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- Proclamation, printed on paper and mounted on linen, appointing Russell A. Alger to the position of Lieutenant Colonel in the sixth regiment of the Michigan Cavalry Volunteers in 1862, signed by Michigan Governor Austin Blair, Deputy Secretary of State George H. Honse, and Adjutant General John Robertson. The text of the document is as follows: "To all who shall see these Presents, Greeting: Know Ye, That, reposing special trust and confidence in the Patriotism, Valor, Ability and Fidelity of Russell A. Alger in the name and by the authority of the People of the State of Michigan, I do hereby appoint him Lieutenant Colonel in the Sixth Regiment, Michigan Cavalry Volunteers, to rank as such from the sixteenth day of October 1862. He is therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duties of such office by doing and performing all things thereunto belonging. And I do strictly charge and Require all Officers and Soldiers under his command to be obedient to his orders. And he is to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as he shall receive from the President of the United States of America, from the Governor of the State of Michigan, or the General or other Superior Officers set over him, according to the rules and discipline of War. This commission to continue in force during the pleasure of the Governor of the State of Michigan, for the time being. In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these Letters to be made patent, and the Great Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at Lansing, this Sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty seventh. By the Governor: Austin Blair George H. Honse Dep Secretary of State. Jno. Robertson Adjutant General."
- Date Issued:
- 1862-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Receipt for equipment issued to Lt. C.H. Curtiss. The receipt contains the item type and quantity of materials which are being transferred.
- Date Issued:
- 1864-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo mounted on a black cabinet card with gold trim bearing an image taken during the 1891 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Detroit. A triumphal arch topped with an obelisk is in the process of being erected on the corner of Woodward Avenue and Jefferson Avenue, as viewed facing south. The framework beneath its lower right corner is visible. The structure is decorated with Civil War scenes, including the battle between the ironclads, the Monitor and Merrimack, as well as cavalry scene. Eagles and stars are posted on each corner of the structure, and it is draped with garlands. A horse-drawn streetcar passes beneath it, and many horse buggies and wagons are stopped near it. On the right are a moonlight tower, and the building housing Hanshaw and Cohen, Signs and Clarke and Readon, Printers.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo mounted on a black cabinet card with gold trim bearing an image taken during the 1891 National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Detroit. The photo was taken from an elevated position across Campus Martius, looking southwest, down Fort Street. Horse-drawn streetcars and their tracks are visible along both Woodward and Fort. City Hall and the base of the moonlight tower in front of it are visible on the right. At the left is the Hammond Building, draped in banners and indicated with a blue "X," and the Bagley Memorial Fountain. "Left side Detroit City Hall - (Mother's bank marked X.)" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Sepia-toned panoramic photo of members of the 23rd Michigan Infantry posing along South Washington Street in front of the entrance to the Saginaw Auditorium in Saginaw, Michigan during their 47th annual reunion in September 1912. The majority of the group of veterans wear commemorative ribbons. A band of three drummers and two fife players are among the group on the far left.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Cabinet card bearing a sepia-toned head-and-shoulder portrait photo of Louis Dillman of the 2nd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment clad in a Union uniform jacket. "CoA. 2nd Inf." and "Lt. Col. Dillman 2nd Mich. Vols." are handwritten on the verso. "R. W. Addis, Photographer 308 Penna Avenue Washington D.C." is printed on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1864-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Steel-plate engraving print of George B. McClellan seated at camp by Johnson, Fry, and Company of New York, from a painting by Alonzo Chappel.
- Date Issued:
- 1862-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Biographical
- Description:
- Abstract of Expenditures for Co. A, 5th Michigan Cavalry. No other information written on the inside of the form. It is noted from the front of the form that the expenditures are from Company A, 5th Regiment Michigan cavalry, in the first quarter of 1863.
- Date Issued:
- 1863-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- One lithograph entitled "Depot Prisoners of War on Johnsons Isld. [Island]." The lithograph is printed in black ink on white paper and was originally sketched by Edward Gould, Co. B, 128th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The sketch was printed by "Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, O." The elevated view shows the steamer, Eastern (or Little Eastern), in the left foreground along with the warship, USS Michigan, in the right foreground. The U.S. Army post and parade ground can be seen in the left background and the walled prison compound for Confederate soldiers along with dormitory buildings can be seen in the right background area of the drawing.
- Date Issued:
- 1864-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Record detailing the "Volunteer Descpritve List and Account of Pay and Clothing of Non [?] Co. A 2nd Mich. Cavl." Details the account of pay and clothing of three men from Company A of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry in the Civil War, dated August 27th, 1864 at Franklin, Tennessee. The three men whose accounts are listed are Sylvester B. Hulbert, Barnard F. Bourassa, and David G. Walton. Signed by Walter Whittmore, Commanding the Company, on the bottom right.
- Date Issued:
- 1864-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
