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Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Brady's Incidents of the War. 17th Regiment New York Volunteers Colonel Henry Seymour Lansing. Butterfield's Brigade. Fitz John Porter. Division Pauls Hill. Vol.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00243 Author/Creator: Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1861-1863 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 29.8 x 43.0 cm. Order a Copy

One undated photograph entitled, "Brady's Incidents of the War," taken by Mathew B. Brady. Captures New York's 17th Regiment standing in dress parade formation and holding rifle-muskets raised upward at their sides.

Brady, Mathew B., 1822-1896
Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901
Lansing, Henry Seymour, 1824-1882
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901

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