The charge of the First Minnesota Pt. 2

Following Part 1 (audio here), we talk to Prof. Tim Orr about winning Oscars for the film about the charge of the First Minnesota at Gettysburg; the timing of the charge at sunset on July 2, 1863; giants in the sky; the dastardly Union General Dan Sickles; what it meant to be a corporal in the charge; General Winfield Scott Hancock’s crucial role; the original monument veterans of the First Minnesota proposed for the battlefield, which depicted a soldier bayoneting a serpent; and the Lost Cause legacy at Gettysburg.