| Creator |
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 104th (1861-1865) |
| Contributor |
Kessler, Henry C. |
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McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885 |
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Yardley, Mahlon. |
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Plow and Harrow (Reading, Pa.) |
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Pennsylvania. Doylestown. 1862. |
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Davis, W. W. H. 1820-1910, printer. |
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Doylestown Democrat Office, printer. |
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McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector. |
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L. Johnson & Co., engraver. |
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Stephens, H. L. 1824-1882, ill. |
| Title |
Recruits wanted! 104th Pennsylvania Regiment! : Wanted for the Ringgold Regiment, {104th} Pennsylvania Volunteers, a number
of good men, pay and rations to commence upon enrollment. Bounties: By the the United States, $100 00 By Bucks County, 50
00 Enrollment premium, 4 00 One month's advance pay, 13 00 Total, $167 00 The bounty of the county and $25 of the government
bounty, with the enrollment premium, and one month's pay, will be paid to each man as soon as mustered in, making $92; and
the balance, $75, when honorably discharged. By entering this regiment you will be thrown into the company of your friends
and neighbors, who are now well drilled, and from whom you will soon learn the duties and arts of war, and you will share
the honors and praises that fall to the lot of this distinguished regiment. Citizens! You have but two weeks to volunteer,
when the draft will be upon you. Will you not prefer going as volunteers and receive the bounties, than to be taken against
your will and receive nothing but your monthly pay. Those wishing to enroll will call at the headquarters, three doors below
the "Democrat" office, Doylestown; or at the recruiting offices at Quakertown, Kintnerville, Bristol, and Plow and Harrow,
Reading. / 1st Lieut. M. Yardley, 2nd Lieut. Henry C. Kessler, general recruiting officers. By order of Maj.-Gen. McClellan.
...
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| Publisher |
[Doylestown, Pa.] : Printed at the "Democrat" Office, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pa., by W.W.H. Davis |
| Publisher |
PA. Doylestown. 1862 |
| Date |
[1862?] |
| Physical Description |
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 96 x 63 cm. |
| Notes |
The Ringgold Regiment, 104th Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col. W.W.H. Davis commanding, was recruited primarily in Bucks
County; the first company was mustered into service Sept. 6, 1861; the regiment was mustered out Sept. 30, 1865. Cf. S.P.
Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 733.
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Printed in red and black. |
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The illustration, signed H.L.S. L. Johnson & Co. Copyright secured, shows an eagle on a shield, with the banner: Fair Oaks,
Chickahominy, and Harrison's Point! [all battles of the Peninsular Campaign, March-July 1862].
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. |
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Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War. |
| Subject |
Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910, |
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United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
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Bounties, Military -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County. |
| Geographic subject |
Bristol (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century. |
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Bucks County (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century. |
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Doylestown (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century. |
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Kintnerville (Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
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Quakertown (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century. |
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Reading (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century. |
| Genre |
Broadsides. |
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Woodcuts. |
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Recruiting posters. |
| Illustrator |
Stephens, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1824-1882, ill. |
| Illustrator |
L. Johnson & Co., engraver. |
| Printer |
Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910, printer. |
| Printer |
Doylestown Democrat Office, printer. |
| Provenance |
McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 3# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.9 (McAllister) |
| Accession number |
(4)5777.F.9 (McAllister) |
