United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 75th (1861-1865) Aufgepaszt!!! Col. Bohlen : Sibt ein Handgeld von drei Dollars jedem gesunden un kräftigen Voluntär. Sofortige Verpflegung und Beköstigung!! Hauptquartier, No. 344 Nord Dritte Strasse.

United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 75th (1861-1865)

Aufgepaszt!!! Col. Bohlen : Sibt ein Handgeld von drei Dollars jedem gesunden un kräftigen Voluntär. Sofortige Verpflegung und Beköstigung!! Hauptquartier, No. 344 Nord Dritte Strasse.

[Philadelphia, Pa.] : Gedruckt bei King und Baird, 607 Sansomstrasse, Philadelphia., [1861]

The 75th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, originally known as the 40th, was recruited primarily from German Americans in the Philadelphia area, beginning in Aug. 1861; it was mustered out Sept. 1, 1865; General Bohlen was killed at Freeman's Ford, Va., Aug. 22, 1862. Cf. S.P. Bates. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, v. 2, p. 915, and F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 99.

Printed in red and blue.

The illustration shows a U.S. flag and an eagle, with the banner: Union und Freiheit für immer! Tod den Verräthern!!

Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.

Bohlen, Henry, 1810-1862.

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

United States -- Armed Forces -- German Americans.

Broadsides. rbgenr

Woodcuts. gmgpc

Recruiting posters. local

Imprint Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.

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

PA. Philadelphia. 1861. Imprint

King & Baird, printer. Printer

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