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Metadata
Catalog Number |
F078 |
Object Name |
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Other Name |
Newspaper |
Artist |
Unknown |
Artist's Role |
Artist |
Title |
The Seventy-Ninth Regiment (Highlanders) New York State Militia |
Description |
Framed illustration of the 79th Regiment New York State Militia, known as the Highlanders, marching in a parade. Removed from the May 25, 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly illustrated newspaper, after Winslow Homer. |
Maker |
Harper & Brothers, publisher |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Date |
May 25, 1861 |
Green-Wood Connection |
Members of the 79th Regiment are interred at Green-Wood. The four brothers of the publishing firm Harper and Brothers are interred at Green-Wood; James Harper (1795-1869), John Harper (1797-1875), Fletcher Harper (1806-1877), and Joseph Wesley Harper (1801-1870)(Lot 947, Sec. 95). |
Material |
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Subjects |
Prints Newspapers Military Parades & processions Regimental Histories |
Search Terms |
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 79th (1859-1876) American Civil War, 1861-1865 Harper & Brothers New York (N.Y.) |
