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Holmes, fl. 1862 Attention! Company! [Recruiting broadside for New York 156th Infantry]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02028 Author/Creator: Holmes, fl. 1862 Place Written: Kingston, New York Type: Broadside Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 52.5 cm, Width: 35.9 cm Order a Copy

Announcment made by Lieutenant Holmes, the recruiting officer of the regiment. His first name could not be discovered. Printed by Hommel's Power Press Printing in Kingston, New York. Depicts large eagle holding scroll reading "The Union must be preserved." Recruits are asked for Captain P.H. Decker's company of Colonel Erastus Cooke's regiment. Headquarters is at the Ulster County House, in Kingston. Dated from the first year the regiment was mustered into the Union Army. Was previously folded into quarters. Small hole at the bottom was repaired.

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