George N. Lamphere

George Lamphere was born August 23, 1845 at Mystic, Connecticut.  He enlisted in 1862 to fight in the Civil War until he was wounded in the arm and captured in April 1864 at Plymouth, North Carolina.  After leaving the civil service, Mr. Lamphere moved to Moorhead, Minnesota and worked in real estate and insurance until he purchased Moorhead Daily News in 1883.

Mr. Lamphere ws the author of numerous articles and in 1880 published a book, The United States Government.  The collection includes two manuscripts, an account of Mr. Lamphere's 1917 trip east (incomplete), and a photostate copy of Experiences and Observations of a Private Soldier in the Civil War.   He also briefly edited the Palouse Republic, the newspaper of Palouse, Washington.

See also George N. Lamphere Family photograph collection under Moorhead, Minn.
 

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