Jeremiah Helmer Company H Enlisted 04/29/61 Discharged 02/20/63 Rank Private Wounds wounded Battle Wounded Antietam-leg (slight) Battle Wounded Bull Run-thigh Nativity USA,NY Born 01/01/42 Died unknown Died Where unknown Hometown unknown Vocation unknown

Jeremiah Helmer was born in New York. He was just nineteen when he was mustered into Company H of the First Minnesota on April 29, 1861. He was known as Henry to his comrades. He was wounded twice, the first time at Bull Run. At the battle at Antietam he was slightly wounded in the leg. Henry was discharged for disability on February 20, 1863.

Sources:

The Stillwater Messenger, September 30, 1862.