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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 71st (1861-1864)
Contributor Mehring, Henry.
Tittermary, Joseph C.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
J.H. Jones & Co., printer.
Title Col. E.D. Baker's California Regiment. : A rendezvous for the enrollment of a company of picked men will be opened on Monday, August 12, 1861, at the house of Henry Mehring, Passyunk Road opposite Queen Street. This company will leave for the seat of war in two weeks, or sooner, if full. / Joseph C. Tittermary, Captain. Philadelphia, August 10, 1861.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : J.H. Jones & Co., book and job printers, No. 34 Carter's Alley, one door East of the Post Office
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date [1861]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 48 x 30 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; Edward D. Baker was killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct. 21, 1861. 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 Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-1861,
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Broadsides.
Recruiting posters.
Printer J.H. Jones & Co., printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | #Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.7d (McAllister)
Accession number (2)5777.F.7d (McAllister)

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