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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 121st (1862-1865). Company D.
Contributor Kay, J. Alfred.
Bruner's Hotel (Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.)
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1862.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
King & Baird, printer.
Title $160 bounty, and one month's pay in advance. Chapman Biddle's 121st Regiment, P.V. Company F. / Lieut. J. Alfred Kay, is now recruiting at Bruner's Hotel, Germantown. (Turn over
Title This is a crack regiment
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : King & Baird, prs, Sansom St. Philada
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [1862 or 1863]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 8 x 11 cm.
Notes The 121st Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized in Sept. 1862, and mustered out in June 1865; Chapman Biddle was discharged in Dec. 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 30, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 135.
Printed in red and blue; printed area, including ornmental border, measures 7.2 x 10.2 cm.
On verso: This is a crack regiment. Young men wishing to serve their country, have now a fine opportunity. One sharp, short campaign, will save our brave comrades now in the field, crush the rebellion, and establish the Union forever on an indestructible foundation. Rally--do not wait to be drafted. (Over.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Biddle, Chapman, 1822-1880.
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Recruiting posters.
Printer King & Baird, printer.
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.75d (McAllister)
Accession number (1)5777.F.75d (McAllister)

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