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;...
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated September 17, 1864 through September 18, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses family news and his desire for peace.
2nd Michigan Infantry; American Civil War; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Ewing, Nan; Ewing, Mack; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Nancy (Hank) Ewing; Henry McKendree Ewing; Mack Ewing; Nan Ewing; Second Michigan Infantry;
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.)
Postcard souvenir depicting the Civil War Memorial in Memorial Park, Adrian, Michigan. The memorial was erected in 1870 to commemorate soldiers from Adrian who died in the Civil War. This image is part of the "Souvenir Folder of Adrian, Mich."
Adrian (Mich.); Lenawee County (Mich.); Memorial Park (Adrian, Mich.); Civil War Memorial (Adrian, Mich.); monuments; parks
Black and white photograph from circa 1929-1935 of Crowley's Department Store Kern's Department Store on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Crowley's is directly on the left, with Kerns on the next block. Kern's expanded several times, and this...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Ernst Kern Dry Good Company (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Woodward Avenue; First National Building (Detroit, Mich.); Crowley, Milner and Co. (Detroit, Mich.);...
Black and white image showing the intersection of State and Broadway Streets in Hastings, Michigan. The monument in the center is the Barry County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in the 1880s to commemorate those who fought in the Civil...
Hastings (Mich.); Barry County (Mich.); State Street (Hastings, Mich.); Barry County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument; monuments; street scenes
Color postcard from approximately 1907 showing showing Cadillac Square looking east from Detroit City Hall (now One Kennedy Square) in Detroit, Michigan. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872 to commemorate Michigan...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Cadillac Square (Detroit, Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Wayne County Building (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); streetcars; carriages and coaches; buildings; courthouses;...
Color postcard from circa 1907-1915 of Campus Marius, looking north from Fort Street in Detroit, Michigan. On the right is the old Detroit City Hall (1871), with the Majestic Building (1896 - Daniel Burnham) to the right of it. In the foreground on...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Campus Martius (Detroit, Mich.); Fort Street (Detroit, Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Detroit City Hall (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Bagley Memorial Fountain (Detroit,...
Color postcard from circa 1924-1930 showing the view from Campus Martius west in Detroit, Michigan. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872, is in the foreground. The skyscraper in the middle of the frame is the Majestic...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Campus Martius (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Majestic Building (Detroit, Mich.); Book-Cadillac Hotel (Detroit, Mich.); Old Detroit Opera House (Detroit, Mich.);...
Color postcard from circa 1907-1909 showing an view of Campus Martius looking northeast in Detroit, Michigan. With the Merrill Fountain in front of it is the old Detroit Opera House, with Woodward Avenue to the left and Monroe Street to the right....
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Campus Martius (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Merrill Fountain (Detroit, Mich.); Old Detroit Opera House (Detroit, Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Monroe Street (Detroit,...
Color postcard from circa 1902-1906 showing Cadillac Square, looking east from Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan. In the foreground is the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (erected 1872), and at the end of Cadillac Square is the Wayne...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Campus Martius (Detroit, Mich.); Cadillac Square (Detroit, Mich.); Wayne County Building (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); courthouses; monuments; streetcars;...
Color postcard from circa 1910-1911 showing Cadillac Square looking east from Detroit City Hall (now One Kennedy Square) in Detroit, Michigan. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872 to commemorate Michigan soldiers' and...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Cadillac Square (Detroit, Mich.); Pontchartrain Hotel (Detroit, Mich.); Wayne County Building (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); buildings; courthouses; hotels;...
Color postcard from 1913 showing the view west from Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan. On the left in the background is the Ford Building (1909 - Daniel Burnham), and next to that, can be seen the Penobscot block, with only the original Penobscot...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Fort Street (Detroit, Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Hammond Building (Detroit, Mich.); Detroit City Hall (Detroit, Mich.); Dime Building (Detroit, Mich.); Ford Building (Detroit, Mich.); Penobscot Building...
Color postcard from circa 1900-1910 showing the intersection of Monroe Avenue and Cadillac Square, looking east towards the Wayne County Building in Detroit, Michigan. The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872, can be seen in...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Wayne County Building (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Cadillac Square (Detroit, Mich.); Monroe Street (Detroit, Mich.); courthouses; monuments; streetcars;...
Color postcard from 1919 showing Monroe Avenue at Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan. The skyscraper in the image is the Cadillac Square Building, built in 1919 and designed by Louis Kamper. It was demolished and replaced by a parking lot in...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Cadillac Square Building (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Wayne County Building (Detroit, Mich.); Monroe Street (Detroit, Mich.); Cadillac Square (Detroit, Mich.);...
Color postcard from circa 1909-1910 showing Detroit City Hall looking west in Detroit, Michigan. In the foreground is the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872 to commemorate the Michigan soldiers' and sailors' who died in the...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Detroit City Hall (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Hammond Building (Detroit, Mich.); ; Michigan Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); Fort Street (Detroit,...
Color postcard from approximately 1909 showing the view from Campus Martius looking west in Detroit, Michigan. In the foreground is the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872. On the other side of Woodward is the old Detroit City...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Fort Street (Detroit, Mich.); Campus Martius (Detroit, Mich.); Detroit City Hall (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Hammond Building (Detroit, Mich.);...
Color postcard from approximately 1906 showing the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, erected in 1872, on the southest corner of Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Campus Martius (Detroit, Mich.); monuments; postcards
Black and white postcard from circa 1907-1915 of the Majestic Building (1896 - Burnham), a corner of the old Detroit City Hall (1871) and the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (1872) on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Majestic Building (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Detroit, Mich.); Detroit City Hall (Detroit, Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; streetcars; buildings;...
Black and white copy print of a photograph from circa 1909-1911 showing Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan. Included in this image is the top of the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (1872) in the foreground, the Bagley Memorial Fountain...
Detroit (Mich.); Wayne County (Mich.); Woodward Avenue; Fort Street (Detroit, Mich.); Michigan Avenue (Detroit, Mich.); U.S. Route 12 (Mich.); Detroit City Hall (Detroit, Mich.); Ford Building (Detroit, Mich.); Majestic Building (Detroit, Mich.);...