100 Years - Thursday, January 7, 1909
Thirty-two years ago the third of January the first issue of The Union was printed and circulated. We was then a boy of almost thirteen years and stood proudly behind the Washington hand press and inked the forms, while sheet after sheet was printed, folded – and carried away by interested and pleased subscribers, many of whom are still readers of the paper.
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100 Years - Thursday, December 24, 1908
Our school. The Minnesota High School Debating League is an organization under the direction of the University of Minnesota. Any state high school may become a member of this organization by paying the annual dues of three dollars. There shall be three speakers on each side, each speaker to have ten minutes in opening and five minutes in rebuttal.
Friday, November 28, 2014
Chauncey Hill, St. Charles Civil War Soldier: Epilogue
By Craig Hilmer
For the last several weeks The St. Charles Press has run a series of articles centered on the Civil War letters of Chauncey J. Hill to his young wife, Sarah Downing Hill. The Hills were residents of Saratoga in 1864, just starting their own farming operation when Hill was called up to serve the Union in the War Between the States. The Hills corresponded regularly from February 1864 to June of 1864 when Hill was captured at Brice’s Crossroad, Mississippi.
For the last several weeks The St. Charles Press has run a series of articles centered on the Civil War letters of Chauncey J. Hill to his young wife, Sarah Downing Hill. The Hills were residents of Saratoga in 1864, just starting their own farming operation when Hill was called up to serve the Union in the War Between the States. The Hills corresponded regularly from February 1864 to June of 1864 when Hill was captured at Brice’s Crossroad, Mississippi.
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| The marker for Chauncey Hill’s grave stands near Andersonville in Mississippi. Photo by Kevin Frye |
St. Charles area residents in the Civil War
By Craig Hilmer
The St. Charles Press recently ran an eight-part series containing excerpts of the letters between Private Chauncey J. Hill and his wife, Sarah. The Hill’s were a young farming couple just starting out on their own near Saratoga when the Union called on Hill to join the Army to fight the Confederates. What of others from the area who were called up with Hill to fight for the Union? In this article we’ll explore what we can find about area Civil War soldiers.
The first bunch of volunteers from Minnesota left to fight in 1861. In 1862 the Minnesota Regiments swelled due to the Dakota uprising of 1862. By 1863 Minnesota had been a state a mere 7 years, had been in either wars with the Indians or the Confederates or both for much of that time and needed new recruits. Area draft boards were set up.
The St. Charles Press recently ran an eight-part series containing excerpts of the letters between Private Chauncey J. Hill and his wife, Sarah. The Hill’s were a young farming couple just starting out on their own near Saratoga when the Union called on Hill to join the Army to fight the Confederates. What of others from the area who were called up with Hill to fight for the Union? In this article we’ll explore what we can find about area Civil War soldiers.
The first bunch of volunteers from Minnesota left to fight in 1861. In 1862 the Minnesota Regiments swelled due to the Dakota uprising of 1862. By 1863 Minnesota had been a state a mere 7 years, had been in either wars with the Indians or the Confederates or both for much of that time and needed new recruits. Area draft boards were set up.
Chauncey Hill: Part 8
By Craig Hilmer
Chauncey J. Hill, in 1864, was a 26 year old farmer just married to 20 year old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. The Press has run seven weeks of these letters to date. This is the final installment of the letters
Private Hill, in our series, finally sees battle at Brice’s Crossroads, Mississippi. Sarah struggles to deal with not hearing from Chauncey, even as she learns that she is pregnant with his child.
Chauncey J. Hill, in 1864, was a 26 year old farmer just married to 20 year old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. The Press has run seven weeks of these letters to date. This is the final installment of the letters
Private Hill, in our series, finally sees battle at Brice’s Crossroads, Mississippi. Sarah struggles to deal with not hearing from Chauncey, even as she learns that she is pregnant with his child.
Chauncey Hill: Part 7
By Craig Hilmer
Chauncey J. Hilll, in 1864, was a 26 year old farmer just married to 20 year old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. The Press has run several weeks of these letters to date, with one final week to go to the final set.
Private Hill, in our series, is sitting in Rolla Missouri with Company K, waiting orders to move South to engage the enemy. In this series of letters he talks of camp life, while Sarah gives him the low down on home life and drops the news that she is pregnant.
Chauncey J. Hilll, in 1864, was a 26 year old farmer just married to 20 year old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. The Press has run several weeks of these letters to date, with one final week to go to the final set.
Private Hill, in our series, is sitting in Rolla Missouri with Company K, waiting orders to move South to engage the enemy. In this series of letters he talks of camp life, while Sarah gives him the low down on home life and drops the news that she is pregnant.
Chauncey Hill: Part 6
By Craig Hilmer
Chauncey J. Hill, in 1864, was a 26-year-old farmer just married to 20-year-old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. The Press has run several weeks of these letters to date, with just two more weeks to go to the final set.
Private Hill, in our series, is sitting in Rolla Missouri with Company K, waiting orders to move South to engage the enemy. While the letters he sent Sarah over the month or so Company K was housed in Rolla are a great insight into the drudgery of camp life for the Civil War soldier, they don’t always make for scintillating reading. Therefore, we’ll excerpt some of the more interesting passages and today offer a poem that Chauncey wrote young Sarah Downing on May 24, 1863 when they were courting.
Chauncey J. Hill, in 1864, was a 26-year-old farmer just married to 20-year-old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. The Press has run several weeks of these letters to date, with just two more weeks to go to the final set.
Private Hill, in our series, is sitting in Rolla Missouri with Company K, waiting orders to move South to engage the enemy. While the letters he sent Sarah over the month or so Company K was housed in Rolla are a great insight into the drudgery of camp life for the Civil War soldier, they don’t always make for scintillating reading. Therefore, we’ll excerpt some of the more interesting passages and today offer a poem that Chauncey wrote young Sarah Downing on May 24, 1863 when they were courting.
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