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Text on Bronze Plaques

Uppermost Disc: State Seal of Minnesota

Base of Obelisk: Trefoil emblem of the II Corps (three-leaf clover).

Middle Region:

1ST REG MINNESOTA VOLS 1ST BRIGADE, 2D DIV 2D CORPS ERECTED BY STATE OF MINNESOTA

Bottom Plaque:

ON JULY 3D 1863 THE SURVIVORS OF THIS REGIMENT ((SEE LARGE MONUMENT 1/3 MILE SOUTH OF THIS)) AIDED HERE IN REPELLING PICKETT'S CHARGE; AND RAN HENCE TO THE AID OF WEBB'S BRIGADE, TAKING A CONSPICUOUS PART IN THE COUNTER-CHARGE WHICH SUCCESSFULLY ENDED THE CONFLICT; LOSING THEN 17 ADDITIONAL KILLED AND WOUNDED AND CAPTURING CONFEDERATE FLAG. THERE CAPTAINS NATHAN S. MESSICK AND WILSON B. FARREL, SUCCESSIVELY COMMANDING THE REGIMENT, WERE KILLED. TOTAL KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE 232, OUT OF 330 ENGAGED.

Photo Background

The farm house and barn of the Codori family straddle the obelisk