On July 2,
ordered by Gen. Winfield Scott
Hancock, the First Minnesota rushed down the slope of Cemetery
Ridge in a countercharge against 1600 Confederates. Of the 262 men in
the 1st Minn., only 47 survived. Over 80% of them fell in just five
minutes. They saved a few minutes so reinforcements could get there.
One survivor wrote: "Every man realized in an instant what
that order meant."
1st Minn. Memorial on Cemetery Ridge
They gave the Last Full Measure
More Picture on
Cemetery Ridge
NY State Monument on Cemetery ridge
Located just north of the Minn. Monument
