Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Blanket |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01322 |
Description |
Blanket of dark blue, twill-weave wool with 4" band of black 5" from top and bottom edges of blanket. "Capt. J. C. Haselett / Zainesville Gaurds [sic]" embroidered in red wool yarn in upper left corner with upper case letters 1" high. |
Material |
Fabric/Cloth/Wool |
Dimensions |
W-56.5 L-74 inches |
Owned |
J. C. Haselett |
Owner Regiment |
1st Ohio Infantry, Co. H, "Zanesville Guards" (tentative) |
Event |
Battle of Stones River / Second Battle of Murfreesboro |
Provenance |
Capt. J. C. Haselett of the Zainesville Guards (Grays) used this blanket. A John C. Haslett (or Hazlett) was captain of Co. H, 1st Ohio Infantry, "Zanesville Guards." It is believed he was the original owner of this blanket. "The President’s call for 75,000 men, of April 17, 1861, had scarcely been published when John C. Hazlett, prosecuting attorney, began to recruit a company, and Wednesday, April 19, it was filled, taken to Columbus and assigned to the First regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Thursday, April 20th, the regiment started for the national capital and was in the engagement at Vienna, June 17, and Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Upon the expiration of the enlistment Captain Hazlett recruited another company and was assigned to the Second regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and while commanding it was mortally wounded at Stone River, December 31, 1862." (from "Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio" by J. Hope Sutor, 1908, p. 50 and 53). |
People |
Haselett, J. C. Hazlett, John C. (tentative) Haslett, John C. (tentative) |
Search Terms |
United States Army Battle of Stones River / Second Battle of Murfreesboro Battle of First Manassas / First Bull Run |
Subjects |
Bedspreads Blankets weaving soldiers |