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Major Rose commanded Company F of the First U.S. Volunteers and the Second Minnesota Cavalry, of which Andrew was a member. Company F was a group of Confederate prisoners who agreed to serve at western outposts. They were known as "galvanized Yank…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WT0_adjutants-office-historical_Eden-SD.html
As the assistant to the commanding officer, the adjutant kept track of the men who were on furlough, in the hospital or on field patrol. Soldiers shared many new experiences while on patrol. Many were farm boys, away from home for the first t…
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Andrew Jackson Fisk was fourteen when he enlisted in the Second Minnesota Cavalry, Company A. Two years later, he began his service as quartermaster sergeant as Fort Wadsworth (later named Fort Sisseton). Join Andrew as he shares with you, in h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WSY_this-fort-is-for-the-birds-historical_Eden-SD.html
The prairie pothole lakes region that surrounds Fort Sisseton is a haven for birds. Birds and waterfowl were found in abundance when the military arrived at Fort Sisseton. In 1868 and 1869, Fort surgeon Dr. B. Knickerbocker recorded 44 species of …
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About, 20,000 years ago, a series of glaciers scoured and scraped their way across South Dakota, creating in their wake the Coteau des Prairies. As the glaciers retreated, they left a deposit known as glacial moraine - consisting of soil and rocky…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WS3_fort-sisseton-military-reservation-dakota-territory-historical_Eden-SD.html
In February 1871, President Grant approved an 82,000 acre parcel of land measuring nine miles by fifteen miles as the Fort Sisseton Military Reservation. The land was set aside for use by the military for training exercises and hay ground for live…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WS2_post-cemetery-historical_Eden-SD.html
The cemetery roster reveals countless hardships. Nine of the people interred in this cemetery succumbed to typhoid, and four to consumption (tuberculosis). Two each died by fever, drowning, freezing, bronchitis, pneumonia, meningitis and gunshot w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WS1_library-historical_Eden-SD.html
Filling the countless hours proved to be a soldier's greatest challenge. According to one soldier, "everybody is writing who can raise a pencil or sheet of paper." When mail was delayed, soldiers turned to reading books. The library was in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WS0_magazine-historical_Eden-SD.html
The U.S. Springfield and the British-made Enfield were the two basic firearms of the Civil War period. Both muzzleloaders had a similar .58 caliber bore, so ammunition was interchangeable. With practice, each weapon could be loaded and fired ten t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WRZ_guard-house-historical_Eden-SD.html
Low morale often led to discipline problems at the Fort. For disobeying orders, a soldier may have been forced to "ride" the wooden horse. Serious infractions resulted in time spent in the guard house. Journal Entry Memorandum: Dick Wilson e…
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