Group, 22d New York State Militia near Harper's Ferry, Va., 1861 – Antique Wall Art
(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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Group, 22d New York State Militia near Harper's Ferry, Va., 1861 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Group, 22d New York State Militia near Harper's Ferry, Va., 1861
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This group portrait shows members of the 22nd New York State Militia posed near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1861, though the caption information for the image is unverified. The town had drawn national attention two years earlier when John Brown raided its federal armory, and in 1861 its location at the meeting of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers made it strategically important as Virginia's secession and the early campaigns unfolded. Photographs of militia and volunteer units from the war's first year are relatively uncommon, so group views like this one offer a glimpse of citizen soldiers before the hardships of the conflict set in.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | No. B155. Civil War Collection (Library of Congress). Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Va.--Harper's Ferry; Civil War--Troops--NY--22d New York State Militia; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,118 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-146247 |
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