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The 26th Michigan Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Jackson, Michigan, on December 12, 1862. The regiment participated in the suppression of the New York Draft Riots in July, 1863. The regiment was mustered out of service on June 4, 1865.
The 11th Michigan Infantry (Reorganized) was organized at Jackson, Michigan, and mustered into Federal service between January 4 and February 26, 1865. The regiment was mustered out on September 16, 1865.
Before the Civil War, President James Buchanan took a weak position amid a looming South secession crisis. [1] Secretary of State Lewis Cass of Michigan, a 78-year-old elder statesman who had been Michigan's U.S. senator and governor of Michigan Territory, resigned from Buchanan's cabinet in protest, remarking that "he had seen the Constitution born and now feared he was seeing it die".
The 20th Michigan Infantry was organized at Jackson, Michigan, between August 15 and August 19, 1862. The regiment was mustered out of service on May 30, 1865. The regiment is mentioned briefly in Chapter IX of MacKinlay Kantor 's Pulitzer Prize -winning novel " Andersonville " (1955).
The 10th Michigan Infantry was organized at Flint, Michigan, and mustered into federal service for a three-year enlistment on February 6, 1862.. The regiment was organized in Flint during the fall and winter of 1861–62 with men from the following counties: Shiawassee, Livingston, Genesee, Midland, Saginaw, Oakland, Sanilac, St. Clair, Lapeer, Jackson, Eaton, and Hillsdale.
After the war, Withington founded the Withington and Cooley Manufacturing Company, a maker of agricultural implements, in Jackson, Michigan. [3] Withington served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1873 to 1874 representing the Jackson County 2nd district, and the Michigan State Senate from 1891 to 1892 representing the 6th district. [4]
I have co-authored with Mary Johna Wein, ‘Soldiers Untold: Biographies of Civil War Soldiers from Wyandotte, Michigan,’ also, a history of the 18th Michigan Infantry,” Bertera said.Mike ...
Current events; Random article ... 1865, until they were mustered out in Jackson, Michigan, on August 3, 1865) See also. List of Michigan Civil War Units; Michigan in ...