Guidon of the 71st O.V.V.I.   Save
Ohio Battle Flag Audiovisual Collection
Description: This is a photograph of a guidon of the 71st Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. The swallowtail flag has a blue field with thirty four stars representing the states of the Union at the beginning of the Civil War. The Ohio 71st was organized at Camp Tod in Troy, Ohio from September 1861 to January 1862. They were involved the Battle of Shiloh, the Atlanta Campaign, the Siege of Atlanta, The Battle of Lovejoy's Station, the Battle of Jonesboro, Franklin-Nashville campaign, the Battle of Franklin and the Battle of Nashville. They were mustered out on November 30, 1865 in San Antonio, Texas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02025
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Troy (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)