JAMES BLAIR STEEDMAN was born
in Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, July 29, 1817, and died at Toledo, October 8, 1883. He was
of Scotch parentage, the eldest of three children. He was elected Major-General of the
Fifth Division, Ohio Militia in 1857. Upon the opening of War at Fort Sumpter, General Steedman identified himself with
the support of the Government and co-operated in raising and organizing the Fourteenth Ohio Regiment of which he was chosen
Colonel. Only brief mention can be made
here of his Union Army record. The Fourteenth Regiment at once took a leading place among the troops in West Virginia.
He was promoted Brigadier-General, July 16, 1862.
NOTE:
The sash was purchased from an individual in southern Ohio and THM was able to have it returned to Toledo.
