 riker mounts of MN GAR badges.

Filed in Collections Dept or Library: 28 military history books.

Dates

  • 1861-1865
  • Event: Donated by Gail Norland on 26 Aug 2025. Accession 2025.111

Conditions Governing Use

MMVM may, or may not, hold copyrights to materials in this collection. Donors who own copyrights to their donated materials, i.e., photos taken by their grandfather, typically donate their copyrights to MMVM as indicated on the Donation Gift Form. We recognize it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to copy or publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Biographical / Historical

Gail Norland, collector, historian.

Extent

12 Linear Feet (An estimated 8 standard banker's boxes.)

Language of Materials

English

Status
In Progress
Author
Daniel Ewer, Archivist
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum Repository

Contact:
Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115
Little Falls MN 56345 United States