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The 135th Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment in the Minnesota Army National Guard.
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| 135th Infantry Regiment | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Active | 1861 |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch | Minnesota Army National Guard |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Garrison/HQ | Mankato, Minnesota |
| Motto(s) | To The Last Man |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | LTC Joe Kelly |
| Insignia | |
| Distinctive Unit Insignia | |
During the Civil War, the First Minnesota Regiment, today the 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment (2/135) was the first volunteer regiment to offer its services to President Lincoln. The men of the 1st Minnesota are most remembered for their actions on the late afternoon of 2 July 1863, during the second day's fighting at Gettysburg, resulting in the prevention of a serious breach in the Union defensive line on Cemetery Ridge.
During the battle, the regimental commander, Colonel William J. Colvill gave the order "To the last man", that became the regimental motto.[1]
1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry organized 27 April 1861 at Fort Snelling. (Company A Pioneer Guards organized 17 April 1856 at St. Paul).
reorganized in 1870 from Regimental Veteran Association as 1st Regiment Minnesota Enrolled Militia
Expanded and redesignated in 1883 as 1st Infantry Regiment, Minnesota National Guard.
The 135th Infantry arrived at the port of New York on 24 January 1919 on the troopship USS General G. W. Goethals and was demobilized on 18 February 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Per the National Defense Act of 1920, it was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 34th Division, and allotted to the state of Minnesota. Reorganized on 21 November 1921 by redesignation of the 1st Infantry, Minnesota National Guard (organized 1920–21; regimental headquarters organized on 6 January 1921 and federally recognized at Minneapolis) as the 135th Infantry. The regimental headquarters was successively relocated to Madison, Minnesota, on 29 October 1930, and back to Minneapolis on 16 November 1933. The regiment, or elements thereof, was called up to perform the following state duties: 1st Battalion to perform riot control during a railroad workers’ strike in northern Minnesota in August 1922 and October 1922; riot control during the Minneapolis general strike of 1934, in May 1934. Conducted annual summer training at Lake City, Minnesota; Fort Snelling, Minnesota; and most years at Camp Ripley, Minnesota. For at least 3 years, 1938–40, the regiment trained some 68 company-grade infantry officers of the 88th Division at Camp Ripley. The 135th Infantry was inducted into active federal service on 10 February 1941 and moved to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, where it arrived on 27 February 1941.[2]
(3rd Battalion 135th Infantry hereafter separate lineage).
A Silver color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄8 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Argent, on a saltire Azure between in chief a fleur-de-lis Gules, in fess the Corps badge of the 2d Division, 8th Army Corps during the Spanish War Proper (two Silver circles overlapping each other one-third radius, resembling the figure "8") fringed of the third and two bolos saltirewise and in base a bull's skull of the like, the 2d Division, 2d Corps badge of the Civil War of the fourth (a Silver three-leaf clover with stem, voided). Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Silver scroll inscribed "TO THE LAST MAN" in blue letters.
The shield is white (silver), the old Infantry colors. The blue saltire is taken from the Confederate flag - for Civil War service. At the battle of Gettysburg the 1st Minnesota Infantry Volunteers were in the 2d Division, 2d Corps (Hancock's), whose badge was the three-leaf clover. The figure "8" represents the Spanish War service and the crossed bolos the Philippine Insurrection service, while the fleur-de-lis represents World War I service of the 135th Infantry. The bull's skull (shoulder sleeve insignia of the 34th Division) indicates service with this division during the period of peace and through World War II.
The distinctive unit insignia was approved for the 135th Infantry Regiment on 18 June 1926. It was amended to show additional war service on 19 December 1951.
Spanish War
Philippine Insurrection
World War I
World War II
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