On 28 September 1861 Colonel Thornton Brodhead received this flag on behalf of the First Michigan Cavalry Regiment. On 30 August 1862, at Second Bull Run, Brodhead was shot. Knowing he was dying, he wrote, his wife: "I hope from heaven I may see...
First Michigan Cavalry; 1st Michigan Cavalry; American Civil War; battle flags
This volume follows the Michigan volunteers in the First Michigan Cavalry. The series is a compilation of the military history of each soldier of the Civil War who was a resident of the State of Michigan at the time of enlistment.
American Civil War; Regimental Histories; Soldiers; 1st Michigan Cavalry; First Michigan Cavalry;
Photograph of sheet music 'The Old Flag Will Triumph Yet' a song in memory of Col. T. F. Brodhead. 1863. Words by J.E. Parker Doyle, music by J. Henry Whittemore.
Brodhead, Thornton F., Gross Isle. First Lieutenant, Fifteenth U. S. Infantry,...
Brodhead, Thornton F.;Thornton F. Brodhead; American Civil War; Fifteenth United States Infantry ;15th United States Infantry; First Michigan Cavalry; 1st Michigan Cavalry; Gross Isle (Mich.) ; Detroit (Mich.) ; Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862...
This volume follows the Michigan volunteers in the First Michigan Cavalry. The series is a compilation of the military history of each soldier of the Civil War who was a resident of the State of Michigan at the time of enlistment.
American Civil War; Regimental Histories; Soldiers; First Michigan Cavalry; 1st Michigan Cavalry
This volume follows the Michigan volunteers in the First Michigan Cavalry. The series is a compilation of the military history of each soldier of the Civil War who was a resident of the State of Michigan at the time of enlistment.
American Civil War; Regimental Histories; Soldiers; First Michigan Cavalry; 1st Michigan Cavalry