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The Butler medal

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Image ID

814200


Item data

Title

The Butler medal

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Army -- United States -- Blacks

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1883

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC ARMY-US-Bla

Subjects

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army -- African American troops
African Americans -- Military service
Medals -- 1860-1869
Military decorations -- 1860-1869

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on image: "Army of the James" "Distinguished for courage Campaign before Richmond 1864" "Ferro lis Libertas Perveniet" "U.S. Colored Troops" Top right corner cut away.
Source Note: Family history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time. (Hartford, Connecticut : Belknap, 1883) Lossing, Benson John (1813-1891), Author.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 11 x 9 cm. (4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17247188
Barcode: 33333159441571
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c81ad3b0-c539-012f-eb75-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1883

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Butler medal" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1883. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c81ad3b0-c539-012f-eb75-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1883). The Butler medal Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c81ad3b0-c539-012f-eb75-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Butler medal" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c81ad3b0-c539-012f-eb75-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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