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The 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 4th Michigan wore a very Americanized zouave uniform. This uniform consisted of a Federal dark blue 4 button sack coat, dark blue chasseur trousers, tan gaiters, and a maroon zouave fez with a light blue tassel.
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".
Michigan in the American Civil War (5 C, 13 P) ... Pages in category "History of Michigan" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
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 ...
Due to this heritage Michigan was on the forefront of the antislavery crusade and reforms during the 1840s and 1850s. Another result of this cultural influence was the strength of the Republican Party in Michigan. Long considered a "Yankee" party, Michigan would remain heavily Republican from the Civil War until the 1960s.
4th Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a regiment of cavalry in the Union Army during the American Civil War fighting in the western front as part of the Army of the Cumberland. It was noted as being the regiment that captured the fleeing President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, as the Confederacy collapsed in the spring of 1865.
Michigan in the American Civil War — people, places, and events associated with the state of Michigan during the Civil War. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Shoemaker, Michael. Sketch of the Life of Col. Michael Shoemaker (S.l.: s.n.), 1890. Attribution. This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.