Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment" in English language version.
Every man realized in an instant what that order meant. Death or wounds to us all—the sacrifice of the regiment to gain a few minutes time and save the position and probably the battlefield, and every man saw and accepted the necessity for that sacrifice, and responding to Colvill's rapid orders the regiment in perfect line, with arms at right shoulder shift was in a moment down that slope directly upon the enemy's center.
No soldiers on any field, in this or any other country, ever displayed grander heroism.
