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Ringwalt & Brown, fl. 1863-1865 Attention Troopers! To Horse! To Horse!

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07209 Author/Creator: Ringwalt & Brown, fl. 1863-1865 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Broadside Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 83.8 cm, Width: 60.8 cm Order a Copy

Civil War recruitment broadside. Col. E. G. Chormann's Independent Mounted Rangers. Recruiting "A regiment armed like the Regular Cavalry, with Sharp's Carbine, Colt's Revolver and Sabre." Notes bounty for Philadelphia, state and U.S. Printed in green and red ink by Ringwalt & Brown. Losses at corners affecting text noticeably at lower left. Tape stains.

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