Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-306) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Authorizing the regiment -- Raising the regiment -- Learning the profession of arms -- Mastering their trade -- Forged in Murfreesboro -- The regiment broken -- Reconstitution and the quest for redemption -- The regiment restored -- The Arkansas Expedition and Little Rock-- Fighting guerrillas and disease at Pine Bluff -- Recovery at DeVall's Bluff -- Pacifying Arkansas -- Epilogue: The regiment in memory.
Summary:
"Uncovers the unusual history of the 3rd Minnesota Infantry, a Civil War volunteer regiment whose high levels of discipline, appearance, and precision was often mistaken for a regular army unit. Broken by betrayal and surrender to Nathan Forrest, they returned home to fight Dakota Indians, and again reorganized into a superb regiment fighting rebel guerrillas."--Provided by publisher.
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