- GLC#
- GLC05131.16-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1861-1862 ca.
- Title
- Ambrotype of soldier, 79th New York Highlanders
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 photograph Height: 9.2 cm, Width: 8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Full length, standing portrait of a young officer in a kilt, knee high socks and shoes with large gold painted buckles. Uniform indicates the soldier was a member of the New York 79th, "the Highlanders." [See Uniforms of the Civil War, p. 63] CASE: Stamped paper on wood with heraldic design. Case thickness 1.9 cm.
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