Editing Midland County, Michigan (section)

===19th century===

In the year of 1831, Midland County's borders had been set.<ref name="michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu">{{Cite web|url=http://michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu/founding-of-midland/|title=Founding of Midland – Michigan History}}</ref> In 1850, Midland County was officially organized.<ref name="michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu"/> In 1874, the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad linked Midland to the nationwide railroad network.<ref name="cityofmidlandmi.gov"/> The City of Midland, the county seat, is officially incorporated in 1887, and 3 years later in 1890, Herbert Henry Dow arrives and founds the Dow Chemical Corporation, now one of the largest chemical companies in the world.<ref name="cityofmidlandmi.gov"/>

====Civil War====
When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, many men from the county enlisted in the Union Army, many in Company B of the [[10th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment]], and Company H of the [[27th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment]], but some ended up in different regiments.<ref>Michigan and George H. Turner, ''Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865''. (Kalamazoo, Mich.: Ihling bros. & Everard, printers, 1900). Volume 10, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015008495064&view=1up&seq=9</ref> Not all of them came back alive and several were wounded. Many veterans of the war are also buried in the county.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/midland/MidlandCountyCWGraves.aspx|title = Midland County Civil War Graves}}</ref> There were a total of 5 different Posts, or veteran groups, of the [[Grand Army of the Republic]], a Union veterans organization, in Midland County.<ref>https://seekingmichigan.org/about/indexes/civil-war-grand-army-of-the-republic-posts {{Bare URL inline|date=March 2022}}</ref>

Some of the regiments which included men from Midland County are: [[10th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment]], [[27th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment]], [[29th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment]], [[16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment]], [[3rd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment]], [[7th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment]], [[2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment]], [[1st Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment]], and [[23rd Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment]].