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Key-- *** West Point Graduates. @@ those having Brevet rank of Major-General. Brigadier-Generals born in Ohio--; William T.H.Brooks-- Brn in New Lisbon, Ohio, Jan 28,1821. *** William W. Burne-- Brn in Coshocton, Ohio, Sept 3,1825. *** Henry B. Banning-- Brn in Knox county, Ohio, Nov 10,1834. @@ C.P. Buckinghan--Brn Zanesville, Ohio, Mar. 14, 1808. *** John Beatty-- Brn Sandusky, Ohio. Dec. 16, 1828. Joel A. Dewey-- Brn Ashtabula, Ohio. Sept. 20, 1840. Thomas H. Ewing-- Brn Lancaster. Ohio, Aug. 7, 1829. @@ Hugh B. Ewing-- Brn Lancaster, Ohio, Oct.31,1826. @@ James W. Forsyth, Brn Ohio. 1835 *** Robert S. Granger,--Brn Zanesville, Ohio, May 24,1816. *** @@ Kenner Garrard,-- Brn Cincinnati, Ohio, 1830. *** @@ Charles Griffin, -- Brn Licking County, Ohio, 1827. *** @@ Rutherford B. Hayes,--Brn Delaware, Ohio, Oct 14, 1822. @@ J. Warren Keifer. -- Brn Clark County, Ohio, Jan 30, 1836. @@ William H. Lytle, -- Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov 2, 1826. John S. Mason,-- Brn Steubonville, Ohio, Aug 21,1824, *** Robert L. McCook,-- Brn New Lisbon, Ohio, Dec 28,1827 Daniel McCook, -- Brn Carrollton, Ohio, July 22,1834. John G. Mitchell, --Brn Piqua. Ohio, Nov 6, 1838. Nathaniel C. McLean.-- Brn Warren County, Feb 2,1815. Emerson Opdycke, -- Brn, Trumbell County, Jan 7, 1830, @@ Benjamin F. Potts,-- Brn, Carroll county, Jan 29,1836. A. Sanders Piatt,-- Brn, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2, 1821. James S. Robinson.-- Brn, Mansfield, Ohio, Oct 11,1828. @@ Ben P. Runkle,-- Brn West Liberty, Ohio, Sept 3,1836. @@ J.W. Reilly,-- Brn Akron, Ohio. May 21.1828. William Sooy Smith,--Brn Pickaway county. July 22,1830. *** Joshua Sill, -- Brn Chillicothe, Ohio, Dec 6, 1831. *** John P. Slough,-- Brn Cincinnati, Ohio,1828. Ferdinand Van DeVeer, -- Brn Butler county, Feb 27,1823. Charles R. Woods, -- Brn Licking county, Ohio. *** @@ Williard Warner, -- Brn Granville, Ohio. Sept 4,1826. @@ William B. Woods, -- Brn Lickng county, Ohio, @@ Charles C. Walcutt,-- Brn Columbus,Ohio, Feb 12,1838. @@ M. S. Wade, --Brn Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec 2, 1802. Brigadier- Generals--Resident in Ohio, but Born elsewhere; Jacob Ammen,-- Brn in Virginia, Jan 7, 1808. *** Samuel Beautty. -- Brn in Pennsylvania, Sept 16,1820. @@ B.W. Brice,-- Brn in Virginia, 1809. *** Ralph P. Buckland,--Brn in Massachusetts, Jan 20, 1812. H.B. Carrington,--Brn in Connecticut, March 2, 1824. George P. Este, Brn in New Hampshire, April 30,1830. Manning F. Force,-- Brn in Washington, D.C., Dec. 17,1824. @@ John W. Fuller, --Brn in England, July 1827. @@ Charles W. Hill, --Brn in Vermont. @@ August V. Kautz, --Brn in Germany, Jan 5, 1828. @@ George W. Morgan, --Brn in Pennsylvania William H. Powell, --Brn in South Wales, May 10, 1825. E.P. Scammon,-- Brn in Maine, Dec 27,1816. *** Thomas Kilby Smith, --Brn Massachusetts, 1821. John W. Sprague, -- Brn in New York, April 4 1827.@@ Erastus B. Tyler, --Brn New York.@@ John C. Tibball, --Brn Virginia. *** @@ August Willich, -- Brn in Prussia, 1810. @@ General Eli Long for a time Colonel 4th Ohio Calvery; General S.S. Carroll, for a time Colonel 8th Ohio Infantry; and General Charles G. Harker, first Colonel of the 65th Ohio Infantry, are not included in the above list, for the reason that they were officers of the regular army, and neither by birth nor residence Ohio men. It would hardly be safe for a reader in search of truth to assume that rank at all times, or generally, indicated the relative merit of officers in the volunteer service. Bevet rank conferred neither additional pay nor authority,and near the close of war the government was prodigal of gifts which cost it nothing, and of such gifts gave freely to all for whom they were asked. On the other hand it would be a mistake to conclude that some of those brevetted were not justly entitled to greater honors and compensation than many whose rank was higher and commands larger. It is but natural for governors to provide well for those nearest to them officially and otherwise, for senators and representatives to be partial to their kinfolk and following, and for victorious generals to think first of their intimate personal friends. Still the honors were as fairly awarded as those in civil life. Accident, opportunity, family and social influence, when favorable, are important helps in war, as well as in love, politics and business. It will be observed that the graduates of West Point kept well to the front during the war. They were educated for this purpose, and the government exercised its authority wisely when it sustained them even under circumstances which would have been deemed sufficient to retire a volunteer officer in disgrace. It may be truthfully said, also, that the officers of the regular army, with few exceptions, sustained each loyally, and never permitted, even a straggling honor to escape which could by hook or crook be gathered in for the glorification of their Alma Mater. The officers of Ohio birth whose names are given above. were, with but few exceptions, born during the first 30 years of the century, when Ohio was simply a vast wilderness with here and there a clearing and a cabin. Many were farmer's sons, who received the rudiments of an education in the log-school houses of pioneer settlements during the winter months, and in summer assisted their fathers in the rough work of coverting heavily timbered lands into productive fields, The habits of frugality and industry then attained undoubtedly contributed much to their subsequent success. No fair estimate of the magnitude of Ohio's contribution to the war, however, can be obtained without taking into consideration the services of eight men in civil life who did more, probably, to insure the success of the Union cause than any eight of the Generals whom the State sent to the field. They are; Edwin M. Stanton,-- Brn at Steubenville Ohio, Dec 19,1814, Attorney-General United States,1860, an Secretary of War from Jan,1862; to Aug, 1867. Salmon P. Chase,--Brn in New Hampshire, Jan 13, 1808, United States Senator from Ohio, Governor of Ohio, and from March, 1861, to 1864, Secretary of the Treasury. John Sherman, -- Brn at Lancaster, Ohio, May 10, 1832, United States Senator from Ohio, and member of the Finance Committee pf the Senate. Benjamin F. Wade, born in Massachusetts. Oct 27,1800, United States Senator from Ohio, and Chairman pf the Senate Committee on the conduct of the war. William Dennison, born at Cincinnati,Ohio, Nov 23, 1815, Governor of Ohio from January,1860, to January,1862. David Tod, born at Youngstown,Ohio, Feb 21, 1805, Governor of Ohio from January, 1862, to January, 1864. John Brough, born at Marietta,Ohio. September 17, 1811, Governor of Ohio from January, 1864, to the close of war. Jay Cooke, born at Sandusky, Ohio, August 10, 1821, Special Agent United States Treasury Department for the negotiation of Bonds. ******************************************** Ohio in the Civil war to be continued in part 13--