7th OVI
Sergeant
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2009
- Messages
- 656
Worked on updating this diorama as one of my permanent displays and was lucky enough to get a few Hudson and Allen buildings to use as a backdrop. This is the only diorama I have ever done that does not include any military figures but shows an important part of the miliary story. The part of story about those who were left behind and who only wanted them to "Come Back Home". Here is the back story of Part 1.
On Sunday, May 5th 1861 the 7th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) that enlisted for 90 days, left Camp Taylor in Cleveland and proceeded to Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio per Special Order #135. The regiment had companies from all over northern Ohio and mustered into service on April 30th, 1861. The Cleveland Leader reported on May 6th, 1861, a description of the 7th OVI as it left Cleveland in response to Special Order #135 : “Both sides of the street were lined with people and the number grew larger momentarily, a large portion of them women, and tearful eyes bore witness to the sympathy which was felt for those young men who were going forth to do battle in behalf of that which is equally dear to us all. Never did the several companies march better or look better. At the depot and along the track there were gathered from 5,000 to 8,000 people; among them were many of our most respectable citizens and several ministers of the gospel. Some of the farewells were most affecting, and indeed there were at any time few dry eyes among those who were near the cars. The soldiers were cheerful and endeavored to console those whom they were leaving with promise of a safe and speedy return. At length the train began to move, and as it rolled out of the depot there was silence for a moment and then cheer after cheer arose, which those on board returned, and in the midst of a thousand cries of 'God bless you!' the noble Seventh, the pride of Ohio, departed." A few notes on the diorama, Frederick Douglas is depicted in the diorama as he visited Cleveland a number of times from 1840 to 1860. The paper boy represents the Cleveland Leader, an early influential newspaper that took a position of anti-slavery and the views of the Republican party. They would continue to publish articles about the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry throughout the war including a number of year end tributes from the paper carriers. The Cleveland Leader would eventually be purchased and merged into the current Plain Dealer newspaper. Some of the male civilian figures represent the makeup of the regiment, such as the German immigrants that made up K Company or the Cleveland National Guards, students from Oberlin College that formed C Company or the Oberlin Monroe Rifles and the “respectable citizens” of Cleveland that made up A Company or the Cleveland Zouave Light Guards. The 90-day term of their enlistment would expire prior to them leaving the state. The majority of the 90-day regiment would reenlist for 3 years and would not return to Cleveland until their enlistment ended in 1864. Camp Taylor was located on Woodland Ave. and East 30th Street, other sources have it at Woodland Ave and Forest Street. Forest Street no longer exists.
On Sunday, May 5th 1861 the 7th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) that enlisted for 90 days, left Camp Taylor in Cleveland and proceeded to Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio per Special Order #135. The regiment had companies from all over northern Ohio and mustered into service on April 30th, 1861. The Cleveland Leader reported on May 6th, 1861, a description of the 7th OVI as it left Cleveland in response to Special Order #135 : “Both sides of the street were lined with people and the number grew larger momentarily, a large portion of them women, and tearful eyes bore witness to the sympathy which was felt for those young men who were going forth to do battle in behalf of that which is equally dear to us all. Never did the several companies march better or look better. At the depot and along the track there were gathered from 5,000 to 8,000 people; among them were many of our most respectable citizens and several ministers of the gospel. Some of the farewells were most affecting, and indeed there were at any time few dry eyes among those who were near the cars. The soldiers were cheerful and endeavored to console those whom they were leaving with promise of a safe and speedy return. At length the train began to move, and as it rolled out of the depot there was silence for a moment and then cheer after cheer arose, which those on board returned, and in the midst of a thousand cries of 'God bless you!' the noble Seventh, the pride of Ohio, departed." A few notes on the diorama, Frederick Douglas is depicted in the diorama as he visited Cleveland a number of times from 1840 to 1860. The paper boy represents the Cleveland Leader, an early influential newspaper that took a position of anti-slavery and the views of the Republican party. They would continue to publish articles about the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry throughout the war including a number of year end tributes from the paper carriers. The Cleveland Leader would eventually be purchased and merged into the current Plain Dealer newspaper. Some of the male civilian figures represent the makeup of the regiment, such as the German immigrants that made up K Company or the Cleveland National Guards, students from Oberlin College that formed C Company or the Oberlin Monroe Rifles and the “respectable citizens” of Cleveland that made up A Company or the Cleveland Zouave Light Guards. The 90-day term of their enlistment would expire prior to them leaving the state. The majority of the 90-day regiment would reenlist for 3 years and would not return to Cleveland until their enlistment ended in 1864. Camp Taylor was located on Woodland Ave. and East 30th Street, other sources have it at Woodland Ave and Forest Street. Forest Street no longer exists.
