Meinhard, Robert W.,
Gross enlisted on December 31, 1863. He served during the Vicksburg and Atlanta campaigns and General Sherman's "March to the Sea." The battery then proceeded to Richmond (Va.) and Washington, D.C. before being mustered out at St. Paul (Minn.) on July 1, 1865. Gross kept a journal and wrote to his wife Sarah, and children Nellie and Otis, who remained on their farm in Richmond Township, Winona County, Minnesota.
From the description of My Dear Companion : The Civil War letters and journal of Corporal Albion Otis Gross of the First Minnesota Battery of Light Artillery, January 1, 1864 to June 10, 1865, [ca. 1985]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313854246
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| creatorOf | Meinhard, Robert W.,. My Dear Companion : The Civil War letters and journal of Corporal Albion Otis Gross of the First Minnesota Battery of Light Artillery, January 1, 1864 to June 10, 1865, [ca. 1985]. | Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts |
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