Description: Illustration of a meeting between Ulysses S. Grant and John C. Pemberton published in "Civil War in Pictures" by Fletcher Pratt. The victory at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which lasted from May 22, 1863 to July 4, 1863, gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War after Confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. Caption reads: "The siege of Vicksburg. General Grant meeting Rebel General Pemberton at the stone house inside the Rebel works, on the morning of July 4." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04616
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Generals--United States; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Vicksburg (Mississippi)
 

Description: Illustration of the trenches at Vicksburg, Mississippi published in "The American Soldier in the Civil War" by Frank Leslie. The victory at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which lasted from May 22, 1863 to July 4, 1863, gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War after Confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04617
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Generals--United States; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Vicksburg (Mississippi)
 

Description: Illustration of the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 27, 1863, published in "The American Soldier in the Civil War" by Frank Leslie. The victory at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which lasted from May 22, 1863 to July 4, 1863, gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War after Confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. Caption reads: "Siege of Vicksburg. - The Fight in the Crater of Fort Hill, After the Explosion, June 27, 1863. - From a Sketch by F. B. Schell." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04618
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Generals--United States; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Vicksburg (Mississippi)
 

Description: Illustration of the surrender of Fort Donelson on February 16, 1862 published in "Civil War in Pictures" by Fletcher Pratt. In February 1862, General Ulysses S. Grant, a native Ohioan, led a Union force that captured Fort Donelson from the Confederacy under Brigadier-General Simon Buckner's command. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. Caption reads: "The surrender of Fort Donalson, February 16, 1862." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04614
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Generals--United States
 

Description: This carte de visite photograph shows General John Wallace Fuller, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Fuller is shown wearing a dress frock coat or shell jacket with shoulder boards that indicate his rank. He is also wearing a hat with braided tassels around the crown and a wreath insignia on the front. John Wallace Fuller was born in England on July 28, 1827. He moved with his family to Oneida County, New York, in 1833. In 1858, he moved with his wife and children to Toledo, Ohio, where he became the owner of a bookstore. During the American Civil War, he served with the Ohio 27th Volunteer Infantry and became a Brevet Major General. He died on March 12, 1891, in Toledo, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04329
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Generals--United States; Military officers; Civil War 1861-1865; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Civil War General Quincy Gillmore, from "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1907. In addition to his military career, Gillmore (1825-1888) was a civil engineer and an author. He was born in Black River, Ohio, and as a young man graduated first in his class at West Point. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04240
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military officers
Places: Black River (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)
 

Description: This carte de visite photograph is of General John Bell Hood, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. General Hood is shown facing the camera, with emblems visible on his collar that indicate his rank in the Confederate military. John Bell Hood was born in 1831 in Owingsville, Kentucky. He was educated at the United States Military Academy, and graduated 44th out of 52 cadets in 1853. He served briefly in the U.S. Army, but after the Battle of Fort Sumter, he resigned to join the Confederate Army. He was wounded at both the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Chickamauga. He settled in New Orleans, Louisiana, after the war. He died there on August 30, 1879, during the yellow fever epidemic. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04332
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Confederate States of America; Generals--United States; Military officers; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
 

Description: Illustration of the entry of Morgan's Raiders into Washington, Ohio, published in Harper's Weekly on Saturday, August 15, 1863. In July of 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan led approximately 1,400 calvarymen on a 13-day raid through southern and eastern Ohio. At the Battle of Buffington Island, 750 men were captured and 300 escaped across the Ohio River. Morgan and 400 men headed north after the battle, but were captured soon after near New Lisbon, in Columbiana County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06898
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Morgan's Ohio Raid, 1863
Places: Washington (Ohio); Guernsey County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of fourteen soldiers of Battery H, 1st Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, gathered around a cannon in April 1863. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03354
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Governor David Tod who served as governor from 1862 - 1864. The portrait was likely created after Tod left office. As a Civil War Governor, Tod oversaw the recruitment of troops, established the Ohio Military Agency to aid Ohio soldiers and called up troops to defend the state's borders from attack by the Confederate army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00723
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Color guard of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry with their regimental colors, ca. 1863-1865. The regiment, composed of soldiers from Ohio, mustered in for Civil War service with the Union Army on June 11, 1861 at Camp Chase, Franklin County, Ohio. They mustered out on July 26, 1865 at Cumberland, Maryland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01168
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Color guard of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry with the national colors of their regiment, ca. 1863-1865. The regiment, composed of soldiers from Ohio, mustered in for Civil War service with the Union Army on June 11, 1861, at Camp Chase in Franklin County, Ohio. They mustered out on July 26, 1865, at Cumberland, Maryland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01167
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio;