ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR CDV 88TH OHIO O.V.I. CAMP CHASE PRISON GUARD CAPTAIN LAMB

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Up for sale is an original Civil War period image of Captain Robert Lamb of the 88th Ohio Infantry Company F. The 88th O.V.I. was the Ohio unit selected to mainly guard the Confederate prisoners at Camp Chase Prison in Columbus, Ohio. Robert Lamb enlisted on 9/24/1862 as a 1st Lieutenant at the age of 29. On 7/29/1863 he mustered in to Company F as Captain. He was discharged on 4/7/1865. The CDV photo is in good overall condition and still retains good clarity with minimal fading. The corners have been trimmed as seen for placement in a photo album. M. Witt Columbus, Ohio photographer ID.
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The
88th Ohio Infantry Regiment
, sometimes
88th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
(or
88th OVI
) was an
infantry
regiment
in the
Union Army
during the
American Civil War
. It was initially known as the "1st Battalion Governor's Guard".
The 88th Ohio Infantry was organized at
Camp Chase
in
Columbus, Ohio
, in July 1862 and mustered in on October 27, 1862, for three years service under
Colonel
George Washington Neff.
When
Edmund Kirby Smith
threatened
Cincinnati, Ohio
, in September 1862, the 88th moved to
Covington, Kentucky
, but soon returned to Camp Chase. A detachment then served in western Virginia and Maryland, but returned to Ohio to operate against
John Hunt Morgan
. The regiment served guard duty at Camp Chase until October 1863, and served at
Cincinnati, Ohio
, until December 20, 1863. It then returned to Columbus to serve guard duty at Camp Chase until July 1865.
The 88th Ohio mustered out of the service at Camp Chase on July 3, 1865.