| Meigs County Ohio and Her Soldiers in the Civil War |
| by Lois Helmers |
| ISBN 978-1-4401-1242-3 |
| Library of Congress Control Number 2008944246 |
| Copyright © 2009 by Lois Helmers |
| We are still here, seek our stories, hear our songs, We ride the wind of time, Our faded images look back at you. We left our farms and fields, our rivers, our shops, our mines, To save a nation torn asunder, we marched and felt war's thunder. Stones in the ground mark where we lay, name us, mark our path for you to find. So find us then, we are your blood, We are the Boys of Ohio; We lived, we died, And you live, to reach for us. |
| Boys of Ohio by Gerald Harding Gunn |
| Comments from Readers |
This book is a "must have" for any genealogist, Civil War enthusiast or anyone who has ties to Ohio in
general and Meigs County in particular. This author has done her research very well and it shows in this
book. A marvelous work. It holds a very special place in my library.
C. Stephen Badgley, Badgley Publishing Company
general and Meigs County in particular. This author has done her research very well and it shows in this
book. A marvelous work. It holds a very special place in my library.
C. Stephen Badgley, Badgley Publishing Company
One thousand five hundred and fifty men and boys from the small, rural county of Meigs in southeastern Ohio answered
their country's call to arms during the Civil War. Why did they do it? Major Minor Milliken of the 1st Ohio Cavalry sums it up
best in his Soldier's Creed. "I did it because I loved my country. I thought that, having been a good government to me and my
fathers before me, I owed it to her to defend her from all harm. So when I heard of the insults offered her, I rose up as if
someone had struck my mother, and as a lover of my country, agreed to fight for her."
their country's call to arms during the Civil War. Why did they do it? Major Minor Milliken of the 1st Ohio Cavalry sums it up
best in his Soldier's Creed. "I did it because I loved my country. I thought that, having been a good government to me and my
fathers before me, I owed it to her to defend her from all harm. So when I heard of the insults offered her, I rose up as if
someone had struck my mother, and as a lover of my country, agreed to fight for her."
This book contains the names and service records of those gallant men and boys of Meigs County who gave up their
friends, their loved ones, their occupations and their homes to fight for the Union. Some never returned.
friends, their loved ones, their occupations and their homes to fight for the Union. Some never returned.