Browse all Entries in the Central Ohio Region.
Daniel Harris Reynolds
December 14, 1832 – March 14, 1902 Ohio-born Daniel Harris Reynolds was a Confederate general, who served in the Far Western and Western Theaters … Read more
David Tod
February 21, 1805 – November 13, 1868 David Tod was the twenty-fifth Governor of Ohio, serving from January 4, 1862 through January 11, 1864. … Read more
Edson Baldwin Olds
June 3, 1802 – January 24, 1869 Edson B. Olds was a Copperhead leader and three-term U.S. Congressman from Ohio. In 1862, federal officials … Read more
Irvin McDowell
October 15, 1818–May 4, 1885 Irvin McDowell was a prominent Union general during the American Civil War and a career army officer. He commanded … Read more
Jacob Dolson Cox
October 27, 1828 – August 4, 1900 Jacob Cox was a nineteenth century American political and military leader who served as a brigadier general … Read more
John Brough
September 17, 1811–August 29, 1865 Born on September 17, 1811, in Marietta, Ohio, John Brough had a difficult childhood. His father died when Brough … Read more
Lancaster Guards
With the American Civil War's outbreak, neither the North nor the South had sufficient military forces to conduct a war. Both the United States … Read more
Newton Jasper Kidwell
1848-1920 Captured for the final time in 1919, fifty-four years after the American Civil War ended, Ohioan Newton Jasper Kidwell was possibly the last … Read more
Philip Henry Sheridan
March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888 Philip Henry Sheridan was a prominent Union general during the American Civil War and a career army … Read more
Roswell Sabine Ripley
March 14, 1823 – March 29, 1887 Ohio-born Roswell Sabine Ripley was a Confederate brigadier general, who served with the Department of South Carolina … Read more
