Charles J. Stees 6th MinnesotaA waist up view of the bearded Stees. Back marked Whitney’s Gallery, St Paul. Stees wrote the history of the Company G of the 6^th Minn. Identified from the Minnesota Historical Society as well as HDS.

Charles J. Stees

A N A R R O W E S C A P E

On Tuesday evening last, Lieutenant Charles J Stees, of Company G, 6th Regiment, Adjutant & Lieutenant Florian E Snow and Mr Litchfield of the M & P R R, were coming down the steep hill from Ft Snelling to the ferry, when the breeching gave way and the horses ran down an almost perpendicular bank into a gully, breaking the buggy in to pieces and throwing its occupants out. They were all more less bruised, principally on the face and head, but by large a real miracle, to judge from the frightful plunge they took, escaped any serious injury.

Adjutant Snow was taken back to the Fort, and his wound, a cut over the eye, dressed. He will be about in a day or two, however. Lieutenant Stees’ only misfortune is in being compelled to appear in public with a "beauty spot” on the most prominent facial feature, which does not however, disturb his pleasant good nature, even when rallied by his friends.

THE SAINT PAUL DAILY, St Paul, Minnesota

Thursday, Jan 22, 1863, Vol III, No 21, Page 4