Pale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at Gettysburg
- ISBN-10
- 0873514297
- ISBN-13
- 9780873514293
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 243
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Borealis Book
- Author
- Brian Leehan
Description
"Word of the First's heroic act at Gettysburg quickly spread along Union lines and back to Minnesota. Their stand late on July 2, 1863, stopped a furious rebel assault and saved the day for the Union. Emerging from the chaos of battle, however, firsthand reports contradicted each other. Confused officers and frightened soldiers told very different stories of this event. Further removed, newspaper correspondents often relied on hearsay and camp gossip for their sources of information. All of this leaves the historical investigator to ask, what really happened that day at Plum Run?"--BOOK JACKET.
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- 2008-10-14
- 243 pages
- Ebook
- Minnesota Historical Society Press
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- 2004-07
- 243 pages
- Paperback
- Minnesota Historical Society Press
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