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History of the First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry 1861-1864

1916 · 30880 — Stillwater Minnesota: Easton & Masterman Printers 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 8 508 pages. Illustrated with 3 folding maps one map in text and 11 illustrations including the frontispiece photograph of Gov. Ramsey. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Cloth is split down the rear joint and chipped head and base of spine. Light shelf wear to the cloth covers. Front hinge once repaired is cracked. Rear hinge is also cracked. Soiling to the gutters of the first 40 pages. An old tape repair bottom corner page 14. Faded W.S.A. initials written top and bottom of the text block. Several pages of underlining and notes in the text mostly in the appendices and roster. <br /> <br /> Previous owner's signature "We Stevens Abbott" written vertically on front paste down. This copy has two added orders and a bookplate on the right front flyleaf see description below. Scattered pencil underlining and marginalia on front end sheets inside text and on the roster section. Old news clipping regarding Lincoln's 125 Birthday and New England Cavalry facsimile advertisement laid in between pages 190-191 resulted in a brown shadow stain. <br /> <br /> Dornbusch I MN. Not in Nevins. This copy owned by a relative of soldiers from the 1st Regiment contains several short personal hand written notes in text and roster section. Two added "Orders" were placed inside the book. On the front paste down is a printed copy of Gen. Washington's General Order Aug. 3 1776 & Gen. McClellan's General Order September 6 1861. Written underneath the order in pencil - "This was in John Hoblitt's Knapsack." Next to the note is a question in pencil - "Who had it". W. Stevens Abbott name is written in pen on the front paste down next to the order. On the right front flyleaf is the bookplate of Sydney C. Kerkis author and Civil War historian. <br /> <br /> A pencil inscription written underneath the bookplate reads "John Hoblitt Corporal Co. "D" 21 years old. Died of Disease 11/20/1861 - There were Three Stevens Four Abbotts and Two Hoblitts in the Regiment." The second order is tipped in before added page 1. This is a two page printed copy of "Lieut. Col. C. P. Adams' Last Order." Adam's order is loose and contains some pencil underlining and a hard to transcribe note - "I ga McClellans f at Beverly Post gar." An interesting note on the last page of Chapter 30 - "The First Minnesota at Fredericksburg" page 275 reads: "Soon after this time Papa was mustered out transferred to Washington D.C. to take charge of Secy. Stanton's private printing - enlisting for that purpose in regular army as U.S. Hospital Steward." <br /> <br /> The Roster section contains several notes check marks underlining etc. Some of the notes refer to relatives in the 1st Regiment. The 1st Minnesota Regiment was one of the first to volunteer for service. Governor Ramsey is credited for being the first Governor to volunteer troops for the Union. He happened to be in Washington D.C. at the time of the outbreak of the War. The 1st Minnesota Regiment suffered heavy causalities during its three year service. Easton & Masterman Printers hardcover