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Title
Frank
Sawyer
Photograph
Subject
Military Ohio
Civil War
Military uniforms
8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.)
Place
Norwalk (Ohio)
Huron County (Ohio)
Description
This
8
"
x
6
"
(20.32
x
15.24
cm)
photograph
shows
Lieutenant
Colonel
Frank
Sawyer
in his
Civil
War
uniform
.
]Sawyer
, a
prominent
Norwalk
,
Ohio
lawyer
,
organized
the
Norwalk
Light
Guards
that
became
Company
D
of the
8th
Ohio
Volunteer
Infantry
(O.V.I.)
.
Sawyer
, a
prominent
Norwalk
,
Ohio
lawyer
,
organized
the
Norwalk
Light
Guards
that
became
Company
D
of the
8th
O.V.I
. On
September
17
,
1862
, the
Army
of the
Potomac
was
heavily
engaged
at the
battle
of
Antietam
Creek
in
Maryland
. The
8th
O.V.I.
,
under
Sawyer's
command
,
charged
across
the
field
near
the
Rouletter
farm
and
broke
the
enemy
line
.
Sawyer
then
swung
his
men
into
line
and
began
pouring
deadly
fire
down
the
sunken
road
,
inflicting
heavy
Confederate
casualties
.
Nonetheless
, the
8th
regiment
lost
162
men
,
more
than
half
its
number
.
Impressed
with the
8th
Ohio's
bravery
,
Major
General
Edward
Sumner
named
the
brigade
"the
Gibraltar
" and
presented
Sawyer
with a
sword
.
Date of Original
1861
-
1865
circa
Collection
Lt
.
Col
.
Frank
Sawyer
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Firelands Historical Society
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
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
Om799_1022678_001.tif
Image Height
1630
Image Width
1246
File Size
176.635 KB
Format
picture
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