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Creator King & Baird.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Attention! The best military book ever published. Now ready, Baxter's Volunteer's manual, : containing full instructions for the recruit, in the schools of the soldier and squad, given in the most simple style, ... Illustrated with over 100 engravings, ... By Lt. Col. De Witt C. Baxter, of the National Guard, now in the service of the United States. This book is officially approved of. ... The same work is also published in the German language, at the same price, ... / King & Baird, printers and publishers, 607 Sansom St., Philad'a. To whom all orders should be addressed.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n]
Date [1861]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 37 x 11 cm.
Notes De Witt Clinton Baxter's The volunteers manual, and Baxter's Handbuch des Freiwilligen were each issued by King & Baird in 1861.
The illustration shows three soldiers standing at attention.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Baxter, De Witt Clinton, ca. 1829-1881. Baxter's Handbuch des Freiwilligen.
Baxter, De Witt Clinton, ca. 1829-1881. Volunteer's manual.
German American soldiers.
Publishers and publishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre Broadsides.
Publishers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1861.
Woodcuts.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | sm # Am 1861 King (2)5786.F.53a (McAllister)
Accession number (2)5786.F.53a (McAllister)

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