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George Crook
September 8, 1828–March 21, 1890 George Crook was a noted officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars in the American West during the last half of the nineteenth century. George Crook was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Crook on September 8, 1828, on a farm near Taylorsville,…
George Henry Thomas
July 31, 1816–March 28, 1870 Major General George Henry Thomas was a prominent Union general who served primarily in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. George Henry Thomas was born on January 31, 1816, at Newsom's Depot, Virginia. His parents, John Thomas and Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas, were upper-class Southern planters who owned twenty-four…
Gideon J. Pillow
June 8, 1806 – October 8, 1878 A political appointee with little military experience prior to the American Civil War, Brigadier-General Gideon J. Pillow is most remembered for abandoning Fort Donelson in 1861 to avoid being captured by Federal soldiers. Gideon J. Pillow was born in Williamson County, Tennessee on June 10, 1806. He was…
Gordon Granger
November 6, 1821 – January 10, 1876 A career United States Army officer, Major General Gordon Granger held numerous commands and participated in many engagements in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Gordon Granger was born in Joy, in Wayne County, New York, on November 6, 1822. He was the only son and…
Henry Wager Halleck
January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872 Henry Wager Halleck was a prominent Union general during the American Civil War. Following a brief but successful stint commanding Union operations in the Western Theater, including the Department of the Ohio, during the early part of the war, Halleck was named General-in-Chief of all United States armies…
Henry Warner Slocum
September 24, 1827 – April 14, 1894 One of the youngest major generals and corps commanders in the American Civil War, Henry Slocum led Union troops in many key battles of the Eastern and Western Theaters. Henry Warner Slocum was born on September 24, 1827 in Delphi Falls, New York, approximately twenty-five miles southeast of…
Hickenlooper’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…
Hill’s Battery of Ohio Volunteer Artillery
1863–1865 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…
Hoffman Battalion
During the American Civil War, originally known as the Hoffman Battalion, the 128th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry was formed between January 8 and January 15, 1864 at Johnson’s Island, near Sandusky, Ohio, and Camp Taylor, near Cleveland, Ohio. In the American Civil War, Ohio provided the federal government with 260 regiments of men, including infantry,…
Hoffman’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…