On May 23, 1865,
the Army of the Potomac, which including the 20th Michigan
Infantry Regiment, paraded in the Grand Review of the
Armies in Washington D.C. The Library of Congress has over 134 photos of the Grand Review. |
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Croman, Anson, Waterloo. Enlisted in company
F, Twentieth Infantry, July 29, 1862 at Marshall, for 3
years, age 18. Mustered Aug. 18, 1862. Corporal Nov. 1,
1864. Mustered out at DelLancey House, D.C., May 30,
1865. Present residence Munith, Mich.
(Page 31 of "Twentieth Infantry," in Brown, Geo. H., ed., Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861-1865, appended to Cutcheon, Byron Mac, 1836-1908, The story of the Twentieth Michigan infantry, July 15th, 1862, to May 30th, 1865, Lansing, Mich., R. Smith printing co., 1904.) (External internet sites): Roster of Company F. Note "Tenney" or Jenny Clark. A woman disguised herself as a man in order to serve. |
![]() Anson’s discharge |
Anson returned home to Munith, Michigan and married
Mariah.
![]() Anson & Mariah Croman, undated |
His postwar jobs included a
position in a livery, where he earned 10 cents for each
horse in his care . ![]() Undated photo of Anson with his Civil War rifle and bayonet. |
![]() Anson Croman, undated, front row, left |
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1886 Union veteran's pension
application. "Invalid" means he applied on behalf of himself and does refer to an application because of a disability. I have been unable to determine the amount Anson Croman received. Theda Skocpol in "American's first Social Security System: the expansion of benefits for Civil War Veterans" reports that in 1910 the average payment to men over 65 (Anson was 66 in 1910) receiving a Federal benefit was $186 per year. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2152487?seq=1... |
![]() Anson Croman, only Civil War veteran in Munith. Clipping from Jackson Citizen Patriot, unknown date. |
![]() Closeup of key referred to in article and Anson is holding in the photo. |
Views
of Times Past - Jackson Michigan |
Facebook page with many
images of Jackson, Michigan when Anson Croman lived there
in the mid to late 19th century and the first third of the
20th century. |
Grand Army of the Republic (Union Civil War Veterans Organization) | Anson Croman was a member of Edward Pomeroy Post #48 in Jackson, Michigan which was organized March 9, 1882 |
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Jackson County Soldiers and Sailors
Monument, Jackson, Michigan Erected in 1903. Photo © Leonard H. CIzewski Click for larger image |
Taking Care of His Granddaughter and Great-grandchildren |
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A Great-Grand-daughter Remembers |
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Anson died in 1938 two months before his
94th birthday. He is buried in Mt. Hope, Waterloo, Michigan. Record of Anson's burial site (Photo, 2004, by Ralph Robinson, Anson's great-grandson-in-law.) |
Anson Croman and the American Civil War |
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INDEX: Cizewski,
Lovetere, Musbach, & Robinson Families History All material not in the public domain © 2011 - 2019 Leonard H. Cizewski Last Major Update: January 31, 2019 Minor Revision: October 31, 2016 Posted: Before December 20, 2011 Last Reviewed: |
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