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Photograph taken on the Brompton estate near Fredericksburg, Virginia after the battles at Nye River and Spottsylvania, May 1864. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Photograph taken on the Brompton estate near Fredericksburg, Virginia after the battles at Nye River and Spottsylvania, May 1864. Tom Ke Che Ti Go is standing in the light colored clothes

Company K: Anishinaabe in the First Michigan Sharpshooters

Michigan History Center Staff

In 2017, the Michigan History Center began a partnership with Michigan Radio’s Stateside program to share stories of our state’s history.  Host Cynthia Canty discussed the service of Native Americans in Company K, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters with former Michigan History Center curator Steve Ostrander and Eric Hemenway, Director of Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.

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