George R. Brown
Charles Cruft
Brigadier General Charles Cruft commanded the 31st Indiana Infantry and later a division in the IV Corps. He was wounded at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Richmond, Kentucky, and went on to fight at Stones River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and in the Atlanta and Nashville campaigns. Brevetted major general in 1865, he survived the war, resumed his […]
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison commanded the 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment as colonel during the Civil War, rising to brevet brigadier general and fighting in the Atlanta Campaign under William T. Sherman. A grandson of President William Henry Harrison, he practiced law in Indianapolis after the war, served as a U.S. Senator from Indiana, and was elected the […]