National Colors of the 8th O.V.I.   Save
Ohio Battle Flag Audiovisual Collection
Description: Silk flag served as the national colors of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The flag was manufactured in the United States between 1861 and 1863. There are 34 white appliqued stars arranged in a grid pattern on a blue canton. The flag has thirteen alternating red and white stripes. Black text to the lower right of the canton reads: "8th OVI." The flag has a white streamer and a cord attached to its sleeve. Ohio battle flags were on display at the Ohio Statehouse until the 1960s, when the state formed a committee to oversee the efforts to restore the fragile flags. Some of the battle flags were on display on the Plaza Level of the Ohio Historical Society 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. Photographs of the flags and the paintings are now part of the society's archival collections. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01872
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Ohio