Rebellion.

"In the beginning of September, 1865, the regiment was ordered home, and
on September 16th it was mustered out at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, on
which occasion the following general order was read:

'General Order No. 16.

'_Officers and Men of the Third Minnesota Regiment_:

'After four years of active service this regiment is about to be
disbanded. Before another day you will all have received your
honorable discharges and be on your way to your quiet, happy homes.
The familiar sound of the bugle and drum will no longer be heard among
us. The "Stars and Stripes," which we have all learned to love, will
no longer wave over our ranks.

'You have toiled, struggled and suffered much during the last four
years, yet to those who are now here to enjoy the triumph over our
enemies and the peace and prosperity of our country, the reward is
ample. I know that we will all regard the acts of those years as the
noblest and proudest of our lives. For those, our noble comrades, who
have fallen victims in the struggle, let us always, with the most
tender affection, cherish their memory.

'You have served your country nobly and faithfully in every field
where duty called you, and I am proud to assert that on every occasion
and in every locality, from the northwestern frontier, against the
savage Indian foes, to the deathly swamps of the Yazoo and Arkansas
valleys, against the haughty Southern rebels,--wherever this regiment
has been, its rank and file, its bone and sinew, the true
representatives of our noble young state, have ever reflected honor
and credit on that state.

'As your commanding officer I am greatly indebted to you all, officers
and men, for your admirable conduct on all occasions, for your ready
obedience of orders, and for your fidelity, patriotism and
perseverance in the discharge of all your toilsome duties.

'In bidding you farewell, I give you all my most hearty thanks. May
peace, prosperity and happiness ever be your reward.

'For me, the greatest honor,--greater far than I ever expected to
achieve,--is the fact of having so long commanded, and at last led
home in triumph and peace, the always dear and noble Third Minnesota
Regiment.

'H. MATTSON,
'Colonel Commanding Regiment.

'P. E. FOLSOM, Lieutenant and Adjutant.'"

During this war the Union army ha