What I didn't know is that Michigan is home to a very large zoo, one that I've visited multiple times, it's big enough to be listed in the 10 largest zoos in the country.
He graduated from here in 1859, at the age of fifteen. He then clerked in a store for a short time, and was only seventeen when he enlisted in Company K, Second Michigan Infantry, on April 12,1861, and was mustered into the United States service on May 25.