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Officers of the 17th, New York Battery, June 1863 [red mount]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0314 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1863/06 Pagination: 1 photograph 27.9 x 22.8 cm Order a Copy

Title taken from inscription on recto. Also reads: "Cat. Page 13-" A box on the ground in the bottom right corner of the tent has the name "G.T. Anthony" painted on to it. This would be George Tobey Anthony, a captain in the 17th N.Y.

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