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Title
National
Colors
of the
Black
Brigade
of
Cincinnati
Subject
Military Ohio
African American Ohioans
Civil War
Black Brigade of Cincinnati
Flags
African American soldiers
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
This
wool
flag
was
presented
in
September
1862
to the
African
American
men
of
Cincinnati
who
were
part
of the
first
organized
group
of
black
men
employed
for
military
purposes
in the
North
.
It
is
a
United
States
national
flag
with
34
stars
printed
in a
grid
pattern
on a
blue
canton
. There are
13
stripes
,
seven
red
and
six
white
.
Text
printed
in
black
on
fourth
white
stripe
reads
"
BLACK
BRIGADE
OF
CINCINNATI.
" The
flag
measures
40.55
by
75.59
inches
(103
x
192
cm)
. The
Black
Brigade
of
Cincinnati
was
composed
of
700
African
American
men
. On
September
1
,
1862
,
all
men
were
ordered
to
help
defend
the
city
,
which
was
under
martial
law
, from
possible
attacks
by
Southern
forces
.
African
American
men
,
however
, were not
given
the
opportunity
to
volunteer
, but
rather
were
rounded
up
by the
police
on
September
2
.
Once
assembled
, they
built
fortifications
near
the
border
between
Ohio
and
Kentucky
.
After
three
weeks
, they were
released
from
service
.
Many
later
served
in the
first
African
American
regiments
organized
in the
North
, the
54th
and
55th
Massachusetts
and
127th
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
.
Ohio
battle
flags
were on
display
at the
Ohio
Statehouse
until
the
1960s
,
when
efforts
were
taken
to
restore
the
fragile
flags
.
Some
of the
battle
flags
were on
display
at the
Ohio
Historical
Center
from
1970
until
1989
. For
conservation
reasons
, the
flags
have been in
storage
since
1989
. The
collection
was
photographed
in the
1960s
and the
images
are
now
part
of the
Ohio
Historical
Society's
archival
collections
.
Date of Original
1862
Collection
Ohio
Battleflag
Collection
http://www.ohiohistory.org/battleflags
(for
more
information
on the
Ohio
Battleflag
Collection)
Source
Historical
object(s)
or
artifact(s)
;
Image
:
SA
4605
E2
;
Flag
:
H
84415
Format
picture
;
objects
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/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1277_783340_001.tif
Image Height
1974
Image Width
3320
File Size
1602.269 KB
Date created
2009-01-12
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