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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 75th (1861-1865). Company K.
Contributor Wyck, Christian, 1829 or 30-1862.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
King & Baird, printer.
L. Johnson & Co., engraver.
Title Achtung! 40stes Regiment Pennsylv. Voluntairs, General Henry Bohlen, Camp, Hunter's Chapel, Va. : Jeder eingemusterte Mann erhält sofort drei Dollars handgeld, un wird vollständig ausgerüstet, und mit Springfield Büchlen vom Jahre 1861 bewaffnet, ehe er zum Camp abreist. / Näheres erfährt man bei Kapitain C. Wyck, 344 Nord Dritte Strasse, Philadelphia.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Gedruckt bei King und Baird, 607 Sansomstrasse
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date [1861]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 55 x 48 cm.
Notes The 75th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, originally known as the 40th, was recruited primarily from German Americans in the Philadelphia area, beginning in Aug. 1861; it was mustered out Sept. 1, 1865; Christian Wyck was promoted to Captain of Company K Dec. 1, 1861, and drown in the Shenandoah River April 15, 1862; General Bohlen was killed at Freeman's Ford, Va., Aug. 22, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 2, p. 915, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 99.
The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., shows an eagle on a shield, with the banner: Die Union und die Constitution.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Bohlen, Henry, 1810-1862.
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subject United States -- Armed Forces -- German Americans.
Genre Broadsides.
Woodcuts.
Recruiting posters.
Associated name McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Illustrator L. Johnson & Co., engraver.
Printer King & Baird, printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | #Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.36d (McAllister)
Accession number (2)5777.F.36d (McAllister)

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