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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.
Colors of the 16th Regiment of New York Volunteers
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.

Colors of the 16th Regiment of New York Volunteers

Artist Unknown
CultureAmerican
Date1863
MediumGum coated salted paper print
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 9 1/4 in. (25.4 x 23.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 28 1/8 x 24 1/8 in. (71.4 x 61.3 cm)
Inscribed(Top of Photo); Colors of the ; 16th Regt. N.Y.V.; ; (Bottom of Photograph); [Left Column]; June 27th 1862 Gaines' Mill; June 28th, 1862 Golden's [Golding's] Farm; June 30th, 1862 Charles City Crossroads; July 15th, 1862 Malvern Hill; ; [Center Column]; July 18th, 1861 Fairfax C.H.; July 21st, 1861 Bull Run, 1st; Oct. 3rd, 1861 Pohick Church; May 7th, 1862 West Point; ; [Right Column]; Sept. 5th, 1863 Bull Run 2nd; Sept. 14, 1863 Crampton's Gap (South Mountain); Sept. 16th & 17th, 1862 Antietam; Dec. 11th to 16th, 1862, April 26th to May 4th, 1863 Fredericksburg 1st and 2nd; ; ; (Verso); First Saint Lawrence County Regiment; First Northern New York Regiment; ; Col. Thomas A. Davies; May 9, 1861; ; Companies:; ; A - Ogdensburg; B - Potsdam; C - Plattsburg; D - Gouverneur; E - Plattsburg; F - Potsdam; G - Depeyster; H - Stockholm; I - Malone; J - West Chazy and Mooers; ; Page 1912 Vol. 3 New York in the War of the Rebellion; By F. Phisterer;
Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange
Object number98.32.2
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a print from the David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. This depicts two soldiers in uniform, facing the camera, crossing two large flags in front of their bodies. The flags appear tattered and worn. Large tassels hang from the poles. The soldier on the left is wearing a glove while the soldier on the right is not. This is a salt print with a gum coating from Alexander Gardner, _Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War_ (New York: Dover Publications, 1959 and 1972) (Hack Collection No. 34). The two soldiers in the photograph are believed to be Sergeant John Lyon (left) and Corporal Melvin Tucker (right) who served in the 16th Regiment's Company "A" and Company "C," respectively. The 16th Regiment was also known as "the St. Lawrence County Regiment."
Label TextUnknown American Colors of the 16th Regiment of New York Volunteers, St. Lawrence County, 1863-64 Gum coated salted paper print, 10 x 9 1/4 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of David L. Hack and by exchange Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 98.32.2 Exhibition History"Civil War Photographs from the David L. Hack Collection and Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 3 - October 29, 2006; Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NC, February 15 - May 28, 2007; Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, July 26 - September 21, 2008 "Portraying a Nation: American Portrait Photography, 1850-2010," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, August 25, 2010 - September 11, 2011.
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