Constitution of the Christian Association of Quakertown and Vicinity, : (auxiliary to the United States Christian Commission). Adopted April 1st, 1864. ... The object of this association shall therefore be to promote the spiritual as well as temporal welf
Title
Constitution of the Christian Association of Quakertown and Vicinity (auxiliary to the United States Christian Commission). Adopted April 1st, 1864. ... The object of this association shall therefore be to promote the spiritual as well as temporal welfare of the officers and soldiers of the United States Army and Navy
Description
Paretheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 33.8 x 29.9 cm., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Christian Association of Quakertown and Vicinity (Quakertown, Pa.)
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Christian (2)5786.F.23a (McAllister)
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 Enroll
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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
Description
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., Printed in red and black., 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]., 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, 104th (1861-1865)
Date
[1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.9 (McAllister)