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This Day in Minnesota History

September 17, 1885

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Civil War veterans of Company B of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment form the Last Man's Club, meeting yearly at the Sawyer House in Stillwater. They preserve a bottle of wine to be opened by the last survivor, who would be Charles M. Lockwood, the sole attendee of the 1930 banquet.

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First published: July 1, 2015
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