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The 8th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry was organized in the summer and fall of 1862 and was mustered in by companies. It mustered out on July 11, 1865 at Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref>.<br> | The 8th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry was organized in the summer and fall of 1862 and was mustered in by companies. It mustered out on July 11, 1865 at Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, North Carolina<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] (accessed 11 January 2011)</ref>.<br> | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Minnesota_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment Wikipedia], (accessed 9 Dec 2010) article on the 8th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment.<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Minnesota_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment Wikipedia], (accessed 9 Dec 2010) article on the 8th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment.<br> | ||
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Company K - many men from [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]], [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]], and [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]] - [http://www.archive.org/stream/annualreport01minn#page/402/mode/2up Roster], page 403. | Company K - many men from [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey County]], [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]], and [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]] - [http://www.archive.org/stream/annualreport01minn#page/402/mode/2up Roster], page 403. | ||
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*[[Beginning United States Civil War Research|Beginning United States Civil War Research]] gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Minnesota in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).<br> | |||
*National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information. <br> | |||
*[[Minnesota in the Civil War|Minnesota in the Civil War]] describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Minnesota, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | |||
*[ | *[[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865|United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865]] describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc. <br> | ||
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnwabcw/8.htm Rootsweb]. (accessed 9 Dec 2010) 8th Regiment history and a roster of the men from Wabasha county.<br> | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnwabcw/8.htm Rootsweb]. (accessed 9 Dec 2010) 8th Regiment history and a roster of the men from Wabasha county.<br> | ||
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