Mrs. Amanda Gardner

At Cahaba (Alabama)

Mrs. Amanda Gardner at Cahaba [Source]:

Fleetwood Hill Map (Brandy Station)

Confederate Wizards of the Saddle: Being Reminiscences and Observations of ..., By Bennett Henderson Young:

AKA Brandy Station

Stonemans' Raid

 

Source

Source

See Stoneman's Raid Historical Marker in Hendersonville, North Carolina

Garden In Hendersonville, North Carolina

The Defense Of Charleston

 

Source

Morgan's Christmas Raid

 

Christmas Raid

Camp Comfort To Camp Hickey

CAMP COMFORT — CAMP HICKEY.

Monday, October 27, morning came, cold, but the storm had ceased. Hardtack and coffee were swallowed in a biting, cold wind, and we were again in line for the march. A halt was made for two
brigades to pass. Ranks were broken and in a few moments scores of fires were blazing from Maryland fence rails. Our clothes were dried and we moved on happy again. After a march of ten miles over the Blue Ridge Mountains, we encamped in Pleasant Valley and called the place "Camp Comfort."

Tuesday, October 28, eleven o'clock, found us on the road again, passing by log houses, over South Mountain, via Crampton's Gap, through Birkettsville and Petersville, halting for the day about two
miles from Berlin on the Potomac. 

Source (LOC)

Our location was called " Camp Hickey," after Reverend Manasseh Hickey of Detroit Conference. We were in the midst of marshalled legions, six miles below Harper's Ferry, waiting our turn to cross on the pontoons over which troops were passing day and night into Virginia. 

Peter Seabury Schuyler At New Madrid

Source (Document 12)

59-14

OVS, 51

Folder 12, Doc 12

At New Madrid, MO, while on General Granger's Staff...

From My Heritage:
Peter Seabury Schuyler, 1826 - 1879
...born to Anthony Dey Schuyler and Sarah Schuyler (born Ridg).
Anthony was b. October 18, 1785, in Point Pleasant, Ocean County, NJ.
Sarah was b. ca 1788, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
11 siblings: Mary Ridg Montgomery (born Schuyler), William Ridg Schuyler and 9 other siblings.
Peter m. Sarah Thompson Schuyler (born Hayes)...1855..MI
Sarah was born on January 15 1835, in Marshall, MI.
They had 2 sons: Andrew Livingston Schuyler and one other child.
Peter passed away on month day 1879, at age 52 at death place, Michigan.

FindAGrave Memorial (middle name differs).

A Sergeant From Michigan

"For the first day or two after our arrival at Castle Morgan it was moderately cool, and at that time fresh beef was supplied instead of the usual bacon. When the weather was cool the beef did not become offensive by the time it was brought into prison, but as it was usually exceedingly hot, especially during the middle of the days of the summer and early fall months, sour, nauseating beef was more often the rule than the exception."

Cahaba River In Alabama - Confederate POW Site

"The aroma perceived while cutting it was not like that of the new-blown rose, so I sought among the men of my company for one whose stomach would not easily revolt. I found a sergeant of a Michigan regiment — one who declared that nothing could make him sick — and persuaded him into relieving me from the duty of dividing the beef among the different messes." [Source]

Charlton Park

Historic Charlton Park's blog and tour site.

Source (LOC)
Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan (Site near lake on the right)

The Union Tug Plato

Source

"Plato" (With Torpedo Rake At The Bow) In The Stono River

Near Charleston

War Meetings Held

From the History of the 24th Michigan:


Colonel Morrow announced war meetings in various parts of Detroit and Wayne county, which were addressed by himself and some of the following speakers: Mark Flanigan, Lieutenant-Governor Backus, David E. Harbaugh, E. N. Wilcox, C. I. Walker, Colonel Sylvester Larned, Henry C. Knight, William Jennison, Henry M. Cheever, Rev. Manasseh Hickey, Rev. Seth Reed, J. Logan Chipman, Alfred Russell, and others.

Perkins' Hotel (Source)

At Perkins' Hotel, on Grand River avenue, Saturday evening, July 26, was an immense gathering. The patriotic appeals reached the hearts and pockets of the multitude. The recruiting was lively for Captain Warren G. Vinton's company. One could not go because of a wife and five children, but he would contribute one-tenth of his earnings for the families of those who did go. Another had no money, but, stretching forth his brawny arm, exclaimed, " I have muscle, and my country shall have that." An enthusiastic meeting was held at Clark's Dry Dock (Springwells) the same evening.

Clark's Dry Dock On A 1860 Map Of Detroit Held At The Library Of Congress

Clark's Dry Dock At The "O" in Detroit River (1860 Library of Congress Map)

Cross-posted at In Deeds blog

Armstrongs In Wayne County

Index Card Image 3250

Armstrong, Nathaniel Allen

Probate File #2752 

Image 3150

Wayne County, Michigan 

Probate File 2752 (Image 205)

Armstrong, Eliza Ann (daughter of estate)

wife of Adam Skinner [Adin]

Oakland Co,

See (Probate) Files #2763; #2764

(Index Card Image 3200)
Armstrong, Josephine, another heir in Probate File# 2752 

Census 1850

Redford, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Nathaniel A Armstrong M 54 New York

Eliza Armstrong F 35 Ireland

William Armstrong M 17 Michigan

Eliza Armstrong F 15 Michigan

Martha J Armstrong F 10 Michigan

Josephine Armstrong F 5 Michigan

Also see the Descendants of John Butterfield and Abigail Morse website.

Forrest's Raid In Tennessee

 

General John F. Reynolds Died At Gettysburg

Source

John F. Reynolds' Memorial at Wikitree.

Castle Pinckney

 

Source

Sergeant Corbett's Shot

The Murderers doom. Miserable death of J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln. Shot through the head by Sergeant Boston Corbett in a barn on Garrett's Farm near the Rappahannock, April 25, 1865.

Source: LOC

"Throwing open the door, I [Captain Doherty] saw that the straw and hay behind Booth were on fire. He was half-turning towards it."   [Source]

I Heard A Shot

"I [Captain Doherty] told him I knew exactly what weapons he had." "I then said to Herold, 'Let me see your hands.' He put them through the partly opened door and I seized him by the wrists. I handed him over to a non-commissioned officer. Just at this moment I heard a shot and thought Booth had shot himself." [Source]

Report To Colonel L. C. Baker

The call to Lincoln's Avengers:

Source

Engagement Between The Monitor And Merrimac

Source

Broussard Testimony In Vermilion Parish

Records of the field offices for the State of Louisiana, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1863-1872:

Source

State of Louisiana, Vermilion Parish

28 February 1868

Sarazin Broussard v. Henry, freedman

Lucien S. Broussard (Testimony)...freedgirl Caroline, was left in charge of Sarazin Broussard...her mother left the Parish in 1863...child is now about 9 years old...Henry and Hetty (the mother of the freed girl) have never been legally married...