History of the First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864 [electronic resource]: with maps and illustrations . relievingMajor Downie. For two months during the winterthe regiment performed only ordinary camp duties;no hostile movements Avere undertaken. The groundwas being prepared for a base of operations in thespring against Lees army, which was only a fewmiles away, south of the Rapidan. Roads leading tovarious fords of that river were constructed from and other railroad stations on the Orange &Alexandria, and in the spring Grants immense hostsmarched over them. The F
History of the First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864 [electronic resource]: with maps and illustrations . relievingMajor Downie. For two months during the winterthe regiment performed only ordinary camp duties;no hostile movements Avere undertaken. The groundwas being prepared for a base of operations in thespring against Lees army, which was only a fewmiles away, south of the Rapidan. Roads leading tovarious fords of that river were constructed from and other railroad stations on the Orange &Alexandria, and in the spring Grants immense hostsmarched over them. The First [Minnesota built and corduroyed roadsand performed ordinary guard and fatigue dutiesduring the remainder of its stay A particular ser-vice was picket duty along the Rapidan, a few milesto the southward. The Confederate cavalry and someinfantry were strung along the south bank of theriver for twenty miles, and it was well to keep aneye on them. They were keenly watching the Yan-kees, and the Yankees were as keenly watching Meade nor Lee proposed to be surprised orcaught unawares bv the other. 418. IN MEMOKY OF The First It <?« inn-ill, Minnesota \ l- imteer Infantry. This was the first regiment tenderedto President Lincoln at the outbreakof the Civil War and it served threeyears in the Army of the Potomac,during which time it engaged in thefollowing battles and operations: HullHun, Balls Bluff, Siege of Yorktown,Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, SavagesStation, White Oak Swamp, Hill, Flint Hill, Vienna, SouthMountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg,Ohancellorsville, Haymarket, Gettys-burg, Station, Mine Run. AT GKITYSHI KG The loss of the Regiment on July -,1SH:1, in the charge against the Con-federate brigades of General Barks-dale and General Wilcox, was N2 percent of the men engaged. General Hancock says: I orderedthe men to charge because I saw [must gain five minutes time. Re-inforcements were coming on the run,hut I knew before they could
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