The Washington County Historic Courthouse will be the site of a musical based on the First Minnesota Infantry Regiment charge at Gettysburg, Pa., during the Civil War.
The stage performance is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 2 at the Historic Courthouse. The event is free.
According to information provided by Washington County:
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It is 150 years since the First Minnesota Infantry Regiment made a historic charge to the death at Gettysburg. Now audiences may hear the story set to music, with a musical drama depicting the role that Minnesotans played in the Civil War.
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Twin Cities theater veteran David James Carlson has written a play with music after three years of researching and creating the drama. Even though the subject matter is serious, these performances are family-appropriate, with songs and some scene excerpts that range from melancholy to lighthearted to dramatically intense.
On July 2, 1863, during the battle of Gettysburg, 262 Minnesotans made a sacrificial charge against 1,600 Confederate soldiers to secure higher ground for the position of Union forces. There were 215 casualties, one of the highest lost percentages for a regiment in all of military history.
Carlson was born and reared in St. Paul, and now lives in Blaine. He recently retired from teaching music technology, studio recording, and radio broadcasting at the STEP school on the Anoka Technical College campus.
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