Lt Col James J. Smith and officers of 69th New York Infantry (Irish Brigade)(1865)
27 September 2018
This excellent photograph of the officers of the 69th New York Veteran Volunteers was taken in 1865, and is now at the Library of Congress. Lieutenant Colonel James J Smith is seated at center. Smith was First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the regiment at Antietam in September 1862 and was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel in February 1865.
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