Seventy-First Regiment Ball

     “The Ball of the Seventy-first Regiment. The proceeds of the ball of the Seventy-first National Guard, State New York regiment, which will be held at the Academy of Music on the evening of the 5th of January, will be devoted to the erection of a monument to the memory of Colonel Abram S. Vosburg, who was one of the first officers whose life was lost in the late war. The trustees of Greenwood Cemetary have appropriated a plot of ground for the purpose. The body now lies in one of the vaults of the cemetery.”

     “All the prominent men of the day, both civic and military, have been invited, and a great number have already signified their intention of being present.”

     From “City Intelligence.”  “A fine band of music, in all comprising about one hundred performers, has been secured.”

     From “City Intelligence.” “The ball of the seventy-first, which has been the leading topic among the belles and beaux of Gotham for so long a time, will be held this evening. . . . The labors of Captain George J. Tyson, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, give every indication of being crowned with success, and the affair will doubtless prove one of the grandest events of the kind in the annals of Terpsichore ever held, even in this city. Upwards of two thousand tickets have been disposed of, great care having been observed in every instance that none should get into the hands of other than people of known respectability and good standing in society. Among the invited guests are General Hooker and staff, Governor Fenton and staff, and a number of other distinguished military personages, besides the heads of the several departments of the municipal government. The musical programme is said to be one of the finest ever arranged, embracing selections from the latest operas, while there are twenty-five sets on the order of dancing. The Reception Committee is requested to report to Colonel Trafford, in the reception room, at half-past eight P.M.; the House committee to their respective chiefs, in the lobby, at eight o’clock, in the ball room, on the stage. Members of the regiment are ordered to appear in uniform.”