Reverend Henry Nathan HerrickHenry N. Herrick

Name: Henry N. Herrick
Company: A, Field & Staff
Enlisted March 21, 1864, as Private in Company A; discharged [June?] 10, 1864, for promotion as Chaplain.
Birth
  • Date:  1832
  • Place: 
Mustered In
  • Date: March 21, 1864
  • Rank: Private
  • Age: 32
  • Residence prior to military service: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  • Vocation prior to military service: Baptist Minister
Death
  • Date: 1886
  • Place:
  • Burial:
Mustered Out
  • Date: September 6, 1865
  • Rank: Chaplain
  • Age: about 33
  • Residence following military service: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  • Vocation following military service: Baptist Minister

Rev. Henry and AnnA Herrick, 1857

Henry N. Herrick Biography and Civil War Narrative

Henry Nathan Herrick was a Free Will Baptist minister in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. He was the son of Nathan Herrick and the brother of George William (1838-1887), Albert Elisha, and Louisa Mary Herrick. In 1857 he married Anna Strickler, born in 1834. He was the third and final Chaplain who served the spiritual needs of the 5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

The Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) has in its library a collection of the "Henry N. Herrick and family papers, 1851-1956." They include biographical and genealogical data and memorabilia of the Herrick, Strickler, and other families. According to the MHS Library Catalog listing, "Herrick’s letters, reports, and diary during his Civil War service . . . trace the regiment’s movements and activities in the South and discuss religious and moral aspects of army and civilian life, war damage, and (briefly) his work with the Freedmen’s Bureau in Demopolis, Alabama (May-July, 1865). Also included are miscellaneous family letters; Herrick’s sermons and notebooks (undated and 1852-1861); his diary (1870) of a trip to view cathedrals and historic sites in Europe; other diaries of Henry (1857-1860, 1867-1872) and Anna (1864-1865); and a five-page register of marriages, probably in Minneapolis (1863-1871)."



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