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Category Archives: Marine Corps History
Citizen Soldiers
In teaching a course on Gettysburg this fall, I have come to think a lot about the citizen soldier. Several generations of the Norvells in my family served our nation, many finding themselves in the front lines: — Lipscomb … Continue reading
Posted in Air Force, American History, Ancestry, Family History, Marine Corps History, Mexican War, Michigan History, Nashville History, Revolutionary War, Social History, Tennessee History, Texas, Texas History, Union Army, US Army, US Army Air Corps, Vietnam War, Virginia History, War of 1812, World War Ii
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Buffalo Soldiers, Civil War, James City County Virginia, Kentucky, Nashville, Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville Tennessee, World War II
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At Gettysburg – Part II
Freeman Norvell, son of U.S. Senator John Norvell of Michigan and his third wife, Isabella Hodgkiss Norvell, had served in the Mexican War as a Marine 2nd Lt in the “Halls of Montezuma.” He was breveted a 1st Lt. for … Continue reading
From the Halls of Montezuma….
Mary Irene Norvell Fisher Masse, writing in her memoirs in 1960, commented about her grandmother Mary Dean Redfield Norvell this way: She had married young, the son [Freeman Norvell] of wealthy and prominent people. My grandmother had riches, a social … Continue reading
A Civil War Mother
All but two of Isabella Hodgkiss Freeman Norvell’s eight sons served in the Union forces. Isabella was the third wife of Michigan Senator John Norvell (1789-1850). Barry Norvell , a civil engineer, died of yellow fever in 1858, aboard the … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Canada, Civil War, Detroit, Detroit History, Genealogy, Marine Corps History, Mexican War, Michigan History, Nashville History, Norvell Family History, Social History, Tennessee History, US Army
Tagged Buffalo Soldiers, Civil War, Detroit, Grosse Ile, John Norvell, Michigan, Michigan history, San Juan Hill, Spanish Amerian War, Teddy Roosevelt
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