The 7th Regiment of the New York Militia, aka the "Silk Stocking" regiment, was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Also known as the "Blue-Bloods" due to the disproportionate number of its members who were part of New York City's social elite, the 7th Militia was a pre-war New York Militia unit that was mustered into federal service for the Civil War.
The artist depicted a patriotic, flag–festooned scene as the regiment passed in review on Broadway before Major Robert Anderson.
The New York Seventh in Washington, D.C., 1861.
New York 7th Regiment soldier about 1861
The 7th Infantry in New York during the Civil War (photography by Mathew Brady).
Robert Gould Shaw
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Robert Gould Shaw was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into a Boston upper class abolitionist family, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment in the Northeast. Supporting the promised equal treatment for his troops, he encouraged the men to refuse their pay until it was equal to that of white troops' wage.
Letter from Robert Gould Shaw to his father from Camp Andrew, May 1861
Col. Robert Gould Shaw by Horace R. Burdick
The Storming of Fort Wagner