6th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 6th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 6th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
caption=Flag of Minnesota
dates= September 29, 1862 to August 19, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles=
The 6th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that fought in the Union army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 6th Minnesota was mustered into Federal service at Camp Release and Fort Snelling, Minnesota, between September 29 and November 20, 1862.
It was mustered out in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 19, 1865.
Casualties
The 6th Minnesota Infantry suffered 12 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 4 officers and 161 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 177fatalities. [ [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmninf2.htm#6thinf Civil War Archive] ]
Colonels
*Colonel William Crooks - August 23, 1862, to October 28, 1864.
*Colonel John T. Averill - November 22, 1864, to September 30, 1865.
External links
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unmninf1.htm The Civil War Archive]
*
References
cite book
last = Andrews
first = General C.C. ed.
title = Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars
publisher = Pioneer Press
date = 1891
Notes
ee also
List of Minnesota Civil War Units
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