1st Minnesota Infantry Memorial
Union
Large marble urn on pedestal.
Monument type:
Monument
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Inscription:
"(Front):
First Minnesota Volunteers
(Left):
""All time is the millenium of their glory.""
(Right):
These dead shall not have died in vain.
(Back):
The surviving members
First Regiment
Minnesota Infanty.
To the memory
of their late associates
who
""died on the field of honor""
at Gettysburg
July 1863."
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Conception Date:
Opening Date:
1867-01-01
Material:
Marble - white
Size:
0m x 0m x 1.5748000000000002m
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Indigenous Land
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Data Sources:
https://www.paulawhitacre.com/blog/2017/12/3/minnesota-urn#:~:text=Made%20of%20marble%2C%20it%20was,battle%2C%20were%20laid%20to%20rest. https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMHFBW_1st_Minnesota_Infantry_Memorial_Gettysburg_PA
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