>> CATHY: THIS WEEKEND MARKS THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.

215 OF THE 262 MINNESOTANS IN THAT BATTLE WERE INJURED OR KILLED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES.

ONLY 47 MANAGED TO SURVIVE UNSCATHED.

TO HONOR THEIR MEMORY, GOVERNOR DAYTON HAS DECLARED TUESDAY, JULY 2ND "MINNESOTA COURAGE AT GETTYSBURG RECOGNITION DAY."

THERE ARE MANY WELL-KNOWN STORIES ABOUT THE FIRST MINNESOTA INFANTRY, BUT, OF COURSE, THERE ARE SOME STORIES THAT AREN'T SO WELL-KNOWN.

TO FIND SOME OF THOSE STORIES, I WENT TO THE MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER'S CIVIL WAR EXHIBIT WHERE RANDAL DIETRICH AND ADAM SCHER EXPLAINED THAT SOME OF THE EXHIBIT'S SMALLEST ARTIFACTS HOLD SOME OF THE BIGGEST STORIES.

WE LOOK AT THE GRAND SCHEME OF THE CIVIL WAR, ALL THE BATTLES THAT OCCURRED, HOW KEY WAS GETTYSBURG?

>> GETTYSBURG WAS THE DECISIVE BATTLE IN THE CIVIL WAR.

THERE WERE CERTAINLY A LOT OF BALLOTS THAT CAME BEFORE IT THAT WERE IMPORTANT.

BATTLES.

OTHERS IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS.

THE MAJOR CAMPAIGN AND VICTORY ON JULY 4th.

BUT JULY 1 THROUGH 3 IN 1863, THAT OF GETTYSBURG WAS ARGUABLY THE DECISIVE BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR.

>> Cathy: HOW DO YOU PORTRAY THIS KEY BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG IN THE EXHIBIT?

>> I THINK WE TRY TO DO IT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.

WE STEP AWAY FROM THE LARGE CAMPAIGN, ALL THOSE TROOPS THAT I MENTIONED, AND REALLY FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STORIES AND THEN AFTER THAT WE TRY TO TELL THOSE INDIVIDUAL STORIES BY SPECIFIC ARTIFACTS.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS SURPRISING ABOUT THESE MEN IS HOW MUCH INGENE USE REINED THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGIMEN, TO DO THE LITTLE THINGS NECESSARY TO SURVIVE AND TO ULTIMATELY WIN THE WAR.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A LITTLE HISTORY BEFORE I GO IN.

>> THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> Cathy: ADAM, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE GREAT ARTIFACTS IN THIS EXHIBIT.

LET'S START WITH THIS ITEM.

THE HAT IS REALLY QUITE INTERESTING.

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

WILL OTHER PEOPLE GET TO SEE THIS?

>> THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN PIECE OF HEADGEAR THAT WE KNOW WAS WORN BY A MEMBER OF THE FIRST MINNESOTA IN THE CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG THAT STILL SURVIVES.

SO, IT COULD BE ONE OF A KIND NOW.

IT WAS WORN BY SECOND LIEUTENANT JAMES DEGRAY.

HE WAS LEADING HIS COMPANY IN THE CHARGE WHEN HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.

>> Cathy: OH, MY GOSH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

>> YOU SEE THE BULLET HOLE IS RIGHT ABOVE THE UNIT INSIGNIA.

>> Cathy: I DIDN'T SEE THAT AT FIRST BECAUSE IT'S SO DARK.

>> IT FRACTURED HIS SKULL, WENT THROUGH THE BACK END OF HIS HAT, KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS, HE SURVIVED.

BUT AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF COURAGE AND VALOR.

>> Cathy: SOMETHING THAT I THINK PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, BUT IT HAS A GREAT STORY, THIS IS A MEDICINAL OF -- MEDAL OF HONOR.

>> IT'S VERY EASY TO MISS BECAUSE IT'S SO SMALL BUT IT'S SO SIGNIFICANT.

THIS IS A MEDAL OF HONOR THAT WAS AWARDED TO A MEMBER OF THE FIRST MINNESOTA INFANTRY AT GETTYSBURG, CORPORAL HENRY O'BRIEN WAS FIGHTING WITH THE REGIMENT, HE PICKED UP A REGIMENTAL FLAG AFTER IT HAD FALLEN AND CHARGED THE CONFEDERATES, AGAINST ORDERS, AND WERE SO INSPIRING THAT MANY OF THE MEN IN THE REGIMENT ARE MEANT FOLLOWED HIM INTO THE BREACH -- REGIMENT FOLLOWED HIM INTO THE BREACH AND FOR THAT ACTION HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR.

THIS WAS THE STAR FROM THAT FLAG.

THE FLAG WAS CARRIED THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN AT GETTYSBURG.

>> Cathy: I HAVE TO SAY, ADAM, THAT IS JUST A SCRAP OF A FLAG, IT'S JUST A STAR.

>> THE REST OF THAT STAR IS IN STORAGE HERE AT THE MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER AND WILL BE ON EXHIBIT AT THE STATE CAPITOL WITHIN THE WEEK.

SO, IT'S A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.

BUT WE CAN TAKE YOU DOWN INTO THE ARCHIVES TO SEE IT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.

>> Cathy: WOULD LOVE THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> GREAT.

>> Cathy: I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

SO, THIS IS IT?

>> THIS IS THE REMNANT OR RELIC, AS WE CALL IT IN THE MUSEUM BUSINESS, OF THE FIRST MINNESOTA NATIONAL FLAG THAT WAS CARRIED AT GETTYSBURG.

>> Cathy: WOW.

>> SO THIS FLAG WAS IN THE CHARGE ON JULY 2nd.

THERE WERE FOUR MEN ASSIGNED TO THE COLOR GUARD.

THREE OF THE FOUR WERE WOUNDED.

THE ONE WHO WAS NOT WOUNDED CARRIED THIS FLAG.

THE NEXT DAY AT PICKETS CHARGE AND WAS WOUNDED AND THEN IT CHANGED HANDS TO CORPORAL HENRY O'BRIEN, WHO WON THE MEDAL OF HONOR THAT DAY.

>> Cathy: GIVE VIEWERS A SENSE OF CONTEXT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH OF THE FLAG LEFT.

HOW BIG WAS THIS FLAG?

>> THESE FLAGS ARE USUALLY ABOUT 4 X 6 FOOT SO THEY'RE VERY LARGE FLAGS.

THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM IN BATTLE.

SO THE OFFICERS KNEW WHERE THEIR MEN WERE.

BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT ALSO MADE YOU A VERY GOOD TARGET IF YOU'RE A COLOR BEARER AS WELL.

SO IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS JOB TO CARRY A FLAG.

>> Cathy: THANKS FOR THE SNEAK PEEK.

I APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC BEING ABLE TO SEE THIS.

>> Cathy: WE DO TOO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

♪♪ >> WHATEVER KEVIN GARNETT DECIDES TO DO IS WHAT KEVIN GARNETT IS GOING TO DO.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND HE'LL CHOOSE THE ONE THAT'S BEST FOR HIM.

NO ONE WILL LEAD HIS LIFE FOR HIM.

HE'LL LEAD HIS LIFE.

AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT HE'LL DO A GREAT JOB AT THAT.

>> I'M GOING TO BE MY OWN MAN AND MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS.

SO THAT WAY IF I GOOF UP, IT'S MY GOOF-UP.