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Creator United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 157th (1862-1865). Company D.
Contributor Ashton, James W.
Caldwell, Frank M.
Rowland, William M.
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1862.
McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title $315 bounty Philad'a City Guard 157th Regiment, P.V., : Col. William A. Gray. Enlist in Company D Recruits wanted! Government bounty, in advance $25 00 City bounty, in advance, 200 00 One month's pay, in advance, 13 00 Enlistment premium, 2 00 On being mustered out, 75 00 Total, $315 00 A gum blanket to each recruit. Men will be uniformed and sent to camp at once. Recruiting offices, 218 North Third Street, and 405 Walnut St. / William N. Rowland, Captain. 1st Lieut. Frank M. Caldwell, 2d Lieut. James W. Ashton, recruiting officers.
Title Philad'a City Guard 157th Regiment, P.V.
Publisher [Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1862
Date [1862?]
Physical Description 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 61 x 49 cm.
Notes The Philadelphia City Guard, the 157th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, began recruiting in Oct. 1862; in 1865 it was consolidated with the 191st Regiment. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 833, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 140.
Printed in red.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject Gray, William A.
United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Bounties, Military -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Broadsides.
Recruiting posters.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | #Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.53b (McAllister)
Accession number (1)5777.F.53b (McAllister)

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