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136853-Service File
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Stanton Legion W.H. Allen, Commander. $25 bounty as soon as mustered in service. 25 government bounty 48 hours after being sworn in. 25 State Bounty as soon as the Regiment is completed. 50 Bounty from Common Council before leaving the State.

Liberty cap above Lady Liberty, shield, eagle. Banner reads, 'respond to your country's call!' Image, by Holton & Jardini Inc., N.Y., also includes a train, steamship, cannon, branch and arrows and reads 'To Preserve the Union.' Signed '1st Lieut. E. D. Averill. 2nd Lieut. [blank] Young. Capt. John T. Burgess'.
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136851-Service File
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Attention recruits $177 in bounties & advance pay. United States advance bounty $25, United States advance pay, 13, United States enlistment fee, 4, New York State bounty, 50, Sixth District Committee bounty, 10, total, advance pay and bounties, $102 …

Eagle on shield, wings spread with banner, branch, arrow. Banner reads 'Look at the bounties!' 'The Committee recommend the following Commands as offering extra inducements to recruits: Harris Light Cavalry, Colonel [...], 4th N.Y. Light Artillery, Captain James E. Smith, 51st N.Y. Volunteers, Colonel Ferrero.' Signed 'A.J. Campbell, 121 Hammond Street, Sinclair Tousey, 40 Charles Street, William H. Van Valer, 455 Hudson Street, William Dodge 120 Perry Street, J.C. Hart, 172 West 14th Street.'
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136849-Service File
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Volunteers wanted at once for the Eleventh Reg't, (Stanton Legion,) now in camp at New Dorp, Staten Island, commanded by Colonel William H. Allen.

Flying eagle with banner; image of recruiting office at 153 Broadway. Banner reads, 'Come down with us to the fight.' A marching band and train are pictured with the recruiting office. A banner on the train reads, 'For Dixie!' Another sign reads, 'Our route is through Richmond! Stonewall or no Stonewall.' 'Whitworth's celebrated Band is attached to this regiment, and gives several fine performances daily.' Signed 'Capt. Marcus B. Monck'.
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136848-Service File
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Philadelphia City Guard! 157th Reg't P.V. Col. Wm. A Gray. 40 able-bodied men for Co. B., to complete the roll of the Company, attached to this popular Regiment, now encamped near the city.

Battle scene. Image includes a charging Union soldier with a dead Confederate, a cannon, the American flag, and fighting soldiers in the background. Signed by Benfield, and 'Howell' is written on a stone. Printed on yellow paper. Also includes pointing finger. Signed 'Captain E. Milford Bard, late Capt. in Mexican War. 1st Lieut. [blank] 2d Lieut. R.G. White, Company Head Quarters'.
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136841-Service File
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New Jersey Recruiting Station. By authority of the Commander in Chief, of New Jersey, (Governor Olden), the undersigned has opened a recruiting station for the state of New Jersey at No. 106 Federal St., Camden N.J. ... The New Jersey volunteers are now o

State recruiting office for all New Jersey Regiments. Recruits are committed to enlisting for thee years, 'unless sooner discharged.' Signed 'Major James M. Cassady'.
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136833-Service File
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Armée du general F. Sigel. Avis aux etrangers les Francais, Italiens, Allemands, Espagnols et les autres etrangers peuvent s'enroler dans un regiment actuellement en campagne dans la Virginie.

Liberty cap above. Lady Liberty, shield, eagle. In French. Banner reads, 'Avis Aux Etrangers!' Image, by Holton & Jardini Inc., N.Y., also includes a train, steamship, cannon, branch and arrows. Signed 'Capt. E. Saviatti, Maj. Gen. Sigel's Staff'.
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