. Early Mackinac. A sketch historical and descriptive . d Steele, for w^hom a fort in the west hasbeen named. General Pemberton was once amember of the garrison, and in a private letterAvritten by one of the citizens in 1840, when thelittle island was ice-bound and there was a dearthof news, it is incidentally mentioned that in the foit is engaged in getting up aprivate theatre, in an endeavor to ward off winter ?Samuel F. Cook, of L,atising, Mich., has written a most interestingsketch of Drummond Island—giving the story of its occupation and finalabandonment by the British; gi
. Early Mackinac. A sketch historical and descriptive . d Steele, for w^hom a fort in the west hasbeen named. General Pemberton was once amember of the garrison, and in a private letterAvritten by one of the citizens in 1840, when thelittle island was ice-bound and there was a dearthof news, it is incidentally mentioned that in the foit is engaged in getting up aprivate theatre, in an endeavor to ward off winter ?Samuel F. Cook, of L,atising, Mich., has written a most interestingsketch of Drummond Island—giving the story of its occupation and finalabandonment by the British; giving also some of the fascinating legend-ary lore which has gathered about the spot. The sketch is embellishedwith numerous photographic views. 82 EARLY MACKINAC. and solitude,—rthe young officer little dreaming ofthat more serious drama in which he was to act,twentj-three years later, as commander of Vicks-burg, with Grants besieging army around him. During the civil war, all troops being neededat the front, the soldiers were withdrawn from our. OFFICERS QUARTERS. fort. This was but temporary, however, and didnot mean its abandonment.* Its flag and a solitarySerjeant were left to show that it was still a militarypost of the United States. This faithful soldierremained at the fort for many years after the war,and was known to the visitors as the Old Serjeant. *Occasionally at other times, also, the garrison ?would be tempor-arily sent elsewhere, but this never meant the giving up of the post. THE FORT SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. 83 For a period during the war it was made the placeof confinement of some of theConfederate prisoners,principally notable officers who had been captured,at which time Michigan volunteer troops held the close of the war the fort resumed its oldtime service as a garrison post, generally aboutfifty or sixty men of the regular army, with theirofficers, composing the force. A detachment wouldserve a few years, then be transferred and anotherwould take it
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