The Minnesota 6th Infantry Regiment was mustered into Federal service at Camp Release and Fort Snelling, Minnesota, between September 29 and November 20, 1862.The 6th Minnesota was part of second wave of enlistments following the early battles of the Civil War. The regiment was not immediately sent South because the Army hoped for a quick victory. Members of the regiment participated in the US-Dakota War of 1862, which erupted in the late summer of 1862.After the Dakota War ended, the 6th Minnesota remained on the frontier. During the summer of 1863, the 6th Minnesota pursued and fought bands of American Indians in the Dakota territory. They continued on garrison duty in Minnesota and to the West throughout the winter and spring of 1863-1864.On June 14, 1864, they left Fort Snelling to go South. The regiment was sent to Helena, Arkansas. In Arkansas, the regiment observed guerrilla forces in the region but participated in no battles. After a few months, the men were sent to St. Louis and then to New Orleans and then Alabama. In Alabama, the 6th Minnesota stormed Fort Blakely in one of the last battles of the War. Companies of the Minnesota 6th Infantry RegimentCompany A - - Ramsey County and Dakota CountyCompany B - Hennepin CountyCompany C - Rice County, Hennepin County and other assorted countiesCompany D - Hennepin County Company E - Prussia, Germany and SwitzerlandCompany F - Goodhue County Company G - Ramsey County and Carver County Company H - Olmsted County Company I - Washington County, Blue Earth County, Nicollet County and other assorted counties Company K - Houston County and Fillmore County