The Great Rebellion ~ The American Civil War
Accounts of Action and Rosters of the Men From
Wabasha County, Minnesota

FOURTH REGIMENT

Was organized December 23, 1861, and was ordered to Benton Barracks, Missouri, April 19, 1862; was assigned to the army of the Mississippi May 4, 1862, and participated in the siege of Corinth in April, 1862; was at Iuka on September 19, 1882; at Corinth, September 3 and 4, 1862; and was with Gen. Grant in the siege of Vicksburg, and fought bravely in the assault and capture, July 4, 1863. Participated in the skirmishes and battles of Forty Hills, Raymond, Jackson and Champion Hill; was transferred from the 17th corps to 15tth corps, and was at Mission Ridge November 25, 1863; was veteranized in January, 1864; at Altoona, in July, 1864; participated in Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas; was at Bentonsville, March 20, 1865, and on July 19, 1865, was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky; discharged at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Volunteers for this regiment from Wabasha county were:

Fourth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry

List compiled by Jerry Anderson

Parentheses are around alternate spellings and initials found in the book.

Name	Rank	Co.	Town	Remarks
James Douglass	2nd Lt	F	Minneiska	dsch with regiment
Andrew Johnson	Private	A	Elgin	dsch dsbl 2/27/65 drafted
Swan Peterson	Private	A	Greenfield	dsch 6/20/65
Chas H Goodrich	Private	B	Plainview	dsch 7/19/65
Dan Estabrooks	Private	C	Minneiska	died 7/15/62
Benjamin Gypson	Private	C	Wabasha	died at Cairo Ill 9/14/1863
A Nathaniel Haines	Private	C	Minnieska	promo corp sgt dsch 10/11/1864
Eli (Elephalet) B Hale	Private	C	Minneiska	dsch dsbl 9/5/62
Thomas Moore	Private	C	Wabasha	dsch 9/22/64
Albert (B) Morrison	Private	C	Minneiska	dsch with regiment
Justice Rose	Private	C	Plainview	dsch 6/12/1865 substitute
Francis W Shaw	Private	C	Hyde Park	dsch with regiment
William Smith	Private	C	Chester	trans vet reserve corps 4/30/64
Frederick Stauff	Private	C	Highland	dsch 6/12/1864 substitute
Edward Gordon	Private	D	Pepin	promo corp substitute dsch 6/12/1865
Daniel Hughes	Private	D	Minnieska	dsch 6/12/1865 substitute
Albert Knowles	Private	D	Chester	dsch 7/19/1865 substitute
Joseph Miller	Private	D	Lake City	dsch dsbl 1862
Oliver Olversen	Private	D	Highland	dsch 6/12/1865 substitute
Theodore Rasmus	Private	D	Pepin	dsch 5/26/1865 substitute
Michael Hizer	Private	E	Minneiska	dsch 7/19/65 drafted
Fred Woodward	Private	F	Mazeppa	promo com sgt dsch 4/22/65
John Bieber	Private	G	Wabasha	dsch 7/19/65
Alfred Noack	Private	G	Glasgow	dsch 6/12/65
Matthias Waldorf	Private	G	Pepin	dsch dsbl 12/21/1863
Chris Jennison	Private	H	Gillford	trans vet reserve corps dsch 12/20/1864
Peter G Peterson	Private	H	Wab Co	promo corp dsch 7/19/65
William Winslow	Private	H	Lake City	dsch per order 6/12/1865
John T Blake	Private	I	Greenfield	dsch 7/19/65
Magnus Erickson	Private	K	Highland	dsch 6/12/65
David Imhoff	Private	K	Highland	dsch with regiment substitute
Ole Larson	Private	K	Highland	dsch 7/19/65 substitute

My Internet friend and Civil War Buff, Dave Frederick, says:
"Men could be excused from volunteer service by having a substitute. I don't think draftees could. The Union apparently allowed it because it encouraged wealthy young men to volunteer, then pay a poor man to be his substitute, to avoid the possibility of being drafted."

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