Noah Webster

Name: Noah Webster Company: A Promoted Corporal; discharged for disability
Birth Date: about 1838 Place: probably in Indiana	Mustered In Date: December 19, 1861 Rank: Corporal Age: 23 Residence prior to military service: unknown Vocation prior to military service: unknown
Death Date: unknown Place: unknown Burial: unknown	Mustered Out Date: September 27, 1865 Rank: Corporal Age: about 27 Residence following military service: Possibly Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (1880) Vocation following military service: Possible a druggist (1880)

Noah Webster in the Civil War

Noah Webster was probably the younger brother of Martin Webster, who also served in the 5th Minnesota Regiment, Company A, as Wagoner and Hospital Steward. He enlisted early, on December 19, 1861, and was promoted to the rank of Corporal.

In his letters, Martin Webster gives some glimpses into Noah's life in Company A. He was hospitalized for about 3 weeks around February 1862. He loaned all his money to officers by the end of March 1862, by was having difficulty getting it back. In Mississippi around June 15, 1862, He was "quite sick with the fever." ) On July 19, 1862, following some sentences about the sick and the hospitalized, Martin wrote, "Noah and I think Noah will be sent back to Minnesota." At the end of the same month he wrote that Noah had "started north, probably to Keokuk [Iowa?]." He added: "If he does not get better, he will be discharged." In late September, Martin reports receiving a letter from Noah that he was not much better, that all his money (about $35) had been stolen, that he could not get any back pay until he returned to the regiment or was discharged, and that he had not received any pay since he left Fort Snelling in May. Martin reports another letter received from Noah about November 20, 1862 in which Noah communicates that his health is "not very good" and that "he was going to Redwing [Minnesota] soon."

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