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UPDATE: First Minnesota Films was recently featured in the Pioneer Press.
Following the completion of the research and story development phase of the project, we have been quietly working behind the scenes to complete the fund raising needed to finish production of the film.
While this effort has been moving slowly, all of our partners have remained steadfast in their support and belief in No More Gallant a Deed. For this we are thankful.
On the promising news front, we have been invited by Representative Dean Urdahl, Chairman of the Legacy Fund Committee of the Minnesota State Legislature, to present our project to the full committee for their consideration as part of the 2015 legislative session’s allocation of Legacy Funds.
The legislative process is a slow one that won’t be complete until the session ends in May.
To mark the 25th Anniversary of Ken Burns’ magnificent film The Civil War, PBS is rebroadcasting it over five nights.
Following the completion of the research and story development phase of the project, we have been quietly working behind the scenes to complete the fund raising needed to finish production of the film.
This Sunday, No More Gallant a Deed will be featured as part of a Minnesota National Guard ceremony preceding the Twins game at Target Field.
On the evening of Thursday, October 11th, a gathering of Civil War stakeholders in Minnesota was held at the James J. Hill House in St. Paul.
Recently I had occasion to visit La Crosse, Wisconsin. An evening soiree on behalf of the Mississippi Valley Conservancy was held on sightseeing pontoon boat. 
Last week, Bill Semans, Director of No More Gallant a Deed, and I travelled to Rochester and Winona to speak to their Civil War Roundtables. 
It was a time before newsreels. It was a time before the 24-hour news cycle. There were no battlefield photos from previous wars to be seen. 
Charlie Goddard was born in Pennsylvania May 14, 1845 to Catherine and Abner Goddard. He was the only child of nine that survived childhood.
Edward Bassett was just 19 when he was mustered into Company G of the 1st Minnesota on April 29, 1861 as a private. His family moved west, settling in Morristown, Minnesota in the south central part of the state.
Mathew Marvin was born on September 21, 1838 in Connaston, New York. In 1859 at the age of 19, Matthew moved to Winona, Minnesota where he worked as a clerk for J. J. Randall & Co, a leather goods store. 
Samuel was born in Brookline, Vermont on April 30, 1830. Upon reaching his majority, he travelled quite extensively and worked at a variety of occupations before purchasing a farm near Winona, Minnesota in the fall of 1856. 