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Civil War American National Cemeteries
Then here's their memory—may it be
For us a guiding light, To cheer our strife for liberty, And teach us to do right. "
It may here be stated that both officers and enlisted men of Michigan troops were selected to execute many important duties in various capacities aside from service in the field, among which may be named that most sacred trust of caring for the union dead.
The subject of laying out and constructing National cemeteries in the department of the Cumberland, came under the direction of Major General George H. Thomas, commanding, and General Thomas Swords, Assistant Quartermaster General, U. S. A., and that important duty was placed in charge of Colonel E. B. Whitman, Quartermaster's department, who selected several officers to aid in that great, benevolent work, among whom were Chaplains Earnshaw and Van Home, U. S. Volunteers, with Captain L. B. Fish, 3d Ohio Cavalry, William A. Gavitt, late private 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechairics, and James C. Wheeler, late private 18th Michigan Infantry, as assistants.
National Cemeteries of the Civil War
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