The 24th Michigan Infantry was organized in the summer of 1862 and joined the Iron Brigade in October of that year after the brigade had been reduced from casualties suffered at the battles of Brawner’s Farm, South Mountain, and Antietam. The regiment was under the command of Colonel Henry A. Morrow, a Wayne County Michigan Judge [...]
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Here’s a look at a few Civil War related items in the news this fall. Missouri Man Admits He Removed Remains From Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield In an agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Springfield, Missouri resident Coy Matthew Hamilton admitted he removed human bones from Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield in southwest Missouri and will [...]
By the end of 1863, John Wilkes Booth had reached the peak of his acting career. He was earning $20,000 a year from his work on the stage which was big money in the 1860s. Booth looked for investment opportunities outside of acting, and he became interested in the new, and booming, petroleum business. Booth teamed [...]
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