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Civil War Veterans and Courthouse Cannon. 8" x 10" photograph of the 13 members of the G. A. R., Grand Army of the Republic, the Civil War Veterans. Photographed posed around the cannon outside the Waseca County Courthouse about 1905. This building is a Historic Site; it is on the National Register of Historic Sites. They are all dressed in suits and hats, wearing their G. A. R. ribbons and sitting on a cannonball; (Disregard numbers marked on photo.) identified L-R: Geo. A. Smith (Co.A, 8th Maine Infantry); James H. Murphy (10th Wisconsin Battery); Sam Prail (Prochel, Proechel) (Co.E, 26th Wisconsin Infantry); standing, Joseph Young (Co.A, 96th Illinois Infantry); seated left of cannon, Daniel Koechel (Co. D, 4th Wisconsin H. A.); standing left of cannon, L. C. Wheelock (Co. F, 95th Illinois Infantry); standing right of cannon, Harry A. Read (Co. F., 28th Iowa Infantry); sitting right of cannon, Henry Geist (Co. C., 4th Wisconsin Cavalry); Samuel Frost Wyman (Co. I., 3rd Minnesota Infantry); Nels Johnson (Co. A., 11th Wisconsin Infantry); standing, D. J. Dodge (Co. C., 2nd Minnesota Cavalry); sitting in front of Dodge, Wm. Hoover (Co. G., 5th Minnesota Infantry); far right, A. F. Wolcott (Co. K., 1st Minnesota H. A.).Context
Three copies of this photograph were found in collection at the time of this entry. Information about identities was combined for this record.Cataloged By
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsCreate Date
July 24, 2000Update Date
November 21, 2024