McComb: Andrew’s Raiders Commemoration

By cmccune, posted on August 11th, 2011.

[ June 23, 2012; ] Join the Greater Toledo Civil War Round Table and the City of McComb to commemorate Andrew’s Raid of 1862. A parade is planned, from the center of town to the cemetery where two raiders are buried, complete with high school band, Civil War re-enactors, fire trucks and community groups. The ceremonies will also include speeches [...]

Rare Civil War Panorama On Display at OHS

By Kristina, posted on August 23rd, 2010.

William J. Knight: Train Engineer, Soldier, Storyteller
William J. Knight served in the Civil War as a private in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E. Before the war he was an engineer for the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. In April 1862 Knight was one of two dozen soldiers, almost all from Ohio, who [...]