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Re: Dissaffected in Canada - June 11-13, 2010
Hello,
Neither actually. While this event is taking place postwar, June 1865, the regiment was raised for war time need or at least perceived need. Recruiting started in November of 64 and they were mustered into service in January 1865.
The name of the event "Disaffected in Canada" comes from the contents in a letter dated Nov 3rd, 1864 to Secretary of War Stanton from Major Gen. Hooker asking permission for Governor Blair to raise a home guard regiment in Michigan. Hooker stated in this letter that the regiment "should be organized before the Detroit River is frozen over" and that "no lesser force can render the frontier of Michigan secure from the incursions of the disaffected in Canada." Out of these communications came the 30th Michigan.
Hooker and others were referring to things like the plot to capture the USS Michigan and free Johnson Island prisoners. There are even stories of Confederates planning to seize ships and cause destruction along Lake Huron’s small coastal communities. It is very surprising to read Michigan newspapers during the war and see so many rumors and so much fear about attacks coming from across the water. These fears really escalated in fall of 1864 through the end of the war due to small attempts, one of which is mentioned above.
Hello,
Neither actually. While this event is taking place postwar, June 1865, the regiment was raised for war time need or at least perceived need. Recruiting started in November of 64 and they were mustered into service in January 1865.
The name of the event "Disaffected in Canada" comes from the contents in a letter dated Nov 3rd, 1864 to Secretary of War Stanton from Major Gen. Hooker asking permission for Governor Blair to raise a home guard regiment in Michigan. Hooker stated in this letter that the regiment "should be organized before the Detroit River is frozen over" and that "no lesser force can render the frontier of Michigan secure from the incursions of the disaffected in Canada." Out of these communications came the 30th Michigan.
Hooker and others were referring to things like the plot to capture the USS Michigan and free Johnson Island prisoners. There are even stories of Confederates planning to seize ships and cause destruction along Lake Huron’s small coastal communities. It is very surprising to read Michigan newspapers during the war and see so many rumors and so much fear about attacks coming from across the water. These fears really escalated in fall of 1864 through the end of the war due to small attempts, one of which is mentioned above.
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