Aug. 7
Praxl, Anthony A. | Austria | Aug. 18
Radke, Rudolph | Prussia | Aug. 18
Rehse, August | Prussia | Aug. 4
*Reimers, Joachim | Holstein | Aug. 13
*Reuter, Henry | Hanover | July 23
Rossion, Jean | Belgium | July 31
Schafer, Henry | Canada | Aug. 14
Schauer, August | Prussia | Aug. 4
Scheibel, Augustin | France | Aug. 15
Schene, William | Hanover | Aug. 12
Schermann, George | Austria | Aug. 11
Schoenheiter, Frederick | Prussia | Aug. 16
Simon, John | Prussia | Aug. 14
Smith, Joseph | France | Aug. 14
Smith, William A. | Indiana | Aug. 19
Sproesser, William D. | Wurtemberg | July 23
Stengelin, Gottfried | Wurtemberg | July 16
Temme, Charles | Prussia | Aug. 14
Wetteran, Louis | Wisconsin | Aug. 5
Willialms, August | Sweden | June 10
*Wolf, Anton | Prussia | June 2
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* In military service before.

[1] This young man's real name was Paul Bierstach, the other
having been assumed to enable him to get sworn in without his
parents' consent.

With the exception of less than half a dozen, all of the above were
residents of Minnesota, fifty-four being from St. Paul, eight from
Winona, and the remainder from other parts of the state. Twenty-four of
the members had been soldiers previously, many of them having seen
active service--seventeen in European armies, one in the United States
regulars, and six in the United States volunteer forces. Wolf--then a
boy of sixteen--enlisted in Bulow's Army Corps, fought at Quatre Blas,
and was present at the battle of Waterloo.

PART 2.

SERVICES IN MINNESOTA AGAINST THE SIOUX INDIANS--1862-63.

Immediately after the organization of the company the usual recruit
life began. Military clothing and equipments were issued, squad drill
commenced, and light guard duty done in and around the fort. The
quarters of the company were two rooms on the northern side of the
parade gro