Against All Odds: Ohio Volunteer Militiaman Earns MOH, 1865
Ohio Medal of Honor recipient: From slavery to freedom By Staff Sgt. Chad Menegay | Ohio National Guard Public Affairs A 24-year-old farmer from Greater Cincinnati enlisted into the Ohio Volunteer Militia, a precursor to the Ohio National Guard, on June 7, 1863, presumably, to fight the Confederacy under the banner of freedom. For Powhatan …