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Ramsey County History – Fall 1964: “‘We Was Ordered Out on the Double-quick . . . They Skeedadeled:’ Sergeant Ramer’s Indian War”

Virginia Brainard Kunz

“We Was Ordered Out on the Double-quick . . . They Skeedadeled:” Sergeant Ramer’s Indian War Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz James T. Ramer was a soldier, diarist, and letter-writer. He joined the Union army on August 15, 1862; on August 18, the US Dakota War broke out.

Ramsey County History – Spring 1964: “‘. . . Conclude It My Duty to Enlist & Therefore Enlisted…:’ The Diary of a Civil War Soldier”

Hal E. McWethy

‘. . . Conclude It My Duty to Enlist & Therefore Enlisted…:’ The Diary of a Civil War Soldier Author: Hal E. McWethy Newell Burch joined the Union army in August of 1862 in Jamestown, New York. Slightly wounded at Chancellorsville and captured at Gettysburg, he spent…