Commissioners' office, [blank] 1862. SS. : I hereby certify that I have accepted [blank] as a substitute for [blank] the said [blank] having been drafted according to law, to serve in the Militia of the state of Pennsylvania, from the county of [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D., 1862, and is duly credited to the aforesaid county of [blank] as part of the quota of said county. / [blank] Commissioner of draft for [blank] County, Pa. Philadelphia, [blank] 1862. I certify that [blank] has been duly mustered into the service of the United States, in Company [blank] of the 156th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, for the term of three years, or during the war. [blank] U.S.A. mustering officer. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Contributor	Pennsylvania.
	United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 156th (1862-1863)
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, former owner.
	King & Baird, printer.
Title	Commissioners' office, [blank] 1862. SS. : I hereby certify that I have accepted [blank] as a substitute for [blank] the said [blank] having been drafted according to law, to serve in the Militia of the state of Pennsylvania, from the county of [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D., 1862, and is duly credited to the aforesaid county of [blank] as part of the quota of said county. / [blank] Commissioner of draft for [blank] County, Pa. Philadelphia, [blank] 1862. I certify that [blank] has been duly mustered into the service of the United States, in Company [blank] of the 156th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, for the term of three years, or during the war. [blank] U.S.A. mustering officer.
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : Printed and for sale by King & Baird, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date	[1862]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 25 x 19 cm.
Notes	A blank form.
	The Board of Trade Rifle Regiment, the 156th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers began recruiting in the fall 1862 with "indifferent success" and in Feb. 1863 was consolidated with recruits for the 157th 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.
	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.
	Draft -- Pennsylvania.
Geographic subject	Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre	Blank forms.
	Broadsides.
Printer	King & Baird, printer.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, former owner.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| sm # Am 1862 Commiss (2)5777.F.76f (McAllister)
Accession number	(2) 5777.F.76f (McAllister)