Details
Creator Pennsylvania. Militia. Infantry Regiment, 40th (1863). Company A.
Contributor Heaton, Samuel M.
Scott, John C.
Walter, Harry.
Pennsylvania. Militia. Infantry Regiment, 40th (1863). Company I.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1863.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title To arms! To arms! Coal Regiment! : 45 dollars bounty! Recruits wanted for 3 months Co. "A." $25 bounty to each volunteer, in addition to $20 city bounties--making $45 in all. Col. Alfred Day, commanding. / Capt. S.M. Heaton. 1st Lieut. John C. Scott. 2d Lieut. Harry Walter. Recruiting offices, No. 210 1/2 Walnut Street and Rail Road Office, Port Richmond.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date [1863]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 61 x 49 cm.
Notes The First Coal Trade Regiment, 40th Regiment Infantry of the Ninety-Day Militia, under command of Col. Alfred M. Day, was mustered into service July 1 and discharged Aug. 3 and 4, 1863. Cf. F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 250. Samuel M. Heaton, John C. Scott, and Harry Walter ended up in Company I. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1266.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Day, Alfred M.
Pennsylvania Militia -- Militia -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Bounties, Military -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Coal trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Pennsylvania -- 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 | 2# Am 1863 Penn Mil (2)5777.F.42 (McAllister)
Accession number (2)5777.F.42 (McAllister)

In Collections