author
G. W. (George W.) Lewis
b. 1837
A Civil War veteran who later became a lawyer and probate judge in Medina, Ohio, he is best remembered for writing a detailed regimental history of the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His work preserves the experiences of soldiers in one of the war’s many hard-fought campaigns.
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The Campaigns of the 124th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with Roster and Roll of Honor
by G. W. (George W.) Lewis
About the author
Born in 1837, G. W. Lewis is identified in library records as the author of The Campaigns of the 124th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with Roster and Roll of Honor, published in Akron in 1894.
Available historical records also point to him as Maj. George Wilkinson Lewis of Medina, Ohio. Those records describe him as a Civil War officer who later studied law, served as Probate Judge in Medina County, and was admitted to the bar in the 1870s.
His surviving reputation today rests mainly on his regimental history, a book valued for its firsthand connection to the 124th Ohio and for the way it records the service and sacrifice of Union soldiers.