* HISTORICAL CDV OF GERMAN TURNER SOCIETY FOUNDER 9TH O.V.I. *

A GREAT AND RARE IMAGE OF SIEGFRIED JAHN FOUNDER OF THE GERMAN TURNER SOCIETY WHO CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1848 AND LOVED CINCIINATI SO MUCH BECAUSE IT WAS ON HILLY TERRAINS AND A RIVER LIKE HIS HOME LAND. FOUNDER OF THE TURNER SOCIETY AND HAD MANY REGIMENTS IN THE CIVIL WAR SUCH AS THE GREAT 9TH O.V.I HERE IN CINCINNATI, THE 35TH O.V.I HAMILTON OHIO AND THE 28TH GERMAN REGIMENT IN CINCINNATI ALSO.

THIS RARE IMAGE WAS SHOT IN THE TURNER SOCIETY HALL IN NEWARK PROBABLY AS A BENEFIT TO RAISE MONEY SINCE HE WAS GOING BLIND. ( ZUR-TURN-HALLE ) IS POST MARKED ON THE BACK OF THE IMAGE.

THE TURNERS LEAD THE FIRST BAYONET CHARGE IN MILL SPRINGS KENTUCKY DURING THE CIVIL WAR, AND WHEN THE CONFEDERATE SAW THEM CHARGING WITH THEIR TURNER BAYONETS RAN AWAY IN DIS-BELIEF THAT THEY WERE CHARGING HARD ACROSS THE OPEN FIELD NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH..

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