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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 116th (1862-1865)
Contributor Murray, Thomas A.
Globe Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title Ho! for Washington : Men wanted for Company "M," Col. Heenan's reg't The only regiment accepted by the War Department for three months. This is the only chance for men to enlist, as the reg't must report in Washington on the 15th of this month, (June.) Apply at either of the following stations: Globe Hotel, Sixth Street, below Chestnut or at S.W. corner of Sixth and Girard Avenue. / Thos. A. Murray, Captain.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Job Print, Ledger Buildings, Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [1862]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 37 x 29 cm.
Notes Col. Dennis Heenan received authority June 11, 1862, to recruit a regiment; the 116th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was recruited for three years' service in the summer of 1862 and mustered out July 14, 1865; Col. Heenan was wounded at Fredericksburg in Dec. 1862, and discharged in Jan. 1863; there was no Company M; Thomas A. Murray served as captain of Company B and was discharged Jan. 27, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1228, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 128.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Heenan, Dennis.
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Broadsides.
Recruiting posters.
Printer United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | #Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.14b (McAllister)
Accession number (2)5777.F.14b (McAllister)

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