Broadside continues: For the Army of the Potomac. Wages, $20 per month and rations. Frank Pfeiffer, Master Mechanic., Printed area measures: 23.9 x 19.9 cm., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., 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 U.S. Army (2) 5777.F .2a
Broadside continues: To recruits who have been in service nine months, a bounty of $402! will be paid--all others receive 110 dollars. The regiment will be under the command of Col. George P. McLean. Head-Quarters, 434 Chestnut Street. Arthur Maginnis, Lieut. Col. John Reynolds, Major., Printed area measures: 20.8 x 13 cm., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[between 1862 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1861 Four (2) 5777.F .1a
Broadside continues: Now at Camp Pierpont, Va. Pay 13 dollars per month, rations and clothing, and $100 bounty. Pay to begin as soon as enlisted. For further information, apply at 510 Richmond Street Kensington, Philada., Printed area measures: 35.8 x 23.8 cm., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[between 1861 and 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Recru (2) 5777.F .1c
Broadside continues: to form companies for Colonel Peyton's regiment of Light Cavalry! For service in the South-West. Recruits will be immediately mustered into service and sent to Camp Metcalf for instruction., Printed area measures: 75.4 x 49.8 cm., Formerly 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 2# Am 1861 Conti (1)5777.F.19e
Printed area measures: 53.7 x 42.9 cm., Formerly 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 2# Am 1861 Recru (1)5777.F.19a
Printed area measures: 75.7 x 53.1 cm., The 8th cavalry was mustered in 23 July 1861. Chormann retired Jan. 1862. Cf. Bates. History of Penna. volunteers., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., 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 2# Am 1861 To horse (1) 5777.F.19b
Printed area measures: 53.6 x 42.8 cm., Gardiner was promoted to Major Nov. 1862. Cf. Bates. History of Penna. volunteers., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[between 1862 and 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Recru (1) 5777.F .19c
Printed area measures: 76.8 x 53.1 cm., The 8th Cavalry was mustered in 23 July 1861. Chormann retired in Jan. 1862. Cf. Bates. History of Penna. volunteers., Formerly part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[between 1861 and 1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Compa (1)5777.F.19d
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.35b, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a Union soldier in Zouave uniform, saber drawn, attacking a Confederate soldier."
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 Southwark (1)5777.F.24c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an officer standing, left arm raised, telescope in right hand."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1863 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.45c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an encampment, a cannon, and the digging of trenches."
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.24g, Recruiting poster illustration depicting an "eagle holding a small shield upright in his talons."
Sample image scanned from: 3# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.7, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a regimental parade, with Sargeant major leading, left arm raised, four drummer boys, and one mounted officer."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.24a, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "the U.S. flag, surmounting the globe, with the legend: Our country."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1864 Uni Sta (3)5777.F.24, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a mounted, Union cavalry soldier, saber drawn, attacking a mounted confederate cavalry soldier."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.36d, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a Union soldier with rifle in hand, bayonet fixed, charging past a fallen Confederate soldier in battle."
Creator
Bonfield, George Robert, 1805-1898, engineer., creator
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.62b, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "[x] soldiers, in groups of three, standing at attention (left or right facing)."
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 Southwark (1)5777.F.24c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "three people, one holding a U.S. flag, with the banner: mottos vary." In this poster the banner reads: "the Union and the Constitution!" Banner text varies. Other examples include, "Attention!" and "Hurra for Houtton & Brother."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.32, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "four horses, two with riders, pulling a cannon with three soldiers seated."
Creator
Rogers, E. (Edward), b. 1831 or 2, engraver., creator
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.57c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "George Washington holding the U.S. flag, beneath the legend: My country." Various date ranges included in some posters.
Creator
Hinckley, Cornelius T., b. ca. 1820, engraver., creator
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1862 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.30b, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle with a blank banner, perched on a horn."
Sample image scanned from: Sm# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.6b, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle on a flag-draped drum, with eight flags behind."
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 German (2)5777.F.7a, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle on a shield, with the banner: mottos vary." The motto on this poster reads: "When duty calls, 'tis ours to obey." Other examples include, "No compromise with traitors, and no argument but the cannon's mouth"; "The Union now and forever"; "Not for ourselves, but for our country." See woodcut15 for a similar image.
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.6e, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle on a shield with the banner: mottos vary." The motto in this poster is: "The Union, it shall be preserved!" Other examples include, "No compromise with traitors, and no argument but the cannon's mouth."; "Obey the call of your country!"; "Fall in and keep step to the music of the Union."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.41a, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle with a shield on a chain around his neck, beneath the motto: E. pluribus unum."
Sample image scanned from: # Am 1863 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.57c, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "an eagle with the banner: mottos vary" Banner is blank in this example, but text varies on each poster. Examples include "Don't give up the ship"; "Irish Volunteers!"; "When duty calls, 'tis ours to obey."
Sample image scanned from: 2# Am 1861 Conti (4)5777.F.36a, Recruiting poster illustration depicting "a cavalry charge, with two buildings in the background."
Views showing rows of tents adorned with flags and recruitment banners lining the central path in the tree-lined square. Views also include soldiers manning the tents, male visitors, and women standing outside the gate of the square., Attributed to F. De B. Richards., LCP AR [Annual Report] 2000, p. 63-64., One of the images [P.9808.3] 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. 120., Arcadia caption text: From September to October 1862, Independence Square was transformed into the Civil War recruiting camp Camp Independence. In an effort to avoid a statewide draft, recruiters manned 25 tents along the main thoroughfare amid a band playing patriotic music and under the gaze of dutiful spectators. A few thousand of the over 80,000 Philadelphians who served in the military during the Civil War enlisted at this site, one of the most successful in the city.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
September or October 1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Civil War [P.9808.2 & 3]
The Phoenix Regiment, or 4th Regiment of the Empire Brigade, was recruited by Col. James C. Burke under authority dated July 23, 1862; it was assigned to the 164th New York Infantry in Nov. 1862; the regiment was mustered out July 15, 1865., The illustration is an Irish harp surrounded by shamrocks., 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, 164th (1862-1865), Company G.
Date
[1862?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.27 (McAllister)
