15 Minutes of Fury On Cemetery Ridge ; 1st Minnesota's Heroic Charge
The Washington Times › July 03, 2005
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It is largely because of the popular versions of the Battle of Gettysburg - the novel "The Killer Angels," the Ken Burns series on PBS, and the movie "Gettysburg" - that the contribution to the Union victory of the 1st Minnesota Regiment during the second day of the battle is largely overlooked or unknown.
The popular versions of the second day at Gettysburg emphasize the heroic exploits of Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain and his 20th Maine regiment in defending the Union position on Little Round Top from repeated Confederate assaults. Today, the 20th Maine monument at the scene of the regiment's desperate bayonet charge is one of the most visited sights on the battlefield.See the full content of this document
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15 Minutes of Fury On Cemetery Ridge ; 1st Minnesota's Heroic Charge
It does not detract from the heroics of the 20th Maine to point out that on that same day, north of Little Round Top near the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, 262 men of the 1st Minnesota made ...
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