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Three Civil War vets share a Millerville cemetery
from Salute to Veterans
by Echo Press
THREE CIVIL WAR VETS share aMillerville cemetery
By Karen Tolkkinen
In a shaded cemetery in Millerville, history seems just a breath away when visitors glimpse the headstones of three Civil War veterans.
All were born in Germany, and they lived during the era of the telegraph and westward expansion, of Colt revolvers and petticoats.
Among them is the headstone of Frank Weber, the Millerville area’s first teacher and postmaster, according to a plaque installed next to his headstone.
The plaque says Weber enlisted in Company G 9th Minnesota Infantry on Aug. 16, 1862, and that he was captured nearly two years later in Tennessee and was imprisoned at Andersonville Confederate Prison in Georgia. That camp was notorious for its miserable conditions. According to the National Park Service, more than 45,000 Union soldiers were kept prisoner there, and of those, nearly 13,000 died.
Weber joined the Confederates in 1865 and reached the Union lines four months later. The Union Army judged his actions to be a “ruse to escape,” the plaque says. His record was cleared and he was discharged with a medical pension.
He was also a founder of Seven Dolors Church in Millerville. He died in 1903.
Dennis Otto of Millerville locates the grave of August Wilm, a Civil War veteran buried in Millerville.
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August Wilm, who died in 1930, was also one of the earliest settlers of Douglas County, according to the St. Cloud Times obituary posted on the Find a Grave website.
He was a corporal who transferred from Company D, 20th Regiment, and a veteran volunteer in 1864. He mustered out at Jeffersonville, Indiana.
“He was a Civil War veteran and was a familiar figure at all the encampments,” the Headstone of Michael Bach, one of three Civil War veterans buried in Millerville. obituary says. “Mr. Wilm has been in ill health for several years and his death relieved a long suffering siege. He is survived by a widow and several children.” The third headstone belongs to Michael Bach, who was born in 1823 and a private in Company G of the 9th Regiment, Minnesota Infantry. This regiment fought in the U.S.-Dakota Wars and also fought in the south. They protected a railroad supply line and fought in Mississippi and in Tennessee, where they Creatinglastingmemories foreveryoccasion! distinguished themselves by capturing Confederate-held hills, and also helped capture Mobile, an important southern port city. Bach died in 1903 at age 79, at St. Joseph’s home for the aged. Each of these graves is decorated on Memorial Day. The local veterans organization takes care of them.
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