 Association of the Army of the Potomac. 3rd Division. 2nd Brigade. 93rd New York Veteran Volunteers Medal. Nearly as made. Bronze. 66.8 mm in length. Unnamed. Suspended from a scroll hanger by chain links a three leaf shamrock with red central diamond in which 93, inscriptions in each lobe. The unit was raised as sharpshooters around Albany, Cortland and Troy in 1861. It served as provost guard at the White House and was mustered out in Washington, D.C. in June, 1865.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
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