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April 14 |
The first Regiment tendered to the government by any state |
April 29, 1861 |
Organized under first call at Fort Snelling, Minn., and mustered in for three months |
May 10, to date from April 29 |
Reorganized for three years service |
May 28 |
Companies B and G moved to Fort Ridgly, Minn |
May 29 |
Company A moved to Fort Ripley |
June 6 |
Company E moved to Fort Ripley |
June 10 |
Companies C and D moved to Fort Abercrombie |
June 21 |
Regiment reunited at Fort Snelling under orders for Washington, D. C. |
June 22-26 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
July 3 |
To Alexandria. Attached to Franklin's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run |
August |
Attached to Stone's Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
August 2-7 |
Moved to Seneca Mills, Md. |
August 16 |
To near Edward's Ferry, duty guarding Upper Potomac |
October, 1861 |
Attached to Gorman's Brigade, Stone's (Sedgwick's) Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 11-23 |
Operations about Ball's Bluff |
October 21 |
Battle of Ball's Bluff |
October 21 |
Leesburg Road (2 Cos.) |
October 22 |
Goose Creek and near Edward's Ferry |
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February 25-March 15 |
Advance toward Winchester, Va.; At Bolivar Heights |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 22 |
Moved to Washington and Alexandria |
March 22-April 1 |
thence to Hampton, Va. |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 7 |
West Point |
May 9-23 |
Advance to the Chickahominy |
May 27-28 |
Built Grape Vine Bridge |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard, Allen's Farm and Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak swamp and Glendale |
July 1 and August 5 |
Malvern Hill; |
August 16 |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-28 |
Moved to Alexandria, then march to Centerville |
August 30 |
Cover Pope's retreat to Washington |
September 1-2 |
Near Chantilly and Flint River |
September 2 |
Vienna |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Battles of South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Antietam |
September 22 |
March to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and duty there |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Charlestown |
October 30-
November 17 |
March up Loudon Valley and to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
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At Falmouth |
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April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations about Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
June 12-July 24 |
Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign |
June 25 |
Haymarket
Colonel Colville's horse is killed by Stuart's Horse Artillery in a skirmsh |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment entered the field 420 strong, of whom 32 men (Company L) were serving as skirmishers and 56 men (Company C) were detached to the division during the famous charge. Fifty men were killed, 173 wounded and 1 missing.
Colonel William Colville led the men into action and was wounded during the charge on July 2nd. Captain Nathan Messick took over command only to be killed the next day during the repulse of Pickett's Charge. He was followed in command by Captain Wilson B. Farrell, also killed at this time, and finally by Captain Henry C. Coates.
From the main monument at Gettysburg:
"On the afternoon of July 2, 1863 Sickles Third Corps having advanced from this line to the Emmitsburg road eight companies of the First Minnesota regiment numbering 262 men were sent to this place to support a battery. Upon Sickles' repulse as his men were passing here in confused retreat two Confederate brigades in pursuit were crossing the swale.To gain time to bring up the reserves and save this position General Hancock in person ordered the eight companies to charge the rapidly advancing enemy. The order was instantly repeated by Col. Wm. Colville and the charge instantly made down the slope at full speed through the concentrate fire of the two brigades breaking with the bayonet the enemy's front line as it was crossing the small brook in the low ground. There the remnant of the eight companies nearly surrounded by the enemy held its entire force at bay for a considerable timeand till it retired on the approach of the reserve the charge successfully accomplished its object. It saved the position and probably the battlefield. The loss of the eight companies in the charge was 215 killed and wounded, more than 85 percent. 47 men were still in line and no missing. In self-sacrificing desperate valor this charge has no parallel in any war. The next day the regiment participated in repelling Pickett's charge losing 17 more men killed and wounded."
From the smaller monument: "On July 3d, 1863 the survivors of this regiment aided here in repelling Picketts Charge and ran hence to the aid of Webb's Brigade taking a conspicuous part in the counter-charge which successfully ended the conflict. Losing then17 additional killed and wounded and capturing a Confederate flag. There Captains Nathan S. Messick and Wilson B. Farrel successively commanding the regiment were killed. Total killed and wounded in the battle 232 out of 330 engaged." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
July 31-August 15 |
At Kelly's Ford, Va. |
August 15-
September 16 |
Detached for duty in New York during draft disturbances |
September 16 |
Rejoined Brigade near Culpeper |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Bristoe Station |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
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At Kelly's Ford |
November 26-
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
Robertson's Tavern |
November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
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Camp at Stevensburg, Va. |
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February 5 |
Ordered home for muster out |
February |
Dept. of the Northwest |
April 29 |
Moved to Fort Snelling, Minn., and duty there until |
April 29 |
Mustered out; expiration of term
Veterans and Recruits organized into two Companies as 1st Minnesota Battalion Infantry. At Fort Snelling, Minn. |
May 16-22 |
Moved to Washington, D.C.,then to White House |
June 12 |
Joined 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac at Cold Harbor, Va. |
July 12-15 |
Moved to Petersburg, Va. |
June 16-18 |
Assaults on Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration north of the James |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
August 25 |
Weldon Railroad |
October 27-29 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-11 |
Raid on Weldon Railroad |
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February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 25 |
Watkins' House |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29-31 |
Hatcher's Run, Boydton Road |
March 31 |
Crow's House |
April 2 |
Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge and Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House, surrender of Lee and his army |
May 2-12 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 6-9 |
Moved to Louisville and duty there |
July 15 |
Mustered out |
