James A. Garfield
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was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. His
father died in 1833, when Garfield was only two years old and so his mother
had to carry on working the family farm by herself. With the death of his
father, the family feel into poverty. Even though they had very little money,
his mother made sure ....
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.... organized Republican Party. And in 1859,
he was elected to the Ohio Legislature. During the succession crisis, he
advocated coercing the seceding states back into the Union.
During the Civil War, he helped to recruit the 42nd Ohio Volunteer
Infantry and became the infantry's colonel. He fought at Shiloh in April 1862,
served as a chief of staff in the Army of the Cumberland, saw action at
Chickamauga in September of 1863.
When the Union victories had been few in 1862, he successfull ....
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