The Charge of the 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- 12-31-22 NEW related Website! www.GettysburgAnimated.com... Late in the afternoon of Day 2, General Hancock ordered the 1st Minnesota on a suicidal charge, against overwhelming odds, to temporarily halt the Confederate advance against the Union center. While they succeeded in buying time for the Union line to be reinforced, the cost in casualties was a staggering 82%. This video is an animated map tracing the movements of the regiment's heroic day.
Yeah the Spartans were cool, but have you heard of the story of the 1st Minnesota?
I have ! We have the battle flag of the 34th Virginia Infantry proudly displayed at the Minnesota Historical Museum in StPaul.
A proud but very sad trophy from a horrible battle among brothers.
@@johncota1184 I believe it was actually the 28th Virginia's flag. Virginia keeps asking for it's return, but Minnesota keeps saying "No!"
The most amazing part to me is that it was captured the very next day after the terrible losses they endured the second day of the battle.
Served with alpha company 2-135 infantry during the Iraq surge. Our unit is direct descendents of the 1st MN volunteers
we learned about this today in history, Never before have I been prouder to be a Minnesotan
I know this is ten months late, but the 1st Minnesota was one of, if not the 1st volunteer regiments of the war, and they fought at every major battle of the civil war.
As fate would have it, the 1st Mn would be called upon again to repel the Confederate charge at one of the few places where they managed to breach the wall. It's sad that their contribution to the 3-day battle is often overshadowed by the larger battle itself. No greater praise for their actions could be added to what Hancock said of their sacrifice.
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another regiment that deserves more fame than it gets is the 137th New York led by Col. David Ireland, who basically did the same thing as Chamberlain on the other flank.
@@hagamapama I didn't know that.
@hagamapama. Damn right they did! I'm here in Binghamton, New York and this is where the 137th NY Volunteers were mustered and trained. And Colonel Ireland was laid to rest here.
The 1st Minnesota doesn’t get the credit it deserves. First to volunteer, suffered 82% casualties during the charge on the 2nd day, fought in almost every major battle including Bulls Run, Antietam, Freidricksburg, Gettysburg and Appamatox
Gr Gr Gpa showed those southern boys how its done. Hah!
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At 3:46 I thought I heard the narrator say "3rd Minnesota"?
I heard 1st Minnesota
3rd MN served in the Western theater. This is in the East, and is about the 1st MN.
Issac Lynman Taylor was in the 1st. So was his brother...who wrote the final entry into his diary.
July 4 "The owner of this diary was killed by a shell about sunset July 2nd 1863. His face was toward the enemy"
You forgot the part where after the retreat, a PVT in the Minnesots 1st found the Virgnian Battle flag and just took it. Brought it home. Virginia wants it back and Minnesotas response? “Come get it. Sincerely, the 1st Minnesota Infantry”
Best part at a governor meeting in 2000 the the Virginian governor again demanded their flag back, so the then Minnesotain Govener, former Pro wrestler and actor Jesse Ventura said "“Why? We won. … We took it. That makes it our heritage.”
metall, they didn't take the Virginian flag after that suicidal charge on day 2, they took it on day 3, after the remaining Minnesotan's were put on the line near the copse of trees.
@@EllRiverbig kitten Mark Dayton, gave it back.
The flag was captured from picketts charge. Day 3
@@johndemeen5575No, he didn’t. The flag is part of the MN Historical Society’s permanent collection. We’re never giving it back because it’s ours now.
Proud Minnesotan and proud citizen soldier carrying on that legacy in the form of 34th ID, never underestimate the might of MN nice
TO THE LAST MAN!
Usually, it was the Confederate soldier with his blood-curdling "rebel yell" who had the reputation in utilizing the "cold steel" and sent the enemy running. But on July 2nd, 1863, the Yankee soldier held his own with the bayonet. This unbelievably brave instance with the 1st Minnesota, and the 20th Maine on Little Round Top are remarkable actions that saved the Union line.
To those two famed regiments, add the one that should have been right there with them, the 137th New York commanded by Col. David Ireland of Greene's brigade who held the extreme right end of the line on Culp's Hill.
That's some Ride of the Rohirrom shit those boys did.
Death!!!
I've probably walked by that monuments dozens of times in my visits to Gettysburg. Every time I go I learn something new, and all the time I'm gone I learn even more. Thank you so much for putting this desperate action into perspective. I shall have to visit again.
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The main city park of Col. Colville's hometown of Red Wing, MN bears his name.
Josias King, the first volunteer to enlist in the 1st MN, is immortalized in bronze on the Minnesota Civil War memoral column in St Paul.
The 1st MN was the very first regiment volunteered for Federal service in the war.
A spectacular painting of the charge hangs in the public foyer of the Governor's office.
How were they able to charge with the size of their balls? Seem like it would be hard to run
1st MN had an 82% casualty rate at the end of this battle. This is almost exactly the same fate Pickett's men found the next day. Pickett's division had an 83% casualty rate (4,000 out of 4,800). When 4 out of every 5 men are casualties- this means you had some serious heroes on the battlefield that day.
Or some shitty generals
Correct. But, when these people talk about that charge its all about the "heroics" of the defenders despite the fact that 8/10 of a mile was crossed with cannon firing double canister. It takes a vigilant effort to prevent certain facts about that war from being rubbed out.
Not easy for troops to take 80% casualties without breaking.
The difference is that the 1st MN wasn't squandered like Pickett's men were. They bought time to stabilize the line and prevent a breakthrough. The death was FOR something.
When in the heat of battle, one never knows who will win and who will lose so saying, in retrospect, Pickett's men were squandered is really easy- in hindsight:(. Pickett's men were the bravest southerners on the battlefield that day- UNLIKE Trimble and Pettigrew's men who largely turned tail and ran from the fight.@@hagamapama
Humans never cease to impress me with their courage and selflessness.
Very accurate positioning and movement of the 19th Maine as well. A relative of mine was bayoneted during their final charge that evening.
Well done Last Full Measure by Richard Moe covers this in detail.
A professor at a seminary in Wasioja Minnesota recruited all the males to join the 1st Minnesota! Because of the tremendous sacrifice and loss of life, Wasioja soon died as well! There’s still a wall standing of the seminary made out of limestone!
Thank you for this. I've been to Gettysburg and read all about the 1st Minnesota (being from Minnesota myself), but your animation is the first clear picture of what exactly they did that day.
One of the great historical exploits of 1st MN was at Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia. Sherman's army was approaching Atlanta and Kennesaw was in the way of his approach. The confederates had hauled at least one gun to the top of the mountain and was ranging on the federal advance when 1st MN unlimbered about 2 miles away. I cannot remember if it was the first round or the second from their rifled gun that exploded about 4 feet above the secessesh gun crew but they immediately abandoned the gun. This from a ranger at the battlefield when we visited back in the 125th anniversary year of Sherman making Georgia howl.
Cool story of the 1st Minnesota light artillery at Kennasaw Mountain but this unit is the 1st Minnesota Infantry regiment in Hancock's 2nd corp they were never in Georgia
@@CinemaManne You are absolutely right, I might have clarified that. We were reenactors back in the 125th anniversary era and I learned this from a park ranger at Kennesaw. I grew up in Glenwood Minnesota back in the 40s and I remember seeing the basement of the Pope County Courthouse where they had the walls filled with Civil War weapons. I have no idea what happened to them as when I went back to Glenwood in the early 60s they were all gone.
Selfless bravery !
My 2x Great Grandfather was Cpl Stephen Emsley Martin of Co K. He was 1 of a handful of men to serve 3 full years with the 1st MN without ever missing a battle and without ever being wounded. His brother William was not as fortunate. William fell at Antietam.
Enjoyed the automation to complement the story line pards *LIKED* and *SUBSCRIBED* --LT
Thank you, for the first clear illustration of the movements of the 42nd NY and 19th MA that I have ever seen from that day. My immigrant Irish ancestor was with the 42 NY and was wounded out in front of the 1st MN on Wilcox’s advance. He laid wounded on the field for the rest of that and all day on the third. Finally being recovered on the fourth and shipped to Philadelphia.
WHY WAS DAN SICKLES NEVER HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR LEAVING HIS POSITION CAUSING THE GAP IN UNION LINE NO ONE HAS EVER COVERED THIS AND WHY !
www.quora.com/At-the-Battle-of-Gettysburg-in-the-US-Civil-War-why-did-Union-general-Daniel-Sickles-violate-orders-by-marching-his-III-Corps-almost-a-mile-in-front-of-the-Cemetery-Ridge-line-Was-he-ever-disciplined-for-this-action
I do not think he was held accountable but I cannot remember the history of his leaving his position. Something I think I remember is that he was called away but I could be wrong. We reenacted the 125th anniversary event of Gettysburg as an mounted artillery unit. We hauled up with 6 other guns on the 3rd day to unlimber and double load canister during Pickett's charge. We watched the confederates advance sitting on our horses behind the guns. Incredible memories of that day.
@@formerparatrooper Sickles was present up until he was WIA. Basically, according to Meade's fishhook plan, III Corps was supposed to take up a position on Cemetery Ridge next to the part of the ridge held by II Corps, but Sickles decided that the part of the ridge his corps was assigned was too low, so, against Meade's orders, he advanced III Corps forward about a mile to higher ground that he hoped would be more easily defensible. It wasn't, and III Corps was routed, which is ultimately what created the circumstances that necessitated the Charge of the First Minnesota. Aside from getting a leg so mangled by a cannonball as to require amputation, Sickles never faced any consequences for his disobedience, and in fact he ended up being given a Congressional Medal of Honor for his service at Gettysburg and was made US Minister to Spain under the Grant Administration a few years later.
Sickles is an easy target for our ire. But there’s a deeper, more interesting take.
This is a good example of defense in depth. Yes, Sickles directly caused many Union deaths as troops were rushed to help him. But many, MANY Confederate troops died on Day 2 trying to take the Peach Orchard. And by being so far out front, it served to protect the rest of the Union line. The attacks on the orchard were heavy, at times overwhelming. These could have easily pushed the Union lines back. But w Sickles so far out front, taking these blows, by the time the Confederate brigades took them out, they’d been so bloodied, they couldn’t maintain any sort of coordinated attack any further East. And they were weakened, and rendered less effective for Day 3.
Sickles, even though it is considered a blunder, may have saved the Army of the Potomac from certain destruction. His move completely altered Longstreet’s initial plans to fold the left flank of the Union line..Hood and McClaws were completely surprised by the presence of a union Corp where it should not have been…
And so, 161 years later, he is a hero to some, a villain to others…
Colvill was wounded during the charge, as was his XO, it was a Company commander that withdrew the Regiment.
Check out Richard Moe's book, The Last Full Measure, if you've not read. Mostly first person diary entries of the First Minnesota's experience in the Civil War through Gettysburg.
I thought Hancock was a great General?? Why would he send in troops outnumbered 6 to 1?? That’s a death sentence and I wouldn’t consider any General great, if you did something like this. Poor brave soldiers. Probably knew they weren’t going home. 😞
1st.Minnesota had some serious BALLS....they may have saved the day...May "God have mercy on their Souls🙏🙏🙏"
Look for a book called "Pale Horse at Plum Creek" . It tells the story about the First MN. The Author was at the local library talking about it ,and a couple of re-enactors showed in the uniform of the soldiers .
It's so important that we not forget the sacrifice of these soldiers. I watched another video a few weeks ago on the History's Growth Rings UA-cam channel about the 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg that shows pics of a lot of the soldiers from this regiment.
Amazing how tough these guys were
Only 47 made it back!
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I deed. Quite.
Why was the initial choice to send the 1st Minnesota? There were other choices, right? Did anyone really believe that they would be as effective as they were...considering their numbers?
"There were other choices, right?" ....well actually, "wrong" there were no other choices at the moment of decision. Gen. Hancock is famously quoted as saying, "My God! Are these all the troops we have?!!" Minutes earlier, regiments of Brewster's and Carr's brigades of Humphrey's division the 3rd Corp had withdrawn to positions in the rear. 2nd Corps regiments of Harrow's brigade to the front/north of the 1MN, and regiments of Hall's brigade in directly in front of the 1MN were each being driven back Lang's and Wilcox's Confederate regiments. Hancock was hoping for the arrival of reinforcements, but they had not yet arrived. So...the 1MN was sacraficed with the mission of holding the line. For a better understanding of "where everybody was" for every minute of the 3-day Battle, check out our acclaimed APP. Go to GettysburgAnimated.com for details.
Don't mess with men from the Midwest.
Outstanding
B Company was on the far right side according to Wayne Jorgenson's book "Every Man Did His Duty"
Thanks for the comment/information. Our source for putting company "I" on the right of the line of the 1MN was Harry Pfanz - Day 2, page 411. And that narrative point itself had 4 additional footnotes. Of course, as I am sure you are aware, there are hundreds (if not thousands) of post battle reports and narratives that differ in their respective details. Not suprising that you found a reference citing a different company on the "right". FWI - I will add your citing to my "to do" list for the future investigations. 🙂
@gettysburg-fullyanimated Absolutely! I have just about every book I could find on 1st MN and there are always different stories on so many things. I really appreciate this video and have probably watched it over 30 times for reference! Would love to see animated battle maps for ALL of their engagements!! ❤️
I don't like all the parking lots and buildings here. they should really be using contemporary historical satellite shots for this.
what? satellite shots from the 1860s?
@@mattt8889 seems like that would be historically accurate
2:08 what caused simultaneous withdrawal of the gaggle of regiments, 11 NJ, 16 MA, 71-73 NY etc to the east? This is what prefaced the charge of 1st Minn, but what happened in the moments before their heroic charge!
5:20 Co F of 1st Minn joined the remaining of the regiment, how many were left AFTER the 3rd day of the Battle?
Thanks for "comment/question". The "gaggle" of regiments to the east are virtually all 3rd Corp regments of Humphrey's division. They originally fought along the Emmitsburg Rd., as far south at the Peach Orchard, before being overwhelmed and forced to chaotically withdraw. At this point in the Battle they are "reorganizing" where you see them in the video. Their chaotic state is what Hancock saw when he frantically searched for reinforcements --- and all he could find at that time was the small 1st MN regiment. Take note here, all of our videos are "extracted" from a massive animation of the ENTIRE Battlefield and Battle. You can use the animation to explore for yourself what took place both before and after the time period depicted in this video. Log in to GettysburgAnimated.com and request login credentials to use the APP.
As someone from Minnesota I'm surprised this is the first time I'm hearing of this
Where can I get this map? Thank you!
The URL for the website, where you can register to access the full APP, is shown at the beginning and end of the video.
Vlogging Through History brought me here.
Vlogging Through History sent me here. Good stuff!
Yeah, me too. I came because I was tired of watching him watch this video. Hard enough to see without having it smaller so he is in the picture…
I grew up in the small west central town of Glenwood MN back in the 40s and 50s. In the basement of the courthouse was a room with Civil War rifles on the walls, I do not remember how many but there were a number of them. I don't know when the fathers and grand fathers of the modern WOKIES decided to remove that marvelous display of weapons but I guess they were concerned that their youngsters might want to become patriots. I know that the 1st MN, and 3rd MN were represented in that basement.
Wokies make me sick.
@@irafair3015 Yeh, me too. They seem to catch that in the schools of indoctrination and it is spreading.
Wokies? You must be a dues paying member of the Orange cult 😅
the south could have ended the war during the 2nd...
Lots of heroes at Gettysburg. These guys. The 20th Maine. The 8th Ohio. Stannard's Vermonters. The Iron Brigade. Greene's New Yorkers atop Culp's Hill. The Pennsylvanians during Pickett's Charge.
Whenever I hear the story of the 1st Minnesota, I get a burning sense of pride in my heart. God bless those poor men.