[CIVIL WAR]. Volunteers Wanted for Nine Months Service / 154th Regiment Penna. Volunteers. [Philadelphia, PA]: ca October 1862.
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[CIVIL WAR]. Volunteers Wanted for Nine Months Service / 154th Regiment Penna. Volunteers. [Philadelphia, PA]: ca October 1862.
6 x 9 1/2 in. letterpress broadside partially mounted on board and framed, 7 3/4 x 12 in. (chipping and short tears to edges and corners). Undersigned in type by Robert M. McClure, "Comd'g Regiment."
The 154th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized in Philadelphia from October 1862 to January 1863 and was assigned to provost duty in Philadelphia the entire term before mustering out in the fall of 1863. Robert M. McClure had previously served with Company B, 33rd Pennsylvania Infantry, mustering in as captain on 5/12/1861, and later being promoted to major on 6/20/1861. He was discharged by order of the War Department on 5/12/1864.
The Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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