Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: ACWJm, 300 DPI, TIFF, Copy Negative, 1.2 Mb

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Image ID: ACWJ

Credit:

unknown photographer
Date:

1861.05-06
Equipment:

bayonet; flag; long gun
Locations & Lines:

District of Columbia; Potomac River; Washington DC; Washington Navy Yard (Washington DC)
Military Units:

71st New York Infantry; US Army
Transports:

side-wheeler James Guy
Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Library of Congress says: 71st New York State Militia at Washington Navy Yard.

The original negative and prints are gone. All extant prints are from copy negatives, reducing the image to album card (or faux stereo card) size.

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