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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 72nd (1861-1864). Company R.
Contributor De Young, Washington R.
Doerr, 2nd Lieut.
Houpt, 1st Lieut.
Lynch, Louis P.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
King & Baird, printer.
Title Baxter's Fire Zouaves! The only chance to join this first-class regiment! : A few more active, able-bodied young men, to fill up Company R. Will be equipped at once, and sent to Camp Observation, near Poolesville, Maryland. Apply at recruiting station, 1st Lieut. Houpt, 2d " Doerr. Capt. W.R. De Young. Louis P. Lynch, recruiting sergeant.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date [1861?]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 77 x 56 cm.
Notes The Philadelphia Fire Zouaves, the 72nd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in Aug. 1861, though only companies A through K were formed; the regiment drilled at Camp Observation in the fall of 1861, and was mustered out in Aug. 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 829, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 91.
Printed in red.
The illustration shows a Union soldier in Zouave uniform, sabre drawn, attacking a Confederate soldier.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Baxter, De Witt Clinton, ca. 1829-1881,
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Broadsides.
Woodcuts.
Recruiting posters.
Printer King & Baird, printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.35b (McAllister)
Accession number (2)5777.F.35b (McAllister)

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