Col. Baxter's Philadelphia Fire Zouaves. : Recruits wanted! Who will be mustered in, equipped, and sent to camp immediately. Office, No. 527 Chestnut St., up stairs.

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Creator	United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 72nd (1861-1864)
Contributor	Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1862.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	King & Baird, printer.
Title	Col. Baxter's Philadelphia Fire Zouaves. : Recruits wanted! Who will be mustered in, equipped, and sent to camp immediately. Office, No. 527 Chestnut St., up stairs.
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date	[1862?]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 80 x 56 cm.
Notes	The Philadelphia Fire Zouaves, the 72nd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in Aug. 1861, and was mustered out in Aug. 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 829, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 91.
	The illustration shows a Union soldier in Zouave uniform, sabre drawn, attacking a Confederate soldier.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; MS. note, possibly from the printer, noting date and number printed: Feb 25 100.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Baxter, De Witt Clinton, ca. 1829-1881,
	United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
	Fire fighters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre	Broadsides.
	Woodcuts.
	Recruiting posters.
Printer	King & Baird, printer.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.35c (Mcallister)
Accession number	(2)5777.F.35c (McAllister)