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David McMurtrie Gregg
April 10, 1833 – August 7, 1916 Brevet Major General David McMurtrie Gregg was the longest tenured Federal cavalry division commander during the Civil War. David McMurtrie Gregg was born on April 10, 1833, at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He was the third of nine children born to Matthew Duncan Gregg and Ellen McMurtrie. Matthew Gregg was…
David Sloane Stanley
June 1, 1828 – March 13, 1902 Major General David S. Stanley was a prominent Union officer and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, who served as commander of the 4th Army Corps in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. David Sloane (or Sloan) Stanley was born on June 1, 1828, in Cedar Valley,…
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. He was Ohio's second governor during the American Civil War. David Tod was born at Youngstown, Ohio on February 21, 1805. He was the son of George and Sarah (Isaacs) Tod.…
Department of the Ohio
1861 – 1865 Created on May 3, 1861, the Department of the Ohio was a Union military administrative unit that existed in various forms during the American Civil War until January 17, 1865. On April 15, 1861, one day after the surrender of Fort Sumter propelled the nation into civil war, President Abraham Lincoln issued…
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 join the Confederate Army after first fighting for the Union Army during the Civil War. Donald Chester Stith was born July 21, 1829 in the ancient city of Smyrna in the…
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 was assassinated by a jealous husband in 1863. Earl Van Dorn was born near Port Gibson, Mississippi, on September 17, 1820. He was the fifth of nine children and oldest of…
Edmund Kirby Smith
May 16, 1824 – March 28, 1893 Kirby Smith was one of seven full general's in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was also the Confederacy's last full general to pass away. Edmund Kirby Smith was born at St. Augustine, Florida on May 16, 1824.He was the third child and second son…
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 arrested and imprisoned Olds for disloyalty. Edson Baldwin Olds was born in Marlboro, Vermont, on June 3, 1802. Circa 1820, he moved to Ohio, where he taught school and began studying…
Edward Moody McCook
June 15, 1833– September 9, 1909 A member of the famed "Fighting McCooks," Brigadier General Edward M. McCook participaed in the Battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Chickamauga, Brown’s Mill, and Selma during the Civil War. Edward Moody McCook was born on June 15, 1833 in Steubenville, Ohio. He was the eldest son of John James McCook…
Edward Otho Cresap Ord
October 18, 1818 – July 22, 1883 A career United States Army officer, Edward O.C. Ord played major leadership roles in both theaters of the American Civil War and as commander of the Department of the Ohio at the conclusion of hostilities. Edward Otho Cresap Ord was born in Cumberland, Maryland, on October 18, 1818.…