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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 198th (1864-1865). Company C.
Contributor Mulfrey, George W., d. 1865.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1864.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
King & Baird, printer.
Title Men of the 15th Ward avoid the draft! : The 5th of September is coming! Company "C" 6th Union League Regiment! Colonel H.G. Sickel, commanding, for one year. ... Total for one year's service, $742 $483 cash down. Headquarters, Eighteenth and Green Streets. See sign board. / Capt. G.W. Mulfrey, of the 88th Penna.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date [1864]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 82 x 56 cm.
Notes The Sixth Union League Regiment, the 198th Pennsylvania Infantry, under the command of Horatio G. Sickel, was organized in Sept. 1864 and mustered out June 3, 1865; George W. Mulfrey died at Lewis Farm, Va. March 9, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 464, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 271.
The ward bounty is listed as $50.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Sickel, Horatio Gates, 1817-1890.
Bounty Fund Committee (15th Ward, Philadelphia, Pa.)
Union League of Philadelphia.
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Bounties, Military -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Draft -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Broadsides.
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 1864 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.50b (McAllister)
Accession number (4)5777.F.50b (McAllister)

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