... CASUALTIES OF BATTLE OF FALLEN CASUALTIES OF BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS In order to determine as far as possible the casualties at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in January 1931 Mr W B Davis of Washington D C was employed to consult the records of the War Department This he did In his letter of transmittal he says among other things I find a great many records covering the period of August 20 1794 are missing When the British burned the White House many of the records were stored there and were ...
... GENERAL GEORGE A GENERAL GEORGE A CUSTER JUDGE RICHARD M VOORHEES If after a lapse of twenty-three centuries the world still looks with respectful emotion on the mound which protects the dust of that phalanx of Spartan heroes who fought and fell at Thermopylae while resisting the tide of Persian invasion and in rescuing the land of popular liberty of letters and arts from a ruthless foe surely no apology is needed for claiming an hour's thoughtful consideration of the life character and ...
... As the secession crisis in the Old Dominion approached its climax in May 1861 the Unionists of northwestern Virginia looked anxiously to the state of Ohio for deliverance from tyranny On May 26 1861 only three days after Virginia formally seceded from the Union Major General George B McClellan commander of the department of the Ohio launched his invasion to preserve western Virginia for the Union To his troops McClellan issued the first in a series of colorful if exaggerated manifestoes that ...
... JOHNSON'S ISLAND JOHNSON'S ISLAND BY HEWSON L PEEKE This island lies three miles north of Sandusky in the bay It is nearly a mile long half a mile wide and contains about three hundred acres rising gradually in the center to a height of fifty feet It was originally covered with heavy timber and was a favorite resort of the Indians who came there to fish feast and torture their captives Its first owner was E W Bull and it was originally called Bull's Island until 1852 when it was called ...
... A CONFEDERATE PRISONER AT CAMP CHASE A CONFEDERATE PRISONER AT CAMP CHASE Letters and A Diary of Private James W Anderson by GEORGE C OSBORN Associate Professor of the Social Sciences University of Florida Since this article is drawn almost wholly from the diary and letters of Private James W Anderson perhaps a brief sketch of this Confederate soldier's early life will not be amiss James Anderson was born on a farm in McNary County Tennessee in 1835 He secured what little formal education he ...
... THE SIEGE OF FORT MEIGS THE SIEGE OF FORT MEIGS EARL A SALIERS Ohio State University The War of 1812 furnishes perhaps a fewer number of notable achievements accomplished on land than any other of our wars The lack of a regular army and the consequent dependence upon militia would have made it difficult for an efficient general to execute a prolonged campaign while the position which a section of the country took against the war rendered success still more difficult Despite ill preparation and ...
... 486 Ohio Arch 486 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications where they fell at the hands of the Indians This I think should be one of the first things to be done by the Commissioners The pioneer history of Ohio is filled with soul-stirring events and I know our posterity will read with grateful hearts the story of the builders of the great foundation on which now stands in high esteem in all lands of the world our great State of Ohio Good-night COLONEL WILLIAM LEONTES CURRY Colonel William ...
... BOWMAN'S CAMPAIGN-1779 BOWMAN'S CAMPAIGN-1779 BY HENRY HALL A Survivor Bourbon Co Ky From the Draper MSS in the Archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society Notes taken in April 1844 From Henry Hall of Bourbon Co Ky born near Phila 24th May 1760-Apr 1844 Mr Hall was in Wm Harrod's company of about 60 men from the Falls of Ohio Edward Bulger who was subsequently killed at the Blue Licks was ensign of Harrod's company Mr Hall does not think James Harrod nor John Haggin were out-recollects but ...
... MORGAN'S RAID MORGAN'S RAID L J WEBER In the QUARTERLY for January 1908 page 48 was published an article on Morgan's Raid We herewith present another account of this historic event practically the only feature of the Civil War which occurred within the bounds of the State of Ohio Every recital in detail or in part of Morgan's Raid if at all worthy of credence deserves permanent preservation Hence the publication of this second article Mr L J Weber the author is a well-known attorney now ...
... Journal of Ensign William Schillinger 51 Journal of Ensign William Schillinger 51 EDITOR'S NOTE The original manuscript of this Journal was brought to the attention of the Editor by Mr James A Green a life member of the Society whose contributions have appeared in previous issues of the Quarterly Mr Green has for years been deeply interested in the history of Ohio and the Northwest Territory He has made a special study of the career of William Henry Harrison who was born in Virginia but who ...
... 232 Ohio Arch 232 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY MAIN EVENTS IN HIS LIFE William McKinley was born at Niles Trumbull County Ohio and was descended from Scotch and Irish ancestry James and William McKinley the heads of the two branches of the McKinley family in this country one in the Southern the other in the Northern States came from the north of Ireland James was the father of David McKinley the great-grandfather of the late President James McKinley settled ...
... FORT McARTHUR FORT McARTHUR The following address delivered by the late Dr A W Munson on Memorial day of 1895 at Shingle Grove near Ft McArthur burying ground was read at a recent D A R meeting in Kenton and will be especially interesting to our readers now as this year 1912 marks the centennial of the founding of the old fort Comrades and FriendsWe have met here on this pleasant afternoon of May 30 1895 in this beautiful grove beneath these grand forest trees around these graves to do honor ...
... FLATBOATING DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI FLATBOATING DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI 1867-1873 Correspondence and Diaries of the William Dudley Devol Family of Marietta Ohio PART I edited by ROBERT LESLIE JONES Professor of History Marietta College I The phrase flatboating down the Ohio is apt to evoke a mental picture of an immigrant family setting off from Pittsburgh aboard a broadhorn or of a group of backwoodsmen from almost any tributary taking advantage of the spring freshets to get their ...
... AN OHIO ARMY OFFICER OF WORLD WAR I AN OHIO ARMY OFFICER OF WORLD WAR I MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH T DICKMAN by SISTER MARY CLEMENT STUEVE CPPS The various political and economic upheavals which invariably follow major wars often tend to obscure the history of the men who were personally engaged in the conflicts And men who gave their entire life to a military career and who are necessarily absent from boyhood surroundings are sometimes quickly forgotten by their native localities Joseph Theodore ...
... GENERAL HARMAR'S EXPEDITION GENERAL HARMAR'S EXPEDITION BY BASIL MEEK FREMONT OHIO JOSIAH HARMAR was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1753 and there died in 1813 He was a captain in the First Pennsylvania Regiment Continental Army Lieutenant Colonel of the same and served till the close of the Revolutionary War He was in Washington's army from 1778 to 1780 In 1783 he was made Brevet Colonel First U S Regiment In 1787 he was breveted Brigadier General by Congress and assigned to duty in ...
... THE THE HERO OF THE SANDY VALLEY JAMES A GARFIELD'S KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN OF 1861-1862 by ALLAN PESKIN In the days when the Indians roamed at will through the mountains of Kentucky they instinctively dreaded this dark and bloody ground Later the white man came first a cautious trickle through the passes then a torrent of settlers with axes rifles and families They cleared the forest shot the game and planted their families in cabins and cities The Indians went away and left Kentucky to ...
... 44 Ohio Arch 44 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications SOME INTERESTING PARTICULARS BY THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL REPORTER In a communication of considerable length entitled The Holmes County Rebellion--Interesting Particulars a correspondent of the Ohio State Journal reported to that paper a news story which it published under the date of June 22 1863 It contains the names of a number of participants in the uprising and reads in part as follows CAMP NEAR WOLF CREEK WALLACE EXPEDITION June 18 ...
... 56 Ohio Arch 56 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications emphasized by the hundreds of Japanese lanterns strung along either bank and in sweeping festooons across the big Lake Erie bridge Near the bridge and extending across the river were seven of the largest boats in the river bearing huge electric transparencies upon which appeared six-foot letters spelling the name Croghan which was also seen in a set piece The hit of the evening was the reproduction of Fort Stephenson on the southern ...
... MARK V MARK V KWASNY A Test for the Ohio National Guard The Cincinnati Riot of 1884 Riots have been a part of our history since the colonial days Crowds clashing with civil and military authorities violence in the streets and the deaths of citizens at the hands of law enforcement agencies-these are not unknown in the history of the United States The Cincinnati Riot March 28-30 1884 contained all of these elements For three days citizens police and soldiers of the Ohio National Guard ONG fought ...
... A LETTER FROM COLONEL JOHN ALLEN A LETTER FROM COLONEL JOHN ALLEN BY EDGAR B WESLEY John Allen author of the following letter was the son of James Allen and was born in Rockbridge County Virginia on December 30 17721 The family moved to Kentucky in 1787 and settled near the present Hustonville Lincoln County John experienced the usual excitements of the frontier and on one occasion pursued a band of Indians down Rolling Fork into what is now Casey County2 About 1790 the family moved to ...