Civil War history is rich and unique in Michigan, and in the mid-Michigan area, that includes several events, local history books and, soon, a film highlighting Michigan soldiers.
Excerpt: The Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University got a grant for a film documenting the history of Native American soldiers of the First Michigan Sharpshooters.
The Michigan Humanities Council's website adds that the film -- to be shown on public TV and elsewhere -- is about soldiers of Company K of the Sharpshooters regiment, in which 139 Anishinabe men served. The film is "The Road to Andersonville: Michigan Native American Sharpshooters in the Civil War."
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Source: OurMidland.com
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