Description: This hand-sewn textile(wool) has a halyard rope. It is an American Red Cross flag which was flown on July 1, 1898 at the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War. The flag is rectangular, 108 cm by 180cm. Dr. F Dewey Amner of Kent, Ohio donated this flag to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) in 1952. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65458_001
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; American Red Cross Flag--United States; Spanish-American War, 1898; Stars & Stripes; Battle of San Juan Hill; Textile--wool;
Places: San Juan, Puerto Rico
 

Description: A window diorama at the F. & R. Lazarus Company depicting soldiers returning from the Spanish-American War in 1898. In honor of the Gallant Fourth regiment, which included three Lazarus associates, Lazarus staged a parade down High Street headed by Ralph Lazarus and the Springfield Cadet Band. 150 Lazarus associates marched and 10,000 central Ohioans cheered. This display ran from February 12-18, 1951. Simon Lazarus founded the F & R Lazarus & Company in Columbus, Ohio, in 1851. In 2003, after a successful century and a half, the Lazarus Company was incorporated with Macy's, a member of the Federated Department stores. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04389
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Lazarus Department Store; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Businesses; The F. & R. Lazarus Company (Columbus, Ohio);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Broadside announcing a "Grand Free Street Carnival and Peace Celebration" taking place in North Baltimore, Ohio, September 21-23, 1898. The celebration was held to welcome home soldiers from the Spanish-American War. The broadside features Uncle Sam with a paintbrush, and announces highlights of the day including parades, a balloon launch, a parachute leap, multiple races, a cake walk, music and other entertainments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: VFM3492
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Celebrations; Parades & processions; Expositions and fairs;
Places: North Baltimore (Ohio); Wood County (Ohio)
 

Description: 10th Ohio Infantry United States volunteers gather in the snow at Camp McKenzie, Augusta, Georgia, on February 14, 1899. The troops were preparing for the Spanish-American War. Text reads "10th Ohio camp in the snow at retreat. Augusta GA Feb 14 99". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03348
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 10th (1898)
Places: Augusta (Georgia)
 

Description: Photograph of Major General Young and staff at Camp McKenzie in Augusta, Georgia, ca. 1898. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03349
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Augusta (Georgia)
 

Description: Photograph of Colonel Henry A. Axline and his regimental staff on horseback at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, ca. 1898. Axline commanded the 10th Ohio Infantry U.S. Volunteers Regiment. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03350
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Middletown (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Photograph of Colonel Henry A. Axline and some of his staff officers on horseback with Camp Colors, Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, ca. 1898. Axline commanded the 10th Ohio Infantry United States Volunteers Regiment. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03351
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Middletown (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Photograph of tents at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, site of the encampment of the 10th Ohio Infantry U.S. Volunteers, ca. 1898. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03353
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers; Military encampments
Places: Middletown (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Photograph of Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery, with artillery guns, ca. 1898. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03359
Subjects: Soldiers--Ohio; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Spanish-American War, 1898
 

Description: Photograph of Charles Dick, stationed at Camp McKinley with the Ohio National Guard in 1903. Charles William Frederick Dick was born in Akron, Ohio, on November 3, 1858. He studied law and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1894 and set up practice in his hometown. Dick briefly left his legal practice to serve in the Eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish-American War. When the war ended, Dick returned to Akron and his law career. Associating himself with the Republican Party, Dick first entered politics as Summit County auditor from 1886 to 1894. He also was very active in the national Republican Party, serving as secretary of the Republican National Committee from 1896 to 1900. When Congressman Stephen A. Northway died in office in 1898, Dick was appointed to replace him in the U.S. House of Representatives. He subsequently gained reelection three times. Dick resigned from his seat in 1904 in order to accept appointment as a senator. Once again, Dick was replacing an Ohioan who had died in office -- Marcus A. Hanna. He served in the Senate from 1904 until 1911, when he failed to win reelection. After leaving the Senate, Dick resumed his legal practice in both Washington, DC, and Akron. He reentered the political arena once again in 1922, when he attempted to become the Republican candidate for the Senate, but was unsuccessful. Dick died in Akron, Ohio, on March 13, 1945. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2394_Charles_Dick_001
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Military life; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs; Politicians; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law;
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio);
 

Description: Akron, Ohio, Band at mess during Spanish American War, ca. 1898. The band was possibly part of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry formed from the 8th Ohio National Guard and mustered into service in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03367
Subjects: Summit County (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio; Spanish-American War, 1898
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Members of the United Spanish War Veterans of Ohio posed in uniform with weapons. The U.S.W.V. was a fraternal organization that eventually included men who fought in the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Mission. It was organized into "Departments" by state, and then into smaller groups called "Camps." The organization lasted until 1992, when its last remaining member died at age 106. The Spanish American War was the shortest war in United States history, lasting less than four months. More than 15,000 Ohioans served in the militia and the volunteer army during the war during this time. Of those, few were involved in major action, although 230 died of disease. The Treaty of Paris, negotiated in part by Ohioan Whitelaw Reid, formally ended the war on December 10, 1898, and Spain relinquished to U.S. control the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1279_10_01
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Veterans; Soldiers--Ohio; Military Ohio; Fraternal organizations;
Places: Ohio