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Potts’ Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery
1862–1865 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…
President Lincoln’s Executive Order Acknowledging the Service of the Ohio National Guard Who Recently Served In the Military Force of the United States as Volunteers for One Hundred Days
September 10, 1864 On September 10, 1864, President Lincoln issued an executive order acknowledging the patriotic and valuable service of Ohio National Guardsmen. The term of one hundred days for which the National Guard of Ohio volunteered having expired, the President directs an official acknowledgment to be made of their patriotic and valuable services during…
Presidential Proclamation Respecting Soldiers Absent without Leave
March 10, 1863 On March 10, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to soldiers absent without leave upon returning to their regiments by April 1, 1863. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A PROCLAMATION. Respecting Soldiers absent without leave. Executive Mansion, March 10, 1863. In pursuance of the twenty-sixth section…
Price’s Hill Battery
With the Civil War’s outbreak, both the North and the South were ill prepared for the conflict. Ohio Governor William Dennison hoped to utilize the state’s militia forces to assist President Abraham Lincoln in reuniting the nation. With the Civil War’s outbreak, both the North and the South were ill prepared for the conflict. Ohio…
Relief Law
1864 Upon becoming Ohio's twenty-sixth governor on January 11, 1864, John Brough sought to aid the Union war effort. He succeeded in enacting a two mills property tax to support soldiers' families. Upon becoming Ohio's twenty-sixth governor on January 11, 1864, John Brough sought to aid the Union war effort. He succeeded in enacting a…
Rienzi
1860-1878 During the American Civil War, Rienzi was Union General Philip Sheridan’s favorite horse. This steed’s exploits became immortalized in prose and also helped President Abraham Lincoln win reelection in 1864. In 1862, Union cavalry forces under the command of General Philip Sheridan, a native of Ohio, passed through the town of Rienzi, Mississippi. Members…
Robert Cumming Schenck
October 4, 1809 – March 23, 1890 Robert Cumming Schenck was an eight-time United States Congressman from Ohio and a major general in the Union army during the American Civil War. Robert Cumming Schenck was born in Franklin, Ohio, in Warren County, on October 4, 1809. He was the son of Elizabeth Rogers Schenck and…
Robert Hatton
November 2, 1826 – May 31, 1862 Ohio born Robert Hatton was a United States Congressman from Tennessee and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Robert Hatton was born at Steubenville, Ohio on November 2, 1826. He was one of six children of Robert Clopton Hatton, a Methodist Episcopal…
Robert Latimer McCook
December 28, 1827 – August 6, 1862 A member of the famed "Fighting McCooks," Brigadier General Robert Latimer McCook died near New Market, Alabama on August 6, 1862, from wounds he received during an ambush the previous day. Robert Latimer McCook was born at New Lisbon, Ohio, on December 28, 1827. He was the fourth…
Roderick Sheldon McCook
March 10, 1839 – February 13, 1886 A member of the famed "Fighting McCooks" and a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Lieutenant Roderick Sheldon McCook served as a officer with the U.S. Navy during and after the Civil War. Roderick Sheldon McCook was born on March 10, 1839 in New Lisbon, Ohio. He…