♪♪ >>> THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR IS A SUBJECT THAT MOST OF US KNOW AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.

MAYBE YOU LEARNED ABOUT IT IN SCHOOL OR YOU'RE A CIVIL WAR BUFF, OR MAYBE YOUR TOWN BOASTS A CONNECTION TO IT IN SOME WAY.

IN DUBLIN, OHIO, PEOPLE LOVE TO STOP TO EAT LUNCH AND DO SOME SHOPPING AT THE MORGAN HOUSE.

BUT MANY DON'T KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE WAS BUILT FROM A LOG CABIN THAT DATED BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR ERA.

AND IT WAS NAMED AFTER A PRODUCER GEORGE LEVERT HEADS OVER TO FIND OUT MORE OF ITS HISTORY.

♪♪ >> WE ARE HERE AT THE MORGAN HOUSE, AND WE'RE HERE WITH TRAVIS HIGHLAND, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MORGAN HOUSE.

AND TRAVIS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SOME TIME TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL PLACE.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE MORGAN HOUSE AS IS TODAY IN A FEW MINUTES.

BUT I WANT TO DO A LITTLE HISTORY.

THIS PLACE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

THIS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THE MORGAN HOUSE.

>> IT IS NOT.

THE CABIN THAT WE'RE SITTING IN NOW WHICH IS PART OF OUR RESTAURANT INITIALLY STOOD IN WHAT IS NOW MORGAN COUNTY.

IT'S AN EASTERN OHIO AND MAYBE SOUTHEASTERN, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A FAMILY'S HOME BY THE NAME OF WEAVERS.

BUT THAT HOME WAS VISITED BY JOHN MORGAN, A CONFEDERATE GENERAL, AND HIS 200 MEN, AND KNOCK-KNOCK, WE'RE STAYING HERE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT GOT ITS NAMESAKE IN THAT AREA.

THE CABIN ACTUALLY BECAME KNOWN AS THE MORGAN HOUSE BY LOCALS.

>> YOU ALL MOVED IT FROM THERE TO HERE, KIND OF RECONSTRUCTED IT.

>> YEAH.

IT WAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED AS A PILE OF LOGS AND A PHOTOGRAPH, AND IT WAS MOVED TO THIS LOCATION ON A FLATBED AND RECONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY HERE.

AND THEN THE REST OF THE STORE WAS BUILT AROUND IT, CONTINUING SOME OF THE LOOK WITH RECLAIMED BARN BEAMS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING JUST TO KEEP THAT FEEL CONSISTENT.

THIS IS DEFINITELY MOM'S IDEA.

SHE HAD A VISION AND A DREAM OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT AND GIFT SHOP, AND SHE INITIALLY ACTUALLY BOUGHT ANOTHER CABIN, BUT AFTER IT WAS INSPECTED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS RIDDLED WITH BUGS AND WAS NOT GOING TO BE SOUND FOR RECONSTRUCTION.

SO SHE FOUND THIS ONE, BY CHANCE REALLY, AND LIKE I SAID, IT WAS BROUGHT TO THIS LOCATION AND RECONSTRUCTED, AND THE WHOLE STORE WAS BUILT AROUND IT.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS ALWAYS HER VISION TO HAVE A STORE AND RESTAURANT TOGETHER.

>> NOW COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES LOVE THIS PLACE, AND THEY TALK, SPEAK FONDLY OF IT.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND HAVE LUNCH AND THEN THEY CAN KIND OF -- YOU HAVE EVERYTHING HERE.

YOU HAVE JEWELRY, YOU HAVE FURNITURE ACCESSORIES, YOU HAVE A CANDY SHOP, YOU HAVE IT ALL.

SO THERE'S A LOT TO DO WHEN YOU COME HERE.

SO IS THAT WHAT GENERALLY HAPPENS?

>> YEAH.

GENERALLY I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF GROUPS OF LADIES, FAMILIES, GROUPS OF FRIENDS THAT WILL COME, ENJOY LUNCH AND TAKE THE TIME TO ALSO SHOP WHILE THEY'RE HERE.

SO IT'S A -- JUST A FEEL-GO TYPE OF PLACE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

PEOPLE BECOME REGULARS OVER THE YEARS.

THEY'LL COME AND SHOP, EAT, TO RELAX AND RESET.

>> SO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT ROOMS.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF ROOMS IN HERE.

AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THEM.

WHO COMES UP WITH THE IDEAS, THINS FOR EACH ROOM?

>> WELL, MOSTLY MY MOM AND I TOGETHER.

SHE IS THE MAIN BUYER FOR ALL OF THE GOOD THAT'S WE HAVE IN THE STORE, BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS, EMPLOYEES THAT HELP US WITH THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

AND WE HAVE THE FURNITURE AND HOME ACCESSORIES ROOM.

WE HAVE THE WOMEN'S BOUTIQUE WHICH CONSISTS OF PURSES, JEWELRY, CLOTHING, AND THE LIKE.

AS WELL AS YOU MENTIONED THE SPECIALTY FOOD ROOM WHICH WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR FAMOUS FLAVORED COFFEES, CANDY, SOUP, SAUCES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THAT KIND OF BLEEDS INTO THE CORE OF THE STORE WHICH IS ALL GIFT AND SEASONAL, WHICH CHANGES WITH EVERY SEASON.

WE HIT ALL THE HOLIDAYS AND TRY TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

>> SPEAKING OF HOLIDAYS, YOUR BIG ONE IS CHRISTMAS, RIGHT.

AND SO WHEN WE CAME IN AND SMELLED THE AROMA IN HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID AROMA DIFFERENT THINGS, CANDLES AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

TO ME IT SMELLS LIKE CHRISTMAS.

TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> WELL, CHRISTMAS IS SAN DIEGO DEAL HERE AT THE MORGAN HOUSE -- A S A BIG DEAL HERE AT THE MORGAN HOUSE.

IT'S A STRONG TRADITION FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WHO MAKE A POINT OF MAKING A TRIP DURING THE CHRISTMAS TIME TO THE MORGAN HOUSE WHICH FOR THE MOST PART IS ALL OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

WE'LL BEGIN SWITCHING OVER TO CHRISTMAS IN THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER BECAUSE IT LITERALLY TAKES US A SOLID FIVE WEEKS TO BUILD IT OUT.

WE'LL HAVE THE ENTIRE STORE SWITCHED OVER TO CHRISTMAS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE 20 TO 30 CHRISTMAS TREES, AND EVERY TABLETOP WILL BE CHRISTMAS DECOR AND GIFT.

>> WHAT AM I GOING TO HAVE FOR LUNCH WHEN I COME?

>> RESTAURANT'S GOING TO SERVE KIND OF A -- SOUP, SANDWICHES, QUICHE, WE HAVE A QUICHE OF THE DAY EVERY DAY.

THERE'S ALWAYS -- WE'RE ALWAYS SERVING ONE OF OUR FLAVORED COFFEES THAT WE SELL IN THE STORE.

IF YOU ENJOY A CUP AND WANT TO TAKE SOME HOME WITH YOU, YOU CAN DO THAT, AS WELL.

GROUND, WHOLE BEAN, HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE IT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S OF COURSE THE DESSERTS.

WE HAVE A LOCAL PIEMAKER THAT MAKES EVERYTHING FOR US AND BRINGS THEM IN COUPLE TIMES A WEEK.

>> I GET THE FEELING WHEN I'M IN HERE, WOULD QUAINT BE A FAIR WORD TO USE?

>> VERY ACCURATE.

QUAINT, COMFORTABLE.

AS YOU SEE, WE HAVE THE FIRE.

WE'RE IN THE CABIN, A DESIRED PLACE FOR THE EXPERIENCE.

WE HAVE ANOTHER DINING ROOM JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ROOM IS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO HOUSE THE DRAW THAT WE HAVE.

>> ONCE AGAIN, CHRISTMAS TIME IS A GOOD TIME, I'M A CHRISTMAS NUT, AND HALLMARK AND THE WHOLE THING.

SO I'LL BE BACK TO CHECK YOU OUT AT CHRISTMAS TIME.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION -- 1985, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME.

WHAT DO YOU FORESEE HERE IN THE NEXT FIVE, TEN YEARS FOR THE MORGAN HOUSE?

EXPANSION?

OR YOU'RE GOING TO STAY HERE SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW IT AS IS?

AND ALWAYS WANT TO COME BACK?

>> OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE HAD EXPANSION.

THE STORE WAS NOT QUITE THIS SIZE WHEN WE ORIGINALLY BEGAN.

BUT THOSE EXPANSIONS ALLOWED US TO HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE.

QUITE HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET ANY BIGGER.

THIS PLACE IS A PAVILLIONSTER.

>> IT IS -- A MONSTER.

>> IT IS.

WE WERE COMMENTING, A LOT LARGER WHEN YOU COME IN HERE.

>> YES, CAN BE DECEIVING FROM THE OUTSIDE.

>> EXACTLY.

EXACTLY.

WELL, I DON'T DOUBT THAT YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO TALK WITH US.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

>> ABOUT THE MORGAN HOUSE.

>> YEAH.

♪♪ >>> DURING THE CIVIL WAR, THE UNITED STATES WENT THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT FLAGS -- ONE WITH 33 STARS, THEN 34 STARS, ANOTHER WITH 35 STARS, AND OF COURSE YOU GUESSED IT, A 36-STAR FLAG.

REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF STARS, THOUGH, MILITARY REGIMENTS CREATED THEIR OWN FLAGS IN A MYRIAD OF SIZES, SHAPES, DESIGNS, AND COLORS.

NEXT, THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION SHOWCASES SOME UNIQUE FLAGS THAT CAME FROM REGIMENTS ALL OVER OHIO.

EACH ONE WITH A STORY OF ITS OWN.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> WE'RE HERE AT THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION WHERE YOU COLLECT ITEMS FROM ALL DIFFERENT DECADES.

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY IN A GALLERY RIGHT NOW THAT HAS SOME CIVIL WAR MEMORABILIA.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I'M SEEING HERE?

>> YES, THIS GALLERY IS CALLED FALL OF THE FLAG.

IT HIGHLIGHTS OUR LARGE COLLECTION OF BATTLE FLAGS.

WE HAVE OVER 560 BATTLE FLAGS IN OUR COLLECTION THAT RANGE FROM THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR ALL THE WAY UP TO WORLD WAR II, ABOUT 400 OF THOSE ARE FROM THE CIVIL WAR.

SO THIS HIGHLIGHTS THOSE BATTLE FLAGS.

>> WHAT IS A BATTLE FLAG, AND WHAT WAS IT USED FOR IN THE CIVIL WAR?

>> EACH REGIMENT IN THE CIVIL WAR WOULD CARRY A BATTLE FLAG.

THEY WOULD HAVE NORMALLY TWO FLAGS, A NATIONAL FLAG THAT LOOKED LIKE THE NATIONAL FLAG OF THAT TIME, THEY ALSO WOULD CARRY A REGIMENTAL FLAG WHICH WOULD HIGHLIGHT THEIR SPECIFIC REGIMENT.

THEY WERE ABOUT 200 REGIMENTS FROM OHIO DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THE FLAG BEARER BECAUSE YOU CARRIED THE FLAG, AND THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWED PEOPLE IN YOUR REGIMENT TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GO, FOLLOW BATTLE ORDERS, THAT SORT OF THING.

>> NOW I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME FLAGS THAT WE DON'T SEE ON DISPLAY IN THESE CABINS.

CAN YOU SHOW THEM TO ME?

>> YES, I DEFINITELY CAN.

>> LET'S GO.

>> LET ME OPEN IT UP.

♪♪ >> WOW.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL FLAG.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS FROM THE CIVIL WAR.

SO WHAT REGIMENT WAS THIS FROM?

>> THIS ACTUALLY WAS FROM THE 44th OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, OVI, FORMED IN SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

>> NOW, I KNOW THESE ARE ALL SORT OF CONNECTED TO OHIO, BUT I SEE VIRGINIA ON THAT.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> RIGHT.

THESE ARE THE BATTLE HONORS.

AFTER THE BATTLE, THE PEOPLE IN THE REGIMENT WOULD ADD THE DIFFERENT BATTLES THEY FOUGHT IN.

YOU SEE THE SIEGE AT KNOXVILLE, SURRENDERED AT CUMBERLAND GAP, VIRGINIA, BATTLES THAT THIS SPECIFIC REGIMENT SERVED IN.

>> WHAT ARE THESE MADE OUT OF?

IT LOOKS LIKE PAINT.

IS IT JUST FABRIC?

>> YEAH.

ACTUALLY, THE MAJORITY OF THE FLAGS ARE MADE OF SILK.

THERE'S A COUPLE MADE OF WOOL.

BUT SILK WAS MORE -- USED WIDELY AT THAT TIME.

THEN THE BATTLE HONORS WERE ACTUALLY SEWN ON LATER ON.

THE FLAGS WERE MADE BY PATCHRY THAT'S PRODUCED THEM FOR THE THE BATTLE HONORS WERE ADDED BY MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT.

>> THIS IS A GORGEOUS FLAG.

DO YOU HAVE MORE TO SHOW ME?

>> YEAH, I CAN SHOW YOU ANOTHER ONE.

>> THAT IS AMAZING.

THE REDS AND THE BLUES.

>> UH-HUH.

>> SO WHICH -- WHAT FLAG IS THIS FROM?

>> THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM THE 56th OVI, BELIEVE THEY WERE FORMED IN PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT BATTLES THAT THEY SERVED IN.

THIS IS ACTUALLY AN EXAMPLE OF A NATIONAL FLAG.

THIS FLAG WAS MOST LIKELY MADE IN NEW YORK.

YOU CAN TELL BY THE KIND OF SQUARE IN THE BLUE FIELD THERE, THAT INDICATES IT WAS MADE AT A SURPLUS STATION IN NEW YORK.

>> SO YOU SAID YOU KNEW THAT WAS IN NEW YORK.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

>> THE FLAGS WERE MADE IN EITHER ONE OF THREE CITIES, MAJORITY OF THE FLAGS WE HAVE WERE MADE IN CINCINNATI.

THE SECOND MOST THAT WE HAVE WERE MADE IN PHILADELPHIA, AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT WERE MADE IN NEWARK, AS WELL.

THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU CAN SEE ON THE NATIONAL FLAG, THE WAY THAT THE CANTON, THE SQUARE LOOKS, THAT INDICATION OF WHERE IT CAME FROM.

THEY MADE THEM A CERTAIN WAY IN EACH DIFFERENT CITY.

THE REGIMENTAL FLAG, YOU CAN TELL BY THE WAY THE STARS ARE PATTERNED WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

>> WONDERFUL.

CAN I SEE THE NEXT ONE?

>> YEAH.

♪♪ >> NOW THAT'S A LOT OF BLUE.

AND THAT EAGLE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DEFINITION.

I MEAN, WAS THAT JUST A MATTER OF REALLY WELL-MADE EMBROIDERY, OR -- >> YEAH.

THIS A GOOD POINT.

THIS ONE ACTUALLY FEATURES EMBROIDERY WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER ONES.

THAT INDICATES THAT THIS FLAG WAS MADE IN CINCINNATI.

THAT'S THE ONLY CITY THAT USED EMBROIDERY.

THIS IS FROM THE 12th OVI, THEY WERE FORMED IN CINCINNATI AT CAMP DENISON.

>> NOW HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO TRACK LIKE KIND OF THE HISTORY OF THESE FLAGS AND WHERE THEY KAY FROM?

>> SURE, YEAH.

AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, EACH OF THESE FLAGS WENT BACK TO THE STATE OF OHIO.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY STORED AT THE OHIO STATE HOUSE.

AND WHENEVER UNION GROUPS WOULD GET TOGETHER, CIVIL WAR UNION GROUPS, THEY WOULD COME TO THE STATE HOUSE AND COULD CHECK OUT THE FLAG LIKE A LIBRARY, BASICALLY.

THEY DIDN'T KEEP THE BEST CARE OF THE FLAGS.

SOMETIMES THE FLAGS WEREN'T RETURNED AT ALL.

IN THE 1960s THEY DECIDED THEY SHOULD TRY TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF THEM.

THEY REMOVED THEM THERE THE STATE HOUSE.

THEY GLUED THEM DOWN.

THEY WERE GLUED TO NYLON WITH AN ADHESIVE CALLED POLYVINYL ALCOHOL.

AND THAT HELPED KEEP THEM TOGETHER, NOT THE BEST WAY TO PRESERVE A FLAG.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY DID IN THE 1960s.

FOR MANY YEARS HUNG IN THE MAIN ROTUNDA AT THE OHIO HISTORY CENTER.

THEY TOOK THEM DOWN IN THE 1980s AND PUT THEM IN STORAGE AND PUT A FEW ON EXHIBIT.

>> AND SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ADHESIVE.

WHAT WERE THE PROS AND CONS ON THIS END OF HISTORY OF USING THAT?

>> THEY DID HELP IN SOME REGARDS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE FLAGS WERE IN VERY BAD CONDITION AND VERY TATTERED.

GLUING IT DOWN HELPED KEEP IT TOGETHER.

OVER TIME THAT GLUE CAN EAT AWAY AT THE SILK AND DAMAGE THE FLAG.

WE HAVE THESE PRESERVED, THEY GET SENT OFF TO A COMPANY THAT DOES ALL THAT.

THEY ACTUALLY REMOVE ALL THAT GLUE, THEY HAVE TO SOAK THESE FLAGS, GET THE GLUE AWAY.

THEY ADD A SHEER FABRIC ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK OF THE FLAGS.

IT'S CALLED STABLE TECH.

THEY SEW THE FABRIC AROUND THE EDGES OF THE FLAG.

SO THIS A BETTER METHOD OF PRESERVING THE FLAGS.

>> THAT'S FASCINATING.

WELL, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL FLAG.

CAN I SEE THE NEXT ONE?

>> SURE, YEAH.

♪♪ >> HUH, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

THIS ONE ACTUALLY HAS SOME STUFF MISSING ON IT.

SO WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

>> YEAH.

WELL, YEAH.

A LOT OF THIS WAS VERY DETAILED WORK, AND SO OVER TIME THAT JUST CHIPS AWAY AND FALLS OFF.

YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE HAS BEEN GLUED ON TO THE NYLON, SO THAT'S THE NYLON THAT YOU'RE SEEING UNDERNEATH THERE.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF THIS FLAG AND WHERE IT CAME FROM?

>> YES.

THIS FLAG WAS CARRIED BY THE 36th OVI, THEY WERE FORMED IN MARIETTA.

THIS SHOWS SOME OF THE BATTLES THAT THEY FOUGHT IN, SOME OF THE MORE FAMOUS BATTLES, ANTIETUM, BULL RUN, THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN.

>> WOW.

THIS HAS A RICH HISTORY, DOESN'T IT?

>> YES.

YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THESE BATTLES WERE LATER IN THE WAR, 1864.

>> SO WERE THESE REGIMENTS, WERE THEY ALL KIND OF FORMED AT DIFFERENT TIMES?

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

YEAH.

USUALLY THE REGIMENTS WERE FORMED AND THEY ONLY SIGNED UP FOR LIKE THREE MONTHS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THE CIVIL WAR WASN'T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG, SO THEY WOULD MUSTER IN FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

ONCE THE WAR WAS CONTINUING, THEY GOT PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.

SO THAT GOT THEM TO 1864.

EVEN AT THAT POINT, THE WAR WAS STILL GOING ON, AND SO THEY HAD TO CONVINCE A LOT OF REGIMENTS TO THEN SERVE FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

IN 1864, IF YOU WOULD GET HALF OF YOUR REGIMENT TO RE-SIGN BACK UP, YOU WOULD GET VETERAN STATUS AND GET THE VETERAN BENEFITS.

THERE WERE INCENTIVES TO CONTINUING TO FIGHT IN THE WAR.

>> SO TELL ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT OHIO'S ROLE IN THE CIVIL WAR.

WERE THERE BATTLES ASTRONAUTS HERE?

>> NOIBLE -- FOUGHT HERE?

>> NO MAJOR BATTLES FOUGHT IN OHIO.

THERE WAS A MINOR SKIRMISH IN BLUFFINGTON ISLAND, ON THE OHIO RIVER.

THAT WAS THE MAJOR ONE.

OHIO DID SUPPLY ABOUT 330,000 SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA OF ANY STATE IN THE UNION.

>> CAN WE SEE ANOTHER ONE?

>> SURE.

HERE'S ANOTHER REGIMENTAL FLAG.

THIS ONE'S FROM THE 35th REGIMENT.

THEY WERE FORMED IN HAMILTON, OHIO.

AND THIS IS -- THE SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES, IF YOU SEE A DOLLAR BILL, MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT EAGLE THAT'S HOLDING AN OLIVE BRANCH IN ONE TALON AND ARROWS IN THE OTHER.

THE EAGLE WAS FACING TOWARD AN OLIVE BRANCH BECAUSE THE U.S. FAVORS PEACE EVEN THOSE THESE WERE USED DURING BATTLES.

>> CAN YOU TELL ME SOME OF THE WAYS YOU AT OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION TRY TO PRESERVE THESE THE BEST YOU CAN?

>> WE KEEP THEM IN STORAGE.

PEOPLE LOVE TO SEE THESE BATTLE FLAGS, BUT THE BIGGEST THING THAT CAN DAMAGE THE FLAGS IS LIGHT.

HAVING THEM OUT ON EXHIBIT OVER TIME CAN DAMAGE THEM.

SO THAT'S WHY IN THIS GALLERY WE ROTATE THE FLAGS.

THEY'RE ONLY OUT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, THEN WE ROTATE THEM ALL THE TIME.

THERE'S HUMIDITY ISSUES, WHICH I KEEP IT KIND OF STABLE HUMIDITY LEVEL, TEMPERATURE LEVEL.

ANYTHING WE CAN TO HELP PRESERVE THESE.

AND BY PRESERVATION, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO RESTORE THESE FLAGS TO HOW THEY ORIGINALLY LOOKED, WE JUST WANT TO KEEP THEM HOW THEY ARE AND HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T DETERIORATE ANY FURTHER.

>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.

CAN I SEE ANOTHER ONE?

>> YEAH.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE FLAG.

VERY TINY FLAG.

HOW IS THIS ONE DIFFERENT THAN THE REST?

>> THIS ONE'S DIFFERENT.

YOU CAN TELL.

THIS IS CALLED A GUIDE AN LIKE A PENNANT-SHAPED FLAG, USED BY A CALVARY UNIT.

SOLDIERS ON HORSEBACK TRYING TO CARRY A LARGE 6-BY-6 BATTLE FLAG WOULD BE DIFFICULT ON HORSEBACK.

THEY KIND OF ACT LIKE SAILS AND WOULD BLOW YOU AROUND.

SO THERE IS THE TYPICAL TYPE OF FLAG -- THIS IS THE TYPICAL TYPE OF FLAG CARRIED BY A CALVARY UNIT.

THIS ONE WAS USED -- THE 13th OHIO VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

THEY WERE FORMED IN WARREN COUNTY.

>> YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT A FEW DIFFERENT KINDS OF REGIMENTS.

HOW MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF REGIMENTS WERE THERE IN THE CIVIL WAR?

>> THREE TYPES OF REGIMENTS, THE INFRONTRY, THE MAJORITY, THE BASIC SOLDIER.

THEN CAVALRY UNITS, AND THOSE ARE ON HORSEBACK.

THEN YOU HAVAR SILLRY WHICH IS -- HAVE ARTILLERY WHICH IS CANNONS.

THIS IS MISSING SOMETHING.

>> NOT IN THE BEST OF SHAPE.

THIS IS FROM THE 89th REGIMENT WHICH WAS FORMED IN CINCINNATI.

THEY WERE IN THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN, SERVING IN GEORGIA.

SOMEHOW THIS FLAG GOT CAPTURED BY CONFEDERATE UNITS.

ONE OF THE MEMBERS ACTUALLY IN 1880 WENT AND SOMEHOW RETRIEVED THE FLAG FROM WHOEVER HAD IT IN GEORGIA.

THIS FLAG STAYED IN THEIR FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS.

ULTIMATELY THAT FAMILY DONATED THE FLAG TO THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, BUT THEY FOUND OUT QUICKLY THAT YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY OWN ONE OF THESE FLAGS.

THESE BELONG TO THE STATE OF OHIO.

WE ACTUALLY DON'T OWN THEM OURSELVES.

WE CURATE THEM.

BUT THEY BELONG TO THE STATE.

SO THEY WORKED WITH US, AND BROUGHT THE FLAG HERE.

>> SO HOW CAN PEOPLE SEE THESE FLAGS THAT ARE KIND OF IN STORAGE?

DO YOU HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS OR ANYTHING?

>> WE DO OFTEN PERIODICALLY HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS WHERE WE OPEN UP THE CABINETS AND SHOW PEOPLE THE FLAGS AND TALK ABOUT THEM.

AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THE FLAGS ON EXHIBIT IN THIS GALLERY AT ALL TIMES.

>> THAT'S AMAZING THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP HOLD OF THESE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I HOPE PEOPLE CAN LOOK FOR THEMSELVES.

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY SEE IT.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

>> NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU.

♪♪ >>> ON APRIL 15th, 1865, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ASSASSINATED.

FOLLOWING HIS DEATH, HIS BODY WAS CARRIED ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON A FUNERAL TRAIN THAT WAS DUBBED "THE LINCOLN SPECIAL."

IT MADE 13 STOPS, INCLUDING IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.

THAT LED TO RUMORS FLYING AROUND ABOUT WHETHER LINCOLN'S BODY HAD BEEN STORED IN THE BASEMENT OF A HIGH STREET RESTAURANT DURING THE TRAIN'S STOP IN COLUMBUS.

CURIOUS, WE DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE.

>> WOSU'S CURIOUS C-BUS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR REGION, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS PEOPLE.

ON APRIL 15th, 1865, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS ASSASSINATED.

FOLLOWING HIS DEATH, HIS BODY TRAVELED ON A FUNERAL TRAIN DUBBED "THE LINCOLN SPECIAL."

THIS TOUR ALLOWED MOURNERS FROM SEVERAL STATES TO SEE THE PRESIDENT BEFORE HE WAS LAID TO REST IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

ONE OF THE 13 STOPS ON THAT TOUR WAS IN COLUMBUS.

TODAY'S QUESTION COMES FROM A VIEWER WHO HEARD A RUMOR THAT LINCOLN'S BODY WAS STORED IN THE BASEMENT OF A HIGH STREET RESTAURANT DURING THE FUNERAL TRAIN'S STOP IN COLUMBUS.

SO IS THAT TRUE?

LINCOLN'S BODY ARRIVED IN COLUMBUS ON APRIL 29th BUT DID NOT STAY OVERNIGHT.

SO LONG STORY SHORT, THE REMAINS WERE NOT STORED IN A RESTAURANT BASEMENT ON HIGH STREET OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

BUT A LOCAL COLUMBUS BUSINESS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE FUNERAL TRAIN STOP WAS THE TAYLOR AND O'HARA FUNERAL PARLOR.

AN UNDERTAKER FROM THE FUNERAL HOME WAS HIRED TO ENSURE THAT PRESIDENT LINCOLN LOOKED PRESENTABLE TO THOUSANDS OF ONLOOKERS WHO VISITED HIS CASKET AT THE OHIO STATE HOUSE.

ONE TASK OF THE UNDERTAKER WAS TO CLEAN THE DUST THAT GATHERED ON LINCOLN'S FACE.

ACCORDING TO ONE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT, THE THOUSANDS OF VISITORS STIRRED UP SO MUCH DUST THAT, QUOTE, EACH NIGHT THE BODY HAD TO BE WASHED OF A QUARTER INCH OF DUST THAT LAY UPON THE FACE.

ANOTHER WAY THE PRESIDENT'S BODY WAS KEPT PRESENTABLE WAS WITH FLOWERS.

THE FRAME WHERE THE CASKET WAS PLACED WAS COVERED IN LILACS.

THE CASKET CRUSHED THE FLOWERS, RELEASING A SWEET SMELL INTO THE ROTUNDA TO MASK THE ODOR.

MANY BUSINESSES AND HOUSEHOLDS IN COLUMBUS DRAPED THEIR BUILDINGS AND HOMES IN BLACK AS A WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FUNERAL.

A LARGE FUNERAL PROCESSION FULL OF PROMINENT COLUMBUS CITIZENS MARCHED THE REMAINS FROM UNION STATION TO THE OHIO STATE HOUSE.

THE COLUMNS IN FRONT OF THE STATE HOUSE WERE ALSO DRAPED IN BLACK, AND ABOVE THE FRONT ENTRANCE THERE WAS A SIGN THAT DISPLAYED ONE OF LINCOLN'S FAMOUS QUOTES -- "WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL."

IT'S SAID THAT 50,000 OHIOANS SAW THE PRESIDENT ON THAT DAY.

>> DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HEAD TO WOSU.ORG/CBUS AND VOTE ON WHICH QUESTION TO INVESTIGATE NEXT AND SEE WHAT WE'VE COVERED SO FAR.

♪♪ >>> THIS IS AN 1857 AERIAL VIEW OF COLUMBUS.

IT WAS TAKEN FROM THE CUPOLA OF THE STATE HOUSE LOOKING TOWARD THE EAST.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN YOUR IMMEDIATE VIEW THERE, YOU'LL SEE SOME DEBRIS ALONG THE FENCE, THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS FROM WORK THAT WAS STILL HAPPENING ON THE CUPOLA AT THE STATE HOUSE AT THIS TIME.

THE FENCE THAT YOU SEE IN THE FOREGROUND THERE IS RIGHT UP AGAINST 3rd STREET.

YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE HORSE AND BUGGY SORT OF OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTO THERE.

AND THEN YOU SEE A FEW HOMES ON 3rd STREET.

THIS WAS AT A TIME WHEN THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF HOUSING DIRECTLY DOWNTOWN.

LIKE ACTUAL HOUSES AS OPPOSED TO BUILDINGS THAT ARE CONDOMINIUMS OR APARTMENTS.

YOU CAN SEE AT THE LEFTS ONE OF THE HOMES ALONG 3rd STREET.

THE HOME ON THE RIGHT HERE IS ACTUALLY THE AUGUST US WHITING HOUSE.

IT WAS BUILT BY ISAAC NEWTON WHITING, WE ALL KNOW WHO HE WAS NAMED AFTER, IN 1839.

AND HE LIVED THERE UNTIL HIS DEATH AND HIS SON LIVED THERE IN HIS DEATH.

SO THAT HOUSE WAS THERE UNTIL THE EARLY 1930s.

ISAAC NEWTON WHITING WAS KNOWN AS A SUPPORTER OF EARLY LIBRARIES IN COLUMBUS.

AND AUGUSTUS FOUNDED THE FIRST EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN COLUMBUS WHICH WAS ST. PHILLIP'S.

THAT'S AN INTERESTING STORY THAT WE CAN GET A VIEW OF WHAT HAS NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE AND IMAGINE THAT VIEW ACROSS THE STREET AS THE NEW STATE HOUSE WAS GOING UP RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

AS YOU LOOK FURTHER AFIELD INTO THE PHOTOGRAPH, YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER LEFT A TREE-LINED BROAD STREET HERE.

THIS IS VERY MUCH A NEIGHBORHOOD COMPARED TO WHAT WE SEE TODAY.

FURTHER BACK IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, YOU'RE SEEING THE OLD STATE STREET SCHOOL.

THIS BIG BUILDING IN THE BACK SORT OF TOWARD THE UPPER RIGHT THERE.

AND THEN IN THE FAR UPPER RIGHT, ST. FRANCE IS MEDICAL ACADEMY, ONE OF THE EARLIEST ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY TO COMBINE A HOSPITAL AND A MEDICAL SCHOOL.

BASICALLY A TEACHING HOSPITAL.

AND THAT'S ON THE SITE OF WHERE GRANT HOSPITAL IS TODAY.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT THIS PHOTO IS THAT IT'S A STEREO VIEW.

YOU'LL SEE YOU HAVE THE SAME PICTURE ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT.

THESE WOULD HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY PHOTOGRAPHERS AT THE TIME AS A WAY TO MAKE SOME EXTRA MONEY, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SOLD TO PEOPLE WHO HAD A STEREO VIEWER, ESSENTIALLY A WOODEN DEVICE WHERE YOU PUT YOUR STEREO VIEW AT THE END, YOU LOOK THROUGH, ALMOST LOOK LIKE GLASS BINOCULARS AND END ONE A 3D VIEW OF WHATEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN SOLD BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER HERE AS A 3D VIEW OF COLUMBUS IN 1857.

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