Description: Carte de visite of General John Hunt Morgan, who served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Morgan, from Lexington, Kentucky, is best known for his infamous raid through Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. This raid, while a morale boost for the South, was mostly futile, and had little effect on the Union's war capabilities. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_15
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Places: Ohio; Lexington (Kentucky)
 

Description: Carte de visite of General Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Blair served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and as a Missouri politician was instrumental in preventing the secession of that state. He went on to fight at Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and Atlanta. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_26
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
Places: Ohio; Lexington (Kentucky)
 

Description: Caption reads "New bridge finished." Lexington Township was created in 1816, 17 years after it was originally surveyed by Zaccheus Briggs. Quakers Amos Holloway and Nathan Gaskill established the first village in the township, Lexington, in 1807. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F18_002_001
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Ohio River--History; Roads--Ohio; Bridges--Pictorial works; Transportation--Ohio; Roads--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Lexington Township (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Produced by Seymour Lindsey between 1876-1927, this paper cut-out depicts two trees, two dogs, a rabbit, and birds in the trees and flying above. The white and gray cut paper is mounted to a blue background and is stored in a frame under glass. A handwritten note on the back of the piece reads "#158 from Harry Hartman 1965 / From Garth Oberlander Collection / Oct. 25, 26, 1968 Lot #495." Lindsay (1848-1927) was a self-taught folk artist who was born and lived near Lexington, Ohio, in Richland County. Along with paper-cutting, he left his mark through work including barn murals, interior painting, woodcarving and painted signs. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H23123
Subjects: Paper; Folk art; Art, American--Ohio; Dogs; Trees; Birds; Nature
Places: Lexington (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "this finished Road was made possible my making a considerable cut as shown on either side of road." This road is located in Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F03_018_001
Subjects: Stark County (Roads--Ohio
Places: Lexington County (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a covered bridge near Chester, Ohio, where John Morgan made his escape. John Hunt Morgan was a prominent Confederate cavalry officer in the American Civil War. The Northern soldiers took Morgan and most of his captured men to Columbus after an attempted raid into Ohio. The enlisted men were confined in the Camp Chase Confederate prison camp. Morgan and several of his officers were held at the Ohio Penitentiary. Morgan arrived there on October 1. He and several of his men immediately made plans to escape. They tunneled out of a cell into an airshaft on November 13, 1863. They remained in their cells until November 27, when Morgan and six of his soldiers used the airshaft to reach the prison yard. They then fashioned a rope from their prison uniforms and scaled the wall. Utilizing some of the one thousand dollars that his sister had smuggled into the prison inside a Bible, Morgan purchased a train ticket to Cincinnati. He then made his escape across the Ohio River into Kentucky. After his escape, Morgan returned to the Confederate army. He led cavalry forces in Tennessee and Kentucky. On September 4, 1864, Northern soldiers surrounded a farmhouse near Greenville, Tennessee, where Morgan was staying. The Confederate general attempted to escape from the house, but was shot by the Union soldiers. Morgan died from his wounds. General John Hunt Morgan is buried in Lexington, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06520
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio River; Civil War--Prisoners and prisons; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Chester (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: This illustration of John Hunt Morgan, a Civil War Confederate general, is from a German history textbook entitled "Gesthichte des Burgerkriep in den Uereinigton Stoaten," about the United States Civil War. John Hunt Morgan was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on June 1, 1825. He is known for "Morgan's Raid," which he led during the American Civil War. In 1863, his troops rode from Tennessee through Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, resulting in the northernmost presence established by Confederate forces. He died on September 4, 1864, in Greeneville, Tennessee, killed by Union cavalry men while attempting to escape. He was buried in Lexington Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04269
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America; Generals--United States; Morgan's Ohio Raid, 1863
 

Description: This carte de visite photograph is of Major General Gordon Granger, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Granger is pictured wearing a dress frock coat with shoulder boards indicating his military rank. Granger was born in Wayne County, New York, on November 6, 1822. He was educated at the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1845, and served his country during both the Mexican War and the American Civil War. His many engagements included the Siege of Corinth and the Battle of Missionary Ridge, but he is most noted for his success at the Battle of Chickamauga. He died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on January 10, 1876, and was buried in Lexington, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04330
Subjects: Generals--United States; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers; Military officers; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Carte de visite photograph of General Robert E. Lee, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807, at Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He entered West Point in the summer of 1845 and graduated second in his class. He served in the United States Army until 1861, when he resigned to serve in the Confederate Army. He was a general in the Confederate Army and surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House. He died due to complications of a stroke on October 12, 1870, and was buried beneath the Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04336
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America;
 

Description: The Perry County Courthouse was completed in 1888 by architect Joseph Yost. The Richardsonian Romanesque stone facade has an arched entrance and corner tourelles. The clock was added in 1900, replacing the bell that had been in the 1857 courthouse. This image shows the building's front facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_382
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; clock towers; arches; turrets (towers); Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: New Lexington (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio); 105 North Main St.
 

Description: The Perry County Courthouse was completed in 1888 by architect Joseph Yost. The Richardsonian Romanesque stone facade has an arched entrance and corner tourelles. The clock was added in 1900, replacing the bell that had been in the 1857 courthouse. This image shows the building's side facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_383
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; clock towers; arches; turrets (towers); Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: New Lexington (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio); 105 North Main St.
 

Description: The Perry County Courthouse was completed in 1888 by architect Joseph Yost. The Richardsonian Romanesque stone facade has an arched entrance and corner tourelles. The clock was added in 1900, replacing the bell that had been in the 1857 courthouse. This image shows the building's cornerstone. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_385
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; clock towers; arches; turrets (towers); Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: New Lexington (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio); 105 North Main St.