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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865). Company K.
Contributor Ellis, Howard.
Neill, Thomas W.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
King & Baird, printer.
Stephens, H. L. 1824-1882, ill.
L. Johnson & Co., engraver.
Title Colonel Rush's Light Cavalry. Company K, active men wanted! : The regiment is now in camp on the Second Street Road, ab. Nicetown Lane. This company will be fully equipped here, with horses, arms, and clothing. Recruiting station, 403 Chestnut Street. / Howard Ellis, Captain. [blank] 1st Lieut. T.W. Neill, 2d
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : King & Baird, printers, No. 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date [1861]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 84 x 60 cm.
Notes Rush's Light Cavalry, the 70th Regiment, 6th Cavalry of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1861 and mustered out in Aug. 1865; Richard H. Rush resigned Sept. 29, 1863; Howard Ellis resigned March 22, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 741, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 162.
Printed in red and blue.
The illustration, signed H.L.S. L. Johnson & Co. Copyright secured, is an eagle on a shield with the banner: No compromise with traitors, and no argument but the cannon's mouth.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Rush, Richard Henry, 1824-1893,
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Broadsides.
Woodcuts.
Recruiting posters.
Illustrator Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882, ill.
Illustrator L. Johnson & Co., engraver.
Printer King & Baird, printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.18l (McAllister)
Accession number (1)5777.F.18l (McAllister)

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