Photo is on a heavy gray piece of stock that meas. approx. 8.00 x 10.00 inches. The black and white paper image mounted at center meas. 4.75 x 6.25 inches and shows a gleaming white memorial to the 78^th & 102^nd New York Infantry. The monument depicts a Union infantrymen kneeling behind a rock wall aiming his musket. Prominently displayed below this is a 12^th Corps star.

Image is clean and clear with good contrast. Mount surface has very light surface dirt.

Reverse has a late 19^th or early 20^th century ink inscription that reads “MONUMENT OF 78^TH AND 102^ND REGT. N.Y.V.I. 3^RD BRIG. 2^ND DIV. 12^TH A.C. CULP’S HILL, GETTYSBURG PA. 1888.” Below this is a stamp that reads “… COLLECTION OF CAPT. GEORGE K. COLLINS.”

A quick search of unit rosters shows no Captain named Collins in either the 78^th or 102^nd but there is one George K. Collins listed who was a 1st Lieutenant in Company I, 149^th New York which served in the same brigade.

Monument was dedicated in 1888.   [ad]

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