Colonel William J. Colvill led the First Minnesota Regiment at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil. The First Minnesota suffered more than 80 percent casualties in July 1863, and Colvill was wounded during the second day of the three-day battle. He returned to Minnesota weak from his wounds, but survived to age 75. In 1905, Colvill was the first man to lie in state in the present Capitol.