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  List of U.S. Presidents by military service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William McKinley: Served with the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War, attaining the rank of brevet major.
Benjamin Harrison: Served with the 70th Indiana Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, attaining the rank of brigadier general.
Rutherford B. Hayes: Served in the American Civil War with the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, attaining the rank of major general.
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 Civil War Regiments from Ohio, 1861-1865   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
For the war, the Buckeye state raised 198 infantry regiments, 13 cavalry regiments, 3 cavalry battalions, 1 light artillery regiment, and 25 light artillery batteries.
Ohio regiments fought in all theaters and distinguished themselves greatly.
Among the generals born, raised or residing in Ohio before the war, were Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, Don Carlos Buell, George Armstrong Custer, James A. Garfield, Alexander McD.
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 23rd Ohio Infantry
Annual Reunion of the 23d Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Willoughby, Ohio, September 17, 1878.
Remarks of Gen. Rutherford B. Hayes, at the Annual Reunion of the Twenty-third Regiment, Ohio Vet.
Eliza A. Otis and Harrison Gray Otis. Edited and with an introduction by Ann Gorman Condon.
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 Russell Hastings Transcript Chapter 4 Through 6
Some few members of the 23rd Ohio went back to these guns after the enemy were thoroughly routed, and found them in the care and possession of a corporal guard of the Pennsylvania Buck Tails.
The cap was found as the boy represented with "23rd O.V.I." on the front, and that corporal's guard, midst the jeers of the 23rd boys, melted away.
The 23rd Ohio veterans who had re-enlisted did not number quite enough to entitle the organization to an existence, but as the 12th Ohio was in the same condition the two regiments were consolidated under the title of the 23rd Ohio.
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 Ohio Infantry 66th Regiment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
of Lawrence Co. Ohio was born on Oct. 22, 1834 the son of Elias and Jane Webb.
Their only child, Jefferson, in early manhood migrated to Chester County, Pa., where he married Jane Pritchard and soon after moved to Ohio and settled on the farm which was the birthplace of the subject of this sketch.
He served 3 terms, 6 years, in the Ohio legislature as representative for Cuyahoga County, and at the last election was chosen one of the members of the State Board of Equalization from this district.
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 General Rosecrans
William S. Rosecrans was born Sept.6, 1819 at Delaware City, Ohio, the son of Crandell Rosecrans and Jane Hopkins and the great-grandson of Stephen Hopkins, colonial Governor of Rhode Island and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
His first duties in the war were for the state of Ohio when he became the drillmaster for the 'Marion Rifles'.
Among other members of the 23rd Ohio were Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley, and Stanley Matthews, a future Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
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 Andrew J. Duncan Journal
The 23rd Ohio mustered in at Camp Chase early in June, 1861, and was sent to western Virginia on July 25th to assist Rosencrans' Army of Occupation.
During the late summer, 1861, the 23rd was involved mainly in occupation, and operations against guerillas and pro-Confederate civilians, though the Confederate forces in the area were very much active.
The 23rd Ohio was engaged in a small skirmish at Bulltown on August 17th, and took part in the fierce fight at Carnifex Ferry on September 10th.
www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Schoff/D/Duncan.html   (805 words)

  
 The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
However, it was his own regiment, the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, that remained nearest and dearest to him.
This image shows Hayes (seated just left of center holding his top hat) and his 23rd Ohio comrades at Lakeside, Ohio, where they gathered for their annual reunion in August 1883.
Rutherford B. Hayes at the 23rd OVI reunion at Lakeside, Ohio, 1883
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 James River Publications - Ohio Regiments - mosocco.com/jreb/civilwar.htm
Ohio, and wrote this book at the urging of fellow regimental members, and a decade's preparation resulted in a wealth of detail concerning the regiment's service with the Army of the Potomac.
Ohio, "A History of the Eleventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry," by Joshua H. Horton and Samuel Teverbaugh.
The regiment was sponsored by Giddings and organized by his associates in Jefferson, Ohio, to reflect the strident antislavery views of the residents of Ohio's Western Reserve.
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 55th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry - 1st Sergeant's Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
On November 15th, the 55th Ohio, with the rest of the 20th Corps, departed Atlanta as Sherman began his "March to the Sea" campaign towards Savannah, Georgia.
By the 23rd of the month, having turned his men southward after passing Madison, Slocum's "wing" linked with Howard's forces (15th and 17th Crops) at Milledgeville, the state capitol of Georgia.
Marching virtually unopposed, save for several cavalry skirmishes and one small infantry affair at Griswoldsville, the "March to the Sea" left a swath of destruction 60 miles wide.
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 History - Ohio Infantry (Part 6)
Moved to Paducah, Ky., February 9, thence to Fort Donelson, Tenn. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, District of West Tennessee and Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862, Helena, Ark., District of Eastern Arkansas, to December, 1862.
Zinn's Battalion moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and participated in the operations for the defense of that city against Kirby Smith's threatened attack August-September.
Attached to District of the Kanawha, W. Va., Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1862.
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 The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
It also is the first Ohio regiment in which the field officers were appointed by the governor instead of being elected by the troops.
At the time of South Mountain, he had been discharged from the 23rd to take charge of the 79th O.V.I. He had not been mustered back into the army as colonel of his new regiment.
Hayes estimates the killed and wounded in his brigade at 250; the 23rd Ohio lost 123.
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 18 Days in May: Confederate Command Failure at Vicksburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Accompanying them were detachments of the 13th Ohio and 23rd Ohio infantry, who were ordered to take position on the extreme left of the Federal line.
Colonel Augustus Moor was assigned to command the brigade, and, thus, Lieutenant-Colonel Becker became the acting commander of the 28th Ohio Infantry for the rest of the war.
Before their terms of enlistment were complete, the men of the 28th Ohio would be known for their skill in the art of guerrilla tactics.
www.cincinnaticwrt.org /28th_OVI_mowery.html   (3228 words)

  
 CIVIL WAR VETS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, PART II
He was named a major in the 23rd Ohio Infantry regiment on June 27, 1861.
The 23rd Ohio, along with Lieutenant-Colonel Hayes, served under General Fremont in the (Shenandoah) Valley Campaign.
At the Battle of South Mountain, Hayes was severely wounded in the left arm, but despite being weak from the loss of blood, he continued to direct his troops and succeeded in scattering the enemy in his front.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/75492   (921 words)

  
 Richard Askue - Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A company was organized in Jefferson and received marching orders on the 1st of June, 1861, and became Company B of the 23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment.
The 23rd served primarily in the West Virginia theater for the remainder of the war and was mustered out July 26, 1865.
Served in the 87th Ohio Infantry Regiment(?), taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, Sept. 18, 1862 (this occurred during the Antietam Campaign).
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 12th Ohio Infantry
Being a History of the Seventy-Fourth Regiment with Sketches of the Twelfth, Ninety-Fourth, One Hundred and Tenth, Forty-Fourth and One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Regiments and the Tenth Ohio Battery, Embracing Anecdotes, Incidents and Narratives of the Camp, March and Battlefield, and the Author's Experience While In the Army.
Reminiscences of the Civil War, 69 pages and 23 pages respectively, written in 1914 by Mitchell, who had enlisted from Xenia, Ohio, in 1861 in the 12th Ohio Infantry, and served 1862-1864 in the 94th O.V.I..
In the fall of 1862, it was again transferred to West Virginia and did efficient service until the spring of 1864, when it joined Hunter's expedition to Lynchburg.
www.ohiocivilwar.com /cw12.html   (753 words)

  
 Item Description
The 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.) regiment held a reunion in Fremont, Ohio in August 1897.
Nicknamed the "Regiment of Two Presidents," the 23rd could claim Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley as its own.
The 23rd O.V.I. was organized in June 1861 at Camp Chase in Columbus.
worlddmc.ohiolink.edu /OMP/NewDetails?oid=780341   (209 words)

  
 FOR THE RECORD: PRESIDENTS IN UNIFORM, PART III
Hayes began the Civil War serving with the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, rising from the rank of major to major general.
He began as a lieutenant colonel in the 42nd Ohio Regiment and rose to the rank of major general.
Serving as a private in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry from June 1861 to July 1865, he rose from private to brevet major.
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 OHT - Teacher Resources - Field Trips - Northwest - Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, Ohio is home of the nation's first presidential library and museum.
As commander of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he rose in rank from major to brevet major general.
The displays chronicle Hayes' life emphasizing his influence and impact on the nation, the State of Ohio, the presidency, the Civil War and the period of American life known as the Gilded Age.
www.ohiohistoryteachers.org /03/01/nw03.shtml   (470 words)

  
 Explore DC: Rutherford B. Hayes
Although his opponent, the Democrat Samuel Tilden, won 51 percent of the vote against Hayes's 48 percent, Hayes finally was elected by one electoral vote after a ferocious dispute in Congress focused on the validity of the vote in three Southern states.
After the disastrous presidencies of Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant, the scandal-free administration of Hayes, the upright and dignified former governor of Ohio, was instrumental in restoring the honor of the office.
He served in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment for four years, saw 50 different battles, and was wounded several times.
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 Sgt William McKinley
He enlisted in 1861 (at 18 years old) as Private in the 23rd OH Regiment.
In the Antietam Campaign: He was Commisary Sergeant of the 23rd Ohio, part of the 1st Brigade/ Kanawha Division of Cox's Ninth (IX) Corps.
After the War: He studied law and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1867.
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 Explore DC: William McKinley
He knew how to control the media, setting up a pressroom for White House reporters, effectively used the new telephone system, and was the first president whose inauguration (in 1897) was recorded on film.
In 1860, McKinley dropped out of college during his freshman year to enlist as a private in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the first days of the Civil War, rising to become a major by war's end in 1865.
He sat next to her at dinners, and, when she was about to suffer a seizure, covered her face with a handkerchief.
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 LCol Rutherford Birchard Hayes
In June 1861 he was appointed Maj. of the 23rd OH - soon after promoted LCol.
In the Antietam Campaign: Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 23rd OH Regiment part of First Brigade/Kanawha Division/Ninth (IX) Corps he was wounded at South Mountain.
The remainder of the War: He commanded the 1st Brigade/2nd Division/Army of West VA in Shenandoah Valley campaign at Fisher's Hill and at Cedar Creek.
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 23rd Wisconsin Infantry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Two companies of the enemy's skirmishers were literally cut to pieces, if the account of prisoners afterward taken may be believed.
In the afternoon the regiment was placed in reserve and did little, except make an advance under a heavy fire from the enemy's artillery, to support the Eighty-third Ohio and Sixty-seventh Indiana.
I believe the advance was made in a manner which met the approval of the general commanding.
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 Maj James Monroe Stewart Comly
Before the Antietam Campaign: He trained as a printer, and was eventually editor and proprietor of the Ohio State Journal, in Columbus, Ohio.
In December 1861 he was appointed to fill the vacancy for Major of the 23rd Ohio; described by then-Lieutenant Russell Hastings:
We didn't like this act of the Governor, for the promotion of one of our Captains to be Major would have given us each a step and would have been regular.
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 History - Ohio Infantry (Part 1)
Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, October 31; thence to Louisville, Ky., November 5, and to West Point, Ky., November 8.
Veterans and Recruits organized as a Battalion and attached to 92nd Ohio Infantry until January, 1865, participating in operations about Marietta, Ga., and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2, 1864.
Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, August 23, thence to Frankfort, Ky., August 25, and to Nicholasville August 28.
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 Twenty-Third Ohio Infantry
As an incident of this battle it is said that the Twelfth and Twenty-Third Ohio and Twelfth and Twenty-third North Carolina-Companies B on each side-were directly engaged with each other.
Moving forward under fire, the brigade came upon a deep slough, forty or fifty yards wide, and nearly waist-deep, with soft mud at the botton, overgrown with a thick bed of moss.
The infantry take the alarm, and a few commence running from the intrenchments, and the cavalry, which had been hovering upon the flanks, swept down upon the enemy, capturing them by regiments, and the battle was at an end.
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 List of U.S. Presidents by military rank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He became a national hero because of his achievements in the Mexican-American War.
United States Army (23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry regiment)
New York National Guard, 1st U.S. Volunteer cavalry regiment: the Rough Riders
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 United States Resources: Ohio
Guide to Census Schedules for Ohio in 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (soundex and census), and 1890 special schedule of Union veterans.
Ohio Village - an entertaining means of learning about life in 19th century Ohio
WACO Historical Society, Troy, Ohio - Preserves the history of early aviation and that of the city of Troy and the State of Ohio
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 Major General Rutherford B. Hayes Citizen Soldier
With the start of the Civil War, Rutherford Hayes left a life of leisure to accept a commission as a major in the 23rd Ohio Infantry.
Hew was promoted to colonel and in 1863 his troops helped stop Morgan’s raiders at Buffington, Ohio.
During the Battle of Winchester, Virginia, 1864, his unit’s flags were the first to enter the town.
americancivilwar.com /hayes.html   (229 words)

  
 Civil War Military Collections-S   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Included with these letters is one written to Gilbert Shattuck by Henry Bird [Burr] (Sept. 6, 1862), from the 24th Michigan Infantry; and a letter from Mary Donelson Shattuck to her mother (July 6, 1863) about Lucius' death and the wounding of Henry Burr.
Breakey was with the 16th Michigan Infantry as assistant surgeon (1862-1864).
Edwards, from Trenton, Mich., was chaplain of the 1st Michigan Infantry at the time, but became captain and assistant quartermaster, and brevet major, lieutenant colonel and colonel, 1863-66.
www.umich.edu /~bhl/bhl/mhchome/cw/cwcoll-s.htm   (8084 words)

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