Keith Faber: "During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army — more per capita th..."

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During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army — more per capita than any other state

Keith Faber · A statement as president of the Ohio Senate · 2013

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Checked against Not yet checked: the War Department's published state tallies of Union enlistments (the Provost Marshal General's final report), held by the National Archives, which with the 1860 census would settle both the count and the per-capita ranking.

The record: Civil War records

Context

Faber made the statement as president of the Ohio Senate in 2013.

Topics: History.

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Sources

PolitiFact fact-check of Keith Faber · PolitiFact · 2013-06-05 · accessed 2026-09-18
Civil War records · National Archives and Records Administration · accessed 2026-10-15

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