Russian sailors,navy ship Variag,New York City,United States Civil War,1863 1

Title: [Group of Russian sailors from the navy ship Variag during visit to New York City]
Date Created/Published: [1863 or 1864]
Notes:
Photo shows Russian sailors wh were part of a naval expedition sent to the United States in 1863, returning to Russia in 1864. The federal government treated the visit as supporting the Union cause in the American Civil War.
Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress).
Title devised by Library staff based on information from Steve Rogers and Michael Neubert, 2011. (Title in Civil War caption books misidentified the sailors as U.S. Navy.)
Subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Glass negatives--1860-1870.
Group portraits--1860-1870.
Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
Bookmark /cwp2003002304/PP/
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