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Title: Joseph Hooker, 1814-1879
Description: Soldier., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(I)P.9100.4e]

Title: Joseph Hooker
Description: Photographic reproduction of a caricature of the Union General known as "Fighting Joe" Hooker. Shows Hooker as a pugilist., Title from manuscript note on mount: Jos. Hooker., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips Civil War scrapbook., Trimmed., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Caricatures and cartoons [(11)1540.F.7c]

Title: 26th Regiment Penn. Vol's First Brigade Hooker's fighting division!
Description: The 26th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, the first of the three-years regiments of Pennsylvania, was mustered in May 5, 1861 and mustered out June 18, 1864; in early Aug. 1861, it was attached to Gen. Joseph Hooker's brigade; it was under the command of Col. William F. Small until June 30, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 1, p. 344, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 52., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; MS. note: 6 copies Sept [?] 9., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 26th (1861-1864)
Date: [1861?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.36a (McAllister)

Title: Don't be a conscript! Enroll yourself in the crack regiment of Philadelphia. Rush's Lancers! 70th Regiment Penna. Vols. Now in active service in the field. A portion as body guard to General Hooker. This superior regiment, having received the deserved approbation of President Lincoln and the War Department for its discipline and effeciency, offers the best inducements to smart, active young men to connect themselves with a desirable organization. $100 bounty! An advance of $27.00 on enlistment. Enroll your names at once, as this will be the last chance before conscription. Office, S.E. cor. Sixth and Minor St
Description: Rush's Lancers, the 70th Regiment, 6th Cavalry of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, was organized in July 1861 and mustered out in Aug. 1865; Richard H. Rush resigned Sept. 29, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, v. 2, p. 741 and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 162., Printed in blue., The illustration shows 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, 6th (1861-1865)
Date: [between 1861 and 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 2# Am 1861 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.18k (McAllister)

Title: Are you ready to march to the battle field? If you are, join the gallant 26th Regiment, P.V. under the command of Col. W.F. Small, now in the Army of the Potomac. The most liberal bounties are now offered by the city, state and national government, and there is no excuse for [able-]bodied young men to remain at home. The army is now the real post of honor, those who love the Union and have courage to defend it against rebels and traitors, will not hesitate to fill up its ranks at once
Description: The 26th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, the first of the three-years regiments of Pennsylvania, was mustered in May 5, 1861 and mustered out June 18, 1864; it was under the command of Col. Small until June 30, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 1, p. 344, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 52., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; torn and repaired, affecting some text., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator: United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 26th (1861-1864)
Date: [1861 or 1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.27i (McAllister)

Title: Civil War scrapbook of portraits
Description: Scrapbook of portraiture of Civil War military and political figures containing cartes de visite, card portraits, portrait prints, newspaper clippings, caricatures, book illustrations, trade cards, souvenir cards, funeralia, and scraps. Includes funeralia in memory of Elmer Ellsworth; several card portraits engraved by Stencrel/Stenzel? and published by L. Prang & Co. and Wm S. & A. Martien; portrait prints inscribed on the verso, "Dinner of the General Wm. B. Meade Post"; and a print and a photograph portrait with amateur ink and goauche hand-coloring. Carte de visite caricatures include Bombastes Furioso; The Copperhead; Crossing the Rocky Mountain; How to Make a Brigadier; The Napoleon of the 69th; and A Public Nuisance. Also contains a carte de visite portrait of the injured Col. Robert Nugent of the 69th N.Y. Infantry; a carte de visite portrait of flag-waving patriot Barbara Frietchie; several unidentified cartes de visite portraits of Union military personnel; and a Harper's Weekly clipping showing the execution of deserter William Johnson. Non-Civil War era material includes a circa 1890 photomechanical reproduction of General Grant and the Chinese Viceroy Li Hongzhang also known as Li Hung Chang., Sitters include G.T. Beauregard; Charles Boggs, Don Carlos Buell; Benjamin Butler, boy Sergeant John Clem; Michael Corcoran; Native American military officer, Rev. Lewis Downing, Lt. Col. 3rd Indian Home Guards; Elmer Ellsworth; John C. Fremont; Barbara Frietchie; Ulysses S. Grant; Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton Halleck; Henry Wager Halleck; Joseph Hooker; John William Hofmann; Thomas L. Kane; Benjamin Franklin Kelley; Nathaniel Lyon, Peter Lyle, Irvin McDowell; George Gordon Meade; General (James E.?) Montgomery; J.K. Murphy; Robert Nugent; and Andrew Porter., Various artists and photographers including Mathew Brady, John Chester Buttre, Earles' Galleries, Alexander Gardner, Frederick Gutekunst, James E. McClees, James Magee, George E. Perine, A.H. Ritchie, and A.B. Walker., Various publishers and distributors including Boell, John Dainty, J. Hall & Co., C.Y. Haynes, L.Prang & Co, McAllister & Brother, and Wm. S. & A. Martien., Disbound scrapbook pages re-housed in folders in three boxes., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: ca. 1861-1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait prints - Civil War scrapbook of portraits [(1)5775.F]

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