Description: Three (3) African American soldiers sitting in chairs on a porch outside. The man in the middle appears to be smoking from a pipe. These men are believed to be Wilson Ballard, Arthur Brown, and Richard Newton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P3_B02F05
Subjects: African American soldiers; Military officers; Military life
Places: Liberia (Africa)
 

Description: This photograph is a formal portrait of 2nd Lt. Henry O. Dwight of the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company H. The clean-shaven young man is in his late teens or early twenties. Wearing his officer's uniform and sword, he stands slightly in front of a studio drapery and next to a small covered table. His right hand rests on the table, and with his left hand he holds his plumed hat. Henry Otis Dwight (1843-1917) was born in Constantinople to Harrison G. Otis Dwight and Mary Lane Wright, who were American missionaries in Turkey. The younger Dwight was educated in Turkey but returned to the United States to attend college. He enrolled in Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, but in September 1861 he joined the 20th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During the next four years his regiment participated in nearly every major battle in the Western Theater during the U.S. Civil War, including Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Raymond, Port Gibson, and Vicksburg, among others. The 20th Ohio also marched with Sherman through Georgia and South Carolina. Dwight enlisted as a private but was promoted successively to sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and brevetted captain. He declined an appointment as a captain in the regular army and was mustered out on July 19, 1865, in Columbus, Ohio. During his time with the 20th Ohio, Dwight created drawings of battles, camp life, and scenes from his unit's travels. He also wrote a partial narrative of his time in the Union Army. In 1864 the "New York Times" and "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" published his accounts of the Battle of Atlanta. Two decades later his account of the Battle of Raymond was published in the "New York Daily Tribune." In May 1863, Dwight and other Union soldiers passed through Claiborne County, Mississippi, on their way to Port Gibson. During the journey Dwight made a sketch in his diary of nearby Windsor Plantation, a magnificent antebellum mansion. His sketch bears the caption "May 1st 1863. Residence Near Bruinsburg Miss." In February 1890 a fire destroyed the home, leaving only 23 stately columns to mark its site. Years later Dwight's diary and the sketch of Windsor Plantation were discovered in the Ohio State Archives, Columbus, Ohio. Before that discovery, all known renderings of Windsor Plantation had been based on oral descriptions. Dwight actually had seen the home, so his sketch has the authority of an eyewitness report. Dwight returned to Constantinople in 1867 as a business agent for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In March 1867 he married Mary Bliss, the daughter of an American missionary working in Turkey. In 1872 he began working as an editor in the board's publications' department. From the mid-1870s to early 1890s he was a correspondent in Constantinople for the "New York Daily Tribune." Dwight also wrote several books on Turkey and Turkish life. In 1880 Dwight was ordained a minister in the Congregational Church. He resigned his commission as a minister in 1901 and returned to the United States. In 1907 he became recording secretary of the American Bible Society, a post he held until his death on June 19, 1917, in Roselle, New Jersey. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06951
Subjects: Dwight, Henry Otis, 1843-1917; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865); Portrait photography; Military officers; Military Ohio
Places: United States
 

Description: Dated January 21, 1898, this is an Ohio National Guard Certificate of Commission for Walter S. Bradford as Second Lieutenant of the Eighth Regiment Infantry for a five year term. The certificate is signed by Adjutant General of Ohio H.A. Axline, and by Secretary of State Charles Kinney. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS3505
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Ohio National Guard; Legal documents; Military officers; Military Ohio
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of Major Frank Y. Commagere , 6th U.S. Cavalry. The photograph was taken by Carpenter and Mullen in Lexington, Kentucky, early in the Civil War and collected as part of the Howard Rossen Collection. Born in Maumee, Ohio, Commagere (1844-1892) served as a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1861, then joined the 67th New York Volunteers as a second lieutenant from 1862-1863 before being dismissed. He later served as a major in the 6th U.S. Colored Cavalry from January 1865 until he mustered out in April 1866. Following the end of the Civil War, he was appointed first lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Cavalry in 1866, serving under Lieutenant Colonel Custer, until his resignation in 1868. He died in 1892 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV13_B01_20
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; Military uniforms; Portrait photography
Places: Maumee (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken in 1971 by U.S. Army medic Charles Tweel, this photograph shows a lieutenant at a firebase in Vietnam, jokingly saluting Tweel with a bowl on his head. This photograph is part of the Charles Tweel Collection (AV 324) at the Ohio History Connection. Charles Tweel grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and attended The Ohio State University. After graduation in 1968, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a non-combatant, first training as a medic at Fort Sam Huston, followed by nine months of additional training at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. He finished his training as a Specialist 3 and 91C, MOS, and went on to serve in Bamberg, Germany, with combat engineers for one year. In January 1971, Tweel served in Vietnam with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion (Air Mobile), 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, based out of Camp Evans near Phu Bai, north of Hue, until December of that year. Tweel spent most of his service on various firebases as the medic in charge, and occasionally shared firebases with South Vietnamese soldiers. He also visited MedCAP stations (Medical Civic Action Programs) where he treated civilians. Tweel received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement, and was promoted to Specialist 5 in 1971. After discharge from the Army, he went to medical school and was in private practice as a family practitioner from 1979-2016, and now works part-time in inner city medical clinics in Columbus, Ohio, and Charleston, South Carolina. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV324_B01F02_006
Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975); United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st; Military officers; Military life; Military encampments
Places: Vietnam
 

Description: An African American Captain, possibly Eldridge Hawkins, with the name "Lee" pinned to the right side of his shirt collar. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P3_B02F06
Subjects: African American soldiers; Military officers; Military uniforms
 

Description: Carte de visite of General Winfield Scott, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Originally from Petersburg, Virginia, he refused to resign from his position when his home state seceded. Placed in command of the Union Army, he held himself responsible for the loss at Bull Run. By the start of the war, he was old and too overweight to ride a horse. Command was given to McClellan shortly after. While he did not serve much during the Civil War, his career was long and distinguished, having spent nearly 50 years in the US military. Scott served with great distinction in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, and is considered one of the best, if not the best, general to ever serve the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_37
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union; Military Ohio
Places: Ohio; Petersburg (Virginia)
 

Description: Carte de visite of General Winfield Scott Hancock, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. A native of Montgomery Square, Pennsylvania, Hancock was considered one of the best military commanders in the Union (nicknamed "Superb Hancock"), though he never rose above corps command. He is best known for his fighting at Gettysburg and Spotsylvania Court House, but also fought at Williamsburg, where he earned his nickname, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, Chancellorsville, and Petersburg. Due to his wounds, and the self-criticism resulting from his only major defeat, at Petersburg, Hancock resigned from command, and took over in the now-quiet Shenandoah Valley. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_43
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union; Military Ohio
Places: Ohio; Montgomery Square (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Portrait print of Philip Henry Sheridan in uniform. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2855_01
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union; Military Ohio; Military uniforms
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Formal portrait of Philip H. Sheridan in his later years. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2855_05
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union; Military Ohio
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Major General Philip H. Sheridan from Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, ca. 1861-1865. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the grade of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00541
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of General Henry Philip Sheridan, who rose to General of the Army by the end of his military career. General Sheridan is shown in his formal dress uniform - a double-breasted coat with three rows of two buttons, a sash, and three medals pinned to his chest. The uppermost medal on his coat indicates his service in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. The illustration originally appeared in "The Pictorial History of the Great Civil War" by John Laird Wilson, 1878. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04288
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; Generals--United States
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)