Description
Carte view identified as Private Jesse Hayne of the 98th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. At 35 years of age, Jesse would muster into “G” Company in February, 1864. Jesse would join the regiment in time for the start of Sherman’s campaign of 1864 to capture Atlanta, Georgia. The 98th saw action in most major battles in this campaign, including the Battles of Buzzard’s Roost, Resaca, Rome, Dallas, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, and Jonesborough. At Kennesaw Mountain, the regiment had thirty-four men killed or wounded and an additional forty-one men killed or wounded at Jonesborough. Following the capture of Atlanta, the 98th was dispatched in pursuit of General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry. Leaving September 29, the regiment traveled by train to Chattanooga, then to Huntsville, Alabama, and to Athens, Georgia. The 98th then marched to Florence, Alabama, driving the Confederates across the Tennessee River. The regiment then returned to Chattanooga, where it next escorted a supply train to Gaylesville, Georgia. It next marched to Rome, Georgia and proceeded to Cartersville, Georgia, where it joined Sherman’s March to the Sea. Following the Grand Parade, Jesse would be discharged in June, 1865. The example bears an old pencil id across the front bottom reading “Jesse Hayne FA Brother”. The reverse bears a second old inscription which reads “Uncle old soldier Jesse Hayne Father’s brother. Picture taken 1865 Mrs John Abram”. Back marked out of Cadiz, Ohio.
