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The First Minnesota is cool and all, but on this day 163 years ago, the Fourth Minnesota Infantry received the honor from Ulysses S. Grant of being the first Union regiment to enter the key port of Vicksburg. Painting by Francis D. Millet.
While the glory often (very rightfully) goes to the 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg, it is important we not forget Minnesota's other units who distinguished themselves in the Civil War. At this time, the 4th Minnesota had seen action at Iuka and Corinth, and in the summer of 1863 had served during the entire Vicksburg Campaign, fighting in the siege trenches, netting 118 prisoners for 2 wounded at Champion Hill, and participating in the assault of May 22nd, 1863. When the city capitulated, the regiment was allowed to enter the city, colors flying, as the first Federal regiment in Vicksburg since the war began.
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