In September 1862, Brigadier General James A. Garfield received orders directing him to Washington, D.C. to confer with the War Department about his next assignment. By the time the government summoned him to the nation’s capital, Garfield had ably led Union troops in the Sandy Valley Campaign and at the tail end of the bloody battle of Shiloh.

Jul 9, 2024 · James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was an American politician who served as the 20th president of the United States from March 1881 until his death in September that year; he was assassinated in July.

He opposed Confederate secession, was a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and fought in the battles of Middle Creek, Shiloh, and Chickamauga. He was elected to Congress in 1862 to represent Ohio's 19th district.

The Civil War battle of Middle Creek, Kentucky, has been called "the battle that made a presidency" -- that of James A. Garfield, our nation's 20th chief executive officer. It was his leadership...

After waiting several months to receive a military commission from Ohio’s governor, ardent anti-secessionist James A. Garfield was offered the lieutenant colonelcy of the 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center is an Ohio Army National Guard military base in the U.S. state of Ohio located between Ravenna and Newton Falls and adjacent to the village of Windham.

Oct 25, 2020 · The Civil War began in April 1861 while James A. Garfield was principal of the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (now Hiram College) and a state senator living part-time in Columbus. The November 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln led several southern states to secede from the Union.

Garfield arrived in February 1863, reporting to Rosecrans’s headquarters in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Rosecrans had just won a victory over Confederate General Braxton Bragg at Stones River and was planning to advance towards Chattanooga, a rebel stronghold.

James Abram Garfield was an American political and military leader who rose to the rank of major general in the Union army during the American Civil War, and who served as a U.S. Congressman and Senator before being elected as the 20th President of …

James Garfield joined the Union Army in 1861, shortly after the start of hostilities. When he came face to face with slavery during his time fighting in the south, Garfield's belief in the...