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Head quarters, 157th Regiment, P.V. Philadelphia City Guard! : 527 Chestnut St. Col. William A. Gray. $152 bounty $152 and a gum blanket to each recruit!
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Creator
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 157th (1862-1865)
Contributor
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1862.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
King & Baird, printer.
Title
Head quarters, 157th Regiment, P.V. Philadelphia City Guard! : 527 Chestnut St. Col. William A. Gray. $152 bounty $152 and a gum blanket to each recruit!
Publisher
[Philadelphia, Pa] : King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philadelphia
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date
[1862?]
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 113 x 81 cm.
Notes
The Philadelphia City Guard, the 157th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in Oct. 1862; in 1865 it was consolidated with the 191st Regiment. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 833, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 14-.
Printed in red and blue.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject
Gray, William A.
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Bounties, Military -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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 | 4# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.18 (McAllister)
Accession number
(4)5777.F.18 (McAllister)
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