The first on the west side of the river for white recruits of the 96th and 121st Ohio Volunteer Infantry were mustered into service.

National flag of the 48th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (probably second issue)

Ewing became colonel of the 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in August 1861.

He helped raise the 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned as its colonel in January 1862.

Upon recovering sufficiently to resume his military career, he was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

He served in the 67th and 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

In 1864, the 16-year-old enlisted in the 19th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

He became a second lieutenant and later a captain in the 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Regimental flag of the 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (probably first issue)

They were used by the 128th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which guarded the prison.