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- Title
- Union mass meeting! The friends of the government of the United States, and supporters of the national and state authorities, without regard to party distinction, will assemble in mass convention at Chester! On Thursday, October 8th, in the afternoon and evening commencing at 2 and 7 o'clock, P.M. Come men of Pennsylvania, in the spirit of freedom, to support your brave brethren who are in arms ... your government, and for the protection of your property and homes. Come! all who are in favor of the supremacy of law, order and the Constitution, and who wish to avoid the anarchy and despotism which an atrocious rebellion would impose on the freemen of the United States. The following gentlemen will be present and address the meeting: Gov. Andrew G. Curtin, Gen. B.F. Bruce, of New York, Col. R.S. Mathews, of Baltimore, Col. Philip S. White, of Philadelphia, John W. Forney, Esq. Hon. John M. Broomall, " John Hickman, Wayne McVeagh, Esq. Morton McMichael, Esq. and other eminent speakers who will be sent by the State Central Committee. A splendid display of pyrotecnics will take place in the evening, under the direction of Prof. Jackson
- Description
- There are 105 additional names listed in the Committee of Arrangements., Oct. 8 fell on a Thursday in 1863., The illustration, signed H.L.S. L.Johnson & Co. Copyright secured, shows an eagle on a shield, with the banner: No party but our country., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; torn and repaired, affecting some text., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1863 Union (5)5777.F.15 (McAllister)
- Title
- Volunteers wanted! For the Crozier Guard, Co. F, 5th Regiment Infantry, Baker's Brigade. Recruits will be mustered in, equipped and sent to camp, at once! Head quarters, No. 207 South Fourth St. Recruiting office, Main Street, Chester. (Office open night and day.)
- Description
- The 5th Regiment of Baker's Brigade, the 106th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized Aug. to Oct. 1861 and mustered out June 30, 1865; Edward D. Baker was killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Va., Oct. 21, 1861; Ford, Foliot, and Wetzler in fact had command of Company I. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 828, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 93., Printed in red and blue., The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., is an eagle on a shield with the banner: No compromise with traitors, and no argument but the cannon's mouth., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 106th (1861-1865), Company F.
- Date
- [1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.32a (McAllister)
- Title
- For your country! Now or never! Don't wait to be drafted! To horse! The foe is on us!! Young men wanted to join at once! The first troop Penn'a Light Horse! We will fight the guerillas on their own soil! Arouse, men of Pennsylvania! The rebels are menacing the homes of your fathers!! "Strike for your altars and your fires! Strike for the green graves of your sires! Strike, till the last armed foe expires!" Your countrymen have provided liberally for your families, and all the bounties for three years, or the war, will be paid men joining this troop
- Description
- The 16th Cavalry, 161st Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, under the command of Col. J. I. Gregg until Aug. 1864, was organized in the summer and fall of 1862 and mustered out in Aug. 7, 1865; Nathan S. Hill and Archer N. Martin both served in Company I; Lieut. Hill was promoted to captain Nov. 15, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 950, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 179., Printed in red and blue., The illustration shows a mounted Union cavalry soldier, sabre drawn, attacking a mounted Confederate soldier., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 16th (1862-1865), Company I.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.16i (McAllister)