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Benjamin Franklin Butler
November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893 A prominent Union officer, Major General Benjamin F. Butler also served as a United States Congressman and as Governor of Massachusetts after the American Civil War. Benjamin Franklin Butler was born on November 5, 1818, at Deerfield, in southeastern New Hampshire, approximately seventy miles north of Boston, Massachusetts.…
Benjamin Franklin Wade
October 27, 1800 – March 2, 1878 Benjamin Wade was a U.S. Senator from Ohio, a founder of the Republican Party, and a harsh critic of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson during and after the American Civil War. Benjamin Franklin Wade was born in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, near Springfield, on October 27, 1800. He…
Benjamin Harrison
August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901 Grandson of ninth U.S. President William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison was the nation's twenty-third President from March 4, 1889 to March 4, 1893. Benjamin Harrison was born near North Bend, Ohio, on August 20, 1833. He was the second of ten children of John and Elizabeth Harrison. He…
Bleeding Kansas
1855-1861 The term “Bleeding Kansas” refers to the violence and bloodshed that occurred in the Kansas Territory during the 1850s. As the United States expanded west to fulfill its "manifest destiny" during the mid-nineteenth century, settlers and entrepreneurs began champing at the bit to occupy the portion of the Louisiana Purchase north of Missouri. By…
Bushrod Rust Johnson
October 7, 1817 – September 12, 1880 Ohio born Bushrod Rust Johnson was a major general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Johnson commanded troops during many of the major battles in the Eastern and Western Theaters of the war. Bushrod Rust Johnson was born in Belmont County, Ohio on October 7,…
Charles Anderson
June 1, 1814–September 2, 1895 Born on June 1, 1814 near Louisville, Kentucky, Charles Anderson spent his youth in Kentucky. Anderson's father, Colonel Richard Clough Anderson, was a veteran of the American Revolution who served as aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Lafayette. Born on June 1, 1814 near Louisville, Kentucky, Charles Anderson spent his youth…
Charles Clark
May 24, 1811 – December 18, 1877 Ohio-born Charles Clark was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army and governor of Mississippi during the American Civil War. Charles Clark was born in Lebanon, Ohio, near Cincinnati, on May 24, 1811. After graduating from Augusta College, in Kentucky in 1831, Clark relocated to Mississippi, where he…
Charles Ewing
March 6, 1835 – June 20, 1883 Charles Ewing was a lawyer, Catholic Church representative, and soldier, who served the Union army as a general officer in the Eastern and Western theaters during the American Civil War. Charles Ewing was born in Lancaster, Ohio on March 6, 1835. He was the sixth child and fifth…
Charles Morris McCook
November 13, 1843 – July 21, 1861 Private Charles M. McCook died from a wound received at the Battle of Bull Run I, making him the first member of the famed "Fighting McCook's" to die during the Civil War. Charles Morris McCook was born at Carrollton, Ohio, on November 13 (sometimes reported as November 15),…
Committee of Thirty-three
1861 The Committee of Thirty-three was a select committee of the House of Representatives established on December 4, 1860 to explore possibilities for resolving the nation's secession crisis. On November 6, 1860, American voters elected Republican Abraham Lincoln as the sixteenth President of the United States. Alarmed by what they considered to be extremist views…