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Lorain County Men in Civil War Winter of 1864 Hardship
The 19th Ohio Independent Battery and Battery D of the First Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery faced a brutal winter in East Tennessee, enduring freezing conditions and scarce supplies. Lorain County volunteers, including Richard H. Williams Harvey Welch, William Chids, and others, served in Stan dart's Battery and related units, fighting at Wild Cat, Stone River, and Chickamauga while enduring hunger and exposure.
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Lorain
East Tennessee
Paign
Edwin C. Morse
Ohio Independent
Knoxville
23Rd Army Corps
Cleveland
Rocky Face Ridge
Atlanta
Cincinnati
North
Carolina
Raleigh
Lee
Aty
Richard
H. Williams
Harvey
Welch
William Chids
Elyria
Samuel F. Herrick
Camden
John Bassett
Alfred Kind
Bates
Avon Marx Buhl
Frederick Neff
Grafton
George HH
Brown
Henrietta
George Smith
Penfield
George Foster
Brighton
Lorain County
Wild Cat
Nashville
Stone River
Tenn
Chickamauga
George D. Moom
Wellington
OVLA
Elyr
Gilbert J. Doolittle
Onio Arliery
Co. K
Second Cavalry
Reuben E. Knapp
Oscar Carpenter
11Th Light Artillery
James QO. Robinson
124Th
U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery
Greenleaf Fisher