Keywords: MEMBERS OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY WITH EQUIPMENT WHICH IS A PART OF THE HERITAGE OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA - NARA - 558273.jpg Scope and content MEMBERS OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY WITH EQUIPMENT WHICH IS A PART OF THE HERITAGE OF NEW ULM MINNESOTA THE BATTERY WAS FORMED AS A SELF DEFENSE MEASURE AFTER THE GREAT SIOUX UPRISING IN 1862 INDIANS NEVER ATTACKED AGAIN AND THE UNIT NOW SERVES ONLY A CEREMONIAL FUNCTION WITH CANNON SALUTES ON HOLIDAYS UNIFORMS WERE COPIES FROM THAT OF A CIVIL TEAMS OF 16 DRAFT HORSES PULL THE CANNONS AND CAISSONS WHILE SIX RIDING HORSES CARRY THE OFFICERS ENLISTED MEN RIDE ON THE EQUIPMENT MEMBERSHIP IS FULL AT 42 MEMBERS THE TOWN SUPPORTS THE BATTERY FINANCIALLY General notes 558273 Local identifier 412-DA-15823 Environmental Protection Agency 12/02/1970 - NARA-Author Abrams Nancy 1953- Photographer 8464502 <br /> New Ulm Brown Minnesota United States North and Central America inhabited place 4202438 44 3 -94 45 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 10/1974 Record group Record Group 412 Records of the Environmental Protection Agency 1944 - 2006 Record group ARC 708 DOCUMERICA The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern compiled 1972 - 1977 Series ARC 542493 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers Agency-Assigned Identifier 264/43/015823<br /> NAIL Control Number NWDNS-412-DA-15823 Other versions <gallery> File MEMBERS_OF_THE_NEW_ULM_BATTERY_WITH_EQUIPMENT_WHICH_IS_A_PART_OF_THE_HERITAGE_OF_NEW_ULM _MINNESOTA_-_NARA_-_558273 tif tif File MEMBERS_OF_THE_NEW_ULM_BATTERY_WITH_EQUIPMENT_WHICH_IS_A_PART_OF_THE_HERITAGE_OF_NEW_ULM _MINNESOTA_-_NARA_-_558273 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov New Ulm Battery NARA images of Minnesota Battery 1974 in Minnesota October 1974 in Minnesota |