Is there information on the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment?

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Hello,

in my search for George Williams of the 106th NY Regiment, I found a George Williams who was in Minnesota in 1857. Thought maybe someone could use that info for the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment...

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The First Minnesota website has a profile for their George Williams.  See: http://www.1stminnesota.net/#/soldier/988
by Warren Kuntz G2G6 Mach 2 (21.2k points)
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OK. I didn't find any matching profiles on WikiTree, so I have started one. Please feel free to improve the bio, add Civil War Stickers and Categories, profiles for wife and children, etc., as you wish. (I'm working on other priorities right now, sorry!)

George Alfonso Williams - WikiTree Profile

Note that I have found a (different) George A. Williams - there is an interesting (but barely legible) note on his registration form, and it seems to me (as a rank beginner) strange that he seems to have signed up for five years but to have been discharged only a few weeks later! Maybe someone would be interested in pursuing that lead (I don't think he is "our" George Williams of the 106th) 

  • George A. Williams In the 1880 census This George (age 54) [b. about 1826], Molder, was the married head of household in Peekskill, Westchester, New York, United States, with wife Delia (53) and son Chauncy M. (16). (All members of family and their parents born in New York)[16] Occupation suggests that this may be the blue-eyed, brown-haired, fair-skinned George Williams (22, "Brickmoulder") [b. between 12 Feb 1825 and Feb 11 1826] who enlisted for 5 years on Feb. 12 1847 in New York, discharged 27 Feb of the same year (!), Remark "At Ft. Columbus... [illegible].[17]

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