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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian03 Nov 2021 1:02 p.m. PST

The fate of the Union army hung in the balance on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Confederate soldiers punched a hole in its defenses and only the men of the First Minnesota Infantry, led by Colonel William Colvill, stood in their way.

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Brechtel19814 Nov 2021 11:08 a.m. PST

Otherwise known as 'The Shattered Thunderbolt.'

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