The 81st Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was mustered in Aug. 1861 and mustered out June 29, 1965; Col. C.F. Johnson took command May 31, was wounded at Charles City Cross Roads, Va. June 30, and resigned Nov. 24, 1862. Ct. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 2, p. 1167, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 102., Printed in red and blue; printed on two 53 x 65 cm. sheets pasted together., The illustration shows a regimental parade, with a sargeant major leading, left arm raised, four drummer boys, and one mounted officer., 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, 81st (1861-1865)
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare 3# Am 1862 Uni Sta (4)5777.F.7 (McAllister)