Minnesota in the Civil War

by Carley, Kenneth; Moe, Richard; Horrigan, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780873513876
• ISBN10: 0873513878
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pr

Summary

This lavishly illustrated, richly detailed book presents for the first time a comprehensive picture of Minnesota's contribution to the nation's epic struggle during the Civil War. From diaries and letters, diaries and newspaper accounts, the words of the men who fought convey the terror of battle, the drudgery of marching, the fear of death, and the honour of camaraderie. In addition to the extensive use of first-hand accounts of the war, this book contains many seldom-seen contemporary photographs, portraits and artefacts drawn from the Minnesota Historical Society's outstanding collections.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Richard Moe
Introduction	xv
Brian Horrigan
Gallantry at Gettysburg	2	(32)
The First of the First of the First	14	(1)
The White Rose of Minnesota	15	(1)
Bull Run	16	(2)
Peninsula Campaign	18	(1)
A Union Newspaper	19	(1)
Antietam	20	(2)
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville	22	(2)
Gettysburg	24	(4)
Sharpshooters	28	(1)
New York Draft Riots	29	(1)
``Those Damned White Clubs''	30	(1)
Homecoming	31	(1)
First Battalion	32	(2)
Storming Missionary Ridge	34	(28)
The Army Quartermaster Corps	50	(2)
Mill Springs	52	(2)
Shiloh	54	(1)
Perryville	55	(1)
Organization of the Union Army	56	(1)
Foragers and Bummers	57	(1)
March to the Sea	58	(3)
Loyal Ladies of Louisville	61	(1)
Capture of Little Rock	62	(32)
Parole	72	(2)
Prisons	74	(4)
Dakota Conflict	78	(2)
The Swedish Company	80	(2)
Musicians	82	(2)
African Americans	84	(4)
Youth in Wartime	88	(2)
``Lonely without You''	90	(4)
Crisis at Corinth	94	(24)
Light Artillery	104	(2)
Red River Expedition	106	(2)
Firearms	108	(2)
Chaplains	110	(2)
Good, Long Letters	112	(2)
``What Fought the battles''	114	(4)
Victory at Vicksburg	118	(28)
A Norwegian Soldier	124	(6)
luka and Champion's Hill	130	(2)
``Unfurled in the Face of Traitors''	132	(2)
Alltoona	134	(1)
A German Soldier	135	(1)
March to the Sea	136	(2)
``Mud, Mud Everywhere''	138	(2)
Volunters, Draftees, & Substitutes	140	(2)
Brackett's Battalion	142	(2)
A Quilt's Story	144	(2)
Breakthrough at Nashville	146	(36)
Brice's Cross Roads	160	(2)
The Arkansas-Missouri Campaign	162	(1)
Dakota and Ojibwe Soldiers	163	(1)
Third Battle of Murfreesboro	164	(2)
Siege of Mobile Bay	166	(2)
United States Navy	168	(2)
Photography	170	(2)
In Full Marching Order	172	(2)
Camp Life	174	(2)
``To Comfort the Suffering''	176	(2)
Frightful Losses from Disease	178	(2)
Sanitary Commission & Christian Commission	180	(2)
Conclusion	182	(5)
Epilogue	187	(10)
Brian Horrigan
Appendix A: Chronology	197	(7)
Appendix B: Minnesota's Regiments	204	(11)
Notes	215	(6)
Index	221