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The 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry was organized under first call at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. They mustered out on July 15, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. | The 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry was organized under first call at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. They mustered out on July 15, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. | ||
For more information on the history of the 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, see the following:<br> | For more information on the history of the 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, see the following:<br> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Minnesota_Volunteer_Infantry Wikipedia] article on the 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Minnesota_Volunteer_Infantry Wikipedia] article on the 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry<br> | ||
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Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. | ||
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*''History of the First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864'', Searles, Jasper Newton (1916/1993). FHL US/CAN Fiche 6118044 [http://www.archive.org/details/historyoffirstre00minn Internet Archives book]. | *''History of the First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864'', Searles, Jasper Newton (1916/1993). FHL US/CAN Fiche 6118044 [http://www.archive.org/details/historyoffirstre00minn Internet Archives book]. | ||
*''History of the First regiment Minnesota volunteer infantry, 1861-1864'', Matthew F. Taylor, (Stillwater, Minnesota: Eastman and Masterson, [1916]). [http://www.archive.org/details/historyoffirstre00minn Internet Archives book]. | ''Minnesota in the Civil War: An Illustrated History'', Kenneth Carley, Richard Moe (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2000). [http://books.google.com/books?id=lVGGlRF5v3wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Minnesota+in+the+Civil+war&source=bl&ots=MAk4HKW2UF&sig=QYhra4ptXvKD9mefiKi5mAWnRC4&hl=en&ei=he_mTKnkJ4j6sAPlmbmxCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google books] . Online book of battle histories, photographs, short biographies and a roster of Minnesota soldiers beginning on page 204. Does not show all the pages.<br> | ||
*''Minnesota history bulletin, Volume 1, ''Solon Justus Buck and'' ''Theodore Christian Blegen, (Minnesota Historical Society, 1916). [http://books.google.com/books?id=Q8wUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA387&dq=History+of+the+First+Regiment+Minnesota+Volunteer+Infantry,+1861-1864&hl=en&ei=uyvcTOqOKo6WsgO3-sHlAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=History%20of%20the%20First%20Regiment%20Minnesota%20Volunteer%20Infantry%2C%201861-1864&f=false Google book. ] [http://www.archive.org/details/minnesotahistor01socigoog Internet Archives book]. | |||
*''History of the First regiment Minnesota volunteer infantry, 1861-1864'', Matthew F. Taylor, (Stillwater, Minnesota: Eastman and Masterson, [1916]). [http://www.archive.org/details/historyoffirstre00minn Internet Archives book]. | |||
*''History of the first regiment Minnesota volunteer infantry, 1861-1864, with maps and illustrations,'' Return Ira Holcombe, (1916/1987). FHL US/CAN Book 977.6 M2h | *''History of the first regiment Minnesota volunteer infantry, 1861-1864, with maps and illustrations,'' Return Ira Holcombe, (1916/1987). FHL US/CAN Book 977.6 M2h | ||