Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-30
MONDAY, OCTOBER 49, 1866. % ae'
A RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICES
OF OHIO SOLDIERS.
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On the last day of the adjourned session
OF the late General Assembly, a resolution
was passed directing the Governor to bro
cure and solicit propositions for the design
OF suitable medals, as tokens to the officer
and soldiers of Ohio who have served-dur.
ing the rebellion in the service of the Unit
ed States, and report such designs to tn.
next General Assembly for approval and
adoption; the medals to be Of five differ.
ent kinds, as follows:
First-For the officers and soldiers of the
regular volunteer army honorably discharg-
ed from the service.
| Second-For the officers and soldiers
who have been killed in battle
Third-For the officers and soldiers who
have died from wounds received in battle
Fourth-For the officers and soldiers
who have died from disease contracted in
the service.
Fifth-For the officers and soldiers who
have served in the hundred days service.
In accordance with these instructions
Adjutant General Cowen has procured
from the house of Tiffany & Co, of New
orlI, beautiful and unique designs of med
ais, which he will transmit to the General
Assembly in January next That our
readers may have a good conception of
these works of art, which are equal in exc
cution to the famous Waterloo medal we
give below brief description of them:
No. l. For the honorably discharged |
soldier, the design is bronze medal rep
resenting Ohio personified, crowning her |
soldiers with laurel wreathS Each arm /
of the service is designated, that is. caval-
ry, artillery and infantry also one officer
which will stand for either branch. In
the back ground the buckeye ard wheat
Of State arms. The medal is pendant by
monogram q. S. from the scroll bearing
the words Honorably Discharged and
buckeye and laurel-synibols
Of Ohio and glory.
= No. 2. For officers and soldiers who
nave been killed in battle. The angel of
leath passing over the battle field bearing
he inverted torch, (emblem of DEATH and ;
sword, thereby showing that death has
esulted from battle. {
No. 3. There are two designs, either of {
which is appropriate. One is a diving {
older being carried from the field; in .
he panel beneath the figures, is a sword !
rossed by branch of cypress-symbols q
# mourning and battle. The other rep t
esents Ohio bearing wreath of immor- i
ellie to the death-bed of a soldier, his ac- 2
outrements showing him to be just from I
he field; in the panel underneath. 'the
roken sword e
No. 4. For officers and soldiers who ;,
ave died from disease contracted in the !,
erviee. This represents Ohio paying her !,
lst tribute to her departed soldiers who Il
ave died from disease; in panel under OF
cath the serpent and cup, symbols of
isease. e.
No. 8. For the one hundred days men 4
nd officers. Ohio is receiving and crown Y
g one of her soldiers who has returned y
ith shot torn flags, showing they We're in ,S n
'tion-medal pendant from clasp formed Il
bar with laurel and buckeye in relief :,
nd fgure"lOO," having reference to the Il
Iys of service. d,
The reverse for all the medals is simply Of
laurel wreath to inclose the name and d
scription. al