5th Minnesota Infantry

Regimental Marker

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Bronze plaque on Minnesota State Memorial, and monument located on the south side of Union Avenue approximately 0.2 miles west of Grant Avenue. Also a marker designating the assault of 22 May 1863, located on the north side of Graveyard Road midway between Union Avenue and Confederate Avenue.

 

Regimental Plaque, Minnesota State Memorial

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5th Minnesota Infantry Assault Marker, May 22, 1863

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This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower's 2d Brigade, of Brig. Gen. James M. Tuttle's 3d Division, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's XV Army Corps, and commanded by Col. Lucius F. Hubbard.