1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery Regiment

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1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery Regiment
Minnesota Artillery Battery Colors
Active	November, 1864 to September 27, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Artillery
Engagements	None
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel William J. Colvill

The 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery Regiment was a Minnesota USV artillery regiment during the American Civil War.

Service

The 1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery Regiment mustered in at

. The 1st Minnesota Heavy was composed of twelve companies / batteries, of 140 men plus officers in each. It was the largest unit Minnesota sent to war numbering 1700 men.

The regiment was assigned to garrison duty at Chattanooga, Tennessee. There it was in charge of the heavy guns at forts defending the city in anticipation Southern General John Hood might try and retake the Chattanooga. The regiment saw no combat, remained there until the close of the war. The 1st Minnesota "Heavies" were mustered out of service on September 27, 1865.

Legacy

Albert Woolson, who was a 14-year-old company drummer in the regiment, became the last surviving veteran of the American Civil War from either side after passing away in 1956.

Commanding officers

• Lt. Colonel Luther L. Baxter, February 25, 1865, to April 26, 1865.
• Colonel
  William Colvill
  , April 26, 1865, to May 6, 1865.
• Colonel Luther L. Baxter, May 7, 1865, to September 27, 1865.

Casualties and total strength

The regiment lost 87 enlisted men to disease. Many more suffered from scurvy and would never regain complete health.[1]

References

• OL 7088819M
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• The Union Army; A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65, Vol 4. Federal Publishing Co. 1908.

External links

• The Civil War Archive
• Minnesota Historical Society page on Minnesota and the Civil War

See also

• List of Minnesota Civil War Units