Identifier: ohioarchological31ohio (find matches)
Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Subjects: History Archaeology
Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ouse, with about thirty thou-sand men, through Front Royal into the ShenandoahValley, with instruction to capture Milroys forces atWinchester, and then move northward to unite withLees main army. I, as Senior Colonel (110th O. V. I.), commanded abrigade of four Ohio regiments under General Milroy,with headquarters on the heights immediately west ofthe town of Winchester, including a formidable fort onthe heights, over which the Stars and Stripes were keptduring daylight. The fort contained heavy artilleryand, when in danger of attack, a limited number of in-fantry soldiers. I was also in charge of the outer picketsand Union scouting parties on the roads leading fromWinchester to and through Front Royal and Strasburgto the southward. General Milroys headquarters were in Winchester.I reported in person, about midnight of June 12, 1863,to General Milroy that I had acquired reliable informa-tion that a large body of Lees Confederate Army wascoming by way of Front Royal into the Shenandoah
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GENERAL J, WARREN KEIFERMajor-General in the War with Spain (416) The Story of a Flag 417 SKETCH OF GENERAL J. WARREN KEIFERFrom Whos Who in America Keifer, J. Warren, born in Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio,January 30, 1835, the son of Joseph and Mary (Smith) Keifer; educatedat Antioch College; married Eliza Stout of Springfield, Ohio, March 22,1860. In law practice at Springfield, Ohio, since January 12,1858; presidentof Lagonda National Bank since 1873. Major of the 3rd Ohio Infantry,April 27, 1861; Lieutenant-Colonel February 12, 1862; Colonel of the 110thOhio Infantry, September 30, 1862; Breveted; Brigadier-General of Volun-teers, October 19, 1864, for gallant and meritorious service in battles ofOpequan, Fishers Hill and Middletown, Virginia. Major-General ofVolunteers, April 9, 1865, for same, during campaign ending with sur-render of General Lee; wounded four times; honorably mustered out,June 27, 1865; appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 26th U. S. Infantry,November 30,

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