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Monument to 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg rededicated on 150th Anniversary
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal by Jeffrey S. Williams Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force On July 2, 1863, everything was chaos as smoke filled air, explosions from artillery pieces and cracking of musketry was heard throughout Gettysburg, Pa., … Continue reading
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State Civil War Contingent Heads to Gettysburg to Share Minnesota’s Story
State legislators, authors, historians, students, part of group heading to historic battlefield for 150th anniversary programs, July 1-3 St. Paul, Minn. (June 28, 2013) – “‘Charge those lines!’ commanded General Winfield S. Hancock. Every man realized in an instant what … Continue reading
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Tagged 150th Anniversary, 1863, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 2013, Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Battle of Gettysburg, Betty McCollum, Cemetery Ridge, Civil War Daybook, Dean Urdahl, Explore Minnesota Tourism, First Minnesota reenactors, Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Battlefield, July, Legacy Amendment, Mark Dayton, Mark Ritchie, Mary Murphy, Mike Benson, Minnesota and the Civil War, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota History Center, Minnesota National Guard, MNopedia, Pennsylvania, Pickett's Charge, Rick Nash, Roger Reinert, Steve Elliott, U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, William Lochren, Winfield Scott Hancock, Xcel Energy
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Minnesota Soldier Killed at Shiloh to have grave re-dedicated after 150 years
Information courtesy of the MN Civil War Commemoration Task Force Event: Civil War Grave Rededication Ceremony Date: April 7, 2012 Place: Oakland Cemetery, 927 Jackson Street, St. Paul, MN Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Sponsor: Minnesota Civil War Commemoration … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th U.S. Infantry, 1st Minnesota Light Artillery, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Captain William Acker, Civil War, Company C, grave rededication, Mark Dayton, Minnesota, Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force, Oakland Cemetery, Shiloh, St. Paul
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