Departmental Corps Ohio Volunteer Infantry
1863–1864 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also … Read more
Derringer Gun Used To Assassinate Lincoln, Photo
About This Image This is the Derringer gun that John Wilkes Booth used to shoot Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. The President was … Read more
Don Carlos Buell
March 23, 1818 – November 19, 1898 Native Ohioan Don Carlos Buell was a Union general during the American Civil War who directed the … Read more
Donald Chester Stith
July 21, 1829 – March 18, 1920 Colonel Donald Chester Stith (CSA) was one of four graduates of the United States Military Academy to … Read more
Dred Scott Decision
1857
Drummer Boy of Chickamauga
August 13, 1851 – May 13, 1937
Eagle Monument, Geneva City Civil War Monument and Memorial Park, Geneva
1880 Ohio’s American Civil War soldiers and civilians sought to commemorate the troopers’ devotion to and service with the United States by constructing monuments … Read more
Eagle Monument, Spencerville Township Cemetery, Spencerville
1921 Ohio’s American Civil War soldiers and civilians sought to commemorate the troopers’ devotion to and service with the United States by constructing monuments … Read more
Earl Van Dorn
September 17, 1820 – May 7, 1863 Earl Van Dorn was a prominent Confederate general officer whose military career was cut short when he … Read more