18th Ohio Infantry Regiment
The 18th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
First Lieutenant Robert S. King, Second Lieutenant James W. Slater, and Captain Milton W. Halsey of 18th Ohio Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
William Parker Johnson of Athens, Ohio Surgeon of the 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Image from the William Parker Johnson letters a special collection of Civil War Correspondence at the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections at Ohio University Libraries.
24th Ohio Infantry Regiment
The 24th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was known for its daring and professional behavior, often arriving first into the battle and acting as the vanguard in its brigade. In its first battle, the 24th Ohio and the 14th Indiana, with around 300 soldiers fit for duty, defended the Cheat Mountain Summit Fort from around 4,500 Rebels in Anderson's Brigade, Rust's Brigade, and Gen. H. R. Jackson's brigade, leading to a disastrous defeat for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The regiment played "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the Battle of Shiloh, and lost almost all of its commissioned officers in the Battle of Stones River. The 24th Ohio suffered its only defeat on the battlefield at the Battle of Chickamauga.
24th Ohio National Colors
Post-War photo of Col. David J. Higgins.
Fort Monroe on Cheat Summit. Observing the fort and the entrenchments on Cheat Summit, a Confederate Colonel declares, "It would be madness to make an attack." (Virginia State Archives).
Sergeant Major Edgar R. Kellogg
