Civil War Soldiers’ Monument Alliance, Ohio

Stark County, Ohio, Civil War Veterans: A History Of Those Who Served is both a genealogical resource and a narrative account of the accomplishments, sacrifices and rich heritage that the county’s Civil War soldiers and veterans bestowed on our land. Many of these men who met the “call to arms” returned or later moved to the area,

Civil War Soldiers’ Monument East Sparta Cemetery East Sparta, Ohio

and became prominent community, state and national leaders. Through their commitment, the county, Ohio and the nation entered a new century of economic growth and national pride.

Find out about these men from more than 1200 Stark County registered Civil War discharges and an alphabetized listing of more than 1500 former soldiers buried at West Lawn Cemetery in Canton, Ohio, Massillon Cemetery Association and all the other countywide cemeteries.

Learn about

• Eight men from Canton, Massillon and Damascus who were the recipients of this nation’s highest military award for valor-the Congressional Medal of  Honor.
• Ten men from Canton and Alliance who survived the insanity of imprisonment at the infamous Andersonville Prison, but who later perished following the explosion of the steamer, Sultana, 27 April 1865.
• A Canton Township born soldier who took part in  the “Great Locomotive Chase,” who was later hung as a spy.
• Eight Perry Township free black men who risked capture and possible slavery or death to help defend their country.
• Hundreds upon hundreds of Stark County recruited soldiers forever buried in far away cemeteries.
• A complete listing of each soldier who made up the 32 Stark County recruited companies.
• A Massillon soldier who was only one of a  few dozen black (colored) men to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery above and beyond the call of duty.
• A North Lawrence female soldier who clandestinely fought in three major campaigns and although wounded twice, engaged the enemy until her gender was discovered.
• Numerous German, Irish, Swiss, English and French born soldiers who borne arms for their adopted motherland.
• Tens of men who fought and/or died side-by-side with their sons, fathers and brothers.
• Hundred of men maimed and diseased by the hardships and brutality of war.
• A former Union officer who elected to move to Canton, Ohio, practice law there, marry into a prominent local family and who later ran for and was elected the 25th President of the United States.
• A young soldier, from a highly respected Mount Union family, who chronicled his wartime experiences until he died in a Confederate prison in Mississippi.

Civil War Soldiers’ Monument West Lawn Cemetery Canton, Ohio Civil War Soldiers’ Monument Union Cemetery Navarre, Ohio Civil War Soldiers’ Monument Zion Cemetery North Canton, Ohio

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