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Lot 498
[CIVIL WAR]. Volunteers Wanted! Come! Come! For the 16th Regiment! Winthrop, [MA], [June 1861?].
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[CIVIL WAR]. Volunteers Wanted! Come! Come! For the 16th Regiment! Winthrop, [MA], [June 1861?].
24 1/16 x 19 1/4 in. letterpress broadside (trimmed, some losses at margins, offsetting); framed to 29 x 25 in. (not examined out of frame). Signed in type by the recruiting officer S.K. Whitney.
A recruitment broadside for the 16th Massachusetts, which was recruited from the greater Boston area and mustered into service on 29 June 1861 for a 3-year enlistment. They saw heavy action throughout the Eastern Theater, including the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Sold Harbor, and the Siege of Petersburg. They mustered out on 27 July 1864 with veterans transferred to the 11th Massachusetts Infantry.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents