First Minnesota at Antietam

12 February 2011

I've been enjoying a fine online resource on the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry from Wayne Jorgenson and Chuck Barden. They've accumulated a considerable database which looks to cover all the members of the Regiment and shares the significant information they've found about each from service records and other documents. They display war-era photographs of more than 250 of the men. Phenomenal.

Sam Bloomer, Color Sergeant, 1st Minn Infy (1862, Minn Hist Society)
Color Sergeant Sam Bloomer, 1st Minnesota Infantry (c. 1862, Minnesota Historical Society)

Of particular note for students of the Battle of Antietam is a specialized search which returns links to pages for each of the more than 100 men from the First Minnesota wounded in action there. Sergeant Bloomer, above, was one of those - shot through the knee in action with Sedgwick's Division in the West Woods.

This is fantastic material, and I'll be mining it for AotW as I have the chance. I highly recommend a visit.

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6 Responses to “First Minnesota at Antietam”

  1. Robert A Mosher says:
    February 12th, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    Are these from the album of images that turned up on Antiques Roadshow several years ago? Always hoped somebody was able to either publish or otherwise display those.

  2. Jim Rosebrock says:
    February 12th, 2011 at 6:15 pm

    Brian,
    A great resource. Thank you for sharing.
    Regards
    Jim

  3. Jim Buchanan says:
    April 14th, 2011 at 11:14 am

    Thanks! Brian for the post. Yet another reason that your site is the first stop for all things related to Antietam!

  4. unclelooney says:
    June 15th, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    The photos come from his collection, other people’s collections, various historical societies, libraries,books, descendents and the internet.

    Somebody brought an album of first Minn images to the roadshow?

  5. Catherine Mullan says:
    July 28th, 2011 at 5:34 pm

    Wonderful to be able to trace my ancestor’s military activities Hector Tyndale (Tyndall) from my home here in Dublin, Ireland. Thank you for the informative web site.

    Regards,

    Catherine

  6. Tony Peterson says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    I live in the Stillwater area of Minnesota. Sgt. Bloomer has a beautiful statue to him where he is buried at Lakeview cemetery in Stillwater MN., but his grave marker is sinking into the ground. Thats something that I’m working to correct.
    Thanks for finding the photo of him.

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