On the night of July 15, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders set up camp along a seven-mile stretch between the villages of Jacksonville and Locust Grove. The following morning, General Morgan rode into Locust . . . — — Map (db m214407) HM
The inn was built 1800-01 by Peter Wickerham,
a Revolutionary War veteran. It was used as
an overnight stagecoach stop and tavern on
Zane's Trace until ca. 1850. Runaway slaves were
hidden here when the "Underground Railroad" was
in operation. . . . — — Map (db m108129) HM
Hon. John T. Wilson's tribute to the Soldiers.
1861 - 1865.
Ohio Bicentennial
1803-2003
Rededicated June 14, 2003
In celebration of the Ohio Bicentennial
In memory of the Soldiers of Adams County Ohio who were killed or died . . . — — Map (db m199326) WM
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan
and his raiders galloped into Winchester about 8:30 am
on July 15, 1863. The rebels immediately began searching
businesses and private residences for firearms, food, horses
and anything else that . . . — — Map (db m108236) HM
Winchester, Ohio. Founded November 8, 1815 by General Joseph
Darlinton and named for his Virginia birthplace.
Winchester was incorporated in 1864 and later
became the eastern terminus of the Cincinnati and
Eastern Railway (1877-1880). The . . . — — Map (db m133890) HM
(Side 1)
Erected by
Reul Post No. 95 G.A.R.
And our patriotic people
1898
(Side 2)
Liberty and equal rights for all
Now and forever
(Side 3)
Dedicated to
Our country's defenders
and
Preservers
The . . . — — Map (db m166762) WM
1861-1865
Est. 3,713,363 served
498,332 died in service
500,175 wounded
Bowersock Brothers
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6772
Spencerville, Ohio — — Map (db m196234) WM
Erected 1903 by the
Citizens of Jackson Tp. and
Dedicated to the
Memory of her soldiers of
1861. - 1865.
[Grand Army of the Republic emblem]
Ah! never shall the land forget.
How flowed the life blood of her brave
Gushed warm . . . — — Map (db m29718) HM
(side 1)
Veterans Monument
This Civil War monument was erected in 1903 to honor LaFayette-Jackson Township's Civil War soldiers. Over the course of the twentieth century, it became the focal point of the annual Memorial Day . . . — — Map (db m114652) HM
Served 3,263,000 • Killed 529,330 • Wounded 418,206
The American Civil War was a military conflict between the United States of America (Union or Federals) and the Confederate States of America (Confederacy or Southern States). They fought over . . . — — Map (db m166599) HM
This bell was hung in the old court house in 1853 and for 75 years served Ashland County truly & well. It's vibrant tones rang out the news of Lee's surrender, tolled the passing of the immortal Lincoln, pealed forth the victory of Admiral Dewey, . . . — — Map (db m25829) HM
Near this spot in Sept. 1861 James Garfield, who later became 20th President of the Nation, recruited 50 members of Co. C for his regiment, the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for Civil War service. — — Map (db m137858) HM WM
Built in the 1840s by William and Catharine Hubbard and known as "Mother Hubbard's Cupboard" or "The Great Emporium" by fugitive slaves, the Hubbard House was an important terminus on the fabled Underground Railroad in the years before the Civil . . . — — Map (db m121522) HM
Owen Brown, Son of John Brown, protected by the Black Strings, a secret society of over
1000 armed men, here described the Battle of Harper's Ferry, Va. the night after his father was hung at Charleston.
Owen Brown, Barclay Coppic, Francis . . . — — Map (db m202379) HM
(front)
In this house Albion Tourgée lived many of his formative years. He was born about 30 miles south in Williamsfield in 1838. His family moved here in 1847 and he attended Kingsville Academy, where he met his future wife Emma . . . — — Map (db m213852) HM
Adna R. Chaffee was born in Orwell on April 14, 1842, and grew up on the family farm. He left home in 1861 to pursue a career in the military, enlisting first in the 6th U.S. Cavalry for service in the Civil War. Distinguishing himself in many . . . — — Map (db m7238) HM
The People of Athens County
erect
this monument
in memory of those who volunteered
as
Soldiers and Sailors
in defense of the Union
and to perpetuate
Free Government.
The People
will ever remember how much of
our national . . . — — Map (db m15558) HM
Front:
In this house, on 11 August 1886, famed African-American educator Booker T. Washington married Olivia A. Davidson. Residents at the time were Mary Davidson Elliott (sister of Olivia) and her husband Dr. Noah Elliott, a veteran of . . . — — Map (db m63680) HM
As a tribute to the loyalty,
faithfulness, and heroism of
Eliza Davidson
this memorial is erected by the
school children and citizens of
Athens County, June 14, 1934
Born a slave, emancipated, she became the faithful companion of . . . — — Map (db m173927) HM WM
(side A)
Born a slave in Texas on August 1, 1844, Holland was brought to the integrated Albany Manual Labor University in 1851 by his friend and owner where he learned the trade of shoemaker. He acted as a servant to Colonel Nelson Van . . . — — Map (db m173925) HM
During the War of the Rebellion three young men from Chauncey traveled to Parkersburg and Clarksburg, VA., to enlist in what was then the 1st Virginia Cavalry (USA). These "Loyalist Regiments” became West Virginia regiments in June 1863 just . . . — — Map (db m242161) HM
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders, wearied by the relentless Union pursuit, crossed the Hocking River into Nelsonville in the mid-morning of July 22, 1863. They found the town almost abandoned. Nelsonville's local . . . — — Map (db m130371) HM
The Civil War was America's greatest challenge. For four years (1861-1865), the bloody struggle touched nearly every community. After eleven southern states seceded from the country, President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to help preserve . . . — — Map (db m237803) HM WM
"We were of the millions and a half of brave hearts who donned the Federal Blue in 1861 resolved to brave death and hardships for the charter of liberty our fathers had bequeathed to us."
Comrade William Schulenberg — — Map (db m238568) WM
Loyalty
Erected 1915 by past and present patriotic citizens of St. Marys. In commemoration of our volunteers of the Civil War
1861 - 1865 — — Map (db m244187) WM
This 32 pdr. gun (formerly located at the Old East School) was made in the year 1829, at Ft. Pitt, PA. Its weight is 8,500 lbs. It was mounted at Ft. Montgomery, NY, on the old style wooden carriage in 1864 and remained at that place until donated . . . — — Map (db m228268) HM
The 8-inch Rodman gun (formerly located at the Old West School) was made at Ft. Pitt, PA, in 1864. They were made in three sizes, the 8, 10, and 15-inch smooth bore gun, and were the best in the service until 1890, when the breach loading rifle took . . . — — Map (db m228269) HM
United States of America Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients State of Ohio, Auglaize County Civil War
Cpl Christian Schnell Mississippi 1863 — — Map (db m12416) WM
The Father of Bellaire, Ohio who "could hear more distinctly than other men, the footsteps of coming generations"
In November 1854, Colonel Sullivan platted the Harris Farm for a community incorporated in 1860 as Bellaire City, and in . . . — — Map (db m78495) HM
Side 1
Union Square and Its Uses
Labeled "Union Square" on the first village maps, block 12 of the City of Bellaire was formed by joining portions of the Harris and Rodefer Farms in 1857. Used for tent shows, circuses, political . . . — — Map (db m78494) HM
Burial Site of American Patriots
Molly Scott - Defender in Revolutionary War
Ruhamark Hukill - Jessie Walker
Veterans of War of 1812
David Morton - Veteran of War with Mexico
Martin V. Baile - Joseph B. Frasier - Calvin . . . — — Map (db m226396) HM WM
This Civil War cannon is a Confederate twelve pound Napoleon. Also known as a twelve pounder, twelve refers to the weight of the ammunition used by the cannon. Twelve pound smoothbore cannons were frequently used by Confederate and Union armies. . . . — — Map (db m196286) HM
This Confederate cannon and historic cemetery was restored by the Ohio Valley Civil War Roundtable. Dedicated to those brave and heroic sons and daughters of the North and South, whose deeds of valor and memory we shall not forget. — — Map (db m196289) WM
The Walnut Grove Cemetery is the burial place of members of the Zane and Martin families. Their graves lie within the brick enclosure. The cemetery is also the resting-place of many early Martins Ferry residents, including veterans of the . . . — — Map (db m28444) HM
Gen. Henry Capehart, Civil War •
Capt. Nathan H. Edgerton, Civil War •
Capt. Samuel McConnel, Civil War •
Sgt. Sylvester Antolak, W.W. II •
Sgt. Emile DeLeau Jr., W.W. . . . — — Map (db m214494) WM
Here lies Thomas Drummond (1832-1865) - legislator, abolitionist and soldier. Raised in eastern Ohio, he moved to Iowa where he served in the General Assembly and secured the location of the State Asylum for the Blind at Vinton. As editor of the . . . — — Map (db m214490) HM
Spanish American
Co. H. 3rd O.V.I
R. H. Fisher •
J. M. Sheeler •
J. F. Burbage •
Arthur Edwards •
Geo. Parker 10th U.S. O.V.C.
Co. F. 1st O. Lt. Art.
Henry Ebrite •
J. G. Kirkpatrick •
Geo. Woods
Co. I. 12th . . . — — Map (db m214451) WM
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan sent his brother, Colonel Richard
Morgan, and about 200 Confederate raiders on a foraging expedition into
Georgetown the morning of July 15, 1863. Elizabeth King wrote a letter to
Ulysses S. Grant in 1884 . . . — — Map (db m136005) HM
Date of Birth
April 27, 1822
Education
1827-1836 Local subscription school in Georgetown, Ohio
1836-1837 Boarding school in Maysville, Kentucky
1838-1839 Boarding school in Ripley, Ohio
1839-1843 U.S. Military Academy at West . . . — — Map (db m166309) HM
Commander of Union Army, 1864–1869. • 18th President of the United States, 1869–1877. • “Let Us Have Peace” —Ulysses S. Grant, 1868. — — Map (db m236061) HM WM
U.S. Grant, general-in-chief of the Armies of the United States, 18th president and first native Ohioan to be elected chief executive, lived in this house from 1824 to 1839. Jesse R. Grant, his father, built the original part fronting Water . . . — — Map (db m70910) HM WM
Battery F, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, was organized in Ripley by Major Daniel T. Cockerill. It was heavily engaged at the Battle of Stone River, Tennessee, January 1, 1863. Aiding in the repulse of repeated attacks “with great slaughter,” Major . . . — — Map (db m135379) HM
With news of hostilities at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, Ripley men formed one of Ohio’s first military units and established Camp Ripley on what was the 12-acre Ripley Fairgrounds. Chosen as Captain was West Point graduate Jacob Ammen. His unit . . . — — Map (db m135348) HM
(west-facing tablet) The men who wrought for Liberty were the forerunners of the Abolition Movement culminating in the Civil War. • They were the intermediaries between the anti-slavery men of the American Revolution and the anti-slavery . . . — — Map (db m135396) HM
In 1838 Mr. Thomas Kirker resided in this house, with whom General U. S. Grant boarded, while attending the Whittmore private school, his parents living in Georgetown. — — Map (db m135536) HM
This tablet is erected to Rear Admiral Joseph Fyffe. On Jan. 25th, 1865, as commander of a wooden gun boat The Hunchback, he attacked alone two Confederate Iron Clads which retreated up the James.
Admiral Fyffe always held that day in . . . — — Map (db m135479) HM
Ripley was incorporated as the village of Staunton in 1812. Its name
was changed in 1816 to honor General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, a hero
of the War of 1812. In the years before railroads. Ripley was
principal Ohio River shipping center. Also . . . — — Map (db m135431) HM
This tablet marks the residence of General Granville Moody, ‘The Fighting Parson,’ preacher and soldier. At the laying of the cornerstone of the Methodist Church, like Elijah of old, he prayed that an impending storm be stayed, and the clouds hung . . . — — Map (db m135503) HM
The American Civil War was in its second year, and Confederate forces were advancing in the east and in the west. Confederates led by General Edward Kirby Smith had defeated a Union Force at Richmond, Kentucky on August 30, 1862. Word was received . . . — — Map (db m135372) HM
110 yards from the back of this marker on the present southeast corner of 4th and Butler Streets stood the Cosmopolitan Arms Company, founded by Edward Gwyn and Abner C. Campbell, where carbines for the Union Army were manufactured during the Civil . . . — — Map (db m122283) HM
Side A:
1858 Morgan Township House
On April 20, 1857, the trustees of Morgan Township met in Okeana to obtain a lot for the township house. From a quarter mill tax levy, $850 was budgeted for a house and lot. Money expended on the project . . . — — Map (db m24000) HM
(side A)
Bunker Hill Universalist Church
The Bunker Hill Society was organized about 1845 and fellowshipped in 1854. A frame meeting house, capable of seating 300, was dedicated in 1855. Thirty people united with the church . . . — — Map (db m107789) HM
Build 1830 by Maj. Daniel McCook, Sr. Birthplace of four younger of his nine sons, eight of whom with the father served in the Civil War. All commissioned officers except one. Surg'n Latimer A.; Gen. George W.; Maj.-Gen. Robert L.; Maj.-Gen A. . . . — — Map (db m291) HM
Major Daniel McCook of Carrollton and his 9 sons and their cousins, the 5 sons of Dr. John McCook of Steubenville, won popular acclaim for their outstanding service in the United States Army an Navy.
“TRIBE OF DAN”
Maj. Daniel: mortally . . . — — Map (db m290) HM
In remembrance of soldiers from Brown Township in the Civil War who are Buried in the South
1861 - 1865.
“That the government of the People, by the People, and for the People, shall not perish from the Earth”
Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m160864) WM
Here on July 26, 1863 occurred the northernmost engagement of Confederate forces during the Civil War. In this immediate area, troops under Major General John H. Morgan, C.S.A., and General James Shackelford, U.S.A., met in full engagement. After . . . — — Map (db m243) HM
On the morning of July 26, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and several hundred Confederate raiders were attacked in this immediate area by Union cavalry advancing from Monroeville under the command of Major William B. Way.
After the . . . — — Map (db m166277) HM
On July 26, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's plan to direct his Confederate raiders through Salineville had to be altered quickly when his scouts reported that Union troops occupied the village. Major General Ambrose Burnside, commander of . . . — — Map (db m173477) HM
President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, created a national tragedy, and the nationl mourned as his body was transported by rail from Washington, D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried. As the nine-car . . . — — Map (db m84946) HM
Born here October 9, 1832. Attended Antioch College. Member of Mt. Olivet Masonic Lodge. Enlisted in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and volunteered for the famous Andrews Raid. The raiders seized "The General" locomotive at Big Shanty, . . . — — Map (db m76518) HM
Side A:
Congress passed Fugitive Slave Laws in 1793 and 1850, allowing federal marshals to arrest slaves that had escaped to the North and take them back to their southern owners. They could also arrest northerners suspected of aiding . . . — — Map (db m13760) HM
(south side)
Gettysburg (above)
1861- 1865
erected by the
Ladies Memorial
Association
Mechanicsburg,
in honor of
the brave men
whose valor saved
the Union.
(west side) (Shiloh above)
Our country’s
defenders
may their . . . — — Map (db m86320) WM
President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, created a national tragedy, and the nation mourned as his body was transported by rail from Washington D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried. In Champaign County, . . . — — Map (db m13790) HM
To honor the citizens
from Champaign County
that served during
The Civil War
1861 - 1865
Donated by Champaign County Bicentennial Committee — — Map (db m166189) WM
(side A)
Construction of the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Central Railroad started in 1850 and was finished in 1854. Later referred to as the "Panhandle Railroad," it ran from Columbus to Bradford. During the Civil War, the line carried . . . — — Map (db m93853) HM
(Side A)
The nine-car funeral train for President Abraham
Lincoln departed Washington, D.C. on April 21, 1865.
It arrived in Urbana on April 29 at 10:40p.m.
Urbana’s citizens erected an arch of evergreens and
flowers near the station . . . — — Map (db m84960) HM
Roll of Honor of Woodstock Precinct
(147 names)
recorded by Warren Cushman Sculptor- 1895.
Uncle George Gifford
was a soldier
in the 134 O.V.I.
1864
Bro. Charles Cushman
The first man that offered
to go to war to the . . . — — Map (db m85202) WM
President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, created a national tragedy, and the nation mourned as his body was transported by rail from Washington, D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried. On its way the Funeral . . . — — Map (db m84945) HM
Rev. George Messenger and his congregation built
the first Universalist Church on this site. It was
dedicated during a state convention of Universalists
in Woodstock in June 1844. In 1893, Rev. John A.
Carpenter was instrumental in erecting a . . . — — Map (db m85116) HM
(Side A)
Warren Cushman was a respected painter, sculptor, photographer, musician, and inventor. He created the towering Cushman monument in Woodstock’s Rush Township cemetery and is believed to have shown his painting “Spanish . . . — — Map (db m84931) HM
This memorial is dedicated
by the Enon Community
Historical Society May 2016
to preserve the history of
one of the first Civil War
Memorials placed east of
the Mississippi. The citizens
of Mad River Township
donated and dedicated . . . — — Map (db m110399) WM
“Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power upon earth that can deny that he has earned the right to full . . . — — Map (db m168921) HM WM
South side (Sons of the American Revolution logo)
East side (Spanish American War logo)
United
Army
Navy
Spanish War Veterans 1898- 1899
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Puerto Rico
North side (Civil War logo)
Our Defenders 61- . . . — — Map (db m86721) WM
David Brunk • Alonzo M. Burroughs • William Cappel • Samuel N. Channell • Joseph Cordry • Edward Doughty, Jr. • John W. Dunseth • James H. Ewans • G. W. Freshman • William H. Gray • John Henderson • Josiah J. Higbee • William W. Higbee • William P. . . . — — Map (db m204655) WM
Chartered in 1836, the Little Miami Railroad reached
Milford in 1841 and Loveland in 1844. It was the first
railroad in Clermont County. John Kugler supplied
the ties for much of the 6.15 miles of track in Clermont
County. In 1860 . . . — — Map (db m99472) HM
Early on July 14, 1863, Confederate Colonel Basil Duke's
brigade was the first of Brigadier General John Hunt
Morgan's cavalry to splash across the Little Miami River
at Porter's Mill. Duke's initial objective was to capture
the . . . — — Map (db m108245) HM
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's
2,000 cavalrymen, laden with artillery and wagons,
began fording the Little Miami River around 7 am
on July 14, 1863. Scouts rode ahead to establish
defensive perimeters. About half a mile . . . — — Map (db m108242) HM
1861 — 1865
In memory of
the veterans of Moscow, Clermont County, Ohio,
who served in the Civil War.
Ackley, James • Armacost, Elijah • Bayless, Alonzo • Benjamin, James A. • Brown, Marion • Camery, Morris • Clark, Benjamin F. • . . . — — Map (db m204530) WM
In 1862 slave catchers paraded a captured Leroy Lee in
manacles down Front Street toward the river. A crowd of
New Richmond citizens confronted the armed captors
demanding the release of Lee. Seeing they were greatly
outnumbered, the slave . . . — — Map (db m99706) HM
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