Description: Daguerreotype of a man wearing an officer's military coat, possibly during the era of the Mexican War, 1846-1848. The plate carries a hallmark reading "L. B. Binsse & Co. N. Y.," referring to an American plate maker in business from 1844 to 1848. The young man in the image is possibly a relative of Jesse Root Grant. This cased portrait was included in "Over Here, Over There," an exhibit that opened at the Ohio History Center on July 1, 2011. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AP1459_01
Subjects: Mexican War, 1846-1848; Portrait photography--United States--History--19th century; Military officers;
 

Description: Unidentified flag remnant from Mexican War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01805
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Mexican War, 1846-1848
 

Description: Unidentified flag remnant from Mexican War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01805
Subjects: Mexican War, 1846-1848; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Flags
 

Description: National colors of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 166 cm high by 300 cm wide. Text on flag reads: Capt. Hamilton Flag Used at the Battle of Monteray 22nd Sept. 1846. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01801
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Mexican War, 1846-1848
 

Description: National colors of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01803
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Mexican War, 1846-1848
 

Description: Thomas Corwin (1794-1865) was born in Kentucky and was a life long politician. He served as the fifteenth governor of Ohio from 1840 to 1842. After his time as governor he served as a US Senator, and in this capacity he was known as a great orator, eloquently expressing his opposition to the Mexican War. He also served as a minister to Mexico and Secretary of the Treasury. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04108
Subjects: Mexican War, 1846-1848; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Other--Federal Government; Governors--Ohio
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Broadside calling for men to enlist in a military company going "To Mexico!" which also details benefits the men will receive for their service, and the location where applications are being accepted. This recruiting poster is dated April 5, 1847, and signed by Edward A. King, Captain. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04142
Subjects: Military Ohio; Registration for military service; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Recruiting and enlistment;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: James Knox Polk, the eleventh President of the United States, was born in North Carolina on November 2, 1795. After studying to become a lawyer, he entered politics as a Jacksonian Democrat. Polk served in the Tennessee state legislature, the United States House of Representatives, and as Governor of Tennessee. In the 1844 presidential election, he defeated Henry Clay, the Whig candidate for president. During his administration, Polk oversaw the founding of the United States Naval Academy and the Smithsonian Institution, lowered tariffs, and acquired California, New Mexico, and Oregon. His most notable accomplishment was leading the United States to victory in a war with Mexico over the annexation of Texas. James Polk died on June 15, 1849, three months after leaving office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04169
Subjects: Presidents--United States; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Mexican War, 1846-1848
Places: Tennessee
 

Description: Don Carlos Buell was a military officer from Ohio who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. He was born on March 23, 1818, near Marietta, Ohio. After Buell graduated from West Point in 1841, he embarked upon a military career. During the Civil War, he succeeded William T. Sherman as commander of the Department of the Ohio and participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, and Perryville. After the war was over, he worked in the iron and coal industry and as a government pension agent. Don Carlos Buell died on November 19, 1898, in Rockport, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04213
Subjects: Generals--United States; West Point (Military academy); Mexican War, 1846-1848; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This carte de visite depicts Ambrose E. Burnside, a military officer who fought in the Mexican War and the Civil War. He was born on May 23, 1824, near Liberty, Indiana. After graduating from West Point in 1847, he served in the Mexican War. As a Union Army general in the Civil War, he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee, but suffered disastrous defeats in the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Crater. Following the war, he served as the governor of Rhode Island from 1866 to 1868, and in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. Burnside died in Bristol, Rhode Island, on September 13, 1881. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04214
Subjects: Generals--United States; West Point (Military academy); Mexican War, 1846-1848; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Rhode Island
 

Description: National colors of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. This flag has not been cataloged in this collection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01802
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Mexican War, 1846-1848
Places: Ohio
 

Description: National colors of the 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 166 cm high by 300 cm wide. Text on flag reads: Capt. Hamilton Flag Used at the Battle of Monteray 22nd Sept. 1846. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01801
Subjects: Mexican War, 1846-1848; Ohio History--Military Ohio