Fowx, Egbert Guy Line Officers of 170 NY Vol
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0068 Author/Creator: Fowx, Egbert Guy Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1862-1865 Pagination: 1 albumen print ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. Order a Copy
A print of a photograph of eight officers seated and ten officers standing behind them. Title in graphite beneath: "Line Officers of 170 NY Vol." Note uniforms: double stripping on trousers. Officers braiding [ranking] on jacket sleeves and piping on jacket collar and down center fringe. Elaborate braiding [ranking] and piping on kepis. Two men standing in center of photograph are crossing the staffs of two furled flags. The 170th New York Volunteer Infantry, originally "4th Corcoran Legion," was raised as part of Michael Corcoran's "Irish Legion," a brigade containing the 155th, 164th (zouave), 170th, 175th, and 182nd New York Volunteer Regiments. Organized at New York City and mustered in at Staten Island, N.Y., October 7th, 1862. Mustered out July 15th, 1865. Stamped on rear "Art Department The Century Co. 33 East 17th St., New York City."
See GLC 5111.01.0071
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