Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Colonel Colville” in chapter 3, page 26 of William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington:
...unprotected portion of his line.
The First Minnesota, alone and unsupported, was in position near by, and Hancock, desirous of gaining time until reenforcements could be brought forward, rode up to Colonel Colville and ordered him to take the enemy's colors. A desperate fight ensued, in which the enemy was forced back, leaving their colors in the hands of the First Minnesota.
Speaking of this affair afterwar...
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