Member of Company D, Minnesota Infantry. This information is all that is provided on the headstone.
The following is courtesy of D. Vangsness:
The Past family came to Minnesota from Pennsylvania in 1858. The reason for their move was the new position the father, J C Past, had as manager of a new steam mill in Brooklyn. It was located on section 36 on the Mississippi and fancifully called "The Industrial Mill Company". The family also had a small farm of forty acres with one horse, a cow and three pigs. They also grew a small quantity of corn, oats and wheat but with that small a farm it was not a full time enterprise. The steam mill did not work out. The boiler exploded in late 1861, which ended the company and the family moved on.
While the family was in Brooklyn the oldest son, Edward, age 20, enlisted in Company D of the First Minnesota Inf. Edward moved up in the ranks and became the Sergeant Major of the regiment in July 1862. At the battle of Antietam, on September 17, 1862, he was wounded in the leg. He was subsequently discharged for disability.
Marcus (Mark) enlisted on November 11, 1861, and he too was wounded at Antietam, though only slightly. His company captain, DeWitt Smith, was shot through the hip during the battle. Mark and Dan Sullivan carried him off the field to get his wound dressed. Mark and Dan were tent mates from then on.
The First Minnesota made their fateful charge at Gettysburg, on July 2, 1863. As the men fought to buy the Union army a few precious minutes to bring up their reserves, Mark fell mortally wounded. He lingered for a few days at the field hospital but died on July 5, 1863.
Dan Sullivan mentioned him in a letter to a friend when he spoke about the battle of Gettysburg:
"...you have seen the list of the kild and wounded but the best Boys in the Company got kild. Mark Past got kild. Him and I been together since the battle of Antietam. I felt bad when I saw him die..."
Capt Christopher Heffelfinger of Company D later noted that Marcus was buried in the Citizen's Evergreen cemetery adjoining the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
The following is courtesy of D. Vangsness:
The Past family came to Minnesota from Pennsylvania in 1858. The reason for their move was the new position the father, J C Past, had as manager of a new steam mill in Brooklyn. It was located on section 36 on the Mississippi and fancifully called "The Industrial Mill Company". The family also had a small farm of forty acres with one horse, a cow and three pigs. They also grew a small quantity of corn, oats and wheat but with that small a farm it was not a full time enterprise. The steam mill did not work out. The boiler exploded in late 1861, which ended the company and the family moved on.
While the family was in Brooklyn the oldest son, Edward, age 20, enlisted in Company D of the First Minnesota Inf. Edward moved up in the ranks and became the Sergeant Major of the regiment in July 1862. At the battle of Antietam, on September 17, 1862, he was wounded in the leg. He was subsequently discharged for disability.
Marcus (Mark) enlisted on November 11, 1861, and he too was wounded at Antietam, though only slightly. His company captain, DeWitt Smith, was shot through the hip during the battle. Mark and Dan Sullivan carried him off the field to get his wound dressed. Mark and Dan were tent mates from then on.
The First Minnesota made their fateful charge at Gettysburg, on July 2, 1863. As the men fought to buy the Union army a few precious minutes to bring up their reserves, Mark fell mortally wounded. He lingered for a few days at the field hospital but died on July 5, 1863.
Dan Sullivan mentioned him in a letter to a friend when he spoke about the battle of Gettysburg:
"...you have seen the list of the kild and wounded but the best Boys in the Company got kild. Mark Past got kild. Him and I been together since the battle of Antietam. I felt bad when I saw him die..."
Capt Christopher Heffelfinger of Company D later noted that Marcus was buried in the Citizen's Evergreen cemetery adjoining the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
Member of Company D, Minnesota Infantry. This information is all that is provided on the headstone.
The following is courtesy of D. Vangsness:
The Past family came to Minnesota from Pennsylvania in 1858. The reason for their move was the new position the father, J C Past, had as manager of a new steam mill in Brooklyn. It was located on section 36 on the Mississippi and fancifully called "The Industrial Mill Company". The family also had a small farm of forty acres with one horse, a cow and three pigs. They also grew a small quantity of corn, oats and wheat but with that small a farm it was not a full time enterprise. The steam mill did not work out. The boiler exploded in late 1861, which ended the company and the family moved on.
While the family was in Brooklyn the oldest son, Edward, age 20, enlisted in Company D of the First Minnesota Inf. Edward moved up in the ranks and became the Sergeant Major of the regiment in July 1862. At the battle of Antietam, on September 17, 1862, he was wounded in the leg. He was subsequently discharged for disability.
Marcus (Mark) enlisted on November 11, 1861, and he too was wounded at Antietam, though only slightly. His company captain, DeWitt Smith, was shot through the hip during the battle. Mark and Dan Sullivan carried him off the field to get his wound dressed. Mark and Dan were tent mates from then on.
The First Minnesota made their fateful charge at Gettysburg, on July 2, 1863. As the men fought to buy the Union army a few precious minutes to bring up their reserves, Mark fell mortally wounded. He lingered for a few days at the field hospital but died on July 5, 1863.
Dan Sullivan mentioned him in a letter to a friend when he spoke about the battle of Gettysburg:
"...you have seen the list of the kild and wounded but the best Boys in the Company got kild. Mark Past got kild. Him and I been together since the battle of Antietam. I felt bad when I saw him die..."
Capt Christopher Heffelfinger of Company D later noted that Marcus was buried in the Citizen's Evergreen cemetery adjoining the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
The following is courtesy of D. Vangsness:
The Past family came to Minnesota from Pennsylvania in 1858. The reason for their move was the new position the father, J C Past, had as manager of a new steam mill in Brooklyn. It was located on section 36 on the Mississippi and fancifully called "The Industrial Mill Company". The family also had a small farm of forty acres with one horse, a cow and three pigs. They also grew a small quantity of corn, oats and wheat but with that small a farm it was not a full time enterprise. The steam mill did not work out. The boiler exploded in late 1861, which ended the company and the family moved on.
While the family was in Brooklyn the oldest son, Edward, age 20, enlisted in Company D of the First Minnesota Inf. Edward moved up in the ranks and became the Sergeant Major of the regiment in July 1862. At the battle of Antietam, on September 17, 1862, he was wounded in the leg. He was subsequently discharged for disability.
Marcus (Mark) enlisted on November 11, 1861, and he too was wounded at Antietam, though only slightly. His company captain, DeWitt Smith, was shot through the hip during the battle. Mark and Dan Sullivan carried him off the field to get his wound dressed. Mark and Dan were tent mates from then on.
The First Minnesota made their fateful charge at Gettysburg, on July 2, 1863. As the men fought to buy the Union army a few precious minutes to bring up their reserves, Mark fell mortally wounded. He lingered for a few days at the field hospital but died on July 5, 1863.
Dan Sullivan mentioned him in a letter to a friend when he spoke about the battle of Gettysburg:
"...you have seen the list of the kild and wounded but the best Boys in the Company got kild. Mark Past got kild. Him and I been together since the battle of Antietam. I felt bad when I saw him die..."
Capt Christopher Heffelfinger of Company D later noted that Marcus was buried in the Citizen's Evergreen cemetery adjoining the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
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