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The Ohio National Guard before the Militia Act of 1903

Moore, Cyrus, III
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1437997707

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2015, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of History.
In the period between the War of the Rebellion and the Militia Act of 1903 the Ohio National Guard struggled to become a capable, professional military force serving both the state of Ohio and federal government. The origins of the Ohio National Guard lay in the Ohio Volunteer Militia of the Civil War. During the war Ohio needed a defense force of its own, separate from but compatible with the army of the United States. After sending its militia into volunteer service, Ohio recreated an organized militia in 1863. When the war ended in 1865 the militia, renamed the Ohio National Guard, numbered nearly 40,000 men. After a period of virtual-inactivity, the Ohio militia reemerged as the Ohio National Guard in the 1870s. It grew and evolved before entering Federal service in 1898 as part of the mobilization in the Spanish-American War. This mobilization lead directly to reform not only for the ONG but the country’s entire militia institution. Historians have viewed the 1861-1898 era as one marked by growth of government authority. The relationship of the National Guard to the federal government changed in this era, with the former ceding control gradually to the latter. This thesis examines why that change took place and what implications it had on the ONG.
Kevin Adams, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Clarence Wunderlin, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Richard Steigmann-Gall, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
146 p.
History
Ohio; Ohio National Guard; Ohio Militia; Militia Act of 1903

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  • Moore, III, C. (2015). The Ohio National Guard before the Militia Act of 1903 [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1437997707

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Moore, III, Cyrus. The Ohio National Guard before the Militia Act of 1903. 2015. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1437997707.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Moore, III, Cyrus. "The Ohio National Guard before the Militia Act of 1903." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1437997707

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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