Thomas Ward Custer
March 15, 1845 – June 25, 1876 Younger brother of General George Armstrong Custer, Thomas Ward Custer was twice awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War. Thomas Ward Custer was born on March 15, 1845, at New Rumley, in eastern Ohio. He was the third of four sons of Emanuel…
Tod Barracks
Constructed in 1863, Tod Barracks, located in Columbus, Ohio, served as a recruitment and discharge base for soldiers in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The site was named in honor of Ohio Governor David Tod. Constructed in 1863, Tod Barracks,located in Columbus, Ohio, served as a recruitment and discharge base for soldiers in the Ohio Volunteer…
Ulysses S. Grant
April 27, 1822–July 23, 1885 Ulysses S. Grant was an American military and political leader who rose from humble beginnings to become General-in-Chief of Union forces during the Civil War and, afterward, the eighteenth President of the United States. Pre-Civil War Ulysses Simpson Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822, in Point…
Wade Hampton III
March 28, 1818 – April 11, 1902 A prominent Confederate cavalry officer, Wade Hampton III also served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senator from the Palmetto State after the American Civil War. Wade Hampton III was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 28, 1818. He was the first of…
Wager Swayne
Born in Columbus on November 10, 1834, Swayne followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a lawyer. Noah Haynes Swayne was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and most likely encouraged his son to pursue a legal career. Ohioan Wager Swayne was a Congressional Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. Born…
William Allen
December 1803–July 11, 1879 In the mid to late nineteenth century, one of the most important political leaders in Ohio was William Allen. Born in Edenton, North Carolina in December 1803, Allen had Quaker ancestors in Pennsylvania. In the mid to late nineteenth century, one of the most important political leaders in Ohio was William…
William Babcock Hazen
September 27, 1830 – January 16, 1887 A prominent Union officer, Major General William B. Hazen served in nearly all of the major campaigns in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. William Babcock Hazen was born on September 27, 1830, in West Hartford, Vermont. He was the third son and the fifth of…
William Buel Franklin
February 27, 1823 – March 8, 1903 As commander of the 6th and 19th Army Corps, William B. Franklin served the Union in the Eastern and Western Theaters of the American Civil War. William B. Franklin was born in York, Pennsylvania on February 27, 1823. He was the first of six children of Walter S.…
William Clarke Quantrill
July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865 William C. Quantrill was a Confederate irregular whose band of raiders employed guerrilla tactics in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the Civil War to harass Union troops and terrorize Northern sympathizers. William Clarke Quantrill was born in Canal Dover (now Dover), Ohio, on October 11, 1837. He was the…
William Dennison, Jr.
November 23, 1815 – June 15, 1882 William Dennison, Jr., was the twenty-fourth Governor of Ohio, serving from January 9, 1860, through January 13, 1862. Dennison also served as Postmaster General of the United States from 1864 to 1866. William Dennison, Jr., was born at Cincinnati, Ohio on November 23, 1815. He was the son…