1861-1863 diary of Cyrus Bacon. In this diary, Bacon describes daily life in the Seventh Michigan Infantry. He gives vivid accounts of Yorktown, Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp, Antietam, and Gettysburg.
American Civil War; Bacon, Cyrus; Cyrus Bacon; Seventh Michigan Infantry; 7th Michigan Infantry; Assistant Surgeon; Commissioned Officer; Yorktown (Va.); Battle of Yorktown; Seven Days Campaign; Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862; Battle of Fair Oaks;...
Photograph of a sketch artistically rendering the scene of the capture of Jefferson Davis. Captions indicate that the sketch was "Published at 111 Nassau St. N.Y. (up stairs.)" and also include the text "Don't provoke the President, or he may hurt...
American Civil War; Campaigns & battles; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Political cartoons
Photocopy of a sketch from Harper's Weekly, June 15, 1861. Caption reads "Advance of the federal troops (Michigan regiment and Sherman's battery) into Alexandria, May 24." Shows soldiers marching on foot and horesback along a road adjacent to farms.
Sketch of soldiers in a Civil War battle scene by Edwin Forbes, originally appearing in Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper. Original caption is "Gallant charge of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry over the Confederate Breastworks, near Falling Waters,...
Original caption is "Capture of a Confederate Battery." Sketch is of Civil War soldiers charging and raising a flag. Appears in the book Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (New York: Century, 1887) vol. 1, p. 527.
American Civil War; Campaigns & battles; Sturgess, Robert H.; Military personnel; Artillery (Weaponry); Sketches;
Titled "Rebel charge on Fort Sanders [Tenn] November 29, 1863." Photograph of a pencil sketch by Sergeant Chas. E. Townsend, from F. H. Smiley's Photographic Gallery of Knoxville, Tennessee, copied by I. O. Chapman in Stanton, Michigan, on February...
American Civil War ; Campaigns & battles ; Twentieth Michigan Infantry ;20th Michigan Infantry; ; Wounds & injuries ; Sketches ; Fort Sanders, Battle of, Knoxville, Tenn., 1863
Sketch entitled "Capture of a confederate battery" in the book 'Battles and Leaders of the Civil War', published by Century Co. of New York in 1887. The sketch depicts the Union capture of a Confederate Battery.
American Civil War; Eighth Illinois Infantry; 8th Illinois Infantry; Rober H. Sturgess; Sturgess, Robert H.; Colonel; Cannons; Battlefields; musket
Sketch of a runaway slave family waving to a Civil War Union soldier on horseback. Other soldiers and more runaway slaves can be seen in the background.
Book sketch of Civil War Monument with caption "Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. The monument resides on the Campus Martius in Detroit (c. 1867).
American Civil War; monument; Soldiers; Campus Martius (Mich.); Detroit (Mich.)
Photograph of an etching with the caption "Officers engaged in the capture of Davis. (Photographed by Gardner, and published by Philp [sic] & Solomons, Washington, D.C.)" Four men are shown, one in uniform, labeled Lieutenant Purinton,...
American Civil War; Portraits; Military personnel; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Sketches
This volume follows the Michigan volunteers in the Second Michigan Infantry. 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; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Second Michigan Infantry
This volume follows the Michigan volunteers in the Second Michigan Infantry. 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; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Second Michigan Infantry
This volume follows the Sixth Michigan Cavalry regiment. 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.
This volume follows the Tenth Michigan Cavalry regiment. 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.
Photograph of a sketch originally appearing in The New-York Illustrated News on June 6, 1861, p. 140. Shows the Michigan Exchange on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, with soldiers marching in rows and caption indicating that they belong to the Third...
American Civil War; Soldiers; Military parades & ceremonies; Marching; Third Michigan Infantry;3rd Michigan Infantry; Detroit (Mich.)
Photograph of a sketch from Harper's Weekly, with the caption "Company of secession cavalry surrendering to Colonel Wilcox, of the 1st Michigan Regiment, in front of the slave-pen at Alexandria, Virginia". Drawing shows soldiers lined up and two...
American Civil War; Surrenders; Soldiers; First Michigan Infantry;1st Michigan Infantry; Alexandria (Virg.); Sketches
Original caption reads "Capture of Petersburg, Virginia - the Second Michigan raising the stars and stripes over the custom-house, April 3, 1865." Also: "Sketched by Andrew McCallum." Sketch shows soldiers marching through streets and flag raised...
American Civil War, Destruction & pillage; Second Michigan Infantry; Confiscations; Military personnel; Flags; Sketches; McCallum, Andrew; Petersburg (Va.)
Original caption reads "The Battle of Bull Run, 2 P.M., July 21, 1861." Appeared in Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper on August 10, 1861, pp. 504-505. Sketch is of soldiers charging across a smoky field.
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; First Bull Run; Manassas, First; First Manassas; Manassas Campaign, July 1861; American Civil War; soldiers
Black and white copy print of a lithograph of an aerial view of Charlevoix, Michigan from circa 1850-1880. The view is looking east, with Lake Michigan in the foreground, Pine River leading into Round Lake and into Lake Charlevoix in the background.
Charlevoix (Mich.); Charlevoix County (Mich.); Round Lake (Charlevoix County); Lake Charlevoix (Mich.); Pine River (Mich.); Lake Michigan; aerial views; rivers; lakes;