Notable Civil War Leaders From Ohio
Numerous leading generals and army commanders hailed from Ohio. The General-in-Chief of the Union armies, Ulysses S. Grant, was born in Clermont County in 1822. Among the 19 major generals from Ohio were William T. Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, Don Carlos Buell, Jacob D. Cox, George Crook, George Armstrong Custer, James A. Garfield, Irvin McDowell, James B. McPherson, William S. Rosecrans, and Alexander M. McCook (of the "Fighting McCook" family, which sent a number of generals into the service). The state would contributed 53 brigadier generals.
A handful of Confederate generals were Ohio-born, including Bushrod Johnson of Belmont County and Robert H. Hatton of Steubenville. Charles Clark of Cincinnati led a division in the Army of Mississippi during the Battle of Shiloh and then became the late war pro-Confederate Governor of Missouri. Noted Confederate guerrilla Capt. William Quantrill was also born and raised in Ohio.
In addition to Grant and Garfield, three other Ohio Civil War veterans would become President of the United States in the decades following the war: William McKinley of Canton, Rutherford B. Hayes of Fremont, and Benjamin Harrison of the greater Cincinnati area.
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Lt. Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant -
Maj. Gen.
William T. Sherman -
Maj. Gen.
Philip H. Sheridan -
Sec. of War
Edwin M. Stanton -
Sec. of Treasury/Chief Justice
Salmon P. Chase -
Maj. Gen.
James B. McPherson -
Maj. Gen.
Jacob D. Cox -
Maj. Gen.
James A. Garfield -
Maj. Gen.
Rutherford B. Hayes -
Maj. Gen.
William S. Rosecrans -
Maj. Gen.
George A. Custer -
Rep.
Clement Vallandigham -
Maj. Gen.
Don Carlos Buell -
Maj. Gen.
George Crook -
Maj. Gen.
Alexander M. McCook -
Rep.
John A. Bingham
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