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McCreery-Fenton family papers, 1842-1935 (majority within 1860-1865)

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Microfilm of a selection of the papers of the McCreery-Fenton families of Genesee County, Michigan. Civil War correspondence and other papers of William M. Fenton of Fenton and Flint, Michigan, Democratic state senator, and lieutenant governor, later colonel with the 8th Michigan Infantry; correspondence, diaries, and other materials of William B. McCreery of Flint, Michigan, Colonel in the 21st Michigan Infantry during the Civil War; and photographs.

This microfilm edition of a portion of the McCreery-Fenton family collection includes only materials relating to the Civil War service of William M. Fenton and William B. McCreery.

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William M. Fenton

The William M. Fenton series consists primarily of documentation of his Civil War career. Of interest in addition to correspondence and official documents is a record book from the 8th Michigan Infantry that he maintained. The volume is dated 1861-1862. Fenton also collected other 8th Michigan Infantry related papers such as the diary of Captain Horatio Belcher pertaining to the Fredericksburg campaign. Correspondents include Austin Blair.