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1st Minnesota Heavy Artillery
in the Civil War
| Regimental History |
| First Heavy Artillery. — Col., William Colville; Lieut.
-Col., Luther L. Baxter; Majs., Orlando Eddy, C. P. Haffelfinger, David
Misner. This regiment was organized in the summer of 1864, mustered in
by companies and ordered to Chattanooga in the winter of 1864-65. It was
composed of twelve companies, each containing 140 men, besides the
officers. It was placed in charge of the heavy guns and forts at
Chattanooga, a responsible position, as it was thought Hood would
endeavor to retake the city. It remained there until the war closed and
was mustered out by companies in June and Sept., 1865.
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Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 4
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