<P> Ohioans loved the movies, and five Academy Award - winning films were partly produced in the state, including Terms of Endearment, Traffic, The Deer Hunter, Rain Man, and Silence of the Lambs . </P> <P> During the Civil War (1861--65) Ohio played a key role in providing troops, military officers, and supplies to the Union army . Due to its central location and burgeoning population, Ohio was both politically and logistically important to the war effort . Despite the state's boasting a number of very powerful Republican politicians, it was divided politically . Portions of Southern Ohio followed the Peace Democrats under Clement Vallandigham and openly opposed President Lincoln's policies . Ohio played an important part in the Underground Railroad prior to the war, and remained a haven for escaped and runaway slaves during the war years . </P> <P> The third most populous state in the Union at the time, Ohio raised nearly 320,000 soldiers for the Union army, third behind only New York and Pennsylvania . Nearly 7,000 Buckeye soldiers were killed in action . Several leading generals were from the state, including Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and Philip H. Sheridan . </P> <P> Only two minor battles were fought within its borders . Morgan's Raid in the summer of 1863 alarmed the populace . Ohio troops fought in nearly every major campaign during the war . </P>

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