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 […]
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 […]
George R. Brown
Samuel A. Holmes
Gustavus A. Eberhart
Gustavus A. Eberhart of Blackhawk County, Iowa, was commissioned Major and later Lieutenant Colonel of the 32nd Iowa Infantry Regiment, serving under Colonel John Scott. In November 1862 he led a four-company detachment garrisoning Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The regiment went on to fight in the Red River Campaign, at Pleasant Hill, Tupelo, Nashville, and the […]
Gideon F. Sherwood
Edward H. Wolfe
Edward H. Wolfe served as an officer of the 52nd Indiana Infantry Regiment, rising from major to colonel by September 1862. He commanded brigades in the XVI Corps, Army of the Tennessee, through much of 1864, including service in the Department of the Cumberland. A merchant before the war, he was mustered out of the […]