White Bear Lake in Ramsey County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

White Bear Lake Civil War Memorial

Photographed by McGhiever, July 26, 2024

1. White Bear Lake Civil War Memorial

Inscription.

[North side:]
Erected for E. B. Gibbs Post No. 76
G.A.R.
in memory of the defenders of the Union in the Civil War, through the efforts of the Soldiers' Monument Association of White Bear.

Gettysburg

[West side:]
Names of the living members of the post at time this monument was erected. Capt. William Gundlach, Co. A, 2nd Mich. Inft. who was in thirty seven engagements, and seven months prisoner in Libby Prison.
Casper Bloom, Co. D, 1st Wis. H.A.
E. Z. Patterson, Co. C, 10th Ver. Inft.
Philander Long, Co D, 1st Minn. Cav.
Fred Jungblut, Co. C, 2nd Minn. Inft.
Bernhard H. Thieders, Corp. Co. H, 7th Minn. Inft.
Joseph Taylor, Co. E, 11th Minn. Inft.
Bishop R. Kellogg, Sergt. Co. G, 45th Iowa Inft.
Louis Vanavery, Co. G, 11th U.S. Inft.
J. Baptist Gervais, Co. D, 1st Minn. Cav.
Tellesfer LaCrosse, Co. G, 6th Conn. Inft.
Joshua Thompson, Co. H, 7th Wis. Inft.
Narcisse Mailloux, Co. F, 5th Minn. Inft.
Sewell C. Smith, Co. D, 5th Maine Inft.
James B. Hull, Co. A, 150th Ill. Inft.

Deceased: James C. Murray, Sergt Co. A, 1st Minn. H.A.
Morris W. Erhardt, Co. B, 1st Minn. Inft.
James Lonergan, 1st

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Lieut. Co. F, 34th Wis. Inft.
Samuel Winship, Sergt. Co. C, 8th Minn. Inft.
Robert Whitaker, Co. A, 1st Minn. H.A.
John Long, Corp. Co. K, 9th Mass. Inft.
Charles Perry, Co. G, 106th N.Y. Inft.
William L. Johnson, Co. G, 6th Minn. Inft.
Antoine Lamotte, Co. M, 1st Minn. Rangers.
Michael Houle, Co. E, J.B. Wis. Cav.
Hiram S. Richardson, Co. B, 50th N.Y. Eng.
James McQue, Co. C, 10th Ver. Inft.
Theodore J. Leonard, Corp. Co.–U.S. Eng.
John Reible, Co. G, 2nd Minn. Cav.
John Cassell, Co. K, 2th N.Y. Cav.
George Abbott, Co. L, Beranns U.S.S.S.
Frederick Laub, Co. G, 2nd Minn. Inft.
Thomas Milner, Co. G, 3rd Minn. Inft.
Morris Eberhardt, Co. G, 8th Minn. Inft. who was killed in the Mexican War.
Porter Long, – 23rd Ill. Cav.
Elam Long, Co. C, 8th Minn. Inft.
Lucius Bunn, Co. A, 1st Minn. H.A.

Vicksburg

[South side:]
Monument Committee:
For the G.A.R.
Capt. William Gundlach,
James B. Hull,
Post Commander.
For the Sons of Veterans,
F. H. Murray.
For the citizens,
J. C. Fulton.

Dedicated May 30, 1913.

Chickamauga

[East side:]
The following engagements were participated in by members of the E. B. Gibbs

White Bear Lake Civil War Memorial north side image. Click for full size.

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2. White Bear Lake Civil War Memorial north side

Post, No. 76, G.A.R.
Battles: Eastern Army.
Blackburn's Ford
Manassas and Bull Run
Siege of Yorktown
Williamsburg
Fair Oaks
Seven Pines
Mechanicsville
Near Richmond
White Oak Swamp
Glendale
Malvern Hill
2nd Bull Run
South Mountain
Antietam
Winchester
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Cold Harbor
Spottsylvania
Fort Fisher
Petersburg

Western Army.
Pea Ridge
Corinth
Shiloh
Fort Donaldson
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga
Knoxville
Vicksburg
Jackson
Murfreesboro
Nashville
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Sherman's March to the Sea

Lee's Surrender

Erected 1913 by Grand Army of the Republic E.B. Gibbs Post No. 76.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 45° 4.991′ N, 93° 0.6′ W. Memorial is in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, in Ramsey County. It is at the intersection of Clark Avenue and 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south on Clark Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4698 Clark Avenue, Saint Paul MN 55110, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

White Bear Lake Civil War Memorial west side image. Click for full size.

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3. White Bear Lake Civil War Memorial west side

this memorial is in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: White Bear Lake Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church (within shouting distance of this marker); The Original Townsite Plat of White Bear Lake (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); American Indian Mounds (approx. ¼ mile away); Fillebrown House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Historic Lake Avenue (approx. 0.4 miles away); White Bear Lake / The Dakota Legend of White Bear Lake (approx. half a mile away); Erd-Geist Gazebo (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in White Bear Lake.

White Bear Lake Civil War Memorial south side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by McGhiever, July 26, 2024

4. White Bear Lake Civil War Memorial south side

White Bear Lake Civil War Memorial east side image. Click for full size.

Photographed by McGhiever, July 26, 2024

5. White Bear Lake Civil War Memorial east side

Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 13, 2024, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This page has been viewed 578 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 13, 2024, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota.