TrailCommission

The Ohio Civil War Trail Commission, or OCWTC, was founded in 1997 by Dr. Lorle Porter, of New Concord, Ohio, and by Tom Snyder, of Zanesville, Ohio to make a listing of all of Ohio's Civil War sites. Once this list was completed, the information would be organized into themed trails that would guide interested people around Ohio to the sites that they wished to see. The majority of the site information has been gathered and divided into five separate Trails that cover all of Ohio. The are, Prelude to War, The War, The Generals, The Homefront, and The Aftermath.

PRELUDE TO WAR

This Trail consist of sites that were pertinent to Ohio's pre-War history.

THE WAR

This Trail consist of sites that were of importance to Ohio's War effort.

THE GENERALS

This Trail covers the military leaders that Ohio supplied for the American Civil War, both North and South.

THE HOMEFRONT

This Trail has the Ohio sites that played a significant role in Ohio's homefront efforts during the War years.

THE AFTERMATH

This is the Ohio sites that were part of Ohio's post War history.

THE JOHN HUNT MORGAN HERITAGE TRAIL

The John Hunt Morgan Heritage Trail is the Trail Commission's first Trail that is being implimented. In a partnership with the Ohio Historical Society, and the Civil War Preservation Trust, the OCWTC has researched the path taken by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan during his July 1863 Raid and applied for and recevied a T-21 grant to mark and interpret the Trail as it runs through Ohio. Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana are also marking their portions of the JOHN HUNT MORGAN TRAIL For more information, please click here.