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Lieutenant Thomas P. Gere grew up in 1842 in the Wellsburg, Nyc. He enlisted on the fifth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment at ages 19, mustering when you look at the on the January 17, 1862. He was promoted so you can first sergeant into March 5 of this 12 months then to help you next lieutenant to your e first lieutenant and you can adjutant. He was nineteen years old and you can dependent from the Fort Ridgely into the 1862 if You.S.-Dakota War bankrupt out.