Battle of Rice’s Station Location
About This Place On April 6, Longstreet’s command reached Rice’s Station, its farthest point south, where it was blocked by Union XXIV Corps. After … Read more
Battle of Sailor’s Creek Location
On April 6 at Sailor’s Creek, nearly one-fourth of the retreating Confederate army was cut off by Sheridan’s Cavalry and elements of the II … Read more
Battle of Salineville Location
On July 26, a combined force of about 3,000 Federals engaged Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and about 400 of his cavalrymen near … Read more
Battle of Sutherland’s Station Location
Union columns converged on Petersburg on April 2. The Confederate defenders were scattered and driven northwestward. With this victory, the Federals possessed the South … Read more
Battle of Tom’s Brook Location
The Battle of Tom’s Brook was a cavalry engagement fought along Tom’s Brook near Woodstock, Virginia during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. Union … Read more
Battle of Utoy Creek Location
The Battle of Utoy Creek was a military engagement between Union forces commanded by Major General John M. Schofield and Confederate forces commanded by … Read more
Battle of White Oak Road Location
On March 30, Lee shifted reinforcements to meet the Federal movement to turn his right flank, placing Maj. Gen. W.H. Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry divisions … Read more
Bristol (Bristolville) Funerary Urn Monument
1863 Ohio’s American Civil War soldiers and civilians sought to commemorate the troopers’ devotion to and service with the United States by constructing monuments … Read more
Buffington Island
The only major American Civil War combat to occur in Ohio was the Battle of Buffington Island. Confederate cavalry leader Brigadier-General John Hunt Morgan … Read more
Camp Akron
1861 With the Civil War’s outbreak, both the North and the South were ill prepared for the conflict. Ohio Governor William Dennison hoped to … Read more