Self Hibernation Campaign - The Fighting Families of Ohio

As an aside form campaign news, here's a snippet of info about a the fighting families of Ohio. The

Maj. Dan McCrook Snr.

population of this Western State  came out fully behind the Union in the Civil War and a number of families in th eState cntributed large numbers of men to the cause.

The most famous of these were the 'Fighting McCrooks', two brothers, Daniel and John McCook, and thirteen of their sons were involved in the army, making the family one of the most prolific in American military history.

Six of the McCooks reached the rank of Brigadier General or higher. Several family members were killed in action or died from their wounds. Following the war, several others reached high political offices, including governorships and diplomatic posts.

The two families of these brothers - known locally as their 'tribes' were as follows....

Tribe of Dan Mccrook
Daniel McCook (1798–1863), Major, killed in action at the Battle of Buffington Island during Morgan's Raid
Dr. Latimer A. McCook (1820–1869), Major, 31st Illinois Infantry, wounded at Vicksburg and again during Sherman's March to the Sea; died of complications from his wounds and exposure following the war
George Wythe McCook (1821–1877), Colonel, 157th Ohio Infantry; Ohio Attorney General and candidate for Governor of Ohio
Robert Latimer McCook (1827–1862), Brigadier General, killed by one of John Hunt Morgan's cavalrymen near Salem, Alabama, as he laid in an ambulance after a previous injury.
Alexander McDowell McCook (1831–1903), Major General; commanded XX Corps
Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834–1864), Brigadier General, killed in action at Kennesaw Mountain
Edwin Stanton McCook (1837–1873), Colonel and Governor of the Dakota Territory; assassinated in office
Charles Morris McCook, (1843–1861), Private, 2nd Ohio Infantry, killed in action at the First Battle of Bull Run; died in his father's arms. He had declined an offer of a Lieutenant's commission in the regular army and is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.[
John James McCook (lawyer) (1845–1911), Captain; prominent postbellum New York attorney and railroad executive
John James McCook (1823–1842), died near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while serving as a Midshipman in the United States Navy

Tribe of John McCrook
Dr. John James McCook (1806–1865), volunteer surgeon during the Civil War
Edward Moody McCook (1833–1909), Brigadier General and Governor of the Colorado Territory
Anson George McCook (1835–1917), Colonel and postbellum politician
Henry Christopher McCook (1837–1911), First Lieutenant, Presbyterian Chaplain; tended to the wounded and often joined in the fighting
Roderick McCook (1839–1886), Commander, first naval officer to capture a Confederate regiment
John James McCook (1843-1927), Lieutenant, Presbyterian Chaplain; and later Professor, seriously wounded in Northern Virginia and left the service

BG William Douglas Hamilton

Another such family was the 'Fighting Hamiltons' of Licking County, Ohio. Not so prolific in number as the McCrooks, the Hamiltons were Scots immegrants who had arrived in Ohio in the 1850s. Brigadier General Willam D. Hamilton plus four other members of the family all served in the Army during the Civil War

Willam Douglas Hamilton (1832-1916), Lawyer, Assigned Captain in 32nd Ohio Infantry, transfered as Major and later Colonel to 9th Ohio Cavalry. Breveted to Brigadier General on recommendation of General Sherman.

Robert J. Hamilton

William's brother:
Robert Jack Hamilton (1842-61), Enlisted in the 32nd Ohio Infantry, died of wounds after the Battle of  Camp Allegheny, West Virginia

William's cousin:
Arthur Hamilton (1842-65), Enlisted in the 32nd Ohio Infantry, later transfered to  9th Ohio Cavalry as Adjutent, mortally wounded at the Battle of Aitkin, South Carolina, on the day of his promotion to Captain.

William's nephews also served:
Willam Hamilton (1838-65), Enlisted in the 32nd Ohio Infantry,died in Andersonville Prisoner of War camp
Henry Hamilton (1840-61), Enlisted in the 32nd Ohio Infantry,died of Camp Fever, Allegheny, Virginia

So as a final aside, your asteemed campaign umpire is related to the 'Fighting Hamiltons' who are members of his Great Grand mother's family, where three brothers who emmigrated to Ohio with otheir families - one brother returned to Scotland and his daughter married into the Whiteford family and passed their names down through the genrations to John Hamilton Whiteford & his son Douglas!