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Soldier Monument, Ohio University Commons, Athens, Ohio
1893 Ohio’s American Civil War soldiers and civilians sought to commemorate the troopers’ devotion to and service with the United States by constructing monuments and other memorials. During 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…
Soldier Monument, Ridgelawn Cemetery, Elyria
1896 Ohio’s American Civil War soldiers and civilians sought to commemorate the troopers’ devotion to and service with the United States by constructing monuments and other memorials. During 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…
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, 44th Street and Main Avenue, Ashtabula, Ohio
1910 Ohio’s American Civil War soldiers and civilians sought to commemorate the troopers’ devotion to and service with the United States by constructing monuments and other memorials. During 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…
Spear’s Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery
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…
Special Field Orders No. __ (Headquarters, Military Division of the West, CSA)
January 23, 1865 On January 23, 1865, General P.G.T. Beauregard issued an unnumbered special field order announcing that Lieutenant General Richard Taylor was replacing General John Bell Hood as commander of the Army of Tennessee. SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, No. ___ HDQRS. MIL. DIV. OF THE WEST, January 23, 1865. ;;;;;;;;;;; I. General J. B. Hood…
Special Field Orders, No. 120 (Division of the Mississippi)
November 9, 1864 On November 9, 1864, Major General William T. Sherman issued Special Orders No. 120, establishing the chain-of-command, objectives, and directives for the Savannah Campaign. [Special Field Orders, No. 120.] HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN THE FIELD, KINGSTON, GEORGIA, November 9, 1864 1. For the purpose of military operations, this army…
Special Field Orders, No. 161 (Department of the Mississippi)
July 16, 1862 On July 16, 1862, Major General Henry W. Halleck expanded the District of West Tennessee commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Special Field Orders, No. 161 HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Corinth, Miss., July 16, 1862 I. Brigadier-General McKean is assigned to the command of paroled prisoners at Benton Barracks, Saint…
Special Field Orders, No. 35 (Department of the Mississippi)
April 30, 1862 On April 30, 1862, Major General Henry W. Halleck transferred Major General George H. Thomas from the Army of the Ohio to command the Army of the Tennessee in place of Major General Ulysses S. Grant who became Halleck's second-in-command. SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, No. 35. HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Pittsburg Landing,…
Special Field Orders, No. 90 (Department of the Mississippi)
June 10, 1862 On June 10, 1862, Major General Henry W. Halleck issued Special Field Orders, No. 90, dividing his army near Corinth, Mississippi into three separate armies. SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, No. 90 HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Corinth, Miss., June 10, 1862. I. The order dividing the army near Corinth into right wing, center,…
Special Field Orders, No.11 (Department of the Tennessee)
January 27, 1864 On January 27, 1864, William T. Sherman issued General Field Orders, No. 11, launching his Meridian Campaign. SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS, No. 11 HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., January 27, 1864. Major-General Hurlbut will, with the command recently organized here, proceed with all dispatch to Vicksburg, and move out on the…