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-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 Twenty-Eighth Infantry was formed by the consolidation of the companies that were surplus from the organization of the Twenty Seventh, with the companies that were left over, that had originally been intended for the Twenty Ninth, and were...
The Twenty Eighth was formed by the consolidation of the companies that were surplus from the organization of the Twenty Seventh, with the companies that were left over, that had originally been intended for the Twenty Ninth, and were mustered in...
The Twentieth was recruited from Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun, Eaton and Ingham Counties and mustered in at Jackson in August 1862. The regiment saw action primarily in Virginia and Tennessee.
The Twentieth was recruited from Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun, Eaton and Ingham Counties and mustered in at Jackson in August 1862. The regiment saw action primarily in Virginia and Tennessee. In 1864, this flag replaced one lost in desperate...
The Twentieth was recruited from Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun, Eaton and Ingham Counties and mustered in at Jackson in August 1862. The regiment saw action primarily in Virginia and Tennessee.
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...