$229 bounty. Recruits wanted! For the old 81st Regm't, P.V. : Commanded by Col. Charles F. Johnson. The ranks of this gallant old regiment have been fearfully thinned at the Rappahannock, York Town, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hills and Antietam. All that wish to go into service immediately, should apply at Jones' Hotel, No. 620 Chestnut Street. / Captain Wm. Wilson, recruiting officer. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Creator	United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 81st (1861-1865)
Contributor	Wilson, William.
	Jones' Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
	Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1862.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	King & Baird, printer.
Title	$229 bounty. Recruits wanted! For the old 81st Regm't, P.V. : Commanded by Col. Charles F. Johnson. The ranks of this gallant old regiment have been fearfully thinned at the Rappahannock, York Town, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hills and Antietam. All that wish to go into service immediately, should apply at Jones' Hotel, No. 620 Chestnut Street. / Captain Wm. Wilson, recruiting officer.
Title	Recruits wanted! For the old 81st Regm't, P.V.
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date	[1862]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 104 x 65 cm.
Notes	The 81st Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was mustered in Aug. 1861 and mustered out June 29, 1965; Col. C.F. Johnson took command May 31, was wounded at Charles City Cross Roads, Va. June 30, and resigned Nov. 24, 1862. Ct. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 2, p. 1167, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 102.
	Printed in red and blue; printed on two 53 x 65 cm. sheets pasted together.
	The illustration shows a regimental parade, with a sargeant major leading, left arm raised, four drummer boys, and one mounted officer.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Johnson, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1827-1867,
	United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
	Peninsular Campaign, 1862.
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 \| 3# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.7 (McAllister)
Accession number	(4)5777.F.7 (McAllister)