The 1st Minnesota Regiment saves the Union center at Gettysburg.
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- On July 2, 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg, a crucial yet overlooked act of heroism occurred. While Colonel Joshua Chamberlain's defense at Little Round Top is well-known, it was a desperate charge by the 1st Minnesota Regiment that saved the Union center. Today, we delve into this pivotal moment that altered the course of American history.
'I was glad to find such a gallant body of men at hand willing to make the sacrifice needed' Hancock
Everybody knows about The 20th Maine (And rightly so). Outside of Minnesota how many know of The 1st Mn.?
I do. I read the book about them, The Last Full Measure
More history,less twerking
I do, but I'm a WI boy.
I wish their charge had been in the movie
@@johncooper8537 - Yessss! It would be awesome if someone made a movie on the 1st MN! On the 3rd day, it was the 1st MN that ended up in the center of the union line, to take the brunt of Picketts Charge. 20th Maine was not moved to the Angle on the 3rd day, that was totally false.
I love the film Gettysburg, but it's falsehoods, and being based on a fiction novel creates some very annoying historical inaccuracies. There are not enough good films of Gettysburg and other Civil War battles...just the story of the Taylor Brothers of the 1st Minnesota would make a fantastic film...a film from the perspective of infantry privates, there is too much focus on officers, and famous personalities
The 2nd Minnesota was instrumental in stopping the Confederate onslaught at Horseshoe Ridge at Chickamauga 2 months later.
Anyone who has read Bruce Catton’s work knows very well…and what it cost the 1st Minnesota.
82% casualties - 215 men out of 262 total.
EDIT: no other unit in the entire history of the U.S. ARMY has ever suffered such casualties without surrendering or being utterly destroyed. But the survivors of the 1st Minnesota Regiment (all 47 of them) helped repel Pickett’s Charge on the third day. After the war those survivors went home to Minnesota and were greeted as heroes.
Love his book!
When we read of the intensity of the battles of the Civil War, the loss of life on both sides is incredible, especially Sharpsburg and Gettysburg !!!
My second video is about the desperate charge of the First Minnesota Regiment on July 2, 1863. The collapse of the 3rd Corps left the Union center on Cemetery Ridge wide open and as the Confederates began swarming up the slope, Winfield Scott Hancock threw at them the only men nearby - the 262 men of the 1st.
Five of the seven regiments in the center were PA militia on 3 July -- according to "They Met At Gettysburg". Little Round Top was the Union left flank -- not the center.
Not unknown! I'm British and I know of the charge (OK I'm interested in military history particularly of WW1 and the ACW and have visited many of the battlefields of both wars.) They were all heroes, RIP to those who have fallen in these and all wars.
Agreed. I and my friends in the UK have heard of the 1st Minnesota and what they did here.
I am proud to be a Minnesotan.
1st MN, the Iron Brigade; y'all Westerners were a stout lot!
@@AmericanCivilWarFacts We aint westerners, we are northerners
I was writing from the perspective of the people at the time. In the mid-1800s people from WI, MN, etc, were called "westerners".
I've recently **really** gotten into Gettysburg and started watching a lot of videos on it. It's an interesting three days, and i wish I'd gotten into it sooner!! With that said, this is a very informative video, thanks for sharing 👍
I'm glad you liked it! Personally, I'm fascinated by Antietam, but I have some books on Gettysburg you might like. These are amazon associate links so I may get a commission on any purchases but I've bought these myself:
Gettysburg: The Story of the Battle with Maps - amzn.to/3Ln63M0
The Gettysburg Companion: amzn.to/3We0Mgf
If you want to really get into the details of the battle, the the Companion is the one I recommend over the two.
"Colonel do you see those colors?"
"TAKE THEM"
informative pard. *LIKED* the video.
Glad you liked it!
Not that unknown -- I doubt you could find a hundred people who know about Chamberlain but not about the First Minnesota.
Minnesota kept the 28th Virginia's battle flag. Every so often, Virginia asks for it back.
As if.
Of course if one is a student of the war, you'd know about the 1st MN & 20th Maine. But if someone's knowledge about Gettysburg is only from The Killer Angels and the movie based on it, then, yes, I would consider it "unknown".
And how many views would I have gotten if I named it "Another story about something you already know about"?
:-)
Thanks for the comment!
I know about them! Decimated.
@@TennesseeHomesteadUSADecimated is one out of ten men down... This is closer to annihilated
@@ozzyphil74 "Decimate definition: to kill or destroy a great number or proportion of." A great proportion of the 1st Minnesota was decimated. You're using the ancient Roman definition. The colloquial definition changed...
If you studied this battle , you know the 1st Minnesota Volunteers heroics
Love to everton from a die hard villa fan a proper club with proper fans like us all the best this coming season👍
Last full Measure of Devotion
Star of the North
Great video
Thank you, sir.
I don't know why you call it "the unknown story." Being from Pennsylvania, I've know about the 1st Minn. my whole life. Perhaps unknown to the C- crowd. But then again the don't know much about anything.
As a Yankee, I'd expect you'd know about the 1st MN. ;-)
But Southerners may not. It's a big country and not everyone is a buff. As I commented last week: Of course if one is a student of the war, you'd know about the 1st MN & 20th Maine. But if someone's knowledge about Gettysburg is only from The Killer Angels and the movie based on it, then, yes, I would consider it "unknown".
And how many views would I have gotten if I named it "Another story about something you already know about"?
:-)
The 26th NC on July 1st lost 588 of it's 800 men
N.C. lost the most soldiers on the Confederate side at G-burg.
Y'all just gave me an idea for a short. ;-)
@@edwil111 the 26rh NC lost 85% of it's men on the 1st fighting the IR n Brigade
They met the 24th Michigan.
@@WilliamValentino-xx8go You said it was 588 of 800. That's not 85%. 680 is 85% of 800. 588 is 73.5% of 800. Only the fact that the troops from Tennessee paused their attack saved the First Minnesota from total destruction. I read that a private in the ranks wrote in his diary that the conversation between General Hancock and Colonel Colvill went differently. He wrote that Hancock said, "Do you see those lines? Charge them!" Either way they did and held for long enough that reinforcements got in position.
The reason that the 1st Minnesota had only 262 men in it was because that they had been many battles before this day and the Union regiments did not receive replacements.
Yes, this was true and was a common issue on both sides. Rather than fill the ranks of established regiments, State governors preferred to raise new ones (though this changed as the war progressed). Not only was it logistically easier to raise/transport a full regiment as opposed to sending replacements, there were political considerations, state quotas set by the central governments, etc. Also, raising a new unit allowed for appointment of new officers to reward a governor's political allies. Hence the large number of "political" generals like Butler, Sickles, Breckinridge, Floyd, etc.
There is an excellent book about the "First Minnesota" titled "The Last Full Measure"!
It is indeed an excellent book!
Another recommended title: A Brotherhood of Valor: The Common Soldiers of the Stonewall Brigade, C.S.A. and the Iron Brigade, U.S.A, Jeffrey Wert.
@@AmericanCivilWarFacts That's a good one too!
Bloody history...
Drop the music volume a bit, and try to have it flow into something else. Having a music bed underneath and then dropping it feels weird to the ear.
Thanks for the head's up. I didn't notice that during editing. I'll keep it in mind for the future.
We took those colors and still refuse to give it back to Virginia!!!
82% wow
Nothing new here. To what extent any single regiment “saved the Union” is as debatable now was it was the day after the battle. Still think the best way to experience any historical event is reading!
Of course, none of this is new. After 159 years and some 100,000 books, studies, memoirs, etc., much of what I'll post has been said, written, and/or "RUclipsd" before. And probably better!
Even If this wasn't new to you, consider someone who just stumbles across it following a rabbit hole. I'm not really expecting much of what I'll post will be new to the devotee, but it may be to a neophyte.
And, in my defense, I did not say the 1st MN "saved the Union". I said it saved the Union center on July 2nd. Anything that *could* have happened if Wilcox *had* taken the center is pure speculation. Personally, I doubt Wilcox could have held the top of the ridge very long with Hancock around.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Were the remnants of the 1st rolled into another regiment?
The 1st Minnesota continued to serve in the Army of the Potomac until their enlistments expired in the spring of '64. Many men of the 1st Minnesota reenlisted and continued service as the 1st Minnesota Infantry Battalion and until their second enlistment end in July, 1865.
annoying backround musac.
I'll keep an eye on that. Was it the volume, or style, or what?
I find it hard to believe Minnesota has ever done anything patriotic
Judging solely by current MN enlistees in the US armed forces, you may have an argument as the current rate is 0.17%, ranking it 44th out of 51.
During the civil war, almost 16% of the population enlisted.
You can shut it "chad" we have actually done a ton for this country
@AmericanCivilWarFacts and I won't be subscribing now, look up our state's military history, you'll be surprised. Thank you for the disrespect
@@kaizer5578 I'm sorry you feel that way. I wasn't disrespecting MN, as evidenced by my video. My intent was only to *diplomatically* point out to Chad that the enlistment rate today is low compared to during the Civil War, nothing more. Even after almost 159 years, feelings run strong about the CW era so I try to be careful when replying to things I might not agree with - backing it up with facts, not emotion. If I gave the wrong impression, I sincerely apologize.
You're obviously trying to make a backhanded political statement about Kamala Harris picking Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election and you're a Trump supporter. You feel that to be a good Trump supporter you must insult the history of an entire state to stay in good standing with other Trump fanatics who may visit this website. My family moved from Minnesota to Utah when I was eleven and the people of Utah brag about how patriotic they are yet when I spoke to Army recruiters they confirmed my suspicion that they have difficulty getting recruits. I joined the Army on the delayed entry program while a senior in high school and went Infantry.