No More Gallant A Deed : A Civil War Memoir Of The First Minnesota Volunteers

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. Winfield S. Hancock to reflect, "There is no more gallant a deed recorded in history." Wright's account of the battle is striking in its description of the horror the men felt at facing their foes, their determination to do their duty, and the shock of the loss of so many of their comrades."

• | Author: James A. Wright, Steven J. Keillor
• | Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 15, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 468 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1681340526
• | ISBN-13: 9781681340524