Description: Group portrait of seven young men. The photograph is presented in an oblong-shaped mat edged with two gold lines. Four men are seated in the first row and three are standing in the second row, and all appear to be dressed in military uniform jackets. Their names are recorded on the mat below the photograph but the ink has spread making the writing difficult to read. The handwritten text seems to read "Top row Lafayette Franks No. 8. Sumner Ellis No 1. William Brennan No 1./ Lower row Patrick W. Slattery, James M. Wright gunner, William H. Goldsmith Searg. John Dow No. 28." These men served in Battery C of the 1st West Virginia Light Artillery. Battery C was organized in Wheeling, West Virginia between January 25, 1862 and March 30, 1862. Battery C was mustered out on June 28, 1865. It had a total of 173 men, with 106 enlisting from Washington County, Ohio, and 67 from West Virginia. The 1st West Virginia Light Artillery Regiment lost 33 men, killed and died of wounds; 131 men, died of disease, accident or in prison; total deaths, 164 men. (all 8 batteries) [Source: Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861–1865, by William F. Fox] Battery C was engaged in several key battles, including Gettysburg. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC5739_02
Subjects: Teenagers; Civil War 1861-1865; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs; Military uniforms
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Caption reads: "The Confederate Generals Edward Johnson and G. H. Stewart, as prisoners, under guard of Phalanx Soldiers, May 12th, 1864." ALTERNATE TEXT: A scene during the American Civil War: Two Confederate generals stand in a camp. They are both wearing jackets and hats. A soldier stands to the right of the generals, wielding a gun over his shoulder and a hat. Other soldiers surround them, either standing or sitting. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_61
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 56th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 181 cm high by 197 cm wide. Text on flag reads: Pittsburgh Landing, Port Gibson, Vicksburg, Carrion Crow Bayou, 56th Ohio Vet. Vol. Infy., Monnett's Ferry, Corinth, Champion's Hill, Jackson, Sabine Cross Roads, Snaggy Point. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02445
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: National colors of the 31st Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 31st Ohio Vet[eran] Volunt[eer] Infan[try] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01932
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Regimental colors of the 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 16th Regiment O.V.M. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01901
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: This blue silk flag with gold fringe served as the regimental colors of Ohio Ex-Prisoners of War. The flag was manufactured in the United States around 1865. This side of the flag features the United States Arms [bald eagle holding an olive branch in its right talon and a bundle of arrows in its left talon with a shield of the familiar stars and stripes on its breast; a light blue scroll below reads E Pluribus Unum or "Out of many, one"] inside a gold-outlined crest. A red scroll below the crest features gold text that reads: "WE CAN FORGIVE BUT NEVER FORGET." The ex-prisoner of war regiments were formed after the Civil War by former Union soldiers who spent time in Confederate prisons. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02189
Subjects: Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact; Military flags; Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Textile--silk; POW; Ex-Prisoners of War;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Painting of regimental colors of the 128th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 185 cm high by 206 cm wide. Text on flag reads: 128th Regt. O.V.I. U.S.A. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02577
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Illustration of Union soldiers in the trenches during the Civil War from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_34
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Battlefields; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Rectangular flag measures 193 cm high by 187 cm wide. Text on flag reads: Morgan's Chase through Ky., Ind. And Ohio; Knoxville. Resacca. 45th Regiment, O.V.I. Kenesaw. Atlanta. Jonesboro. Franklin. Nashville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02418
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Painting of regimental colors of the 184th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02610
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: "New-Year's Offering" address from the carriers of the Ohio State Evening Journal to the public, dated January 1, 1862. Written during the Civil War, this poetic address focuses on the current state of the nation with sections titled The Welcome, The Foe, The Rally and The Hope. An illustration at the top shows a globe labeled "Our Country" that is sinking among waves, but which still bears a waving American flag. Beginning as early as the 1700s, "carriers' addresses" like this one were a common practice for newspaper publishers on the first day of each new year, when the greetings were delivered to subscribers by delivery boys who often received a holiday tip in return. The practice began to decline after 1900. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS1325
Subjects: New Year's; Holidays; Celebrations; Newspaper carriers; Civil War 1861-1865;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1861-1865, this is a photograph of American Civil War Brigadier General John Sanford Mason. Mason was born in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1824 and attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and Washington College in Pennsylvania before being appointed to the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1843. After battling illness while serving in the Mexican War, Mason served in the American Civil War and eventually became the colonel of the 4th Ohio Infantry. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC3316_1_BrigGenMason
Subjects: U.S. Army; Civil War 1861-1865; Military officers; Generals--United States
Places: Ohio