The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers

345 pp. Includes black & white photographs and maps. "The First Minnesota Volunteers were the first regiment offered to Lincoln after the fall of Fort Sumpter. They served in virtually every major battle fought in the eastern theater during the first three years of the Civil War. Moe tells the story of this tragically doomed regiment, based on letters, diaries, and personal reminiscences of these men."