Comments on: Eli Blanchard, Musician: The 24th Michigan of the Iron Brigade

By: amy

amy — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:19:29 +0000

This comment thread is getting amazing.

By: Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:25:52 +0000

To Webster Wood:

I have been researching who was in the procession at Lincoln’s funeral in Springfield, IL on May 4, 1865. I have in my possession a fife that allegedly was played during the funeral march to the grave sight. The fifer was Jesse Lambert, who was a member of the 78th Illinois Volunteer Regiment.

Could you be of any help to validate his participation? Dave Roberts

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:00:44 +0000

My thesis project is on Eli Blanchard and his brother Franklin. Their civil war letters were donated to my work by a distant relative, and I am digitizing and transcribing them to make them available to the public. Eli mentions Web Wood in at least one of his letters. Eli got a bad case of the mumps along with others from their same group and was sent back to Michigan. He died before Franklin returned home.

By: Webster Wood

Webster Wood — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:04:53 +0000

My Great granfather was a musician in the 24th-Company K. He was friends with Eli and mentions him often in his diaries. I don’t have his 65 diary so I can’t shed light on his death. Webster Wood

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By: amy

amy — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:11:10 +0000

Wow. Thank you Daniel! I was just thinking about Eli Blanchard the other day. Glad to know this.

By: Daniel Rossi

Daniel Rossi — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:03:55 +0000

Eli Blanchard was a drummer. 6/21/65 death date.

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