Grand Old Partisan salutes Civil War hero Rutherford Hayes. June 27th 1861, this future president enlisted in the Union Army. William Dennison, the Republican Governor, commissioned him Major with the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Leaving behind a pregnant wife and three children, Hayes wrote:
Major Rutherford.B. Hayes
Major Rutherford.B. Hayes
Major Rutherford.B. Hayes
Grand Old Partisan salutes Civil War hero Rutherford Hayes. June 27th 1861, this future president enlisted in the Union Army. William Dennison, the Republican Governor, commissioned him Major with the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Leaving behind a pregnant wife and three children, Hayes wrote: