 New York. 57th Volunteer Regiment. C Company (Zook's Voltigeurs). B. Frank Higby. Constableville. N.Y. Brass. 29.7 mm. Extremely Fine. Holed. Large McClellan bust type. The unit was organized at New York City August to November, 1861. Company C was recruited in Brooklyn and was made up from Zook's Voltigeurs; it was mustered out on July 14, 1864. The regiment fought in the defenses of Washington and at Yorktown, Fair Oaks, the Seven Days, Sharpsburg, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. It lost 260 killed, wounded and missing in 1862, alone.
Pedigree unrecorded.
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