Nov 21 2019
The 16th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War

The 16th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War

Presented by Genesee County Historical Society at Durant-Dort Carriage Company Headquarters

Kim Crawford,  who retired after 28 years as a reporter at The Flint Journal, will be at the Genesee County Historical Society, discussing his re-released and updated book, “The 16th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War”.
On the hot summer evening of July 2, 1863, at the climax of the struggle for a Pennsylvania hill called Little Round Top, four Confederate regiments charge up the western slope, attacking the smallest and most exposed of their Union foe: the 16th Michigan Infantry. Terrible fighting has raged, but what happens next will ultimately—and unfairly—stain the reputation of one of the Army of the Potomac’s veteran combat outfits, made up of men from Detroit, Saginaw, Ontonagon, Hillsdale, Lansing, Adrian, Plymouth, and Albion. In the dramatic interpretation of the struggle for Little Round Top that followed the Battle of Gettysburg, the 16th Michigan Infantry would be remembered as the one that broke during perhaps the most important turning point of the war. Their colonel, a young lawyer from Ann Arbor, would pay with his life, redeeming his own reputation, while a kind of code of silence about what happened at Little Round Top was adopted by the regiment’s survivors. From soldiers’ letters, journals, and memoirs, this book relates their experiences in camp, on the march, and in battle, including their controversial role at Gettysburg, up to the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House.

Admission Info

Free admission to members and the public.  Limited Seating.  Please call to reserve your seat!

Phone: (810) 410-4605

Dates & Times

2019/11/21 - 2019/11/21

Location Info

Durant-Dort Carriage Company Headquarters

316 W. Water St., Flint, MI 48503

Accessibility Info

Wheelchair access behind building.