Penn'a Cavalry! Late Cameron Dragoons, Colonel Campbell. : Recruits wanted! for the above celebrated regiment now in the field! The heavy's of the Army!! Bounty, 85 dollars, cash in hand. Other bounties same as all old regiments. Head quarters, 232 North
Title
Penn'a Cavalry! Late Cameron Dragoons, Colonel Campbell Recruits wanted! for the above celebrated regiment now in the field! The heavy's of the Army!! Bounty, 85 dollars, cash in hand. Other bounties same as all old regiments. Head quarters, 232 North Fourth Street. Recruiting stations, Passyunk Road and German Sts. Head quarters of Black Huzzars, Coates St. bet. 4th & 5th
Description
The Cameron Dragoons, the 65th Regiment, 5th Cavalry of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1861 and disbanded in May 1865; Col. David Campbell was mustered in March 12 and resigned Oct. 16, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 568, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 160., The illustration is a mounted Union cavalry soldier, sabre drawn, attacking a mounted Confederate cavalry 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, 5th (1861-1865)
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.18i (McAllister)