Editing 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment (section)

====July 3====
[[File:28th Virginia Infantry Color.jpg|thumb|[[28th Virginia Colors]] taken by St. Paulite. Private [[Marshall Sherman]] of Company C.]]
[[Image:1MN July3 Mon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|July 3 Monument to the 1st Minn. Reg., the Codori farmstead behind]]
Carrying on from the heavy losses of the previous day, the remaining men of the 1st Minn. were reinforced by detached Companies C and F. The reunited regiment was moved a bit north of the previous day's fight to one of the few places where Union lines were breached during [[Pickett's Charge]]. They again had to charge into advancing Confederate troops with more losses.  Capt. Messick was killed and Capt. W. B. Farrell mortally wounded, and Capt. Henry C. Coates had to take command. During this charge, Private [[Marshall Sherman]] of Company C captured [[28th Virginia battle flag|the colors]] of the [[28th Virginia Infantry]]<ref>[http://www.gdg.org/Research/MOLLUS/mollus7.html research file] ([[MOLLUS]] at Gettysburg Discussion Group website)</ref> and received the [[Medal of Honor]] for this exploit. The Confederate flag was taken back to Minnesota as a [[war trophy]], where it remains.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Resnick |first=Brian |date=2013-06-28 |title=150 Years After Gettysburg, Virginia and Minnesota Fight Over Confederate Flag |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/150-years-after-gettysburg-virginia-and-minnesota-fight-over-confederate-flag/313796/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref>

After being knocked out by a bullet to the head and later shot in the hand, Corporal [[Henry D. O'Brien]] repeatedly picked up the fallen colors of the 1st Minnesota and carried a wounded comrade back to the Union lines. He was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}