Camp Dennison, Ohio

[Buckeye Bill]

A great grandfather on my mother's side, William Henry Iliff, served during Civil War in Company D, 12th Ohio Vol Inf. enlisting April 16, 1861. He was from Cedarville, Greene, Ohio, and was at Camp Dennison before his Regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and sent to Virginia. It was said his Regiment assisted in the construction of the camp.

Thanks for sharing!

Bill

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* Camp Dennison's Original Enlisted Campsite.

* The Camp Dennison Methodist Church (One of the original structures during the American Civil War).

* Christian Waldschmidt's Grave (American Revolutionary War Veteran).

* Close-Up of Waldschmidt's Grave.

 

[9th tn dancyville grays]

A great grandfather on my mother's side, William Henry Iliff, served during Civil War in Company D, 12th Ohio Vol Inf. enlisting April 16, 1861. He was from Cedarville, Greene, Ohio, and was at Camp Dennison before his Regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac and sent to Virginia. It was said his Regiment assisted in the construction of the camp.

 

[9th tn dancyville grays]

I like to talk to you about you relative in the 12 ovi I work at a museum that has 12 ovi stuff and I potray the 12 ovi as renactoer

 

[The_Bilbo]

I like to talk to you about you relative in the 12 ovi I work at a museum that has 12 ovi stuff and I potray the 12 ovi as renactoer

Happy to share anything I know. I have a good deal of genealogical information about him. And of course would be interested in knowing more about the museum.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

On this day in 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Raiders attempted to attack Camp Dennison, Ohio.
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[Buckeye Bill]

One of Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's raiders is buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Clermont County, Ohio. This cemetery is just northwest of Camp Dennison in Hamilton County, Ohio.

* "John H. Anderson and his wife, Katherine, are buried side by side. John met his future wife at the Deerwester home near Belfast, Ohio in Clermont County. John honored a promise to return after the American Civil War and marry Katherine."

* "Morgan's Raid Across Ohio" by Lora Schmidt Cahill and David L. Mowery

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

* The Waldschmidt House (Federal Commander's Headquarters).

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Camp Dennison was a Federal Army training camp during the American Civil War. It was located in the town of Germany, Ohio, sixteen miles northeast of Cincinnati. George B. McClellan, a major general in the Ohio militia, chose Germany as the site for a camp. The camp was named for Ohio Governor William Dennison. Camp Dennison was strategically located near Cincinnati, the Ohio and Little Miami Rivers, and the Little Miami Railroad. The rivers and railroad provided quick transportation from various parts of Ohio and surrounding states. The presence of troops at Camp Dennison also provided Cincinnati with soldiers to protect this important manufacturing city from Confederate attack. Camp Dennison encompassed more than seven hundred acres of land.

The task of laying out the camp fell to Colonel William S. Rosecrans. Construction of barracks began in 1861. The barracks provided homes for the more than fifty thousand men who passed through the camp during the Civil War. They were located on both sides of the Little Miami Railroad. In 1862, military officials established a hospital on the western edge of the camp, just to the west of the railroad. It eventually held more than 2,300 sick or injured soldiers.

The soldiers at Camp Dennison usually remained in the area for only a short time. After receiving some training, military officials would send the men off to war. On July 14, 1863, men recovering at the hospital or undergoing training at Camp Dennison helped defend the camp, Little Miami Railroad, and Cincinnati from Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Raiders. Morgan's men captured and destroyed a supply train but failed to destroy an important railroad bridge across the Little Miami River at nearby Miamiville.

Upon the Civil War's conclusion, Camp Dennison was closed. Local residents dismantled the barracks and hospital, scavenging building supplies to construct their own homes. Hoping to increase the community's population, Germany residents changed the town's name to Grand Valley, but the railroad continued to use Camp Dennison as the name of the local station.

* Vintage Map of Federal Camp Dennison in Germany, Ohio.

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* Camp Dennison (Symmes Township), Ohio Marker.

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* The John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail Marker at Camp Dennison.

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* The Old Federal Guardhouse to Camp Dennison (Civil War Museum).

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* Camp Dennison Federal Soldier's Memorial.

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* Ohio State Historical Marker at the Waldschmidt Cemetery.

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* An Unknown Federal Soldier's Grave.

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* The Little Miami River Bridge (Looking North from Camp Dennison - Morgan's Raider's Skirmish at Miamiville, Ohio).

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* The John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail Markers in Miamiville, Ohio (Just North of Camp Dennison).

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Thank you for posting. The Union 4th Tennessee Infantry, made up of Unionist East Tennesseans, made the transition from infantry to cavalry at Camp Dennison. When their training was completed they were designated 1st Tennessee Cavalry, Union Volunteers. They became one of, if not the premier Southern Unionist Cavalry regiment, certainly among those from Tennessee.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Thank you for posting. The Union 4th Tennessee Infantry, made up of Unionist East Tennesseans, made the transition from infantry to cavalry at Camp Dennison. When their training was completed they were designated 1st Tennessee Cavalry, Union Volunteers. They became one of, if not the premier Southern Unionist Cavalry regiment, certainly among those from Tennessee.

Thanks for sharing!

Bill

 

[Buckeye Bill]

On this day in 1863, U.S. Soldiers at Camp Dennison, Ohio, helped to defend the camp, the Little Miami Railroad, and Cincinnati from Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Raiders. Morgan's men captured and destroyed a supply train but failed to destroy an important railroad bridge across the Little Miami River near Miamiville (Clermont County).

 

[donna]

Good to see this thread again. Have many pleasant memories from this area.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

BUMP!

 

[Buckeye Bill]

On this day in 1863, U.S. Army Soldiers at Camp Dennison helped to defend their camp, the Little Miami Railroad and the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, from Confederate Brigadier General John H. Morgan and his Raiders. Morgan's men captured and destroyed a supply train but failed to destroy an important railroad bridge across the Little Miami River near Miamiville (Clermont County).

 

[Buckeye Bill]

On this day in 1863, U.S. Army Soldiers at Camp Dennison helped to defend their camp, the Little Miami Railroad and the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, from Confederate Brigadier General John H. Morgan and his Raiders. Morgan's men captured and destroyed a supply train but failed to destroy an important railroad bridge across the Little Miami River near Miamiville (Clermont County).

 

[Buckeye Bill]

On this day in 1863, U.S. Army Soldiers at Camp Dennison in Hamilton County, Ohio, defended their military camp, the Little Miami Railroad and the city of Cincinnati from an attack by Confederate Brigadier General John H. Morgan and his Raiders. Morgan's men captured and destroyed a supply train (Kilgour) but failed to destroy an important railroad bridge across the Little Miami River near Miamiville in Clermont County.