Lansing and the Civil War

Matt VanAcker, Director Capitol Tour, Education & Information Services, Director/Curator-Save the Flags for the state of Michigan, joins host David Siwik to discuss Lansing’s role in the Civil War, and the book Matt recently published of the same title. This episode focuses primarily on the folks from Lansing who contributed to Michigan’s effort to save the Union. Topics discussed also included VanAcker’s curation work on the Michigan regimental battle flag collection.

Tags/Keywords: American Civil War, Civil War, Lansing history, Michigan history, United States history, Confederacy, Union, Union Army, Union Navy, Confederate Army, Charles Foster, Michigan Agricultural College, Downtown Lansing, Michigan Capitol, Matt VanAcker