young men and secured credit for them. They understood the game.' "Under the first call for volunteers, twenty young men enlisted from this township without bounty or aid from any one. They were our first offering, and comprise "VASA'S ROLL OF HONOR. "They sought no reward but the reward of soldiers. They loved their adopted country, and offered their lives in defense of its honor, integ Halvor Ekeland, Mr. Joseph S. Thompson, the first settler in Belvidere township, a gentleman of integrity and intelligence, and one who has occupied several places of trust conferred by his fellow-citizens, took some trouble to gather up the war history of his township. He reports that about $3,500 were raised and paid out for bounties, etc., and that the township furnished nearly sixty men for the army of the Union. He exercised a good deal of care in gathering these items, showing an enterprise that is a credit not only to himself, but to the township he has seen grow out of a wilderness into a garden of beauty and productiveness. The publishers would gladly make a similar record for each of the other townships in the county, but the data has been denied them, and hence through no fault of theirs, they are compelled to submit to the inevitable. The responsibility, however, rests with others. Facts and figures were requested, but they were not furnished. The record is acknowledged to be incomplete, but no one regrets its incompleteness more than the publishers. The friends and patrons of this undertaking in the several townships that are omitted from this report, are referred to their clerks and treasurers for the causes of the omission. With them rests the responsibility. Having thus noticed the spirit of patriotism that fired the hearts of the sons and daughters of Goodhue, the sacrifices and readiness of the wealthier classes, and of the tax-payers to sustain the Union, we come now more directly to the volunteer soldiery. And of these what can heroic valor—their unequalled and unparalleled valor? Home ome comforts, wives and little ones, fathers, mothers, sisters, rs, were given up for life and danger on tented fields of battle, posure, disease and death at the cannon's mouth. They reckoned of these, but went out with their lives in their hands to meet and er the foes of the Union, maintain its supremacy and vindicate its and integrity. We can offer no more fitting tribute to their tic valor, than a full and complete record, so far as it is possible ke it, that will embrace the names, the terms of enlistments, attles in which they engaged, their promotions, etc. It will be a h of glory encircling every brow, and a memento which each very one of them earned in defense of the most righteous cause ever incited a people to arms. Organized April, 1861; went into camp at Fort Snelling; mustered by Ferry, Oct. 22, 1861; Yorktown, May 7, 1862; Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862; Peach Orchard, June 29, 1862; Savage Station, June 29, 1862; Glendale, June 30, 1862; Nelson's Farm, June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; Vienna, Sept. 2, 1862; Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; First Fredericksburg, Dec. 11, 12 and 13, 1862; Second Fredericksburg, May 3, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2 and and 3, 1863, and Bristow Station, Oct. 14, 1863. Discharged at Fort Snelling, May 5, 1864. Company F. Col. William Colvill, enlisted and commissioned Capt. April 29, 1861; promoted Major Aug. 28, 1862; Lieut. Col. Sept. 26, 1862, and Col. May 6, 1863. Discharged with regiment May 5, 1864. Maj. A. Edward Welch, commissioned 1st Lieut. April 29, 1861; promoted Capt. Martin Maginnis, enlisted April 29, 1861; promoted 2d Lieut. Sept. 17, 1862; 1st Lieut. Sept 17, 1862, and Capt. July 28, 1863. Discharged with regiment May 5, 1864. Lieut. Hezekiah Bruce, enlisted April 29, 1861; promoted 2d Lieut. July 28, 1863; 1st Lieut. July 28, 1863. Discharged with regiment May 4, 1864. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Calvin V. Clark, 1st sergt. e. April 29, '61; no record. Henry T. Bevans, sergt., e. April 29, '61; dischd. for promotion Sept. 9, 1863. Charles N. Harris, e. April 29, '61; dischd. for disab. Dec. '62. John Barrow, corp., e. April 29, '61; dischd. for disab. Feb. 14, '63. Amos G. Schofield, corp., e. April 29, '61; died Aug. 18, '61, of wounds received at Bull Run, July 21, '61. William D. Bennett, corp., e. April 29, '61; dischd. for disab. Feb. 14, '63. Theodore A. Wood, corp., e. April 29, '61; no record. John Williams, corp., e. April 29, '61; no record. Phillip Hamblin, corp., e. April 29, '61; pro. sergt., killed July 3, '63, at James A. Wright, e. April 29, '61; pro. 1st sergt., dischd. with regt. PRIVATES. Abbott, Marion, e. April 29, '61; dischd. for disab. Nov. 1, '63. Abbott, David P., e. May 18, '61; killed at Antietam. Adams. Charles. e. April 29. '61: died Mav 27 '63 Washington DC. er, Archibald, e. April 29, '61; dischd. with regt. May 5, '64. s, Cyrus A., e. May 22, '61; trans. U. S. cav. Oct. 24, '62. ett, Henry, e. April 29, '61; dischd. with regt. uff, Henry, e. May 15, '61; dischd. for disab. Dec. 18, '61. on, Lewis, e. April 29, '61; pro. corp. and sergt., dischd. with regt. , Henry B., e. May 31, '61; pro. corp. and sergt. and dischd. with regt. en, John, e. May 15, '61; dischd. for disab. Feb. 10, 1863. Edwin, e. May 22, '61; pro. corp.; killed Sept. 17, '62, at Antietam. , Edward E., e. May 29, '61; died Aug. 31, '62, of disease. Edward L., e. April 29, '61; dischd. for disab. July 6, '62. , Jonas P., e. April 29, '61; dischd. with reg. , Almeron, e. May 22, '61; absent wounded on discharge of reg. ig, William, e. April 29, '61; no record. er, Geo. F., e. May 15, '61; trans. to invalid corps Dec. 1, '63. nan, Christopher, e. April 29, '61; trans. to U. S. Cav. Oct. 24, '62. nan, Alva H., e. May 29, '61; dischd. for disab. June 26, '62. son, William H. e. May 16, '61; no record. er, Aaron, e. April 29, '61; re-en. March 24, '62. on, William, e. April 29, '61; dischd. for disab. Aug. 20, '62. nell, Geo. W., e, May 24, '61; trans. to U. S. cav. Oct. 24, '62. 7, Enas F. e. April 29; dischd. with regt. bs, Charles L., e. May 29, '61, dischd. with regt. e, Asa, e. April 29, '61; no record. tedt, Hans, e. April 29, '61; dischd. for disab. Aug. 31, '62. bert, William M., e. May 22, '61; trans. to inv. corps Dec. 19, '63. mer, Nicholaus, e. May 15, '61; killed May 31, '62, at Fair Oaks, Va. son, Charles E., e. April 29, '61; desrtd. Sept. 17, '63. stetter, John W., e. May 23, '61; no record. [son, Elisha A., e. April 29, '61; dischd. for disab. Aug. 1, '61. bs, Romulus E., e. April 29, '61; absent wd. on discharge of regt. nson, Ferris, e. April 29, '61; pro. corp., killed June 29, 62, at Savage Station. nson, Ole, e. April 29, '61; dischd. with regt. g, Levi, e. April 29, '61; no record. son, Robert W., e. April 29, '61; killed June 30, '62; in battle of Glendale, Va. McLanathan, Ira, e. April 29, '61; trans. to gunboat service Nov. 16, '63. Miles, Charles W., e. April 29, '61; dischd. for disab. Feb. 20, '63. McKinley, George, e. May 23, '61; mortally wd. July 21, '61, at Bull Run. Sallie, James F., e. May 23, '61; killed July 21, '61, at Bull Run. Skinner, Hiram A., e. May 29, '61; no record. Shay, Michael, e. May 24, '61; trans. to U. S. cav. Oct. 24, '62. Squires, Leonard I., e. April 29, '61; killed July 3, '63, at Gettysburg. Syverson, Amos, e. May 17, '61; trans. to U. S. cav. Oct. 24, '62. Thomas, Elijah F., e. April 29, '61; died Sept. 6, '61, while a prisoner at Richmond, Va. Underwood, James M., e. April 29, '61; killed at Bull Run, July 21, '61. Webb, Lester, e. May 15, '61; trans. to U. S. cav. Oct. 24, '62. Willmar, Martin, e. May 15, '61; pro. corp., killed June 29, '62, at Savage Williams, Oscar E., e. April 29, '61; trans. to U. S. cav. Oct. 24, '62. Berg, Peter, e. Feb. 11, '62; re-en. RECRUITS. Bond, Daniel, e. Aug. 22, '61; no record. Flynn, Jonathan, e. Sept. 12, '61; trans. to inv. corps June, '64. Garrison, Joseph P., no record; died of wounds at Richmond, Va., Aug. 10, '61. Hoyt, William H., e. Sept. 9, '61; dischd. with regt. Leamans, David H., no record; dischd. for disab. Feb. 13, '62. Peterson, Hans, e. Feb. 14, '62; killed Oct. 15, '63, at Bristol Station, Va. Shadinger, William, no record; dischd. for disab, March 25, '63. Skinner, William J., died Aug. 10, '61, at Richmond, Va., of wounds. Company G. |