The following information is copied from "Ives in the Civil War" by Ken Ives:

89. Govenor Kimball Ives. Born 1838 in Chataqua County, NY, his parents were Franklin A. Ives and Betsy Ragan. He enlisted in Co. H, 8th Minnesota Infantry as a private 8/20/1862, in Carver County, MN, for 3 years. At enlistment he was described as 5' 8" with blue eyes and light hair. He gave his occupation as farmer and his age as 22. His company was organized in Carver County and mustered into federal service 10/27/1862 in Glencoe, MN. H Company spent its first few months of service helping to put down a Santee Sioux uprising in Minnesota and Dakota Territory. The Sioux were finally defeated at the Battle of Wood Lake, and about 1,500 captured. A military court sentenced 307 to death, but President Lincoln pardoned all but 38. On 12/26/1862 Co H, 8th Minnesota, served as guards at the public hanging of the condemned Sioux in Mankato. The Indian menace dealt with, Co. H finally arrived at St. Louis in November, 1863, and operated with their regiment in Missouri until May of 1864. They then moved to Memphis, TN, where they joined Sturgis' expedition into Mississippi. At the Battle of Bise's Cross Roads, near Ripley, Mississippi on 6/10/1864, Sturgis' two divisions were decisively defeated by a much smaller force of Confederate cavalry under the legendary Nathan Bedford Forrest. Among the 2,610 Union losses was Private Ives, who was taken prisoner. He was paroled 2/27/1865 at N. E. Ferry, NC (suggesting he may have been held at the Salisbury, NC POW camp). He reported first to an army camp in Maryland, and was then sent to Benton Barracks, MO, arriving there 3/21/1865. He began a 30-day home furlough on 3/23/1865. Muster records for May and June, 1865, list him as sick in hospital in Fort Snelling, MN. He finally rejoined his company 8/18/1865, only a week before his regiment mustered out 8/24/1865 at Ft. Snelling. Descendants say he also fought in the Battle of Corinth, but this seems impossible since the Battle of Corinth, MS, occurred on October 3 and 4, 1862 - 3 weeks before his company was mustered in at Glencoe, MN. (CSR, PC)

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