Paul D. Rosendahl diaries. 1860-1865, 1873-1880.

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Paul D. Rosendahl diaries. 1860-1865, 1873-1880.

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Three fragmentary diaries kept by a farmer, Civil War soldier, and local politician from Spring Grove Township (Houston County) in southeastern Minnesota.

Minnesota Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6648534

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Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891

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American pioneer; first Governor of Minnesota. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to William L. Marcy, 1853 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664016 Fur trader; soldier; politician; Governor of Minnesota, 1850-1860. From the description of Papers, 1815-1830. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17998041 Henry Sibley was a general in the Confederate Army. From the de...

Rosendahl, Paul D., 1838-1880

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Rosendahl was born in Hadeland, Norway on October 18, 1838, and immigrated with his parents to a farm in Houston County, Minnesota in 1854. He participated in the 1863 Sibley punitive expedition against the Dakota Indians as a member of Company A of the First Regiment of Minnesota Mounted Rangers. In early 1865 he was mustered as a corporal into Company L of the First Minnesota Regiment of Heavy Artillery, which then traveled from Fort Snelling to Tennessee. Following the war Rosendahl represent...