The state's Civil War Commemoration Task Force, chaired by Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and State Representative Dean Urdahl, travels to Gettysburg in July 2013 to retrace the steps of Minnesotans 150 years earlier. Certified Battlefield Guide John Cox details the important role of the First Minnesota including the famed July 2, 1863 charge down to Plum Run.

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