Curated playlist
People of Ohio in the American Civil War
- Benjamin HarrisonBenjamin Harrison beat Grover Cleveland, then lost the White House back to him.
- Rutherford B. HayesRutherford B. Hayes won the presidency by one electoral vote, 185 to 184.
- Don Carlos BuellUnion General Don Carlos Buell missed most of the battle that ended his career. At Perryville, weather muffled the guns.
- James A. GarfieldJames A. Garfield won his party's nomination after arriving to nominate someone else.
- George Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong Custer, born on the 5th of December 1839, graduated from West Point in 1861 ranked 34th out of 34. In four years at the academy he piled up 726 demerits, one of the worst conduct records in its history. A roommate observed…
- William Tecumseh ShermanThe Cincinnati Commercial called Union general William Tecumseh Sherman insane in 1861. He later took Atlanta.
- Irvin McDowellIrvin McDowell told politicians his troops weren't ready, and they sent him to fight anyway.
- Quincy Adams GillmoreQuincy Adams Gillmore directed a bombardment in which more than 5,000 artillery shells fell on Fort Pulaski from a range of 1,700 yards. The fort's stone walls were breached, and its garrison surrendered. Gillmore lived from 1825 to 1888.…
- George B. McClellanGeneral McClellan wrote that he might have made himself Dictator if he had wanted to.
- Philip SheridanUnion general Philip Sheridan rose from captain to major general in six months.
- George CrookThe Apache called General George Crook Nantan Lupan, meaning Chief Wolf. He testified for the Ponca tribe in court.
- William Babcock HazenWilliam Babcock Hazen, a United States Army officer who lived from 1830 to 1887, was summed up by the writer Ambrose Bierce as "The best hated man I ever knew." Bierce did not mean it as a compliment, and the record suggests he had…
- William RosecransGeneral William Rosecrans lost his command after one badly worded order at Chickamauga.