MINNESOTA INFANTRY. 7TH REGIMENT. COMPANY K:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865). Company K, creator. | |
| Title: | Company K records. | |
| Dates: | 1862-1865. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, orders, volunteer descriptive rolls, accounts of pay and clothing, quarterly returns of ordnance and ordnance stores, morning reports, mess book, company fund book, and duty records of Company K, composed mainly of men from the LeSueur County, Minnesota area. | |
| Quantity: | 1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes, including 5 v.). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
HISTORICAL NOTE
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.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865). Company K Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples
Accession Information:
Accession number: 4429
Processing Information:
Processed by: Cheryl Norenberg Thies, August 1983
Catalog ID number: 990017161610104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| P1430 | 1 | Correspondence and related materials, undated, 1862-1865. 9 folders. | |||||||||
| Includes correspondence dealing with the company's movements and leaves of absence; requests by hospitalized soldiers for their descriptive lists; special duty and general orders; field passes; transportation bills against individual company members; final statements issued upon a soldier's death; special orders and communications, particularly Burke's (Oct. 1862) and Carter's (April 1863) appointments as captain; quarterly (1863-1865) and monthly (1864-1865) returns and invoices of clothing, and camp and garrison equipage; ordnance returns (1862-1865); lists of articles lost or destroyed while in public service (1863-1865); and a statement of Company K's rank within the 7th Regiment throughout its tour of service (Aug. 1865). | |||||||||||
| Volume 1. Record of guard duty detail, October-November 1862. | |||||||||||
| Includes a description of, and protocol for, funeral escorts, and names of soldiers detailed for police and guard duty. | |||||||||||
| Volume 2. Mess book, November 1862-January 1863, June-September 1863. | |||||||||||
| Incomplete daily lists of type and quantity of food consumed by the company. | |||||||||||
| Volume 3. Clothing book, 1863-1865. | |||||||||||
| Clothing account for each company member. Includes scattered ordnance notes (1864-1865). | |||||||||||
| Volume 4. Company fund book, October 1, 1863-March 13, 1865. | |||||||||||
| Incomplete daily entries of credits and expenditures. | |||||||||||
| Volume 5. Duty lists, June 1864-July 1865. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by name and rank. Includes several illness and clothing lists for March and June 1865. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 142.E.1.7 | 2 | Volunteer descriptive lists and accounts of pay and clothing, May 1863-July 1865. | |||||||||
| Incomplete series of individual soldiers' descriptive lists. Includes their company number; name; rank; physical description; birthplace; occupation; enrollment, muster-in, payment, and clothing account data; and remarks, mainly detailing hospitalization, promotion, or transfer. | |||||||||||
| Clothing receipt rolls: enlisted men, October 1862-July 1865. | |||||||||||
| Incomplete series of semi-monthly rolls. Includes date of issue, name, rank, list of clothing received, signature, and witness. | |||||||||||
| Quarterly returns of ordnance and ordnance stores, 1863-August 1865. | |||||||||||
| Includes data on number of muskets or rifles, swords, accoutrements, appendages, and cartridges. | |||||||||||
| Morning reports, June 1864-May 1865. | |||||||||||
| Reports kept by the company's captain. Includes station, day of month, statistics on duties of men present, and reasons for any men absent. | |||||||||||
| Related documents, 1962-1865. | |||||||||||
| Includes captain's monthly returns (Oct., Nov. 1862; May 1864; Aug. 1865); inventory and inspection report of public property held by Company K (Nov. 14, 1863); voucher for pay, clothing, and subsistence of Captain Theodore G. Carter and one private servant (April 30, 1864); and appointment of Henry S. Sigley to corporal (June 25, 1865). | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Infantry -- Equipment.
- Persons:
- Burke, Francis, ca. 1812-.
- Carter, Theodore George, 1832-1914.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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