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McManus/Lantis Collection of Photographs
MS 91-485
Archives of Michigan Finding Aids

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1865-01-02 Letter from Andy Ewing and D.C. Cherington
Letter from Andy Ewing and D. C. Cherington to Mack Ewing dated January 2, 1865. In this letter, they discuss the status of their regiment and family news.
2nd Michigan Infantry; American Civil War; Cherington, Dewitt Clinton; Dewitt Clinton Cherington; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Ewing, Mack; Henry McKendree Ewing; Mack Ewing; Second Michigan Infantry; Ewing, Andrew Adam; Andrew Adam Ewing; Ewing, Andy;...
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1864-08-12 Letter from Mack Ewing
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated August 12, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses the status of family members, his health, and religion.
2nd Michigan Infantry; American Civil War; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Ewing, Mack; Ewing, Nan; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Henry McKendree Ewing; Mack Ewing; Nancy (Hank) Ewing; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Second Michigan Infantry;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1864-11-21 Letter from Mack Ewing
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated November 21, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses family news, Alvin Hank, religion and the weather.
2nd Michigan Infantry; American Civil War; Ewing, Mack; Ewing, Nan; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Henry McKendree Ewing; Mack Ewing; Nan Ewing; Second Michigan Infantry; Nancy (Hank) Ewing;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1864-11-25 through 1864-11-26 Letter from Mack Ewing
Letters from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing and John Hank dated November 25, 1864 through November 26, 1864. In the letters, Ewing describes typical food rations and the camp celebration for Thanksgiving. He also discusses family news and his regiment.
2nd Michigan Infantry; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Ewing, Mack; Ewing, Nan; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Henry McKendree Ewing; Mack Ewing; Nan Ewing; Second Michigan Infantry; Thanksgiving; camp life;
Civil War Manuscripts

Allen, Lewis Seymour and Children
Portrait of Lewis Seymour Allen, with children, c.1880. Lodi. Enlisted in company H, Twentieth Infantry, at Ann Arbor, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Aug. 19, 1862. Corporal Jan. 2, 1863. Wounded in action May 12, 1864. Mustered out at DeLaney...
Allen, Lewis Seymour;Lewis Seymour Allen; Allen family; American Civil War ; Twentieth Michigan Infantry; 20th Michigan Infantry; Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864; Lodi (Mich.); Ann Arbor (Mich.); soldier; noncommissioned officer;...
Civil War Photographs

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1864-11-12 through 1864-11-13 Letter from Mack Ewing
Letter from Mack Ewing dated November 12, 1864 through November 13, 1864. In this letter, Ewing tells of camp life.
American Civil War; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Ewing, Mack; Ewing, Nan; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Mack Ewing; Nan Ewing; Second Michigan Infantry; camp life;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1865-02-22 Letter from Mack Ewing
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated February 22, 1865. In this letter, Ewing discusses being a parent, family news and postage fares.
American Civil War; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Second Michigan Infantry; Mack Ewing; Ewing, Mack; Henry McKendree Ewing; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Ewing, Nan; Nan Ewing; Nancy (Hank) Ewing; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); private; finances
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-110: Cook Family Collection
"I am Fighting for the Nigger" Lyrics
Lyrics to "I am Fighting for the Nigger" by Wm. Kiernan. Transcribed by unknown member of the Cook family.
American Civil War; "I am Fighting for the Nigger"; lyrics; poem; William Kiernan; Kiernan, William;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1861-12-11 Letter from Ambrose Abbott
Letter from Ambrose Abbott to Alvin Hank dated December 11, 1861. In this letter, he discusses family news and community news.
American Civil War; Abbott, Ambrose; Ambrose Abbott; Alvin Hank; Hank, Alvin;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1864-12-29 Letter from Ambrose Abbott and Lydia Hank
Letter from Ambrose Abbott and Lydia Hank dated December 29, 1864. In this letter, they discuss Mack Ewing's wound and family news.
American Civil War; Abbott, Ambrose; Ambrose Abbott; Hank, Lydia (Abbott); Lydia (Abbott) Hank; Henry McKendree Ewing; Mack Ewing; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Ewing, Mack;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1861-07-13 Letter from Gardner C Abbott
Letter from Gardner Abbott to Nan Hank dated July 13, 1861, 1861. In this letter, he discusses the outbreak of the Civil War.
American Civil War; Abbott, Gardner C.; Gardner C. Abbott; Nan Hank; Hank, Nan; Nancy (Hank) Ewing; Ewing, Nancy (Hank);
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-110: Cook Family Collection
1862-01-07 Letter from Abbie Freeman
Letter from Abbie Freeman to Amori Cook dated January 7, 1862. In this letter, she discusses chores, family news, and the status of the regiment.
American Civil War; Abigail (Cook) Freeman; Freeman, Abigail (Cook); Amori B. Cook; Cook, Amori B.; Camp Benton (St. Louis, Mo.); St. Louis (Mo.); chores; women;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-110: Cook Family Collection
1862-01-26 Letter from Abbie Freeman
Letter from Abbie Freeman to Amori B. Cook dated January 26, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of family and friends on the front, family news, and camp life.
American Civil War; Abigail (Cook) Freeman; Freeman, Abigail (Cook); Amori B. Cook; Cook, Amori B.; Camp Benton (St. Louis, Mo.); St. Louis (Mo.); illness; measles; mumps; camp life;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-110: Cook Family Collection
1862-02-13 Letter from Abbie Freeman
Letter from Abbie Freeman to Amori B. Cook dated February 13, 1862. In this letter, she discusses family news, her health, the status of the regiment, and Camp Benton.
American Civil War; Abigail (Cook) Freeman; Freeman, Abigail (Cook); Amori B. Cook; Cook, Amori B.; Camp Benton (St. Louis, Mo.); St. Louis (Mo.); women; regimental history; illness
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 61-9: George G. Christman Collection
1862-06-14 Letter from Abram Hunt
Letter from Abram Hunt to Sally Wheeler dated June 14, 1862. In this letter, he discusses Jacob Houseman's death.
American Civil War; Abram Hunt; Hunt, Abram; Sally (Houseman) Wheeler; Wheeler, Sally (Houseman); Ninth Michigan Infantry; 9th Michigan Infantry; Murfreesboro (Tenn.); Jacob M. Houseman; Houseman, Jacob M.; death; illness; hospital;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1862-02-19 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister, Lura Huff, dated February 19, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the progress and duration of the war, his childhood, and his family relationships.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; Lura Huff; Huff, Lura; Zelura (Crane) Huff; Huff, Zelura (Crane); Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Camp Michigan (Va.); childhood; family relationships; John Emory Crane;...
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1862-10-04 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated October 4, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, his relationship with his father, finances, food, his girlfriend, Emma, and the Emancipation Proclamation.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Upton Hill (Va.); Arlington (Va.); health; family relationships; finances; food; camp life; courtship;...
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1863-02-25 Letter from Ambrose Abbott
Letter from Ambrose Abbott to Alvin Hank dated February 25, 1863. In this letter, he discusses finances.
American Civil War; Ambrose Abbott; Abbott, Ambrose; Alvin Hank; Hank, Alvin;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-110: Cook Family Collection
1862-04-01 Letter from Amori B. Cook
Letter from Amori B. Cook to George H. Cook dated April 1, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the death of William H.H. Cook, making sugar, and the weather.
American Civil War; Amori B. Cook; Cook, Amori B.; George H. Cook; Cook, George H.; Riley (Mich.); death; William H.H. Cook; Cook, William H.H.; Third Michigan Cavalry; 3rd Michigan Cavalry; agriculture; weather;
Civil War Manuscripts

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