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  | The Camp is named in honor of George Wadsworth
Howe
He enlisted in Company D, 29th Michigan Infantry on August 17, 1864 at East Saginaw, Michigan for three years service at the age of 20. He took the muster oath of alligiance on September 29, 1864 and entered Federal service with the Regiment at its Muster in on October 3, 1864. George was transferred to Company D and promoted to 1st Sergeant shortly before the regiment was sent South on October 4, 1864, participating in all of the movements and actions of the regiment in Alabama and Tennessee. After the cessation of hostilities he was mustered out at Murfreesboro, Tenessee on September 6, 1865. This photo was taken in 1929 when as an 85 year old he marched in the Rememberance Day parade in Port Huron, Michigan. He died in 1936 and is buried in Lakeside Cemetery at Port Huron, Michigan. . Brother Howe was a member and Chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic "William Sanborn Post No. 98" located at Port Huron, Michigan |
One of our main goals for 2003 is to increase Camp membership. To join the camp as a Regular member the only requirement is that you have a Union Civil War Veteran in your family lineage, if you do not have a veteran then you can join as an Associate member and someone in the organization will help you research your lineage to see if you have one. Woman are also welcome to join in the Woman's Auxillary to help in the Camp projects..For further details contact either Ed Russell or Lois Russell
The camp is currently involved in the preservation of the Post Hospital / Officer's Quarters of Old Fort Gratiot. This is the only currently known remaining structure from the 19th Century Fort. When the Fort property was turned over to the local Government the building was divided into two separate buildings that were used as private dwellings. One of the halves has been obtained by the Camp for preservation and relocation to the Port Huron Historical Museum is complete. The other half is still occupied as a private home.If you wish to participate in this project contact:
Randy Maxfield
World Wide Michigan Veteran's Grave Site's
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.Author unknown
In 1998 an effort to locate as many grave sites of Michigan Civil War veterans was started. To date more than 21,000 of the veteran's final camp ground have been located. This effort has involved hundreds of volunteers and decendents from around the world. Every grave published has been confirmed by the Michigan Muster Out Rolls to have been a veteran of the regiment he is listed as having been a member of.
If you wish to contribute a grave site location contact:
- Ed and Lois Russell
If you wish to visit the "World Wide Grave Site's of Michigan Veterans":
- Worldwide Michigan Veterans Graves sites
23 February 2003
Done primarily from the constant effort of Edmund and Lois Russell who spend hours locating and searching the cemeteries in these counties Local Michigan Veteran's Grave Site's
(St. Clair, Sanilac, and Huron Counties, Michigan)If you wish to contribute a local grave site location contact:
- Ed and Lois Russell
If you wish to visit the "Local Grave Site's of Michigan Veterans":
- Local Michigan Veterans Graves sites
