(101 - 150 of 400)
- Title
- Defend the state! $60 bounty $60 bounty Headquarters 1st Reg't Infantry, P.H.G. No. 7 State House Row. This regiment is recruiting for 3 months! Under the call of the governor, to defend the state of Penn'a. Commanders of companies will report daily at 10 o'clock. Each man enlisting in this corps receives $50 bounty from the city, $10 from Bounty Fund, besides his pay
- Description
- The illustration, signed L. Johnson & Co., is an eagle on a shield, with the banner: 1863. 1863., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Philadelphia (Pa.), Home Guard
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1863 Phila (1)5777.F.25b (McAllister)
- Title
- No drafting No 9 months' service Nothing but the war and its triumphant end! Governor's Guard The officers of this company, who have been in the service of the United States during the present Rebellion, are prepared to muster men in for the war unless sooner discharged, under General Orders, Nos. 28, 30 and 31, of Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania. The following are the inducements offered, by which it will be seen that the volunteer can go to defend his country's honor, feeling sure that his family is provided for during his absence: From $13 to $20 pay per month. One months' pay, $13 to $20, and $75 bounty in advance from the national government. $25 in advance as a bounty from Pennsylvania. $50 in advance from the appropriation of the Councils of the city of Philadelphia, making in all from $163 to $170 in advance. Head-quarters at 219 Lodge Street back of the Provost Marshal's Office, where all communications must be addressed
- Description
- The 66th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, was disbanded March 1, 1862. Cf. F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 81., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Governor's Guard (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Date
- [not before 1862?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Governor (2)5777.F.51 (McAllister)
- Title
- Citizens, halt! The wounds and deaths of relatives and friends cry for vengeance. The Union calls for supporters The traitor hands that have polluted the sacred flag of freedom, must be destroyed. Freedom has decreed that slavery is a political nuisance to be abolished. The flag of the free must not be prostituted to protect the interests of slavery. ... Every whole-souled man, every one capable of bearing arms, who has an American heart, come forward and sign the muster roll. Maj. T.G. Miller, formerly of 3d Reg't Reserves, is now recruiting a company for nine months' service at Mrs. P. Miller's White Horse Tavern, Frankford Road & Columbia Avenue All who will prove themselves men, patriots, defenders of rights that Americans hold dear, come forward and serve for nine months. If they are required for a longer time, they can then enlist again. U.S. pay, food and clothing, and city bounty, secured to the volunteer. Citizens in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war, are invited to call and confer with the major
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [between 1861 and 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Citizens (1)5777.F.71b (McAllister)
- Title
- New York, August 18th, 1862 Attention. Notice is hereby given that a book for registering the names of young men, their residences, and references, will be opened this day, and will remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at the Cooper Institute, Room No. 20. by the undersigned officer, for Colonel Charles C. Dodge's 1st Regiment, New York Mounted Riflemen, twelve month's in service and now at Suffolk, Virginia. For the purpose of forming a company of first-class young men, whose parents may rest assured that the evil influences generally accompanying the promiscuous enrollment of all classes, will be avoided. A committee will be appointed to enquire into the character of each applicant. The following bounty will be paid on being mustered in. viz. $4 recruiting fee. $25 U.S. bounty. $50 state bounty, total $79. One month's pay in advance when the company joins the regiment, and $75 at the end of enlistment. Relief tickets issued. For particulars apply at the above Institute, or at the head quarters No. 12 Centre Street, N.Y
- Description
- The 1st Regiment Mounted Rifles were organized in New York City in July 1861; they were in Suffolk, Va. from July 1862 to April 1863; the regiment was mustered out by consolidation with the 3rd New York Cavalry on July 12, 1865, to form the 4th Provisional Cavalry., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; MS. note: Refer to Wm. E. Dodge the father of the Col. A few more men wanted., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, New York Cavalry, Mounted Rifles, 1st (1861-1865)
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.73b (McAllister)
- Title
- $192! Extra bounty! $192! Fill up the old regiments! Privates wanted! Blacksmiths and buglers wanted!! Vacancies for sergeants and corporals. $192 cash in advance and $75 when discharged from the service will be paid to active, able-bodied men enlisting in the 3d battalion of Col. C.C. Dodge's Regiment of Mounted Rifles, at the recruiting office of Capt. H.C. Spalding, 43 Liberty Street
- Description
- Charles Cleveland Dodge was promoted to Col. in Aug. 1862, and to Brig. Gen. in Nov. 1862., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press from Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, New York Cavalry, Mounted Rifles, 1st (1861-1865)
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.72a (McAllister)
- Title
- Gen'l recruiting office for Second Army Corps No. 416 Library Street. Head-quarters Philad'a Brigade! 69th, 71st, 72d and 106th regiments. The largest bounties given! $675 to veterans having served nine months or over. And $575 to all others! Volunteers will be credited to any ward they may desire, and receive the bounty of the ward to which they are credited. Each volunteer may choose his regiment, and shall receive the largest bounty given
- Description
- Richard L.R. Shreve was promoted to Captain May 1, 1863, and killed at Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 838., Printed in red and blue., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Corps, 2nd
- Date
- [1863 or 1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1863 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.53c (McAllister)
- Title
- Emlem Homestead. Washington's headquarters previous to Battle of Germantown, Whitemarsh, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view of dwelling of George Emlen built circa 1745 and occupied by George Washington during the Whitemarsh Encampment in 1777. View of house obstructed by trees and overgrowth surrounding the house., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title and date given in manuscript on mount.
- Creator
- Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
- Date
- Negative 1903
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.164]
- Title
- Rally! Rally! A few more men wanted for a first-rate company, now forming at Doylestown. Rally to the flag of your country, and avoid a draft! Bounties to this company will be $100 by the government, $50 by the county, and $2 premium, with one month's pay in advance, and extra township bounty
- Description
- The 138th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized in Aug. 1862, and mustered out in June 1865; Company H was recruited in Bucks County; John H. Fisher was killed at the Wilderness, Va., May 1864. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 351., The illustration is a cannon and a U.S. flag., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Revolution.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 138th (1862-1865), Company H.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.47b (McAllister)
- Title
- Stanton Cavalry 19th Penn'a Cavalry! Avoid the draft! Now is your time to join a first-class cavalry regiment. $112 bounty! $50 cash in hand! Each recruit sent to camp as soon as enlisted. Headquarters, 22 South Fourth St
- Description
- The 19th Cavalry, 180th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, under command of Col. Alexander Cummings, was organized in the summer and fall of 1863 at Camp Stanton, and mustered out May 14, 1866. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 5, p. 1, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 181., The illustration shows a cavalry charge, with two buildings in the background., 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, 19th (1863-1866)
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.18j (McAllister)
- Title
- $617 bounty Wanted! Fifteen first rate men! To fill vacancies in the South Kingston company of the Seventh Regiment R.I.V. $500 bounty from the town $117 from the state and United States Apply immediately at the headquarters of the regt., 15 Market Square
- Description
- The Seventh Infantry Regiment of the Rhode Island Volunteers was organized from May to Sept. 1862 and mustered out June 9, 1865., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865)
- Date
- [between 1862 and 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.11 (McAllister)
- Title
- Seventh Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers! $237 bounty It will be seen that the City Council of the city of Providence, appropriated a sum not exceeding $60,000, to promote enlistments, to be paid to volunteers at the rate of one hundred dollars per man Twenty-five dollars! upon taking the prescribed oath after a surgical examination; fifteen dollars! when the company to which he is assigned is mustered into service; and fifteen dollars! per quarter thereafter, until the whole sum is paid. Now is the time to join a Rhode Island regiment! Every man receives one hundred and sixty-two dollars a short time after enlistment. The balance of the United States bounty he receives at the end of the war. Non-commissioned officers apppointed [sic] from the ranks
- Description
- The Seventh Infantry Regiment of the Rhode Island Volunteers was organized from May to Sept. 1862 and mustered out June 9, 1865; the Providence City Council passed a resolution calling for $60,000 of city funds to be appropriated for bounties July 14, 1862., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; completed in MS.: Recruiting office, North Providence Robert G. Lewis at his office; imperfect: torn at head, removing part of first word., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 7th (1862-1865)
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.9 (McAllister)
- Title
- Volunteers attention $525 bounty for one year's service only. $458 cash bounty $458 Largest bounty yet offered. "Rally around the flag boys" and avoid the draft
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- T.W. Wilson & Co.
- Date
- [between 1863 and 1865?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 T W Wilson (2)5777.F.43e (McAllister)
- Title
- $60,000 bounty! City of Providence. Preamble and resolutions passed by the City Council, July 14, 1862 Whereas, in consideration of the exigencies of our country, the president of the United States, acting by the advice of the loyal governors thereof, has issued his call for 300,000 men, in addition to those already in the military service of the country; ... Resolved, that His Honor the Mayor be authorized to draw from the city treasury, of moneys not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixty thousand dollars, to be expended by him as follows: one hundred dollars to each and every able bodied person, the whole number not to exceed six hundred, who shall, within thirty days from the passage of this resolution, enlist in any company or regiment being raised in this city
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Providence (R.I.), City Council
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Prov (1)5777.F.2c (McAllister)
- Title
- Volunteers wanted! According to resolution of County Commissioners, the Recruiting Committee of the Borough of Bethlehem are authorized to offer 300 dollars bounty! (in addition to the bounty of $100 and $16 a month wages, paid by the U.S. government,) to all who are willing to volunteer for one year, to fill the quota of the county under the call of the president for 500,000 men. Recruiting at the Telegraph Office!
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Bethlehem (Pa.), Recruiting Committee
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Bethlehem (2)5777.F.8a (McAllister)
- Title
- 300 recruits wanted immediately for one year's service The highest local bounty cash in hand. $100 government bounty and three months' pay in advance
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Harris & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Date
- [between 1861 and 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Harris (2)5777.F.15a (McAllister)
- Title
- Citizens' Bounty Fund You will facilitate the operations of the committee of citizens having the direction of this fund, by sending the amount of your subscription to me, at the Farmers and Mechanics Bank
- Description
- Printed on p. [1] only., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; folded, stamped, and postmarked Aug. 29; addressed in MS.: Mess. McAllister & Bro., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Citizens' Bounty Fund Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Date
- [1862?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Citizens (2)5777.F.71c (McAllister)
- Title
- New recruits $675 bounty $300 cash on enlistment for new recruits. Government bounty, $400 City bounty, 250 Ward bounty, 25 $675
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Infantry Regiment, 10th
- Date
- [between 1861 and 1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.32d (McAllister)
- Title
- Regular Army! Avoid the draft! Bounty $652 bounty Wanted for the 10th U.S. Infantry able-bodied men, between 18 and 45 years of age. Head-quarters of the regiment are now at Fort Lafayette, New York Harbor, where recruits will be sent on enlistment. For promotion, it is the most favorable time for young men to enlist, as Congress has reserved the position of lieutenant for all meritorious men of the regular army, and it is now impossible for any one to get a commission without first enlisting as a soldier. $100 more bounty given to regulars than is allowed to volunteers. City bounty! $250 city bounty! $25 cash, immediately on enlistment, making the grand sum of $275 cash before leaving the city. For further information, apply at the rendezvous, N.W. cor. Front & Dock Sts
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Infantry Regiment, 10th
- Date
- [between 1863 and 1865?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.33b (McAllister)
- Title
- Regular Army! $402 bounty! Men wanted for the 11th U.S. Infantry! General orders, no. 190. War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, June 25, 1863. For recruiting the regular army. Ordered, that all men enlisting in the regular army for five years' service within 90 days from this date, shall receive premium, advance pay and bounty, of $402, ... E.D. Townsend, assistant adjutant general. For further information apply at the rendezvous, Third & Dock Sts
- Description
- Printed in red and black., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Infantry Regiment, 11th
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.33d (McAllister)
- Title
- Regular Army! $402 bounty! Men wanted for the 11th U.S. Infantry! Head quarters, Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, Mass. Until the 25th of September, 1863, $402 bounty will be paid to each accepted recruit in this regiment. Enlist at once, and secure this large bounty, as it ceases on the 25th. For further information apply at the rendezvous, No. 720 Chestnut St., second floor
- Description
- Printed in red and blue., Orignally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Infantry Regiment, 11th
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.33c (McAllister)
- Title
- $50 reward The above reward will be paid for the apprehension of the following-named private marines deserters from head-quarters, Washington City, D.C., viz.: Henry S. Hyser, Peter B. Clark, Edwin S. Marstella, John Metz, William Reiter, if delivered at the Marine Barracks, Philadelphia Navy Yard, or $10 each
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Marine Corps
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.65c (McAllister)
- Title
- Any man, whether citizen or soldier, bringing to 419 Walnut St., a new recruit, will receive $15--for a veteran $25
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [between 1863 and 1865?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Any man (2)5777.F.25c (McAllister)
- Title
- $350 bounty $350 for one year's service Recruits wanted to fill the quota of a township immediately. $250 cash down when mustered in, and $100 government bounty Apply to the recruiting agent, at the Bald Eagle Hotel, 416 N. Third St., Phila
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [between 1863 and 1865?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1863 Three (2)5777.F.11b (McAllister)
- Title
- Dear Sir: I have been appointed to collect subscriptions in the 4th Precinct of the 8th Ward towards a fund to be appropriated as bounties to men enlisting in and credited to the ward. In the short time that is left for the purpose, it is next to impossible to call upon every person who may desire to contribute to this purpose. I will be at my house, daily, No. 1523 Chestnut (south east corner of 16th,) from 8 to 9 a.m., and from 3 to 4, and 7 to 8 p.m., and I shall very gladly receive any sum that you may feel disposed to give, or that you may collect from your neighbors, for this commendable object
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George), 1835-1921
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1864 Rosen (2)5777.F.70d (McAllister)
- Title
- Important! By orders just received all recruits must be sworn into the service this day, or the United States bounty will not be paid to them. Members of Capt. Hooper's company must report themselves at the armory forthwith. New recruits will be received up to 9 o'clock. Roxbury, Aug. 22, 1862
- Description
- Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; MS. note: Near Boston, Mass., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Important (2)5786.F.95a (McAllister)
- Title
- Odd Fellows' Hall, Frankford Edward Mogridge, business manager George Brown, treasurer Benefit of the 25th Ward Bounty Fund! On Wednesday evening, Aug. 24, '64 on which occasion Briggs' Minstrels and Burlesque Opera Troupe, in connection with the Bridesburg Armory Brass Band will appear in a versatile programme. ... Dramatic readings! ... How is your grandmudder? ... The evening's entertainment will conclude with the Ethiopian opera, entitled The rival boot blacks ... Admission, 25 cents Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performance to commence at half-past 7. Front seats reserved for ladies. Polite ushers will be in attendance
- Description
- Performers include: Billy Burr, Joe Dean, W.G. Hilfrem, F. Marion, W.H. Marshall, J.P. Morris, and Pete Williams., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- Briggs' Minstrels
- Date
- [1864]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB 1864 Briggs (26)5761.F.41b (McAllister)
- Title
- South Street Hospital, 24th and South streets, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior view of the Civil War hospital. Shows convalescing soldiers, seated, in opposite rows, along the walls of a ward. A few men, possibly hospital attendants, stand among the patients. South Street Hospital was also known as "stump hospital" given the large number of amputations performed at the facility., Title from manuscript note on mount: Hospital 24th & South., White mount with square corners., Created postfreeze., Originally part of McAllister scrapbooks of materials of Civil War Views, Places & Events., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 53., Arcadia caption text: Recuperating soldiers are seated in opposite rows lining the walls of a ward in the South Street Hospital. Located at Twenty-fourth and South streets, this Civil War hospital was sometimes referred to as “stump hospital” because of the large number of amputations performed there., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Hospitals [5779.F.14a]
- Title
- "Take care Gilmore you'll knock my brains out."
- Description
- Reproduction of a drawing mocking the Confederate military and Gen. Q.A. Gillmore's bombardment of Charleston, S.C. in August 1863. Shows a "450 lb" cannon ball, shot from a cannon on the bank of Morris Island, swiping past the backside of a Confederate officer. Also shows Fort Sumter in the background, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - Miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51e]
- Title
- Gen. Gilmore."I have no words, my voice is my gun."
- Description
- Reproduction of a satiric drawing criticizing Gen. Q.A. Gillmore's use of greek fire, i.e., an incendiary shell to bombard Charleston, S.C., a civilian center, in August 1863. Shows Gillmore addressing a soldier holding a protest banner near the cannon at the marsh battery, "Swamp Angel," on Morris Island. The banner reads "Protest of the use of Greek Fire. It is unchristian, uncivilized, and uncomfortable.", Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [ca. 1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - Miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51g]
- Title
- Camp Washington, near Centennial grounds, July, 1876. 7th Regiment N.G. Col. E. Clark, Com
- Description
- View showing the campground for the New York National Guard troop participating in the Great Military Parade held July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition. Most of the regiment stands in formation under the command of an officer on horseback in front of rows of tents in a clearing of trees at West Fairmount Park. Also shows the American flag flying over the camp, cannons, and a few soldiers on guard near a tent in the foreground. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art from May 10 to October 10, 1876. The Great Military Parade included around 10,000 military who processed through the city for over one and half hours., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 80
- Creator
- Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918
- Date
- [1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Military [P.9684]
- Title
- [Collection of portraits]
- Description
- Bound volume of portraits primarily delineated by Max Rosenthal showing prominent Philadelphians, and historical and military figures, including members of the Continental Congress, clergyman, legislators, government officials, physicians, military officers, artists, and authors. Contains full-length, half-length, bust-length, and profile portraits, with some containing backgrounds and props. Also includes the front page of a September 1885 edition of "Paper and Press" containing a portrait and biography of Philadelphia publisher Henry Carey Baird and an article about printed blanks., Sitters include Daniel Agnew; William Allen; Richard Bache; Phineas Bond; Thomas Cadwalader; Stephen Decatur; William Ellery, Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson; Miers Fisher; Nicholas Gilman; Ann Diggs Graeme; Thomas Graeme; Joseph Hemphill; Thomas Hopkinson; Jare Ingersoll (1722-1801); Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822); Joel Jones; Moses and Samson Levy; Brockholst Livingston; James Mease; Rev. Henry Morton; William Plumstead; Samuel Powell; Charles B.J.F. de Saint-Memin; Edward Shippen; Edward, James, Matthew, and William Tilghman;George Walton, George M. and Thomas I. Wharton; William Whipple; and Jasper Yeates., Title from stamp on spine., Manuscript index of sitters (1-100) date stamped September 11, 1883 pasted in front of volume., Majority of lithographs signed: MR., Some prints include facsimile signature of sitter., Some sitters identified by manuscript notes., Two of the engravings after daguerreotypes by McClees & Germon., Engravers, lithographers, and printers include Max and L. N. Rosenthal, John Sartain, Henry S. Wagner, and Robert Whitechurch., Max Rosenthal was a skilled lithographer, mezzotint engraver, and painter who delineated the majority of the chromolithographs for the firm he operated with his brothers Louis N., Morris (i.e., Maurice), and Simon Rosenthal in Philadelphia from 1851 to circa 1872. Rosenthal continued to work as an artist and lithographer until 1910., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Index of sitters available at repository.
- Date
- [ca. 1855-ca. 1885]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [Uz 3 10536.Q]
- Title
- Dades' Monument at West Point, [NY]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the Dade Monument, comprised of a carved column mounted on a pedestal with a stone eagle perched on top. The monument sits on a grassy hill surrounded by trees. The United States Military Academy, also known as West Point, was originally a fort first occupied by American forces in 1778. The school was established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1802. The Dade Monument, erected at West Point in 1845, honors Major Francis L. Dade and the 110 soldiers defeated by Seminole warriors in 1835. Originally overlooking the Hudson River, the monument moved further inland three times: once before 1898, in front of the Old Cadet Library in 1917, and near the entrance to the West Point Cemetery in 1948., Time: 10:20, Light: VVery good light, Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- September 5, 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.399]
- Title
- View of the encampment of the Corn Exchange Regiment 118th. Penn. Vols. near Falls of Schuylkill
- Description
- Shows a line of civilians near a large flagpole watching the regiment drill in front of their tents at the camp near East Falls, Philadelphia. Civilians include men and women on horseback, women in a carriage, a family with their pet dog, and a child playing with a hoop. Also shows a military band leading the troops, officers on horseback, and other civilians walking the tree-lined circumference of the camp called Camp Union. Also contains the names of the "Committee of the Corn Exchange Regiment" printed below the image. The Exchange raised an infantry of 1000 men during the summer of 1862 through the enticement of a liberal bounty., Printed below the title: To the President and members of the Corn Exchange and the officers and men of the Regiment this Plate is respectfully dedicated by the Artists., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 795, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc54 P544., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places and Events.
- Creator
- Magee, John L., artist
- Date
- 1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **W429 [5779.F]
- Title
- Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia
- Description
- View showing the first hospital in the United States on Pine Street between Eighth and Ninth streets, built between 1755 and 1805 from the designs of Philadelphia architects, Samuel Rhoads, and David Evans, Jr. In the foreground, pedestrians walk near the brick fence enclosing the multi-winged hospital, and a man in a military uniform settles his bucking horse., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Illustrated in S. Robert Teitelman's Birch's Views of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1982, rev. 2000), pl. 26.
- Creator
- W. Birch & Son
- Date
- 1799
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Birch's views [Sn 26a/P.2276.60]
- Title
- The Battle of Newbern, N.C., March 14th, 1862. Brilliant victory of the Union forces under Genl. A.E. Burnside and total rout of the rebel army, by the heroic volunteers of the North
- Description
- View showing Burnside, on horseback, leading a flank of charging soldiers past a cluster of fallen and injured Confederate soldiers. In the far right background, several other troops charge into battle., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- c1862
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Newbern [5779.F.43]
- Title
- Interior of Fort Sumter during the bombardment, April 12th 1861
- Description
- Shows Major Robert Anderson, Union commander of the fort, overseeing his soldiers manning cannons during the first battle of the Civil War. The men gather cannon balls, hold sponge-rammers at the ready, and fire the cannons. The fort fell to Confederates following 33 hours of bombardment on April 13th, 1861., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War material.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fort Sumter [5794.F.4]
- Title
- Gallant charge of the "Sixty Ninth" on the rebel batteries at the Battle of Bull-run Va., July 21st, 1861
- Description
- View showing the 69th New York state Irish militia regiment, under the command of Michael Corcoran, charging the battery with bayonets. Includes a shirtless soldier on the advance; several fallen soldiers in the foreground; and the "Prince of Wales" flag on display., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Trimmed.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Bull Run [5779.F.36]
- Title
- Encampment [at Richmond]
- Description
- Portrait of several Union army soldiers and personnel at an encampment in Richmond, Virginia during the city's occupation. Near a row of tents, under a canopy made of branches, most of the men sit on chairs. Outside of the canopy two African American men crouch., Title from negative sleeve., Date inferred from content., Gift of Elinor Solis-Cohen, 1980., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Levy & Cohen was a partnership between two Jewish photographers from Philadelphia who in 1865 published a series of views of occupied Richmond at the end of the Civil War. The partnership dissolved in 1865 after the unexpected death of Cornelius Levy.
- Creator
- Levy & Cohen, photographer
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Glass Negatives-Levy & Cohen [P.8532.43]
- Title
- Encampment [at Richmond]
- Description
- Portrait of several Union army soldiers and personnel at an encampment in Richmond, Virginia during the city's occupation. Near a row of tents, under a canopy made of branches, most of the men sit on chairs. Outside of the canopy three African American men sit and stand., Title from negative sleeve., Date inferred from content., Gift of Elinor Solis-Cohen, 1980., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of a series: Levy & Cohen's Views of the Rebel Capital and its Environs., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Levy & Cohen was a partnership between two Jewish photographers from Philadelphia who in 1865 published a series of views of occupied Richmond at the end of the Civil War. The partnership dissolved in 1865 after the unexpected death of Cornelius Levy.
- Creator
- Levy & Cohen, photographer
- Date
- [1865]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Glass Negatives - Levy & Cohen [P.8532.44]
- Title
- Citizens Volunteer Hospital, corner of Broad St. & Washington Avenue
- Description
- Print containing a montage of 11 exterior and interior views of the volunteer hospital opened September 5, 1862 opposite the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad depot. Central view shows a bustling street scene outside of the hospital. Horse-drawn carriages, possibly including an ambulance, arrive and depart; injured soldiers are carried by stretcher and assisted by fellow soldiers to the building; male and female pedestrians converse and traverse the streets; two boys attempt to help a man with his valise; and Zouaves patronize a female vendor's stand. Other views show the "Interior of Hospital" where women volunteers and doctors attend to bed-ridden soldiers; the "Kitchen" equipped with an ice box, cooking stove, and heating stove where two women prepare food on a counter; the "Dining Room" in which several soldiers eat at three long rows of tables near a heating stove; the "Laundry" room where women sort, fold, and wash cloths in a sink, near a large vat of boiling water; the "Ladies Kitchen" containing cupboards of dishware, a small cooking stove, and a rack of cooking utensils in which three women work; the "Wash Room" in which four men wash up at a trough of sinks; the "Drug Room" in which a pharmacist distills drugs for a soldier and women volunteer in front of a wall of medicinal bottles; a female volunteer at the counter of the "Store Room" attended by a man surrounded by several shelves packed with supplies; the "Bath Room" lined with tubs in which a soldier begins to undress; and female volunteers setting tables in the "Officers Dining Room.", Also includes two American flags draped over the borders of one of the views. The hospital provided care to the most seriously injured before their reassignment to other hospitals. Closed on August 11, 1865., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: PGA - Queen--Citizens ... (D size) [P&P], Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581 b copy 1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 15 C 581 b copy 2, HSP copy 2 missing blue tint stone.
- Creator
- Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1862]
- Location
- Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Queen--Citizens ... (D size) [P&P]
- Title
- Blake’s collection of popular marches composed and arranged for the piano forte
- Description
- Sheet music cover containing a scene showing the volunteer militia company of Light Artillery Corps Washington Gray's marching down the 400 block of Chestnut Street. The four lines of men follow their officer who follows the military band. The men pass the Philadelphia Bank building (400-408, built 1836), the United States Bank (420, built 1819-1824 as Second Bank of the U.S.), and neighboring buildings, including the business with partially visible signage for Henry Por.... Also shows a street lamp, a man walking on the sidewalk in front of the United States Banks, and two figures on the top of the stairs to that financial institution. The Washington Grays established an armory at 8th and Chestnut 1837-1838., Inside cover title: The Washington Gray's new grand march & quick step : arranged for the piano forte by Charles Jarvis, Includes sheet music., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 59, Free Library of Philadelphia: Sheet Music 11707
- Date
- c1839
- Location
- Free Library of Philadelphia. | Music Collection. FLP Sheet Music 11707
- Title
- Nursing in union hospitals U.S. Sanitary Commission. U.S. Christian Commission
- Description
- Interior of a Union hospital depicting women nurses attending to wounded soldiers. In the center, a white man soldier lies in bed while three white women nurses, attired in head kerchieves, long-sleeved dresses, and sashes that reads, "Union," help adjust his pillow, kneel and pour a glass of water from a pitcher, and carry a tray. In the right background is a row of beds with two wounded soldiers. In the left, a white man soldier, attired in a uniform with a sash that reads, "Union," walks into the hospital carrying his coat. In the left and right, wooden chairs hold back curtains decorated with stars from the American flag. A framed portrait of a white man and a coat hangs on the wall. Also shows, in the center foreground, a basket of flasks laying on the floor., Title from item., Publication information and date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1865 by W.S. Williams & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- 1865
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.43]
- Title
- Birds-eye view of Andersonville Prison from the south-east
- Description
- Birds-eye view of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war-camp in Georgia, with the vast prison area surrounded by stockade fences. In the center are numerous prisoners and their hand-made housing, consisting of various fabrics and mounds of dirt. Guard towers surround the fence and guards, on foot, horseback, and in horse-drawn carts patrol. In the right, men, many of whom use canes or crutches and have amputated legs sit, lie down, or walk in a separate fenced area that has tents. Two cannon emplacements with soldiers are visible in the foreground. Several buildings and a train traveling down the railroad tracks are visible in the background. The prison operated from February 1864 until April 1865. It housed up to 45,000 Union prisoners in overcrowded conditions and had the highest death rate of all the Civil War prisons., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright, 1890 by J.W. Morton, Jr., Gift of David Doret, 2011.
- Creator
- Morton, J. W, Jr.
- Date
- 1890
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Civil War - Prisons [P.2011.45.4]
- Title
- Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson, 1810-1883
- Creator
- Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
- Date
- November 2, 1866
- Title
- McCall, G. A., 1802-1868
- Creator
- Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
- Date
- November 28, 1856
- Title
- $129 bounty paid as soon as sworn in Recruits wanted for the 12th Regiment, N.Y. Vols. Now serving in General Butterfield's brigade, Gen. Porter's 5th Army Corps, the crack corps of the army. One month's pay in advance $25 United States bounty, $50.00 state bounty! Also, $50 city bounty. $4.00 for each recruit Relief tickets issued to families
- Description
- Daniel Butterfield commanded the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac from May to Aug. 1862., The illustration, signed E. Purcell, shows Liberty perched on a cannon holding a sword and a laurel wreath, in front of an eagle and four flags, above the banner: E pluribus unum., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1865)
- Date
- [1862?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 4# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.35 (McAllister)
- Title
- Extra bounty! Families of recruits provided for. By the liberal contribution of the Grocers' Committee, the Fifth Metropolitan Guard Col. T.W. Parmele, is enabled to offer an extra cash bounty of $10 for each recruit in addition to other bounties. The families of recruits are also provided for by the Metropolitan Police Fund, and have the gratuitous services of the physicians of the Police Department at their own homes. Headquarters, Howard St., near Broadway
- Description
- The 5th Metropolitan Guard, the 174th Regiment of New York Infantry, was mustered in Nov. 13, 1862 and consolidated with 162nd New York Infantry Feb. 17, 1864., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 174th (1862-1864)
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.4c (McAllister)
- Title
- Patriots arouse! Cavalry men wanted! To form a battalion under Major A.W. Corliss. Now is the time to join a crack battalion for the gallant General Burnside's division! 400 dollars bounty! $325 before leaving the state! Families provided for by the state! Each man will be furnished with a good horse, equipments, &c. Rally! Rally!! Rally!!! This is the last opportunity you will have to join a cavalry regiment! Recruiting offices, Armory Hall and Rathbun's Block, Woonsocket
- Description
- The Second Regiment of the Rhode Island Cavalry was organized in Nov. 1862 and ordered to duty in Louisiana; it was consolidated to a battalion of four companies in Aug. 1863, and transferred to 1st Louisiana Cavalry; it was transferred again in Jan. 1864 to the 3rd Rhode Island Cavalry., The illustration is a trotting stallion., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1863)
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.7a (McAllister)
- Title
- Cavalrymen wanted! To form a new battalion, under command of Major A.W. Corliss. Now is the time to join a crack battalion for the gallant Gen. Burnside's division! 400 dollars bounty! $325 before leaving the state! Families provided for by the state! Each man will be furnished with a good horse, equipments, &c. Rally boys! This is the last opportunity you will have to join a cavalry regiment! Recruiting office, No. 28 North Main Street, Tyler's Building, up stairs, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
- Description
- The Second Regiment of the Rhode Island Cavalry was organized in Nov. 1862 and ordered to duty in Louisiana; it was consolidated to a battalion of four companies in Aug. 1863, and transferred to 1st Louisiana Cavalry; it was transferred again in Jan. 1864 to the 3rd Rhode Island Cavalry., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1863)
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.8c (McAllister)
- Title
- Cavalrymen wanted! To form a new battalion, under command of Major A.W. Corliss. Now is the time to join a crack battalion for the gallant Gen. Burnside's division! 400 dollars bounty! $325 before leaving the state! Families provided for by the state! Each man will be furnished with a good horse, equipments, &c. Rally boys! This is the last opportunity you will have to join a cavalry regiment. Recruiting office, cor. of North Main St. and Market Sq., Prov., R.I
- Description
- The Second Regiment of the Rhode Island Cavalry was organized in Nov. 1862 and ordered to duty in Louisiana; it was consolidated to a battalion of four companies in Aug. 1863, and transferred to 1st Louisiana Cavalry; it was transferred again in Jan. 1864 to the 3rd Rhode Island Cavalry., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Rhode Island Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1863)
- Date
- [1862]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.5 (McAllister)