John M. Schofield
John M. Schofield was a Union major general who commanded the Army of the Ohio during the Atlanta Campaign and fought at the Battle of Franklin and the Battle of Nashville in 1864, later assisting Sherman’s operations in the Carolinas. Earlier in the war he earned the Medal of Honor for gallantry at Wilson’s Creek. […]
Charles W. Clisbee
James Pickands
James Pickands, a former Cleveland Grays militiaman, enlisted in the 1st Ohio Infantry in 1861 before joining the 124th Ohio Infantry as major. He became the regiment’s senior officer at the Battle of Chickamauga after Colonel Oliver Payne was severely wounded, and later rose to lieutenant colonel. After the war he moved to Marquette, Michigan, […]
Frederick Knefler
Frederick Knefler, a Hungarian-born immigrant, rose from private to colonel of the 79th Indiana Infantry, which he organized in 1862. He fought at Shiloh, Stones River, and Chickamauga, and led a celebrated charge at Missionary Ridge, later commanding a full brigade through the Atlanta, Franklin, and Nashville campaigns while still holding colonel’s rank. Brevetted brigadier […]
George W. Parker
George W. Parker served as lieutenant colonel of the 79th Indiana Infantry, commanding the regiment at the Battle of Nashville in December 1864 under Colonel Frederick Knefler’s brigade. The 79th Indiana fought through Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and the Atlanta Campaign. After the war Parker returned to Indianapolis, serving two terms as Marion County […]
George F. Dick
George F. Dick rose from lieutenant colonel to colonel of the 86th Indiana Infantry, commanding the regiment at Stones River and later leading an entire brigade – the 44th and 86th Indiana, plus the 13th and 59th Ohio – at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863, where ‘Dick’s Brigade’ held a key defensive line. […]
Joseph G. Hawkins
Joseph G. Hawkins served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. He led the regiment’s charge at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862, where his men helped capture three enemy artillery pieces. At the Battle of Stones River on December 31, 1862, Hawkins was mortally wounded while urging […]
Henry G. Stratton
Wilbur F. Goodspeed
Wilbur F. Goodspeed commanded Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery (also known as Cotter’s Battery), rising from Captain to Major during the Civil War. His battery served with the Army of the Cumberland in major Western Theater engagements including Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin, and Nashville, providing artillery support to Union infantry […]
Jacob Ziegler
Jacob Ziegler served as Captain of Company H, 13th Pennsylvania Volunteers, one of the state’s three-months regiments raised after the fall of Fort Sumter in 1861. He was elected captain upon the promotion of Captain Purviance to lieutenant colonel, but resigned his commission on May 11, 1861, before the regiment saw major combat. Little else […]