Ohio regiment soldiers receive Medal of Honor for Civil War locomotive chase President Joe Biden will fix the 161-year-old oversight by honoring Private Philip G. Shadrach and Private George D ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Two soldiers who fought with the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War and were hanged during the battle, will be awarded the Medal of Honor. George Davenport Wilson ...

U.S. Army Pvts. Philip G. Shadrach and George D. Wilson were from the 2nd Ohio Infantry. They stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory before being executed.

They had to flee as confederate soldiers closed in. Some hid in the woods for weeks. But eventually all but eight of the 22 men from the 2nd Ohio Infantry were captured and killed.

As part of their Freedom to Serve series, the Ohio National Guard honored four soldiers from the 5th United States Colored Troops who were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Civil War. Last summer, ...

MARIETTA — The next regular meeting of the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 15 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 230 Second St., Marietta.

MARIETTA — Following the success of its fall field trip, the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley is organizing its “Spring 2020 New Birth of Freedom Field Trip” in April.