The first meeting of the ninth year of the Cannon Valley Civil War Roundtable will meet at 6 p.m. at the Boston Pizza and Bar, Faribault, MN, on September 19, 2013. The speaker for the evening will be Governor Henry H. Sibley (AKA Michael Eckers). After the presentation there will be a question and answer period. $5.00 for non-members, members free.
Henry Hastings Sibley was the first Governor of MN (1858-1860). He was born in Michigan and was in command in at least four major battles in the U.S. Dakota War of 1862.
For more information call DAN Peterson at 507 459 3140 or contact him at dnl1.peterson@gmail.com
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