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Printed broadside, with bold heading Union Rally/ 1,000 Guns for the Brave!, announcing a Union Meeting taking place in Eaton, OH, on October 6, 1864. With addresses from General R.C. Schenck, Colonel F. Van Derveer, and Honorable L.B. Gunckel. 20 x 23.75 in., framed, 26.5 x 29 in. Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), a native of Franklin, OH, entered political life in the 1830s after practicing law in Dayton. During the 1840s-1850s, Schenck served as a U.S. Congressman and a diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. At the start of the war, Schenck enlisted at the age of 51 as a Brigadier General and was promoted in August of 1862 to Major General. Before resigning on December 5, 1863, he saw action in western Virginia as well as at Bull Run, where he was wounded and forced to retire from the field. Schenck was re-elected to Congress three more times following the war. Born in Middletown, OH, Ferdinand Van Derveer (1823-1892) practiced law prior to entering the Mexican American War as a Private in the 1st Ohio Volunteers. He had risen to the rank of Captain by the end of the war. When the Civil War began, Van Derveer organized the 35th Ohio Infantry, becoming its first Colonel, and before disbanding in September, 1864, the infantry participated in the battles of Mill Springs, Perryville, Stones River, Missionary Ridge, and Chickamauga. On October 4, 1864, he was promoted to Brigadier General, and at the conclusion of the war, he returned to Butler County, OH, where he served as a judge. Lewis B. Gunckel (1826-1903) was an attorney from Germantown, OH, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and was an advocate for disabled Civil War soldiers and their families. Provenance: Robert and Mary Younger, Morningside House Publishers, Civil War & Historic Book Collection Condition: Toning to broadside; expected folds; wear along the edges including some small areas of loss; some staining; not examined outside of frame.