Description: This is a painting of Guidon of the 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. It is a swallowtail flag with a square blue field. There are 34 stars in the field, representing the states of the Union at the beginning of the Civil War. The inner circle has twelve stars, the outer circle has eighteen stars and there is a star in each corner. The painting was done by Rob Needham. At the bottom of the painting is printed "71st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02482
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Textile--silk; United States. Army. Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 71st
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows members of the 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment recruited in Ohio during the Civil War. The regiment was formed in 1863, and was subsequently designated as the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. The photograph was taken in Delaware, Ohio, on Sandusky Street near the Ft. Delaware Hotel. In May 1863, Massachusetts became the first state to organize a regiment of African Americans. Because Ohio did not then allow black men to join its regiments, many Ohioans enlisted in the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments. In the summer of 1863, Ohio Governor David Tod authorized the recruitment of African Americans, and the 127th was formed in Delaware, Ohio, between August and November 1863 as an African American regiment organized under white officers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03355
Subjects: African American soldiers; Delaware County (Ohio); Civil War; 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); 5th Regiment United States Colored Troops
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio);
 

Description: The hand-sewn wool flag was carried by Company F, 148th Ohio Volunteer Infantry of Washington County (Ohio). The 36 stars are arranged symmetrically in canton pattern of six rows by six rows. Nevada added the 36th star in 1864 (October 31). Comprised of the 96th Battalion of Vinton County and the 46th of Washington County, the 148th mustered out of Marietta on May 18, 1864 under Colonel Thomas W. Moore. On May 23 the Regiment was involved in an accident on the Union Railroad leaving three soldiers seriously wounded. The 148th Ohio Volunteer Infantry mustered out September 14, 1864. By the war's end they had lost 2 officers and 37 enlisted men from disease. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H18372_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Textile--wool; Civil War, 1861-1865; 148th OVI, Company F; Union Railroad; National Guard--Ohio Volunteer Infantry;
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the fragments of a guidon of the 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. It is a swallowtail flag with a square blue field with 34 stars. The stars represent the states in the Union at the beginning of the Civil War. The inner circle has 12 stars, the outer circle has 18 stars and there is a star in each corner. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02024
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Textile--silk; United States. Army. Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 71st
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers in New York boarding the St. Paul prior to their departure for Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish American War. The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an Ohio National Guard regiment organized in July 1876 and mustered into federal service in May 1898 at Camp Bushnell in Columbus. Men in the regiment were from northern Ohio, predominantly Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Richland, Wayne, and Stark counties. The 8th Ohio was nicknamed "McKinley's Own" or "The President's Own" because three companies were from President William McKinley's hometown of Canton. The 8th Ohio assembled in Akron, Ohio, on April 26th, 1898, just three days after the call for troops. On July 4th, 1898, following several months of training at Camp Bushnell and Camp Alger, the 8th Ohio received orders to move to New York, where they would set sail for Cuba. The regiment disembarked at Siboney, Cuba on July 11. Although the unit never participated in combat, it was plagued by disease. The soldiers that did not perish from illness left Cuba on August 17 aboard the S.S. Mohawk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03708
Subjects: Ohio. National Guard.; Ohio History--Military Ohio; 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Spanish American War
Places: New York (New York)
 

Description: Stereograph image of the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers training at Camp Alger, Virginia, prior to their departure for Cuba during the Spanish American War. The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an Ohio National Guard regiment organized in July 1876 and mustered into federal service in May 1898 at Camp Bushnell in Columbus. Men in the regiment were from northern Ohio, predominantly Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Richland, Wayne, and Stark counties. The 8th Ohio was nicknamed "McKinley's Own" or "The President's Own" because three companies were from President William McKinley's hometown of Canton. The regiment assembled in Akron, Ohio, on April 26th, 1898, just three days after the call for troops. On July 4th, 1898, following several months of training at Camp Bushnell and Camp Alger, the 8th Ohio received orders to move to New York, where they would set sail for Cuba. The regiment disembarked at Siboney, Cuba on July 11. Although the unit never participated in combat, it was plagued by disease. The soldiers that did not perish from illness left Cuba on August 17 aboard the S.S. Mohawk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03702
Subjects: Ohio. National Guard; Ohio History--Military Ohio; 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Spanish American War
Places: Camp Alger (Virginia)
 

Description: Stereograph image of the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers training at Camp Alger, Virginia, prior to their departure for Cuba during the Spanish American War. The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an Ohio National Guard regiment organized in July 1876 and mustered into federal service in May 1898 at Camp Bushnell in Columbus. Men in the regiment were from northern Ohio, predominantly Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Richland, Wayne, and Stark counties. The 8th Ohio was nicknamed "McKinley's Own" or "The President's Own" because three companies were from President William McKinley's hometown of Canton. The regiment assembled in Akron, Ohi,o on April 26th, 1898, just three days after the call for troops. On July 4th, 1898, following several months of training at Camp Bushnell and Camp Alger, the 8th Ohio received orders to move to New York, where they would set sail for Cuba. The regiment disembarked at Siboney, Cuba on July 11. Although the unit never participated in combat, it was plagued by disease. The soldiers that did not perish from illness left Cuba on August 17 aboard the S.S. Mohawk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03703
Subjects: Ohio. National Guard; Ohio History--Military Ohio; 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Spanish American War
Places: Camp Alger (Virginia)
 

Description: The men of the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers at Camp Alger, Virginia, prior to their departure for Cuba during the Spanish American War. The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an Ohio National Guard regiment organized in July 1876 and mustered into federal service in May 1898 at Camp Bushnell in Columbus. Men in the regiment were from northern Ohio, predominantly Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Richland, Wayne, and Stark counties. The 8th Ohio was nicknamed "McKinley's Own" or "The President's Own" because three companies were from President William McKinley's hometown of Canton. The 8th Ohio assembled in Akron, Ohio, on April 26th, 1898, just three days after the call for troops. On July 4th, 1898, following several months of training at Camp Bushnell and Camp Alger, the 8th Ohio received orders to move to New York, where they would set sail for Cuba. The regiment disembarked at Siboney, Cuba on July 11. Although the unit never participated in combat, it was plagued by disease. The soldiers that did not perish from illness left Cuba on August 17 aboard the S.S. Mohawk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03704
Subjects: Ohio. National Guard; Ohio History--Military Ohio; 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Spanish American War
Places: Camp Alger (Virginia)
 

Description: Stereograph close-up of the men of the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers at Camp Alger, Virginia, prior to their departure for Cuba during the Spanish American War. The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an Ohio National Guard regiment organized in July 1876 and mustered into federal service in May 1898 at Camp Bushnell in Columbus. Men in the regiment were from northern Ohio, predominantly Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Richland, Wayne, and Stark counties. The 8th Ohio was nicknamed "McKinley's Own" or "The President's Own" because three companies were from President William McKinley's hometown of Canton. The 8th Ohio assembled in Akron, Ohio, on April 26th, 1898, just three days after the call for troops. On July 4th, 1898, following several months of training at Camp Bushnell and Camp Alger, the 8th Ohio received orders to move to New York, where they would set sail for Cuba. The regiment disembarked at Siboney, Cuba on July 11. Although the unit never participated in combat, it was plagued by disease. The soldiers that did not perish from illness left Cuba on August 17 aboard the S.S. Mohawk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03705
Subjects: Ohio. National Guard; Ohio History--Military Ohio; 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Spanish American War
Places: Camp Alger (Virginia)
 

Description: Colonel Hard and the staff officers of the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment on the pier in New York preparing to sail for Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish American War. The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an Ohio National Guard regiment organized in July 1876 and mustered into federal service in May 1898 at Camp Bushnell in Columbus. Men in the regiment were from northern Ohio, predominantly Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Richland, Wayne, and Stark counties. The 8th Ohio was nicknamed "McKinley's Own" or "The President's Own" because three companies were from President William McKinley's hometown of Canton. The 8th Ohio assembled in Akron, Ohio, on April 26th, 1898, just three days after the call for troops. On July 4th, 1898, following several months of training at Camp Bushnell and Camp Alger, the 8th Ohio received orders to move to New York, where they would set sail for Cuba. The regiment disembarked at Siboney, Cuba on July 11. Although the unit never participated in combat, it was plagued by disease. The soldiers that did not perish from illness left Cuba on August 17 aboard the S.S. Mohawk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03706
Subjects: Ohio. National Guard.; Ohio History--Military Ohio; 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Spanish American War
Places: New York (New York)
 

Description: Colonel Hard, Colonel Dick and the majors of the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Volunteers on the pier in New York preparing to sail for Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish American War. The 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an Ohio National Guard regiment organized in July 1876 and mustered into federal service in May 1898 at Camp Bushnell in Columbus. Men in the regiment were from northern Ohio, predominantly Ashland, Holmes, Medina, Richland, Wayne, and Stark counties. The 8th Ohio was nicknamed "McKinley's Own" or "The President's Own" because three companies were from President William McKinley's hometown of Canton. The 8th Ohio assembled in Akron, Ohio, on April 26th, 1898, just three days after the call for troops. On July 4th, 1898, following several months of training at Camp Bushnell and Camp Alger, the 8th Ohio received orders to move to New York, where they would set sail for Cuba. The regiment disembarked at Siboney, Cuba on July 11. Although the unit never participated in combat, it was plagued by disease. The soldiers that did not perish from illness left Cuba on August 17 aboard the S.S. Mohawk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03707
Subjects: Ohio. National Guard.; Ohio History--Military Ohio; 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Spanish American War
Places: New York (New York)
 

Description: National colors of the 24th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: The 6th to the 24th Ohio; Shiloh, April [??]. The flag is largely disintegrated. It has not been cataloged in this collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01909
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Places: Ohio