How was the First Minnesota Regiment immortalized on this day in 1863?
What famous Civil War battle saw the First Minnesota Regiment suffer casualties of 82 percent, yet still survived to slow the Confederate force? For the answer, click on the headline above.
July 2, 1863: At Gettysburg, 262 members of the First Minnesota Regiment charge a much larger Confederate force, succeeding in slowing their advance but resulting in 215 casualties. The next day the remaining soldiers help repel Pickett's charge, capturing the flag of the Twenty-eighth Virginia Regiment in the process.
