2ND MINNESOTA INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1893
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: DALE K. BENINGTON
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE SECOND REGIMENT MINNESOTA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY OCCUPIED THIS POSITION SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1863 FROM 2:30PM TO 7:30PM. SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINING IT AGAINST REPEATED ASSAULTS BY THE ENEMY, AND WITHDRAWING ONLY AFTER THE ATTEMPT TO TAKE IT HAD BEEN ABANDONED.
HAVING 384 MEN ENGAGED, ITS LOSS WAS 34 KILLED, 114 WOUNDED, AND 14 MEN (DETAILED FOR CARE OF WOUNDED) WERE CAPTURED; TOTAL LOSS 42 PERCENT.
“THE UNION: IT MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED”
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