Bio of Hendricks, Marquis L. (b.1840) Wabasha Co., MN
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Hendricks, Marquis L., farmer, was born in Edwards County, Illinois, in
1840. Nearly all his life was passed on a farm, and part of his education
was supplied by the schools of Wabasha. He was employed a short time on
the river, and then engaged in farming in Greenfield Township, where he
now resides. In religious faith he adheres to the teaching of his father,
and has always been a firm supporter of the Republican party. In 1865 he
married Miss Asenath Hilt, of Greenfield, who bore him six children. They
have been christened Lillie, Charles, Gertie, Fred, Artie, and Clara. Mr.
Hendricks was the sixth man who enlisted from Wabasha County in the
country's service on the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion. He enlisted
in April, 1861, in Co. I, First Minnesota regiment, and took part in
thirty-two active engagements, beside skirmishes. The following reference
to the services of this worthy patriot is taken from the Wabasha Herald of
May, 1864: "Return Of A Veteran Marquis L. Hendricks, one of the original
First Minnesota Volunteers, returned to his home in the town of
Greenfield, this county, last Friday. We had the honor of crossing palms
with this veteran of thirty- two engagements. He is a young man of
unassuming manners and gentlemanly in his deportment. The stuff that
patriots are made of is embodied largely in his composition. He served in
the First Minnesota until November, 1862, at which time he was transferred
to the First United States Regular Cavalry, in which regiment he fought in
some fifteen successive engagements. On account of the daring valor he had
displayed on former occasions, he was designated as a dispatch bearer at
the battle of Fredericksburg. In which engagement he had two horses shot
under him and received a wound in the arm a buckshot having passed through
the fleshy part of his arm midway between the elbow and writs. In this
same engagement a fragment of shell, weighing about half an ounce, struck
him in the neck, yet he did not give up the field until nightfall put an
end to the bloody strife. He was mustered out of the service a few days
since at Culpepper, Virginia, with the few other survivors of the original
gallant and glorious First having served three years with honor and credit
to his country. It has been truly said, that it is more of an honor to
boast of having belonged to the Minnesota First, than to command the
finest regiment that was ever sent to the field from the Empire of
Keystone States.