Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry 1863 old New York map and survivals

and survivals

and the steady gaze of a prelate whose elevation marked the Catholic arrival in a Protestant republic

the tribute of a nation newly persuaded of its own reach

The draftsman traces a spine of stone built to outlast the sea — every tread a vertebra

in a brewery office

Armory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry 1863 old New York map and survivalsArmory of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry 1863 a documentary engraving of the oldest mounted unit in continuous service, rendered in the third year of the war when its sabers and stalls had become both heirloom and instrument. The drillyard hush of an institution older than the Republic, pressed into the country's bloodiest decade. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of