Do not wait to be drafted! : Volunteer your services to your country, by joining the Cadwalader Greys, who are to move in a few days. Armory & recruiting station, N.E. cor. Eighth & Chestnut Sts. / Capt. I.A. Bassett.

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Creator	United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 17th (1861). Company H.
Contributor	Bassett, Isaac Charles Mifflin, 1829-1869.
	Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	J.H. Jones & Co., printer.
Title	Do not wait to be drafted! : Volunteer your services to your country, by joining the Cadwalader Greys, who are to move in a few days. Armory & recruiting station, N.E. cor. Eighth & Chestnut Sts. / Capt. I.A. Bassett.
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : From J.H. Jones & Co., printers, 234 Carter street, Philadelphia
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date	[1861]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 49 x 30 cm.
Notes	The 17th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, under command of Col. Francis E. Patterson, was created out of several companies, including the Cadwalader Grays; it was mustered in April 25 and mustered out Aug. 2, 1861; Isaac C. Bassett was captain of Company H. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 1, p. 159, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 35.
	The illustration is an eagle on a shield, no banner.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Patterson, Francis Engle, 1821-1862.
	United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subject	Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre	Broadsides.
	Woodcuts.
	Recruiting posters.
Printer	J.H. Jones & Co., printer.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| #Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.11d (McAllister)
Accession number	(2)5777.F.11d (McAllister)