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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 75th (1861-1865)
Contributor Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
King & Baird, printer.
Title Aufgepaszt!!! Col. Bohlen : Sibt ein Handgeld von drei Dollars jedem gesunden un kräftigen Voluntär. Sofortige Verpflegung und Beköstigung!! Hauptquartier, No. 344 Nord Dritte Strasse.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa.] : Gedruckt bei King und Baird, 607 Sansomstrasse, Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date [1861]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 81 x 57 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; 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.
Printed in red and blue.
The illustration shows a U.S. flag and an eagle, with the banner: Union und Freiheit für immer! Tod den Verräthern!!
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.
Printer King & Baird, printer.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.37a (McAllister)
Accession number (2)5777.F.37a (McAllister)

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