Howard County, MD in the Civil War

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Archival and Secondary Sources for the 1st Michigan Infantry

• Abbott, General Ira Coray. 1st Michigan Infantry, Co. G & C. Diary. 1861-1863. Ms-42pp. CWVFM-131. Gettysburg College.
• And the generations yet unborn, will bless the heroes name: letters and poetry of Abner Van Dyke, 1st Michigan Infantry, 25th Michigan Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops
• Letter of the 1st Michigan
• “Give Michigan its due” : letters of Benjamin G. Bennett, 1st Michigan Infantry, 11th Michigan Infantry. [transcribed by E. Elden Davis].
• Folder 114 1st Regiment, (Mich. Vol.) Co. B, 1861, 1862. (2), Civil War Collection, 1859-1990, Lancaster (PA), Historical Society

USAHEC Resources

• Alcott, Russell H. & Stanway, David - CWTIColl (Enlisted mens' letters, Apr 1, 1860- Apr 6, 1864)
• Christiancy, Henry C. - Christiancy-PickettColl (Transcript of Lieutenant’s diary, 1862-64;
• Letters from G.A. Custer to Lt's father, May 17, Oct 29, 1863)
• Hall, Jairus W. - CWDocColl (Nov 1861 newspaper clipping on regiment)
• Lincoln, Charles P. - StoneColl-VannameFamily (Letters from enlisted man, Dec 5, 1861- Sep 6, 1863)
• Lounsberry, Clement - LounsberryColl (Colonel's military history; Excerpted reminiscences of service; 1898 MOLLUS membership record)