The men who wrought for Liberty

The Army

General Ulysses. S. Grant

Brigadier General Jacob Ammen

Brigadier General Augustus V Kautz

Brigadier General Granville Moody

The Navy

Rear Admiral Albert Kautz

Rear Admiral  Joesph Fyffe

Rear Adimiral  Joseph N Hemphill

Rear Adimiral Edward K Moore

Ripley also sent out two companies of Infantry ,two Batteries of Arttillery and one troop of Cavalry. And many rivermen who enlisted in the Navy

The men who wrought for liberty were the forerunners of the Abolition movement culminating in the Civil War

They were the intermediaries between the anti-slavery men of the American Revolution and the anti-slavery men of the Civil War period

Of  Scotch Presbyterian ancestry these leaders left their homes and friends in Virginia the Carolinas and other slave states.coming in the years indicated to this the Virginia military district of Ohio

Senator Alexander Campbell

the first Abolitionist in Ohio 1803

Col James Poage

The founder of Ripley 1804

Rev James Gilliland

an Apostle of freedom  1805

Rev John T Rankin

a founder of Abolitionism 1821

Here they freed their slaves and gave themselves to the cause of liberty

The men who wrought for liberty were desendants of the men who wrought for liberty serving both on land and sea

Before Ft Sumter fell a meeting of the people was held. in the third street Methodist church. And while still in session a courier came hastily into the church announcing the fall of Sumter.Whereupon company was organized at once.

Every great battle found them upholding t he flag of freedom long unfurled by their courageous ancestors.

The men who wrought for liberty

Rev John T Rankin

Rev James Gilliland

U.S Senator Alexander Campbell

Col James Poage

Thomas Mccague

Thomas Collin

Dr Alfred Beasley

Thedore Collins