Editing 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment (section)

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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
| image                         = 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment battle flag.jpg
| caption                       = Regimental Banner of the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Inspired former [[flag of Minnesota]])
| dates                         = April 29, 1861, to April 2, 1864 (July 15, 1865 as [[1st Minnesota Infantry Battalion]])
| country                       = {{flag|United States|1863}}
| allegiance                    = [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]
| branch                        = [[Infantry]]
| equipment                     = [[Springfield Model 1861|M1861 Springfield .58 Rifle-musket]]<br>[[Springfield Model 1842|M1842 Springfield .69 Smoothbore]]<br>[[Springfield Model 1842|M1842 Springfield .69 Rifle-musket]]<br>[[Springfield Model 1855|M1855 Springfield .58 Rifle-musket]] <br> [[Sharps Rifle]] (Company L only)
<!-- Culture and history -->| battles                       = <small>{{tree list}}
*[[American Civil War]]
**[[First Battle of Bull Run]] (1861) 
**[[Battle of Ball's Bluff]] (1861)
**[[Siege of Yorktown]] (Not Engaged) (1862)
**[[Battle of Seven Pines]] (1862)
**[[Battle of Savage's Station]] (1862)
**[[Battle of Malvern Hill]] (In Reserve) (1862)
**[[Second Battle of Bull Run]] (Rearguard) (1862)
**[[Battle of Antietam]] (1862)
**[[Battle of Fredericksburg]] (In Reserve) (1863)
**[[Second Battle of Fredericksburg]] (1863)
**[[Battle of Gettysburg]] (1863)
**[[Battle of Bristoe Station]] (1863)
**{{tree list/final branch}}[[Battle of Mine Run]] (1863)
{{tree list/end}}</small>
| notable_commanders            = [[Willis A. Gorman|Colonel Willis A. Gorman]]<br>[[Napoleon J.T. Dana|Colonel Napoleon J.T. Dana]]<br>
[[Alfred Sully|Colonel Alfred Sully]]<br>[[George N. Morgan|Colonel George N. Morgan]]<br>[[William J. Colvill|Colonel William J. Colvill]]
}}

[[File:William  Colvill.jpg|thumb|Image of Colonel Colvill when he was a Captain.]]
The '''1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment''' was a Union infantry regiment active during the [[American Civil War]] that participated in the battles of [[First Battle of Bull Run|First Bull Run]], [[Battle of Antietam|Antietam]] and [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]].<ref name="1stMN">{{cite book |last=Moe |first=Richard |title=The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press |year=1993 |isbn=978-087351406-4 |location=St. Paul, MN |pages=63}}</ref> The regiment is famous for charging into a brigade of Confederate soldiers on the [[Battle of Gettysburg, second day|second day]] of the Battle of Gettysburg when [[Major General (United States)|Major General]] [[Winfield Scott Hancock]] ordered them to do so. This blunted the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] attack and helped preserve the Union's precarious position on [[Cemetery Ridge]].