(CIVIL WAR NEW YORK) Hand colored photograph of a soldier i

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(CIVIL WAR--NEW YORK.) Hand-colored photograph of a soldier in the 56th New York Infantry, also known as the Tenth Legion. Hand-colored mammoth photograph, 19 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches to sight; crease near top edge, minor wear. Not examined out of frame No place, circa 1861-1865

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This unidentified soldier wears the regiment's distinctive "X" badge (signifying the Tenth Legion). The regiment served from October 1861 until the end of the war, with engagements including Yorktown, Seven Pines, and Malvern Hill.