Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Veterans of Civil, Spanish - American and World War outside the Eagles Home, Steubenville. J. E. Bishop." This photograph shows a large group of people standing and sitting, posed, in front of the Fraternal Order of Eagles building in Steubenville, Ohio. The house is decorated in red, white and blue, with American Flags waving everywhere. A flag hangs at the top of the house which reads: "Steubenville, O. F.O.E. 421." The five Civil War Veterans seated at the front of the photograph, all wearing Grand Army of the Republic ribbons, appear together in another photograph. Just right of center stands a group of men wearing kilts , some holding bagpipes. The light colored uniforms bear "F.O.E. 412" on the collars. An embossed stamp reads: "Ideal Studio. C. M. Caruso." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_022_001
Subjects: Veterans--Ohio; Fraternal Order of Eagles; Veterans--Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans; Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Ohio
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This watercolor shows an eagle with arrows and an olive branch in its talons and a banner which reads "Liberty" in its beak. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H26991
Subjects: Art, American--Ohio; Paintings; America; Eagles
Places: Ohio
 

Description: These two flags belonged to Ohio men held in Confederate prison camps during the Civil War. It is possible that one or both of the flags belonged to the Franklin County Ex-Prisoners of War Association. One flag is blue with gold fringe. Painted on each side is a shield with a brown background and gold border, beneath which is a scroll bearing text. On the front, the shield features an eagle and the text "We can forgive but never forget." On the back, an eagle perches on a soldier's camp roll and rucksack with crossed bayonets behind it. Below, connected by three chain links, is a hand-painted image of a dog attacking a ragged man on the ground, symbolizing the soldiers' horrific experiences in Confederate prisons. Beneath the shield is a scroll bearing the words "Death before Dishonor." The flag is 52 by 59 inches (132 by 150 cm). The second flag, the national colors of the United States with gold fringe, bears the names of Confederate prison camps that held Union soldiers. Among the camps were Andersonville, Libby, and Cahaba. It has 38 gold painted stars arranged in a double-circle pattern with three stars in the middle and one in each corner. The flag measures 57.48 by 71.65 inches (146 by 182 cm). Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the plaza level of the Ohio History Center 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1330_1637692_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Civil War; Prisoners of war; Flags; Eagles
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: On the regimental colors of 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, a blue flag with gold fringe, is embroidered the United States arms. The arms consists of a bald eagle with a olive branch in its left talon and three arrows in its right. The eagle's eye is made of one black bead surrounded by rows of red and silver beads. On the back of the flag are embroidered the names of battles in which the regiment saw action: Tunnell Hill, Resaca, Atlanta, Macon, Waynesboro, and Savannah. There are two images of the flag, the front and back of the flag. The 10th O.V.C. was organized at Camp Taylor in Cleveland, Ohio, under Colonel Charles C. Smith in October 1862. It participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Atlanta, Resaca, and Sherman's March to the Sea. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the plaza level of the Ohio History Center 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1330_1607313_006
Subjects: Military Ohio; Civil War; 10th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry (O.V.C.); Flags; Eagles
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This glass flask, which measures 7" by 4" (17 by 11 cm), was manufactured by J. Sheppard and Company in Zanesville. It includes both an American eagle and a Masonic symbol. J. Shepard and Company was started in Zanesville in 1823 by Reverend Joseph Shepard. During the 1820s and 1830s, Zanesville was one of the leading glass-manufacturing cities in the nation. Ohio has continued to play a major role in the nation's glass industry because of its abundant sandstone resources. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1382_1535066_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Glass industry; Glassworking; Bottles; Eagles
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)