Description: Women's Army Corps members in uniform stand underneath the wing of a U.S. Army plane at Lockbourne Army Air Base, Columbus, Ohio. The public relations office of the Army Air Force School at Lockbourne provided the following photo caption: "Dress is right as these Air-Wacs [sic] of the Lockbourne Army Air Base stand at attention directly underneath a Douglas Dauntless. Reading from left to right, they are: Sgt. Louise Ruffini of Oceanport, N.J.; Cpl. Doris Todd of San Francisco, Calif.; Cpl. Winifred Wilson of Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Cpl. Barbara Moon of Yakima, Washington." The facility was originally opened in June 1942 as Lockbourne Army Airfield (named after the nearby village of Lockbourne, Ohio) as a World War II pilot training airfield. It was then named the Northeastern Training Center of the Army Air Corps and provided basic pilot training and military support. It is now Rickenbacker International Airport. The training center also provided B-17 flight training to the WASPS (Women Airforce Service Pilots) and training for glider pilots in the CG-4A Waco glider. The Douglas SBD Dauntless was a naval scout plane and dive bomber manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05664
Subjects: United States. Army. Women's Army Corps; World War, 1939-1945--Women; Women--Military service--1940-1950; Ohio--History, Military; Rickenbacker International Airport; Douglas Dauntless (Dive bomber)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Jesse Root and Hannah Simpson Grant, the parents of Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04535
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Families--Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of Ulysses S. Grant with his brothers Orville and Samuel, sister Mary and other unidentified family members. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04538
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Families--Ohio
 

Description: Illustration of the birth place of Ulysses S. Grant published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04566
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Point Pleasant (Ohio)
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Battery H, 1st Light Artillery, U.S. Volunteers of the Spanish American War marching on High Street in front of Union Station, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1898. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03358
Subjects: Military parades & ceremonies--1890-1900; Columbus (Ohio)--History--19th century; Ohio--History, Military--19th century
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of a meeting between General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union and General John C. Pemberton of the Confederacy published in "The American Soldier in the Civil War" by Frank Leslie. Caption reads: "Siege of Vicksburg. - General Grant Meets General Pemberton at the Stone House, Inside of the Confederate Works on the Morning of July 4, 1863. - From a Sketch by F. B. Schell." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04615
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Generals--United States; Confederate States of America; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Vicksburg (Mississippi)
 

Description: Carte de visite portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman, ca. 1860-1869. Sherman was born on February 8, 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio. A general in the Civil War, Sherman was known for his "scorched earth" policies. After the Civil War, he became the Commanding General of the Army and published his "Memoirs of General William T. Sherman." He died on February 14, 1891 in New York City. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02901
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military--19th century; Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891; Military Ohio
Places: New York (New York)
 

Description: Illustrated portrait of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He married Julia Dent in 1848 in Missouri. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04574
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States
 

Description: Illustration published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04575
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States
 

Description: Illustration of Ulysses S. Grant returning to the town of Galena, Illinois, where he lived before the outbreak of the U. S. Civil War, published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04576
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Parades
Places: Galena (Illinois)
 

Description: Illustration of the guard of honor for Ulysses S. Grant published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. Caption reads: "Guard Mount, Camp of Co. E. The Guard of Honor." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04577
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States
Places: Mount McGregor (New York)
 

Description: Illustration of Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Shiloh during the U. S. Civil War published in "A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant" by Albert Deane Richardson in 1885. The Battle of Shiloh, or the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, took place April 6-7, 1862 in Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio. During the U. S. Civil War, Grant was promoted to the rank of General and granted command of the Union army by President Abraham Lincoln. After the victory of the Union over the Confederacy, Grant's popularity led to his election as the 18th President of the United States in 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04578
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States