Enlistment
"Bobby! Come up and shake the
hand that shook hands with Abraham Lincoln" Anson in the 1930s to his great-grandson, Robert Mitchell, as reported by his great-great-grandson, Charles Mitchell, Robert's son. |
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Public domain image from the
Library of Congress Assistant topographical engineer Lt. Charles Wellington Reed's pencil sketch of Abraham Lincoln at City Point, Virginia, 1865. |
National Park Service drawing
based on Lt. Reed's sketch |
Lincoln reviewing troops. |
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Left: Union artillery
and infantry, including other units from Michigan,
provided protection for Union engineers and mechanics as
they constructed pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock
River at Fredericksburg, Virginia. This may have been the bridge over which Anson Croman and the 20th Michigan crossed. |
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View
from the fortified Confederate positions on the heights to
the west of Fredericksburg.
Anson Croman and the 20th Michigan were just to the right of this scene. |
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Map of
the first and final positions of the 20th Michigan on
December 13, 1862. |
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Shockwave animated map of the Battle of Fredericksburg.To find Anson's position, look at the center of the map. Above the words, Rappahannock River are three blue rectangles. Place the mouse cursor over the one above the letters Rappa. The name Poe should appear, commander of the 1st Brigade. At this battle, the 20th Michigan Infantry Regiment was part of the 1st Brigade. Above the word River is the name Willcox, commander of the 9th Corps. The 20th Michigan was in the 9th Corps for the entire war. |
Just a few weeks later,
on Christmas Day 1862, the 20th Michigan received a banner made
by the women of Jackson,
Michigan.
![]() the making of the 20th Michigan flag by the women of Jackson, Michigan |
From Virginia, the 20th Michigan was sent to Kentucky.
INDEX: Anson Croman and the American Civil War | ||
INDEX: Cizewski,
Lovetere, Musbach, & Robinson Families History All material not in the public domain © 2004 - 2020 Leonard H. Cizewski Last Major Update: April 6, 2020 Minor Revision: Last Reviewed: Posted: May 24, 2004 |
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