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THE CIVIL WAR "Rock of Erin" Historical Art Prints; Limited Edition Prints Deeds of Valor Series; Don Troiani, artist SPAUN, Lewis Born Jan. 20, 1809 in Albany Co., NY He came to Michigan from New York with his family via the Erie Canal in 1837 He enlisted in Company H of the 1st Infantry on April 20, 1862 at Ypsilanti , Michigan for 3 months service under the name Louis Spawn at the stated age of 40. He took the muster oath on May 1, 1861. He was mustered out at Detroit, Michigan on August 7, 1861. A brief narrative history of Michigan's 1st Infantry, compiled from official records, can be found here. He was wounded in the First Battle of Manassas. While home on leave, this photo was taken. On September 12, 1861 at Belleville, Michigan he re-enlisted in Company G of the 1st Infantry as a Corporal for 3 years of service under the name Lewis Spawn. He took the muster oath on September 16, 1861. He was killed at the Second Battle of Mannassas on August 30, 1862. He is buried on the field at Bull Run, VA, but he has a monument in Soop Cemetary, Van Buron Twp., Mich. Read his letter home 2 months before he was killed in action. "First at Manassas" Historical Art Prints; Limited Edition Prints Deeds of Valor Series; Don Troiani, artist Fair Oaks, Va., vicinity Federal battery CREATED/PUBLISHED June, 1862

MCGEE, Selah Augustus

• Born July 8, 1847, in New York
• He enlisted in the 11th Michigan Calvary, Co. C on October 20, 1863 at Saranac, Michigan for 3 years service at the stated age of 18. (He was actually 16 years at the time.)
• He took the muster oath on October 20, 1863
• A brief narrative history of Michigan's 11th Calvary, compiled from official records, can be found here.
• He transferred to Company M of the 8th Michigan Cavalry on July 20, 1865.
• He saved all his money during the war and being a minor sent it home for his stepfather to buy him a farm. The stepfather never bought the farm.
• He mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee on September 22, 1865.
• After his return S. A. McGee became a farmer and a Free Methodist preacher. He had 2 farms near Vermontville, Michigan. His final home was in Spring Arbor, Michigan, the center of Free Methodism.
• In his picture he wears no tie because in his opinion a tie was "sinful self-ornamentation".
• He died July 18, 1937 and is buried in the Free Methodist Cemetary next to the church, Spring Arbor, Jackson, MI.

"Charge" Historical Art Prints; Limited Edition Prints Other Civil War Subjects; Don Troiani, artist

Brandy Station, Va., vicinity Camp of 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 3d Division, Cavalry Corps March 1864