Image of a military register listing the officers and privates of Company B of the 6th Battery of the New York State Volunteer Light Artillery unit during the American Civil War in panels framed by portraits of United States presidents, including George Washington, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln; American bald eagle at center with American flags, serpents, columns and cornucopias in border; military camp and city in background; three carte-de-visite photo portraits of children glued in oval frames at center. "Schroeder & Sanders Chromo Lithogr. 117 Balto. St. Baltimore."--text, bottom center margin.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1862 by E. B. De La Matyr in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Maryland."--text, bottom center margin.
"Mustered into the United States Service, September 11, 1862, At Sacketts Harbor, New York, by Capt. W. B. Edgerton, U. S. A."--text, bottom center of image.
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 59.37 x 45.72 cm (23 3/8 x 18 in.)
Cornucopias--Pictorial works Eagles--Pictorial works Flags--Pictorial works Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Pictorial works Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works Military camps--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Washington, George, 1732-1799--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Registers. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size American Civil War The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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