Veteran Honorees

Each year the Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee selects one or more Union County veterans to be honored at the annual Veterans Day ceremony at the Courthouse Veterans Monument. Browse the honorees by year below.

All Years Veteran Honorees Voice From The Stone
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2016
Ransom Reed
2016 Veteran Honoree: Ransom Reed Name Ransom Reed War(s) Civil War Service Branch(es) Army Date of Birth 1840 Date of Death 9/10/1861 Cause of Death Killed in Action Place of Death Carnifex Ferry, West Virginia Unit(s) 13th O.V.I Co. F Ransom Reed, the first man from Union County to die in the Civil War, was 2016's Voices from the Stone Honoree. Ransom was born sometime during 1840 in Paris Township. Ransom would serve in the 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F. Unfortunately, Reed was killed during the Battle of Carnifex Ferry on September 10th, 1861. Ransom is buried in…
2016 Veteran Honoree: Ransom Reed Name Ransom Reed War(s) Civil War Service Branch(es) Army Date of Birth 1840 Date of Death 9/10/1861 Cause of Death Killed in Action Place of Death Carnifex Ferry, West Virginia Unit(s) 13th O.V.I Co. F Ransom Reed, the first man from Union County to die in the Civil War, was 2016's Voices from the Stone Honoree. Ransom was born sometime during 1840 in Paris Township. Ransom would serve in the 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company F. Unfortunately, Reed was killed during the Battle of Carnifex Ferry on September 10th, 1861. Ransom is buried in Grafton, West Virginia. <footer id="
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