Thomas Montgomery and family papers. undated, 1847-2011 (bulk 1863-1890).

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Thomas Montgomery and family papers. undated, 1847-2011 (bulk 1863-1890).

Contains diaries, biographical data, soldier letters, reminiscences and other data relating to Thomas Montgomery, and family members Sarah Ann Purcell Montgomery, Edmund Alexander Montgomery, Louise Easton Montgomery, Edmund Thomas Montgomery, and Harriet Arndt Montgomery.

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Montgomery family.

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Montgomery, Thomas, 1841-1907.

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Thomas Montgomery was born June 4, 1841 in County Donegal, Ireland, to Alexander and Margaret (Baskin) Montgomery. The family emigrated to Canada in 1845 and settled in Cleveland, LeSueur County, Minnesota, in 1856. In 1861 he joined a local militia and enlisted in Company K of the 7th Minnesota Volunteer Regiment on August 12, 1862, serving on the Minnesota and Dakota frontiers during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. In 1864 he was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the 76th U.S. Color...

United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 65th. Company I.

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United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 67th. Company B.

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United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865). Company K.

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Originally organized under the name "Cleveland Guard," the group was mustered in as Company K on August 16, 1862. The unit served during the aftermath of the U.S.-Dakota War, particularly on the 1863 Sibley Expedition, and thereafter in the South during the Civil War, under captains Francis Burke (1862-1863) and Theodore G. Carter (1863-1865). They were mustered out on August 16, 1865. From the guide to the Company K records., 1862-1865., (Minnesota Historical Society) The c...

Freemasons.

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