United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865). Company C. Co. C. / Capt. Henry C. Whelan. 1st Lieut. Chas. L. Leiper 2d Lieut. H.P. Muirheid.

United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865). Company C.

Co. C. / Capt. Henry C. Whelan. 1st Lieut. Chas. L. Leiper 2d Lieut. H.P. Muirheid.

[Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n., 1861]

Henry C. Whelan and Charles L. Leiper were both in Company C of the 70th Regiment, 6th Cavalry of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, organized in July 1861 and mustered out in Aug. 1865; Henry P. Muirheid was promoted to 1st Lieutenant Oct. 1, 1861. 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.

Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook; MS. notes from the printer (King & Baird?) mark up this poster with information for Company D.

United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

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Leiper, Charles L., b. 1842 or 3.

Muirheid, Henry P., b. 1834 or 5.

Whelan, Henry C., 1835 or 6-1864.

Imprint Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.

McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. Provenance

PA. Philadelphia. 1861. Imprint

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