Local events marking Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Here are details on events marking the anniversaries of Gettysburg and Vicksburg.

June 30, 2013 at 2:54AM
A fragment of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment flag carried at the Battle of Gettusburg. During the Battle of Gettysburg, 17 color bearers were shot down while carrying the flag and it was torn to shreds by rebel bullets. Sgt. George Buckman of Comapny G had possession of the flag's remnants after the war. The flag fragment, as well as Buckman's papers are in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul.
A fragment of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment flag carried at the Battle of Gettysburg. (Dml - Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Details on events marking the anniversaries of Gettysburg and Vicksburg are at www.minnesotahistorycenter.org/civilwarevents:

Monday, July 1: Richard Moe, former president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and author of "The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers," speaks at 7 p.m. Reservation required, call 651-259-3015. Entry fee. Minnesota History Center.

Tuesday, July 2: Civil War music and dance of the era, procession to nearby Josias King Monument. Events begin at 5:30 p.m. Free. Minnesota History Center.

Wednesday, July 3: Surviving the Civil War. Events begin at 6:30 p.m. Entry fee. James J. Hill House.

Thursday, July 4: Gettysburg/Vicksburg Anniversary Family Day from noon to 4 p.m. Participation fee. Minnesota History Center.

Capitol Civil War Tours of State Capitol at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Online reservations required. Entry fee. Minnesota State Capitol.

Saturday, July 6: Civil War Family Day from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Participation fee. Minnesota State Capitol.

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