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In the Patterson family's large cornfield just north of their house, U.S. Colonel John W. Lowe was struck and killed by rebel gunfire while shouting his final order to the men of the 12th Ohio. His death while leading his men into battle made him a hero, and he became the first field grade officer from Ohio to be killed in the Civil War.
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