"My Brave Mechanics"
Hoffman, Mark!["My Brave Mechanics"](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/285/2851213/CHSBZCOP032851213.jpg)
As volunteer engineers for the Union army, the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics regiment was made up of skilled artisans, craftsmen, railroad men, and engineers whose behind-the-scenes work was crucial to the Union victory. Charged with maintaining the Union supply line in the western theater, the engineers constructed and repaired a staggering number of bridges, blockhouses, fortifications, railroads, and telegraph lines to keep the Uni...