BlockDenmark Township
The complete chapter on this township from History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881. 241 words, covering 2 settlements. Source changes inside the text are labelled at the exact paragraph where the next book begins.
Contents
2 sectionsThe section headings the book prints inside this chapter. Each one jumps to where it begins.
The modern record here
2 settlementsWhat the federal record holds for each settlement inside this township: wildfires and storm reports since the 1950s, mineral workings, and museum specimens collected nearby. These are counted within a few miles of each settlement, so neighbours share them and the columns are deliberately not added up. Every row links to the settlement's own page, where each figure is broken out.
| Settlement | Fires | Storm reports | Mines and quarries | Specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basswood Grove | 2 | - | 5 | - |
| Point Douglas | 2 | 4 | 5 | - |
Settlements in this township
2 placesEvery populated place the Geographic Names Information System records inside this township's Census boundary. None of the 2 is named in the chapter: they were founded later or were never more than a post office.
The chapter
241 wordsReproduced complete and unedited from History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881. The text is machine-read from scans, so expect recognition errors: misspelled names, dropped words, and stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the books' own; source changes are labelled in place.
First Battery, Light Art1Lery
originally commanded by Capt. Emil Munch, was organized in October, '61; ordered to 8t. Louis December 1, '61, thence to Pittsburg Landing in February, '82. Engaged in the following marches, battles, sieges and skirmishes: Shiloh, April 5 and 6, '62; Biege of Corinth, April, '62; Corinth, October 3 and 4, '62; marched from Cor¬ inth to Oxford, Miss., thence to Memphis, Tenn. Assigned to 17th army corps November, '62. Veteranized in January, '64; ordered to Cairo, 111., thence to Huntsville, Ala., thence to Altoo¬ na, Ga., thence to Ackworth, Ga.; battle of Kenesaw Mountain; Atlanta, July 22 and 28; Sher¬ man's campaign through Georgia and the Carolinas. Dis. at Fort Snelling, June 30, '66.
8ECOND BATTERY LIGHT ARTILKRY, organized December '61, and commanded by Capt. William Hotchkiss, reported at St. Louis, Mo., Apr., '62, for equipment. Battery veteranized March, '64, and discharged September, '66, at Fort Snelling.
Third Battery Light Artilkry
originally commanded by Capt. John Jones, was organized in February, '63. Ordered upon Indian expedition of '63; participated in engage¬ ments with the Indians, July 24, 26, and 28, '63; stationed at frontier posts until May, '64, when they were again ordered upon an Indian expedi- - tion and took part in an engagement July 28, '64,
Privates - Erasmus Easton, en. April 20, '63, pro. Sergt.; dis. with Battery. Samuel B. Elder, en. February 16, '65, dis. per order April 28, '65. Henry E. Monroe, en. March 31. '64, pro. Corpl.; dis. with Battery.
Provenance
Text from History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.