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Title
Ohio
at
Gettysburg
Monument
to the
8th
O.V.I
.
Subject
Military Ohio
Civil War
Monuments & memorials
8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.)
Place
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)
Seneca County (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Crawford County (Ohio)
Huron County (Ohio)
Sandusky County (Ohio)
Lorain County Medina County (Ohio)
Description
This
page
from the
Report
of the
Gettysburg
Memorial
Commission
depicts
the
monument
to the
8th
Regiment
,
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
at the
Gettysburg
Battlefield
. This
page
is
opposite
page
18
of the
report
. The
8th
Ohio's
monument
is
on
Emmitsburg
Road
,
just
down
over
the
hill
from
today's
visitor
center
. The
battle
took
place
on
July
1st
,
2nd
, and
3rd
,
1863
,
between
the
Union
forces
commanded
by
General
Meade
and
Confederate
forces
under
General
Lee
. The
8th
Ohio
was
engaged
in
skirmishing
on the
2nd
and
3rd
in
front
of
Union
lines
on
Cemetery
Hill
. The
regiment
is
well
known
for
advancing
,
wheeling
left
, and
tearing
into the
Confederate
left
flank
during
Pickett's
Charge
. The
commission
reported
losses
of
102
of the
209
men
of the
regiment
during
the
battle
. The
8th
Regiment
O.V.I
.
enlisted
in
April
,
1861
following
President
Lincoln's
call
for
volunteers
.
After
their
initial
enlistment
of
3
months
, the
regiment
re-enlisted
for
3
years
.
Consisting
of
companies
recruited
from
northern
counties
along
and
near
Lake
Erie
, the
regiment
served
was
engaged
in
hard
service
including
76
battles
and
skirmishes
. The
regiment
was
mustered
out
July
13
,
1864
;
remaining
veterans
were
consolidated
with
other
units
into the
Fourth
Ohio
Volunteer
Battalion
until
the
war's
end
. The
Gettysburg
Memorial
Commission
was
created
from
legislation
by the
Ohio
General
Assembly
in
May
of
1885
to
erect
a
monument
to the
memory
of the
soldiers
of
Ohio
who
had
died
upon
the
battlefield
.
Creator
Axline, H.A.
Robinson, J.S.
Kiesewetter, Emil
Date of Original
December
07
,
1887
Collection
Report
of the
Gettysburg
Memorial
Commission
Source
Published
material
;
973.7349
Oh3r
Format
book
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Date created
2009-01-12
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