Gibson Trimble (1809–a.1843)	=	Elizabeth Hays (?–183?)

SAMUEL GIBSON TRIMBLE (1833–1863)

	NAME	Samuel Gibson Trimble
	DOB	25 January, 1833
	LOCATION
	DOD	25 November, 1863
	INTERNMENT	Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
	MILITARY SERVICE	First Lieutenant in Company D of the Second Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers
	OCCUPATION	Harness maker

NOTES

Samuel Gibson Trimble mustered into the Second Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers at Fort Snelling (Minneapolis) in 1861. He was killed on 25 November, 1863 at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is buried there at the National Military Cemetery. In a report dated 10 December, 1863, his commanding officer, Lieut Col. Judson W. Bishop, had this to say about his death: “First Lieut. Samuel G. Trimble, a gallant and faithful officer, was shot dead in the extreme front of the fight on the ridge. Beloved and respected by his comrades in life, his death, in the very moment of victory, cast a cloud over our thanksgiving for the triumph for which he gave his life.” (The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Vol. LII, Part I. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898, p. 92.)

	YEAR	LOCATION	HEAD	OCCUPATION	SPOUSE	CHILDREN AT HOME
	1860	1st Ward/St. Paul, Minnesota	George B. Lowry	Saddle and harness maker	Rosana	Samuel G. Trimble, saddle maker (Living with the Lowry family.)

Samuel reunited with his knapsack after 134 years.





The 2nd Minnesota Monument marks the spot where Samuel was slain.
Missionary Ridge is now a beautiful residential neighborhood.



Original photographs (1997) in the possession of John H. Wallace