“45^th / Annual Reunion / 20^th O.V.V.I. / Memorial Hall / Columbus, Ohio / THURSDAY / Sept. 11^th 1919”. Cream colored swallowtail ribbon, 2” x 7”, adorned with a bust of Colonel Charles Whittlesey & 17^th Corps Arrow. Has three areas of minor damage – material loss on upper right edge, mid-level left edge, and a separation at mid-level on the right edge. Otherwise clean good condition.

The 20^th Ohio Infy. was mustered as a 3-year regiment in the autumn of 1861, and was attached to the western Army of the Tennessee. It participated and was engaged in the Battle of Ft. Donelson, Corinth, champion’s Hill, and the Siege of Vicksburg, the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman’s March to the Sea and through the Carolinas, concluding at the Battle of Bentonville and Gen. Johnston’s Confederate surrender at the Bennet House. During service the unit lost 89 killed and mortally wounded and 271 to disease for a total of 360.

Solid collectible of a veteran Ohio regiment that covered the western theater from start to finish. [From Ft. Donelson to Bentonville, via Shiloh, Corinth, Kennesaw Mountain and Savannah]. In protective sleeve.  [ld] [ph:jet]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

THIS ITEM, AS WITH ALL OTHER ITEMS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE,

MAY BE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR LAYAWAY PROGRAM.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR POLICIES AND TERMS.

THANK YOU!