I have been adding the 1st Michigan Sharp Shooters Company K to the site
this month. This company was the Native American unit during the Civil War.
I have found some things out while doing this. The men signing up were
promised U.S. citizenship. One of the Chiefs encouraged men to sign up so
that the South didn't take over Michigan and make them slaves. Their skills
taught other units how to camouflage themselves for battle by using the
local natural material in the area they were in to do it. The base pages are
up for the Company and I am now creating a page for each of the men.
If anyone knows of other Native Americans in other Michigan regiments or
companies please come to the site, sign up and put up a page for them in the
wiki. Any past war hero can have their own page for any war.
Pat Hamp
Native Americans In Michigan - MIGenWeb
http://native.migenweb.net