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Confederate cavalry saber

This Confederate cavalry saber, along with its scabbard, was captured by Private George W. Buswell, Company B, Seventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, at Fort Blakely, Alabama, April 9, 1865.

Black and white full-length portrait photograph of Albert Alonzo Ames, c.1863.

Albert Alonzo Ames, Assistant Surgeon, Seventh Minnesota Infantry

Albert Alonzo Ames, Assistant Surgeon, Seventh Minnesota Infantry, c.1863.

Black and white full-length portrait photograph of John K. Arnold, c/1863

John K. Arnold, Captain, Seventh Minnesota Infantry, Company A

John K. Arnold, Captain, Seventh Minnesota Infantry, Company A, 1863.

Civil War percussion cap box used by Hans H. Danielson of Company G, Seventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Civil War percussion cap box used by Hans H. Danielson of Company G, Seventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Wicker covered glass flask canteen with cork

This canteen was carried through the Civil War by Minnesota's Fifth governor, William R. Marshall, colonel of the Seventh Minnesota Infantry Regiment.

Portrait photograph of William R. Marshall

William R. Marshall, Colonel, Seventh Minnesota Infantry

William R. Marshall, Colonel, Seventh Minnesota Infantry, c.1864.

a gum tree mortar made by a Civil War soldier

Mortar barrel made from the trunk of a gum tree and bound with iron bands. The mortar was made by a member of the Seventh Minnesota Infantry Regiment and used during the siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama, part of the March–April 1865 campaign against Mobile.

Tattered battle flag of the Seventh Minnesota Infantry Regiment.

Seventh Minnesota national battle flag

Black and white photograph of Seventh Minnesota veterans, 1905.

Group of Seventh Minnesota Veterans

Seventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry veterans photograph at a reunion, 1905.

Seventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment

The Seventh Minnesota Infantry served on Minnesota's frontier in the troubled summer of 1862 and through the first half of 1863. The regiment eventually headed south, taking part in a key battle that virtually destroyed a major Confederate army. They also participated in one of the final campaigns of the war.

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