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Creator United States. Army. Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1863)
Contributor Rhode Island. Providence, R.I. 1862.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Daily Post Steam Printing Establishment (Providence, R.I.), printer.
Title $400 bounty State aid to men with families, 4 dollars per week! : Good men wanted immediately for the 2d Regiment R.I. Cavalry under the command of Major A.W. Corliss, which has been ordered to join Major General Banks' expedition! Men who enlist in this regiment will receive 25 dollars, a good uniform, horse and equipments on the day of enlistment; $300 before leaving the state! $75 when discharged! The best chance and the largest bounty ever offered. Recruiting offices: corner of Westminster and Orange Streets, up stairs, Room No. 5. " Market Square and North Main Street. Dorrance Street. A.W. Corliss, Major comd'g.
Publisher [Providence, R.I.] : Daily Post Steam Printing Establishment, 15 Market Square, Providence
Publisher R.I. Providence. 1862
Date [1862]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 61 x 49 cm.
Notes The Second Regiment of the Rhode Island Cavalry was organized in Nov. 1862 and ordered to duty in Louisiana; it was consolidated to a battalion of four companies in Aug. 1863, and transferred to 1st Louisiana Cavalry; it was transferred again in Jan. 1864 to the 3rd Rhode Island Cavalry.
Printed on yellow paper.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894,
Corliss, Augustus Whittemore, 1837-1908,
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Bounties, Military -- Rhode Island.
Families of military personnel -- Rhode Island.
Geographic subject Providence (R.I.) -- History -- 19th century.
Rhode Island -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Broadsides.
Recruiting posters.
Printer Daily Post Steam Printing Establishment (Providence, R.I.), printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.13 (McAllister)
Accession number (1)5777.F.13 (McAllister)

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