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Samuel Bloomer's Grave.

Monument marking Bloomer's grave in Fairview Cemetery, Stillwater, Minnesota. Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, 2009.

Samuel Bloomer, 1880.

Samuel Bloomer in his Ordinance Sergeant Uniform, c.1862.

Samuel Bloomer wearing Grand Army of the Republic badge, 1875.

Adam Marty’s grave in Fairview Cemetery, Stillwater, Minnesota.

Samuel Bloomer served in Company B of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was the regiment's color sergeant, and after the war was deeply involved in civic life and the Grand Army of the Republic.

Adam Marty in fire fighter uniform, undated.

Adam Marty's second wife, Augusta Burrow Marty, c.1890.

Adam Marty, second from left at a Grand Army of the Republic event, 1905