Arrival of the New York Seventy-First Regiment at the Railroad Depot, Washington, D. C.

Arrival of the New York Seventy-First Regiment at the Railroad Depot, Washington, D.C. This wood engraving captures the moment the 71st New York Regiment arrived in Washington at the start of the Civil War, showing soldiers disembarking and gathering at the busy depot, a vivid record of the Union's early mobilization.