by Gordon Thorsby Horse Shoeing of cavalry There were two mutinies that occurred with Union Cavalry regiments and the first occurred in...

by Gordon Thorsby There is probably more written about the 7thMichigan Cavalry than any other cavalry regiment from Michigan but the...

by Gordon Thorsby Forest Rose at the construction of the Alexandia Dam 1864 Forest Rose was a sternwheeler tinclad #9, with a...

by Gordon Thorsby Robert Jennings Frost was 20, and from Albion when he enlisted April 29, 1863 as Sergeant in Co. G of the 9th Michigan...

by Gordon Thorsby The years of1861-1865 was a chaotic time for people in America. There is simply no way for us to understand how people...

by Gordon Thorsby Who was Henry Anderson? What was he like growing up? Was he a hard working young man? Did he have a girl or was he...

by Gordon Thorsby (Ft Stevens, Washington City, LOC) The Thirteenth Michigan Light Artillery was technically named the Thirteenth Battery...

by Gordon Thorsby Paint may have old and the brush that it was applied was stiff The troopers of the 4th Michigan Cavalry had stories of...

by Gordon Thorsby David Webb, a veteran who survived the war, lived into the depression era dying in Chesaning, MI in 1936. We are...

by Gordon Thorsby In the Flushing History Museum near Flint, MI, a banner from the local GAR is proudly displayed of those that fought in...

by Gordon Thorsby He was described as old irreconcilable, a crank of the crankiest kind, a blackguard, and a murderer but he was much...

by Gordon Thorsby The 8th Michigan Infantry performed in some of the bloodiest actions in both the eastern and western Theaters of the...

He is known. by Gordon Thorsby Crew of the U.S.S. Wabash ST CHARLES UNION, Michigan May 10, 1917, Front Page, Col 1- BURIED WITH HONORS...