Author: Publisher:
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
State of Michigan Gazetteer & Business Directory for 1856-7
Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory for ...
Author: The Ancestry of Henry James Lawless, Jr. Book One: Paternal Ancestry
Author: Publisher: E J Kennedy
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
General Henry Baxter, 7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Author: Jay C. MartinPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476663394
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Few 19th-century Americans were as adventurous as Henry Baxter. Best known for his Civil War exploits--from leading the 7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry across the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg in the first daylight amphibious assault in American history, to his defense of the Union line on day one of Gettysburg--he accomplished these despite having no prewar military training. His heroism and leadership propelled him from officer of volunteers to major general in the Army of the Potomac. A New York emigrant from a prominent family, Baxter was involved in developing Michigan's political, business and educational foundations. He excelled at enterprise, leading a group of adventurers to California during the Gold Rush, co-founding what would become the Republican Party and eventually becoming President Grant's diplomat to Honduras during one of the most dynamic periods of Central American history.
Michigan History
Author: George Newman FullerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Michigan History Magazine
Author: Michigan History Magazine
Author: George Newman FullerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Bishop Frederic Baraga: The Man, His Legacy, and the House
Author: Russell M. MagnaghiPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1794754423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Biography of Bishop Fredric Baraga, a short history of his legacy, and architectural history of Baraga's house in Marquette Michigan. Chapter one covers Father Edward Jacker's eulogy and biography of Baraga. Chapter two details Baraga's lasting legacy in the mid-west. Chapter three describes the history of Baraga's house in Marquette Michigan.
States at War
Author: Richard F MillerPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472125737
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Unlike most books about the Civil War, which address individual battles or the war at the national level, States at War: A Reference Guide for Michigan in the Civil War chronicles the actions of an individual state government and its citizenry coping with the War and its ramifications, from transformed race relations and gender roles, to the suspension of habeas corpus, to the deaths of over 10,000 Michigan fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers who had been in action. The book compiles primary source material—including official reports, legislative journals, executive speeches, special orders, and regional newspapers—to provide an exhaustive record of the important roles Michigan and Michiganders had in the War. Though not burdened by marching armies or military occupation like some states to the southeast, Michigan nevertheless had a fascinating Civil War experience that was filled with acute economic anxieties, intense political divisions, and vital contributions on the battlefield. This comprehensive volume will be the essential starting point for all future research into Michigan’s Civil War-era history.
What Jane Knew
Author: Maureen KonklePublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469675390
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The children of an influential Ojibwe-Anglo family, Jane Johnston and her brother George were already accomplished writers when the Indian agent Henry Rowe Schoolcraft arrived in Sault Ste. Marie in 1822. Charged by Michigan's territorial governor with collecting information on Anishinaabe people, he soon married Jane, "discovered" the family's writings, and began soliciting them for traditional Anishinaabe stories. But what began as literary play became the setting for political struggle. Jane and her family wrote with attention to the beauty of Anishinaabe narratives and to their expression of an Anishinaabe world that continued to coexist with the American republic. But Schoolcraft appropriated the stories and published them as his own writing, seeking to control their meaning and to destroy their impact in service to the "civilizing" interests of the United States. In this dramatic story, Maureen Konkle helps recover the literary achievements of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft and her kin, revealing as never before how their lives and work shed light on nineteenth-century struggles over the future of Indigenous people in the United States.