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Title	David Myers
Description	Formal portrait of soldier who served in a New York state military unit during the Civil War. Photograph shows man standing with sword wearing a uniform and 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. 14th NYSM, Co C
Subject.LCSH	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject.TGM	Cartes de visite Soldiers
Subject.Personal_Name	Myers, David
Subject.Corporate_Name	New York (State). Militia. Regiment, 14th United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 84th, (1861-1864)
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.1999.0014.0114_back.jpg
Type	Still Image
Language	eng
Format of Digital	image/jpeg
Identifier	PA.1999.0014.0114
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	Residence was not listed; 29 years old. Enlisted on 4/18/1861 at Brooklyn, NY as a 1st Lieutenant. On 5/23/1861 he was commissioned into 'C' Co. NY 84th Infantry He died of wounds on 9/25/1862 He was listed as: * Wounded 9/17/1862 Antietam, MD Promotions: * Capt 7/1/1861 Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.: - New York: Report of the Adjutant-General - History of the Fighting Fourteenth (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: 'Capt David Myers (age 29 on April 18, 1861) Died of wounds Sept 25, 1862 Suffered In action in the Battle of Antietam Sept 17, 1862 Commanded Co C 14th Brooklyn, in Battle Antietam'
File Name	PA.1999.0014.0114.jpg

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