Morris, Jacob G.
Title
Morris, Jacob G.
Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date
November 3, 1855
Morris, Jacob G.
Title
Morris, Jacob G.
Creator
Library Company of Philadelphia, creator
Date
December 7, 1832
To horse! To horse My all for a horse! : The Washington Cavalry of Philadelphia and Bucks County, instituted in 1812, have been accepted by the Secretary of War for three years or the war. Yeomanry, come to your country's call! To put down treason and reb
Title
To horse! To horse My all for a horse! The Washington Cavalry of Philadelphia and Bucks County, instituted in 1812, have been accepted by the Secretary of War for three years or the war. Yeomanry, come to your country's call! To put down treason and rebellion, and hand down to your children, unimpaired, the rich legacy of the glorious Union achieved by your forefathers. To young men of good moral habits--farmers and farmers' sons--and those accustomed to the use of horses, a rare chance is offered by the Washington Squadron of Cavalry. Horses, equipments for horses, uniform and arms, all supplied to recruits in this squadron by the U. States Pay from $13 to $22 per month. Bounty, $162 ... Officered by Captain Joseph W. Hall, ... Captain H.N. Harrison, ... Lieuts. Casper Morris and Jacob Morris, ... Battalion officered by Jas. M. Schoonmaker, who ... was ordered to raise this battalion ... 18th August, 1862, and ordered to report within three weeks
Description
The 159th Regiment, 14th Cavalry of the Pennsylvania Volunteers was organized in Aug. 1862 and mustered out in Aug. and Nov. 1865. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 4, p. 851and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 174, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 174., 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, 14th (1862-1865)
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Uni Sta (1)5777.F.7d (McAllister)