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127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry - 5th United States Colored Troops photograph
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 | Subjects: Military Ohio; Civil War; African American Ohioans; 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.); 5th Regiment United States Colored Troops; African American soldiers;
Places: Delaware (Ohio); Delaware County (Ohio);
Collection: http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam (for more information on African Americans in Ohio)
Source: Audiovisual material; SC 1018
Item ID: OHS: Om1277_781147_123.tif
Description: This 5 by 6.75-inch (12.25 by 17-cm) photograph shows members of the 127th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment recruited in Ohio during the Civil War. The regiment was formed in 1863, and was subsequently designated as the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. The photograph was taken in Delaware, Ohio, on Sandusky Street near the Ft. Delaware Hotel. In May 1863, Massachusetts became the first state to organize a regiment of African Americans. Because Ohio did not then allow black men to join its regiments, many Ohioans enlisted in the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments. In the summer of 1863, Ohio Governor David Tod authorized the recruitment of African Americans, and the 127th was formed in Delaware, Ohio, between August and November 1863 as an African American regiment organized under white officers.
Width: 2680 pixels
Height: 1815 pixels
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