Browse all Entries in the Civil War Eastern Theater Region.
Army of the Shenandoah (USA) (1864)
1864–1865 First commanded by Major General Philip Sheridan, the Army of the Shenandoah was formed in August 1864 to drive Confederate General Jubal Early's forces out of Shenandoah Valley. On June 17 and 18, Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early's Army of the Valley moved into the Shenandoah Valley from the south and drove Major General…
Army of West Virginia
Army of West Virginia The Army of West Virginia served under Brigadier-General George Crook during Major General Philip Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign in 1864. On June 24, 1863, the United States War Department issued General Orders No. 186, creating the Department of West Virginia, commanded by Brigadier-General Benjamin Franklin Kelley. Troops assigned to the department…
Arthur Fremantle
November 11, 1835 – September 25, 1901 General Sir Arthur Lyon Fremantle was a British army officer and author of <i>Three Months in the Southern States</i>, a popular book based upon his travels through the Confederate States of America during the spring and summer of 1863. Arthur Lyon Fremantle was a British citizen born on…
August Valentine Kautz
January 5, 1828 – September 4, 1895 A prominent cavalry officer, Ohioan August Kautz served in the Union military in the Eastern and Western Theaters during the American Civil War. August Valentine Kautz was born on January 5, 1828, in Ispringen, Baden, Germany. He was the first of seven children of Johann Georg and Dorthea…
Battery C, 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 D, 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 H, 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 I, 1st Regiment Ohio Light Artillery (Federal Organization)
1861–1864 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 K, 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, 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…