Alfred D. Owen
Alfred D. Owen served as lieutenant colonel of the 80th Indiana Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, commanding the regiment in two separate stretches, January to May 1864 and August 1864 to June 1865. His first term of command spanned fighting around Kennesaw Mountain and the Atlanta siege, while his second covered the Nashville and […]
Charles Case
Charles Case served as colonel of the 129th Indiana Infantry Regiment, organized at Kendallville and Michigan City, Indiana, and mustered in on March 1, 1864. He led the regiment at its formation before resigning his commission on June 1, 1864, and was succeeded by Colonel Charles A. Zollinger. The regiment went on to serve through […]
Oliver L. Spaulding
Oliver L. Spaulding rose to colonel (later brevet brigadier general) commanding the 23rd Michigan Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. After the war he entered politics, serving as Michigan Secretary of State from 1866 to 1870 and as a U.S. Representative from Michigan’s 6th district from 1881 to 1883, later holding several U.S. Treasury Department […]
Isaac R. Sherwood
Isaac R. Sherwood served in the 14th Ohio Infantry before becoming lieutenant colonel of the 111th Ohio Infantry Regiment, which he commanded at the Battle of Nashville. He was later brevetted brigadier general for conspicuous service. After the war Sherwood had a long political career in Congress, where decades later he became known as an […]
Edgar Sowers
John Mehringer
John Mehringer served with the 91st Indiana Infantry Regiment, mustered in at Evansville, Indiana, on October 1, 1862, as lieutenant colonel, and was promoted to colonel on September 12, 1863. Under his command the regiment took part in the Atlanta Campaign, including Kennesaw Mountain and the siege of Atlanta, as well as the Battles of […]