Category: Military

The CIVIL WAR transformed Cleveland from a commercial village to a city dependent on manufacturing. Migrating Connecticut settlers, one historian holds, transplanted their religious, political, and social ideals to the WESTERN RESERVE, including the abhorrence of slavery.

CIVIL WAR CAMPS IN CLEVELAND (1861-65) were situated in 2 general locations. Four camps (Taylor, Wood, Brown, and Tod) were located along or near what is now Woodland Ave., between E. 22nd and E. 55th streets.

CIVIL WAR REGIMENTS of volunteers were raised according to need through "calls" made by Pres. Abraham Lincoln and the War Dept. Quotas were given to each state. The governor of each state, in turn, oversaw the recruitment of troops in military districts set up throughout his state. A variety of regiments were raised in Cleveland, made up mostly of Clevelanders or men from Cuyahoga County.

CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLES were first formed throughout the country during the 1950s; in Cleveland, John W. Cullen and Kenneth S. Grant founded the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable in 1956. Members research, study, and analyze events and personalities associated with the American CIVIL WAR.

The CLEVELAND GATLING GUN BATTERY was an independent military organization formed in June 1878 by prominent Clevelanders concerned about the maintenance of law and order in the face of increasing labor disorders. Although placed on alert several times, the unit was never called into action. A citizens' committee to plan for the battery began after the strikes of 1877.

The CLEVELAND GRAYS were organized on 28 Aug. 1837 as an independent volunteer militia company to bolster the local constabulary and to protect the city in case of invasion from Canada. Originally called the Cleveland City Guards, the membership decided that the organization's name should be taken from the color adopted for their uniforms—gray. Thus, in 1838 the company became known as the Cleveland Grays.

The CLEVELAND LIGHT ARTILLERY was organized 6 July 1839 by 9 members of the gun squad of the CLEVELAND GRAYS. Like the Grays, the Artillery drew its membership from the area's leading families. As Ohio militia law did not recognize artillery as a military service, the unit originally received no state support. The men purchased uniforms and procured a 6-lb.

CLEVELAND MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS. Twelve Greater Cleveland servicemen have won the Medal of Honor. The recipients were:

CLEVELAND TANK PLANT. See I-X CENTER.

The CUYAHOGA COUNTY MILITARY COMMITTEE was formed by order of Gov. William Dennison, Ohio's first Civil War governor, in 1861. Each of Ohio's 88 counties had such a committee, with members appointed by the governor to oversee recruitment of volunteers for service in the Union Army and Navy. Committees served without pay.

The CUYAHOGA COUNTY SOLDIERS' RELIEF COMMISSION is a county agency, organized in 1886 as the Soldiers' & Sailors' Relief Commission under the provisions of a state law first passed in 1886 and since revised. The commission provides relief for indigent military veterans and their families, although its responsibilities diminished as government-sponsored welfare expanded.

The CUYAHOGA METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY (CMHA), the nation's first such organization, was established as the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority in 1933, largely through the efforts of ERNEST J. BOHN, its director until 1968. Also instrumental in the formation of CMHA was Monsignor ROBERT B.

DAVIS, BENJAMIN OLIVER JR. (18 December 1912 - 4 July 2002) was an AFRICAN AMERICAN pilot, Airforce General, and WW2 commander who temporarily served as Cleveland’s