George A Hanks and wife Minerva A Hanks - CO B 25th Michigan Infantry - Smyrna Michigan Cemetery (GPS N43°03.648, W085°15.738)
George enlisted at age 19 in Otisco.
On the 22nd. of September 1862, the Regiment was mustered into the service of the United States. Before the Regiment left Kalamazoo for the front, a silk flag was presented by the Honorable H.G. Wells, on behalf of the citizens of that place. The flag was a regulation standard, with the inscription "This flag is given in faith that it will be carried where honor and duty leads."