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;...
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.
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
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.
Photograph of a lithograph by A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore, with the caption "Camp of 16th Michigan Regiment near Fredricksburg." Sketch shows camp structures, surrounding countryside, soldiers and horses; notes below assign a date of December 13, 1862...
Sixteenth Michigan Infantry ;16th Michigan Infantry; American Civil War ; military facilities ; military camps ; sketches ; Fredricksburg (Va.)
Print mounted on a card, showing a sketch of Jefferson Davis "The Arch Conspirator...As he appeared when captured by the Michigan Cavalry." Shows a bearded man wearing a dress and holding a dagger. Caption also notes "Published 126 [?] Chestnut St....
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889;Jefferson Davis; American Civil War; Portraits;
Card with sketch printed on it, portrait of Jefferson Davis in a dress and cloak with a dagger and a gun aimed at him. Captions include "L. Prang & Co. Boston Mass." "The Last of the Chevaliers" and the quote "Jeff: 'I thought your government was...
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889;Jefferson Davis; American Civil War; Portraits;
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
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
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;
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.)