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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 157th (1862-1865). Company H.
Contributor Eshelman, J. N.
Osbourn, F. A.
Rodgers, James B.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1862.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Recruits wanted for Company H, Philadelphia City Guard, 157th Regiment, P.V., : Col. William A. Gray. $165 bounty, each recruit will receive a gum blanket, and will be uniformed and sent to camp immediately, pay and rations commence from date of muster. $90 cash. Recruiting officers, N.W. cor. Seventh and Chestnut, 216 N. Second Street. J.B. Rodgers, Captain. 1st Lieut. J.N. Eshelman, 2d Lieut. F.A. Osbourn.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [1862?]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 56 x 80 mm.
Notes The Philadelphia City Guard, the 157th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in Oct. 1862; in 1865 it was consolidated with the 191st Regiment. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 4, p. 833, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War, p. 140.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Gray, William A.
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Bounties, Military -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Broadsides.
Recruiting posters.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.75p (McAllister)
Accession number (1)5777.F.75p (McAllister)

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