Site of President William McKinley's Assassination

[PaigeBooth]

Very interesting-- I had no idea a road now runs through the site of McKinley's assassination; that is really fascinating! Thanks for sharing your pictures, Mr. Sloan.

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Bill is absolutely correct about McKinley's service during the Civil War. Born in Ohio in 1843, he enlisted as a volunteer in 1861, shortly after the war broke out.
McKinley's regiment was originally under the command of William Rosecrans.
More famously, however, William McKinley served on the staff of Rutherford Hayes, who would also become President of the United States. Hayes remained a lifelong friend and advisor to McKinley. I have heard that McKinley's friendship with Hayes was the reason he advanced so quickly in his political career... but that might be strictly speculation.
He became quite fond of cigars, perhaps during the war, and during his presidency refused to be photographed with his cigars, to avoid being a poor example to children.
McKinley left the war in 1865 with the rank of brevet major.