Goin' Camping with Great-Great Grandpa...

Having found GGG Garretson’s Civil War record a few weeks ago, yesterday I got another great discovery. There is a 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry reenactor group alive and well and kicking off its 150th Civil War anniversary celebrations with an encampment in Hastings in mid-July. So here I am, retired and getting excited about going camping with great-great grand dad this summer!   Who woulda thought...


I’ve been to a few of these before—Civil War and even Revolutionary War camps. But this is the first time that I have a personal interest in questioning the participants, getting their views on the historic events. Who knows, perhaps one of them actually portrays my GGG, though since he was merely an enlisted man, I’d be surprised by that. But here’s the real treasure—and reason for going. They have a picture of 50+ GAR regimental vets on their web site. I’m anxious to see if there is a record of exactly who is pictured.