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Tag Archives: Michigan history
John Mason Norvell’s Civil War Memoir 2
John Mason Norvell, the son of Michigan U.S. Senator John Norvell (1789-1850) and his third wife, Isabella H. Norvell (1804-1873), was a career soldier. He prepared this memoir in 1866, his story continues after Bull Run. Sep 1, 1861 Brigade … Continue reading
John Mason Norvell’s Civil War Memoir 1
John Mason Norvell, the son of Michigan U.S. Senator John Norvell (1789-1850) and his third wife, Isabella H. Norvell (1804-1873), was a career soldier. He entered the service of his county as a 2nd Lt in the 2nd Michigan … Continue reading
With the Sioux 3
From 1857-1860 Alexander Hamilton Redfield, my great great grandfather served as the Indian agent for the Sioux nation at a time of great change. His story continues: On June 16 Redfield halted on the west bank of the river to … Continue reading
With the Sioux 1
My great-grandfather Colonel Freeman Norvell (1827-1881) married Mary Dean Redfield (1843-1918), the daughter of Alexander Hamilton Redfield, a descendant of pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins Alden and a distant cousin of President John Adams. Redfield was born in Phelps, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Family History, Famous Alden Descendants, Genealogy, Internet genealogy, Michigan History, Native Americans, New York State History, Norvell Family History, NY History, Redfield Family History, Sioux, South Dakota History, Western History, Yanktons
Tagged Dakota, Michigan history, Native Americans, Opening of the west, Sioux, Western History
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Antietam
Lt Colonel John Mason Norvell, my great-uncle, son of U.S. Senator John Norvell of Michigan, fought in nearly every major battle in the Civil War. He fought in the Battle of Antietam, one of the bloodiest of the … Continue reading
At Gettysburg – Part III
While John Mason Norvell and Freeman Norvell faced C.S.A. forces, July 2-3 1863, on Cemetery ridge and Culp’s Hill, the two remaining Norvell brothers: Major Edwin Forrest and Lt. Dallas Norvell were with General George Armstrong Custer. They had been … Continue reading
At Gettysburg – Part I
Four of the six Norvell brothers in the Union Army fought in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, considered to be the turning point in the Civil War. Freeman Norvell was on Culp’s Hill, and Edwin Forrest Norvell and Dallas Norvell … Continue reading
With the Buffalo Soldiers
STEVENS THOMPSON NORVELL (born February 14, 1835 -died August 20, 1911, Ogunquit, Maine of Bright’s Disease) enlisted in the army on January 23, 1858 as a private in Company A 5th Infantry. After the Civil War, he was assigned to … Continue reading
Camp Life On the Texas Frontier
Spencer Norvell,(born October 13, 1814 in Pennsylvania -died August 12, 1850 in Saratoga Springs, New York),the son of John Norvell and Alexandrine “Kitty” Cone, attended West Point. On February 4, 1838, he joined Captain Rowland’s Company of Brady Guards of … 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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