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Michigan in the Civil War

Kapp family.

The papers of the family of Christian F. Kapp, immigrant from Württemberg, Germany, to Northfield Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., and his wife Regina Schlechter Danner Kapp, include letters (June 7-Aug. 1, 1862 and Apr. 22 and Oct. 15, 1865) of her son by a previous marriage, Simon Danner, who served in Company I, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters, and later in Company D, 9th Michigan Infantry.

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