Andrew D. Baird and New York Volunteer Infantry, 79th Regiment collection Bulk, 1861-1865 1860-1913

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Andrew D. Baird and New York Volunteer Infantry, 79th Regiment collection Bulk, 1861-1865 1860-1913

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0.84 Linear feet; in two manuscript boxes.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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Baird, Andrew D., 1839-1923.

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Andrew Daniel Baird (1839-1923) was born in Kelso, Scotland and immigrated to Brooklyn, N.Y. with his parents in 1853. Baird worked as a stone cutter until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Union Army as a member of the 79th Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry, known as the Highlanders. After the War, in which he had risen to the rank of Major, Baird returned to Brooklyn and entered into a prospering partnership with his former employer. Baird also becam...

United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 79th (1859-1876)

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