![]() ![]() ![]() Drawing on a wide array of letters, diaries, and personal reminiscences, Moe tells the story anew through the experiences of the men who lived it. Lee and, finally, the costly battle of Gettysburg, the decisive battle in which the First Minnesota played a crucial, and tragic, role. This is the story of the Army of the Potomac during that period: the initial enthusiasm dashed by sudden defeat at Bull Run the pride at being shaped into an army by George McClellan and the frustration with his-and his successors'-inability to defeat Robert E. The First Minnesota Volunteers, the first regiment offered to President Lincoln after the fall of Fort Sumter, served in virtually every major battle fought in the eastern theater during the first three years of the Civil War. Since its publication, Richard Moe's The Last Full Measure has garnered a reputation as the definitive history of the First Minnesota Regiment and one of a handful of classic regimental histories of the Civil War. The definitive history of the First Minnesota Volunteers in the Civil War. Minnesota Historical Society Press ( April 1, 2001) The Life and Death of the First Minnesota VolunteersĪuthor Richard Moe, Foreword by James MacGregor Burns ![]()
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