Captain John S. Marsh State Monument

The State of Minnesota erected this monument in 1873, built by Sullivan and Terry of Mankato, in memory of Captain John S. Marsh, First Sergeant Russell H. Findley, Sergeant Solon A. Trescott, Corporal Joseph S. Besse, Privates Charles R. Bell, Edwin F. Cole, Charles E. French, John Gardner, Jacob A. Gehring, John Holmes, Christian Joerger, Durs Kanzig, James H. Kerr, Wenzel Kusda, Henry McAllister, Wenzel Norton, Moses P. Parks, John W. Parks, John Parsley, Harrison Phillips, Nathaniel Pitcher, Henry A. Shepherd, Nathan Steward, and Charles W. Smith of Company B, who died on August 18, 1862; Private Mark M. Greer of Company C, who died on August 22, 1862; and Peter Quinn, U.S. interpreter, who was killed at Redwood Ferry on August 18, 1862, all of the Fifth Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers Infantry.

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