When Sarah Elizabeth Craft was born on 30 March 1858, in Saint Marys Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States, her father, George Craft, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth B Murdock, was 35. She lived in Saint Marys, Saint Marys Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 3 June 1872, in Auglaize, Ohio, United States, at the age of 14, and was buried in Saint Marys Township, Auglaize, Ohio, United States.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
English: nickname from Middle English craft ‘skillful, clever, learned’.
English: habitational name from Croft in Leicestershire. See also Croft .
Americanized form of German, Danish, Swedish, or Jewish Kraft . See also Croft .
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