Flag of the Union! : A few days more are all that is left to the gallant sons of Old Bucks to volunteer in one of their own companies; by doing which they will save being drafted and secure the bounty of $165.00. Young men! Rally for you altars and your fires, God! and your native land, and enlist at once in Capt. Yerkes's Bucks County company. Meetings with martial music and eloquent speakers to secure volunteers will be held at Line Lexington, Thursday evening, August 14th; at Closson's Tavern, Lower Black's Eddy, Friday evening, August 15th. Now file in! And keep step to the music of the Union. Your country calls---it is your duty to obey. / Capt Wm. Yerkes. August 13, 1862. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Contributor	Yerkes, William.
	Closson's Tavern (Lower Black Eddy, Pa.)
	Pennsylvania. Doylestown. 1862.
	Davis, W. W. H. 1820-1910, printer.
	Doylestown Democrat Office, printer.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	L. Johnson & Co., engraver.
	Stephens, H. L. 1824-1882, ill.
Title	Flag of the Union! : A few days more are all that is left to the gallant sons of Old Bucks to volunteer in one of their own companies; by doing which they will save being drafted and secure the bounty of $165.00. Young men! Rally for you altars and your fires, God! and your native land, and enlist at once in Capt. Yerkes's Bucks County company. Meetings with martial music and eloquent speakers to secure volunteers will be held at Line Lexington, Thursday evening, August 14th; at Closson's Tavern, Lower Black's Eddy, Friday evening, August 15th. Now file in! And keep step to the music of the Union. Your country calls---it is your duty to obey. / Capt Wm. Yerkes. August 13, 1862.
Publisher	[Doylestown, Pa.] : Printed at the "Democrat" Office, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pa., by W.W.H. Davis
Publisher	PA. Doylestown. 1862
Date	[1862]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 68 x 54 cm.
Notes	The illustration, signed H.L.S. L. Johnson & Co. Copyright secured, shows an eagle on a shield, with a blank banner.
	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.
	United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
	Bounties, Military -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County.
	Public meetings -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County.
Geographic subject	Bucks County (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century.
Genre	Broadsides.
	Woodcuts.
	Recruiting posters.
Illustrator	Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882, ill.
Illustrator	L. Johnson & Co., engraver.
Printer	Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910, printer.
Printer	Doylestown Democrat Office, printer.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| 2# Am 1862 Flag (1)5777.F.63b (McAllister)
Accession number	(1)5777.F.63b (McAllister)