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Norland, Gail, Civil War collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025.111

Scope and Contents

Copies of primary and secondary sources. CDV photos. US veterans and confederates.

Framed photo.

Box 1:

Newspaper and web page photocopies. Units and veterans. Loose papers and unsorted folders.



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.

Tales of the Tenth Regiment, MN Volunteers 1862-1893, By Two Soldiers

"And What Nobler Purpose" Civil War Veterans and Pipestone County.

The Warr Letters, The Civil War Letters of Joseph and Charles Warr of Fountain, MN.

Letters Home to Minnesota, 2nd Minnesota Volunteers.

Alexander Kinkead.

1st MN Infantry Monument Dedication at Gettysburg, PA.

Van Garren. Black man. Brackett's Battalion. Buried at Sterling Cemetery, Blue Earth County, MN.

Glenville GAR.

Renville County 1890 GAR census.

Cottonwood GAR.

Hecker Post GAR.

Mower County GAR.

Blue Earth City GAR.

A Edwards Welch Post #75.

Stillwater GAR.

Ortonville GAR.

Artilleryman shell jacket.

Misc CDV photos.

Unsorted newspaper clippings and misc.



Box 3, units:

1st Minnesota Infantry Information (sic)

1st Minnesota Regiment

2nd Minnesota Infantry

3rd Minnesota Infantry

4th Minnesota Infantry

5th Minnesota Infantry

6th Minnesota Infantry

7th Minnesota Infantry

8th Minnesota Infantry

10th Minnesota Infantry

11th Minnesota Infantry

Misc Sharpshooters

1st Minnesota Sharpshooters

2nd Minnesota Sharpshooters

Box 4, units, counties, vets:

LeSueur and Nicollet County obituaries

Blue Earth County

LeSueur County

Lincoln Park, Mankato

Nicollet County

Rice County

St Louis County

Waseca County

1st Minnesota Cavalry

2nd Minnesota Cavalry

Brackett's Battalion

Hatch's Cavalry

1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery

1st Minnesota Battery

2nd Minnesota Battery

3rd Minnesota Battery

Wing, Charles and Henry

Winslow, William Edward

Wilcox, John M.

Woodside, Russel

Wright, Abraham

X, Y, Z veterans misc.

Yaber, Washington

Young, John M.

Young, Marion

Young, William H.

Zimmerman, Charles

Box 5, veterans:

A veterans misc.

Andersonville photo

Abend, Lewis

Ackley, Charles

Adams, George R.

Aldrich, Leonard

Aldritt, Edwin "Ned"

Allen, Albert

Allen, John

Allen, Joseph M.

Alling, Dwight H.

Anderson, George W.

Andrews, Theodore

Andrus, Charles H.

Applegarth, R. G. and W. H.

Archibald, David

Asher, John

B veterans misc.

Babcock, John W.

Badger, Samuel M.

Bailey, Wesley F.

Baird, George

Baker, Charles

Baker, Ozias B.

Box 6:

Baptist, Frank, CSA

Barclay, Alexander

Barclay, George

Barnes, Elbridge, Percival, and John

Bassett, E. H.

Baytien, Charles

Bean, Albert W.

Bean, Jesse S.

Beatty, John R.

Beecher, Henry Ward

Bell, Lucius

Bender, James

Berger, Emil

Bertram, James

Betcher, John G.

Billings, Myron

Bitzer, Baltus

Bishop, Judson W.

Black, Mahlon

Black, Sammuel

Blackstone, Abraham

Blake, George

Blockner, John G.

Boam, Dudley

Bosworth, S. J.

Bowler, James

Braden, W. W.

Branch, Elias

Brandt, William

Bratton, W. H.

Brietkrentz, Johan

Brelsford, Isaac W.

Brewer, Frederick A.

Brighton, Ephraim

Bruce, Robert

Bruner, Elias D.

Bryant, James

Bugbee, John G.

Bull, Chaplain

Bullis, Hiram C.

Burger, Joseph

Burgess, Samuel W.

Box 7:

C veterans misc.

Cemetery info.

Cain, Charles B.

Cain, William Henry

Caldwell, Asa B.

Calvert, Robert and Samuel D.

Campbell, John L.

Cannon, James

Carll, Freeman A.

Case, Gehiel L.

Casey, Edward

Cavanaugh, Dennis

Capper, James

Carpenter, Rives

Carson, Anthony B.

Carter, George A.

Chaney, Josiah B.

Chaffin, Lewis L.

Chamberlain, Fred

Chamberlain, William

Champlin, D. B.

Champlin, Ezra

Charles, Edward

Charlton, Richard

Chase, Alfred H.

Chase, Dudley P.

Cheadle, Solon K.

Box 8:

Cheney, Oscar F.

Chewning, Reuben J.

Churchill, Jonathan

Clapshaw, William

Clarke, George A.

Clayton, Frances/ Williams, Jack

Cobb, William F.

Coleman, Alonzo

Coleman, Wilber M.

Colegrave, Albert

Collins, Dexter E.

Collins, Loren W.

Collins, William

Conant, Freeman C.

Conley, James

Conlon, Patrick

Connor, William

Conrad, W. S.

Cook, David

Cook, W. H.

Cook, William H.

Coon, Northrup

Cooper, Preston

Corning, Edward

Corwin, Albert

Countryman, Charles C.

Couse, Edward H.

Couse, Harrison K.

Coy, William Augustus

Craig, David P.

Crandall, Dennis

Craven, John

Cray, Loren

Crippen, Robert

Box 9:

Misc loose photos.

Cronscioe, Svante

Crull, George and Henry

Cline, Cullen Ewing

Cummings, Dr George W.

Cummings, nathan

D veterans misc.

Dahle, Jens T.

Dallmann, Johan G.

Dana, Napolion J. T.

Dane, Jerome

Darrow, Addison L.

Denny, William

Davis, Charles L.

Davis, John

Dewey, Benjamin Parke

Dicky, Joseph C.

Diehr, Frederick



Box 10, veterans:

Dolson, John O.

Donlon, John O.

Donlon, Thomas

Dorathy, John H.

Doughty, Asa and James E.

Dresbach, Michael R.

Duley, William J.

Dunn, William

Dunsmoor, Irving A.

Dwelle, G. Merrill

E veterans misc.

Eagles, Robert C.

Edson, James

Ellworth, John

Elphee, Caleb

Embery, Carmi H.

Emery, J. M.

Emery, James

Emory, James M.

Evans, George W.

Evans, Owen

F veterans misc.

Faatz, Frank

Fabrick brothers, George, Lewis, and Delos

Fairbanks, Alfred and Caswell

Farrington, S. A.

Felt, Bronson



Box 11:

Felt, Marcus B.

Field, Albert R.

Fitzsimmons, Charles

Flemming, William H.

Flom, Arthur A.

Flower, Mark D.

Flynn, John

Folsom, Henry and Philander E.

Folwell, William Watts

Fowler, John Gloss

Franklin, Benjamin

Frazer, Walter

Frederick, Sylvester

G veterans misc.

Gale, William Henry

Gates, Charles

George, Jacob

Gerry, Edson

George, Col James

Goodrich, Evans

Goodwin, Alfred

Gorman, Gen Willis A.

Gould, Chessman

Gregg, Henry M.

Griest, Elwood

Grimes, John T.

Groves, Alexander D.

Guderian, Christopher S.

Guy, Henry

H veterans misc.

Box 12:

Hacker, I. Goddard

Hall, John S.

Hamblet, Alfred W. and Benjamin O.

Hancock, Samuel

Hanley, James

Harkness, Edwin

Hanks, Gilbert E.

Harman, Charles

Harrington, Hiram

Harrison, Gen John E.

Hartford, Elder B.

Hatcher, Frank

Hawes, James C.

Hawkins, Jacob and Charles

Haynes, Alfred V.

Haywood, Frederick L.

Hazen, Benjamin

Hazen, John M.

Heald, Abner O.

Heald, Daniel

Herrmann, Charles

Hershberger, Martin

Hibben, Abe

Hilliard, Joseph L.

Hillis, David Burke

Hippler, Benedict

Hodgkins, Henry H.

Hohenstein, Adam

Holmes, Livilo N.

Houghton, Newell F.

Howe, Abraham

Howe, Edwin

Howe, Henry S.

Howell, William D.

Hubbard, Col Lucious F.

Hughes, James

Hunt, Charles

Hunter, Joseph

I veterans misc

Ingalls, Rosswell

Box 13:

J veterans misc.

Jacoby, Hiram J.

Jackson, Jonathan

Jacobs, Elias M.

Jacobs, Willard

James, George E.

Janicke, John

Jemson, Christopher

Jenkins, (CSA)

Johnson, Martin B.

Johnson, Gustave

Johnson, Richard M.

Jones, Alexander C (CSA)

Jones, Daniel W.

Jones, Edwin E.

Jones, Joel

Jones, John A. N.

Jones, John J.

Jones, Oliver T.

Jones, William

K veterans misc.

Kerr, James, John, and William

King, Abram N.

King, Andrew N.

Kingston, Henry

Knowles, Elwood

Koeke, Gottlieb

Krech, Ambrose and Matthew

Kelly, Benjamin O.

Kern, John

Kerns, William F.

Krueger, Christof

Krummel, Phillip

Kuhl, Christopher A.

Box 14:

L veterans misc.

LaBlanc, Peter

LaFavor, William H.

Lambert, George M. D.

LaMoureux, Thomas

Lang, James

Laudenschlager, John

Lent, Seneca W.

Lesh, William

Lewis, Frank / Larson, Frank

Lieberg, E. P.

Lindsey, Briggs

Lindsley, Charles H.

Little, Albert and Francis

Livingston, Alexander, and John

Lockhart, Lt Jasper Newton

Londrosh, Louis

Louden, Samuel

Luby, Maurice A.

Ludwig, John

Luker, John S.

Lynn, john

Lyon, John

Lyon, William F.

Lyons, Stephen

M veterans misc.

Mack, Henry

Magner, Capt James



Box 15:

Magner, Matthew F.

Magnus, John

Magoon, Harrison C.

Magner, Matthew

Magruder, George (CSA)

Manchester, John

Mansfield, Charles

Marble, George F.

Maricle, Abraham

Martell, Nelson

Marvin, James R.

Mason, William E.

Matteson, James

Matteson, Thomas

Mayden, James

McClelleand, J. W.

McDonald, Francis S.

McDonald, G. A.

McDonnell, Allen

McGaffy, Henry C.

McKellup, George W.

McIntyre, Albert P.

McIntyre, Sgt Malcolm

McLoud, Joseph, scout

McNaughton, John

Mead, George W.

Mellinger, Erastus F.

Mercer, John W.

Merritt, Charles W.

Mayer, Julius H.

Miller, William H.

Millet, James E.

Mills, Lt Henry L.

Mills, William

Mills, William H.

Mills, William T.

Mixter, Horace

Moffatt, Charles

Moffit, Revillo

Moore, Edwin Luther

Moriarty, Eugene

Morse, Lewis and Ezra

Mosher, Isaac H.

Murphy, John H.

N veterans misc.

Naylor, James

Newby, Benjamin

Newman, Charles L.

Newton, Francis H.

Box 16:

Newton brothers

Nigg, Joseph

Norland, William H.

Norris, Charles

Northrup, George

O veterans misc.

Oleson, John

Olson, Bonde

Olson, Stener

O'Neal, Henry

Overbaugh, Joseph

P veterans misc.

Page, Henry C.

Palmer, George

Parker, Edmund F.

Parker, Jeremiah "Jerry"

Parker, John H.

Parker, Lewis

Parmeter, Silas S.

Parsons, S. D.

Patch, Gibbon S.

Paulding, Edmund Elmendorf

Paulson, John

Pearce, George D.

Pearson, Lewis

Peart, Tomlinson

Pederson, Even

Penny, Uriah R.

Perry, William

Peteler, Francis

Box 17:

Peterson, Elias N.

Pettijohn, Dyer B.

Pfeffer, George

Pickard, Daniel O. / Pickett, Daniel O.

Pierce, Joseph H.

Plants, David

Pope, Gen Edmund Mann

Miner, Porter

Puolsen, Niels

Powers, James M.

Pray, Ephriam Howard

Prescott, Lawrence

Pressnell, Thomas

Pride, Christopher C. and William

Priest, Daniel H.

Q veterans misc.

Quayle, Thomas G.

Quist, Magnus L.

R veterans misc.

Rahn, Barnet G.

Ramer, James

Rand, Julian

Raymond, J. M.

Raymond, John M.

Read, George

Rees, Charles, Thomas, and Samuel B.

Rees, Thomas and William

Reeves, Thomas and Richard

Box 18:

Reynolds, William M.

Rew, Noel Weston

Rice, Capt Benjamin F.

Rich, Watson

Risedorph, John

Rogers, Levanson

Rose, Robert H.

Rosenmeyer, George

Rosser, J. Travis (CSA)

Runnels/Ranales, Peter. 18th Colored Infantry

Russell, Henry C.

Russell, William F.

S veterans misc.

Sandborn, Gen. John B.

Sampare, Edmund

Sampson, Henry W.

Sanders, Enos Cook

Sargent, Capt Martin Wheeler

Sarver, William

Schaeffer, Francis M.

Schmall, Stephen

Schmidt, Hillarius

Schnepf, Reinhardt C.

Scott, Andrew

Scott, Thomas G.

Scoville, Everett

Seamons, William H.

Selfridge, Horatio H. and Harrison H.

Seward, Watson

Sexton, William

Sheppard, Ira

Box 19:

Sheppard, Morris F.

Sherman, Isaac

Shock, Will

Shook, Norman

Sibley, Billings

Skaro, Asgrim

Skinner, George

Slaughter, Robert

Slayton, Lorenzo

Slocum, George F.

Smith, Almon P. and Anson

Smith, Clark Watson

Smith, John, 10th MN

Smith, Nelson

Spencer, Joseph H.

Stacy, William H.

Stafford, John D.

Stasson, Henry

Stedman, Benson F.

Steward, Jackson

Stork, William E.

Storrs, Francis and Orin D.

Strong, Robert J.

Stubbs, Milton

Sturtevant, Thomas F.



Box 20:

Swain, Allen

Swartout, Eugene M.

Swartout, Loren

Swartout, M. R.

Swartout, N. B.

Sweet, William W.

Sycks, David C.

T veterans misc.

Tanner, Lumon O.

Taylor, Isaac

Taylor, S. L.

Templeton, James S.

Terlott, Henry

Thoeny, Mathias

Thomas, John

Thomas, William

Thompson, Terrance

Thornton, James J.

Titus, Flavius and Kirby

Tonner, George

Tourtellotte, John

Tower, Byron L.

Town, Ezra

Townsend, Nicholas

Tucker, Truman

Tuttle, Moses

Twiggs, David

Twitchell, Refine W.

Tyner, Harmon Hill

U veterans misc.

Uline, Calvin S.

Underwood, A. J.

Urban, Wilhelm

V soldiers misc.

VanBuren, Hiram

Van Epps, J. Sanford

Van Spense, Allison

Veeder, John T.

Box 21:

W soldiers mosc.

Women soldiers

Wakazoo, Joseph

Wales, James D.

Walker, J. Thomas

Walker, Joseph

Walter, Corp. Ranson

Warr, Joseph

Weaver, Simeon

Webb, William

Webb, Zach

Webber, Frank

Webster, Solon

Wedel, Henry

Welch, Jesse

Wells, Rufus

Wentworth, John

Wheaton, Willard

Wheeler, Mortimer M.

Whipple, Alfred H.

Whitcomb, Edwin R.

White, Alvin C.

White, Elihu

White, Jacob

Whittemore, James A.

Widstrand, Charles T.

Wikoff, William Henry

Wildes, Frank A.

Wildes, Lyman P.

Williamson, Andrew

Willis, Thomas

Wilson, Alpheus A.

Wilson, Frank

Wilson, George T.

Wilson, John Q.

Wines, John



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

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

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Biographical / Historical

Gail Norland, collector, historian.

Extent

12 Linear Feet (21 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
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15000 Highway 115
Little Falls MN 56345 United States