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Custer 170th Birthday Celebration, Historical Holiday Walking Tour, and Civil War Music Concert by Kristina Austin Scarcelli

November 27, 2009 Kristina

American History, Civil War, Michigan History

Hometown History Tours is pleased to announce a special December 5th tour and celebration to commemorate the 170th birthday of Civil War General George Armstrong Custer, commander of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade and America’s youngest general. Custer 170th Birthday Celebration and Historical Hometown Holiday Tour Saturday, December 5, 2009 10 AM to 3:30 PM General
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Charles W. Austin – Company A, 5th Michigan Cavalry

December 5, 2008 Kristina

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American History, Civil War, Michigan History

When my Great Great Great Grandparents, John Delos (1807 – 1851) and Anna (1813 – 1851) Austin died during the 1851 Detroit cholera epidemic, their two sons, seven-year-old Charles and five-year-old Abner, were orphaned and separated. Charles was taken in by John and Catharine Osmun of Groveland near Waterford, Michigan, who raised him as a
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