Famous Internments

James Heaton Baker

Civil War general and national public servant.

From battlefield leadership to U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, Baker’s career extended far beyond Minnesota.

Milton Hanna

Medal of Honor recipient and Civil War veteran.

One of sixteen soldiers who held off 125 cavalry to save a Union wagon train at Nolensville.

Lovilo Holmes

Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army officer.

Honored for extraordinary bravery during the 1863 defense of a wagon train in Tennessee.

Maud Hart Lovelace

Beloved author and creator of the Betsy-Tacy series.

Her stories of childhood in Mankato became classics read by generations.

Florence Mary MacBeth

International opera soprano with Mankato roots.

From her debut as Gilda in Rigoletto to major opera houses and national radio, MacBeth carried her voice — and her hometown — onto the world stage.

Edmund Mann Pope

Civil War cavalry commander and brevet brigadier general.

Serving on General George A. Custer’s staff and leading the 8th New York Cavalry through the Appomattox campaign, Pope’s wartime leadership extended from New York to Minnesota.

Morton Smith Wilkinson

U.S. Senator during the Civil War and architect of early Minnesota politics.

A close ally of Abraham Lincoln, Wilkinson helped shape state and national policy during the defining years of war and reconstruction.