Bill Text: OH SR219 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: To honor the 511 African-American Ohioans who [Track Bill]
Status: 2012-12-13 - Adopted [SR219 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SR219-Introduced.html
As Introduced
A RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Bill Title: To honor the 511 African-American Ohioans who [Track Bill]
Status: 2012-12-13 - Adopted [SR219 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SR219-Introduced.html
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Senator Turner
Cosponsors:
Senators Wagoner, Kearney, Cafaro, Gentile, Seitz, Tavares, Patton, LaRose, Sawyer, Beagle, Obhof, Skindell
| To honor the 511 African-American Ohioans who | 1 |
| enlisted in the 54th and 55th Regiments of the | 2 |
| Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil | 3 |
| War. | 4 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| WHEREAS, African-American men were not permitted to enlist in | 5 |
| Ohio's military units until June 1863; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Between April and June 1863, the following | 7 |
| African-American men from Ohio enlisted in the 54th Regiment of | 8 |
| the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: John W. Allen, Logan County, | 9 |
| Ohio; William Anderson, Xenia, Ohio; Elias Artis, Shelby County, | 10 |
| Ohio; Joseph Artist, Urbana, Ohio; Joseph Asbery, Oberlin, Ohio; | 11 |
| Thomas Ashbury, Dayton, Ohio; Benjamin B. Baptist, Mt. Pleasant, | 12 |
| Ohio; John L. Barker, Oberlin, Ohio; William Barrett, Salem, Ohio; | 13 |
| John Bass, Columbus, Ohio; Jones Beatty, Zanesville, Ohio; Isaac | 14 |
| Berrett, Urbana, Ohio; Andrew Betenbough, Hamilton, Ohio; Thomas | 15 |
| Betts, Columbus, Ohio; Thomas Beverly, Columbus, Ohio; John A. | 16 |
| Bouldon, Cleveland, Ohio; Thomas Bowman, Cincinnati, Ohio; | 17 |
| Randolph Brady, Hamilton, Ohio; William Brady, Salem, Ohio; | 18 |
| Fielding C. Brown, Lebanon, Ohio; Henry Brown, Toledo, Ohio; James | 19 |
| E. Brown, Oberlin, Ohio; John A. Brown, Stuebenville, Ohio; | 20 |
| William H. Brown, Wilberforce, Ohio; James W. Bush, Xenia, Ohio; | 21 |
| William Cain, Xenia, Ohio; Cato Chaney, Carthagena, Ohio; George | 22 |
| T. Charles, Richmond, Ohio; Henry C. Charton, Cincinnati, Ohio; | 23 |
| John Churchman, Carthagena, Ohio; Lewis Clark, Lebanon, Ohio; | 24 |
| James Cleveland, Cincinnati, Ohio; Rudolphus Coatney, Greene | 25 |
| County, Ohio; Samuel Coleman, Cincinnati, Ohio; Shedrick Conway, | 26 |
| Cleveland, Ohio; Lloyd Cooper, Cincinnati, Ohio; Asa Cotton, | 27 |
| Xenia, Ohio; George Cowen, Oxford, Ohio; Robert Cragg, Mercer | 28 |
| County, Ohio; Henry Craig, Cincinnati, Ohio; Anathy Dean, | 29 |
| Cleveland, Ohio; Stephen Depp, Lebanon, Ohio; William Dorsay, | 30 |
| Cleveland, Ohio; Samuel Duncan, Franklin County, Ohio; Henry | 31 |
| Ellis, II, Cincinnati, Ohio; William Ellis, I, Cincinnati, Ohio; | 32 |
| Albert Evans, Springfield, Ohio; George Evans, Xenia, Ohio; | 33 |
| Richard Evans, Xenia, Ohio; Joseph Evins, Greene County, Ohio; | 34 |
| Henry A. Field, Xenia, Ohio; Thomas Floyd, Cincinnati, Ohio; | 35 |
| William Fowlis, Champaign County, Ohio; Stephan Franklin, Dayton, | 36 |
| Ohio; James Freeman, Columbus, Ohio; Charles S. Gamrell, | 37 |
| Springfield, Ohio; Charles H. Goff, Springfield, Ohio; Benjamin | 38 |
| Green, Oberlin, Ohio; Amos Hall, Oxford, Ohio; William Hall, Lima, | 39 |
| Ohio; John W. Harper, Zanesville, Ohio; Christopher Hart, | 40 |
| Springfield, Ohio; John Hedgepath, Clinton County, Ohio; Joseph | 41 |
| Heuston, Cincinnati, Ohio; James E. Hewett, Xenia, Ohio; Thomas | 42 |
| Hewett, Xenia, Ohio; Benjamin Hogan, Mercer County, Ohio; Charles | 43 |
| M. Holloway, Wilberforce, Ohio; Joseph R. Holmes, Cincinnati, | 44 |
| Ohio; Leander Howard, Oberlin, Ohio; Alexander Hunter, Cleveland, | 45 |
| Ohio; Levi Jackson, Oxford, Ohio; Walter A. Jeffries, Cincinnati, | 46 |
| Ohio; Joseph Johnson, Hamilton, Ohio; Robert J. Jones, Hamilton, | 47 |
| Ohio; William Jones, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio; Wiley Jordan, Mercer | 48 |
| County, Ohio; George King, Toledo, Ohio; Thomas Lawrance, Xenia, | 49 |
| Ohio; William Lee, Columbus, Ohio; George Lipscomb, Cincinnati, | 50 |
| Ohio; Francis Lowe, Cleveland, Ohio; Samuel Lowmack, Columbus, | 51 |
| Ohio; Joseph Lowry, Urbana, Ohio; George Madrey, Hamilton, Ohio; | 52 |
| Jesse Mahan, Xenia, Ohio; Varnall W. Mayho, Columbus, Ohio; David | 53 |
| McCowan, Morning Sun, Ohio; Robert McJohnson, Preble County, Ohio; | 54 |
| Alvus McPherson, Oxford, Ohio; Joseph W. Meaks, Springfield, Ohio; | 55 |
| William Milton, Columbus, Ohio; William Mitchell, Oberlin, Ohio; | 56 |
| Colonel Morgan, Cincinnati, Ohio; John Morgan, Cincinnati, Ohio; | 57 |
| Lewis Munroe, Toledo, Ohio; John Myers, Oxford, Ohio; Harrison | 58 |
| Nichols, Oberlin, Ohio; Ishmael Palmer, Springboro, Ohio; Joseph | 59 |
| A. Palmer, Dayton, Ohio; George Parker, Cleveland, Ohio; Benjamin | 60 |
| Patten, Cincinnati, Ohio; Henry Patterson, I, Oberlin, Ohio; Henry | 61 |
| T. Pearl, Cleveland, Ohio; Edward Pegram, Cleveland, Ohio; William | 62 |
| Pillow, Hamilton, Ohio; William H. Pleasant, Cleveland, Ohio; | 63 |
| Anson Prater, Lucas County, Ohio; John E. Price, Cincinnati, Ohio; | 64 |
| William Princeton, Cleveland, Ohio; Napolean B. Rector, Sandusky, | 65 |
| Ohio; George Remsley, Greene County, Ohio; Joseph T. Richardson, | 66 |
| Cleveland, Ohio; James M. Rickman, Greenville, Ohio; Oliver B. | 67 |
| Ridgeway, Oberlin, Ohio; Jeremiah Rolls, Cincinnati, Ohio; Henry | 68 |
| Russell, Oxford, Ohio; William Rutledge, Oberlin, Ohio; Thomas | 69 |
| Shaw, Cincinnati, Ohio; John Shrewsbury, Cincinnati, Ohio; Abraham | 70 |
| C. Simms, Oxford, Ohio; Henry Simpson, Columbus, Ohio; Baltimore | 71 |
| Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio; George Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio; George W. | 72 |
| Smith, Toledo, Ohio; Isaac Smith, I, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio; Isaac | 73 |
| Smith, II, Cincinnati, Ohio; Louis Smith, Columbus, Ohio; Robert | 74 |
| Smith, Springfield, Ohio; Robert Smith, Cleveland, Ohio; William | 75 |
| J. Smith, Salem, Ohio; John Soward, Cleveland, Ohio; William | 76 |
| Spain, Havana, Ohio; Hezekiah Stewart, Shelby County, Ohio; Edward | 77 |
| Stone, Toledo, Ohio; John H. Thomas, Toledo, Ohio; Jeremiah | 78 |
| Thompson, Bono, Ohio; William Thompson, Ohio; James M. Townsend, | 79 |
| Oxford, Ohio; James W. Vorce, Cleveland, Ohio; Frederick Walace, | 80 |
| Cincinnati, Ohio; James Walker, Cincinnati, Ohio; Albert G. Wall, | 81 |
| Oberlin, Ohio; John Wall, Oberlin, Ohio; Charles Watt, Cincinnati, | 82 |
| Ohio; Sylvester Webber, Ripley, Ohio; George Weevel, Mt. Healthy, | 83 |
| Ohio; Addison White, Mechanicsburg, Ohio; Harry White, Toledo, | 84 |
| Ohio; Charles Williams, Mt. Healthy, Ohio; Edward Williams, | 85 |
| Oberlin, Ohio; John Williamson, Hamilton, Ohio; John H. Willson, | 86 |
| Cincinnati, Ohio; George Wilson, Toledo, Ohio; Isaiah Wilson, | 87 |
| Oberlin, Ohio; Henery Worthington, Defiance, Ohio; and | 88 |
| WHEREAS, Between April and June 1863, the following | 89 |
| African-American men from Ohio enlisted in the 55th Regiment of | 90 |
| the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: Wiley Abbott, New Richmond, | 91 |
| Ohio; Robert Abram, Chillicothe, Ohio; Albert Adams, Waynesville, | 92 |
| Ohio; David Adams, New Antioch, Ohio; George Akers, Carthagena, | 93 |
| Ohio; William H. Alexander, Seneca County, Ohio; Joseph Anderson, | 94 |
| Troy, Ohio; Nelson R. Anderson, Delaware County, Ohio; Wesley | 95 |
| Anderson, Troy, Ohio; Archer Armstead, Frankfort, Ohio; Jacob Ash, | 96 |
| Adams County, Ohio; John Bailey, Pickaway, Ohio; Thomas Baker, | 97 |
| Xenia, Ohio; Soloman C. Banks, Logan County, Ohio; William Barber, | 98 |
| Wilmington, Ohio; David Barrett, Urbana, Ohio; George Barrett, | 99 |
| Urbana, Ohio; George Bazel, Pickaway County, Ohio; Hiram Bias, | 100 |
| Columbus, Ohio; Hezekiah Bird, Frankfort, Ohio; Samuel L. Bizzell, | 101 |
| Ripley, Ohio; Edward Black, Chillicothe, Ohio; James H. Black, | 102 |
| Gallipolis, Ohio; Jordan M. Bobson, Wilmington, Ohio; Richard | 103 |
| Boone, West Jefferson, Ohio; Morris Bradley, Hillsboro, Ohio; | 104 |
| Isaiah Brandon, Xenia, Ohio; Nimrod Brooks, Columbus, Ohio; Elijah | 105 |
| Brown, Sandusky, Ohio; Henry Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio; James Brown, | 106 |
| Delaware, Ohio; John Brown, Shelby County, Ohio; John W. Brown, | 107 |
| Huntsville, Ohio; Lyne Sterling Brown, Delaware County, Ohio; | 108 |
| Thomas Brown, Coldwater, Ohio; Thomas Brown, Zanesville, Ohio; | 109 |
| John W. Bryant, Hillsboro, Ohio; George Buckner, Pickaway County, | 110 |
| Ohio; Isaiah Buckney, Urbana, Ohio; William Burns, Marysville, | 111 |
| Ohio; William Burns, Bloomingburg, Ohio; William H. Burns, Ross | 112 |
| County, Ohio; George W. Bush, Carthagena, Ohio; Charles Butler, | 113 |
| Ripley, Ohio; Gilbert Butler, Butler County, Ohio; James Henry | 114 |
| Byrd, Logan County, Ohio; Joseph Campbell, Highland County, Ohio; | 115 |
| John Carter, Barnesville, Ohio; Nelson Champ, Mt. Pleasant, Ohio; | 116 |
| Charles Chapman, Batavia, Ohio; William Charleston, Upper | 117 |
| Sandusky, Ohio; James Chatman, Harrisburg, Ohio; Ransom Chatman, | 118 |
| Xenia, Ohio; Archie Claiborne, Harrisburg, Ohio; Henry Claiborne, | 119 |
| Harrisburg, Ohio; Charles E. Clark, Upper Sandusky, Ohio; John W. | 120 |
| Clark, Upper Sandusky, Ohio; William H. Clay, Aberdeen, Ohio; | 121 |
| James Cochran, Chillicothe, Ohio; Pickens Colbreath, Ripley, Ohio; | 122 |
| Joshua Cole, Sandusky, Ohio; Frank Collins, Ripley, Ohio; John | 123 |
| Collins, Ohio; George Collwell, Ripley, Ohio; Alfred Cornelius, | 124 |
| Gallipolis, Ohio; John Q.A. Cosby, Cardington, Ohio; Willis | 125 |
| Cotton, Frankfort, Ohio; Cyrus Cowan, Troy, Ohio; Garrett Cox, | 126 |
| Troy, Ohio; William Cox, Troy, Ohio; Fortunatius Craig, | 127 |
| Carthagena, Ohio; John Crockett, Harveysburg, Ohio; George | 128 |
| Cromwell, Maumee, Ohio; Armstrong Crowder, Pickaway, Ohio; Paul | 129 |
| Crowder, Miami County, Ohio; Morris Darnell, Sandusky, Ohio; Henry | 130 |
| Davis, Chillicothe, Ohio; William Davis, Sandusky, Ohio; Joseph | 131 |
| Dawson, Harrisburg, Ohio; Charles Dean, Huntsville, Ohio; Isaac | 132 |
| Delay, Ripley, Ohio; Elijah Derricks, Perrysburg, Ohio; Walter C. | 133 |
| Dickerson, Ross County, Ohio; Henry Dinwiddie, Chillicothe, Ohio; | 134 |
| Rufus M. Dix, Xenia, Ohio; Moses Dixon, Chillicothe, Ohio; Simon | 135 |
| Douglas, Sidney, Ohio; Joshua Dunbar, Troy, Ohio; William H. | 136 |
| Dupree, Chillicothe, Ohio; Aaron A. Dyson, Bothinsville, Ohio; | 137 |
| Isaac Edwards, Barnesville, Ohio; Paul Erving, Springfield, Ohio; | 138 |
| Andrew Essex, Hillsboro, Ohio; Jacob Essex, Venice, Ohio; Armstead | 139 |
| Evans, Chillicothe, Ohio; Henry Evans, Chillicothe, Ohio; Sterling | 140 |
| Evans, Troy, Ohio; Thomas T. Evans, Chillicothe, Ohio; Colson | 141 |
| Fairfax, Harrisburg, Ohio; Albert T. Felts, New Lexington, Ohio; | 142 |
| Cethe C. Felts, New Lexington, Ohio; Samuel Fields, Milo, Ohio; | 143 |
| Lewis Fitzhughes, Frankfort, Ohio; Peter Fleming, Albany, Ohio; | 144 |
| Elisha G. Flood, Ohio; John R. Ford, Lebanon, Ohio; William | 145 |
| Fortune, Chillicothe, Ohio; James Fox, Pickaway County, Ohio; | 146 |
| Lorenzo Fox, Troy, Ohio; William A. Fox, Pickaway County, Ohio; | 147 |
| John Francis, Harrisburg, Ohio; Anthony Freeman, Barnesville, | 148 |
| Ohio; George Gales, Chillicothe, Ohio; Frank Gardner, Sandusky, | 149 |
| Ohio; James T. Gibson, Troy, Ohio; Harrison Gillard, Troy, Ohio; | 150 |
| James Gillard, Troy, Ohio; James Gillispie, Pickaway County, Ohio; | 151 |
| Wallace L. Glaspey, Hardin County, Ohio; Horace Goins, Hillsboro, | 152 |
| Ohio; Randall Goins, Hillsboro, Ohio; James Grain, Jamestown, | 153 |
| Ohio; Charles Gray, Frankfort, Ohio; David Gray, Sandusky, Ohio; | 154 |
| James Green, Xenia, Ohio; Joseph Green, Xenia, Ohio; Levi Green, | 155 |
| Wilmington, Ohio; Simean T. Green, Harveysburg, Ohio; Harrison | 156 |
| Griffin, Cleveland, Ohio; Henry Griffy, Springfield, Ohio; Charles | 157 |
| Henry Groose, Delaware County, Ohio; Nathanial Gross, Ripley, | 158 |
| Ohio; Jasper Haddock, Somerton, Ohio; David A. Hall, Oberlin, | 159 |
| Ohio; Eli Hall, Pickaway County, Ohio; Josiah C. Hall, Cincinnati, | 160 |
| Ohio; Randolph Hampton, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Alexander Hannon, | 161 |
| Xenia, Ohio; William Hargrave, Wilmington, Ohio; Beverly Harris, | 162 |
| Troy, Ohio; Henry Harris, Xenia, Ohio; Robert Harris, Columbus, | 163 |
| Ohio; William Harris, Sandusky, Ohio; John Henderson, Ripley, | 164 |
| Ohio; Powell Hendrick, Ripley, Ohio; Richard Hendrick, Ripley, | 165 |
| Ohio; William Henry, Columbus, Ohio; Charles Hicks, Cambridge, | 166 |
| Ohio; John L. Hicks, Greenfield, Ohio; George Higginson, Trenton, | 167 |
| Ohio; James P. Hightower, Xenia, Ohio; Orlando S. Hightower, | 168 |
| Wilmington, Ohio; Edward Augustus Highwarder, Delaware County, | 169 |
| Ohio; John Wesley Highwarder, Delaware County, Ohio; Samuel Hill, | 170 |
| Martinsville, Ohio; Thomas H. Hill, Barnesville, Ohio; William | 171 |
| Hill, Wayne County, Ohio; Charles H. Holmes, Champaign County, | 172 |
| Ohio; Josiah Howard, Russell, Ohio; William Howard, Xenia, Ohio; | 173 |
| Alick Humes, Troy, Ohio; John Humes, Troy, Ohio; William Hunt, | 174 |
| Troy, Ohio; Austin Hurley, Springfield, Ohio; Joseph H. Hurley, | 175 |
| Somerton, Ohio; Thornton Hurley, Somerton, Ohio; Daniel Ivery, | 176 |
| Andersonville, Ohio; Alexander Jackson, Chillicothe, Ohio; Henry | 177 |
| Jackson, Chillicothe, Ohio; Manuel P. Jackson, Chillicothe, Ohio; | 178 |
| Robert Jackson, Hillsboro, Ohio; Alexander Jenkins, Bloomingburg, | 179 |
| Ohio; Charles Jenkins, New Marion, Ohio; Thomas Jenkins, Ohio; | 180 |
| Franklin Johnson, Chillicothe, Ohio; Henry Johnson, Ripley, Ohio; | 181 |
| Hezekiah Johnson, Huntsville, Ohio; James Johnson, Youngstown, | 182 |
| Ohio; Joseph Johnson, Republic, Ohio; Matthew Johnson, Youngstown, | 183 |
| Ohio; Thomas Johnson, Dayton, Ohio; William H. Johnson, | 184 |
| Chillicothe, Ohio; William H. Johnson, Sandusky, Ohio; Armstead M. | 185 |
| Jones, Shelby County, Ohio; John M. Jones, Hamilton, Ohio; John W. | 186 |
| Jones, Troy, Ohio; Osbourne Jones, Ross County, Ohio; Peter Jones, | 187 |
| West Milton, Ohio; George D. Jones, Ripley, Ohio; Samuel Jube, | 188 |
| Champaign County, Ohio; John Kees, Urbana, Ohio; Martin Kennedy, | 189 |
| Cumberland, Ohio; David M.P. Kenney, Mt. Gilead, Ohio; David U. | 190 |
| King, Mount Pleasant, Ohio; John King, Bellefontaine, Ohio; | 191 |
| Jonathan King, Mount Pleasant, Ohio; Robert King, New Richmond, | 192 |
| Ohio; Howard Landrum, Circleville, Ohio; David Lee, Xenia, Ohio; | 193 |
| Adolphus Lewis, Union County, Ohio; George B. Lewis, Delaware | 194 |
| County, Ohio; George W. Lewis, Ripley, Ohio; James Lewis, | 195 |
| Chillicothe, Ohio; Solomon Lidle, Chillicothe, Ohio; William | 196 |
| Little, Springfield, Ohio; Jesse Locklear, Chillicothe, Ohio; | 197 |
| William H. Love, Troy, Ohio; David Low, Columbus, Ohio; Benjamin | 198 |
| Lyons, Upper Sandusky, Ohio; William Mabra, Barnesville, Ohio; | 199 |
| Francis Macafee, New Market, Ohio; Franklin Malone, Chillicothe, | 200 |
| Ohio; James Malone, Marysville, Ohio; Silas Malone, Gurneyville, | 201 |
| Ohio; Charles Markerfield, Carthagena, Ohio; Henry Martin, Ripley, | 202 |
| Ohio; Thomas Maxwell, Cincinnati, Ohio; Henry Mayo, Chillicothe, | 203 |
| Ohio; James Mays, Cincinnati, Ohio; Francis McCoglin, Shelby | 204 |
| County, Ohio; James McFarland, (James Washington), Hillsboro, | 205 |
| Ohio; Presley McGee, London, Ohio; Archy McKinney, Adams County, | 206 |
| Ohio; George McPherson, Steubensville, Ohio; William Miller, | 207 |
| Cincinnati, Ohio; James Minton, Delaware County, Ohio; George | 208 |
| Mitchell, Chillicothe, Ohio; George W. Moore, Columbus, Ohio; | 209 |
| Isaac Moore, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Weston Moore, Carthagena, Ohio; | 210 |
| Alexander Morgan, Bainbridge, Ohio; Charles H. Morgan, Springboro, | 211 |
| Ohio; Hiram Morgan, Springfield, Ohio; Richard Morrison, Hamilton, | 212 |
| Ohio; James Moss, Carthagena, Ohio; John M. Myers, Barnesville, | 213 |
| Ohio; Norris Needham, Springfield, Ohio; James S. Nelson, | 214 |
| Republic, Ohio; William Nelson, Frankfort, Ohio; Henry A. Newland, | 215 |
| Zanesfield, Ohio; Robert Newsome, Bellefontaine, Ohio; William | 216 |
| Nickerson, Williamsburg, Ohio; Charles Oglesby, Troy, Ohio; Thomas | 217 |
| Overton, Carthagena, Ohio; James Owens, Frankfort, Ohio; Osborne | 218 |
| Owens, Union County, Ohio; Daniel A. Paine, Barnesville, Ohio; | 219 |
| George M. Parker, Frankfort, Ohio; Lott H. Parker, Bellefontaine, | 220 |
| Ohio; John Patterson, Hamilton, Ohio; Jacob Payne, Bainbridge, | 221 |
| Ohio; John H. Payne, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Lawrence Payne, | 222 |
| Frankfort, Ohio; William J. Peel, Shelby County, Ohio; David S. | 223 |
| Peterson, Barnesville, Ohio; Ferdinand Peterson, Barnesville, | 224 |
| Ohio; Joseph H. Peterson, Barnesville, Ohio; Marcus Peterson, | 225 |
| Barnesville, Ohio; Charles Peyton, Cincinnati, Ohio; Henry Powell, | 226 |
| Cabletown, Ohio; Isaiah Price, Cincinnati, Ohio; Calvin Rector, | 227 |
| Urbana, Ohio; Charles Redman, Hillsboro, Ohio; William H. Redman, | 228 |
| Chillicothe, Ohio; Jacob W. Reid, Springfield, Ohio; Elijah | 229 |
| Revels, Youngstown, Ohio; George W. Richardson, Chillicothe, Ohio; | 230 |
| William Richardson, Chillicothe, Ohio; Finley Rickman, Ross | 231 |
| County, Ohio; Thomas Rickman, Bainbridge, Ohio; Henry C. Ritchie, | 232 |
| Marysville, Ohio; Lewis Roberts, Bellefontaine, Ohio; William C. | 233 |
| Roberts, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Thomas Robinson, Sandusky, Ohio; | 234 |
| William F. Robinson, Barnesville, Ohio; James D. Ross, Ross | 235 |
| County, Ohio; West Royal, Sandusky, Ohio; Thomas Russell, | 236 |
| Chillicothe, Ohio; Caswell Sampson, Barnesville, Ohio; David W. | 237 |
| Samson, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Nicholas Sansberry, Cincinnati, Ohio; | 238 |
| William Sawyer, Oxford, Ohio; William H. Schell, Ripley, Ohio; | 239 |
| Alexander Scott, Bellefontaine, Ohio; Alexander Scott, Ripley, | 240 |
| Ohio; Benjamin Scott, Waynesville, Ohio; Benjamin B. Scott, Xenia, | 241 |
| Ohio; William Scott, Ripley, Ohio; James Selden, Hillsboro, Ohio; | 242 |
| George Seward, Frankfort, Ohio; William Sheldon, Pickaway, Ohio; | 243 |
| James Shipp, Barnesville, Ohio; John H. Shipp, Barnesville, Ohio; | 244 |
| John F. Shorter, Delaware County, Ohio; Simon P. Shorter, Delaware | 245 |
| County, Ohio; Daniel Smith, New Richmond, Ohio; William H. Smith, | 246 |
| Urbana, Ohio; David Spears, Shelby, Ohio; Albert Steen, Ripley, | 247 |
| Ohio; Nathaniel Steward, Wilmington, Ohio; William Steward, Ross | 248 |
| County, Ohio; Henry I. Stockley, Ohio; Abraham Stuart, Mount | 249 |
| Pleasant, Ohio; William Stuart, Cincinnati, Ohio; William Sweet, | 250 |
| Bellefontaine, Ohio; James H. Tann, Circleville, Ohio; George W. | 251 |
| Taylor, Rushsylvania, Ohio; Samuel Taylor, Logan County, Ohio; | 252 |
| Stephen Taylor, Sandusky, Ohio; Alexander Thomas, Wilmington, | 253 |
| Ohio; George W. Thomas, Cincinnati, Ohio; Samuel Thomas, Madison, | 254 |
| Ohio; William Thomas, Flushing, Ohio; George W. Thompson, Maumee, | 255 |
| Ohio; Isaiah A. Thompson, Maumee, Ohio; John H. Thompson, Troy, | 256 |
| Ohio; Martin Thompson, Columbia, Ohio; John Tilghman, Jefferson, | 257 |
| Ohio; William Trotter, West Jefferson, Ohio; Olmstead Turner, | 258 |
| Columbus, Ohio; Nelson Vaughn, Mercer County, Ohio; Peter | 259 |
| Waggoner, Ross County, Ohio; John W. Walker, Oberlin, Ohio; James | 260 |
| M. Wallace, Sandusky, Ohio; Stephen Ward, Bellefontaine, Ohio; | 261 |
| Virginius Ward, Pike County, Ohio; Richard T. Warwick, | 262 |
| Bellefontaine, Ohio; Harrison Washington, Sandusky, Ohio; James A. | 263 |
| Washington, Republic, Ohio; Joseph Waze, Antioch, Ohio; George | 264 |
| White, Milford Center, Ohio; Israel White, Troy, Ohio; Richard W. | 265 |
| White, Salem, Ohio; Silas White, West Milton, Ohio; Spencer White, | 266 |
| Troy, Ohio; Edward P. F. Whitsell, Republic, Ohio; George W. | 267 |
| Whyte, Delaware County, Ohio; Robert Wicker, Pickaway County, | 268 |
| Ohio; William Wicker, Troy, Ohio; Abner Williams, Leesburg, Ohio; | 269 |
| Abner A. Williams, Ross County, Ohio; Claiborne Williams, | 270 |
| Chillicothe, Ohio; Edmund Williams, Highland County, Ohio; George | 271 |
| Williams, Sandusky, Ohio; James Williams, Cincinnati, Ohio; James | 272 |
| W. Williams, Leesburg, Ohio; Henry Wilson, Troy, Ohio; Joseph | 273 |
| Wilson, Barnesville, Ohio; John D. Wood, Flushing, Ohio; Lewis | 274 |
| Wood, Hillsboro, Ohio; Henry Woodley, Bellefontaine, Ohio; George | 275 |
| W. Worthington, Defiance, Ohio; Jonathan C. Wright, Sandusky, | 276 |
| Ohio; Benjamin Wyatt, Ripley, Ohio; Henry Young, Ripley, Ohio; and | 277 |
| WHEREAS, The soldiers of the 54th Regiment of the | 278 |
| Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry served with honor in South | 279 |
| Carolina in the Assault on Fort Wagner, the Battle of Honey Hill, | 280 |
| and the Battle of Boykin's Mills, and in Florida in the Battle of | 281 |
| Oolustee; and | 282 |
| WHEREAS, The soldiers of the 55th Regiment of the | 283 |
| Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry served with honor in South | 284 |
| Carolina at Folly Island and in the Battle of Honey Hill; and | 285 |
| WHEREAS, Corporal Henry F. Peal of Oberlin, Ohio, served with | 286 |
| the 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and | 287 |
| received the Gillmore Medal for his bravery in carrying the flag | 288 |
| during the Assault on Fort Wagner; and | 289 |
| WHEREAS, These 511 Ohio soldiers have not been recognized for | 290 |
| their contribution to the Union cause; now therefore be it | 291 |
| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Senate of the 129th | 292 |
| General Assembly of the State of Ohio, in adopting this | 293 |
| resolution, honor the 511 African-American Ohioans who enlisted in | 294 |
| the 54th and 55th Regiments of the Massachusetts Volunteer | 295 |
| Infantry during the Civil War; and be it further | 296 |
| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 297 |
| authenticated copies of this resolution to the news media of Ohio. | 298 |
