Henry B . Banning Henry Blackstone Banning ( November 10 , 1836 – December 10 , 1881 ) was a lawyer and three - term U . S . Representative from Ohio , as well as an infantry officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Early life and career . Born in Bannings Mills , Ohio , Banning attended the Clinton district school , Mount Vernon Academy , and Kenyon College , Gambier , Ohio , where he stayed a short time before returning to Mount Vernon to study law in the office of " Hosmer , Curtis & Devin " . He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Mount Vernon , Ohio . Civil War service . With the outbreak of the Civil War , he enlisted in April 1861 in the Union Army as a private . He was commissioned as a captain in Company B of the 4th Ohio Infantry , on June 5 , 1861 . He served as colonel of the 87th Ohio Infantry ( a three - month regiment ) , June 10 - September 20 , 1862 . Banning was honorably mustered out October 4 , 1862 . He reenlisted and was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 125th Ohio Infantry on January 1 , 1863 . He transferred to the 121st Ohio Infantry on April 5 , 1863 , being promoted to colonel of that regiment on November 10 , 1863 . He took part in the battles of Rich Mountain , Romney , Blue Gap , Winchester , Cross Keys , Chickamauga , Buzzard ' s Roost , Resaca , Rome , Kennesaw Mountain , Dallas , Peachtree Creek , Jonesboro , and Nashville . Postbellum career . He resigned from the army on January 21 , 1865 , to return home to Ohio . On January 16 , 1866 , President Andrew Johnson nominated Banning for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers , to rank from March 13 , 1865 , and the U . S . Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12 , 1866 . On February 21 , 1866 , President Andrew Johnson nominated Banning for appointment to the grade of brevet major general of volunteers , to rank from March 13 , 1865 , and the U . S . Senate confirmed the appointment on April 26 , 1866 . Banning served as member of the State House of Representatives in 1866 and 1867 . He moved to Cincinnati , in 1869 and resumed the practice of law . He was elected as a Liberal Republican to the Forty - third Congress and as a Democrat to the Forty - fourth Congress and Forty - fifth Congress , serving from ( March 4 , 1873 until March 3 , 1879 ) . He served as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs in the Forty - fourth and Forty - fifth Congresses . He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878 to the Forty - sixth Congress , and for election in 1880 to the Forty - seventh Congress . He then returned to his legal practice in Cincinnati . Henry Banning died in Cincinnati on December 10 , 1881 . He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery . He is buried not far from his brother - in - law , fellow former Civil War general Byron Kirby . Namesake . Camp 207 , Ohio Sons of Union Veterans , was founded in 1903 and named in General Banning ' s honor and memory . It is still active in Mount Vernon , Ohio . Banning was inducted to the Ohio Veteran ' s Hall of Fame in November 2004 by Ohio Governor Bob Taft . The Hall of Fame recognizes Buckeyes who continue to contribute to their community , state , and nation after their military service . In 1868 he married Ida Kirby of Cincinnati , and had four children .