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Life of a Civil War Soldier
Ohio played a major part in the Civil War providing military officers, raising troops, and contributing supplies through local sanitary commissions. Out of all the Union States, Ohio ranked third in the number of volunteer soldiers sending about 320,000 soldiers like Henry Otis Dwight. This case contains items that a Union soldier would have carried with him into battle as well as the drawings that were done by Henry Otis Dwight while he served in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry 20th Regiment.
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