This framed memorial is in fair to good condition. The edges show chipping and there is one small hole at top left center and the paper has browned with age, otherwise the item is solid.

On the top edge is the printer’s advertisement of “MARTIN’S SOLDIER’S RECORD” and below that in bigger print is “MINTY GUARD.”

Below the lettering is color artwork of a spread-winged eagle at center holding a snake in its talons superimposed over a scene consisting of Sibley tents, drums and cannon at center flanked by views of Mount Vernon with Washington’s Tomb on one side and a Naval battle scene with a land fort showing infantry drilling in line on the other.

Below the art work are two columns wrapped in US flags and each one is topped by a figure. The column at left has Columbia at top while the one at right has a Union sailor. Both are done in color. Running horizontally across the top of the columns is a riband that reads “COMPANY ‘L’ FOURTH MICHIGAN CAVALRY.”

The two columns separate the body of the piece into three sections. Each section bears the names of the officers and men in the Company. At top of the center portion is an oval CDV of Captain Benjamin D. Pritchard. The two other portions are topped by reproduction phots of unknown enlisted men.

At bottom center is the date the regiment was mustered in and the name of the mustering officer. At very bottom is the printing information showing the piece was produced by Samuel Martin in 1862.

The gold wooden frame looks to be the original and meas. approx. 18.50 x 22.50 inches.

The 4^th Michigan Cavalry was organized in Detroit on August 29, 1861. The regiment served in both the Army of Ohio and the Army of the Cumberland. It took part in 112 battles and skirmishes to include Stone’s River, Shelbyville, Chickamauga, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Lattimer’s Mill, Lovejoy Station, and Irwinsville.  [ad][ph:L]

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