Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He was an attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio until his duties turned to recruiting soldiers for the Civil War. He was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel and successfully raised ten of the twelve companies that comprised the 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He served with the regiment at the Battle of Shiloh and the Siege of Corinth and performed several reconnaissance missions for Major General William T. Sherman. He was promoted to Colonel in July, 1862 to replace Colonel William H. H. Taylor and assumed command of the regiment. He led his men at the Battle of Corinth, during the Vicksburg Campaign, the Battles of Chattanooga and Bentonville, and the peaceful surrender of Savannah, Georgia. Heath's cavalry regiment was attached to the XV Corps during the Atlanta Campaign under General Sherman. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on December 15, 1864. After the war, he resumed his law practice and also authored "Straws-Sketches of War History", which appeared in volume seven of the "Ohio Mollus" in 1909. He was one of the last remaining Civil War brevet generals when he died at the age of 90 in 1925.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He was an attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio until his duties turned to recruiting soldiers for the Civil War. He was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel and successfully raised ten of the twelve companies that comprised the 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He served with the regiment at the Battle of Shiloh and the Siege of Corinth and performed several reconnaissance missions for Major General William T. Sherman. He was promoted to Colonel in July, 1862 to replace Colonel William H. H. Taylor and assumed command of the regiment. He led his men at the Battle of Corinth, during the Vicksburg Campaign, the Battles of Chattanooga and Bentonville, and the peaceful surrender of Savannah, Georgia. Heath's cavalry regiment was attached to the XV Corps during the Atlanta Campaign under General Sherman. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on December 15, 1864. After the war, he resumed his law practice and also authored "Straws-Sketches of War History", which appeared in volume seven of the "Ohio Mollus" in 1909. He was one of the last remaining Civil War brevet generals when he died at the age of 90 in 1925.
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