Mob Threatens the Ninth Regiment

This August 11, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts the crowd threatening infantrymen of the Ninth New York State National Guard in Albany on July 24, 1877. Such discussions tested the loyalties of local and state militias, as strikers justified their cause and gained solidarity with militia.

NEW YORK.—A MOB THREATENING THE MEMBERS OF THE NINTH REGIMENT, N.Y.S.N.G., AT THE DELAVAN HOUSE, ALBANY, JULY 24TH.