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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
5 squadsSergeant10 men
2 PlatoonsLieutenant
50 men
10 CompaniesCaptain
2 Lieutenants100 men
RegimentColonel
Lt. Colonel, Major1000 men
Brigade4-6 regiments
Division2-4 brigades
Corps3 divisons
artillery brigade
Army
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– 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)
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– Grand Army of the
Republic– Reunions
72nd OVI reunion, 1908
Remembrance
Oh come let’s sing Ohio’s praiseAnd songs of Alma Mater raiseWhile our hearts rebounding thrillWith joy alone that death will still.
Summer’s heat or winter’s coldThe seasons pass, the years will rollTime and change will surely show,How firm they friendship … OHIO!