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Battle of Kelly's Field

1890 painting depicting the Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment at the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Painted by artists Harry J. Kellogg, 1890.

Soldier's painted canvas haversack

Soldier's painted canvas haversack, 1861–1865.

Monument to 2nd Minnesota Regiment at Mission Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Monument to Second Minnesota Regiment at Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Monument to Second Minnesota Regiment at Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee, c.1893.

2nd Minnesota national battle flag

2nd Minnesota national battle flag.

Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry standing in front of the Long Barracks

Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry standing in front of the Long Barracks, Fort Snelling.

Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry veterans at dedication of monument to Second Minnesota, Snodgrass Ridge, Chickamauga, Georgia.

Civil War bullets

Six bullets retrieved from the Mill Springs Battlefield by George L. Gates, Co. A, Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.

Civil War saxhorn

Saxhorn used by Kelsey D. Chase, Co. K, Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.

Second Minnesota Regiment at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863

Douglas Volk's painting, in the Governor's Reception Room at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, depicts Lt. Col. Judson W. Bishop leading his Second Minnesota Regiment in their famous assault on Mission Ridge, November 25, 1863.

Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment

On Wednesday afternoon, November 25, 1863, the Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment participated in one of the most dramatic assaults of the Civil War. They were fighting the Battle of Missionary Ridge, one of several important battles they had been involved in throughout their two years of service in the Union Army. This battle would prove to be the most significant in the history of the regiment.

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