COLONEL WILLIAM COLVILL MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: CANNON FALLS CEMETERY-NORTH ALMOND STREET
City: CANNON FALLS
State: Minnesota
Zip Code: 55009
Type of Memorial: Statues of High Ranking Military Officers
Year Dedicated: 1928
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: KEITH L.
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
COLONEL WILLIAM COLVILL AND THE 1ST REGIMENT MINN. VOLS WHICH HE COMMANDED AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG ON JULY 2ND 1863. THIS WAS THE FIRST REGIMENT TENDERED TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR; AND IT SERVED THREE YEARS IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
THIS IS THE ONLY MICHIGAN STATE MEMORIAL TO HONOR AN INDIVIDUAL.
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