Category: History Blog

Now for Number 4

The 4th Most Embarrassing Moment of Ohio History is 4. Escape Columbus (November 27, 1863). Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his command were captured on July 26, 1863, near Salineville, Ohio, after a long raid stretching from Kentucky, into Indiana and all across southern Ohio.  Morgan and most of his officers were imprisoned at […]

Now for Number 5

Now for Number 6

The 6th Most Embarrassing Moment of Ohio History is 6. Traitor Runs for Governor Canada (1863). Clement Vallandingham, a Congressman from Dayton, opposed the Civil War.  He was voted out in 1862, but continued to make speeches calling for the end of the war on the basis that secession was acceptable and slavery was Constitutional.  In […]

Now for Number 7

Now for Number 8…

The 8th Most Embarrassing Moment of Ohio History is 8. Newark Board of Trade Finds a Curious Way to Save An Earthwork Editors Note: You may have noticed that this blog posting was originally posted yesterday as the number 10 Most Embarrassing Moment in Ohio's History. The original title, Well Celebrate the Moonrise on the […]

Now for Number 9…

And the countdown begins with 10

The Tenth Most Embarrassing Moment of Ohio History is... 10. Ohio Antiquities are Treasured in London Chillicothe (January 1864). Edwin Davis, Chillicothe physician and co-author with Ephraim Squier of Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley (the first publication of the Smithsonian Institution), after being unable to interest the Smithsonian or any other American museum or […]

125 Years of Collecting

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