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National Colors of the 1st O.V.L.A., Battery A, painting
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Title
National
Colors
of the
1st
O.V.L.A.
,
Battery
A,
painting
Subject
ceremonial artifact
communication artifact
military flags
Flags -- Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865
1st Regiment, Battery A, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery
Statehouse -- Ohio
Time Period
1860s
1960s
Place
Cleveland
(Ohio)
;
Cuyahoga
County
(Ohio)
;
Cincinnati
(Ohio)
;
Hamilton
County
(Ohio)
Description
Painting
of
national
colors
of the
1st
Ohio
Volunteer
Light
Artillery
,
Battery
A. This
silk
Stars
and
Stripes
guidon
with
gold
fringe
was
taken
into
battle
by
Battery
C
of the
1st
Ohio
Volunteer
Light
Artillery
. Its
blue
canton
once
bore
35
stars
in a
grid
of
5
columns
and
7
rows
but has
since
been
torn
away
. Its
fourth
red
stripe
holds
the
remnants
gold
lettering
which
read
:
1st
Ohio
Artillery
Battery
, A. The
regiment
was
called
upon
April
21
,
1861
in a
letter
to
Colonel
James
Barnett
from the
Governor
,
William
Dennison
.
Each
Battery
of the
1st
has its
own
history
and
operated
independently
in
battle
. Their
initial
appointment
was for
three
months
,
though
most
served
an
additional
campaign
for
three
to
five
years
.
Battery
A was
quickly
appointed
to
another
3
year
campaign
at
Camp
Dennison
near
Cincinnati
and
mustered
into
service
on
September
9
,
1861
.
Major
engagements
in
which
the
battery
took
part
include
Mill
Springs
,
Chickamauga
,
Mission
Ridge
, the
Atlanta
Campaign
and
Sherman's
March
to the
Sea
. The
battery
was
mustered
out
at
Camp
Cleveland
on
June
15
,
1865
.
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
Robert
Needham
for the
Ohio
Department
of the
Adjutant
General
Date of Original
ca.
1965-1970
Collection
Ohio
Battle
Flag
Audiovisual
Collection
Source
Photographic
Print
(Color)
, Not
cataloged
,
State
Archives
Series
4605
AV
,
Box
3
,
Folder
4
,
Image
G
3c
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
AL02313.tif
Image Height
2799
Image Width
2000
File Size
1260.686 KB
Format
picture
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