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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1865). Company A.
Contributor Archambault, Joseph, 1796-1874.
Cox, James M.
Paxson, James M.
Kulp's Hotel (Doylestown, Pa.)
People's Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
J.H. Jones & Co., printer.
Title Attention, troop! : Capt. Archambault formerly of Bucks County, and for many years commander of the Union Troop, invites his old companions in arms, friends, and all patriotic young men, to rally under his command in a troop of cavalry, to assist in maintaining the honor of our flag and the perpetuity of the Union. Rally, freemen, rally! Capt. Archambault and his lieutenants will be at Kulp's Hotel, in Doylestown, on Saturday, the 17th of August, where they will be happy to see the captain's old friends and all others desirous of serving their country in her hour of need. / Captain Joseph Archambault, late of the 18th Regiment P.V. 1st Lieut. Henry C. Paxson, late of the 19th Regiment P.V. 2d Lieut. James M. Cox. Head quarters, People's Hotel, 106 S. 6th St., Philada.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : J.H. Jones & Co., book and job printers, No. 34 Carter's Alley, one door east of the Post Office
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date [1861]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 49 x 30 cm.
Notes Capt. Joseph Archambault recruited and led Company A of the 2nd Cavalry, 59th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, commanded by Col. R.B. Price; the regiment was organized in the fall of 1861 and mustered out in July 1865; Capt. Archambault was promoted to Major May 19, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 320, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 155.
August 17 fell on a Saturday in 1861.
The three illustrations are a cavalry soldier with a horn, a shooting cannon with the flag, and a mounted rider with a horn.
Subject Price, Richard Butler, d. 1876.
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Broadsides.
Woodcuts.
Recruiting posters.
Printer J.H. Jones & Co., printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | #Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.7b (McAllister)
Accession number (2)5777.F.7b (McAllister)

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