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(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Recruiting broadside for the Maryland Home Brigade.

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(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Recruiting broadside for the Maryland Home Brigade.
(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Recruiting broadside for the Maryland Home Brigade.
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(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Recruiting broadside for the Maryland Home Brigade. Letterpress broadside, 14½ x 5½ inches; minor wear, toning; uncut. No place, 27 July 1861 This broadside begins with an order from Secretary of War Simon Cameron for the organization of four new regiments of "loyal citizens resident on both sides of the Potomac" into a Home Brigade "for the protection of the Canal, and of the property and persons of loyal citizens of the neighborhood." This is followed by the details from Congressman Francis Thomas, including company organization and compensation. Three regiments were formed, with the 1st Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade serving at Gettysburg as the largest regiment in the Army of the Potomac. None traced in OCLC or at auction.
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(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Recruiting broadside for the Maryland Home Brigade.

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