The First Minnesota
A newspaper that Library of Congress catalog records describe as a publication of the First Minnesota Regiment of Union troops which occupied Berryville, issued with the Berryville Conservator in March 1862; it ceased that year.
What the sources support
The Library of Congress catalog record for The First Minnesota gives its first issue as Vol. 1, no. 1, of March 11, 1862, records that the paper ceased in 1862 and that the March 11 issue also appeared in a second edition, and notes that it was issued with the Berryville Conservator of March 11, 1862.
See the source and its limits
The Library of Congress catalog record for The First Minnesota gives its first issue as Vol. 1, no. 1, of March 11, 1862, records that the paper ceased in 1862 and that the March 11 issue also appeared in a second edition, and notes that it was issued with the Berryville Conservator of March 11, 1862.
What the source supports
That a paper titled The First Minnesota began and ended in 1862, and was issued together with a Berryville title.
Uncertainty
A catalog record, not an issue: no page of the paper has been read, and the Library of Congress holds no digitized issues. The notes are quoted as this project recorded them from the catalog in 2026. This record dates the joint issue March 11, 1862, while the Berryville Conservator's record gives March 12; both are kept.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The First Minnesota's catalog record notes.
The First Minnesota, Library of Congress catalog record sn85025195
Library of Congress
Locator: Catalog record notes, as quoted in this project's register of Clarke County newspaper titles
Relevant passageVol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 11, 1862)- ... Ceased in 1862. ... Issue for Mar. 11, 1862 also published in a second ed. ... Issued with: Berryville conservator, Mar. 11, 1862.
Checked: Catalog index only. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: loc-catalog. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-14. How this project checks its sources
The Library of Congress catalog record for the Berryville Conservator notes that its title "may have been coined by the occupying Union troops," and that it was issued with the First Minnesota of March 12, 1862, "a publication of the First Minnesota Regiment of Union troops which occupied the town."
See the source and its limits
The Library of Congress catalog record for the Berryville Conservator notes that its title "may have been coined by the occupying Union troops," and that it was issued with the First Minnesota of March 12, 1862, "a publication of the First Minnesota Regiment of Union troops which occupied the town."
What the source supports
That the national catalog describes The First Minnesota as the paper of a Union regiment occupying Berryville, issued with a local title in March 1862.
Uncertainty
A cataloger's note, not a contemporary account, and it hedges its statement about the Conservator's title. Nothing about the First Minnesota Regiment's movements has been checked here, and no issue of either paper has been read. This record's March 12 date differs from the March 11 in The First Minnesota's own record.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The Berryville Conservator's catalog record notes.
Berryville Conservator, Library of Congress catalog record sn85038632
Library of Congress
Locator: Catalog record notes, as quoted in this project's register of Clarke County newspaper titles
Relevant passageThe title 'Berryville conservator' may have been coined by the occupying Union troops. ... Issued with: First Minnesota, Mar. 12, 1862, a publication of the First Minnesota Regiment of Union troops which occupied the town.
Checked: Catalog index only. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: loc-catalog. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: contextualizes. The First Minnesota's own record, which dates the joint issue March 11.
The First Minnesota, Library of Congress catalog record sn85025195
Library of Congress
Locator: Catalog record notes, as quoted in this project's register of Clarke County newspaper titles
Relevant passageVol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 11, 1862)- ... Ceased in 1862. ... Issue for Mar. 11, 1862 also published in a second ed. ... Issued with: Berryville conservator, Mar. 11, 1862.
Checked: Catalog index only. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: loc-catalog. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-14. How this project checks its sources
See a related record at the Clarke County Historical Association
Also indexed as: First Minnesota.
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