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Corporal Jesse T. Barrick (Civil War) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/tahoma.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, Company H, 3d Minnesota Infantry, for actions near Duck River, Tennessee, May 26 - June 2, 1863. Barrick received a commission as an officer, Company G, 57th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment, in July 1864; he mustered out of service that October. Barrick was born in Ohio but grew up in Minnesota. Barrick, along with his wife, Sarah Ann Strang Barrick, enlisted into the Union Army in 1861. His wife became a nurse in the Union Army. Barrick enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 25 October 1861, joining Company H of the Minnesota 3rd Infantry and attained the rank of corporal. It was while he was in the company that he was scouting along the Duck River in Tennessee between May and June 1863. He captured two members of the Confederate army and held them captive for eight days. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on 3 March 1917 for this act.

Barrick mustered out at the conclusion of the Duck River event but later re-enlisted on December 31, 1863 where he was subsequently promoted to second lieutenant on 10 July 1864, commanding a black platoon in the 57th regiment of the U.S. Colored Infantry. He was discharged a few months later, on 15 October 1864 due to a disability.  After the war, he was involved in the fur trade in Suquamish, Kitsap County, Washington, where he had relocated in 1909. He again moved to Pasco in 1912 where he later died on 3 November 1923. He was initially buried in an unmarked grave in the Pasco City Cemetery in Pasco. His remains were later exhumed in February 2000 and interred at Tahoma National Cemetery. The cemetery's traffic circle is named after Barrick.  https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/1678.
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