P1430 MINNESOTA INFANTRY. 7TH REGIMENT. COMPANY K: An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Dennis Meissner Minnesota Historical Society

St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

Finding aid encoded by Dennis Meissner July 13, 2001Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865). Company K. Company K records. 1862-1865. Correspondence, orders, volunteer descriptive rolls, accounts of pay and clothing, quarterly returns of ordnance and ordnance stores, morning reports, mess book, company fund book, and duty records of Company K, composed mainly of men from the LeSueur County, Minnesota area. 1.5 cu. ft. (2 boxes, including 5 v.). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. HISTORY OF COMPANY K

Originally organized under the name "Cleveland Guard," the group was mustered in as Company K on August 16, 1862. The unit served during the aftermath of the U.S.-Dakota War, particularly on the 1863 Sibley Expedition, and thereafter in the South during the Civil War, under captains Francis Burke (1862-1863) and Theodore G. Carter (1863-1865). They were mustered out on August 16, 1865.

RELATED MATERIALS

Muster rolls (1862-1865) of the unit were removed from the manuscript collection and added to like materials in the following series in the Minnesota State Archives: Adjutant General. Civil War Muster Rolls and Related Records.

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Infantry -- Equipment. Persons: Burke, Francis, ca. 1812-. Carter, Theodore George, 1832-1914. Places: Minnesota -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865). Company K Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 4429

Processing Information:

Processed by: Cheryl Norenberg Thies, August 1983

Catalog ID number: 09-00023978

DETAILED DESCRIPTION P1430 1 Correspondence and related materials, undated, 1862-1865. 9 folders.

Includes correspondence dealing with the company's movements and leaves of absence; requests by hospitalized soldiers for their descriptive lists; special duty and general orders; field passes; transportation bills against individual company members; final statements issued upon a soldier's death; special orders and communications, particularly Burke's (Oct. 1862) and Carter's (April 1863) appointments as captain; quarterly (1863-1865) and monthly (1864-1865) returns and invoices of clothing, and camp and garrison equipage; ordnance returns (1862-1865); lists of articles lost or destroyed while in public service (1863-1865); and a statement of Company K's rank within the 7th Regiment throughout its tour of service (Aug. 1865).

Volume 1. Record of guard duty detail, Oct.-Nov. 1862.

Includes a description of, and protocol for, funeral escorts, and names of soldiers detailed for police and guard duty.

Volume 2. Mess book, Nov. 1862-Jan. 1863, June-Sept. 1863.

Incomplete daily lists of type and quantity of food consumed by the company.

Volume 3. Clothing book, 1863-1865.

Clothing account for each company member. Includes scattered ordnance notes (1864-1865).

Volume 4. Company fund book, Oct. 1, 1863-March 13, 1865.

Incomplete daily entries of credits and expenditures.

Volume 5. Duty lists, June 1864-July 1865.

Arranged by name and rank. Includes several illness and clothing lists for March and June 1865.

142.E.1.7 2 Volunteer descriptive lists and accounts of pay and clothing, May 1863-July 1865.

Incomplete series of individual soldiers' descriptive lists. Includes their company number; name; rank; physical description; birthplace; occupation; enrollment, muster-in, payment, and clothing account data; and remarks, mainly detailing hospitalization, promotion, or transfer.

Clothing receipt rolls: enlisted men, Oct. 1862-July 1865.

Incomplete series of semi-monthly rolls. Includes date of issue, name, rank, list of clothing received, signature, and witness.

Quarterly returns of ordnance and ordnance stores, 1863-Aug. 1865.

Includes data on number of muskets or rifles, swords, accoutrements, appendages, and cartridges.

Morning reports, June 1864-May 1865.

Reports kept by the company's captain. Includes station, day of month, statistics on duties of men present, and reasons for any men absent.