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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
During the Civil War, the Dakota Territory contributed one battalion with two companies. The companies helped defend against Indian raids.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]: (accessed 29 July 2011).</ref> The Dakota Territory became an organized territory on March 2, 1861. It included much of present-day Montana and Wyoming. The Dakota Territory was divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota on November 2, 1889.<ref>Wikipedia contributors. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_in_the_American_Civil_War Dakota Territory}, (accessed 29 July 2011).</ref> The United States War Department credited the Dakota Territory with supplying 206 white men to the Union Army.<ref>United States. War Department, ''The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies'', (Washington, District of Columbia: Govt. Print. Office, 1880-1901), Series 3, Volume 4, page 1269. {{FHL|31516|item|disp=FHL book 973 M29u ser.3 v. 3, FHL film 845422}}.</ref> | During the Civil War, the Dakota Territory contributed one battalion with two companies. The companies helped defend against Indian raids.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]: (accessed 29 July 2011).</ref> The Dakota Territory became an organized territory on March 2, 1861. It included much of present-day Montana and Wyoming. The Dakota Territory was divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota on November 2, 1889.<ref>Wikipedia contributors. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_in_the_American_Civil_War Dakota Territory}, (accessed 29 July 2011).</ref> The United States War Department credited the Dakota Territory with supplying 206 white men to the Union Army.<ref>United States. War Department, ''The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies'', (Washington, District of Columbia: Govt. Print. Office, 1880-1901), Series 3, Volume 4, page 1269. {{FHL|31516|item|disp=FHL book 973 M29u ser.3 v. 3, FHL film 845422}}.</ref> | ||
=== Dakota Territory Military Unit === | === Dakota Territory Military Unit === | ||
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A special census was taken in 1890 of Union veterans of the Civil War (Family History Library {{FHL|230777|title-id|disp=film 338218}}). The "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123) are available online for the states of North and South Dakota. The schedules list Union veterans and their widows living in North and South Dakota in 1890. An index to the 1890 returns has been published. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see [[Union Census Records|Union Census Records]]. | A special census was taken in 1890 of Union veterans of the Civil War (Family History Library {{FHL|230777|title-id|disp=film 338218}}). The "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123) are available online for the states of North and South Dakota. The schedules list Union veterans and their widows living in North and South Dakota in 1890. An index to the 1890 returns has been published. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see [[Union Census Records|Union Census Records]]. | ||
==== Grand Army of the Republic ==== | |||
Grand Army of the Republic South Dakota Collection. South Dakota State Historical Society. 7 films FHL first film 2,400,586 | |||
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