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Michigan in the Civil War

Howe, George N., b. 1836.

Howe was a Hillsdale County, Mich., resident, a member of Company G, 18th Michigan Infantry. The collection includes diaries (1863-1865), correspondence (1861-1865) with his wife, Melvina (Todd) of Litchfield, Mich. It also includes letters from cousins Ethan J. Todd, Company H., 4th Michigan Infantry, Elliot Todd, Company C, 7th Michigan Infantry and James T. Woods, Company H, 4th Michigan Infantry.

This collection is available on microfilm for interlibrary loan.