HEIGHTS – The Dearborn Heights Rotary Club unveiled a statue Nov. 10 at historic Nowlin Cemetery honoring the Michigan 24th Infantry that fought with the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The Michigan 24th Infantry was part of the famed “Iron Brigade” that fought in Gettysburg, Fredericksburg and the Wilderness.
The Michigan 24th Infantry was commanded by Colonel Henry Morrow of Detroit, where he practiced law and was a recorder’s court judge before entering military service.
The statue is dedicated to local volunteers and Morrow and is a tribute to the men who answered the call to help preserve the Union when the country was in its darkest hour.
The statue was sculpted as a life-sized bronze by Red Rabbit Sculptures and depicts a Black Union soldier holding a rifle at parade rest as a lasting community tribute to “courage, duty and service.”
Nowlin Cemetery, located near Van Born Road and Madison Street, is a historic pioneer burial site established in 1853 by the Nowlin family on their 80-acre farmstead.
The cemetery management was transferred to Dearborn Township in 1950, and in 1963 to the city of Dearborn Heights.