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Title
Civil
War
89th
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
National
Colors
Subject
Military Ohio
Civil War
Flags
89th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.)
Place
Williamsburg (Ohio)
Clermont County (Ohio)
Brown County (Ohio)
Ross County (Ohio)
Highland County (Ohio)
Description
This
flag
, the
national
colors
of the
89th
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
(O.V.I.)
,
bears
34
gold
painted
stars
arranged
in a
grid
pattern
on a
blue
canton
. In the
middle
of the
flag
,
painted
in
gold
,
is
"
89th
.
Regt
.
O.V.I
.
U.S.A.
" The
flag
,
which
measures
62.20
by
101.18
inches
(158
by
257
cm)
, has
gold
fringe
.
Attached
is
a
tag
that
documents
the
capture
of the
flag
by the
Confederates
at the
battle
of
Chickamauga
,
Georgia
in
1863
and its
subsequent
recovery
in
1880
by
William
Barnes
of
Williamsburg
in
Clermont
County
.
Barnes
was a
member
of
Company
C
of the
regiment
. The
89th
O.V.I
.
formed
in
1862
and was
made
up
of
men
from
Clermont
,
Brown
,
Ross
, and
Highland
counties
.
During
the
battle
of
Chickamauga
,
nearly
200
men
from the
regiment
were
captured
and
sent
to
Libby
and
Andersonville
prison
camps
,
where
many
died
.
Ohio
battle
flags
were on
display
at the
Ohio
Statehouse
until
the
1960s
,
when
the
state
formed
a
committee
to
oversee
efforts
to
restore
the
fragile
flags
.
Some
of the
battle
flags
were on
display
on the
plaza
level
of the
Ohio
Historical
Center
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
.
Creator
Robert Needham
Date of Original
1862
-
1865
Collection
Ohio
Battle
Flag
Audiovisual
Collection
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
Images
:
State
Archives
Series
4605
,
negative
numbers
AA
11
and
AA
11c
;
Artifact
:
H
84416
Format
picture
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
Om1330_1607335_004.tif
Image Height
2207
Image Width
3497
File Size
2525.573 KB
Date created
2009-01-05
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