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The 9th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that was a part of the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1] The members of the regiment were primarily of German descent and the unit was the first almost all-German unit to enter the Union Army. [2]
For example, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton promised a Medal of Honor to every man in the 27th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who extended his enlistment. 311 accepted, but because there was no official list of their names, the War Department issued 864 - one for each man in the unit. In 1916, a board consisting of five retired generals ...
Brother of William P. Black, one of 5 pairs of brothers to be awarded the Medal of Honor. William P. Black: Army: Captain 11th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry: Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. Mar 7, 1862: Brother of John C. Black, one of 5 pairs of brothers to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Wilmon W. Blackmar: Army: Lieutenant
Shadrach enlisted in the 2nd Ohio Infantry Regiment in 1861 and volunteered for the dangerous mission at age 21. ... Ohio regiment soldiers receive Medal of Honor for Civil War train chase. Show ...
"Medal of Honor recipients". Listing of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen who received the Medal of Honor. United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009 "American Medal of Honor recipients for the American Civil War (A-F)". United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009
To Crown Myself With Honor: The War Time Letters of Captain Asbury Gatch, 9th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry (Batavia, OH: Cragburn Press), 1997. Hamilton, William Douglas. Recollections of a Cavalryman of the Civil War After Fifty Years, 1861-1865 (Columbus, OH: The F. J. Heer Printing Co.), 1915.
Sergeant James M. Elson (November 6, 1838 – March 26, 1894) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Elision received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, [1] for his action during the Battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi on 22 May 1863. He was honored with the award on 12 September 1891.
During the American Civil War, nearly 320,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army, more than any other Northern state except New York and Pennsylvania. [1] Of these, 5,092 were free blacks. Ohio had the highest percentage of population enlisted in the military of any state. Sixty percent of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 were in the ...