Maj. Henry Granger, 7th Michigan Cav.

[Diane Merkel]

Here's an excerpt from an article that mentions GAC a couple of times. The major part of the article concerns something most of us can relate to, a misdirected package sent via the Postal Service, and it includes another misspelling of Cavalry.

[Ted Vicks] said he also has had memorabilia that belonged to Lt. Col. George Custer's sergeant, and an axe that belonged to Chief Crazy Horse, the Native American that led the charge against - and beat - Custer and his troops at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

Vicks, a veteran himself, was in five major battles during WWII where he carried both a rocket launcher and flamethrower.

Vicks said he has been traveling to cemeteries in Michigan and Florida, and has collected more than 1,000 names of Civil War soldiers from Michigan. Some of the soldiers, he found, were lacking a headstone on their grave. Through the United States Veterans Affairs, he has made sure the unmarked graves received headstones.

One of those soldiers was Major Henry Granger of the 7th Michigan Calvary, a regiment that fought alongside Custer. Vicks was visiting a cemetery in New York when he discovered that Granger, a New York native, was buried there without a grave marker. Vicks made sure he got one.

Article: www.voicenews.com/stories/011608/loc_20080116004.shtml