Original accounts and modern commentary on the involvement of the First Minnesota Infantry in the Battle of Gettysburg, which lost more of its members than any other during the US Civil War. A project of the Winona County Historical Society.

One of the first units organized after President Lincoln's call for 75,000 troops in April, 1861. The regiment was quickly filled with enthusiastic men from all parts of Minnesota and was one of the few regiments that received training by a qualified officer, Colonel Gorman.

Learn about the state's 1st infantry and get details about the current reenactment group.