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Title	Pierson B. Peterson
Description	Formal portrait of soldier who served in a New York state military unit during the Civil War. Photograph shows soldier standing next to a column holding a sword and wearing a uniform with hat. Numbers on the front of some photographs refer to an index no longer extant. At one point, most of these photographs were tacked to the wall of the State Capital building in Albany, New York.
Creator	Andrews, E. G.
Subject.LCSH	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject.TGM	Cartes de visite Soldiers
Subject.Personal_Name	Peterson, Pierson B.
Subject.Corporate_Name	United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 78th, (1862-1864)
NY Heritage Topic	Military People
Date of Original	1861-1865
Time Period	American Civil War; 1861-1865
Physical Format	Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Physical Description	Photograph; albumen; b&w; 4 x 2 1/2 in. (10 x 6 cm.)
Relation	Reference back of image at http://24.39.195.147/dbtw-wpd/images/photographs/PA.1999.0014.0641_back.jpg
Type	Still Image
Language	eng
Format of Digital	image/jpeg
Identifier	PA.1999.0014.0641
Holding Institution	New York State Military Museum
Contact Information	61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 518-581-5100 http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/mil-hist.htm
Publisher of Digital	New York State Military Museum
Digital Collection	Civil War Carte de Visite Collection
Library Council	Capital District Library Council
Notes	Pierson B. Peterson Residence was not listed; 24 years old. Enlisted on 9/25/1861 at Buffalo, NY as a 1st Lieutenant. On 1/24/1862 he was commissioned into 'D' Co. NY 78th Infantry He died of wounds on 10/13/1862 at Smoketown, MD He was listed as: * Wounded 9/17/1862 Antietam, MD (Severe wound in left leg, amputated) Promotions: * Adjutant Intra Regimental Company Transfers: * from company D to Field & Staff Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.: - New York: Report of the Adjutant-General - The Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War (c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
Rights	Items in the Civil War Carte de Visite Collection are in the public domain. Please credit the New York State Military Museum.
Technical Data	Scans were made using an Epson 1640 XL; archival TIFFS created in color at 600 dpi. JPEGs created with Adobe Photoshop at 300 dpi.
Transcript	On reverse: 'Pierson B. Peterson 1st Lieut. Co. D. 78th Regt N.Y.V.'
File Name	PA.1999.0014.0641.jpg

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