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Battery L, 1st Regiment Ohio Light Artillery (Federal Organization)
1861–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also served in several other regiments from other states, most notably from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as in federal units. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal…
Battery L, 2nd Regiment Ohio Heavy Artillery
1863–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also served in several other regiments from other states, most notably from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as in federal units. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal…
Battery M, 2nd Regiment Ohio Heavy Artillery
1863–1865 In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry, artillery, and cavalry units. Ohioans also served in several other regiments from other states, most notably from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Massachusetts, as well as in federal units. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal…
Battle of Amelia Springs
April 5–6, 1865 The Battle of Amelia Springs took place in Amelia County, Virginia on April 5 – 6, 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign. On March 12, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed native Ohioan Ulysses S. Grant as General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States of America. Upon his arrival in Washington, Grant drafted…
Battle of Appomattox Court House
April 9, 1865 On March 12, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant as General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States. Upon his arrival in Washington, Grant drafted a plan to get the various Union armies in the field to act in concert to strike the Confederacy from several directions. On March 12,…
Battle of Appomattox Station
April 8, 1865 The Battle of Appomattox Station took place in Appomattox County, Virginia on April 8, 1865, during Appomattox Campaign. On March 12, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant as General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States. Upon his arrival in Washington, Grant drafted a plan to get the various Union…
Battle of Averasboro
March 16, 1865 On March 16, 1865, at the Battle of Averasboro, nearly 5,400 Confederate soldiers, commanded by William J. Hardee, temporarily delayed the left wing of William T. Sherman's forces, as it proceeded through the Carolinas. On February 1, 1865, Union Major General William T. Sherman led sixty thousand battle-hardened, veteran soldiers out of…
Battle of Bentonville
March 19 – 21, 1865 The Battle of Bentonville, fought from March 19 through March 21, 1865, near Bentonville, North Carolina, was the final battle of Major General William T. Sherman's Carolinas Campaign. After William T. Sherman captured Savannah, Georgia in December 1864 at the end of his March to the Sea, he began making…
Battle of Crow Valley
February 25, 1864 On February 25, 1864, Union soldiers commanded by Major General George H. Thomas failed to dislodge heavily fortified Confederate forces near Dalton, Georgia during the Battle of Crow Valley prior to the start of the Atlanta Campaign. In September 1863, Confederate General Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee was attempting to recapture Chattanooga,…
Battle of Cumberland Church
April 7, 1865 The Battle of Cumberland Church took place in Cumberland County, Virginia on April 7, 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign. On March 12, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant as General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States. Upon his arrival in Washington, Grant drafted a plan to get the various…