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Diary of Orrin Brown—Oct 9, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown, Kalamazoo, Michigan Sunday–Oct. 9th Clear and pleasant and bids fair to be a warm day, went to the Burdick House and Norman and I with some of the other boys went up to the Unighted Brethren … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin Brown—Oct 8, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown, Kalamazoo, Michigan Oct. 8th Arrived at Kalamazoo at about 4:30AM, rained the most of the time yesterday and last night. Took Breakfast and dinner at the Burdick House, got some tintypes taken, found out that the … Continue reading
Diary of Orrin Brown—Oct 7, 1864
Diary of Orrin Brown, Niles, Michigan. First Part of his Journal. Commencing, Oct. 7th A.D. 1864 Cloudy and cold with a high N.W. wind, made a box to put some provisions in for the boys that were drafted, started to … Continue reading
The Diary of Pvt. Orrin Brown: Marching Through Georgia and the Carolinas with General Sherman
As best we know, Orrin O. Brown was born in September 1836, at Wayne County, Michigan, to Orrin Brown, Sr. and Rhoda Weaver Brown of New York State. Orphaned at birth, his mother moved in with family in Will County, … Continue reading
Presidents Day Thoughts on the Failure of Politics
I try to avoid getting too political on this blog, although this month with my tributes to President Reagan’s 100th birthday it might not seem that way.  Politics inevitably invades all human endeavors.  It starts when we are young—watch groups … Continue reading
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