No More Gallant a Deed: A Civil War Memoir of the First Minnesota Volunteers (James A. Wright - UA) Mark Dunkleman Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

A cotton gin

from July 1 through July 3

July 1863 was a momentous month in the Civil War

No More Gallant a Deed: A Civil War Memoir of the First Minnesota Volunteers (James A. Wright - UA) Mark Dunkleman Abraham Lincolnby James Wright (Author), Steven J. Keillor (editor) James A. Wright was an orderly sergeant in Company F of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. His memoir, based on his diaries and letters, is the fullest personal account of the battles, marches, and soldier life of one of the most renowned regiments in the Army of the Potomac. The First took part in every significant battle and action in the war in the East from 1861 to