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Winslow Homer|Harper's Weekly|Harper & Brothers|Anonymous, American, 19th century

The Seventy Ninth Regiment (Highlanders), New York State Militia (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. 5, p. 329)

May 25, 1861
Wood engraving
28 × 40.8 cm (11 × 16.1 in)

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