8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U. S. Volunteers [graphic]
Collection
Identifier: SC 5214
Scope and Contents
Stereographs depicting the soldiers of the 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment in training at Camp Alger, Virginia during the Spanish-American War. There are also stereographs of the regiment's officers on the pier in New York, New York before setting sail for Cuba and a view of the soldiers boarding the St. Paul. Parts of this collection are currently on exhibit at the Ohio History Center. Reproductions are available for patron use. Copy negative numbers for two stereographs in this collection are OHS 7723 and OHS 7756.||||Credits: Stereograph publishers J. F. Jarvis and Strohmeyer & Wyman.
Dates
- 1898
Creator
- Jarvis, J. F., 1850- (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is available for the purpose of research. Consideration of copyright is the responsibility of the author or publisher.
Biographical / Historical
8th Ohio Infantry Regiment was an Ohio National Guard regiment organized in July 1876. They 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, Virginia, 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.
Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
SC 5214
Existence and Location of Copies
Copy negatives available. Contact repository for more information.
Physical Description
8 photographic prints mounted on stereo cards : b&w ; 9 x 18 cm.
- Ohio. National Guard -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- Ohio -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stereographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 8th (1898) -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- stereographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Creator
- Jarvis, J. F., 1850- (Person)
- Strohmeyer & Wyman (Organization)
- Title
- 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment, U. S. Volunteers [graphic]
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Ohio History Connection Repository
