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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 99th (1861-1865). Company K.
Contributor Birch, Thomas R., d. 1862.
Halfmann, William D.
Hoguet, Frank.
Smith, J. D.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Volunteers wanted for Company K, Lincoln Legion : the pioneer company of the regiment. $100 bounty! 360 acres of land! Rations, pay and clothing at once. 7 companies now in active service at Washington Head quarters, 259 South Third Street. / Capt. Frank Hoguet. 1st Lieut., T.R. Birch. 2d " J.D. Smith. W.D. Halfmann, O.S.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date [1861]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 43 x 27 cm.
Notes The 99th Regiment Infantry of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized from July 1861 to Jan. 1862, under command of Col. Romaine Lujeane until Nov. 7, 1861, then Col. Thomas W. Sweeney until Jan. 24, 1862; it was mustered out July 1, 1865; Frank Hoguet was captain of Company K until his resignation Feb. 17, 1862; Thomas R. Birch died at Alexandria, Va., Jan. 5, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 506, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 118.
Printed on yellow paper.
The illustration is an eagle with the banner: Sheath not the sword while a traitor's foot pollutes the soil.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Lujeane, Romaine.
Sweeney, Thomas W.
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 | #Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.76a (McAllister)
Accession number (1)5777.F.76a (McAllister)

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