Description: Guidon of the 13th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Swallowtail flag measures 68 cm high by 101 cm wide. This swallowtail guidon of the national colors was used by the 13th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. The flag was manufactured in the United States between 1861 and 1863. The guidon has 34 gold-painted stars on a blue canton. The stars are arranged in a double-circle pattern with an additional star in each of the canton's four corners. The flag has thirteen alternating red and white stripes. A guidon flag, usually a swallowtail, is a type carried by artillery or cavalry company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01841
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Guidon; Flags--Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Guidon of the 13th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Swallowtail flag measures 62 cm high by 98 cm wide. This swallowtail guidon of the national colors was used by the 13th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. The flag was manufactured in the United States between 1861 and 1863. The guidon has 34 gold-painted stars on a blue canton. The stars are arranged in a double-circle pattern with an additional star in each of the canton's four corners. The flag has thirteen alternating red and white stripes. A guidon, usually a swallowtail, is carried by the artillery or cavalry company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01842
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Guidon
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This Guidon is made of silk with gold fringe. The background is blue and in the center is a painted U.S. heraldic eagle. The colors of the flag are blue, gold, brown and red. Mrs. Tella Axline Dewitt of Columbus, Ohio, donated this guidon in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65559_001
Subjects: Flag--support; Guidon; Textile--silk
 

Description: This flag is a guidon is made of blue silk with gold fringe. "Ohio" is embroidered in gold on the small flag. The guidon was carried at the front of the Ohio division that marched in the parade held in conjunction with President William McKinley's inauguration in 1901. William McKinley (1843-1901), the twenty-fifth president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio. He enlisted in the Union Army when the Civil War broke out. At age 34, McKinley won a seat in Congress. In 1891 he was elected governor of Ohio and served two terms. McKinley became president of the United States in 1897 and was re-elected to a second term in 1900. On September 5, 1901, while standing in a receiving line at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, McKinley was shot twice by an anarchist. He died eight days later. Theodore Roosevelt succeeded McKinley as president. Mrs. Tella Axline Dewitt of Columbus, Ohio, donated this guidon in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65526_001
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Guidon; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This is a photograph of a guidon of the 12th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. A guidon is a type of flag carried by and artillery or cavalry company. It is usually a swallowtail flag. There are 13 red and white strips signifying the thirteen original colonies. The blue field has 34 stars, 12 in the inner circle, 18 in the outer circle and one in each corner. This signifies the 34 states of the union at the beginning of the Civil War. Much of the flag has been destroyed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01839
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Guidon
 

Description: Fred R. Brunt of Columbus, Ohio, donated this World War I guidon in 1943. It is a red and white wool swallowtail flag manufactured between 1910-1917. 136th Field Artillery, part of the 37th "Buckeye" Division, Battery A used horse-drawn artillery. The flag is made of wool and measures 73.7 by 91.5 cm. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H50764_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 37th; Guidon; Textile--wool
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Richard W. Brettell of Shreveport, Louisiana, donated this flag in 1958. Swallowtail guidon was used by the 135th Field Artillery Regiment, Battery B (part of the 37th "Buckeye" Division) during World War I. The wool flag is red and white and displays crossed cannons. Correspondence about donation: Ohio Historical Society Archives, Bill Keener, Box 1, Series I, Folder 3 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65516_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 37th; Guidon; Textile--wool
Places: Shreveport, Louisiana
 

Description: Guidon of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Automatic Weapons Battalion, 137th Artillery. The background is red with red lettering. 137 is at the top with HQ at the bottom. There are crossed cannons with missile in the middle with a 3 off to the left side. The textile is wool and the dimensions are 48 cm by 172 cm. The battery was stationed in Canton from September 1, 1959 until April 1, 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65558_001
Subjects: Guidon; World War, 1939-1945; Flags--Ohio, World War 1939-1945
 

Description: This is a photograph of the guidon battle flag of the 324th Field Artillery, Battery F. It is a swallowtail flag with a red background and the number 324, crossed cannons and the letter F in yellow. The dimensions are 102 cm by 69 cm. The provenance was given by Captain Thomas Md Caw. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H53035_001
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Flags; Guidon; Military flags
 

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: The blue swallowtail Brigade Colors flag of the 165th Infantry Brigade, 83rd Infantry division which was organized late into World War I. The organization date was 25 August 1917 at Camp Sherman, Ohio and demobilized 12 February 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. It is now a training unit of the United States Army. The blue flag was made of wool with white numbers made of cotton. The 165 at the top and the 83 at the bottom were machine sewn appliques. The flag measures 121 cm high. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02249
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; World War, 1914-1918; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 83rd; Guidon; Textile--wool
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)