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 […]