1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry

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Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
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.

For more information on the history of the 1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry, see the following:
 * History of the First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864, Searles, Jasper Newton (1916/1993). FHL US/CAN Fiche 6118044 Internet Archives book.


 * Minnesota history bulletin, Volume 1, Solon Justus Buck and Theodore Christian Blegen, (Minnesota Historical Society, 1916). Google book.  Internet Archives book.


 * History of the First regiment Minnesota volunteer infantry, 1861-1864, Matthew F. Taylor, (Stillwater, Minnesota: Eastman and Masterson, [1916]). 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


 * The last full measure : the life and death of the First Minnesota Volunteers, Richard Moe (New York : Henry Holt, 1993). World Cat book.
 * History of the First Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1864, R.I. Holcombe (Hudson, WI : St. Croix Valley Civil War Round Table, 2006). Libraries with this book.