Gen. Thos. Francis Meagher's body guard! The rough riders : Wanted, 50 men to join this crack company, attached to the Irish Dragoons, Col. J.H. [sic] Gallagher in camp at Frankford. The brigade has 4,000 brave and loyal Irishmen in the field in Virginia,
Title
Gen. Thos. Francis Meagher's body guard! The rough riders Wanted, 50 men to join this crack company, attached to the Irish Dragoons, Col. J.H. [sic] Gallagher in camp at Frankford. The brigade has 4,000 brave and loyal Irishmen in the field in Virginia, and we now want to complete the company, when it will proceed to Washington, to act as a guard of honor to this brave son of Erin. Men mustered in immediately--pay and rations to commence at once. Experienced officers will command
Description
The Irish Dragoons, the 117th Regiment, 13th Cavalry of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, under the command of Col. James A. Gallagher, was organized in Sept. 1861, originally to be attached to Gen. Meagher's Irish Brigade forming in New York City; it was mustered out July 14, 1865; James A. Gallagher was discharged Oct. 6, 1863. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 3, p. 1267, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865, p. 172., 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, 13th (1861-1865)
Date
[1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1861 Uni Sta (2)5777.F.34b (McAllister)