This one hour program will explore the wartime services of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, Company K, in America's Civil War.

Admission is Free. The program starts at 5:30 PM at the Museum of Native American History.

The 1st Michigan Sharp Shooters Company K consisted of 146 men total. Most of these men were (139 men total) were Anishnaabek Indigenous people of theGreat Lakes. The Anishnaabek consisted of Odawa, Ottawa, Ojibway, Chippewa, and Potawatomi tribes. So only six men were not Anishnaabek Indigenous peoples. The 1st Michigan Sharp Shooters was the largest all Indian regiment in the Union army east of the Mississippi River.

Three books have been written about the Company. They are Sally M. Walker, Deadly Aim: The Civil War Story of Michigan's Anishinaabe Sharpshooters, 2019, Raymond J. Herek, These Men Have Had Hard Fighting: The First Michigan Sharpshooters in the Civil War, 1998, and Chris Czopek, Who Was Who in Company K: Reliable Facts About Native American Soldiers in Company K, 1st Michigan Sharpshooters, During the Civil War, 1861-1865, 2015.

In partnership with the Pea Ridge National Military Park

About Kerry King Jones

Park Guide & Volunteer Coordinator

Pea Ridge National Military Park

Scot-Irish origins, seventh generation Arkansan, earned two undergraduate degrees, a masters degree (I was the first person from my family to go to college.), taught at the college level for several years, worked for National Park Service for several years, and received awards and commendations for my job performance.