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Renovated. 2008. Cost. $272,800. Design and construction. Architect (s) Levi Scofield. The Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a major Civil War monument in Cleveland, Ohio, honoring the more than 9,000 individuals from Cuyahoga County who served the Union throughout the war. [1] It was dedicated on July 4, 1894, and is located ...
The Vietnam War saw the highest proportion of African-American soldiers in the US military up to that point. [2] Though comprising 11% of the US population in 1967, African Americans were 16.3% of all draftees. [3] During the period of the Vietnam War, well over half of African American draft registrants were found ineligible for military ...
Purple Heart. Frank Aloysious Herda (September 13, 1947 – October 13, 2023) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Ohio troops fought in nearly every major campaign during the war. Nearly 7,000 Buckeye soldiers were killed in action. Its most significant Civil War site is Johnson's Island, located in Sandusky Bay of Lake Erie. Barracks and outbuildings were constructed for a prisoner of war depot, intended chiefly for officers.
The Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, a National Monument of the United States, commemorates the life of Charles Young (1864–1922), an escaped slave who rose to become a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and its first African-American colonel. It is located on United States Route 42 in Wilberforce, Ohio, in a house ...
By 1865, Cleveland's banks "held $2.25 million in capital and $3.7 million in deposits." [1] Civilian aid in support of the Union military included the establishment and maintenance of the Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio (1861), the U.S. General Hospital (1862), Camp Taylor (1861), and Camp Cleveland (1862). Food, blankets, and reading ...
Levi Tucker Scofield (originally Schofield) (November 9, 1842– February 25, 1917) [ 1] was a prominent architect and sculptor from Cleveland, Ohio. He served as a captain in the 103rd OVI in the American Civil War [ 2] and designed many public buildings and several monuments during his career. He was a third generation Cleveland resident and ...
In Vietnam, he was a US Army Special Forces soldier, and one day in 1968 he heard over the radio that a patrol of 12 Special Forces and 9 Montagnard soldiers were surrounded by a NVA battalion.