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CORPORAL WILLIAM A. CLARK

Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Corporal William A. Clark was one of 16 soldiers from Company H, 2nd Minnesota Infantry from Mankato, involved in a heroic action, fighting off 125 Confederate cavalry on February 15, 1863, near Nolensville, Tennessee. Eight of the veterans received the Medal of Honor on

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Brigadier General William Carey Brown

GENERAL WILLIAM CAREY BROWN

General William Carey Brown was born at Traverse des Sioux in 1854. He graduated from West Point in 1877. He retired as a Brigadier General after many years of service, including duty in the Philippine Islands and Mexico. Brown earned many medals, including the Distinguished Service Medal

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Private Ivory Witherell

WAR OF 1812 VETERANS

The oldest known veterans buried in Nicollet County are most likely three men who served during the War of 1812, a conflict between the U.S. and Britain.

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WWI TREASURES IN THE STOREROOM

Too old to join the American army, Luther Stone enlisted in the Canadian army at Winnipeg Manitoba on March 25, 1918, just four days before his 45th birthday.

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