Category Archives: Second Michigan

Second Michigan at Fort Sanders

“The hardships and privations of the siege were very great, the men suffering especially from want of sufficient food and clothing… “Four companies of the Second Michigan, A, H, G and F, in command of Captain Emil Moores, occupied a … Continue reading

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Drummer boys

All of the troops were, affectionately, called boys. Some of them literally were. Younger than sixteen, anyhow, including the youngest casualty of the Battle of Fort Sanders, a fourteen-year-old drummer boy of the Second Michigan. But a few drummer boys … Continue reading

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“At The Union’s Sacred Call…”

…Her Patriot Sons Will Peril All.” So it read on the first of at least four battle flags of the Second Michigan Infantry Regiment. Recruited within ten days after the 1861 fall of Fort Sumter, from Adrian, Battle Creek, Flint, … Continue reading

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