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The 2024 Lorena Sternwheeler Civil Reenactment and Encampment will take sail from Zane’s Landing Park at the west end of Market Street in downtown Zanesville Friday, July 19, on its Night Flight ...
Over 35,000 Ohio National Guardsmen were federalized and organized into regiments for 100 days service in May 1864. Shipped to the Eastern Theater, they were designed to be placed in "safe" rear areas to protect railroads and supply points, thereby freeing regular troops for Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s push on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
The 122nd Ohio Infantry was organized at Zanesville, Ohio, [1] [2] and mustered in for three years service on September 30, 1862, [3] under the command of Colonel William H. Ball. (Company C mustered in October 3, Company G mustered in October 5, Company F mustered in October 6, and Companies I and K mustered on October 8, 1862.) [4]
The Times Recorder's book, "Zanesville: 200 Years," stated: “George Morrison, Henry Pigman, and blacksmith David Mercer were the first Zanesville men to die in the Civil War.
The 62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment was organized in Zanesville, McConnellsville, and Somerton, Ohio, beginning September 17, 1861, and mustered in for three years service on December 24, 1861, [1] under the command of Colonel Francis Bates Pond.
The 78th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Gilbert in Zanesville, Ohio October 1861 through January 1862 and mustered in for three years service on January 11, 1862, under the command of Colonel Mortimer Dormer Leggett.
ASHLAND — Jeff Hendershott became a Civil War reenactor years before he learned he had a family tie to the war.. Hiram Bell, his great-great-grandfather, fought for the Union from 1861-65 as a ...
Recollections of a Cavalryman of the Civil War After Fifty Years, 1861-1865 (Columbus, OH: The F. J. Heer Printing Co.), 1915. Ohio Roster Commission. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865, vol. 11 (Akron, OH: Werner Co., 1891), pp. 459–501. Reid, Whitelaw.