The Barracks / Ypsilanti in the Civil War Historical

The Barracks / Ypsilanti in the Civil War Historical (HM1WRR)

Location: Ypsilanti, MI 48198 Washtenaw County
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N 42° 14.768', W 83° 36.508'

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The Barracks

When the Civil War began in 1861, this corner site housed a commercial building called the Norris Block. Its location across the street from the railroad station made it an ideal place for short-term lodging for enlistees waiting to be sent off to battle, and locals soon dubbed it "The Barracks." The Ypsilanti Light Guard, a local militia company that became Company H, First Michigan Infantry, stayed here in the spring of 1861. They mustered in Detroit on May 1 and arrived in Washington, D.C., on May 16. Recruits for the Fourteenth Michigan Infantry, including 129 men from Washtenaw County, spent six months here from September 1861 to February 1862 while the regiment's ranks were filled. The Fourteenth first saw action as part of the siege of Corinth, Mississippi.

Ypsilanti in the Civil War

More than 4,000 soldiers from Washtenaw County served during the Civil War. Hundreds bivouacked here, in the Norris Block, before mustering into service. More than thirty men who were students or graduates of the Michigan State Normal School (now Eastern Michigan University) joined Company E of the Seventeenth Michigan Infantry in 1862. Their first action was at South Mountain in Maryland. In December 1863, the First Michigan Colored Infantry stopped here as part of its
state-wide recruiting drive. In 1902 veterans of the Twenty-Seventh Michigan Infantry held their reunion here. Since the 1880s this site has been known as the Thompson Block and has had a variety of commercial uses.
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HM NumberHM1WRR
Series This marker is part of the Michigan: Michigan Historical Commission series
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Year Placed2012
Placed ByMichigan Historical Commission-Michigan Historical Center
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, February 3rd, 2017 at 9:02am PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 284800 N 4680399
Decimal Degrees42.24613333, -83.60846667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 14.768', W 83° 36.508'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 14' 46.08" N, 83° 36' 30.48" W
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Area Code(s)734
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 412 N River St, Ypsilanti MI 48198, US
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