Archive for the 'Military' Category

Zouaves

March 19, 2008

ZOUAVES – 1909 
GII
B34
F41
 
ALS to Governor Fred Warner from Captain William Sparks of Withington Zouaves, 1909.  Fine colored letterhead with press notices on left hand side.  Organization to be present at Hudson-Fulton Celebration, New York, 1909.   
See:  Vertical File
Sources: 

History of Jackson County-Deland, page 153-4.
History of Jackson [...]

World War II

March 19, 2008

World War II history RG 87-40

World War I

March 19, 2008

WORLD WAR I 
See 85th Division, AEF, North Russia, 1918-20

Governor’s File B37

Groesbeck 1922

American Legion list of former service men, World War I.

U.S.S. Michigan

March 18, 2008

U.S.S. Michigan – First Iron Clad Warship in the Navy 
And Her Successors
Construction of parts of the iron ship began in 1842 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Sections of the ship were transported to Erie by Ox team and riverboat.  Ship involved in Strang affair when it carried Jesse S. to Detroit for trial in 1851, foiled Confederate [...]

Red Arrow Division (32nd Division)

February 5, 2008

RED ARROW DIVISION (32nd DIVISION)
 
At State Library:
Red Arrow Men by John M. Carlisle
Deeds of Valor (no author given)
 
73-23    Zetsche Collection:  Photographs and some information on WWI.
 
63-26    Military Establishment Records
 
60-18    See also Vertical File—Military
 
Red Arrow Veterans Organization
Melvin Wang, National Secretary
1943 Wisconsin Avenue
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (current address December 1973)

George E. Pond

January 23, 2008

POND FAMILY
George E. – General U.S. Army, 1865, 1872-1907
See RG 72-35
George E. Pond enlised during the Civil War in the 21st Connecticut Volunteers. After his discharge in 1865, he attended West Point, graduated in 1872 and was commissioned in the regular army. His career included service at various United States military posts, the [...]

Polar Bear Expedition

January 22, 2008

Polar Bear Division:
RG 49 Box 23 Folder 3
General Photo Collection: War, World War I, Polar Bear Division.
Michigan History: May/June 1988

Patriot War

January 18, 2008

PATRIOT WAR
Executive Office:
    Affairs Outside – Foreign – Canada – Misc., Box 2
    Military – War Matters – Patriot War – Box 151
    War Claims – Patriot War – Box 152
    Vouchers – Misc. – Patriot War [...]

Alber Molitor

July 6, 2007

ALBERT MOLITOR
Michigan Alumnus, March 2, 1957,
Executive Office, Box 106, F-2 (Grossman)
Detroit News,      May 24, 1936
June 17, 19834
March 17, 1957
Presque Isle County Probate Court, Liber A, page 13 (will filed December 6, 1875)
Michigan Reports, Vol. 103-104, page 459-472.
Secretary of State, Pardons, Box 142 (Jacobs, Furhman, Vogler, and Grossman on January 28, 1897)
Pardons, Box 143, (Repke [...]

Military Orders

July 6, 2007

MILITARY ORDERS
RG 66-49:    General, 1813-31, 1844-1847
RG 59-14:    General, 1847-54, 1874-80
RG 59-14:     General and Special, 1861-1897, 1905-1910
RG 59-14:      Special, 1897-1904
RG 93-67:    General Orders, 1897-1948
RG 93-67:    Special Orders, 1898-1915
RG 97-46:      Special Orders, 1936-1941