Rutherford Hayes #3: The Ohio 23rd (1861-1862); Topics covered include: Civil War, volunteers for Union Army, life in the Union Army, Battle of Carnifax Ferry, Judge Advocate, Battle of Giles Court House, Battle of South Mountain, serious wound (nearly dies), recuperates at home, promoted to Colonel, and supports Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
Key people: William Dennison, William Rosecrans, William McKinley, Lucy Hayes, Eliakim Scammon, John Pope, Robert E. Lee, George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, and B.W. Jackson
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