A Short History of the First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer
InfantryApril 27, 1861 – Ten companies reported at Ft. Snelling.
REGIMENTAL BATTLES AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT DATES June 22, 1861 –
The First Leaves for Washington D.C. arriving at midnight, June
26th. July 21, 1861 – BATTLE OF BULL RUN The First fell in at
2:00 a.m. and started marching four hours later. The regiment
was ordered to support Rickett’s Battery in an attack on Henry
House Hill. Cos. ‘A’ & ‘F’ led the attack, and were separated
from the regiment to the right of the battery by the confusion
in deploying the guns. Colonel Gorman ordered the men to hold
fire on the attacking 33rd Virginia because he thought they were
Yankees. Ricketts battery was lost and recaptured several times
before finally falling to the rebels. In between the rebel
attacks the regiment received grape and canister from a masked
battery. Javan Irvine, a civilian attached to Co. A, captured
the Lt. Col. of the 2nd Mississippi, the highest ranking
Confederate taken that day. Sg