View of soldiers in formation with crowd of people across from them and buildings in background. Presentation of colors to the 1st Michigan Infantry on their departure, May 11, 1861, ceremony on the Campus Martius, H.R. Andrew's Rail-Road Hotel in the center background (site of the later Detroit Opera House). Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/History-Civil War." Glass negative is cracked in upper left corner. Also have print from negative.