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47th New York Infantry ( Washington Grays)American Civil War

47th Infantry Regiment Civil War Washington GraysHistoryMustered in: September 14, 1861 Mustered out: August 30, 1865The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912. Colonel Henry Moore received authority from the War Department, July 24, 1861, to recruit a regiment of infantry; it was recruited principally in New Y...