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The bayonet charge by the 1st Minnesota regiment against a Confederate brigade on July 2, 1863 The 1st Minnesota's flag lost five flag bearers, each man dropping his weapon to carry it on. The 47 survivors rallied back to General Hancock under the command of their senior surviving officer, Captain Nathan S. Messick.
Recent scholarship [9] identifies two other brigades referred to by their members or others as "The Iron Brigade": 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps (17th Maine, 3rd Michigan, 5th Michigan, 1st, 37th, and 101st New York) Reno's Brigade from the North Carolina expedition (21st and 35th Massachusetts, 51st Pennsylvania, and 51st New York)
The 1st Minnesota Infantry Battalion was mustered into service on April 29, 1864, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and was originally formed by soldiers of the disbanded 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment who had reenlisted into U.S. service. These veterans formed two companies that became the nucleus of the 1st Minnesota Battalion.
The 2nd and the 1st United States Volunteer Sharpshooter Regiment were consolidated on December 31, 1864, and the regiment was broken up on February 20, 1865, and the remaining companies distributed as follows: Company "A" transferred to the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
2004 In May 2004, the 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment (augmented by Company D, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment), 2nd Brigade, 34th Infantry Division, and with nearly 100 key positions filled by members of the 1st Battalion (Ironman), 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 34th Infantry Division, commenced combat operations at 13 ...
The Men Stood Like Iron: How the Iron Brigade Won Its Name. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1997. Nolan, Alan T. The Iron Brigade, A Military History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1961. ISBN 0-253-34102-7. Nolan, Alan T. and Sharon Eggleston Vipond, editors. Giants in Their Tall Black Hats: Essays on the Iron Brigade ...
0–9. 1st Minnesota Cavalry Regiment; 1st Minnesota Infantry Battalion; 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment; 1st Minnesota Light Artillery Battery; 1st Minnesota Sharpshooters Company
The 125th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the Minnesota Army National Guard. The regiment's 1st Battalion is the 155 mm, self-propelled cannon battalion assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division.