Description: RARE E.E. NUTT "FOR DEPT. COMDR." RIBBON Edmund Elgin Nutt was a noted Sidney resident and Civil War veteran. Please see photos for color, size, and condition details. Note lighting variations may alter colors in photos. From the Sidney Daily News website: As a member of the 20th OVI, Nutt was promoted from private to sergeant in Company F, then to second lieutenant, then to first lieutenant and subsequently to captain. He was one of thirteen soldiers to earn a XVII Corps medal of honor during the Battle of Atlanta. Nutt led two charges against the Confederates on July 22, 1864, gaining ground both times. He then organized the defense of Bald Hill, holding the position until relief arrived just after midnight. Nutt was severely wounded near Atlanta on Aug. 14. He recovered, and after the war, returned to Sidney, and throughout the remainder of his life, remained active in veteran’s organizations. He was active in the Neal Post 62, Grand Army of the Republic from the time of its founding, and served as its commander. He was also quite active in the affairs of the Ohio Department of the Grand Army of the Republic, and served as Department Commander, having been elected at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Department in Canton in 1894.Nutt was also active in the 20th Ohio Volunteer Veterans Infantry organization, serving as its president. He hosted annual reunions of Companies B, F, K and I in Sidney, always on August 22 to celebrate the Battle of Atlanta. The invitations would always include the idea of bringing “family and friends” and encourage those coming to have “well-filled baskets, haversacks and canteens”.Nutt was a successful businessman, husband and father. He married Arvesta Vandemark, and together they had six children, all of whom lived to adulthood. Both with his brothers and singularly, he engaged in the grain business, first in Pemberton with his brother William with whom he had served in the war, then in Sidney with Isaac Newton and John M. Together they owned the Old Stone Bridge Warehouse, a business he operated after his brothers retired until the time of his death.A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Nutt was a Republican and took an active interest in political affairs. He was a candidate for state senator in 1897. L672
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