Hesselgrave was employed in nearly all the St. Paul offices
at various times. He was lieutenant in the First Minnesota Heavy
Artillery, and is now engaged in farming in the Minnesota valley.
William A. Hill came to St. Paul during the early '50s. He was a
member of the Seventh Minnesota.
Ole Johnson was a member of the First Minnesota regiment, and died in
a hospital in Virginia.
William F. Russel, a compositor on the Pioneer, organized a company of
sharpshooters in St. Paul, and they served throughout the war in the
army of the Potomac.
S. Teverbaugh and H.I. Vance were territorial printers, and were both
in the army, but served in regiments outside the state.
There were a large number of other printers in the military service
during the civil war, but they were not territorial printers and their
names are not included in the above list.
TERRITORIAL PRINTERS IN CIVIL LIFE.
One of the brightest of the many bright young men who came to
Minnesota at an early day was Mr. James Mills. For a time he worked on
the case at the old Pioneer office, but was soon transferred to the
editorial department, where he remained for a number of years. After
the war he returned to Pittsburgh, his former home, and is now and for
a number of years has been editor-in-chief of the Pittsburgh Post.
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