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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)
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- Men wanted! A few able bodied young men of good character, will be received, if offered immediately, for the battery of light artillery, attached to the Ringgold Regiment, now in camp at Doylestown, under command of Col W.W.H. Davis
- Description
- Durell's Independent Battery D was recruited in Berks and Bucks counties, and organized at Doylestown Sept. 24, 1861; it was mustered out of service June 13, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 5, p. 875., Printed on rose-colored paper., The illustration is an eagle with the banner: Union and liberty!, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Creator
- United States, Army, Pennsylvania Independent Battery, D (1861-1865)
- Date
- [1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.8c (McAllister)
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- War meeting Freemen to the rescue! All persons in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war against the rebels, will meet in [blank] on [blank] evening, September [blank] 1861, where they will have an opportunity to place their names upon the roll of honor, (muster roll.) Mr. [blank] will speak upon the occasion. H.J. Pickering, who is recruiting a company for Col. W.W.H. Davis's regiment, will be there to receive their names
- Description
- The 104th Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col. W.W.H. Davis commanding, was recruited primarily in Bucks County, Pa. and mustered into service Oct. 21, 1861; it was mustered out Sept. 30, 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 733., The illustration is an eagle with the banner: Union and liberty!, Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
- Date
- [1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 War (2)5777.F.61a (McAllister)