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Entry 1: Books Belknap, Charles E., History of the Michigan Organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Missionary Ridge, 1863 Ellis, Helen H., Michigan in the civil War: A Guide to the Material in Newspapers 1861- 1866 Genco, James G., To the Sound Of Musketry and the Tap of the Drum Michigan and the Civil War: An Anthology Michigan at Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 1863. June 12th, 1889 Michigan Soldiers and Sailors, Alphabetical Index, Civil War, 1861-1865 Nolan, Alan T., The Iron Brigade: A Military History Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War1861-1865, Vol. 43Engineers and Mechanics Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War1861-1865, Vol.33 Third Michigan Cavalry Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War1861-1865, Vol. 24 Twenty-Fourth Michigan Infantry Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War1861-1865, Vol. 2 Second Michigan Infantry Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War1861-1865Vol. 1 First Michigan Infantry Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, Vol. 4 Fourth Michigan Infantry Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, Vol. 5 Fifth Michigan Infantry Robertson, Jno., Michigan in the War War Papers-Michigan Commandery L.L., Vol. I-October 6, 1886-April 6, 1893, Broadfoot Publishing, 1993 War Papers-Michigan Comandery L.L., Vol. II-December 7, 1893-May 5, 1898 Broadfoot Publishing, 1993

Entry 2: Pamphlets Beeson, Ed. Lewis, Impact of the Civil War on the Presbyterian Church in Michigan, Micigan Civil War Centennial Observer Commission, 1965 Beeson, Lewis, Ed. The Methodist Episcopal Church in Michigan During the Civil War. Michigan Civil War centennial Observance Commission, 1965 Brown, Ida C., Michigan Men in the Civil War Brown, Ida C., Michigan Men in the Civil War, Supplement 1959 Brown, Ida C., Michigan Men in the Civil War, Supplement 1960 Brown, Ida C., Michigan Men in the Civil War, Supplement 1966 Crusan, Elizabeth & Tom, Beginners Guide to Civil War Bullets, Mountain Top Press, 1992 Effects of the Civil War on Farming in Michigan Facts About the Civil War Fountain, Julie, compiler. The Civil War as it was Fought by Soldiers of Plymouth, Mich. Fountain, Julie. Ed. Civil War Letters From the Front by Soldiers of Plymouth, Mich. 1995. Freitag, Alfred J., Detroit in the Civil War. Impact of the Civil War on the Presbyterian Church in Michigan.s Katz, Irving I. The Jewish Soldier From Michigan in the Civil War. Nelson, Carolyn.”The Normal Company” in the War of the Rebellion, 17th Michigan Company E. 2004. May, George S. Michigan Civil War Monuments. Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1965 Michigan Institutions of Higher Learning in the Civil War Michigan Women in the Civil War. Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1963. Millbrook, Minnie Dubbs, editor. Twice Told Tales of Michigan and Her soldiers in the Civil War. Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1966. Petz, Dr. Weldon, Michigan’s Monumental Tributes to . Pooler, Nelson. Memoirs of the Civil War. Pooler, Nelson. Recollections of Civil War Days. Small Arms Used by Michigan Troops in the Civil War. Michigan Civil War centennial Observance Commission, 1966. Williams, Frederick D., Michigan Soldiers in the Civil War. Michigan History Division Michigan Department of State, 1976.

Entry 3: Magazines Michigan History Magazine, Civil War Collectors Issue July/August 1998. The Civil War News, Gettysburg 135th Photographic Review. Special Edition.

Entry 4: Photographs Fifty men in uniforms with guns Unidentified man in uniform

Entry 5: Newspapers Photo of W. H. Moore, commander of Ortonville Post, G.A.R. The Plymouth Mail, September 7, 1917, lists names of soldiers and remarks.

Entry 6: Civil War Rosters of Michigan Men Elmwood Cemetery and the Civil War First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, Veteran Association, Revised Roster 1898 Fleischman, John, The Object at Hand, The Smithsonian, Dec. 1996 Foner, Eric, The South’s Inner Civil War, American Heritage Magazine, March 1989 The Untold Story of the Civil War: After 100 years-A look at the facts, U.S. News and World Reports, April 17, 1961 Weeks, James, The Civil War’s Greatest Scoop, American Heritage Magazine, July/August 1989

Entry 7: Civil War Centennial Civil War Commission Reports, 1962 Haight, Floyd L. Letter re: Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, March 9, 1962 May, George, Michigan in the Civil War, 100 Years Ago, A chronology prepared for the Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, 1962 Michigan Round Table Reports, 1962 Michigan’s Civil War Markers, Memorials, and Monuments, 1962 Minutes of the meeting of Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, July 14, 1962 Michigan’s Role in the Civil War, Detroit News Sunday Pictorial, Centennial 1861 – 1961

Entry 8: Civil War Letters To Brother and Sister from Purdy Grand Rapids Jan. 11, 1852, Partial letter 1852, to/from unknown To Emogene from Mort. A. Farmer, undated To Emogene from Mort. A. Farmer, Oct. 19, 1862 To Emogene from Mort. A. Farmer, November 11, 1862 To J. S. Showers from William E. Showers, March 18, 1863 To J. S. Showers from William E. Showers, March 19, 1863 To Emogene from Mort. A. Farmer, June 6, 1863 To brother Stevens from Joseph Stevens, Nov. 8, 1863 To Emogene from Mort. A. Farmer, Dec. 6, 1863 To Willie Scattergood from Carrie Scattergood, Feb. 16, 1865 To Harriet and Edward Stevens from Joseph Stevens, Mar 8, 1864 To Mrs. Corbin from Andrew Moffitt, March 21, 1864 To Friend George, from Hopkin Williams, March 24, 1864 To Friend George, from Hopkin Williams, April 19, 1864 To Friend George, from Hopkin Williams, July 23, (probably 1864) To Genie from M. G. Laphern, March 28, 1868 To Uncle and Aunt from M.W. R___(?) date unknown To Aunt Ruth from M.W. R___(?) date unknown

Entry 9: Civil War Associations “Civil War group moves to Plymouth,” Observer & Eccentric “Ready, take aim, fire!” Observer &b Eccentric, September 3, 1979 Program from “Michigan at Gettysburg” talk by Ed Bears Roster of First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Veteran Association, 1910 “A Proud Heritage,” from Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Roster and notes from Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1986 “Michigan in the Civil War-100 Years Ago” Copies of Civil War veterans‟ ribbons “The Army Post,” newsletter from Michigan Civil War Re-Enactment Assoc. “Rally Round the Flag,” from the Clarence M. Burton Memorial Lecture “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Opens Camp in Dearborn”

Entry 10: Abraham Lincoln Civil War Round Table Minutes from organization‟s meetings from Nov. 26, 1963 to Nov. 19, 1969

Entry 11: Civil War 17th Michigan Infantry “„The Normal Company‟ in the War of the Rebellion-17th Michigan Infantry Company E” Oregon Township United Methodist Church service of remembrance for Frederick Alber, November 13, 1999 “Tribute to Civil War Hero Frederick Alber,” November 10, 1999 Typed manuscript of “Letters and Diaries of Irwin W. Shepard”, 1862 – 1864

Entry 12: Civil War 4th Michigan Cavalry 4th Michigan Cavalry roster “A Reconnaissance to Within Ten Miles of Richmond,” Detroit Free Press, August, 1862 Weldon, Ralph, “Ephraim Truesdell and the 4th Michigan Cavalry” Poem sent to Joseph Cray (?) by his father

Entry 13: Civil War Michigan Connections Gibney, Abbott M., “‟Your Affectionate Son‟: The Civil War Letters of Frank E. Lansing,” Michigan History, Spring, 1974 Information on 24th Michigan statue and the artist, Gary Castel “The Michiganders earn their „Black Hats‟” Fennimore, Jean Joy L., “Austin Blair: Civil War Governor, 1861-1862,” Michigan History, September, 1965 Fennimore, Jean Joy L., “Austin Blair: Civil War Governor, 1863-1864,” Michigan History, December, 1965 Herdman, Gerald G., “Secession, Salt Pork, Surgeons, and Sin” Stover, John F., “Publications of the Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission,” Michigan History, Spring 1967 “Book Reviews” Michigan History, June 1966 Blackburn, George M., ”Letters to the Front: A Distaff View of the Civil War,” Michigan History “Book Reviews and Notes” Ellis, Helen H., “Robertson‟s Michigan in the War: A Review Article,” Michigan History, June 1966. Starr, Stephen Z., “The Second Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Another View,” Michigan History, Summer 1976 Dean, Eric T., “A Scene of Surpassing Terror and Awful Grandeur: The Paradoxes of Military Service in the ,” Michigan Historical Review, Fall 1995 Macmillan, Margaret Burnham, “The Methodist Church and the Civil War” Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865 “Marvin Bogart: A Survivor of Andersonville,” The Wixom Wire February 1986 “She Comes of Fighting Stock,” Spirit of Salem, January-March 2000 “Governors of Michigan: Russell A. Alger, 1885-1886,” Green Oak Historian, February 1992 Draft notice of Richard Bagot of Elk Rapids “Update on Civil War Veterans,” Signpost, June 2000 Hendrickson, Merle, “Oceana County Goes to War” “Canton‟s Civil War Soldiers Remembered” “Peace and New Problems: 1865-1872” List of soldiers who enlisted from Plymouth from 1861-1865 “Michigan in the Civil War: „Michigan Men on the Sultana‟” Curtis, David, “Osceola Bagley,” Canton Historical Society Newsletter, July/Aug. 2000 “Wish You Were Here,” Observer & Eccentric, July 20, 1995 “The search for J.S.,” Livingston County Press, May 14, 1975 “Last of the Old and 2 of the New Salute Their Lost Buddies” “Nurse‟s Diary,” Observer & Eccentric, January 24, 1994 “Civil War Historian Tracks Soldier‟s Identity,” Royal Oak Tribune, November 14, 1975 “Book captures local flavor of Civil War,” Detroit News, March 5, 2000 “Civil War historian tracked down „J.S.‟,” Plymouth Observer, April 7, 1997 “Civil War Veterans „adopted‟,” Detroit News, December 14, 1998 Chronicle, Winter, 1982 “Canton‟s Civil War Soldiers Remembered” Lists of soldiers of various Michigan companies (2 different lists) “The Life of Hazen S. Pingree,” Detroit News, January 3, 1932 Jacob Merritt Howard info “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” lyrics with added lyrics by Julie Fountain “Raymond Herek speaking on: „The First Michigan Sharpshooters‟,” AACWRT Newsletter, October 2001 “Michigan in the Civil War,” AACWRT Newsletter, September, 2001 Michigan’s Civil War Scrapbook series newspaper articles: How Michigan Troops Seized Jefferson Davis How 2 Lansing Officers Helped Capture Booth How State‟s Home Front Kept Busy All Michigan Went Wild When Gen. Lee Gave Up When the Confederates Sailed the Detroit River Michigan Farmer Views War in the Front Lines John Clem, the Drummer Boy of Shiloh The Woman Who Fought in the Union Front Lines Michigan‟s Upper Peninsula and Its Role in the Civil War Capt. Withington‟s Diary of 1st Michigan Infantry Detroit Gets Union SOS Lincoln Calls Men to Arms WAR Meetings!

Entry 14: Teacher’s Lesson Plans “Oh, Could They But Speak!” includes lessons, video, & student worksheets about history and importance of Michigan‟s Civil War battle flags.