8th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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| 8th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry | |
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 Flag of Minnesota |
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| Active | June 2, 1862 to July 11, 1865 |
| Country | United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
The 8th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
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[edit] Service
The 8th Minnesota was mustered into Federal service at Fort Snelling and St. Paul, Minnesota between June 2 and September 1, 1862.
It was mustered out on July 11, 1865.
[edit] Casualties
The 8th Minnesota Infantry suffered 1 officers and 26 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 56 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 83 fatalities.[1]
[edit] Colonels
[edit] External links
[edit] References
Andrews, General C.C. ed. (1891). Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars. Pioneer Press.
