1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment

1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
	The Regimental Banner of the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment consists of one layer of blue silk with a gold fringe border and the unofficial Minnesota state seal painted in the center with the Minnesota State Motto over it in gold pigment. Beneath the seal is a painted red ribbon reading "FIRST MINNESOTA VOLUNTEERS." Two gold shields list the battles fought by the 1st Minnesota before April of 1863. The Regimental Banner should not be confused with the Regiment’s Battle Flag, which was the U.S. flag with the letters "M" and "N" sewn in gold fabric across the stripes. It should also not be confused with the Flag of Minnesota which did not have its first version adopted until 1883 and was later revised on three other occasions.
Active	April 29, 1861, to April 2, 1864 (July 15, 1865 as 1st Minnesota Infantry Battalion)
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Equipment	M1861 Springfield .58 Rifle-musket; M1842 Springfield .69 Smoothbore; M1842 Springfield .69 Rifle-musket; M1855 Springfield .58 Rifle-musket ; Sharps Rifle (Company L only)
Engagements	American Civil War Manassas Campaign First Battle of Bull Run; ; McClellan's Operations in Northern Virginia Battle of Ball's Bluff; ; Peninsula Campaign Siege of Yorktown (Not Engaged); Battle of Seven Pines; Battle of Savage's Station; Battle of Glendale (Not Engaged); Battle of Malvern Hill (In Reserve); ; Northern Virginia Campaign Second Battle of Bull Run (Rearguard); ; Maryland Campaign Battle of Antietam; ; Fredericksburg Campaign Battle of Fredericksburg (In Reserve); ; Chancellorsville Campaign Second Battle of Fredericksburg; ; Gettysburg Campaign Battle of Gettysburg; ; Bristoe Campaign Battle of Bristoe Station; ; Mine Run Campaign Battle of Mine Run (Not Engaged); ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Colonel Willis A. Gorman; Colonel Napoleon J.T. Dana; Colonel Alfred Sully; Colonel George N. Morgan; Colonel William J. Colvill

The 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment was a Union infantry regiment active during the American Civil War. The 1st Minnesota participated in the battles of First Bull Run, Antietam and the Battle of Gettysburg. The regiment's most famous action occurred on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg when Major General Winfield Scott Hancock ordered the 1st Minnesota to charge into a brigade of 1200 Confederate soldiers. This action blunted the Confederate attack and helped preserve the Union's precarious position on Cemetery Ridge.

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