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Timothy J. Sheehan
Timothy J. Sheehan (December 21, 1836 - July 11, 1913) was an Irish American immigrant, Minnesotan pioneer, a military officer during the American Civil War and Dakota War of 1862, Indian agent, Deputy US Marshal, the Sheriff of Freeborn County, Minnesota, and an early citizen of Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Timothy J. Sheehan was born on December 21, 1836 in Cork, Ireland. Orphaned at the age of 2, much of Sheehan's childhood is relatively unknown except for the fact that he was just 14 years old when he emigrated to the United States in 1850. Sheehan first worked as a mechanic in Glens Falls, New York until 1855 before relocating to Dixon, Illinois and working in a sawmill. By 1857 Sheehan was an early settler of the village of Albert Lea, Minnesota and resided as a lodger at the home of the local Sheriff, George Simmons Ruble, and worked at Ruble's sawmill. Sheehan later owned his own plot which he used to build a farm.
At the outbreak of the American Civil War 25 year-old Sheehan enlisted in into the ranks of the 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment on October 11, 1861 and served as a Corporal in Company F under the command of Captain Asa W. White. Before Sheehan could even fight with the 4th Minnesota he was discharged on February 15, 1862 and was commissioned with the rank of First Lieutenant and transferred to the 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment on February 19, 1862.
Sheehan served as the First Lieutenant of Company C in the 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment under the command of Captain Francis Hall. While companies A, E, F, G, H, I, & K were all sent to the South and took part in the Siege of Corinth, companies B, C, & D had been held in reserve back in Minnesota for frontier duty at Fort Ripley, Fort Abercrombie, and Fort Ridgely.
In June 1862 Sheehan and the rest of Company C were posted on frontier duty at Fort Ridgely near the Upper Sioux Agency, the Lower Sioux Agency and the city of New Ulm, Minnesota. On June 25, 1862 Sheehan and a detachment of 50 men from Company C and 51 men from Company B were detailed by post commander, Captain Johns S. Marsh, to protect Thomas J. Galbraith, the Indian agent in charge of annuity payments to the Dakota at the Lower Sioux Reservation.
According to Sheehan:
"On the 14th of July I estimated that there were 6,700 Indians camped near there ; they were in a starving condition, and were constantly prowling around, begging. Went with Lieut. Gere to talk with the agent about issuing provisions to the Indians. He said that he would soon count them and issue rations, and send them back to look after their crops, to stay until he could send for them to receive their pay".
Later on July 27, 1862 Sheehan was requested to take a small detachment of men to the headwaters of the Yellow Medicine River in search of Inkpaduta, a Wahpekute war chief who had previously been involved in the 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre with specific orders to "capture and bring them in, alive if possible". Sheehan's search for Inkpaduta was unsuccessful so the force returned to Fort Ridgely.
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Timothy J. Sheehan
Timothy J. Sheehan (December 21, 1836 - July 11, 1913) was an Irish American immigrant, Minnesotan pioneer, a military officer during the American Civil War and Dakota War of 1862, Indian agent, Deputy US Marshal, the Sheriff of Freeborn County, Minnesota, and an early citizen of Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Timothy J. Sheehan was born on December 21, 1836 in Cork, Ireland. Orphaned at the age of 2, much of Sheehan's childhood is relatively unknown except for the fact that he was just 14 years old when he emigrated to the United States in 1850. Sheehan first worked as a mechanic in Glens Falls, New York until 1855 before relocating to Dixon, Illinois and working in a sawmill. By 1857 Sheehan was an early settler of the village of Albert Lea, Minnesota and resided as a lodger at the home of the local Sheriff, George Simmons Ruble, and worked at Ruble's sawmill. Sheehan later owned his own plot which he used to build a farm.
At the outbreak of the American Civil War 25 year-old Sheehan enlisted in into the ranks of the 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment on October 11, 1861 and served as a Corporal in Company F under the command of Captain Asa W. White. Before Sheehan could even fight with the 4th Minnesota he was discharged on February 15, 1862 and was commissioned with the rank of First Lieutenant and transferred to the 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment on February 19, 1862.
Sheehan served as the First Lieutenant of Company C in the 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment under the command of Captain Francis Hall. While companies A, E, F, G, H, I, & K were all sent to the South and took part in the Siege of Corinth, companies B, C, & D had been held in reserve back in Minnesota for frontier duty at Fort Ripley, Fort Abercrombie, and Fort Ridgely.
In June 1862 Sheehan and the rest of Company C were posted on frontier duty at Fort Ridgely near the Upper Sioux Agency, the Lower Sioux Agency and the city of New Ulm, Minnesota. On June 25, 1862 Sheehan and a detachment of 50 men from Company C and 51 men from Company B were detailed by post commander, Captain Johns S. Marsh, to protect Thomas J. Galbraith, the Indian agent in charge of annuity payments to the Dakota at the Lower Sioux Reservation.
According to Sheehan:
"On the 14th of July I estimated that there were 6,700 Indians camped near there ; they were in a starving condition, and were constantly prowling around, begging. Went with Lieut. Gere to talk with the agent about issuing provisions to the Indians. He said that he would soon count them and issue rations, and send them back to look after their crops, to stay until he could send for them to receive their pay".
Later on July 27, 1862 Sheehan was requested to take a small detachment of men to the headwaters of the Yellow Medicine River in search of Inkpaduta, a Wahpekute war chief who had previously been involved in the 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre with specific orders to "capture and bring them in, alive if possible". Sheehan's search for Inkpaduta was unsuccessful so the force returned to Fort Ridgely.
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