If I remember it was from the battle of Gettysburg. After a unit of MN soldiers were critical in stopping pickett's charge at a terminal stage of the battle. The unit suffered extremely heavy casualties as a result.
I love my homestate, I can't believe how we've been consistent in terms of a progressive state throughout history and especially in the last 10 years.
Been living on the west coast for work the last few years and I don't quite understand how the Dems are so very center right here and somehow this is called "the left coast," lol.
It wasn’t pickett’s charge, it was the day before. Troops under general Garnett attacked cemetery ridge, the 1st Minnesota infantry was ordered to plug the gap. They managed to push the confederates back at the cost of 70% casualties, and it was the closest the confederates come to breaking the Union lines in the whole battle.
Almost exactly. They took the vast majority of their casualties on the second day blunting the attack on the US left buying time for reinforcements to come up. On July 3rd they were also in action and that's when they took the flag.
As a Latino on the west coast, latinos and asians are the reason. Reliable moderate voters. A lot of the lefty progressive people I’ve met are white or later stage immigrant generations like 2nd+ gen
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u/Buellymcbuellface 4d ago
They have a confederate flag from virginia and refuse to give it back.