Halvor Quie was an exception among the Minnesotans who answered the Union Army call in 1861, and not just because he was a Norwegian immigrant in a state then dominated by New England Yankees. The ...
Barnesville author Steven Hoffbeck chronicles Colonel William Colvill and the First Minnesota Regiment’s heroism at Gettysburg in his new book, "'Colvill Smiled.' The Legend of the 1st Minnesota ...