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Title
8th
Ohio
Infantry
Regiment
in
camp
Subject
Ohio. National Guard.
Ohio History -- Military Ohio
8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.)
Spanish American War
Time Period
1890s
Place
Camp Alger (Virginia)
Description
The
men
of the
8th
Ohio
Infantry
Regiment
,
U.S
.
Volunteers
at
Camp
Alger
,
Virginia
,
prior
to their
departure
for
Cuba
during
the
Spanish
American
War
. The
8th
Ohio
Infantry
Regiment
was an
Ohio
National
Guard
regiment
organized
in
July
1876
and
mustered
into
federal
service
in
May
1898
at
Camp
Bushnell
in
Columbus
.
Men
in the
regiment
were from
northern
Ohio
,
predominantly
Ashland
,
Holmes
,
Medina
,
Richland
,
Wayne
, and
Stark
counties
. The
8th
Ohio
was
nicknamed
"
McKinley's
Own
" or "The
President's
Own
"
because
three
companies
were from
President
William
McKinley's
hometown
of
Canton
. The
8th
Ohio
assembled
in
Akron
,
Ohio
, on
April
26th
,
1898
,
just
three
days
after
the
call
for
troops
. On
July
4th
,
1898
,
following
several
months
of
training
at
Camp
Bushnell
and
Camp
Alger
, the
8th
Ohio
received
orders
to
move
to
New
York
,
where
they would
set
sail
for
Cuba
. The
regiment
disembarked
at
Siboney
,
Cuba
on
July
11
.
Although
the
unit
never
participated
in
combat
,
it
was
plagued
by
disease
. The
soldiers
that
did
not
perish
from
illness
left
Cuba
on
August
17
aboard
the
S.S
.
Mohawk
.
Creator
J. F. Jarvis (Publisher)
Date of Original
1898
Collection
8th
Ohio
Infantry
Regiment
,
U
.
S
.
Volunteers
Source
SC
5214
Format
Picture
;
Stereograph
;
Albumen
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
AL03704.tif
Image Height
2784
Image Width
2784
File Size
11435368 Bytes
Notes
Military
Ohio
;
Spanish
American
War
;
Soldiers
;
Military
officers
;
Boats
;
8th
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
(O.V.I.)
;
OHS
Negative
Number
:
OHS
7756
;
Cataloged
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-02
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