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1927

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IMAGE DATE1927
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Wadsworth Avenue, south from 193rd St. and St. Nicholas Avenue, 1927.

Wadsworth Avenue is the only street in New York City named after a Civil War General: James S. Wadsworth. (A number of other generals—Sherman and Sheridan—got squares named after them.) Born in upstate New York, Wadsworth was killed in the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864. Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island is also named for the General.

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