Author: Margaret Burnham MacmillanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The Methodist Episcopal Church in Michigan During the Civil War
Author: Margaret Burnham MacmillanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Michigan and the Civil War
Author: Jack DempseyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614230226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Michigan undertook a rapid and robust response to Lincoln's call to arms during the Civil War and in many of its great battles. Read the much overlooked history in this volume. With lively narration, telling anecdotes, and vivid battlefield accounts, Michigan and the Civil War tells the story as never before of Michigan's heroic contributions to saving the Union. Beginning with Michigan's antebellum period and anti-slavery heritage, the book proceeds through Michigan's rapid response to President Lincoln's call to arms, its participation in each of the War's greatest battles, portrayal of its most interesting personalities, and the concluding triumph as Custer corners Lee at Appomattox and the 4th Michigan Cavalry apprehends the fleeing Jeff Davis. Based on thorough and up-to-date research, the result is surprising in its breadth, sometimes awe-inspiring, and always a revelation given how contributions by the Great Lake State in the Civil War are too often overlooked, even by its own citizens.
The Dutch Churches in Michigan During the Civil War
Author: Wynand WichersPublisher:
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
God's Almost Chosen Peoples
Author: George C. RablePublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807834262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narratives of the period pay scant attention to religion. Now, in God's Almost Chosen Peoples, Li
Michigan's Company K
Author: Michelle K CassidyPublisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 162895504X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
As much as the Civil War was a battle over the survival of the United States, for the men of Company K of the First Michigan Sharpshooters, it was also one battle in a longer struggle for the survival of Anishinaabewaki, the homelands of the Anishinaabeg—Ojibwe, Odawa, and Boodewaadamii peoples . The men who served in what was often called ‘the Indian Company’ chose to enlist in the Union army to contribute to their peoples’ ongoing struggle with the state and federal governments over status, rights, resources, and land in the Great Lakes. This meticulously researched history begins in 1763 with Pontiac’s War, a key moment in Anishinaabe history. It then explores the multiple strategies the Anishinaabeg deployed to remain in Michigan despite federal pressure to leave. Anishinaabe men claimed the rights and responsibilities associated with male citizenship—voting, owning land, and serving in the army—while actively preserving their status as ‘Indians’ and Anishinaabe peoples. Indigenous expectations of the federal government, as well as religious and social networks, shaped individuals’ decisions to join the U.S. military. The stories of Company K men also broaden our understanding of the complex experiences of Civil War soldiers. In their fight against removal, dispossession, political marginalization, and loss of resources in the Great Lakes, the Anishinaabeg participated in state and national debates over citizenship, allegiance, military service, and the government’s responsibilities to veterans and their families.
"My Brave Mechanics"
Author: Mark HoffmanPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814332924
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
An important and little-known chapter of Michigan's Civil War history, drawn from the letters, diaries, and regimental records of the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics regiment.
Michigan Methodism in the Civil War
Author: Margaret Burnham MacmillanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Minutes of the Michigan Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Author: Methodist Episcopal Church. Michigan ConferencePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description
Michigan Soldiers in the Civil War
Author: Frederick DeForrest WilliamsPublisher: Michigan History Magazine
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The 4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War
Author: Martin N. BerteraPublisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628951397
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
This fascinating narrative tells the story of a remarkable regiment at the center of Civil War history. The real-life adventure emerges from accounts of scores of soldiers who served in the 4th Michigan Infantry, gleaned from their diaries, letters, and memoirs; the reports of their officers and commanders; the stories by journalists who covered them; and the recollections of the Confederates who fought against them. The book includes tales of life in camp, portraying the Michigan soldiers as everyday people—recounting their practical jokes, illnesses, political views, personality conflicts, comradeship, and courage. The book also tells the true story of what happened to Colonel Harrison Jeffords and the 4th Michigan when the regiment marched into John Rose's wheat field on a sweltering early July evening at Gettysburg. Beyond the myths and romanticized newspaper stories, this account presents the historical evidence of Jeffords's heroic, yet tragic, hand-to-hand struggle for his regiment's U.S. flag.