Publisher: Self-published
30 – 45 minutes | 1 player
In Throw Down That Flag, you play as the First Minnesota on two crucial days during the battle of Gettysburg. On July 2, you will relive the heroic charge that General Hancock ordered the First Minnesota to make against the 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment in order to buy time for reinforcements to arrive and preserve the end of the Union line. This charge resulted in disastrous casualties — it is estimated that 262 men made the charge and that 215 of them became casualties within five minutes. Hancock would go on to say that “no more gallant deed has been recorded in human history.”
On July 3, what remained of the First Minnesota was reinforced by two companies that had been on other assignments the day before. The regiment was relocated to the center of the Union line just in time to receive Pickett’s Charge. Once again, they fought valiantly. During the fray, Private Marshall Sherman confiscated the colors of the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment. According to his account, he ran up to the flagbearer and said, “Throw down that flag, or I’ll run you through.”
This game was created for the 2026 San Diego Historical Games Convention (SDHistCon) Night Market in San Diego, California; November 7, 2026.