7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:active_years 1862-1865
gptkbp:battle Regimental flag
gptkbp:branch gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:combat_role Infantry combat
gptkbp:commander Colonel William J. Colvill
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Donelson
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:disbandment_date 1865
1865-07-01
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:Battle_of_Fort_Donelson
gptkb:Battle_of_Nashville
gptkb:Battle_of_Montgomery
gptkb:Battle_of_Selma
gptkb:Battle_of_Corinth
gptkb:Battle_of_Shiloh
gptkb:Battle_of_Vicksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Franklin
gptkb:Battle_of_Spanish_Fort
gptkb:Battle_of_Mobile_Bay
gptkbp:formation_date 1862-09-01
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Fort_Snelling
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historical_records gptkb:Archives
gptkbp:historical_significance Participated in major Civil War battles
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
gptkbp:legacy Memorials in Minnesota
gptkbp:location gptkb:Minnesota
gptkbp:motto “ The Seventh Minnesota”
gptkbp:nickname “ The Fighting Seventh”
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Captain_William_H._Mc_Gowan
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_A._Mc_Kinney
Major General John B. Sanborn
gptkbp:organizes 1862
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:recruited_from Minnesota counties
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:Minnesota
gptkbp:reformed 1864
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:Army_of_the_Cumberland
gptkb:Army_of_the_Tennessee
gptkb:Army_of_the_Gulf
gptkb:Department_of_the_Mississippi
gptkb:Department_of_the_South
gptkbp:service_years 3 years
gptkbp:size approximately 1,000 soldiers
gptkbp:unit_type gptkb:Volunteer_Infantry
gptkbp:veterans Returned to Minnesota after the war
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Minnesota_Volunteer_Infantry
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8