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2d Pa. Cavalry Regiment for the First Brigade. : Headquarters, 337 Chestnut Street. / Col. Wm. Frishmuth. $100 bounty $50 cash in hand when mustered.
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Creator
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865)
Contributor
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title
2d Pa. Cavalry Regiment for the First Brigade. : Headquarters, 337 Chestnut Street. / Col. Wm. Frishmuth. $100 bounty $50 cash in hand when mustered.
Publisher
[Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date
[1861 or 1862]
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 81 x 61 cm.
Notes
On Nov. 5, 1861, Col. Frishmuth received authority from President Lincoln and Governor Curtin to raise a cavalry regiment and the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 113th Pennsylvania Volunteers was formed; it was mustered out July 20, 1865; Col. Firshmuth resigned April 20, 1862, before the regiment left camp. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 3, p. 1143, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 170.
The illustration shows a cavalry charge, with two buildings in the background.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject
Frishmuth, William, 1830-1893.
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subject
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre
Broadsides.
Woodcuts.
Recruiting posters.
Provenance
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 3# Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.18a (McAllister)
Accession number
(1)5777.F.18a (McAllister)
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