I wasn't aware that among his seemingly 9 million books written that Richard Bak had penned a rather impressive pastiche on Michigan's involvement in the Civil War. It's more a condensed scrapbook history of the skirmish but gives the local touch that somebody with the attention span of a fruit fly, namely myself, can get into and out of without missing much. The featured personage here is Henry Loss of Nankin. Who was too young and small in stature to join as a man-child but was inducted into the cause as a drummer before growing into a soldier. In the Battle of Baton Rouge he was struck in the temple by a minie [sic] ball and thought to be dead. In fact, he was reported dead and had his customary funeral sermon only to have been knocked unconscious but very much alive despite his injuries. ( enlarge ) When his 3 year term of service was up he went back home to Michigan only to grow tired of civilian life. He re-enlisted in the 24th Michigan Infantry and saw battle at Ga...