August 19th, 2012: Civil War Portraits
Posted on: 08/21/2012
The New Yorker who is the subject of today's portraits post was armed with an Enfield rifle musket when he sat for his portrait. We can tell he is a New Yorker by the "SNY" on his belt buckle, which stands for State of New York.
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