Minnesota Deaths and Burials list parents:
John McPhail and Hannah McAdams
Married first to Martha Kingston
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McPhail, at an early age received military training at an army school in a southern state and fought in the battles of the Mexican war. He was one of the first to enlist for the Civil War, joining a company that was organized by Major M. E. Powell who later followed the Colonel to Redwood Falls. All of this was preparation for leadership responsibilities given to him in the Indian campaigns of 1862 and 1863 when the Sioux took possession of the lower Redwood Agency and were raiding the white settlements; ambushed Fort Ridgely soldiers and the fort commander, Captain Marsh at Redwood Ferry only a few escaping; repeatedly attacked New Ulm and Fort Ridgley and New Ulm was abandoned by its residents and defenders; Governor Ramsey sent McPhail with troops on a night march from Fort Snelling to St. Peter. From here General Sibley sent McPhail on another night march to bring the relief to Fort Ridgely after a nine day siege.
During this time there was danger that all defenses and military supplies of the government in the Minnesota Valley would be captured and much of the state opened to attack.
McPhail sent a messenger to his family at Caledonia and transferred them to Fort Snelling for safety, where they remained during the campaign of that year.
About two days after McPhail reached Fort Ridgely he was sent with relief troops to the Battle of Birch Coulee where none would have escaped without aid.
In the spring of 1863 a large body of troops was sent from Fort Snelling by steamboat up the Minnesota river and landed about two miles above the mouth of the Redwood river, establishing Camp Pope. Others came from Fort Ripley and Fort Ridgely, totaling more than 4,000 soldiers.
To these were added several hundred mules from Missouri and both mules and men were trained during several weeks for an Indian campaign in Dakota.
A herd of beef cattle were added to the supplies for the summer, and in June a military caravan six miles long started on the western journey. General Sibley placed Colonel McPhail in command of all mounted troops and with these he led in the attack at the first Dakota battle.
After the Indians had withdrawn to west of the Missouri river, McPhail returned eastward over the prairies to the upper Redwood, near the Pipestone quarries and followed the stream to the government sawmill at the Redwood Falls and definitely planned to start a town here the following year.
--Redwood Gazette, July 28, 1932
John McPhail and Hannah McAdams
Married first to Martha Kingston
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
McPhail, at an early age received military training at an army school in a southern state and fought in the battles of the Mexican war. He was one of the first to enlist for the Civil War, joining a company that was organized by Major M. E. Powell who later followed the Colonel to Redwood Falls. All of this was preparation for leadership responsibilities given to him in the Indian campaigns of 1862 and 1863 when the Sioux took possession of the lower Redwood Agency and were raiding the white settlements; ambushed Fort Ridgely soldiers and the fort commander, Captain Marsh at Redwood Ferry only a few escaping; repeatedly attacked New Ulm and Fort Ridgley and New Ulm was abandoned by its residents and defenders; Governor Ramsey sent McPhail with troops on a night march from Fort Snelling to St. Peter. From here General Sibley sent McPhail on another night march to bring the relief to Fort Ridgely after a nine day siege.
During this time there was danger that all defenses and military supplies of the government in the Minnesota Valley would be captured and much of the state opened to attack.
McPhail sent a messenger to his family at Caledonia and transferred them to Fort Snelling for safety, where they remained during the campaign of that year.
About two days after McPhail reached Fort Ridgely he was sent with relief troops to the Battle of Birch Coulee where none would have escaped without aid.
In the spring of 1863 a large body of troops was sent from Fort Snelling by steamboat up the Minnesota river and landed about two miles above the mouth of the Redwood river, establishing Camp Pope. Others came from Fort Ripley and Fort Ridgely, totaling more than 4,000 soldiers.
To these were added several hundred mules from Missouri and both mules and men were trained during several weeks for an Indian campaign in Dakota.
A herd of beef cattle were added to the supplies for the summer, and in June a military caravan six miles long started on the western journey. General Sibley placed Colonel McPhail in command of all mounted troops and with these he led in the attack at the first Dakota battle.
After the Indians had withdrawn to west of the Missouri river, McPhail returned eastward over the prairies to the upper Redwood, near the Pipestone quarries and followed the stream to the government sawmill at the Redwood Falls and definitely planned to start a town here the following year.
--Redwood Gazette, July 28, 1932
Minnesota Deaths and Burials list parents:
John McPhail and Hannah McAdams
Married first to Martha Kingston
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
McPhail, at an early age received military training at an army school in a southern state and fought in the battles of the Mexican war. He was one of the first to enlist for the Civil War, joining a company that was organized by Major M. E. Powell who later followed the Colonel to Redwood Falls. All of this was preparation for leadership responsibilities given to him in the Indian campaigns of 1862 and 1863 when the Sioux took possession of the lower Redwood Agency and were raiding the white settlements; ambushed Fort Ridgely soldiers and the fort commander, Captain Marsh at Redwood Ferry only a few escaping; repeatedly attacked New Ulm and Fort Ridgley and New Ulm was abandoned by its residents and defenders; Governor Ramsey sent McPhail with troops on a night march from Fort Snelling to St. Peter. From here General Sibley sent McPhail on another night march to bring the relief to Fort Ridgely after a nine day siege.
During this time there was danger that all defenses and military supplies of the government in the Minnesota Valley would be captured and much of the state opened to attack.
McPhail sent a messenger to his family at Caledonia and transferred them to Fort Snelling for safety, where they remained during the campaign of that year.
About two days after McPhail reached Fort Ridgely he was sent with relief troops to the Battle of Birch Coulee where none would have escaped without aid.
In the spring of 1863 a large body of troops was sent from Fort Snelling by steamboat up the Minnesota river and landed about two miles above the mouth of the Redwood river, establishing Camp Pope. Others came from Fort Ripley and Fort Ridgely, totaling more than 4,000 soldiers.
To these were added several hundred mules from Missouri and both mules and men were trained during several weeks for an Indian campaign in Dakota.
A herd of beef cattle were added to the supplies for the summer, and in June a military caravan six miles long started on the western journey. General Sibley placed Colonel McPhail in command of all mounted troops and with these he led in the attack at the first Dakota battle.
After the Indians had withdrawn to west of the Missouri river, McPhail returned eastward over the prairies to the upper Redwood, near the Pipestone quarries and followed the stream to the government sawmill at the Redwood Falls and definitely planned to start a town here the following year.
--Redwood Gazette, July 28, 1932
John McPhail and Hannah McAdams
Married first to Martha Kingston
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
McPhail, at an early age received military training at an army school in a southern state and fought in the battles of the Mexican war. He was one of the first to enlist for the Civil War, joining a company that was organized by Major M. E. Powell who later followed the Colonel to Redwood Falls. All of this was preparation for leadership responsibilities given to him in the Indian campaigns of 1862 and 1863 when the Sioux took possession of the lower Redwood Agency and were raiding the white settlements; ambushed Fort Ridgely soldiers and the fort commander, Captain Marsh at Redwood Ferry only a few escaping; repeatedly attacked New Ulm and Fort Ridgley and New Ulm was abandoned by its residents and defenders; Governor Ramsey sent McPhail with troops on a night march from Fort Snelling to St. Peter. From here General Sibley sent McPhail on another night march to bring the relief to Fort Ridgely after a nine day siege.
During this time there was danger that all defenses and military supplies of the government in the Minnesota Valley would be captured and much of the state opened to attack.
McPhail sent a messenger to his family at Caledonia and transferred them to Fort Snelling for safety, where they remained during the campaign of that year.
About two days after McPhail reached Fort Ridgely he was sent with relief troops to the Battle of Birch Coulee where none would have escaped without aid.
In the spring of 1863 a large body of troops was sent from Fort Snelling by steamboat up the Minnesota river and landed about two miles above the mouth of the Redwood river, establishing Camp Pope. Others came from Fort Ripley and Fort Ridgely, totaling more than 4,000 soldiers.
To these were added several hundred mules from Missouri and both mules and men were trained during several weeks for an Indian campaign in Dakota.
A herd of beef cattle were added to the supplies for the summer, and in June a military caravan six miles long started on the western journey. General Sibley placed Colonel McPhail in command of all mounted troops and with these he led in the attack at the first Dakota battle.
After the Indians had withdrawn to west of the Missouri river, McPhail returned eastward over the prairies to the upper Redwood, near the Pipestone quarries and followed the stream to the government sawmill at the Redwood Falls and definitely planned to start a town here the following year.
--Redwood Gazette, July 28, 1932
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