Showing posts with label Raynor William H.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raynor William H.. Show all posts
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Col. William Raynor-- Part 2: Commanded the 56th Ohio at Eunice
He was later wounded at the Red River Landing below Vicksburg where he was decorated for bravery.
At red River, he gave his men the order to disembark from their boats, but the men on the lower decks did not get the message. Raynor did not realize that he didn't have his whole regiment until he got to the top of the hill.
He ordered his aide to go back and get the rest of them, but the aide was to afraid, so Raynor went himself and was shot in the leg.
After the war he became a brigadier general in the Grand Army of the Republic and very active in it.
He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo, Ohio.
--Old B-Runner
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Colonel William H. Raynor, Commanded Union Troops At Eunice, Arkansas-- Part 1
From the Historic Woodlawn Cemetery site.
Colonel William H. Raynor
At the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the 1st Ohio Infantry Regiment and was captured at the 1st Battle of Bull Run and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond. He escaped after 17 days and reached the safety of Union lines.
The story goes that while on his way, a Confederate spotted him and was going to shoot when he saw Raynor's Masonic pin and allowed him to pass by.
When he reached home, he organized the 56th Ohio and was elected its colonel.
--Old B-Runner
Colonel William H. Raynor
At the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined the 1st Ohio Infantry Regiment and was captured at the 1st Battle of Bull Run and sent to Libby Prison in Richmond. He escaped after 17 days and reached the safety of Union lines.
The story goes that while on his way, a Confederate spotted him and was going to shoot when he saw Raynor's Masonic pin and allowed him to pass by.
When he reached home, he organized the 56th Ohio and was elected its colonel.
--Old B-Runner
Thursday, August 31, 2017
The Eunice (Arkansas) Expedition-- Part 2: To "Annoy" the Enemy
In August 1862, General Samuel Curtis, commander of the Army of the Southwest, dispatched a Navy-Army force from Helena to Eunice with the purpose of capturing a wharf boat, gather information on Confederates in the Eunice area and to "annoy" the enemy.
On August 28, 1862, 200 men of the 56th Ohio and two pieces of artillery from the 1st Iowa Battery boarded the steamers White Cloud and Iatan. They were commanded by Colonel William H. Raynor. The ironclad USS Pittsburg (correct spelling of this ship, so no "h") escorted the two steamships. The destination was Eunice.
At Carson's Landing they received information from a contraband that there were 200-300 Confederates encamped nearby. Because of night, no action was taken and the ships anchored.
--Old B-Runner
On August 28, 1862, 200 men of the 56th Ohio and two pieces of artillery from the 1st Iowa Battery boarded the steamers White Cloud and Iatan. They were commanded by Colonel William H. Raynor. The ironclad USS Pittsburg (correct spelling of this ship, so no "h") escorted the two steamships. The destination was Eunice.
At Carson's Landing they received information from a contraband that there were 200-300 Confederates encamped nearby. Because of night, no action was taken and the ships anchored.
--Old B-Runner
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