Daniel, son of Orrin Densmore, was born near Caledonia Springs, New York on September 4, 1833. The family moved to Emerald Grove, Wisconsin in 1846. He entered Beloit College in 1852, graduating as salutatorian in 1858. He taught school near Gallatin, Tennessee in the fall of 1858 and in Red Wing in 1859. He read law in the office of Wilder and Williston and did office work in Red Wing until 1862 when he assisted in the recruiting of Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Seventh Regiment, Company G, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.
He was immediately sent to Fort Ridgley and was in the battles of Birch Coulee and Wood Lake, as well as other battles in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and the Sibley Expedition in 1863. He spent the next winter guarding the Dakota at Mankato and in the barracks at New Ulm. In January of 1864 his regiment was sent to St. Louis. He served in the south, taking part in several major engagements. He was a major in the 68th U.S. Colored Infantry. He was also on General A. J. Smith's raid into Mississippi and in the battle of Tupelo. In 1865 he sailed with the expedition from Pensacola to move against Mobile from the east. Marching up through the country, during the final charge on April 9th, Colonel Jones was wounded and Daniel, as Lieutenant Colonel, took command going up the river to Selma, to Montgomery, and back to Mobile. He suffered from typhoid and southern fever during the war. He contracted a fever again on the return trip to Alexandria and was discharged in 1865 because of illness. He brought his horse Jockey back to Red Wing with him.
In 1866, with his brother Benjamin, he established the Red Wing Iron works, continuing in that business until April 1912. He lived at the Densmore homestead in Red Wing until 1900, the house having been built by his father in 1857. He went to Lindsay, California in November of 1912 and died in Los Angeles on March 5, 1915. He married Susan Malvina Warner in 1891. She died in Lindsay, California in 1914.
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He was immediately sent to Fort Ridgley and was in the battles of Birch Coulee and Wood Lake, as well as other battles in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and the Sibley Expedition in 1863. He spent the next winter guarding the Dakota at Mankato and in the barracks at New Ulm. In January of 1864 his regiment was sent to St. Louis. He served in the south, taking part in several major engagements. He was a major in the 68th U.S. Colored Infantry. He was also on General A. J. Smith's raid into Mississippi and in the battle of Tupelo. In 1865 he sailed with the expedition from Pensacola to move against Mobile from the east. Marching up through the country, during the final charge on April 9th, Colonel Jones was wounded and Daniel, as Lieutenant Colonel, took command going up the river to Selma, to Montgomery, and back to Mobile. He suffered from typhoid and southern fever during the war. He contracted a fever again on the return trip to Alexandria and was discharged in 1865 because of illness. He brought his horse Jockey back to Red Wing with him.
In 1866, with his brother Benjamin, he established the Red Wing Iron works, continuing in that business until April 1912. He lived at the Densmore homestead in Red Wing until 1900, the house having been built by his father in 1857. He went to Lindsay, California in November of 1912 and died in Los Angeles on March 5, 1915. He married Susan Malvina Warner in 1891. She died in Lindsay, California in 1914.
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Daniel, son of Orrin Densmore, was born near Caledonia Springs, New York on September 4, 1833. The family moved to Emerald Grove, Wisconsin in 1846. He entered Beloit College in 1852, graduating as salutatorian in 1858. He taught school near Gallatin, Tennessee in the fall of 1858 and in Red Wing in 1859. He read law in the office of Wilder and Williston and did office work in Red Wing until 1862 when he assisted in the recruiting of Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Seventh Regiment, Company G, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.
He was immediately sent to Fort Ridgley and was in the battles of Birch Coulee and Wood Lake, as well as other battles in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and the Sibley Expedition in 1863. He spent the next winter guarding the Dakota at Mankato and in the barracks at New Ulm. In January of 1864 his regiment was sent to St. Louis. He served in the south, taking part in several major engagements. He was a major in the 68th U.S. Colored Infantry. He was also on General A. J. Smith's raid into Mississippi and in the battle of Tupelo. In 1865 he sailed with the expedition from Pensacola to move against Mobile from the east. Marching up through the country, during the final charge on April 9th, Colonel Jones was wounded and Daniel, as Lieutenant Colonel, took command going up the river to Selma, to Montgomery, and back to Mobile. He suffered from typhoid and southern fever during the war. He contracted a fever again on the return trip to Alexandria and was discharged in 1865 because of illness. He brought his horse Jockey back to Red Wing with him.
In 1866, with his brother Benjamin, he established the Red Wing Iron works, continuing in that business until April 1912. He lived at the Densmore homestead in Red Wing until 1900, the house having been built by his father in 1857. He went to Lindsay, California in November of 1912 and died in Los Angeles on March 5, 1915. He married Susan Malvina Warner in 1891. She died in Lindsay, California in 1914.
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He was immediately sent to Fort Ridgley and was in the battles of Birch Coulee and Wood Lake, as well as other battles in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and the Sibley Expedition in 1863. He spent the next winter guarding the Dakota at Mankato and in the barracks at New Ulm. In January of 1864 his regiment was sent to St. Louis. He served in the south, taking part in several major engagements. He was a major in the 68th U.S. Colored Infantry. He was also on General A. J. Smith's raid into Mississippi and in the battle of Tupelo. In 1865 he sailed with the expedition from Pensacola to move against Mobile from the east. Marching up through the country, during the final charge on April 9th, Colonel Jones was wounded and Daniel, as Lieutenant Colonel, took command going up the river to Selma, to Montgomery, and back to Mobile. He suffered from typhoid and southern fever during the war. He contracted a fever again on the return trip to Alexandria and was discharged in 1865 because of illness. He brought his horse Jockey back to Red Wing with him.
In 1866, with his brother Benjamin, he established the Red Wing Iron works, continuing in that business until April 1912. He lived at the Densmore homestead in Red Wing until 1900, the house having been built by his father in 1857. He went to Lindsay, California in November of 1912 and died in Los Angeles on March 5, 1915. He married Susan Malvina Warner in 1891. She died in Lindsay, California in 1914.
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