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514 HISTORY 01 GOODHUE COUNTY De Russey, La.. .March 14. 1864; Red River expedition, March. April and .May. 1864; Lake Chicat. June 6. 1864; Tupelo, June, 1864. Veteranized July. 1864. Abbeyville. August 23, 1864. Marched in September, 1864, from Brownsville, Ark., to Cape Girardeau, Mo., thence by boat to Jefferson City, thence to Kan- sas state line, thence to St. Louis. Mo. Ordered to Nashville. Tenn., November, 1864. Engaged in battles at Nashville. Decem- ber 16 and 17. 1864; Spanish Fort and Fort Pdakeley. April. 1865. Mustered out at Demopolis, Ala.. September 6. 1865. Discharged at Fori Snelling. The commissioned officers from Goodhue county were: Company A. General L. F Hubbard, enlisted as a private December 1!). 1861 ; promoted to captain February 2<>. 1862; lieu- tenant colonel March 25, 1862; colonel October. 1862, and brig- adier general December 16. 1864. First Lieutenant Andrew A. Teele, enrolled December 1!». 1861 ; promoted to captain of Com- pany I November 18, 1862; resigned April •'!. 1863. Second Lieu- tenant William Arkins, enrolled March 21. 1862; promoted first lieutenant November Id. 1862; captain April 12. 1863; resigned August 22. 1864. Company II. Captain Otis S. Clark, enrolled March 31, 1862; resigned July 7. 1863. First Lieutenant Alonzo Morehouse, enrolled January 2:5. 1862; promoted captain Septem- ber 2. 1863; discharged with the regiment. Goodhue county had forty-six soldiers in Company A. one in Company 1). three in Company G and thirty-nine in Company 11. SIXTH INFANTRY. The 6th Infantry was organized in August. 1862, and ordered on the expedition against the Indians. Detachment of 200 en- gaged in battle at Birch Cooley, September 2. 1862. The regi- ment participated in the battle at Wood Fake. September 22. 1862, and garrisoned frontier posts from November. 1862. until May, 1863, when ordered upon Indian expedition; engaged with Indians July 24. 26 and 28. 1863. Stationed at frontier posts from September 18. 1st;:], to June 5. 1864. when ordered to Helena. Ark. Ordered to Si. Louis. Mo.. November, 1864; to New Orleans January. 1865. Assigned to the 16th army corps. Participated in engagements of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely. April. 1865. Discharged at Fort Snelling August 10. 1865. The commissioned officers from Goodhue county were: Company F. Captain Horace B. Wilson, mustered in October 1. 1862; dis- charged with the regiment. First Lieutenant George W. Parker, mustered in October 1. 1862; discharged with the regiment. Sec- ond Lieutenant Joseph F. Pingrey. mustered in October 1, 1862; discharged with the regiment. Goodhue county had ninety-two soldiers in Company F and one in Company I.