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 image shows the facade of the Edwin Stanton Home in Steubenville, Ohio. Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869) was the Secretary of War in the Lincoln administration during the American Civil War. Prior to the Civil War, Stanton had been a long time supporter of the Democratic Party. He was certain that Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency would result in war. Stanton, however, supported the new Republican president's actions to keep the nation united. He even encouraged Lincoln to arm the slaves. Following the resignation of Simon Cameron as Secretary of War in January 1862, Lincoln appointed Stanton to the office. Stanton accepted and became one of Lincoln's closest advisors during the American Civil War. When Lincoln died in April 1865, Stanton was regarded as the informal president of the United States until Andrew Johnson was sworn into office. Stanton did not have a close relationship with Andrew Johnson. Stanton strongly supported civil rights legislation and Johnson was much more cautious on this issue. Johnson demanded Stanton's resignation, but the Secretary of War refused. Johnson fired Stanton in 1867. Johnson's actions angered many members of the Congress of the United States. Congress had approved the Tenure of Office Act, which required the president to have Congressional approval before removing cabinet officers. The act had been designed to protect Stanton. The House of Representatives impeached the president. The Senate then debated whether or not to remove Johnson from office. In a vote of thirty-five to remove the president and nineteen opposed, Johnson remained president. The vote fell one vote short of having the necessary number to remove Johnson. Hearing of the Senate's decision, Stanton immediately resigned as Secretary of War on May 26, 1868. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06507
Subjects: Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869; Houses; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of General Ulysses S. Grant's Civil War campaign published in "Civil War in Pictures" by Fletcher Pratt. 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: "General Grant's campaign. Above: Captain Ashby's New York battery in the trenches before Petersburg. Middle: The gunners of the XVIII Corps protected by Manetlets. Below: Shelling the enemy from the Cohorns." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04604
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Presidents--United States; Generals--United States; Battlefields; Political campaigns
 

Description: Major Anson George McCook is pictured in this 4.5 by 6.25-inch (11.36 by 15.88 cm) photograph. Anson was the son of John and Catherine Julia Sheldon McCook and a member of the Fighting McCooks, an Ohio family that sent fifteen men to serve in the Civil War. Before the Civil War, he studied law in the firm of his cousin George Wythe McCook and Edwin Stanton. Anson McCook served in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.) and the 194th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.). Following the war, he enjoyed a successful career in government, serving as assessor of internal revenue and U.S. senator from New York. Daniel McCook, Sr. and his eight sons, together with his brother John McCook and his five sons, fought in the Civil War. Daniel (1798-1863) and John (1806-1865) were born in Pennsylvania, and moved to Lisbon in Columbiana County, Ohio in 1826. Daniel subsequently moved to Carrollton, where he served as Carroll County's first clerk of the court of common pleas. John settled in Steubenville, where he practiced medicine. When President Lincoln made the first call for volunteers, 63-year-old Daniel Sr. answered and his sons and relatives followed. Daniel Sr., Daniel Jr., Robert Latimer, and Charles Morris McCook were killed in the war. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1289_793661_004
Subjects: Military Ohio; Civil War; McCook family; 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); 194th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); Military officers
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: These two flags belonged to Ohio men held in Confederate prison camps during the Civil War. It is possible that one or both of the flags belonged to the Franklin County Ex-Prisoners of War Association. One flag is blue with gold fringe. Painted on each side is a shield with a brown background and gold border, beneath which is a scroll bearing text. On the front, the shield features an eagle and the text "We can forgive but never forget." On the back, an eagle perches on a soldier's camp roll and rucksack with crossed bayonets behind it. Below, connected by three chain links, is a hand-painted image of a dog attacking a ragged man on the ground, symbolizing the soldiers' horrific experiences in Confederate prisons. Beneath the shield is a scroll bearing the words "Death before Dishonor." The flag is 52 by 59 inches (132 by 150 cm). The second flag, the national colors of the United States with gold fringe, bears the names of Confederate prison camps that held Union soldiers. Among the camps were Andersonville, Libby, and Cahaba. It has 38 gold painted stars arranged in a double-circle pattern with three stars in the middle and one in each corner. The flag measures 57.48 by 71.65 inches (146 by 182 cm). Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the plaza level of the Ohio History Center from 1970 until 1989. For conservation reasons, the flags have been in storage since 1989. In the 1960s, the collection was photographed and commercial artist Robert Needham painted illustrations of many Civil War flags. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1330_1637692_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Civil War; Prisoners of war; Flags; Eagles
Places: Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This two piece hand-painted cotton banner commemorates the Civil War battles fought by soldiers of the Union Army, possibly a particular unit. Titled "Foot prints of our Armies," it lists 28 battles, sieges and campaigns. Banner 1 (H 65549.001) reads "Chicamauga, Look Out Mountain, Mission Ridge, Knoxville, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, McAlister, Savannah, Charleston, Fort Fisher, Wilmington, Fayettecille, Goldboro and Pilot Knob." Banner 2 (H 65549.002) reads "The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, Opequan, Five Forks, Richmond, Amelia C.H. [Courthouse] and Appomattox C.H. [Courthouse]." This banner was likely created in the decades following the Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65549-1_001
Subjects: Banners; Civil War, 1861-1865; Monuments and memorials
 

Description: Carte de visite of unidentified Civil War soldier, probably from Southeastern Ohio. Subject has very large full beard, and is wearing a dark coat with ribbon at neck View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f30_12
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Carte de visite of unidentified Civil War officer, probably from Southeastern Ohio. Subject has long full beard, and is wearing a uniform jacket. Shoulder insignia are unreadable, but denote commissioned rank. Taken by John Brown, of Wheeling, West Virginia View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f30_16
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Places: Ohio; Wheeling (West Virginia)
 

Description: Tintype photograph of unidentified Civil War soldier, seated and wearing a kepi. Subject is probably from the Washington County, Ohio area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b02_17
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Tintype photograph of unidentified Civil War soldier. Tintype has painted buttons on subject's shell jacket. Subject is probably from the Washington County, Ohio area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b02_19
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Tintype photograph of bearded Civil War Sergeant. Subject is probably from the Washington County, Ohio area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b02_21
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Tintype photograph of unidentified Civil War soldier wearing kepi. Tintype has glass cover on it, which is now cracked. Subject is probably from the Washington County, Ohio area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b02_22
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs;
Places: Ohio