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On June 9, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, responding to Robert E. Lee's impending invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, called for 100,000 volunteers from those two states, as well as West Virginia and Ohio, to help repel the invasion, with only about 33,000 recruits answering his call.
The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a number of campaigns and battles, but perhaps is most noted for its actions in helping repulse Pickett's Charge during the Battle of Gettysburg .
Harper, Robert S., Ohio Handbook of the Civil War. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio Historical Society, 1961. Harper, Robert S. "The Ohio Press in the Civil War." Civil War History 3.3 (1957): 221–252. excerpt; Jackson, W. Sherman. "Emancipation, negrophobia and Civil War politics in Ohio, 1863-1865." Journal of Negro History 65.3 (1980): 250–260 ...
The 75th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 75th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment from southwestern Ohio in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater , most notably in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg and then in the siege operations against Charleston, South Carolina .
United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009 "American Medal of Honor recipients for the American Civil War (A-F)". United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009 "American Medal of Honor recipients for the American Civil War (G-L)".
The 107th Ohio Infantry Regiment, sometimes 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 107th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as the 5th German Regiment.
The 7th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment formed in northeastern Ohio for service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a number of campaigns and battles with the Army of Virginia and the Army of the Potomac , and was then transferred to the Western Theater , where it joined the Army ...
The 1888–1964 Round Top Museum and the 1921–2008 Gettysburg National Museum were both acquired by the National Park Service after the 1963 battle anniversary. During the post-WWII increase of tourism, Mission 66 improvements for the NPS 50th anniversary included the construction of the modernist Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg , designed ...