During the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

contributed many officers, politicians, and troops to the

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war effort; as well as a small number for the Confederacy.

Union

The following is a partial list of generals or

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either born in Ohio or living in Ohio when they joined the

Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...

or Union Navy (or in a few cases, men who were buried in Ohio following the war, although they did not directly serve in Ohio units). There also were 134 men given the

brevet Brevet may refer to: Military * Brevet (military), higher rank that rewards merit or gallantry, but without higher pay * Brevet d'état-major, a military distinction in France and Belgium awarded to officers passing military staff college * Aircre ...

rank of

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, and occasionally brevet

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, a few of whom are also included in this listing. GenUSGrant

Confederacy

In addition, the following Ohioans served as generals in the

Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...

: * Charles Clark *

Robert H. Hatton Robert Hopkins Hatton (November 2, 1826 – May 31, 1862) was a lawyer and politician from Tennessee. He was a state legislator and United States House of Representatives, US Representative, and a Confederate States Army, Confederate gene ...

Bushrod Johnson Bushrod Rust Johnson (October 7, 1817 – September 12, 1880) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War and an officer in the United States Army. As a university professor he had been active in the state militias of Kentucky and Tenness ...

Philip N. Luckett Philip Noland Luckett (about 1823 – May 21, 1869) was an American soldier and physician. He served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and was most noted for his service in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. ...

Daniel H. Reynolds Daniel Harris Reynolds (December 14, 1832 – March 14, 1902) was a Confederate States Army Brigadier General (CSA), brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was born at Centerburg, Ohio, but moved to Iowa, Tennessee, and finally ...

Roswell S. Ripley Roswell Sabine Ripley (March 14, 1823 – March 29, 1887) was an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He was also an author and a prosperous So ...

Otho F. Strahl Otho French Strahl (June 3, 1831 – November 30, 1864) was an Americans, American attorney and a History of Confederate States Army Generals#Brigadier general, brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. H ...

Union

Confederacy

See also