James Cunningham
Louis H. Waters
Isaac C. B. Suman
Isaac C. B. Suman commanded the 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry as its colonel for most of the Civil War, leading the regiment through the Western Theater. In March 1865 he was brevetted Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers for meritorious service but declined the honor, stating it was “a position I never asked for.” After the […]
Oliver H. P. Carey
Oliver H. P. Carey is listed as a lieutenant colonel of a Union volunteer regiment during the American Civil War. Extensive searching of Wikipedia, Find A Grave, state adjutant-general rosters, and regimental histories under multiple name variants (full name, initials, likely home states) turned up no record that could be confidently matched to this specific […]
Thomas E. Rose
Thomas E. Rose commanded the 77th Pennsylvania Infantry through Stones River, Chickamauga, and Kennesaw Mountain, where he was wounded. Captured at Chickamauga and held at Libby Prison in Richmond, he organized and led the famous February 1864 tunnel escape of 109 Union officers, the largest prison break of the war, though he himself was recaptured […]
William Grose
William Grose was a Union brigadier general from Indiana who raised and commanded the 36th Indiana Infantry before leading a brigade in the Army of the Cumberland’s IV Corps. He fought at Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and the Atlanta and Franklin-Nashville campaigns, earning a reputation for courage under fire. Wounded twice, with […]
John E. Bennett
Colonel John E. Bennett helped raise three regiments of Illinois volunteers and rose to colonel of the 75th Illinois Volunteer Infantry by December 1862, commanding a brigade in the Army of the Cumberland. He fought at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and through the Atlanta Campaign, surviving the war. Postwar, Bennett practiced law in Arkansas, served on […]