By Don Heinrich Tolzmann
In the 1990s I saw Ken Burns’ PBS film “The Civil War” but I was disappointed that no mention was made of the role played by German-Americans, especially the many German regiments who fought for the Union.   I felt this was mainly due to the fact that the major book on the [...]

On April 15, only days after the bombardment of union occupied Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for seventy-five thousand state militiamen to serve for 90 days. Ohio was expected to enlist thirteen regiments of one thousand men each. Two of the regiments were to be sent directly to Washington for defense of [...]