File:The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576327827).jpg
DescriptionThe photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576327827).jpg
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' Text Appearing After Image: OFFICERS OF THE RED-LEGGED FIFTY-FIFTH NEW YORK AT FORT GAINES, 18G1 Right royally did Washington welcome the Fifty-fifth New York Infantry, surnamed Garde de Lafayette in memory of that dis-tinguished Frenchmans services to our country in Revolutionary days, in September, 1861. The red-legged Fifth-fifth was or-ganized in New York City by Colonel Philip Regis de Trobriand (who ended the war as a brevet major-general of volunteers, a rankbestowed upon him for highly meritorious services during the Appomattox campaign) and left for Washington August 31st. TheFrench uniforms attracted much attention and elicited frequent bursts of applause as the crowds on Pennsylvania Avenue realizedonce again how many citizens from different lands had rushed to the defense of their common country. The Fifty-fifth accompaniedMcClellan to the Peninsula, and took part in the desperate assault on Maryes Heights at Fredericksburg, after which it was con-solidated, in four companies, with the Thirty-eighth
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