The American Civilwar

The America Civil War has been over for well over 100 years yet the American Civil War still holds great interests too many who are interested in American Civil war History. For a quick reference to located specific information on a particular topic please visit our site index.



I need to give thanks to two of my ancestors who fought in the American Civil War. The first is Jacob Funk who served with the Michigan Third Infantry (reorganized). Jacob Funk collected most of the information contained in this site. The second of my ancestors to partake in the American Civil war was Fredrick Schmalzried, with the 1st Michigan Cavalry he did not survive the war. Jacob was taken prisoner at Brentsville, Va on Feb 14, 1863 and died of disease on June, 28 1863.




I have tried to provide information on the American Civil War in an orderly fashion much of the information enclosed here is not elsewhere available at least on the internet. This site will follow the events of the Civil War from a Michigan perspective.