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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 71st (1861-1864)
Contributor McMahon, Bernard J.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1862.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title The Old California : Col. Isaac J. Wistar. Recruits will please step up stairs at 905 Market St. Let us fill up the ranks which have been thinned by many battles. Come and share the glory of Ball's Bluff! Malvern Hill! and Antietam! The same bounties as are given by all the city regiments. / Lieut. B.J. McMahon, recruiting officer, 905 Market Street second floor.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : United States Steam Job Print, Ledger Buildings, Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [1862]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 61 x 48 cm.
Notes The California Regiment, the 71st Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in April and May 1861 and mustered out July 2, 1864; Isaac J. Wistar was promoted to Col. Oct. 22, 1861 and to Brig. Gen. Nov. 29, 1862; the Battle of Antietam was fought in Sept. 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 2, p. 788, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 89.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Wistar, Isaac J. (Isaac Jones), 1827-1905,
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 | 2# am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.65 (McAllister)
Accession number (1)5777.F.65 (McAllister)

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