 The regiment then marched to Alabama, moved to Washington, D.C., and landed at Wilmington, North Carolina.After moving inland, from March 7–10, 1865 it fought in the Battle of Wyse Fork, North Carolina.In the last year of the Civil War, the 8th Minnesota saw service in Minnesota, Dakota Territory, Montana Territory, Tennessee, Alabama, Washington, D.C., and North Carolina, traveling more miles during that time than any other regiment of the Union Army.