Officers of the 69th New York State Militia Fort Corcoran Va – Historic Reproduction
(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: Officers of the 69th New York State Militia Fort Corcoran Va, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Officers of the 69th New York State Militia Fort Corcoran Va
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This photograph shows officers of the 69th New York State Militia, a regiment raised in New York City, posed at Fort Corcoran in Virginia in 1861. The fort was an earthwork built by Union troops on high ground in Arlington County, and it was named for Col. Michael Corcoran, the 69th's commander, whose Irish-American regiment was among the first New York units to cross into Virginia after the Union army advanced in the spring of 1861. The print was issued by E. & H.T. Anthony, a New York firm that sold Civil War photographs widely to the public, so it offers a view of the early war as it was presented to people at home.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 4116-L. · E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) publisher. |
| Subjects | Civil War 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union--Virginia. Militias--New York (State)--1860-1870. Military officers--Union--Virginia--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,319 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46542 |
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