Service
The 8th Minnesota was mustered into Federal service at Fort Snelling and St. Paul, Minnesota between June 2 and September 1, 1862. It first served guarding the frontier in the Dakota War of 1862, and in 1864 was ordered south where they fought in Tennessee, the Carolinas and elsewhere.
It was mustered out on July 11, 1865.
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