Transcript How my great-great grandfather saved the Union

How my great-great
grandfather saved the Union
George S. Vascik
Teaching American History
February 7, 2011
Organization of this
presentation
• Constructed entirely from material available
on the Internet
• Using personal history to make history come
alive
• Duncan Carter, 1838-1895
Organization of the Union
Army
• Ohioans heed their nation’s call
• Theaters, districts, armies
• Corps, divisions, regiments
Union army organization
Army
Corps
3 divisons
artillery brigade
Division
2-4 brigades
Brigade
4-6 regiments
Regiment
Colonel
Lt. Colonel, Major
1000 men
10 Companies
Captain
2 Lieutenants
100 men
2 Platoons
Lieutenant
50 men
5 squads
Sergeant
10 men
Duncan Carter
• Men volunteer for units raised locally, usually
by county
• The Duncan Carter Story
– 72nd Ohio Volunteer Regiment
– Organized October, 1861
– Men from Ottawa and Sandusky counties
• Map of Ohio
– (David Rumsey Map Collection)
• Trained at Fort Chase, Columbus under own
officers
72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
• Sources for Ohio regiments
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Sources for 72nd OVI (compiled by Larry Stevens)
Roster
Unit history Army Heritage Collection On-line
Men of the regiment (CAC/BGSU)
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland (Sandusky Cty HS)
Gustavus A. Gessner (Hayes Presidential Ctr)
• Facebook
72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
• Significant battles
– Shiloh April 6-7, 1862
– Vicksburg May-July, 1863
– Guntown (Brice’s Crossroads) June 10, 1864
– Reenlistment (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
– Nashville (Medal of Honor, 1st Lieutenant Charles
H. McCleary, Company C) December 15-16, 1864
– Mobile April 1865
• Regimental battle flag
• Deaths
• Monuments
Shiloh
• Set up campaign
– Order of battle
• Maps
– The battlefield
– The battle commences
– The first day
• Story of the battle
– Animation
– Shiloh in photos
• The 72 OVI after Shiloh
Aftermath
• Mustered out at
Vicksburg on
September 11, 1865
• Duncan Carter’s return
– Purchased a homestead
in Wood county north of
Bowling Green
– Sons: Ulysses Grant,
William Sherman, and
George Thomas
• Remembrance
72nd OVI reunion, 1908
– Grand Army of the
Republic
– Reunions
Remembrance
Oh come let’s sing Ohio’s praise
And songs of Alma Mater raise
While our hearts rebounding thrill
With joy alone that death will still.
Summer’s heat or winter’s cold
The seasons pass, the years will roll
Time and change will surely show,
How firm they friendship … OHIO!