No More Gallant a Deed: A Civil War Memoir of the First Minnesota Volunteers

No More Gallant a Deed: A Civil War Memoir of the First Minnesota Volunteers
ISBN-10
0873514076
ISBN-13
9780873514071
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
447
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Author
James A. Wright

Description

It went on to take part in every significant battle in the war in the East from 1861 to 1864. In remarkable detail, Wright describes the fighting at Bull Run, the Peninsula Campaign, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the New York draft riots, and Bristoe Station. The most grueling battle for the First was Gettysburg. Detached from the main body of its regiment, Company F missed the bloody fighting on July 2 when the First lost 82 percent of its men in a suicidal attack. But the next day, Company F and the remnant of the First helped stop Pickett's Charge. The First's sacrifice inspired Gen.

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