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Civil War Illustrations

The Sixty-ninth N.Y.S.M. 

NY regiment on foot battling horse mounted Southern troops

Caption: The Sixty-ninth N.Y.S.M. (Irish), Stripped to the Waist, Charging the Enemy at the Point of the Bayonet at the Battle of Bull Run, Sunday, July 21, 1861. Sketched on the spot by our special Artist. See page 218 [for related story].

Source: Illustration from New York Illustrated News, August 5, 1861, page [209].

NoteAn illustration of the Sixty-ninth Regiment also appeared in Harper's Weekly on August 10, 1861.