Portrait of David E. Ainsworth, 1861-1865. Ann Arbor. Entered service in company D, Twentieth Infantry, at organization as Second Lieutenant, age 24. Commissioned July 29, 1862. Mustered Aug. 18, 1862. Commissioned First Lieutenant Jan. 26,...
Ainsworth, David E.; David E. Ainsworth; American Civil War; Twentieth Michigan Infantry; 20th Michigan Infantry; Ann Arbor (Mich.) ; Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864;soldier; military officer; commissioned officer; second lieutenant...
Portrait of David E. Ainsworth 1861-1865. Ann Arbor. Entered service in company D, Twentieth Infantry, at organization as Second Lieutenant, age 24. Commissioned July 29, 1862. Mustered Aug. 18, 1862. Commissioned First Lieutenant Jan. 26,...
Ainsworth, David E.; David E. Ainsworth; American Civil War ; Twentieth Michigan Infantry ; 20th Michigan Infantry; Ann Arbor (Mich.); Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864; soldier; military officer; commissioned officer; second...
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;...
Special Orders No. 101 dated May 30th 1865 from the headquarters of the 1rst Division, 9th Army Corps (Washington, D.C.). In this order, Brevet Major General O.B. Wilson orders the 17th and 20th Michigan and the 190th New York Infantry to proceed...
American Civil War; 17th Michigan Infantry; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry; 20th Michigan Infantry; Twentieth Michigan Infantry; 109th Michigan Infantry; One Hundred and Ninth New York Infantry; discharge; O.B. Wilson; Wilson, O.B.;
The Twentieth was recruited from Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun, Eaton and Ingham Counties and mustered in at Jackson in August 1862. The regiment saw action primarily in Virginia and Tennessee.
The Twentieth was recruited from Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun, Eaton and Ingham Counties and mustered in at Jackson in August 1862. The regiment saw action primarily in Virginia and Tennessee. In 1864, this flag replaced one lost in desperate...
The Twentieth was recruited from Washtenaw, Jackson, Calhoun, Eaton and Ingham Counties and mustered in at Jackson in August 1862. The regiment saw action primarily in Virginia and Tennessee.
Designating flag of the First Division, Twentieth Army, Army of the Cumberland. "Designating flags" identified the command headquarters of army units. They were often swallowtail guidons or pennants like these. Their symbols and colors identified...
American Civil War; battle flags; Army of the Cumberland
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
Porter's Division Song lyrics by Frank H. Norton. Published by Philip & Solomons Metropolitan Bookstore, Washington, D.C. On back, it states: "Pleas [sic] preserve this for us J.T.A.H.J. Wise"
American Civil War; Fifth Corps; 5th Corps; Porter's Division; song lyrics; poem; Frank H. Norton; Norton, Frank H.; "The Army of the Free"; John W. Wise; Wise, John W.; 20th Michigan Infantry; Twentieth Michigan Infantry;
Governor's Promotion for George B. Arnold dated March 11, 1865. He was promoted to First Lieutenant. Signed by Henry Crapo June 8, 1865.
American Civil War; George Benton Arnold; Arnold, George Benton; Twentieth Michigan Infantry; 20th Michigan Infantry; first lieutenant; promotion; governor; Henry Crapo; Crapo, Henry;
Letter from George Benton Arnold to his sister dated November 7, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, dysentery, rheumatoid arthritis, the hospital, food, finances, the weather, and deaths.
American Civil War; George Benton Arnold; Arnold, George Benton; Twentieth Michigan Infantry; 20th Michigan Infantry; Knoxville (Tenn.);