Traveling Exhibit: Ohio & the Civil War, 150 Years Later
By cmccune, posted on May 3rd, 2011.Filed under: News
Tagged as: American Electric Power, Benjamin Hanby, Buckeye Furnace, exhibits, Fighting McCook's, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jay Cooke, National Endowment for the Humanities, Ohio Civil War 150, Ohio Humanities Council, traveling exhibits.
How did a song shape the Civil War? Which Ohioan was almost single-handedly responsible for the Union Army’s financial stability?
The Civil War 150th Anniversary traveling exhibit, Ohio & the Civil War, 150 Years Later is a new exhibit produced by the Ohio Historical Society in partnership with the Ohio Humanities Council, American Electric Power, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. This stunning new exhibit focuses on people and places around Ohio that were of significance during the Civil War, how each impacted the war effort, and how the war impacted Ohio and its people.
Compact and easily portable the exhibit was designed to travel to community organizations around Ohio who want to celebrate the Civil War Anniversary.
Subjects include:
The Fighting McCooks
Buckeye Furnace
Benjamin Hanby
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Zoar and Zoarites
John Rankin
Jay Cooke
Quakers
Freed Slaves
Civil War Veterans
Applications to host this exciting new exhibit will be available soon. For more information, please contact us at civilwar150@ohiohistory.org or call 614-297-2342.
Article written by Cameron Wood, History Curator, courtesy of the Ohio Historical Society Collections Blog.