Nathaniel Prentice Banks
January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894 Nathaniel Prentice Banks was a ten-time member of the United States House of Representatives and, during the … Read more
Newton Jasper Kidwell
1848-1920 Captured for the final time in 1919, fifty-four years after the American Civil War ended, Ohioan Newton Jasper Kidwell was possibly the last … Read more
Official Confederate Documents of the Civil War Indexed Alpha-numerically
1861–1865 Below is an annotated list of links to official Confederate Civil War documents related to entries in Ohio Civil War Central. The list … Read more
Official Confederate Documents of the Civil War Indexed by Date
1861–1865 Below is an annotated list of links to official Confederate Civil War documents related to entries in Ohio Civil War Central. The list … Read more
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
1861–1865 Historically, British colonies utilized militia forces to defend themselves from attacks by Native Americans and other powers. Once Americans secured their independence in … Read more
Oliver Otis Howard
November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909 Major General Oliver O. Howard, a Medal of Honor recipient, commanded Union troops in both the Eastern … Read more
Orders, No. —
May 24, 1861 On May 24, 1861, Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston issued an unnumbered order announcing that he had assume command of the … Read more
Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel
July 28, 1809 – October 30, 1862 Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel was a world-renowned astronomer and a Union major general during the American Civil War … Read more
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
March 16 or March 17, 1828 – November 30, 1864 Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was one of the Confederacy's leading general officers in … Read more
Philip Kearny
June 2, 1815 – September 1, 1862 Philip Kearny was a prominent Union general who was killed in action at the Battle of Chantilly … Read more