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Contributor Mann, James S.
Bucks County Courthouse (Doylestown, Pa.)
Kulp's Hotel (Doylestown, Pa.)
Pennsylvania. Doylestown. 1862.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Doylestown Democrat Office, printer.
Title Troopers attend! A few more men are wanted! : To fill up a cavalry company! Now forming for state service. Apply at once, as the governor demands our immediate presence. A meeting will be held at the court house, on Saturday evening, at 7 o'clock, to take measures to fill our ranks and prepare for a march. The company will meet for drill at 4 o'clock, Saturday afternoon, at Kulp's Hotel. / James S. Mann, Captain Pro Tem. September 12, 1862.
Publisher [Doylestown, Pa.] : Printed at the "Democrat" Office, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pa
Publisher PA. Doylestown. 1862
Date [1862]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 53 x 35 cm
Notes Organized Sept. 12 and discharged Sept. 24, 1862, this cavalry unit was one of several independent companies formed during the crisis following the Union loss at Second Bull Run. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1147.
The illustration is an eagle with the banner: Check the invaders!
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Pennsylvania Militia -- Militia -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Cavalry.
Public meetings -- Pennsylvania -- Doylestown.
Geographic subject Bucks County (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
Doylestown (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
Genre Broadsides.
Woodcuts.
Recruiting posters.
Printer Doylestown Democrat Office, printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | #Am 1862 Troopers (1)5777.F.21 (McAllister)
Accession number (1)5777.F.21 (McAllister)

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