Civil War soldier from Chatfield, Minnesota; son of Lyman Case and Mary Ann Blood. He left town on June 22, 1861 with fellow citizen soldiers to go fight for the Union. He was 22 years of age when he enlisted as a Private on June 26, 1861. He was assigned to Company A, 2nd Minnesota Infantry, which was mustered at Fort Snelling, Minn. from June 26 through August 23. During this time, they served in detachments at various posts in Minnesota. They were assembled as a regiment on September 20, 1861 and sent to Kentucky on October 14. They spent the remainder of that year in garrison. In early 1861, they moved to Lebanon Junction and then on to Logan's Crossroads. The first battle in which they were heavily engaged took place on January 19, 1862 when they fought in the Battle of Mill Springs. During the battle, as the enemy advanced with fixed bayonets, the Minnesota boys gave a blood-curdling "Indian yell" as they came up to them. As the enemy gave way, the 2nd Minnesota soldiers were so close to the Confederates that they pulled the guns out of their hands. The battlefield was open, with nothing but a fence between them, and Pvt. David Griffin, a soldier in Company F, later remarked "Fortunately for our side, they shot too high."
Griffin mentioned Pvt. Case's name when he wrote a letter home after the battle:
Our boys had a great time in pilaging the tents. They found clothing of all kinds and quality, watches, jewelry, swords, knifes, pistols, daguerreotypes, letters, keepsakes, and most everything that you can think of. We could not fetch any great deal with us for we had no way to carry it. I got me a nice grey coat which belonged to a lieutenant in the secesh army, which I have got done up and have put in a trunk that Norman Case got and is going to send it home by express...
The regiment next served in the campaign at Corinth and lost some troops in a skirmish at Toscombia, Alabama. Still in Kentucky, they they fought in the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862. Then came the battle during which the regiment experienced its greatest losses during the war - the Battle of Chickamauga.
By this time, Pvt. Case had been promoted to Full Corporal. On the morning of September 19, 1863, heavy fighting began as Confederate General Bragg's men assaulted the Union line. The 2nd Minnesota held their part of the line, but Corp. Case was killed during the heavy fighting.
The battle would come to be the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union Army had held the line throughout the first day of battle, but in the late morning of the next day, Union General Rosecrans had been incorrectly informed that he had a gap in his line. When he moved units to reinforce the supposed gap, he created an actual gap which Confederate Gen. Longstreet's troops quickly exploited.
In his official casualty report, M. C. Tolman, Surgeon for the Second Minnesota and Medical Director for the Third Division, gave his opinion of the men's costly performance of their duty: "The regiment behaved most gallantly; not a man left the ranks but that was known to be either killed or wounded..."
-Biography by C. K. Coffin
Sources:
Griffin, David. Letters of Company F, 2nd Minnesota Infantry, edited by Joan W. Albertson in "Letters Home to Minnesota," P. D. Enterprises, Spokane, Washington.
Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903. Ancestry.com. Note: Headstone record for Norman Case gives date of death as Sept 20, 1863.
Minnesota Board of Commissioners. (1892.) Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865, Vol. II, Page 386.
Norman E. Case
Residence was not listed; 22 years old.
Enlisted on 6/26/1861 as a Private.
On 6/26/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. MN 2nd Infantry
He was Killed on 9/19/1863 at Chickamauga, GA
Promotions:
* Corpl 7/22/1862
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65
- Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866
- Photo courtesy of Dennis Johnson
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
Griffin mentioned Pvt. Case's name when he wrote a letter home after the battle:
Our boys had a great time in pilaging the tents. They found clothing of all kinds and quality, watches, jewelry, swords, knifes, pistols, daguerreotypes, letters, keepsakes, and most everything that you can think of. We could not fetch any great deal with us for we had no way to carry it. I got me a nice grey coat which belonged to a lieutenant in the secesh army, which I have got done up and have put in a trunk that Norman Case got and is going to send it home by express...
The regiment next served in the campaign at Corinth and lost some troops in a skirmish at Toscombia, Alabama. Still in Kentucky, they they fought in the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862. Then came the battle during which the regiment experienced its greatest losses during the war - the Battle of Chickamauga.
By this time, Pvt. Case had been promoted to Full Corporal. On the morning of September 19, 1863, heavy fighting began as Confederate General Bragg's men assaulted the Union line. The 2nd Minnesota held their part of the line, but Corp. Case was killed during the heavy fighting.
The battle would come to be the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union Army had held the line throughout the first day of battle, but in the late morning of the next day, Union General Rosecrans had been incorrectly informed that he had a gap in his line. When he moved units to reinforce the supposed gap, he created an actual gap which Confederate Gen. Longstreet's troops quickly exploited.
In his official casualty report, M. C. Tolman, Surgeon for the Second Minnesota and Medical Director for the Third Division, gave his opinion of the men's costly performance of their duty: "The regiment behaved most gallantly; not a man left the ranks but that was known to be either killed or wounded..."
-Biography by C. K. Coffin
Sources:
Griffin, David. Letters of Company F, 2nd Minnesota Infantry, edited by Joan W. Albertson in "Letters Home to Minnesota," P. D. Enterprises, Spokane, Washington.
Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903. Ancestry.com. Note: Headstone record for Norman Case gives date of death as Sept 20, 1863.
Minnesota Board of Commissioners. (1892.) Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865, Vol. II, Page 386.
Norman E. Case
Residence was not listed; 22 years old.
Enlisted on 6/26/1861 as a Private.
On 6/26/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. MN 2nd Infantry
He was Killed on 9/19/1863 at Chickamauga, GA
Promotions:
* Corpl 7/22/1862
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65
- Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866
- Photo courtesy of Dennis Johnson
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
Civil War soldier from Chatfield, Minnesota; son of Lyman Case and Mary Ann Blood. He left town on June 22, 1861 with fellow citizen soldiers to go fight for the Union. He was 22 years of age when he enlisted as a Private on June 26, 1861. He was assigned to Company A, 2nd Minnesota Infantry, which was mustered at Fort Snelling, Minn. from June 26 through August 23. During this time, they served in detachments at various posts in Minnesota. They were assembled as a regiment on September 20, 1861 and sent to Kentucky on October 14. They spent the remainder of that year in garrison. In early 1861, they moved to Lebanon Junction and then on to Logan's Crossroads. The first battle in which they were heavily engaged took place on January 19, 1862 when they fought in the Battle of Mill Springs. During the battle, as the enemy advanced with fixed bayonets, the Minnesota boys gave a blood-curdling "Indian yell" as they came up to them. As the enemy gave way, the 2nd Minnesota soldiers were so close to the Confederates that they pulled the guns out of their hands. The battlefield was open, with nothing but a fence between them, and Pvt. David Griffin, a soldier in Company F, later remarked "Fortunately for our side, they shot too high."
Griffin mentioned Pvt. Case's name when he wrote a letter home after the battle:
Our boys had a great time in pilaging the tents. They found clothing of all kinds and quality, watches, jewelry, swords, knifes, pistols, daguerreotypes, letters, keepsakes, and most everything that you can think of. We could not fetch any great deal with us for we had no way to carry it. I got me a nice grey coat which belonged to a lieutenant in the secesh army, which I have got done up and have put in a trunk that Norman Case got and is going to send it home by express...
The regiment next served in the campaign at Corinth and lost some troops in a skirmish at Toscombia, Alabama. Still in Kentucky, they they fought in the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862. Then came the battle during which the regiment experienced its greatest losses during the war - the Battle of Chickamauga.
By this time, Pvt. Case had been promoted to Full Corporal. On the morning of September 19, 1863, heavy fighting began as Confederate General Bragg's men assaulted the Union line. The 2nd Minnesota held their part of the line, but Corp. Case was killed during the heavy fighting.
The battle would come to be the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union Army had held the line throughout the first day of battle, but in the late morning of the next day, Union General Rosecrans had been incorrectly informed that he had a gap in his line. When he moved units to reinforce the supposed gap, he created an actual gap which Confederate Gen. Longstreet's troops quickly exploited.
In his official casualty report, M. C. Tolman, Surgeon for the Second Minnesota and Medical Director for the Third Division, gave his opinion of the men's costly performance of their duty: "The regiment behaved most gallantly; not a man left the ranks but that was known to be either killed or wounded..."
-Biography by C. K. Coffin
Sources:
Griffin, David. Letters of Company F, 2nd Minnesota Infantry, edited by Joan W. Albertson in "Letters Home to Minnesota," P. D. Enterprises, Spokane, Washington.
Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903. Ancestry.com. Note: Headstone record for Norman Case gives date of death as Sept 20, 1863.
Minnesota Board of Commissioners. (1892.) Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865, Vol. II, Page 386.
Norman E. Case
Residence was not listed; 22 years old.
Enlisted on 6/26/1861 as a Private.
On 6/26/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. MN 2nd Infantry
He was Killed on 9/19/1863 at Chickamauga, GA
Promotions:
* Corpl 7/22/1862
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65
- Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866
- Photo courtesy of Dennis Johnson
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
Griffin mentioned Pvt. Case's name when he wrote a letter home after the battle:
Our boys had a great time in pilaging the tents. They found clothing of all kinds and quality, watches, jewelry, swords, knifes, pistols, daguerreotypes, letters, keepsakes, and most everything that you can think of. We could not fetch any great deal with us for we had no way to carry it. I got me a nice grey coat which belonged to a lieutenant in the secesh army, which I have got done up and have put in a trunk that Norman Case got and is going to send it home by express...
The regiment next served in the campaign at Corinth and lost some troops in a skirmish at Toscombia, Alabama. Still in Kentucky, they they fought in the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862. Then came the battle during which the regiment experienced its greatest losses during the war - the Battle of Chickamauga.
By this time, Pvt. Case had been promoted to Full Corporal. On the morning of September 19, 1863, heavy fighting began as Confederate General Bragg's men assaulted the Union line. The 2nd Minnesota held their part of the line, but Corp. Case was killed during the heavy fighting.
The battle would come to be the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union Army had held the line throughout the first day of battle, but in the late morning of the next day, Union General Rosecrans had been incorrectly informed that he had a gap in his line. When he moved units to reinforce the supposed gap, he created an actual gap which Confederate Gen. Longstreet's troops quickly exploited.
In his official casualty report, M. C. Tolman, Surgeon for the Second Minnesota and Medical Director for the Third Division, gave his opinion of the men's costly performance of their duty: "The regiment behaved most gallantly; not a man left the ranks but that was known to be either killed or wounded..."
-Biography by C. K. Coffin
Sources:
Griffin, David. Letters of Company F, 2nd Minnesota Infantry, edited by Joan W. Albertson in "Letters Home to Minnesota," P. D. Enterprises, Spokane, Washington.
Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903. Ancestry.com. Note: Headstone record for Norman Case gives date of death as Sept 20, 1863.
Minnesota Board of Commissioners. (1892.) Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865, Vol. II, Page 386.
Norman E. Case
Residence was not listed; 22 years old.
Enlisted on 6/26/1861 as a Private.
On 6/26/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. MN 2nd Infantry
He was Killed on 9/19/1863 at Chickamauga, GA
Promotions:
* Corpl 7/22/1862
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65
- Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866
- Photo courtesy of Dennis Johnson
(c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
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