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GARRISON LIFE WAS LIKE CLOCKWORK
The army believed that routine promoted discipline. Soldiers were on duty six days a week from daybreak to dusk. Garrison life consisted of roll calls, inspections, parades, guard duty, weapons training, drills, and daily chores called fatigues. Every call, inspection, drill, or fatigue was preceded by a distinct piece of music. The tune "Molly Put the Kettle On," for example, meant breakfast.
Soldiers were kept so busy as carpenters, blacksmiths, construction workers, farmers, and woodcutters that officers bemoaned their limited opportunities to drill and train the men in military duties.
Private Samuel Bloomer, who lived in the barracks here in 1861, described a day filled with chores:
After breakfast we were ordered to clean out our quarters. We carried our bedding out onto the parade ground to sun. We brushed down the walls, and washed the woodwork, windows, and floors thoroughly, so that we made it a general cleaning day. In consequence we had no drills except dress parade at sundown.
Fort Ridgely
Details
| HM Number | HM1D6V |
|---|---|
| Series | This marker is part of the Minnesota Historical Society series, and the Minnesota: Fort Ridgely Interpretive Series series. |
| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 19th Century |
| Historical Place | Battlefield, Fort, Monument, Park |
| Marker Type | Other |
| Marker Class | Neither |
| Marker Style | Free Standing |
| Placed By | Minnesota Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, October 25th, 2014 at 11:33pm PDT -07:00 |
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Photo Credits: [1] MARTHA DECKER [2] MARTHA DECKER
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15T E 362045 N 4923687 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 44.45333333, -94.73393333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 27.2', W 94° 44.036' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 27' 12.0000" N, 94° 44' 2.1600" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 507 |
| Can be seen from road? | Yes |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 35-99 Co Hwy 30, Fairfax MN 55332, US |
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