Men of the Keystone State rally for its defence! : And join Capt. C.A. Thomas's independent company! For 90 days service and avoid the draft. The soil of Pennsylvania, where "Liberty" was first proclaimed "throughout the land, and to all the inhabitants thereof," must not be polluted by the footsteps of traitors. He who fails to rally at once to defend his home, his family and his country, is unworthy of the name of freeman, and of the priceless legacy bequeathed to him by a glorious and noble ancestry. All the state and city bounty given! Head-quarters of the company No. 921 North Tenth Street, above Poplar. / 1st Lieut. Henry C. Christy. 2d " [blank] Charles A. Thomas, Captain. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Creator	Pennsylvania. Militia. Infantry Regiment, 51st (1863). Company C.
Contributor	Christy, Henry V.
	Thomas, Charles A.
	Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1863.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	King & Baird, printer.
Title	Men of the Keystone State rally for its defence! : And join Capt. C.A. Thomas's independent company! For 90 days service and avoid the draft. The soil of Pennsylvania, where "Liberty" was first proclaimed "throughout the land, and to all the inhabitants thereof," must not be polluted by the footsteps of traitors. He who fails to rally at once to defend his home, his family and his country, is unworthy of the name of freeman, and of the priceless legacy bequeathed to him by a glorious and noble ancestry. All the state and city bounty given! Head-quarters of the company No. 921 North Tenth Street, above Poplar. / 1st Lieut. Henry C. Christy. 2d " [blank] Charles A. Thomas, Captain.
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date	[1863]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 80 x 58 cm.
Notes	Capt. C.A. Thomas led Company C of the 51st Regiment Infantry, Ninety-Day Militia, the Second Coal Trade Regiment, under command of Col. Oliver Hopkinson; the regiment was mustered into service July 3 and discharged Sept. 2, 1863; Henry V. Christy was 2nd Lieut. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 1293, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 250.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Hopkinson, Oliver, 1812-1905,
	Pennsylvania Militia -- Militia -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
	Coal trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject	Pennsylvania -- 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 1863 Penn Mil (3)5777.F.19 (McAllister)
Accession number	(3)5777.F.19 (McAllister)