Creator |
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 121st (1862-1865). Company D. |
Contributor |
Kay, J. Alfred. |
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Bruner's Hotel (Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1862. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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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
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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.
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Printed in red and blue; printed area, including ornmental border, measures 7.2 x 10.2 cm. |
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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.
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
Subject |
Biddle, Chapman, 1822-1880. |
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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) |