Phoenix Light Infantry

of the

Ohio National Guard.

    O flag of a nation that stands

for the right,

   May you never be sullied with

inglorious might.

    In past battles you've lead

with never defeat,

    And again unfurled, may

you know no retreat.

David M. Rowe "Our Battleflag"

1st paragraph. copyright 1917.

Private through 1st Lieutenant David MacClement Rowe.  Proud member of the Phoenix Light Infantry.

According to The Officers Roster of the Ohio National Guard corrected to July 15, 1896, I believe the above men to be, starting on the left: 2nd Lieut. W.W. White, Captain J.A. Miller, and 1st Lieut. D.M. Rowe. I am positive about D.M. Rowe, but would appreciate verification on the other two gentlemen.

These two photographs are backmarked "J.W. Gribble Photographer.  Bridgeport, Ohio."  These are from the company's time during the Wheeling Creek Coal Riots, June 1894.  Lieut. Rowe wrote on June 15, 1894  "Yesterday we were ordered to scour one of the hills,...  We had the picture of the company taken just before we went up."

Two letters from D.M. to his wife Anna from Wheeling Creek, June 1894.

The backmark on these two photographs is Schweig & Cohl Photographers 1715 & 1717 Franklin ave.  St. Louis, MO.  Among these photographs was a program  for the Grand Interstate Competitive Drill by the National Guard of the United States at the Fairgrounds St.Louis July 1-7, 1895.  In the left photograph D.M. Rowe is the gentleman with his arms folded.  In the right photograph he is the officer in front of the troops on the left, as you face the picture.

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Company

G

3rd Regiment

Infantry.