$692 for one year! 50 volunteers wanted for the Lehigh Valley Regiment, commanded by Col. Charles Albright. : The borough of Bethlehem will pay the sum of six hundred and ninety two dollars per man, as follows: Local bounty, $400. Government bounty, $100.
Title
$692 for one year! 50 volunteers wanted for the Lehigh Valley Regiment, commanded by Col. Charles Albright The borough of Bethlehem will pay the sum of six hundred and ninety two dollars per man, as follows: Local bounty, $400. Government bounty, $100. Monthly pay, $192. The above sum is offered for one year's service. Application to be made to A.J. Erwin, H.T. Milchsack, H. Shelly, R. Peysert, A. Crist, Recruiting Committee. Recruiting office 54 Main St. Bethlehem, August 15, 1864
Description
The 202nd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was recruited in Aug. 1864 and mustered out in Aug. 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 5, p. 559., 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, 202nd (1864-1865)
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1864 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.9b (McAllister)