Description: The 134th Machine Gun Battalion flag has a blue field with an embroidered eagle and a red text banner. This silk banner is a rectangle measuring 125 by 170 cm. The battle ribbons are separate and each one lists a battle or campaign. Battle ribbons battles and campaigns are as follows: Ypres-Lys Offensive Oct 16 - Nov 11 Baccarat Sector Aug 4 - Sept 16, 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive Sept 26 - Oct 16 Panne Sector St. Mihiel Oct 9 - Oct 16. A battalion is a military unit containing up to seven companies and typically commanded by a Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65515_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Textile--silk; Communication artifact; 134th; Battalion; Military flags; World War, 1918-1918; Army; Marine Corps;
 

Description: Photograph of Arthur K. Lawrence in Spanish American War uniform with a horse, posing with two other African American members of the Medical Corps in front of a tent. Lawrence served as a hospital steward in the 9th Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish American War. The battalion was not sent to Cuba to fight, but spent the duration of the war at several camps in the United States. After the war, Lawrence became a doctor and established a medical practice in Columbus, Ohio; his office was located in the Williams Building at 681 East Long Street. Arthur Kelton Lawrence (1877-1954) was the son of Thomas Lawrence and Martha Hartway Lawrence. Martha escaped from slavery and was taken in by the Kelton family in Columbus, who also employed Thomas. The two were married in 1864. The Spanish American War broke out in April 1898 and ended in July of the same year, during the presidency of Ohioan William McKinley. The United States and Spain battled over control of Cuba, urged on by newspapers such as the New York Journal and the New York World. The so-called "yellow press" presented events from a slanted perspective, favoring Cuban independence from Spain and arousing public sentiment in support of American intervention. As a result of the war, the United States gained control not only of Cuba, but also Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_781359_113
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Military Ohio; Spanish American War; African American soldiers; 9th Battalion Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Arthur K. Lawrence in his Spanish American War uniform, ca. 1898. Lawrence served as a hospital steward in the 9th Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Spanish American War. The battalion was not sent to Cuba to fight, but spent the duration of the war at several camps in the United States. After the war, Lawrence became a doctor and established a medical practice in Columbus, Ohio; his office was located in the Williams Building at 681 East Long Street. Arthur Kelton Lawrence (1877-1954) was the son of Thomas Lawrence and Martha Hartway Lawrence. Martha escaped from slavery and was taken in by the Kelton family in Columbus, who also employed Thomas. The two were married in 1864. The Spanish American War broke out in April 1898 and ended in July of the same year, during the presidency of Ohioan William McKinley. The United States and Spain battled over control of Cuba, urged on by newspapers such as the New York Journal and the New York World. The so-called "yellow press" presented events from a slanted perspective, favoring Cuban independence from Spain and arousing public sentiment in support of American intervention. As a result of the war, the United States gained control not only of Cuba, but also Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_781359_112
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Military Ohio; Spanish American War; African American soldiers; 9th Battalion Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Guidon of the 191st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion of the 37th Infantry Division composed of two triangles pieced together on a descending diagonal. The top triangle is red with the text "191" appliqued in gold. The bottom triangle is gold with the text "AAA" appliqued in red. Its gold fringe is 5 cm long with self-plied loops. 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: AL02293
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; World War, 1939-1945; United States. Army. Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, 191st; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 37th; Guidon; Textile--silk;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Portrait of Eugena Ballard, wife of Lieutenant Wilson Ballard, who served in the 9th Battalion Ohio Volunteer Infantry with Charles Young. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2_B04F08_B
Subjects: African American women; 9th Battalion Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Military officers
 

Description: This is a tintype photograph of Private William Barnhart, who served with the 4th Independent Battalion of Ohio Cavalry. The 4th was recruited in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b02_04
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States. Army. Ohio Independent Cavalry Battalion, 4th (1863-1864); Military Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Tintype photograph of Private Joseph Whetstone. Whetstone served with two regiments: Company C of the 4th Independent Battalion of Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and Company A of the 126th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI). The 4th was recruited from Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Company A of the 126th was recruited from Harrison County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b02_05
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States. Army. Ohio Independent Cavalry Battalion, 4th (1863-1864) Company C; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 126th (1862-1865) Company A
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Harrison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Tintype photograph of Captain Joseph Goddard, who served with Company D of the 4th Independent Battalion of Ohio Cavalry. The 4th was recruited from Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Goddard is holding what appears to be a Colt Revolver, possibly a Colt Navy. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b02_06
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Independent Cavalry Battalion, 4th (1863-1864) Company D
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Cpl. Alden Flanders, who served with Company C of the 4th Battalion of Independent Ohio Cavalry. In the photograph, Flanders is holding a fife; he may have been a musician. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f21_02
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Independent Battalion of Ohio Cavalry, 4th (1863-1864) Company C
Places: Ohio