Boarding transport for the 71st N.Y. Volunteers during war with Spain

71st N.Y. Volunteers boarding transport. U.S.A.T. Vigilancia, 1898. Scribners Collection. Note: the regiment was the first New York National Guard unit called for duty in the Spanish-American War; they were sent to Santiago in May 1898.

Image ID: 000745

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Image keywords: 1800s, 19th-century, Americas, Cuba, Eon3359, EonBudget, Events, Modern-Industrial, National Guard, New York, Photographs, Santiago, Spain, Spanish-American War, United States, War-Conflict, military, regiments, volunteers, wars