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Title	William C. Alberger
Description	Formal portrait of soldier who served in a New York state military unit during the Civil War. Photograph shows man standing next to chair wearing a uniform. Numbers on the front of some photographs refer to an index no longer extant. At one point, most of these photographs were tacked to the wall of the State Capital building in Albany, New York.
Creator	Douglass Gallery
Subject.LCSH	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject.TGM	Cartes de visite Soldiers
Subject.Personal_Name	Alberger, William C.
Subject.Corporate_Name	United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 49th, (1861-1865)
NY Heritage Topic	Military People
Date of Original	1861-1865
Time Period	American Civil War; 1861-1865
Physical Format	Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Physical Description	Photograph; albumen; b&w; 4 x 2 1/2 in. (10 x 6 cm.)
Relation	Reference back of image at http://24.39.195.147/dbtw-wpd/images/photographs/PA.1999.0014.0436_back.jpg
Type	Still Image
Language	eng
Format of Digital	image/jpeg
Identifier	PA.1999.0014.0436
Holding Institution	New York State Military Museum
Contact Information	61 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 518-581-5100 http://dmna.state.ny.us/historic/mil-hist.htm
Publisher of Digital	New York State Military Museum
Digital Collection	Civil War Carte de Visite Collection
Library Council	Capital District Library Council
Notes	Residence was not listed; 23 years old. Enlisted on 5/9/1861 at Buffalo, NY as a Captain. On 5/20/1861 he was commissioned into 'D' Co. NY 21st Infantry He was discharged for promotion on 10/20/1861 On 10/21/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff NY 49th Infantry He was discharged for disability on 12/10/1862 On 1/29/1864 he was commissioned into Veteran Reserve Corps 19th He Resigned on 5/17/1866 He was listed as: * Wounded 9/17/1862 Antietam, MD Promotions: * Lt Colonel 10/20/1861 (As of 49th NY Infantry) * Capt 1/29/1864 (As of 19th Veteran Reserve Corps) * Capt 3/13/1865 by Brevet (Brother of Morris Alberger, 1st NY Infantry, 24th NY Cavalry & Capt., Quartermaster Vols) Federal Pension Information: He applied for a pension on 10/24/1863 application # 34,922 Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.: - New York: Report of the Adjutant-General - Union Blue: History of MOLLUS - National Archives: Index to Federal Pension Records - Research by John Heseltine (c) Historical Data Systems, Inc. @ www.civilwardata.com
Rights	Items in the Civil War Carte de Visite Collection are in the public domain. Please credit the New York State Military Museum.
Technical Data	Scans were made using an Epson 1640 XL; archival TIFFS created in color at 600 dpi. JPEGs created with Adobe Photoshop at 300 dpi.
Transcript	on the back ' Lt. Col. Alberger 49 Regt. N.Y.S.V.I. wounded at Antietam.'
File Name	PA.1999.0014.0436.jpg

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