2ND MINNESOTA WAR MEMORIAL

THE SECOND MINNESOTA REGIMENT OF VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, DEPLOYED AS SKIRMISHERS, ATTACKED AND CAPTURED THE LINE OF BREASTWORKS AT THE FOOT OF THIS RIDGE. ABOUT 4 O’CLOCK P.M., NOV. 25, 1863 AND SOON AFTERWARDS PARTICIPATED WITH THE BRIGADE IN THE SUCCESSFUL ASSAULT OF THE MAIN RIDGE AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT FIGHTING THERE ON WITH THE ENEMY COMING FROM THE NORTH END OF THE RIDGE. THE REGIMENT CAPTURED 14 PRISONERS, AND 2 CANNON, AND LOST 8 MEN KILLED AND 31 WOUNDED. OF THE 7 MEN IN THE COLOR GUARD, ALL BUT ONE WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED.