161 years ago today the 1st Minnesota Regiment sacrificed itself at Gettysburg and saved the Union.
262 men made the sacrificial charge directly into the advancing enemy line. 215 became casualties in under 5 minutes, a rate of 82%. The highest rate for any surviving unit in US military history.
Today, assholes drive around the state with Confederate flags on their pickups, dishonoring the brave sacrifice of those men whose loyalty was to a cause greater than enslavement for personal profit, and whose ancestors still walk here.
Today the 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, US National Guard traces its lineage directly to the 1st Minnesota.
Its motto, “To The Last Man” was coined by Colonel William Colvill, the unit commander at Gettysburg.
My dad should have been 68 years old today. He was everything to me…an awesome role model, dedicated father, and selfless, giving person. I miss him desperately. I love you, dad.
somebody who is not me should do a huge long form article on 90’s white guys who became super liberal in their 40’s and 50’s. i’m surrounded by guys i played baseball and soccer with who were basically the alpha dogs and now are just like i love my trans nephew or whatever. where is that essay.
