| Creator |
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 157th (1862-1865) |
| Contributor |
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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King & Baird, printer. |
| Title |
Philadelphia City Guard! 157 157 : 157th Regiment, Pennsylvania Vols. Col. Wm. A. Gray. Fall in! Fall in!! Fall in!!! "Your
country calls in the hour of peril." Recruits wanted! This is the last regiment authorized by the War and State departments.
$152 bounty! $152 Recruits mustered in, uniformed and sent to camp immediately! Each recruit furnished with a gum blanket.
Head quarters No. 627 Chestnut Street.
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| Publisher |
[Philadelphia, Pa] : King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1862 |
| Date |
[1862?] |
| Physical Description |
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 111 x 79 cm. |
| Notes |
The Philadelphia City Guard, the 157th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in Oct. 1862; in 1865 it
was consolidated with the 191st Regiment. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 833, and F.H. Taylor.
Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 140.
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Printed in red and blue. |
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The illustration shows a regimental parade, with a sergeant major leading, left arm raised, four drummer boys, and one mounted
officer.
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Library Company copy very fragile; originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
| Subject |
Bounties, Military -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Gray, William A. |
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United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Genre |
Broadsides. |
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Woodcuts. |
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Recruiting posters. |
| Printer |
King & Baird, printer. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 4# Am 1862 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.12 (McAllister) |
| Accession number |
(3)5777.F.12 (McAllister) |
