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Sunday morning mass in camp of 69th N.Y.S.M. – Antique Print

Sunday morning mass in camp of 69th N.Y.S.M., [photographed 1861, printed later] — historic photograph
Sunday morning mass in camp of 69th N.Y.S.M., [photographed 1861, printed later]. Historic photograph from the Civil War collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Sunday morning mass in camp of 69th N.Y.S.M., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Sunday morning mass in camp of 69th N.Y.S.M.

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Outdoor Catholic worship in a Union army camp is the subject here, with men of the 69th New York State Militia gathered for Sunday morning mass in 1861. The regiment was largely Irish-American and drawn from New York City. It answered the call for volunteers after Fort Sumter and was among the early state units sent to defend Washington. Photographs of camp life from the first year of the war are fairly scarce, and this one shows the religious routines that structured soldiers' weeks even as they prepared for combat. The print was made later from a glass copy negative, so its tones and sharpness reflect that later printing as well as the original exposure.

Created / published[photographed 1861, printed later]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1860-1910.
NotesNo. 4132. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsNew York (State).--Militia--People--1860-1870. Religious services--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870. Military personnel--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,642 × 3,732 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221437

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