| Creator |
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Artillery Regiment, 2nd (1861-1866) |
| Contributor |
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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L. Johnson & Co., engraver. |
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Stephens, H. L. 1824-1882, ill. |
| Title |
1st Pen'a. Regiment of Heavy Artillery, : Col. Angeroth under express orders for Fortress Monroe. Recruits wanted who will
be mustered into service at once; encampments, provisions, and pay to commence as soon as mustered in. Comfortable barracks
provided. Rolls open at the head-quarters, No. 506 Vine St. and [blank] for battery [blank] [blank] Capt.
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| Publisher |
[Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1861 |
| Date |
[1861 or 1862] |
| Physical Description |
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 79 x 57 cm. |
| Notes |
Charles Angeroth was authorized in Oct. 1861 to raise a battalion of heavy artillery; the 112th Regiment, 2nd Artillery of
the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was mustered in Jan. 8, 1862 and mustered out Jan. 29, 1866; Angeroth was discharged June 21,
1862 and replaced by A.A. Gibson. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1059, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia
in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 150.
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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 through the cannons mouth!
|
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
| Subject |
Angeroth, Charles. |
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United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Geographic subject |
Fort Monroe (Va.) |
|
Washington (D.C.) -- Defenses. |
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Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| Genre |
Broadsides. |
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Woodcuts. |
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Recruiting posters. |
| Illustrator |
Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882, ill. |
| Illustrator |
L. Johnson & Co., engraver. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.33a (McAllister) |
| Accession number |
(2)5777.F.33a (McAllister) |
