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Guidon of the 40th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 2
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Title
Guidon
of the
40th
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
,
2
Subject
ceremonial artifact
communication artifact
military flags
Flags -- Ohio
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
textile--silk
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 40th (1861-1864)
Time Period
1860s
1960s
Place
Columbus
(Ohio)
;
Franklin
County
(Ohio)
Description
Measures
64
x
80
cm
; This
swallowtail
silk
guidon
of the
national
colors
was
used
by the
40th
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
. The
flag
was
manufactured
in the
United
States
between
1861
and
1863
. There are
34
painted
stars
arranged
in
concentric
circles
with an
additional
star
in
each
of the
blue
canton's
four
corners
. The
flag
has
thirteen
alternating
red
and
white
stripes
. The
40th
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
was
organized
at
Camp
Chase
in
Columbus
,
Ohio
, and
mustered
into
service
on
December
7
,
1861
.
Major
engagements
in
which
the
regiment
took
part
include
Middle
Creek
,
Chickamauga
,
Lookout
Mountain
,
Mission
Ridge
, the
Atlanta
Campaign
, and
Franklin
. On
December
10
,
1864
,
after
the
battle
of
Franklin
, the
regiment
was
consolidated
with the
51st
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
.
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
.
Creator
Ohio
Department
of the
Adjutant
General
Date of Original
ca.
1965-1970
Collection
Ohio
Battle
Flag
Audiovisual
Collection
Source
Photographic
Print
(Color)
,
H
84354
,
State
Archives
Series
4605
AV
,
Box
1
,
Folder
10
,
Image
AC
7
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL01950.tif
Image Height
2000
Image Width
2918
File Size
1381.556 KB
Format
picture
;
historical
object
;
flag
Extent
64 x 80 cm
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