(CIVIL WAR NEW YORK) Artwork for a Gettysburg monument to a

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(CIVIL WAR--NEW YORK.) Artwork for a Gettysburg monument to a New York soldier. Oil on paper and hand-colored lithograph, 24 x 18 inches; several short closed tears repaired with tape on verso, wear to right margin. Np, 1889

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This attractive heraldic design was commissioned to honor John Jay Buskirk (1821-1897), who served in the 66th New York Infantry and as a steward of the Army of the Potomac's General Hospital. In addition to patriotic motifs, it includes his regimental insignia and the badge of the 1st Division, II Corps. The design also references his service as a New York City volunteer fireman in 1845, and is captioned "Monument dedicated on the Wheatfield at Gettysburg, Pa. 1889." We do not know if the actual monument was ever created or placed on the battlefield.