The Twenty-Sixth Infantry was mustered into service at Jackson on 12 December 1862. Although the regiment saw most of its action in Virginia, it was also sent to help put down draft riots in New York City in 1863. The troops of the Twenty-Sixth...
The Twenty-Seventh mustered in at Ypsilanti on 10 April 1863. It included three companies recruited from the Upper Peninsula. The regiment saw action primarily in Tennessee and Virginia and fought in the Battle of the Crater outside Petersburg,...
The Twenty-Seventh mustered in at Ypsilanti on 10 April 1863. It included three companies recruited from the Upper Peninsula. The regiment saw action primarily in Tennessee and Virginia and fought in the Battle of the Crater outside Petersburg,...
The Twenty-Seventh mustered in at Ypsilanti on 10 April 1863. It included three companies recruited from the Upper Peninsula. The regiment saw action primarily in Tennessee and Virginia and fought in the Battle of the Crater outside Petersburg,...
The Twenty-Seventh mustered in at Ypsilanti on 10 April 1863. It included three companies recruited from the Upper Peninsula. The regiment saw action primarily in Tennessee and Virginia and fought in the Battle of the Crater outside Petersburg,...
The Twenty-Seventh mustered in at Ypsilanti on 10 April 1863. It included three companies recruited from the Upper Peninsula. The regiment saw action primarily in Tennessee and Virginia and fought in the Battle of the Crater outside Petersburg,...
Holding this flag, Abel Peck was the first color bearer of the Twenty-Fourth to die at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Shot through by twenty-three bullets, its staff splintered, the flag was reduced to the tatter seen here. The regiment...
The Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry was organized at Detroit and mustered into service on August 15, 1862. This regimental flag came to the Twenty-Fourth on 27 April 1864 after the regiment colonel, Henry Morrow, pleaded, "The old one is worn out,...
The Twenty-First was mustered into service Sept. 4, 1862, with an enrollment of 1,000 officers and men, fighting in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina.
The Twenty-first Volunteer Infantry Regiment fought in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. After the Civil War, regiments were ordered to return their battle flags to the state. The flag displayed here, painted with the names of the...
The Twenty-First was mustered into service Sept. 4, 1862, with an enrollment of 1,000 officers and men, fighting in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina.
Mustered into service near Kalamazoo in September 1862, the regiment was recruited throughout the southwestern part of the state, including Holland, Niles and Marshall. Its soldiers saw much of their action in Georgia.
Mustered into service near Kalamazoo in September 1862, the regiment was recruited throughout the southwestern part of the state, including Holland, Niles and Marshall. Its soldiers saw much of their action in Georgia.
The Twelfth Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized at Niles and mustered into service in March 1862. Julie Bretschneider--whose husband Robert fought with the Second and the Twelfth--sewed the flag by hand and embroidered the motto...